Chip Somodevilla/Getty Elizabeth Warren would have made an excellent president. Warren, who announced her intention to run for the presidency this week, spent much of her career before entering politics in law, which she taught at universities around the country, including UT-Austin, Harvard, and Penn. Particularly expert in bankruptcy, middle-class personal finance, and consumer protection, […]
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Michael Cohen Sentenced to Three Years in Prison
Disgraced lawyer and Trump patsy Michael Cohen Drew Angerer/Getty Michael Cohen is going to prison. The disgraced lawyer was sentenced Wednesday to 36 months in prison after pleading guilty to a whole bevy of crimes related to Donald Trump, including financial crimes, lying to Congress, and campaign finance violations for paying off porn star Stormy […]
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Did “President Trump” Start the Morning With Witness Tampering?
Does the answer depend on who “President Trump” really is?
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Midterm Votes for Democrats Broke a Record Set in the Nixon Era
Yes, there was a blue wave.
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Why Not Vote? Anarchists and Libertarians Weigh In
Conscientious non-voters have many reasons for not voting. Don’t listen to them.
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A Message From the President of the United States
This president is the most presidential president we’ve had since Lincoln was president, according to our current president, and here’s what our second most presidential president was tweeting out this morning… The intended insult—directed at Stormy Daniels—is by definition presidential behavior. (Call it “Conway’s Law.“) But to be clear: the president—this president—took to Twitter this […]
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A Third Kavanaugh Accuser Comes Forward to Allege Gang Rape
The following story has disturbing, graphic elements of a sexual nature that may be distressing to some of our readers.—eds Brett Kavanaugh leaving his home in Maryland this morning, the day the world learned of “horrifying” new allegations against him, as Senator Patty Murray put it. Mark Wilson/Getty Images One day before his first accuser […]
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New Randy Rainbow: KAVANAUGH! (Coming Soon: ROSENSTEIN!)
Another great musical parody from Mr. Rainbow. But the news cycle churns faster than Rainbow can crank these video parodies out. Kavanaugh is yesterday’s news and later this week’s news. Get to work on ROSENSTEIN!, Randy. The Hill: Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Monday morning was on his way to the White House and […]
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Vancouver Democrat Carolyn Long Packs a Candidate Forum in Trump Country
Come for the candidates, stay for the moderator.
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Trump Made It Clear to Virginia That Blue States Now Get Treated Like the Brown People of Puerto Rico
The aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Joe Raedle / Getty Yesterday, Virginia’s entire Congressional delegation begged Trump to issue a federal emergency declaration for Virginia, which is currently more exposed to the destructive force of the monster hurricane Florence than North Carolina, and is likely to be hit as hard as South Carolina. […]