election-2016

The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of the GOP Anger Morons

Hamilton Nolan · 01/26/16 02:16PM

Donald Trump winning an election? We’ve come to accept that bizarre possibility as plausible. But telling a pollster that you view Donald Trump as electable? Now that’s crazy.

Hillary Clinton Fails 7th Grade Civil War History

Sam Biddle · 01/26/16 11:09AM

At last night’s uneventful Iowa “town hall” discussion on CNN, Hillary Clinton was asked which president she most admires. Her answer: Abraham Lincoln. Her reason: a terrible muddled mess of Dixie revisionism that puts Reconstruction in the same dark bin as Jim Crow.

Trump Pulls Veterans Campaign Ad That Depicted Russian Soldiers

Jordan Sargent · 01/22/16 05:25PM

Donald Trump put a new veteran-focused campaign ad up on Facebook today, but it was pulled down before most anyone could see it after commenters pointed out that the footage clearly depicted Russian veterans wearing the distinctive St. George ribbon and pins with the Communist hammer and sickle.

Is Iggy Azalea the Sarah Palin of Rap?

Brendan O'Connor · 01/20/16 01:07AM

Haha, just kidding. But who would have thought that the phrase “Iggy Azalea Sarah Palin mash-up Vine” would bring so much joy in 2016?