Shutterstock Donald Trump: “You can’t fire me, I’m a disgusting shill with nothing to say! I was born to be on TV!” Meredeth Blake, an entertainment reporter for the LA Times, tweeted that NBC will not air the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants due to Trump’s recent statements on the character of Mexican immigrants. […]
Rich Smith
Rich Smith writes about politics, books, and performance for The Stranger. You can hear his impersonations of Bernie Sanders and Jeff Sessions on Blabbermouth, and you can read his poems at www.richsmithpoetry.com
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Don’t Worry, Bigots! You’re Still on Top
Shutterstock Chill out, bigots. It’s not like they’re replacing the stars and bars with the rainbow. Dear Bigots, I know, I know, I know, you’ve had a bad week. Your flag’s coming down. You can’t even buy one at Walmart anymore. Yesterday you found out that millions of people won’t be denied access to health […]
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Charleston Shooting: The Mental Health of Dylann Storm Roof Doesn’t Matter
SHUTTERSTOCK.COM The deadly and racist ideas that Dylann Storm Roof subscribed to aren’t “crazy.” They’re common. Even if, as Newsweek‘s Matthew Lysiak pointed out today, Dylann Storm Roof was “taking a drug that has been linked with sudden outbursts of violence,” suggesting that perhaps the mass-murderer was maybe suffering from mental illness (my hunch is […]
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Trump Announces Candidacy for US President/Creative Director
Our menagerie of Republican presidential candidates is nearing completion—but now we’ve got our shiniest piece yet. The most scantily clad of emperors. A man with all the electability of your mom’s ex-boyfriend: Donald Trump. Here’s the announcement, in all its shlocky and unpracticed glory. Jump 7:25 to watch him enter via escalator while Neil Young’s […]
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Government’s Bulk Data Collection of Your Telephone Data Ended Last Night, Temporarily
Gil C/Shutterstock.com At midnight last night, as Wired explains, congress allowed Section 215 and two other parts of the Patriot Act to expire, temporarily, partly due to Rand Paul taking his time while getting super pissy on the floor. And, I know—Rand Paul. But Section 215 is the one that allows the NSA to collect […]