election-2016

Ben Carson's Dispatches From Jordan: Syrian Refugees Love It Here

Ashley Feinberg · 11/28/15 11:33PM

Coming off fresh from an incident in which he compared the Syrian refugees to “rabid dogs,” Ben Carson is now spending the week in Jordan, where he apparently plans to make up for his capacious lack of any sort of foreign affairs experience whatsoever with a few strategic head pats. And what has Dr. Carson learned so far? Apparently, the refugees don’t even want to come to the U.S. in the first place.

Hillary: I Want to Believe (That I Can Avoid Difficult Questions)

Ashley Feinberg · 11/24/15 04:01PM

Hillary Clinton spoke at an event in Boulder, Colorado earlier today, where she happily responded to a question about aliens from outer space. Are they real? Sure! What are their elections like? Some things are best left unknown.

Journalists: Send Us the Most Useless Opposition Research You Have

Jordan Sargent · 11/20/15 01:10PM

In the course of a political campaign, reporters will often be leaked what is called opposition research—dirt, or potential dirt, compiled by campaign staffs (or affiliated nonprofits) to use against their opponents. Oppo research can be useful to journalists. Maybe a campaign has uncovered the existence of a rumor too salacious for the candidate herself to touch, leaving its secret dissemination to a reporter as their only recourse.

Which Presidential Candidates Have Suffered Brain Damage?

Ashley Feinberg · 11/19/15 11:01AM

It’s a widely accepted fact that the current lineup of candidates for president of the United States consists mainly of self-obsessed clowns and/or displaced SNL parodies of historical tyrants. But—what if it wasn’t entirely their fault?