Source: Huffington Post By Ariel Edwards-Levy Staff Reporter and Polling Director, The Huffington Post No other 2016 candidate loves citing polls as much as Donald Trump, but Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders might […]
Source: CNN CNN)Tweet by tweet, Donald Trump could undermine the GOP’s efforts to close the gender gap, a strategy that is critical to the party’s hopes of retaking the White House in November. Miffed that an anti-Trump super PAC targeted his wife by using a racy photo of her, Trump […]
Washington Post editorial 2016/03/26 AFTER TUESDAY’S terrorist attacks in Belgium , it took no time for Republican presidential candidates Sen. Ted Cruz (Tex.) and Donald Trump to compete over who could be tougher on Muslims. Aside from the usual rhetoric about locking down the borders and halting refugees, Mr. Cruz called for […]
Mar 23,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Front-runner Democratic candidate to the White House Hillary Clinton gave the world, in general, and the Arab countries, in particular, especially the Palestinian people, a hint at what her foreign policy would be if she were elected US president in November. Addressing the packed […]
Source: Time Another Donald Trump rally was plagued by violence Saturday when a protester was punched in the face and kicked while being escorted out the Republican front-runner’s event in Arizona. Video of the disorder, which erupted at the mogul’s rally in Tucson, shows a man shouting and holding an […]
BBC: “Islam hates us,” Republican frontrunner Donald Trump said in a CNN interview on Friday. Mr Trump later stood by his claim in a televised debate in Miami, saying: “There is tremendous hatred, and I will stick with exactly what I said.” It led to an outcry, with Senator Marco […]
Chicago (CNN)Donald Trump’s campaign on Friday postponed a rally in Chicago amid fights between supporters and demonstrators, protests in the streets and concerns that the environment at the event was […]
Source: Huffington Post By Amanda Terkel; Senior Political Reporter, The Huffington Post Donald Trump isn’t going to put a stop to his violent supporters. In fact, he wants to see more. In […]
Mar 10,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – I have kept the pledge I made many months ago not to waste my time reading any press articles on the American presidential nominating contests, because the 15 or so candidates on the Republican side meant that nothing would become clear until after the first […]
RAMZY BAROUD Published — WWW.ARABNEWS.COM Last update 8 March 2016 Regardless of the outcome of the American presidential primaries, or even the result of the general elections next November, a frightening phenomenon is underway. The US has decidedly moved to the right, in fact the ultra-right; class differences are […]
Source: Time From his college readings to legislation in Congress, the Vermont Senator has had unusual views on health. On the day of his crushing victory in the New Hampshire […]
Donald Trump reverses position on torture, killing terrorists’ families Washington (CNN) Republican front-runner Donald Trump said Friday that he would not order the U.S. military to violate international laws to […]
Washington (CNN) Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said Friday that Donald Trump is the most vulgar person to ever run for President of the United States. “Donald Trump has been perhaps […]
Feb 25,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – George S. Hishmeh As expected, the current front runners in the American presidential elections, much as the leaders in the Middle East, are missing the boat as they voice their mediocre views on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict that started in 1948 when the British mandate ended. […]
Haroon Mughal, http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/feb/20/donald-trump-pork-not-muslim-kryptonite-bigotry? On Friday night, Donald Trump recounted for his supporters an inaccurate story about John Pershing, the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, who he alleged decided to summarily execute 49 of 50 Muslim prisoners while helping to put down a rebellion in the Muslim […]
Source: The New York Times COLUMBIA, S.C. — Jeb Bush dropped out of the presidential race on Saturday, ending a quest for the White House that started with a war chest of $100 million, a famous name and a promise of political civility but concluded with a humbling recognition: In […]
Source: RNS (RNS) It’s August 2016. Slipping in the polls to the Democratic nominee, Donald Trump searches for someone notable to interview him. Satan volunteers. The following is a rush transcript of their wide-ranging discussion of American politics. THE DEVIL: Issue No. 1 for me is immigration. For the past […]
JTA Posted on Feb. 16, 2016 Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., introducing Bernie Sanders on Sunday at the Black America Forum in Minneapolis. Photo is screen shot from YouTube Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, has endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination. “This is […]
Feb 15,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – JAMES J. ZOGBY Bernie Sanders has been unfairly criticised for being a “Johnny One Note” on foreign policy because he continually reminds voters of his early opposition to the Iraq war. To explain why he continues to emphasise the importance of his decision to […]
Source: Salon If the vague, yet oft-touted, religiosity of presidential wannabes remains a factor in elections these days, there may be a good historical explanation for why that is, beyond […]