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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Unstoppable Trump?

    Presidential candidate Donald Trump reiterated his melange of talking points at the beginning of last night’s Republican debate. His opponents went into feeding frenzy mode pretty much right after that.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Feb 26, 2016 • 1 min read

    Presidential candidate Donald Trump reiterated his melange of talking points at the beginning of last night’s Republican debate. His opponents went into feeding frenzy mode pretty much right after that. This morning, the headlines spoke: “Rubio, Cruz tag-team Trump at fiery GOP debate,” “Rivals gang up on Donald Trump in wildest GOP debate yet,” “Rubio finds his fire.”

    The question many pundits had was, “What took so long?” But perhaps the bigger question is, does it even matter? At this point, is Donald Trump unstoppable?

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    Unstoppable Trump, Magic Castle’s Princess, and Friday Film
    1. 0:00Unstoppable Trump?You’re reading this
    2. 15:38Remembering L.A.’s Magic Ambassador
    3. 24:36‘A Girl in the River’
    4. 39:25Friday Film
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    Unstoppable Trump, Magic Castle’s Princess, and Friday Film
    1. 0:00Unstoppable Trump?You’re reading this
    2. 15:38Remembering L.A.’s Magic Ambassador
    3. 24:36‘A Girl in the River’
    4. 39:25Friday Film
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