2016 Election

Trump Releases Doctor’s Letter With Statement Mocking Hillary’s Campaign “Interruption” Due To Illness

The Hill reports: Donald Trump on Thursday released a letter from his doctor claiming he is in “excellent physical health,” the same day as his appearance on “The Dr. Oz Show” to discuss the results from his recent physical. Trump’s campaign trumpeted his results in a statement, taking a shot at rival Hillary Clinton’s stamina and ability to serve as …

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MUST WATCH: Keith Olbermann Says Hillary Is Wrong, Every Trump Supporter Is Totally Deplorable [VIDEO]

In today’s clip, Keith Olberman says that Hillary is wrong, ALL Trump supporters are deplorable. Raw Story recaps: Keith Olbermann is back in the political punditry game as GQ’s official special political correspondent, and he’s wasted no time taking Donald Trump and his campaign to the woodshed. In a new video posted on Thursday, Olbermann names names when listing off …

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Donald Trump Jr: My Father Can’t Release His Tax Records Because Then Everybody Would See Them

CNN reports: Donald Trump’s son argued his father can’t release his tax returns because that would allow voters to scrutinize them in a way that would detract from the candidate’s main message. That’s contrary to what the Republican presidential nominee has said about not releasing them because they are being audited. Donald Trump, Jr. was asked by the Tribune-Review in …

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Trump Vows 35% Tax On Cars Made In Mexico

From Trump headquarters at Breitbart: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he would impose a 35% tax on any cars made in Mexico to keep companies from moving out of the US. Discussing a scenario where a car company wanted to build a plant in Mexico, Trump stated, “What would President Trump do? So I’d call the head of Ford, …

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REPORT: Homocon Peter Thiel Says Donald Trump Has Promised To Nominate Him To The Supreme Court

Oh, good grief. The Huffington Post reports: Donald Trump has made it clear he will nominate Peter Thiel to the Supreme Court if he wins the presidency, Thiel has told friends, according to a source close to the PayPal co-founder. Trump “deeply loves Peter Thiel,” and people in the real estate mogul’s inner circle are talking about Thiel as a …

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Pastor Shuts Down Trump’s Speech At Flint Church: We Didn’t Invite You Here To Talk About Politics [VIDEO]

The Detroit Free Press reports: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s trip into an African American church in Flint to reach out to black voters and address the Flint water crisis ended abruptly amid protesters inside the church and a pastor who asked that he not make a political speech. “It used to be that cars were made in Flint and …

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Clinton Campaign Releases More Medical Records

PBS NewsHour reports: Hillary Clinton is “recovering well” from pneumonia and remains “fit to serve as President of the United States,” her doctor said in a letter released Wednesday by her campaign. The health details made public by the Democratic presidential nominee included a description of the pneumonia diagnosis Clinton received last week Friday. Her illness became public after she …

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New Quinnipiac National Poll: Hillary +2

Politico reports: Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by five points in a head-to-head matchup in the latest national poll of likely voters from Quinnipiac University out Wednesday, with the advantage narrowing to just two points in a four-way race. Matched against only Trump, 48 percent said they would vote for Clinton, with 43 percent choosing the Republican nominee, 3 percent …

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Trump Shares Health Summary With Dr. Oz [VIDEO]

CNN reports: Donald Trump, a master showman, surprised the “Dr. Oz Show” studio audience on Wednesday by revealing the results of a recent physical exam. The “Oz” episode, taped on Wednesday morning, will not air until Thursday. But a campaign spokeswoman confirmed that Trump handed Dr. Oz a one-page summary of the physical exam he underwent last week. The physical …

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Melania Trump Issues Lawyer’s Letter Which Claims “With 100% Certainty” That She Immigrated Legally

Five weeks ago Donald Trump promised a press conference “in a couple of weeks” that would put to rest any questions about Melania’s immigration history. In classic Trump fashion, instead we get this. CNN reports: Melania Trump released a letter from her immigration attorney Wednesday aimed at settling questions about whether she properly followed immigration law when she came to …

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Dramatic Clip Shows Furious Witnesses Chasing Down Trump Fan Who Punched Elderly Disabled Woman

Watch below. The Los Angeles Times reports: Dramatic video has emerged of people chasing down a man believed to have punched a 69-year-old woman on oxygen at a Donald Trump rally, showing the escalation of emotions from both protesters and supporters. Shirley Teeter told a local ABC News affiliate that she attended the event in Asheville, N.C., to protest Trump. …

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Trump Aide: Today’s Health Interview With Dr. Oz Will Merely Focus On “Being Active And Positive Thinking”

Yesterday quackpot television host Dr. Oz admitted that he wasn’t planning on asking Donald Trump any questions about his health that Trump wouldn’t want to answer. Today we learn that the interview won’t touch on Trump’s alleged recent medical exam at all, but will merely focus on “well-being, being active and positive thinking.” So much for the big reveal.

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Right Wing Pundits Attack Trump’s Child Care Plan: He’s Trying To Out-Democrat The Democrats [VIDEO]

Within minutes of yesterday’s big reveal of Donald Trump’s proposed child care program, right wing sites and pundits recoiled in horror. Here’s just one example, via Newsmax: Conservative commentator Charles Krauthammer laid into Donald Trump Tuesday night for a child care plan that would “out-Democrat the Democrats.” In remarks on Fox News’ “Special Report With Bret Baier,” Krauthammer called the …

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New Hillary Ad Hits Trump Over Bondi Scandal [VIDEO]

Politico reports: Hours after the New York attorney general opened an investigation into the Donald J. Trump Foundation, Hillary Clinton released a new web ad Wednesday attacking the Republican nominee for “corrupt politics” with his foundation. “You’ve probably heard Trump talk about the Clinton Foundation, but you might not have heard that while he attacks one of America’s top charities, …

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Former Obama Campaign Manager: Trump Is The Heaviest Presidential Candidate Since Taft [VIDEO]

This claim may not be right as William Howard Taft is believed to have weighed about 340 pounds near the end of presidency. At his heaviest Chris Christie is thought to have weighed more than 400 pounds, although he’s somewhat slimmer since having gastric band surgery in 2013. Via Mediaite: David Plouffe, President Obama‘s former campaign manager, invoked Donald Trump‘s …

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Keith Olbermann Vs Rudy Giuliani [VIDEO]

Yesterday Keith Olbermann debuted his web series for GQ Magazine with a blistering recounting of Donald Trump’s “176 lies.” This morning Olbermann is out with a shorter but equally brutal evisceration of Trump surrogate Rudy Giuliani over his claim that Hillary Clinton attacked him for having cancer during his aborted 2000 run for the US Senate. Watch below. Some of …

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Colin Powell: Trump Is A National Disgrace [VIDEO]

Talking Points Memo reports: Former Secretary of State Colin Powell warned of the grave threat posed by Donald Trump, who he called “a national disgrace” and “international pariah,” in a series of leaked emails first obtained by BuzzFeed News and published Tuesday. Powell confirmed the authenticity of the emails, which were leaked on DCLeaks.com, a site that U.S. security experts …

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GOP Rep. Steve King Tells CNN: LGBT Parenting Studies Are Hoaxes Like Global Warming Studies [VIDEO]

This morning CNN host Chris Cuomo asked Trump surrogate Rep. Steve King if LGBT families would be covered under Trump’s just-released child care program. King responded by going on a rant about God and the “natural family.” Watch below. Cuomo pushed back hard, telling King that there are studies that prove children do well in LGBT households, prompting King to …

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Newsweek: Trump’s Business Ties To Foreign Politicians And Thugs Are A Danger To National Security [VIDEO]

Newsweek reports: If Donald Trump is elected president, will he and his family permanently sever all connections to the Trump Organization, a sprawling business empire that has spread a secretive financial web across the world? Or will Trump instead choose to be the most conflicted president in American history, one whose business interests will constantly jeopardize the security of the …

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NEW YORK: AG Eric Schneiderman Opens Investigation Into Trump Foundation’s “Troubling Transactions”

Politico reports: New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has opened an investigation into the Donald J. Trump Foundation “to make sure it’s complying with the laws governing charities in New York,” he said Tuesday. A source familiar with the matter confirmed Schneiderman’s remark and said the New York Attorney General’s office “has opened an inquiry into the Trump Foundation based …

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