On Tuesday, August 18, the White House somewhat quietly opened a Tumblr blog account for President Obama. The main reason for doing so was to showcase some of the letters that have been sent to...
Tim Ryan on the stump for Hillary Clinton (image courtesy Tim Evanson, available under a Creative Commons BY-SA license)
Ever since Donald Trump announced that his former campaign CEO, Steve Bannon, will be his senior adviser in the White House, Democrats in both chambers have made their position loud and clear. They want the...
Lisa Bloom at SXSW 2017 (image courtesy Bloom's Twitter)
Last Tuesday night, Bill O'Reilly went on what he said was a pre-planned trip to Europe while in the middle of a firestorm over allegations that he sexually harassed dozens of women. Although he didn't...
Are you guys ready for the right-wing freakout over the birth of Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky? Here is the best of the best (or worst of the worst). Remember these are pro-lifers and Christians who are...
Fellow radical lefty Christian Holly Love (image from Love's Facebook)
One of the most disheartening anecdotes of the presidential election was how the religious right remained loyal to Donald Trump even in the face of his many outrages on the trail--particularly the "Access Hollywood" tapes....
Elizabeth Warren at the 2014 Regional Forum on Working Families (image courtesy Department of Labor, part of public domain)
On paper, the nation's late-night comedians should be sitting pretty with Donald Trump in the White House. After all, virtually the only thing that makes Trump even remotely bearable is seeing him sent up before...
Speaking last night at the annual meeting of the American Constitutional Society (ACS), Vice President Joe Biden proved why he will be such an effective asset in this year's Presidential election, calling presumptive GOP nominee...
Hillary Clinton in West Des Moines, Iowa in January 2016 (image courtesy Gage Skidmore, available under a Creative Commons BY-SA license)
As we've been told time and again, one of the tests of a presidential candidate is how he or she responds when disaster strikes. Well, we got a stark contrast in reviewing how Hillary Clinton...
Kurt Eichenwald (screenshot courtesy MSNBC via Mediaite)
You may recall that on Thursday night, one of Donald Trump's biggest gadflies in the press, Kurt Eichenwald, was the target of a particularly outrageous cyberattack on Twitter. A pro-Trump troll tweeted the veteran Newsweek...
chrissy teigen barefoot dreams blanket
Do you trust me? Well, maybe. But you probably for sure trust Chrissy Teigen. I mean, who doesn't? She's only like the most awesome celeb ever! And she has a recommendation for you, the perfect...
Senator Bernie Sanders’ campaign claims to have pulled a record-breaking crowd to his New-York City rally. He didn’t just pull a mammoth crowd to Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Sunday in the run-in for the New-York Democratic...
willie nelson
Willie Nelson may be the walking, living, breathing embodiment of the "marijuana isn't bad for you" movement. At 82, the iconic musician is still going strong and still an outlaw. But who is this paradox of...
Kurt Eichenwald (screenshot courtesy MSNBC via Mediaite)
One of the most outrageous moments in an election season full of them happened on Thursday night. A Donald Trump supporter thought it would be a bright idea to send Newsweek reporter Kurt Eichenwald a GIF...
The next time an uninformed republican bashes former President Barack Obama, kindly whip out the following statistics. Especially if they're also a die-hard Trumpkin. While President Donald Trump was busy scamming people at his so-called university, Obama...
It's no secret that many Democrats are hoping to put Hillary Clinton on the top of their 2016 presidential ticket. The former First Lady, US Senator, and Secretary of State seems to enjoy a wide...
Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump at the debates (screenshot courtesy NBC)
One of the few things that has made Donald Trump's so-called presidency bearable is seeing Alec Baldwin send him up--bigly--on "Saturday Night Live." Earlier this week, Baldwin hinted that he may not keep it up...
(Image courtesy Mike Maguire, available under a Creative Commons-BY license)
It's no secret that Donald Trump doesn't think much of those who dare to oppose him. During the campaign, he threatened to overhaul the libel laws and make it easier to sue media outlets. He...
President Obama has been careful not to say who he favors in the 2016 Democratic race, but Jay Carney, his former press secretary, said on CNN yesterday that he has a good idea who the...
A ?Do-Nothing Congress? that set a new record low in productivity left a sour taste in Robert Reich's mouth, but hasn't spoiled his appetite for the New Year. Instead, the former Sec. of Labor produced a...
Mikhail Baryshnikov (right) at the 2010 Young Arts Gala (image courtesy Knight Foundation, available under a Creative Commons BY-SA license)
One of the greatest ballet dancers the world has ever produced waded into the presidential race in a big way. More than 30 years after becoming a citizen of this country, Mikhail Baryshnikov offered a...