2016 Election

After digging through “obscured” incorporation and property records, the Associated Press today reports that Ben Carson is making up to $2 million annually from real estate deals tied to a felon who has been convicted of health care fraud. Via Talking Points Memo: Republican presidential contender Ben Carson has maintained a business relationship with a close friend convicted of defrauding …

Hillary Clinton leads Bernie Sanders by 19 points in a national poll released by the New York Times this morning, but many Democrats told the pollsters that they haven’t yet made up their minds. The Hill reports: Half of Democratic primary voters in the latest poll said it’s too early to say definitively which candidate they will support, but 54 …

Right on cue, Donald Trump has picked up Matt Drudge’s attack on Hillary Clinton’s hair. CNN reports: Donald Trump said Wednesday he was shocked to see Hillary Clinton’s latest hairdo, calling it “massive” in an interview on conservative talk radio. Asked by host Mark Levin what Clinton’s appeal to voters is, Trump simply said: “Well, she has a new hairdo, …

Talking Points Memo sets up the clip: A debate between Louisiana gubernatorial candidates John Bel Edwards (D) and U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) took a nasty turn Tuesday night when the two men used a question about campaign trackers to lob personal attacks at each other. “He’s actually sending private investigators to spy on the sheriff,” Edwards said. “There’s enough …

The Hill is shocked: In a new McClatchy-Marist poll, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) leads Republican candidate Donald Trump by a landslide margin of 12 percentage points, 53 to 41. In the McClatchy poll, Sanders also leads former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) by a landslide margin of 10 points, 51 to 41. It is shocking that the …

Today Ben Carson spoke at Dead Falwell University where he told the mandatory student assembly that Bernie Sanders’ plan for free community college would “hasten the destruction of America.” The Hill reports: “It becomes easy to swallow things. If you don’t understand our financial situation and someone comes along and says, ‘free college for everybody,’ they’ll say, ‘oh how wonderful,’ …

Closeted blogger Matt Drudge this morning accused Hillary Clinton of wearing a wig. Clinton often refers to her hair in stump speeches, usually saying something like, “You’re not going to see me turn white in the White House – I’ve been coloring my hair for years.”

Jeb Bush says that if given access to a time machine, he would definitely kill Hitler as a baby. Last night Stephen Colbert had some fun with that, mostly at the expense of Ben Carson. Watch below.

Oh my God, Becky, look at his PAC. Yup. That’s the name. Politico reports: Republican multimillionaire John Jordan is getting behind Florida Sen. Marco Rubio hours before the next Republican presidential debate and launching a super PAC to help boost Rubio’s campaign. Jordan, who has spent millions on past political campaigns, would not say how much he was planning to …

The Hill reports: Sen. Marco Rubio’s campaign is slamming Jeb Bush for making “phony attacks” on the Florida senator. In a new online advertisement released on Tuesday, the GOP presidential candidate notes Bush’s past praise for Rubio, including his statement that he could be a good president. “What Marco has, I think, is something the Republican Party needs to have, …

No surprises with the fourth Drudge debate poll. The New York Times has a different opinion: There was no runaway winner of the fourth Republican presidential debate on Tuesday night, according to commentators, journalists and pundits who watched. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas drew some scolding for an “oops” moment when he failed to name five agencies he wanted to …

Will Trump go after Dr. Stabby? Will Trump go after Starbucks? Will anybody actually stick to tonight’s single issue of the economy? Fox Business is live-streaming the event already and you can watch without a cable system login. Join the snark-fest below.

Tonight’s GOP kids’ table debate begins shortly. Fox Business is already live-streaming the event and you can watch without a cable system login. Many expect that today will be end for at least one or as many as three GOP candidates. Throw the popcorn in the microwave and watch along with us.

Teabagistan is an uproar, as always, because Hillary Clinton today tried to laugh off a supporter’s stupid joke that he’d like to strangle Carly Fiorina. NOT mentioned on Breitbart at all is that Ted Cruz, Mike Huckabee, and Bobby Jindal this weekend headlined an event where their host repeatedly called for the genocide of millions of gay Americans. But that’s …

To access the WiFi at tonight’s GOP debate in Milwaukee, every reporter must use the password “StopHillary”. Case-sensitive, no space! I can think of some better passwords and I’m sure you can too. Let’s hear them.

JMG reader Sean points us to this cheeky billboard for the gay hook-up app Hornet. The billboard reportedly went up yesterday across from the Milwaukee Theater, tonight’s GOP debate venue. Hornet claims to have seven million users worldwide. First I’m hearing about them.

Fox Business will host tonight’s fourth GOP debate where the topic will allegedly be restricted to the economy. But as we saw, that didn’t work out so well for CNBC, who also didn’t face the many breaking stories provided in recent days courtesy of Ben Carson. Unlike with earlier debates, Fox Business will provide a live-stream that does not require …

Just in from the Carson campaign: Fellow Conservative, If you’ve been watching the news, you’ve seen that the media is in full attack mode. They’ve been tracking down and interviewing my childhood friends and even accusing me of fabricating parts of my personal history. Funny, because this was the same media that time and again declared it off-limits to dig …

Last night Rachel Maddow became the first (and she’ll likely be the only) mainstream media journalist to report extensively on the GOP “death to gays” conference held over the weekend. Maddow wisely let the videos do much of the talking, saying, “This really was a ‘kill the gays’ call to arms.” Her report begins at the 6:00 mark in the …

Speaking on the eve of the next GOP debate, Donald Trump tonight pandered to the crazy evangelicals by declaring, “Maybe we should boycott Starbucks.” Trump further issued a warning about his presidency: “If I became president, we’re all gonna be saying ‘Merry Christmas’ again.” Whether you like it or not. Watch below.