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Libertarian Gary Johnson badly fumbles Aleppo question on ‘Morning Joe’

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SittingĀ with the prospect of showing a Libertarian view of foreign affairs that might make Donald Trump‘s brash non-commitment and Hillary Clinton‘s nuanced status quo look out of touch, presidential nominee Gary JohnsonĀ instead stumbled face-first Thursday on MSNBC’sĀ “Morning Joe” show. Johnson was unable to answer his first question, from columnist Mike Barnicle, who asked what he would do about Aleppo, and then spent the rest of his appearance trying to recover. “What is Aleppo?” Johnson responded to Barnicle’s question, whileĀ looking like…

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Paul Stanton ousts Augustus Sol Invictus from Libertarian Senate primary

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Libertarians have rejected goat-blood-drinking, LSD-dropping, neo-nationalist candidate Augustus Sol InvictusĀ of Orlando and picked Paul Stanton of Deland to be their nominee this year for Floridaā€™s U.S. Senate seat. Stanton beat Invictus 74 percent to 26 percent in Tuesday’s Libertarian Party primary for the U.S. Senate. Stanton, a computer programmer and ā€œpro-peaceā€ Army veteran, entered the race in May after Invictusā€™s penchant for shocking people with his behavior and statements became too much for Libertarian Party leaders. Stanton quickly picked up…

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Poll: Hillary Clinton struggles to make inroads with young Americans

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Hillary Clinton is struggling to make inroads among young Americans who overwhelmingly supported Bernie Sanders during the Democratic presidential primary, a worrisome sign as she tries to reassemble the coalition that twice propelled Barack Obama into the White House. Opinions of Clinton among young Americans vary by race and ethnicity, according to a new GenForward poll of adults ages 18 to 30. The majority of the nation’s younger blacks and Asian-Americans have a favorable impression of Clinton, but the presumptive…

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