Monthly Archives: July 2016

TREASON: Donald Trump Openly Invites Russia To Spy On Presidential Nominee Hillary Clinton [VIDEO]

The New York Times reports:  Donald J. Trump said Wednesday that he hoped Russia had hacked Hillary Clinton’s email, essentially encouraging an adversarial foreign power’s cyberspying on a secretary of state’s correspondence. “Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing,” Mr. Trump said, staring directly into the cameras. “I think you will …

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Seth Meyers To Bernie Or Busters: Stop Crying [VIDEO]

The New York Daily News recaps: Seth Meyers has had enough of Bernie Sanders supporters at the Democratic National Convention. The “hardcore Bernie or Bust movement” has been making headlines at the DNC for booing every time Hillary Clinton is mentioned. Meyers posted a clip on YouTube prior to his show airing Tuesday night because he couldn’t wait to get …

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Paul Manafort: Trump Has No Investments In Russia And Won’t Release His Taxes To Prove It [VIDEO]

Via Talking Points Memo: During an interview on CBS’ “This Morning,” co-host Norah O’Donnell noted that Trump has said that he does not have any investments in Russia. “But does Russia have investments in Trump?” she then asked. “Would Mr. Trump be willing to release his tax returns to provide transparency on this issue?” Manafort did not say whether Russia …

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Bill O’Reilly “Fact-Checks” First Lady: The Slaves Who Built The White House Were Well-Fed [VIDEO]

The Hill reports: Fox News host Bill O’Reilly’s fact-check of first lady Michelle Obama’s comments about waking up “every morning in a house that was built by slaves” has sparked major controversy. On his program, “The O’Reilly Factor,” Tuesday night, the top-rated cable news host said working conditions were relatively favorable for slaves who helped build the White House more …

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REPORT: Kremlin Paid “Army Of Internet Trolls” To Pose As Pro-Trump Americans On Social Media

Business Insider reports: Russia’s troll factories were, at one point, likely being paid by the Kremlin to spread pro-Trump propaganda on social media. That is what freelance journalist Adrian Chen, now a staff writer at The New Yorker, discovered as he was researching Russia’s “army of well-paid trolls” for an explosive New York Times Magazine exposé published in June 2015. …

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BALTIMORE: All Charges Dropped Against Final Three Cops In Freddie Gray Police Brutality Case

The Baltimore Sun reports: Prosecutors dropped all remaining charges against three Baltimore police officers accused in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray in a downtown courtroom on Wednesday morning, concluding one of the most high-profile criminal cases in Baltimore history. The startling move was an apparent acknowledgement of the unlikelihood of a conviction following the acquittals of three other …

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Trump Denies Have Ever Met Putin Despite Having Bragged About It During GOP Debate [VIDEO]

Via Mediaite: After months of praising Russian leader Vladimir Putin and bragging about having once met, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump claimed Tuesday that they had never even met at all. “I have nothing to do with Russia,” Trump maintained in an interview with CBS’s Miami affiliate. “I never met Putin, nothing to do with Russia.” But in November’s Fox …

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Kremlin Denies Hacking DNC’s Emails

Reuters reports: The Kremlin on Wednesday dismissed allegations Russia had hacked Democratic Party emails as “horror stories” dreamt up by U.S. politicians, saying it never interfered in other countries’ election campaigns. “Moscow is at pains to avoid any words that could be interpreted as direct or indirect interference in the election process,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a conference call …

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Trump Slams NYT Over Russia Reports

Politico reports: Donald Trump lashed out at the New York Times early Wednesday morning over the newspaper’s reporting appearing to show that the Russian government is trying to impact the presidential election in his favor. “Funny how the failing @nytimes is pushing Dems narrative that Russia is working for me because Putin said ‘Trump is a genius. America 1st!” Trump …

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New York Times: Wikileaks Founder Timed Email Release To Damage His “Avowed Foe” Hillary Clinton

The New York Times reports: Six weeks before the anti-secrecy organization WikiLeaks published an archive of hacked Democratic National Committee emails ahead of the Democratic convention, the organization’s founder, Julian Assange, foreshadowed the release — and made it clear that he hoped to harm Hillary Clinton’s chances of winning the presidency. Mr. Assange’s remarks in a June 12 interview underscored …

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Bad Lip Reading: Ted Cruz At The RNC [VIDEO]

RedState recaps: And now for something completely different. Ted Cruz’s speech at the RNC was nothing short of historical. The man got up, told people to vote their conscience, didn’t endorse Trump, and walked away as the convention, the media, and the political world exploded behind him. This moment in history has to be memorialized, and the popular YouTube channel …

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TV Psychic Miss Cleo Dies At Age 53

CNN reports: Youree Dell Harris, better known as “Miss Cleo” the pitchwoman for the Psychic Readers Network, died Tuesday of cancer, according to an attorney for her family. Harris, 53, was surrounded by family and close friends when she died in Palm Beach, Florida, said attorney William J. Cone. “She remained a pillar of strength throughout. She has touched so …

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Raves For Bill Clinton’s DCN Speech [VIDEO]

From the Washington Post: As he stood at the lectern Tuesday night, Bill Clinton was doing more than delivering another convention speech, something he has done every four years spanning four decades. This was a larger moment for the former president, and it was a long time coming. In this one speech, he was essentially making good on a marital …

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LIVE VIDEO: Hillary Becomes Nation’s First Woman Nominee After Bernie Calls For Vote By Acclamation

Moments ago Sen. Bernie Sanders made a classy stride toward unifying the fractured Democratic Party when he called for a suspension of the state-by-state delegates count and asked for a voice vote by acclamation. And the ayes had it. Watch below as the second day of the convention now moves on to the evening’s headlining speakers, which include Barbara Boxer, …

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Bernie Supporters Face Standoff With Police After Attempting To Storm DNC Media Pavilion [VIDEO]

Shortly after Bernie Sanders graciously called for Hillary’s nomination by general acclamation, hundreds of journalists rushed out the back doors of the Wells Fargo Center and into the massive media pavilion to file their stories. Hot on their heels was a group of diehard Sanders supporters, who briefly gained access to central part of the pavilion before being removed by …

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Scrutiny On Trump-Putin Links Intensifies

In the wake of the DNC email hack, many news outlets are scrutinizing the long-running relationships that Donald Trump has with Russia’s business elite and the government of Vladimir Putin. The Hill reports: Fox News contributor George Will says GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump will not release his tax returns because they may show “he is deeply involved in dealing …

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Donald Trump Testifies That His Campaign Speech Calling Mexicans “Rapists” Was Long-Planned

Politico reports: When Donald Trump used his presidential campaign announcement speech to rail against Mexican immigrants as rapists and sources of other crimes, he’d planned the verbal fusillade in advance but hadn’t discussed it with anyone, the GOP nominee testified in a closed-door deposition last month. Trump’s reflections on his anti-immigrant rant came as he was pulled off the campaign …

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NIELSEN: Dems Smash GOP In Convention Viewers

Wow! The Hill reports: In the 10 p.m. hour, which featured headliner speeches from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) and first lady Michelle Obama, CNN registered 6.29 million total viewers and 2.19 million in the key 25–54 demographic. Overall, the network was up 70 percent from its 2012 DNC showing in both total viewers and the demographic. …

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TONIGHT: Hillary To Highlight Foreign Policy Experience In Video For Democratic National Convention

Watch below. Via press release from Hillary For America: Tonight, the Democratic National Convention Committee is releasing a new video touting the steadfast leadership and smart diplomacy that Hillary Clinton displayed as America’s 67th Secretary of State. Clinton brokered an improbable ceasefire in Gaza to stop rockets from raining down on Israel. In Copenhagen, Clinton and President Obama crashed a …

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Ted Cruz Money Beg: Somebody Might Run Against Me In Two Years So You Must Donate Right Now

Just in from Lyin’ Ted Cruz: Joe, This morning, the Castro brothers of Texas – Julian and Joaquin, made an announcement, and I want you to be the first to know. In an interview with Charlie Rose of CBS, Joaquin Castro said he will take a look at running for Senate in 2018. Despite any record of achievement and a …

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