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On Tuesday night, Hillary Clinton secured huge primary wins in Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, and Ohio, making Bernie Sanders’s path to the Democratic presidential nomination nearly impossible. But as The Daily Show points out, those big wins capped off a week where Clinton repeatedly goofed up and said some puzzling things. In a segment called…
The New York Times ran a piece about Bernie Sanders Monday, a sort of left-handed compliment of a legislative profile. It was called “Bernie Sanders Scored Victories for Years Via Legislative Side Doors.” Sidebar Four Amendments and a Funeral » I took notice of the piece by Jennifer Steinhauer because I wrote essentially the…
W and Hillary at Nancy Reagan’s Funeral A Picture is Worth a Thousand Trolls Or, How We Got Here. A few years ago, when the hate that laced our political discourse was heated, but by today’s standards, at what seems like a totally reasonable level, I used to always remind politically-enraged people of Carville and…
Palm Beach, FL – Donald Trump celebrated a string of primary wins at his Mar-a-Lago resort on Tuesday in a palatial room of white paint, gold detailing, and crystal chandeliers that looked ready for an imperial coronation. Not quite yet, though. Republican voters faced a choice on Tuesday between Trump and chaos. They decided to…
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I know, right? Will your friends agree? Share this Link Here’s What Trump Supporters Believe Will Happen If He Doesn’t Win http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/if-trump-is-not-… I asked supporters at a Donald Trump rally in Youngstown, Ohio, what would happen if Trump weren&… 1. Matt Stopera “God will smite us! U.S.A.” 2. Matt Stopera “Our freedom to speak our…
After a young black protester was dragged out of one of his rallies last week—getting sucker-punched by a 78-year-old white man on his way out—Donald Trump looked out at the jeering, seething, booing crowd in front of him. “Nasty, nasty!” he said. A plaintive look came over Trump’s face. “Why are they allowed to do…
Politics Ben Carson: I Didn’t Want To Endorse Trump, But He Promised Me A Position by Josh Israel Mar 15, 2016 11:13 am CREDIT: NewsMax TV Dr. Ben Carson, who endorsed Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy on Friday, appears less than enthusiastic about that decision. And the real reason the unsuccessful GOP presidential hopeful endorsed…
Had Bernie been Bernadette — The heartbreaking truth about American patriarchy When I was 22, I got a death threat in the mail. I was the co-president of the Wisconsin chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW). It arrived at our one-room office. My name was chicken-scratched on the envelope. He heard me interviewed on the…
Cokie Roberts talks about her book Capital Dames on ABC’s Good Morning America with George Stephanopoulos last April. Roberts left her position as a full-time staffer at NPR in 1992 but has regularly appeared on the air as a commentator. Fred Lee/ABC via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Fred Lee/ABC via Getty Images…