August 8, 2016

Jill Stein in Moscow criticized US human rights, said nothing about Russian human rights

Jill Stein in Moscow criticized US human rights, said nothing about Russian human rights
8/6/16 5:31pm by John Aravosis

Green party Jill Stein, who has expressed skepticism about the safety of vaccinations and wifi, has found another thing in the world that she finds dangerous: America.

And Stein decided to go to Moscow last winter to share her concerns.

And, what do you know, she’s happy to report she found an audience that agrees with her!

Stein’s report from Moscow is in the video below. She went to attend a conference hosted by the Russian state propaganda organ. In a sign of the importance Moscow put on the conference, Putin himself joined Stein and other attendees for dinner.

http://americablog.com/2016/08/jill-stein-moscow-criticized-us-human-rights-said-nothing-russian-human-rights.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Americablog+%28AMERICAblog+News+%29

August 8, 2016

Reports: Anti-Trump Republican Evan McMullin to launch independent bid for presidency

Reports: Anti-Trump Republican Evan McMullin to launch independent bid for presidency
By LOUIS NELSON 08/08/16 08:52 AM EDT

Evan McMullin, the chief policy director for Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives, will offer discontented members of his party an option this November by launching an independent, conservative bid for president.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/evan-mcmullin-2016-presidential-run-226784

August 7, 2016

Poll finds Clinton has widened lead ahead of Trump to 8 points

By Dan Balz and Scott Clement August 7 at 12:01 AM



https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/poll-after-conventions-clinton-leads-trump-by-8-points/2016/08/06/517999c0-5b33-11e6-9aee-8075993d73a2_story.html

August 6, 2016

Trump releases attack video with fake Hillary quote

Trump releases attack video with fake Hillary quote
8/6/16 1:59pm by John Aravosis

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump released a video that “falsifies,” as CBS put it, Hillary Clinton’s position on raising taxes on the middle class.

Hillary said this week that she will not raise taxes on the middle class.

http://americablog.com/2016/08/trump-release-attack-video-fake-hillary-quote.html

August 6, 2016

Donald Trump now says even legal immigrants are a security threat

By Jenna Johnson August 5 at 8:16 PM

First Donald Trump said that he wanted to block nearly all foreign Muslims from entering the United States. More recently, he decided to stop using the word "Muslim" as he called for halting immigration from countries with high rates of terrorism, although he has yet to say which countries that would include.

At a rally in Portland, Maine, on Thursday afternoon, Trump provided a lengthy explanation of why he thinks the United States needs to be skeptical of immigrants from many countries, even if they follow the legal process.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/08/05/donald-trump-now-says-even-legal-immigrants-are-a-security-threat/

August 5, 2016

Poll: Clinton leads Trump in red state Georgia

Poll: Clinton leads Trump in red state Georgia
By David Wright
Updated 1:18 PM ET, Fri August 5, 2016

http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/05/politics/clinton-leads-trump-georgia-poll/

August 5, 2016

Jill Stein’s anti-vax game: How and why the Green Party candidate is pandering to the anti-vax crowd

Jill Stein sows doubt and fears about vaccinations, and the supposed Snopes debunking did nothing of the sort
AMANDA MARCOTTE

But, as you can see if you click that Vox link above, the accusation is not that Stein herself is personally anti-vaccination. The accusation is that Stein panders to anti-vaccination crowd by sowing doubts about vaccination safety and validating their completely unfounded suspicions that the FDA is somehow working for shadowy corporations.

“Dr. Stein uses a common anti-vaccine dodge in which she denies that she’s anti-vaccine, but then repeats anti-vaccine tropes about vaccines not being tested the same way as other drugs (if anything, they’re tested more rigorously), corruption in big pharma, etc.,” David Gorski, a surgical oncologist and pro-science blogger explained to me. “She even walked back a Tweet from saying ‘there’s no evidence’ that vaccines cause autism to ‘I’m not aware of evidence linking vaccines to autism.’ Talk about an antivaccine dog whistle!”

http://www.salon.com/2016/08/03/jill_steins_anti_vax_game_how_and_why_the_green_party_candidate_is_pandering_to_the_anti_vaccination_crowd/

August 4, 2016

Donald Trump Is Out of Time

There may be three months to go until Election Day. But the race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton is all but over.
Goldie Taylor 08.03.16 7:50 PM ET

Donald Trump is out of time.

With less than 100 days left in the run-up to the general election this fall, almost any other candidate in any other year could still turn it all around. Smart campaign advisors hunched around a conference room table could fashion a winning strategy to grow the base, entice donors into to the fold and prepare an effective line of attack that focused on his opponent’s most profound vulnerabilities.

But Trump isn’t just any candidate.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/08/03/donald-trump-is-out-of-time.html

August 4, 2016

Trump Isn’t Going To Change And Republicans Know That

“You think...Trump...gives a shit what Reince Priebus says to him now?”
Aug. 4, 2016, at 6:01 a.m. McKay Coppins BuzzFeed News Reporter

There will be no pivot. Interventions will fail. The ticket isn’t changing. It won’t get better.

That’s the reality many Republicans are resigning themselves to this week while they watch, in helpless despair, as their newly minted presidential nominee Donald Trump blunders across the national stage criticizing the parents of a slain US soldier and picking pointless fights with members of his own party.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/mckaycoppins/trump-isnt-going-to-change-and-republicans-know-that?utm_term=.esxzgdlO2#.vwM5jb6Rl

August 4, 2016

Poll: Clinton leads Trump by 15 in New Hampshire

Poll: Clinton leads Trump by 15 in New Hampshire
By NICK GASS 08/04/16 05:33 AM EDT

Hillary Clinton has opened up a 15-point advantage over Donald Trump in the battleground state of New Hampshire, according to the results of the latest WBUR poll released Thursday, which also found the state’s Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan with a double-digit lead over incumbent Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/swing-states-2016-election/2016/08/clinton-trump-new-hampshire-poll-226626