Tag: Commentary

United States GDP would be $30.5 billion worse off under Donald Trump's proposed Muslim ban. The losses would increase more every year the ban remains in place. (AP Photo)

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Study: Trump’s Muslim ban would kill jobs

Jason Russell · August 25, 2016 7:27 pm

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Did Trump’s spokeswoman just admit he’s lying on immigration?

Daniel Allott · August 25, 2016 5:38 pm

The tipped minimum wage will rise from $2.77 to $5 an hour by 2020 and then increase with inflation. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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D.C. lost restaurant jobs after min. wage hike

Jason Russell · August 25, 2016 4:40 pm

This summer's Republican convention was basically a reactionary reverie in racism and nativism by Donald Trump's white, working and lower middle-class political base, according to pundits and political scientists. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Why are so many white men angry?

Frederick Lynch · August 25, 2016 1:02 pm

Perhaps the most aggressive manipulator of information today is the country of Russia. (iStock Photo)

Russia ramps up the propaganda machine

Richard Grenell · August 25, 2016 4:04 am

Like Trump, many immigration hawk voters have an inchoate sense that the system is broken.

How Trump’s immigration trap was set

W. James Antle III · August 25, 2016 4:01 am

With a lead of 46 percent to Trump's 40, Clinton's good fortune in Ohio is actually up from June. (AP Photos)

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Why it’s (finally) time to start trusting the polls

Jason Russell · August 24, 2016 10:27 pm

Is 2016 redrawing the political map?

Michael Barone · August 24, 2016 10:20 pm

As a surrogate for Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani delivered a spiteful and snarling address at the Republican National Convention and, more recently, has been pushing conspiracy theories about Hillary Clinton's alleged health problems. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Rudy Giuliani’s sad decline

Daniel Allott · August 24, 2016 8:58 pm

"Even when excused or understandable, absences add up and can greatly impact a child's education." (Janos Vajda/MTI via AP)

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Sorry kids: Here’s why parents need to be more strict about school attendance

Jason Russell · August 24, 2016 4:54 pm

"Furthermore, asserting women alone cannot consent while intoxicated greatly undermines the concept of female sexual independence," Chad Felix Greene wrote. (Wikimedia Commons)

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Rape victim: Stop watering down rape

Ashe Schow · August 24, 2016 4:20 pm

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Byron York: Team Trump makes a mess of immigration

Byron York · August 24, 2016 5:10 am