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This Isn't Fun Anymore
As I type this, a man who called Mexicans rapists, mocked a reporter’s physical disability, bragged about committing sexual assault, and wants to ban an entire religious group from entering the country is leading Hillary Clinton by 150 electoral votes to 109. I feel physically ill. ...
Chris Matthews: John F. Kennedy Would Go Watch Porn Instead Of Election Results
While the first wave of election results was coming into the MSNBC studios, Chris Matthews regaled viewers with an anecdote about presidential horniness. Matthews was discussing political officials who preferred not to watch the news and keep track of election results, including his former boss Tip ...
Clinton Wins Several States And Pulls Ahead
The Associated Press has called Illinois, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Washington D.C., Delaware, Maryland for Hillary Clinton, giving the Democratic party candidate a 68-48 lead for the moment. Meanwhile, Trump won South Carolina, Oklahoma, Mississippi, and Tennessee....
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At Least Four People Shot Near Los Angeles Polling Place [Updating]
According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s office, at least four people were shot near a polling place in Azusa, California. Captain Jeff Scroggins told the Los Angeles Times that police were dealing with a “heavily armed” shooter and the Azusa PD warned citizens to stay away from the area. Local...
Deadspin Up All Night: Oh, A Storm Is Threatening
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. We’ll get through everything together. ...
Welcome to Deadspin's Rigged Voter Fraud 2016 Liveblog
After 317 primary debates, far too many GOP candidates, countless repetitions of the word “email,” and one Billy Bush downfall, we have finally made it. My friends, in just a few hours, this godforsaken presidential election will be over....
Guess Who Got His Twitter Account Back
Much to our dismay, the final days of the election brought news that famed Twitter personality Donald Trump had his account confiscated as part of his staff’s last-ditch effort to maintain some degree of dignity. But you cannot maintain that which was never there. And now, our prayers seem to have b...
Here's How (Some) <i>New York Times</i> Staffers Are Voting
Like many major news organizations, the New York Times has a policy that forbids its writers and editors from publicly endorsing any candidate. Ancient journalism folklore states that ideally one shouldn’t have opinions—doing so would anger our one true god, Objectivity—but given that this isn’t pos...
The Election That Almost Ate Our Souls
People hated the 2012 presidential election, too. They publicly prayed for its end. It was irritating and stupid; the discourse was cheap and disappointing. Like every other election of our lifetimes, it was, all agreed, the most important, yet somehow comprised a handful of seemingly randomly-chose...
Our Favorite Moments From This Hellish Election Season
The 2016 election season will mercifully come to an end just a few short hours form now. Thank fucking God. Before we say our final goodbyes to the election from hell, we thought it would be fun to take a look back at our favorite moments from this march towards the abyss....
Donald Trump Uses <i>Fox & Friends</i> Appearance To Burn Tiffany Trump One Last Time
Earlier this morning, Donald Trump stopped by one of his favorite cable TV haunts, Fox & Friends, for one last campaign call-in. Also on the docket: Burning his very own daughter. ...
Report: Bill Belichick Did Write That Letter To Donald Trump
At a rally last night in New Hampshire, Donald Trump read a glowing letter of support that he claimed had been penned by Bill Belichick:...
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Trump Claims Tom Brady Endorsement; Recites Glowing Letter He Says Bill Belichick Sent Him [Updates]
At a rally in Manchester, New Hampshire this evening, empty gas station salami wrapper Donald Trump revealed the endorsements of a pair of New England Patriots heroes. Tom Brady and Bill Belichick purportedly told the future former candidate for president that they’d vote for him, and Trump even rea...
Curt Schilling, World Series Hero, Wants Me Dead<em></em>
Curt Schilling, noted opinion-haver and former baseball star, is no fan of journalists. Never mind that he, uh, works for a media company and used to be employed by ESPN, Curt will not pass up an opportunity to rip the LIBERAL MEDIA. To him, advocating that journalists should be hanged from trees is...
Deadspin Up All Night: Welcome To The Based House
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Lil B or bust....
This Is How The Deadspin Staff Is Voting
There’s no mystery about this site’s political leanings, and probably somewhat less public interest in who we’re voting for. Despite that, we thought it would be worthwhile on principle to follow our friends at Reason and Slate and go on record with our voting preferences, partly because it’s a wort...
Found That Photo For You, Laura
Last year, former Deal Or No Deal model Laura Shields tweeted “I need to find that one pic I have of pinching Trump’s bottom.” We’ve got your photo, Laura—and a few others from the night in 2007 the GOP candidate celebrated his birthday with models in Atlantic City in, we’re told, the absence of his...
All The Questions The 2016 Campaigns Were Afraid To Answer
As anyone in media will be quick to tell you, this has been one long, grueling election. We’ve seen pope feuds, rigged podiums, and Ted Cruz’s innards. But for all its scandal and intrigue, this election has been largely devoid of one thing in particular: Motherfucking answers....
Has Donald Trump Ever Actually Met A Dog?
At a rally last night in Pennsylvania, Donald Trump claimed his opponent Hillary Clinton “cheated like a dog” at their last debate. It’s just the latest in a long string of canny canine similes used Trump, and one that makes us wonder if the GOP presidential candidate has ever, actually, met a dog....