“The trouble is that privacy is at once essential to, and in tension with, both freedom and security. A cabinet minister who keeps his mistress in satin sheets at the French taxpayer's expense cannot justly object when the press exposes his misuse of public funds. Our freedom to scrutinise the conduct of public figures trumps that minister's claim to privacy. The question is: where and how do we draw the line between a genuine public interest and that which is merely what interests the public?” InterestLinesTroubleSecurityFiguresObjectsTrumpEssentialsDrawsClaimsPressesGenuineMinistersTensionPrivacyFundExpensesSheetsMistressTaxpayersCabinetsMisusePublic InterestPublic FiguresSatin Author:Timothy Garton Ash
“Donald Trump got in some trouble for saying that John McCain is not a war hero, and said, 'I like people that weren't captured.' Not good. In fact, Trump's people are telling him to lay low for a while until this all combs over.” PeopleSaidWarFactsTroubleTrumpHeroLowsLaysCapturedMccainCombsWar Hero Author:Jimmy Fallon
“None of [candidates] are saying the right thing to save America. She is in deep trouble. Hillary [Clinton] will take you there, [Donald] Trump will take you there.” AmericaTroubleTrumpClintonRight ThingCandidates Author:Louis Farrakhan
“Under Donald Trump, you know, we've seen the foundation of the Republican Party move into the Democratic Party, so Donald Trump, I think, will have a lot of trouble moving things through Congress.” ThinkingKnowsMovingPartyTroubleTrumpRepublicanFoundationDemocraticCongressRepublican PartyDemocratic Party Author:Jill Stein
“White voters were 72 percent of the electorate in 2012, and their share of the population has shrunk a couple points since then. [Donald] Trump has had trouble winning certain segments of the white vote, such as suburban women and college-educated voters.” CertainWinningWhiteTroubleShareCollegeTrumpCouplePercentVotePopulationEducatedVotersElectorateEducated Voters Author:Mara Liasson
“I think the voters who voted for Donald Trump certainly are willing to tolerate a lot of ugliness, but maybe, if you're in desperate circumstances, or you think America is deeply in trouble, you're willing to tolerate that without necessarily liking it.” IfsThinkingAmericaTroubleWillingTrumpCircumstancesDesperateVotersTolerateUgliness Author:David Brooks