2016-election
Breaking: Rick Perry Was Apparently Running For President (?)
Gabrielle Bluestone · 09/11/15 05:18PMAfter, let’s say, weeks of campaigning, Texas politician Rick Perry (sp?) has apparently dropped out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination. Few people remember, but this comes almost four years after another “Rick Perry” — a fellow Texan, no less — also dropped out of the race for the Republican nomination. Coincidence?
Alex Pareene · 08/25/15 12:15PM
Jeb Bush Clarifies What He Meant By "Anchor Babies": "Frankly, It's More Related to Asian People"
Alex Pareene · 08/24/15 03:25PMThere. See? He meant Asians. Asians are the bad immigrants. Good luck, Jeb!
Trump on Megyn Kelly: "There Was Blood Coming Out Of Her... Wherever"
Timothy Burke · 08/07/15 10:00PMFox News "Wins" Elaborate Fox News-Created Farce
Alex Pareene · 08/07/15 03:00PMThe GOP's Biggest Losers Debate Was a Glorious Car Crash
Jordan Sargent · 08/07/15 02:30PMHuckabee On Trans Soldiers: "The Military Is Not a Social Experiment"
Jordan Sargent · 08/06/15 10:12PMIn tonight’s debate, Fox’s Brett Baier directed a question about the Obama administration potentially allowing transgender soldiers to serve openly in the military to Mike Huckabee, who gave the exact grotesque answer you would expect, saying that the military is “not a social experiment” and that is instead around to “kill people and break things.”
New GOP Hopeful Makes First Campaign Stop?
Ashley Feinberg · 07/26/15 05:18PMMike Huckabee Compares Obama to Hitler
Brendan O'Connor · 07/26/15 01:55PMGun Nut Bobby Jindal Suspends His Campaign After Theater Shooting
Jay Hathaway · 07/24/15 10:15AMTrump's New, Super-Official Net Worth Exaggeration: Over $10 Billion
Jay Hathaway · 07/22/15 04:45PMThe Federal Election Commission Wednesday released the 92-page personal financial disclosure of one Donald J. Trump, a $4 billion puddle of tinted moisturizer haphazardly garnished with hair and eyebrows who wants to be the next president. The Trump-puddle, who oozed slowly down an escalator last month and (inaccurately) declared he was worth $8.7 billion, has increased his claim by more than a billion since then.
Scott Walker Is Officially Running for President
Jay Hathaway · 07/13/15 08:34AMWisconsin governor Scott Walker, the chosen candidate of the billionaire Koch Bros., officially entered the race for the 2016 presidential nomination Monday morning. Walker narrowly survived a recall election in 2012 after forcing through anti-union legislation, and is famous for gutting his state’s public education funding.
A "Flat Tax" Is Just a Giveaway to the Rich
Hamilton Nolan · 06/18/15 12:10PMLike Elizabeth Warren? Vote Bernie Sanders
Hamilton Nolan · 05/05/15 02:50PMMitt Romney Won't Run for President Again
Taylor Berman · 01/30/15 11:02AMTrump: Romney Choked, You Can't Have Bush, I Would've Beaten Obama
Hudson Hongo · 01/24/15 04:45PMJon Stewart Announces His Presidential Pick for 2016
Jay Hathaway · 01/06/15 10:15AMThe Daily Show is back, providing a palliative balm for the lingering itch where the Colbert Report used to be. But poor Jon Stewart has returned to 2015 only to find the news cycle has already moved on to 2016 (or backward to 1992) with a Clinton vs. Bush race for the White House. Better endorse someone!