Jess Lahitou

Will every story that Trump doesn’t approve of get the “fake news” label, its authors permanently blacklisted forever?

Democrats need to nominate the person with the best chance of cleaning the floor with Donald Trump. Not just for their own victory, but for the… dare I say, survival of the country itself.

Maybe you’re an aspiring novelist, or maybe you know one.

On Thursday night, 17 Republicans sparred in two debates for a record-breaking audience of 24 million, and 15 months before voting day.

Rejoicing or weeping will depend on who you are, but let’s look at what happened either way.

Democrats:

As the headline article (“Anxiety, Depression and the American Adolescent”) points out, depression has been replaced with anxiety as the leading mental health struggle of today’s adolescent. The one possible cause that stood out to me most was the impact of social media. With smartphone in hand, teens can be reading harmless texts, or – as was the case for one young female interviewed – they could be viewing disturbing Instagram posts, or reading about distant tragedies, or scrolling through hateful Facebook comments. Maybe even comments about them.

Last night was the first chance American voters had to hand tangible results to 2016 presidential candidates.

McMullin winning Utah's six electoral votes could deny both Clinton and Trump from getting to the necessary 270 electoral votes required to become president. And that opens up a world of odd-ball scenarios for who the next president might be.

So Michael Moore is known as a provocateur.

Bipartisanship is a rare bird.