4.05.2016

Today in politics

Today is the day of the Wisconsin primary, although that hardly seems necessary now. Charles Koch has already decided the Republican nominee will be Paul Ryan. Go figure. Donald Trump and Ted Cruz have somehow managed to turn Paul Ryan and, for that matter, John Kasich into moderates.

Speaking of Donald Trump, the hoax-debunking web site Snopes.com reports "rumors of an abundance of rogue human pooping on Trump's Walk of Fame star do not appear to be well-documented.” Imagine our relief.

And speaking of Ted Cruz, Samantha Bee reports “literally several people saying they’ll guess they’ll vote for him if they have to,” and introduces a few of those people in a YouTube video, here. It’s grim.

A publication named Kicker, which we’ve never heard of (it just popped up this morning in my Apple News app) runs the numbers on the primaries so far and concludes it’s "almost mathematically impossible for [Sanders] to win the presidential race.” We’re almost entirely sure “almost mathematically impossible” is a little bit like “a little bit pregnant,” but our math is a little rusty so we might be nearly wrong.

According to the Miami Herald, Republicans are trying to “win over conservatives” by taking away their health care and stiffing immigrant kids.

And, according to the Mirror, one of those UK papers, the so-called hacktivist group, Anonymous, has released a video endorsing Jill Stein for president without actually endorsing Jill Stein. Still it’s a thought, and I might actually vote for her myself. Again.

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