Tag Archives: Al Gore

Donald Trump Is the Uber of American Politics

Let’s begin with the obvious about the 2016 U.S. presidential election: Given that they were the two most-disliked American presidential candidates in polling history, Hillary Clinton was the only opponent Donald Trump could possibly have beaten, and Donald Trump was … Continue reading

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Let the Whatever Billion Dollar Rumpus Begin! (McCutcheon v. FEC Edition)

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission decision letting big-bucks political donors go all in, here’s the bad news by the numbers. From the NBC News digest First Read: Political spending from outside groups — … Continue reading

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Al Jazeera America Has Bad News For The Boston Herald

The hardreading staff gets four newspapers delivered to the Global Worldwide Headquarters every day: Boston Globe, Boston Herald, New York Times, Wall Street Journal. Guess which one didn’t have an ad promoting today’s launch of Al Jazeera America, the Qatar-based news … Continue reading

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The New ‘New Republic’ (Marty Peretz Hates It Edition)

In yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, former owner/editor-in-chief of The New Republic Martin Peretz sandblasted the refurbished edition now being published by new owner (and juice-box Facebook co-founder) Chris Hughes. The first edition of The New New Republic was fat – 68 … Continue reading

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Ron Paul Whacks Rick Perry Edition)

Presidential primary thorn Ron Paul (R-Have I Pricked You Now?) has turned his advertising sights on GOP frontrunner Rick Perry (R-Prick This). Paul’s latest ad (and, credit where credit’s due, he’s the only Republican candidate running a real on-TV – v. … Continue reading

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