It happened. We have an admitted sexual assaulter, racist, Islamophobe, white supremacist and homophobe as the president-elect of the United States — and his Vice President is even worse. Idiocracy is now a documentary. As a woman of words, I find myself at a loss of what to say, how to even begin putting this...
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Why Bernie Sanders Supporters Should Not Consider Voting for Hillary Clinton
Establishment Democrats, Hillary Clinton supporters and the presidential candidate herself believe the Democratic primary race is over. Such a belief in and of itself means nothing. Before Sanders — or any other opponent who dared to enter the 2016 race and deny Clinton her year — put in their bid, they believed this. Each of...
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2016 Presidential Primary: Where We Are Now
Yesterday, Bernie Sanders won West Virginia, adding 16 delegates to his delegate count. Clinton walked away with 11. For Bernie supporters, this was a major victory. In 2008, Hillary Clinton won West Virginia in her race against then-senator Barack Obama. Her loss to Sanders in a state that she’d previously won and probably assumed she...
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Donald Trump is The Republican Nominee for President. How the Hell Did We Get Here?
What were you doing the day Donald Trump announced he was running for the presidency of the United States? What went through your mind? How were you feeling? Thinking back, I didn’t snicker. I wasn’t in a snickering mood. I took a deep breath, inhaled, sighed. I thought to myself: this is what they wanted (“they”...