Today Hillary Clinton is expected to deliver a major speech on Donald Trump’s association with and support from the so-called alt-right, a Breitbart-fueled cabal of open racists, white nationalists, and misogynistic internet trolls. This morning she previewed with speech with a web ad which highlights key soundbites from some of Trump’s alt-right backers. Watch below. There’s a reason the most …
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And the entire CNN panel laughed in her face. Via The Hill: Donald Trump’s spokeswoman on Thursday defended the GOP nominee over criticism about his immigration policies. “He hasn’t changed his position on immigration. He’s changed the words that he is saying,” Katrina Pierson said on CNN. “What he has always said from the beginning is that he does not …
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Via Politico: WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange on Wednesday night promised to leak “thousands” of document pages pertaining to Hillary Clinton, the Democratic National Committee and the presidential election. Speaking to Fox News’ Megyn Kelly, the mysterious Assange claimed an upcoming leak would have a “significant” impact on the coming general election. “We have a lot of material, thousands of pages …
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Predictable. Via Buzzfeed: Ann Coulter downplayed Donald Trump’s shift on immigration on Wednesday night, saying there had not been a real reversal. Coulter, who has been one of Trump’s biggest defenders and whose book Adios America! may have inspired some of Trump’s immigration policies, told reporters at a party for her new book In Trump We Trust at Breitbart News’ …
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From the New York Daily News: There may be a crack in Donald Trump’s wall. The anti-immigrant GOP presidential candidate said in a TV interview that aired Wednesday night that his time on the campaign trail has made him sympathetic to the plight of many undocumented people who have been in the U.S. for a long time. That position veers …
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Via NBC News: Donald Trump has spent the week calling for African-Americans to uproot voter trends, reject “the bigotry” of Hillary Clinton, and vote for him in November. But Wednesday night, Trump escalated the line of attack and labeled Clinton herself a “bigot.” “Hillary Clinton is a bigot who sees people of color only as votes, not as human beings …
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The Hill reports: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will appear on Megyn Kelly’s “The Kelly File” on Fox News on Wednesday night as part of a two-part interview. The two are expected to discuss the possibility of a WikiLeaks “October surprise” that could impact the presidential election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Fox News says Kelly will also tackle WikiLeaks’s …
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The Hill reports: The Democratic National Committee (DNC) on Tuesday released an ad using controversial headlines from Breitbart News — the outlet once run by Donald Trump’s new campaign CEO — to attack the GOP presidential nominee’s campaign rhetoric. “Former chairman of Breitbart News Stephen Bannon is now Donald Trump’s campaign chief,” the ad text says. “These are some of …
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Via Buzzfeed: Ed Rollins, chairman of a pro-Donald Trump super PAC, says the Republican nominee would lose badly if the election was held today. “If we’re sitting here three weeks from now after Labor Day and it’s in the same position, we’re gonna have a hard uphill battle,” Rollins said on the Laura Ingraham Show on Wednesday. “He’d lose badly …
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USA Today reports: For the governorship, Republican Gov. Pat McCrory is far behind Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper. The incumbent trails Cooper, 52%-43%. Some of McCrory’s struggle could stem from the HB2 law that he signed. The HB2 law, also known as the “bathroom bill,” among other things requires users of public restrooms to use the bathroom of the gender …
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Back in June when House Democrats staged their gun control sit-in, homocon House candidate Clay Cope told the press that he was going to buy a gun because he feels “targeted” as a Christian gay man. Today he brags to NBC News about his support for Donald Trump: To explain the appeal of Trump’s politics, he described his first experience …
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Via Mediaite: Coulter appeared on MSNBC’s Hardball Tuesday evening, where Chris Matthews asked her to weigh in on recent remarks from Trump in which he admitted that he was considering “softening” his policies on immigration. “We’re not looking to hurt people,” Trump had said. Coulter said Trump’s comments “sounded very consultant to me,” adding, “This could be the shortest book …
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And this guy supports Trump. Via Politico: Not only should Hillary Clinton release a new health report confirming her fitness to be commander in chief, so should Donald Trump, Ben Carson said Wednesday. Carson, a retired world-renowned neurosurgeon who supports Trump, called it “common sense” for those running for the White House to “disclose their medical history,” “particularly if they’re …
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This is how the Trump campaign is spinning the polls for the British press: Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway told the UK’s Channel 4 that Donald Trump is actually winning the election, but every poll is wrong because Trump voters are undercover. Conway denied on the Channel 4 special “President Trump: Can He Really Win?” that Trump was losing and …
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Via Fox News: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Tuesday he is open to “softening” laws dealing with illegal immigrants in a “Hannity” town hall with Fox News’ Sean Hannity. His remarks were the latest sign he is considering softening a position he has taken since the onset of his campaign. Trump was asked by Hannity if he would change …
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Politico recaps today’s new ad from the Clinton campaign: New England Shirt Company’s Robert Kidder knocks Donald Trump for making clothing overseas. “This factory has been here since 1883. We have over 60 people here making shirts labeled ‘Made in America,’ but Donald Trump’s brand of shirts come from China, his suits from Mexico, his coats from India. Trump’s products …
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Via Mediaite: There is no credible evidence to back up the rumors circulating about Hillary Clinton‘s supposedly poor health, but Karl Rove had multiple white boards on hand to bolster his case that Clinton was indeed ill. Speaking to Megyn Kelly Tuesday evening, Rove presented Fox viewers with three white boards outlining a timeline of suspicious events — including Clinton’s …
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“I believe I have a moral obligation to vote for the lesser evil. Otherwise, I become morally culpable for the greater evil prevailing. Some Evangelicals have said, ‘If I voted for Donald Trump, I would have to apologize to Bill Clinton.’ Frankly, I feel that if I didn’t vote for Donald Trump in order to defeat Hillary Clinton, I would …
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Via Reuters: Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton leads Republican rival Donald Trump by 12 percentage points among likely voters, her strongest showing this month, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Tuesday. The Aug. 18-22 poll showed that 45 percent of voters supported Clinton, while 33 percent backed Trump ahead of the Nov. 8 election. Clinton, the former U.S. …
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From the Daily Mail: The head of the Republican Party predicted on Tuesday that if Donald Trump continues to use a “measured” tone on the campaign trail, he will be tied nationally with Hillary Clinton – or beating her – in less than two weeks. Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, told reporters on a conference call that …
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