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Donald Trump Is ‘Blind to the Beautiful Mosaic’

I’m reading chapter four of Maggie Haberman’s new biography (Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America) of Donald Trump. It is called “Blind to the Beautiful Mosaic.” Apparently, Trump was largely blind to the beauty … Continue reading

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WP: To Trump’s hardcore supporters, his rallies weren’t politics. They were life.

For some people, Trump is a substitute religion. From the Washington Post: * They were mostly older White men and women who lived paycheck to paycheck with plenty of time on their hands – retired or close to it, estranged … Continue reading

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Scott Adams Analyzes Trump-Kanye Summit

Scott Adams talks about Kanye and Trump. https://t.co/z3049ixWyw — Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) October 11, 2018

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NYT: What Trump’s Speech Says About His Mental Fitness

John McWhorter writes: However, the distinction between public and private speech is key here, so I am unconvinced that his current speech patterns can be analyzed as evidence of dementia. Instead, they’re characteristics of casual speech as it has always … Continue reading

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Trump’s jargon is infectious

Virginia Heffernan writes: Donald Trump’s triglycerides are 129. His fasting blood glucose is 89. His alanine transaminase is 27. He’s fine. He seems to be hewing to norms, for once. But to hear the presidential physician tell it, Trump is … Continue reading

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