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Martin Dyckman: As rhetoric descends, up pops evil

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John Kasich has taken heat for a web ad that subtly compares Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler. Narrated by a former Vietnam POW, retired Air Force Col. Tom Moe, it paraphrases German pastor Martin Niemoller’s famous statement of regret that he did not speak up for the tyrant’s victims until he became one “and there was no one left to speak for me.” Hitler analogies should be rare and expressed carefully lest comparisons to lesser evils trivialize his monstrosities. Too…

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Hillary Clinton’s invoking of 9/11 to defend donations draws ire

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Hillary Rodham Clinton defended her campaign contributions from Wall Street by invoking her work to help the financial sector rebuild after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, raising eyebrows among her Democratic challengers and Republicans alike. During Saturday’s second Democratic debate, Clinton was put on the defensive by rival Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders when he said Wall Street had been the major contributor to her campaigns. “Now maybe they’re dumb and they don’t know what they’re going to get, but I…

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Email insights: Unmasking Alan Grayson’s Wall Street hypocrisy

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In complaining about Patrick Murphy’s fundraising, Alan Grayson reveals he is nothing less than a total hypocrite. A new email from Communications Director Joshua Karp calls Grayson a “hedge fund manager” who loves attacking his fellow Democrat for receiving Wall Street contributions during his U.S. Senate campaign. Nevertheless, Karp says the brash Orlando liberal has no qualms about throwing himself a high-profile Wall Street fundraiser – something he did just last week. “Grayson loves to mug for the cameras and rail against Wall Street,”…

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Calling for cooperation, Barack Obama engages in confrontation

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Amid appeals for bipartisanship, President Barack Obama in just three days has provoked Republicans on issues as disparate as immigration, Wall Street and the Keystone XL pipeline — a combative mix of defense and offense that underscores Washington’s political realignment. Sensing a Republican retreat, Obama was headlining a Miami town hall on Wednesday, enlisting his Latino base of support to increase pressure on GOP lawmakers who want to tie spending on the Homeland Security Department to repeal of his immigration…

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The economic crisis hits Sesame Street

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The economic crisis has hit Wall Street, Main Street and…Sesame Street? The New York City-based nonprofit Sesame Workshop, which produces the famous children’s show, announced plans to lay off 20% of its staff — about 70 employees. The workshop’s funding derives from licensing and syndication fees, government grants and philanthropy — all of which are slumping.

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