Last week, Trump held a press conference on the day that he achieved (unofficially) the number of delegates to become the presumptive GOP nominee for President. With all the news networks tuned in to his very word because — well, because they can’t help themselves — what did Trump say? Rather than talk about what he would do as President, Trump … Read More
Yawn Of The Week: IG Report On Clinton Emails Tells Us Nothing
The State Department’s inspector general has finally issued his report on email preservation and retention practices within the department, and he has little to say. Let’s start with the fact that it is not unusual practice. OIG identified multiple email and other electronic records management issues during the course of this evaluation….Insufficient Oversight of the Recordkeeping Process….Print and File Requirements … Read More
Quote Of The Week
“Donald Trump cares about exactly one thing: Donald Trump,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren said, opening up with both barrels in a speech on Tuesday: “Donald Trump was drooling over the idea of a housing meltdown because it meant he could buy up a bunch more property on the cheap,” Warren said at a Washington, D.C. gala for the Center for Popular … Read More
You’re Going To Hear A Lot About Gary Johnson Soon
He’s the former governor of New Mexico, likely Libertarian candidate for president, and he’s polling at 10 percent in two recently released national polls against Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. He’s Gary Johnson. A Morning Consult survey published today has Clinton getting 38 percent of the vote, Trump 35 and Johnson 10, with 17 percent undecided. A Fox News poll conducted … Read More
Sam Bee On The Sanders Kerfuffle
I have largely stayed out of the whole Sanders debacle, largely because I think it will be old news in a month or two when Sanders concedes and throw the full weight of his support behind Hillary Clinton (or at least, against Donald Trump). That said, his supporters are really acting like dicks and yes, I think the fish is rotting … Read More
Since We’re Concerned Only About Rape Allegations And Not Proven Rape In A Court Of Law….
… then perhaps we should talk about this more:
Are We At The Mercy Of Stupid People?
David Harsanyi, senior editor at the Federalist, opens his op-ed at the Washington Post: Never have so many people with so little knowledge made so many consequential decisions for the rest of us.A person need only survey the inanity of the ongoing presidential race to comprehend that the most pressing problem facing the nation isn’t Big Business, Big Labor, Big … Read More
Trump DoubleSpeak
A classic example of Donald Trump’s relentless double-speak. First he denies he ever advocated having guns in classrooms, then, within seconds, says “teachers should have guns.” Then, incredibly, he backs up, does another denial about advocating guns in the classroom, and then adds that some teachers should have guns. I don’t care what your politics are on guns… can’t we all agree … Read More
Meet Another Trump Delegate
…. with a perfectly innocent Twitter handle. .She is Chicago mortgage banker Lori Gayne: “With all the racism going on today, I’m very proud to be white. Just like black people are proud to be black and now, as white people, whenever we say something critical we’re punished as if we’re racists. I’m tired of it. I’m very proud,” Gayne … Read More
Disenchanted With Bernie
I’ve always been in the Hillary camp, but I always liked Bernie Sanders as well. I liked what he was saying, I liked the direction he wants to take the country. I just didn’t think he was the man, and I thought he harped on one or two issues too much, while neglecting others. I have been reading many reports … Read More
Trump Supporters Are Really Really Ugly
On Thursday evening, New York Times Washington editor, Jonathan Weisman tweeted out a link to a Robert Kagan editorial in the Washington Post. Kagan’s editorial explained the relationship between what’s happening with Trump and fascism. It’s a common — and common sense — argument, i.e.., that patriotism becomes nationalism becomes fascism, with the rise of a charismatic figure with no regard for laws or … Read More
The Angry Voter
Pundits say that America is mad with the government this election cycle, and that informs how they will vote. The Cook Political Report examined this theory and found that Americans are no more “angry at government” now than they were before: In fact, according to data from the Pew Research Center, the percent of Americans who say they are “angry … Read More
Trump And “Apprentice: Race War”
Buzzfeed has the audio: In early 2005, Donald Trump explained to radio host Howard Stern that he had considered hosting a version of his show The Apprentice pitting black contestants vs. white ones. Trump thought the concept, which BuzzFeed News reported Thursday Trump pushed the idea on his syndicated radio show, would be the highest rated show on television. “On … Read More
Trump Releases List of 11 Potential SCOTUS Justices
Breaking: JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has released a list of 11 potential Supreme Court justices he plans to vet to fill the seat of late Justice Antonin Scalia. Trump’s picks include Steven Colloton of Iowa, Allison Eid of Colorado and Raymond Gruender of Missouri. Also on the list are: Thomas Hardiman of Pennsylvania, … Read More
Trump Lauds Ignorance
Here’s what Obama said at Rutgers University commencement: Although not mentioning Trump by name, Obama said, “In politics, and in life, ignorance is not a virtue.” Trump responded with this tweet: “In politics, and in life, ignorance is not a virtue.” This is a primary reason that President Obama is the worst president in U.S. history! — Donald J. Trump … Read More