Ask a Trump supporter where their “deal- maker” president made his mark and they’ll probably cite Manhattan real estate. But the truth is Donald Trump’s past has more to do with Atlantic City New Jersey than anywhere else. Donald Trump started making a name for himself back in 1982 when construction began on Trump plaza…

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Recently I took Uber from San Jose to San Francisco.  The driver was a 31 year old black guy who had endured a rocky home life in Arizona and California.  I usually don’t talk politics with someone I don’t know, but made an exception in his case. When I asked him what he thought of…

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John Bolton is Trump’s “national security adviser.” That means he should be focused on things like, oh, I don’t know, the survival of the nation in a world filled with hostile powers and China and Russian and terrorists and all that good stuff. But, guess what, he’s not particularly interested in those things. What is…

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Yeah, um, so… this: “Trump tweeted that he would be “doing a major rally” in support of Cruz in October in “the biggest stadium in Texas we can find.” “ So, I guess that would be the “Bigly Stadium” in San Antonio, since the Mega-stadium in Houston was destroyed by Hurricane Harvey which was caused…

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Trump just continues to scare the living bejeezus outta us. Here are some of the stories we’re following this week. How much damage could Donald Trump cause us? How about starting World War III? In fact, he almost did it already. According to David Gilbert writing in Vice, Bob Woodward has revealed that Trump very…

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Editor’s note: The majority of us here at Liberal Resistance regard John McCain as a good and honorable man—particularly in contrast to Donald Trump. But, it is important to note that there is another viewpoint, one also represented among our writers, which sees him as being basically indistinguishable from Trump. Among those of us who…

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So what’s the story with Saudi Arabia vs. Qatar? And why is Trump in the middle of it, making things worse? We know that the Saudis are in a cold war (sometimes kind of hot) with their former friend (and US ally) Qatar. We know that the Saudis would like Qatar to stop being diplomatic…

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By Rabbi Yeshaia Charles Familant August 30, 2018 I wish to extend my heartfelt thanks to all of you, who wished me a Happy Birthday – that includes all of my friends on facebook, and even those who may have unfriended me, all my non-facebook friends, my dentist and plumber, and, oh, ah, my family,…

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Ah, if just once we could start the day without reading about some ghastly Trump-related disaster. But, alas, it isn’t happening anytime soon. So, here are some of the stories we’re folllowing in the Orange One’s America this week.   Trump continues to embarrass us on the international stage. For example, he just weirded out…

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So we learned recently that the late Senator John McCain was not even in his grave before Sarah Palin, his one time running mate, had already begun to take pot shots at the man. In fact, according to Stephanie Mencimer, writing in Mother Jones, Palin has not so much mourned the Senator’s death as celebrated…

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