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Image: FOX By Laura Vitto2015-07-29 11:00:49 -0400 Way back in 2000, a Donald Trump presidency was still a joke. Just ask The Simpsons.In the Season 11 episode “Bart to the Future,” future President Lisa Simpson and Secretary Van Houten — or, rather, adult Milhouse — discuss the debt crisis former President Trump left. View post…
Despite what you may have read elsewhere — or heard from the man himself — Donald Trump is not all that popular with Republican voters. Sure, he’s in first place in many polls. But Trump is near the back of the pack by another important measure. In the chart below, I’ve taken an average of…
CHRIS KEANE/REUTERS ‘We have to also acknowledge we have some serious problems with race and justice and systemic racism which unfortunately is all too often present,’ Hillary Clinton said Thursday at a South Carolina event. WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton declared that “black lives matter” in South Carolina Thursday, as she repeatedly stressed that endemic…
The concept and practice of disrupting a formal occasion with a protest always seemed awkward to me, not just for the people being disrupted but for the protesters as well. Generally, I think, there’s a tendency for this form of protest to make the activists involved look unserious. On the extreme end of the spectrum,…
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday gave out fellow candidate Sen. Lindsey Graham‘s (R-S.C.) personal cellphone number in retribution for the senator calling him a “jackass.”During a campaign event at the University of Pennsylvania, Trump, the blustering businessman who is leading in GOP primary polls, read out a number that begin with the D.C. area…
“A troll,” according to one definition, “is a person who sows discord … by starting arguments or upsetting people … with the deliberate intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.” The goal of the troll is to provoke a reaction by any means necessary. Trolls thrive in…
The Democratic presidential candidates Martin O’Malley and Bernie Sanders were heckled and constantly interrupted during an appearance at the Netroots Nation conference on Saturday, as protesters over police brutality towards African Americans took the stage in Phoenix. Related: Tears and anger at funeral of ‘police chokehold victim’ Jonathan Sanders O’Malley was eventually forced offstage, after…
Donald Trump gestures while speaking surrounded by people whose families were victims of illegal immigrants on July 10, 2015 while meeting with the press at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, where some shared their stories of the loss of a loved one. The US business magnate Trump, who is running for President…
Donald Trump’s Twitter account shared this flag featuring his face overlooking what appears to be German Nazi soldiers marching beneath the White House. Oh, heil no. Donald Trump’s latest campaign ad appears to feature an American flag with money, the White House and German Nazis. “Make America Great Again,” the presidential hopeful’s Twitter account…
Hillary Clinton’s campaign is now telling reporters that she is at risk of losing Iowa to Bernie Sanders in the February caucuses. One ought to view these stories a bit cynically: It almost always benefits a candidate to lower expectations in Iowa, and these warnings are often designed to activate lethargic supporters. At the same…