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Trump Time Capsule #51: The Tax Returns
Richard Nixon (shown resigning from the presidency) didn’t release his tax returns until after the 1972 election. Since then nearly all major-party nominees have recognized an obligation to make their...
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A Different Kind of 'Trump Nation' Report
Dodge City High School Marching Band, “the Pride of Southwest Kansas.” (Red Demon Football on Youtube.)Western Kansas, where Deb and I have spent time over the past month, is the heart of Trump Nation...
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Trump Time Capsule #52: Hobgoblin of Little Minds
Donald Trump sent out the second tweet, saying people should never be mocked for their heritage, thirteen minutes after the first, in which he called Elizabeth Warren “Pocahontas.”@realDonaldTrump...
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On Tim Kaine's Debut (Special-Edition Time Capsule #53)
Happy Warriors: The ticket, this afternoon in Florida. (Scott Audette / Reuters)There’s a special “debut” category for vice-presidential selections who very suddenly find themselves in the world’s...
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Trump Time Capsule #54: 'Total Time Spent Applauding'
When I saw this online video last night, I assumed it was a parody, perhaps a less fantastical version of the sublime “Trump World President 2016” Japanese-ad knock-off that Mike Dahlquist, aka Mike...
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Trump Time Capsule #55: 'Unique Threat to Democracy'; Russian Role?
The editorial page of the Washington Post, though chronically hawkish in foreign policy, usually ends up endorsing the Democratic candidate for president. But it doesn’t usually end up doing something...
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Selling Fear and Anger: The Why and How of Trump
Last week in Cleveland. (Brian Snyder / Reuters)In response to recent items on what Donald Trump is doing, four readers offer views on why.1) Id laid bare. In response to Time Capsule #54, “They...
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Trump Time Capsule #56: Russian Quids and Quos
Strong man. (RIA Novosti / via Reuters)Suspicions about foreign interference in U.S. politics have arisen before. In 1980, the Ayatollah’s Iranian government may have delayed the release of American...
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A Bernie Voter, From Ukraine, on the Putin Story
I think this is very interesting: a reader who knows Russia and Ukraine, on how he reads the unfolding “Putin angle” news.I’m a Ukrainian Jewish immigrant, now a naturalized citizen of the United...
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Trump Time Capsule #57: Russia, and Taxes
Donald Trump yesterday in North Carolina. (Carlo Allegri / Reuters)When something goes wrong, I start with blunder, confusion, and miscalculation as the likely explanations. Planned-out wrongdoing is...
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Trump Time Capsule #58: IRS Audit
In a press conference right now, Donald Trump says that he’d be happy to release his tax returns but can’t “while the audit is continuing.” So he can’t put them out before the election.The IRS has...
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Trump Time Capsule #59: 'I Hope Putin Has Hillary's Emails'
Without elaboration, I will note for the record something, yet another thing, that to the best of my knowledge has never happened before:The Republican presidential nominee repeatedly said just now, at...
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Trump Time Capsule #60: Tim Kaine of the Garden State
Donald Trump is really looking forward to the big VP debate between Mike Pence and this man, Tom Kean. Oh, wait … (Joshua Roberts / Reuters)With the (justified) flap over Donald Trump’s invitation to...
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Why Trump Really Doesn't Want to Release Those Returns
A reader who is a veteran lawyer on the West Coast writes about Donald Trump’s argument that he can’t/won’t release his tax returns while they’re under audit by the IRS. (A reason that the IRS itself...
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Trump Time Capsule #61: 'A Serious Threat Against the Security of the West'
From Carl Bildt, on TwitterJust a quick place-holder note on where things stand, near the end of the DNC and in the middle of the Trump-Putin flap. Today’s theme: foreign policy and the...
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Trump Time Capsule #62: 'A Man Who Can Be Baited With a Tweet'
Last night, in her overall very successful acceptance speech, Hillary Clinton said with ruthless precision about her opponent:Ask yourself: Does Donald Trump have the temperament to be...
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Trump Time Capsule #63: What's In the Tax Returns?
Mark Salter, former chief of staff to Sen. John McCain, has written an essay for Real Clear Politics on why he cannot vote for Donald Trump. It deserves note for the long-term record because this is...
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Trump Time Capsule #64: A Hymn for the Election
A reader gives the background for the hymn you hear performed above by the London Philharmonic Choir. (The singing starts about 35 seconds in.) It has an Atlantic angle, in that the lyrics are by one...
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Trump Time Capsule #65: 'I'd Like to Hear His Wife Say Something'
Khizr and Ghazala Khan, the parents of Capt. Humayun Khan, at the Democratic Convention, in front a picture of him before his death in Iraq. (Lucy Nicholson / Reuters)The most personally moving, and...
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Trump Time Capsule #66: Khan, Koch, Crimea, and the NFL
Trump on TwitterI’ve been offline for several days writing a magazine article. (Debates!) On return, I see that Donald Trump has lit off another string of firecrackers, Chinese New Year-style. As a...
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