It’s true that uneducated Republicans believe his lies, but I don’t think it’s true of those at the upper end of the scale. If I were to ask my mom, e.g., if the president is a habitual liar, I think …
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Reporter Asks Trump the Question of the Millennium
Here’s one from the “cuts like a knife” department. Make that “cuts like a saber.” Yesterday, President Trump spoke on familiar themes at his coronavirus briefing, before calling on S.V. Dáte, HuffPost’s White House correspondent, who asked: “Do you regret, …
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What Does It Mean To Make America Great Again?
I’m certainly not the first to ask what precisely is meant by the phrase “make America great again.” If a typical Trump supporter were to answer that question honestly, he’d probably say things like white-dominated, Christian, heterosexual, militarily aggressive, deregulated, …
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Virginia Mayor Says Joe Biden “Just Announced Aunt Jemima” as His Running Mate
I don’t claim to have any special understanding of the sensibilities of voters in the sleepy Virginia town of Luray, but is it a good idea for its major to make a brutally racist remark about a black woman running …
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Reversing the Effects of Trump
Here’s a thought (at left) that ought to make you smile. Yes, (Fox News anchor) Tucker Carlson, that’s the plan indeed. Let’s see…..America gets: • A new tax code, reversing huge cuts for the super-rich that came at the expense …
These People Are Voting in November–Are You?
When I speak with my mom, life-long conservative Republican as she is, we try to keep the conversation light. Yes, after all the banter about the goings on in the family, we eventually turn to politics, but it never gets …
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Black Voices for Trump
Pictured here is a smallish rally in Tallahassee, capital city of Florida, on the opening day of “Black Voices for Trump.” Yet there’s something curious about this photo, isn’t there? It appears that Trump has a 14% approval rating among …
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Trump Attractive To “Suburban Housewives?”
Though promoting racial hatred is not a laughing matter, I have to admit that this did make me smile. Maybe there are people who fit Trump’s claim out in the suburbs of Buzzard’s Breath, Arkansas, but Ms. McLaughlin’s response speaks …
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How World War II Vets Would Regard Trump, White Supremacy
My father piloted 29 successful bombing missions over Germany, knocking out Nazi oil refineries from 1942 until his plane was shot down in late 1944, and he and his men spent the last six months of the war in a …
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Help ExxonMobil Boost Profits and Ruin the Environment
ExxonMobil wants you on board, campaigning to reduce the regulations that keep them from boosting earnings by torching the environment. As if that weren’t a sufficient insult to your intelligence on its own, they think you’re so stupid that you …
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