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Trump-Afghanistan

With Afghanistan, Trump cannot run away from his mental health problems

August 22, 2017 Arthur Lieber Democracy, Mental Health, Terrorism, Trump, War Leave a comment

It’s possible that Donald Trump can run away from his Charlottesville problems by trying to be commander-in-chief and uttering a policy about Afghanistan. What

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Tracking Trump’s regulatory rollbacks: so far, so bad

August 19, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Community/Common good, Consumer issues, Energy, Environment, Good government, Trump 3 comments

While Donald Trump distracts us with bellicose pronouncements and internecine White House wars, his henchmen in regulatory agencies are methodically rolling back decades of

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minorities

10 ways Trump has hurt minorities

August 14, 2017 Hafsa Trump Leave a comment

It’s not all that surprising that a man who began his presidential campaign saying Mexicans were rapists and drug dealers— who then went on

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Mexico

Trump’s Mexico call: The Art of the Desperate Appeal

August 7, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik International, Transcripts, Trump Leave a comment

As transcripts of Donald Trump’s conversations and interviews continue to roll out [authorized or not], we are getting a behind-the-scenes look at how he

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transgender

56 generals and admirals sign statement opposing Trump’s transgender ban

August 4, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Gender issues, LGBT, Military, Trump, Widgets: Letters of protest 2 comments

When Donald Trump announced via Twitter that he was banning transgender people from military service, 56 retired generals and admirals said, “No, sir.”  Their

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DEA

DEA says “no” to Trump’s remarks on rough treatment of suspects

August 3, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Civil Rights, Police, Trump, Widgets: Letters of protest Leave a comment

The acting chief of the Drug Enforcement Agency [DEA] is not pleased with Donald Trump’s remarks to law enforcement officers, telling them not to

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know-nothing

WSJ Interview transcript: More know-nothing bs from Trump

August 2, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Media, Transcripts, Trump One comment

After its Oval Office interview with Trump on July 25, 2017, the Wall Street Journal released highlights of what the newspaper considered the most

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Trump-Single-Payer

Here’s one time when Democrats should take the lead from Trump

July 21, 2017 Arthur Lieber ACA/Obamacare, Consumer issues, Health care, Social Sec/Medicare, Trump Leave a comment

A common practice in politics is to define your opponents before they define themselves. Usually this results in gross misrepresentation of where the opposition

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reporters

Latest NY Times Trump transcript: Why do reporters clean it up for TV?

July 20, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Media, Trump, Widget: Transcripts 3 comments

In his latest interview with the New York Times [July 19, 2017], Donald Trump did what he always does: He rambled, flitted from topic

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transcripts

Trump talks: A new transcript, from Air Force One “wingside chat”

July 13, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Transcripts, Trump, Widget: Transcripts Leave a comment

I was so sure that, after transcripts of our dear leader’s earlier, shockingly incoherent ramblings were released, we would never again see such a

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