BRACE YOURSELVES
President Trump. It is not just a punchline to me anymore.
Ana Marie Cox is a Daily Beast columnist. Wonkette emerita, political junkie, self-hating journalist, and author of Dog Days. She has worked for Time, GQ, Mother Jones, and, most recently, The Guardian US. Follow her on Twitter.
SAVED YOU 2 HOURS
You can read other recaps of Sunday’s NBC faceoff in South Carolina, but none of them will be this short or this sarcastic.
STYLIZED ATTACKS
A viewer looking for a genuine contest of ideas during Obama’s appearance Thursday night found instead a set of stock characters—what the network hoped would be good television.
NEVER FEAR
2015 provided reasons to believe that America never stopped being great.
RACE TO THE TOP
The catfight that wasn’t still provided plenty of surreal moments. Martin O’Malley was there too.
BOTTOM OF THE CLASS
A debate about foreign policy in which no actual treaties were discussed. A debate about the most dangerous threats to America and no discussion of home-grown terrorists. A debate about national security that didn’t delve into the costs of war. A nonsensical debate demands a surrealist scorecard.
SOUND BITE MORATORIUM
Columns written about the Planned Parenthood shooting were still being published as the San Bernardino killers began firing. Here’s a proposal: Let’s stop writing about them.
Real Bounty
Thanksgiving is the rarest of holidays: a celebration of appreciation.
STOP A MINUTE
You get to determine how history remembers the United States’ response.