2016 Election

Ralph Nader: Democrats Rigged The Superdelegate System To Fill It With Hillary’s Cronies [VIDEO]

The Hill reports: Ralph Nader says Hillary Clinton is unfairly winning the Democratic nomination with unelected super-delegates and closed primaries that shut out independent voters who prefer Bernie Sanders. “If he had an open primary he’d have beaten her,” Nader told The Hill in a Facebook Live interview on Monday. “It should be open to all voters. And that helped …

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AGAIN: Trump Begs Bernie To Run As Independent

Via Business Insider: “Bernie Sanders is being treated very badly by the Dems,” Trump tweeted on Monday. “The system is rigged against him. He should run as an independent! Run Bernie, run.” Bernie Sanders, an Independent senator from Vermont, has had an impressive rise this election cycle, mounting a surprisingly tough challenge to Clinton. Although he’s the longest-serving Independent member …

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Politico: Will Bernie Sanders Be The Nader Of 2016?

Politico today published a story which speculates that Bernie Sanders could “Nader” Hillary Clinton from winning the general election, a possibility that has been commented on at great length by JMG readers. The article begins: Bernie Sanders, for all his talk of revolution, never wanted to be Ralph Nader. He has a long history of keeping the Democratic Party at …

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Trump’s Butler: I Still Want President Obama Killed

Even though he’s being investigated by the Secret Service, Donald Trump’s butler is still calling for the murder of President Obama. Talking Points Memo reports: Anthony Senecal told West Virginia newspaper The Martinsburg Journal on Friday—one day after a Secret Service agent called Senecal regarding online comments he made calling for Obama’s death—that he believes the President is a “traitor” …

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Trump Challenges London Mayor To IQ Test [VIDEO]

Donald Trump today blasted British Prime Minister David Cameron and London Mayor Sadiq Khan, challenging the latter to an IQ test. Seriously. CNN reports: Asked about Cameron’s remarks, Trump said he didn’t care, but then added, “It looks like we’re not going to have a very good relationship. Who knows, I hope to have a good relationship with him but …

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Homer Simpson Endorses Bernie Sanders [VIDEO]

Via Newsweek: For the first time ever, after some 26 years on the air, The Simpsons hit a new milestone for an animated series by going live on Sunday night. For three minutes, Homer Simpson—voiced by Dan Castellaneta—fielded phone calls from fans during both the East and West Coast broadcasts and offered his opinion on the U.S. presidential candidates. Well, …

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Breitbart’s “Renegade Jew” Headline Blows Up Twitter

From the Huffington Post: The term “Renegade Jew“ trended on Twitter on Sunday night after a Breitbart article used the phrase to describe conservative commentator William Kristol. “Bill Kristol: Republican Spoiler, Renegade Jew Prepares Third Party Effort to block Trump’s Path to White House,” read the headline of the article by Jewish writer David Horowitz. The article was about efforts …

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Obama Slams Trump During Rutgers Speech [VIDEO]

Mediaite recaps: While Obama never mentioned Trump by name, the attacks on the mogul were quite obvious, as the president addressed several of his core campaign proposals. The speech at the New Jersey school ran for approximately 45 minutes, wherein Obama advised students to be skeptical of certain unnamed people (like Trump) who make grandiose promises while they push “anti-intellectualism” …

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Ted Cruz: I’ll Run Again Someday [VIDEO]

The Hill reports: A teary-eyed Ted Cruz is hinting that he’s leaving the door open for another White House bid in a newly released video titled “No regrets.” The 5-minute video opens with a campaign staffer asking if the Cruz camp made it “through this without regrets.” “This is nearly a regret-free campaign,” he says. “Ted Cruz didn’t lose. Our …

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Dr. Stabby Reveals Trump’s VP Shortlist

The Washington Post reports: Ben Carson, the neurosurgeon turned presidential candidate turned unfiltered pitchman for Donald Trump and now part of the presumptive nominee’s vice presidential search committee, sat in the back of a Town Car with his wife, Candy, on his way to a televised interview. He had just explained to the reporter riding along that he wanted no …

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Reince Priebus Shrugs Off Trump’s Lies [VIDEO]

Via Politico: Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus on Sunday dismissed reports that Donald Trump had once posed as his own spokesman as a “little bit odd,” and not something that’s going to change voters’ minds. “There’s going to be lots of stories,” Priebus said, who went on to say that he believes voters are more concerned about someone who …

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SNL Mocks Trump’s Fake Publicist Lie [VIDEO]

From the New York Daily News: Donald Trump can’t make up this kind of publicity. Darrell Hammond returned as the wannabe president on “Saturday Night Live” after reports revealed that for decades, Trump posed as fabricated publicists shilling his “tremendous” accomplishments. “Mr. Trump is the real life inspiration for Iron Man,” said Hammond, a now permanent fixture as Trump on …

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NEVADA: Chaos At Democratic Convention

Supporters of Bernie Sanders turned today’s Nevada Democratic Convention into a screaming mess. The Hill reports: Tensions were high at the Democratic convention in Nevada Saturday, with Bernie Sanders supporters demanding delegate recounts, booing Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and causing other disruptions, according to local media reports. Sanders supporters were angry over a voice vote that adopted a set of …

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Hillary Hits Trump On Taxes In New Ad [VIDEO]

ABC News reports: The Hillary Clinton campaign released a video online Saturday morning, questioning Donald Trump’s refusal to release his tax returns, until he allegedly finishes being audited. The video, titled “What’s Donald Trump Hiding?” features a series of clips from interviews with Trump from several networks — including Fox News, CNN and TV3 Ireland — during which interviewers ask …

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Sheldon Adelson Offers $100M To Trump Campaign

The New York Times reports: The casino magnate Sheldon G. Adelson told Donald J. Trump in a private meeting last week that he was willing to contribute more to help elect him than he has to any previous campaign, a sum that could exceed $100 million, according to two Republicans with direct knowledge of Mr. Adelson’s commitment. As significant, Mr. …

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Ted Cruz Shrugs Off Trump Nominating Him To The Supreme Court: “That Is Not A Desire Of My Heart”

The Hill reports: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Friday said he isn’t interested in being nominated to the Supreme Court. “That is not a desire of my heart,” Cruz said during an interview with WBAP in Texas when asked if he had aspirations to become a justice. “I have had several opportunities in the past to go to the bench, …

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Donald Trump Lies About Having Impersonated His Own PR Flack During Calls To Reporters [VIDEO]

From this morning’s story from the Washington Post: The voice is instantly familiar; the tone, confident, even cocky; the cadence, distinctly Trumpian. The man on the phone vigorously defending Donald Trump says he’s a media spokesman named John Miller, but then he says, “I’m sort of new here,” and “I’m somebody that he knows and I think somebody that he …

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Ivanka Trump: My Dad Has Elevated Political Discourse

Seriously. She said that. Via Politico: Donald Trump is a what-you-see-is-what-you-get candidate who has “elevated” the political discourse, according to the candidate’s daughter, Ivanka Trump. Speaking at a Forbes magazine women’s summit in New York, Ivanka Trump praised her father, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, for being genuine, a quality she said is unseen in politics. “He’s honest. With him, …

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Sanders Reschedules Meeting With HIV/AIDS Activists

Noted activist Peter Staley reports on Facebook that Bernie Sanders has rescheduled his meeting with HIV/AIDS activists for May 25th. The meeting will take place in California. Yesterday Hillary Clinton issued a recap of her meeting with HIV/AIDS activists, which included a call for expanded PrEP availability. A short video of that meeting is below.

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Trump: My Tax Rate Is None Of Your Business [VIDEO]

ABC News reports: The presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump continued to refuse to release his tax returns and today declined to reveal his tax rate. Joining “Good Morning America” this morning, ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos asked Trump what his tax rate is, and Trump simply replied, “It’s none of your business.” The billionaire also saying he has no foreign bank …

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