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Where Things Stand: Trump Reignites War On Civil Servants Prime Badge
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10.23.20 | 1:54 pm

President Trump has had an issue with career professionals since he took office.

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WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 19: US President Donald Trump returns to the White House after multiple campaign stops over the weekend on October 19, 2020 in Washington, DC. With only a couple of weeks left before the 2020 Presidential Election the President is campaigning heavily in key states. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 19: US President Donald Trump returns to the White House after multiple campaign stops over the weekend on October 19, 2020 in Washington, DC. With only a couple of weeks left before the 2020 Presidential Election the President is campaigning heavily in key states. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
Nothing New: How US Politics Turned Tribal, From George Washington To Donald Trump
Much of what we deplore today is nothing new: nastiness, violence, intolerance, fraud, twisting the election rules, bashing the government, bias in the media, fistfights in Congress, and even a violent coup in North Carolina. We have seen it all before.
10.23.20 | 12:00 pm
Where Things Stand: Closing Arguments Prime Badge
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10.22.20 | 1:27 pm

Tonight, the candidates will make their closing arguments. But it will likely be a far-cry from the professional demeanor of attorneys making their final cases in the court room.

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Where Things Stand: They’re Really Sticking With The ‘Anarchist Cities’ Thing Prime Badge
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10.21.20 | 1:00 pm

Yesterday, President Trump tweeted a disingenuous rallying cry to residents of states like New York, California and Illinois — messaging that won’t do much for him in the relatively blue states that are home to some of country’s largest deep blue cities.

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CLEVELAND, OH - SEPTEMBER 29: President Donald Trump participates in the first presidential debate with former Vice President Joe Biden at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. (Photo by Melina Mara/The Washington Post) CLEVELAND, OH - SEPTEMBER 29: President Donald Trump participates in the first presidential debate with former Vice President Joe Biden at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. (Photo by Melina Mara/The Washington Post)