The Media’s Attempt to Be ‘Objective’ with Donald…

There's been a lot of ink, virtual and otherwise, spilled over the media's treatment of the Donald Trump Reality Show and Presidential Campaign Extravaganza, but over the past twenty-four hours, the excrement has become tangible in ways that it heretofore has not been. Whatever your politics, if you have ears, you know what Donald Trump meant when he said that "Second Amendment people" could do something about Hillary Clinton 's judicial appointments if she wins, and whether you view the comment as an incitement or a mere observation, it was a reckless and dangerous thing to say.

Dan Rather: ‘History is watching’ those who support Trump

In this Oct. 7, 2015, file photo, television journalist Dan Rather attends a special screening of "Truth" at The Museum of Modern Art in New York. On August 9, 2016, Rather slammed GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump's comments suggesting that "Second Amendment people" may be able to find a way to stop Democrat Hillary Clinton from rolling back gun rights if she's elected.

Martin Sheen on Trump: ‘Empty-Headed Moron’

Actor Martin Sheen called Donald Trump an "empty-headed moron" during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter that was posted online Tuesday. Sheen, who for seven years played President Jed Bartlet in the television series "The West Wing," was discussing his upcoming movie "The Vessel" when the question-and-answer interview turned to politics.

Chad Johnson confronts Lace Morris on After Paradise live chat show after drunken breakup

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Cheers and Jeers: Monday

Donald Trump is the Republican nominee, which is frightening.We must make sure his hateful rhetoric does not even come close... Donald Trump has gone too far with his attacks on Gold Star parents Khizr and Ghazala Khan, whose son Army Capt. Humayun Khan... A Donald Trump White House would be a disaster, and this goes way beyond any ideological difference.

The new Post/ABC poll shows just how badly Donald Trump blew his convention

Donald Trump accepts the nomination during the final session of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on July 21. Conventions are not complicated things. They are a few nights' worth of free media attention, during which each political party can make its best case to voters for the general election.

President Obama’s Final White House Birthday Bash Was…

President Obama celebrated his 55th birthday - his last before leaving office - with a big White House bash jam-packed with Hollywood A-listers. Attendees included talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi , Common , Fonzworth Bentley, Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel, NBC's Al Roker , George Lucas , interim chair of the Democratic National Committee Donna Brazile, retired basketball player Grant Hill, "Good Morning America" anchor Robin Roberts, Sarah Jessica Parker , Pusha T, Samuel L. Jackson , Nick Jonas , who took a break from his tour with Demi Lovato , called the evening "A night I will never forget" on Twitter.

Insult dog Triumph, fake Roger Ailes star in Hulu special

Robert Smigel, the writer-comedian who brings the Triumph puppet to life, worked the Republican and Democratic conventions for "Triumph's Summer Election Special 2016," debuting Aug. 11 on Hulu. He brought an Ailes impersonator to the Republican event in Cleveland.

Congressman blames – the left’ for controversy

U.S. Rep. Steve King defended the display of a small Confederate battle flag in his Washington, D.C., office Thursday, saying it is not a racist or pro-slavery symbol. During a town hall meeting at Friendship Haven, he said the controversy over the flag was created by "the left."

Donald Trump ‘scares the hell out of me’: NY police chief

The head of the largest city police department in America today joined a growing list of people calling Donald Trump unfit to lead, saying the Republican mogul "scares the hell" out of him. "Mr Trump scares me, scares the hell out of me to be quite frank with you," New York police commissioner Bill Bratton told CBS News a day after announcing that he would retire in September.

Grieving families shape ’16 debate

None have done so with more impact than Khizr and Ghazala Khan, who dominated the news for much of the past week after denouncing Donald Trump Meg Whitman will support Clinton for president Trump spokeswoman: Khan 'proponent of Sharia Law' Khan slams Trump's Purple Heart comments: 'You did not serve' MORE Hillary Rodham Clinton Meg Whitman will support Clinton for president Trump: Obama probably 'worst president in the history of our country' Grieving families shape '16 debate MORE from the stage of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. The GOP summit also featured speeches from parents who had a child killed by an illegal immigrant.

Trumpkins run out of rationalizations

Donald Trump's latest rash of blunders - attacks on a Gold Star family, ignorance about Russia being in Ukraine, an invitation to Vladimir Putin to meddle in our elections - should dissipate some of the fog that enveloped Republicans after watching him take the GOP presidential nomination. They've been selling themselves and other Republicans a bill of goods.

Trump and feminists should quit blaming Roger Ailes’ victims:…

Trump and feminists should quit blaming Roger Ailes' victims: Kirsten Powers - No, the short-skirted, 'leggy' women of Fox News aren't to blame for sexual harassment and they shouldn't have to quit their jobs. - Donald Trump thinks it's "very sad" that women at Fox News are "complaining"

With Khan family, has Trump finally gone too far?

In this Friday, July 29, 2016 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Colorado Springs, Colo. Trump broke a major American political and societal taboo over the weekend when he engaged in an emotionally-charged feud with Khizr and Ghazala Khan, the bereaved parents of a decorated Muslim Army captain killed by a suicide bomber in Iraq.