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Evan McMullin, a presidential candidate from Utah, during a rally in Logan, Utah, Oct., 12, 2016. McMullin has little money and no major-party backing, and is little known outside Utah, but lately he has been drawing big crowds supporters who see his moonshot run for president as a final refuge for “Never Trump” conservatives. (Jim Urquhart/The New York Times)Photo: JIM URQUHART, NYT … [Read more...] about Utah: America’s new political conscience as Never Trumpland

“I’m not aware what’s on the campaign website, you’d have to ask them,” Spicer said. “I know how he talked about this from the first day of the administration … We’ve been very consistent since the first day of the administration on this.” … [Read more...] about Muslim Ban Deleted From Trump Website

But instead of “screaming helplessly at the sky,” as some Trump critics plan to do on Wednesday, Kimmel suggested they do something productive like signing up for the “new health care plan,” which just opened for enrollment on November 1st. … [Read more...] about Jimmy Kimmel Urges Viewers to Sign Up for ‘TrumpCare’

Because Trump has been “massively unpopular” and “dogged” by the Russia scandal, Meyers said when Fox isn’t interviewing Trump, they are “much more interested in talking about the candidate who didn’t win the election: Hillary Clinton.” … [Read more...] about Seth Meyers Mocks ‘Fox News Freakout’ Over Hillary Clinton ‘Collusion’

And third, Trump would be compared to Obama in terms of delivering jokes. The problem here is that Obama was the best president to deliver jokes at a WHCD. Period. In contrast Trump’s joke delivery, as we saw in October at the Al Smith diner, is awful. I’ve seen dead people with better comedic timing. The idea that Obama would be seen as being far better than Trump at anything would turn him a brighter orange. … [Read more...] about The President Is Afraid of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Muslim Comic Emcee