Two years ago, there was a fierce online debate over the cast of a future movie about the 2016 Republican presidential race, which would probably be called Clown Car! (although Every Which Way But Left and A Kochwork Orange were also strong suggestions). Twitter users attacked difficult questions like, “Could …
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On Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, John Oliver furiously criticized U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions‘ new policy of prosecuting all immigrants who cross the border illegally, which has already resulted in roughly 500 children being forcibly separated from their parents. The comedian targeted the Trump administration’s chorus-like false assertion that the …
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Donald Trump had barely taken his hand off the Bible when his press secretary, Sean Spicer, catapulted into the annals of American ignominy with his infamous defense of the president’s sparsely-attended inauguration. Spicer’s daily press briefings became appointment viewing in the administration’s early months – his gaffes were .GIF’ed and …
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At least 10 people were killed Friday morning after a shooter opened fired in Santa Fe High School outside of Houston, Texas. A suspect has been taken into custody, but explosive devices have been detected in the vicinity, and residents have been advised to exercise caution. The response so far …
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President Trump concluded his announcement that the United States will withdraw from the Iran deal with a message of peace: “Great things can happen for the peace and stability that we all want in the Middle East,” he said. “There has been enough suffering, death, and destruction. Let it end …
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Donald Trump‘s presidential campaign hired American data-analysis firm Cambridge Analytica and its London-based parent company Strategic Communications Laboratories to gather data from over 50 million Facebook profiles to predict the behavior of American voters, according to investigations by The New York Timesand The Guardian. Over the weekend, Christopher Wylie, a …
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In the wake of special prosecutor Robert Mueller’s troll farm indictment, a bizarre series of events took place involving the New York Times and Facebook. The indictment had barely hit the presses before Facebook Ads exec Rob Goldman decided to tweet a few things. Goldman seemed peeved that his company, …
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At the Golden Globes Sunday night, Oprah Winfrey delivered an electrifying speech on behalf of the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment that touched on the empowerment of women at all levels of society. For many, it was a moment of desperately needed catharsis in response to a lifetime of predation …
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On the eve of his electionversary, voters seized the first electoral opportunity they’ve had to send a message to Donald Trump and the mostly white, mostly male Republican legislators empowered by his elevation to the presidency. In races all across the country, they voted to defeat candidates and replace incumbents …
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The special prosecutor’s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election has delivered a guilty plea – and a trove of new information about the Trump campaign’s contacts with Moscow. The new details allow us to piece together the Russiagate puzzle as never before. On October 30th, Robert Mueller elevated …
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