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Category Archives: Donald Trump
The Wall Street Journal’s War on Donald Trump
The National Interest: As Donald Trump continues his Shermanesque march through the Republican primaries, the Wall Street Journal continues to fire relentless volleys of cheap shots, pot shots, and the paper’s much hoped for gut shot. Just consider last week’s … Continue reading
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NYT: To Fight Critics, Donald Trump Aims to Instill Fear in 140-Character Doses
The MSM is mad it no longer has a monopoly on publicly shaming people. New York Times: Corey Lewandowski, the Trump campaign manager, said his candidate’s practice of battering opponents on social media showed that Mr. Trump was “the ultimate … Continue reading
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Donald Trump’s Playboy Interview From 25 Years Ago
Link: Before the master of hype was the frontrunner in the Republican primaries, he was a lot like every other flamboyant self-aggrandizing, hustler, who happened to be a billionaire. In 2015, he evolved into something that only Mr. Trump himself … Continue reading
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Why Is Sheldon Adelson Sitting Out The Republican Primaries?
I told you Trump and Adelson have a deal. Trump supports Israel and Adelson does not oppose Trump. If only other Jewish elites were as smart as Adelson in this respect. Trump will not forget those who supported him and … Continue reading
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Jews & Trump
There aren’t going to be any pogroms in America under Donald Trump. He shows no evidence of anti-Jewish bias, but his interests are American. A Jewish friend tells me: I am feeling nauseated from the lefty Jewpremacist posts against Trump. … Continue reading
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WP: Donald Trump’s virulent rhetoric about the media is getting dangerous
Do the media think there are no consequences to what they do? That they can get away with anything forever? That they will never have to pay the price for their willful distortion? Does the media think they can keep … Continue reading
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Skirting Around The Impact Of IQ
Comments on Charles Murray’s recent Wall Street Journal op-ed: * In writing for the WSJ, Murray must skirt around ‘IQ’, which is a major contributing factor for the decline of the ‘middle’. Murray knows this, too – he wrote a … Continue reading
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Trump poised to step on the GOP accelerator
NEWS: CHARLESTON, S.C. Things sure look good for Donald Trump. The Republican presidential race expanded across the country Sunday, and polls show the real estate mogul ahead in eight of the dozen states voting in the next nine days. Trump … Continue reading
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From AIPAC to Trump: Michael Glassner’s journey
Jewish Journal: How does one go from serving as AIPAC’s Southwest Regional Political Director a year ago to running Donald Trump’s national political operation today? Ever since Trump announced his White House bid last June, Michael Glassner has been serving … Continue reading
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