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The Daily Free Press

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STROINSKI: Are Democrats doing enough to thwart Trump?

STROINSKI: Are Democrats doing enough to thwart Trump?

Anna Stroinski February 7, 2017

The short answer is no. The long answer is also no, but let me explain. The Democratic Coalition Against Trump is a collective effort: it includes men, women, students, community, civil rights organizations...

BERMAN: Yes, experience is necessary

BERMAN: Yes, experience is necessary

Max Berman January 22, 2017

As President Donald Trump took the oath of office, he took over a country deeply divided. Trump is filling his cabinet with extremely wealthy and strictly conservative private sector individuals (for the...

REMILLARD: Ben Carson overstaying political welcome

REMILLARD: Ben Carson overstaying political welcome

Christopher Remillard February 26, 2016

Maybe by the time you’re reading this, Ben Carson will have finally dropped out of the race for president. Unqualified, misinformed and often incoherent, it’s time for Carson to raise a white flag....

EDITORIAL: Ben Carson's questioning President Obama's blackness is ignorant, desperate

EDITORIAL: Ben Carson’s questioning President Obama’s blackness is ignorant, desperate

Editors February 24, 2016

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson questioned President Barack Obama’s right to empathize with the American black experience Tuesday on Politico’s “Off Message” podcast. Carson told host...

YANK-JACOBS: Campaign finance reform an issue for both parties

YANK-JACOBS: Campaign finance reform an issue for both parties

Kobe Yank-Jacobs February 19, 2016

In June 2015, a New York Times and CBS News poll showed that 84 percent of respondents thought money had “too much” influence in politics. Yet the issue of campaign finance reform continually fails...

BURSTEIN: Stop humanizing white terrorists

BURSTEIN: Stop humanizing white terrorists

Sarah Burstein December 3, 2015

Robert Lewis Dear opened fire in a Planned Parenthood clinic Friday in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He wounded nine people and killed three, including one University of Colorado police officer who had two...

GAMADES: Trump's "political correctness" sparks inner GOP debate

GAMADES: Trump’s “political correctness” sparks inner GOP debate

Lucy Gamades December 1, 2015

I avoided writing about Donald Trump for as long as I could. It’s pointless to comment on all of the outrageous things he says, for obvious reasons. He’s a sensationalist just to be a sensationalist....

EDITORIAL: Presidential candidate personalities might matter a little too much

EDITORIAL: Presidential candidate personalities might matter a little too much

Editors November 9, 2015

This year’s United States presidential campaign season has not brought with it many out-of-the-ordinary surprises. From Donald Trump's sexist and racist comments to Hillary Clinton’s email controversy,...

PILLEY: Christians feel "oppressed" by Starbucks while others face oppression every day

PILLEY: Christians feel “oppressed” by Starbucks while others face oppression every day

Katelyn Pilley November 9, 2015

Tragically, Friday morning’s Facebook sidebar of recent events caught my eye. I’m not a huge fan of the feature, especially because it often unveils my more vapid Internet usage a la Kardashian news...

GAMADES: Election season takes focus off bigger issues

GAMADES: Election season takes focus off bigger issues

Lucy Gamades November 2, 2015

There was another pre-election pageant on Wednesday. The U.S. Republican presidential candidates took the stage for the third time, and as usual, there was extensive commentary everywhere on the Internet:...

EDITORIAL: Calling all moderate presidential candidates

EDITORIAL: Calling all moderate presidential candidates

Editors October 8, 2015

It seems as though every day a different presidential candidate makes some obscene comment about an issue that’s both topical and sensitive. Wednesday was no exception. Jezebel reported Wednesday that...

GAMADES: Fiorina denies history to charm voters

GAMADES: Fiorina denies history to charm voters

Lucy Gamades October 1, 2015

I hate to admit it, but I felt some visceral satisfaction when Carly Fiorina fired a biting one-liner at Donald Trump during the Sept. 16 Republican debate on CNN. “I think women all over this country...

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