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June 27, 2016
HRC just delivered a thorough response to trust ?s about her:
Looks like Hillary just gave an interview.
Dan Merica ?@danmericaCNN 8m8 minutes ago
HRC just delivered a thorough response to trust ?s about her: 'I personally know I have work to do on this front'
:large
Edit to add this tweet
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TWEET
Hillary Clinton Verified account
?@HillaryClinton
"You can’t just talk someone into trusting you. You’ve got to earn it ... I believe what you say matters." —Hillary
June 27, 2016
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Citizens Fed Up ?@CitizensFedUp 1h1 hour ago
The #TrumpBusters begin down their path to destruction of #TinyTrump
#DonTheCon
The #TrumpBusters begin down their path to destruction of #TinyTrump
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Citizens Fed Up ?@CitizensFedUp 1h1 hour ago
The #TrumpBusters begin down their path to destruction of #TinyTrump
#DonTheCon
June 27, 2016
In Wisc 88 Retweeted
BadgerStew ?@BadgerStew 22m22 minutes ago
BadgerStew Retweeted Governor Walker
Dipshit governor thinks judicial branch isn't an equal pillar of govt & 5-3 Supreme Court rulings shouldn't count.
Governor Walker Verified account
?@GovWalker
Today's decision from a divided court is a prime example of activist jurists imposing their will on the people.
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Wisconsin Strong ?@WisconsinStrong 31m31 minutes ago
Wisconsin Strong Retweeted WI AG Brad Schimel
Shorter @WisDOJ : I got nothing.
#wiright #wiunion #wipolitics
WI AG Brad Schimel Verified account
?@WisDOJ
My statement re: today's U.S. Supreme Court decision in case involving a Texas abortion law: http://ow.ly/qvpa301GoFq
Attorney General Brad Schimel Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Ruling in Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt
Jun 27 2016
MADISON, WI – Attorney General Brad Schimel issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt:
“Today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling on a Texas abortion law is disappointing and undermines the respect due to policy makers.
“Wisconsin is defending a similar law in a case before the Supreme Court and we expect a decision in the near future.”
Gov Walker & WISDOJ are having a tantrum over US SC ruling regarding abortion ruling.
In Wisc 88 Retweeted
BadgerStew ?@BadgerStew 22m22 minutes ago
BadgerStew Retweeted Governor Walker
Dipshit governor thinks judicial branch isn't an equal pillar of govt & 5-3 Supreme Court rulings shouldn't count.
Governor Walker Verified account
?@GovWalker
Today's decision from a divided court is a prime example of activist jurists imposing their will on the people.
..........................
Wisconsin Strong ?@WisconsinStrong 31m31 minutes ago
Wisconsin Strong Retweeted WI AG Brad Schimel
Shorter @WisDOJ : I got nothing.
#wiright #wiunion #wipolitics
WI AG Brad Schimel Verified account
?@WisDOJ
My statement re: today's U.S. Supreme Court decision in case involving a Texas abortion law: http://ow.ly/qvpa301GoFq
Attorney General Brad Schimel Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Ruling in Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt
Jun 27 2016
MADISON, WI – Attorney General Brad Schimel issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt:
“Today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling on a Texas abortion law is disappointing and undermines the respect due to policy makers.
“Wisconsin is defending a similar law in a case before the Supreme Court and we expect a decision in the near future.”
June 27, 2016
In Wisc 88 Retweeted
BadgerStew ?@BadgerStew 22m22 minutes ago
BadgerStew Retweeted Governor Walker
Dipshit governor thinks judicial branch isn't an equal pillar of govt & 5-3 Supreme Court rulings shouldn't count.
Governor Walker Verified account
?@GovWalker
Today's decision from a divided court is a prime example of activist jurists imposing their will on the people.
Loser Gov Walker, WI:Today's decision from a divided court is a prime example of activist jurists im
In Wisc 88 Retweeted
BadgerStew ?@BadgerStew 22m22 minutes ago
BadgerStew Retweeted Governor Walker
Dipshit governor thinks judicial branch isn't an equal pillar of govt & 5-3 Supreme Court rulings shouldn't count.
Governor Walker Verified account
?@GovWalker
Today's decision from a divided court is a prime example of activist jurists imposing their will on the people.
June 27, 2016
Exit Polls, and Why the Primary Was Not Stolen From Bernie Sanders
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/28/upshot/exit-polls-and-why-the-primary-was-not-stolen-from-bernie-sanders.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=1
Nate Cohn @Nate_Cohn JUNE 27, 2016
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It’s there when I wake up in the morning. It’s there when I go to sleep at night. The constant thrumming of election fraud conspiracists is like the noise made by that board game in the movie “Jumanji.”
I didn’t write about this during the primary season, since I didn’t want to dignify the views of conspiracy theorists. But they’re still going.
The allegations are remarkably consistent. They go like this: Mr. Sanders did better in the early exit polls than he did in the final result. Therefore, Mrs. Clinton probably stole the election. The exit polls are a sufficient basis to make this determination, in the eyes of the conspiracists, because exit polls are used internationally to detect fraud. They’re supposedly very accurate and “well controlled” (where this phrase comes from, I don’t know). Furthermore, they say, the exit polls were right on the G.O.P. side — confirming the underlying validity of the methodology and raising suspicions about the Democratic vote count.
All of this starts with a basic misconception: that the exit polls are usually pretty good.
I have no idea where this idea comes from, because everyone who knows anything about early exit polls knows that they’re not great.
We can start in 2008, when the exit polls showed a pretty similar bias toward Barack Obama. Or in 2004, when the exit polls showed John Kerry easily winning an election he clearly lost — with both a huge error and systematic bias outside of the “margin of error.” The national exits showed Kerry ahead by three points (and keep in mind the sample size on the national exit is vastly larger than for a state primary exit poll) and leading in states like Virginia, Ohio and Florida — which all went to George W. Bush.
The story was similar in 2000. ...................
www.c-span.org/video/?411661-1/hillary-clinton-senator-elizabeth-warren-campaign-cincinnati-ohio&live
Nate Cohn: Exit Polls, and Why the Primary Was Not Stolen From Bernie Sanders
Exit Polls, and Why the Primary Was Not Stolen From Bernie Sanders
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/28/upshot/exit-polls-and-why-the-primary-was-not-stolen-from-bernie-sanders.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=1
Nate Cohn @Nate_Cohn JUNE 27, 2016
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It’s there when I wake up in the morning. It’s there when I go to sleep at night. The constant thrumming of election fraud conspiracists is like the noise made by that board game in the movie “Jumanji.”
I didn’t write about this during the primary season, since I didn’t want to dignify the views of conspiracy theorists. But they’re still going.
The allegations are remarkably consistent. They go like this: Mr. Sanders did better in the early exit polls than he did in the final result. Therefore, Mrs. Clinton probably stole the election. The exit polls are a sufficient basis to make this determination, in the eyes of the conspiracists, because exit polls are used internationally to detect fraud. They’re supposedly very accurate and “well controlled” (where this phrase comes from, I don’t know). Furthermore, they say, the exit polls were right on the G.O.P. side — confirming the underlying validity of the methodology and raising suspicions about the Democratic vote count.
All of this starts with a basic misconception: that the exit polls are usually pretty good.
I have no idea where this idea comes from, because everyone who knows anything about early exit polls knows that they’re not great.
We can start in 2008, when the exit polls showed a pretty similar bias toward Barack Obama. Or in 2004, when the exit polls showed John Kerry easily winning an election he clearly lost — with both a huge error and systematic bias outside of the “margin of error.” The national exits showed Kerry ahead by three points (and keep in mind the sample size on the national exit is vastly larger than for a state primary exit poll) and leading in states like Virginia, Ohio and Florida — which all went to George W. Bush.
The story was similar in 2000. ...................
www.c-span.org/video/?411661-1/hillary-clinton-senator-elizabeth-warren-campaign-cincinnati-ohio&live
June 27, 2016
www.c-span.org/video/?411661-1/hillary-clinton-senator-elizabeth-warren-campaign-cincinnati-ohio&live
C-span re-airing Warren and Hillary speech today. What a rally...LIVE
www.c-span.org/video/?411661-1/hillary-clinton-senator-elizabeth-warren-campaign-cincinnati-ohio&live
June 27, 2016
TWEET: Click the twitter link for short gif video:
Dan Merica ?@danmericaCNN 47m47 minutes ago
After stumping together, Clinton and Warren hug on the ropeline. Warren gave HRC a "whooo!"
https://twitter.com/danmericaCNN/status/747453821945806849
Monica Alba ?@albamonica 1h1 hour ago
Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren, working their first joint rope line, share a quick hug before Warren heads out
At
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(((Kavin #RiseUp))) ?@stylistkavin 10h10 hours ago
The power rests with volunteers in this election. Please volunteer. #ImWithHer
Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren, working their first joint rope line, share a quick hug before
TWEET: Click the twitter link for short gif video:
Dan Merica ?@danmericaCNN 47m47 minutes ago
After stumping together, Clinton and Warren hug on the ropeline. Warren gave HRC a "whooo!"
https://twitter.com/danmericaCNN/status/747453821945806849
Monica Alba ?@albamonica 1h1 hour ago
Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren, working their first joint rope line, share a quick hug before Warren heads out
At
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(((Kavin #RiseUp))) ?@stylistkavin 10h10 hours ago
The power rests with volunteers in this election. Please volunteer. #ImWithHer
June 27, 2016
So many people don't know Hillary except what GOP tells them about her.We can't afford GOP lies.
Pass it along........
Lovina Box ?@lovinabox 3h3 hours ago
So many people don't know Hillary except what GOP tells them about her.We can't afford GOP lies.
June 27, 2016
Hillary Clinton LGBT Activitism! Her resume makes her the most progressive Presidential nominee in
So much of Hillary's resume is distorted by 20-30 years of media/Republican hate. Lets get it out there.
Mr. Weeks ?@MrDane1982 2h2 hours ago Bronx, NY
Hillary Clinton LGBT Activitism! Her resume makes her the most progressive Presidential nominee in history!
June 27, 2016
Madison Knows Best
GOP legislators have passed 128 restrictions to "local control" in the past six years.
http://urbanmilwaukee.com/2016/05/30/the-state-of-politics-madison-knows-best/
By Steven Walters - May 30th, 2016 11:35 am
Wisconsin State Capitol. Photo by Rosina Peixoto.
Their official Blue Book biographies say almost half of all legislators started their political careers in local governments – as mayors, members of city councils, and on school, town, village and county boards. Many still hold local government jobs.
That’s why it was surprising that Republican Gov. Scott Walker and GOP legislators, with help from a few Democrats, approved 128 changes since 2011 that either told local governments they had to do something or told those local governments they could not specifically do something.
It’s even more surprising because, for decades, Republicans claimed to champion “local control” more than Democrats. But, for the last six years, in the clash between “local control” and “Madison knows best,” Madison has usually won.
Assistant Assembly Democratic Leader Katrina Shankland asked the non-partisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau to compile that 128-item list. Local government leaders, afraid of what new limits or requirements may be inflicted on them next session, declined to comment.
Shankland asked only for changes enacted since Republicans took control of the Capitol in 2011, which is misleading. Governors and legislators of both parties have been telling local governments what they can and cannot do since Wisconsin became a state in 1848. More on that later.
Still, the six-year total of 128 was striking, as was the scope of the changes that became law. They ranged from major to petty.
Some major changes: All but eliminating collective bargaining by public employees. Cutting the pay and authority of Milwaukee County supervisors. Limiting local governments’ taxing powers to control property tax bills. Telling local clerks when their offices can register new voters and accept absentee ballots, and that voters must display a photo ID. Not allowing county executives to serve in the Legislature. Dictating shoreline setback building rules. Limiting counties’ authority over new mines. Telling local governments they can’t require all employees to live in their communities.....................
Walker's Wis. GOP legislators have passed 128 restrictions to "local control" in the past 6 years.
Madison Knows Best
GOP legislators have passed 128 restrictions to "local control" in the past six years.
http://urbanmilwaukee.com/2016/05/30/the-state-of-politics-madison-knows-best/
By Steven Walters - May 30th, 2016 11:35 am
Wisconsin State Capitol. Photo by Rosina Peixoto.
Their official Blue Book biographies say almost half of all legislators started their political careers in local governments – as mayors, members of city councils, and on school, town, village and county boards. Many still hold local government jobs.
That’s why it was surprising that Republican Gov. Scott Walker and GOP legislators, with help from a few Democrats, approved 128 changes since 2011 that either told local governments they had to do something or told those local governments they could not specifically do something.
It’s even more surprising because, for decades, Republicans claimed to champion “local control” more than Democrats. But, for the last six years, in the clash between “local control” and “Madison knows best,” Madison has usually won.
Assistant Assembly Democratic Leader Katrina Shankland asked the non-partisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau to compile that 128-item list. Local government leaders, afraid of what new limits or requirements may be inflicted on them next session, declined to comment.
Shankland asked only for changes enacted since Republicans took control of the Capitol in 2011, which is misleading. Governors and legislators of both parties have been telling local governments what they can and cannot do since Wisconsin became a state in 1848. More on that later.
Still, the six-year total of 128 was striking, as was the scope of the changes that became law. They ranged from major to petty.
Some major changes: All but eliminating collective bargaining by public employees. Cutting the pay and authority of Milwaukee County supervisors. Limiting local governments’ taxing powers to control property tax bills. Telling local clerks when their offices can register new voters and accept absentee ballots, and that voters must display a photo ID. Not allowing county executives to serve in the Legislature. Dictating shoreline setback building rules. Limiting counties’ authority over new mines. Telling local governments they can’t require all employees to live in their communities.....................
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