The Unpopular Truth About The Popular Vote

Have you heard the news that Hillary Clinton won the popular vote? Unless you live under a rock you likely have stumbled across a barista or aspiring novelist mumbling something about how the Electoral College is unfair and undemocratic and how electors should follow "the will of the people" and vote for Hillary on Dec. 19. Because "democracy!" or something. What too many of these uneducated and unshowered drum circlers don't know, or don't care to know, is the popular vote is a meaningless unit of measure.

Member of Putin’s party: ‘United Russia won the elections in America’

President-elect Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during a "USA Thank You" tour event on Dec. 1, 2016, in Cincinnati. President-elect Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during a "USA Thank You" tour event on Dec. 1, 2016, in Cincinnati.

In ultra liberal Key West, a Trump fan answers critics with an obscene letter

For a brief time this week, Alvin Crockett posted an angry handwritten letter to a political critic on the Trump campaign sign he put outside his scooter shop in Key West, Fla. President Barack Obama's Fayetteville, N.C. rally for Hillary Clinton grew rowdy when an elderly Trump supporter started protesting during the president's speech.

Top Clinton Donor Saban Calls Ellison “Anti-Semite” and “Anti-Israel”

Media mogul Haim Saban, who was among Hillary Clinton's largest campaign donors, made clear Friday that he doesn't want to see Rep. Keith Ellison as the next chair of the Democratic National Committee. "He is clearly an anti-Semite, anti-Israel individual," Saban lashed out at Ellison, warning Democrats that choosing the Minnesota congressman, who is the first Muslim elected to Congress, would be "a disaster for the relationship between the Jewish community and the Democratic Party."

This week at progressive state blogs: Don’t feed the Trump troll; Louisiana’s socialist subsidies

Donald Trump has won the presidency after narrowly carrying a few states to put him above 270 electoral votes.But according... During the Labor Day weekend, when many people are celebrating and preparing for the upcoming school-year, Dakota Access, a... Donald Trump has announced that Steve Bannon-former head of the online racist platform Breitbart-will be a senior adviser in... Portland, Oregon, housing activist and bookstore owner Chloe Eudaly was the first challenger to unseat an incumbent city council member since 1992. See Margot Black's commentary in Blue Oregon below.

Russia bets on Trump as gateway to eased sanctions

For the Russian president, relief from crippling sanctions is a gateway to the ultimate goal of establishing Russia as the political and economic equivalent of the United States. And the U.S. president-elect, who extolled Putin's leadership during the campaign and called for a tempered approach to U.S.-Russia relations, may be a conduit to achieving that.

WAT? Trump a Policy Foruma Loaded with Immigration Enthusiasts

President-elect Donald Trump is establishing a Strategic and Policy Forum, which will meet with him for the first time at the White House in February, to share ideas with Trump as he "implements his plan to bring back jobs," according to Trump's transition team. The Forum will be comprised of many business leaders, but at least three of the 16 members have a history of supporting the importation of foreign workers.

Raw emotions persist as Donald Trump prepares for his presidency

Kellyanne Conway, Trump-Pence campaign manager, left, sits with Robby Mook, Clinton-Kaine campaign manager, prior to Thursday's forum at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Mass. Every four years, the Institute of Politics at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government assembles the managers of the presidential campaigns for a deep, post-election debrief.

For Russia, Trump presidency offers hope of sanctions relief

Russia's government staunchly denies reports that it tampered in the U.S. election or supported either candidate, but once the results were in, members of President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party didn't hold back. "It turns out that United Russia won the elections in America," Viktor Nazarov, the governor of Omsk, Russia, declared in a radio interview.

Drunk Hillary Meltdown Election Night – Latest from our f…

Latest from our fiend up in the Sandills "Dumped on Prom Night" Hillary's election night meltdown Wouldn't she have made a great president? Hillary Clinton's night on the 9th of November went from a celebration to an absolute meltdown once the election unexpectedly turned on her, leaving Trump as the victor. Some of the remnants of Hillary Clinton's rampage in the private VIP area was discovered by the hotel custodial staff the day following the election.

The Latest: Trump takes on another Indiana manufacturer

President-elect Donald Trump smiles as he speaks during the first stop of his post-election tour, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, in Cincinnati. . President-elect Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during a "USA Thank You" tour event, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, in Cincinnati.