The presidential election isn’t the only nightmare awaiting us in November. Welcome to Congressional Cacophony, a feature on The Slot about House and Senate races that really, really matter. Suggestions? Pitches? Email us.
Donald Trump, a scabies outbreak in your freshman dormitory, has done very little to prepare for a win—like running ads or get-out-the-vote operations, for example, or learning which U.S. president invaded Afghanistan—but he has done quite a bit to prepare for his loss, recently telling CNBC that he would take a “nice…
RuPaul is an inspiration to many and as such, gets asked a whole lot about things that might seem outside his purview. But, when he speaks, you remember politics belong to us all in this beautiful way and RuPaul 2020, please.
In an editorial for the Washington Post, Republican Senator Susan Collins has detailed why she refuses to vote for nominee and self-tanner soaked whoopee cushion Donald Trump.
In a piece published Thursday by Glamour, President Barack Obama reiterated his commitment to feminism and to calling himself a feminist. “It’s important that their dad is a feminist,” Obama wrote, referring to his daughters Sasha and Malia, “because now that’s what they expect of all men.”
Citizens of Tokyo have just elected their first female governor, former defense minister and Liberal Democratic Party member Yuriko Koike. She will preside over Tokyo’s government during the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, to be held in the Japanese capital.
PHILADELPHIA — On Thursday night, we joined thousands and thousands of people in Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Arena to watch Hillary Clinton accept the Democratic party’s nomination.
PHILADELPHIA — Chirlane McCray, First Lady of New York and longtime progressive activist, has had a busy week at the Democratic Convention. She’s spoken on panels about mental health and LGBT rights, and was seen supporting her husband, somewhat embattled New York mayor Bill de Blasio, as he addressed the convention…
PHILADELPHIA — America’s political conventions should last for two days each at the very most. And they should happen in the fall.
“And the sign says, you gotta have a membership card to get inside. Uh!” -Tesla
PHILADELPHIA — It’s day one of the Democratic National Convention, and everyone is here. Michelle Obama is here. Bernie Sanders is here. Every single reporter in the country is here. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is kind of here. But someone is missing. He has a center part, an amazing attitude, and my entire heart. His…
Welcome to ConBag, a daily roundup of gossip from the Democratic National Convention, which we are attending for four very sweaty days.
A day after announcing his run for the 4th district of Colorado’s House, newly-out Republican and former Bachelor Ben Higgins has announced that actually, never mind!
Welcome to the fourth and final night of the 2016 Republican National Convention. And folks, we’ve got a special treat for you tonight: Brilliant billionaire and all around great guy Peter Thiel has been granted top billing. We can’t wait!
Like Bruce Willis drilling himself into the core of an evil asteroid, Third Eye Blind performed to a sea of GOPers at a charity concert in Cleveland last night with the apparent intention of pissing everyone off.
Sometimes, people on the internet argue about things. But what unites us all? Laughter.
At a rally in Annandale, Virgina, Hillary Clinton delivered an uncomfortable joke about Pokemon and voting that your mom is sure to love. “I don’t know who created Pokemon Go,” Clinton said, “but I’m trying to figure out how we get them to Pokemon Go to the polls!” The crowd, ostensibly filled with women just like my…
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg does not fancy a Donald Trump presidency. In fact, in characteristic outspokenness, she recently remarked that she could not fathom what the United States would become were he elected.
If Hillary Clinton wins the presidency, she plans to model gender equality by giving women equal representation in the Cabinet.
On Sunday, July 3, singer Lily Allen attended a garden party hosted by Evening Standard owner Evgeny Lebedev. The guest list included such insufferable cretins as News Corp owner Rupert Murdoch and now-ex UKIP leader Nigel Farage. Upon discovering this, Allen threw herself into the righteous task of documenting—and…
