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Tag: Republican

Trump’s rise: How “legitimate” people and institutions become enablers

March 17, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, History, Republicans Leave a comment

Don’t kid yourself: With help from people and institutions viewed by the voting public as “legitimate,” Donald Trump could win. Many mistakes of omission

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Trump: The Revenge of the Id

December 14, 2015 Carrie Driscoll 2016 Election, Campaigns, Ideas, Politics, Republicans Leave a comment

Spending a few minutes on Facebook, or the internet in general, puts one squarely in the crosshairs of three camps: those who think Donald

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Are Republican and Democratic brains like Yin and Yang?

October 11, 2015 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Congress, Democrats, Media, Politics, Republican Brain, Republicans, Science 4 comments

Some people posit that the Republican brain and the Democratic brain complement one another, somewhat like yin and yang. The theory would be that

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