History/Politics

The following is a true thing. Also, it seems absolutely impossible. Impossible to me and perhaps to you. When I first read about it, I assumed it was false. A hoax. But no. It’s true. I checked and rechecked. This really happened. Here goes: 30 years ago, Spy magazine sent “refund” checks for $1.11 to…

The Washington Post’s Josh Dawsey summarized Trump’s Thanksgiving Day antics so well that I thought I’d share my favorite couple of paragraphs from the piece. If Trump ever manages to construct a Presidential library when he is finally out of office (unlikely given his inability to construct his stupid wall), I feel like the words…

A few days before the midterm elections, Trump told reporters that he listened to one of President Obama’s campaign speeches for Florida Democrats. “I was in the plane,” he said. “I had nothing else to do. He had a very small crowd. They don’t tell you that.” Did you catch that? The leader of the…

Fear not, friends. Recent tweets within the last 24 hours show that the President knows exactly what this country needs and has solutions to all of our problems. For example, just yesterday morning: Did you see that? When it comes to the price of oil, Trump demonstrates a remarkably nuanced understanding of supply and demand…

Steve Bannon is worried. He thinks women might “take charge of society” in the coming years. He’s reportedly most concerned by the women-led wave of liberal, anti-Trump activism, fueled by the #MeToo movement. “The anti-patriarchy movement is going to undo ten thousand years of recorded history,” author Joshua Green quoted Bannon as saying. “You watch.…

As you prepare to go to the polls on Tuesday, and as Trump ratchets up his racist attacks on immigrants and migrants, please know this, and please repeat it to everyone you know: Every generation of Americans, at every level of government, consumes more benefits from the local and federal government than they contribute in…

The Wall Street Journal, a conservative financial newspaper, recently interviewed Donald Trump about his decisions related to the economy. Trump was asked about the possibility that the tariffs he has imposed on a variety of products might have a harmful effect on the economy in the longterm. Keep in mind that since becoming President, Trump…

In the past 72 hours: A man attempted to enter a predominately black church in Kentucky with a gun. When unable to gain access to the building, he went to a Kroger grocery store and killed two American Americans shoppers instead. A man attempted to kill President Obama, Secretary Clinton, Vice President Biden, several other…

Of all the stupid things that our country does, Election Day might be one of the stupidest. There is absolutely no reason why Election Day is not a national holiday or held over the weekend. Almost every other democracy on the planet holds their elections on a holiday or weekend, and almost every American who…