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Tag: trump

  • Prof Patty
  • October 4, 2020October 4, 2020

Debate?

It is what it is because you are who you are. Joe Biden Proud Boys, stand back and stand by. Donald Trump The main takeaway is that the debate didn’t alter the race. UBS’s Paul Donovan wro

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 18, 2020September 18, 2020

Trump Revelations

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 16, 2020September 16, 2020

The latest kerfuffle

Why should I go to that cemetery ( Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near Paris)? It’s filled with losers. Donald J Trump (Speaking to President Trump) You have sacrificed nothing and no one. Kh

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 16, 2020September 16, 2020

Trump’s Deliberate Deception

Woodward quoted Dan Coats, Trump’s former director of national intelligence, saying: “To him, a lie is not a lie. It’s just what he thinks. He doesn’t know the difference between the t

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 7, 2020

Fact-checking Trump’s lies is essential. It’s also increasingly fruitless.

By Margaret Sullivan  Media columnist August 29, 2020 at 7:00 a.m. EDT Daniel Dale met President Trump’s convention speech with a tirade of truth Thursday night — a tour de force of fact-chec

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 3, 2020September 3, 2020

New York Magazine: Round Two

On the cover of New York Magazine’s August 17-30, 2020 issue, Washington correspondent Olivia Nuzzi takes readers inside Donald Trump’s reelection campaign, which is current

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  • Prof Patty
  • August 18, 2020

A small, enduring bloc

By David Leonhardt Since taking office, President Trump has lost support among most major demographic groups: women and men, older and younger voters, college graduates and non-graduates. But

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NY Times

  • Ukraine Claims First Strike by Underwater Drone on Russian Submarine
  • Trump’s Diversity Rollback Ends Crucial Aid for Deafblind Children Like Annie Garner
  • Ukraine and Allies Agree on Security Guarantee for Peace Proposal
  • Hong Kong Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai’s Conviction Was Years in the Making
  • Trump Seizes on Rob Reiner’s Death to Attack the Hollywood Director

NPR

  • Skywatchers rejoice: The Geminids meteor shower peaks tonight
  • A new study reveals an unprecedented discovery of new species
  • Fewer characters on TV had abortions this year — and more stories reinforced shame
  • Amputees often feel disconnected from their bionic hands. AI could bridge the gap
  • For 50 years, Rockalina the turtle lived on a kitchen floor. Now she has a new friend

The Progressive

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  • The Hidden Dangers of Meta’s Partnership Offer to Schools

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FactCheck.org

  • FactChecking Trump’s Economic Speech
  • Trump Confirms His Disparaging Remark About ‘Shithole Countries’ at Immigration Meeting
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  • Vance’s Misleading Claims on Housing Prices and Illegal Immigration
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Snopes.com

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