2016 Election

Wikileaks Founder To Address Green Party Convention

Unsurprising, since he openly loathes Hillary and timed the release of those hacked emails for maximum damage. From the Houston Chronicle: Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, the organization that recently posted thousands of the Democratic Party’s internal emails online, will speak via live stream at the Green Party national convention, party officials announced Friday. Assange is scheduled to speak …

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REPORT: Former Trump Lawyer Claims Melania Got Her Green Card From A Secret Previous 2001 Marriage

And the intrigue deepens. Univision reports: In an interview with Larry King Live in 2005 Melania Trump said that she had never been married before meeting Donald Trump. But, Michael Wildes, an immigration attorney who worked for the Trump Organization, told Univision’s investigative unit that she obtained a green card four years earlier in 2001, “based on marriage.” Melania and …

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Trump Endorses Paul Ryan & John McCain [VIDEO]

From the Associated Press: GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump is striking a rare tone of party unity. In addition to formally endorsing House Speaker Paul Ryan, Trump on Friday evening also threw his support behind Arizona Sen. John McCain and New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, with whom he has sparred. Trump says, “We have to unite.” He says that, as …

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Bernie Op-Ed: If You Voted For Me, Vote For Hillary

Bernie Sanders has written an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times. It begins: The conventions are over and the general election has officially begun. In the primaries, I received 1,846 pledged delegates, 46% of the total. Hillary Clinton received 2,205 pledged delegates, 54%. She received 602 superdelegates. I received 48 superdelegates. Hillary Clinton is the Democratic nominee and I will …

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REPORT: Trump To Endorse Paul Ryan Today

If true, this will cause even more infighting in Teabagistan, considering that Breitbart, Sarah Palin, and Phyllis Schlafly have all come out in favor of Paul Ryan’s nutjob challenger. Fox News reports: Donald Trump is expected to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan R-Wis., Friday, two highly placed Republican sources tell Fox News — just days after the Republican presidential nominee …

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New Hillary Ad: GOP Agrees, Trump Is Unfit [VIDEO]

Recap: Hillary Clinton’s campaign is using Republican criticisms of Donald Trump to paint him as unfit to be commander in chief. In a 30-second ad titled “Unfit,” Republican officials and columnists express concerns about Trump having access to the nuclear codes. “If he governs consistent with some of the things he’s said as a candidate, I would be very frightened,” …

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Log Cabin Republicans: We Can’t Decide On Endorsing Trump Until He Stops Blowing Off Our Requests To Meet

Chris Johnson reports at the Washington Blade: As Donald Trump continues to make provocative and controversial comments with fewer than 100 days before the general election, Log Cabin Republicans continues to mull whether to endorse him for president. Gregory Angelo, president of Log Cabin, said Monday he’s unable to predict whether Trump will receive an endorsement from the organization. Angelo …

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SURVEY: 70% Of GOP Insiders Want Trump To Drop Out

Via Politico: Amid widespread chatter that Donald Trump could drop out of the presidential race before Election Day, Republican insiders in key battleground states have a message for The Donald: Get out. That’s according to The POLITICO Caucus — a panel of activists, strategists and operatives in 11 swing states. The majority of GOP insiders, 70 percent, said they want …

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Anti-Trump Super PAC Files Freedom Of Information Act Demand To See Melania Trump’s Immigration Records

Via press release: Democratic Coalition Against Trump’s legal team announced on Thursday afternoon that they are filing a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for Melania Trump’s immigration records. The Coalition stated that they are requesting “any document that indicates the type of visa applied for or issued to Melania Trump from January 1, 1995 until she received her green …

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David Duke: I’ll Be Trump’s Best Friend In The Senate

The Hill reports: Former KKK leader David Duke said Friday he would be Donald Trump’s number one supporter in the Senate. Duke, who announced last month he would run for Louisiana’s open Senate seat, said he is 100 percent behind Trump’s legislative agenda. “As a United States senator, nobody will be more supportive of his legislative agenda, his Supreme Court …

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NEW POLL: Hillary +4 In Georgia

Whoa. Georgia hasn’t gone blue in a presidential race in 24 years. While Clinton earned 44 percent support, Trump took 40 percent, in the latest survey coming on the heels of a disastrous week for the Republican nominee in which he has also trailed in the battleground states of New Hampshire, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Florida and in multiple national polls conducted …

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Trump Suggests Naming Ivanka To His Cabinet

Buzzfeed reports: Donald Trump declined to name any possible women he would name to his cabinet as president on Wednesday, instead naming his daughter Ivanka and the woman interviewing him as possible cabinet members. “Well, we have so many different ones to choose,” Trump told First Coast News in Florida. Trump was speaking with Angelia Savage, who hosts The Chat …

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Trump Admits He Never Saw “Ransom” Plane

Politico reports: Donald Trump did something unusual Friday: He admitted he was wrong. “The plane I saw on television was the hostage plane in Geneva, Switzerland, not the plane carrying $400 million in cash going to Iran!” the Republican nominee tweeted, a day after he doubled down on his claim that he had seen footage of a plane unloading money …

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GOP Official Resigns From State Job Over Hillary Threat

From the Riverside Press-Enterprise: An Inland Republican Party official resigned from his state government job Thursday, Aug. 4, a day after he sent tweets from the party’s official Twitter account that featured a menacing hangman and the words “I’m Ready for Hillary.” Nathan Miller stepped down and admitted sending the tweet, said Russell Lowery, chief deputy to Board of Equalization …

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Paul Ryan’s GOP Primary Opponent: There Should Be A Discussion About Deporting All Muslims [AUDIO]

Mediaite reports: Paul Nehlen, the primary challenger of Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, strongly suggested during an interview with Morning Answer Chicago Thursday that the United States should simply kick all Muslims out of the country. Nehlen said the problem with vetting good Muslims from the bad is that they couldn’t be trusted. “Islam is the only major …

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MAINE: Trump Rally Crowd Boos Protesters For Silently Holding Up Copies Of US Constitution [VIDEO]

Raw Story reports: Donald Trump booted a baby out of a rally earlier this week, so it’s not so surprising that he’d boot out people waving copies of the Constitution at his rally. During a rally in Maine on Thursday, several protesters stood up and held out pocket copies of the United States Constitution. Even though they were standing and …

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Hillary Clinton To Animal Rights Protesters: Trump And His Kids Have Killed A Lot Of Animals [VIDEO]

Via Talking Points Memo: Animal rights protestors appeared at a Hillary Clinton rally Thursday in Las Vegas, to which she quipped that they should be protesting Donald Trump since “his kids have killed a lot of animals.” As Clinton was discussing her jobs plan, Secret Service agents appeared on stage as a protest broke out. It’s unclear if the protesters, …

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President Obama: This Is What A Feminist Looks Like

“It is absolutely men’s responsibility to fight sexism too. And as spouses and partners and boyfriends, we need to work hard and be deliberate about creating truly equal relationships. The good news is that everywhere I go across the country, and around the world, I see people pushing back against dated assumptions about gender roles. From the young men who’ve …

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POLL: Hillary +6 In Swing State Florida

Another positive swing state poll today: Hillary Clinton holds a six-point lead over Donald Trump in Florida, according to the latest Suffolk University survey of likely voters in the state released Thursday. Matched head-to-head, Clinton took 48 percent, while Trump earned 42 percent. In a four-way matchup, Clinton grabbed 43 percent, followed by 39 percent for Trump, 4 percent for …

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Glenn Beck: No Matter Who Wins, Either Communist Hillary Or Fascist Trump Will Put Me In Prison [VIDEO]

 Via Right Wing Watch: Beck asserted that it doesn’t really matter, at least for him, whether Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton gets elected in November because he’ll wind up in jail under either one. Under a Clinton presidency, Beck said, “I think we’re looking at Argentina, I think we’re looking at Evita,” while under a Trump presidency, “we’re looking at …

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