The AP Spins Lewis vs. Trump  —  The biggest news story of the day, apparently, is the dustup between Rep. John Lewis and Donald Trump, about which I wrote this morning.  Although the story has little real significance, the Associated Press, the most influential news source in the U.S. …

Jennifer Holliday Pulls Out of Trump Inauguration, Apologizes to LGBT Community (Exclusive)  —  “I sincerely apologize for my lapse of judgement,” Broadway legend writes in open letter provided to TheWrap  —  Jennifer Holliday has canceled her appearance at Donald Trump's inauguration event next week …

Zoe Saldana: Hollywood bullied Trump  —  Los Angeles (AFP) - It isn't an opinion heard frequently in the famously liberal Hollywood, but sci-fi queen Zoe Saldana has spoken out against the acting community for bullying abrasive Donald Trump.  —  The “Star Trek,” “Avatar” and “Guardians of the Galaxy” …

Without Obamacare, I Will Get Sicker, Faster, Until I Die  —  ROANOKE, Va. — On March 18, 1991, my life changed.  I was an 18-year-old student at a community college in southwestern Virginia, working out at the gym, when I got a headache.  A thunderous pain shot through my head and I thought, “I am going to die now.”

Peter Thiel considering bid for California governor  —  Peter Thiel, the Silicon Valley billionaire and outspoken Donald Trump supporter, is considering a 2018 bid for California governor, according to three Republicans familiar with his thinking.  —  Thiel, who co-founded PayPal …

Donald Trump: Kremlin Employee of the Month?  —  The humor writer Andy Borowitz recently joked that Donald Trump had been named the Kremlin's “employee of the month.”  I giggled at that, and then winced.  It's painful even to joke about.  —  Some of the most explosive reports about America …

‘You Focus on the Good’: Women Who Voted for Trump, in Their Own Words  —  On Jan. 21, the day after the inauguration, women from all over the country will be rolling into Washington for what promises to be an enormous protest against Donald J. Trump.  But millions of women went to the polls …

Trump's Conflicts  —  He's done enough.  —  President-elect Donald Trump's attempt to put the conflicts issue behind him has failed, at least according to the mainstream media.  His announcement that he would resign from all positions with companies in the Trump Organization …

How Can Literature Resist Islamophobia?  One Writer Answers: Gay Muslim Furry Romance.  —  Kyell Gold's new novel may lie at the most unlikely intersection in literary history: a gay immigrant Muslim romance involving furries—that is, people who feel a close identification with anthropomorphic animal characters.

Clinton Global Initiative to be discontinued  —  The Clinton Global Initiative has informed the New York Department of Labor that it intends to lay off its 22 employees on April 15, 2017.  The reason given is “Discontinuation of the Clinton Global Initiative.”

The Republican in charge of government oversight wants to prohibit criticism of Trump's ethical violations.  —  It is going to be practically impossible for Donald Trump to take office next Friday and stay on the right side of the Constitution's Emoluments Clause without divesting and placing his businesses in a blind trust.

In the Shopping Cart of a Food Stamp Household: Lots of Soda  —  What do households on food stamps buy at the grocery store?  —  The answer was largely a mystery until now.  The United States Department of Agriculture, which oversees the $74 billion food stamp program called SNAP …

Joint Statement on Committee Inquiry into Russian Intelligence Activities  —  WASHINGTON - Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, today issued …

Dukakis: Trump needs to apologize to Clinton  —  Former Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis said in an interview Friday that President-elect Donald Trump  —  needs to get off Twitter and apologize to Hillary Clinton  —  “I mean he ought to be ashamed of himself for this kind of stuff …