TODAY'S TOP STORIES - December 29, 2016

4 Completely Bizarre Moments from Trump's Sort-of Press Conference at Mar-a-Lago

By Janet Allon, AlterNet

Computers, who can even understand them? READ MORE»


Robert Reich: 7 Things Obama Should Do Before Trump Walks into the White House

By Robert Reich, RobertReich.org

Obama could and should take these last stands. READ MORE»


Fox News Caught Using Out-and-Out Lie to Push for End to Food Stamps

By Kali Holloway, AlterNet

With Trump's election, the right sees a new chance to target the poor and vulnerable. READ MORE»


Nixon Historian: Trump Is 'an 11 on a Scale of 10' for Nixonian Paranoid Tendencies

By Alexandra Rosenmann, AlterNet

Trump's mistrust of and contempt for the media is even more dangerous given today's spying apparatus. READ MORE»


There Are Over 1,000 Communities Across the US with 4x the Lead Poisoning in Flint, Michigan

By Sarah Lazare, AlterNet

Reuters investigation finds Flint’s water contamination crisis is just the tip of a very contaminated iceberg. READ MORE»


Don't Worry About the Corporate Media Normalizing Donald Trump, Worry About Them Enabling Him

By Heather Digby Parton, Salon

Donald Trump is on pace to self-destruct—that is, unless the media keeps enabling him.  READ MORE»


Neuropsychologists Explain Why a Broken Heart Might Really Have Killed Debbie Reynolds

By Alexandra Rosenmann, AlterNet

Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher died just one day apart.  READ MORE»


Trump Confidante Kellyanne Conway Worried DC Private Schools Won't Accept Her Kids

By Tom Boggioni, Raw Story

According to Page Six, Conway expressed her concern to other parents at New Jersey’s Elisabeth Morrow School. READ MORE»


Overcaffeinated California Driver Arrested for DUI Finally Exonerated

By Alexandra Rosenmann, AlterNet

"I was confident the whole time I wasn't on anything."  READ MORE»


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