“Bernie was their last chance. A politician who came so very close to the nomination and the levers of power that he… — Jared Yates Sexton First place Copy Share Image
“when Clinton strode on stage after a playlist of millennial pop songs—“Happy,” “Stronger,” “Best Day of My Life,” and Rachel Platten’s “Fight… — Jared Yates Sexton Best day Copy Share Image
“Trump’s true talent was finding the pulse of these ignorant, livid people and playing them like a virtuoso strumming an instrument.” — Jared Yates Sexton Music making Copy Share Image
“It was then, in that cramped theater, that I suddenly realized how little difference there was between the far far right and… — Jared Yates Sexton Copy Share Image
“Sanders was unequivocal. A Donald Trump presidency was too dangerous a concept for third-party politics or protest votes. Earlier in the day,… — Jared Yates Sexton Politics Copy Share Image
“Trump’s candidacy was the media gift that kept giving, and the more outrageous he became the better the payday for networks.” — Jared Yates Sexton Copy Share Image
“The most frightening part of the confusion, however, was the uncertainty as to whether it was the result of a man trying… — Jared Yates Sexton Doubt Copy Share Image
“Like Newt Gingrich shifting the focus from local to national, social media has transformed politics from the public to the personal. Whereas,… — Jared Yates Sexton Blood relation Copy Share Image
“Each one, on the surface, seemed like a bizarre pick, but a pattern soon emerged and it became obvious that Trump and… — Jared Yates Sexton American people Copy Share Image
“At the forum, Trump was the walking, talking embodiment of the cable news show, a rambling, bombastic blowhard who said nothing at… — Jared Yates Sexton Copy Share Image
“In an effort to grow an ungrowable product, corporations try to be all things to all people. And once they reach that… — Jared Yates Sexton Copy Share Image
“They wanted a single-payer system. A total nationalizing of the health-care industry. Most of all, they wanted Pelosi and Reid and Obama… — Jared Yates Sexton American people Copy Share Image
“Convinced I’d fabricated the entire story, they wanted to know How come you don’t have any videos? No photos? Where’s your proof?… — Jared Yates Sexton George Soros Copy Share Image
“One of the people who’d cheered him tested the limits later when Trump referenced the recent Orlando nightclub shooting and made the… — Jared Yates Sexton Immigrant parents Copy Share Image
“when we isolate ourselves from those who don't share our opinions, even if they are ignorant or bigoted, we're removing one of… — Jared Yates Sexton Ignorance Copy Share Image
“stars of what I like to call the New New Left, a conglomerate of internet-age liberals who had managed to steal a… — Jared Yates Sexton Copy Share Image
“The term 'intellectual ghetto' was coined by David Bauder in his 2016 Associated Press series "Divided America" and was meant to encapsulate… — Jared Yates Sexton York Times Copy Share Image
“For secretary of education there was Betsy DeVos, a fierce promoter of privatized schools and a wealthy lobbyist who raised ungodly amounts… — Jared Yates Sexton Education Copy Share Image
“I’ve always believed that when the devil’s at your door you have to tell him to get the fuck out.” — Jared Yates Sexton Copy Share Image
“The drive to tune out opposing ideas can be explained by psychology's principles of selective exposure theory and confirmation bias, both being… — Jared Yates Sexton Cognitive dissonance Copy Share Image
“Attribution bias explains, at least in part, how long-held divisions in politics continue to propagate. It states that rival groups, whether Democrats… — Jared Yates Sexton Politics Copy Share Image
“This was a group that lived their lives steeped in unbelievable anger. They were either poor or less rich than they thought… — Jared Yates Sexton Anger Copy Share Image
“Clinton, after all, was not the candidate of those who wanted to see a shift in policy or direction.” — Jared Yates Sexton Copy Share Image
