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That photo is me about ten years ago, standing in the ruins of a land where people rejected the rule of law in favor of the rule of force. I think a lot about my year-long deployment to Kosovo these days. I think a lot about people today who, for short term political points, cavalierly disregard the rules, laws and norms that made America what it is. ... Today in America, a despised minority that's really no minority is the target of an establishment that considers this minority unworthy of respect, unworthy of rights, and unworthy of having a say...

The Texas Patriots Tea Party emerged as victor in its case against the IRS. On Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Michael R. Barrett ruled that the agency must process TPTP's application for tax exempt status after a long (and seemingly politically motivated) delay.It's now clear the IRS segregated TPTP's application in 2012 because it was a conservative political organization. It was just one instance in a larger scandal in which the IRS targeted conservatives and unfairly stalled their applications. The agency has insisted it no longer practices such political bias, yet the court said that doesn't solve TPTP's issue."Regardless of the fact the IRS purports...

Russian intelligence operatives have hacked the emails of Hillary Clinton and her top aide Huma Abedin — and they are already circulating the secrets they found to foreign intelligence agencies around the globe. Hundreds of thousands of documents have been compromised, some never before seen, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.The massive trove of data also includes emails recovered from the laptop that Abedin, the vice chairwoman of Clinton’s campaign, shared with her estranged husband, disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner. Those are now in possession of the FBI as part of an ongoing criminal probe that has been an explosive plot twist to the final...

Hillary Clinton refused to send help as the terrifying Benghazi attacks unfolded, according to messages allegedly hacked from her email server and distributed by Russian operatives.RadarOnline has obtained a report about the allegedly hacked messages that was created by Italy’s foreign intelligence agency, or the Agenzia Informazioni e Sicurezza Esterna, after a meeting with their Russian counterparts on October 22. (These files were written in Italian, and then translated by a respected New York City professor of the language.)One section of the report deals with September 2012 — the same month as the attack that killed U.S. Ambassador to Libya...

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Now, on this program yesterday, bouncing off a column by Andy McCarthy... Yesterday's program was one for the ages, and what happened after this program on Fox News last night expanding it, providing detail... I mean, this is bombshell stuff that happened yesterday in this campaign and in this country.  It's bombshell stuff, and you will not find a syllable of it anywhere in the mainstream media.  It started with McCarthy's column yesterday: "The Clinton Emails Are Critical to the Clinton Foundation Investigation."  What we have learned, ladies and gentlemen, is that the Clinton Foundation is actually the...

There's been some movement over the past three days: from Trump +1.2%, to Trump +2.0%, to Trump +2.4%. The party ID split on today's result is 40/35/25 (D/R/I), or D+5%. Trump is still leading the "Enthusiasm" rankings. And when they publish the "Demographics" numbers for today, I'll follow up if there is anything interesting.

Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said FBI Director James Comey may have violated a federal law when he disclosed, less than two weeks before the presidential election, that his office was pursuing potential new evidence related to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server as secretary of state. Mr. Reid was preparing to send a letter to Mr. Comey on Sunday saying he appears to be aiding one political party over another. He said that may violate the Hatch Act, which bars government officials from using their position to influence an election.“I am writing to inform you that...

James Comey's decision to revive the investigation of Hillary Clinton's email server and her handling of classified material came after he could no longer resist mounting pressure by mutinous agents in the FBI, including some of his top deputies, according to a source close to the embattled FBI director. 'The atmosphere at the FBI has been toxic ever since Jim announced last July that he wouldn't recommend an indictment against Hillary,' said the source, a close friend who has known Comey for nearly two decades, shares family outings with him, and accompanies him to Catholic mass every week. 'Some people,...

Tom Fuentes, a former assistant director at the FBI and a CNN analyst, said Saturday that the bureau has an open investigation into the Clinton Foundation.The statement undermines a report from a team of CNN reporters in August that the Justice Department quashed an investigation into the Clinton family’s non-profit earlier this year.“The FBI has an intensive investigation ongoing into the Clinton Foundation,” Fuentes said Saturday, citing current and former senior FBI officials as sources.“The reports that three divisions came in with a request to Washington to open cases and that they were turned down by the Department of Justice, that’s not...

With the reopening of the email investigation by the FBI, this appears to have fallen by the wayside. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=705Os-3YOoc It's an interesting look into how the leftist media "watchdogs" work. They don't just provide an opposing view -- they actively work to marginalize their opponents. Scott Adams called it: The Democrats have become the Bully Party.

Fwd: finances/washington post From:john.podesta@gmail.com To: Tina@presidentclinton.com, cheryl.mills@gmail.com, mpally@clintonfoundation.orgDate: 2015-09-05 15:03 Subject: Fwd: finances/washington post Fyi ---------- Forwarded message ----------From: *Jeff Gerth* <jeff.gerth@gmail.com> Date: Saturday, September 5, 2015 Subject: finances/washington post To: John Podesta <john.podesta@gmail.com>John, Hope the summer has gone well. The national fissures seem a little like 1968 to I've scoured the Clintons' tax returns and other financial documents and will be doing some work with the Washington Post in that regard. Picking up on our chat a few months ago, who is best suited/most knowledgeable to be my interlocutor? My timing is uncertain: an old pharmaceutical story of mine...

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A cryptic tweet from James O'Keefe this morning. Some have speculated that it's the dollar amounts deposited into a foreign bank account in Belize. But, it appears to be the number of views for each of the three videos in the "Rigging the Election" series.

There are a few interesting tweets by James O'Keefe in his Twitter feed: More HRC evidence coming soon. Drip... Drip... Drip... This one was tweeted on 10/22, but has been "pinned" to the top. It contains a video of Trump on CNN, saying "Sex assault accusers: They lied and will be sued" Do you think this is implying that O'Keefe has evidence that Clinton's campaign was involved in this deception? The reason @HillaryClinton didn’t deny her direct involvement with the @realDonaldTrump protests is bc, well, you’ll see tomorrow at noon... Don't file that lawsuit quite yet, @realDonaldTrump, more video coming...

Results are up early today. The chart has added milestones for the conventions and the debate, so you can see how the results changed afterwards.

Poll of 2021 likely voters. Trump is up by 1.4. No change in difference from yesterday, but the absolute numbers have redistributed a bit. Party ID split not yet posted for today, yesterday was D+6. It has hovered around D+5 or D+6 for the past week.

Party ID not yet published for today, but past couple of days have been D+5. Latest data on 10/20 still gives Trump a +12 advantage in "Enthusiasm".

Earlier today, the Democratic National Committee had to apologize for a #ForwardTogether bus dumping human waste into a storm sewer during a stop in Gwinnett County, Georgia. A local businessman noticed the action and took photos that were then sent to media outlets. CBS-46 reported on it, treating it as a breaking story and providing numerous updates.

This is a place-holder, so that people can find updates easily. O'Keefe just tweeted at about 11:35 CDT: UPDATE ON SECOND VIDEO: It will be live in about an hour. Keep the pressure on the MSM to cover these videos. And thank you @seanhannity Check this thread for updates and a link to the video when it is posted.

Still statistically tied. Don't have party ID breakdown for this poll, but it's been D+6 earlier this week.