Joy-Ann Reid’s most prescient message to voters who elected Trump

You’ve also lost the right to moralize to Blue America about family values. Now we sincerely hope and pray that your daughters or sisters or your wives and all women and girls are never disrespected, never abused the way the next President of the United States has boasted about disrespecting or even sexually assaulting women including … Read more

Trump’s senior White House advisor says in radio interview that liberal women are a ‘bunch of dykes’

Steve Bannon has a new title to add to his resume—chief strategist and senior planner. He’s Donald Trump‘s top man in the White House. Bannon is known for his anti-Semitism, white nationalism and conspiracy theories, but he’s also not a fan of educated, progressive women. While defending Sarah Palin and other conservative women, he said he thinks … Read more

West Virginia mayor and non-profit director in hot water after calling Michelle Obama an ape

Following the results of the presidential election, Taylor posted the following on her Facebook page: “It will be refreshing to have a classy, beautiful, dignified First Lady in the White House. I’m tired of seeing an ape in heels.” Beverly Whaling, the Mayor of Clay, responded to the post saying “Just made my day Pam.” … Read more

KING: How Trump is leading transformation to turn GOP into KKK – NY Daily News

This isn’t what might happen if we’re not careful. It’s a done deal. They aren’t sneaky about any of this. It’s happening right in front of our faces. Conservatives like Ben Shapiro and Glenn Beck are openly proclaiming to the world that Trump, Bannon, Spencer and the Alt-Right Movement are dangerous Just weeks before Stephen … Read more

Young Earth Creationist Ben Carson Could Be America’s New Secretary Of Education | IFLScience

Ben Carson is clearly a man who isn’t interested in educating himself, or even making it more easily accessible to the public. Not only has he previously spoken out against free college education, but he also once claimed that the Biblical figure Joseph built Egypt’s Great Pyramids in order to store grain and is under the … Read more

The 2016 election had some bright spots for progressives, too, and that’s where our future starts

In Nevada, Catherine Cortez-Masto will become the first Latina to serve in the Senate, and in Illinois Tammy Duckworth will become the first Thai-American senator. In California, Kamala Harris is the first Indian-American senator and only the second African-American woman to serve in the Senate. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, who is bisexual, is the first openly … Read more

Abbreviated pundit roundup: How Trump will affect your federal and state taxes, Medicare, and more

According to the Tax Policy Center, nearly half the benefits from the Trump plan would go to the top 1% of households—those earning more than about $700,000. It could also increase taxes on many single parents and two-parent families with more than two children LeBron James, a vocal Clinton supporter, stands to save $2.3 million … Read more