Two weeks after Rolling Stone published a longform profile of far-right Eastern Washington state Rep. Matt Shea — a conspiracy theory-obsessed, militia-supporting Republican from Spokane Valley — the longtime state representative won his bid for a sixth term Tuesday night. “I lost to a fascist —what can I say?” Democrat …
Read More »Congressman Googly Eyes Still Can't Take a Joke
We’ve found the new plot line for the next seasonof the spoof documentary show American Vandal,if there is one. University of Nebraska-Lincoln political science professor Ari Kohen liked a photo on Facebook of a Republican congressman Jeff Fortenberry’s campaign sign that had been altered to put googly eyes on the …
Read More »Supreme Leader Trump Brushes Off Terrorist Plot to Murder His Political Adversaries
On Thursday morning, authorities intercepted explosive devices addressed to actor Robert De Niro and former Vice President Joe Biden. Similar devices targeted to Barack Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, former Attorney General Eric Holder, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) and former CIA director John Brennan, via CNN, …
Read More »President Trump Praises Kanye West as 'Genius' on Fox News
President Trump praised Kanye West as a “genius” on Thursday during an interview on the Fox News show Fox & Friends, teasing his upcoming White House meeting with the rapper. “First of all, I like him a lot,” he said of the emcee, who recently wore a MAGA hat and …
Read More »Rod Rosenstein's Impeachment Threat Grows by the Minute
Steel yourselves. A cry for impeachment is coming — for Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general who oversees Special Counsel Robert Mueller and the Russia investigation. According to an explosive report in the New York Times, Rosenstein last year proposed the idea of recruiting Cabinet members to invoke the 25th …
Read More »Joe Biden Pays Tribute to John McCain at Memorial
Former Vice President Joe Biden remembered his enduring friendship and bond with John McCain at a memorial for the late Senator in Phoenix, Arizona Thursday. In a nod to their relationship, which crossed partisan lines, Biden opened his speech with the line,“My name’s Joe Biden. I’m a Democrat. And I …
Read More »Taibbi: The Tired Tricks of Gov. Andrew Cuomo
It’s an open secret: New York governor Andrew Cuomo is on the shortest of short lists of likely 2020 presidential candidates. He’s acting like it, too. The Empire State’s political favorite son has positioned himself as a leading anti-Trump voice, the tip of the Democratic spear. The president this week …
Read More »Trump Caps NATO Trip With Wild, Impromptu Press Conference
Until Thursday morning, President Trump’s meetings with NATO leaders went about as expected, meaning that he spent most of his time in Belgium attacking allies – particularly Germany – for not paying their “fair share” of defense spending.“I expected bad, and I kept telling people to expect bad, but it …
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