hypocrisy
Trump: "I Hope That My Tone Is Not That Of Causing Violence"
Timothy Burke · 03/11/16 11:19PMAfter tonight’s chaos at a cancelled rally in Chicago, Donald Trump told CNN’s Don Lemon his political events are “a lovefest” that feature “great love” and that he hopes his tone is “not that of causing violence [...] I don’t do that.” Here are some examples of the GOP presidential favorite endorsing that kind of love between people who disagree: the soft caress of a punch to the face, for example, or reverently tucking another into a paramedic’s stretcher.
Study: Walmart Cost America 400,000 Jobs
Hamilton Nolan · 12/09/15 10:32AM
Crap galaxy Walmart has long used overt appeals to American patriotism as a cornerstone of its marketing and PR efforts. A new study attempts to quantify exactly how much bullshit is contained in Walmart’s patriotic reputation.
So Where Are All the Republicans Who Want to Become Farmworkers?
Hamilton Nolan · 08/12/15 10:30AMHow Progressive Are The Media Liberals?
Hamilton Nolan · 07/31/15 12:58PMGrindr Pastor Reportedly Told Teen He Was Going to Hell [Update]
Rich Juzwiak · 05/21/15 02:53PMThe potential for anti-gay Pastor Matt Makela’s hypocrisy is apparently sky high—all the way to heaven, even. Jennifer Kish told Saginaw, Michigan’s WNEM that the disgraced pastor, who was exposed for soliciting gay sex on Grindr earlier this week, made her son 17-year-old son Tyler feel like “if he was going to go to hell for being gay that he might as well go to hell by committing suicide.”
Anti-Gay North Dakota Rep. Outed Via Dick Pic
Rich Juzwiak · 04/28/15 02:55PMThe Most Hilarious Talking Point: Republicans Against Inequality
Hamilton Nolan · 02/10/15 10:00AMBuzzfeed and What News Isn't
Hamilton Nolan · 02/06/15 11:00AM
Yesterday, Buzzfeed published a memo telling staffers that they could be fired for leaking internal company information to the press. Allow us to point out the implications of this.
Duke University Is a Despicable, Cowardly, Hateful Place
Hamilton Nolan · 01/16/15 10:04AM
Earlier this week, Duke University announced that it would allow a weekly three-minute long Muslim call to prayer to be broadcast from its campus chapel tower. Now they have reversed that decision, proving that Duke University's primary values are intolerance and fear.
Obama-Hating CEO Had Best Year Ever Under Obama
Hamilton Nolan · 01/05/15 02:05PM
Shortly before the 2012 presidential election, Westgate Resorts CEO David Siegel told his thousands of employees that he might have to lay them off if Barack Obama was elected. How has that turned out?
The Clintons Support Estate Taxes, Avoid Estate Taxes
Hamilton Nolan · 06/17/14 10:24AM
America has treated the Clinton family pretty well. They've become millionaires many times over. But a new report says that even as they support policies to tax the estates of the extreme wealthy, they try to avoid those taxes on their own wealth.
Catholic Church Hastens to Reassure Everyone the Pope Is a Capitalist
Hamilton Nolan · 05/23/14 08:55AM
Cool new Pope, "Francis" (not his real name), has won lots of new fans for pointing out the exploitative and rapacious nature of global capitalism. The Catholic Church would like to assure you the Pope is not a commie. He loves the free market!
Bundy Ranch's Armed Defenders Seek Welfare to Sit Around Doing Nothing
Adam Weinstein · 05/12/14 03:24PMAdam Weinstein · 05/06/14 02:36PM
House Republicans keep killing federal unemployment benefits because they cost taxpayer money. But they're now moving forward on six business-oriented tax credits that would cost far more than unemployment insurance. Why? "Growth..is the sure way to reduce deficits," says Eric Cantor.
Hamilton Nolan · 02/20/14 09:16AM
The Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, which two years ago closed a school for lack of funds, is paying to build an enormous new wing on its archbishop's vacation home, with "an indoor exercise pool, three fireplaces and an elevator." Jesus wept.
Hamilton Nolan · 11/18/13 02:00PM
The cognitive dissonance of casino mogul Sheldon Adelson arguing that internet gambling is a "danger to society" will not stop the legions of Republican politicians in his pocket from loudly agreeing with him.
Tea Party Republican Defends Being on Medicaid While Opposing Medicaid
Neetzan Zimmerman · 10/16/13 02:19PMLawmaker Tears Apart Anti-Food Stamp Republicans with Grade A Props
Neetzan Zimmerman · 09/19/13 05:30PMA Democratic congresswoman fed up with the anti-food-stamp rhetoric of her Republican colleagues took those lawmakers to task today using some high quality props.
The Ultimate Miley Cyrus Reaction Song Has Already Been Written
Neetzan Zimmerman · 08/27/13 11:03AMIt's been just over 36 hours since Miley Cyrus stuck her tongue out at the pearl-clutching world of knee-jerk moral outrage, but someone already went and wrote a song that puts the entire manufactured fiasco in perfect perspective.