Not a cordial handshake. But it shouldn’t be. One of these people is a monster.
The debate last night is already being called the ugliest in history, which: maybe? Who knows. But it was a terrible sign of our democratic decay.
Category Archives: Politics
Debate 2 LiveBlog: Grabbing Democracy
Well, this is going to be unprecedented. It’s like watching a thousand zeppelins fly through a thunderstorm. Let’s go.
What’s The Strategy in Russia’s Aleppo Insanity?
The agony of Aleppo
Russia is enabling and aiding a world-historic humanitarian disaster and war crime. Why?
Exciting VP Debate Advice! Make It About Pence, The Theocrat
“Once they get to know me I’m actually intensely unlikable.” -Mike Pence, opening lines to autobiography (“Feeling Pence-ive”)
The VP debate is usually a snoozer where white dudes exchange talking points about the top of the ticket. Kaine needs to make it white dudes talking about how Mike Pence’s vision of America is equally as scary as Trump’s.
GOP: Stop Trying To Make Things Better About Guantanamo
Looks pretty easy to just stroll out of!
The GOP won’t even let the military look at ways to shut down Guantanamo. They are not a serious people.
Trump Campaign Goes Retro, Does Awesome Retro Callback Mashup to Julius Streicher
Pictured: Trump’s twitter feed in human form
As the last month of the campaign rolls into view, Trump is ratcheting up the fascism.
First Debate Live Blog! Or: How I Never Stopped Worrying And In Fact Feel Physically Ill
Pictured: Trump campaign prep room
I woke up this morning with a dry throat and a pounding headache, symptoms of a hangover but without the happy memories of drinking the night before. I must be coming down with something, and well I don’t believe in the metaphysical, I don’t doubt that weeks of worry have something to do with it. All the worry leading up to today, where Hillary has to be perfect, and even if she is, Donald Trump could still walk away with an inside shot at becoming the President.
It’s impossible to really put into words how insane it is that we are here. That we are entering the debate wondering if Donald Trump can behave for long enough to convince people he should be President. Of America. There has never been a more dangerous candidate in American history, certainly not one that is this close. This long ago ceased being about politics, and is about the country as a whole. I know that from 2000-2008 some people thought the country was irredeemably mad, and since then a lot of people have felt it was “Taken from them”, in which every word of that formulation is ahistorical. But this isn’t hyperbole. This is a genuinely dangerous moment. We’re at that part in the history book where people reading it say “why are they doing this? Can’t it be stopped?” with the sickening realization that it wasn’t. We’re at that hinge.
So tonight isn’t a question of who will “win”? One person will be manifestly more qualified to be President in every conceivable way. That can’t be questioned by any serious person. The other might be declared a winner because we’re in a period of historical insanity, and those forces have proven irresistible. So we’ll see.
We’ll be live-blogging after the jump. In the meantime, read Pierce and despair and read Scocca and rage.
This cold is making booze sound terrible, but whiskey might be the only cure for what ails me. It might be the only cure for all of this.
Debate Matters Most To People Who Are Undecided About Two Incredibly Famous Public Figures
Pictured: the electorate, apparently
The most important people watching the debate, we’re told, are college educated suburban white women. The fate of the Republic apparently hangs on people who haven’t seen Trump until tonight.
The Most Baffling Part of Trump’s Campaign
This guy. This guy is almost President
It’s not the racism. It’s that he’s exactly the sort of unlikable rich guy that his followers should hate.
“A Model Response” vs A Wild Screeching Fear: Which Will Win?
NYPD and FBI agents work together to bring down a potential murderer
There are a lot of Americans who want to kill other Americans. Some will do so well blathering about Allah and ISIS. Our response is ultimately more important.
Shooting Irrelevance 