The new Lincoln Project ad depicts the Confederate flag and makes the connection how the people who are all-in for Donald Trump display that flag. Hardly a coincidence. It will be interesting to see if Trump breaks out of...
My daughter is sick. Relax, she's not really sick. But what was the first thing that went through your head when you read that? I'm betting it was something along the lines of, "Oh, that poor guy!" There's nothing worse...
I don't know how many pigs there are in Iowa, but I can tell you who the biggest one is. Take a look at what passes for humor in the warped, racist, sexist cerebral space that Steve King calls...
Steve King needs to take a page from Donald Trump's playbook and learn how to fantasize crowds and then lie about their size, because today's town hall turnout in King's district was abysmal. A grand total of two people...
Well, it's a sunny Saturday, so of course the guys in the brown shirts with the sauerbraten stains dribbling down the front, and the male bed sheet runway models with the pointy hats are wandering around downtown Portland like a...
Acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Ken Cuccinelli, rose to notoriety recently when he suggested that the famous, welcoming words on the Statue of Liberty could be better phrased, "give me your tired, your poor, who can...
The New York Times recently ran a front-page story illustrating the stark similarities in the language Fox News commentators and right-wing radio personalities routinely use to describe migrants from south of the border and the El Paso shooter’s screed he posted on 8chan...
All men are created equal. Some are just more equal than others.  Old Joke Most pundits are fond of saying that the 2020 election will be a "base" election. Then again, most pundits, including me, have our heads so far up...
I swear, I'm not really that big of a dumb ass. But can I help it if every time I reach a totally logical conclusion, some paddlefoot comes clomping in and demolishes the whole thing, like it's a six-year-old's sand...
The handwriting was on the wall November 9, 2016, when the KKK and the neo-Nazis marched proudly in the streets to celebrate Donald Trump's victory. A few days later, on November 21, 2016, Richard Spencer chaired the National Policy...

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