Crooked Media Politics is crazy-making, and the discussion around politics—on cable news, on op-ed pages, on Twitter—is even worse. So it’s kind of unbelievable that the antidote to this ongoing madness is a group of podcasts about politics, in which conversations on the issues of today function as a countermeasure to the frustration, alienation, and […]
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Wildfang Has Almost Reached Their Goal of Raising $50,000 for South Dakota’s Last Abortion Clinic
Not great if you’re a woman, actually. FrozenShutter / Getty Wildfang, Portland’s tomboy-style brand and purveyor of perfectly tailored button-downs for long-torsoed people, has so far raised $44,550 in their campaign to help keep South Dakota’s last abortion clinic open. I’m not usually thrilled by corporate acts of charity—a lot of times, it seems like […]
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On the Scene at Portland’s Impeach Trump March and #MeToo Rally
Natalie Behring Donald Trump has been president for one year, and OH WHAT A MESS HE’S MADE. While I originally figured he’d eventually be impeached for his campaign’s probable collusion with Russia, I had no idea he’d build up a wealth of reasons why he should be kicked out of office. And so, here we […]
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An Open Letter to Stormy Daniels and Anyone Else Who’s Slept With My Husband, by Melania Trump
MARLOWE DOBBE Dear Stormy, First of all, I want to start by saying I really admire your work. I watched Two Girls for Every Girl 2 without ever seeing the original, and you brought me into the story so effortlessly. I enjoyed Good Will Humping as well, but Two Girls is really your Citizen Kane. […]
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Slate’s Political Gabfest is Coming to Portland
Slate’s Political Gabfest has just announced a live date in Portland. The weekly podcast will be doing its first ever Oregon live show at Revolution Hall on Wednesday, March 21 at 7:30 pm. Tickets go on sale for Slate Plus members tomorrow morning (time TBD), January 19, with the public on sale happening later that […]
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MSNBC’s Joy Reid Gives Master Class in How to Shut a Trump Drone DOWN
If you’re a fan of MSNBC’s Joy Reid who hosts AM Joy and whose Twitter account is fire, you’ll love this clip. In the continuing discussion of Trump’s “shithole” comments, Joy allows Stephanie Hamill, an advisor for the absolutely LAUGHABLY-named “National Diversity Coalition for Trump” (HAHAHAHAAAAAA where do they find these people??) to comment on […]
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DatingProfiles.com Presents… Our “Catch of the Day!”
Find Out if Steve Bannon is the Man for You!
Steve is a fun-loving, outgoing, and romantic guy—which means he could be the perfect catch for YOU! Here are just a few of the attributes that make Steve our DatingProfiles.com “Catch of the Day!” • Steve just ended a long-term relationship with a very powerful individual in the upper-most echelon of government—so you know what […]
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An Open Letter to Stormy Daniels and Anyone Else Who’s Slept With My Husband, by Melania Trump
Dear Stormy, First of all, I want to start by saying I really admire your work. I watched Two Girls for Every Girl 2 without ever seeing the original, and you brought me into the story so effortlessly. I enjoyed Good Will Humping as well, but Two Girls is really your Citizen Kane. I know […]
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Trump Insults “Shithole” Countries; Breitbart Compares Him to Shakespeare
kreicher / Getty Images Incontrovertible fact: Donald Trump is a racist, whose latest epithet of hate (calling Haiti, El Salvador, and African nations “shitholes”) is just another in a long line of examples that prove our president is a white supremacist who doesn’t deserve to hold his office another second. That said, maybe after he’s […]
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One Day at a Time: Trump’s Fury Catches on Fire
MARLOWE DOBBE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3 Today New York magazine published an excerpt from journalist Michael Wolff’s gossipy book, Fire and Fury, which allegedly takes an inside look at Trump’s White House… and ooh, it’s a doozy, with highlights including the fact Trump never expected to win (“The leitmotif for Trump about his own campaign was […]
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Trump Tricked By Fox News Into Slamming His Own Policy
“I oppose that! Wait… this just in… I oppose me opposing that!!” Getty Images There are those who don’t believe Michael Wolff’s account of the Trump administration in Fire and Fury, because it’s just too crazy to be true. However, all one has to do is watch the president’s daily insane actions to know that […]
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Who I’d Cast in the Fire and Fury Movie
(Or, Why Hasn’t Hollywood Hired Me Yet? Are They Stupid?)
America’s going ga-ga over Fire and Fury, Michael Wolff’s literary soap opera about Trump’s first year as president, and everybody’s wondering one thing: who I’d cast in the inevitable film version. So here are my 100 percent on-the-nose suggestions, you’re welcome, and any Hollywood mogul who’d like to hire me as casting director should contact […]