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Mitch PerryApril 18, 2016

Good Monday morning. I’ve a quick question for you. Is Saudi Arabia really one of our allies in the Middle East? Some conservatives, like MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough, insist they are, and say one of many reasons why we should be angry at Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran is because it upset the Saudis, allegedly […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 15, 2016

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On Monday, in Hanahan, South Carolina, Donald Trump savaged the legacy of George W. Bush, on 9/11 and the Iraq War, ahead of Bush 43 surfacing to campaign for Jeb. Trump previewed that line of attack earlier Monday in Mt. Pleasant, posing a rhetorical question about W’s reticence since January 2009. “Ever asked yourself why his brother went silent […]

Associated PressNovember 27, 2015

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Donald Trump said he couldn’t have been making fun of a reporter’s disability because he doesn’t know the man. Not so, says the reporter. Serge Kovaleski of The New York Times says he has met Trump repeatedly, interviewing him in his office and talking to him at news conferences, when he worked for the New […]

Associated PressNovember 22, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he saw people cheering the Sept. 11 attacks across the river in New Jersey – a claim officials strongly deny. Trump first told the story Saturday at a rally in Birmingham, Alabama, as he pressed the need for greater surveillance, including monitoring certain mosques, in the wake of the […]

Associated PressNovember 15, 2015

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Hillary Rodham Clinton defended her campaign contributions from Wall Street by invoking her work to help the financial sector rebuild after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, raising eyebrows among her Democratic challengers and Republicans alike. During Saturday’s second Democratic debate, Clinton was put on the defensive by rival Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders when he said […]

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