Monthly Archives: August 2016

Win Dinner With Trump By Contributing To This Super PAC (Contributing Doesn’t Improve Chance Of Winning)

Thousands of Trump fans have been ripped off. Get your tissues. Via Politico: At a glance, the two websites look virtually indistinguishable. Both feature a photo of Donald Trump, in a suit and red tie, in front of a giant American flag. Both seemingly offer a chance for two to win dinner with Donald Trump. One is at donaldjtrump.com; the …

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Trump: Hillary Is A Stupid Head

The Hill reports: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Monday mocked Hillary Clinton for failing to pass the Washington, D.C. bar exam. The Republican nominee in subsequent tweet hit on Clinton’s judgment, citing past statements by Bernie Sanders, the Democratic nominee’s primary rival. According to PolitiFact, Clinton took the Washington, D.C. bar exam in the summer of 1973 and did …

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Giuliani Slams Beyonce’s VMA Performance [VIDEO]

Politico reports: Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani reacted angrily Monday to Beyoncé at the MTV Video Music Awards, decrying her performance in which the award-winning singer referenced gun violence “a shame.” The mothers of several victims of police shootings walked the red carpet with Beyoncé before the show Sunday night at Madison Square Garden, as “Fox & Friends” …

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HE NEVER LEARNS: Anthony Weiner Deletes Twitter Account After Sending Crotch Shot To Trump Supporter

From the New York Post: This is baby-sitting — Anthony Weiner-style. While his wife, Huma Abedin, travels the country campaigning for Hillary Clinton, the disgraced ex-congressman has been sexting with a busty brunette out West — and even sent her a lurid crotch shot with his toddler son in the picture, The Post has learned. The stay-at-home cad shot the …

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Mika Brzezinski: Trump Needs Mental Help [VIDEO]

Politico reports: The time has come for a mental health professional to take a look at Donald Trump on the air, MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski said Monday during a frank discussion of the Republican nominee’s well-being. Brzezinski began “Morning Joe” by noting tweets sent from Trump’s account Saturday over the death of basketball star Dwyane Wade’s cousin from gun violence in …

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Media Matters To CNN: Fire Corey Lewandowski

Last week Media Matters launched a petition calling on CNN to fire former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski. This morning they renewed that call with a video compilation of Lewandowski’s on-air attacks on Hillary Clinton. Watch below. From the petition: CNN has a Corey Lewandowski problem. Just this weekend, we learned that Republican nominee Donald Trump paid the firm of …

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Trump: Both Of Us Should Release Medical Records

The Clinton campaign has responded: A Clinton campaign spokesperson said Sunday night that Clinton “is the only candidate in the race who has met the standard expected of presidential candidates and provided a detailed medical letter by her long time physician.” “Donald Trump has put forward a laughable letter that omits basic health information including the date of his exam, …

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TRAILER: Westworld

Entertainment Weekly recaps: “Our creatures have been misbehaving,” intones Anthony Hopkins in HBO’s new Westworld trailer. Below is a fresh look at HBO’s eagerly anticipated new drama series that includes footage from throughout the first season of the show. The new footage – the second full-length trailer the network has released – gives us a first hints of the pending …

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New GOP Ad: Hillary Had A Very Bad Week [VIDEO]

Via press release from the RNC: Today the Republican National Committee (RNC) released “Hillary’s Very Bad Week,” a new video highlighting another week of Clinton pay-to-play revelations, lies, and cover-ups from a fundamentally dishonest candidate beholden to special interests. “Hillary Clinton put the State Department up for sale to her donors and refuses to explain her own unethical behavior on …

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New Ad From #NeverTrump Group: You Promised To Drop Out If You Were Behind, Keep Your Word [VIDEO]

Watch below. Via Politico: Anti-Trump Republicans are preparing to launch a broadcast TV ad in a handful of swing-state suburbs urging Donald Trump to quit the presidential race so the party can replace him with a more electable nominee. The ad, titled ‘Keep Your Word,’ features footage of Trump during the Republican primary in which he suggested he’d drop out …

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Eric Trump: My Father Is Running For President Because Obama Renamed The White House Christmas Tree

Eric Trump this week made the insane claim that part of the reason that his father is running for president is that the National Christmas Tree at the White House has been renamed the “Holiday Tree.” Which, as you can see, it has not. Buzzfeed has the quote: “He opens up the paper each morning and sees our nation’s leaders …

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Pence: Trump Hasn’t Flip-Flopped On Immigration

CNN reports: Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence insisted Sunday that Donald Trump has been “absolutely consistent” on how he’d treat undocumented immigrants as president and his recent comments on the topic have been that of “a CEO at work.” But he wouldn’t directly address whether Trump would stick with his calls during the GOP primary campaign for a “deportation …

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Roger Stone: If Hillary Wins, I’ll Move To Costa Rica Because America Will Be Overrun By Raping Muslims

The Hill reports: Donald Trump supporter Roger Stone would move to Costa Rica if Hillary Clinton is elected president. “If Hillary wins, we’re done as a nation. We’ll be overrun by hordes of young Muslims, like Germany and France, raping, killing, violating, desecrating,” Stone said in an interview with the Financial Times. “If Hillary wins, there will be widespread unrest, …

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GOP Maine Gov. Paul LePage Doubles Down: People Of Color Are The Enemy And You Shoot At The Enemy

From the New York Daily News: In a failed attempt to rebuke claims that he is a racist, Maine’s unhinged governor Paul LePage told a room full of reporters that people of color are the “enemy” in his state’s war against drugs. “You shoot at the enemy, don’t you?” LePage said during a tense press conference the day after leaving …

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Donald Trump: The Murder Of An NBA Star’s Cousin Proves That African-Americans Will Vote For Me

Talking Points Memo reports: NBA star Dwayne Wade’s cousin Nykea Aldridge was fatally shot Friday pushing a child in a stroller in a Chicago. Less than 24 hours later, Donald Trump said her death was evidence that African-Americans will vote for him in November. The tweet Saturday morning is just the latest tone deaf comment by Trump as he attempts …

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Enter The Pickle Truthers: Alex Jones Claims Jimmy Kimmel Faked Hillary Opening That Pickle Jar [VIDEO]

The Hill recaps: Jimmy Kimmel thought he was putting to rest the rumors swirling around Hillary Clinton’s health when he asked her to open a pickle jar on his show earlier this week. But, as might be expected, the “pickle test” did little to assuage Clinton opponents, who now see Kimmel as a willing participant in the conspiracy to cover …

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Trump’s Doctor: I Wrote That Health Letter In Five Minutes While Trump’s Limo Waited Outside [VIDEO]

NBC News reports: Donald Trump’s personal physician said he wrote a letter declaring Trump would be the healthiest president in history in just five minutes while a limo sent by the candidate waited outside his Manhattan office. Dr. Harold Bornstein, who has been the GOP nominee’s doctor for 35 years, told NBC News on Friday that he stands by his …

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Ex-Wife Of Trump Campaign CEO: He Didn’t Want Our Kids Going To School With “Whiny Jews” [VIDEO]

From the New York Daily News: Donald Trump’s campaign CEO Stephen Bannon was branded an anti-Semite by the same ex-wife who claimed he choked her, court documents reveal. Mary Louise Piccard said in a 2007 court declaration that Bannon didn’t want their twin daughters attending the Archer School for Girls in Los Angeles because many Jewish students were enrolled at …

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NORTH CAROLINA: Federal Judge Bars State University From Enforcing Anti-Transgender Portion Of Hate Law

Chris Geidner reports at Buzzfeed: In a limited ruling on Friday afternoon, a federal judge barred the University of North Carolina from enforcing the “bathroom bill” provision of the state’s anti-LGBT HB 2 law against those transgender individuals who sued the state following the passage of the law. In the ruling U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Schroeder noted, “Ultimately, the …

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Teamsters Union Endorses Hillary Clinton

The Hill reports: Hillary Clinton picked up a major union endorsement Friday from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The Teamsters’ executive board voted unanimously to support the Democrat for president, the union said. “We are proud to endorse Hillary Clinton for President of the United States,” Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa said in a statement. “She is the right …

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