Noam Chomsky

• ‘Hypocritical’ Republicans busted for going silent now that Trump has exploded the deficit
  In a “Reality Check” segment on CNN on Thursday morning, contributor John Avlon called out GOP fiscal hawks who have suddenly disappeared from the public square now that a Republican president has exploded the national debt.
  Tom Boggioni
• Texas evangelical minister: Exalting Trump as the ‘second coming of God’ is ‘blasphemous and sacrilegious’
  Much of the strong criticism that President Donald Trump receives from Christians typically comes from Mainline Protestants (especially non-fundamentalist African-American churches) or Catholic Democrats; Trump is still quite popular among…
  Alex Henderson
• Sarah Huckabee Sanders lands new gig as a Fox News contributor
  Huckabee Sanders has been weighing a run for governor of Arkansas.
  David Badash
• Democrat John Hickenlooper to run for Senate after exit from crowded presidential field
  "I know changing Washington is hard, but I want to give it a shot," Hickenlooper said in his announcement video.
  Matthew Rozsa
• Trump’s claims about his performance on jobs just got destroyed by one of his own federal agencies
  Job growth was much weaker than first reported.
  David Badash
• GOP strategist: Greenland debacle proves that Trump is ‘batsh*t crazy’ and a ‘madman’
  While many former critics of President Donald Trump have turned into obsequious sycophants — most notably, Sen. Lindsey Graham and White House adviser Kellyanne “Alternative Facts” Conway — GOP strategist…
  Alex Henderson
• ‘He’s empty’: Psychiatrist warns Trump is in a ‘psychotic-like state’
  Dr. Lance Dodes warned that things were going to get worse under President Donald Trump in 2017. That’s precisely what happened.
  Sarah K. Burris
• Trump administration revives public charge clause that barred Nazi-era refugees from the US
  During the Nazi era, roughly 300,000 additional Jewish refugees could have gained entry to the U.S. But the immigration law’s “likely to become a public charge” clause kept them out.
  Laurel Leff
• The politics of deprecation: Why leaders don’t laugh at themselves as much anymore
  Self-deprecating humor can be a savvy campaign strategy – but only for certain candidates.
  Frank T. McAndrew
• Here’s how to invest if you’re worried a recession is coming
  A growing number of investors, policymakers and others say the US economy may be at risk of spiraling downward. A finance professor explains how to ride it out.
  Alexander Kurov