Janet Allon
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Paul Krugman Reveals Who Really Broke Our Politics and Why
The destruction of every political norm started well before Donald Trump. → Read More
5 Right-Wing Outrages This Week: Trump Surrogates Reach Hysterical New Heights
Newt Gingrich and Betsy McCaughey are badly in need of a seminar on understanding sexual assault. → Read More
The Frightening Implications of the Acquittals in the Oregon Standoff
The verdict may embolden other right-wing, anti-government militias, experts say. Just in time for election day. → Read More
Paul Krugman Warns That Trumpism Is Here to Stay With or Without the Orange One
Trumpism is the Republican brand, now matter how hard they try to disavow Trump himself. → Read More
5 Right-Wing Outrages This Week: Trump's Insane First 100 Days
We learned something about the flavor of the Kool-Aid in the Trump household this week. → Read More
Sarah Palin Posts Nonsensical Rant in Support of Trump's 'Rigged Election' Claims
Palin has lots of exclamation points !!!! and CAPITAL LETTERS in her Facebook post about the DEBATE! → Read More
The 4 Weirdest Moments in Melania Trump's Interview With Anderson Cooper
It seems her husband is not the only subscriber to conspiracy theories. → Read More
Paul Krugman: Why the Future Lies in the Hands of Suburban Women
A mere victory for Clinton may not be nearly enough. → Read More
The Trump Trainwreck Barrels on as More Top Republicans Bail
Condoleezza Rice says step down; McCain finally bails; an ex-Apprentice producer says there is worse to come. → Read More
5 Looniest Right-Wing Moments This Week: The Crazier Trump Gets, the Crazier His Cloned Pals Giuliani and Hannity Become
In the Trump bubble, not much oxygen gets in. → Read More
The 10 Most Bizarro Moments of the Debate—and Just After
Trump even managed to advance a new paranoid conspiracy theory. → Read More
Paul Krugman Divulges the Part of This Campaign That Isn't Being CoveredâAnd It's a Whopper
Ummm, hello? → Read More
Poor Families Evicted From Silicon Valley Apartments so Building Can Rebrand for Facebook Workers
The effort is a heartless piece of rebranding. → Read More
5 Most Toxic Right-Wing Moments This Week: Trump Is America's Worst Troll
Next week, Trump will acknowledge the existence of gravity! And we will be there to cover it! → Read More
5 Outrageous Right-Wing Moments This Week: Gohmert Gets Brain Stuck in a Blender
Speakers at the Values Voter Summit showed they know exactly what Jesus would do. → Read More
Paul Krugman Reveals the Disturbing Consequences of the Media's Inability to Call Out Trump's Lies
Wednesday night's forum might portend doom. → Read More
Charles Blow Takes the Gloves Off With TrumpâAnd It's Glorious
New York Times columnist Charles Blow is not having any of Trump's recent blatant pandering to black voters. None. Zilch. Calling Trump's so-called black outreach, "the effort of a bigot to disguise his bigotry," Blow eviscerated Trump's craven dishonesty in telling black congregations he was not the bigot the media portrays him as. "No sir, stop right there," Blow wrote in Monday's column. "We… → Read More
Paul Krugman Dismantles the Dangerously Lopsided Coverage of Trump and Clinton
Is the 2016 race a reboot of the Bush v. Gore election? → Read More
5 Insane Right-Wing Moments This Week: Michele Bachmann's Apocalypse Now
Trump has legitimized all sorts of loonies. → Read More
Paul Krugman Exposes What's Behind the Cruel Politics Killing Pregnant Women in Texas
Trump did not invent mean-spirited policies. → Read More