Candace Owens Just Made the Most Absurd Possible Argument Against Colin Kaepernick
Evan Golub/Zuma Conservative activist and diehard Trump defender Candace Owens employed some impressively twisted logic in her tirade against “race hustler” Colin Kaepernick at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday. Having taken objection to a Thanksgiving tweet from the former star quarterback which read, “The US government has stolen over 1.5 billion acres of land…
Everyone Hates Donald Trump—Just Not Enough
This is nuts. Here’s a Washington Post survey asking people what they think of the various presidential candidates. As you might expect, Democrats mostly like the Democratic candidates and Republicans mostly dislike them. Likewise, Democrats dislike the Republican candidate while Republicans . . . also dislike him: Even Republicans mostly describe Donald Trump as a…
Joe Biden’s Last Stand
Paul Hennessy/SOPA via Zuma Joe Biden’s rally in Conway, South Carolina, on Monday evening started late and was already running long before the former vice president went ahead and took one last question from a young man in the crowd. It might have been a tricky one for a less experienced politician—if the campaign had…
Court Blocks Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” Scheme
Migrants families rest in a camp on the banks of the Rio Grande, at the border with the United States, in Matamoros, Mexico, on January 31. Abraham Pineda JáCome/ZUMA A federal appeals court blocked the Trump administration’s infamous “Remain in Mexico” policy Friday, putting an immediate stop to a scheme that has prevented asylum seekers…
Hello, Fellow Olds: Meet Bernie Sanders’ Elderly Fans
Sanders campaigns in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.Gerald Herbert/AP At a Bernie Sanders rally in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on Wednesday afternoon, I met George Rollins and Bryan Hill, best friends who grew up in Lake City, a town an hour west of the convention center where the event was held. Both had retired from working…
Coronavirus Could Take a Bite Out of Trump’s Wallet
Evan Vucci/AP Coronavirus has already disrupted economies across Asia, tanked the US stock market, and taken a bite out of the earnings of the world’s wealthiest companies. Soon, there might be another financial casualty of the pathogen: President Donald Trump’s pocketbook. Since he took office, Trump’s personal income has increasingly relied on his travel and…