Author: Joshua De Leon

Donald Trump knows how to talk, a lot. One thing he can’t do, however, is actually answer a question with intelligence. George Stephanopoulos asked the Republican candidate how exactly he plans to deport 11 million immigrants. Trump responds, but without an answer. He just insults other candidates and states that “we need to build a wall.” He never explains what he will do, or how he will pay for it. So far, Trump has offered nothing but bombastic rhetoric and word vomit. He is a trainwreck....

Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks interviewed ex-Baltimore police officer Joe Crystal about the state of American law enforcement. During the interview, Crystal said many police agencies instill a gang mentality among the officers with a motto similar to “blood in, blood out,” which is a questionless commitment regardless of the consequences. Crystal left the Baltimore Police Department after he turned in two fellow officers who beat a man. He was considered a “snitch” and a “rat,” something that the gang mentality discourages. Watch....

During a speech in Iowa, Donald Trump began speaking in a mocking Asian accent, with fake broken English, while discussing relations with China and Japan during a speech in Iowa. “Negotiating with Japan, negotiating with China, when these people walk into the room, they don’t say, ‘Oh hello, how’s the weather, so beautiful outside, isn’t it lovely? How are the Yankees doing? Oh they are doing wonderful, great,'” Trump said. “They say, ‘We want deal.” There simply is no way Trump is as stupid and racist as he is portraying. What is his...

According to a new Wall Street Journal survey, the majority of the world’s leading economists say Republicans are the greatest threat to the American economy. Out of 62 economists, 55 percent agreed that Republicans will cause the country to crash into another fiscal deadline. Republicans in Congress are threatening another shutdown if Planned Parenthood isn’t completely defunded. “Let’s face it, we seem to be going down to the wire yet again,” said Michael Gregory, head of U.S. economics for BMO Capital Markets. What’s so terrible is that Republicans aren’t plotting a shutdown over economic reasons. It’s all based in...