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Trump Campaign Chief Stephen Bannon Charged With Domestic Violence In 1996
Stephen Bannon, erstwhile Breitbart shitbag, recently took over as campaign chief for Donald Trump after a series of power struggles cost Trump’s first two campaign managers their jobs. A little more than a week after Bannon’s new job was announced, Politico published a 1996 police report from when ...

Clinton's Speech Denouncing Meme-Toting Racists Interrupted By Meme
The alt-right is a fringe political movement, primarily concerned (as far as we can tell) with disseminating Trumpism via memes. Their favorite is Pepe the frog. In her speech denouncing these internet users this afternoon in Reno, Nevada, Hillary Clinton sadly did not say the words “meme” or “Pepe....

Donald Trump Says Leonardo DiCaprio Isn’t “Very Hot Anymore"
At a rally in Tampa earlier today, Donald Trump spent some time helping along the Hillary health conspiracies before offering a bit of insight into young Hollywood....

Live Sports: Mike Pence Getting A Hair Cut
Make America clean-shaven again....

Welcome To Mike Pence's Living Hell
Mike Pence, who will be spending the next three months paying for the grievous sins of a past life and also probably this one, forced his mother to hold a piece of chicken on a plane yesterday evening....

Trump Stooge On CNN: Hillary Clinton! Football! CTE? Just Saying ...
A Donald Trump supporter was invited on CNN this morning to yell about whatever it is Donald Trump supporters are yelling about these days. The Great Big Wheel Of Inane Bullshit happened to land on HILLARY CLINTON IS SICK AND FEEBLE, which led this anonymous Trump goon down a line of argument that e...

Donald Trump Is A Frightened Coward And I Bet $100,000 He Won't Fight Me<em></em>
Last month, I made a public challenge to Donald Trump, which I will repeat here: If he or either of his sons will box me for one round, I will make the maximum legal contribution to his campaign and donate $100,000 to the charity of his choice....

A Pretty Good Theory Of Donald Trump
Donald Trump is Max Bialystock. Let me explain....

The RNC And The DNC Are Finally Over; Did Anything Actually Happen?<em></em>
After eight days of American flag lapel pins and canned applause lines, the major political parties’ nominating conventions—the Republican National Convention (RNC) and the Democratic National Convention (DNC)—have finally come to an end. As many observers long expected, the Democrats selected Hilla...

Did Michael Jordan Ever Say "Republicans Buy Sneakers, Too"?
Earlier this week, Michael Jordan donated $2 million to two organizations that address police brutality and racial injustice, breaking a long, conspicuous silence on anything political. Critics of that silence often dredge up this quote attributed to the legend: “Republicans buy sneakers, too.” It’s...

Secret Emails Show Kevin Johnson Spying On, Attempting To Bankrupt Enemies
The city clerk of Sacramento has released a trove of correspondence between Kevin Johnson and his cronies, over which the scandal-magnet lame-duck mayor of the California capital fought a long, dirty campaign in hopes of keeping it from journalists and legal adversaries. This latest document dump ha...

Clinton Courts Crucial Boring Whites Demographic With Kaine VP Nom<em></em>
Sure, history says this is what was expected. The Democrats have given us Joe Biden, better known for his flubs than his actual oratory execution; Al Gore, whose “look at how hard I am acting like I am hot for my wife” kiss is impossible to forget; and Walter Mondale, whose face I cannot picture at ...

Ted Cruz Has Something Important To Say To The American People
Things got weird tonight at the Republican National Convention. Erstwhile Donald Trump enemy Ted Cruz took the stage, and boy did he have a lot to say....

Paul Ryan Is Really Bad At Pandering To Sports Fans<em></em>
Pandering in politics is a matter of course; politics is pandering, which is probably something some political scientist said 70 years ago. But sports are good, real, and serious business, which makes Speaker of the House Paul Ryan’s sports pandering extremely offensive. ...

Tim Tebow Will Speak At Republican National Convention
We knew that Donald Trump wanted a sports contingent at the Republican National Convention, which will go down in Cleveland next week. But after Trump announced their appearances at a rally, Ben Roethlisberger and Tom Brady have distanced themselves from the presumptive GOP nominee, and his reported...

Carmelo Anthony Urges Athletes To Fight For Political Causes
Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony just posted a message to his Instagram page in which he asks his fellow professional athletes to become more politically active, instructing them to demand action from politicians and not to worry about losing endorsement deals....

I Can't Believe Adam Schefter Is Really This Naive
A useful exercise in Richard Deitsch’s SI.com column today, as he asks seven sports media members for their opinions on whether it’s their place to introduce politics into their work. And the most bearish of them all is NFL robot Adam Schefter....
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How Will Brexit Affect [Borat Voice] My Wife?
The United Kingdom is leaving the EU, in an act colloquially known as the “Brexit.” Its effects will extend to all of our lives, in its own way. Something is going to happen with the economy. A number of internet websites have tried to untangle the complex, far-ranging affects of the Brexit....

Vin Scully Has Strong Feelings About Socialism
Tell us how you really feel, Vin!...

Donald Trump Plans Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisberger, Dana White To Speak On His Behalf At GOP Convention
If Donald Trump gets his way the GOP convention will feature Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisberger, and Dana White speaking on the Republican nominee’s behalf rather than the usual string of politicians....