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Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories President Donald Trump delivered his “fire and fury” threat to North Korea on Tuesday with arms folded, jaw set and eyes flitting on what appeared to be a single page of talking points set before him on the conference table at his New Jersey golf resort. The piece of paper, as it turned out, was a fact sheet on the opioid crisis he had come to talk about, and his ominous warning to Pyongyang was entirely improvised, according to several people with direct knowledge of what

Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories The two secretaries made their comments a day after President Trump warned of “fire and fury like the world has never seen.”   The piece of paper President Trump had in front of him was about the opioid crisis — his ominous warning to Pyongyang was entirely improvised.  Ground Game We assume he was sending a message to the North Koreans, but maybe not. Well, not exactly.

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Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories CAPITAL SOURCE Governor Charlie Baker will attend a Republican Governors Association meeting for four days in Aspen, Colo., a spokesman said Friday.  CAPITAL SOURCE Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey on Wednesday endorsed Michael Kelley in the District 2 City Council race.  CAPITAL SOURCE On Monday, almost a year to the day after he was offered the running-mate spot, Kaine was back at One Beacon Street.

Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories The two secretaries made their comments a day after President Trump warned of “fire and fury like the world has never seen.”   The piece of paper President Trump had in front of him was about the opioid crisis — his ominous warning to Pyongyang was entirely improvised.  Ground Game We assume he was sending a message to the North Koreans, but maybe not. Well, not exactly.

Posted at 1:00 pm on July 24, 2016 by Jay Caruso There has been a lot of discussion in the last several months over whether not several conservative icons would be supporting Donald Trump for President. William F.  Buckley, the founder of National Review and host of Firing Line said during the 1964 GOP primary that his rule was to support the “most rightward viable candidate.” That has often been turned into “the most conservative, electable candidate.” Andrew Breitbart in 2011 said of Donald Trump, “Of course Donald Trump is not a conservative.

Posted at 9:00 pm on August 8, 2017 by streiff My colleague, Joe Cunningham, posted on a report that North Korea has successfully miniaturized a nuclear weapon.

Posted at 9:30 pm on August 8, 2017 by streiff As has been reported, North Korea’s Lena-Dunham-esque ruler, Kim John Un, has threatened to strike one of the 57 states, Guam, with a nuclear weapon. Guam is no stranger to danger. Once, you will recall, it was in danger of capsizing: True, Guam contains some US military facilities, primarily Andersen Air Force Base and Naval Base Guam, but nuking Guam, given the international reaction, seems a lot like going for the cuticles of your opponent in parking lot brawl outside a Columbus, GA, strip club…or so I would imagine.

Posted at 11:07 pm on August 8, 2017 by Joe Cunningham With the release of poll numbers that look absolutely dismal for Donald Trump, a former staffer for Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign made a splash with his recommendation for advisers to Donald Trump. Visiting with Morning Joe co-host Joe Scarborough, Rick Tyler, an MSNBC contributor who worked on Ted Cruz’s presidential bid, said Trump aides should be put on “24-hour suicide watch.” Via 

Posted at 11:30 pm on August 8, 2017 by Susan Wright It’s a week away from Alabama’s GOP Senate primary, and President Trump has tweeted out an endorsement for the establishment candidate, Luther Strange, over the more conservative candidates in the running, Representative Mo Brooks and former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore. From Politico: Strange has already been filling in the Senate seat left vacant when Jeff Sessions left to take the role as attorney general.