Ezra Klein
"I've often wondered what it felt like to live through Watergate."
Donald Trump has now officially selected Mike Pence for his running mate. This means it'll be a Trump/Pence ticket. Create your own humorous talking point around this matchup.
It's hard to navigate the "how can I be a political pluralist in the midst of Donald Trump's ascent" conundrum. Not just because I'm a rabbi. Not just because I'm a Jew. Not just because I'm a Democrat. Not just because I'm a worried father.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Now that the primaries are getting a lot closer, some are doing mental pretzel-bends to rationalize their gut feeling about Trump's inevitable loss (since their gut feeling can't possibly be wrong, of course.)
The numbers guru contrasted his site's "quality over quantity" approach with its competitor's.
Remember when the Obama administration commanded the military to impose martial law on Texas (aka the Jade Helm 15 conspiracy theory)? Oh, wait. That never happened. The Obama Haters are another example of how politics make us stupid.
While the media is currently having lots of fun asking their hypothetical "gotcha" question over a non-existent Muslim candidate, the possibility that Bernie Sanders could become America's first Jewish president should be a valid topic for conversation in the midst of this campaign.
Microsoft co-founder and richest man in the world Bill Gates says his biggest fear is keeping him up at night, and if the nightmare becomes true, 33 million people will die.