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Trump Said He Would Bring Jobs Back To The Country. He Just Quietly Hired 78 Foreign Workers.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has repeatedly vowed to bring jobs back to the country and force American companies to hire more domestic workers. Just don’t expect him to apply that to his own business: instead he is bringing 78 foreign workers to work two of his properties in Florida.

That Time Newt Gingrich Tried To Take Kids Away From Welfare Recipients And Put Them in Orphanages

After widespread speculation that Newt Gingrich, the former Republican Speaker of the House, would be picked as Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s running mate, the country learned he had lost out to Mike Pence last week. But Gingrich is still getting a starring role in the Republican National Convention, giving a primetime speech on Wednesday evening.

All The Different Excuses The Trump Campaign Made For Melania Trump’s Plagiarized Speech

As the first evening of the Republican National Convention wrapped up, it emerged that a portion of Melania’s Trump’s speech had been plagiarized from a speech delivered by First Lady Michelle Obama during the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Since then, Trump campaign officials and surrogates have been busy trying to explain the impropriety away.

Trump Says His Struggle Has Been Similar To What Black People Face. It Hasn’t Been.

Last night on Fox News, Donald Trump told Bill O’Reilly that he can relate to black Americans, because he, a white billionaire that is the son of a white millionaire, has also struggled against a rigged system.

Justice Ginsburg Broke The Rules In A Big Way. That Might Not Be A Bad Thing.

Yeah, the Notorious RBG wasn’t supposed to do that.

In an interview with the New York Times’ Adam Liptak, which was published on Sunday, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg offered an unusually explicit view of a current presidential candidate. “I can’t imagine what this place would be — I can’t imagine what the country would be — with Donald Trump as our president,” the longserving justice said. She added her views on what a Trump presidency would do to the Court where she sits. “For the country, it could be four years. For the court, it could be — I don’t even want to contemplate that.”

9 Ways Democrats Have Gotten More Progressive In Just 4 Years

Later this week, the Democratic Party’s platform committee will convene for its final meeting, to finalize changes to the document that lays out the party’s vision and priorities for the next four years. A draft of the platform — hashed out by a team of Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton supporters — includes some of the most progressive policies ever embraced by Democrats, some of which were considered radical just a few years ago. On topics ranging from criminal justice to abortion rights to energy, the blueprint is a sharp departure from the one approved by the party in 2012. Some delegates say they are not yet satisfied, and vow to continue fighting for revisions in the coming weeks, including a ban on fracking and strongly-worded opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. Yet the platform as it stands now leans further to the left than any in recent history.