Snopes gets it wrong

“No,” proclaims the longtime fact-checking site Snopes, “Trump Did Not Call Neo-Nazis and White Supremacists ‘Very Fine People’.” It’s a puzzling headline, published yesterday and making the rounds through social media as users try to figure it out. Do they remember this wrong? Is Snopes wrong? What’s going on? The headline refers to the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, the home of … Continue reading Snopes gets it wrong

Who wants to be Trump’s #2?

On July 15, 2016, Donald Trump tweeted that Indiana governor Mike Pence would be his running mate. Pence had a reputation as a deeply religious man and a fiscally conservative politician. Looking back on it now from the wild west of 2024, it’s easy to imagine that Trump could have selected anyone he wanted. Trump today is a convicted felon, an adjudicated sex pest, and … Continue reading Who wants to be Trump’s #2?