Obama vs. Putin Approval Rating | InsideGov NEW YORK — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump battled Wednesday over their judgment and preparation to be commander in chief at a forum that sounded the starting gun for the final stretch of the presidential race and offered a potential preview of what are expected to be rollicking […]
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William Cohen more comfortable voting for Clinton than Trump
Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid is getting a boost from William Cohen, a former Republican Maine senator who served as Bill Clinton’s defense secretary. Cohen said on MSNBC that he would be uncomfortable with Donald Trump making decisions on “existential” issues. He said Trump lacks the necessary knowledge of the military, world history and global issues. […]
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Rand Paul uses Hillary Clinton in fundraising
WASHINGTON (AP) — Round up of the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT): Update 1:30 p.m.: Add Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul to the list of Republicans seeking support for the GOP as a bulwark against a possible Hillary Clinton presidency. In a fundraising appeal Wednesday, Paul said that if Clinton is elected, a Republican Senate […]
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Baffled by Trump’s support
First off, I have been listed as an independent on the voting rolls for more than 30 years. The reason being, I became disillusioned with the way politicians carry on in the U.S. Congress. I have always voted for the person I thought most qualified, regardless of their party affiliation. That said, as upset with […]
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Bring business back
I am sick and disgusted with Republicans and Democrats. Both sides say nice things but really merge together so they both can get a piece of the action. Donald Trump was running as an independent then shifted to the Republican Party because he did not have a chance of winning as an independent. He never […]
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Trump has no plans to help America’s poor
Some harsh truths: Years ago, blue-collar America suffered mightily in the loss of manufacturing jobs. Everyone knows that. Many new, high-paying factory jobs are today going unfilled because workers aren’t being trained for them. Some know that. Donald Trump has done about zero to offer these Americans a better tomorrow. Not nearly enough working white […]
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From realism to cynicism to Trump
WASHINGTON — Only the naive have ever believed that democracy is solely a noble contest over competing ideas, proposals and solutions. Emotion looms large in every human decision, including how we cast our ballots, and smart politicians have always blended appeals to the heart and the gut with their entreaties to reason. We cherish what […]
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Donald Trump retreats from deportation of all living in U.S. illegally
PHOENIX — Donald Trump is retreating from his vow to deport everyone living in the United States illegally, even as he sticks with an aggressive tone on illegal immigration and remains committed to building a physical wall along the U.S. border with Mexico. The Republican presidential nominee promised Wednesday to remove millions of people living […]
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Donald Trump to make surprising trip to Mexico
Net Migration Between the US and Mexico | Graphiq Unauthorized Mexican Immigrant Population in the US | Graphiq EVERETT, Washington — Donald Trump will make a quick visit to Mexico on Wednesday, meeting with the president of a nation he derided as the home of rapists and criminals. The trip is a politically risky move […]
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Analysis: Fact checking Hillary Clinton’s attacks on Trump’s immigration policy
“We need to believe him [Donald Trump] when he bullies and threatens to throw out every immigrant in the country.” — Hillary Clinton, interview on CNN with Anderson Cooper, Aug. 24, 2016 A reader called this quote to our attention, saying that it was clearly wrong. Donald Trump has certainly called for deporting an estimated […]