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With Blacks, Trump is as Unpopular as Obama is Popular
“I have a great relationship with the blacks. I’ve always had a great relationship with the blacks.”
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Being Reality-Based Isn’t Elitist
The title of an article by James Traub in the aftermath of Brexit caught my eye: It’s Time for the Elites to Rise Up Against the Ignorant Masses. Here is how he sums up what is going on: The schism we see opening before us is not just about policies, but about reality. The Brexit forces […]
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No One Wants to Speak at the GOP Convention
Trump’s toxicity is swaying top Republicans from even attending.
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How Trump’s Lies Do Their Work
His accusations of Clinton money laundering can affect the campaign.
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The Other Story About White America and Immigrants
For those of you who, like me, could use some encouragement in these days when Donald Trump and Brexit garner all the attention, James Fallows provides just what we need. But before we get to that, I have a bone to pick with either Fallows or his editors – whoever is responsible for a headline […]
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Who Put Us on the Wrong Track?
Today on ABC’s This Week, Republican consultant Alex Castellanos made a frighteningly good point in Republican nominee Donald Trump’s favor: two thirds of people say the country is on the wrong track – and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is the candidate of status quo. The Democrats on the panel mostly argued: yeah, but Trump is […]
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Brain-Free Zones
Will the 2016 Republican National Convention set a new record for the largest collection of losers in one arena? This year’s catastrophe in Cleveland will not be uniquely disastrous, only because the quadrennial event has always been a hot mess. Can you think of one GOP convention in recent history that didn’t display the worst […]
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Strange Justice, Indeed
Should he stay or should he go? The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas may have denounced the rumor that the controversial conservative may be planning to leave the bench next year, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the rumor is false. If Thomas does decide to call it a career in 2017, it will […]
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Trump Takes Idiot to Eleven in Scotland
Trump is winging it on Brexit — and it shows.
