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CREDIT: AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has built his campaign on belligerent — even outright racist — rhetoric. On Tuesday, for example, Trump told Jorge Ramos, a prominent Mexican-American journalist, to “go back to Univision” shortly before one of Trump’s bodyguards pushed Ramos out of the room. Outside of immigration policy, however,…
Plumbing Trump’s psyche is as productive as asking American Pharoah why he runs. The point is what happens when he does. Credit Illustration by Christoph Niemann Barrier Status: ‘none’ On July 23rd, Donald Trump’s red-white-and-navy-blue Boeing 757 touched down in Laredo, Texas, where the temperature was climbing to a hundred and four degrees. In…
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush has ignited a firestorm once again — saying his use of the controversial term “anchor babies” is “more related to Asian people.” Bush, who traveled to the U.S.-Mexico border today, has refused to back down from using the term, a derogatory phrase used to refer to the children of undocumented…
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump greets supporters after his rally at Ladd-Peebles Stadium on August 21, 2015 in Mobile, Alabama. The Trump campaign moved tonight’s rally to a larger stadium to accommodate demand. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images) Donald Trump went to Mobile, Ala., over the weekend, and thousands of people came to hear the Republican…
“I’M A huge fan of the Mexican people,” Donald Trump said in an interview this weekend with NBC’s Chuck Todd. “But they have to pay for the wall.” Mr Trump, a real-estate mogul and the current front-runner in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, is such a fan of Mexicans that, in addition to promising to bully…
Photo Donald J. Trump greeted potential supporters who stood outside during his town hall in Derry, N.H., on Wednesday.Credit Ian Thomas Jansen-Lonnquist for The New York Times After a Hispanic man was beaten Wednesday by two Boston men, one of whom told the police that he was inspired by Donald J. Trump’s anti-immigrant message, Mr….
* * * Table of Contents A Liberal Who Wants America to Win––“I feel that Trump is our only hope in this next election. This is coming from someone who voted for Obama in the last election!” An Anarchist Who Revels in Destruction––“Like the joker from The Dark Knight, I just…
In the past few weeks, Black Lives Matter protesters have disrupted Martin O’Malley and Bernie Sanders campaign events, but the front-runner for the Democratic presidential election has avoided any embarrassing confrontations — thanks to the Secret Service. Last week several activists from Massachusetts planned to disrupt a Clinton campaign event in New Hampshire, but they…
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has gotten some of the biggest and most devoted crowds of the 2016 presidential race, including in Portland, Ore., this month, where he drew more than 19,000. Troy Wayrynen/AP hide caption itoggle caption Troy Wayrynen/AP Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has gotten some of the biggest and most devoted crowds…
By A.L. Bailey, a writer, magazine copy editor, and online editor who lives in Hoover Remember all those bikini-clad, sashaying, glitter-blowing, and spontaneous piggyback-riding days of college? Me either. But according to a new video, it’s a whirlwind of glitter and girl-on-girl piggyback rides at the University of Alabama’s Alpha Phi house. No, it’s not…