The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

A Young Gay Trump Supporter Confronts the ‘Politics of Personal Destruction’

  Lucian Wintrich is an artist in New York who lost his job because of his “Twinks for Trump” campaign. (“Twink” is gay slang for an attractive young male.) If you think Democrats are pro-gay, you should know what kind of persecution they inflict on gay Republicans: Wintrich had his social media accounts shut down, […]

Trump Puts Breitbart News Executive Steve Bannon In Charge of His Campaign

This is exciting news: Donald Trump, following weeks of gnawing agitation over his advisers’ attempts to temper his style, moved late Tuesday to overhaul his struggling campaign by rebuffing those efforts and elevating two longtime associates who have encouraged his combative populism. Stephen Bannon, a former banker who runs the influential conservative outlet Breitbart News […]

Yes, Hillary Is the Devil

  Donald Trump talking about Bernie Sanders endorsing Hillary Clinton: “If he would have just not done anything, go home, go to sleep, relax, he would have been a hero. She’s the devil. He made a deal with the devil.” (Via Memeorandum.)  

Did We Watch the Same Speech?

  CLEVELAND The hysterical reaction by many journalists to Donald Trump’s speech last night was further evidence of their absurd bias. Donald Trump’s RNC Speech Was a Terrifying Display of Nightmarish Authoritarianism — Peter Suderman, Reason The Demagogue Rises — Matthew Continetti, Free Beacon Donald Trump’s Un-American Acceptance Speech — Franklin Foer, Slate Donald Trump’s […]

CLEVELAND: The Heat Is On the Street

Ohio state troopers guard the corner of 4th and Prospect. CLEVELAND Got here Sunday morning and immediately had to deal with news of the shootings in Baton Rouge, so I went and met with Louisiana delegates: Roger Villere was in church Sunday morning “and my phone kept vibrating,” the Louisiana Republican Party chairman said. Villere […]

MIKE PENCE IS TRUMP’S VP PICK

  CBS News is among the outlets reporting that Donald Trump has picked Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his vice-presidential running mate, just five days before the Republican National Convention begins in Cleveland. Via Memeorandum, more reports from WXIN-TV, Reuters, The Hill, The New York Times, Roll Call, The American Spectator and Hot Air. Meanwhile, […]

Surrender Without a Fight?

“Americans traditionally love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle. . . . Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a loser. Americans play to win all the time. . . . Because the very thought of losing is hateful to Americans.” — Gen. George S. Patton, 1944 Today, there is […]

On @DKThomp, Trumpism and the Misunderstood Crisis of White America

  Derek Thompson (@DKThomp on Twitter) is not a stupid knee-jerk liberal, despite “Donald Trump and the Twilight of White America,” an article at The Atlantic that at first glance might seem like yet another knee-jerk liberal smear of the presumptive Republican nominee. “Gleeful-sounding headlines announcing the end of white America may play a role […]

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