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Category Archives: Donald Trump
Winter Is Trumping
Washington Post: A few months ago, we brought you “Darth Trump,” a mashup of Star Wars inserting Trump’s face and voice rather seamlessly on to Darth’s body. It worked, but it was also a little too on-the-nose. Enter Trump-as-Game-of-Thrones character, … Continue reading
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What’s Ahead For The Elections?
Comments to Steve Sailer: * You are forgetting that Trump has avoided attacking Rubio thus far in the election. Trump has gone after Jeb and Cruz instead. I think Trump will change tactic and go after Rubio realizing he is … Continue reading
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Trump Vs The Pope
Comments to Steve Sailer: * The words “Muslim” and “Islam” appear nowhere in that article. The New York Lies. That’s what that is, a lie. When the story has been for weeks that “Trump’s an Islamophobe who he wants to … Continue reading
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David Goldman aka Spengler Frightened Of Donald Trump
Comment: Surprise! “Conservative” “American” – don’t you love how he had the American flag flying in the background of his cover photo – compares Trump to … wait for it…. Hitler. https://pjmedia.com/spengler/2016/01/25/the-resistible-rise-of-donald-trump/ This was a tribal conservatism, one that had … Continue reading
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WP: Trump has a stranglehold on the GOP nomination. So why isn’t he getting credit?
Chris Cillizza writes: Donald Trump cruised to a double-digit win over the Republican field on Saturday in South Carolina. It was his second straight easy win — coming 11 days after he swept the New Hampshire primary by nearly 17 … Continue reading
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The Donald
Comments to Steve Sailer: * Since he entered the race, I’ve heard people talk about The Donald as a bumbler, a clown, a fool, an idiot. Well, he’s no idiot, and that should have been obvious from the start. As … Continue reading
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NPR’s Contempt For White Working-Class America
Comments to Steve Sailer: * The host of Morning Edition. Nobody plays the part of smug East-Coast Progressive media professional better than Steve Inskeep. His two trademarks are an insincere belly-laugh when a worthy interviewee says something mildly amusing, and … Continue reading
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Canada’s Idiot Prime Minister
Comments to Steve Sailer: * For all intents and purposes, Canadians chose Kim Kardashian as prime minister. Further proof that women shouldn’t be allowed to vote. * That boxing match and the video of Trudeau doing some Indian dancing are … Continue reading
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Trump Preps For The General Election
A friend says: What I haven’t seen mentioned by the numerous pundits commenting on the Saturday night Republican debate is the possibility that Trump’s performance was oriented toward the general election. His calling out the boo birds in the audience … Continue reading
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‘There’s nothing irrational about Donald Trump’s appeal to the white working class, writes Charles Murray: they have every reason to be angry’
From the WSJ: If you are dismayed by Trumpism, don’t kid yourself that it will fade away if Donald Trump fails to win the Republican nomination. Trumpism is an expression of the legitimate anger that many Americans feel about the … Continue reading
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