Perhaps the most frequent talking point that came from Republicans during the 2016 race for the White House revolved around Hillary Clinton’s use private email server. What was she trying to hide? they asked. Why would anyone be opposed to letting the American public see what they had done while working for the government? And now, […]
If there’s one thing we know with absolutely certainty about Donald Trump, it’s that he absolutely loves conspiracy theories, many of which he enjoys trying to help spread. And perhaps the most pernicious and disgusting of them all is the one which goes like this: President Obama wasn’t really born in the United States, isn’t […]
Every revolution–be it real or imagined–must have someone who is in charge of propaganda. Because the first step to total control runs through the mind and the heart. If you can convince the masses that you are right and those who disagree are the enemy, there is virtually nothing you cannot do as a result. […]
If perhaps you were wondering just how quickly the Republicans–who now control both houses of Congress and the White House–would begin stripping away the reproductive rights of women, we now have an answer: Trump hasn’t even been sworn in and it’s already happening. Appearing this morning on State of the Union, Speaker of the House […]
Appearing this morning on Fox News Sunday, Trump campaign manager and perpetual whiner Kellyanne Conway got all huffy about the protests taking place across the country in opposition to the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States. Conway told Chris Wallace: “I’m calling for responsibility and maturity.” Ah yes, two responsibility and […]
Over the course of the 2016 race for the White House, Donald Trump made a whole lot of promises that his fanatical supporters are fully expecting he’ll keep once he takes the oath of office. But as we’re already seeing, they are likely to be sadly disappointed; Trump is already dialing back his rhetoric and […]
To hear Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell tell it, there’s a “war on coal” in the United States. He’s been saying for years that excessive regulations on the industry are killing jobs in his home state of Kentucky. So why exactly is he now admitting that removing those regulations won’t actually bring back any jobs? […]
Even though their candidate won, even though they have control of both houses of Congress, even though everything seems to be going their way and all is coming up roses for conservatives, some on the right are floating a theory that Trump will never be allowed to take the oath of office. President Obama won’t […]
Let’s be totally honest here: While economic anxiety did indeed play a part in the election of Donald Trump as President, racism, Islamophobia, and xenophobia were also partially responsible for the sudden rise of Trump from a large field of Republican contenders. And now he will be the next occupant of the Oval Office. As […]
Perhaps you’ve heard of Richard Spencer. He’s head of the National Policy Institute, a white nationalist, and widely considered to be the founder of the alt-right movement in the United States. And he recently gave an interview to Al Letson of Reveal in which he declared the election of Donald Trump is the first step […]