Aaron Sorkin’s The West Wing holds a special place in the hearts of nearly every consumer of American political media. It’s hard not to admire the fast-paced dialogue, the earnest idealism and the morally upstanding characters who populate the Bartlet administration. The show was a masterpiece. But no matter how real it seemed, it was […]
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Pete Buttigieg drops out of the 2020 race, one day after being certified as the Iowa Caucus winner
After almost a month of problems and delays, the Iowa Democratic Party (IDP) finally certified the results of the Iowa Caucus on Saturday, declaring Pete Buttigieg the winner and awarding him an extra delegate for winning the most state delegate equivalents (SDEs). On Sunday, Buttigieg dropped out of the 2020 presidential race. Speaking to supporters […]
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Grassley team responds to poll dip
Sen. Chuck Grassley’s slipping ratings were dismissed this week by a spokesperson from his office, Beth Levine, who said the numbers were “[s]elective leaks from a partisan group with a partisan agenda… The White House and its paid political activists are trying to manufacture interest where it’s clearly not a defining issue.” The poll was […]
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Obama and Writers’ Workshop prof Marilynne Robinson talk books, democracy and Christianity
The New York Review of Books today released its first installment of a two-part conversation between President Obama and his favorite author, Marilynne Robinson, professor at the Iowa Writers Workshop. In the talk, Robinson tells the president, “I think that the basis of democracy is the willingness to assume well about other people.” Obama said […]
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Watch: Bernie Sanders names Obama’s biggest mistake
In a recent interview with Little Village, Bernie Sanders expressed his admiration and fondness for President Barack Obama, but highlighted their “major political disagreement,” which he says came after Obama “ran his brilliant campaign in 2008.” “Young people all across the political spectrum, [he] brought ‘em together!” he says of the sitting president, but after […]
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Wonkette: Donald Trump outraged that Barack Obama has revealed existence of NYC to our enemies
So here is your nontroversy of the afternoon: Donald Trump is furious that Barack Obama has mentioned the possibility of a terrorist nuclear attack….
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Wonkette: Obama meets new Pope, converts him To Islam
Did you all know Barack Obama is gallivanting around the world, telling the Hague he is going to blow up Manhattan we think (?) and then jetting off to see his fellow communist, New Pope, Francis I? Who does he think he is? Russell Crowe? We did not even know our Barry was gone, since all the […]
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Wonkette: Time traveling Obama — A brief review
Listen: Barack Obama has come unstuck in time. The evidence has been building for quite a while, since at least 2009, when he was being blamed for the TARP bank bailout program passed under George W. Bush. As his term progressed, it became clear that Obama was also responsible for the collapse of the housing bubble in 2007-08 and the resulting Great Recession…
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Wonkette: Supreme Emperor Barack Obama demands advance copies of ‘Game Of Thrones,’ ‘True Detective’
Oh, those high-living Obamas are up to their early-viewing tyranny again. In 2012 Michelle stoled all the Downton Abbeys, and now Barack Obama has muscled…
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Wire: Hero DEA head rejects Obama’s embrace of pot, science, jazz
At an annual meeting of sheriffs last week, Michele Leonhart, head of the Drug Enforcement Agency, reportedly “slammed” Barack Obama’s recent impassioned…
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2013: The Year Jan Brewer Got Back On Her Meds
There are some Republicans who are dicks, sure, but who are not insane people. (This is why you will be saying hello to President Chris Christie three years and change from now. Yes yes, we know, now go and have yourselves your morning gin.) Until this year, Arizona Governatrix Jan Brewer had not been one of […]
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Wire: North Carolina State Senator hits Nazi-USSR-terrorist trifecta of Obamacare hyperbole
We’re actually a little sympathetic to North Carolina state Sen. Bob Rucho, who twattered this over the weekend. Metaphors are hard, and sometimes when…
