All election season long, celebrities have been speaking to us with their style and making political statements in their outfits. In the above ensemble from this week, Lady Gaga went extremely out in what looks like a Carrie Bradshaw Election Day gala look that also has strong Mary Poppins vibes. Not only does it…
CNN commenter Ana Navarro became a bit of a political celebrity during this election cycle—her on-air criticism of Donald Trump, combined with her unapologetic banter with loyal Trump commenter Scottie Hughes, have turned Navarro into an internet darling. The longtime Republican strategist has been one of the few…
The 2016 general election takes place tomorrow, November 8, which means that at some point tomorrow (November 8), unless you’ve already participated in early voting, you get to be a great American and cast your vote for the next President of the United States of America, among other significant seats and state ballot…
On the 12th (to last) day of Election Season, our true love gave to us: First Lady Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton teaming up for their first campaign appearance, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. “Let’s be real,” said Clinton in her speech. “As our first African-American First Lady, she’s faced pressures I never…
Looking very much like a man with a gun pointed at him just off-camera, Donald Trump released a video early Saturday morning apologizing, in a way, for the comments he made about grabbing women “by the pussy.”
According to a new poll from Pew, 56 percent of men think sexism is a thing of the past. “Finally,” the women of America told Jezebel during a conference call I made up. “We’re so grateful,” they added, “sexism was such a bummer.” The women were clearly overcome with such relief that they were unable to continue…
In the span of a few weeks, rumors about Hillary Clinton’s supposedly failing health have wormed their way from conspiracy websites into a Donald Trump speech. At a campaign rally in Ohio yesterday, Trump questioned Clinton’s “judgment, stability, and temperament,” adding that she “lacks the mental and physical…
In an essay for Marie Claire, MSNBC/NBC reporter Katy Tur writes that, after Donald Trump launched a personal attack against her at a South Carolina rally, she had to be accompanied out by Secret Service agents. Tur, who’s been covering Trump for the networks for the last year, became the focus of the Republican…
During a rally on Tuesday in Wilmington, North Carolina, Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, indicated that “Second Amendment people” might be able to prevent Hillary Clinton from picking Supreme Court Justices.
At a campaign stop in Virginia, large orange baby Donald Trump was interrupted by an actual baby whose cries pierced through the auditorium like an arrow, landing directly in shriveled heart of the Republican nominee.
Welcome to ConBag, a daily roundup of gossip from the Republican National Convention, which we are attending for four very long days.
Earlier today, Donald Trump announced on Twitter that Mike Pence, Governor of Indiana, had been chosen as his vice presidential candidate. Pence, 57, is a deeply traditional choice, he’s a standard old-school Republican who hews more closely to the GOP’s ideology than Trump. Pence is religious and speaks often of his…
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.
In what might have been her strongest speech of the campaign, Hillary Clinton made a compelling case against presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump on Thursday afternoon. “I believe that the person the Republicans have nominated for President cannot do the job,” Clinton said in the foreign policy-focused speech.…
In a report released on Wednesday, the State Department inspector general said that Hillary Clinton violated the agency’s rules with her private email server. The report also said that Clinton was not cooperative with the investigation and declined to be interviewed by the auditor. Clinton aides Huma Abedin, Jake…
Straight off winning five states last night, Donald Trump seemed to shift away from the rhetoric of a primary candidate and towards the rhetoric he’ll be using, barring an unlikely event at the GOP convention, for the next six months. And as Sanders loses states and makes it clearer that he’s in the race to influence…
During Monday night’s town hall on MSNBC, Hillary Clinton promised that, if elected president, women would make up half of her Cabinet.
In an interview with the Boston Globe, John Podesta, Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman, indicated that her short list for potential running mates will definitely include women. “We’ll start with a broad list and then begin to narrow it. But there is no question that there will be women on that list,” Podesta said.
On Thursday, the Palm Beach County State Attorney declined to prosecute Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump’s campaign manager, for battery. Lewandowski was charged in late March after former Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields filed a criminal complaint earlier in the month.
On Wednesday night, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren appeared on the Late Show With Stephen Colbert. She was, as always, the smart teacher who talks with her hands and really makes you want to do better in school. Warren and Colbert spoke about a broad range of subjects, from the presidential primary to her…
