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	Donald Trump: 'Wise Guy' Romney 'Demeaned Himself' Reading My Mean Tweets on Kimmel by Alex Griswold Responding to a Jimmy Kimmel bit in which former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney read off his mean tweets, current GOP frontrunner Donald Trump told Fox & Friends that the skit was "demeaning." Read More »

	Bernie's Michigan Win Is a Great Grassroots Upset, But Does It Just Delay the Inevitable? by J.D. Durkin Although the polls had closed hours earlier, the too-close-to-call photo finish had left every cable news network scratching their heads, unable to declare a victor in Sanders' fight with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Read More »

	Trump Campaign Manager Allegedly Tries to Throw Female Reporter to the Ground by Alex Griswold After a late night press conference Tuesday, Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski reportedly got physical with Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields, throwing her to the ground. Read More »

	Trump Slaps George Stephanopoulos for 'Making a Negative Out of a Big Win' by Tommy Christopher After his big victories in Tuesday night's Republican presidential nominating contests, Donald Trump was taking the first of several hundred miles of victory laps on Good Morning America when George Stephanopoulos waved him in for a quick pit stop. Read More »

	Romney Reads Donald Trump Mean Tweets on Jimmy Kimmel, Is Actually Funny by Tommy Christopher Former Massachusetts Governor and current Donald Trump polite-troll Mitt Romney isn't exactly known for his sense of humor, but on Tuesday night's Jimmy Kimmel Live, he took a stab at it anyway by reading a series of "mean tweets" from Trump and his supporters. Read More »

	Bob Woodward Corners Trump: Are You Prepared to Go to War With Mexico to Pay For Your Wall? by J.D. Durkin On Morning Joe Wednesday, legendary journalist Bob Woodward got his opportunity to press the leading Republican candidate on exactly how he would go about forcing Mexico to pay for his border wall -- the hallmark claim of his candidacy that continues to draw cheers from his record crowds. Read More »

	Megyn to Wasserman Schultz: GOPers May Be 'Vulgar,' But None of Them May Face Indictment by Josh Feldman Megyn Kelly confronted DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz for ripping the "vulgar" tone of the GOP race, pointing out that none of the Republican candidates are "facing the threat of indictment." Read More »

	CNN's Van Jones Tears Into Trump for 'Freakshow Infomercial' of a Press Conference by Josh Feldman As we reported earlier, Donald Trump spent a big chunk of his election night press conference hocking his various businesses. CNN's Van Jones got really pissed off about that. Read More »

	Trump Trots Out His Water, Magazine, and Steaks on Election Night Just to Brag by Josh Feldman Donald Trump was clearly bothered by Mitt Romney attacking his failed businesses last week, because tonight he trotted out Trump Water, Trump Steaks, and Trump Magazine during his election night press conference. Read More »

	Sanders Rails Against Trump for 'Selfishness' and 'Hatred' in Election Night Speech by Josh Feldman During his election night speech tonight, Bernie Sanders riffed for a few minutes on Donald Trump and how the American people will reject his "selfishness" and "hatred." Read More »

	Olbermann Writes Op-Ed to Declare He’s Moving Out of Trump Building by Josh Feldman Remember Keith Olbermann? Sure, you do. The former MSNBC and ESPN anchor wants to make it known that he has lived in a Donald Trump building for years, but can no longer do so. Read More »

	Biden: Reagan Couldn’t Win Nomination in Modern 'Extreme' GOP by Josh Feldman Vice President Joe Biden riffed a little after a presser in Dubai today about how Ronald Reagan couldn't win the Republican nomination in the modern GOP. Read More »

	Limbaugh Assures: Trump Won't Be Able to Get Away with Acting Like Obama in Office by Josh Feldman Rush Limbaugh assured a caller on his radio show today that even if Donald Trump ends up acting a lot like President Obama, it won't matter because he won't be able to get away with it. Read More »

	WATCH LIVE: Donald Trump Holds Another Election Night Press Conference by Mediaite TV Once again, Donald Trump will be spending another election night holding a press conference instead of a big victory rally. Read More »

	Cruz Disturbed by Trump Making Supporters Pledge Loyalty: He’s Not a ‘King’ by Lindsey Ellefson Today, presidential candidate Ted Cruz offered his opinion on the matter, but he didn't take the "impending Holocaust 2.0" route that so many have trodden in the past few days. Read More »

	Clinton Surrogate: Fox News Partly to Blame for Untrustworthy Hillary 'Myth' by Josh Feldman Hillary Clinton surrogate and former Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm blamed Fox News this morning for helping craft the "myth" that Clinton is untrustworthy. Read More »

	'Ludicrous' and 'Ridiculous': See Footage of People in 1999 Reacting to a Trump Presidency by Lindsey Ellefson Only one person in the video expressed anything other than amusement or horror Read More »

	TV Stations in OH Charge Trump More Than Other Candidates for Ads in the Same Time Slot by Lindsey Ellefson Although examples abound, there is no explanation apparent. Read More »

	'I Choose Violence' — Watch the Game of Thrones Season 6 Trailer by Sam Reisman HBO dropped the trailer for the sixth season of their fantasy mega-hit Game of Thrones Tuesday. And it's a gloomy one. Read More »

	BREAKING: Loretta Lynch Asks WH to Withdraw Her Name from Consideration for SCOTUS by Josh Feldman Attorney General Loretta Lynch has asked that the White House withdraw her name from consideration as a nominee for the Supreme Court. Read More »

	Fox News' Democratic Town Hall Scores Big Ratings by Josh Feldman Fox News' town hall with Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders last night ended up scoring some big ratings for the cable news channel. Read More »

	Get the Full Super Tuesday 2 Election Results Here by Josh Feldman Super Tuesday 2 is upon us, and we will be updating this post throughout the night as results come in for more states on both the Democratic and Republican side. Read More »

	Donald Trump May Have Won More Delegates Than You Think by Rachel Stockman Read More »

	David Duke Imposter Sues Donald Trump: He ‘Stole My Ideas’ by Rachel Stockman Read More »

	Republican Twitter Account Insults Veteran in the Worst Way Possible by Sam Reisman The official Twitter account for the Republican Senatorial Committee accosted Democratic Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth in the most unconscionably tone-deaf way possible today. Read More »

	Obama Skipping Nancy Reagan Funeral to Go to SXSW by Sam Reisman President Barack Obama will not attend Nancy Reagan's funeral this Friday, keeping his originally scheduled appearance as a keynote speaker at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive festival. Read More »

	This Grandma Joined Twitter Specifically to Tweet About How Much She Dislikes Trump by Lindsey Ellefson As it turns out, quite a few people were interested in her message. As of this moment, it has 48,000 retweets and 48,000 likes. Read More »

	Someone at the White House is Either Very Bored or Losing a Videogame by Tommy Christopher It's rare enough that anything interesting happens during a White House briefing, but there's no reason to be mean about it. At the top of Tuesday's White House daily press briefing... Read More »

	Israeli Stabbing Victim Pulls Knife Out of His Own Neck, Kills Terrorist With It by Alex Griswold When a Palestinian youth decided to go on a stabbing spree in the Israeli city of Petah Tikva, he picked the wrong victim. Read More »

	Florida Mayors Demand That Miami Debates Address Climate Change by Sam Reisman A bipartisan coalition of Florida mayors penned two letters to the moderators of the upcoming Miami primary debates, insisting that the candidates -- and in particular Florida Sen. Marco Rubio — be made to answer questions about their readiness to address climate change. Read More »

	Watch a Reporter Dive Out of the Way As a Car Cruises Toward the Camera by Lindsey Ellefson Watch this bonkers footage of Alex Savidge jumping out of the way as the car comes roaring in. Read More »

	Alabama Lawmaker Wants to Castrate Sex Offenders by Matt Strong Read More »

	Watters' World Visits a UFO Convention, and Guess Who Alien Abductees Are Voting For? by J.D. Durkin Fox News resident sarcastic slapstick Jesse Watters took his renowned Watters' World segment on the road this week to a UFO Convention, and unsurprisingly found several members of the extraterrestrial-faithful community worthy of mockery. Read More »

	Why Did Trump Cancel All His On-Camera Appearances This Morning? by Sam Reisman Donald Trump was scheduled to go on a TV appearance bonanza Tuesday morning, but opted to go for audio interviews at the last minute. Read More »

	Trump’s Claims About Trump U Are Being Contradicted All Over the Place by Lindsey Ellefson It's not true, however, that Trump was as hands-off with the faculty selection as he claims. Read More »

	Ellen DeGeneres Mocks Trump's Itty-Bitty, Teeny-Tiny Baby Hands by Ken Meyer Yesterday, Ellen Degeneres had some fun with Donald Trump's GOP debate comments in between her bemoaning the awkwardness of his "size" remarks. Read More »

	'Do Your Job': Scarborough Goes on Twitter Tirade After Media Critic Calls Him Trump Supporter by Alex Griswold MSNBC host Joe Scarborough went off on media critic and New York University journalism professor Jay Rosen on Twitter Tuesday after Rosen claimed that Scarborough was biased in favor of Donald Trump. Read More »

	Seth Meyers Outclasses Media with A Closer Look at Texas Abortion Case by Tommy Christopher One of the most significant challenges to reproductive freedom is being fought before the Supreme Court, and while the mainstream media provides lukewarm "he said/she said" coverage of Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, a late-night comedian has managed to best them all in a casual five-minute segment. Read More »

	WATCH LIVE: White House Press Briefing - 03/08/16 by Mediaite TV White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest delivers the daily press briefing to reporters from the White House. Read More »

	Watch the Super Tuesday 2 Primary and Caucus Results LIVE Here by Mediaite TV On Tuesday the attention for the 2016 election shifts to the next phase, as both the Democratic and Republican parties hold voting conventions in some key primary and caucus states. Read More »