Crash Course: Republicans tell Trump to focus on issues, not "crowd sizes." Project 2025 shows that will backfire

There's a reason Trump's team wants to hide his policy agenda: Voters hate his plans as much as his personality Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRooGTBP0RnaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvcWN0OWpjdjkyeC8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9YXFwb29kend1YSZsaF9lbT10cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NSU0MGdtYWlsLmNvbVcDc3BjQgpmu8HfvWajdELyUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). ~/AASU4wA~/RgRooGTBP0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvaml2bTI4enV1eC8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9YXFwb29kend1YVcDc3BjQgpmu8HfvWajdELyUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~~/AASU4wA~/RgRooGTBP0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvZ3ZqOGk0aGN4OS8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9YXFwb29kend1YVcDc3BjQgpmu8HfvWajdELyUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~~/AASU4wA~/RgRooGTBP0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsva3NtOWRxNXg5dC8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9YXFwb29kend1YVcDc3BjQgpmu8HfvWajdELyUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~~/AASU4wA~/RgRooGTBP0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvZmFscWlyanhpaC8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9YXFwb29kend1YVcDc3BjQgpmu8HfvWajdELyUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~~/AASU4wA~/RgRooGTBP0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvb3Rna25tbDBxcC8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9YXFwb29kend1YVcDc3BjQgpmu8HfvWajdELyUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~ Republicans tell Trump to focus on issues, not "crowd sizes." Project 2025 shows that will backfire From Amanda Marcotte: Trump won't listen to a woman, but Haley is speaking for a larger crowd of Republicans who are anxious that their candidate's odious personality will lose this election for them. [Reports from across Capitol Hill quote GOP advisors](~/AASU4wA~/RgRooGTBP0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvZ2M3dm40bTJpMS8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9YXFwb29kend1YVcDc3BjQgpmu8HfvWajdELyUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) and [officials from all corners begging Trump](~/AASU4wA~/RgRooGTBP0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsveGFpa3Y3Mnl2Mi8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9YXFwb29kend1YVcDc3BjQgpmu8HfvWajdELyUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) to stop fantasizing about President Joe Biden rejoining the race or falsely claiming crowds at Harris rallies are AI-generated. [Fox News pundits like Sean HannityÂ](~/AASU4wA~/RgRooGTBP0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsveHkxc21pZWNxMC8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9YXFwb29kend1YVcDc3BjQgpmu8HfvWajdELyUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~)and even Jesse Watters are imploring Trump to stop "talking about [the] nationality or background" of his opponent and tell himself "it's not about her, it's about her policies." All that is unlikely to happen. [Read more](~/AASU4wA~/RgRooGTBP0RnaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvMjU2a2x6YjM4di8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9YXFwb29kend1YSZsaF9lbT10cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NSU0MGdtYWlsLmNvbVcDc3BjQgpmu8HfvWajdELyUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). ~/AASU4wA~/RgRooGTBP0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvNzZxODM2Yzd5NS8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9YXFwb29kend1YVcDc3BjQgpmu8HfvWajdELyUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~~/AASU4wA~/RgRooGTBP0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvNHRnOXNuOGcwcS8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9YXFwb29kend1YVcDc3BjQgpmu8HfvWajdELyUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~~/AASU4wA~/RgRooGTBP0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvYWltcWVsN2FjbC8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9YXFwb29kend1YVcDc3BjQgpmu8HfvWajdELyUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~~/AASU4wA~/RgRooGTBP0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvdGhwZ2FmMDNyay8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9YXFwb29kend1YVcDc3BjQgpmu8HfvWajdELyUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~ "Really scary": Experts alarmed by Trump plot to "weaponize" DOJ by mass firing career officials Former President Donald Trump has again vowed to take on the so-called “deep state” with [a mission laid out](~/AASU4wA~/RgRooGTBP0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvbGV3OTgzNWozcS8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9YXFwb29kend1YVcDc3BjQgpmu8HfvWajdELyUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) on his own website to “root out wrongdoers,” “fire corrupt employees” and “get woke Leftwing Democrats fired as soon as possible.” Trump has repeatedly railed against the "deep state" as a core theme of his rallies and promised revenge on his political enemies — including President Joe Biden and his administration officials. Trump failed to eliminate the administrative state in his first term, and courts [prevented](~/AASU4wA~/RgRooGTBP0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvMDY5ZjlpaHAxZS8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9YXFwb29kend1YVcDc3BjQgpmu8HfvWajdELyUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) many of his administration's attempts to flout settled agency law. But Trump is poised to go farther than previous Republican administrations in his efforts to try to replace civil servants en masse with political appointees if he wins a second term, University of Illinois Chicago political science professor E.J. Fagan, told Salon. [Read more](~/AASU4wA~/RgRooGTBP0RnaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvazVnNzNleTF1dC8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9YXFwb29kend1YSZsaF9lbT10cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NSU0MGdtYWlsLmNvbVcDc3BjQgpmu8HfvWajdELyUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). 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Exercising to lose weight? Here's why the results may backfire Obesity afflicts many people, with a study published earlier this year in the medical journal [The Lancet](~/AASU4wA~/RgRooGTBP0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvYWJ4eGZmd2FhNC8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9YXFwb29kend1YVcDc3BjQgpmu8HfvWajdELyUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) showing that more than 1 billion people — or roughly one out of eight people alive today — struggles with the condition. Along with the social stigma associated with being “fat,” obesity comes with a heightened risk for a wide range of health issues including heart attacks, diabetes, strokes, fatty liver diseases, metabolic disorders, [sleep apnea](~/AASU4wA~/RgRooGTBP0RnaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvNTRtbmV5cG50Yy8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9YXFwb29kend1YSZsaF9lbT10cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NSU0MGdtYWlsLmNvbVcDc3BjQgpmu8HfvWajdELyUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) and various types of cancer. Conventional wisdom dictates that, for these people to lose weight, they need to eat better and exercise more. Yet a [recent study](~/AASU4wA~/RgRooGTBP0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvdzRkNDFrZWVlNy8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9YXFwb29kend1YVcDc3BjQgpmu8HfvWajdELyUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise found that at least part of this equation [doesn't help as much as conventional wisdom would suggest](~/AASU4wA~/RgRooGTBP0RnaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvc2ljc3gzMnhvai8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9YXFwb29kend1YSZsaF9lbT10cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NSU0MGdtYWlsLmNvbVcDc3BjQgpmu8HfvWajdELyUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). In fact, this research found people who vigorously exercise usually experience a drop in body temperature and non-exercise physical activity (NEPA). As a result, they wind up gaining weight. 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