The sheer stupidity and blind ambition of Todd Blanche had him thinking proximity to Donald Trump would lead him to the promised land. Instead, Blanche is headed to the depths of nullity.On Thursday, Donald Trump said he may pull Blanche’s nomination for a full-time attorney general post, not becaus…
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[Writer’s Note: This is an open letter to MAGA, which in and of itself might be a fool’s errand since they don’t usually read anything longer than social media posts. But maybe someone who loves someone who’s MAGA will see this, and maybe we can start figuring out a better way to reach them, since …
It’s just so weird how Republicans just can’t stop reliving and relitigating 2020. When they’re not crying about election fraud without any proof (darn those unhackable mailed-in paper ballots!) or denying that January 6th was an insurrection, they’re whining about *checks notes* not enough people d…
We are now under 100 days until the midterms, and Republican strategists and GOP leaders have all come to the same conclusion for their caucus: keep Donald Trump’s name out of your mouth, and ostensibly keep him off the campaign trail.Operatives close to the White House are reportedly telling incumb…
There are plenty of things I’ve never understood about the people who’ve chosen loyalty to Donald Trump over the United States of America. I don’t have the space to list every single reason he never should’ve been allowed to run again in 2020, let alone 2024, but let’s remain in the present for now….
Friends,I want to start today with a warning about “charitable giving” and end with a primer on wealth inequality. The two are closely related, as I’ll explain.We’re on the cusp of the biggest gusher of “charitable giving” in history. Beware.We tend to think of “charitable giving” as unambiguously g…
I am so done with this whole Mitch McConnell thing.We’re now past six weeks of this ridiculous crap, and the silence surrounding the Kentucky senator’s condition long ago eclipsed the point of disturbing to become completely absurd and intolerable. But that just seems to be the Republican way. All w…
There’s a hypothesis I can’t shake after years of observations.Alabama Republicans are getting bad at politics.So far, that hasn’t threatened their hegemony. The party controls all state offices; holds seven of the state’s nine congressional seats and enjoys supermajorities in the Alabama Legislatur…
If you’ve been finding yourself swooning lately over the clips of Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) calmly and methodically bulldozing Republicans facing Senate questioning, welcome to the “Senator My Boo” Club, my friends. Movie-star handsome and charismatic, Ossoff was given the moniker by political powerho…
A high-ranking official in President Donald Trump’s administration was subjected to ridicule and scorn Sunday after he struggled to answer basic questions.CNN anchor Dana Bash asked White House Border Czar Tom Homan about Immigration Control and Enforcement officers in Texas and Maine who fatally s…