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We’re big on diversity, but not when it comes to conservatives in academia. That’s wrong.
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So, you’re suckers.
Yes, you conservatives who keep waiting for Donald Trump to turn into Ronald Reagan, who hope to unify behind him thinking that he’ll surround himself with good people and that they will guide him to all the best decisions. Yes, you conservatives who bought into the Trumpian nonsense that he would blow up the system and change things in politics. In the last 24 hours Trump has indeed pivoted – directly against all of his supposedly conservative positions. Here are four examples:
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After recent protests, universities are scrambling to expand diversity programs that will only heighten tensions. There are better paths to racial justice in higher education
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Donald Trump's supporters are viewed as the most aggressive or threatening online, a new survey has found.
The survey, conducted by the RAD Campaign, Lincoln Park Strategies and Craigslist founder Craig Newmark's initiative craigconnects, found that 57 percent of those surveyed said that Trump supporters are "very aggressive and/or threatening online."
The issue of a candidate's online supporters has come to the forefront in this election cycle, as supporters of both Bernie Sanders and Trump have come under the spotlight for their aggressive behavior.
Though Sanders' online supporters have been cited as aggressive online in media reports, even earning the name "Bernie Bros," only 16 percent of those surveyed said Sanders supporters were "aggressive and/or threatening," compared to 30 percent who found Hillary Clinton supporters aggressive and/or threatening online.
Thirty-five percent of self-identified Trump supporters said Trump supporters are very aggressive and/or threatening online.
And though Trump said this week he doesn't "have a message for the fans" who send anti-Semitic threats online, the survey found that 54 percent of respondents think presidential campaigns should take more of a stand against the aggressive behavior of their supporters.
"We were taking a look at the social media landscape in terms of how people were discussing the 2016 election online and taking a look at the conversations and whether the political discourse that was happening among people, whether that was friendly and civil or was it starting to get aggressive and hostile," said Allyson Kapin of the RAD Campaign. "We were noticing … a rise in aggression and hostility (online), so we wanted to find out if that was just happening in small, politically engaged circles or was that happening across America."
The poll was conducted online with 1,017 interviews among likely voters from March 2 to March 9, 2016. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.07 percent at the 95 percent confidence level.
See the full poll results here.
The survey, conducted by the RAD Campaign, Lincoln Park Strategies and Craigslist founder Craig Newmark's initiative craigconnects, found that 57 percent of those surveyed said that Trump supporters are "very aggressive and/or threatening online."
The issue of a candidate's online supporters has come to the forefront in this election cycle, as supporters of both Bernie Sanders and Trump have come under the spotlight for their aggressive behavior.
Though Sanders' online supporters have been cited as aggressive online in media reports, even earning the name "Bernie Bros," only 16 percent of those surveyed said Sanders supporters were "aggressive and/or threatening," compared to 30 percent who found Hillary Clinton supporters aggressive and/or threatening online.
Thirty-five percent of self-identified Trump supporters said Trump supporters are very aggressive and/or threatening online.
And though Trump said this week he doesn't "have a message for the fans" who send anti-Semitic threats online, the survey found that 54 percent of respondents think presidential campaigns should take more of a stand against the aggressive behavior of their supporters.
"We were taking a look at the social media landscape in terms of how people were discussing the 2016 election online and taking a look at the conversations and whether the political discourse that was happening among people, whether that was friendly and civil or was it starting to get aggressive and hostile," said Allyson Kapin of the RAD Campaign. "We were noticing … a rise in aggression and hostility (online), so we wanted to find out if that was just happening in small, politically engaged circles or was that happening across America."
The poll was conducted online with 1,017 interviews among likely voters from March 2 to March 9, 2016. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.07 percent at the 95 percent confidence level.
See the full poll results here.
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One appeals court punted. Someone will have to decide.
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Oregon's state government released a set of guidelines for schools Thursday informing educators that students must be allowed to use whatever locker rooms they want and play on opposite-sex sports
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Three times, House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., explained Thursday on CNN why he cannot support the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee, Donald Trump. Seen in light of previous statements by Ryan, it’s clear that the speaker’s biggest concern is that Trump does not share his belief that the presidency
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A home invasion robbery in California has left one man dead and two wounded.
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His love affair with foreign countries, foreign businesses, and foreign products.
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Ok folks, this is pretty straightforward. If you know who Bill Kristol is, then there’s a good chance you understand this race. If you don’t, then there’s a good chance you only understand half of it. The short version: Kristol is the poster boy for the neoconservatives. The long version: Kristol is a hawk, intoxicated …
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"I would imagine things will be OK with Paul Ryan," Trump said.
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Two videos have been circulating on my Facebook page, both tackling the issue of identity politics. The first one, from the Family Policy Institute of Washington has a white male reporter asking if…
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CROWN POINT — After admitting to sexually abusing two minors he knew, Marco A. Arroyo told the court Friday that he wasn’t a monster.
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Conservative Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan said in her latest op-ed that Donald Trump's critics within the Republican Party should come around to understanding that they're no longer leading the GOP.
Trump and his supporters are.
I do not understand the impulse of the NeverTrump people to anathametize and shun those Republicans who will not vow to oppose Mr. Trump and commit to defeating him, said Noonan in her Thursday night column. They have been warned that if they don't do these things they will not be allowed to help rebuild the party after Mr. Trump destroys it. Conservatives love to throw conservatives out of conservatism; it's like an ancestral tic.
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(via Slashdot) The city of San Diego has announced a bold new plan to run completely on renewable energy by 2035. While the city already produces the second largest electrical output from solar ene…
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Sean Hannity interviews Glenn Beck about Donald Trump and if Trump is really conservative based on his past views that were more in line with the Democrats. ...
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On Thursday, presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump sat down with Fox News anchor Bret Baier for a wide-ranging interview. Baier asked many questions, Trump gave some answers. The entire interview is revealing, in much the way Trump's session with the Washington Post editorial board was revealing. Watch it here:
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com
I'd like to highlight two notable exchanges – one on campaign politics and process and the other on substance.
Baier asked Trump about his suggestion that Rafael Cruz, Ted Cruz's father, had helped Lee Harvey Oswald in the months before the assassination of President John F. Kennedy Jr.
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Former U.S. Senator and 1996 Republican nominee Bob Dole endorsed Donald Trump Friday, according to a campaign statement. Dole, also a former Republican National Committee chairman, said he believes "it is important" that those who have voted for Trump have their votes "honored." "I plan to attend...
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GOP presumptive nominee discusses renegotiating federal debt, like struggling economies do.
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William Kristol, the longtime editor of the Weekly Standard magazine and a leading voice on the right, met privately with the Republican Party's 2012 nominee on Thursday afternoon to discuss the possibility of launching an independent bid, potentially with Romney as its standard-bearer.
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WASHINGTON – Life is imitating art in American politics. Quintus: ?People should know when they are conquered.? Maximus: ?Would you, Quintus? Would I?? That fictional exchange from the film ?Gladiator? reflects the real-life question of the day in Washington: Will those who dislike Donald Trump accept his victory as the GOP presidential nominee and support him, [?]
