Trump's Deadly Narcissism  —  According to a new Quinnipiac poll, a majority of Americans believe that Donald Trump is unfit to be president.  That's pretty remarkable.  But you have to wonder how much higher the number would be if people really knew what's going on.

USAFA superintendent: “Grab your phones”  —  Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria, superintendent of the Air Force Academy, yesterday “stood all of his 4,000 cadets at attention ...  [c]hins in and chests out ... to deliver a message on racial slurs found written on message boards at the academy's preparatory school …

Bernie backers give Dem incumbents a pass in 2018  —  Democrats have long been terrified that the Sanders-Clinton slugfest of 2016 would set off a prolonged civil war in the party, forcing incumbents to fight off primary challengers from the left in Senate and gubernatorial races.  —  It hasn't happened.

CNN poll: Americans split on anthem protests  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)Americans are sharply divided over whether NFL players taking a knee during the National Anthem are doing the right thing to express their views, but a majority agree that President Donald Trump …

Melania Trump fires back at librarian who rejected gift of Dr. Seuss books as ‘racist’  —  First lady Melania Trump fired back Friday at a Massachusetts elementary school librarian who rejected her donation of Dr. Seuss books, claiming their illustrations are examples of “racist propaganda.”

Senate unveils 2018 budget resolution  —  The Senate Budget Committee unveiled a budget resolution for 2018 on Friday that would allow the party to shield its tax reform bill from a Democratic filibuster.  —  The tax reform package would increase the deficit by $1.5 trillion over a decade …

State Department orders nonessential diplomats and families out of Cuba following mysterious attacks  —  Sonic attack may have caused brain injuries  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  — At least 21 US diplomats and family members have been affected by the incidents that began in November

Millionaire Trump Adviser Says Americans Can ‘Buy A New Car’ With $1,000 Tax Cut  —  Gary Cohn also suggested that money could be used for a substantial home renovation.  —  President Donald Trump's chief economic adviser — Gary Cohn, the former Goldman Sachs president worth an estimated $266 million …

People Are Sharing This Fake Photo Of NFL Players Burning The American Flag  —  Conservative social media accounts are sharing a photoshopped image that makes it look like an NFL player is burning the US flag while his teammates cheer him on.  —  The fake picture is being used …

Zinke took $12,000 charter flight home in oil executive's plane, documents show  —  Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke chartered a flight from Las Vegas to near his home in Montana this summer aboard a plane owned by oil-and-gas executives, internal documents show.

Private Emails, Private Jets and Mr. Trump's Idea of Public Service  —  Electing him, Donald Trump promised on the campaign trail, would “make every dream you ever dreamed for your country come true.”  Among those reveries, he suggested, would be a government free of self-dealing and one devoted to public service.

Trump Goes Rogue on Iran  —  The disjointed effort by Team USA to rewrite the nuclear deal.  —  Donald Trump has railed against the Iran nuclear deal since it was agreed to in 2015.  As a candidate, he said undoing it would be a top priority as president.  As president, he's called it one of the worst deals ever.

The Berniecrats Have an Obama Problem  —  The ideological vanguard of the Bernie Sanders movement emerged from the 2016 election overflowing with dialectical certainty.  Hillary Clinton's narrow win in the primary was the last gasp of a dying neoliberal order, the overthrow of which is now preordained.

I'm a white country singer.  I still took a knee after I sang the national anthem at an NFL game.  —  I was on my way to Nissan Stadium in Nashville on Sunday morning when I got a phone call informing me that my performance of the national anthem before the Tennessee Titans game would be televised nationally later that day.