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“Extreme Vetting,” No Nation Building

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

It’s Political: Sticking to the script of a major foreign policy speech in Youngstown, Ohio yesterday, Donald Trump called for an end to “nation-building” and for “extreme, extreme vetting” of foreigners who enter the US. “If I become president, the …

Trump Blames the Press, Greatest Sprinter Ever

Monday, August 15, 2016

Shoot the Messenger: Donald Trump is blaming the media for his precipitous drop in the polls, tweeting, “If the disgusting and corrupt media covered me honestly and didn’t put false meaning into the words I say, I would be beating …

Phelps Finishes With 28, Trump v. Times

Sunday, August 14, 2016

Final Touch: Michael Phelps finished his Olympic career last night with one last gold medal in the 4×100 medley relay. The most decorated athlete in Olympic history has said he’s going out on top with 28 medals, 23 of them …

Clinton Releases Taxes, Dear Mr. Speaker

Saturday, August 13, 2016

It’s Political: Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine have released some tax returns, turning up the heat on Donald Trump do the same. Clinton’s 2015 return reveals that she and her husband Bill hauled in $10.6 million in 2015 and paid …

Another Day, Another Trumpism

Thursday, August 11, 2016

Now This: Donald Trump said nothing out of the usual yesterday that should eliminate him from consideration for President of the United States. Oh wait, he said President Obama is the founder of the Islamic State. “In many respects, you …

Trap Tops Trump, 21 Gold

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Shoot From the Lip: Speaking in Wilmington, NC, yesterday, Donald Trump said another of those things that left you wondering whether he just said what you think he said. Warning his audience that Hillary Clinton wants to get rid of …

Major Defections, Trumponomics

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

The Anti-Trump: Maine’s influential Republican Sen. Susan Collins announced in an opinion piece in The Washington Post that she will not vote for Donald Trump. She wrote, “With the passage of time, I have become increasingly dismayed by his constant …

Delta Grounded, 19 Gold, A-Rod Out

Monday, August 8, 2016

Grounded: Delta Airlines has grounded all its flights around the world this morning because of a problem with the company’s computer system. Delta operates about 5,000 flights a day, so a lot of travellers are going nowhere. Flights that were …

The Games Begin, Nothing But Commercials

Sunday, August 7, 2016

The Games: America’s first gold medal of the Rio games was won by 19-year-old West Virginia University sophomore, Ginny Thrasher — in the air rifle shooting event. Eight finalists wee given eight shots each until one was eliminated. Then it …

Trump Gets There, The Young Don’t Like Her

Saturday, August 6, 2016

Now He’s There: Donald Trump finally endorsed House Speaker Paul Ryan for re-election after earlier saying he was “not there yet.” It may be an attempt to pull together the Republican Party that’s fractured and crumbling under the Trump candidacy. …