Politics
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Trump Claims He’s Been Treated Worse Than President Who Was Assassinated
Trump brings out the “ass” in “assassinated.” Sitting outside the Lincoln Memorial—which, for those who’ve never seen it, is a big-ass statue of Lincoln sitting in a chair looking out with a facial expression that says, “You better not lie on my good name”—Trump claimed that he’s been treated worse than the president who was…
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Tara Reade Says She Feels 'Discounted' by Democratic Party in Wake of Joe Biden Sexual Assault Allegations
In an interview published in BuzzFeed Thursday, former Senate staffer Tara Reade said she feels betrayed by the party she has long supported. Reade, who has accused former Vice President and presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden of sexual assaulting her in 1993, was responding to the flurry of support Biden has received in recent…
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Joe Biden 'Categorically' Denies Former Staffer Tara Reade's Sexual Assault Allegations: 'This Never Happened'
Former Vice President Joe Biden personally addressed allegations that he sexually assaulted a Senate aide for the first time Friday morning, in a statement posted to his Medium account and a subsequent sit-down interview with MSNBC’s Morning Joe talk show. “It is not true,” he said. “I’m saying unequivocally it never, never happened.” While his…
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Vice President's Staff Threaten Retaliation Against Reporter for Tweeting About Pence’s Mask Off Antics
Vice President Pence’s office isn’t a fan of the truth, or at least the truth being leaked over Twitter, so now they’re threatening retaliation against a reporter who tweeted that Pence’s people told journalists to wear a mask during a recent visit to the Mayo Clinic, even though the vice president was going full mask…
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For the First Time in a Year, the White House Press Secretary Is Going to Speak, and It’s Going to Be a Disaster
Before the Trumps took over the White House and parked a broken-down Chevy pickup, trampoline and inflatable swimming pool on the front lawn, there used to be regularly scheduled press briefings. But the president is a liar, and as the White House press secretary, I’d imagine it’s hard to explain the president’s lies when staring…
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The Real Coronavirus Hoax: Republicans Are Using COVID-19 to Make the Black Vote Disappear
There is a common tool used by every sophisticated thief, magician and con man. A bank robber might pull a fire alarm across town or call in a fake robbery as “smoke” for a heist, while flim-flam artists use a variety of misdirection gimmicks called “bells.” Some of the most elaborate magic tricks depend on…
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Former Republican Justin Amash Is Considering Whether He Wants to Ruin Everything
There were three ways to a Trump victory in November: A global pandemic that forces everyone in the house; a refusal to fund the Postal Service, which will surely affect mail-in voting; and a third-party candidate who surely has no chance at winning but will fuck up the election. The first one is life. The…
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Tarana Burke, Stacey Abrams, Weigh In on Sexual Assault Allegations Against Joe Biden
This week, new reporting about Tara Reade, a former Senate staffer who accused former Vice President Joe Biden of sexually assaulting her in the mid-1990s, forced the Biden campaign, its surrogates and its supporters to once again confront the polarizing allegations. Among them was former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, who is considered a potential…