Bernie Sanders earned three big caucus wins yesterday, taking Alaska, Hawaii, and Washington by 70% or more. [Update 2016.03.28 09:37 CDT: I originally said all three were over 70%; the…
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When I heard the news about Speaker Paul Ryan’s speech Wednesday on the state of American politics, his rejection of “makers vs. takers” rhetoric and…
Hillary Clinton appears to have edged Bernie Sanders by one delegate in yesterday’s three Western primary/caucus votes. By Politico‘s count, Clinton won 59 delegates while Sanders won…
The New York Times features a new economic risk calculator that tells me my white, educated family has only an 8.4% chance of falling into poverty over…
Bernie Sanders gets a teeny-tiny youth-vote boost in Ohio today, thanks to a court ruling allowing 17-year-olds to vote. An Ohio judge ruled last Friday that young voters…
Unlike most Republicans, Donald Trump is a fascist. But like most Republicans running for President, Donald Trump is a fantasist on fiscal policy, peddling the same…
Republicans tell us that social programs like Medicaid (which Governor Daugaard has cleverly delayed expanding for another Session) and food stamps only discourage people from working. Via…
Now we know why Senator Mike Rounds won’t condemn billionaire Klan-fave Donald Trump: it turns out Trump is trying to cash in on one of Mike Rounds’s…
A Catholic South Dakota Democrat and a Mormon Utah Republican, and a British comedian all come to the same conclusion: Donald Trump is a fraud. John…