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Bernie Sanders: Party platform is good start, but there’s more to do

The Democratic Party platform drafted in St. Louis is an excellent start in bringing forth policies that will help end the 40-year decline of the American middle class. These initiatives, if implemented, will create millions of good-paying jobs, significantly improve health care and reverse the dangerous trend in this country toward an oligarchic form of […]

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Donald Trump: False attacks by Hillary Clinton over star tweet ‘ridiculous’

Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump said Hillary Clinton’s attempt to link an image he used to attack her on social media with anti-Semitism is “ridiculous.” “These false attacks by Hillary Clinton trying to link the Star of David with a basic star, often used by sheriffs who deal with criminals and criminal behavior, showing

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Donald Trump’s media blacklist won’t be enforced during GOP convention: Report

The Republican National Convention won’t exclude journalists from this month’s event in Cleveland solely because they’ve been banned by the party’s presumptive nominee, the director of the House Daily Press Gallery told The Washington Examiner. Despite Donald Trump having previously refused to offer campaign trail credentials to outlets including The Washington Post, Buzzfeed and Politico,

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Donald Trump blasts ‘rigged’ system that let Hillary Clinton off hook for email

Presumed Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump slammed the FBI’s decision Tuesday to not recommend charges against his Democrat counterpart Hillary Clinton for her secret email account, saying the justice system is “rigged.” “The system is rigged. General Petraeus got in trouble for far less. Very very unfair! As usual, bad judgment,” Mr. Trump tweeted shortly

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A Lesson on Immigrant Bashing for Trump, From 1994

California Governor Pete Wilson wasn’t backing down. After speaking at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative Washington, D.C., think tank, on November 19, 1994, he was immediately pressed to respond to charges of racism over a ballot initiative the state had passed days earlier to block public services for immigrants without documentation. Those kinds of suggestions,

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FBI director harshly criticizes Clinton but says no criminal charges are warranted in e-mail controversy

Editor’s Note: Following is the text of FBI director James Comey’s remarks concerning Hillary Clinton’s private email server. By James B. Comey WASHINGTON, D.C. –Good morning. I’m here to give you an update on the FBI’s investigation of Secretary Clinton’s use of a personal e-mail system during her time as Secretary of State. After a

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Assembly member confers veterans award on her lover

By Hoa Quach Times of San Diego Saluting your significant other’s accomplishments is nothing new, but when Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez opted to give her boyfriend a Veteran of the Year Award it raised eyebrows. The annual honor, in which state Assembly members recognize veterans from their districts, was recently given to Nathan Fletcher, who has

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Offend, Blame, Repeat: Trump Lashes Out Over Star Tweet

Donald Trump’s pattern (strategy?) of outraging people and then blaming the media for the fallout continues with his response to a tweet that drew on age-old anti-Semitic symbolism to criticize Hillary Clinton. The presumptive Republican nominee for president predictably lashed out at the “dishonest media” on Twitter Monday for “trying their absolute best to depict

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From accents to meat pies, John Oliver reminds America what it lost by gaining its independence

There may not have been a new episode of Last Week Tonight this weekend, but John Oliver still took the time to offer a web exclusive for the week to share his thoughts on Independence Day, an American holiday celebrating the day the country became, well, independent, “kicking Britain unceremoniously out of (their) country.” “I

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