Donald Trump Defends Calling Alicia Machado ‘Miss Piggy’
If there were ever a prize for people that know how to hang themselves it would definitely be given to Donald Trump. The Republican presidential nominee is no stranger to speaking his mind, but with the quest of being America’s next president, you would think he would learn a thing or two about a filter.
Donald Trump and the Return of Seditious Libel
A Closer Look Examining the news Richard Tofel In 1733, New York printer John Peter Zenger began publishing the eighth newspaper in the American colonies, and the first willing to venture criticism of the government. The New-York Weekly Journal was the second paper in a city of 10,000 or so people, 1700 of them slaves. […]
Trump gets Mideast history wrong
Add this to the things Donald Trump either lies about or doesn’t know. In trying to outline how he would defeat the threat, Trump himself launched several other false claims on Monday… TRUMP: “President Obama and Hillary Clinton should have never attempted to build a democracy in Libya, to push for immediate regime change in […]
Trump calls for immigration ban and other takeaways from his foreign policy speech
WASHINGTON — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Monday called for a temporary ban on immigration from certain regions until new screening procedures are in place. Speaking in Youngstown, Ohio, Trump said the ban would apply to those from “some of the most dangerous and volatile regions of the world that have a history of […]
Trump to call for ideological test of immigrants
Donald Trump is expected to propose that immigrants wanting to come to America pass an ideological test. “Mr. Trump’s speech will explain that while we can’t choose our friends, we must always recognize our enemies,” Trump policy adviser Stephen Miller said. The real estate mogul’s proposed ideological admissions test would assess a prospective immigrant’s opinions […]
WATCH: This Is What Goes On At Trump Rallies
New York Times reporters have been gathering footage of Donald Trump rallies across the nation for more than a year, and what they have found is shocking and terrifying. According to this footage released earlier this week, Trump rallies are a space where his supporters feel comfortable expressing extreme, offensive behavior and racism. “Fuck that […]
A Muslim Marine reacts to Khizr Khan’s speech
In the week after speeches from the Clintons, the Obamas, Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden and other big names at the DNC, Khizr Khan’s speech has proven to be the most memorable. With his wife by his side, Khan made a moving speech about their son, Humayun Khan, a soldier who was killed in the line […]
Balancing act for Trump running mate Pence amid Muslim soldier row
No one said it would be easy being Donald Trump’s running-mate. And at a rally in Nevada on Monday, Mike Pence found himself treading a delicate line. Indiana Gov. Pence defended the Republican candidate but also a military mother’s right to criticise Trump for his attacks on the Muslim parents of a US soldier killed […]
Eight Times Donald Trump Blamed The Media For His Own Mistakes
For more than a year, Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has followed a strategy of diversion: He says something offensive or outrageous to make headlines, then covers up his statements by creating another headline-grabbing moment. And on and on. His favorite diversion method seems to be blaming the “dishonest media” for misconstruing his comments. But after […]
Trump Tweet Attacking Clinton Features Jewish Star
Republican presidential candidate DonaldTrump on Saturday tweeted an image of rival Hillary Clinton alongside hundred-dollar bills and a Jewish star bearing the words “most corrupt candidate ever!”, prompting outrage and bafflement on social media. Two hours after his initial tweet, Trump tweeted a similar image in which the six-pointed Star of David – which appears […]