In the days since a Cook County jury declared Jussie Smollett guilty, guilty, guilty I’ve been wondering how Republicans will use the verdict to squeeze even more money from the suckers and saps who finance the MAGA cause. This ongoing shakedown of MAGA by MAGA is something I know a lot about. As I receive […]
Tag: Rachel Maddow
Posted inArts & Culture
Chicago Humanities Festival wants you to feel powerful
This season’s lineup focuses on harnessing the strength within.
Posted inBlogs
The Post is a Happy Days for old journalists
Steven Spielberg’s film is a reminder of how much fun journalism can be.
Posted inNews & Politics
Chapo Trap House and the burden of the ‘dirtbag left’
The political comedy podcast has become a flash point in a larger fight between mainstream liberals and leftists.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Progressives pressure Rauner to force Trump to release his taxes
A proposed bill would force presidential candidates to do so before being allowed on the state presidential ballot.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
A little help from Dan’s friends
Advice this week—on rough fantasies and shitty relationships—comes from author Daniel Bergner and blogger-activist Chris Savage.
Posted inBlogs
Thinking Through and Beyond the Election
The election without tears — from professor Peter Dreier
Posted inBlogs
Maddow vs. Paul
Rand Paul loses the first round, takes the second against Rachel Maddow.
Posted inBlogs
Life after death
Does Rod Blagojevich want to go away the same way Rabbit Angstrom did?
Posted inBlogs
If I Did It, Here’s How It Happened
Blago claims his own hypothetical innocence, but he has to hear himself on the tapes to make sure.
Posted inBlogs
Reader writers on the air today
Reader writers on the air: Mick’s on Air America at 3; tune in or live stream at 5 to hear Mike.
Posted inBlogs
Update: Miner on the air tomorrow
Tune in to Air America Tuesday to hear Michael Miner in conversation with Rachel Maddow.