2016 Election

SHOCKER: Hillary +5 In New Arizona Poll

CNN reports: A new poll shows Democrat Hillary Clinton with a lead in the traditional Republican stronghold of Arizona, yet another sign of Donald Trump’s shrinking path to the nomination. The survey, released jointly by the Arizona Republic, Arizona State University’s Morrison Institute for Public Policy and Cronkite News, showed Clinton with the support of 43% of the state’s likely …

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GREEN PARTY: Jill Stein Is Furious With John Oliver’s “Hypocritical” Attack On Her Student Debt Plan

Via press release from the Green Party: We were pleasantly surprised when John Oliver’s research team reached out to us regarding several statements that have been frequently taken out of context to ask if we felt they were missing any context, which we promptly provided. It was beyond disappointing to see that our responses were completely ignored. The same tired, …

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REPORT: Per Request Of Clinton Campaign, Bill And Melania Will Not Cross Paths At Tonight’s Final Debate

The New York Times reports: The Clinton side is not taking any chances at the final presidential debate, on Wednesday night in Las Vegas, and has apparently gained approval of a different protocol for the entry of the candidates’ spouses and families into the debate hall. The new arrangement calls for the candidates’ spouses to enter the hall closer to …

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GOP Strategist Steve Schmidt Sees Potential Landslide: Hillary Is Trending Over 400 Electoral Votes [VIDEO]

Raw Story reports: Republican strategist Steve Schmidt sees a landslide victory for Hillary Clinton and possible Democratic majorities in both the U.S. Senate and House. Schmidt told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Wednesday morning that Clinton was currently “trending over 400” electoral votes, based on recent polling, and he said Republicans are freaking out over the real possibility of losing their …

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Hillary +9 In New Bloomberg National Poll

Bloomberg reports: Donald Trump would need to stage a historic comeback to win the White House in 20 days as key slices of the electorate drift away from his candidacy, according to the latest Bloomberg Politics national poll. Democrat Hillary Clinton leads Trump by 9 percentage points in the survey of likely voters, taken after a leaked video prompted a …

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CZECH REPUBLIC: Russian Hacker Wanted For US Attacks Arrested In Joint Operation With FBI

Wikileaks connection? Reuters reports: Czech police have detained a Russian man wanted in connection with hacking attacks on targets in the United States, the police said, without giving further details. The arrest was carried out in cooperation with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Czech police said on their website on Tuesday evening. Interpol had issued a so-called Red Notice …

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Marco Rubio On Wikileaks: I Refuse To Discuss This Attempt By Foreigners To Interfere With The Election

A little payback for “Little Marco.” ABC News reports: Sen. Marco Rubio tells ABC News Republicans are making a mistake by jumping on allegedly hacked emails released by Wikileaks to criticize Hillary Clinton. In fact, he says he won’t talk about the hacked emails at all. “As our intelligence agencies have said, these leaks are an effort by a foreign …

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Fake Melania Returns To The Colbert Show [VIDEO]

The Washington Post recaps: Laura Benanti returned to “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” Tuesday to reprise her spot-on parody of Melania Trump — this time with some uncomfortable Billy Bush references. The Tony Award-winning actress wowed Colbert’s audience (and the Internet) in July when she spoofed Melania Trump’s Republican National Convention speech, revealed to have lifted passages from Michelle …

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Ecuador: Yes, We Cut Off Julian Assange’s Internet

The Associated Press reports: Ecuador’s government has acknowledged that it has “temporarily restricted” WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s internet access at its embassy in London after the whistleblowing site published documents from Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign The foreign ministry in a statement Tuesday said that while it stands by its decision in 2012 to grant Assange asylum, it doesn’t interfere in …

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Tennessee GOP Falls For Voter Fraud Troll [UPDATED]

Yesterday homcons Matt Drudge and Jim Hoft, the Ohio Secretary of State, and half of the right wing blogosphere fell for a Twitter troll who claimed to be an Ohio mailman who was destroying absentee ballots marked for Trump. Late last night the Tennessee state Republican Party fell for a similar prank. Via Talking Points Memo: The Tennessee GOP retweeted …

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70 Nobel Prize Winners Endorse Hillary Clinton

The Hill reports: In an open letter to the American people, 70 winners of the Nobel Prize endorsed Hillary Clinton for president Tuesday. In the letter, the laureates write that Clinton will preserve the country’s freedoms, safeguard national security and unite the country to work toward a better future. “It is imperative that Hillary Clinton be elected as the next …

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Michael Moore Unveils Surprise Trump Film

Deadline reports: Michael Moore has his own October Surprise: He made a movie about Donald Trump, which the filmmaker is self-distributing this weekend, and everyone is learning about it now. Moore is currently in the editing/mixing room, putting the final touches on Michael Moore in TrumpLand in time for tonight’s premiere at New York City’s IFC Center at 9:30PM ET. …

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Mike Pence Calls Office Bombing “Political Terrorism,” Urges Trump Fans To Monitor Voters At Polls [VIDEO]

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence today grandstanded in the burned-out ruins of the North Carolina GOP office that was firebombed this weekend, declaring that this “political terrorism” would have had much greater media attention if the target had been a Democratic office. Responding to a reporter’s question, Pence then doubled-down on yesterday’s call for Trump supporters to “peacefully” monitor voters at …

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BOOM: Obama Tells Trump To Stop Whining [VIDEO]

You know Trump will go nuts about this. ABC News reports: President Obama criticized Donald Trump today for suggesting the presidential election will be rigged. “I have never seen in my lifetime or in modern political history any presidential candidate trying to discredit the elections and the election process before votes have even taken place. It’s unprecedented. It happens to …

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Today’s Trump Meme: #DrainTheSwamp

Via press release from Hair Furor: First: I am going to re-institute a 5-year ban on all executive branch officials lobbying the government for 5 years after they leave government service. I am going to ask Congress to pass this ban into law so that it cannot be lifted by executive order. Second: I am going to ask Congress to …

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ROCK THE VOTE: Hillary +68 Among Millennials

The Hill reports: Hillary Clinton is dominating Donald Trump among millennial voters, according to a new USA Today/Rock the Vote poll released Monday. Clinton has 68 percent support among likely millennial voters and Trump is backed by only 20 percent, according to the survey. Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson has the support of eight percent of likely voters and Green Party …

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Alt-Right Wails After Pepe Creator Turns On Trump

Matt Furie, the artist who created Pepe The Frog, had previously been indifferent to the fact that his work had been co-opted by neo-Nazis and the alt-right, calling it “just a phase.” But now that the Anti-Defamation League has listed Pepe alongside swastikas as a symbol of hate, Furie has issued a multi-panel graphic that gruesomely goes after Donald Trump. …

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Evangelicals Launch 21 Days Of Fasting And Prayer That God Gets All Christians Into The Voting Booth

Via press release from Christian Newswire: In God We Trust. The message is simple, powerful, and universal, crossing racial, political and socio-economic lines. The television special In God We Trust declares it is time for Christians to pray, fast, and then to vote for the candidates of their choice in the upcoming election. Facing the stark reality that over 27 …

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Canadians Tell America: You’re Already Great! [VIDEO]

The video is really sweet. The New York Times reports: The presidential campaign has exposed deep divides in American society and has left many in every political party anxious about the future. During this time of political tension, our neighbors to the north have one thing to say: America is just great. Some Canadians watching as American politics have hit …

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John McCain: The Republican Party Will Be United Against Any SCOTUS Nomination Made By Hillary

Talking Points Memo reports: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) suggested Monday that the Republican party’s months-long refusal to fill a vacant seat on the Supreme Court would extend into the next administration if Hillary Clinton is elected president. “I promise you that we will be united against any Supreme Court nominee that Hillary Clinton, if she were president, would put up,” …

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