De Niro channels anti-Trump sentiment in his own inimitable fashion: He’s so blatantly stupid. He’s a punk. He’s a dog. He’s a pig. He’s a con, a bullshit artist, a mutt who doesn’t know what he’s talking about, doesn’t do his homework, doesn’t care. Thinks he’s gaming society. Doesn’t pay his taxes. He’s an idiot. Colin […]

Week after week, month after month, Donald Trump has gotten away with one disqualifying comment after another. His luck may have run out. The Washington Post unearthed audio of Trump discussing his degrading approach to women: “You know I’m automatically attracted to beautiful — I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I […]

My colleague Melissa McEwan singles out a passage from a CNN story on Trump’s misconduct around women: https://twitter.com/Shakestweetz/status/784847963562602497 Despite the massive outcry over the already-infamous recording of Trump talking about grabbing women’s genitals, he has doubled down on his candidacy: The media and establishment want me out of the race so badly – I WILL […]

Update October 7, 2016: After the Washington Post published a lewd 2005 recording in which Donald Trump boasts about unsolicited groping of women, the words below have taken on new relevance. September 30, 2016: Election Day is a few weeks away. In one corner, we have a history-making female candidate who has spent her career advocating for women […]

The Washington Post has unearthed audio of Trump discussing his degrading approach to women: “You know I’m automatically attracted to beautiful — I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait.” “And when you’re a star, they let you do it,” Trump says. “You can do anything.” “Whatever you want,” […]

One of Hillary Clinton’s most devastating political ads of this election features video of a succession of young women looking into mirrors over audio of Donald Trump insulting women. Two audio recordings have now surfaced that further reveal Trump’s degrading attitude toward women. In newly-surfaced audio that was leaked from a 2009 Miss USA event, Trump […]

The political world is still digesting the bombshell New York Times report that showed Donald Trump declaring a $915,729,293 loss in 1995, which enabled him to avoid paying federal taxes for up to 18 years. Trump campaign surrogates have fanned out to spin his epic loss as a sign of his supposed “brilliance.” Meanwhile, in the real world, a […]

Campaigning in Nevada, Donald Trump told his crowd, to roaring laughter, that he “doesn’t care how sick” someone is; they need to cling to life long enough to get to the polls on Election Day to cast a vote for him. “I don’t care how sick you are,” he says. “I don’t care if you […]

Donald Trump has not held a press conference since July 27th. That was the press conference at which he infamously urged Russia to target Americans for cyber-espionage. Since then, Trump has only held a single press “event” about his role in the racist “birther” movement. That event was billed as a press conference, but Trump only […]

As the 2016 presidential election nears its conclusion, tough choices are being made: Libertarian VP candidate Bill Weld told the Boston Globe that he plans to focus exclusively on attacking Donald Trump for the remainder of the campaign — essentially admitting that running mate Gary Johnson can not become president. Trump has Weld’s “full attention,” […]

Donald Trump is not the wildly successful businessman he has portrayed himself to be. And following his devastatingly bad business decisions in the 1980s — many of which are detailed in this 1990 Fortune profile — Trump was obliged to turn to his father for multiple bailouts. The New York Times reports: Mr. Trump, the Republican […]

Tim Kaine is not just an affable person, but a highly accomplished public servant with a comprehensive grasp of the issues. His debate performance against Mike Pence was exceptional. Here is a sample of the feedback: Tim Kaine wins CNN undecideds group — Neera Tanden🌻 (@neeratanden) October 5, 2016 Tim Kaine debated as the 2016 vice presidential […]

When Hillary Clinton first chose Tim Kaine as her running mate, he was described as “vanilla nice” — “humble-but-sturdy” and “squeaky-clean.” A “steady hand” with unassailable ethics. He’s “personable but unassuming.” He charmingly burst out laughing on Meet the Press when asked about his reputation for being boring. “I am boring,” he said with a […]

https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/783760761151774724 From CNN: Donald Trump’s tame appearance in a 2000 Playboy video came to light late last week after he attacked a former beauty queen for her alleged “sex tape” past. CNN’s KFILE has now uncovered two more Playboy videos in which Trump makes an appearance, including one in which he is depicted photographing fully […]

Here is Bernie Sanders speaking as directly as he ever has on the choice facing voters in November: .@BernieSanders: Voting for anyone but Clinton essentially "a vote for Trump." https://t.co/liTKZNYuTx #ThisWeek https://t.co/9e2gM17mAz — ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) October 2, 2016 The evidence is overwhelming that the next president of the United States is going to […]

Donald Trump’s suggestion that veterans who take their own lives “can’t handle it,” thus implying they are somehow weaker than veterans who survive, is not just deeply insensitive, but flatly wrong. Illness, whether physical or psychological, is not indicative of “weakness.” At a campaign stop in Florida, Joe Biden reacted to Trump’s heartless comments. If ever […]

Kelly Ayotte is a “vote for Trump but won’t endorse” Republican candidate. As Trump alienates more voters, her position becomes increasingly untenable. This became painfully clear during Monday’s debate with Democrat Maggie Hassan: PANELIST: The president of the United States is an aspirational figure, one who is our role model, and an individual who stands for ideals […]

Donald Trump, during remarks before an audience of veterans: “When people come back from war and combat and they see maybe what the people in this room have seen many times over, and you’re strong and you can handle it, but a lot of people can’t handle it.” Compare this to President Obama’s response to a […]

Ambitious women must inevitably contend with accusations that they are driven by unfettered ego, that they are ruthless in their pursuit of power, that they will stop at nothing to achieve their objectives. They are called entitled, unscrupulous, scheming, dishonest. They are accused of regarding themselves as queens, and they are described in the most unflattering terms. […]

In 2000, Donald Trump told Fortune magazine: “It’s very possible that I could be the first presidential candidate to run and make money on it.” And so, it seems, he has. In August alone, Trump paid more than $500,000 to businesses he owns—which brings the grand total to more than $8.2 million. To his own […]

The revelation that Donald Trump posted a $916 million loss in 1995 continues to drive political news, with Trump surrogates spinning the fact that he may have paid no income taxes for the subsequent 18 years as a sign of his supposed “genius.” Trump himself  has spoken frequently of his fondness for “other people’s money,” and it turns out […]

https://twitter.com/gdebenedetti/status/780935749327872000 These excerpts are incredible: Clinton knows how to compromise and to lead with intelligence, decorum and perspective. She has a record of public service as First Lady, senator and secretary of state. She has withstood decades of scrutiny so intense it would wither most politicians. The vehemence of some of the anti-Clinton attacks strains […]

With scant weeks remaining before Election Day, the bombshell NYT report that Donald Trump declared a $916 million loss in 1995 and may have paid no federal taxes in the ensuing years has rocked the political world. This is a story of ruined lives and wrecked companies left behind by Trump’s business failures. We wanted to know more about the […]

Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway told Morning Joe that she has personally seen Trump’s “secret plan” to defeat ISIS, and that Trump will happily explain the specifics if asked to, but not so much that he’ll give away all his secrets to ISIS in the process. He certainly has a plan, I’ve heard it. That […]

Oliver Wendell Holmes once said, “Taxes are what we pay for civilized society.” He liked paying taxes; with them, he argued, he helped build the nation. This is clearly not the view of Donald Trump, who, when confronted by Hillary Clinton during their first debate on the likelihood of his not having paid taxes, responded: […]

Donald Trump hasn’t served a day in public office. He doesn’t know a thing about policy. He has never studied law or served in the military. His only asserted qualification for the U.S. presidency is that he’s a successful businessman who will make “the best deals.” But Trump’s self-proclaimed business acumen is just another lie. […]

The 2016 election is an inflection point in U.S. history. As the first Black president’s second (successful) term winds down, a highly accomplished woman stands to break another historic barrier. Opposing her is an intemperate bully who has openly embraced white nationalism. Stunningly, that unqualified bully has received far more favorable media coverage than she […]

David Corn broke the Romney 47% story in 2012 and now he has this: [Trump] engaged in his own demonization of Americans that has echoed the “47 percent” comment that landed Mitt Romney in trouble during the 2012 campaign. More than once, the reality television celebrity has dismissed tens of millions of Americans—up to half of all […]

In light of the New York Times bombshell that Trump may have paid no federal taxes after a massive $916 million deduction in 1995, one has to wonder if he was referring to himself when he claimed that half of Americans are freeloaders. Speaking to Sean Hannity in 2015, Trump said this: The problem we have right now—we have a society that sits […]

An offensive early morning tweetstorm from Trump against Alicia Machado captivated the political world: Trump’s attempt to shame Machado was met with appropriate criticism. https://twitter.com/anamariecox/status/781846264946319360 https://twitter.com/sadydoyle/status/781841655242559488 This is Khan-level, 2am-unhinged, Twitter-unravelling. Trump proves again how easy he is to bait on twitter https://t.co/zpapW53Re4 #scary — Bryna Corcoran (@BrynaTweets) September 30, 2016 It boggles the mind that Trump woke […]