In Trump’s quest to, in his words, “hire the best people,” he’s apparently added wingnut Michele Bachmann as an adviser on foreign affairs.  The Hill reports: Tea Party firebrand Michele Bachmann says she is advising Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on foreign policy. The former Minnesota congresswoman attended a fundraiser in the state for Trump on Saturday, where she revealed to the press that she has his ear on foreign policy. “He also recognizes there is a threat around the... Read more

I saw this headline today and couldn’t believe it was true: Then I saw it popping up from news outlets I trusted and, after digging, I can confirm that it’s true: a 12-year-old boy is running a campaign office in a swing state for the Trump campaign: In one of the most important counties in swing state Colorado, Donald Trump is relying on 12-year-old Weston Imer, who runs the Jefferson County operation for the Trump campaign. Jefferson County is one... Read more

Ok, this is all I will post today because the wife is assaulting me with birthday snuggles. This will surprise you, but Donald Trump continues to not-so-subtly beg sensible people to not vote for him.  Yesterday he received his first intelligence briefing from the CIA.  Today, he claims he wouldn’t use US intelligence if elected President: During an interview with Fox News, Trump was asked about his upcoming intelligence briefing and whether he does “trust intelligence.” “Not so much from... Read more

I know I’ve posted a lot lately about how Trump’s campaign is comically disintegrating.  That’s all true, but before I scoot off for voice lessons today I wanted to post a warning: Complacency is how we still lose this. Every person who thinks, “Oh, Trump is getting smashed in the polls, we got this.  No need for me to leave the house on election day” brings us one step close to depriving us of the result those polls suggest. Also,... Read more

Let’s be generous, super generous, beyond any sane levels of generous and say that when Trump joked about 2nd Amendment supporters using violence if Clinton gets to appoint SCOTUS Justices that he was actually, as he has said, making a statement about political organizing to get him elected (even though the statement was made in the context of Clinton already being elected and appointing Justices).  Let’s assume Trump just used muddy language.  Ok. The Co-Chair of his national veterans’ coalition, NH... Read more

I keep thinking things can’t get worse for Trump, and each time I’m wrong. Saturday Trump held a rally in Connecticut that boggled political experts everywhere.  Not only did Trump say some bizarre shit (he wants to strip press credentials), as Ed Brayton captured beautifully, the rally itself made no sense.  As Brayton put it: Saturday, for some reason no one understands, Donald Trump held a campaign rally in Fairfield, Connecticut. That state has not voted Republican since 1988 and the... Read more