Published: Salon (October 10, 2015), The Daily Dot (October 7, 2015) In a recent episode of The Daily Show, host Trevor Noah jokingly compared Republican politicians’ pro-life stance on abortion with their blasé attitude toward the increasing number of American deaths caused by gun violence: “They just need to have a superhero’s dedication to life. Because right now, they’re more like comic book...
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Why J-Law Is Wrong About Trump
Oct 1, 2015 | Conservativism, Elections - Presidential (2016), Extremism, mic, Republicans
Published: The Good Men Project (October 1, 2015) While promoting The Hunger Games: Mockinjay - Part 2, Jennifer Lawrence and Liam Hemsworth both expressed justifiable disdain at the prospect of Donald Trump winning next year's presidential election. "If Donald Trump becomes president, that will be the end of the world," the Academy Award-winning actress reportedly said. "I'll back you up on...
Donald Trump has blood on his hands: Why the nativist demogogue is the second coming of George Wallace
Aug 26, 2015 | Conservativism, Elections - Presidential (2016), Extremism, Immigration, mic, Original Source Salon.com, Race and Racism, Republicans
Voters are already sick of the election—and it’s not just because of Trump
Aug 14, 2015 | Democrats, Elections - Other, Elections - Presidential (2016), mic, Political Parties, Republicans
Published: The Daily Dot (August 14, 2015) Does anyone care that our election cycles are getting increasingly longer? If the Republican National Committee is to be believed, then the answer is no. Despitepledging at the beginning of the year to limit the number of presidential debates that it would allow during the 2016 election season, Nancy Reagan will be hosting yet another presidential...
“Cuckservatives” and Other Disgraces to Masculinity
Aug 11, 2015 | Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Gender and Sexism, mic, Original Source Salon.com, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Race and Racism, Republicans
Here’s the ‘outsider’ candidate Donald Trump voters should really be supporting
Aug 11, 2015 | Class Issues, Democrats, Economic Policy, Elections - Presidential (2016), mic, Original Source Salon.com, Political Parties, Republicans
Trump’s 2016 Legacy
Aug 10, 2015 | Elections - Presidential (2016), mic, Political Parties, Race and Racism, Republicans
Published: Question of the Day (August 10, 2015) Should Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy be taken seriously? In terms of whether or not he can get elected: Absolutely not. Even though polls currently show him in the lead against his fellow Republicans, his advantage is nowhere near large enough to be insurmountable. The most recent polls give him a lead of between 21 percent and 26 percent....
Why the First GOP Debate is So Important
Aug 6, 2015 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Media Issues, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans
Published: Question of the Day (August 6, 2015) The upcoming Fox News (Aug. 6) and CNN (Sept. 16) presidential debates symbolize much of what is wrong with the American political process … but these debates are still very much worth watching.For those who haven’t heard, the networks hosting the first two debates (on August 6 and September 16) established a rule dictating that only the 10...
Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, and the truth about politics in the Internet era
Aug 3, 2015 | Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), mic, Original Source Salon.com, Political Parties, Republicans
Why Donald Trump doesn’t have the guts to really run for president
Jul 28, 2015 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), mic, Original Source Salon.com, Political Parties, Republicans