The Washington Post continues to justify Donald Trump's absolute loathing of it with another humiliating scoop, this time undermining Trump's "tough on Russia" narrative. In an uncharacteristically bold move, the Trump administration expelled a massive 60 Russian diplomats ...read more
Today, global politics is in turmoil with several dangerous heads of major states actively trying to increase the likelihood of conflict. As Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Rodrigo Duerte and Kim Jong Un ramp up rhetoric against other countries, their own citizens, and even ...read more
Nigel Farage, the former leader of the quasi-fascist UK Independence Party (UKIP) will be forever known as the man who helped ensure his country left the European Union, then ran away when the shit hit the fan. Literally days after the referendum results were released, the ...read more
If you thought the fallout from the Brexit debacle in the UK could not get any worse, two of the leading voices of the Brexit movement have now abandoned ship, abdicating responsibility for the gigantic mess they have created. First, Boris Johnson abruptly quit the conservative ...read more
Andrew Marr's interview of Michael Gove on the BBC this weekend was akin to watching a rabbit get skinned alive, roasted and eaten. From the get go, Marr tore into Gove, the pro Brexit conservative running to lead his party after betraying his longtime friend Boris Johnson, ...read more
The Guardian's Jonathan Freedland lets the architects of the Brexit crisis Michael Gove and Boris Johnson have it with both barrels: Just look at what this act of vandalism has wrought. There has been a 500% increase in the number of hate crimes reported, as migrants are taunted ...read more
As a big fan of Matt Taibbi's excellent journalism over the years, I was dismayed to read his latest Rolling Stone column on the Brexit debacle in Europe that was, quite frankly, shockingly ignorant. Taibbi's piece, sardonically titled "The Reaction to Brexit is The Reason ...read more
The pro Brexit politicians who whipped up fear and stoked divisions in Britain are being exposed as charlatans who lied to voters about what leaving Europe would mean. Boris Johnson, the poster boy for pro Brexiters and the betting favorite to replace David Cameron as Prime ...read more
After sending a bleak warning to his fellow Brits last week not to leave the European Union, John Oliver returned in the wake of the 'Brexit' to lament the decision that has screwed not only the British economy, but the entire global financial system. Oliver went after the U.K. ...read more
After a series of unbelievably stupid tweets in the wake of the EU referendum in Britain, Donald Trump laid this nugget of wisdom for his followers on why Hillary Clinton would be a "disaster" as a leader: Translation: Hillary Clinton predicated an outcome of an extremely close ...read more
We open in a British living room. BREXIT is talking to his wife EU. BREXIT: Fuck you and fuck this. You and the kids are holding me back, man! I'm a talent. Maybe I'll start a band, man. I've still got IT. I'm outahere on my new motor bike and I'm gonna FUCK ME SOME CHICKS! With ...read more
If anyone thought the Brexit was a good idea, a cursory glance at the state of the global economy and political climate today should be enough to dispel any notion that this was Britain's 'Independence Day'. It wasn't -- the Brexit is going to be a disaster, and in our ...read more
The image of Britain as an open, diverse, and modern nation now lies in tatters as voters decided to leave the European Union last night and plunge the nation into the unknown. With (as of writing this) an almost 1 million vote lead, Britons who wanted out of the EU voiced their ...read more
Paul Krugman weighs in on the latest round of insane German/Euro demands on beleaguered Greece: Eurogroup list of demands is madness. The trending hashtag ThisIsACoup is exactly right. This goes beyond harsh into pure vindictiveness, complete destruction of national ...read more
