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Trump’s Alpha Male Fantasy

by Nancy LeTourneau October 12, 2016January 9, 2022

It’s why he acts the way he does.

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George Will and David Brooks Lead the Defection

by Martin Longman October 11, 2016January 9, 2022

Led by their standard-bearers, columnists George Will and David Brooks, mid-Atlantic Republicans are defecting in droves from Trump.

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What Was It About the Trump Tape That Offended Republicans?

by Nancy LeTourneau October 11, 2016January 9, 2022

Trump’s boasts threaten their own sexist view of women as possessions to be revered.

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Quick Takes: Ryan Versus Trump

by Nancy LeTourneau October 10, 2016January 9, 2022

* Here is House Speaker Paul Ryan’s latest position on his party’s presidential nominee: BREAKING– @SpeakerRyan tells house republicans he won’t defend trump and will focus the next 29 days on keeping the house majority. — Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) October 10, 2016 * Of course, Trump had to respond. * The Clinton campaign was quick […]

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Trump’s Moby Dick Debate

by Martin Longman October 10, 2016January 9, 2022

Last night, Trump continued the GOP’s obsessive pursuit of its white whale: the Clintons. Like Captain Ahab, he’s going down—and he’s taking the ship with him.

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Trump’s Performance Last Night Was Shocking

by Nancy LeTourneau October 10, 2016January 9, 2022

Standard political punditry can’t capture how outrageous his comments were.

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Clinton-Trump II: The Liveblog

by D.R. Tucker October 9, 2016January 9, 2022

Welcome to the live-blog of the second Presidential debate from Washington University in St. Louis. As you may have heard by now, Donald Trump held a publicity stunt on Facebook earlier tonight with women who accused Bill Clinton of sexual improprieties years ago. Stay classy, Don. 8:45pm EDT: Watching on CBSN. Elaine Quijano seems to […]

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The GOP Death Spiral

by D.R. Tucker October 9, 2016January 9, 2022

Deval Patrick saw this coming. Back in August 2006, the former Clinton Administration official, then running to become the first African-American governor of Massachusetts, denounced the right wing’s delegitimization of public service, and the need for the Democratic Party to forcefully call out and push back against this sort of delegitimization: I thought about Patrick’s […]

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Trump Must Apologize for His Actions, Not Just His Words

by David Atkins October 8, 2016January 9, 2022

Trump’s campaign is trying to brush off his vile approach to women as just “words” and “locker room banter.” It’s not. He bragged about committing sexual assault.