For the Record: With Trump, all things are Trumpossible

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Is there a policy position that can bring Bernie Sanders and Dick Cheney into agreement? Could one create a foreign policy concept so outrageous that it would make the Mexican border wall sound plausible and workable? Could Donald Trump craft a viewpoint so shocking that even he himself could not believe what he was saying? Verily, we say to you this day: With Trump, all things are Trumpossible.

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Donald, you know that religious affiliations aren’t listed on passports … right?

This sounds feasible: Yesterday, Donald Trump called for “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.” Theoretically, this could leave some wiggle room for business travelers and tourists, depending on your definition of the words “total” and “complete” and “shutdown” … nope, never mind. It’s all pretty black and white. So for anyone leaving the country during the Trump Administration, be prepared to eat a bacon cheeseburger in front of Homeland Security before you can get back in. (Sorry, vegans!)

Most of Trump’s fellow 2016 rivals fell all over each other to condemn the “no Muslims” stance. Trump’s supporters are still on board no matter what, saying (and we’re only paraphrasing slightly), “Trump gonna Trump.”

GOP establishment temporarily really excited about Cruz

The decidedly non-establishment Sen. Ted Cruz has taken the lead in Iowa, at least according to a Monmouth University Poll released yesterday. Significantly, it’s the first time since July that the Iowa front-runner is someone who has held an elected office before. (The last one was Gov. Scott Walker in a July 14-21 NBC/Marist poll.) This is good news for core Republicans, who have amended their “Anybody but Hillary” slogan to read “Step One: Anyone but Trump.” But before everyone gets ready to declare the end of the Trumpocalypse, take note: a CNN/ORC poll, also released yesterday, gave Trump a 13-point lead over Cruz.

There’s no room to the left of Sanders, so don’t even try

Hillary Clinton has raced to a huge lead over the rest of the Democratic field by occupying the center-left lane, which is just fine with Bernie Sanders – he’s busy scraping the guardrail on the left side. Yesterday, Bernie Sanders unveiled a plan to cut carbon pollution by 80 percent by 2050 and offering extended unemployment benefits to those in the domestic energy industry who lose their jobs due to the policy. He also voiced support for DREAMers – undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. at a young age – and promised to end detention of undocumented LGBTQ immigrants (although he did say “transgenders” instead of “transgender people” because ha ha, he’s old.)

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