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An Open Letter to Rep. Julia Brownley (CA-26)

An Open Letter to Rep. Julia Brownley (CA-26)

In which we call out one individual Congresswoman from rando-California-land as the biggest threat to our (and America's) email sanity.  A primer in what not to do as you plan your next campaign...

Meet the Candidates #5 - Ted Cruz: Revolutionary Evil

Meet the Candidates #5 - Ted Cruz: Revolutionary Evil

In this week’s Meet the Candidates, we’ll take a look at the suddenly-surging Ted Cruz, the *other* Cuban  in the GOP presidential race.  Cruz is the GOP establishment’s biggest fear since he's rising in the polls and willing to throw anybody under the bus in order to keep that momentum going, his own party included.  Luckily, another equal-opportunity bus-thrower and birther/racism fanatic Donald Trump might not let voters forget that Mr. Cruz, unlike Obama, was actually born abroad.  Will his Canadian-ness take him out of the running?  Will his seething hatred of governance do the trick instead?  Only time will tell!

Political Wordplay: 2016's Slogans Decoded

Political Wordplay: 2016's Slogans Decoded

Take a trip through this year's presidential candidate slogans and logos with us as tour guide!

Meet The Candidates #4 - Marco Rubio: Thirsty for Success, Thirsty for Water

Meet The Candidates #4 - Marco Rubio: Thirsty for Success, Thirsty for Water

In this week’s Meet the Candidates, we’ll take a look at Marco Rubio, the GOP establishment’s next great hope for the presidency.  He’s currently in 4th place, but hey, that’s about as high as an establishment candidate can get, so...winning! He’s also the most popular candidate from Florida and the most popular Cuban candidate, so he’s really killing it on those fronts.  Other fronts Rubio’s killing it on?  Boring credit card scandals, immigration flip-flopping, and religion switching.  That’s right, did you know Rubio was once a young idealistic mormon?!?  Get all the details here!  

Enough With the Panic

Enough With the Panic

We talked about this on the podcast but decided to reiterate it because IT IS IMPORTANT.  If you read last week’s news, you might be under the impression that liberal hero Sen. Sherrod Brown’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton is cause to panic, curl into a ball, throw away all your #feelthebern tee shirts, and stop going on with the business of living.  STOP THAT.  We'll tell you why.

Meet The Candidates #3 - Gifted Hands, Questionable Brains: The Ben Carson Story

Meet The Candidates #3 - Gifted Hands, Questionable Brains: The Ben Carson Story

Carson’s life is a fascinating and uniquely American story, one that proves that...idiot savants are a real thing.  He’s the only candidate in the race that we’d let operate on our brains, but he doesn’t seem super capable of using his own to think analytically or practically about how to not make unnecessary references to slavery or Hitler.  How Carson wound up in the middle of a political maelstrom that he seems only casually interested in riding out is a real question, but we’ll be digging for answers as we take you through his life, chapter by chapter

Go Visit Your Representatives

Go Visit Your Representatives

When, in the course of daily conversation, we mention calling, emailing, or visiting politicians about the issues we care about, we’re regularly shocked to discover that very few young people know they have the ability and most importantly the right to pay their public representatives a visit.  

Yes, we said visit.  In person.  At their office.  Uninvited.

Meet The Candidates #2 - The Lincoln Logs

Meet The Candidates #2 - The Lincoln Logs

Lincoln Chafee.  Linc Chafee. Good ‘ole Linc.  Third generation governor, beneficiary of Rhode Island's evident dedication to a grand tradition of near-monarchy, and member of any political party that will have him.  We've already delved into the biography of his Andover classmate Jeb!, so today we take a closer look at Linc, the aristocrat on the other side of the aisle.