2016 Election

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Everything’s rigged. EVERYTHING!!!111!11! Via Politico: If Donald Trump loses in a close election, Ann Coulter says fraud will be to blame. In an interview with POLITICO, the commentator on the far right of the conservative spectrum fed a narrative popular among Trump’s supporters that the only way Hillary Clinton can win is if Democrats tamper with the results or vote …

Today the Log Cabin Republicans gleefully tweeted the news that Donald Trump has begun selling “LGBTQ For Trump” t-shirts at $30 each. (The “Q” should really be preceded by an ellipsis considering Trump’s famous difficulty with the acronym.)  I’ll leave it up you folks what the back of the shirt should say.

The Clinton campaign this morning issued a second ad which hits Donald Trump on bigotry and racism. Unlike yesterday’s ad, which featured the words of racist Trump reporters themselves, today’s clip merely features Trump in his own words and answers his “what the hell have you got to lose?” question with one word. Watch below.

NJ.com reports: Donald Trump’s pivot away from his calls for mass deportations of millions of undocumented immigrants is the result of prodding by Gov. Chris Christie, according to former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani. And, Giuliani says, even more Christie-sourced changes to Trump’s immigration stance will be forthcoming, like his call for tracking immigrant visas like Fedex packages, and using …

Whoa. Politico reports: A Russian-born, mafia-linked businessman whose ties to both Donald Trump and loyalists of Russian President Vladimir Putin have sparked scrutiny, visited Trump Tower last month for undisclosed business, he told POLITICO. The businessman, Felix Sater, also donated the maximum allowable contribution to Trump’s presidential campaign, according to the campaign’s most recent FEC filing. Sater, whose firm co-developed …

Via Media Matters: CNN political commentator Corey Lewandowski announced in an August 25 tweet that he is with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his campaign in New Hampshire. Lewandowski was hired by CNN as a political commentator in June, just days after he was fired from Trump’s campaign. The move drew sharp criticism from media experts, who questioned the …

The Guardian reports: Donald Trump’s new presidential campaign chief is registered to vote in a key swing state at an empty house where he does not live, in an apparent breach of election laws. Stephen Bannon, the chief executive of Trump’s election campaign, has an active voter registration at the house in Miami-Dade County, Florida, which is vacant and due …

Via Raw Story: Trump has, at least verbally, reversed his position from just over a year ago, when he told NBC’s Chuck Todd that undocumented immigrants and their children “have to go.” Now the Republican presidential nominee is trying to draw a murky distinction between “good” immigrants and “bad ones” — although his hapless spokeswoman Katrina Pierson insists Trump’s not …

Via Politico: Stephen K. Bannon, the new CEO of the Donald Trump campaign, was charged with misdemeanor domestic violence, battery and dissuading a witness following an incident in early January 1996, though the case was ultimately dismissed, according to a police report and court documents. The Santa Monica, Calif., police report says that Bannon’s then-wife claimed he pulled at her …

Hillary Clinton’s much anticipated speech on Donald Trump’s ties to the racist, misogynist, white supremacist alt-right movement is scheduled to begin at 3PM Eastern from Reno, Nevada. The speech will be aired lived on all cable news outlets and bootleg live-streams are embedded below. You should also be able to watch the speech in real time at ABC’s streaming site. …

From white nationalist Richard Spencer: Over the past few months, Hillary Clinton has engaged, rhetorically and directly, with an array of groups that support an anti-White agenda. Whether that’s endorsing the “Black Lives Matter” movement, which is directly responsible for a rise in violence throughout America, or her surrogates chastising European-Americans for their background and heritage. And she’s at it …

Earlier today the Clinton campaign released a video which features racist Trump supporters declaring their support. Damn those liberals and their verbatim reporting! Via the Trump campaign: “Hillary Clinton and her campaign went to a disgusting new low today as they released a video tying the Trump Campaign with horrific racial images. This type of rhetoric and repulsive advertising is …

Just in from Quinnipiac: In the battle of the unloved presidential candidates, Democrat Hillary Clinton tops the magical 50 percent mark among American likely voters, leading Republican Donald Trump 51 – 41 percent, according to a Quinnipiac University National poll released today. When third party candidates are added to the mix, Clinton gets 45 percent with Trump at 38 percent, …