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riversedge's JournalClinton going on air w new TV ads in California starting Fri: Morgan Freeman & Dolores Huerta
Good. good and grand
Liz Kreutz ?@ABCLiz 11h11 hours ago
Clinton camp going on air w new TV ads in California starting Friday, per an aide. (One features Morgan Freeman, the other Dolores Huerta)
Clinton’s victory (in Washington Primary)nevertheless puts Sanders in an awkward position.
Sanders will have to drop WA from his list of states when he argue with the SD's --to follow the 'will of the people" The people voted last night and chose Hillary (I know no delegates were awarded).
"more than 660,000 Democratic votes had been tallied in the primary as of Tuesday, according to The Seattle Times. That lopsided reality makes it more difficult
for Sanders to argue that his candidacy represents the will of the people.." 
An Awkward Reality in the Democratic Primary
Washington voters handed Hillary Clinton a primary win, symbolically reversing the result of the state caucus where Bernie Sanders prevailed.
May 25, 2016
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/05/washington-primary-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton/484313/
Mike Blake / Reuters
Washington voters delivered a bit of bad news for Bernie Sanders’s political revolution on Tuesday. Hillary Clinton won the state’s Democratic primary, symbolically reversing the outcome of the state’s Democratic caucus in March where Sanders prevailed as the victor. The primary result won’t count for much since delegates have already been awarded based on the caucus. (Sanders won 74 delegates, while Clinton won only 27.) But Clinton’s victory nevertheless puts Sanders in an awkward position.
Sanders has styled himself as a populist candidate intent on giving a voice to voters in a political system in which, as he describes it, party elites and wealthy special-interest groups exert too much control. As the primary election nears its end, Sanders has railed against Democratic leaders for unfairly intervening in the process, a claim he made in the aftermath of the contentious Nevada Democratic convention earlier this month. He has also criticized superdelegates—elected officials and party leaders who can support whichever candidate they chose—for effectively coronating Clinton.
As Sanders makes those arguments, he runs up against a few inconvenient realities. He trails Clinton in the popular-vote count and has performed well in caucuses, which consistently witness depressed voter turnout relative to primary elections. What happened in Washington is a painful reminder of this for the campaign: Far more voters took part in Washington’s Democratic primary than its state caucus, preliminary counts indicate. Roughly 230,000 people participated in the Democratic caucus, The Stranger reported in March. In contrast, more than 660,000 Democratic votes had been tallied in the primary as of Tuesday, according to The Seattle Times. That lopsided reality makes it more difficult for Sanders to argue that his candidacy represents the will of the people..........................
Bernie Sanders supporters chanting "Blood on her hands"
They never grow up--just continue with their comment
Liz Kreutz ?@ABCLiz 3h3 hours ago
Bernie Sanders supporters chanting "Blood on her hands"
https://twitter.com/ABCLiz/status/735580975405490176
Liz Kreutz ?@ABCLiz 3h3 hours ago
Bernie Sanders supporters chanting "Blood on her hands"
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Liz Kreutz ?@ABCLiz 3h3 hours ago
Next to the protesters - there's still a long line of people waiting to get inside Clinton's event
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Liz Kreutz ?@ABCLiz 3h3 hours ago
Mix of Trump and Sanders supporters protesting outside of Clinton's event in Salinas, CA right now
Just reached this man by phone. He confirms he's a high school calc teacher - and now tells me the
Doubt it was a joke. Hope the school has a good talk with him. Not a good role model at all.
Liz Kreutz ?@ABCLiz 2h2 hours ago
Man holds "Women are NOT fit to be President" sign outside Clinton's rally
Liz Kreutz Verified account
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Just reached this man by phone. He confirms he's a high school calc teacher - and now tells me the sign was meant to be a joke.
Clinton to Shirtless Supporters: Please Don't Take Anything Else Off
Fun day for Hillary on the trail in California. She has a grand sense of humor!
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election
Clinton to Shirtless Supporters: Please Don't Take Anything Else Off
Wed, May 25
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is distracted by some shirtless members of the crowd in Buena Park, CalABC News ?@ABC 12m12 minutes ago
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Tweet:
Meet the shirtless men who stood front row at a Hillary Clinton rally:
http://abcn.ws/1NNLYxD
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Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton takes a photo with supporters John Nelson and Dan Stifler after speaking at the UFCW Union Local 324 in Buena Park, Calif., May 25, 2016.
The crowd at Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's rally in Buena Park, California, was so fired up that two men standing in the front row lost their shirts.
The shirtless men, who arrived at the venue at 5 a.m. to secure their spots, were fully clothed when the event started but dramatically took them off as Clinton spoke..................................
When they finally met her on the ropeline, Clinton laughed and said, "OK guys!" and took a photo with them. As she walked away, Nelson grabbed a selfie video with her behind them.
"Finally found a candidate to settle for, we're going to settle for Hillary Clinton," Nelson said.
"That's right," Stifler added. "We're doing it!"........................
They don't like Trump, but they weren't totally sold on Clinton...until today. 
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When asked why they're not supporting Bernie Sanders, Nelson said: "You have to be stoned to like Bernie."
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Tweets:
Liz Kreutz Verified account
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Written on the men's chests: "Hill is perfect" and a giant "H"
..................The cops at the rally were going to ask them to leave, but Clinton joked that they could stay as long as they didn't take anything else off.
"I got to admit, it is a little distracting standing up here looking at [them]," Clinton said. "So I'm going to look over this way…"
The two men are Dan Stifler and John Nelson -- both 32 years old and ......................
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EDIT TO ADD:
ABC News Retweeted
Liz Kreutz ?@ABCLiz 7h7 hours ago
The cops were going to have them leave but Clinton told the crowd they should stay. "She's the boss," one cop said
Liz Kreutz ?@ABCLiz 6h6 hours ago
Shirtless men get a hug from @jamieleecurtis
WATCH: Jamie Lee Curtis gets fired up for Hillary Clinton at Orange County, CA rally
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WATCH: Jamie Lee Curtis gets fired up for Hillary Clinton at Orange County, CA rally
ABC News
Rep. Schiff: (D. CA) Report is not new information
A few minutes of video. Basically talked about the long term systematic records retention problems at the State Dept--and other Department. He also mentioned a series of Recommendations made in the report, which I did not hear about from the news today.
Of course -
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Rep. Schiff: Report is not new information
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/video/rep-schiff-report-is-not-new-information-692726339515
Wed, May 25
California Representative Adam Schiff claims that the State Department's report about Hillary Clinton's email scandal had little new information and is a policy that several other administrations have done.
Clinton to Shirtless Supporters: Please Don't Take Anything Else Off pics of the 3 men updated
This is funny, spontaneous and shows Hillary has a sense of humor. Very short clip
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election
Clinton to Shirtless Supporters: Please Don't Take Anything Else Off
Wed, May 25
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is distracted by some shirtless members of the crowd in Buena Park, CalABC News ?@ABC 12m12 minutes ago
..................
Tweet:
Meet the shirtless men who stood front row at a Hillary Clinton rally:
http://abcn.ws/1NNLYxD
:large
Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton takes a photo with supporters John Nelson and Dan Stifler after speaking at the UFCW Union Local 324 in Buena Park, Calif., May 25, 2016.
The crowd at Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's rally in Buena Park, California, was so fired up that two men standing in the front row lost their shirts.
The shirtless men, who arrived at the venue at 5 a.m. to secure their spots, were fully clothed when the event started but dramatically took them off as Clinton spoke..................................
When they finally met her on the ropeline, Clinton laughed and said, "OK guys!" and took a photo with them. As she walked away, Nelson grabbed a selfie video with her behind them.
"Finally found a candidate to settle for, we're going to settle for Hillary Clinton," Nelson said.
"That's right," Stifler added. "We're doing it!"........................
They don't like Trump, but they weren't totally sold on Clinton...until today.
"She's the least bad candidate there is," Nelson, a West Palm Beach native, told ABC News. "We decided...if you're going to go for somebody you should go 100 percent. 'Cause it could be the other guy and that's a million times worse."
"That other guy has other people who are always going 100 percent," explained Stifler, who's from Grand Junction, Colorado.
When asked why they're not supporting Bernie Sanders, Nelson said: "You have to be stoned to like Bernie."
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Tweets:
Liz Kreutz Verified account
?@ABCLiz
Written on the men's chests: "Hill is perfect" and a giant "H"
The cops at the rally were going to ask them to leave, but Clinton joked that they could stay as long as they didn't take anything else off. 
"I got to admit, it is a little distracting standing up here looking at [them]," Clinton said. "So I'm going to look over this way…"
The two men are Dan Stifler and John Nelson -- both 32 years old and both undecided voters who traveled to California to see all the candidates.
The pair said they met six months ago and since then have heckled Sen. Marco Rubio, pranked a Donald Trump rally in Florida, and jumped on stage at a Ted Cruz event. ...........................
EDIT TO ADD:
ABC News Retweeted
Liz Kreutz ?@ABCLiz 7h7 hours ago
The cops were going to have them leave but Clinton told the crowd they should stay. "She's the boss," one cop said
Ahead of the CaPrimary, Clinton focuses on beating Trump while Sanders seeks to prolong the 'Bern'
Article from the heart of CA Primary..............Nice read on this blistering day.
Analysis Ahead of the California primary, Clinton focuses on beating Trump while Sanders seeks to prolong 'the Bern'
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-sanders-clinton-california-20160525-snap-story.html
http://www.trbimg.com/img-5745d29a/turbine/la-1464193821-snap-photo/600/600x338
Crowds of supporters reach toward Hillary Clinton on Tuesday after a speech at UC Riverside. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times)
Cathleen Decker
As the primary season whirls to an end, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are two planets occupying orbits that only occasionally cross.
Both presidential candidates have coursed across California in recent days, pleading with voters to give them the victory each needs in the June 7 Democratic primary. Both warned of challenges ahead that are fraught with danger.
But they are different challenges, as their recent California events show.
Clinton is aiming at presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump and the threat she says he would pose to the nation. She has honed her pitch to emphasize what she says are his failings as a candidate and would-be president. She is running on her merit, to be sure, but also as the only alternative to Trump winning the White House.
Sanders is focused on the nearly impossible task of overtaking Clinton between now and the summer convention. If he is not yet crafting an elegy for his presidential hopes, he increasingly is describing his goals as the tenets of a movement that could outlive his candidacy. He scaldingly targets both Republicans and Democrats as consumed by corruption.
“I think it’s important that people look and compare,” Clinton said Tuesday, speaking from a stage in a UC Riverside gymnasium. “Because we’re going to take on Donald Trump. He can go ahead and engage in insulting and scapegoating and demeaning and bullying people, but I think the American voter is a lot smarter than to fall for that, don’t you?”
She returned to the theme on Wednesday in Buena Park, where she said that in Trump's world, "he gets his, and you get hurt."...........................
Forbes: State Department Report On Email Vindicates Clinton Rather Than Nails Her
May 25, 2016 @ 01:34 PM 5,407 views
State Department Report On Email Vindicates Clinton Rather Than Nails Her
http://www.forbes.com/sites/charlestiefer/2016/05/25/state-department-report-on-email-vindicates-clinton-rather-than-nails-her/#597d62512c7d
Charles Tiefer ,
Contributor
I cover government contracting, the Pentagon and Congress.
The report released Wednesday by the State Department Inspector General on its email records management is being reported as heavy-duty criticism of former Secretary Hillary Clinton. However, the report has more in it that vindicates Clinton than nails her.
It does not add any new serious charges or adverse facts. And, it shows she was less out of line with her predecessors, notably Colin Powell, than has been charged. Powell’s handling of his email was so similar, in fact, that when House Republicans drag this issue through hearings up to Election Day, Powell should be called as a witness – a witness for Clinton. To put it differently, she is having a double standard applied to her. Here are five key aspects of the report.
Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton addresses supporters at the IBEW Local 11 union hall during a campaign event in the city of Commerce, outside of Los Angeles, Tuesday. (ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)
First, and foremost, it is simply not about classified email. It is about regular, ordinary, run-of-the-mill, unclassified email. Yet it is the classified email, not these messages, that are the focus of the FBI investigation of Clinton. In other words, the report does not, and cannot, talk about the most serious issues. It is about a sideshow. If you are serious about the email charges against Hillary, you should keep your powder dry until at least Clinton is interviewed by the FBI in a matter of weeks, and then until the result of that probe is released.
Moreover, it is no accident that this report does not deal with the most serious issues: The FBI expressly told the State Department IG to stay away from classified records. That would have involved the State Department IG interfering with and possibly foreshadowing the FBI criminal investigation. But, this meant the FBI left the State Department IG with a subject involving much less grounds for potential criticism of Clinton, as we see in this report.
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