2016 Election

The Hill reports: Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson is fading in the polls, giving a boost to Hillary Clinton. Johnson has suffered through weeks of terrible headlines that have raised questions about his fitness to be commander-in-chief. Most notably, the former New Mexico governor couldn’t name a foreign leader he respected in one television interview, and in another asked, “what …

Politico reports: This was not the debate tune-up that jittery Republicans were hoping for. Only days before Donald Trump must face Hillary Clinton in a town-hall style presidential debate, the GOP nominee added just such an event in New Hampshire. It was seemingly a concession to anxious allies and advisers hoping he might hone his skills in what can be …

Flippity floppity. The Hill reports: Donald Trump’s running mate Mike Pence says the GOP presidential nominee no longer wants to impose a total ban on Muslims entering the United States. “It’s not Donald Trump’s position now,” Pence said in an interview on CNN’s “New Day.” Trump called for a “shutdown” on Muslims entering the U.S. in December, following the deadly …

The Associated Press reports: Maine Gov. Paul LePage says he’s proud to be “deplorable,” taking a jab at the insult leveled by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at her rival’s supporters. LePage made the wisecrack Thursday while introducing Donald Trump’s son, Eric, who came to Maine to stump for his father, the Republican presidential candidate. The younger Trump, accompanied by …

No one has claimed credit yet, but Twitter seems to have an idea who is behind it. The New York Daily News reports: Someone hung a giant banner emblazoned with the image of Russian President Vladimir Putin from the Manhattan Bridge Thursday afternoon. Social media erupted with pictures of the large banner with a picture of Putin dressed in a …

Via press release: Today Log Cabin Republicans announced its Board of Directors has issued the first wave of endorsements for its federal political action committee (PAC) in the 2016 election cycle, including two candidates — Paul Babeu and Clay Cope — who are poised to make history as the first openly gay non-incumbent Republicans to be elected to the United …

Via press release: With lyrics, music and direction by Lin-Manuel Miranda, a new public service ad campaign has been launched urging everyone to vote in the upcoming November 8th elections. The campaign consists of three spots (two English and one in Spanish) featuring music from the song titled “Schuyler Sisters” in the Hamilton Broadway production. “As the nation gears for one …

Newsweek reports: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called on the terminally ill Wednesday to “hang out till November” so they can vote for him in the election against his rival Hillary Clinton. “I don’t care how sick you are,” the Republican nominee said. “I don’t care if you just came back from the doctor and he gave you the worst …

The Humane Society has endorsed Hillary and launched an attack ad against Trump. They write: In our view, Trump represents the greatest threat ever to federal policy-making and implementation of animal protection laws, and we are taking the unusual step of wading actively into a presidential campaign. HSLF has members who are Democrats, Republicans, and Independents, and supports lawmakers and …

“The republic is under siege by a moron, basically. The whole thing is tragic. Without overstating it, it’s a tragedy for our democracy. When you start talking about elections being rigged, you’re pushing people beyond democratic governance. And it’s a very, very dangerous thing to do. Once you let those genies out of the bottle, they don’t go back in …

USA Today reports: This election has sparked some heated exchanges between family, friends and co-workers — and now between Fox News hosts. Conservative pundit Sean Hannity leveled what he might consider the worst insult imaginable at anchor Megyn Kelly in a tweet Wednesday night, which said she “clearly” supports Hillary Clinton. The tweet was apparently in response to Kelly comments …

The New York Times reports: Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party presidential nominee, drew a parallel on Wednesday between the Syrian government’s targeting of noncombatants in that nation’s civil war and the accidental bombing of civilians by United States-backed forces. Attacking Hillary Clinton over what he criticized as her overly interventionist instincts, Mr. Johnson pointed to the hundreds of thousands of …

The Hill reports: Hillary Clinton has a three-point lead over Donald Trump in Florida, according to a new poll released Thursday. Clinton has 41 percent support among likely voters with Trump at 38 percent, according to the poll by the Public Opinion Research Laboratory at the University of North Florida. Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson has six percent and Green Party …

The Huffington Post recaps: So you don’t think the fix is in on the presidential election? Then you’re not living in Trump Country. In a jaw-dropping segment Wednesday on “Full Frontal,” host Samantha Bee sent correspondents to talk to Donald Trump supporters who are convinced that the election is rigged. Which makes sense, given that the Rebublican presidential nominee has …

ABC News reports: Donald Trump raised some eyebrows in the Silver State Wednesday night when he told Nevadans how to pronounce their state’s name — differently than they do. “Heroin overdoses are surging and meth overdoses in Nevada, Nuh-VAH-da,” he told the crowd in Reno. “And you know what I said? I said when I came out here I said …

At today’s rally in Nevada: Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to sue over a “nasty commercial” he said depicted him as unsupportive of military veterans. “I saw today — I left the room and I saw a commercial where it was really a nasty commercial, totally made up about me with vets. There is nobody that loves the vets more …

Nude masturbating women, fully clothed Trump. CNN reports: Donald Trump’s tame appearance in a 2000 Playboy video came to light late last week after he attacked a former beauty queen for her alleged “sex tape” past. CNN’s KFILE has now uncovered two more Playboy videos in which Trump makes an appearance, including one in which he is depicted photographing fully …

In 1860 they endorsed Lincoln and in 1964 it was LBJ. From the editors of The Atlantic: Today, our position is similar to the one in which The Atlantic’s editors found themselves in 1964. We are impressed by many of the qualities of the Democratic Party’s nominee for president, even as we are exasperated by others, but we are mainly …

Filed under: JUST IN CASE. Time Magazine reports: The most comprehensive international agreement ever to combat man-made climate change will take effect next month, less than a year after negotiators from more than 190 countries reached a final deal on the issue, the United Nations said Wednesday. The Paris Agreement commits participating countries to working to reduce their greenhouse gas …

Other national polls issued this week show her lead as between four and seven points. Via press release: In the race for the White House, the most recent national survey of likely voters from Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind finds Democrat Hillary Clinton with a ten-point lead over Republican Donald Trump. However, if Clinton were instead facing Trump’s running mate, Mike …