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Donald Trump speaks during a South Carolina Republican primary night event on Saturday in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Paul Sancya / AP If you think the arguments between the Republican candidates have been bad, well, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Pundits, reporters and political analysts are going to really have at it. Two competing theories about…
Continue reading the main story Video Pope On Donald Trump’s Christianity Pope Francis, while flying back to the Vatican from Mexico, said that anyone who wants to build a wall along the Mexican border is not a Christian. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS on Publish Date February 18, 2016. Photo by Alessandro Di Meo/Agenzia Nazionale Stampa…
PPP’s new South Carolina poll continues to find Donald Trump with a wide lead in the state. He’s at 35% to 18% each for Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, 10% for John Kasich, and 7% each for Jeb Bush and Ben Carson. What’s striking about Trump’s support is how consistent it is across different demographic…
The betting markets now say that the most likely Republican nominee for president is a man who mocks women, insults Latinos, endorses war crimes like torture, denounces party icons and favors barring people from the United States based on their religion. He’s less a true-believer conservative than an opportunist, though, for he has supported single-payer…
The winners of this election cycle are already determined, and it’s us. If you haven’t noticed, the people, not the politicians, are in charge in this election. We are driving the agenda, and that will continue after November, too. For years we have heard that America is divided and we are a polarized nation, but…
If you were watching last Saturday’s debates, you might be surprised at the result of this week’s Iowa caucus. With Donald Trump pulling out of the last round of debates, pundits suggested that it would give Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, a chance to cement his status as a new front-runner. But his performance in the Fox…
Photo Donald J. Trump at the University of Iowa in Iowa City on Tuesday. On any day, Mr. Trump’s entry on Wikipedia usually attracts more views than those any of his Republican rivals. Credit Eric Thayer for The New York Times For a website with no paid writing staff that is still overcoming an out-of-date…
Photo Donald J. Trump at the University of Iowa in Iowa City on Tuesday night.Credit Eric Thayer for The New York Times It was a blustery and dramatic move, 48 hours before the final Republican debate until the Iowa caucuses: Donald J. Trump stormed out in a rage at Fox News, jeopardizing the network’s ratings…
Candied yam riddled with moldy spider carcasses Donald Trump managed to involve himself in yet another controversy this weekend, when he claimed to have seen footage of huge crowds of New Jersey Muslims cheering wildly on September 11, 2001. Those Muslims were imaginary. Even the most conservative news outlets can’t quite get with Donald on…
Photo Credit Eric Thayer for The New York Times The mixed martial arts fighter Ronda Rousey is “not a nice person.” The golf swing of the actor Samuel L. Jackson is “not athletic.” A lectern in the Oval Office “looks odd” and the mobile carrier T-Mobile’s service “is terrible.” These comments are not private thoughts,…