Author: Justin Lane

Pick any network (except Fox) and there’s a Republican presidential candidate who wants to dictate the rules of its debate. Whether Trump is banning Telemundo or the minor candidates are arguing that they shouldn’t be put in separate debates, the GOP is not happy with how the debates are being organized. As Gawker reports: According to the New York Times, resentment against the way that the debates operate has been simmering for a while, only to boil over after CNBC’s last week. “There’s no question that last week’s debate was a disaster,” the Republican National Committee’s communications director, Sean Spicer,...

During the Republican debate, Carly Fiorina tried to argue that President Obama’s term in office has been “demonstrably bad for women.” She went as far as to say that “92 percent of the jobs lost during Barack Obama’s first term belonged to women.” Fact-checkers were fast to call Fiorina on the lies. After the debate, however, Fiorina maintained that her facts were sound, she refused to admit that she was wrong. Fiorina even went so far as to publish an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal that continued to claim that 92% of the jobs lost belonged to women. It...

Jeb Bush is denying allegations that he saw a memo that was leaked last week that outlined research against Senator Marco Rubio. During an interview with Meet the Press, Bush said that he had never seen the memo. “I didn’t see it. I didn’t see it,” said Bush. “I don’t know.” Host Chuck Todd questioned Bush about whether it was the sort of work his campaign staff should be expending its efforts on. “I want them to focus on winning New Hampshire, winning South Carolina, winning Iowa, winning Nevada. That’s our first mission,” said Bush. “I want to unify the...

Bernie Sanders issued a warning to those eager to dive into armed conflict in Syria. On Friday, Sanders was critical of President Obama’s decision to send Special Operations troops to northern Syria. Sanders expressed that America may be sucked into “the quagmire of the Syrian civil war.” As the Washington Post reports: The independent senator from Vermont “believes that the crisis in Syria will be solved diplomatically, not militarily,” Sanders spokesman Michael Briggs said in a statement. Sanders, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for the White House, was asked about the issue later Friday by an audience member at a...