Day one of the first Democratic presidential debate, held in Miami on Wednesday, featured ten candidates fighting on primetime television to prove their bona fides to Democratic voters in a series of 60-second increments.
“A President should be ready, at a moment’s notice, to ridicule another person’s face,” one viewer said. “I didn’t see one person on that stage who seemed up to that task.”- Andy Borowitz
The World Is A Safer Place Without
- No 'boots on the ground' in Iran dispute, Trump says; cites 'unlimited time' for new deal
- Tillerson told lawmakers Kushner didn't alert him to Saudi meeting
- The Drudge Report has linked to Russian propaganda websites nearly 400 times since 2012
- Trump Wants To Withdraw Deportation Protections For Spouses Of Active Troops
- House to vote on Senate's version of emergency border bill
The SCOTUS ruling on #Gerrymandering proves that the politicians who say they hate government actually love government - what they hate is democracy. - John Fugelsang
Wow. Bank of America Boots Out The Cruel & Unusual Punishers.
Bank of America, the nation's second-biggest bank, announced Wednesday that it will sever ties with all companies that operate private prison and detention facilities, according to Bloomberg.
“We’ve done our due diligence that we said we would do at the annual meeting, and this is the decision we’ve made,” BoA Vice Chair Anne Finucane told the publication.
Debate Viewers Struggle With Concept Of President Without Glaring Personality Disorder. - Andy Borowitz
Republican Shenanigans
- Two Women Go Public to Say E. Jean Carroll Told Them About Alleged Trump Assault at the Time
- Supreme Court gerrymandering decision could reshape US politics
- Supreme Court slaps down Trump’s citizenship Census question in surprise ruling
- 'BORING!': How the Trump team reacted to the Democratic debate
- House Republicans line up on floor to call for unanimous consent on Senate border bill
- Former Trump FEMA chief repaid taxpayers only 2% of $151k spent on personal travel
- Spectator Yells ‘Traitor’ as Paul Manafort Is Escorted to Court for Arraignment on State Charges
- Double jeopardy fight looms after Manafort pleads not guilty
- Ford smotes Alabama dealer's Bible-flag-shotgun-with-every-purchase offer
- Supreme Court Affirms Police Can Draw Blood From Unconscious Drivers
- Jacob Wohl Says He’ll Enlist if Trump Attacks Iran
- Skirling U.S. Attorney General Barr cameos on bagpipes
Four of the five Justices who just voted to keep a rigged electoral system in place were appointed by presidents who lost the popular vote.
We. Need. Reform. - Jake Mccoby tweet
Trump shrugs off the brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Trump is trying to blame the Democrats for the internment of children at the border. Trump says he never could have raped E. Jean Carroll because she's not his type. There's your president, America. - Stephen King tweet
Alabama Is Like A Box of "Christian" Chocolates. You Never Know What You Gonna Get.
An Alabama woman whose fetus died after she was shot in a fight has been charged with manslaughter, while the woman accused of shooting her has been freed.
Alabama - destroying everything Jesus stood for, all in the name of Jesus. - John Fugelsang
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When states like Alabama and Arizona passed some of the harshest immigration laws in history, my Attorney General took them on in court and we won. - Barack Obama
Rock The Voter News
- Booker, O’Rourke, And Warren Got The Most Words In During Democratic Debate
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says Beto O'Rourke and Cory Booker's Spanish is 'humorous'
- Bernie to launch livestream TV channel to tell stories of poor and working class
- Holder: Supreme Court gerrymandering decision 'tears at the fabric of our democracy'
I don’t think we should be conducting foreign policy in our bathrobe at five in the morning. - Amy Klobuchar
Pelosi Punts To Republicans. Sigh.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday she doesn't see a role for Congress to respond to the latest sexual assault allegation against President Trump saying the president's own party should address the matter.
During a press conference at the Capitol, a reporter asked Pelosi about an accusation from magazine writer E. Jean Carroll last week that Trump assaulted her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in Manhattan 23 years ago.
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I read a study that the average American only gets 10 nights of perfect sleep a month. This is why I am coming out with my own weed line. Because everyone deserves to get sleep during this administration. - Chelsea Handler
Business/Tech News
- Trump: Tech companies, not Russia, trying to 'rig the election'
- Trump hotel in Washington charged Secret Service $200,000 in president's first year
- Zuckerberg says Facebook mulling policy changes to deal with 'deepfakes'
- Reddit cracks down on pro-Trump channel over 'repeated rule-breaking'
Ford Cuts Back Euro Operations
Ford Motor Co. is overhauling its European business, the carmaker said on Thursday, pushing out a new vehicle line-up, laying off workers and realigning its operations in an effort to improve its financial performance in the region.
20 People who would make a better president: a 2-night NBC miniseries event. - John Fugelsang
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Magnificent Space Station photo of a volcanic eruption that almost no one reported on, I think.
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