iStock/Bill Oxford The Electoral College as designed by Alexander Hamilton is meant to be the last defense against a demagogue’s ascension to our country’s most powerful position. This scenario has never truly come into play before this year and as such its utility as a viable option has been almost unanimously derided as unrealistic, dangerous, […]
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The “Liberal Bubble” Is a Ridiculous Myth
SNL extrapolated the idea of the liberal bubble in a recent sketch. NBC Now that the white working class has enabled a Manhattan billionaire to dick-swing his way into the White House, it’s time to realize the idea of a “liberal elite bubble” is a false one. The notion of such a bubble presumes that […]
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Trump Supporters Panic; File Lawsuit to Stop Recount
“The election was rigged! Which is why we must stop this recount!” iStock/scarletsails In a story that will quite likely shock the crap directly into your pants, Trump supporters are panicking about the Wisconsin recount and have filed a federal lawsuit to stop it. From the AP: The lawsuit and request for a temporary restraining […]
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Watch This CNN Interviewer Face-Palm Herself Listening to Ignorant Trump Supporters
There are still those who say we should “listen” to the people who voted for Trump, because they have important things that we need to hear. FINE. Here’s a great example of what your average Trump-supporters has to say—which is so INSANELY AND OBSTINATELY FALSE that the CNN interviewer face-palms herself in frustration. WATCH. Related […]
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Portland Invests Millions in Banks that Fund Controversial Private Prisons
Is That About to Change?
Is that about to change?
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Computer Scientist Explains Why Electoral College May Have Been Hacked
iStock As you read yesterday, the New York magazine reported on a group of computer scientists and lawyers who have been privately lobbying Hillary Clinton to contest the results of the electoral college in three swing states due to possible vote tampering. Today one of these scientists, J. Alex Halderman, has published an essay explaining […]
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“We Needed to Put Portland on Notice”: ACLU Says Protestor Arrests Might Be Illegal
Gregory McKelvey speaks to demonstrators Tuesday afternoon. Kathryn Stevens is holding the umbrella. Doug Brown The ACLU of Oregon says it’s exploring legal options, after what it calls a “pattern and practice of retaliatory arrest of local organizers” on the part of the Portland Police Bureau. Following the arrest of three organizers during a protest […]
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Women’s Colleges to Homophobic, Racist Trump Surrogates: Come At Us, Bros
Colleges like Wellesley teach women to be as entitled and mouthy as mediocre white men. Steve Bannon is right to fear them. Photo by Jared and Corin / CC BY 2.0 Steve Bannon has a new enemy: some of the smartest women in the country. Bannon, you may recall, once tried to defend conservative women […]
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A Quick List of Prominent Conservatives Who Have Spoken Out Against Neo-Nazis in the Republican Party
On November 21st, the Atlantic posted a video of neo-Nazi members of the National Policy Institute sieg heiling as “alt-right” figurehead Richard B. Spencer gave a speech questioning the humanity of Jewish people and describing America as a “white country designed for ourselves and our posterity.” One might think this would be a prime opportunity […]
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Not Marchin’, Just Plottin’
Danielle Chenette As a black woman who grew up as one of the few POC in a sea of predominant whiteness (I did ALL of my schooling in super-racist and homophobic Canby, Oregon), I’ve become very aware of the kinds of bigots and bigot sympathizers who made a Trump presidency possible. I, like so many […]
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Trump Will Never Settle! (This Just In… He Settled.)
Here’s what Donald Trump said back in March in regards to the multiple lawsuits against his shady real estate school, Trump University: The phony lawsuit against Trump U could have been easily settled by me but I want to go to court. 98% approval rating by students. Easy win— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 3, […]
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Here’s Where Cannabis Stands After This Nightmare of an Election
ISTOCK / YARYGIN I WROTE A JOKE to make you feel better. Q: What’s the difference between Trump and cancer?A: You stand a chance of surviving cancer. Ha, ha! No, but seriously, we are all so sadly fucked. Let’s look at President Trump, and what this means through canna-tinted glasses. (That last sentence is proof […]