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Not like we didn't know before, but is there any doubt now that this whole global warming nonsense has all been about the money?
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Donald Trump is traveling to Louisiana on Friday. Louisiana is suffering through the worst disaster since Hurricane Sandy. More than ...
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Many folks may not recall Sam Tanenhaus, a New York Times editor who wrote the celebrated 2009 cover story for the New Republic entitled Conservatism is Dead. Critics hailed it as ?an intellectual autopsy of the movement? which lead to the book The Death of Conservatism (if you must read, barely used hardcover’s start at ?
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Trump said tonight, “Sometimes, in the heat of debate and speaking on a multitude of issues, you don’t choose the right words or you say the wrong thing. I have done that. And believe it or not, I regret it. And I do regret it, particularly where it may have caused personal pain. Too much is at stake for us to be consumed with these issues.”
This is smart:
1) Because no matter how much the Trump “pivot” has become a joke, the media is desperate to write the Trump pivot story and has been for some time (even though it hates Trump, it also likes switching-up the narrative).
2) Because it’s such an out-of-character tone for him, it will drive coverage, and not in negative way–a nice change for him.
3) Because–even if scripted–it shows an emotional range beyond his usual bombast.
On the other hand:
1) He will be asked about this unspecified regret in interviews and will need to explain in more detail and carry it off convincingly.
2) It will put a premium on not saying the sort of incendiary things he now supposedly regrets in the future, and if he does, it will make this moment useless.
3) As someone pointed out on Twitter, it would have been much better to do this sort of thing at the convention, when more people were paying attention, and try to carry the new tone into the post-convention period. If he had actually done that, he might have avoided some of the self-inflicted wounds of the last few weeks.
The name of the game for Trump now is bottoming-out and hoping to knock Hillary down a couple of notches so the race looks more competitive again. Then, he needs to climb, which will be even more difficult, but he should re-gain some Republican support if it looks like at least he’s trying.
Of course, all of this is subject to change hour-by-hour.
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National Public Radio (NPR) is the latest online publication to eliminate public comments on its articles, defending the decision by saying few people actually comment, and those who do are typically
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A contrite-sounding Donald Trump kicked off a rally in North Carolina with expressions of regret and a blunt admission that ‘sometimes you don’t choose the right words.’
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Is it possible for GOP leaders to bring people along and guide the fire of this populist anti-elite fervor in a productive direction?
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Democracy begins to die when democratic institutions lose the people’s trust. Hillary & Trump together are deepening that distrust.
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In the wake of critical reports, the deputy attorney general told officials to reduce or decline to renew deals with contractors.
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A group of 50 conservative national-security officials recently wrote an open letter denouncing Donald Trump. Democratic officials should do the same for Hillary Clinton.
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Morning Joe co-host Joe Scarborough brought on Time magazine Editor Nancy Gibbs to discuss the publication’s latest cover story about toxic environments on the internet. “I think we are all probably first amendment extremists about, yes, part of our life is that people will call us stupid and idiots and that's fine,” stated Gibbs, “But at what point do you not defend speech that suppresses speech?” Ironically the writer of the piece has his own history of trolling, and so does Morning Joe and MSNBC.
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The recent furore over MP Philip Davies was caused by comments he made in the introduction of a speech that presented a wealth of evidence that the criminal justice system treats women more leniently than men. He argued that feminists want to have their cake and eat it because they want ‘equality’ with men only…
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Studies suggest that young American males are physically weaker than previous cohorts.
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The tongue is a discerning instrument; in the hands of a traveled soda aficionado, it is capable of leading to insightful truths about politics. To the drinker who has imbibed foreign sodas, this truth stems from the peculiar, yet incontrovertible fact that American soda is not so hot.
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“Who kidnapped Donald Trump and replaced him with this candidate? https://t.co/2UJdM4XuUD”
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Trump delivered a rare scripted speech after shaking up his campaign leadership.
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During yesterday morning's edition of Fox News Sunday, host Mike Wallace asked Senator Claire McCaskill from Missouri if Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton should share “some responsibility” for the rise of ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) since she was serving as President Barack Obama's secretary of state when the terrorist organization was founded. The Democratic senator responded by attacking Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and “his best buddy” -- Vladimir Putin, the current president of the Russian Federation -- as the real founders of ISIS, which “probably would be more accurate than calling out the commander-in-chief in that way.”
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Oklahoma Wesleyan University has signed on to a lawsuit against the Obama administration’s sexual assault guidelines, claiming the federal standards violate the due process rights of students.
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OKLAHOMA CITY ? An Oklahoma judge has upheld the state?s voter ID law as residents begin early voting for next week?s primary runoff. Attorneys for a Tulsa voter who challenged th…
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Donald Trump conspires in spreading 'medical letter' questioning Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton's health. http://www.huffingtonpost.c...
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Illinois Comptroller Leslie Munger wants to tie politicians’ pay to a balanced budget.
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