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Category Archives: Donald Trump
The Best Pundits Of 2015
Scott Adams blogs Dec. 30, 2015: As regular readers know, 100% of my political predictions for 2015 were correct, thanks to the Master Persuader filter. For example, I predicted… 1. Trump would gain popularity and win the nomination, not fizzle … Continue reading
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The Philosophical Underpinnings Of Trumpism
From Unz.com: Trump is, in the decisive sense, more conservative than the entire conservative establishment. Unlike them, he is actually trying to conserve something bigger than his job and status: namely, the American nation. Yet “Trumpism” needs something Trump himself … Continue reading
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Camille Paglia Admits She Was Wrong About Donald Trump
Camille writes: Trump may still be a carnival barker, but he’s looking more and more like a president! Along with most media pundits in the Northeast, I found it improbable if not impossible that Trump could survive his klutz-o-rama cascade … Continue reading
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Hillary, Donald and the Nadir of American Democracy
Pundits hate being rendered irrelevant. I think that is the primary source of much of their rage against Donald Trump. He has shown that they are out of touch with the historic American nation. Trump doesn’t want their advice. Their … Continue reading
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Kris Kobach For VP?
Comment: Kris Kobach endorses Trump. Buried in the details of the endorsement is the fact that Kobach is in touch with Trump and explaining to Trump legislative mechanisms which can be used to compel Mexico to pay for a wall. … Continue reading
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Republican Jews & Donald Trump
Here’s a hysterical op/ed in Haaretz from a Jewish woman in New York: When pressed about his Jewishness in the most recent democratic debate, Senator Bernie Sanders said he was not only proud to be Jewish, but that because of his … Continue reading
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Would Trump’s Trade Policy Really Cause a Recession?
Economists Howard Richman and Raymond Richman write: On Thursday, Governor Mitt Romney gave an anti-Trump speech in which he called upon Republicans to vote for anybody but frontrunner Donald Trump so as to produce a brokered convention. Romney claimed that … Continue reading
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Does Donald Trump Carry A Gun?
Comments to Steve Sailer: * I’m actually glad to see that Donald Trump carries a gun, but the threat to his security these days is so great that if he has to use his gun, his security has already failed. … Continue reading
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5 Questions CNN needs to ask Donald Trump
Rob Eshman writes: Here are five questions CNN needs to ask Donald Trump: 1. You have said that when you retweeted the tweets of avowed white supremacists, you did so inadvertently. What steps have you taken to make sure this … Continue reading
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Do Goyim Ever Have A Jewish Supremacist Problem?
Every group, every people in the world thinks it is the best. I don’t see what’s wrong with that. Yet only “white supremacists” get slurred for this quintessentially human emotion. Why don’t black supremacists and Jewish supremacists and Japanese supremacists … Continue reading
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