2016 Election

BRITAIN: Labor MP Eviscerates “Poisonous” Donald Trump During Parliament’s Ban Debate [VIDEO]

Via the Los Angeles Times: British lawmakers on Monday debated whether Donald Trump should be banned from Britain, after an online petition calling for him to be denied entry for making controversial anti-Muslim comments amassed more than 570,000 votes. “His words are not comical. His words are not funny. His words are poisonous,” said the Labor Party’s Tulip Siddiq. “They …

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RNC Fires NBC From Upcoming GOP Debate

For all their disdain for Donald Trump, the RNC today did a rather Trumpian thing. Via Breitbart: The Republican National Committee (RNC) officially voted on Monday afternoon to sever its business relationship with NBC News for the previously-scheduled Feb. 26, 2016, GOP presidential primary debate, Breitbart News has learned. The Debate Committee for the RNC met via conference call and …

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LIVE VIDEO: Donald Trump Speaks At Liberty University For Event To Honor Martin Luther King

Seriously. This is a thing and it’s happening right now. On Martin Luther King Day. Watch below. Roanoke.com reports: Thousands of Liberty University students braving temperatures of 18 degrees filed in to the Vines Center on Monday morning on the first day of classes, wrapping around and through neighboring Demoss Hall. They assembled early for the long-awaited convocation appearance of …

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LIVE VIDEO: Parliament Debates Trump Ban

Parliament’s debate on banning Donald Trump from entering the UK is due to begin at 11:30AM Eastern. Watch below. Most observers do not expect an actual vote, but the debate will certainly be entertaining. For his part, Trump has vowed to pull an alleged $1 billion in planned investments in Scotland should he be banned.

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Linda Tripp: Bill Clinton Had Thousands Of Affairs

In today’s top story on Breitbart, Linda Tripp claims that Bill Clinton has had thousands of affairs. Yes, thousands. Tripp also declares that she saved Monica Lewinsky’s life by coming forward. They write: In a rare interview, Linda Tripp, a pivotal figure in the Monica Lewinsky scandal, revealed on Sunday it was common knowledge while she worked in the West …

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Nate Silver: Cruz And Clinton Will Win Iowa

Via Politico: Hillary Clinton and Ted Cruz have the greatest chances of winning the Iowa caucuses two weeks from Monday, new polling-based forecasts from FiveThirtyEight show. Cruz has a 51 percent chance of winning Iowa when national and state polls as well as endorsements are taken into account. In that forecast, Donald Trump trails Cruz with a 29 percent chance …

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LIVE VIDEO: Democratic Presidential Debate

The first Democratic presidential debate of 2016 begins at 9PM Eastern from Charleston, South Carolina. NBC News will live-steam the event on their YouTube channel embedded below and their pre-debate coverage is already underway. Watch along with us. Unlike earlier Dem debates, expect sharp elbows tonight.

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Marco Rubio Buys Gun Because ISIS

Seriously. CBS News reports: Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio talked about what was behind his decision to purchase a firearm on Christmas Eve, saying in an interview on “Face the Nation” that a gun is the “last line of defense” between the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and his family. “I’m a strong supporter of the Second Amendment. …

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SNL Mocks Ted “New York Values” Cruz [VIDEO]

Via Salon: Saturday Night Live was merciless in its mockery of the 6th Republican Debate that was on Fox Business News on Thursday. The cold opening of the show featured Fox moderators claiming that if at any point poll numbers dropped during the debate a loud gong would sound and they’d be pulled off stage. If only the real debates …

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POLL: Hillary Widens Lead To 25 Points

The Hill reports: Hillary Clinton heads into the next Democratic presidential debate with a 25-point lead over Bernie Sanders, according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Sunday morning on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” The former secretary of State has the support of 59 percent of Democratic primary voters nationally, pollsters found, compared to 34 percent for the Vermont …

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Trump: Cruz Is A Nasty Hypocrite Who Takes Money From Gay Marriage Supporters And Nobody Likes Him

When the gloves come off, they really come off. The Daily Beast reports: During on interview on “This Week,” Donald Trump upped the ante in his contentious relationship with Ted Cruz, calling him a “nasty guy,” and suggesting that he himself could take Cruz to court over his eligibility to be president. “Look, the truth is, he’s a nasty guy,” …

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Cosplay Cover – Official Donald Trump Jam [VIDEO]

A few days ago the web went nuts with Donald Trump’s Hitlerjugend-esque “official jam.” Today JMG reader Michael tips us to an appropriately dirge-like cover of Trump’s Freedom Girls. Watch below.

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Donald Trump Taunts Ted Cruz Over Birther Lawsuit And Wall Street Loan Flap: “Goldman Sachs Owns Him”

The Hill reports: Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump took aim at rival Ted Cruz in a series of Saturday morning tweets, taunting Cruz over challenges to his citizenship and reports that he did not disclose campaign loans. Trump has tried to stoke concerns that Cruz would face legal challenges to his eligibility for president because he was born in Canada. …

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Ted Cruz “Apologizes” For New York Attack [VIDEO]

“I apologize to the millions of New Yorkers who have been abandoned by liberal politicians. I apologize for the working men and women of New York who are denied jobs — jobs that have been plentiful just south of Pennsylvania — because Gov. Cuomo bans fracking. I apologize to all the pro-life, pro-marriage, pro-Second Amendment New Yorkers who Gov. Cuomo …

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Bill Maher On New York Values [VIDEO]

Via Raw Story: “The Republicans who constantly lambaste Obama about dividing America, and then creates smaller and smaller circles about what really is America, “the HBO host said. “Chicago? No that’s thug city. And Hawaii — part of Kenya. And LA is full of queers. You know, tell me what New York values are because I don’t know.” “I was …

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Jeb Bush: Unlike Hillary, I’ll Protect Christians From The Horror Of Making Gay Wedding Cakes [VIDEO]

It’s Jeb’s turn to pander to the evangelicals in a new campaign ad. And with an editorial in the wingnut press. From the National Review: People of faith are being asked to compromise their beliefs on the issue of marriage. While people of good will have different opinions on same-sex marriage, in a nation as large and diverse as ours, …

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Federal Birther Lawsuit Filed Against Ted Cruz

It’s officially ON. Bloomberg reports: Republican presidential contender Ted Cruz should be disqualified from the race because he isn’t a “natural-born citizen,” a fellow Texan claims in a “birther” challenge filed against the senator in a U.S. court. The suit seeks a court definition of the term to clarify whether Cruz — who was born in Canada to an American …

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Slate: Hillary Dresses Like A Lesbian

A Slate piece today aims to “decode” Hillary Clinton’s fashion sense. Vanessa Urguhart writes: Hillary Clinton’s sense of style has been criticized for as long as she has been on the national political scene. One of the uglier forms this mockery has taken, most often in barbed private jokes and comments but occasionally openly by anti-gay activists, has been the …

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New York Daily News: Drop Dead, Ted Cruz

Snork! They write: Ted Cruz, who only comes here with his hand out, has decided that the most diverse city the world has ever known is filled with people who all think alike. He sounds in these moments like as slow a thinker as we have ever had run for President. If you are dumb enough to think that New …

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Trump Gives Benghazi Movie Tickets To Iowa Voters

Oh brother. Via the Des Moines Register: Donald Trump has rented space at an Urbandale movie theater and will give Iowans free tickets to a showing of the Benghazi movie that critics of Hillary Clinton have been eagerly awaiting. “Mr. Trump would like all Americans to know the truth about what happened at Benghazi,” the GOP presidential candidate’s Iowa co-chair …

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