Eugene Robinson / TruthdigOct 29, 2015
The evening in Boulder, Colo., will be remembered for interruptions, non sequiturs, mangled facts and general chaos. But the most significant impact may have been to dramatically lengthen the odds that Bush will follow his father and brother into the White House.Jeb Bush deserves headlines from Wednesday's anarchic GOP debate, but not the good kind. Something like: "Is Bush Finished?" Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 5, 2015
"If we're going to constantly use mentally ill people to dodge conversations about gun control," comedian John Oliver said angrily on Sunday's episode of "Last Week Tonight," "then the very least we owe them is a fucking plan." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
By Kali Holloway, AlterNetSep 25, 2015
They're not much more ridiculous than the real thing, but in general they're a lot more entertaining. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigSep 18, 2015
This debate won't alarm Democratic strategists. The Republican infighting will make them happy, and so too will the portrait it painted of an extreme, angry party that is also -- Rubio and Bush excepted -- very pessimistic about the future of our nation. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Eugene Robinson / TruthdigSep 17, 2015
Sorry, Republicans, but it's still Donald Trump's world. And sorry, Donald, but now you have to share it with Ben Carson. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigSep 11, 2015
Corporatist GOP candidate Donald Trump and vintage alterna-band R.E.M. both rose to prominence in the 1980s. The similarities between the two begin and end there. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 25, 2015
On Sunday's "Last Week Tonight" show, John Oliver took on LGBT discrimination, pointing out that 31 states still do not have anti-discrimination laws in place and saying this makes it “surprisingly easy for people to be fired, evicted or refused service just because they are gay." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Eugene Robinson / TruthdigAug 21, 2015
It has dawned on the Republican presidential field that Donald Trump's inevitable self-destruction might be, gulp, evitable. Waiting for the unlikely front-runner to beat himself is starting to look like a plan, as Trump might put it, for total losers. It has dawned on the Republican presidential field that Donald Trump's inevitable self-destruction might be, gulp, evitable. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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