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Republicans hope that triaging Trump will save them downballot. Good luck with that.
It’s only August, but Republicans are already considering what should be unthinkable: abandoning Donald Trump to try to save their party. The New ... → Read More
Republicans are terrified Trump will cost them everything—including the House
Every single one of these amazing headlines is from just the past day: Bloomberg : Republicans Stuck With Trump Despite Fears He’ll Destroy Them Real Clear ... → Read More
John Boehner gets his revenge on a tea partying nut, but we'll see who laughs last
Usually when a challenger bumps off an incumbent in a GOP primary, it's a victory for conservative outsiders over the party establishment, but Tuesday's election in Kansas's safely red 1st Congressional District was the exact opposite. Rep. Tim... → Read More
Can Donald Trump help Democrats put the House in play? Let's find out!
Donald Trump's uniquely disastrous campaign for president threatens to keep the Republicans out of the White House for a third straight term, and at the same time, he's ... → Read More
Trump: Putin's 'not gonna go into Ukraine'—a country he's already invaded
Your head will explode : x YouTube Video TRUMP : Well, look, you know, I have ... → Read More
Democrats have always believed in family, faith, and country. Now everyone sees it.
For almost a century, Republicans have engaged in a sustained campaign of lies about the Democratic Party. The Democrats, claimed the GOP, hate the military. They’re hostile to religion. They ... → Read More
Holy wow! Gen. John Allen's incredible DNC speech will make your heart burst with patriotic pride
There were so many must-see speeches on the final night of this week's awesome Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, but among them was this incredible stemwinder from retired four-star ... → Read More
Daily Kos is proud to endorse Hillary Clinton, our first woman nominee for president
Hillary Clinton made history this week when she officially became the first woman to earn a major party’s endorsement for president. Tonight, she’ll formally accept that ... → Read More
In case you missed it, Michelle Obama gave a perfect, mindblowing speech at the DNC last night
If for some reason you were busy last night and couldn’t it watch live, first lady Michelle Obama delivered one of the greatest all-time convention speeches in Philadelphia on Monday night. It’s more than worth 15 minutes of your time to watch it in... → Read More
Trump has put us at DEFCON 1. We cannot shrug at 'Never Again'
This is an alarmist post because the situation we face today is so alarming. Donald Trump is a genuine fascist who has no regard whatsoever for democratic governance. He has taken savage pleasure in fomenting violence at his own rallies, lamenting that... → Read More
Hillary Clinton's newest swing state ad buy leaves off a key battleground: Colorado
Just ahead of the Democratic National Convention, Politico's Steven Shepard reports on an interesting development out in the Centennial State: Hillary Clinton’s campaign is pulling its television advertisements from Colorado, at least temporarily,... → Read More
New Republican poll confirms that notorious Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio is in grave danger this fall
Democrat Paul Penzone previously released a very surprising poll showing him with a lead on Maricopa County's notorious Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and now a new survey from a Republican firm has confirmed those findings. Arizona-based pollster Lincoln... → Read More
Praising Kaine: How Clinton's choice of a widely respected senator drives a deep wedge into the GOP
Hillary Clinton announced her selection of Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine as her running mate late on Friday evening, and something incredible has already happened: Major Republican figures are speaking up ... → Read More
Hillary Clinton to tap Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine as her running mate
Multiple outlets are now reporting this. From the New York Times: Hillary Clinton named Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia to be her running mate Friday, according to a senior campaign official, selecting a battleground state politician with... → Read More
How will Donald Trump persuade Turkey to fight ISIS? 'Meetings'
There are many, many aspects of Donald Trump’s terrifying new interview with the New York Times that merit detailed dissection—chief among them his stated willingness to abrogate our duty to defend our NATO allies if they're ever attacked—but this... → Read More
Speechwriter cribs from his own column for Donald Trump Jr.'s convention speech
Man alive, you’d think that after Melania Trump’s still-extraordinary plagiarism debacle on Monday night, the Trump family would be, like, extra-extra-careful when it comes to even the appearance of appropriation. Hah, just kidding—since when is the... → Read More
Top Trump aide: 'We are working very closely with Rob Portman—we're running our campaigns together'
If you've been following the Republican National Convention this week in Cleveland, one of the more delicious sub-plots revolves around the remarkable resistance of ... → Read More
Why Melania Trump's plagiarized speech should be fatal to Donald Trump's campaign
Melania Trump’s stunning plagiarism at the Republican National Convention should by all rights be fatal to her husband’s campaign for president, not merely because she plagiarized but because of who she plagiarized from. Melania, who claimed beforehand... → Read More
How Quinnipiac's new Senate polls dissent from the polling averages
Quinnipiac's new presidential results presaged unpleasant Senate numbers for Democrats, and indeed, that's exactly what we got . But the important thing to note is that in every case, the findings ... → Read More
Sacramento sheriff, a GOP House candidate, accused of sexual harassment by a former subordinate
Back in May, in what the Sacramento Bee described as a "stunning" verdict, a jury awarded $3.6 million in damages to four female employees of the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department who charged that their superiors had retaliated against them for... → Read More