The France Presidential election has already alarmed the Powers That Be™. These would be the soft, effete, comfortable, insular, hiding elites ignoring the challenges all around them because they’re scared. France has two choices: Marine Le Pen, a middle-aged woman…
This will come as no surprise to anyone who’s been on Facebook the last year, but new polling shows that liberal women are the most likely to unfriend people who disagree with them politically. According to PRRI: Only 13% of…
Hillary Clinton wants to blame the Russians for her loss. It’s easy to see why. Stories like this from Politico paint her campaign’s decisions as questionable: Everybody could see Hillary Clinton was cooked in Iowa. So when, a week-and-a-half out,…
Donald Trump refused to say that he’d respect the results of this election. That’s a direct threat to our democracy. — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 24, 2016 Today, Hillary Clinton announced that she would join Jill Stein’s challenge of the…
On a gorgeous November evening in 2008, surrounded by the shimmering lights of Times Square and swelling anticipation of the people milling about, I sat next to Jane Hamsher to comment on the historic night and election returns for the BBC….
Donald Trump is many things, but he is not a conservative. President-elect Trump wants to pass a huge spending bill. That’s not conservative. He’s socially liberal (don’t tell the rioters that, they seem to not realize that they got a guy…
Vice President-elect Mike Pence walking onto the stage with his delighted family at 2:45 am, November 9, 2016. “It’s almost hard to express the honor that …we feel to serve you as the Vice President of the United States. I…
A family member of mine — female, wealthy, educated, socially-liberal, fiscally kinda conservative, marginally pays attention — had been on her way to vote Hillary Clinton or Gary Johnson. She wasn’t sure. Instead, she voted for Trump, she told me…
Jeffrey Lord, stalwart Trump supporter, and man of unending endurance, gives his reasons to vote Trump. In case you’re undecided or just want to feel better about your choice, you can listen to his podcast with Mercedes Schlapp here. Link to…
Hi all, since this day feels fraught with anxiety (my house is clean, though), I thought I’d give you all something to laugh about: my election prediction. You’ll laugh because I’m always wrong, but darn it, I’m plucky and attempt…
