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While Trump's new mercenary Republican Insider hireling, Paul Manafort, has been comparing Cruz's campaign to the Gestapo, never mind how deeply entrenched he was in Ukraine promoting a former Soviet apparatchik who was eventually tossed out of the presidential office leaving behind a political catastrophe. The truth of the matter is that Nazi slurs and metaphors against Cruz should be trumped by actual Soviet associations as Red as they can possibly be ....

Trump: ...But something has to be done with respect to immigration. As they said during the Republican debates, I think most of them agreed, really, you have people that have been here for 20 years, they speak the language, some of them don't even speak Spanish, but they speak the language. It's very, very tough, I mean on a human basis, on a lot of other bases, uh, to be throwing people out... Kilmeade: If you're Donald Trump, how do you play this? Trump: Well, it's a very complicated subject and you don't just play it one way, but for...

Donald Trump claims he can't release his tax returns until he's done being audited by the IRS. But the federal agency on Friday said that's not true. "Federal privacy rules prohibit the IRS from discussing individual tax matters. Nothing prevents individuals from sharing their own tax information," a spokesperson for the IRS said in a statement. The Republican presidential front-runner's refusal to release his tax documents came up repeatedly during Thursday's GOP debate, hours after former Republican nominee Mitt Romney suggested that Trump's reluctance stems from the possibility there might be a "bombshell" in his taxes. "I want to [release...

‘What else is part of your health care plan?” That was Marco Rubio bashing Donald Trump at the Thursday night debate on Trump’s lack of specifics on health reform. Rubio complained that all Trump would talk about is “eliminating lines around states, whatever that means.” And indeed, when asked if Trump had any other specific reform ideas to offer, he said: “No, there’s nothing to add.” It is true that Trump has been incredibly vague about his post-ObamaCare plans. But neither Rubio nor Ted Cruz, the two other leaders in the race, have offered much by way of specifics either,...

... The previous debate (which Trump boycotted) was much more civilized and informative. Trump's foreign policy would be a disaster because, in a meeting with a representative of a foreign country who wants a real discussion, he would be playing reality show host, cussing and fuming at them continually (a leopard can't change its spots). Yes, Trump said the border should be secured and illegals sent back; that has some merit even as a questionable goal. But he is a one-trick pony with no other agenda to speak of -- no knowledge that I can see regarding what government is...

Lately many have characterized this administration as socialist, or having strong socialist leanings. I differ with this characterization. This is not to say Mr. Obama believes in free-markets by any means. On the contrary, he has done and said much that demonstrates his fundamental misunderstanding and hostility towards the truly free market. But a closer, honest examination of his policies and actions in office reveals that, much like the previous administration, he is very much a corporatist. This in many ways can be more insidious and worse than being an outright socialist. Socialism is a system where the government directly...