The Jan. 6 committee has subpoenaed 14 of the fake Republican “electors” who schemed to overturn their states’ 2020 election results by signing forged documents submitted to the government. “The Select Committee is seeking information about attempts in multiple states to overturn the results of the 2020 election, including the …
Read More »People Are Impossibly Horny for Fivey, the FiveThirtyEight Fox
We all deal with election-related stress in different ways. Some of us are scheduling calls with our therapists. Some of us are buying out shelves of Ben & Jerry’s Phish Food. Some of us have taped a bottle of Chateau Diana to our sweaty paws and started drinking ourselves into …
Read More »The Sedition of Donald Trump
Before Donald Trump got himself infected with the coronavirus, he had firmly secured his place as the worst president in American history. Now, after mocking Joe Biden at their first debate for mask wearing, Trump has proved to be a reckless superspreader, risking the lives of donors at a New …
Read More »Kamala Harris' Plan to Save the Election
No one should have ever had to risk her or his life to vote, as Wisconsin residents did last week. Republicans kept the election open against both Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ wishes and the recommendations of public-health experts. Texas, for now, has avoided that fate. On Wednesday, a state court …
Read More »The Coronavirus Is Also Attacking the Ballot Box
The pandemic is a black light on America, bringing our imperfections into sharper relief. One of them is how we elect presidents. As I write, we are planning to do it the same way we always have come November, even though Americans will likely still be sick and dying throughout …
Read More »9 LOL Moments from the Democratic Debate in Los Angeles
The Democratic debate in Los Angeles Thursday night featured the smallest cohort on stage — just seven candidates — and delivered one of the feistiest showings of the 2020 primary season. It was also the funniest debate yet, with candidates delivering zingers and comebacks that left the crowd at Layola …
Read More »The Official 'Rolling Stone' Democratic Debate Drinking Game, Los Angeles Edition
Pour out a 40 for Beto O’Rourke and Kamala Harris, two “top tier” candidates who recently exited the race for the Democratic Party nomination. The debate tonight in Los Angeles, the sixth in this interminable, gaffe-filled, weirdly depressing primary battle, has been pared down to seven qualifying combatants. This is …
Read More »Cory Booker Goes to Comic-Con
I told Cory Booker’s team before our arranged meeting time in San Diego that a black man who is running for president of the United States, standing six-foot-two, would stand out anywhere. But this is Comic-Con, and Comic-Con tells me that I am overconfident. The hotel lobby where we need …
Read More »So, How Will This Howard Schultz Thing Play Out?
The dozens of Americans who have been thirsting for former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz to take on President Trump in 2020 were treated to some good news Sunday night. The 65-year-old business executive said in an interview with 60 Minutes that he is preparing to mount a presidential campaign, one …
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