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During the 2016 campaign, Donald Trumps tell was fully on display: when a criticism or an allegation was getting to him, hed turn around and accuse someone else of the same thing. From Little Marco to No, youre the puppet, Trump turned the trail into a running game of Im rubber, youre glue. And the presidents critics are developing a tell of their own: projecting their antipathies, hopes and anxieties on the women in the presidents professional and personal life.

Take the furor over a wire photo of the presidents senior counselor, Kellyanne Conway, kneeling on an Oval Office couch during a meeting between the president and representatives of historically blackcolleges and universities.By the standards of presidential photography, which has historically involved men in suits, it is a somewhat unusual image: Conway is relaxed, and her stylish red dress hits above the knee. To some observers, the image was proof of everything from hypocrisy about presidential decorum from conservatives who criticized President Obama for taking off his suit jacket to Conways disrespect for the college officials.

There are plenty of reasons to dislike Conway, from her cool mendacity to her willingness to toss feminist principles under the bus, without needing to manufacture phony incidents of disrespect for the office she serves in order to feed that animus. The uproar over the photo is particularly silly because the context exists for it in other wire photos taken shortly before that shot: she had knelt on the couch to get all the college officials into the frame of a smartphone picture she was taking. Deducingfrom a single imagethat Conwaymust always lounge around the Oval Office in a supposedly disrespectful way when theres easily accessible photo evidence of the contrary says a great deal more about the psychological needs of the people who cant stand Conway than about Conway herself.

Conway, at least, is regularly captured in the routine rounds of White House photography and is interviewed in ways that give her opportunities to explain her own conduct and to spin that of the president. The temptation to effectively write fan fiction about Ivanka Trump and especially Melania Trump, who despite their relationship to the president are much less accessible to the press, appears even more irresistible.

The assertionruns wild.

The Trumps will divorce!

Ivanka is a secret progressive influence on her father!

Melania Trump is afraid of her husband!

Ivankas conversion means Trump will battle anti-Semitism!

Melanias body language is full of secret insights!

These stories correspond rather neatly to a series of wishful fantasies.Learning that Melania Trump is miserable, or worse, abused, would confirm a sense of her husbands bad character. News that they were divorcing would reinforce the sense that Trump himself is a hound incapable of marital happiness, or give audiences the empowerment-by-proxy sense that Melania had liberated herself. The belief in Ivanka as a secret but substantive policy adviser to her father is an attempted check on anxiety: maybe he wont be so terrible in absolutely every policy arena.

These fictions are unlikely to be contradicted. Trumps two ex-wives stayed on message during the presidential campaign; I doubt were about to learn the details, whether dark or mundane, of a third Trump marriage. Similarly, Ivanka Trumps relationship with her father is, by all accounts, defined by loyalty. At the very least, a balancing act that preserves an affectionate relationship between Ivanka and her father while freeing her from identification with all of his policy positions and outbursts is as much if not more beneficial to Trump herself than to the republic.

Americans spentalmost 25 years usingHillary Clinton as the screen on which to displaydebates about marriage and working women and fidelity, and when it was all over in November, we didnt know anything more about her marriage or her true character. Our willingness to treat Conway and the Trump women in the same way, like characters in a soap opera, suggested our decades of projecting onto Clinton didnt teach us much about ourselves, either.

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Friday, former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton delivered a video message to the Democratic Party ahead of Saturdays vote to choose the next chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC).

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Clinton said, Ideas we championed are now inspiring leaders and activists across out country. Nearly 66 million votes are fueling grassroots energy and activism. And everywhere, people are marching, protesting, tweeting, speaking out and working for an America thats hopeful, inclusive and big hearted. From the womens march to airports where communities are welcoming immigrants, refugees and people of every faith, to town hall meetings where people are speaking up for health care, the environment, good jobs and all the other issues that deserve our passionate support.

She continued, The challenges we face as a party and a country are real. So now, more than ever, we need to stay engaged. In the field and online. Reaching out to new voters, young people and everyone who wants a better, stronger, fairer America. We as Democrats must move forward with courage, confidence, and optimism, and stay focused on the elections we must win this year and next. Let resistance plus persistence equal progress for our party and our country.

She added, Keep fighting and keep the faith. And Ill be right there with you every step of the way.

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Last month we noted that Hillary Clinton is looking to start her own fabulous TV show in an effort to remain relevant following a disastrous Presidential election loss in 2016. The show, according to an insider, would be completely controlled and will likely focus on undermining the efforts of President Donald Trump, while whipping her supporters into a frenzy.

Now, in a three minute video address to fellow Democrats, the former Secretary of State says she is going to keep the fight going with the help of former President Barrack Obama and his wife Michelle, who incidentally, recently started their own organizationaimed at marginalizing the new Trump administration.

The challenges we face as a party and a country are real. So, now more than ever, we need to stay engaged in the field and online, reaching out to new voters, young people and everyone who wants a better, stronger and fairer America.

We as Democrats must move forward with courage, confidence and activism, and stay focused on the elections we must win this year and next.

Let resistance plus persistence equal progress for our party and our country.

Keep fighting and keep the faith and Ill be right there with you every step of the way.

As we reported earlier this week, tens of millions of dollars are actively being funneled into so called non-profit organizations who are involved in a variety of activities that include direct attacks on the alternative mediawhich tanked Hillarys Presidential run, infiltration of the Trump White House, and instigation of purported grass roots movements through the use of paid agitators like the anonymous provocateurs we recently sawat protests in Berkeley, California.

Make no mistake, Hillary Clinton is running for President in 2020 and the video you just watched is the opening salvo in a conflict that is designed to divide and conquer the American people.

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In a video released Friday, Hillary Clinton encouraged Democrats to move forward with courage, confidence and optimism as the party prepares to rebuild after losing the White House and failing to gain majorities in either house of Congress in the November elections.

The three-minute video was posted online shortly after it was greeted with applause at a Democratic National Committee meeting in Atlanta, Ga. The DNC will choose new party leaders, including a new chairperson, on Saturday.

Although Clinton has mostly stayed out of the spotlight since her stunning election loss to Donald Trump, lately she has started to speak out more pointedly via her Twitter account. She celebrated the fact that Trumps controversial travel ban was stymied in federal courts and admonished members of Congress for avoiding their constituents.

Acknowledging her loss, in the video Clinton thanked supporters of her candidacy, which she called the honor of a lifetime.

While we didnt get the outcome we worked so hard for, Ill always be proud of the campaign we ran, a campaign that was better and stronger thanks to each of you, she said.

Invoking two of the most popular current mantras of the anti-Trump left, Clinton called for resistance plus persistence in the fight against the White Houses agenda.

We as Democrats must move forward with courage, confidence, and optimism and stay focused on the elections we must win this year and next. Let resistance plus persistence equal progress for our party and our country, she said.

The video closed with Clinton urging party unity and promising her support for the progressive cause:

As long as we stand together and work together with respect for our differences, strength in our convictions and love for our country, our best days are still ahead. So keep fighting, and keep the faith. And Ill be with you every step of the way.

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A former first ladys to-do list usually includes a lucrative book deal, continued charitable works and a few (or more) paid speaking engagements. Whats not on the agenda? A reality competition show. At least for Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama.

According to Us Weekly, both Clinton, who stretched her rsum after her years in the White House to include the Senate, the State Department and two bids for the U.S. presidency, and Obama turned down offers from ABCs Dancing With the Stars, which premieres a new season on March 20. The popular dance competition that pairs amateur two-steppers with the pros asked the former first ladies and got concretenos in response, according to a source with knowledge of season 24sproduction plans.

The 69-year-old Clinton, who has been spotted after her election loss hiking, attending Broadway shows and rallying fellow Democrats, isnt exactly known for her sweet dance moves. Rememberwhen she dabbed on The Ellen DeGeneres Show? Just, no. But to be fair, that debate shimmy did win over some hearts and minds.

For her part, Obama has had much better luck on the floor, making busting a move a regular part of her agenda as first lady. No one can forget Obamas wildly popular dance-off with late night host Jimmy Fallon featured inThe Evolution of Mom Dancing parts one and deux. But the former first lady did swing and miss with that Turnip for What video.

In the end, themirror ball trophy (and potential viral humiliation) clearly wasnt a big enough draw for either Clinton or Obama to scrap their post-politics plans for a scheduleof grueling rehearsals in Hollywood followed by weeklyjudgement. Past winners of Dancing With the Stars include former boy-bander Drew Lachey, country music singer Kellie Pickler, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air star Alfonso Ribeiro and, most recently, Olympic gold medalist LaurieHernandez.

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