August 21, 2016

Trump's CEO Bannon called Republican leadership "c**ts."

Showing how much he despises GOP leadership AND women.

I wonder who gave the Daily Beast access to these emails?

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/08/19/donald-trump-s-new-chief-steve-bannon-called-republican-leaders-c-ts.html

Stephen Bannon, the Trump campaign’s new chief executive as of Wednesday, used the phrase two years ago in emails with Breitbart reporter Matt Boyle. Bannon ran Breitbart at the time, and the two schemed about how to get activists to “turn on the hate” as part of a plan to “burn this bitch down.” The emails, obtained by The Daily Beast, are just another reminder that the Trump campaign’s new management is unlikely to play nice with party leaders.

The exchange took place on Dec. 16, 2014. In it, Bannon flagged a Roll Call story about a private meeting Rep. Jason Chaffetz held for about a dozen Capitol Hill reporters. Chaffetz was about to become chairman of the powerful Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and the meeting previewed his plans for the committee.

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Bannon pushed for a more scorched-earth approach.

“Leadership are all cunts,” he wrote. “We should just go buck wild.”

Then he wrote, “Let the grassroots turn on the hate because that’s the ONLY thing that will make them do their duty.”

August 21, 2016

Clinton’s allied super PAC laps pro-Trump groups in the money race

Source: Washington Post

Democratic billionaires are helping Hillary Clinton’s outside allies sustain a massive cash advantage over an array of super PACs backing Donald Trump, which are still struggling to match the financial arsenal on the left. . . .

The scenario is a dramatic flip from 2012, when Priorities initially struggled to persuade rich Democrats to support its efforts to reelect President Obama, while a super PAC supporting GOP nominee Mitt Romney vacuumed up cash.

Other Democratic super PACs are also benefiting from the largesse from liberal donors and labor unions this year. Sussman gave another $1 million in July to House Majority PAC, which works to elect Democratic congressional candidates, bringing his total contributions to that group to $3 million.

“In every election, politicians say, ‘This is the most important election of your lifetime.’ But this time, I actually believe that’s true,” he said, adding: “I am a Hillary Clinton fan, and I have been for quite some time. But this is much bigger than that. The House and Senate could be back in the control of Democrats, who will take the steps to do what is needed to put our government back on track.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/08/20/clintons-allied-super-pac-laps-pro-trump-groups-in-the-money-race/

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Priorities USA, the main super pac supporting Hillary, began August with almost $39 million in the bank.

August 21, 2016

Clinton campaign had $58 million war chest at the start of August

Source: CNBC

Hillary Clinton's campaign boosted its fundraising in July, building up its war chest even as it spent more money than the previous month, according to Federal Election Commission data released Saturday.

The committee for the Democratic presidential nominee ended the month with $58.5 million on hand, up from $44.4 million at the end of June. A report with the FEC showed "total receipts" of $52.3 million in July, up from $36.4 million in June.

In a separate statement, the Clinton campaign said it saw $62.3 million in total contributions for the month.

Clinton's campaign reported $38.2 million in disbursements for July, up from $34.5 million in June. For perspective, in July 2012, Mitt Romney's campaign reported $32.7 million in disbursements. President Barack Obama's committee said it spent $58.9 million.

Read more: http://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/20/clinton-campaign-had-58-million-war-chest-at-the-start-of-august.html

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The $58 million doesn't include money raised by super pacs.

Can anyone find information about the FEC report that Trump would have filed today? I looked but couldn't find it.It would be interesting to see how much he actually raised and where it's going (not much to field offices or to TV ads, compared to Hillary).

August 20, 2016

Mayor Levine of Miami Beach says FL Governor is "playing politics" with Zika.

He says the Governor has been deliberately withholding information from Miami officials about Zika, information that didn't come out till the press conference today.

(Just seen on MSNBC interview with Joy Reid.)

August 20, 2016

Poll: Clinton Maintains Big Lead as Voters Doubt Trump's Temperament

Source: NBC News

Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by 9 points — 50 percent to 41 percent — in the latest NBC News|SurveyMonkey Weekly Election Tracking Poll.

The numbers were virtually unchanged since last week's poll. Generally low favorability and negative attitudes among voters plague both candidates, however, as they make appeals to voters in key swing states in the weeks ahead.
A majority of voters continue to hold unfavorable impressions of both current nominees; Clinton's negative feelings were held by slightly less voters (59 percent) than Trump (64 percent). These results are according to the latest from the NBC News|SurveyMonkey Weekly Election Tracking Poll conducted online from August 8 through August 14, 2016 among registered voters.

Clinton continues her lead over the field in a four-way general election match-up with 43 percent against Trump (37 percent), Libertarian Gary Johnson (11 percent) and Green party candidate Jill Stein (4 percent).


Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/poll-clinton-maintains-big-lead-voters-doubt-trump-s-temperament-n631351

August 20, 2016

My TV news station just had an ad for SOUTHSIDE WITH YOU, the new movie

imagining Michelle Robinson's and Barack Obama's first date.

It's starting here on August 26th. Bet the theaters will be full!

And the first reviews are already out:

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/southside_with_you

August 20, 2016

LATimes: New poll analysis shows wasted summer for Trump, boost for Clinton

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-presidential-tracking-poll-analysis-20160818-snap-story.html

The last six weeks have been a time of tumult in the presidential campaign — two conventions and a fistful of controversies, many of them created by Republican nominee Donald Trump himself.

With the campaign moving toward a final general election sprint, Trump finds himself in a dangerous place. He has narrowed his support to a segment of the electorate, and curbed his own momentum, according to an analysis of six weeks of findings in the USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times Daybreak presidential tracking poll.

Over the same period, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton has built support — even among groups previously arrayed against her — into demonstrable advantages.

The poll was first published July 10 and is in its seventh week. The analysis covered the six full weeks, and thus did not chart any impact from Trump’s high-profile speeches this week, or his midweek decision to shake up his campaign’s leadership.

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August 19, 2016

Watch Trump saying he'd rather be a "well-educated black" because he'd have a tremendous advantage

in the job market over well-educated whites.

This was from 1989, but he hasn't changed.

August 19, 2016

Clinton leads Trump by eight points: Reuters/Ipsos Poll

Source: Reuters

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton leads Republican rival Donald Trump by 8 percentage points among likely voters, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Friday.

The Aug. 14-18 survey showed 42 percent of Americans supported Clinton ahead of the Nov. 8 general election. That compares with 34 percent support for Trump. Another 23 percent of likely voters would not pick either candidate.

Clinton has led Trump in the poll throughout most of the 2016 campaign, and has maintained her advantage following last month's Republican and Democratic conventions. Since late July, support for the former secretary of state has ranged between 41 percent and 44 percent of likely voters, while Trump's support has varied between 33 percent and 39 percent.

The race was tighter at this point in the 2012 election, with Democratic President Barack Obama ahead of Republican nominee Mitt Romney by less than 2 percentage points.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-poll-idUSKCN10U1YI

August 19, 2016

Trump: "Laziness is a trait in blacks. . . .it's not anything they can control."

http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/trump-thinks-black-people-are-lazy

John O’Donnell, who was president of the Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino and later wrote a memoir about his experience, said Trump blamed financial difficulties partly on African American accountants.

“I’ve got black accountants at Trump Castle and at Trump Plaza — black guys counting my money!” O’Donnell’s book quoted Trump as saying. “I hate it. The only kind of people I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day. Those are the kind of people I want counting my money. Nobody else. .?.?. Besides that, I’ve got to tell you something else. I think that the guy is lazy. And it’s probably not his fault because laziness is a trait in blacks. It really is; I believe that. It’s not anything they can control.”

Of course, Trump hasn’t read O’Donnell’s book, because Donald Trump doesn't read.​ But he did give an interview.

Trump told Playboy magazine that O’Donnell’s memoir was “probably true.”