Confessions from a political junkie equally ambivalent to both candidates. At the moment I was typing this yesterday, Bernie Sanders was meeting with President Obama, effectively plotting out an exit strategy which deservedly ends on HIS terms while simultaneously NOT damaging party unity or disenfranchising his energetic base, nearly all of …
Read More »Less Than A Week After His Outburst Over “Mexican Judges,” Top Surrogate Says Trump Has Never Said Anything Racist
Jeffrey Lord, CNN’s favorite Trump defender and “colorblind” ideologue, says Trump has never said anything racist. You have to give Donald Trump a small measure of credit: No matter what he says, no matter the reaches of its vulgarity, he has found a small army of opportunistic attack dogs …
Read More »Republican Congressman Lee Zeldin: The Real Racist Is Obama, Not Trump
“You can easily argue that the president of the United States is a racist with his policies and his rhetoric” During a conference call Monday, Donald Trump allegedly encouraged his campaign staff and surrogates to continue their aggressive insistence that Judge Gonzalo Curiel – the federal judge overseeing the …
Read More »Trump Doubles Down On Racist Attacks Against Judge, Overrules Directive Sent From His Campaign
“Take that order and throw it the hell out,” Trump bellows in response to campaign memo asking surrogates to stop talking about the lawsuit Donald Trump is continuing to maintain his attacks on Gonzalo Curiel, the federal judge overseeing one of two Trump University lawsuits pending against the GOP …
Read More »Texas Congressman Filemon Vela Pens Blistering Letter To Trump: ‘Take Your Border Wall And Shove It Up Your Ass.’
“Before you dismiss me as just another ‘Mexican,’ let me point out that my great-great grandfather came to this country in 1857, well before your own grandfather.” A U.S. Congressman from Texas of Mexican-American descent has penned a mercilessly unapologetic response to Donald Trump‘s overt racism toward Latinos this morning …
Read More »Trump Defends Fraudulent University By Claiming That Those Who Were Lied To Simply Didn’t “Go Out And Make It Happen”
Seeking to stop the bleeding, sketchy video of happy Trump University customers is released. Donald Trump is reeling after a federal judge in California ordered internal Trump University documents and sales “playbooks” to be released over the weekend, as part of an ongoing investigation related to multiple class action …
Read More »Trump Shamed Into Donating To Veterans, Blames ‘Dishonest And Disgusting’ Media
Previously (falsely) claimed that he had personally contributed $1 million to the January fundraiser for veterans. In January, Donald Trump decided to skip a Fox News debate following a declaration from the news network that it would not ask Meghan Kelly to recuse herself as the event’s moderator, a …
Read More »“A Win For Early Voting And Democrats” — Judge Rules That Kasich-Backed Law Trimming Early Voting In Ohio Is Unconstitutional
Should the decision stand, residents will again have a 35-day window to vote early by mail or in person before Election Day. It hasn’t been a particularly friendly few weeks for voting rights activists. Less than a month removed from a federal judge finding North Carolina’s controversial Voter ID …
Read More »Trumpism Isn’t An American Phenomenon: Rightwing Nationalism Surging Across European Nations
European nations not-so-quietly reeling from their own outbreak of xenophobic nationalism. What was once a ripple of concern across Europe – lurking in the corners but ultimately marginalized in its real influence – has in a matter of months been transformed into an alarming systemic crisis, as European nations across …
Read More »GOP Files Lawsuit To Suppress 200,000 Citizens From Voting In Virginia
Virginia State Republican Party fights to suppress votes that may prove critical in the battleground state this November. Republican lawmakers in Virginia announced Monday that they were filing a lawsuit against Democratic governor Terry McAuliffe to block an executive order he introduced in late-April which would restore the voting …
Read More »The Real Reason He Won’t Release His Tax Returns: Trump Exposed Undervaluing Westchester Property
GOP standard bearer caught valuing property at least 90% below its original value, and attorneys are forced to revise mid-day. Donald Trump, the Republican nomination for president and billionaire businessman, has to date successfully deflected all consideration that he should publicly release his tax returns before the general election …
Read More »“Trump Brothers” Plead Guilty To Urinating And Beating Legal Mexican-American In South Boston
Told police at the time of their arrest “Donald Trump was right: All these illegals need to be deported” Two South Boston brothers, Scott Leader and Steven Leader – fresh off an August summer night of heavy drinking and emblazoned with the fiery rhetoric of Donald Trump’s recently declared candidacy in …
Read More »GOP Candidate For Senate Seat In Florida Refuses To Apologize For Calling President Obama An Animal
“Unfortunately, for seven and a half this years this animal we call president– because he’s an animal, OK?” Wow. Trumpism has officially gone wild. We first reported on Carlos Beruff – the affluent, combative real estate developer running for Florida’s Senate seat currently occupied by Marco Rubio – …
Read More »David Duke Campaigns To Be Trump’s Vice President
Prominent KKK and Neo Nazi member says he would be the GOP front-runner’s “best life insurance” White Supremacists love Donald Trump. They have campaigned for him in primary states across America, placing robocalls with disturbing messages saying “the white race is being replaced by other peoples in America,” continuously flood his …
Read More »Trump Says His Tax Rate/Returns Are ‘None Of Your Business’
Says he is in no rush to release before the November election, which would make him the first presidential candidate in forty years not to do so. Donald Trump, the standard bearer for the GOP now that he has all but clinched the party’s nomination, got awfully testy Friday morning …
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