Convincing somebody they backed the wrong horse is one of the hardest things to do in politics. Voting for someone creates a level of ownership in their performance; it also blinds us to mistakes once in office. It’s simple- we want the people we vote for to do…
I happened to stumble across this journalistic gem on the website of WPXI, the NBC affiliate in Pittsburgh: On the surface, it seems innocuous, right? Now here is how WPXI framed the issue on their Facebook page: Awww, how nice. The news station wants to hear what people…
By now, the entire world has seen the photo of self-admitted D-List Nobody Kathy Griffin holding up a fake severed head of President Donald Trump. The outcry has been predictably deafening from all sides, so I thought I’d try to break down why we should all be pissed…
In these times of political and social uncertainty, people look to those who they trust for information. And given the tone and tenor of the public discourse lately, it makes absolute sense for people to turn to Pornhub, the largest pornography site on the planet, for news they…
The Washington Post broke a bombshell story Friday night detailing how Jared Kushner, advisor extraordinaire to President Donald Trump, asked the Russian Ambassador to use their communication facilities to set up a secret back-channel link between the Trump transition team and the Kremlin. This starting revelation is forcing…
So this happened yesterday: Listen: Republican candidate Greg Gianforte ‘body-slams’ Guardian reporter. Full story: https://t.co/5dNBnS1gAx pic.twitter.com/fRtxnQWuLo — Guardian US (@GuardianUS) May 25, 2017 Yup, that’s Greg Gianforte, a candidate for the United States House of Representatives body-slamming a reporter who had the audacity to ask him a question…
In these highly polarizing times, there isn’t much Americans can all agree on, so in one way, we owe a debt of gratitude to Barry Baker of Coatesville, Pennsylvania. Why? Because after watching this video of Baker mocking and then punching a man with cerebral palsy, I think we…