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And some, such as Adolfo Olivas of Hamilton, Ohio, have decided to just shut down their accounts, as the divisive presidential campaign causes a deluge of news feeds amid photos of smiling kids' first day of school and what's on the grill for dinner. The last straw for the former Republican mayor came after GOP nominee Donald Trump's criticism of fellow Gold Star parents, the Muslim parents of Iraq war casualty Humayun Khan.

Columbiana County officials impressed with Trump

Columbiana County Commissioner Mike Halleck and county Republican Party Chairman David Johnson came away impressed after meeting Donald Trump at a fundraiser held Monday in Canton. "He's a different person than he is on television, much more soft spoken, much more personable," Halleck said, recalling his three- minute conversation with Trump.

Trump the Teenager

Jim Hamblin argued this week that Donald Trump is " a climax of American masculinity ." A reader has a different take: I'd strongly argue that Trump's bullying, hyper-aggressive persona isn't "masculinity," but rather what immature males confuse with masculinity.

Trump brushes off a sarcasma as Clinton releases tax returns

Republican Donald Trump tried to brush off the latest furor to envelop his struggling White House campaign on Friday, saying he was just being sarcastic when he called President Barack Obama and Democratic rival Hillary Clinton the founders of Islamic State. Trump used the unfounded description on Wednesday night and all day on Thursday during campaign appearances in Florida.

Clinton releases 2015 tax returns Hillary Clinton’s campaign released her tax returns.

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Big GOP Donors Ignoring Donald Trump And Funding Down Ballot Races

As, and I'll say it again, we've been warning on RedState since February, the big danger of a Donald Trump candidacy -- assuming he loses, if he wins there are plenty more YUGE dangers out there -- is that he will take hundreds of state and local GOP candidates down with him. Voters are increasingly unlikely to split a ticket, in 2012 only 26 of 435 Congressional districts voted for president and representative of different parties.

Trump says his Obama as ISIS founder comment ‘sarcasm’

Trump says his Obama as ISIS founder comment 'sarcasm' The GOP presidential nominee is clarifying recent comments, suggesting the media was slow to pick up on his intent. Check out this story on sctimes.com: http://usat.ly/2bbRnx9 At a Donald Trump rally in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, supporters cheered when Trump said President Obama founded the Islamic State with Hillary Clinton.

US president will be ‘part Trump, part Clinton’ in Homeland season 6

Homeland's sixth season is premiering later than usual, but showrunner Alex Gansa has a very good reason: the upcoming run is focussed around a US general election. The series takes place between Election Day and the presidential inauguration, and will air just after America has voted in its real-life president in November.

Fox News Is Laying The Groundwork For Trump To Skip Out On Presidential Debates

Fox News figures are helping rationalize Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's threat that the 2016 presidential debates must have "fair" moderators or he won't participate, pointing to Candy Crowley's 2012 debate moderation in which she fact-checked Republican candidate Mitt Romney as an "unacceptable" example. But Fox's attacks on Crowley are based on a lie, and they're helping lay the groundwork for Trump to justify withdrawing from the debates.

Donald Trump’s Inflammatory Brand Of “Sarcasm” Is Gaslighting America

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump now says his remarks that President Obama is the "founder of ISIS" were "sarcasm," just one day after repeatedly reaffirming the statement as "no mistake," and after conservative media figures defended his charge as "100 percent accurate." NY Times : "Donald Trump Calls Obama 'Founder of ISIS' and Says It Honors Him."