According to Trump’s butler, Anthony Senecal, red caps mean “don’t fucking talk to me.” Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.com I don’t know what I was hoping to find when I saw The New York Times received a butler-guided tour of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. A MTV Cribs-style visit that revealed the racist […]
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Oregon Lawmakers Vote to Strike Down Statute of Limitations in Rape Cases
Thinkstock In case you missed it, here’s some good news out of this year’s short legislative session in Salem: On Wednesday, state lawmakers voted to get rid of the statute of limitations for first degree sex crimes like rape, striking out the 12-year time limit for victims to file charges against their attackers. Here’s OPB: […]
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Supreme Court Justice Kennedy May Be Skeptical of the Texas Abortion Restrictions. That’s Good News for Women
The Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday in one of the most important abortion cases since Roe v. Wade. mdgn/Shutterstock In the Supreme Court arguments that began yesterday over Texas’s restrictive abortion laws, all eyes are on Justice Anthony Kennedy. With four liberal justices clearly opposed to the restrictions, three conservatives likely to support them, and […]
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Do Some GOPers Hate Donald Trump Enough to Vote for Hillary Clinton?
For the first time in my life, I feel just terrible for Lindsey Graham. Thinkstock As contentious as this primary election season has been on the left, I certainly do not envy the GOP. While Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton and her lovable rival Bernie Sanders advocate for progressive policies and keep things relatively clean, the […]
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Ben Carson Drops Out
NYT: Ben Carson, the only Republican to have once threatened the lead of Donald J. Trump in national polls, said on Wednesday he saw no path forward and would skip a debate on Thursday in his hometown of Detroit, signaling an end to his candidacy after paltry performances in the nominating contests. Stopping short of […]
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Bernie Sanders Has a Stronger Lead Over Trump Than Hillary Clinton in a New National Poll
Respondents to CNN’s new poll are feeling the Bern. A KATZ / SHUTTERSTOCK.COM A new CNN poll today shows Bernie Sanders has the highest favorability rating among all presidential candidates, and it shows him trouncing Republican candidates by wider margins that Hillary Clinton: In the scenario that appears most likely to emerge from the primary […]
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I Am Happy It’s Going to Be Hillary and Not Bernie Going Against Trump in the General Election
She’s widely expected to do well tonight. a katz / Shutterstock.com Look, I like Bernie, Bernie’s great on many issues. If he weren’t up against a way more qualified candidate in the Democratic race and if the Democratic nominee wasn’t going to have to run against Trump, I’d be all for Bernie. But he takes […]
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You Must Read Rebecca Traister on the Political Influence of Single Women
Simon & Schuster NY Magazine writer Rebecca Traister is one of the best political journalists around. Her commentary is always smart and opinionated, but doesn’t skimp on nuance. You might know her from her NY Magazine piece about sexist sex (really) that went viral in October, or her book about the 2008 election, Big Girls […]
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Chris Christie Endorses Donald Trump
Holy fucking shit—no one saw this coming: Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey endorsed Donald J. Trump on Friday, a major turn in a wild race and one that gives the New York businessman a significant boost as he heads into the pivotal “Super Tuesday” contests. Mr. Christie was a candidate for president himself until […]
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Tobi Vail of Bikini Kill Gets Hillary Clinton “Rebel Girl” Video Taken Down for Copyright Infringement
John Podesta is right for once. The quadrennial phenomenon of musicians demanding that politicians stop using their songs as campaign anthems took an interesting turn yesterday when, as Death and Taxes reported, Tobi Vail, drummer/co-founder of the radical-in-every-sense Olympia feminist punks Bikini Kill, filed a copyright infringement notice against a video in support of Hillary […]
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Trump Secures Coveted White Supremacist Endorsement
“Thanks, white supremacists!” a katz / Shutterstock.com Good news, racists! No longer do you have to agonize over your choices for president. David Duke, former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard, knows exactly who you should vote for. Would you believe it’s Donald Trump? We’ll just have to see whether Trump brags about this little coup […]
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Eileen Myles Has Written a Very Eileen Myles Defense of Hillary Clinton
David Shankbone via Wikimedia Commons #aspirational. Poet, feminist, and longtime genre-challenging gadabout Eileen Myles just came out with the weirdest statement of support I’ve seen since the circus of the primaries began. It’s an unruly scroll in favor of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Though it appears on Buzzfeed (lolwhut), Myles’ endorsement is very […]