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Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, resigned on Sunday in order to endorse presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Gabbard — who was the first Hindu and first American Samoan to be elected to Congress, as well as the youngest person ever elected to the Hawaii legislature, at age 21 — commended the…
– ***************LINKS START HERE**************** SEN. SESSIONS TO ENDORSE TRUMP Sun Feb 28 2016 16:36:22 ET The conservative soul of the US Senate, Jeff Sessions, will endorse Trump this evening at a Huntsville, Alabama rally… This news will be delivered as a suprise to all 25k Alabamians in attendance at the Trump rally and all…
“Luckily, I drank blood. If not, I’d be crazy, calling to prayer from the trees,” says Inong, a thin, old man in a knitted skull cap. “If you drink blood, you can do anything! Salty and sweet. Human blood.” The seventy-two-year-old is the former leader of a village death squad in The Look of Silence,…
Is Donald Trump a fascist? Experts, historians, and pundits have debated the question for months. One thing has been certain for a while now: He tweets like one. That’s why, last year, Gawker’s Ashley Feinberg created a Twitter bot that would post quotes from the writings and speeches of the Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini,…
The combination of pudgy shrimp fingers, a new phone, and a reckless need for all-consuming attention means that Donald Trump’s Twitter is likely to veer off the rails at times. But amplifying the words of white supremacists to 6 million people is certainly a whole new category of mess. On Saturday, the GOP presidential frontrunner…
An activist challenged Hillary Clinton’s record on race Feb. 24, during a private fundraising event in Charleston, S.C. (YouTube/#NotASuperpredator) It happened rather quickly. Ashley Williams showed up Wednesday at a private fundraiser in Charleston, S.C., where former secretary of state Hillary Clinton was in the middle of delivering what may well have been the umpteenth…
At a private Charleston, South Carolina, residence, surrounded by around 100 supporters, Hillary Clinton was interrupted by a Black Lives Matter activist who unfurled a sign quoting the former first lady on so-called “Superpredators,” the widely prevailing 1990s junk-science criminology that the usually African-American juvenile offenders of the time were irredeemable and would undoubtedly grow to terrorize…
Donald TrumpDonald TrumpSanders ignores SC defeat, turns focus to beating Trump Trump tells Christie: ‘Get on the plane and go home’ Minnesota’s biggest newspaper backs Rubio MORE told Chris Christie to “go home” after the New Jersey governor introduced the billionaire at a campaign rally in Arkansas on Saturday. ADVERTISEMENT “Get on the plane and…
On Saturday, February 20, Maine governor Paul LePage gave a passionate speech to a group of fellow governors, suggesting they unite against Donald Trump. On Friday, February 26, Maine governor Paul LePage endorsed Donald Trump. Seriously. Alexander Burns, Maggie Haberman, and Jonathan Martin of the New York Times have uncovered some of the increasingly frantic,…
Ahead of the Super Tuesday primaries, a nationwide march has swept across the nation for Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders. Organizers have reported that at least 40 cities are holding demonstrations, and perhaps as many as 70. #MarchForBernie happening now in over 70 cities across the country. #WeAreBernie #AmericaTogether #NotMeUs #SCforBernie Ad Injection:random — John P….