Even though John McCain has pulled his support for Donald Trump, what he is now promising to do if Hillary Clinton is elected is every bit as dangerous, undemocratic, and unconstitutional as anything Trump has proposed. But it is nothing new for the Republican Party. Congressional Republicans famously met in secret on the night of Barack […]

It is not a superhero at the center of the Matrix films, but Keanu Reeves’ Neo — a human with extraordinary gifts; a reluctant leader; a person whose willingness to try despite long odds inspires profound loyalty from the people who fight at his side. That description reminds me, in many ways, of Hillary Clinton. […]

In an astonishing Morning Joe interview, the normally mild-mannered Dr. Ben Carson lost his cool with BBC journalist Katty Kay while trying to explain that the sexual assault accusations against Donald Trump just don’t matter right now. Earlier in the interview, Carson repeated the absurd talking point that Trump could not possibly have groped a […]

Somehow, these #TrumpDrSeuss tweets perfectly capture an intense and disturbing phase of the 2016 election: https://twitter.com/andylassner/status/786651157494050816 https://twitter.com/deeperfectgem/status/786703498448556032 https://twitter.com/RiskyLiberal/status/786706067971596289 I'm smartI'm clever Pay taxes? No, neverI'm stunning I'm grand Your crotch My hand #TrumpDrSeuss — Ray Ricky Rivera (@RayRickyRivera) October 13, 2016 https://twitter.com/scottruegg/status/786697235799105536 Well look at you twoAnd how old are you?Only twelve you say?I'll be dating you some […]

While some Republicans have denounced Donald Trump in the wake of his repugnant comments about groping women, others, like RNC Communications Director Sean Spicer, have refused to back down. Senator Jeff Sessions told The Weekly Standard that he wasn’t sure the conduct Trump described constituted sexual assault, and when asked the same question, Spicer responded in similar fashion: https://twitter.com/senatorshoshana/status/785478719062376452 According to […]

Donald Trump repeated some demonstrably false statements about Obamacare in the most recent debate. He asserted that health care costs were going up “by numbers that are astronomical — 68 percent, 71 percent.” They are not: Premium increases range from 9 to 25 percent. Both he and Hillary Clinton agreed that premium increases are too […]

Donald Trump’s self-professed business acumen has always been questionable, given his long history of bankruptcies, failed product lines, consumer fraud, and billions of dollars in losses over the decades. But his presidential campaign has left his name so tarnished that his future business prospects are now in question. The Trump Organization appears to be aware of […]

Without an ounce of shame or self-awareness, MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough piggybacked on Donald Trump’s laughable claim that the national media favor Hillary Clinton. That assertion is demonstrably false. Studies from the Washington Post and Harvard University found that Clinton has received the most negative coverage of any candidate in the race. Her emails alone have been covered for […]

To illustrate the stark contrast between the two candidates, we compiled footage of Hillary Clinton’s lifesaving work on behalf of women and girls. Contrast this with recent revelations about Trump’s egregious behavior:

CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski reports: Like his father, Donald Trump Jr. has a history of engaging in controversial conversations with radio shock-jocks, a review of his appearances on various programs by CNN’s KFile reveals. On shows like “Opie and Anthony,” the now-defunct “The Six Pack,” and “Opie with Jim Norton,” the younger Trump made a joke […]

This is your regular reminder that Mike Pence is just Donald Trump without the theatrics: As Trump disgorges broadsides about how “this whole thing is rigged” at campaign events, Pence is doing the same thing via his preferred subtler route. “Look, you know, it’s the old cliché, the only poll that really matters, they finish […]

https://twitter.com/Shakestweetz/status/786613393075625984 Speaking for the first time after 11 women came forward in a single day to report having been sexually assaulted by Donald Trump, Michelle Obama was emotional as she recounted what it is like for her as a woman to hear “how he has treated women his whole life.” “And I have to tell […]

My colleague Melissa McEwan writes: There is a choice before us: A woman who advocates for women, or a man who treats us like garbage. And the decision will have far-reaching consequences, both legal and cultural, for women. Is our nation ready to move forward on women’s rights, or is our equality going to be […]

Dear Donald, Over and over, I have heard you say that a Trump presidency would be good for women. That you cherish women. That nobody respects women more than you do. That nobody is better for women than you are. That, sir, is garbage. And you know it. There are lots and lots of people […]

BREAKING: Miss Teen USA (ages 14-19) contestants say Trump walked in on them changing https://t.co/grlCFfNNos pic.twitter.com/nVoSlMZEDA — Florida Democrats (@FlaDems) October 12, 2016 This is now the second report in a week that Trump made a habit of walking in on pageant contestants in various stages of undress, and bragging about how he “gets away with […]

In the debate on Sunday night, Donald Trump shocked the political sphere by announcing that if he is elected president, he will appoint a special prosecutor and imprison Hillary Clinton, despite the glaring fact that federal investigators have said there is no basis to charge her with anything. News outlets have noted that making frivolous […]

After a debate in which Trump continued to cast his repugnant remarks about sexually assaulting women as “locker-room talk,” his campaign manager took the defense strategy in a bewildering direction by explaining to all three cable news networks that Trump has not sexually assaulted her in seven weeks on the job, even though they have occasionally been […]

One of the limitations of a predominantly two-party system in a vastly diverse nation, comprised of many demographics with competing desires and needs, is that parties have to form their base by building coalitions. There are challenges for both parties in bringing together disparate groups who share enough in common to work in concert to […]

The numbers don’t lie: A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows people don’t even think Bill Clinton’s well-documented history of indiscretions and other allegations made against him are relevant to this campaign. And this is despite Trump’s repeated efforts to raise them in recent weeks. The Post-ABC poll asked whether people thought “Bill Clinton’s treatment […]

On AM Joy, Joy Reid asked Will.I.Am what he thinks the biggest fear is among the creative community about a Donald Trump presidency. Will.I.Am became emotional as he expressed how deeply sad Trump’s candidacy has made him, because Trump doesn’t appear to care about anyone but himself. This is just sad. I don’t— I can’t […]

New Jersey Governor and Donald Trump surrogate Chris Christie has not been on the campaign trail much since the “Bridgegate” trial began, and a new development in that story could make Christie’s position even more precarious. NBC4 is reporting Thursday that a judge has found probable cause to advance a criminal complaint against Christie over his involvement […]

It seems Donald Trump is fond of disrespecting, objectifying and weaponizing a woman’s anatomy: "@RunningDeep67: @UniqueCaptures Too strong? Point out a time in America's history where it was good to have a PUSSY in the White House!" — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 2, 2015 This kind of language is beneath the office of the presidency.

Politically, it has been a good early October for Hillary Clinton, and an equally disastrous one for Donald Trump. Monday saw the release of a poll that showed Clinton with an 11-point lead in a 4-way race. All of this has been too much for MSNBC’s Morning Joe hosts, who spent Monday morning insisting that Trump had […]

The second presidential debate was preceded by a surplus of drama, but the moment of the night is fast becoming Donald Trump’s declaration that if elected, he will do everything in his power to see that Hillary Clinton is imprisoned. Clinton: Good that someone with Trump's temperament isn't in charge of US law Trump: "Because […]

As part of his series for Newsweek digging into Donald Trump’s business practices, Kurt Eichenwald reported that Trump used imported Chinese steel on at least two of his last three construction projects. For one of those projects, the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, which was completed in 2008, Eichenwald traced the source of the […]

Donald Trump spent the entire debate stalking Hillary Clinton around the stage, sniffing, being belligerent, lying, throwing his running mate under the bus, saying he would throw Clinton in jail if he were president, and defending condoning sexual assault as “locker room talk.” Clinton, meanwhile, comported herself with the usual competence, composure, and dignity. Trump tried over […]

Two videos, one of Hillary Clinton connecting with women and girls, the other of Trump demeaning them, illustrate why she would be an exceptional president and he a terrible one. First, Clinton: Next, Trump: There isn’t much more to say.

During the 2016 primaries, when Donald Trump began teasing his promised assault on the Clinton marriage, I wrote about my experience in Clinton world and why I believed his attacks would fail. Now, as his campaign shows signs of imploding, Trump and his band of Clinton dirt-merchants (Roger Stone, David Bossie, Roger Ailes, Newt Gingrich, Sean Hannity, Rudy Giuliani, Stephen […]

Over the course of his business career and during his 2016 campaign, Donald Trump has spewed a steady stream of abominations, virtually any of which would disqualify him for the presidency. None of these offensive words and actions have stopped Republican leaders and their allies in the corporate media from backing his candidacy. That is, until a lewd audio recording […]

https://twitter.com/Shakestweetz/status/784992488067043328 Following two Republican governors — privatization champion Mitch Daniels and his successor Mike Pence, aided by the Republican-controlled Indiana legislature — my home state of Indiana has lots of problems. Among them is the sorry state of the public school system, which has suffered from budget cuts, privatization efforts which have predictably led to […]