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Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump criticized CNN, which he calls the “Clinton News Network,” during his campaign rally in Ohio on Wednesday for covering the alleged “Star of David” tweet more than the FBI interviewing presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton over the past weekend. “CNN is dishonest as hell,” the presumptive nominee stated. “I have grandchildren that are Jewish…and I love them.” Trump also noted how his daughter and son-in-law are Jewish. Trump has defended the image as a Sheriff’s star — not the Star of David, which was alleged by political pundits and the media.

Plain Funny by: Lance Nation, December 01, 2008 Have you ever read a corporate manual only to find out you don’t speak “business?” Or, have you ever attempted to read a piece of legislation only to find out you’d have a better chance understanding how nuclear physics works? Better yet, have you ever had to pay a lawyer to interpret a legal document because “sense no make words?” President and Creative Director of Firehouse Financial Communications LLC, Josiah Fisk has spent the past 11 years converting “business speech” into plain jargon. Presenting at this years Center for Plain Language Symposium...

Last week, Britain's Plain English Campaign announced its Golden Bull Awards for the year's choicest gobbledygook and presented (in absentia) its prestigious Foot-In-Mouth honor to Donald Rumsfeld. This was his winning performance: "Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me," the US defense secretary began, "because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don't know we don't know."...

Last week, the Plain English Campaign announced its Golden Bull Awards for the year's choicest gobbledygook and presented (in absentia) its prestigious Foot-In-Mouth honour to Donald Rumsfeld. This was his winning performance: "Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me," the US Defence Secretary began, "because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - the ones we don't know we don't know."...