Archive: Year: 2016

03/01/2016

Ever since the fall, when it started to become apparent that Donald Trump was more than a vanity presidential candidate seeking to inflate his name recognition and pad his book sales, some Republicans have raised their voices against him. Most notable has been the effort by Liz Mair, a former Republican National Committee online communications director and adviser to several past presidential contenders. In November, she launched the "Make America Awesome Again" PAC to run negative ads against him in early states, but had lots of trouble raising money—in part because Trump did his best to intimidate potential donors and in part because conventional wisdom still held that once GOP voters were actually paying attention, they'd take the choice more...

02/29/2016

Gawker got Trump to retweet Mussolini; big tech is funneling $$ to minority groups in D.C. to reduce pressure to diversify; and more....