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November 19th, 2016 [Last Waltz] [“The Last Waltz” at 40: The Band and their classic movie speak beyond boomer nostalgia] Scott Timberg Scorsese's 1970 movie with Van Morrison, Joni Mitchell and Muddy Waters appeals powerfully to younger musicians too [US-POLITICS-OBAMA-TRUMP] [On seeing Trump and Obama meet in the Oval Office] Talmon Joseph Smith It doesn't matter that neither of them can say what they really feel when they both look like this VIDEO [Bobby Moynihan] [Bobby Moynihan opens up about David S. Pumpkins, Kate McKinnon’s “Hallelujah” and “SNL” after the election: “I think it’s both a scary and empowering time”] Drew Fortune The "Saturday Night Live" star talks to Salon about Dave Chappelle's episode and creating David Pumpkins at 5 a.m. [Donald Trump] [From truthiness to post-truth, just in time for Donald Trump: Oxford Dictionaries’ word of the year should scare the hell out of you] Erin Keane Back in the innocent days of 2006, "truthiness" described our political reality. We're way past that now [Steve Bannon] [Steve Bannon, Bolshevik: Maybe Donald Trump’s alt-right Svengali really is a “Leninist”] Andrew O'Hehir Steve Bannon has called himself a "Leninist," and the ludicrous comparison isn't quite as stupid as it sounds [FRANCE-TRANSPORT-HYDROGEN-AIR-LIQUIDE-HYUNDAI] [Who killed the hydrogen car? Nothing except time, overhyped expectations and the viability of electric vehicles] Diane Stopyra Its promise was always too good to be true — a car running on 100 percent clean energy — and too good to give up on [Trump Protester] [Trump shock — We’ve been there, done that: Coping lessons from a #NeverTrump conservative] Carrie Sheffield Six months before liberals, #NeverTrump Republicans had come to terms with the power of the Trump phenomenon [Donald Trump; George W. Bush] [Like a double dose of Dubya: Donald Trump’s presidency will be like the George W. Bush disaster — only worse] Sophia A. 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But I'm confused about how "love thy neighbor" led us here [Search Party] [TBS’s “Search Party”: A holiday trip through tragedy appropriation] Melanie McFarland TBS's new mystery comedy drops lots of clues about how desperate people can be to star in the suffering of others [Gifts] [This holiday season practice better retail therapy] Mary Elizabeth Williams There's never been a more urgent time to be generous [Donald Trump] [Donald Trump reverses course, settles Trump University lawsuit for $25 million] Sophia Tesfaye So much for "I just don’t believe in settling" [Stephen Bannon] [“Dick Cheney. Darth Vader. Satan. That’s power”: Steve Bannon speaks out for first time since being named Donald Trump’s top White House adviser] Sophia Tesfaye "It only helps us when [the media] get it wrong. When they’re blind to who we are and what we’re doing” [Hospital Room] [“Obamacare saved our family”: Affordable Care Act has helped millions of Americans, including my daughter] Cole Gelrod, AlterNet Obamacare is far from the solution to our complex health care system, but repealing would leave millions uninsured [Jeff Sessions] [Two peas in a racist pod: Jeff Sessions’ alarming history of opposing civil rights] Brian Tashman, Right Wing Watch The newly appointed attorney general had criticized civil rights groups as “un-American” [Self-Driving Cars-Q&A] [Morality in transportation: How will autonomous vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists will share the road?] Jeffrey C. Peters, The Conversation Early statistics from autonomous driving suggest widespread automation could drive death toll down significantly [Narratively_Sishir] [Louisiana’s hidden history: The former slave who became an executioner] Crystal Ponti, Narratively Louis Congo became the punisher, doling out brutal whippings, brandings and even hangings to his own people [Brad Blakeman] [BULLSH**TER OF THE DAY: Brad Blakeman, for his ringing endorsement of Jeff Sessions for Attorney General] Mireia Triguero Roura The Fox News regular rattled off a list of qualifications, but he might have omitted a few rather important points [File photo of the headquarters of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc in Laval] [And you thought all Valeant did was price gouge … : Former executive at the Big Pharma firm charged with fraud] Matthew Rozsa The pharmaceutical giant vilified for extreme price hikes on medication has been rocked by a $300m fraud scandal follow salon Most Read - ["Sore winner" syndrome: Why are Donald Trump's supporters still so angry? 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