Amen to Bernie's answer to a question about -- Hillary's HAIR
It's a short little piece from The Week, but it shows everything that's wrong with political media today.Ana Marie Cox, in a Q&A for The New York Times, asked Bernie Sanders a series of questions,...
View ArticleMedia sexism starts early with female candidates in 2016 race
While too much of the political world breathlessly awaits the next meaningless poll on the 2016 presidential race — still almost 15 months away — it's worth taking a look at how sexism has already...
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter offers 10-point plan to curb police killing
The Black Lives Matter movement has finally announced what many have been waiting for — a specific national platform aiming to curb police violence and reform the criminal justice system. The complete...
View ArticleTrump, the GOP, and the shrinking white voter problem
It's a good thing for Donald Trump that the baby is too young to vote; he/she will have nightmares about this rally. Donald Trump, apparently running for racist-in-chief as well as...
View ArticleWho would Jesus shoot? Alabama church opens gun range
Nothing says Christian love like firing a gun. At least, that's according to a church in rural Alabama.The Rocky Mountain United Methodist Church in Jemison, Ala., wanted "to provide recreational and...
View ArticleKim Davis, Jesus, and the woman at the well: A marriage equality lesson
If Kim Davis really studied her Bible, she would come up with a different conclusion on sinning and issuing same-sex marriage licenses.Kim Davis is the infamous homophobic county clerk in Rowan County,...
View ArticleDonald Trump, GOP have been stoking hate speech for years
Best description (courtesy of another DK post) of the Trump supporter who claimed Obama is a Muslim: “Anonymous asshole.” Some in the GOP and the media are shocked — shocked — that supporters of the...
View ArticleJoe Biden as Hamlet: Make up your mind, already
This Pete Souza White House photo shows Biden as we often see him — with a big smile. To run or not to run. That is the decision facing Vice President Joe Biden. By all accounts — inside the Beltway,...
View ArticleThis photo calls for a caption contest
What are they chuckling at? There were many wonderful images of POTUS and the pontiff. This one seemed to need a caption. Here's my entry; see what else you can think of. "Did you see Boehner's face...
View ArticleBoehner out: Who would want any job in GOP leadership?
We won’t have John Boehner to show off his tears for much longer. No doubt House Republicans will elect someone to be their new speaker now that Ohio Rep. John Boehner is resigning at the end of...
View ArticleWhat will it take to penetrate America’s gun culture?
A candlelight vigil for the victims of the Oregon college shooting. (AP photo) The vast majority of people in the United States who support common-sense regulations about guns once again are forced to...
View ArticleIago? Scrooge? Caligula? Models for new GOP House speaker
With McCarthy out as speaker, which unlucky stiff will take his place? With Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s surprising exit from the House speaker’s race, Republican representatives are left in a...
View ArticleBiggest loser in #DemDebate? Joe Biden
The more than 15 million people who watched the first debate for Democratic presidential candidates might have their own opinions on the winner. But it was obvious that the big loser in the debate...
View ArticlePast isn't prologue in 2016 presidential race
We have entered new political territory in presidential politics. Any time a politician, pundit, or pollster makes a “sure” prediction about next year’s presidential contest, you can give it as much...
View ArticleTestimony from Hillary Clinton Benghazi hearing — in advance!
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is due to testify before the House Select Committee on Benghazi to find the “truth” behind the attack that killed U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens...
View ArticleBenghazi hearing changed perception of Hillary Clinton. What took so long?
“Sure [Fred Astaire] was great, but don’t forget Ginger Rogers did everything he did backwards … and in high heels!” That line is often mistakenly attributed to the actress Ginger Rogers herself,...
View ArticleWorst job in journalism: Moderating a GOP debate
Conventional wisdom seems to agree that in the most recent debate of hopefuls seeking the Republican nomination for president, the biggest loser was CNBC. GOP Chairman Reince Priebus said the debate...
View ArticleDems should use cancelled GOP debate slot
As long as the time is open with NBC and Telemundo, you might as well have some qualified candidates discussing the issues that night.What say you, Chairwoman Wasserman Schultz? It would be a great...
View ArticleGOP candidates’ war on debates is backfiring
Cartoon by Dana Summers/Tribune Content Agency Republican candidates for president are complaining loudly and often about the unfairness of their televised debate process. They’re beginning to sound...
View ArticleThe 7 craziest things Ben Carson has ever said
Sorry, Dr. Carson, not much room for grain in there. How many nonsensical utterances does a GOP candidate have to make before people start backing away from his candidacy? Ben Carson, who was a...
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