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Tag: Hillary Clinton

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Obama and Clinton can lead way for Democrats to get back to their roots

May 22, 2018 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Activism, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, Obama Leave a comment

One of the lessons of the presidential defeat of the Democrats in 2016 is that Hillary Clinton paid minimal attention to the voters who

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What I’ve Learned After a Year of Trump

January 7, 2018 Reece Ellis 2016 Election, 2018 Election, 2020 Election, Politics, Republican Brain, Republicans, Trump Leave a comment

Donald Trump unfortunately is already more consequential than any US President since Ronald Reagan. Trump will reshape our judiciary, he has already reshaped our

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Hillary Money

Please, Hillary, spare us

May 17, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, 2018 Election, Campaigns, Hillary Clinton, Politics One comment

This past Monday, Hillary Clinton formally announced her post-2016 election plans. She will be establishing a political organization aimed at funding “resistance groups” that

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Did Trump become a Republican because of his Russia troubles?

March 6, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Hillary Clinton, Republican Brain, Trump One comment

Remember when you might have thought that Donald Trump was a Democrat at heart? We know that he was once pro-choice, that he had

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Buyer’s remorse? Perhaps you should have voted for her

January 2, 2017 James Wilson 2016 Election, Hillary Clinton, Trump, Widgets: Voting 2 comments

Are you having post-election buyer’s remorse? There are many reasons people did not cast a ballot for Hillary Clinton. Some people, including myself, generally

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Waiting to exhale: The day after the election, by Bernie Sanders

November 8, 2016 Renee Shur 2016 Election Leave a comment

Last week Bernie Sanders penned a powerful a powerful editorial piece for the Boston Globe, entitled “Here’s What I’ll Do the Day After the

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Three things Hillary can do if she wins the election

October 24, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Corruption, Democrats, Good government, Hillary Clinton, Obama One comment

Soon after Bill Clinton was elected in 1992, he convened an economic summit in his home town of Little Rock, AR. He saw the

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New political code words: an unofficial glossary

October 14, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Language/Words Leave a comment

Politicians have been using code words for many years [Remember “states rights,” one of the all-time classic code words, meaning institutionalized segregation and racism?]

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What Hillary could say about trade agreements

September 27, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Business, Hillary Clinton 2 comments

During the first Presidential debate of 2016, the one issue that Trump “won” was trade. Clearly, Hillary Clinton needs a better answer on this

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A way for Hillary to foil Trump and Lester Holt in the Debate

September 21, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Hillary Clinton, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

There are many Americans who expect the first presidential debate on Monday, September 26 to be a wall of sound in which Donald Trump

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