The Federal Election Commission has ruled that a New York woman running for Congress can use a portion of her campaign funds to pay for childcare.
On Tuesday, Virginia elected its first transgender state legislator, the Democratic candidate Danica Roem, upsetting longtime Republican, and homophobe-in-chief Robert Marshall’s 26-year reign.
The Trump administration’s “voter fraud commission,” haphazardly barfed up amidst very real external threats to our election system, is not going particularly well. Following this bald and incredibly irresponsible attempt at wide-scale voter suppression, ACLU has sued, the Electronic Privacy Information Center has sued
Picture the ideal Trump base. Just off the top of my head, maybe it’d be a mansion full of celebrity-obsessed conspiracy theorists who believe they’re secretly extraterrestrial gods? And that the only way to release their inner godliness is to keep funneling money to a pasty, pockmarked middle-aged man with a plastic…
On Wednesday night’s episode of Full Frontal, Samantha Bee wore her sparkling blazer, saying, “Tonight it sparkles ironically.” While some of us have perhaps not showered since Tuesday, Bee is raring to go.
Last night, the hidden factions of white supremacy fully emerged, though we know they were never really hidden. You could call Donald Trump’s win a shock, but that’s also another lie. The blinding red map last night that looks so much like blood, and feels so much like a relapse, is simply the reality of existence.…
Welcome to ConBag, a daily roundup of gossip from the Democratic National Convention, which we are attending for four very long days.
If Ted Cruz doesn’t jerk it to this headline, I’ll eat $100.
“I am fired up and I cannot wait to get out there and campaign for Hillary.”
Hillary Clinton gave a new interview to The Breakfast Club, the morning show hosted by Angela Yee, DJ Envy and Charlemagne the God on New York hip-hop radio station Power 105.1. After a little light conversation about how Bill proposed, cardio, Beyoncé and her bad dancing (dabbing on Ellen was neither her idea nor…
On Friday, Bill Clinton admitted he was almost sorry about arguing with Black Lives Matter protesters this week over his and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s hand in creating America’s mass incarceration problem. However, as Brandy once sang, almost doesn’t count.
Who is this man, and why is he allowed to stump for Hillary Clinton? These are questions that roiled in my mind while watching Bill Clinton, seemingly motivated by defending his own name rather than promoting his wife’s presidential campaign, argue in an unhinged fashion with a Black Lives Matter protestor in…
You know you were going to ask.
Last night, Hillary Clinton continued her tour on the late-night circuit when she made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. At this point, she’s become a familiar face, from appearances Stephen Colbert to Saturday Night Live, where she performs the most relatable iteration of herself.
And he is non-controversially fuckable.
It's hard to read former FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair's highly engaging interview with Senator Elizabeth Warren about the United States' current (dire) financial situation and not wish for a Warren presidency. Unfortunately, later on in the very same interview, the senator dashes our hopes of that ever happening—at least…
Clay Aiken, Democratic candidate for U.S. Congress in North Carolina's Second District, gives his concession speech during his election night party at Cafe 121 on November 4, 2014 in Sanford, North Carolina. Aiken, a former 'American Idol' contestant, ran for political office for the first time.
