Politics

Donald Trump is asking voters to pretend he is on the ballot this November—at least until Republicans lose, at which point he’ll deny having had anything to do with it. Trump is ramping up...

Our country is broken, but we have a chance to fix it. In 19 days we have an opportunity to elect new leadership in offices on the front lines of the war on decency, equality,...

In a stunning display of narcissism that very nearly reaches Trumpian proportions, House Freedom Caucuseer Dave Brat cried on the shoulder of a woman recovering from addiction.  Brat told her not to underestimate how...

At the start of 2018, most residents of New York’s rural 27th Congressional District assumed their local GOP Congressmember, multimillionaire Chris Collins, would coast to re-election in this strongly Republican district. But that changed in...

This will be short, but in a comment in the front page article on last night’s Beto vs. Cruz debate, a poster lamented that Beto is “down 10 points” in the “polls”.  I am...

Michael Avenatti’s declaration a few months ago that he was running for president as a Democrat, was seen at the time as an epic Trump troll, and applauded by many for same. Now Avenatti is saying that he’s running for real and that puts matters in a different light altogether. Daily Beast: “This idea that […]

It has been 17 years since the 9/11 attacks, but Republicans are desperate and they think tying Democrats to terrorism is one of their winningest issues. Healthcare? Taxes? Nah, they’re looking for any flimsy connection...

In a record-breaking quarterly FEC report, Democrat Janet Garrett reported raising nearly $100,000 more than Jim Jordan, the right-wing, Tea Party pick for Speaker of the House. The roughly $350,000 haul brings Garrett’s total contributions to six...

In 2008, thanks in large part to Purdue University turnout, Obama won the county of Tippecanoe, Indiana. Those 18-29 years old Indiana voters, like their counterparts in NC, tipped the state for him. Alas, in...

Minnesota’s Senate race may not be drawing much attention for being competitive—polling shows Sen. Tina Smith, appointed to replace Sen. Al Franken, is comfortably in the lead—but the Republican nominee there is yet another...