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Why would folks who like country music vote for a guy who owns country clubs? Why, in other words, is Hillary Clinton doing worse with straight, white working-class men than any other demographic? According to myriad studies, polls and my friend Beverly Anne, “They watched (Donald Trump) on ‘The Apprentice’ and they think they know […]

NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Jewish Council for Public Affairs on Wednesday, Aug. 3, issued a statement pleading for civility in political discourse.  The statement follows: “This presidential election season, more than any in recent memory, has been marked with hostile, acrimonious, and demeaning rhetoric. Leading up to the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, in an

COLUMBUS, Ohio — By the time Hillary Clinton rolled up here for the final stop of her bus tour through Pennsylvania and Ohio, she had campaigned at a toy manufacturer, a wire factory, a convention center and a school. She bought a milkshake at a local shop, spoke from a church pulpit and showed off

Nina Turner, a former Ohio state senator and a prominent surrogate for the Bernie Sanders campaign, was rumored to have been ejected from the 2016 Democratic National Convention last week. Those rumors did not turn out to be completely true, but Turner may still be ditching the party all on her own. Jill Stein, a

It is impossible to trump Donald Trump when it comes to the interview as performance art, but the Republican presidential candidate’s second son, Eric, came awfully close Tuesday on CBS This Morning. In any other campaign it would have been the most surreal moment of the day, but who knew that Pop would be given

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina will appeal last week’s ruling by three federal judges that overturned voter photo identification and other elections law changes without help from its attorney general. Attorney General Roy Cooper on Tuesday said the state tried its best to defend against the lawsuit but lost. Outside counsel already involved in the

A new CNN/ORC Poll has found that Hillary Clinton has a 9% lead over her Republican rival Donald Trump. The poll was released hours after a CBS poll found that Clinton had a 7% lead over Trump, the largest she’s had in months. In a two-way head-to-head matchup, found the CNN poll, Clinton tops Trump

If personal sacrifice was a requirement to be president, then Arizona Sen. John McCain would’ve served eight years in the White House. That’s why George Stephanopoulos’ question to Donald Trump on ABC News – “What sacrifice have you made for your country?” was such a setup. Mr. Stephanopoulos was trying to highlight Mr. Trump’s lack

With the second anniversary of the Ferguson shooting fast approaching, approximately 60 groups affiliated with Black Lives Matter released a list of 6 demands aimed at the “collective liberation” of black people. The “Movement for Black Lives,” an organization that wants to “end the war against black people,” released the makeshift platform, reports the International

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration says it’s doing what it can to address the Zika outbreak in Florida after giving $35 million in Zika and emergency preparedness funding while blaming Congress for failing to further support Zika prevention efforts. But Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio charged the White House with holding back and said that

WASHINGTON — Apparently not content with facing off against Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump invited open warfare with his own party Tuesday, saying he was not yet ready to endorse House Speaker Paul D. Ryan or Sen. John McCain in their 2016 re-election bids. A day after he tweeted praise for Paul Nehlen, who is challenging