View image | gettyimages.com All the news stories about yesterday’s entrants into the Republican presidential field, Carly Fiorina and Ben Carson, mention they are extremely unlikely to win. Yet the fact that they decided to run at all, and that many in their party will consider them carefully and give them money and attention, testifies […]
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Photo of the Day, Announcement Edition
View image | gettyimages.com That’s Ben Carson, announcing his campaign for a radio talk show and higher speaking fees … I mean president! Announcing his campaign for president. Wherever he goes in this campaign, he will bring his circular red rug, which channels his power and allows him to mesmerize audiences.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Multiple GOP Presidential Candidates Now Investigating Nutball Conspiracy Theory
View image | gettyimages.com As we discussed last week, conspiracy theorists in Texas are convinced that a multi-state training exercise the military is soon to conduct called Jade Helm is actually preparation for the declaration of martial law across the Southwest, with all manner of ungodly consequences to follow, including the confiscation of people’s guns […]
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When Reporters Decide a Candidate’s Supposed Character Flaw ‘Raises Questions,’ Watch Out
View image | gettyimages.com Which of Hillary Clinton’s character flaws do you find most troubling? If you’re a Republican, you may not have quite decided yet, since there are any number of things about her you can’t stand. But if you’re hoping to defeat her, you’d do well to home in on whatever journalists think […]
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Photo of the Day, Cool Energy Edition
View image | gettyimages.com That’s a Tesla superfan (which apparently is a thing) posing in front of the company’s new Powerwall battery, which Elon Musk unveiled today. Meant for homes and businesses, the battery will allow users to store energy from their solar panels, windmills, or whatever else they’re using to charge up their cars […]
Posted inLaw and Justice
Riots and Results
View image | gettyimages.com Yesterday, I wrote about how the explanation Baltimore police gave for the death of Freddie Gray was almost impossible to believe, and apparently, state’s attorney Marilyn Mosby felt the same way after her investigation, because she announced today that she is charging six officers with crimes ranging from negligence to second-degree […]
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Why Democrats Upped Their Demands on the Minimum Wage — and Why Republicans Should Embrace It
View image | gettyimages.com Democrats unveiled their latest proposal to increase the minimum wage yesterday, and it shows not just how quickly the party’s consensus has moved on this issue, but what activists can accomplish by changing the terms of debate. We don’t know exactly when a bill to raise the minimum wage will pass […]
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Photo of the Day, Socialism On the March Edition
View image | gettyimages.com Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, speaking to the press after announcing his candidacy for president. Here’s something I wrote about him earlier today.
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Indulging the Lunatics on the Right
View image | gettyimages.com Ask a Republican about the elaborate conspiracy theories that are so popular with many on the far right, and she’s likely to respond that, sure, those people are there, but liberals have their wackos, too. But there is a difference, in not just how far to the center of Republican power […]
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The Baltimore Police Department’s Extraordinary Explanation for Why Freddie Gray Is Dead
View image | gettyimages.com I can only imagine the kind of siege mentality that prevails within the Baltimore Police Department right now. Not only are the city’s residents protesting daily (and on one night those protests turned violent), but reporters from around the country are now examining the force’s less-than-stellar record when it comes to […]
