jackmirkinson
Jack Mirkinson
jackmirkinson
Deputy Editor, Splinter

I get what you’re saying and I do love your passion, here. Personally, I tend to vote, though I wish I had kept my NC registration because it means more there than it does in NYC. But you, or anyone else, don’t get to be the arbitrator of what constitutes the validity of whether a citizen chooses to vote or not, and Read more

I don’t know how anyone who’s been paying attention for the past two years thought this would “shut Trump up”. Nothing will shut him up because him and his supporters do not care about facts. It doesn’t matter what you say, they will always have an answer, twist it around, or deflect. The only way to beat them is to Read more

Powerful piece, Nick. Thanks for writing. Read more

Don’t all of you jump on Aleksander because he points out her shortcomings. This woman has flipped and hedged so many times she should be trying out for the Olympics. Read more

For 1 minute 17 seconds of this 4 minute video, he has this expression; mirrored, no doubt by the faces of his viewers.

Jack is the guy in the white coat...

the next time you feel like you want to comment on one of my posts go and shit in a hat instead Read more

The logical conclusion to this episode is Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer marching into the Oval Office with McCain’s corpse between them Weekend at Bernie’s style, demanding the president show deference to a True American Hero.  Read more

And yet, the one instance we have of some knowledge of music, is him singing along to Three Doors Down at the inauguration.  So clearly, he listens to some music, but his taste is very questionable. Read more

It’s interesting how Megan McCain went from being “this is a topic that some on the right believe to be a culture war” to “this is a culture war” in five minutes. Read more

It’s time for a new generation to learn to hate Joe Lieberman.
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You can tell she’s a Communist because she publicly owned that show. Read more

Wait, his sister is a judge on the same court? I’m honestly amazed he hasn’t picked her. He loves him some nepotism. Read more

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