Birther Trump: The Latest in a NYC Political Tradition
New York is an amazing place. We've got all kinds of people, all living in very close quarters, going about our daily lives together. We're home to some of the most successful people in the world and...
View ArticleAre 'Birthers' Bad for the Republican Party?
Forty-five percent of Republicans still believe Barack Obama wasn't born in the United States, even though there's no question to the veracity of his citizenship. Thanks in particular to potential GOP...
View ArticleEssay: Obama vs. 'Birther' Trump? Advantage, The Donald
Today, President Barack Obama took a bold stand and released his long-form birth certificate. Or, as bold a stand as could be since he waited over three years to put an end to (the admittedly...
View ArticleFormer Senator Bayh Says Political Parties More Alienated Than Ever
Welcome to Politics Bites, where every afternoon at It's A Free Country, we bring you the unmissable quotes from the morning's political conversations on WNYC. Today on the Brian Lehrer Show, Evan...
View ArticleConspiracy Theories and American Politics
Yesterday, President Obama tried to dissuade Americans from getting distracted over whether he’s an American citizen. Then reality TV star and presidential hopeful Donald Trump quickly took credit for...
View ArticleFollow Friday: Facebook IPO, Trayvon Martin, Violence Against Women Act
Every Friday, The Takeaway convenes a panel to look back at the week's big stories. This week's panel includes Ron Christie, Takeaway contributor and Republican political strategist, Jeff Yang,...
View ArticleOpinion: After Romney's Despicable Birther Joke, Is Mormonism Fair Game?
Jobs, Medicare, tax returns, and Mitt Romney jokes in Michigan about himself and his wife, “No one’s ever asked to see my birth certificate. They know that this is the place where both of us were born...
View ArticleThis Week in Politics: Pinocchio vs. the Politician
We spent the week hearing, essentially, one story about the Hillary Clinton campaign: her delay in announcing she has pneumonia. Meanwhile, the Donald Trump stories kept piling up. But it seems that no...
View ArticleLyin' Don
In the past week President Trump has revived suspicions about President Obama’s birth place and asserted that the “Access Hollywood” tape was a fake. He also retweeted a series of graphic anti-Muslim...
View ArticleDon't Fall For It
Recently, the president threatened the post office — and with it, the November elections. On this week's On The Media, a look at how decades of cuts to the mail system led to this emergency. Plus, the...
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