Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 6:01:27 pm
YouTube This Samantha Bee bit about the NRA's "gun safety mascot" is hilarious, in a sad yet infuriating way. Samantha and John Oliver are doing the best political comedy in the country right now. The NRA stands up for strict regulation! Of its mascot costume! Watch Full Frontal with Samantha Bee all-new ...

Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 3:01:44 pm
YouTube This video clip via TPM is pretty hilarious; watch the look CNN anchors John Berman and Kate Balduan give each other when Ben "Dr. Sleepy" Carson says Berman has "probably been charged" with a crime, after Berman asks him about Donald Trump's campaign manager Corey Lewandowski's arrest for battery. It's reassuring ...

Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 11:20:36 am
Road sign via Shutterstock In Tennessee yesterday, the Republican-dominated state Senate passed a bill that would make the Bible the state's "official book." Republicans in Tennessee have been trying to do this for more than a year, and their efforts have finally been successful -- despite the fact that Tennessee's own state ...

Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 1:58:49 pm
Far right pastor Kevin Swanson When Donald Trump made his now-infamous statement that legal abortion needs to be banned and women who have abortions should be punished, conservative "pro-life" groups and pundits were quick to deny this was their actual position. The talking point they all agreed upon: yes, sure, they do ...

Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 5:49:45 pm
YouTube Here's a beautiful live performance by master finger-picker Calum Graham, obviously inspired by and reminiscent of "Aerial Boundaries" by the great Michael Hedges. CDs, Tabs, and Downloads available at http://calumgraham.com/

Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 10:35:47 am
YouTube If Alex Jones were really an irrelevant fringe loony as he deserves to be, I'd gladly ignore him. But this guy is very influential now in the right wing, frequently featured at Drudge Report and with access to top GOP politicians like the current presidential front-runner Donald Trump, who appeared ...

Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 10:41:08 am
Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.com It's happened so often I guess we're not supposed to care any more -- but I for one refuse to stop caring when the Republican Party's leading candidate for president of the United States repeatedly demonstrates his affinity for outright white supremacists. I've lost count of how ...

Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 1:06:26 pm
Video Malcolm Nance, a veteran of Navy intelligence and current head of the Terrorism Asymmetrics Project, reacts to Donald Trump's irresponsible language and his repeated calls for torturing terror suspects. (h/t: Mother Jones.)

Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 7:41:33 am
Credit: @FDuboccage Awful news from Belgium this morning: Brussels attacks: At least 31 dead at Zaventem and Maelbeek. At least 31 people have been killed and many seriously injured in attacks at Brussels international airport and a city metro station. Twin blasts hit Zaventem airport at 07:00 GMT, killing 11 and injuring ...

Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 4:33:00 pm
VIOLENCE at another Donald Trump rally, this time in Tucson, AZ. Man hits and kicks protester: pic.twitter.com/7FWuSeE0Jt — Frank Thorp V (@frankthorpNBC) March 19, 2016 According to NBC News' Frank Thorp V, this video shows a Trump supporter punching and kicking a protester. And that's not all. Here's another video showing Trump's ...

Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 12:17:11 pm
YouTube Donald Trump is speaking at Fountain Hills, Arizona, site of a massively wasteful fake lake with a giant fountain in the middle of a desert -- absolutely perfect symbolism for his façade of a campaign. The only reason to watch this nonsense now is to see how violent the crowd ...

Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 11:58:20 am
YouTube You probably already knew Alex Jones was a raving nut sandwich, but his latest unhinged rant has to be seen to be believed. While defending Donald Trump on his webcast yesterday, he launched into a bizarre incoherent fantasy about Satan and space travel and psy-ops and interdimensional travel. Among other ...

Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 6:22:52 pm
One of our most popular articles in the past week was our exposé of Donald Trump Jr.'s retweet of a false accusation against Bernie Sanders supporter Portia Boulger; Trump Jr. cited a white supremacist scumbag to accuse Boulger of masquerading as a Trump supporter giving a Nazi salute outside his ...

Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 5:32:07 pm
Image via Shutterstock Well, here we go again. I must admit I'm suffering from a bit of debate fatigue, but somehow I'll force myself to watch yet another go-round of the Republican clown car, in Miami this time. It's live-streaming at CNN.com, or so I hear. This will be our first open ...

Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 11:26:14 am
Donald Trump: "I think Islam hates us" https://t.co/TdB9HJJ3SV https://t.co/BPgogJs3aZ — CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) March 10, 2016 Yes, it's Donald Drumpf again, pandering to the most hate-filled elements of the right wing base, telling Anderson Cooper that the entire religion of Islam has "an unbelievable hatred of us." Then with his typical belligerent ...

Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 5:30:45 pm
YouTube Yes, it's another Clinton/Sanders throw-down, sponsored by Fusion, Univision and the Washington Post this time, moderated by Jorge Ramos, Maria Elena Salinas and Karen Tumulty. Tempers may get a little tweaked, but I feel safe predicting that neither candidate will brag about the size of her or his ... equipment. ...

Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 11:22:16 am
Right Wing Driving Dems to Tug Each Other Apart I read this diary on DailyKos concerning Bernie supporters wanting to vote Trump in the upcoming General Election. From that diary (which is exceptional; please read it in full): … I’ve been hearing and reading people who profess to be leftists or ...

Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 6:03:24 pm
It's not going to be the same without Dr. Sleepy dozing off at the far left (irony!) podium, but here's a live-blogging thread for tonight's Fox News Republican Klown Kar Klash in Detroit, at the historic Fox Theatre in Detroit. I think Fox News is doing that thing again where they ...

Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 9:30:33 am
Watching Romney's speech earlier, I was reminded of why I didn't like this guy when he ran for president; his basic hypocrisy and robotic stiffness remain intact. It was kind of fun to watch this super-rich heir to the GOP's fortunes attack another super-rich Republican trying to run for president, ...

Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 10:46:07 am
YouTube Jon Stewart may have retired from The Daily Show, but Samantha Bee and John Oliver are still bringing it like bosses. In this hilarious clip, Samantha explains what happens when Democrats don't vote. And it's not pretty. Also possibly NSFW. The boring, who-cares midterm snoozefest that was the most important ...

Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 5:08:36 pm
YouTube I've developed a very serious crush on Aoife O'Donovan's incredibly beautiful crystalline voice, and here's an excellent live performance in the Portland Press Herald studio. Aoife O'Donovan, formerly a member of Crooked Still, performed in the Press Herald studio in support of her debut solo CD. Watch all of The ...

Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 10:55:48 am
YouTube On CNN yesterday, former Mexican President Vicente Fox continued his scathing criticism of GOP front runner Donald Trump, saying Trump reminds him of Hitler. Normally, this would be a violation of Godwin's Law, but Trump's populist, xenophobic and openly racist rhetoric really is reminiscent of Nazi Germany. "Today, he's going to ...

Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 5:02:53 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzrCv3 7pTto I wasn't going to post video of Trump's rally in Oklahoma, but a rather disturbing moment just played out when a protester stood up with a shirt saying, "KKK endorses Trump," and a yellow star badge. Trump started ranting about him, of course, but then he stopped, walked slowly over to ...

Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 11:35:04 am
YouTube Raving freakazoid nut sandwich Glenn Beck has been comparing Donald Trump's supporters to "brownshirts" lately, but he's worked himself up into such a fever pitch over Trump's candidacy that even this Hitlerian comparison isn't horrible enough. Yes, he's taking it a step beyond "brownshirts" now, and comparing Trump voters to ...

Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 5:34:08 pm
We're down to five passengers in the GOP clown car now: Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, John Kasich and Ben Carson. Carson's sleeping in the backseat, Kasich is sitting as far away from Trump as he can get, Rubio's installing the latest OS in his debating card, and Cruz ...