Dems hold Iowa State House seat by YUGE margin in Trump country

USAF flying bombers over Guam.

Hillary was so right...

Country singer Glenn Campbell has passed away at the age of 81

Just flashing across my phone.

Anti-capitalist The Young Turks raises $20 million in venture capital.

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Maybe it's just the kid in me, but

There's something cool about flying over a thunderstorm on the way to the Midwest and then experiencing the same weather system on the ground.

Detroit here we come!!!

Heading off in a soon to visit Grandpa (aka my dad) near D-Town with a big-ass list of things to do....visit relatives....eat conies and soul food...take my kid to a Tigers game.....visit my favorite comic store....see the movie 'Detroit' in the theatre...and SLEEP SLEEP SLEEP. Hope you guys have a great couple of weeks!

Scaramucchi planned to use White House job to defer taxes on Skybridge sale.

In addition to losing his plum White House communications director job after less than two weeks as a member of the Trump administration, Anthony Scaramucci’s lawyer confirmed Tuesday that he would forgo the capital gains tax deferral that could have come with it, CNN reported.

In January, perhaps in preparation of an expected job at the White House, Scaramucci arranged to sell his hedge fund, SkyBridge Capital, to a Chinese conglomerate. As a government employee, he may have had the option of deferring the capital gains tax on that sale — an allowance meant to free government employees from conflicts of interest.

Now, firmly out of government, Scaramucci’s sale has yet to be completed. But when it is, his lawyer told CNN, he’ll pay the taxes he may have otherwise deferred.

“Mr. Scaramucci is going to pay the capital gains taxes once the sale goes through,” Scaramucci’s lawyer, Elliot Berke, told CNN. “There was never an attempt to game the system — it was simply to adhere to what is allowable by law. His true and only purpose was to serve the country. And he will be back.”....


http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/scaramucci-lawyer-capital-gains-tax

Obama team pushing Deval Patrick presidential run

Former President Obama and his advisers are reportedly urging former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) to run for president in 2020, according to Politico Magazine.

Obama, a personal friend of Patrick, has privately encouraged him to consider a 2020 bid, the magazine said. Meanwhile, Valerie Jarrett, a close adviser to the former president, said that Patrick being president is what "my heart desires."

David Axelrod, former chief strategist for Obama, has reportedly spoken with Patrick about a potential run, pointing out electoral advantages that Patrick might have such as high turnout in his native New England and in Southern black communities.

"If you were to poll 100 notable Obama alumni, the only two people who would win that 2020 straw poll right now are [Joe] Biden and Patrick," a former senior White House aide said. Another former top Obama official told Politico Magazine that "the center of gravity would really shift in his direction in Obamaworld if he were to decide to run."


http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/344741-obama-team-pushing-deval-patrick-toward-2020-presidential-run