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Category Archives: Donald Trump
WP: Pro-Trump, anti-Mexican messages chalked on California campus as ‘chalkening’ movement spreads
I find myself reading more stories in the Washington Post these days than in the New York Times (and far more than in the Los Angeles Times). Washington Post: Racist messages were written alongside campaign slogans for presidential candidate Donald … Continue reading
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The case for making Donald Trump king of America
Catherine Rampell writes for the Washington Post: Readers, today is your lucky day. I have the perfect idea for how to solve all of our nation’s political problems. It’s a proposal that could satisfy the fringiest, angriest, most fervent Trumpkins, … Continue reading
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Has Trump given up on the Jews?
Perhaps Trump will get a boost from gentile Americans if he is not seen as pandering to special interests. Trump’s national security team is all gentile. Trump said all the right things to AIPAC a couple of weeks ago but … Continue reading
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Election Open Thread
Comments to Steve Sailer: * He is not a flake. All you have to do is look at his wife, or wives, and his kids. The kids seem well adjusted. The wives have been pretty sharp and attractive ladies. Just … Continue reading
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Trump Is Nasty and Probably Stupid, Too — but Better than Hillary
I don’t hear much introspection from Dennis Prager about how he totally missed the rise of Donald Trump, how he never expected Trump to dominate the race. This column doesn’t get it. Trump’s stand is on nationalism, protecting America from … Continue reading
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TOM WOLFE’S VIEW OF TRUMP
Tom Wolfe says to The American Spectator: There is a lot of distress and contempt for government and he is capitalizing on that. He has also said a lot of things that are politically incorrect. He comes out and says … Continue reading
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Great Stuff On My Twitter Feed
Conservative Pundit tweets: * More quasi-literate ranting out of the low-info Trump crowd. These people are such nitwits. No substance! * You don’t get it. When Cruz steals one of Trump’s liberal positions it BECOMES conservative because Cruz says “God” … Continue reading
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How Would Donald Trump React To A 9/11?
From Politico: “He invites President Vladimir Putin to the White House … announces that America is withdrawing from NATO and … visits Tehran to open up a new American embassy.” Jacob Heilbrunn is editor of the National Interest. Donald Trump … Continue reading
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Has The Republican Race Hit Bottom?
Nothing Donald J. Trump has said in public is one-tenth as shocking as statements you will find in the Torah tradition. Media commentators have said that the Republican race hit bottom when Trump defended the size of his penis. Well, … Continue reading
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For tale of Jewish child ‘saved’ by Trump, a tragic end
Report from 2015: The billionaire came to the rescue of the Ten family and whisked their ailing son Andrew from LA to NY on a private jet 27 years ago, but the story does not finish there. NEW YORK — … Continue reading
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