2015 In Review

Marion Marechal-Le Pen today declared that she has been hired by Breitbart CEO and Trump campaign chief Steve Bannon as part of the site’s previously announced expansion into France and Germany. Marion is the granddaughter of the Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France’s neo-Nazi National Front Party, and the niece of Marine Le Pen, whose chance of ascending to France’s …

According to a video posted this afternoon by lunatic conspiracy nut Alex Jones, Fox News commentator Karl Rove called the cops on him for repeatedly confronting him after traveling on the same flight to Cleveland. Watch below. You don’t see any police in Jones’ video, but in Rove’s defense (ugh) anybody would call the cops in this situation.

From the Dallas News: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick called protesters who ran away from the hail of bullets that rained down on Downtown Dallas on Thursday night “hypocrites” during an interview Friday on Fox News. “All those protesters last night, they turned around and ran the other way expecting the men and women in blue to protect them. What hypocrites!” …

Via NPR: House Speaker Paul Ryan said he “laughed out loud” at Donald Trump’s Super Tuesday comment that the Wisconsin Republican would “pay a big price” if he couldn’t work with him. “Sometimes, reality is stranger than fiction around here these days,” Ryan told reporters at his weekly press conference. The speaker said he watched Trump’s comments from his office. …

Mediaite reports: Former GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney called in to Fox host Neil Cavuto‘s show Wednesday afternoon, and speculated that Donald Trump might be deliberately concealing information about his net worth and donation habits from the American voters. Trump, Romney noted, had done a fine job harnessing people’s anger with a “political class that’s been fiddling and diddling,” leading …

Ted Cruz appeared on ABC’s This Week yesterday where he declared that he will “absolutely” filibuster any Supreme Court nomination made by President Obama. From the Washington Blade: “This should be a decision for the people, George,” Cruz continued. “We’ve got an election. And, you know, Democrats — I cannot wait to stand on that stage with Hillary Clinton or with …

Ted Cruz is continuing to pull Donald Trump to the right on same-sex marriage. In the early days of his campaign Trump had little to say about Obergefell, other than expressing faint opposition and saying it’s now the “law of the land.” Later he said that Kim Davis should do her job. But last month he vaguely promised to enable …

From the Independent Journal: Real estate mogul Donald Trump has taken a beating on the issue of eminent domain, but never from children holding action figures. Ted Cruz, Trump’s chief rival in national polls for the GOP nomination, has a new ad out that features children playing with Trump and Hillary action figures while saying lines like: “He pretends to …

We have a feeling that tonight’s header on Huffington Post will spawn waves of poutrage across Teabagistan tomorrow. This should prove rather enjoyable.

Within minutes of the polls closing, all of the major networks tonight declared Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump the winners of the New Hampshire primary. The final margins won’t been known for a couple of hours, but polling appears to be been correct for both front-runners. Now all eyes turn to the four-way battle for second place on the GOP …

Ted Cruz is thrilled to have the endorsement of lunatic Pastor Mike Bickle. The National Jewish Democratic Council has a problem with this. They write: “It is profoundly troubling that Sen. Ted Cruz proudly trumpeted the endorsement of such a controversial figure who holds such offensive views. In announcing Bickle’s support, Sen. Cruz said, ‘we will fight the good fight, …

Talking Points Memo reports: Conservative rocker Ted Nugent believes that gun control is a Jewish-led conspiracy. A meme shared Sunday on Nugent’s Facebook page alleges that Jewish leaders, including Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, are behind a concerted effort to confiscate Americans’ guns. The meme showed a small Israeli …

A young man wearing a rainbow-striped Bernie Sanders t-shirt stood outside a Trump rally with a sign that read “Hug A Bernie Supporter.” Watch below to see how that went.

At least that’s what he seems to be saying with a new campaign t-shirt. The Verge chortles: Marco Rubio is young and beautiful. Marco Rubio’s campaign would like you to know it. To that point, the campaign has started selling “Marco Ru(bae)o” T-shirts, which are electric blue, made in America, and require “extra time for delivery due to high demand.” …

The Hill reports: Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin went after members of the media on the “Today” show Monday after her interview drifted toward questions about her son’s arrest and post-traumatic stress disorder. “You guys brought me here to talk about Iowa politics and the caucus tonight, not to talk about my kids,” Palin shot back after co-host Savannah Guthrie …

This is considered a win for trans folks who reject traditional pronouns. From the Washington Post: Singular “they,” the gender-neutral pronoun, has been named the Word of the Year by a crowd of over 200 linguists at the American Dialect Society’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C. on Friday evening. In a landslide vote, the language experts chose singular they over …

#ThanksObama! The Washington Post reports: The U.S. economy finished the year with a red-hot hiring spree, adding 292,000 new jobs as the unemployment rate held steady at 5 percent, according to new government data released Friday morning. The latest jobs report exceeded the expectations of economists and investors and provided a reassuring note about the resiliency of the labor market, …

Here’s a great narration-free clip of last night’s festivities in Times Square, brought to you by Planet Fitness, whose logo adorned every stage and every head. Still better than the Year Of Nivea. As tradition holds, the ball drop was followed by Frank Sinatra’s New York, New York. After that came Ray Charles  and then Israel Kamakawiwo’ole’s gorgeous take on …

Another action-packed year has come and gone for this here website thingy, which in a few months will mark its 12th year. I want to thank everyone most sincerely for sticking with me during our long-overdue departure from The Google. There were a few coding hiccups at the start, but the dust thankfully settled quickly and we finished the year …

“For over a decade, Media Matters has fought conservative misinformation in the media. As another year comes to an end, we take a look back to just some of the inanity we’ve seen this year.” Watch this.