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Blexit is a symptom of the the GOP narrative about black voters; namely, that we’re stuck on the “Democratic plantation“. This is evidenced by the Candace Owens led, and formerly Kanye approved, #blexit. However, black voters, like the vast majority of all voters, are actually rational actors who vote in...
There are a lot of explanations for the unexpected rise of a crass businessman to the most powerful seat in the world. There’s the actual fake stories planted by kids with hungry wallets (versus the “fake” news that President 45 labels anything that doesn’t echo his propaganda machine). There’s misogyny. There’s...
Our new Republican majority will move to repeal ObamaCare and replace it with commonsense alternatives.” – Eric Cantor, 2010 Obamacare has long been the biggest thorn in the GOP’s side, and that’s saying a lot considering the rose bush that has been arguably America’s most successful progressive in modern...
When men can hate without risk, their stupidity is easily convinced, the motives supply themselves.” – Louis-Ferdinand Celine, “Journey to the End of the Night” Donald Trump is now the Republican presidential nominee. President Trump. Good God. After months of rational people saying it could never happen; after countless jokes and,...
Remember the Whigs, Larry [O’Brien]? They went belly up, with no warning at all, when a handful of young politicians like Abe Lincoln decided to move out on their own, and fuck the Whigs … which worked out very nicely, and when it became almost instantly clear that the Whig...
As there are so many candidates, I will only discuss the ones that left an impression on me. Unfortunately, the way these debates are being conducted with numerous candidates all supposedly being allotted a certain amount of time will make it virtually impossible to rule out any candidates. John...
I have been told that in spite of earlier proclamations, the Democratic Party has got a handful of decrepit, old, white career politicians running for President while Republicans have a couple of young Hispanics, a brilliant Indian American, a black neurosurgeon, a woman former CEO, and a reality TV star...
“The face of terror is not the true faith of Islam. That’s not what Islam is all about,” – President George W. Bush a week after 9/11 What the hell happened? You will never confuse me for a supporter of George W. Bush, but he was spot on there....
Donald Trump loves Donald Trump. This has been made clear over the course of almost 50 years. He will not adhere to any political party or ideology. For this reason, RNC Chairperson Reince Priebus should have disqualified him from the debate for Trump does not support the Republican Party; therefore,...
Just because Iranian hardliners chant “Death to America” does not mean that that’s what all Iranians believe. In fact, it’s those . . . (APPLAUSE) In fact, it’s those hardliners who are most comfortable with the status quo. It’s those hardliners chanting “Death to America” who have been...