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Did Clinton’s Use of the Term “Deplorables” Seal Her Fate?

“You could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. Right? The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic — you name it. And unfortunately there are people like that. And he has lifted them up.”

Hillary Clinton issued that slur during a fundraising event on September 9 in New York City. Donald Trump immediately responded, “I think it will cost her at the polls.” He may have correctly assessed the effect of his opponent’s remarkably derogatory comment.

Incoming President Has at Least One Tool to Stop Climate Programs

“Congress can always pass an appropriation’s rider that for one year prevents any funding for the implementation or enforcement of a particular regulation. You don’t have to repeal statutes. You just have to make it impossible to implement them.”

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