Sometimes called a "Tropical Trump" for his politically incorrect vitriol, Brazilian far-right presidential candidate and heavy favorite Jair Bolsonaro has successfully played to an electorate disgusted with politics as usual.
"Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything."
– Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin
"Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance."
– H.L. Mencken
Brazil's leading presidential hopeful, Jair Bolsonaro, publicly upbraided his son on Monday for threatening to shut down the Supreme Court in comments that set off a storm of criticism and prompted his main opponent to call the far-right candidate
Let's not get too far ahead of ourselves. Any good coach can tell you it's a bad mistake to spend too much time worrying about the game that's three weeks away, till you lose your focus on THIS week's game.
The shifting tide, first confused, then sluggish, then starting to build and race, needed a leader. Donald Trump, unbribable, stepped forward, willing to stare down the legions of braying leftist hyenas.
Last week, Mark Zuckerberg made the media rounds to give a rather shady explanation of why Facebook suddenly closed hundreds of incredibly popular pages in what's being called The Alternative Media Purge. Zuckerberg accused the closed pages, many o
All international problems are currently suspended, awaiting the results of the US mid-term elections. The partisans of the old international order are gambling on a change of majority in Congress and a rapid destitution of President Trump.
Watch Nicholas Sarwark, Moses Sanchez, Daniel Valenzuela and Kate Gallego debate one another and try to earn your vote to be the next mayor of Phoenix...
A bus-load of professional Marxists from New York City were transported up to New York's 19th Congressional District to give support for left-wing loon candiate Antonio Delgado.
With the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh now in place Democratic politicians are already promising impeachment if they take back the House and Senate in the midterm elections. Reality Check, it can't happen and I'll explain why.
Jair Bolsonaro topped the poll in the first round of Brazil's presidential elections, having seduced tens of millions of voters with simple -- though radical -- solutions to eradicating violence in one of the world's deadliest countries.
"No taxation without representation!"
That was a popular phrase during the decades leading up to the Revolutionary War. Colonists thought it was unfair to be taxed and subjected to English rule without consent.
The Iraqi parliament has elected veteran Kurdish politician Barham Salih as president. The vote threw a spotlight on the deep divisions within the Kurdish camp.
After months of debate, last minute allegations of sexual assault, an FBI investigation and dozens of hours of tense testimony, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh now has the 50 votes required to be confirmed to the Supreme Court, after both GOP S
GOP Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona may not vote to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh regardless of the outcome of an FBI investigation he demanded last week, according to The Atlantic.
This article is an expanded version of a comment I left for someone on another platform. It was spurred on by their suggestion that by not voting one has given up all their rights. I inquired if they wanted to know why they were exactly wrong, and
Brett Kavanaugh's impassioned testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee transfixed a nation on Thursday as Wall Street traders turned away from their terminals to tune in, causing trading volumes to plummet.
For the first time in our nation's history, voters in 24 counties in W. Virginia will be able to vote using their mobile phones. While some are hailing the decision because it will make voting easier for members of the military deployed overseas, exp
Levi Sanders, son of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, was trounced Tuesday in a New Hampshire congressional primary, set to finish thousands of votes behind the projected winner.
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