Jess Lahitou

Trump’s ability to kick it with top-notch op-ed crews is just nonexistent. As the New York Times’ interview with Trump shows, the man remains ever unable to give a simple, on-point answer. And Twitter's had a hey-day with his responses.

There were two stories that emerged from last night’s Republican debate: 1. The matchup between Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, arguing over immigration policy and foreign policy (Cruz: no amnesty, build a wall, bomb ISIS while somehow not harming innocents. Rubio: eventual legalization of illegal immigrants, strengthen borders, work with Arab partners to defeat ISIS, more troops).

A few weeks ago, I thought we might actually celebrate the end of the 2016 election.

The best way of bringing in Sanders supporters is not to berate them into party loyalty, but to steal them away.

Will every story that Trump doesn’t approve of get the “fake news” label, its authors permanently blacklisted forever?

It's finally Friday, which means it's time to have a little fun.

It’s early 2008 in Iowa. Hillary Clinton had been leading in the early polls, but her numbers have been steadily dropping when she is suddenly – shockingly – bested by a young, almost unknown senator from Illinois.

The 2016 election has, for a while now, felt eerily akin to 1984 (lots ‘o doublespeak coming out of Trump and his supporters). Or The Hunger Games, to take a more recent example of dystopian genre fiction. Wherein, government becomes solely about politics and the media spectacle, rather than actual policies and ideas.

Tim Kaine and Mike Pence both showed themselves superior to their presidential ticket counterparts. Ouch.

Rejoicing or weeping will depend on who you are, but let’s look at what happened either way.

Democrats: