Lesley Stahl begins by calling the 2016 presidential campaign “interminable”—to which I say: if only it lasted for ever, I had hope during the campaign!—and then she says that “a divided country found all kinds of ways to describe Donald Trump: visionary businessman, vulgar self-promoter, political neophyte.” I have to say, I didn’t hear anyone […]
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Glowering Bigot Donald Trump Meets with Class Act President Obama in the White House
Please chop me into firewood and feed me into that fireplace. This is painful to watch. He sits there glowering like a racist who can’t believe he was to wait for Obama to speak before he does. You can tell the whole time in his mind it’s just, like, this: Trump while Obama was talking […]
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The Disgust. The Grief. The Shock. And What to Do About It.
I took this photo last night and I still can’t believe the words I see there on the screen. Soon, we’ll be past shock. We’ll be onto anger. I can’t wait for anger. I wish I could fast-forward to anger right now, fast-forward to fire in the belly, better protests, new art, coming together in […]
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If Your Nerves Are Fried from this Presidential Race, Here’s What You Can Do
In eight days, the internet can go back to what the internet does best: showing us what kittens look like. Kitten/Shutterstock When. Is this. Going to be over. Longest, most draining election of all time? Easily. Some news sources say “Trump continues to narrow the gap with Clinton.” Others say “Comey’s bombshell changes few votes.” […]
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Donald Trump’s History of Shredding Documents and Destroying Emails When He’s Under Subpoena Is Shocking
“Oh my god, guess what? I’ve deleted thousands of emails, too. Even when I’ve been under subpoena!” a katz / Shutterstock.com Today Newsweek published an explosive story about Donald Trump’s legal dealings—or at least it should be explosive, because it shows what a hypocrite he is on Hillary Clinton deleting 33,000 personal emails. But explosive […]
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Donald Trump and His Campaign Manager Occupy Separate Realities
He says, “We’re winning this race. I really believe we’re winning.” She says, “We are behind.” Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.com Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, America’s most unflappable flack, acknowledged the obvious at the start of her segment on Meet the Press over the weekend. “We are behind” were the first words she uttered. As […]
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Elizabeth Warren: “Get This, Donald. Nasty Women Are Tough. Nasty Women Are Smart. And Nasty Women Vote.”
Elizabeth Warren: “Get this, Donald: Nasty women are tough. Nasty women are smart. And nasty women vote.” https://t.co/RvU6qnJr8s— Joshua Chavers (@JoshuaChavers) October 24, 2016 In case you haven’t been paying attention, the Most Stressful Election of All Time has weirdly become Xanax Xanadu, at least when it comes to the White House. Even Republican boogeyman […]
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Whew! Okay! Maybe If I Just Start Shimmying I Can Get Through Tonight’s Debate Without Throwing Up (Again)
The preparer in chief gets a 10 out of 10 for the first two debates. But who knows what will happen tonight. Evan El-Amin / Shutterstock.com Yesterday morning, after a fitful night’s sleep, I got out of bed and threw up. I thought it had to do with Thai food leftovers, but maybe it had […]
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41 Percent of U.S. Voters Believe Election Could Be “Stolen” from Trump
I can’t even. George Sheldon / Shutterstock.com Politico just released the results of a new nationwide poll showing the “electorate has turned deeply skeptical about the integrity of the nation’s election apparatus, with 41 percent of voters saying November’s election could be ‘stolen’ from Donald Trump due to widespread voter fraud.” I don’t know if […]
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Paul Ryan Feels His Control of Congress Slipping Away
He’s like Elsa in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, trying to hold onto too many things at the same time. Seth C Fisher / Shutterstock.com Yesterday’s news was that House Speaker Paul Ryan was distancing himself from Trump, no longer campaigning for him, and no longer defending him. Then last night, in what Talking […]
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Tonight’s VP Debate: An Excruciating Game of “Who’s the Most Christian Christian?”
Whose cross to bear is bigger? Official Congressional Portraits Is there a more boring game than Who’s the Most Christian Christian? There is not. But God, it’s one of America’s favorite political games! It’s an especially disheartening game because the contestants will be playing to the most uneducated people in the room. The Republican National […]
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The Trump Foundation Just Got into a Whole Bunch More Trouble
Another day, another new way the Trump Foundation may have broken the law. Evan El-Amin / Shutterstock.com Trump likes to talk about the Clinton Foundation as if it exists to personally enrich Hillary Clinton, when in fact the Clinton Foundation keeps poor people with HIV from dying. The Trump Foundation, however, seems to exist to […]