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Desperately slamming Krugman: Columnist unfairly targeted for anti-Trump, pro-Hillary commentary

For writing the truth about Trump, Paul Krugman is absurdly being painted as a Clinton shill

Bob Cesca Wednesday, Sep 7, 2016 9:56 AM UTC 0
Elections Donald Trump, Editor's Picks, GOP

Exploiting a broken system: Trump’s within striking distance of Hillary — and that’s mind-boggling

Within our present system, a reality-show demagogue can make a legit run for president — that has to change

Bob Cesca Sunday, Sep 4, 2016 12:00 PM UTC 0
Elections Donald Trump, Editor's Picks

Will the debates finally kill off Trump 2016? The Donald is walking into a disaster

When Trump finally goes face to face with Clinton, that should drive the final nails into his political coffin

Bob Cesca Wednesday, Aug 31, 2016 11:59 AM UTC 0
Elections 2016 Presidential Campaign

Pickle Jar Truthers: Alex Jones’ latest Hillary health conspiracy is extra “twisted”

Conspiracy nut and Hillary-hater Alex Jones has a new theory on Clinton's health based on her opening of a jar VIDEO

Bob Cesca Monday, Aug 29, 2016 9:59 AM UTC 0
Elections 2016 Donald Trump

Republicans’ “voter fraud” false flag: Voter ID laws offer imaginary solutions to imaginary problems

Recent Gallup poll finds a majority of Americans consider "statistically nonexistent" voter fraud a real problem

Bob Cesca Tuesday, Aug 23, 2016 9:56 AM UTC 0
Elections Donald Trump, Gallup poll

The return of the unskewed polls: Data denial is in full throttle at Fox News

Eric Bolling and other Republicans refuse to accept that polls showing Trump getting trounced are reliable

Bob Cesca Sunday, Aug 21, 2016 12:00 PM UTC 0
Elections 2016 Donald Trump

Trump’s voter intimidation plan: Deploying poll watchers to fight nonexistent voter fraud is a November dirty trick

Trump's camp is calling for "monitors" at polling places to ensure "Crooked" Hillary doesn't rig the election

Bob Cesca Tuesday, Aug 16, 2016 11:58 AM UTC 0
Elections Donald Trump, Elections 2016

Trump and the exploitation of right rage: It’s not the economy, stupid, that’s attracting angry white men to him

The brainwashing of Trump loyalists by right wing media is on display every day — and it's disturbing VIDEO

Bob Cesca Saturday, Aug 13, 2016 12:00 PM UTC 0
Elections 2016 Donald Trump

Preventing Trumpmageddon: Why a Donald Trump reboot still doesn’t matter

Even if Trump can't bring himself under control, our horse race-obsessed media still give him a fighting chance

Bob Cesca Tuesday, Aug 9, 2016 11:59 AM UTC 0
Elections 2016 Donald Trump

Dems, don’t get happy: Despite big media narratives of a Clinton runaway victory, 100 days is a lifetime in politics

Democrats have a tendency to check out once they feel — rightly or wrongly — their candidate's a shoo-in

Bob Cesca Saturday, Aug 6, 2016 1:30 PM UTC 0
Elections Bill Maher, Donald Trump

The U.S. can’t let Trump win: His victory would embolden the most hateful Americans who fostered his rise

A victory for Trump would legitimize the dangerous, inchoate anger of unhinged Americans

Bob Cesca Tuesday, Aug 2, 2016 10:00 AM UTC 0
Elections Bernie Sanders, Editor's Picks

It’s well past time to stop laughing: Trump’s Russian hacking comments make clear that he poses an existential threat to our democracy

Trump is receiving classified national security briefings, but just gave us reason to doubt his loyalty to the U.S.

Bob Cesca Thursday, Jul 28, 2016 11:58 AM UTC 0
Elections DNC email hack, Donald Trump

Bigger than Watergate: The Russian-orchestrated DNC email hack places our national sovereignty at stake

A foreign power actively interfering in our electoral process is more significant than any partisan feud

Bob Cesca Wednesday, Jul 27, 2016 9:57 AM UTC 0
Elections Bernie Sanders, DNC 16

Hillary’s in the danger zone: Rocky start to DNC combined with Trump bounce puts her in fragile position

As insane as the RNC and Trump's speech was — Hillary is not close to being on solid footing

Bob Cesca Tuesday, Jul 26, 2016 9:58 AM UTC 0
Elections 2016 Donald Trump

Carson, Trump, and The Devil: Invoking Lucifer makes perfect sense in the GOP’s land of make-believe

The GOP crowd ate up Carson's Satan talk whether they believed it or not, much like they cheer for Trump's wall

Bob Cesca Thursday, Jul 21, 2016 9:59 AM UTC 0
News Ben Carson, Donald Trump

Melania’s speech mess: Why you shouldn’t rule out that it was an inside job

Melania's plagiarism scandal may be a non-issue for Trump die-hards, but it is indicative of the company he keeps

Bob Cesca Wednesday, Jul 20, 2016 11:59 AM UTC 0
Elections Donald Trump, Elections 2016

President Trump = President Nixon: The Donald in the White House would be Tricky Dick on steroids

Trump is a cheap knockoff of the disgraced 37th president, borrowing only his worst aspects

Bob Cesca Tuesday, Jul 19, 2016 9:58 AM UTC 0
Elections Donald Trump, Elections 2016

Playing the “rigged” card: Trump, Jones and other conspiracy mongers must look within the GOP for the legit scandals

We love fanciful conspiracy theories but ignore the real-life GOP plot to suppress turnout with voter ID laws

Bob Cesca Wednesday, Jul 6, 2016 10:00 AM UTC 0
Elections conspiracy theories

The Trump Recession: He’s linked himself to potential economic calamity with Brexit stance

If Brexit continues to disrupt the world economy, Clinton will rightly seek to glue Trump's name to the disaster

Bob Cesca Wednesday, Jun 29, 2016 10:00 AM UTC 0
Elections Brexit, Donald Trump

A leap for women’s rights: The Texas abortion case and the end of reproductive Jim Crow laws

Radical conservatives have devised loopholes to criminalize abortions — the Supreme Court dealt them a massive blow

Bob Cesca Tuesday, Jun 28, 2016 9:59 AM UTC 0
Life hb2, Jim Crow Laws, Roe v. Wade

They’ve earned your applause: The Democrats’ House sit-in illustrates who truly represents the people on gun control

Rep. John Lewis and the other Dems who staged a sit-in in the House are the new heroes of the gun-control battle

Bob Cesca Thursday, Jun 23, 2016 10:00 AM UTC 0
News Gun Control

Crisis within his campaign: Canning Corey Lewandowski won’t stop Trump from sinking further

Changing adviser or shaking up staff won't solve Trump's main liability — himself

Bob Cesca Tuesday, Jun 21, 2016 9:58 AM UTC 0
Elections Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump

The conspiracy candidate: Donald Trump continues to support Alex Jones insane smears of Obama

Donald Trump continues to support Alex Jones' twisted conspiracies — and the GOP seems perfectly OK with that

Bob Cesca Thursday, Jun 16, 2016 9:58 AM UTC 0
Elections Alex Jones, Benghazi

The do-nothing-about-guns party: The GOP’s loyalty to the NRA rises above keeping weapons from suspected terrorists

The stubborn GOP amazingly refuses to ban potential terrorists from purchasing AR-15s and other firearms

Bob Cesca Tuesday, Jun 14, 2016 9:58 AM UTC 0
News Gun Control, isis, omar mateen

Bernie’s road ahead: Three options for the sunset of his campaign

Sanders' clearest strategies are the noble route, the ego route and the nuked-from-space route

Bob Cesca Thursday, Jun 9, 2016 9:59 AM UTC 0
Elections Bernie Sanders, Elections 2016

Bernie Sanders is taking a big risk: If he doesn’t drop out soon, he could become a villain

Bernie and his backers acting as if superdelegates are still in play could wreck his reputation

Bob Cesca Tuesday, Jun 7, 2016 5:43 PM UTC 0
Elections 2016 Democratic primary

An abuse of power like the U.S. has never seen: The White House under President Trump

Trump will seize every opportunity punish his political enemies — whether it's legal or not

Bob Cesca Monday, Jun 6, 2016 11:57 AM UTC 0
Elections Democrats, Donald Trump, Fox News

4 ways the press can fight back against Trump: He’s declared war against the media — they can’t let him win

Donald Trump continues to get the upper hand with the media, here's how they can revolt against him

Bob Cesca Thursday, Jun 2, 2016 9:59 AM UTC 0
Elections Donald Trump, Editor's Picks

The Trump-Sanders debate farce: Trump did Bernie a big favor by chickening out

What a horrendous idea: A faceoff between Trump and Sanders would've been nothing more than a cheap stunt

Bob Cesca Wednesday, Jun 1, 2016 4:26 PM UTC 0
Elections Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump

Gun nut: Trump, the one with the “best words,” is incoherent when talking about firearms — and everything else

Trump's only strategy is to be contrarian — even to his own positions on gun laws VIDEO

Bob Cesca Thursday, May 26, 2016 9:59 AM UTC 0
Elections Donald Trump, Elections 2016

Trump has somehow gotten more vile: It’s no wonder women don’t like him, and his new Hillary attack ad won’t help

In Instagram video, presumptive nominee accuses Hillary of laughing off her husband's sexual assault allegations

Bob Cesca Tuesday, May 24, 2016 9:58 AM UTC 0
Entertainment Donald Trump, Editor's Picks

No limits to Alex Jones’ hatred and insanity: The right-wing conspiracy psycho thinks Michelle Obama killed Joan Rivers

Jones is one of the most notorious homophobes-slash-transphobes on the radio — and this time he's outdone himself VIDEO

Bob Cesca Wednesday, May 18, 2016 9:57 AM UTC 0
Media

Donald Trump is apparently considering Sarah Palin for VP — and it’s even scarier than you think

According to Ben Carson, Palin is on a short list of names Trump is considering for running mate. Be very afraid

Bob Cesca Monday, May 16, 2016 11:58 AM UTC 0
News Donald Trump, Editor's Picks

An open letter to Donald Trump supporters: Please, for the love of all that is good, reconsider this insanity!

I can understand why you're upset with the political establishment. But please aim higher than this toxic demagogue

Bob Cesca Tuesday, May 10, 2016 12:00 PM UTC 0
News Donald Trump, Elections 2016

The overwhelming reason why Hillary should make Bernie her running mate (even though she never, ever will)

A Clinton/Sanders ticket solves all sorts of problems for Clinton. It should happen in a heartbeat, but won't

Bob Cesca Friday, May 6, 2016 9:58 AM UTC 0
News 2016 Veepstakes, Bernie Sanders

The right’s ludicrous anti-trans crusade just got even dumber: Why the plot to ransack Target’s bathrooms makes literally no sense

Activists have announced plans to protest trans-friendly bathrooms by... sending men into women's bathrooms?

Bob Cesca Thursday, May 5, 2016 3:55 PM UTC 0
News anti-trans discrimination

The GOP’s crusade to punish women gains steam: Alabama is trying to make abortion illegal, without any exceptions whatsoever

It's the ballot referendum of Donald Trump's dark, twisted dreams: A (totally unconstitutional) ban on abortions

Bob Cesca Tuesday, Apr 19, 2016 2:40 AM UTC 0
News Abortion, Alabama, anti-choice

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