Over the course of a week, the corporate media largely ignored a half dozen Trump transgressions that would have sidelined any other candidate. Among them: saying the U.S. military was a “gang that couldn’t shoot straight.” We covered the story as soon as Trump’s words were posted online, and credit to Alex Burns for picking it up and tweeting […]

If there is any lesson we learned from the Bush era, it’s that the answer to terrorism isn’t to undermine our own values. When we devolve into a culture of torture, when we curtail civil liberties, we play into our enemies’ hands. With that perspective in mind, read this June 29 NBC News article: Donald Trump on Tuesday […]

Peter Daou writes: A candidate who wallows in bigotry, who incites violence, who verbally abuses his critics, who is a self-avowed threat to the free press, who trashes U.S. generals while praising Vladimir Putin, who demeans Gold Star families, gets less negative coverage than his opponent, a lifelong public servant who is one of the most accomplished and admired […]

One of the interesting aspects of Donald Trump getting the Republican nomination despite not being the favorite of the GOP establishment is that he’s had trouble finding people to work with and for him from that establishment. So he’s ended up with a running mate who endorsed Ted Cruz and a campaign manager whose past […]

"Let her release emails. I'll release my tax returns immediately" – Trump, showing "routine audit" isn't why he won't release tax returns — John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) September 7, 2016 The full quote, from an interview with Bill O’Reilly, further reveals the disingenuousness of Trump’s rationale: I am under a routine audit, and when it’s completed […]

There is a fascinating and illuminating exchange between media insider (and Clinton detractor) Chris Cillizza and Norm Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute, in which Cillizza metaphorically stomps his feet and defends his profession’s unseemly obsession with Hillary Clinton’s emails. Ornstein’s retort is priceless: Chris, I hate to say it, but I find your response incredibly weak. Yes, her […]

Watch: Oh really, @KellyannePolls? pic.twitter.com/sgLxeQwGmE — Bridge Project (@BridgeProject21) September 13, 2016 Except…just this morning, Kellyanne Conway did an interview with CNN in which she accused Hillary Clinton of lying about having pneumonia. “You can laugh all you want at [Trump’s] medical report,” she said, “but as far as I can see, there are two […]

Wow AC if you had that intensity on any variety of issues with DT you might be doing your job. Come on man. — jmartin (@jallnet12) September 13, 2016 There’s a reason I wrote an article titled R.I.P. Political Journalism. It’s because of corporate media spectacles like the one we were treated to by Anderson Cooper, who interviewed Hillary Clinton […]

When Hillary Clinton first selected Tim Kaine as her running mate, I noted that Kaine is actually a nice guy, while Mike Pence just pretends to be one: “I don’t personally know either of these men. All I have by which to assess them is their records. I hear that both of them are nice, […]

There isn’t a spectacle more pitiful in U.S. politics than the corporate media’s willingness to endure daily abuse from Donald Trump — and to reward him by glossing over his transgressions and focusing fire on his rival. Here are a few prime examples (one can only imagine the reaction if these insults came from Hillary Clinton): Just heard that […]

Three years ago a Florida jury acquitted George Zimmerman of the murder of Trayvon Martin. In the pain and fury after the verdict’s announcement, the Black Lives Matter movement was born. BLM isn’t just a movement, but a voting bloc. Street protests have morphed into voter registration drives and meetings with elected officials. If you search the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag, you’ll find […]

September 11 was a wild day in campaign 2016. After Hillary Clinton overheated and became weak at a 9/11 ceremony, an ugly feeding frenzy ensued that capped weeks of increasingly shrill conspiracy-mongering about her health. However, by the end of the day, the tables had turned on her detractors after it was revealed she was maintaining a grueling […]