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Joe Biden for President in 2016?

Vice President Joe Biden ran for president in 1988 and 2008. He hasn’t definitively said whether or not he’d consider running for the gig in […]

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A 10-Year-Old Chris Christie Asked for a Law Book for Christmas

Today the authors of the upcoming biography on New Jersey Governor Chris Christie were on MSNBC to talk about Christie’s political ascent. Could they make […]

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Bon Jovi Hitches a Ride on Air Force One, Plays Fundraiser

Yesterday, Jon Bon Jovi rode on Air Force One and snagged a photo with President Barack Obama before playing one of three campaign fundraisers expected […]

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Mitt Romney Doesn’t Care About Black Students

Corporate money men love Philadelphia’s black children so much that they are altruistically fighting to provide an Ivy League-caliber education to every one of them. […]

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President Obama (Kind of) Covers “Call Me Maybe”

President Obama Sings “Call Me Maybe.” Well, kind of. It’s actually just a bunch of autotuned clips thrown together, but it’s probably the closest we’re […]

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Liberals Are Better at Criticism and Honesty Than Conservatives

You can tell when Stephen Colbert is righteously angry. He still makes jokes in character as “Stephen Colbert,” self-aggrandizing blowhard of the right—but the jokes […]

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Urban Outfitters Is Selling Mitt Romney Gear to Hipsters

Are you “2 legit 2 Mitt?” If so, you might want to stop by an Urban Outfitters and check out their new line of Mitt […]

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ExxonMobil: No to LGBT Employees

ExxonMobile shareholders vote against anti-discrimination protections for the Fortune 500 company’s LGBT employees yesterday in Dallas.

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Donald Trump Is Right to Demand a Vetting of Obama

We just came off a month of college campus pep rallies extolling the virtues of taking on thousands of dollars of “low-interest” loan debt in […]

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Mitt Romney Parks His Jet Next to Donald Trump’s Jet

We’re sure there’s a joke out there that starts with a bunch of GOP vice presidential candidates walking into a bar and ends with Mitt […]

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Ed Rendell for President?

President Rendell. Those are two words you’re never likely to hear coming out of Brian Williams’ mouth on the evening news — much to the […]

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Mayor Nutter Mocks Mitt Romney for Coming to West Philly

This morning, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney participated in a roundtable discussion at the Universal Bluford Charter School in West Philly. While Romney and […]

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Donald Trump Thinks Donald Trump Should Be Mitt Romney’s Running Mate

Donald Trump has recently come out in support of Donald Trump to be on the Mitt Romney ticket as the vice presidential candidate. Donald Trump […]

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Mitt Romney Is in West Philly to Talk Education Reform

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is in West Philly this morning to participate in a roundtable discussion on education reform. The event is scheduled […]

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Lies, Damn Lies, and Campaign Ads

On Tuesday, the political media consultant who nearly a quarter century ago introduced us to Willie Horton—the subject of one of the most patently racist […]