mike pence

  • Introducing Trump's 2016 Alt-Right All-Star Hate Team

    Following an intense election season in which even the preseason scrimmages were filled with intense excitement, the American political system finally crowned the most unlikely candidate as its 2016 electoral champion. As always, the winning side gets to choose its own all-star team, and after the new president-elect took his celebratory victory lap, Donald J.…

  • Conservative Lawmaker Wants to Ban Abortion in Ind.

    Despite the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade that established the right to abortion nationwide, a Republican member of the Indiana House of Representatives plans to propose legislation that would ban abortion in his state. State Rep. Curt Nisly said Wednesday that he will file “Protection at Conception” legislation when the General…

  • Judge Issues Restraining Order to Stop Voter Intimidation by Trump Campaign

    A U.S. district judge in Ohio issued a restraining order Friday that prevents anyone working on Donald Trump’s campaign from harassing and intimidating voters at the polls Tuesday. The judge’s ruling came after a two-hour hearing during which Trump’s lawyer was asked to justify the Republican presidential candidate’s inflammatory rhetoric about voter fraud, Mother Jones…

  • In VP Debate, Mike Pence Goes on 90-Minute Shaggy ‘It Wasn’t Me’ Defense

    Unless you’re one of those people whose Pandora/iTunes/Tidal service features no music that dropped before “Trap Queen,” you might remember a pop-reggae song called “It Wasn’t Me” from one-hit wonder and Rick Fox look-alike Shaggy. The song notes Shaggy’s tale of woe as he is busted by his girlfriend for “creepin’ with the girl next…

  • Tim Kaine and Mike Pence to Face Off in Vice Presidential Debate

    Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Gov. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) will meet face-to-face at Longwood University in Virginia for the one and only vice presidential debate Oct. 4 at 9 p.m. EDT. The debate will be broadcast commercial free on all major television networks and cable channels as well as C-SPAN. Elaine Quijano of CBS News…

  • Republican VP Pick Mike Pence Criticized George H.W. Bush for Signing 1991 Civil Rights Act

    As Indiana Gov. Mike Pence’s record is being more heavily scrutinized since presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump named him as his vice presidential pick, some very interesting data is surfacing. BuzzFeed.com reports that in 1992, as executive director of an Indiana think tank, he wrote an editorial sharply criticizing then-President George H.W. Bush for…

  • Donald Trump Picks Mike Pence as His VP and It Probably Won’t Matter

    To paraphrase a musical icon gone all too soon, unlike books, black lives and albums, the vice presidential pick really doesn’t matter. However, like a sullen 12-year-old forced to go to his uncle’s wedding, America had to wait with bated breath to see exactly who Donald Trump picked to be his vice presidential nominee. And…

  • The Most Important Job Nobody Wants: The 3 People Who Could Be Trump’s Veep Pick

    Question: What do you call an avowed “job creator” who is going to have a lot of trouble filling the second-most-important job in America? Answer: Donald Trump. While the vice presidential pick for a major party ticket is a job to which many politicians aspire, given the demographic and self-inflicted hurdles facing the Trump campaign,…