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A look at the day’s political happenings, including three whistle-blowers testify before a House panel on September’s attacks in Benghazi and Michele Bachmann sees more trouble related to her 2012 presidential campaign.
Posted on May 8, 2013
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including the NRA’s new plan to make schools “safer” and Bill Maher scores a small victory against Donald Trump.
Posted on Apr 2, 2013
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Donald Trump is upset that someone gained access to his account and tweeted lyrics from the Will.I.Am song “Scream & Shout (Remix)” to his more than 2 million followers Thursday.
Posted on Feb 21, 2013
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including the government’s pending legal action against S&P and Joe Scarborough becomes the latest conservative to smack down the NRA.
Posted on Feb 4, 2013
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Could The New York Times soon become The New York Trump? Maybe, if Donald Trump—who has slapped his name on high-rise apartment buildings, golf courses, hotels and bottled water—has his way.
Posted on Jan 23, 2013
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The Donald says he’ll sue the “Real Time” host if Maher doesn’t pay up on his $5 million offer.
Posted on Jan 10, 2013
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A new poll compares Congress’ “favorability” to, among other people and things, the Kardashians, Lindsay Lohan, gonorrhea and NFL replacement referees to figure out just how unpopular America’s legislative body is.
Posted on Jan 8, 2013
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Comedian Bill Maher says he is prepared to write a check for $5 million to the charity of Donald Trump’s choice. But of course, money doesn’t come for nothing, and there’s a big catch.
Posted on Jan 8, 2013
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including President Obama’s picks to round out his national security team, Hillary Clinton’s first day back at work since suffering a concussion and Donald Trump running his mouth again.
Posted on Jan 7, 2013
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including an update on Hillary Clinton’s health and a House Republican who says you shouldn’t send any more donations to his fellow GOP congressmen.
Posted on Jan 2, 2013
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Nearly 400,000 people have signed a petition asking Macy’s to end its association with the conservative loudmouth and billionaire business mogul after he made a birther joke in one of the retailer’s holiday ads.
Posted on Nov 12, 2012
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including a CEO who claims he fired employees because of Obama’s victory, and Ted Nugent, who has a meltdown over the election on Twitter.
Posted on Nov 9, 2012
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Larry Wright, Cagle Cartoons —
Posted on Nov 8, 2012
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including some winners and losers from Tuesday’s election and Jon Stewart weighs in on the Missouri Senate race between Claire McCaskill and Todd Akin.
Posted on Nov 7, 2012
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Trump totally lost in on Twitter after major news media outlets projected that President Obama won re-election.
Posted on Nov 6, 2012
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Adam Zyglis, Cagle Cartoons, The Buffalo News —
Posted on Oct 28, 2012
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The president touched on, among other things, the ridiculous rape comments made recently by GOP Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock, and Donald Trump’s dud of an October surprise.
Posted on Oct 25, 2012
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Remember that “very big,” potentially game-changing announcement the billionaire business mogul has been touting regarding the presidential race? Well, it’s basically more of his Obama birther madness.
Posted on Oct 24, 2012
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including the seven battleground states that could decide the election and a legal victory for Planned Parenthood.
Posted on Oct 23, 2012
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The importance of a good night’s sleep cannot be understated. Research suggests that getting eight hours every night can make you happier, richer, smarter and hornier. But for many Americans, the problem with their sleep pattern is not that they’re getting too little, but that they are getting too much.
Posted on Sep 24, 2012
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including Todd Akin back on the campaign trail and news on a birtherism convention.
Posted on Sep 12, 2012
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A look at the day’s political happenings including Mitt Romney’s new campaign strategy and a key Obama campaign adviser makes his VP prediction.
Posted on Aug 10, 2012
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“You’ve gotta have money to make money,” the old saying goes. A father with a burgeoning, government-supported real estate empire and a CEO seat reserved for his son isn’t a bad start.
Posted on Jul 12, 2012
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including Mitt’s impressive June fundraising haul and Florida GOP Rep. Allen West’s latest controversial comment.
Posted on Jul 9, 2012
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A look at the day’s political happenings, including Herman Cain’s alleged former mistress speaking out and Rep. Joe Walsh facing off with a CNN anchor over his disparaging remarks about military veteran Tammy Duckworth.
Posted on Jul 6, 2012
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Photo illustration from an image by Colin Grey (CC-BY)
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Last week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: an indie look at the downfall of Washington Mutual, political surrogacy on the campaign trail, filmmaker Amy Ziering on rape in the military, and youth voter outreach at the world’s largest dance party.
Posted on Jun 17, 2012
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Last week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: an indie look at the downfall of Washington Mutual, political surrogacy on the campaign trail, filmmaker Amy Ziering on rape in the military, and youth voter outreach at the world’s largest dance party.
Posted on Jun 17, 2012
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By Eugene Robinson — Donald Trump has said he would be “open” to accepting a Cabinet post if Mitt Romney becomes president. Don’t laugh.
Posted on May 31, 2012
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Pat Bagley, Cagle Cartoons, Salt Lake Tribune —
Posted on May 30, 2012
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President Obama’s campaign is taking advantage of the fact that Mitt Romney seems unwilling to condemn Donald Trump for his take on the controversial birther conspiracy, releasing a new video highlighting the differences between how Romney and 2008 GOP presidential candidate John McCain handled personal attacks against Obama.
Posted on May 29, 2012
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Donald Trump, who has probably never shied away from a media-driven confrontation, took to Twitter to respond to George Will’s criticism that he was a “bloviating ignoramus.” The billionaire businessman blasted Will on Sunday, tweeting that he “may be the dumbest (and most overrated) political commentator of all time.”
Posted on May 28, 2012
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Stephen Colbert has one. So does Sarah Palin. And now, billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump says he wants his own super PAC too.
Posted on May 24, 2012
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This election is so important, Donald Trump told the home crowd on CNBC, he would “seriously, seriously consider” running for president if Rick Santorum won the nomination.
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The Hollywood Republican is an uncommon breed, and many specimens apparently feel that their chosen professional habitat does not allow them to proliferate as freely as their less conservative counterparts. But sightings are more common during election season. (Above, Vince Vaughn, a supporter of Ron Paul.)
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Rick McKee, Cagle Cartoons, The Augusta Chronicle —
Posted on Dec 15, 2011
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The Donald has managed to stir up a sideshow for himself again, having briefly flirted (and hinted anew) about running for the nation’s highest office, but yet again he’s backed out by calling off the debate that all but a couple of GOP candidates had withdrawn from themselves.
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By Joe Conason — Marketing genius is perhaps the most appropriate way to describe Donald J. Trump’s newest incarnation as the announced host—he can hardly be called a “moderator”—of a post-Christmas Republican debate sponsored by Newsmax, the conservative magazine.
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Taylor Jones, Cagle Cartoons, Politicalcartoons.com —
Posted on May 17, 2011
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After a few months of fuss, from anointing himself King Birther to calling the Chinese “motherfuckers,” Donald Trump has decided that “Celebrity Apprentice” needs him more than America does, even though “... If I were to run, I would be able to win the primary and ultimately, the general election.”
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RJ Matson, Cagle Cartoons, Roll Call —
Posted on May 13, 2011
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What a cutup! What a card, that President Obama, who suited up in a tux and served up a fresh batch of birther jokes Saturday night at the bizarre annual ritual known as the White House Correspondents Dinner. Taking aim at Fox News and Donald Trump, who stood out among the various sycophants media representatives, celebrities and politicos ... (more)
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The American political climate took on a certain circus-like quality this week, with GOP showman Donald Trump stirring up the birther controversy yet another—and, given the result, hopefully the last—time. Thankfully, we have “Left, Right & Center” regulars Robert Scheer, Matt Miller, Tony Blankley and special guest Mary Matalin to cut through the noise on that issue.
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John Cole, Cagle Cartoons, The Scranton Times-Tribune —
Posted on Apr 30, 2011
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By Eugene Robinson — This just in: President Obama has proved, yet again, that he is a natural-born citizen of the United States. Which we already knew—“we” meaning those of us who believe there is such a thing as objective reality.
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Major American movies primarily star white actors; poor white students fall behind black peers in the U.K.; and a Chinese college nixes its plan to prohibit PDA. These discoveries and more after the jump.
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