Politics
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God backs job-killing minimum-wage law, Buttigieg says
There are many low-cost areas where a couple each making $12 per hour can afford a perfectly good middle class…
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Ben & Jerry’s founders create new ice cream flavor in honor of Bernie Sanders candidacy
The flagship flavor of ‘Vermont's Finest Senator’ brand (the packaging for which looks precariously close to the original B&J design)…
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‘Orb queen’ Marianne Williamson wants to pay for reparations by repealing Trump tax cuts
I referred to Marianne Williamson in the title of this post as ‘orb queen’ because that's how a column in…
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Video: Ted Cruz tells of receiving ‘special back rub’ from Joe Biden
Jocularity, jocularity.
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California state website redesign abruptly removes access to Kamala Harris’s AG records
IT administration, conveniently timed.
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Report: FBI info shows Comey still had classified memo in his house AFTER he was fired – but will avoid prosecution
What does it take to put these people in jail?
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White House pulls nomination of Ratcliffe as DNI; right-wing media react in now-usual pattern
The Ratcliffe nomination exposes frayed seams on the right.
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Richard Blumenthal, who fudged military record, wants Trump nominee’s résumé investigated
'There needs to be a thorough investigation of his implied claims, which certainly for a director of intelligence would be…
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A dream realized: A seesaw connecting Mexico and the U.S.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., had a dream, too.
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Have you noticed that robots tend to be white? (Guess where this is heading)
If robots are supposed to function as teachers, friends, or carers, for instance, then it will be a serious problem…
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Left-wing ‘watchdog’ group that targeted Nunes, Trump officials paid Fusion GPS $140K for research
Usual suspects. CREW and CfA are David Brock entities.
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Kirsten Gillibrand: My first act as president will be to bleach the Oval Office
Gillibrand was not seeking to reinforce gender stereotypes. Instead, like most Democrats on stage in Detroit, she was taking a…
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How often did Biden stumble during last night’s debate? Let them count the ways
The good news for former Vice Pres. Joe Biden is that he didn't slur his words or trip over syllables…
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VIDEO: Ocasio-Cortez, phone home; your district has rats, too
While Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warns about the cruelty the Trump administration is visiting on migrant children, youngsters in her own community…
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Wait. Did Elijah Cummings refer to his own community as a bunch of ‘drug-infested zombies’?
On Wednesday, Housing and Urban Development Secretary and former Baltimore resident Ben Carson invited Rep. Elijah Cummings to tour a…
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What topics weren’t discussed during Tuesday’s Democratic debate?
CNN moderators asked no questions about a number of notable topics during Tuesday’s Democratic debate, including abortion, rising tensions with…
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Media: Trump’s claim he was at Ground Zero in aftermath of 9/11 is a lie. Wanna bet?
In Crockett's reaction to the highlighted claim, he doesn't just dip a toe into sardonicism. He plunges head first into…
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At debate, Dem candidate fails to place hand over heart during national anthem
What surprises me is that with all those socialists on stage last night, no one complained about the decision to…
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Warren scolds debate crowd for laughing at sad health care anecdote; ‘This isn’t funny’
Perhaps a bit of cynicism creeping through from the audience.
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Lifestyles of the rich and infamous: Pelosi and pals stop off for R & R on their way to Africa
In case you don't have a copy of her daily itinerary, Nancy Pelosi is in Africa with a delegation of…
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Julian Castro ‘hypercritical’ of Trump immigration policies he once praised under Obama
'In Texas, we know firsthand that this administration has put more boots on the ground along the border than at…
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Rep. Ilhan Omar endorses physical violence on Sen. Rand Paul
Democrats, as we have been told repeatedly, are the party of tolerance and love. For an idea of just how…
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib refuses to say whether Jews have a right to a Jewish state
During Netanyahu’s time as prime minister, there have been countless human rights violations — but all have come from the…
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Trump’s tweets about Elijah Cummings and Baltimore were effective
It's the effectiveness, stupid.
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$12K a day: How white liberals profit from pushing ‘white privilege’
‘If a school wants to have an event with me and a person of color, perhaps in conversation, that if…
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Communism and Nazism are now legally synonymous in Ukraine
Europe’s crackdown on free expression is no secret. In fact, it’s a trend many would like to bring to the United States.…
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Apparently Trump’s right: Elijah Cummings’s Baltimore district is a ‘sh*thole’
What time is it? If it's anything-o'clock, Donald Trump is feuding with another Democratic member of Congress. I don't mean…
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Nadler then vs. now: Perjury and obstruction of justice are not impeachable offenses
Perhaps when the doctors stapled Jerrold Nadler’s stomach, they put a few into his brain also. Either that or he…
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