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Donald Trump’s Ghostwriter: The Man’s a “Sociopath”
Are we 100% sure Donald Trump is a human being and not a child’s party balloon come to life? Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.com The day after Donald Trump threw himself a lavish party to celebrate the publication of The Art of the Deal, he called Tony Schwartz, the man who ghostwrote the book, and told […]
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Oh Cool, Donald Trump’s Reported Running Mate is the Original “Defund Planned Parenthood!” Guy
UPDATE, 4:40 pm: Donald Trump has postponed his VP announcement, initially slated for tomorrow, following an apparent terrorist attack in Nice, France. Multiple news outlets have already confirmed Pence as his selected running mate. Oh great, it’s Mike “Legislate Your Uterus” Pence. Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons Fuck. Not this guy again: Donald J. Trump’s […]
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Ask a Republican Congressman (Who’s in the Pocket of the NRA)
Dear Republican Congressman (who’s in the pocket of the NRA): How can you stand idly by as children, gay people, and now police officers are massacred by those with easy, legal access to firearms? Have you no shame?—Dave B., Boise, Idaho Dear Dave: I hear your concerns, and just like you, I extend my thoughts […]
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Bernie Sanders Finally Endorses Hillary Clinton, “One of the Most Intelligent People” He Has Ever Met
Bernie praised Hillary for changing the role of first lady, championing children’s rights as a senator, and being “one of the most intelligent people that we have ever met.” Screen shot via Hillary for America Today, in “Thank god because I hate when Mom and Dad fight”: After a prolonged period of avoiding the word […]
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Gay Republicans now Loathed Slightly Less by Their Colleagues
Nice to see young women getting the respect they deserve from the GOP. Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.com “Festering” is the word that the New York Times chose to describe the process of writing this year’s Republican party platform: Same-sex marriage and transgender rights are emerging as points of serious strain between social conservatives and moderates […]
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Alex Gibney Takes on Cyber Warfare with Zero Days
“This was obviously the first, biggest, and most sophisticated example of a state or two states using a cyber weapon for offensive purposes,” says New York Times national security correspondent David Sanger in Zero Days. He’s talking about Stuxnet—an elegant, dense, and massive piece of malware. First discovered via an “epidemic of computer shutdowns” in […]
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House Dems Boo Sanders
Politico: Sen. Bernie Sanders is still talking like a guy who’s running for president. But frustrated House Democrats—who booed him at one point during a morning meeting—say it’s time to stop. With the Democratic convention just weeks away, Sanders still hasn’t endorsed one-time rival Hillary Clinton and dodged questions about when he would during a […]
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Republicans Harrumph Over “Un-American” Acts Such as Breathing
Amber waves of smog. Phonix_a Pk.sarote Go ahead and take a deep breath, ahhhh, in and out. Feels good, doesn’t it? YOU COMMUNIST. House Republicans hassled the EPA at a hearing this week, at one point accusing the agency of being “un-American” for requiring that industries not literally choke us all to death with poison […]
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The Daily Show’s Jessica Williams Signs Off, Skewers Bernie Supporters Voting for Trump
Jessica Williams’ last report for the Daily Show profiles a group of Bernie Sanders supporters who now say they’ll vote for Donald Trump instead of Hillary Clinton. It’s downright frightening how stupid they are: Williams is leaving the Daily Show to create her own new show (meantime, you can find her on the 2 Dope […]
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Donald Trump is Now Backed By an Anti-Choice Extremist with Ties to Domestic Terrorism
The man who wrote this anti-choice screed says he’ll vote for Donald Trump. Restoration Press Here’s Right Wing Watch: Troy Newman, the head of Operation Rescue and a driving force behind last year’s series of videos smearing Planned Parenthood, writes today that although Donald Trump “has said and done many things that most Christians would […]
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The Democratic Party Platform Moves Slightly Left, Thanks to Sanders
Sanders is taking the battle for a progressive platform all the way to the convention. Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.com Keep your eye on the ball, progressives. Late last week, members of the Democratic National Committee adopted some important lefty positions after a marathon debate between the Sanders and Clinton appointees to its platform drafting board: […]