Showing results for: Barack Obama (page 242)
Last year, I predicted the GOP would nominate Trump — here is what will happen next
Chauncey DeVega
After Trump's defeated, his base will face an energized electorate of diverse Americans who rallied to defeat him
Caitlyn Jenner’s RNC appearance is a good reminder that LGBT doesn’t always equal Democrat
Carrie Sheffield
"I think the Republican Party needs to understand—they need to know people who are trans," Jenner said in Cleveland
The GOP’s dirty secret: Behind closed doors, Republicans like Rep. Sean Duffy, come clean on their Trump fears
Amanda Marcotte
In public, Republicans have nothing but praise for Trump, but in more private meetings, the doubts come out
Ted Cruz’s finest hour: A right-wing zealot earns his place in history
Andrew O'Hehir
In the RNC's clash of supervillains, Ted Cruz stands on principle (really!) and reveals the GOP's Trump hypocrisy
Mike Pence fails to mention Cruz kerfuffle — but unlike earlier speakers, at least he endorsed him
Scott Eric Kaufman
"When Trump becomes president," he said, "the change will be 'yuuuuuge'"
Ted Cruz refuses to endorse Trump: “Vote your conscience, for candidates you believe will be faithful to the Constitution”
Scott Eric Kaufman
The audience shouted "We want Trump!" and "Endorse Trump!" but the Texas senator pointedly refused
RNC’s bizarre protest theater: Cops and journalists vastly outnumber actual protesters
Andrew O'Hehir
A few right-wing dudes with guns meet a few angry leftists -- and a massive press corps desperate for action
What Obama’s Dallas speech missed: Police brutality is rooted in race-based housing segregation and economic inequality
Chauncey DeVega
Physical separation makes white Americans unable to empathize with the fear people of color experience every day
Resistance is futile: “We want Trump!” the RNC crowd yells, as the last whimpers of rebellion are snuffed out
Amanda Marcotte
Huge numbers of Republicans didn't vote Trump, but you wouldn't know it watching the delegates cheer for him
Plagiarism at its worst: What we can learn from Melania Trump’s copycat RNC speech
Sherry Linkon, John Russo
The strikingly similar rhetoric of two very different presidential candidates' wives tells us a lot about Americans
Rudy’s recycled fear and Melania’s plagiarized pablum: The GOP unleashes the goblins
Andrew O'Hehir
On a night of epic ugliness and shocking laziness, Trump’s Republican Party reveals its new face. Be very afraid
The ghouls have won: The first night of Donald Trump’s RNC was a political death cult
Chauncey DeVega
Last night was a clinic in the enduring hold that authoritarianism, racism, and fear has over GOP voters
Trump campaign denies Michelle Obama’s speech was plagarized for RNC before throwing Melania under the bus
Sophia Tesfaye
The best excuse Team Trump could come up with: "Some instances included fragments that reflected her own thinking"
Fear and loathing of Clinton: Forget Melania — Hillary-hating took center stage at RNC’s opening night
Heather Digby Parton
Melania Trump's much-anticipated speech was drowned out by hours of unhinged Hillary bashing at the RNC
The RNC’s pop-culture wasteland: This Republican convention is seriously lacking in star power
Scott Timberg
Heavy hitters in Cleveland are Kid Rock and Scott Baio, who pale next to former RNC stars like Clint Eastwood
All hate is not created equal: The folly of perceiving murderers like Dylann Roof, Micah Johnson and Gavin Long as one and the same
Chauncey DeVega
Applying the blanket label of "evil" to mass shooters with vastly different motives obscures more than it reveals
Cop-killer Gavin Long and the danger of the “Sovereign Citizens” movement
Chauncey DeVega
Long was reportedly affiliated with growing anti-government organizations considered as domestic terror threats
The best “worst president”: What the right gets wrong about Barack Obama
Mark Hannah
There might not be a liberal and a conservative America, but there are liberal and conservative ideas of Obama
“He’s a solid, solid person”: Donald Trump officially introduces Mike Pence as his running mate
The Associated Press
"What a difference between crooked Hillary Clinton and Mike Pence," Trump said
Horror in France: At least 80 killed after truck loaded with weapons plows through crowd
The Associated Press
Truck barrels through revelers gathered in Nice, France during Bastille Day celebration
Norman Lear sits down with Salon: “Trump is the middle finger of the American right hand”
Andrew O'Hehir
Archie Bunker wouldn't vote for Trump, insists his 93-year-old creator, now the subject of an irresistible film
How a Trump-Pence presidency would be dangerous for the press
Ben Norton
Donald Trump despises the media. Potential VP Mike Pence has long defended press freedom, but his record has stains
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