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Quote o’ the Day (Fact-Free Donald Trump Edition)
From our Department of Redundancy department This week’s cover story in New York magazine, Gabriel Sherman’s Operation Trump, contains this priceless, factually challenged quote from the GOP’s Hair Apparent (tip o’ the pixel to Politico’s New York Playbook): Trump is cheap, … Continue reading
What Can Brown Do for Donald Trump in WMD Rumpus?
Apparently nothing. After GOP Hair Apparent Donald Trump (R-Donald Trump) jumped the snark in his Republican presidential primary debate comments last week about George W. Bush, 9/11, and WMDs, former somebody Scott Brown (R-Scott Brown) – who fashioned himself a New Hampshire kingmaker … Continue reading
Campaign Symbolism 101: Donald Trump’s Emergency Landing
It turns out Donald Trump lost altitude in more than just the Iowa caucuses this week. Exhibit A: Mechanical troubles forced Trump Force One to make an emergency landing in Tennessee on Wednesday. From ABC’s The Note: Donald Trump’s Private … Continue reading
Trump’s Strong-Arming Jeb Bush Donor Is BULLYs–t
As the dustupping staff noted yesterday, Donald Trump mouthpiece Alan Garten sent a cease-and-desist letter to Jeb Bush mega-donor Mike Fernandez threatening legal action if he published this ad calling Trump a BULLYionaire. Regardless, the ad did run … Continue reading
Can ‘BULLYionaire’ Donald Trump Bully Jeb Bush Mega-Donor?
It’s no secret that the Republican establishment (and their Goon Squad of PACmen) is afraid to attack Donald Trump, in spite of his increasingly hair-brained pronouncements. Except for Mike Fernandez. The drama started to unfold in Politico a few days … Continue reading
Ads ‘n’ Ends From the GOP Presidential Bakeoff
In the interest of full disclosure, we should state right off that the dustupping staff dipped in and out of last night’s Republican Presidential Pillowfight on the Fox Business network, mostly because it was mostly boring. But that certainly won’t … Continue reading
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Tagged American Action Network, CFPB, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Donald Trump, Dustup 2016, Elizabeth Warren, Fox Business, Fox News, GOP Hair Apparent, Greenville Online, kids table debate, Lauren Dezenski, Lindsey Graham, Politico Massachusetts Playbook, Republican Presidential Pillowfight, Richard Cordray, Security Is Strength, Sidewire
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To Know Trump (All Bagel and No Schmear Edition)
What a difference a Tslump makes. One month ago, GOP Hair Apparent Donald Trump was bragging that he didn’t need advertising to fuel his presidential run because “I’m getting so much coverage. It would almost be — you’d OD on … Continue reading
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Tagged @realdonaldtrump, ABC, all bagel and no schmear, Donald Trump, Dustup 2016, five-cent Trump, GOP Hair Apparent, Iowa, John Di Domenico, Morning Joe, MSNBC, NBC, New Hampshire, ObamaCare, Politico, Real Clear Politics, Ryan Struyk, South Carolina, The Note, The Trail Tapes, Trump poll numbers, Trump Slump, Trump Stump, Tslump
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2016 Ads ‘n’ Ends (‘Take a Bullet for Donald Trump’ Edition)
Itemizing a few deductions from the presidential campaign trail . . . Item: Sanders campaign starts to ‘Air the Bern’ Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ quixotic presidential run is so revolutionary, he has just: 1) hired a pollster; 2) prepared … Continue reading
Attention @realDonaldTrump: Hugh Hewitt Blew It
Popular conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt – who tied Donald Trump to the whipping post recently over Middle East affairs, then folded like origami when he was criticized for it – took to Politico yesterday to do the crystal ball thing … Continue reading
The Bain Of Mitt Romney’s Existence (II)
Campaign Outsider Trademark News Trifecta™: The hardreading staff has recently stumbled upon three noteworthy reports about the business background of Mitt Romney (R-GOP Hair Apparent). #1: The Atlantic’s December piece headlined “Romney’s Business: The Republican Contender Touts His Business Experience … Continue reading
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Tagged Bain Capital, flip-flopper, GOP Hair Apparent, Mitt Romney, New York, ObamaCare, RomneyCare, The Atlantic, WBUR
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