With his primary-night threat to the House speaker and removal of black students from his rally, the Republican frontrunner previews his vision for the presidency.
Adele M. Stan
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Donald Trump and the Twilight of Movement Conservatism
The gurus of the right forged a coalition fueled by rage and wrapped in moralistic principles. Trump is winning by stoking the rage and chucking the rest.
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Beware the Bigmouth on Your Team: The Alan Grayson Saga
A populist hero to many progressives, the Florida congressman refuses to drop his Senate bid despite hedge fund allegations.
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Why Tying in Iowa Is Worse for Hillary than Losing
A Clinton loss in Iowa would have served up an entirely different narrative.
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Fear of Women Is Key to Donald Trump’s Misogyny — and America’s
It’s not just Megyn Kelly’s questions that so frighten the Republican presidential frontrunner; it’s her gender.
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Why Evangelicals Heart Donald Trump
Beyond the politics of resentment is the Calvinist notion that the frontrunner’s wealth marks him as God’s anointed.
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Can Nikki Haley Save Her Party?
In her State of the Union GOP response, the South Carolina governor was deployed as a Trump-stopper.
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The Many Ways Bernie Sanders Is not Like Donald Trump
The latest stupidity from Punditville is a classic exercise in false equivalency.
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2016: The Year of the Billionaire
This presidential election could show how private capital and secrecy conspired to take the political process away from the American people.
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Trump Love and the Schlonging of American Women
The Donald’s bizarre remarks on Monday betray a widely held contempt for women and their bodies.
