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Do we live in a reflective democracy? Does our elected leadership reflect the people they serve?
No. Of course not. As liberals, we already ?know that. But when you break out the numbers and...
Donald Trump’s border wall government shutdown has now surpassed the four-week mark.
Never before in our nation's history have we seen a shutdown so long--or so crippling.
25 days and counting are having devastating consequences on the American economy...
Donald Trump is not the the only Republican fomenting domestic terrorism.
On Saturday, Iowa Rep. Steve King posted the following meme to Facebook:
(Perhaps he didn't know Iowa is portrayed on the blue team.)
This is just another example in...
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) was at a conference about commuter safety on Friday when he was nearly struck down by a speeding train. The conference was being held at a train platform in Milford,...
The Republican party has not legitimately won the White House since Dwight D. Eisenhower in the 1950s.
Even though November 2018’s mid-term election results were historic, it does not mean the GOP has forgotten how to cheat to win.
From foreign trolls and...
We all have that one friend insisting on using words, particularly social or political jargon, they don't quite understand. No matter how many times you inform them of a word's connotation, they won't stop. Discussions...
Have you ever heard the saying, "Loose lips sink ships"?
Donald Trump has a lot of bad qualities.
But loquaciousness might be among his worst.
A president must possess an enormous degree of restraint with sensitive information.
One slip...
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump enjoys pointing out how he makes the best deals. It leaves one wondering, though ... What kind of deal might he make if he were the sitting president and his...
Robert Reich, political commentator and former Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton, has some harsh words for all of the Democratic voters out there. Not just Hillary's or Sanders's supporters individually, but all of us...
In August of 2016, just months before Donald Trump was elected president, his former campaign chairman met and had dinner with a man who may have ties to Russian intelligence.
Two meetings took place between Paul Manafort...
Considering just how bizarre the 2016 race for the White House has been and continues to be, it's more than a little bit refreshing to see that some people are determined to make their point...
Who doesn't want to pay lower taxes?
Of all the concerns voters have, the amount they pay in taxes seems to be the most prevalent complaint.
So when Donald Trump signed a memorandum last week suspending payroll...
Seriously. Tune in at 9pm ET on MSNBC, The Rachel Maddow Show.
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Not long after the horrific terror attack in London over the weekend, President Trump tweeted out a harsh criticism of London Mayor Sadiq Khan:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/871328428963901440
As is so often the case, Trump got what Mayor Khan said...
While it remains unclear exactly what promises of a future job Chris Christie was given when he agreed to endorse Donald Trump, you have to imagine that Christie is probably regretting his decision right about...
Ben Carson has frequently been mentioned as a possible presidential candidate in 2016. Indeed, the neurosurgeon came within a whisker of winning the Republican Leadership Conference straw poll, finishing percentage points behind Ted Cruz--thus positioning...
At a campaign rally in Ashburn, Virginia today, Donald Trump added to his ever growing library of asinine comments today when he accepted a Purple Heart from a veteran with these gracious words, "is that...
Representative Michael Grimm, the recently re-elected Republican for Staten Island and part of southern Brooklyn, has said publicly that he will resign his seat. His resignation goes into effect as of Monday, January 5, 2015....
Following the cyber attack against Sony, allegedly perpetrated by North Korea, the United States has ramped up economic sanctions considerably against the "Democratic Republic." According to the BBC, the sanctions specifically mention a few government...
We all have something we'd love to do. This guy has taken his dream out of his head and into his yard. He's not lazy about it, that's for sure. Most of us would be...
