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Election 2016
Donald Trump Declares Victory Over Hillary Clinton On Sexist Front
After Clinton goes one speech without mentioning him.
Political Predictions for 2016
Take Judge Andrew Napolitano's quiz about the year ahead.
Was 2015 The Year Libertarianism Died?
The fall of Rand Paul and the rise of Donald Trump means the Libertarian Moment is dead. Also, I've a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.
George Pataki Is Dropping Out of the Presidential Race, if Anybody Cares
Another one bites the dust.
2015 Truly Was America's Gayest Year
Gay Marriage, Caitlyn Jenner, Kim Davis, and Mandatory Wedding Cakes
"One person shows up to O'Malley event in Iowa, remains uncommitted"
Former Maryland governor's quixotic bid for Dem nomination slides from long-shot to sads-making.
Predictions for 2016
Test your pre-cog skills with this pop quiz about the year ahead.
Taliban Controls More Territory in Afghanistan Than At Any Time Since 2001
What is Hillary Clinton thinking now? And what about the other presidential candidates?
Henry Rollins Punks Out, Supports Bernie Sanders
But other punks such as Pere Ubu's David Thomas would - horrors! - "totally vote libertarian"
Dems, GOP Giving Hillary Clinton All She Wants for Christmas
She's a terrible candidate, but the parties seem to be in a race to the bottom.
Clint Eastwood on GOP Field: "Any One of Them Would Be Better Than What We Got"
Names "Outlaw Josey Wales" and "Unforgiven" as favorites among his own Westerns.
NPR Visits Rand Paul's Hometown and Finds Big Gov't Irony
"Lake Jackson, Texas, sprang from the shotgun wedding of industry and big government"
GOP Voters Trust Trump to Deal with ISIS, But Is Foreign Policy Approach Too Militarized?
Expert says U.S. relies too much on military over diplomacy.
Admit It. You Just Want Your Own Dictator
Calls for "leadership" are unsavory, dangerous, and unAmerican.
Why Cruz Won't Touch Trump With a 10-Foot [fill-in-the-blank]
Matt Welch talks GOP primary on MSNBC
The GOP Establishment Is So Screwed: Watch Matt Welch on All in with Chris Hayes Tonight
Tune in after 8:10 p.m. ET to hear discussion about the GOP race and the eternal War on Christmas
Transgender Bathroom Visits: Just Another Front in Chris Christie's War on Terror
Ask the governor about transgender issues, get a response about...
Trump-Clinton Spats over Schlonging, ISIS Recruitment, Illustrative of Bullshit Distractions 2016 Election is Centered Around
Who got schlonged in 2008? America. And it's been getting schlonged since.
10 Rand Paul #Festivus Insult-Tweets That May Amuse and/or Bemuse You
The senator begins his annual Airing of Grievances by dropping #sickburns on his rivals.
UPDATED! That Deleted Ted Cruz Cartoon Wasn't The Worst Thing Wash Post Published This Week
Try this on for size: "The war in Afghanistan follows Obama to his vacation in Hawaii."
It's Probably Safe to Start Paying Attention to the Polls Now
Trump is still winning but it's far from over.
Half of All Voters Would Be "Embarrassed" if Trump Wins, 35% If Clinton Prevails
The two leading presidential candidates appall the very voters who will elect them.
Who Will Cry for Lindsey Graham? Not Matt Welch Tonight, on MSNBC's All in with Chris Hayes
Tune in after 8:30 p.m. ET to hear your resident magazine editor talk about the GOP race
Here Is The New, Creepy-As-All-F*ck Face of American Politics
If you think Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are awful separately, try to imagine them as one person.
Instapundit: Go To College or Go To…Jail or Iraq?
Bernie Sanders and John Kerry have a weird view of the value of a college edumication.
Lindsey Graham Drops Out of Presidential Campaign: 'I've Hit a Wall Here'
Four down, a dozen to go.
Hillary Clinton Will Win the Democratic Nomination But Is an Awful Candidiate
The former secretary of state, senator, and first lady is already running against Donald Trump. She might win, but the country will lose.
How Star Wars Unmasks Baby Boomers As America's Sith Lords
George Lucas' greatest triumph is charting a generation's passage from antiwar activism to running Abu Ghraib and secret kill lists.
U.S. Foreign Policy Is Too Militarized
How the military became the most powerful diplomatic tool America has - and why that won't help win the fight against ISIS.
At Least Republicans Are Having a Foreign Policy Debate
Democrats blithely marching toward fifth Bush term.
Hillary Clinton Puts Together a Full-Court Press to Land the LGBT Vote
A rainbow flag in every pot; a law for every slight.
DNC Bans Bernie Sanders From Voter Database After Campaign Exploited Software Error to Access Clinton Data
Sanders to make an announcement at 1 p.m.
Trump Keeps Trashing the First Amendment, Yet the First Amendment Is the Only Thing Protecting Trump's Vile Outbursts
Trump's bigotry "could happen only in America with complete assurance that no criminal proceedings will follow."
Donald Trump Thinks Political Leadership Means Murdering Journalist Critics
Trump excuses Vladimir Putin's killing of opposition voices.
Carpet-Bombing: Wall-to-Wall Folly
'Death from Above' has shown little success as a long-term strategy against terrorists
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Top-Secret Material Among Hillary's 'Lost' Emails
While we've been fixated on Trump, federal prosecutors continue to examine Clinton's tenure as secretary of state.
The Biggest Loser at the GOP Debate? America, I Argue Tonight on Red Eye w/ Tom Shillhue
Unkind words for Donald Trump, Chris Christie, John Kasich, Vladimir Putin and more, at 3 a.m. ET on Fox News
Anthony Fisher Talkin' Debate Fallout on Kennedy Tonight
Also on the panel: Red Eye host Tom Shillue and FBN reporter Dagen McDowell.
The Rubio/Cruz Foreign Policy Blues
Here's a crazy idea: How about we don't subsidize the Mubaraks or bomb the Qaddafis?
Facebook Check Wouldn't Have Stopped San Bernardino Terrorists, No Matter What GOP Candidates Say
Did an Obama-administration policy prevent the feds from looking at Tashfeen Malik's social-media profiles? Yes and no.
Pretend Answers on Terror
Politicians and pundits think they know what should be done.
