The mainstream media allows Donald Trump to get away with lies and racist attacks without questioning them by treating back-and-forth statements from politicians as part of the horse race of politics. If the media were doing its job, it would not pass on statements without at least checking on their veracity. Let’s look at a […]
Another day, another revelation about Donald Trump. The news today is that Trump, who promises he will protect American jobs, has been doing his best to destroy American jobs by not paying his bills. USA Today did some top-notch investigative reporting and found an extensive pattern of Trump skipping out on his bills. Like on […]
© Jen Sorensen Not so long ago, Americans thought that authoritarian leaders only came to power in countries like Turkey, where president Recep Erdogan has been cracking down hard on anyone in the media who criticizes him, while stoking nationalist fervor and traditional (sexist) values. But now we know that it could happen here. And […]
Trump is definitely not making life easier for Republicans. As a possible sign of what is to come, incumbent Republican congresswoman Renee Ellmers was the first down-ballot GOP candidate to be endorsed by Donald Trump. Trump even recorded a robocall for her. But she was crushed in the North Carolina primary last weekend, far behind […]
Donald Trump is going off the deep end over the whole Trump University scandal and lawsuit. As if calling the judge in two of the cases against Trump U “a hater” and saying that the judge should be removed from the case because “he’s a Mexican” isn’t bad enough. First of all, the judge is […]
If you live in one of the states that has a primary today, please vote. I don’t even care for whom you vote. People complain about the special interests in politics, but the main reason those special interests can get away with it is because most people don’t vote. Ignore the AP calling the primary […]
When Donald Trump created Trump University, he called it a noble endeavor with an emphasis on education over profits. In fact, he promised that if the (fake) university made a profit, he would turn the funds over to charity. Is anyone surprised to find out that even though Trump University had revenues of $40 million […]
There are many theories of why people support Donald Trump. One theory is that the voters are angry and hate the political establishment. Middle class workers have been hurt by the economy and are desperate to find someone who can shake things up. Or at least stand up to the special interests who are sucking […]
I’ve been having conversations recently with Bernie Sanders supporters and have felt a kind of desperation coming from them. Like if Sanders doesn’t win (and most of them are still holding out hope for that unlikely outcome) they will be very depressed or angry. Some are saying that they plan to vote for Trump if […]
Bernie Sanders responded to the anti-Trump violence on Thursday with a statement that bears repeating: I understand how reprehensible and disgraceful Donald Trump’s positions are, how ignorant they are, how much he is appealing — and I can understand the anger, I surely can. The bigotry that is coming from his mouth, the insults to […]
© Dan Wasserman The ironic thing about being conned is that you don’t know you are being conned until it is too late.
The evidence is building that at best, Trump is a charming con man who has hit upon the ultimate con: getting himself elected as the leader of the free world (with his finger on the nuclear trigger). I’ve been watching the unfolding scandal around “Trump University”, whose very name is itself a scam. Calling an […]
So, do you believe in democracy or not? The Washington Post couldn’t find any change in the rules that would give Sanders a win. Right now, the only way he could become the nominee is if most of the superdelegates ignore the will of their voters, abandon Clinton and decide to vote for Sanders. Sanders […]
Scott Adams, the creator of the Dilbert comic strip, explains to Bill Maher why Trump will win the election: I’m not sure I buy what Adams is selling — that Trump is really an evil genius and knows exactly what he is doing. But I could easily believe that Trump is a charming sociopath who […]
To help refresh your memory, The Guardian has put together a comprehensive list of all the scandals that the Clintons were involved in in the 90s. I say “involved in” facetiously, because pretty much none of them actually turned up anything substantial directly on the Clintons themselves (other than the fact that Bill Clinton, like […]
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