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Sen. Ted Cruz, left, speaks with Donald Trump during a Tea Party Patriots rally against the Iran nuclear deal on Capitol Hill. (Pete Marovich/Bloomberg News) The ’80s synthpop classic “Maniac” tells the story of a “steel-town girl” trying to make it as a dancer in a world where “no one sees her at all.” It’s…
They’re coming for you, Trump Don’t you just love the smell of Republican Civil War in the morning? Republican officials and leading figures in the party’s establishment are now preparing for the possibility of a brokered convention as Donald Trump continues sit atop the polls and the presidential race. Seriously, we just cummed all over…
Also, Reince Priebus will be uninvited from my birthday party Doctor Ben Carson would like you all to know he is not one bit pleased about these murmurings that the GOP establishment is plotting to deny the nomination to Donald Trump — or to Ben Carson, which could totally still happen, he thinks. And by…
“Nightly Show” host Larry Wilmore isn’t sure which is worse: Donald Trump for wanting to ban all Muslims or the massive crowd of tea party members who cheered after he said it. He settled on the people cheering but for comedy’s sake, “Donald J. Asshole” is the easier target for Tuesday night’s show. Wilmore was…
Condemnation came quickly to Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump’s call to ban Muslims from entering the United States. Here are some notable comments. (Gillian Brockell/The Washington Post) A Florida mayor responded to Donald Trump’s proposed ban on Muslims entering the country by issuing a tongue-in-cheek ban of his own — on the Republican presidential front-runner himself….
SALISBURY, MD—Repeating identical comments he had made in June, July, August, September, and twice in November, increasingly nervous local man Aaron Howe responded to Donald Trump’s call to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. Monday by once again stating this would be the end of the Republican frontrunner’s campaign, sources confirmed. “Well, that’s it—you just…
You know all those theories about how Donald Trump is a Democratic plant designed to sabotage the GOP from within and help Hillary Clinton? Well… Trump’s relationship with the GOP is getting rockier by the day. A lot of his rivals have condemned his call for a Muslim U.S. entry ban. And so Trump tweeted…
Maybe Donald Trump, pictured at a campaign rally in Davenport, Iowa, on Dec. 5, 2015, isn’t out of touch with the electorate. We are.Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images On Monday, in a press release, Donald Trump called for a “complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.” It’s the latest in a series of…
Entry Text Earlier today, the candidate currently leading in the polls for the Republican presidential nomination called for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.” That was, of course, Donald Trump. As Jeffrey Goldberg just tweeted, “Donald Trump is now an actual threat to national security. He’s providing jihadists ammunition for…
Photo A bookshelf at the Republican National Committee in Washington containing books on Democratic opponents. Credit Zach Gibson/The New York Times Opposition research is one of the least understood disciplines in politics. In my experience, it’s not Dumpster diving, paparazzi-style lurking or attending clandestine meetings in empty parking garages in a feverish quest for dirt….