When you’re implying that your opponent has somehow wronged you by preparing for a debate, you know things are desperate. Krassotkin, Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons “I think Donald just criticized me for preparing for this debate,” said Hillary Clinton coolly, during her her first presidential debate with Donald Trump. “And I did.” She didn’t […]
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In Portland, Kristen Schaal Speaks Out Against Donald Trump—and the Tampon Tax
So honored and proud to get the word out about my favorite candidate. Thanks for coming out Portland! Now everyone vote! http://IWillVote.com A photo posted by Kristen Schaal (@k.schaal) on Sep 24, 2016 at 6:30pm PDT Last week, a surprise Hillary Clinton campaign event was announced with actress Kristen Schaal, known for her roles in […]
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Where to Watch Tonight’s Presidential Debate in Portland
There are multiple reasons for you to seek out the first Presidential Debate as opposed to, say, spending the night buried under thirty blankets like a small child hoping the monster under the bed will get bored and wander away to some other house. Firstly: One of these two people will be handed the keys […]
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Kristen Schaal is Stumping for Hillary Clinton in Portland
Must be phase two of OPERATION WIN OVER THE YOUTHS. David Shankbone via Wikimedia Commons She’ll be at the Mission Theater in Northwest tomorrow from 3-4 pm in an event Clinton campaign staffers are touting as one geared towards “young professionals and families,” which must be phase two of OPERATION WIN OVER THE YOUTHS, which […]
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Where to Watch the First Presidential Debate in Portland
There are multiple reasons for you to seek out the first Presidential Debate as opposed to, say, spending the night buried under thirty blankets like a small child hoping the monster under the bed will get bored and wander away to some other house. Firstly: One of these two people will be handed the keys […]
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Hillary’s Poll Numbers Are Improving (But There’s No Improving the Electoral College)
Hillary Clinton. Evan El-Amin / Shutterstock.com Sensible people everywhere spent the last week freaking out about the election. Donald Trump was closing the gap to Hillary Clinton in the polls—inching closer! pulling even! within the margin of terror!—and for a suddenly we were within one half of one horsemen of the Apocalypse. But the latest […]
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Trump Clarifies He Was Just Opportunistically Trying to Get People to Stop Asking About the Birther Thing
The face he made right after saying Obama was born in the United States last week. Really looks contrite, huh? In case Trump didn’t seem sincere to you last week when he said, disdainfully, “President Barack Obama was born in the United States period“—a statement he punctuated with a look of exasperation: Well, yes, you […]
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Well, Here’s an Image of Donald Trump That’s Enough to Make Your Heart Stop
No, not this photo… uplift_the_world / Shutterstock.com THIS photo. Which, I guess isn’t a photo. It’s a heart attack courtesy of Photoshop. You ought to read the piece this photo illustration accompanies, too. It’s called “President Trump’s First Term.” Fascinating reporting and analysis by the New Yorker‘s Evan Osnos. The gist: His victory is no […]
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I’m a Millennial Who Plans to Vote for Clinton, But Her Appeal to Millennials Is Hard to Watch
Technically, yes. Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.com Yesterday, in her speech to the students at Temple, which was also a speech to the 70 million 18 to 30-year-olds in the country, Hillary demonstrated her campaign’s ability to listen to the concerns of millennials—oy, that word—by adopting the voice of a librarian during story time and telling […]
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Clinton Counterfactual From ’08 Disproved by Clinton Nomination In ’16
I’m old enough to remember the first two years of Barack Obama’s presidency. Believe it or not, way back in ’09 and ’10, a lot of liberals and progressives were frustrated with Obama. Our shiny new president had Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress and a supermajority in the Senate. But he wasn’t moving […]
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One Trump Child Lies, Another Jokes About Gas Chambers, and Did You Hear About the Demon That’s “Latched Onto” Clinton?
I’m worried about the future of human civilization. Debby Wong / Shutterstock.com Another day, another vile thing coming out of a Trump’s mouth—this time from Trump’s son, Donald Jr., the guy on the far right in that photo above. Speaking on talk radio, DJTJR (as one Washington Post columnist likes to shorten his name) said […]
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Amanda Fritz Wants to Push Big Money Out of Portland Elections
But Can She Get Her Plan Through Without Voters’ Approval?
But can she get her plan through without voters’ approval?