MS NOW July 2016 Articles
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Week in Geek – A year in the life edition
North Carolina voting restrictions rejected by appeals court
A tale of two grieving parents
Flipping the script without changing the platform
Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 7.29.16
Trump throws the RNC under the bus
Khizr Khan’s words won’t soon be forgotten
Kentucky Republicans try to redefine ‘insured’
Trump draws an even harder line on tax returns
Economic growth remains sluggish in 2nd quarter
Hillary Clinton presents herself as the anti-Trump
Thursday’s Mini-Report, 7.28.16
Trump’s antics compared to ‘a child playing with matches’
Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 7.28.16
Trump thinks following the ADA is worthy of boasts
Under Brownback, Kansas’ credit faces another downgrade
Dems suggest scrapping Trump’s intelligence briefings
Marco Rubio endorses presidential on-the-job training
Trump’s ‘assault on the Constitution’ startles experts
Obama passes the baton while scorching Trump
Joe: Donald Trump takes us all for a ride again
Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 7.27.16
Trump sees Geneva Conventions as ‘out of date’
Donald Trump calls for Russia to help elect him president
Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 7.27.16
Experts are ‘convinced’ of Russia’s role in DNC hack
GOP picks an awkward fight over campaign name-calling
Trump campaign: No tax returns for you
RNC dispatches TV personality to tackle foreign policy
Trump can’t keep his story straight on the minimum wage
Bill Clinton introduces Americans to the real Hillary Clinton
Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 7.26.16
For his fans inclined to boo, Bernie Sanders has a message
A Watergate comparison that finally makes sense
Trump’s hidden tax returns take on new significance
Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 7.26.16
The death of one party, the birth of another
Cotton wants Trump to change his mind about Putin
The ‘war on voting’ takes some unexpected turns
Trump eyes ‘expansion’ of his proposed Muslim ban
Bernie Sanders: Clinton ‘will make an outstanding president’
Michelle Obama: ‘When they go low, we go high’
Trump campaign believes job numbers are ‘massaged’
FBI scrutinizing alleged Russian hack of DNC network
Latest polls shed light on Trump’s post-convention bounce
Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 7.25.16
The wrong campaign picks the wrong fight over religion
Republican Convention audience fails to live up to expectations
Flashback 1992: Clinton’s comeback could provide 2016 blueprint
White supremacists feel inspired by Trump’s 2016 campaign
Team Trump eyes new super PAC — to target Republicans
On eve of Democratic convention, DNC chair steps aside
New questions surround Putin’s interest in Trump’s election
Hillary Clinton decides to raise Kaine
Op-ed: Education policy represents a top issue for Latino voters
Op-ed: For all the political talk, ‘free trade’ is a misnomer
Obama pushes back against Trump’s dystopian vision
With the convention over, Trump returns focus to Cruz’s dad
Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 7.22.16
Op-ed: Superdelegates impede the democratic process
McConnell tries (and fails) to reassure U.S. allies
Why Trump keeps focusing on the ‘Johnson Amendment’
Joe: Will a mistake-filled convention doom Trump? Don’t count on it.
The opportunity cost of the Republican convention
Team Trump has no use for reliable crime data
From ‘Yes we can’ to ‘I alone can fix it’
Trump’s bold vision: Make America Hide Under the Bed Again
Thursday’s Mini-Report, 7.21.16
How the RNC turned into The Mistake by the Lake
Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 7.21.16
Looking ahead to the 2020 race, GOP jostling is already underway
Secret Service takes an interest in Trump adviser’s rhetoric
Trump trashes the moral authority of the United States
Trump takes steps to silence his former ghostwriter
GOP divisions laid bare as Ted Cruz draws relentless boos
Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 7.20.16
Just how far do Trump’s ties to Putin go?
Trump campaign rolls out brand new plagiarism explanation
Trump adviser endorses violence against Hillary Clinton
Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 7.20.16
With decision looming, Clinton narrows VP short-list
What Team Trump was prepared to offer John Kasich
Republican convention forgets its economic focus
Chris Christie turns convention into Kangaroo Court
Ben Carson brings ‘Lucifer’ into the political conversation
Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 7.19.16
Team Trump falls in a ditch, but keeps digging
Republicans accidentally boast about Obama-era economy
Op-ed: Reform is badly needed on lethal use of force laws
Trump may have a controversial Treasury Secretary in mind
Team Trump confronts questions about its competence
Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 7.19.16
The GOP’s preoccupation with imprisoning Clinton isn’t normal
Team Trump shows how not to respond to a controversy
At this convention, even the benediction sparks controversy
Steve King raises eyebrows with racially charged comments
RNC manipulates the pain of a grieving mother for partisan gain
Plagiarism controversy jolts Republican convention
How not to report on the U.S. budget deficit
John McCain blames U.S. for international violence (again)
Trump sees himself as a leader, not a reader
Donald Trump picked Mike Pence for a specific reason
Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 7.18.16
Mike Pence saw secret propaganda in Disney film
Trump’s line on Iraq descends into incoherence
Latest polls raise eyebrows as Republican Convention begins
Cleveland police make an appeal over gun policy
Blaming Obama for Turkey’s attempted coup is bonkers
After slayings, Trump sees US as a ‘divided crime scene’
Op-ed: Two years after Eric Garner’s death, continuing a quest for justice
Trump’s Pence introduction takes 2016 in even weirder direction
Week in Geek – Science like a BOSS edition
Britain’s Battle with post-Brexit Hate Crimes
Op-ed: TransCanada lawsuit highlights need to scuttle TPP
Team Trump struggling with the easy stuff
Pence becomes the most far-right running mate in modern history
Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 7.15.16
New polling points to a clear presidential favorite
Trump’s lock on the GOP nomination is suddenly more secure
GOP senator: Confirming judges unrelated to ‘doing our jobs’
Republican Convention finds itself in need of a bailout
Trump’s delay leaves Indiana politics in limbo
Attack in France jolts U.S. presidential race
Thursday’s Mini-Report, 7.14.16
Republican Convention lineup fails to match the hype
Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 7.14.16
Maybe Trump should come with a parental advisory warning
Tim Scott offers a perspective his colleagues need to hear
At GOP convention, toy guns are banned, but real guns are not
Presumptive Republican nominee can’t shake ‘Trump U’ controversy
Opioid bill to become law, but not without grumbling
One year later, Obama gets the last laugh on Iran deal
Citations for the July 13, 2016 TRMS
Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 7.13.16
Latest polling points to a presidential race at the crossroads
Trump picks an odd time to sue a former staffer
Paul Ryan: ‘This is not the Democratic Party of the mid-1990s’
Twenty Millennials on Twenty Years
Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 7.13.16
Republican platform reflects the party’s far-right evolution
Ties to for-profit colleges trip up several GOP senators
Controversy surrounds Trump’s donations (or lack thereof)
Republicans ready to ignore the Zika threat until the fall
The running-mate race starts coming into sharper focus
Asked about race, Donald Trump gives the wrong answer
Citations for the July 13, 2016 TRMS
Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 7.12.16
Ruth Bader Ginsburg abandons all subtlety towards Trump
Trump puts a twist on Nixon’s playbook
The 20th Anniversary Spotify Playlists
Op-ed: Orlando victim’s parents: Why we’re going to DC one month later
Bernie Sanders endorses, is ‘proud to stand with’ Hillary Clinton
Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 7.12.16
Trump in ’08: Clinton would ‘make a good president’
Paul Ryan’s anti-Clinton gambit comes up empty
Even Trump’s allies don’t believe he’ll keep his promises
Obama renews push for a public option in unexpected forum
Donald Trump is serious about privatizing veterans’ care
Republican platform labels pornography ‘a public health crisis’
Join Morning Joe LIVE from the Republican National Convention
Investors still benefiting from Obama’s ‘socialism’
One day later, VP contender reverses course on abortion rights
Campaign to privatize VA care moving in the wrong direction
Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 7.11.16
Indiana’s Evan Bayh prepares Senate comeback bid
House Republicans want FBI to investigate Clinton again
Republican outreach to LGBT voters takes big steps backward
Clinton, Dems embrace a progressive vision with little resistance
Would Republicans accept a pro-choice VP candidate?
Trump backer says he’s running ‘as a racial healer’
Week in Geek – Eyes in the Sky edition
Texas’ Dan Patrick loses sight of what ‘hypocrisy’ means
Ruth Bader Ginsburg imagines a Trump presidency
Republicans’ Benghazi Committee comes to end (sort of)
Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 7.8.16
Texas Republican raises eyebrows with response to mass shooting
Florida Democrat latest member of Congress to face indictment
Trump creates more controversy with congressional GOP meetings
U.S. job market bounces back in a big way
Police murders bring a ‘nightmare’ to life in Dallas
Thursday’s Mini-Report, 7.7.16
GOP accidentally does Clinton a favor with James Comey hearing
Paul Ryan, GOP settle on a new anti-Clinton scheme
Following odd tirade, is there ‘something wrong with’ Trump?
Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 7.7.16
A Party Divided: How Donald Trump emerged from decades of GOP tension
Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 7.6.16
As contenders quit, Trump’s challenge is finding a willing VP
House Republicans find a new partisan toy to play with
Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 7.6.16
In the presidential race, Atlantic City isn’t just another place
The misguided push to condemn the wrong Justice Department
What James Comey and John Roberts have in common
For his next trick, Trump offers praise for Saddam Hussein
As President Obama makes history, Hillary Clinton benefits
Publisher: ‘Mein Kampf’ profits will go to Holocaust survivors
Paul Ryan rebukes Trump again, but he won’t back it up
FBI Director: Clinton shouldn’t face charges in email flap
Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 7.5.16
Gingrich shows how far he’ll go to be vice president
Republican senator backs Trump, but won’t say why
Bernie Sanders scores big wins with Democratic platform
Trump’s ‘birther’ crusade was a scam wrapped in a con
Why does McCain keep blaming America for terrorist violence?
Donald Trump riles 2016 race with anti-Semitic imagery
Week in Geek: Jupiter or bust edition
Citations for the July 1, 2016 TRMS
Sarah Palin takes aim at ‘RAT’ (or ‘Republicans Against Trump’)
Trump’s baffled: ‘Why am I not doing better in the polls?’
Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 7.1.16
As North Carolina is learning, culture wars are expensive
LePage receives plenty of letters asking for his resignation
NRA gets everything wrong in new attack ad
Clinton, Lynch, and a ‘scandal’ that doesn’t exist