Month: July 2016

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Limbaugh Claims President Obama is “Lighting a Match” When He Talks About Racism

Limbaugh claimed when Obama says the “criminal justice system is racist…he’s lighting a match…he’s encouraging the actions that follow.”

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Chaos In Cleveland As Newt Gingrich Attacks the Bush Family for Refusing to Back Trump

Newt Gingrich accused the Bush family of behaving “childishly” simply because they had the prescience to avoid the Trump clownshow, aka the Republican National Convention.

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The Real Author Of The Art Of The Deal Says Trump Win Leads To The End Of Civilization

Donald Trump’s ghostwriter, a.k.a. the real author of The Art Of The Deal is warning voters that if Donald Trump gets the nuclear codes, it could lead to the end of civilization.

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Sexual Predator Roger Ailes Will Reportedly Either Resign Or Be Fired From Fox News

Roger Ailes is reportedly a goner at Fox, according to two sources familiar with the investigation.

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A Crazed Trump Proclaims Body Language Expertise And Blames Obama For Hatred Of Cops

Donald Trump is giving voters a taste of what they are in for this week, as the presumptive Republican nominee went on Fox News and proclaimed that President Obama has secret body language that shows that he hates cops.

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The Republican Convention Falls Apart Before It Starts as Kasich Rips Into Trump

It all started with Paul Manafort, Trump’s “campaign manager”, accusing Ohio’s Republican Governor and previous 2016 Republican primary candidate John Kasich of refusing to endorse Trump because he wants to be the President.

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President Obama Blasts Senate Republicans for Playing ‘Political Football’ with Democracy

More than four months after he nominated Justice Garland, the President wrote an impassioned plea about why we must not let the highest court in the land become “political football” because to do so threatens the process of democracy.

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Bush Channels Trump – Blames President Obama For Donald Trump’s Rise

Republican opposition to the president “make us seem anti-immigrant, anti-women, anti-science, anti-gay, anti-worker and anti-common-sense.”

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Despite FEC Complaint, Trump Continues to Solicit Contributions from Foreigners

“It violates the law to send fundraising emails to members of a foreign government on their official foreign government email accounts.”

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Surprise! W.V. Republican Legislator Calls For Hillary Clinton’s Public Execution

“I’m nowhere near a Hillary Clinton supporter. I’m just not a fan of having a maniac hold office in my great state.”

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The Republican Party Talks A Big Game, But Their Actions Have Made The Police Less Safe

It is the actions of their own party that have made police work more dangerous than it should be.

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The Trump/Pence 60 Minutes Interview Was A Painful Train Wreck

Donald Trump and Mike Pence gave their first joint interview, and what went down on 60 Minutes was painful to watch.

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Trump Responds To Obama Call For Post Baton Rouge Unity By Hoping For More Division and Hate

Donald Trump responded to President Obama’s calls for toned-down political rhetoric and less divisiveness after the Baton Rouge police shootings by openly hoping for more division and hate.

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We Must Not Allow Trump And His Ilk To Take Hold Of Our Spirits Or This Country

This is not a time for timidity or silence. If we all do it, we won’t be alone or lost. We must unify against hatred, we must not allow Donald Trump and his ilk to take hold of our spirits or this country.

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Obama Sends A Not So Subtle Message To Trump After Baton Rouge Police Shootings

In a statement on the Baton Rouge police shootings, President Obama had a message for all Americans about rhetoric that divides, but without mentioning his name, Obama also appeared to be talking about Donald Trump.

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Trump Humiliates Himself By Blaming Police Shootings In Baton Rouge On Obama

Donald Trump humiliated himself with a disgraceful attempt to blame the shootings that took the lives of three Baton Rouge, LA police officers on President Obama

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Cleveland Police to Ask Ohio Governor to Ban Open Carry of Weapons During RNC

The president of the Cleveland Police Union will ask Governor Kasich (R-OH) to ban all open carry of weapons during the Republican convention.

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Hillary Clinton Leads By 62 Points With Latinos As Trump Stumbles Into GOP Convention

Hillary Clinton is absolutely crushing Donald Trump with Latino voters, as Clinton has built a 62 point lead according to the new NBC/WSJ/Telemundo Latino poll.

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Elizabeth Warren Goes Off And Takes a Flamethrower to Donald Trump’s Lies

After Donald Trump indulged himself in another racist rant against Senator Elizabeth Warren, she took a flamethrower to his lies with a binge of tweets that are quite simply devastating for Trump.

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Trump Warms Up For GOP Convention With Racist Rant Against Elizabeth Warren

Donald Trump is obviously bothered by Senator Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) very accurate attacks on his fitness for office.

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Obama Gets The Respect He Deserves As Voters Give Him Credit For Improving Economy

More bad news for Republicans as the latest NBC News/WSJ poll revealed that a plurality of Americans gave President Obama credit for improving the economy.

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A Complicated Grief: Why Public Policy Must Reflect Our Social Conscience

Before anyone utters “all lives matter” one more time in retort, I challenge them to think long and hard about that all. It seems currently this slogan is used as a platitude of self-righteous comfort for the denial of caring for real particular lives, especially the unseen lives of those who suffer in the shadows and on the the margins.

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Trump’s VP pick rankles Republican gay rights activists

Donald Trump’s choice of Mike Pence as his vice presidential running mate has irked some Republican activists who see the Indiana governor’s years of opposition to gay rights initiatives as a setback to efforts to broaden the party’s appeal.

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GOP Says Exercising First Amendment Rights is Terrorism but Domestic Terrorism is Not

“The U.S. government should never subject Americans to surveillance for exercising basic Constitutional rights.”

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Changes to North Carolina voting laws could put thousands of 2016 ballots at risk

A Reuters review of Republican-backed changes to North Carolina’s voting rules indicates as many as 29,000 votes might not be counted in this year’s Nov. 8 presidential election if a federal appeals court upholds the 2013 law.

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Clinton leads Trump by 12 points ahead of Republican convention

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump trailed Democratic rival Hillary Clinton by 12 percentage points in a Reuters/Ipsos poll making him the clear underdog ahead of next week’s Republican National Convention.

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Trump Penetrates Pence in Hilarious – and Quickly Replaced – New Campaign Logo

In a quickly replaced campaign logo, Trump’s T penetrates Pence’s P, or, as Samantha Bee puts it, ‘breaks the mattress of America’

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The RNC May Deliver What Trump Wants – Violence and Mayhem

“This is going to be the most riotous political convention since 1968, and maybe even more so.”

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Trump Had To Grab Tourists Off The Street To Fill The Room For VP Announcement

The crowd for Donald Trump’s VP announcement was made up of Trump family, friends, and tourists who were pulled off of the street and allowed to come in and watch.

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The Reviews Are In: Trump’s Announcement Of VP Mike Pence Was Insanely Bad

The reviews are in on Donald Trump’s announcement of Mike Pence as his VP, and they vary from calling Trump’s performance insane to pointing out that the Republican nominee demonstrated why he is not fit to be president.

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Sign At Donald Trump Convention Highlights White Elevators

Republicans inadvertently draw extra attention to Donald Trump’s flaming racism with a sign that suggests (surely incorrectly) they are segregating people.

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Trump Shuns Mike Pence By Introducing His VP Then Running Off Stage

Donald Trump spoke for 28 minutes, while barely mentioning Pence. After Trump introduced his running mate, he hightailed it off stage and did not even stand beside his VP choice while he was speaking.

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Trump Just Accused Hillary Clinton Of Murder During Disastrous Mike Pence Announcement

The Trump announcement of Mike Pence has been a complete fiasco, as the Republican nominee has hijacked the event by accusing Hillary Clinton of murder.

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Trump Ditches Pence After Announcement By Refusing To Campaign With Him

After officially announcing his running mate Gov. Mike Pence, Donald Trump is refusing to hit the campaign trail with the governor in his home state of Indiana.

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Hillary Clinton Hits Trump Right In The Ego With Smashing Video On His VP Indecision

Watch the skittish, scattershot decision making of Donald Trump regarding his VP, as cut together by Hillary for America.

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Broke Deadbeat Donald Trump Whines About Hillary Clinton Having Money for Ads

Donald Trump whined about Hillary Clinton having money for ads when he has none, and whined about her attacking him over the fact that he has no foreign policy experience.

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Anti-Vaxxer Trump Claims Immigrants are Bringing Back Previously Eliminated Diseases

Trump complained “people are pouring into this country and, in many cases they’re not well people, in many respects.”

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Friday Fox Follies – The Same Old Same Old

The meat puppets at Fox News are breathlessly fomenting anger and resentment at Islam, President Obama, and Gretchen Carlson

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Gingrich Goes Full-Tilt Crazy With Plan to Test Every Muslim in America

Newt Gingrich showed up on Fox News’ Hannity Thursday to call for something really “kooky” (Bill Kristol’s words) – the imposition of religious tests for Muslims: “We should frankly test every person here who is of a Muslim background, and if they believe in Sharia, they should be deported.” This is coming from one of…

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The Roof Caves In On Trump As Clinton Leads In N. Carolina, Virginia, Ohio, and Florida

A new swing state poll shows Hillary Clinton comfortably leading Donald Trump in Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia.

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GOP Platform Committee Embraces A Purely Puritanical Agenda

Republicans will end up with a platform that will be Victorian in its moralizing and deeply critical the modern American family.

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The Universe Conspires Against Trump As Military Coup In Turkey Kills His VP Buzz

First, there was the terror attack in Nice, France and now a military coup in Turkey. What was supposed to be one of the biggest moments for any presidential campaign has been turned into a third-rate afterthought by more serious news.

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Donald Trump Trashes His Own VP As Report Leaks That Trump Tried To Dump Mike Pence

Mike Pence has only been the VP choice for hours, but it is being reported that Donald Trump has already tried to dump his running mate.

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Clinton’s Convention Of Democratic Stars Blows Away Trump’s Festival Of Losers

Democrats have announced their lineup of speakers for the upcoming convention, and it blows Donald Trump’s Republican convention out of the water.

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Donald Trump Gives #NeverTrump the Finger Gloating They Were Crushed Last Night

Donald Trump tweeted a gloating, undiplomatic FU to the conservatives in the #NeverTrump movement, saying they are “never more. They were crushed last night.”

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Hillary Clinton Immediately Slams Trump’s Bigoted Extremist VP Pick Mike Pence

Hillary Clinton’s campaign has wasted no time alerting voters to the bigotry and extremism of Trump’s VP pick, Mike Pence.

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Trump Botches VP Announcement By Tweeting His Choice Of Mike Pence

The debacle that has been the Trump VP selection process limped to a close today as Donald Trump made it official by tweeting that he has chosen Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana to be his running mate.

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Trump Threw A Fit And Postponed His VP Announcement Because Of Media Leaks

The real reason why Donald Trump has postponed his VP announcement is that he was upset that Indiana Republicans leaked that he had chosen Mike Pence.

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Donald Trump Has Reportedly Selected Mike Pence as His VP

Trump reportedly made the offer Thursday and Pence accepted, putting an end to one aspect of Trump’s long political circus.

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Social Security Advocacy Group Slams Mike Pence As He Prepares To Be Trump’s VP Pick

The Democratic Party, on the other hand, just finished drafting a 2016 platform that vowed to expand Social Security.

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Tim Tebow Dumps Trump’s Convention And Bails On Speaking In Cleveland

Things are so bad for Donald Trump that even Tim Tebow is bailing on his doomed convention in Cleveland.

Donald Trump goes birther on Cruz and Rubio ABC This Week

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Broke And Abandoned Republicans Beg Sheldon Adelson for $6 Million For Convention

In a letter dated July 12, for a convention that starts days away on July 18, the RNC sent a letter to billionaire Sheldon Adelson begging for 6 million dollars.

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Donald Trump Tries To Make Another International Tragedy All About Him

Once again, the grandstanding Trump is exploiting a terrorist attack and stoking fears in order to score political points.

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President Obama Condemns What Appears to be a Horrific Terrorist Attack in Nice, France

On behalf of the American people, I condemn in the strongest terms what appears to be a horrific terrorist attack in Nice, France, which killed and wounded dozens of innocent civilians.

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At Least 73 Feared Dead In France After Truck Crashes Into Bastille Day Celebration

The mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, called the attack “the worst tragedy in the history of Nice.”

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Trump Cancels VP Announcement After Truck Attack Kills At Least 73 In Nice, France

Donald Trump has postponed his scheduled Friday morning announcement of his running mate after it is being reported that 70 people have been killed in a truck attack in Nice, France.

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Nonpartisan Bombshell Report Finds Major Trump Proposals All Violate The Constitution

A new analysis of Donald Trump’s proposals and plans by the ACLU revealed that a Trump presidency would violate numerous articles of the Constitution.

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Donald Trump’s Reason for His Defense of Roger Ailes is Totally Insane

Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump defended Fox News Chief Roger Ailes, saying he thinks the charges are unfounded based on what he’s “read”.

I kid you not.

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Trump Offers Jaw Droppingly Dumb Reason Why Sarah Palin Wasn’t Invited To GOP Convention

Donald Trump is claiming that he didn’t invite Sarah Palin to the Republican convention because Alaska is too far away from Cleveland, Ohio.

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Hillary Clinton Goes For The Throat By Posting Exact Quotes from Donald Trump

The Clinton campaign is firing back at Donald Trump the best way possible, by starting a Twitter handle called “LiterallyTrump,” which will post things that Donald Trump has actually said.

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Reports Grow That Trump Picks Mike Pence For VP As Nation Shrugs And Plays Pokemon GO

Trump wanted a star to be his running mate, but it is being reported that he will pick Indiana Governor Mike Pence to be his VP.

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Trump Dumps Sarah Palin By Not Giving Her Speaking Slot At The Republican Convention

Donald Trump released his list of speakers for the Republican convention, and one name was notably missing. Despite the fact that she has been campaigning for him as a surrogate, Sarah Palin will not be speaking at the Republican convention.

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Sen. Angus King Paints A Terrifying Picture Of Trump As He Endorses Hillary Clinton

After boarding the “Doomsday plane”, Senator Angus King (I-ME) imagined Donald Trump in charge during a nuclear attack.

King’s knees “were a little weak” thinking about how much power the President has in that situation… And he knew he had to vote for Hillary Clinton.

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Democrats’ Dreams May Come True Because In His Heart Trump Wants Chris Christie For VP

It is being reported that the candidate Trump really wants to choose to be his running mate is New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg is Not Alone: Historians Think Trump is a Disaster Too

Ruth Bader Ginsburg has garnered much negative attention for her remarks about Donald Trump and his unsuitability for the office of president (i.e. because Trump is a madman), but she is far from alone. On Facebook, a group of prominent historians led by Pulitzer Prize winning author David McCullough and documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, have…

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Kansas Republicans Employ Koch Propaganda To Abolish Public Schools

Kansas GOP calls public schools government schools to imply they indoctrinate children and interfere with individual’s free choice.

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Trump Will Officially Announce Some Poor Sap To Be His Running Mate On Friday In New York

It’s official: On Friday in New York, Donald Trump will announce the poor soul who he’s chosen to be his running mate.

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Here’s Where The 2016 Race Stands After A Day Full Of New Swing-State Polls

There wasn’t much in the results to indicate a significant shift in the trajectory of the race. Hillary Clinton is still the clear favorite.

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Cleveland Spits On Republican Bigotry by Changing Transgender Bathroom Law

The City of Cleveland isn’t going to cater to bigots and just to be sure, they changed an existing city law that let businesses decide the bathroom rules. Businesses used to be able to discriminate by to disallowing trans people to use a bathroom aligning with their gender identity, but no more.

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