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Accurately and insightfully, Stronger Together points out that the debate over Social Security is distorted by "years of mythmaking, claiming we cannot afford Social Security and that the only solution is to cut the benefits on which 90 percent of American seniors rely."

With the presidential debate just a couple of weeks away, Lauer's performance serves as a teachable moment for the moderators as they prepare for the mammoth event. First, though, let's examine why Lauer was so roundly criticized.

Jesse Andreozzi

Multimedia Journalist/NBC Sports Game Logger/Emerson College Grad

The fact that Trump's base is mostly blue-collar white men might support the "racism pure and simple" reasoning, but there are other components of the Trump phenomenon.

Time and time again Republicans try, very often succeeding. Defying court orders or finding ways to circumnavigate such orders is not beneath th...

Today, the Earth got a little hotter, and a little more crowded. ...

In an election where the GOP has welcomed its most unwelcome of candidates, it's time to autopsy the autopsy, and check out some facts.

Jarrett Hill

Television/radio host, producer, designer, and a connoisseur of cheesecake

If Donald Trump's promise to deport millions of immigrants, 'day one', sounds familiar to Werner Reich, it's because, as a teenager, that's what Hitler did to him.

1. The Mexican Government's invitation to Trump (and Clinton) was a serious strategic and historic mistake for Mexico. It was a big unnecessary bet wi...

Ariel Moutsatsos

Communications and PR strategist, media commentator. Immigrant and globetrotter

Today, the Earth got a little hotter, and a little more crowded. ...

As a self-consumed, self-aggrandizing narcissist, Trump believes everyone else in the world exists to serve him. Even as he runs for president of the Unites States, Trump fails to understand and accept journalists' role, especially on the campaign trail.

It's August of a Presidential election year. Must be time for Democrats to play the race card.

James Marshall Crotty

Forbes Education Columnist; Author, 'How to Talk American'; Director, 'Crotty's Kids'; Co-founder, 'Monk Magazine'

To quote Maya Angelou, "People will forget whatyousaid, people will forget whatyoudid, but people willnever forget how you madethemfeel," especially when you offend, insult, degrade or humiliate them.

For a year, over the course of at least a dozen articles, I've been arguing that Donald Trump has provided Democrats - and indeed the nation -- the op...

Andy Schmookler

Award-winning author of What We're Up Against, former Democratic nominee for Congress in Virginia, political commentator and talk radio philosopher

From day one of the Obama administration, Mitch McConnell and his "patriotic" country of old white men (with the exception of John Boehner) gathered together like a meeting of the Dons and made it their one single purpose to block anything that our new president was going to try to do by any means necessary.

Today, the Earth got a little hotter, and a little more crowded. ...

If the media needs to acknowledge Trump's "changed" demeanor, it must also give Hillary equal time to express her convictions. Only then will there be an opportunity for the clearest comparison.

Michael Russnow

Screenwriter; former member, WGAW Board of Directors; former U.S. Senate aide

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