by Josh Guckert As the final votes are being counted for the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton could end up with a healthy victory in the popular vote. As of this writing, Clinton has earned 61,845,761 votes (47.8%) to Donald Trump‘s 60,882,946 (47.0%). It is already the largest discrepancy in American history between the popular vote and…
by Josh Guckert On Monday, President Obama appeared to agree with President-Elect Trump that term limits would be a positive development. Obama told reporters during his White House press conference that “I think term limits are a really useful thing.” This rare point of agreement between the current and next President is a positive development for those…
by Phillip Stucky Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton lost the electoral college by a large margin, but the 2020 election season could feature a showdown between Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. The list of potential Democratic contenders for 2020 is growing, with Sanders and Clinton making the top of a list compiled by The Hill…
by Chris White New York Times columnist Paul Krugman claimed President-elect Donald Trump’s anti-global warming position “may doom civilization,” but leave the U.S. economy relatively unscathed. Krugman, a professor of economics at the University of New York, told his legion of followers Monday Trump will almost certainly decimate the environment, yet have almost no effect…
by Josh Guckert Just like every President before him, Donald Trump made hundreds of policy proposals during his campaign. Now that he has won the election, his goal will be finding ways in which to implement these ideas. While some of his thoughts were downright horrifying, others would be excellent. These are the top five promises…
by Josh Guckert On his nightly show Last Week Tonight, John Oliver warned of the horror of Donald Trump as President. However, three years ago, as host of The Daily Show, he sounded a very different tune, begging Trump to run in 2016. Oliver jokingly remarked at the prospect of a Trump run, “Do it….
by Micah J. Fleck Former Democratic presidential nominee Bernie Sanders was interviewed on CNN recently to give his thoughts on the election results from November 8th. When asked whether or not he thought he would have won against Donald Trump had he been the nominee. His response: “What good does it do now?” He said…
by Micah J. Fleck According to reports, a Change.org petition to fix the “rigged” election results by forcing the Electoral College to mirror the popular vote has now surpassed three million signatures: The petition posted on Change.org has garnered nearly three million signature and urges the electors to ignore their states’ votes and cast their ballots…
by Micah J. Fleck Apparently, the Clinton campaign is still in the denial stage of grief in regards to their unbelievable loss on November 8th. They are now claiming that the mainstream media was actually biased in favor of Donald Trump, and that this led to what they call a “devastating loss.” According to The…
by Kody Fairfield Since before he was elected as the 45th President of the United States, businessman and reality TV star, Donald Trump has been an antagonist to current President Barack Obama. Attacking things from the President’s birth certificate to larger and more pejorative claims, Trump has never been afraid to speak his mind, and…