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August 27, 2016
By COGAN SCHNEIER and MARIANNE LEVINE 08/26/16 06:21 PM EDT
The 1.4-million-member Teamsters endorsed Hillary Clinton, the union announced Friday, in a unanimous vote by its executive board.
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is the nation's fourth-largest union, and the last of the country's labor giants to fall behind the Democratic presidential nominee — well behind the National Education Association, the Service Employees International Union, and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, which all endorsed Clinton in 2015.
Unlike these other unions, the Teamsters do not consistently endorse the Democratic candidate for president.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/teamsters-endorse-hillary-clinton-227463
Teamsters endorse Hillary Clinton
Teamsters endorse Hillary ClintonBy COGAN SCHNEIER and MARIANNE LEVINE 08/26/16 06:21 PM EDT
The 1.4-million-member Teamsters endorsed Hillary Clinton, the union announced Friday, in a unanimous vote by its executive board.
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is the nation's fourth-largest union, and the last of the country's labor giants to fall behind the Democratic presidential nominee — well behind the National Education Association, the Service Employees International Union, and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, which all endorsed Clinton in 2015.
Unlike these other unions, the Teamsters do not consistently endorse the Democratic candidate for president.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/teamsters-endorse-hillary-clinton-227463
August 26, 2016
Donald Trump Fine With Supporter Who Called For Hillary Clinton’s Execution
Donald Trump Fine With Supporter Who Called For Hillary Clinton’s Execution
Trump also said he’d never heard the widely reported comments.
4 hours ago
In July, Al Baldasaro, a Republican state representative in New Hampshire, said Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton “should be put in the firing line and shot for treason.”
And now Donald Trump says he is unfamiliar with the remarks.
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_57c04700e4b04193420eb886
August 26, 2016
Matt Krantz, USA TODAY 1:38 p.m. EDT August 26, 2016
People might be shocked at how high drug prices have gotten. But equally lucrative are the compensation packages hauled in by drug company CEOs.
CEOs of the 14 biotech and pharmaceutical companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 that served all of 2015 pulled down median compensation packages valued at $18.5 billion in 2015, according to a USA TODAY analysis of data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. That was 71% greater than the median $10.8 million hauled in by S&P 500 executives in all industries in 2015, according to an analysis by Equilar.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2016/08/26/drug-money-pharma-ceos-paid-71-more/89369152/
Drug money: Pharma CEOs are paid 71% more
Drug money: Pharma CEOs are paid 71% moreMatt Krantz, USA TODAY 1:38 p.m. EDT August 26, 2016
People might be shocked at how high drug prices have gotten. But equally lucrative are the compensation packages hauled in by drug company CEOs.
CEOs of the 14 biotech and pharmaceutical companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 that served all of 2015 pulled down median compensation packages valued at $18.5 billion in 2015, according to a USA TODAY analysis of data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. That was 71% greater than the median $10.8 million hauled in by S&P 500 executives in all industries in 2015, according to an analysis by Equilar.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2016/08/26/drug-money-pharma-ceos-paid-71-more/89369152/
August 26, 2016
By Ben Mathis-Lilley
As Donald Trump has fallen further and further behind in the polls, he's started to talk more and more about the conspiratorial idea that November's general election is going to be "rigged" against him via voter fraud. "I’m afraid the election is going to be rigged, I have to be honest,” he said earlier this month, later adding that “I’m telling you, November 8th, we’d better be careful." More broadly, the dubious idea that Democrats engage in widespread electoral fraud is commonly discussed in hyperbolic terms on right-wing sites like Breitbart.
It is in this context that the Guardian's report that new Trump campaign chief executive Stephen Bannon, who is also a Breitbart exec, seems to be committing voter fraud by claiming an unoccupied Florida house as his home address is so satisfyingly ironic...
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/08/26/stephen_bannon_may_be_committing_voter_fraud_with_illegal_florida_registration.html
New Trump Campaign Exec Seems to Have Committed Voter Fraud by Registering Illegally in Florida
New Trump Campaign Exec Seems to Have Committed Voter Fraud by Registering Illegally in FloridaBy Ben Mathis-Lilley
As Donald Trump has fallen further and further behind in the polls, he's started to talk more and more about the conspiratorial idea that November's general election is going to be "rigged" against him via voter fraud. "I’m afraid the election is going to be rigged, I have to be honest,” he said earlier this month, later adding that “I’m telling you, November 8th, we’d better be careful." More broadly, the dubious idea that Democrats engage in widespread electoral fraud is commonly discussed in hyperbolic terms on right-wing sites like Breitbart.
It is in this context that the Guardian's report that new Trump campaign chief executive Stephen Bannon, who is also a Breitbart exec, seems to be committing voter fraud by claiming an unoccupied Florida house as his home address is so satisfyingly ironic...
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/08/26/stephen_bannon_may_be_committing_voter_fraud_with_illegal_florida_registration.html
August 26, 2016
By Evan Hurst - August 25, 2016 - 3:26pm
Let us review. Donald Trump called Hillary a “bigot” during a rally in Mississippi, because he’s hopelessly trying to pretend he can gin up support among black voters, for his obviously racist ass. Trump has been showing us throughout this entire campaign that he’s a homegrown extremist racist, or at least that he’s more than willing to play one on TV, and so he racistly told his white supporters in Mississippi that Hillary is THE REAL RACIST.
The same man whose rallies are literally #UnsafeSpaces for black folks; who talks about “my African-American,” because he has a black friend; who wishes he was “a black” because “a blacks” have it SO MUCH EASIER; who stood up last week and told black folks that their lives were basically worthless shit, so “what the hell do you have to lose” by supporting him.
“Mutual charges”? Because Both Sides Do It, right? Go get fucked, CNN, long and slow, by the flaming dildo of your own mediocrity.
http://wonkette.com/605920/cnn-cant-quiiiite-figure-out-whether-donald-trump-or-hillary-clinton-is-the-real-racist
CNN Can’t Quiiiite Figure Out Whether Donald Trump Or Hillary Clinton Is The Real Racist
CNN Can’t Quiiiite Figure Out Whether Donald Trump Or Hillary Clinton Is The Real RacistBy Evan Hurst - August 25, 2016 - 3:26pm
Let us review. Donald Trump called Hillary a “bigot” during a rally in Mississippi, because he’s hopelessly trying to pretend he can gin up support among black voters, for his obviously racist ass. Trump has been showing us throughout this entire campaign that he’s a homegrown extremist racist, or at least that he’s more than willing to play one on TV, and so he racistly told his white supporters in Mississippi that Hillary is THE REAL RACIST.
The same man whose rallies are literally #UnsafeSpaces for black folks; who talks about “my African-American,” because he has a black friend; who wishes he was “a black” because “a blacks” have it SO MUCH EASIER; who stood up last week and told black folks that their lives were basically worthless shit, so “what the hell do you have to lose” by supporting him.
“Mutual charges”? Because Both Sides Do It, right? Go get fucked, CNN, long and slow, by the flaming dildo of your own mediocrity.
http://wonkette.com/605920/cnn-cant-quiiiite-figure-out-whether-donald-trump-or-hillary-clinton-is-the-real-racist
August 26, 2016
Brad Reed BRAD REED 25 AUG 2016 AT 09:36 ET
Mylan Pharmaceuticals CEO Heather Bresch is desperately trying to control the public relations disaster created by her company’s decision to jack up the price of the life-saving EpiPen drug by 450 percent over the past 12 years.
CNBC interviewer Brian Sullivan also pointed out that the American Medical Association has said that EpiPens are the same product that they were in 2009, and thus nothing justifies such massive price hikes.
When asked how she could justify increasing her own compensation — which has risen from $2.5 million in 2007 to $18.9 million in 2015 — even as parents have to pay significantly more for their children’s life-saving drugs, Bresch again completely dodged the question.
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/watch-mylan-ceo-heather-bresch-goes-down-in-flames-defending-16m-pay-raise-and-epipen-price-hike/
WATCH: Mylan CEO Heather Bresch goes down in flames defending $16M pay raise and EpiPen price hike
WATCH: Mylan CEO Heather Bresch goes down in flames defending $16M pay raise and EpiPen price hikeBrad Reed BRAD REED 25 AUG 2016 AT 09:36 ET
Mylan Pharmaceuticals CEO Heather Bresch is desperately trying to control the public relations disaster created by her company’s decision to jack up the price of the life-saving EpiPen drug by 450 percent over the past 12 years.
CNBC interviewer Brian Sullivan also pointed out that the American Medical Association has said that EpiPens are the same product that they were in 2009, and thus nothing justifies such massive price hikes.
When asked how she could justify increasing her own compensation — which has risen from $2.5 million in 2007 to $18.9 million in 2015 — even as parents have to pay significantly more for their children’s life-saving drugs, Bresch again completely dodged the question.
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/watch-mylan-ceo-heather-bresch-goes-down-in-flames-defending-16m-pay-raise-and-epipen-price-hike/
August 25, 2016
Which isn’t good news for Trump.
By Harry Enten AUG 25, 2016 AT 11:04 AM
“Which states are you watching?” That’s a question I get a lot. There are Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, of course. Even more peripheral states like Georgia have made some news. But I’m increasingly interested in a state that few people seem to be talking about: Missouri.
Polls show not only a tight presidential race in the Show-Me State, but also a fairly close Senate race. Oh, and Missouri may keep a Democrat in its governor’s mansion.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/missouri-could-be-a-swing-state-again/
Missouri Could Be A Swing State Again
Missouri Could Be A Swing State AgainWhich isn’t good news for Trump.
By Harry Enten AUG 25, 2016 AT 11:04 AM
“Which states are you watching?” That’s a question I get a lot. There are Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, of course. Even more peripheral states like Georgia have made some news. But I’m increasingly interested in a state that few people seem to be talking about: Missouri.
Polls show not only a tight presidential race in the Show-Me State, but also a fairly close Senate race. Oh, and Missouri may keep a Democrat in its governor’s mansion.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/missouri-could-be-a-swing-state-again/
August 25, 2016
Andrew Rosenthal AUG. 24, 2016
When Republican politicians start talking about “reaching out” to minority voters, you can be sure of two things: They are scared they are going to lose badly with those voters in yet another election, and they aren’t actually going to change any of their policies.
Lately, we’ve heard talk of a shift in tone from Donald Trump’s campaign, whose new manager, Kellyanne Conway, is being credited with getting Trump to use teleprompters and drop some of his most outrageous rhetoric.
It’s a sign of how twisted politics are in 2016 that it is considered an achievement to deliver a prepared speech that does not attack the parents of a Muslim soldier killed defending his country.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/25/opinion/campaign-stops/get-ready-for-the-real-donald-trump.html?ref=opinion&_r=0
Get Ready for the ‘Real’ Donald Trump
Get Ready for the ‘Real’ Donald TrumpAndrew Rosenthal AUG. 24, 2016
When Republican politicians start talking about “reaching out” to minority voters, you can be sure of two things: They are scared they are going to lose badly with those voters in yet another election, and they aren’t actually going to change any of their policies.
Lately, we’ve heard talk of a shift in tone from Donald Trump’s campaign, whose new manager, Kellyanne Conway, is being credited with getting Trump to use teleprompters and drop some of his most outrageous rhetoric.
It’s a sign of how twisted politics are in 2016 that it is considered an achievement to deliver a prepared speech that does not attack the parents of a Muslim soldier killed defending his country.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/25/opinion/campaign-stops/get-ready-for-the-real-donald-trump.html?ref=opinion&_r=0
August 25, 2016
by CHUCK TODD, MARK MURRAY and CARRIE DANN
Earlier this week, we wrote that Trump was weighing the possibility of backtracking -- as difficult as it seems -- on his previous call for a "deportation force" to deal with the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States.
But never in our wildest dreams did we expect him to signal being open to a path for legal status for those undocumented immigrants, something over which he attacked primary rivals Ted Cruz and Jeb Bush.
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/first-read-trump-s-stunning-flip-flop-immigration-n637621
First Read: Trump's Stunning Flip-Flop on Immigration
First Read: Trump's Stunning Flip-Flop on Immigrationby CHUCK TODD, MARK MURRAY and CARRIE DANN
Earlier this week, we wrote that Trump was weighing the possibility of backtracking -- as difficult as it seems -- on his previous call for a "deportation force" to deal with the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States.
But never in our wildest dreams did we expect him to signal being open to a path for legal status for those undocumented immigrants, something over which he attacked primary rivals Ted Cruz and Jeb Bush.
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/first-read-trump-s-stunning-flip-flop-immigration-n637621
August 25, 2016
Blog ››› 1 hour 1 min ago ››› OLIVER WILLIS
Over the last few months, the so-called “alt-right” has become one of the most prominent factions of the conservative media. The movement’s leading outlet is Breitbart News, whose chairman, Stephen Bannon, has just become the CEO of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
In many ways the “alt-right” is a rebranding of classic white nationalism for the 21st century. As BuzzFeed described the movement: “In short, it’s white supremacy perfectly tailored for our times: 4chan-esque racist rhetoric combined with a tinge of Silicon Valley–flavored philosophizing, all riding on the coattails of the Trump boom.”
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/08/25/what-alt-right-guide-white-nationalist-movement-now-leading-conservative-media/212643
What Is The “Alt-Right”? A Guide To The White Nationalist Movement Now Leading Conservative Media
What Is The “Alt-Right”? A Guide To The White Nationalist Movement Now Leading Conservative MediaBlog ››› 1 hour 1 min ago ››› OLIVER WILLIS
Over the last few months, the so-called “alt-right” has become one of the most prominent factions of the conservative media. The movement’s leading outlet is Breitbart News, whose chairman, Stephen Bannon, has just become the CEO of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
In many ways the “alt-right” is a rebranding of classic white nationalism for the 21st century. As BuzzFeed described the movement: “In short, it’s white supremacy perfectly tailored for our times: 4chan-esque racist rhetoric combined with a tinge of Silicon Valley–flavored philosophizing, all riding on the coattails of the Trump boom.”
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/08/25/what-alt-right-guide-white-nationalist-movement-now-leading-conservative-media/212643
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