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AlterNet Newsletter ... TODAY'S TOP STORIES - May 23, 2018

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AlterNet Newsletter TODAY'S TOP STORIES - May 23, 2018 Learn more about RevenueStripe... How Fox News' Sean Hannity Spent the Last Year Laying the Groundwork for an Authoritarian Response to Mueller's Russia Probe: Report By Matt Gertz, Media Matters Understanding the president's increasingly hyperaggressive response to the Mueller investigation requires a familiarity with the paranoid conspiracy theory that Hannity and his compatriots have constructed over the past year. READ MORE» https://www.alternet.org/how-fox-news-sean-hannity-spent-last-year-laying-groundwork-authoritarian-response-muellers-russia Stephen King Slams Trump's 'Poverty of Thought' And 'Poor Grammar' — Without Ever Mentioning His Name By Elizabeth Preza, AlterNet King also lamented 'that intellectual dead zone known as Twitter.' READ MORE» https://www.alternet.org/stephen-king-slams-trumps-poverty-thought-and-poor-grammar-without-ever-mentioning-his-name Complicit: Trump’s Hypnosis of the Republican Party is Complete — And the Fate of America's Democracy Itself is at Stake By Matthew Rozsa, Salon Make no mistake about it: President Donald Trump has tested the Republican Party's soul, and the GOP has been found wanting. READ MORE» https://www.alternet.org/complicit-trumps-hypnosis-republican-party-complete-and-fate-americas-democracy-itself-stake Trump’s Latest Tweets Are Gaslighting Americans – Here’s How By David Badash, The New Civil Rights Movement He's lying, constantly. But those lies become facts in everyone's mind – yours and mine included – unless we wholly discredit every word he utters, every tweet he posts. And that's just too hard for most. READ MORE» https://www.alternet.org/trumps-latest-tweets-are-gaslighting-americans-heres-how Donald Trump’s Presidency Has Hit Remarkable New Heights of Corruption — and Most of It Is Legal By Conor Lynch, Salon Michael Cohen’s corruption is only the tip of the Trump iceberg. But the answer to this crisis won’t come in court READ MORE» https://www.alternet.org/donald-trumps-presidency-has-hit-remarkable-new-heights-corruption-and-most-it-legal Here Are Four Ways Fentanyl Could Radically Disrupt the Global Drug Trade By Phillip Smith, Independent Media Institute It's not just wreaking havoc on the streets of American cities. READ MORE» https://www.alternet.org/drugs/four-ways-fentanyl-radically-disrupt-global-drug-trade-opioids-opiates Watch: Surreal Sinclair Broadcasting Town Hall Goes Off-the-Rails in Discussion on 'Youth and Morality' By Pam Vogel, Media Matters The panel discussion was hosted by the notoriously morally challenged Armstrong Williams. READ MORE» https://www.alternet.org/watch-surreal-sinclair-broadcasting-town-hall-goes-rails-discussion-youth-and-morality 'They Swung the Election to a Trump Win': MSNBC's Maddow Is Stunned by Ex-Intel Director's Revelation About 2016 By Cody Fenwick, AlterNet 'Donald Trump would not be president but for that attack.' READ MORE» https://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/they-swung-election-trump-win-msnbcs-maddow-stunned-ex-intel-directors-revelation CNN's Tapper Shuts Down GOP Lawmaker Pushing Anti-FBI Conspiracies: 'You Don't Know What You're Talking About' By Cody Fenwick, AlterNet Rep. Matt Gaetz is still pushing ridiculous claims about the Russia investigation. READ MORE» https://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/cnns-tapper-shuts-down-gop-lawmaker-pushing-anti-fbi-conspiracies-you-dont-know The Right-Wing Origins of the Jerusalem Soccer Team That Wants to Add ‘Trump’ to Its Name The Conversation Beitar Jerusalem has always attracted the outsiders, the oppressed and the victimized – Israel's 'forgotten Jews.' READ MORE» https://www.alternet.org/right-wing-origins-jerusalem-soccer-team-wants-add-trump-its-name Racist Lawyer Aaron Schlossberg Was the Exception — In Case After Case White People Who Make Spurious Complaints Are Not Named By Miranda Spencer, FAIR Corporate media systematically shields white people’s identities in series of recent racial bias incidents READ MORE» https://www.alternet.org/racist-lawyer-aaron-schlossberg-was-exception-case-after-case-white-people-who-make-spurious Farmers and Cropdusting Pilots on the Great Plains Were Worried About Pesticide Risks Long Before ‘Silent Spring’ The Conversation Chemical companies touted synthetic insecticides and herbicides as miracle products in the 1940s and 1950s. But farmers and cropdusting pilots didn't always buy the sales pitch. READ MORE» https://www.alternet.org/farmers-and-cropdusting-pilots-great-plains-were-worried-about-pesticide-risks-long-silent-spring 'Who the Hell Wrote that Line': Trump Isn't Sure Voting for Republicans Is All that Important By Cody Fenwick, AlterNet The president isn't exactly what you'd call a 'team player.' READ MORE» https://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/who-hell-wrote-line-trump-isnt-sure-voting-republicans-all-important A Healthy Diet Isn’t Always Possible for Low-Income Americans, Even When they get SNAP benefits The Conversation Accounting for grocery prices and the effort eating home-prepared meals requires, the benefits commonly called food stamps fall far short of paying enough for the poor to eat right. READ MORE» https://www.alternet.org/healthy-diet-isnt-always-possible-low-income-americans-even-when-they-get-snap-benefits An Entomologist Explains Why You Should Not Kill Spiders in Your Home The Conversation Spiders are an important part of nature and our indoor ecosystem. READ MORE» https://www.alternet.org/entomologist-explains-why-you-should-not-kill-spiders-your-home Compared to Rest of World Americans Are Prudish, Delusional and Selfish Religious Nuts: Study By Kali Holloway, AlterNet In America, say all the hateful stuff you want and invoke the First Amendment while you're at it. If you can’t be legally implicated for inciting violence, you're in the clear. READ MORE» https://www.alternet.org/compared-rest-world-americans-are-prudish-delusional-and-selfish-religious-nuts-study Republicans Are Making Paul Ryan's Final Months in Office a Living Nightmare By Kerry Eleveld, DailyKos “The conference is in open warfare. Paul has run out of juice,” an unnamed lawmaker said. READ MORE» https://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/republicans-are-making-paul-ryans-final-months-office-living-nightmare Trump Revealed the Real Reason He Attacks the Press in Off-Camera Meeting By David Badash, The New Civil Rights Movement He didn't even hide his authoritarian strategy. READ MORE» https://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/trump-revealed-real-reason-he-attacks-press-camera-meeting You Might Like Learn more about RevenueStripe... Copyright © 2018 AlterNet Media Inc., All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in to receive our newsletter at our website. Our mailing address is: AlterNet Media Inc. PO Box 21040 Washington, DC 20009-0550