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	Why Trump’s Strategy of Never Answering a Single Question Actually Works by Rachel Stockman donald trump debate republicanPhil Houston is CEO of QVerity, a training and consulting company specializing in detecting deception by employing a model he developed while at the Central Intelligence Agency. He used this model to analyze last night’s Republican debate. His colleague Don Tennant also contributed to this report. It was during a discussion of the contentious issue of immigration policy at Thursday night’s Republican debate that Fox News Channel co-moderator Megyn Kelly encapsulated Donald Trump’s campaign strategy. Read More »

	Hot Tip: Do-It-Yourself Cardboard Painted License Plates Will Always Put You Behind Bars by J.D. Durkin Upstate New York may be home to our generation's greatest forger. Read More »

	Marco Rubio Slams Rival: Trump Is 'the Most Vulgar Person to Ever' Run for President by J.D. Durkin Rubio actually corrected himself in order to land the punch; at first, he simply noted that Trump was "perhaps" the most vulgar, then went for the sensationalized jugular and gave Trump the all-time title. Read More »

	WATCH LIVE: Trump Delivers First Post-Debate Speech in Warren, Michigan by Mediaite TV Donald Trump will be coming off of last night's presidential debate with a rally today in Warren, MI Read More »

	Matt Lauer Presses Romney on 2016 Election: Will You 'Ride in on a White Horse' to Save the GOP? by J.D. Durkin Former Massachusetts Governor and GOP party nominee Mitt Romney was cornered Friday by TODAY's Matt Lauer about his own chances of entering the race. Read More »

	WATCH LIVE: CPAC 2016 (Friday) by Mediaite TV The 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference kicks off this week, March 2 - 5, in Washington, D.C. Read More »

	Culture Warrior Bill O’Reilly Defends Donald Trump’s Dick Joke by Josh Feldman Bill O'Reilly, who literally wrote the book on the coarsening of American culture, made excuses for and even defended Donald Trump's dick joke tonight, to the complete and utter shock of Bernie Goldberg. Read More »

	'Some Things You Just Can't Fact-Check': Twitter Collectively Loses Its Mind Over Trump's Dick Joke by Ken Meyer Twitter had a field day with Donald Trump making a dick joke at the GOP debate tonight. Read More »

	CNN’s Bash to Trump: ‘I Can’t Believe I’m Gonna Ask You This,’ But About That Dick Joke... by Josh Feldman On CNN after the debate, Dana Bash asked Donald Trump ever-so-reluctantly about his dick joke. Read More »

	O'Reilly to Trump: Why Do So Many Republicans Absolutely Loathe You? by Josh Feldman Immediately after the Fox News Republican debate, Donald Trump joined Bill O'Reilly to immediately brag about the good job he did and diss all his rivals. Read More »

	Baier to Rubio, Cruz, Kasich: Will You Support Trump as the Nominee, Yes or No? by Josh Feldman Tonight's Fox News Republican debate ended with Bret Baier asking each of Donald Trump's rivals if they will support him if he's the Republican nominee. Read More »

	Megyn Kelly Calls Out Trump for Multiple Flip-Flops: ‘How Is This Telling It Like It Is?’ by Josh Feldman For those waiting for Donald Trump to get called out on his incredible history of multiple flip-flops on a number of issues, Megyn Kelly really brought it tonight at the GOP debate. Read More »

	Internet Wonders: What Was That Weird Thing That Came out of Ted Cruz's Mouth? by Ken Meyer The internet really wants to know what the heck was on Ted Cruz's face at one point during tonight's debate. Read More »

	Trump: The Military Would Not Refuse My Orders Even If They Consider Them Illegal by Josh Feldman At tonight's Fox News debate, Bret Baier confronted Donald Trump over former NSA/CIA Director Michael Hayden's recent remarks that the military would flat-out refuse to follow illegal orders of his. Read More »

	Report: Media Has Failed Spectacularly to Vet Trump by Sam Reisman In breathlessly covering the outrageous theatrics of the Trump campaign, the media and the national press has done the American electorate a grave disservice by failing in their duties to vet the candidate's qualifications, his proposed policies, and his past dealings. Read More »

	Megyn Kelly Confronts Trump: Are You ‘Playing to People’s Fantasies’ on Immigration? by Josh Feldman Megyn Kelly and Donald Trump exchanged brief pleasantries at tonight's Fox News Republican debate before she asked her first question of the GOP frontrunner. Read More »

	Trump Brags About the Size of His Penis at the GOP Debate by Josh Feldman It took less than ten minutes into the GOP debate tonight for Donald Trump to brag about the size of his dick. Read More »

	Former Romney Aide: Trump 'Kissed Mitt's Ass,' Talked About 'Rightwing Crazies' by Josh Feldman Garrett Jackson was Mitt Romney's personal aide throughout the 2012 presidential campaign, and so when he got wind of what Donald Trump has been saying, he was quick to share his thoughts. Read More »

	Fox’s Dobbs: Romney, Paul Ryan Are Despicable ‘Twosome from Hell’ Betraying the GOP by Josh Feldman Fox Business Network anchor Lou Dobbs really lost his cool with Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan tonight, calling them a "twosome from hell" who are selling out their party. Read More »

	Protesters Gather Outside Detroit Venue for Fox News GOP Debate by Josh Feldman Protesters have gathered tonight outside the Fox Theatre in Detroit, Michigan––the venue for tonight's Fox News GOP debate––to make their voices heard about the Flint water crisis. Read More »

	Sony Execs Reportedly Nervous About Trump AIDS Joke in Sacha Baron Cohen’s New Film by Josh Feldman Sacha Baron Cohen––he of Ali G, Borat, and Bruno––has a big new spy movie out this month, The Brothers Grimsby. And it, um, apparently features quite the amazing Donald Trump joke. Read More »

	Fox News Will Hold Democratic Town Hall Next Week; Only One Candidate Set to Appear by Josh Feldman Fox News announced tonight that they are holding a Democratic presidential town hall in Detroit, Michigan this coming Monday, and only one of the two Democrats in the race will participate. Read More »

	Schwarzenegger Breaks Ranks With His 'Apprentice' Predecessor, Will Stump For Kasich by Sam Reisman In the middle of his protracted and distracted roast of Mitt Romney Thursday afternoon, Donald Trump took a detour to throw a little side-eye at his Apprentice successor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Perhaps now we know why. Read More »

	Fox’s Bolling Defends Trump’s Crass Romney Line: 'When I Go to Church, I Pray on My Knees' by Josh Feldman Sometimes the justifications people make for the things Donald Trump say are, um, quite something. Read More »

	Fox Hosts Clash Over Romney: Trump Attacks Everyone and You're Upset He's Fighting Back? by Josh Feldman On Fox's The Five today, Greg Gutfeld went back-and-forth with Jedediah Bila over the latter ripping Mitt Romney over his big anti-Donald Trump speech. Read More »

	Why The Immunity Deal Could Spell Legal Trouble for Hillary Clinton by Rachel Stockman Read More »

	Ted Cruz Will Give You Your Very Own ‘Trump University Certificate of Deception’ by Lindsey Ellefson In the interest of being a supreme informational conduit, I clicked the link Cruz tweeted out. Read More »

	Students Petition to Rehire Teacher Unjustly Fired Over Nude Photo by Tommy Christopher South Carolina high school teacher Leigh Anne Arthur was fired because one of her students got ahold of what is being described as a "semi-nude" and'/or "sexy" photo, but her students aren't taking the dismissal lying down. Neither should anyone else, once they hear the details of the firing. Over 1,200 students have signed a petition to have Ms. Arthur reinstated, because the reason for her termination is truly outrageous. Read More »

	Tagg Romney Hit Back Against a Sarah Palin Parody Account on Twitter by Josh Feldman Tagg Romney accidentally engaged with a parody Sarah Palin Twitter account this afternoon, thinking it was the real one. Read More »

	NRA's Wayne LaPierre Challenges Obama to One-on-One Gun Debate: 'I Would Clean His Clock' by Alex Griswold Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference Thursday, the National Rifle Association's Wayne LaPierre challenged President Barack Obama to a one-on-one debate on the issue of gun control and gun rights. Read More »

	Megyn Kelly Talks Trump Feud Ahead of Debate Showdown: 'I Didn’t Take It Personally' by Josh Feldman We're just a few hours away from the Megyn Kelly-Donald Trump round two we've all been waiting for, and she previewed tonight's debate in an interview with the AP out today. Read More »

	The Co-Chair of 'Veterans for Trump' Got Nabbed by the FBI Over Armed Standoff With the Bundys by Lindsey Ellefson Read More »

	Trump Gets Three Major Networks to Broadcast Image of Empty Podium for 30 Minutes by Sam Reisman The media not only provides endless coverage to Donald Trump; they also devote precious airtime to his absence. Read More »

	Mexican Official: 'Under No Circumstances' Will We Pay for Trump's Wall by Ken Meyer If former president Vicente Fox's flat-out refusal was not enough, the people who are currently in power in Mexico are telling Donald Trump that they are definitely not picking up the bill for the wall. Read More »

	Caitlyn Jenner Wants Cruz to Become President So She Can Be ‘Trans Ambassador’ by Lindsey Ellefson Caitlyn Jenner is a conservative. We know this. We've heard it on a few different occasions and it doesn't look like she's backing... Read More »

	Sarah Palin Rushes to Bash Romney and Defend Trump by Tommy Christopher In an epic battle of former governors who also fell a few percentage points short of the White House, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin responded to former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney's feature-length attack on Donald Trump in true Palin fashion: with a Facebook post. Read More »

	Exclusive: Inside The Donald Trump Sexual Assault Lawsuit by Rachel Stockman here has been much talk of late about Donald Trump and the law. In addition to his regular threats to sue Ted Cruz, LawNewz.com discovered Trump has been named as a plaintiff and defendant in at least 169 different federal lawsuits. Some of the cases have been resolved, a few dismissed as... Read More »

	Why CNN -- Not Netflix -- Is Home to the Best Kevin Spacey Politics Series Right Now by J.D. Durkin The new CNN Original Series from Spacey and his production partner Dana Brunetti is set to replace, in this writer's opinion, House of Cards as the best original and creative political content during the 2016 election year. Read More »

	Blitzer Grills Trump's Manager on Romney Attacks: 'Will He Ever Release His Tax Returns?' by Lindsey Ellefson Lewandowski countered by accusing Romney of wanting relevance again and then suggesting that the former Governor of Massachusetts was "colluding with the IRS" to get insider information on Trump's taxes. Read More »

	Breaking: Mitt Romney Disavows Donald Trump's Endorsement by Tommy Christopher Read More »