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Stephen Lam / Reuters Political Violence in the Era of Trump
What do the violent attacks of Trump protesters on Trump supporters reveal?
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Trump Time Capsule #12: 'I'm Building a Wall'
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Gaffe Track: Trump: 'Look at My African American Over Here!'
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters Why Is Donald Trump So Angry at Judge Gonzalo Curiel?
The tirades against the respected federal judge may have less to do with his ethnicity than with the magnitude of the legal challenges facing Trump.
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Aaron Bernstein / Reuters With His Finger on the Trigger
The insane risks of Donald Trump's stance on nuclear weapons
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No, Bernie Won’t Be Skydiving
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AP The Curse of Bigness
Few American politicians cite his writing and judicial work. But his legacy is particularly relevant today.
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Matt Sullivan / Reuters Ohio's Questionable Voter Purge
The Buckeye State is kicking residents who haven’t cast a ballot since 2008 off its rolls—a “use-it-or-lose-it” approach critics say disparately affects minorities.
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Stephen Lam / Reuters Anti-Trump Protesters Attack Democracy in San Jose
Many Donald Trump supporters are justifiably upset about these attacks—and if they are, they should look more closely at what their own candidate has said and done.
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John Locher / AP The Democratic Establishment Prevails
Both political parties experienced populist uprisings this year. But while Republicans were consumed by theirs, Democrats have defeated their insurgent wing, even if they haven’t tamed it.
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Wikimedia ‘Like the Logbook Entries of a Doomed Sailor Stranded at Sea’
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Jim Bourg / Reuters Trump Time Capsule #11: Mexican Heritage
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters Trump: Mexican American Judge Has an 'Absolute Conflict'
The Republican candidate’s insistence that Gonzalo Curiel cannot preside impartially simply because of his ethnic heritage flies in the face of established precedent.
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Aaron Bernstein / Reuters Hillary Clinton Warns the World About Donald Trump
The Democratic presidential frontrunner calls her Republican rival’s ideas “dangerously incoherent” in a sweeping foreign-policy speech.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Paul Ryan Finally Falls in Line
After weeks of agonizing, the House speaker lets the world know as quietly as he can that, yes, he’ll be voting for Donald Trump in November.
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Adrees Latif / Reuters A Sanders Supporter Leans Toward Supporting Trump
Some Democratic primary voters are indulging in the dangerous fantasy that burning down the system is best.
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Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters Have Twitter Bots Infiltrated the 2016 Election?
Some say Donald Trump has boosted his massive online following with automated accounts. But there’s more to it than that.
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Julie Jacobson / AP Trump's Rhetoric of White Nostalgia
Trump’s core promise is to return to white, working-class Americans what they feel they’ve lost.
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Evan Agostini / Invision / AP Making Art in the Age of Trump
The artist and musician Laurie Anderson reflects on the power of political rhetoric, why she voted for Hillary Clinton, and why she hated Hamilton.
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Gerald Herbert / AP The Lament of the Anti-Trump Republican Women
Powerful female members of the GOP are caught between party loyalty and the front-runner’s misogyny.
