Last Thursday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) appeared on The Daily Show and talked with Jon Stewart about the ongoing problem of corruption in Washington, D.C. noting that the system works “”to make sure that the tender fannies of the rich and the powerful are always carefully protected.” Warren went on to detail what Vox called […]
In 1981, the legendarily brutal campaign consultant Lee Atwater, after a decade as South Carolina’s most effective Republican operative, was working in Ronald Reagan’s White House when he was interviewed by Alexander Lamis, a political scientist at Case Western Reserve University. In this audio, made public for the first time ever in 2012, Atwater lays […]
Does presidential hopeful Rand Paul have a problem with women? If the first full day of his campaign is any indication, there is certainly cause for concern. Paul announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for president on Tuesday, and managed to shame himself first thing Wednesday morning by sparring with Today Show anchor Savannah […]
California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) told NBC’s Chuck Todd that Sen. Ted Cruz’s views on climate change make him “absolutely unfit to be running” for the office of president. Discussing California’s dwindling water supply and issues surrounding climate change, Todd played a clip of Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaking to Seth Meyers: SETH […]
President Barack Obama sat down with VICE founder Shane Smith to discuss a host of issues important to Americans from foreign policy and marijuana legalization to global warming and political gridlock. The interview, conducted last Tuesday, was posted to VICE News on Monday, March 16. In a segment covering negotiations with Iran, Obama expressed his embarrassment […]