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Jesse Jackson, ever the opportunist, goes after NFL’s Bob McNair

Well, as just about everybody knows, no social justice campaign would truly be complete without an appearance from the Rev. Jesse Jackson. So now, here he comes, weighing in on the whole NFL anti-national anthem kneeling thang -- finding racism, as he's wont to do, where no racism actually exists.

October 31, 2017

Paul Manafort, Rick Gates and the media frenzy of anti-Trumpism

Paul Manafort surrendered to Robert Mueller on Monday. And all the media go: President Donald Trump is going down! Too bad the press couldn't be as gung-ho when it came to investigating Hillary Clinton, the Clinton Foundation and a little thing called Uranium One.

October 30, 2017

Houston Texans find new fake cause to kneel

After months of kneeling over the national anthem -- and in protest of supposed targeted police brutality against blacks -- football's finest in on-field showboating have finally found a new cause: offensiveness at their team owner's remarks. The possibilities of this type of protesting -- and by this type, it's meant, fabricated and fake -- are endless, it seems.

October 30, 2017

John Boehner, unleashed, speaks of knife attack by Rep. Don Young

John Boehner, of former House Majority Speaker fame, dropped a bombshell -- or dozens -- during an interview with Politico that was just published. For instance, did you know that fellow Republican Rep. Don Young once pinned Boehner against a wall and held a knife to his throat during a debate about earmarks that went awry? Nope. I did not, either.

October 30, 2017

Tom Steyer, totally anti-Trump, ‘totally unhinged,’ to be totally ineffective

President Donald Trump took to Twitter to blast millionaire Democrat and megadonor Tom Steyer as "wacky & totally unhinged" for spending big on an impeachment campaign against the commander-in-chief. "Totally unhinged" might be a bit of an understatement. Add spendthrift to that list -- wacky, unhinged and totally wasteful, too.

October 27, 2017

George H.W. Bush, of ‘David Cop-A-Feel’ groping fame

A third woman has come forward to claim the former president, George H.W. Bush, inappropriately grabbed her body during a public event. Who does Bush think he is -- Joe Biden? He's becoming the creepy Joe of the Republican Party.

October 27, 2017

Hillary Clinton’s birthday wraps with Donald Trump Jr. Twitter roast

Happy 70th birthday, Hillary Clinton -- you old arrogant, entitled, out-of-touch has-been. Ouch. That was pretty much the message from Donald Trump Jr. to Clinton via Twitter.

October 27, 2017

Saudi’s creepy new robot woman a Wahhabi dream come true

Saudi Arabia just granted citizenship to a human-looking robot named Sophia. Great. Now about those women's rights ... Is this the new Wahhabi way of controlling its female population -- by building a new one?

October 27, 2017

Kellogg’s racist Corn Pops boondoggle

Kellogg's Corn Pops is going through a redesign because, apparently, the little pop characters showcased on its boxes are racist. Or, more to truth: one pop. That's right. A single, solitary brownish looking pop among the sea of golden-yellow pops has sparked a firestorm. And by firestorm, we mean a complaint.

October 26, 2017

Tom Coburn’s turn: Yet another GOPer goes anti-Trump

This is getting a bit ridiculous. First, Sen. Bob Corker. Then, Sen. Jeff Flake. Always and forever, Sen. John McCain. And now? Former Sen. Tom Coburn has taken up the anti-Donald Trump wheel and rolled it right into the hallways of The New York Times to bash this president.

October 26, 2017

Hillary Clinton, what did she know and when did she know it

It's not illegal for key players in the Barack Obama administration to give the OK to the sale of American uranium to Russia. But why does it seem that whenever something seedy comes up in politics, Hillary Clinton's name emerges?

October 26, 2017

Section 702, a devil of a spy game

Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act is up for an eight-year extension. And it's high time to curb this government power.

October 26, 2017

Colin Kaepernick’s million-dollar sham book deal

There's a saying that goes, "He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches." Well, label this one the Colin Kaepernick Tweak: "Those who can, play. Those who cannot, cash in on crying."

October 25, 2017

NAACP’s warning of American Airlines smells of witch hunt

The NAACP has found its newest cause -- named its newest target -- and it's American Airlines. Can you say witch hunt?

October 25, 2017

George H.W. Bush ‘sexually assaulted me’: Heather Lind

Holy cow. Just when you thought the whole sexual assault hullabaloo couldn't get any larger -- here comes a former president. George H.W. Bush was accused by actress Heather Lind, 34, who starred in the television series "Turn: Washington's Spies," of sexual assault. Moreover: Bush apologized.

October 25, 2017

Saudi Arabia’s new city, Neom, a mecca for robots

Saudi Arabia, at the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh, announced the construction of a new city called Neom that will probably be populated more by robots than humans. Welcome to the 21st century. Urban planning, 2017 style.

October 24, 2017

Donald Trump rips Bob Corker in hilarious ‘dog catcher’ tweet

Score one for President Donald Trump. In the latest in the ongoing public tiff between Trump and Sen. Bob Corker, the president tweeted Tuesday: "Bob Corker, who helped President O give us the bad Iran Deal & couldn't get elected dog catcher in Tennessee, is now fighting Tax Cuts. ..."

October 24, 2017

Mitch McConnell under the gun, as 56 percent say: Go

Senate Majority Mitch McConnell should resign his leadership post, say 56 percent of Republicans in a new Harvard-Harris poll. That's all?

October 24, 2017

Bill O’Reilly’s odd ‘mad at God’ remark

Bill O'Reilly, the former Fox News host who's in the midst of what you'd call Reputation Hell, said on a recent episode of his "No Spin News" show that he's angry with God for all the suffering he's been suffering. That's a bit of a ratcheting from his previous blaming of biased media -- in particular, The New York Times, which he described as wanting to take him down and destroy his career.

October 24, 2017

Maxine Waters’ remark is Secret Service worthy

If Maxine Waters wore a Republican hat -- if Donald Trump wore a Democratic one -- the Secret Service would already be in overdrive right now, busily getting to the root of remarks she made publicly that could be taken as calls for violence against the president.

October 24, 2017