In Other News Today...

What is going on while everyone is distracted by main-stream news.

• Protesters Gather in 100 Cities Across Russia; Top Putin Critic Is Arrested
• Carmen Carrera Has a Message for Brazil and Betsy DeVos
• The Government Is 'Incidentally' Sucking up Tens of Millions of Americans’ Communications a Year, And It’s a Privacy Nightmare
• The Senate Just Sold Out Your Privacy Online to Corporations Like Comcast
• The Evidence That Russia Hacked the DNC Is Collapsing
• Rules Are for Schmucks: The Censored UN Report
• Trump Insults the Media, but Bush Bullied and Defanged It to Sell the Iraq War
• PRUITT EMAILS REVEAL COMMUNICATIONS WITH ALEC AND KOCH GROUPS
• Military Experts Issue a Warning Climate Skeptics Won't Want to Hear
• The Brad Blog Sunday TOONS!
• The public favors cutting defense spending, not adding billions more, new survey finds
• Trump Budget Horrifies Majority of Voters, Poll Finds
• Psychedelic DMT Experience Now Legal In US; First Ayahuasca Retreat Opens In Washington State
• Global Coal in Freefall, Tar Sands Development Drying Up (Bad News for Keystone XL)
• With No Proof, Rep. Gowdy Defends Nunes' Wacky White House Excursion
• Steve Bannon Is Cleaning House. He Posted A "S*it List" In WH War Room; And Paul Ryan Is Toast.
• Dark Data: Trump Backers Bankroll Firm Developing Psychological Profiles of Every U.S. Voter
• Dark Money Billionaires Push for Pro-Nuclear Radiation Climate Denier for White House Science Post
• Jane Mayer on Robert Mercer & the Dark Money Behind Trump and Bannon
• Bernie Sanders Storms CNN And Stops A Lie About Democrats Dead In Its Tracks
• Repealing prevailing wage laws hurts construction workers
• USDA Drops Plan to Test for Monsanto Weed Killer in Food
• Introducing Ask SciCheck
• Dan Goldberg on Neil Gorsuch, Marianne Lavelle on Climate Change Denial
• Tainted soy butter spurs recalls one by one; FDA remains mum
• Who gets XL Pipeline Bonanza? Koch
• Data Shows You Are More Likely To Be Shot In A Republican State
• Following Dramatic Drop In Coverage, U.S. Senators Condemn Irresponsible Lack Of Climate Change Coverage
• Alex Jones Apologizes for Pizzagate: ‘I Made Comments About Mr. Alefantis That in Hindsight I Regret
• LGBTQ+ content is being restricted on YouTube. Queer youth need these videos to survive.
• Despite Ag Industry Efforts, First Bee Species Listed As Endangered
• A "Tidal Wave" of Overdoses is Filling Up This Morgue
• PizzaGate Believers Rally At White House After Alex Jones Apologizes For Spreading Theory
• Al Franken Should Stay Exactly Where He Is
• These Cities Are Pulling Billions From the Banks That Support the Dakota Access Pipeline
• Democrats Should Focus More on Jobs, Less on Russia
• “Massive” May Day strike begins to take shape
• Latest from Politifact.
• The Age of Mass Unemployment Is Nigh, and That’s Not the Worst of It
• Heritage Foundation Alum Critical of Transgender Rights to Lead HHS Civil Rights Office
• China Is Building a 100,000 Strong Marine Corps
• Iran sanctions 15 US companies over alleged backing of Israeli ‘atrocities’
• A SOCIALIST PLAN FOR GREEN JOBS
• WHEN SMALL GROUPS OF PEOPLE SHUT DOWN CONTROVERSIAL SPEAKERS ON CAMPUSES
• Kochs Bankroll Move to Rewrite the Constitution
• Ukrainian Ammo Depot Explodes — Authorities Suspect Foul Play [VIDEO]
• 'People aren't spending': stores close doors in 'oversaturated' US retail market
• Climate Catastrophe Is Here: 2016 Hottest Year on Record
• Trump Just SCREWED Millions Of Americans With Student Loan Debt [video]
• The Warring Kleptocrats
• The DLC Lives: "Third Way" Democrats Are Trying to Push the Party Rightward
• Monsanto collusion on glyphosate & cancer
• The law no one asked for: Students can now carry concealed guns on campus in Arkansas
• Who'll help Antarctica? Claimed by everyone, protected by no one
• China warns US strategic bomber in East China Sea
• GOP Senator Really Sorry He Made Fun Of Your Boob Cancer
• Is Bankruptcy For Illinois The Answer?
• "They're Baaack! And Why You Should Be Worried – Very Worried"