Paul Tuma’s latest cartoon unveiling for TLR gets to the heart — or guts — of what seems to be each party’s primary motivation this election cycle: suicide. Of course, Tuma makes it a bit more colorful! And while the Dems and Repubs may be killing their parties in epic style, the Libertarian Party is…
By Phillip Stucky The #NeverTrump hashtag has been reborn in a new Political Action Committee, Republicans For Hillary, that aims to convert Trump-disaffected GOP constituents in Clinton voters. Craig Snyder, creator of Republicans For Hillary PAC and former Republican staffer, has a background working in politics, most notably running for Pennsylvania’s First Congressional District in 1992,…
By Phillip Stucky Senator Bernie Sanders, the firebrand Democratic challenger to Hillary Clinton’s bid for the White House, announced Tuesday that he will continue his push until the party convention. Sanders told supporters Monday that the California primary was the “most important primary in the Democratic nomination process.” His promise to stay in the race appears…
Death has a way of evoking nostalgia, and understandably so. Humans are in many ways empathetic and the loss of others serve as poignant reminders of our own mortality. When someone dies it is easy to look at the good and dismiss the bad. It’s only natural to want to celebrate people when they die,…
By Blake Neff Within moments of the Associated Press (AP) announcing Hillary Clinton had clinched the Democratic presidential nomination, Clinton’s foes on the Internet seized upon evidence that the announcement was the product of collaboration between Clinton’s campaign and the media. At 8:20 p.m. Eastern time Monday night, the Associated Press tweeted out that, based…
By Juliegrace Brufke Despite Democratic presidential 2016 hopeful Hillary Clinton’s vow to be “tough on Wall Street,” the majority of Fortune 500 CEOs said they would vote for her over presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump. A poll recently released by Fortune found a whopping 58 percent prefer the Former secretary of State, while 42 percent…
When statist hypocrites such as Debbie Wasserman Schultz claim “violence and intimidation” are unacceptable and should be “unequivocally condemned,” they should be reminded of the violent crux upon which government operates. by Joey Clark The outbursts of violence at political events across the nation this election cycle—whether the several incidents at Donald Trump rallies or…
By Juliegrace Brufke House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday she isn’t a fan of the way Democratic presidential nominee is selected, although she plays a role in the process herself as a Democratic superdelegate. “By the way, I am not a supporter of superdelegates,” Pelosi said during a discussion at the Peterson Foundation 2016 Fiscal Summit. “I am one,…
Sanders is Going All in For Every Last Delegate After multiple defeats, low voter turnout, and massive downsizing, the Sanders campaign is now playing every last card it can to scrape together as many delegates as possible. Many have expected Sanders to lose in a landslide and ultimately sell out to Clinton, sending his energized fan base straight…
By Connor D. Wolf and Steve Birr Teachers unions may have been some of the first to endorse Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, but their actual members aren’t too keen on the former secretary of state, according to Thursday reports. Federal Election Commission records reveal Sanders received more money in February from those who listed themselves as…