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Donald Trump’s Attacks On The Media Are Irresponsible And Irrational

Doug Mataconis · 68 Comments
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Donald Trump has spent more time recently attacking the news media than anything else. He ought to be condemned for it.

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Ross Kaminsky: Protectionism is Political Pandering

Steve Verdon · 58 Comments

Good article about how protectionism is pretty much vote buying, or pork barrel politics. As one of history’s great economists, Frédéric Bastiat, put it in 1848: “There is only one difference between a bad economist and a good one: the bad economist confines himself to the visible effect; the good economist takes into account both […]

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Latino Voters Overwhelmingly Favor Clinton Over Trump

Doug Mataconis · 16 Comments

Not surprisingly, Latino voters are heavily turned off by Donald Trump and seemingly quite eager to vote against him in the fall.

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“Compassionate” Protectionism

Steve Verdon · 51 Comments

There’s nothing compasssionate about protectionism.

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Follow Up on My Mercantilism Post

Steve Verdon · 31 Comments

Responding to comments on this morning’s post.

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Inside The Trump Implosion

Doug Mataconis · 29 Comments

Things aren’t pretty inside the House of Trump these days.

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Donald Trump: The Only Way I Lose Pennsylvania Is If Democrats Cheat

Doug Mataconis

Another day, another round of irresponsible demagoguery from Donald Trump.

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The Resurgence of Mercantilism

Steve Verdon

On the left and the right, there’s been a resurgence of a long-ago discredited economy theory.

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Another Round Of Battleground Polls Puts Clinton In The Lead

Doug Mataconis

Donald Trump’s path to 270 Electoral Votes is becoming less likely by the day.

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Trump: I Was Being ‘Sarcastic’ When I Called Obama A Founder Of ISIS

Doug Mataconis

Donald Trump’s strange relationship with reality continues to come to light,

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GOP Control Of The Senate At Risk As Trump Flounders

Doug Mataconis

With Donald Trump floundering, there are a whole lot of nervous Republican Senators up for re-election.

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Trump Barely Leading In South Carolina?

Doug Mataconis

A new poll shows Donald Trump barely winning in a state that should be solidly red.

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Donald Trump Calling Obama The “Founder” Of ISIS Requires One To Ignore History, And Reality

Doug Mataconis

President Obama’s ISIS policy has been far from perfect, but to call him a “Founder” of ISIS is to ignore both history and reality.

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Wisconsin Unlikely To Go Republican In 2016

Doug Mataconis

Republican hopes that Wisconsin might go Republican this year seem to be slipping away.

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Emails Revive Issues Regarding Clinton Foundation And Clinton Led State Department

Doug Mataconis

Allegations of influence peddling by Clinton Foundation donors are being rehashed thanks to the release of a new batch of emails.

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Trump Polling Worse Among African-Americans Than Any Republican Since Barry Goldwater

Doug Mataconis

Donald Trump’s support among African-Americans is at historic lows, and seems unlikely to recover.

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Trump Losing Support From Republican Women

Doug Mataconis

It just keeps getting worse.

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Donald Trump: “Second Amendment People” May Be Only Way To Stop Hillary Clinton On Judges

Doug Mataconis

Did Donald Trump really suggest assassination as a political weapon, even as a joke? It sure sounds like it.

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More Bad News For Trump From State-Level Polling

Doug Mataconis

New polling from the states has good news for Hillary Clinton, and an even less plausible path to 270 for Donald Trump.

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Susan Collins Joins Other Republicans In Opposing Trump, But What Took So Long?

Doug Mataconis

More Republican officeholders are distancing themselves from Donald Trump, but it’s time to start wondering what took them so long,

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Anti-Trump Republicans Get Behind Campaign Of Some Guy Nobody’s Ever Heard Of

Doug Mataconis

The latest desperation bid from anti-Trump Republicans is guaranteed to make a GOP civil war more likely.

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Virginia Not Exactly Looking Like A Battleground State

Doug Mataconis

The Old Dominion seems like it’s going to be even more firmly Democratic in 2016.

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Another Poll Brings More Bad News For Trump

Doug Mataconis

The first round of post-convention polls is now complete, and it’s not looking good for The Donald.

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Clinton Starting To Gain Ground In States Romney Won in 2012

Doug Mataconis

In a sign of just how bad the trends are right now for Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton is gaining ground in states that Mitt Romney won four years ago.

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July Jobs Report Shows Solid Jobs Growth Continuing

Doug Mataconis

The July Jobs Report was largely a continuation of the good news from June, but the question is how long that can last.

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Donald Trump’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week

Doug Mataconis

It’s been a bad week for Donald Trump, something he can ill-afford with less than 100 days left until Election Day.

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Donald Trump’s Electoral Map Isn’t Growing, It’s Shrinking

Doug Mataconis

Post-convention polling at the state level holds some bad news for the Trump campaign.

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A Basic Observation on Trump (as Candidate and Potential President)

Steven L. Taylor

If you think that once elected Trump will be corralled by cooler heads and experts, I would submit to you that this week underscores this will not be the case.

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Fox News Sums Up Clinton-Trump Race Brilliantly

James Joyner

Most Americans distrust Clinton. More distrust Trump.

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Retired Generals Should Stay Out of Politics

James Joyner

My latest for War on the Rocks.

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