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‘We don’t have to live like this’: March for Our Lives unveils sweeping plan to address gun violence and strengthen democracy
“Created by survivors, so you don’t have to be one.” After spending a year and a half traveling the country to register young people to vote and urging high school and college students to participate in the 2020 election, the national organization March For Our Lives released a sweeping gun control proposal Wednesday, calling on [
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This Trump supporter received praise from the president himself — now he’s facing a lengthy prison sentence for voter fraud
President Donald Trump has often claimed that incidents of voter fraud aided the Clinton campaign in 2016. Just last Thursday at a rally in New Hampshire, Trump claimed that voter fraud had cost him the state’s four electoral points. “It was taken away from us,” he said at a rally in Manchester. “There is no [
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The internet freaks out as Trump declares himself ‘second coming’: ‘I expected the Antichrist to have more class’
President Donald Trump approvingly quoted a superfan who compared him to the biblical “second coming” of Christ, which set off alarm bells for those who’ve read the Book of Revelations. Right-wing commentator Wayne Allyn Root declared Trump the “King of Israel” to defend him from charges of anti-Semitism, and the president tweeted out those remarks [
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Obama is visiting Denmark next month — did Trump fear being overshadowed by him?
President Donald Trump on Tuesday night abruptly canceled his plans to meet with Denmark’s prime minister because the Danish government has said it will not sell him Greenland. However, anti-Trump conservative David Frum is speculating that there may be a hidden reason for the president’s decision to back away from meeting Denmark. As Danish newspaper [
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Trump doubles down and declares himself ‘the chosen one’ as ‘antichrist’ trends on social media
President Donald Trump declared himself “the chosen one” just hours after a superfan declared him the “second coming” and the “king of Israel” — prompting “antichrist” to trend online. The president addressed reporters Wednesday on the White House lawn, where he discussed his trade war with China. “I am the chosen one,” Trump said, looking [
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Internet can’t stop laughing after ‘Toddler-in-Chief’ Trump whines Danish prime minister is ‘very not nice’
President Donald Trump on Wednesday complained about purportedly being treated poorly by the Danish government for its refusal to sell him Greenland. As PBS News’ Yamiche Alcindor reports, Trump told reporters that he was upset at the way Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has handled his overtures to purchase Greenland. “I thought it was a [
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US existing home sales bounce as mortgage rates fall
US sales of existing homes bounced in July, recovering from weakness in the prior month, boosted by lower mortgage rates, according to data released Wednesday. Prices remained high, but receded somewhat from June’s record. Sales slid in the Northeast, but grew in the other three regions, especially the western United States, according to the National [
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Trump isn’t the first president to compare himself to Jesus — the last one who did ‘planned to lead his white supremacist supporters to victory’
President Donald Trump on Wednesday stunned many observers when he approvingly quoted a right-wing talk radio host who compared the president to the “second coming of God.” According to historian Heather Cox Richardson, however, this is not the first time an American president has compared himself to Jesus, whom Christians believe was the son of [
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REVEALED: Nazi-saluting Orange County teens have been doing it for several years — without punishment
More videos have surfaced showing students at a Southern County high school making Nazi gestures, and school officials are apologizing for the way they’ve handled the situation and re-opening an investigation. A video emerged earlier this week showing nearly a dozen members of the boys’ Pacifica High School water polo team delivering Nazi salutes and [
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Trump comes publicly unglued again – rages at his own Fed chair for acting ‘like a golfer who can’t putt’
President Donald Trump resumed his attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday, blaming him for keeping the economy from growing much faster. In yet another Twitter screed, Trump said, “The only problem we have is Jay Powell and the Fed. He’s like a golfer who can’t putt, has no touch.” Trump appointed Powell [
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‘That was anti-Semitism!’ ADL leader rips Trump apart on CNN over ‘disloyalty’ smear of US Jews
President Donald Trump’s accusation that American Jews who vote for Democrats are somehow “disloyal” earned him a furious denunciation on CNN Wednesday from Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt. During an interview with CNN’s Jim Sciutto, Greenblatt was asked about Trump’s declaration that “any Jewish people” who vote for Democrats have “a total lack of knowledge [
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Jeff Sessions’ troubling legacy: He may be gone — but his ideas and policies live on
Donald Trump’s former Attorney General Jeff Sessions may have gained some sympathy from the constant attacks he suffered from the president after he recused himself from Robert Mueller’s special investigation. But that should not excuse Sessions from the judgment of historians as they evaluate his leadership of the Justice Department from January 2017 to November [