Patrick Caldwell
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Olympic Mascots Have Always Been the Stuff of Nightmares. Tokyo Is No Different.
Hey, kids, here are a couple telepathic quantum perverts to help you enjoy these plague-haunted Olympics! → Read More
Joe Biden Wants to Fire Right-Wing Radio Host Michael Savage From Board of National Park
Savage gained his spot at San Fransisco’s Presidio Trust thanks to Donald Trump. → Read More
I Help Lead Mother Jones’ Union. Facebook Hurt Our Members to Play Politics.
Shouldn’t readers and journalists decide the future of journalism? → Read More
Look Me in the Eye and Tell Me Voter ID in the Time of COVID Isn’t Absurd –
Despite most of the country being under lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Wisconsin is going ahead with in-person voting today. The state’s Democratic governor, Tony Evers, who defeated Scott Walker in the 2018 midterms, tried to delay the election and switch to absentee voting, but he was stymied by the GOP majority in […] → Read More
Buttigieg Is Declared the Winner in Iowa, Showing How Much the State Has Changed –
It took nearly a week, but former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg has been declared the winner of the Iowa caucuses’ state delegate count, narrowly beating Sen. Bernie Sanders, who, since nothing about the Iowa caucuses can be simple, won the tally that is most akin to a popular vote. The Iowa Democratic Party announced […] → Read More
Joe Biden’s Campaign Is Flirting With Dangerous Disinformation About the Iowa Caucuses –
We still don’t know the final tally of results from the Iowa caucuses, but all initial indications are that it was a very bad night for Joe Biden, who likely placed fourth—by any measure—in the first contest for the 2020 Democratic nomination. How has the former VP and erstwhile frontrunner handled the loss? Absolutely horribly. Watch […] → Read More
When Iowa Goes Down, New Hampshire Should Too –
As the election results didn’t begin to trickle in Monday night, cable news and Twitter pundits unleashed an onslaught of hate onto the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses. Thanks to snafus from a new app that precincts were asked to use to report results, the Iowa Democratic Party kept the tallies locked away Monday night, leaving even Iowans […] → Read More
Julián Castro Declares Iowa a “Complete Mess” –
As the clock crept toward midnight in Iowa with no official results from the caucuses yet released, Elizabeth Warren’s campaign sent her most high-profile surrogate, Julián Castroa 2020 presidential contender himself—to talk to reporters gathered at her event. Castro, Obama’s former secretary of housing and urban development, took the opportunity to hammer home one of […] → Read More
How Pete Buttigieg Found Support in Iowa’s Formerly Anti-LGBTQ Communities –
The presidential candidate is trying to flip the Obama-Trump counties that once fought gay marriage the hardest. → Read More
How Pete Buttigieg Found Support in Iowa’s Formerly Anti-LGBT Communities –
The presidential candidate is trying to flip the Obama-Trump counties that once fought gay marriage the hardest. → Read More
After the Boos, Bernie Sanders Takes a Softer Approach –
Bernie Sanders’ allies railed against the DNC and corporate Democrats out to get him, and Vampire Weekend was in Iowa to open up for the senator. That was what I saw reporting from the state four years ago as caucus-goers faced choosing between Sanders and Hillary Clinton. And over the past 24 hours I’ve had a strong […] → Read More
Tom Steyer Takes Credit for Impeachment –
With less than a week to go before the Iowa caucuses, four Democratic presidential contenders are stuck in the Senate chamber in Washington, DC, for Donald Trump’s trial. But there’s one candidate who’s free to traverse the Hawkeye State and brag about his role in impeachment. “Those eight-and-a-half million people pulled Washington, DC, into doing the right thing.” […] → Read More
The Big Loser in Congress’ Spending Compromise: The District of Columbia –
As Congress rushes to pass comprehensive spending legislation this week to avert a government shutdown, Democrats are giving up residents of the nation’s capital as part of the deal. On Monday, Democrats and Republicans unveiled the $1.3 trillion spending bills that will keep the government funded through next year. The compromise package includes a pair of […] → Read More
If It’s Not a Service Animal, Leave Your Pet at Home, You Monsters –
There are few things Americans love more than traveling home for the holidays. This Sunday is slated to the busiest day for US airlines in history, with 3.1 million people flying home that day (overall, airlines expected 31.6 million passengers over the course of Thanksgiving travels this year). But what do Americans love even more than […] → Read More
Matt Bevin Finally Conceded the Kentucky Governor Race –
The Trumpiest governor in the country has finally admitted that he lost his reelection campaign earlier this month. On Thursday, Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin conceded defeat to Democrat Andy Beshear. On election night, Bevin pledged to fight on, despite trailing Beshear by about 5,000 votes after everything had been counted. The Republican incumbent had cited […] → Read More
Democrat Andy Beshear Just Beat Republican Matt Bevin in the Kentucky Governor’s Race –
In an upset, Democrat Andy Beshear has knocked off Kentucky’s Republican Gov. Matt Bevin. Over his four years in office, Bevin developed a persona as the Trumpiest governor in the country. And for a time, that may have seemed like smart politics in a state exceedingly friendly to Republicans—one where President Trump won by 30 […] → Read More
Matt Bevin Is Counting on His Anti-Abortion Onslaught to Carry Him to Reelection –
As Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin makes his final campaign push, he has hammered a message that has been central to his effort to win a second term: Elect him because he will do anything and everything to outlaw abortion in the state. “4 Legislative Sessions > > > 10 #ProLife Bills,” Bevin tweeted from his […] → Read More
The Trumpiest Governor in the Country Is Tied for Reelection in Kentucky –
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has spent the past four years acting like a mini Donald Trump, a politician prone to social media outbursts belittling his ideological opponents in the most bombastic fashion. And just a few weeks out from Election Day, it’s a toss up among voters on whether Bevin deserves a second term. A […] → Read More
Kentucky’s Trump-loving governor went to war with the state's teachers. Huge mistake.
Why Matt Bevin may soon learn a painful lesson. → Read More
Trump Nominates Antonin Scalia’s Son as Labor Secretary –
On Thursday evening, Donald Trump announced that he will nominate Gene Scalia, the son of former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and a prominent conservative lawyer in his own right, to serve as labor secretary. I am pleased to announce that it is my intention to nominate Gene Scalia as the new Secretary of Labor. Gene has […] → Read More