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Fiorina: Hillary’s Speech Proves She Doesn’t Understand How the Economy Works

Monday, Republican presidential candidate and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina reacted to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s economic policy address. She said the speech was a “bundle of contradictions,” that proves Clinton “actually doesn’t understand how the economy works.” “Hillary Clinton

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Obama Commutes 46 More Drug Offenders Sentences… on Facebook

“I believe that at its heart, America is a nation of second chances, and I believe these folks deserve their second chance,” he said, suggesting that a life sentence for non-violent drug offenders were “not hardened criminals” and didn’t deserve overly harsh prison sentences.

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Al Hunt: Trump Is ‘George Corley Wallace 40 Years Later’

Bloomberg View columnist Al Hunt dubbed Donald Trump “George Corley Wallace 40 years later” on Monday’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC. Hunt was asked about “A rising sense of indignation [among some Republicans] that this former Democrat, this contributor to Hillary

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Hillary Clinton Blames GOP for Everything in Economic Speech

What she didn’t say: Many Americans have dropped out of the labor force during the Obama presidency, and even those still working have seen wages stagnate or their full-time jobs turn into part-time. Even Clinton’s Democratic competitor, Bernie Sanders, has recognized that the “true” unemployment rate is far higher than the figures pushed by the Obama administration, due to those who have given up looking for work.

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La Raza CEO: Trump ‘Creating Division’

Janet Murguia, President and CEO of the National Council of La Raza criticized Donald Trump for “creating division” on Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Rundown with Jose Diaz-Balart.” Murguia said, “Well, obviously, Donald Trump is being very divisive, inflammatory, and

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Fox’s Looming Debate Nightmare

Only one other candidate, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, scores in double-digits. The rest of the candidates poll in the single digits. Factoring in the margin of error in most polls–generally at least 5 percent in partisan samples–every potential candidate has a similar level of support. Statistically, there is no real difference between a candidate receiving 9 percent support and one receiving 1 percent.

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Christie: ‘Enough’ with the Questions on Trump

On Monday’s “Fox & Friends” on the Fox News Channel, Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ), a candidate for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, pushed back against the barrage of questions about one of his opponents, real estate mogul Donald Trump, and

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And Then There Were 15: Scott Walker Joins the Race

Walker takes a swing at some of his opponents. “In the Republican field, there are some who are good fighters, but they haven’t won those battles, and there are others who have won elections but they haven’t consistently taken on the big fights.”

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Millennial Shock: Hillary to Attack Uber, Airbnb, ‘Sharing Economy’

In a speech laying out her economic policy, Hillary Clinton is set to attack companies like Uber and Airbnb in the “sharing economy” or “contractor economy,” arguing that such companies undercut wages. Her proposed alternative is to use government regulations to guide economic activity. Previews of her speech have set off alarm bells in Silicon Valley, and are sure to surprise millennial consumers, whose loyalty to the Democratic Party has has largely been blind, and who presumed that the party of government shared their love for technology.

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TIME TO GET TOUGH: Trump’s Blockbuster Policy Manifesto

The Washington Establishment’s increasing angst and opposition to billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy is predicated on the notion that his highly-quotable catchphrases—“Take the oil!” or “Build a wall!”—lack substantive policy prescriptions to back them up. In short, the RINO caucus’ knock on Trump is that his solutions are unserious, unmeasured, quixotic.