Oct 17, 2016 | Arts and Entertainment, Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Extremism, Media Issues, Political Ideologies
Published: Salon (October 17, 2016)
Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner reportedly approached a major media investor about setting up a Trump television network after the presidential election.
Over the past couple of months, Kushner, who is married to Ivanka Trump, has met with Aryeh Bourkoff, the CEO of a boutique investment bank known as LionTree, theFinancial Times reported Monday.... Read Original Article
Oct 17, 2016 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Political Parties, Republicans
Published: Salon (October 17, 2016)
Donald Trump has severed ties with the chairman of the Ohio Republican Party, deepening his rift with the party organization in a state he desperately needs, at a time he can ill afford to lose it.
In a letter announcing the decision to disassociate with Ohio GOP chair Matt Borges, the Trump campaign said that Borges was conducting “a self-promotional” media tour.... Read Original Article
Oct 17, 2016 | Conservativism, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Extremism, Jewish Experiences, Political Ideologies, Race and Racism
Published: Salon (October 17, 2016)
The suicide of a Colorado teenager has been linked to a Nazi-themed Facebook group that the young man apparently led.
The teenager apparently believed that killing himself would “show his allegiance to the Nazi Party and the killing of Jewish people,” according to local law enforcement officials.... Read Original Article
Oct 17, 2016 | Conservativism, Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Extremism, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans
Published: Salon (October 17, 2016)
As news of the firebombing spread, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton condemned the attack on Twitter and expressed support for its victims.
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Oct 14, 2016 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Gender and Sexism
Published: Salon (October 14, 2016)
On Friday, two more women accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting them, joining a list that has grown and grown since he told Anderson Cooper that he never sexually assaulted any woman during Sunday’s debate.
Photographer Kristin Anderson claimed that, when she was a model in the early 1990s, Trump sat next to her on a red velvet couch at a Manhattan nightclub and touched her vagina through her underwear.... Read Original Article
Oct 14, 2016 | Conservativism, Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Extremism, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans
Published: Salon (October 14, 2016)
Donald Trump supporters have talked about violence if the Republican candidate loses to Hillary Clinton next month. And now, some of them are starting to put their money where their mouths are.
A pro-Donald Trump protester has attracted attention for standing alone outside a Virginia Democratic campaign office with his gun.... Read Original Article