The British voted to exit the European Union, a vote that was driven mostly by xenophobia and racism. They haven’t even left yet and the British economy is already feeling the backlash. Sam Bee, host of TBS’ “Full Frontal,” compares #Brexit to the current US presidential election that could put a racist, xenophobe in the …
Tag: 2016 Elections
Jun 07 2016
2016 Primaries: It’s Almost Over
Except for the District of Columbia caucus on June 14, voters in the last five states went to the polls this morning. It’s been over for the Republicans for awhile. It was essentially was over yesterday for the Democrats when Hillary Clinton, after winning 36 delegates in the Puerto Rico primary, gained enough elected and …
May 24 2016
Good News For Ohio Voters, For Now
This morning, a court in Ohio restored early voting days The U.S. District Court of Southern Ohio ruled Tuesday that the deep cuts to Ohio’s early voting days signed into law by Gov. John Kasich (R) are “unconstitutional and…accordingly unenforceable.” Judge Michael Watson sided with the Ohio Democratic Party, which had sued the state for …
May 24 2016
U.S. Primaries And Caucuses Are ‘An Erratic Clusterf**k Every 4 Years’
I’ve been saying this for years and I’m not alone, our system for selecting the person who will head the most powerful country in the world is in need of a major overhaul. I’m not saying this because my candidate is losing, I have no candidate in this race, except that the prospects of a …
May 10 2016
Where Are You, Jon, When We Need You Most?
Former host of “The Daily Show” sat down with David Axelrod, former advisor to President Barack Obama and, now, director of the non-partisan Institute of Politics at the University of Chicago, to discuss the state of the current presidential election. specifically Donald “Drumpf” Trump. The discussion took place before an audience at the University of …
May 03 2016
2016 Primary : Back Home In Indiana
Tonight is Indiana’s turn to vote form the Republican and Democratic nominees for president.Immediately after the polls closed at 6 PM CT the race was called for the Republicans which billionaire Donald Trump. With 34% of the counties reporting, Trump is winning with 54%, Ted Cruz a distant second with 36% and John Kasich a …
Apr 28 2016
How To Make A Satanist Angry
This stuff just keeps coming this election season. During an interview at Stanford University about his tenure in the House, former Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) was asked about the 2016 election, specifically Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX). Needless to say, the Orange Man didn’t hold back: “Lucifer in the flesh,” the former speaker said of Cruz, …
Apr 08 2016
Take the F Train
New York City’s tabloid papers are known for their eye popping front pagees, but headlines from the New York Daily News attacking the Republican candidates for the presidential nomination deserves a special Pulitzer Prize for their scathing honesty, if no not for their dead on New York City bluntness. Thanks to MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow for …
Mar 25 2016
Long Lines for Voters in AZ: Blame SCOTUS
The voters in Arizona’s heaviest populated district, and largest Latino population, Maricopa County faced waits as long as five hours. Why? Because of a lack of polling places. Why did they lack polling places? The Robert’s Supreme Court, when the conservative majority gutted by declaring the Voting Rights Act’s Section 5 unconstitutional. The Arizona Republic …
Mar 17 2016
Black Lives Mattered
There is change in the air. Bernie Sanders didn’t fair well in Tuesday’s primaries but his presence in the race is making a difference. Not just the kind of difference that is keeping Hillary Clinton on the left of center, but the kind that is changing the down ticket races where it really counts. Voters …
Mar 15 2016
A Message To Trump Protesters
The Nightly Show’s Trevor Noah and Charles Pierce of Esquire Politics have some really good advice for the protesters at Trump rallies: Stay Out Of The Building. As Uncle Charlie says: Don’t become part of the show. Stop being played for such suckers. Stop enlisting yourself in his bloody vaudeville. Stop giving him stuff to …