As polls show Hillary Clinton building an impressive lead, she keeps campaigning hard, studying hard, listening carefully, and rolling out new policies. She has even been criticized for being “over-prepared.” That work ethic says a lot about her character. Not so much Donald Trump. He has a different idea of how to win: “We should just cancel the election and […]

Hillary Clinton has announced a major new initiative to help confront bullying in schools across the country. The plan, Better Than Bullying, provides $500 million in funding for states that work to develop comprehensive anti-bullying plans and procedures. This initiative is complemented by Clinton’s other plans to improve the lives of all Americans, including ending […]

Here is the key section from a Bloomberg article about Trump’s digital strategy: Trump’s campaign has devised another strategy, which, not surprisingly, is negative. Instead of expanding the electorate, Bannon and his team are trying to shrink it. “We have three major voter suppression operations under way,” says a senior official. They’re aimed at three […]

Rightwing radio host Hugh Hewitt was on MSNBC Thursday morning and offered a preposterous commentary on the risk of violence from disappointed Trump supporters. Host Craig Melvin mentioned a New York Times article about calls from Trump fans for “revolution” if Hillary Clinton wins the election. He followed that with clips of Trump supporters saying they […]

At a rally in Sanford, FL, Donald Trump once again attacked Hillary Clinton and President Obama over the Affordable Care Act. He specifically referenced reports of double-digit premium increases, in order to garner support for repealing the law from voters worried about their own health care costs. As with so many subjects, Trump played fast […]

Hillary Clinton on Donald Trump: "I truly doubt that he has ever read the Constitution" https://t.co/6OZtrfIwim https://t.co/HvhlX627Gb — CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 26, 2016 We don’t know if Trump has actually read the U.S. Constitution, but we do know that he has made periodic attacks on the First Amendment. On October 23rd, he delivered another one, with […]

For nearly a decade, Scotsman Michael Forbes and his mother Molly fought a battle against Donald Trump, who used every means possible to try to get his hands on their farmland as part of a golf resort project in Aberdeenshire. When they refused to be bought, Trump threatened to try to use a compulsory purchase […]

For years now, the Republican Party has been sacrificing its relevance to a terminal failure to understand just how unappealing their homogenized organization has become to the multicultural American public. The GOP has adhered to willful denial that, despite all of the efforts to underestimate, delegitimize, intimidate, and criminalize Democratic-leaning voters, a marginalized majority has successfully assembled […]

This showdown is a microcosm of the 2016 election, with Newt Gingrich trying to deflect from Trump’s boasts about sexual assault by attacking the media with laughable charges of bias. The Washington Post transcribed the exchange. After Gingrich accused Kelly of being “fascinated with sex,” Kelly was incredulous: “Me? Really?” she said, laughing. “Well, that’s what I […]

Hillary Clinton has more enthusiastic voters than anyone in the 2016 election and yet somehow, mysteriously, all we see is interviews with Trump supporters and undecided voters. This mass disappearing of millions of Americans is a genuine travesty. My colleague Melissa McEwan laments: No voters have been so routinely and thoroughly ignored as her supporters, in […]

In 1973, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump, his father Fred Trump, and their realty company Trump Management. The complaint alleged that the company had committed multiple violations of the Fair Housing Act by discriminating against potential tenants on the basis of race, including instructing superintendents to mark apartment applications from Black people […]

Two months ago, I argued that Donald Trump is not running a campaign to win the presidency but to become a figurehead for white nationalism. Others have speculated that his primary goal is to launch a media network. He already has a head start for the latter. It’s called Morning Joe. And it has a permanent […]

During the Democratic National Convention this summer, I wrote about the women — Black women — who ran the show in Philadelphia, and ran it “beautifully.” And now New York magazine has introduced us to the Black women working on Hillary Clinton’s campaign, reporting that there are “more African-American women working on [her] campaign than any other […]

Trump’s egregious Billy Bush bus revelations triggered an exodus from his campaign. But before that recording emerged, Trump had already amassed a litany of shameful words and deeds: 1. Fat-shamed and slut-shamed former Miss Universe Alicia Machado. 2. Body-shamed Kim Kardashian while she was pregnant. 3. Discussed having sex with Princess Diana weeks after she had died in a […]

After Donald Trump leaned down to sneer into his microphone “Such a nasty woman” about Hillary Clinton during the third presidential debate, “nasty woman” has become a rallying cry among female Clinton supporters. While Clinton and New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan sat to her side on the stage, Elizabeth Warren informed Trump precisely what he […]

President Obama admonished Trump to “stop whining” before Election Day. Obama isn’t alone. Many Americans are troubled by Trump’s willingness to impugn the integrity of our democracy simply to shield himself from the potential embarrassment of defeat. We decided to capture Trump’s whining in video form, with a bit of creative editing to illustrate how childish it is. […]

During an interview with Alan Colmes on his radio show, GOP Congressman Brian Babin defended Trump calling Hillary Clinton “such a nasty woman,” after Colmes asked him if he thought it was appropriate. “You know what, she’s saying some nasty things,” the Texas congressman answered. Colmes asked again if the comment was appropriate, to which […]

Trump can’t help being Trump. It is precisely why he’s on a path to defeat in the presidential election. Here’s a sample of the reactions to his remarks at the Al Smith dinner: That was absolutely awful. Trump bombed big time. Just cringeworthy. #AlSmithDinner — Mkay (@JoyAnnReid) October 21, 2016 https://twitter.com/hemantmehta/status/789275663240876032 Trump is supposed to be […]

During an interview with the Washington Examiner, Newt Gingrich ― who was once in contention to be Donald Trump’s running mate ― explained that there are two Trumps: Big Trump and Little Trump. Big Trump, says Gingrich, is “a historic figure talking about historic ideas.” Little Trump, on the other hand, is “very sensitive, particularly […]

Hillary Clinton’s sweep of the presidential debates has been confirmed by numerous scientific polls. In a delicious irony, after the third and final debate, even the unscientific Breitbart snap poll favored Clinton: #Trump will say the Breitbart poll is rigged. https://t.co/ZOXbEaDWue https://t.co/TugvjgbVq7 — EJ Dionne (@EJDionne) October 20, 2016 https://twitter.com/KarlFrisch/status/788966431396401152 https://twitter.com/JoshDorner/status/788956532528455681 How long until Clinton campaign trolls […]

President Obama is relishing his role as campaigner-in-chief, and at a Hillary Clinton rally in Miami on Thursday, he showed why he is so good at it. Many people have spent the last year trying to make the point that Donald Trump is the distillation of, not a departure from, Republican politics. But no one has […]

During the segment of the debate on immigration, Donald Trump said: “We’re going to secure the border, and once the border is secured, at a later date, we’ll make a determination as to the rest. But we have some bad hombres here, and we’re gonna get ’em out.” “bad hombres” —Donald Trump#debatenight pic.twitter.com/LvKMgSoUXx — Complex […]

Trump’s deliberate effort to undermine the democratic process is unprecedented in our history. Trump, enemy of democracy:1) My opponent shouldn't be allowed to run2) If I lose, I may dispute outcome3) If I win, she will go to jail. — David Leonhardt (@DLeonhardt) October 20, 2016 Reporters with a conscience are covering Trump’s statements with […]

Trump’s premature sore loser tantrum is an embarrassment to American democracy. President Obama rightfully called him out for it during a joint news conference with Italy’s Prime Minister. I have never seen in my lifetime or in modern political history any presidential candidate trying to discredit the elections and the election process before votes have even taken place. […]

75% of Trump voters in Florida think that if Clinton wins, it will only be because of voter fraud: https://t.co/q6gfv6YfNm — PublicPolicyPolling (@ppppolls) October 14, 2016 This belief is not limited to Florida. It is widespread, populating across the internet in email forwards and social media memes. Donald Trump proclaims at his rallies that every […]

You see the donor community starting to come around to their fellow billionaire. They want to help as well. There’s also a generational split here. You see some of the Grand Wizards…the Grand Poohbahs of the party coming over and saying, “I support Donald Trump now.” At the time, it just seemed like a rather […]

The end game is playing out in the 2016 race. The debates are over. Early voting has begun. Ground games are being deployed. And Hillary Clinton can look back at three powerful debate performances that have placed her on a path to victory. '3 and 0, it's a hat trick for [@HillaryClinton]' – @DavidChalian on […]

Debate moderator Chris Wallace asked Trump several times, in several different ways, and Trump treated the question the way he would a cliffhanger on his TV show: Trump's refusal to say he will accept the results of the election is, in the truest sense of an overused word, disqualifying. — John Heilemann (@jheil) October 20, 2016 […]

Following is my tweetstorm about Donald Trump’s laughable claim that the national media are conspiring against him and favoring Hillary Clinton. https://twitter.com/Shakestweetz/status/788400049051037696 2. There are copious examples of narratives and hostile postures to which Hillary Clinton has been subjected and Trump has not. — Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) October 18, 2016 3. The media have not […]

Hillary Clinton campaigns hard, whether she is ahead in the polls or trailing in the polls. She does not take anything for granted. Not the unpredictable nature of national politics, not votes, and not the voters who cast them. She has said, often, that she is working for every last vote and that she will […]