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pnwmom's JournalTrump goes to 95% white town, accuses Hillary of bigotry toward African Americans.
Who's going to disagree with him there?
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-bigotry-african-americans-227094
We reject the bigotry of Hillary Clinton which panders to and talks down to communities of color and sees them only as votes thats all they care about not as individual human beings worthy of a better future, Trump said at a rally in Wisconsin.
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Trumps rally was in West Bend, Wisconsin, a town that is 95 percent white and less than an hour outside of Milwaukee, where violent police protests have rocked the city in recent days following the shooting of an armed 23-year-old black man by a black police officer.
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Crime and violence is an attack on the poor and will never be accepted in a Trump administration, he said at another, as he referred over and over to the plight of inner-city African-Americans.
Clinton, he said, simply represented more poverty, more crime and basically just more of the same.
She doesnt care at all about the hurting people of this country, Trump said.
Law prof on Olympic coverage: "This headline is a metaphor for basically the entire world"
Why should the AP give Phelps more attention for his silver medal than Ledecky got for her gold?
http://www.aol.com/article/2016/08/15/one-headline-about-phelps-and-ledecky-sparks-outrage/21451868/
Side by side photos of Trump and Obama in golf clothes.
It's not surprising, seeing this, that Trump's doctor says Trump is much healthier than Obama or any President in history.
Just look at him!
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/280777-trump-tsa-falling-apart-while-obama-golfs
Apparently Trump is quite a golfer -- and look at that bod!
It's not surprising that his personal doc says that he would be the healthiest person to be President in U.S. history.
Just watch (and wonder where he found the time to perfect that golf swing):
Friends don't let friends vote for Jill Stein.
http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/210549/friends-dont-let-friends-vote-for-jill-steinThis past weekend, Jill Stein was officially nominated by the Green Party as its candidate for president of the United States. Here at Tablet, despite Steins Jewish background, we havent covered her campaign. In large part, this is because her story was eclipsed by the candidacy of Bernie Sanders, the most successful Jewish presidential candidate in American history. Indeed, unlike the Vermont senator, Stein has proved largely inconsequential to this point.
But at a time when a third of Sanders supporters still havent committed to backing Hillary Clinton against Donald Trump in the general election, where every percentage point will matter, Steins candidacy looms larger. Many good people are only just discovering her campaign, and wondering if she might be worthy of their vote. Which is why its time for responsible political observers to say what has been commonly understood among those who have followed Stein for years: Friends dont let friends vote for Jill Stein.
To be clear, this post is not meant as a criticism of Steins supporters. In my experience, many of these well-meaning individuals imagine they are voting for a bold, progressive changemaker who wont pander to special interests and who will demonstrate the knowledge and political courage to enact real reform. Even if Stein wont win, these idealists believe that they are voting their conscience by backing the candidate who best represents their values.
The only problem is, upon closer inspection, Jill Stein bears no resemblance to such a candidate. Let us count the ways.
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Looking at the above, it is striking how many of these criticisms pertain not just to Stein, but to the Republican candidate she claims to oppose: Donald Trump. He too plays on the ignorance and fears of his followers. He too reverses himself on key issues, demonstrating a total lack of fluency. He too has an affinity for Vladimir Putin and other human rights violators. He too spreads conspiracy theories. And he too deploys extreme and irresponsible rhetoric about his rivals.
In a statement to FactCheck.org, Hillary's physician says reports of her ill health are FAKE.
http://www.factcheck.org/2016/08/fake-clinton-medical-records/Despite the fact that Hillary Clinton got a clean bill of health from her doctor, fake medical records for Clinton are circulating on some conservative websites, purporting to show that she suffers from seizures and dementia.
Clintons longtime physician whose name appears atop the alleged leaked documents released a statement to FactCheck.org calling the documents false, and reiterating her diagnosis that Clinton is in excellent health and fit to serve as President of the United States.
The fake records are making the rounds just as some in the conservative media have been baselessly questioning Clintons health. Among them was Fox News Sean Hannity, who played a tape of Clinton vigorously shaking her head in a manner he deemed seizure-esque (although neither of the medical experts on his program agreed).
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Here is the statement to FactCheck.org by Dr. Lisa Bardack, Hillary's personal physician:
So, Trump has raised all this money. More than 80 million, supposedly.
(Though whether that includes the 50 million he donated himself isn't clear to me.)
So where is it going?
It's not being paid to Paul Manafort -- he's working for free.
It's not all going to state offices -- he only has a skeletal GOTV system.
And it's not going for TV ads. He hasn't bought any TV time.
He HAS been spending money for rallies . . . but where else has the money been going?
LOVE IT!!! MSNBC is asking the Trump campaign the same question I was asking yesterday.
Why is Paul Manafort, who may or may not have taken millions from a Putin-connected Ukrainian candidate, working FOR FREE for the Trump campaign?
This is not usual for a top campaign official.
And the answer they're getting amounts to "That's between him and Trump."
And "the operatives don't matter."
In other words, none of your business.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512366115
CNN: please FACT CHECK the Trump people on their lies about pledges to the Global Initiative.
I just saw it again -- a Trump surrogate repeatedly insisting on a billion dollar donation to the Clinton foundation from the Nigerian billionaire, Gilbert Chagoury. And the CNN reporter didn't correct him.
The fact is Chagoury did NOT donate a billion dollars to the Clinton Foundation. As a member of the Global Initiative, he made a public commitment to build a billion dollar seawall in Nigeria, a project that he alone is in charge of and for which he alone controls the money. Not a dime of that commitment goes to the Clinton Foundation.
None of the funds for any of the projects connected with the Clinton Global Initiative are controlled by the initiative or funneled through it. The Initiative is an educational and networking resource that holds conferences for its members. It doesn't carry out any projects itself.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512361234
Richard Clarke: Why Putin and ISIS would love Trump to be President.
Clarke, chairman of the Middle East Institute, is former White House counter-terrorism czar (1993-2001).
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/richard-clarke-america-enemies-influencing-election-article-1.2725718
Russian military units and ISIS terrorists are fighting and killing each other in Syria, but ironically the leaders of Russia and ISIS might both want the same candidate in the U.S. presidential election. Moreover, they might both be in positions to influence the outcome to some degree. These two foreign forces may help decide who the next American President will be.
For Vladimir Putin, the election of Donald Trump may undermine the NATO military alliance. Trump has said that the U.S. would not automatically defend its treaty allies and that we might withdraw forces from Europe and Asia. This weakening of the U.S. commitment to NATO comes at a time when the military alliance is seeking to deter Russia from threatening to annex the Baltic nations, as it did the Crimea.
For ISIS, the election of Trump would help them to validate the groups contention that the U.S. is at war with Islam. That narrative has been a powerful tool for ISIS in recruiting people to join its ranks and commit terrorist attacks. Trumps anti-Islamic remarks and proposals could, perversely, strengthen the terrorist group.
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