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The combination of pudgy shrimp fingers, a new phone, and a reckless need for all-consuming attention means that Donald Trump’s Twitter is likely to veer off the rails at times. But amplifying the words of white supremacists to 6 million people is certainly a whole new category of mess. On Saturday, the GOP presidential frontrunner…
Donald TrumpDonald TrumpSanders ignores SC defeat, turns focus to beating Trump Trump tells Christie: ‘Get on the plane and go home’ Minnesota’s biggest newspaper backs Rubio MORE told Chris Christie to “go home” after the New Jersey governor introduced the billionaire at a campaign rally in Arkansas on Saturday. ADVERTISEMENT “Get on the plane and…
On Saturday, February 20, Maine governor Paul LePage gave a passionate speech to a group of fellow governors, suggesting they unite against Donald Trump. On Friday, February 26, Maine governor Paul LePage endorsed Donald Trump. Seriously. Alexander Burns, Maggie Haberman, and Jonathan Martin of the New York Times have uncovered some of the increasingly frantic,…
Screenshot/YouTubeGOP frontrunner Donald Trump continued his tirade against fellow candidate Marco Rubio’s previous episodes involving sweat and dry mouth. During a Friday rally, he pulled out a bottle of water from his podium and exclaimed “It’s Marco!” The bit was clearly in reference to Rubio’s 2013 State of the Union response where he stopped mid-speech…
Photo Chris Christie and Donald J. Trump at the Republican debate in New Hampshire on Feb. 6.Credit Stephen Crowley/The New York Times Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey endorsed Donald J. Trump on Friday, a major turn in a wild race and one that gives the New York businessman a major boost as he heads…
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Flas.) speaks during a rally on Friday in Dallas. (Brandon Wade/AP) DALLAS — For the first eight minutes of his final pre-Super Tuesday rally in Texas, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) ditched one of the tightest stump speeches in politics and hurled a luxury tower’s worth of kitchen sinks at Donald Trump. He mocked his…
I’m going to tell you the truth, friend. You say you want the truth. You say you want someone who speaks boldly and brashly and bluntly and “tells it like it is” and so on. According to exit polls in South Carolina, voters who want a president who “tells it like it is” are an essential…
How the US Went Fascist: Mass Media […] Donald Trump is interviewed by CNN’s Wolf Blitzer for The Situation Room. (Photo by Regine Mahaux/Getty Images) This post originally appeared at Juan Cole’s blog, Informed Comment. The rise of Donald Trump to the presumptive Republican standard bearer for president in 2016 is an indictment of, and…
The first thing you notice at Donald Trump’s rallies is the confidence. Amateur psychologists have wishfully diagnosed him from afar as insecure, but in person the notion seems absurd. Donald Trump, insecure? We should all have such problems. Illustration by Robert Grossman At the Verizon Giganto-Center in Manchester the night before the New Hampshire primary,…
Comedian and voice actor Harry Shearer somehow got his hands on audio of Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough chatting behind-the-scenes with Donald Trump in between breaks of their MSNBC town hall, playing it on his weekly radio show Le Show. Throughout the six minutes or so, Trump and the MSNBC hosts chat amiably about a variety of topics, including politics, the…