A question for all the conservative politicians and media loudmouths criticizing Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs for going to the hospital and telling cops about his assault by Montana Republican congressional candidate Greg Gianforte (who won the election yesterday, by the way): Would you just take it if a random person body-slammed you to the ground […]
Will Durst explains what it’s like to be a political comedian in the age of Trump…
Trump haters who are convinced he’ll be impeached any day now are fooling themselves. They might even believe that if it happened, the presidency would revert to Clinton as the runner-up. Nope. You lose Trump, you gain Mike Pence, and you’re not going to like his policies one bit. Yes, he’s more mentally stable than […]
I don’t think this needs any introduction…
I love the fact that misogynist Bill O’Reilly was brought down by women, including Emily Steel, the NY Times reporter who broke the story of the secret Fox News settlements with several former employees he sexually harassed. She’s the one he threatened in 2015 when she reported on lies he told about reporting during the […]
My brother Seth explains the metrics that should be used to evaluate Trump’s performance: We should begin by putting aside our obsession with optics and outrages. We should focus, instead, on whether the Trump Administration is making our lives better — that is, producing (or contributing to) outcomes that matter to Americans. Not tweets. Not […]