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Archives: December 31, 2017

Ex-DHS official: Papadopoulos emails show Trump team knew about Russian attack on DNC & did nothing

Please report this tweet

Watching "The Iron Lady," about PM Thatcher.

If someone votes overseas, how does the vote count as far as electoral college?

Swing Left has raised millions for Democratic nominees in Swing Districts

Trump fan Roseanne Barr threatens to quit after Twitter meltdown

Trump : "Iranian Govt should respect their peoples right to peaceful *protest"

Trump surrogate gets shut down for dredging up phony 'wiretap' claim

We now know the tipping point that prompted the FBI to open its Trump-Russia investigation

With today's NYTimes story about Papadopolous, another weird puzzle piece MIGHT have fallen

Ted Lieu: Show me a person with no political opinions and you've just shown me a liar.

Do not blame the Greatest Generation, or the boomers, or any other

(THREAD) BREAKING - The NYT has published a bombshell report on George Papadopoulos

Newsweek: Will Mueller Charge Mike Pence or Donald tRump Jr. In Russia Investigation in 2018?

This hasn't been posted in awhile. Chaplin in The Great Dictator

Someone wrote last night about an FBI raiding Virginia....

Ding ding... agree and I've thought this for awhile

Sea Stars Make a Comeback After Mysterious 'Goo' Disease Killed Millions

Anyone here happen to have Humana as their provider?

A second revolution in Iran? Not yet.

Radio Australia: Donald Trump aide's booze-fuelled admission to Alexander Downer 'helped spark FBI..

*UPDATE, not good* : "Auto-Refresh in Edge" - solution(?) here!1

It's cold, bitterly cold..have you helped the homeless?, seems there are so many more now

Caption picture of Putin toasting on this day before New Years

New Language for the New Year

Watching San Andreas on TV.

No power and growing anger at ground zero in Puerto Rico

HIV/Aids adviser says panel's sudden firing by Trump 'feels like retribution'

Canada just trolled U.S. in championship hockey game......

Pence's Aspen-area neighbors hung 'Make America Gay Again' sign

Ex-Sheriff Clarke rails against 'lib media' after reports on past FBI investigation

Do I need Windows Live Essentials?

Argentina 'dirty war' killer gets house arrest

Trump: I think Mueller will treat me fairly...

Deporter-in-chief Trump: Give Me a Border Wall or Ill Deport the Dreamers:

Two reportedly killed after Iranian forces 'open fire on protestors' as demonstrations continue for

FAMILY BOOTED FROM DISNEYLAND FLIGHT OVER FALSE LICE ALLEGATIONS

Trump IS a record-setting President

Ball drops in about 2 hours!

Arizona's free-roaming Salt River horses get long-term protection with agreement between state, feds

Former Watergate prosecutor: 'Conspiracy,' not collusion, is main issue in Russia investigation

Is the idea of the president's singular/sole power to launch nukes obsolete?

Hamilton warned us.

The Never Trumpers

The Debt Clock

The U.S National Debt Clock

"Aiding and Abetting"

Saturday Night Lagavulin-Buzz. Ask me anything...

Why Experts Advise Against Dogs Sleeping on Human Beds

Here's where the minimum wage is going up in 2018

Time for a New American Republic

GO BADGERS GO.....winners of the Orange Bowl defeat Miami......

something amazing

Poems walked by and I wrote them

to know what Mueller knows now...

IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH!!

Future Megaprojects

My first 8 track purchase...

2 Las Vegas security guards fatally shot in hotel-casino

Illinois to ban 'gay panic defense'

Don't Expect DACA Or CHIP Passing Without Massive Extortion By GOP/TRUMP.

Bruce Arians likely to step away from coaching after Cards' finale, sources say

Anyone who needs/wants wifi info, a good site

The first cassette single you purchased...

Trump Boasts He Signed More Laws Than Any President Since Truman. He Actually Signed the Fewest.

I took my dad to his meeting of Yeller Dawg Democrats this morning.

"Can't win a piss fight with a skunk", ever hear that from your parents ?

"Infrastructure" not "Socialism"

Happy New 2018 to all my friends on DU!

Best Champagne for the $ Stock up... Freixenet

So, that was 2017...

The last days of the Battle of Berlin and Trump's followers....

No more Champagne...

New Yorkers working minimum wage jobs to see pay rise to $13 an hour in new year

Gov. Cuomo proposes $34 million expansion of airport north of New York City

Official White House photo: Stephen Miller makes white power symbol with his hands

I Got my Education..

If trump goes to trial at the state level and the constitutional issue of whether a sitting

So I was telling trumptards about my man crush on mueller

Why this Republican electrician agrees with Sen. Merkley about the pipeline

Remember Trumps first phone call to Australia's PM and Trump got crazy and went off on him? ...

Berlin sets up New Years Eve safe zone for women amid sexual assault concerns

Coffee and Hendrix from the family room

Here's a beautiful love story-Mixed-race couple: 'The priest refused to marry us'

When will Trump call and insult his family?

Mother in law is up she is in sara huckabee snarky mode

4 degrees (feels like minus 7). High for today 16 degrees.

Your Sunday LOLcats (dial-up warning) Matter Of Fact Edition

Sunday's Doonesbury- Pick your poison

Check out #IranProtests on Twitter

11 Awkward Moments Indian-Americans Will Recognize

Ok Im sorry I have to go on about my bob mueller man crush

BEST NEW YEARS EVE EVER!!!!

America's First UFO Sighting

"The Iranian people, especially the young, are protesting for the freedom and future they deserve."

Trump admin shuts down Obama-era deal to fund half of $13B rail tunnel project

CEO says Iran blocking messaging app after issuing warning to protesters

"The Year In Hats"

Happy New Year Australia- and thanks for the tip on the treasonous behavior of Trump's campaign.

President Putin, How do you respond to the recent turmoil in the WH?

Brockport, NY Police respond to report of squirrel snacking on cookies in kitchen

2017, explained by the late-night writers who had to make fun of it for television

Grrrr, the Times has done it again

Rising infrastructure costs in Florida's real estate market

Trump tells voters not to hand Congress to Dems: They will 'totally kill the great wealth' I create

Anthony Scaramucci: Steve Bannon 'has been a force for good'

2018 will bring the second OJ trial

2017: The Year America Abandoned Its Leadership Of The World

Man Found with Small Arsenal on Top Floor of Houston Hotel

Ex-DNC chair: Biden would 'win overwhelmingly' against Trump in 2020

2017, Youve Been One Terrible Decade

Trump warns Iran: US watching for human rights violations in response to protests

Mattis: 'I'm saving money for bombs' instead of gratitude tokens

Dear friends: I find that I must limit the amount of time that Im on-line. Today is the last day

Stay hopeful but start working..

What Do Christians Believe?

All Paths Lead to Magical Thinking

Why Champagne and Fried Chicken Are Perfect Together

Bernese Clown Car

Why was Christie never indicted for Bridgegate?

Police: 'Multiple deputies down' in active shooter situation in Littleton, Colo.

Multiple officers shot, suspect at large, bomb squad, SWAT on scene in Douglas County (Colorado)

OK, this is from Red State, but they nail the top 5 Trump sycophants of 2017

We need Trumps luck to run out.

Another thing that drives me crazy

Media watchdog: Threats against independent journalists 'at epidemic levels'

If Mueller does not end his investigation this spring, early summer.

Iranian Gov't shuts down Telegram App that 40 Million Iranians use, inc. protestors.

TRUMP'S WAY. For Trump, A Year of Reinventing the Presidency

In memory and hope -

"Active shooter" - we are having yet another of our entirely preventable episodes of gun violence.

Graham: 2018 will be year of 'extreme danger'

Kelly: Trump doesn't ask 'how other presidents did this'

It seems to me we have near unanimous consent that they are evil

Mattis nixes holiday tradition of seeing troops in war zones

Republican: 'We're not talking about taking away benefits from those who deserve benefits'

There is a significant root cause to the way things are trending the past decades...

Friend tells Ana Navarro The Rock might run for prez. Ana: I'd vote for a rock if it ran against DT.

The Year of Love Jihad in India

The crud

Treats you say? Suddenly we are angels now

Funny cat cartoon

2016 sucked... was 2017 better ?

No dogs no masters

Celebrity Top Chefs: Trump versus Mueller

What in the hell is Putin doing in this pic ? Is someone grabbing his finger ?!

Rethinking democracy!

I think Junior and/or Kushner are being indicted early into 2018.

That rich guy who runs the Impeach Trump commercials...

Judiciary Republican: If there was any Trump-Russia collusion, it would have leaked months ago

10 Ways America is failing-

Andy Borowitz--New Yorker Festival--Live

Lemmy mocks Trump from beyond the grave

Russia historian: Trump has a 'boyish crush' on Putin...he 'wants to be the first American czar'

Multiple deputies injured after shots fired in Denver suburb

A crop of pandas

Intoxicated man found with small arsenal on top floor of Hyatt Regency downtown, police say

Trump likes to use social media because,

Tom Waits on Letterman - free the glutens!

Memphis mayor rips Fox's Todd Starnes over Confederate statues: 'He's a liar who doesn't know...

THIS is America

MAD tv - Take Back America Tour

Trump's Very Bad Year

The only reason Trump had interview with NYTimes reporter was to put Mueller on notice.

MSNBC showed people already penned up in Times Square

Trump Opens Up To The NYT

So, On The Morning Of The Final Day Of 2017

Do You Believe in Magic?

2018 - RED ALERT From UN

I'm afraid to update anything else ...

Democratic governors threaten legal action against Republican tax plan

Federal panel moves Everetts opioid lawsuit out of state

Wtf happened to netflix - Im back on after 10 mo. hiatus and I find that

Expect EPA chief Scott Pruitt's reckless spending to continue in 2018

China Shuts Down Its Legal Ivory Trade

Congress Attacked Endangered Species Every 6 Days in 20178**

Evangelical Christians will pay for trading faith for power, morality lost forever

New York Times Trumpwashes 70 Years of US Crimes

I went out to CNN.com today and almost every story had "Trump" in it.

Name for the Trump era......

Rick Wilson: How Donald Trump ate the nation

What are you reading this week of December 31, 2017?

Police: Gun battle among cars near Orlando tourist district leaves 5 wounded

Why the new 12000 dollar standard deduction for single, and 24000 for joint in the new tax plan is

These 16 Major Environmental Protections Were Cut in 2017

'Alabama' and SEC domination.

Google And Amazon's Childish Little Fight Is Spilling Into Your Home

"This Is My Life Now" -- An Interview with a Nursing Home Resident

"This Is My Life Now" -- An Interview with a Nursing Home Resident

What ever happen to ....

Of these potential 2020 candidates, whom would you support and why?

White House releases photo of the President and his staff celebrating the new year:

Trump administration shuts down $13B Obama-era rail tunnel funding deal: report

Celebrate safely, y'all!

Grand way to start the New YEAR WATCH: Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are most admired people i

Agnelli & Nelson - Everyday 2002 (Alex Gold & Oz Dj Mix)

No politics thread!....what are some of your aspirations/plans/hopes/goals for 2018?

A German nursing home tries a novel form of dementia therapy.

New Year's Resolutions 2018

Fewer guns mean fewer killings. We want a handgun ban.

Acckkk, I was hoping to toast the bastards demise but Gallup

let's fast forward some! If tRump does fire Mueller AND IF we get control of both house can

White supremacists took over a city now NC is doing more to remember the deadly attack

Lindsey Graham says he's come around to Trump.............

2018 Voting checklist:

Seems like only yesterday.

Ticket prices go up for Trumps very glam New Years Eve bash at Mar-a-Lago

Words We're Watching: What About "Whataboutism?"

Carl Bernstein: Trump's lawyers telling him what he wants to hear (cnn)

Happy Hogmanay...Day....

Barack Obama shares his favorite books and songs of 2017

what the rich bastards are forgetting! What can you buy for $1,000,000,000?

anger and hate must be channeled

The Strib's Tevlin is retiring. Today was his last column

What's for Dinner, New Year's Eve, Sun., Dec. 31, 2017

Major layoffs announced in western Kentucky coal mines.

"North Carolina is no longer classified as a democracy" (nor is the US):

Anxiety & Depression relatable

Blackburn Says GOP Will Only Take Social Security Away From Those Who Don't 'Deserve' It

wondering here. on a state level is there anything we can do, about

'Old Man' Brady is lookin' pretty hot in sub-freezing New England!

For the Ones waiting at the Rainbow Bridge

Look what's playing on tv channels in some parts

VP Mike Pence gets message from Aspen neighbors: Make America Gay Again

About plumber butt...

-49F at Watson Lake, Yukon, Canada: something tells me they are staying IN for New Year's Eve....

Let's start calling it what it is

Winner of the 2017 Benedict Arnold Award

There is beauty in this below zero weather: Niagara Falls............

If the election was stolen...

Much love and Happy New Year to you all

The Browns officially finish 0-16

Journalists shouldnt just repeat Trump's lies

Antonn Dvork Symphony #7 in D Minor, Op. 70

Maximum number of Democratic Governors after the 2018 Elections.

I Have to Repair My Washing Machine - Yaay!

Wow, Peter Baker and NYT does a huge normalization job on the dumpster

Super Moon

PICTURE THIS!!!!

Getting involved in the fight to take back the House!

"...and Happy New Year", from John and Yoko.

HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYONE

Breaking: Burger King is no longer "the home of the Whopper".

it's kind of remarkable that a business owned by the president is charging people to attend a party

Who's that new guy on the Pats D?

Liz Crokin lost her twitter blue tick after flinging accusations at Chrissy Teigan (re: Pizzagate)

Michael Moore's tweet about U.S. foreign policy did NOT excuse Russian interference in our election

Donald Trump is the greatest enemy of the American people.

Winds of Winter - Do You Still Care?

Chappelle to poor whites: Trump is fighting for me, not you (VIDEO)

GOP Tax Scam is ILLEGAL

Parrot

Maduro increases the minimum wage by another 40%... by dictate. Again.

Securing the Byrd Rule from future hacking by Republicans

The Cubanization of Venezuela

CNN: Trees planted where our cameras caught Trump golfing

It's 10 degrees. We just called in a no running water problem. Sorry bout that.

I just read about a shortage of IV bags in the U.S.

Fake President Wishes US "Happy New Year"

The 45 Funniest Anti-Trump Memes of 2017

New Year's Day, U2

You forgot: First to conspire with a hostile foreign country to steal an election

For fourteen years, I've wished you guys a Happy New Year here on DU

Some Interesting Stuff on Deep Eutectics.

Replace Dem's Donkey with a Mustang?

In a shocking, completely unexpected turn of events, Trump's New Year tweet is basically "up yours."

Chelsea Clinton and Chrissy Tiegan are amazing together on Twitter

No disrespect to any of our furry friends, but I'm combining ideas and assigning names:

Happy New Year - Auld Lang Syne by Sissel

よい おとし を! Yoi otoshi wo! Happy New Years from

Coal consumption falling

Hippie Gnu Ear, DU!

What are your New Year's Resolutions for 2018

Auld Lang Syne by Mairi Campbell

Fuck 2017 Here is to a much better 2018

Happy New Year from Casper...

Here. Don't say I never gave you anything.

Auld Lang Syne by Susan Boyle

Wheee.

Auld Lang Lyne by Caledon and the SFO

Anyone else having problems streaming live sports on Hulu Plus?

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