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The Bondi situation: Somehow Teflon Trump takes no damage from alleged bribery scheme

Trump allegedly paid Pam Bondi $25K to end her probe of Trump U. For the Donald, this is just business as usual

Gary Legum Thursday, Sep 8, 2016 9:58 AM UTC 0
All Salon Editor's Picks, Elections 2016

D.C.’s annual drama: The mission to avoid a government shutdown

The pressure is on Paul Ryan again to avoid a budget nightmare. Will he be brave enough to stand up to the GOP?

Gary Legum Wednesday, Sep 7, 2016 10:00 AM UTC 0
News Congress, Editor's Picks, GOP

Prime-time drama: Clinton and Trump have first joint forum this week — and it’s as crucial as the debates

Wednesday's national security forum with the presidential candidates is more consequential than you might realize

Gary Legum Tuesday, Sep 6, 2016 9:58 AM UTC 0
Elections Donald Trump, Editor's Picks

Hillary’s GOP outreach: Could it do more harm than good for Democrats?

Clinton has been working to convert Republicans, but it could very well backfire

Gary Legum Friday, Sep 2, 2016 9:56 AM UTC 0
News Donald Trump, Editor's Picks

Obama moves to end the war on drugs: Commuting the sentences of 111 offenders is a good first step

Obama set dozens of convicted felons free and no one was outraged. Has America finally tired of the drug war?

Gary Legum Thursday, Sep 1, 2016 9:58 AM UTC 0
News Barack Obama, Colin Kaepernick

The GOP’s war with itself: Rumors spread of a brewing coup against Paul Ryan — but that’s only the beginning

Rumors of an anti-Ryan coup roil the Beltway, but the real story is a long war between moderates and the far right

Gary Legum Wednesday, Aug 31, 2016 10:00 AM UTC 0
Elections Congress, Donald Trump

The Farage factor: He’s just like Donald Trump, but much better at shilling his nationalism and xenophobia

The U.S. should feel lucky that Trump isn't as effective as his radical European counterpart

Gary Legum Friday, Aug 26, 2016 9:58 AM UTC 0
Elections alt-right, Donald Trump

Rx robber barons: The disgusting EpiPen price hike is everything that’s wrong with the pharmaceutical industry and politics

Mylan raised the price of EpiPens for 1 reason — it could. Meanwhile, the company is dodging U.S. corporate taxes

Gary Legum Thursday, Aug 25, 2016 9:58 AM UTC 0
News EpiPen, George H. W. Bush

Playing into the right’s trap: The media is all too quick to go chasing phony Clinton scandals

As always with the Clintons, their enemies are again engaging in absurd overreach — and the press is playing along

Gary Legum Wednesday, Aug 24, 2016 9:58 AM UTC 0
Elections Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton

From booster to adviser: Sean Hannity has erased his final, albeit microscopic, sliver of impartiality

Hannity is reportedly consulting Trump — another egregious offense to journalism committed by Fox News

Gary Legum Tuesday, Aug 23, 2016 10:00 AM UTC 0
Elections Donald Trump, Editor's Picks

Trump’s campaign shuffle: The problem isn’t who’s working for The Donald — the problem is him

Pivot after pivot, makeover and makeover — nothing can change the disaster that is Donald Trump

Gary Legum Monday, Aug 22, 2016 9:59 AM UTC 0
Elections Donald Trump, Editor's Picks

Tim Kaine’s red state mission: His revealing tour of Missouri, Wyoming and Idaho

A sign of confidence: Kaine's trip to 3 conservative states is a surgical move to deepen Hillary's election edge

Gary Legum Friday, Aug 19, 2016 9:57 AM UTC 0
Elections DNC, Editor's Picks

It’s time: Hillary Clinton must push to make the public option a reality

Aetna's decision to exit Obamacare exchanges is a reminder that the U.S. must take the next step in health care

Gary Legum Thursday, Aug 18, 2016 2:02 PM UTC 0
Elections Editor's Picks, Elections 2016

No, Hillary won’t have a mandate: If Clinton wins, she won’t be empowered the way Democrats hope

The talk of a mandate for any winning politician in this highly polarized election is pure fantasy

Gary Legum Wednesday, Aug 17, 2016 10:00 AM UTC 0
Elections Donald Trump, Editor's Picks

The GOP after Trump: Don’t kid yourself — another candidate with his destructive platform can rise again

Even if Donald Trump is defeated, the xenophobic and bigoted goals of Trumpism will live on

Gary Legum Monday, Aug 15, 2016 9:58 AM UTC 0
News Donald Trump, Editor's Picks

Playing the “What if?” game: The alternate reality where Trump vs. Clinton never happens

Jeb, Cruz, Rubio? They couldn't beat Hillary either — nor could anyone in the GOP's "deep bench"

Gary Legum Friday, Aug 12, 2016 10:00 AM UTC 0
News Donald Trump, Editor's Picks

Don’t worry about Paul Ryan: He’s in an awful spot thanks to Trump, but he will come out just fine — as he always does

The GOP has been imploding for months, but somehow Paul Ryan always escapes unscathed

Gary Legum Thursday, Aug 11, 2016 9:59 AM UTC 0
Oscars Donald Trump, Editor's Picks

From fringe to mainstream: Conspiracies, baseless accusations and lunacy is the new normal for Republicans

The GOP has no firewalls to insulate itself from its crazies and the conspiracies and dark fantasia they spin out

Gary Legum Wednesday, Aug 10, 2016 9:59 AM UTC 0
Elections Donald Trump, Editor's Picks

George P. Bush’s shrewd move: His Trump backing is about one thing — keeping the GOP together

Jeb Bush's son isn't really getting behind that man that destroyed his father — he's just playing smart politics

Gary Legum Tuesday, Aug 9, 2016 9:59 AM UTC 0
News Donald Trump, Editor's Picks

The “reformicons” are stuck in neutral: Trump, anger and nativism leaves movement DOA

There's a push to remake the GOP — but the nativist base won't entertain anything that reeks of moderation

Gary Legum Monday, Aug 8, 2016 9:59 AM UTC 0
Media 2016 Donald Trump, Donald Trump

Talk about an empty chair! Clint Eastwood doesn’t understand how the government works

Like Trump, Eastwood thinks an intrepid POTUS-CEO can fix everything, but the US government is not a corporation

Gary Legum Friday, Aug 5, 2016 9:58 AM UTC 0
Elections Barack Obama, Clint Eastwood

Challenges, recounts and outrage: Trump is already laying groundwork to fight “stolen” election

Trump's only chance is to keep the tally close enough on Nov. 8 to plausibly make the case for a rigged vote

Gary Legum Thursday, Aug 4, 2016 9:58 AM UTC 0
Elections Donald Trump, Editor's Picks

Think the election will end on Nov. 8? You’re so wrong — Trump and his backers will certainly contest the “rigged” results

The GOP has a long history of crying foul about election results — bank on it again this year

Gary Legum Wednesday, Aug 3, 2016 9:59 AM UTC 0
Elections 2000 Election, 2012 Elections

Just ignore them, Hillary: GOPers have crafted a ridiculous roadmap for Hillary to cross the aisle

Sure, Clinton might want to reach out to Republicans — but on her terms, not the absurd ones they've laid out

Gary Legum Tuesday, Aug 2, 2016 9:59 AM UTC 0
Elections Bill Clinton, Elections 2016, GOP

Don’t worry about Trump’s “lead” yet: It’s too early to stress about the polls

Notoriously unstable post-convention polls aren't great predictors of what will happen in November

Gary Legum Friday, Jul 29, 2016 11:12 AM UTC 0
Elections Donald Trump, Election Polls

The right-wing spin machine in action: Conservatives race to clean up mess from Trump’s insane news conference

Rudy Giuliani and Newt Gingrich were quick to defend Trump for inviting Russia to hack Hillary's emails

Gary Legum Thursday, Jul 28, 2016 11:59 AM UTC 0
Elections DNC email hack, Donald Trump

Hillary Clinton is a survivor: On the eve of her acceptance speech, take a moment to acknowledge all that she’s overcome

Like Ginger Rogers, Hillary Clinton has done everything her contemporaries have, only backwards and in heels

Gary Legum Wednesday, Jul 27, 2016 9:59 AM UTC 0
Elections Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders

“Every revolution needs a villain”: Misplaced leftist backlash gives Debbie Wasserman Schultz entirely too much credit

Schultz's less-than-mediocre job performance proves she couldn't even fix the race for Hillary if she tried

Gary Legum Tuesday, Jul 26, 2016 11:58 AM UTC 0
Elections Bernie Sanders

Citizen Kaine: Why the safe pick is the completely smart pick for Hillary

Who cares if he's boring? Choosing a good, seasoned soldier was the right move for Clinton

Gary Legum Monday, Jul 25, 2016 3:41 PM UTC 0
Elections 2016 Donald Trump

Voting rights victories: The GOP’s mission to deny people’s rights on Election Day were dealt major blows this week

In three days, three major judicial decisions came down against GOP efforts to suppress voting

Gary Legum Friday, Jul 22, 2016 9:58 AM UTC 0
Elections Voter ID Laws, Voting Rights

Taking the GOP back: Under the radar, party members are already envisioning a post-Trump rebirth

Their party rage-laden and in shambles, some on the right are working to repair Trump's damage

Gary Legum Thursday, Jul 21, 2016 11:58 AM UTC 0
News Donald Trump, Elections 2016

Joining forces in Cleveland: European-style nationalism is poised to unite with Trump’s GOP

Nigel Farage and Geert Wilders attending the RNC is evidence of the GOP's embrace of the extreme right

Gary Legum Tuesday, Jul 19, 2016 9:59 AM UTC 0
News Donald Trump, Elections 2016

Newt vs. The Constitution: His unhinged idea to screen Muslims should surprise no one

Newt's speciality: Promoting old and terrible ideas that American society has long rejected

Gary Legum Monday, Jul 18, 2016 11:24 AM UTC 0
News 9/11, Contract for America

Benghazi, Bill Clinton’s scandals: Republicans poised to break out their greatest hits at convention circus

The GOP is going back to the well, building at least the first 2 nights of the convention around stale attacks

Gary Legum Friday, Jul 15, 2016 10:00 AM UTC 0
Elections Donald Trump, Editor's Picks

Ginsburg howls at Trump: She has every right to wade into the presidential election

The "controversy" is overblown: Supreme Court judges have never been immune to the trappings of partisan politics

Gary Legum Thursday, Jul 14, 2016 9:59 AM UTC 0
Elections Donald Trump, Editor's Picks

Poor Jeb is right for once: His brand of conservatism is dead — and he’s partly to blame

Jeb Bush is bummed that the con he's played on Republicans for decades has finally collapsed on itself

Gary Legum Wednesday, Jul 13, 2016 9:58 AM UTC 0
Elections Conservatism, Donald Trump

Pence for Trump VP? Three reasons why that could be a huge mistake

He's no game changer: Tapping Mike Pence for VP isn't enough to get Trump elected; he might even make it harder

Gary Legum Tuesday, Jul 12, 2016 9:59 AM UTC 0
Elections Donald Trump, Editor's Picks

Meet the new Newt, same as the old Newt: Don’t be fooled by his comments about racism after the Dallas ambush

Gingrich returned to shilling rhetoric of racial division hours after his surprising comments about discrimination

Gary Legum Monday, Jul 11, 2016 9:59 AM UTC 0
Elections Alton Sterling

The GOP’s show trials: Grilling James Comey begins the next phase of an unending scheme to break Hillary

No matter how long the GOP drags it out, this latest round of scandal-mongering will likely come up empty, too

Gary Legum Friday, Jul 8, 2016 9:59 AM UTC 0
Elections Editor's Picks, Elections 2016

Looking past November: Why the Gang of Eight might be making a comeback

Lindsay Graham and other pols are itching to overhaul immigration laws, a sign they've given up on the White House

Gary Legum Thursday, Jul 7, 2016 10:00 AM UTC 0
Elections charles schumer, Elections 2016

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