2016 Election

Hillary Clinton: Kim Davis Got What She Deserved

Speaking today at a rally in Mount Vernon, Iowa, Hillary Clinton responded to a question about Kim Davis by saying, “I think what happened to Kim Davis was the right thing. She violated the law, and therefore she was arrested. I actually think that she was treated as she should have been treated. You either enforce the law or you resign. …

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Trolling Wars: Trump Vs Politico

After Donald Trump launched yet another serious of tweets against Politico, they trolled him right back today with a link to their story titled, “The 199 Most Donald Trump Things Donald Trump Has Ever Said.” As the title indicates, their story is a recounting of verbatim Donald Trump quotes over the last few years. A sample: “I have black guys …

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Matt Drudge: The Media Is Covering Up The Lovers Of “Old And Sick” Hillary Clinton

Saying that he hasn’t been photographed in eight years, yesterday closeted homosexual blogger Matt Drudge “appeared” off-camera on the whackadoodle InfoWars show where he told conspiracy nutjob Alex Jones that the media is shielding the lovers of “old and sick” Hillary Clinton. Politico reports: At the start of the segment, Jones said Drudge had surprised the Austin, Texas-based show with …

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New TV Ad: Draft Joe Biden [VIDEO]

A new TV ad urging Joe Biden to join the 2016 race debuted this morning on The Today Show. The New York Times reports: The group trying to persuade Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. to enter the presidential race is set to broadcast an unusual commercial on national television in which Mr. Biden recounts how his life was shaped …

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Bill Clinton: Trump Is A Master Brander [VIDEO]

Bill Clinton appeared on the The Late Show last night where Stephen Colbert asked him about Donald Trump. CNN recaps: Regarding Trump, Clinton offered some backhanded praise, complimenting him as a “master brander.” He suggested that the GOP frontrunner’s success has come because “he’s the most interesting character out there.” The former president highlighted the appeal of Trump’s brusque, politically …

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Teabagger US House Candidate Fires Shotgun, Says She Is Hunting RINOs For Being Pro-Gay Feminists

In her just-issued campaign clip, former North Carolina Republican Party spokeswoman Kay Daly fires a shotgun and says she is hunting a RINO in the US House for being an immigrant-loving, pro-gay feminist. That RINO is Rep. Renee Elmers (R-NC) – who is a piece of fucking work herself. From the Raleigh News & Observer: The narrator in the ad …

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Ben Carson: Legalizing Gay Marriage Is Like Requiring That Car Seats Accommodate Conjoined Twins

“Laws and regulations should be designed to address normal situations while providing special mechanisms for the creation of exceptions in abnormal situations. Changing the law governing the normal situation in order to accommodate the abnormal situation is like requiring that car seats be designed to accommodate conjoined twins as well as anatomically normal children. The more sensible thing would be …

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Trump Trolls Rubio With Water Delivery

Politico reports: Donald Trump delivered a new dig in his ongoing feud with Sen. Marco Rubio on Monday: a 24-bottle care package with the label “Trump Ice Natural Spring Water.” The set of bottled water was sent to the Rubio campaign’s Washington office on Monday. The package also had two towels with the “Make America Great Again” Trump campaign slogan, …

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Brian Sims: I’m Running For Congress [VIDEO]

Today comes the formal announcement of what many of you have surely known for several days. Pennsylvania Rep. Brian Sims, his state’s first out legislator, is running for Congress. Via press release: On Tuesday, Pennsylvania State Rep. Brian Sims announced his candidacy for Pennsylvania’s 2nd Congressional District. Sims, an attorney and civil rights advocate in Center City Philadelphia, has spent …

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Salon Questions Bernie Sanders’ Marriage Record

Bernie Sanders regularly touts himself as one of the first and most vigorous supporters of  marriage equality. And compared to Hillary Clinton’s relatively recent evolution, he’s right. But as Salon points out, Sanders too took a while to get there. Mark David Stern writes: In 2006, he took a stand against same-sex marriage in Vermont, stating that he instead endorsed …

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Hillary Releases First National TV Ad [VIDEO]

Mediaite reports: Hillary Clinton‘s campaign has released its first national TV ad and, of course, it attacks Republicans over the Benghazi committee. In case you’re one of the few people who still hasn’t heard, potential next Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy went on Fox News last week and, when asked about Republican ineffectiveness in the House, touted the Benghazi …

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Jeb Bush: Vote For Me, Get $2000 [VIDEO]

Jeb Bush today released a campaign ad which promises that every middle class family will get a $2000 annual tax cut under his plan. And just in case you don’t know what $2000 can buy, the ad helpfully breaks it down into tanks of gas, mortgage payments, and utility bills.

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FLORIDA: Libertarian Who Sacrificed A Goat & Drank Its Blood Is Running For US Senate [VIDEO]

I don’t even know how to start this post. How about a quote? “It has been said that I associate with neo-Nazis and skinheads. You’re goddamn right I do. I am a criminal defense lawyer, and I am proud of the work I have done for the American Front. Every Libertarian in America should be supporting them as victims of …

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NEW HAMPSHIRE: Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan Announces 2016 Bid For US Senate

Democrats will have an opportunity to flip a battleground Senate seat in 2016 as New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan today announced her bid to unseat GOP Sen. Kelly Ayotte. The Hill reports: Democrats have been pushing Hassan to run, as polling shows she’s the only Democrat in the state who is competitive in a head-to-head match-up against Ayotte. Recent polling …

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ARIZONA: Homocon Anti-Immigrant Sheriff Paul Babeu Announces Another Bid For Congress

In March 2012 the Mexican ex-boyfriend of Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeu sued him for $1M, alleging that Babeu had threatened to have him deported if the boyfriend were to out him. Babeu’s run for the US House fizzled shortly thereafter, but not before it was revealed that he had spoken at an event staged by a group that wants to …

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New Ad: Investigate The Benghazi Investigation

About the new web video ad from the progressive Agenda Project: “Just like Joseph McCarthy before him, Kevin McCarthy and his fellow Republicans are using their constitutionally granted powers not to advance the interests of the America people, but instead to try to destroy their political enemies,” stated Erik Altieri, Director of Communications for the Agenda Project Action Fund, “It …

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Trump Slams “Little Boy” Marco Rubio

This morning Donald Trump tweeted out the above graphic. “Now drink your milk and cookies. Nappy time!”

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Hillary Clinton Mocks Donald Trump And Her Own Evolution On Marriage In SNL Skit [VIDEO]

Hillary Clinton’s appearance on Saturday Night Live is getting good reviews. Via Salon: The segment did exactly what those close to Clinton have been encouraging her to do to appear more personable: use her self-deprecating sense of humor she’s famous for to help boost sagging poll numbers. The two even mocked some of Clinton’s slow-to-act positions such as her opposition …

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Joe Biden Keynotes Human Rights Campaign Annual Gala, Calls For Passage Of Equality Act [VIDEO]

Chris Johnson reports at the Washington Blade: Although he’s previously articulated support for comprehensive legislation prohibiting anti-LGBT legislation, Biden took the opportunity of his speech to explicitly endorse the Equality Act, which would amend the Civil Rights Act and the Fair Housing Act to include sexual orientation and gender identity. “I strongly support the Equality Act, and it will pass, …

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Donald Trump: Armed Teachers Could Have Stopped The Oregon Massacre [VIDEO]

And the crowd went wild. NBC News reports: Trump read the Second Amendment to a cheering, standing-room-only crowd of 1,540. Speaking about Thursday’s shooting in Oregon, he told the potential voters that the community college where the attack took place was a gun free zone. “If you had teachers with guns you would’ve been a hell of a lot better …

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