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When Chris Christie aligned himself with Donald Trump, he signed up for a series of humiliations. Like being publicly admonished for eating cookies, or losing leadership of Trump’s transition team to the same man who likely stole his VP nomination. It’s no less than he deserves, but the reason is a bit unexpected. Since Christie…
Left, Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue, New York City; Right, a view of Trump Grill and its patrons. Both images from Alamy. Halfway through a recent late lunch at the Trump Grill—the clubby steakhouse in the lobby of Trump Tower that has recently become famous through the incessant media coverage of its namesake landlord, and…
This article has been updated to include a link to a Firefox version of the extension. On Friday morning, President-elect Donald Trump took a new tack in his war on the Russia hacking issue. Are we talking about the same cyberattack where it was revealed that head of the DNC illegally gave Hillary the questions…
Hide CM floating unit I spent much of this fall listening, both online and in person, to the connoisseurs of ugliness who call themselves the alt-right. This is such a new category that no two people agree on precisely what it means or how many people fall within it. Some on the alt-right are committed…
FEATURE FEATURE December 20, 2016 by Ijeoma Oluo 2016 was the year that everything failed. A massively garbage year on the trash heap of history. This was the year that we took all of our society’s weaknesses, mixed them all together, put them in the oven, and ended up with a…
In September, Democratic Congress members Frank Pallone, Jr. and Jared Huffman sent a letter to Obama urging him to exercise that authority. The letter was signed by 74 lawmakers, almost all Democrats, and contained quotes from representatives from some of the groups that produced the fact sheet in May. Environmentalists say drilling in the Arctic…
Hide CM floating unit The past year was almost certainly not the worst one ever, but 2016 does seem to have earned some sort of special designation. Barrier Status: ‘none’ A meme is currently circulating on Twitter in which people post two contrasting photos: one is “me at the beginning of 2016”; the other is…
The Washington Post’s Libby Casey and Danielle Paquette sit down, Dec. 8, with Chuck Jones, the Indianapolis union leader who President-elect Donald Trump attacked on Twitter. (The Washington Post) I’m a union leader in Indianapolis. I represent the Carrier workers whose jobs Donald Trump has pledged to save. And I’m tired of being lied to. In…
Even when they voted, more people bypassed the main event than usual. Scott Shackford|Dec. 14, 2016 4:15 pm Piero Oliosi/Polaris/NewscomWe already know that one of the predictable consequences of having two unpopular major party candidates—Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton—led to poor voter turnout (when presented as a percentage of the voting population). One of the…
President-elect Donald TrumpDonald TrumpSpicer refuses to say if Trump will take action against Russian interference Philippine president: Trump has a mouth like mine Pennsylvania electors will have police protection at vote MORE held an off-the-record conversation with reporters on Sunday evening. While the topics of conversation were not reported, the meeting was confirmed in a…