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Tensions in Tel Aviv: Relations between President Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu hit rock bottom
Josh Lederman
As President Obama prepares to leave office, he's also leaving a terrible relationship with Israel's ruling party
Pushing back on Israel, Secretary of State John Kerry defends Obama’s action on UN vote
Josh Lederman, Matthew Daly
"Israel can either be Jewish or democratic, it cannot be both, and it won't ever really be at peace," Kerry said
Donald Trump’s perverted populism: His cabinet is based on the myth that the wealthy are more virtuous
Simon Maloy
Would-be Trump official Larry Kudlow says Trump's cabinet picks can't be corrupt — because they're already rich
Carl Paladino, Donald Trump’s New York co-chairman, says he’s “not racist” in apology for Michelle Obama remarks
Matthew Rozsa
Paladino has a bad case of the totally-not-racist-itis, saying he made a "mistake" wishing death on the president
Republicans are vexed by factions on replacing health law
Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar
It won't be easy for Republicans to get together to decide on the future of health care
President Obama says he could have “mobilized a majority of the American people” and beaten Donald Trump in 2016
Matthew Rozsa
The president is not making the president-elect happy with his unwillingness to defer to The Donald
Donald Trump’s irresponsible nuclear weapons tweets: Pure whimsy, or prelude to apocalypse?
Bob Cesca
Donald Trump has apparently relaunched the global nuclear arms race — on Twitter, and out of sheer blinding idiocy
Money won bigly in 2016: An expert tells us how to follow the money in politics
Kathy Kiely
Policy changes should be based on merits (and backed by evidence), not on the money
A postelection postmortem of the #GirlBoss era
Maegan Carberry
With Hillary Clinton and Nasty Gal's Sophia Amoruso flat on the mat, #Girlboss acolytes wonder is that all there is
Why Donald Trump won — and how Hillary Clinton lost: 13 theories explain the stunning election
Don Hazen, Kali Holloway, Jenny Pierson, Jan Frel, Les Leopold, Steven Rosenfeld, Michael Arria, Ilana Novick, Janet Allon
Trump did what millions thought impossible: he was — sort of — elected president of the United States. Here's why
Combating racism is crucial to revitalizing American politics: It’s not easy, but it can be done
Sean McElwee
Social science suggests that racial resentment is central to Donald Trump's appeal. There are ways to fight back
“Rogue One”: Exactly the “Star Wars” movie we need as the age of Trump dawns
Amanda Marcotte
"Rogue One" is far from an upbeat movie, but its tone and message are perfectly suited for our times
What truth? George Orwell, Aldous Huxley and the Trumpified political reality of 2016
Conor Lynch
Taken together, the two great dystopian novelists of the mid-20th century might have dreamed up Donald Trump
Conservatism turned toxic: Donald Trump’s fanbase has no actual ideology, just a nihilistic hatred of liberals
Amanda Marcotte
Trump's victory was the result of decades of right-wing hate rhetoric, curdling into a totally negative worldview
Dystopian Donald: Will Trump make “1984” look like a nursery tale?
Tom Engelhardt
Can you doubt that we’re in a dystopian age, even if we’re still four weeks from Trump entering the Oval Office?
Vladimir Putin wrote a “very nice letter” to Donald Trump calling for bilateral cooperation
Taylor Link
Trump team released a statement saying Putin was "so correct," hopes "we do not have to travel an alternate path"
Conservatives, let’s not eat our own: Trump supporters need to respect Republicans who disagree with the president-elect
Carrie Sheffield
The media pilloried Republicans for dissenting during Obama's administration. We have to be better than that
Is Donald Trump a traitor? His path to the White House suggests a pattern of profound disloyalty
Chauncey DeVega
There's a word for someone who colludes with a foreign power to subvert democracy and overthrow political norms
Newt Gingrich’s semi-hilarious ethics lecture: Donald Trump is so rich we can’t worry about it
Gary Legum
Onetime House speaker ousted on corruption charges tells us we need "a whole new approach" on political ethics
Strange bedfellows: Making peace with Glenn Beck on “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee”
Melanie McFarland
It is a mad, mad world when Samantha Bee and Glenn Beck show us how to be allies for the sake of the common good.
President Obama bans some ocean drilling areas forever
Matthew Rozsa
The president is invoking a 1953 law to protect vulnerable parts of our environment
“Drain the swamp” — of all those P.C. liberals! Turns out Trumpers don’t care about lobbyists or plutocrats
Amanda Marcotte
New polling data suggests Trump supporters don't know or care about economics but yearn to fight the culture war
Don’t go, Michelle Obama! Her Oprah interview was a powerful reminder of why she’ll be missed
D. Watkins
Black women like Obama have set the tone and laid the foundation for everything I’ve accomplished and aspire to be
CIA agent who debriefed Saddam Hussein says the agency is full of “yes men”
Matthew Rozsa
John Nixon says the CIA is too eager to please the president — giving him answers he wants to hear
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