The debate didn’t do much to help Sanders win the primary. Mario Tama / GETTY IMAGES As most of the country was busy soaking panic beans or owning the libs by licking airplane toilet seats during a deadly pandemic, Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders faced-off in a debate on CNN Sunday evening. Since […]
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The 2020 Presidential Candidates’ Terrible Campaign Merch: A Journey of Discovery
Getty / artisteer AMERICA! Our land of dreams and of promise, of sprawling vistas and magnificent inspiration! Also a place where presidential candidates are basically legally required to hawk a bunch of crappy merch that no one needs! Let’s take a journey—together—through the finest crappy merch that the 2020 election has to offer, and maybe—just […]
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Elizabeth Warren Roasts Her Competitors Alive
Raise your hand if you brought a bazooka to this debate. Mario Tama / Getty Images If you woke up this morning to the scent of burnt flesh in the air, that’s because Elizabeth Warren cooked Michael Bloomberg over an open flame at last night’s debate in Nevada. He was not the only one on […]
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Bernie Sanders Draws Over 17,000 to the Tacoma Dome
The prospective “organizer in chief” comes through town with a list of policies only a billionaire could hate. Lester Black The following article comes from our sister paper, The Stranger.—eds. On President’s Day (hint, hint) over 17,000 people packed the Tacoma Dome to rally in support of Democratic frontrunner Senator Bernie Sanders. The crowd size […]
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Joe Biden Is Running Scared
Joe Biden flew to South Carolina on the day of the New Hampshire primary because he really, really didn’t want to be in New Hampshire when the results came in. Sean Rayford / Getty Images Joe Biden, who has been re-running Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign, complete with that air of inevitability that didn’t work for […]
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Mike Bloomberg Isn’t Going Away
Michael Bloomberg, one of three billionaires in the race if you count Donald Trump. (Bloomberg doesn’t.) DREW ANGERER/GETTY IMAGES While Michael Bloomberg’s presidential campaign has been marked by ridicule, controversy, and at least one semi-hilarious prank, he’s also won a few major endorsements, including from San Francisco Mayor London Breed. That endorsement is, to say […]
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Trump Goes Off the Rails During Victory Speech
He’s not apologetic; he’s angry. Mark Wilson/Getty Images Donald Trump celebrated his acquittal in the Senate impeachment trial with a rambling victory speech that most resembled happy hour at an old folks’ home. The President spoke off the cuff and appeared to be in high spirits following the Senates’ near-party-line vote not to convict on […]
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Breaking: Not Every Republican Senator Is a Spineless, Enabling Fucknut
Mitt Romney announcing that he’s voting to convict and remove Trump. Handout/Getty Images After an emotional description of his love for his Heavenly Father, Mitt Romney revealed today that he does, in fact, have balls, an appreciation for facts, and a conscience. Normally I roll my eyes when people get choked up about their love […]
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The World’s Most Important Questions About the Life-Changing Trailer for F9: The Fast Saga
Universal We have something to discuss. IS DOM GOING TO MAKE OUT WITH JOHN CENA? C’mon kiss kiss kiss kiss everyone can tell you want to OH—WAIT! WAIT… WHAT???! This entire story is about family and to find out that Dom has a supposed “brother”—a so-called brother who is, presumably, a somehow-in-the-course-of-eight-movies-a-heretofore-never-mentioned Toretto—is bullshit. I […]
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CNN Lost Last Night’s Debate
Biden had a good night, thanks to CNN anchors going after his rivals. Spencer Platt / GETTY IMAGES Only a few weeks before the Iowa caucuses, CNN treated the good people of Des Moines (and anyone with a CNNgo account, or a Twitter feed) to a dull, disingenuous debate on several policy issues the Democratic […]
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Shade of the Day: Republican Steve Schmidt Devastates Republican Lindsey Graham
Drew Angerer / Getty Images For you political junkies, Rolling Stone has a fascinating deep dive into the psyche of Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who, while once a staunch defender of Sen. John McCain and a never-Trumper (he even voted for a third-party candidate in the 2016 election), has now reinvented himself to become one […]
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Remembering 2019: Are Democrats Too Scared of Trump to Elect a Woman or Person of Color?
[Wow. The Mercury wrote A LOT of stuff in 2019, and here’s a post that we think is worth remembering from April 25, 2019. (Which holds up REALLY well, if I say so myself!)—eds] “Relax, everybody! The white guy has arrived!” Scott Olson / Getty News As expected, Joe Biden—former Veep and two time failed […]