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Hillary Clinton Opens Up About Putin Hacking the Election Because He Had a “Beef” With Her
Evan El-Amin / Shutterstock.com In the new world order of global politics, the delicate egos of world leaders should be considered of paramount importance. Do no criticize his cabinet picks, or his restaurants or the way they run their elections, or you may find yourself on the receiving end of an injured tweet or an […]
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Required Reading: A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda
Former Congressional staffers who witnessed the rise of the Tea Party—and the successful obstruction of Obama’a agenda—have some advice for liberals, progressives, and patriots: fight the fuck back. And they’re not just encouraging us, the majority of Americans who voted against Trump, to fight back. They lay out how we fight back. From the intro: […]
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Meyers Is The New Stewart
Watch: Trump didn’t use a hat to distract us from Russia and his conflicts of interest and the appointment of plutocrats today. He had something better… Donald Trump just met Kanye West at Trump Tower. Here’s what he’s trying to distract you from. https://t.co/2vBxOMmVqJ — Vox (@voxdotcom) December 13, 2016
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Trump Gives No Meaningful Indication that He Will Avoid Conflicts of Interest in Office
Trump would have to give up his castles to run the country in a technically ethical way. Eric Urquhart / shutterstock.com Another morning, another dribble of vague tweets from the president elect about an issue clearly beyond his reckoning. This one is an announcement that he will announce the fact that he will leave his […]
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Trump’s Cabinet Picks Include Betsy DeVos, a Major Funder of Conversion (or “Ex-Gay”) Therapy Groups
If I pray hard enough, will Betsy DeVos and Mike Pence just go away? Betsy DeVos Media Photo/Shutterstock I can’t believe we’re back to conversion therapy being a mainstream idea. A few years back, the Obama Administration responded to the death of a transgender teen who threw herself into highway traffic following psychologically abusive conversion […]
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Tess Rafferty: “We Live In Grab-Em-By-The-Pussy America Now”
Aftermath November 2016 from Steve Cohen on Vimeo. Watch.
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Yes, There is a Legislative Route to Eliminating the Electoral College. It Doesn’t Involve Faithless Electors.
The Electoral College is a vestige of slavery that gives a loophole to the presidency to popular-vote losers like Donald Trump and George W. Bush. doublediamondphoto / iStock Over the past week, I’ve been hearing a lot of misinformation about the likelihood of the Electoral College surprise-voting in Hillary Clinton as our next president when […]
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As Senate Democrats Reorganize, Patty Murray, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren Assume Leadership Positions
“When you lose an election like his,” New York Senator Chuck Schumer said this morning, “you can’t flinch, you can’t ignore it, you need to look it right in the eye and ask why, analyze it, and learn from it.” First thing. Have you read Elizabeth Warren’s letter to Donald Trump? It’s great: The American […]
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Building a Wall Is One of the Dumbest Ideas in American History
United Artists Hey Donald, You a movie guy? Do you like movies at all? Okay. I’m guessing you’re not really that much of a movie guy. You’re a busy man, I know. But you’ve, like, at least seen a movie, right? You’ve probably seen at least 10 movies in the 70 years you’ve been alive […]
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We Can’t Go On. We’ll Go On.
When You Feel Despair Coming On, Remember That You Live in Oregon
When you feel despair coming on, remember that you live in Oregon.
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Frank Cassano’s Imbecile Parade
Frank Cassano Asks, “Who’s to Blame for the 2016 Election?”
Frank Cassano asks, “Who’s to blame for the 2016 election?”