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  • AP warns reporters to be safe after harassment from Sanders fans

    06/08/2016 6:12:38 AM PDT · by maggief · 11 replies
    The Hill ^ | June 8, 2016 | Jessie Hellmann
    The Associated Press is warning its reporters to stay vigilant after several received harassing messages from Bernie Sanders supporters. Danny Spriggs, the AP's vice president for global security, said some reporters have received angry emails, social media messages and phone calls after the AP declared Hillary Clinton the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. "We have not received any specific security threats," Spriggs said in an email to employees, according to Poynter. "It is always good to practice situational awareness around AP bureaus and offices." The AP on Monday declared Clinton the Democratic nominee, saying she had enough pledged delegates and superdelegate...
  • Trump: Judge comments 'misconstrued'

    06/07/2016 2:55:27 PM PDT · by maggief · 22 replies
    The Hill ^ | June 7, 2016 | Ben Kamisar
    Donald Trump said Tuesday his comments that a Indiana-born federal judge might be biased against him because of his Mexican heritage had been misconstrued by the media. The presumptive GOP presidential nominee made the assertion in a new statement Tuesday afternoon as he scrambles to contain blowback from Republicans. "It is unfortunate that my comments have been misconstrued as a categorical attack against people of Mexican heritage. I am friends with and employ thousands of people of Mexican and Hispanic descent," Trump said. "I do not feel that one’s heritage makes them incapable of being impartial, but, based on the...
  • Sanders camp: Clinton has not secured nomination yet

    06/06/2016 6:29:34 PM PDT · by maggief · 83 replies
    The Hill ^ | June 6, 2016 | Cyra Master
    Shortly after The Associated Press updated its delegate count and declared Hillary Clinton the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, a spokesman for Sen. Bernie Sanders slammed the media’s “rush to judgement.” “It is unfortunate that the media, in a rush to judgement, are ignoring the Democratic National Committee’s clear statement that it is wrong to count the votes of superdelegates before they actually vote at the convention this summer,” spokesman Michael Briggs said Monday night. “Secretary Clinton does not have and will not have the requisite number of pledged delegates to secure the nomination. She will be dependent on superdelegates who...
  • Bilderberg 2016: We can expect desperate lobbying against Brexit from Big Business

    06/06/2016 9:44:14 AM PDT · by maggief · 15 replies
    IBT ^ | June 6, 2016 | Charlie Skelton
    As the EU referendum looms, a great counsel of war is gathering. Henri de Castries, the Chairman of the influential Bilderberg Group, has made his way to the highest hill above Dresden, placed a mighty conch shell to his aristocratic French lips and blown. Responding to his call, 140 or so of the most powerful pro-European business leaders and politicians will be making their way to the five-star Hotel Taschenbergpalais to discuss the future of their beloved free trade zone. The annual three-day Bilderberg conference kicks off on Thursday, and you can be sure the mood in Dresden will be...
  • Benghazi chairman: Dems get to review, offer edits to report

    06/06/2016 7:26:23 AM PDT · by maggief · 20 replies
    The Hill ^ | June 6, 2016 | Julian Hattem
    Democrats on the House Select Committee on Benghazi will be able to review and offer edits to the committee’s closely watched report this month, despite their repeated opposition to the panel’s work, according to Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.). Gowdy on Sunday issued a blistering, 1,800-word attack on Democrats’ efforts to undermine the panel’s work through “abject obstruction” and “serial” leaks to the media. But the panel’s five members will nonetheless have access to the report before it is made final, Gowdy wrote in a letter to top Democrat Elijah Cummings (Md.). “Despite your efforts to undermine and obstruct our fact-centered...
  • Trump: Gingrich criticism of me 'inappropriate'

    06/06/2016 6:42:16 AM PDT · by maggief · 220 replies
    POLITICO ^ | June 6, 2016 | NICK GASS
    A day after former Newt Gingrich called Donald Trump's latest comments on Judge Gonzalo Curiel "inexcusable," the presumptive Republican nominee fired back at the former House speaker, who has largely been supportive of his candidacy. "As far as Newt is concerned, I saw Newt," Trump told "Fox & Friends" on Monday after the show played clips of Hillary Clinton and Gingrich denouncing his remarks speculating that Curiel's Mexican heritage represented a conflict of interest in the cases against Trump University over which he is presiding. "I was surprised at Newt. I thought it was inappropriate what he said."
  • Hillary Clinton Won’t Say if Right to Bear Arms Is Constitutional Right

    06/05/2016 7:31:33 AM PDT · by maggief · 51 replies
    Washington Free Beacon ^ | June 5, 2016 | David Rutz
    Hillary Clinton couldn’t definitively say Sunday that the Second Amendment of the Constitution guaranteed the right to bear arms during an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. (snip) “Do you believe that an individual’s right to bear arms is a constitutional right, that it’s not linked to service in a militia?” he asked. “I think that for most of our history, there was a nuanced reading of the Second Amendment until the decision by the late Justice Scalia, and there was no argument until then that localities and states and the federal government had a right, as we do with every...
  • McConnell pushes Trump to change

    06/05/2016 6:05:20 AM PDT · by maggief · 61 replies
    The Hill ^ | June 5, 2016 | Jordain Carney
    Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is growing increasingly critical of Donald Trump, warning him to lay off GOP officials and drop his penchant for “name calling.” McConnell, who endorsed Trump, has been granting a steady stream of interviews to create buzz for his new book “The Long Game.” In the process, he’s leveled some sharp criticism at his party’s presumptive nominee. Asked about Trump’s tendency to lash out at other Republicans, McConnell retorted, it “ought to stop.” "I don't like that,” he told a Baltimore radio station. “I don't think it adds any value whatsoever to the discourse. And...
  • Gingrich: Trump's attacks on judge 'unacceptable'

    06/04/2016 7:30:13 PM PDT · by maggief · 91 replies
    The Hill ^ | June 4, 2016 | Evelyn Rupert
    Donald Trump supporter and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich isn't on board with Trump's attacks on a federal judge. “I don’t know what Trump’s reasoning was, and I don’t care,” Gingrich said in an email to the Washington Post. “His description of the judge in terms of his parentage is completely unacceptable.” Trump has continually bashed U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who is overseeing lawsuits over Trump's real estate education program Trump University. Trump claims that because Curiel is of Mexican descent, he is inherently biased against him and should recuse himself. Curiel was born in Indiana to immigrant parents.
  • Sanders: There Will be a Contested Convention

    06/04/2016 6:10:39 PM PDT · by maggief · 106 replies
    The Hill ^ | June 4, 2016 | Harper Neidig
    Bernie Sanders on Saturday reiterated his vow to keep campaigning all the way to Democratic National Convention, regardless of how the rest of the primaries turn out. "Hillary Clinton will not have the requisite number of pledged delegates to win the Democratic nomination at the end of the nominating process on June 14,” Sanders told reporters in Los Angeles Saturday, according to CNN. “Won't happen. She will be dependent on super delegates." "The Democratic National Convention will be a contested convention," he said. Sanders criticized the media for accounting for superdelegates when talking about Clinton’s lead in the race, saying...
  • State Dept.: 'We have hit a dead end' on who ordered video edit

    06/02/2016 6:12:43 PM PDT · by maggief · 62 replies
    The Hill ^ | June 2, 2016 | Kristina Wong
    The State Department on Thursday said it has hit a "dead end" in determining who ordered the deletion of part of a December 2013 press briefing video that addressed the Iran nuclear deal. "We believe we've carried out the necessary investigation. We have hit a dead end in terms of finding out more information," said State Department spokesman Mark Toner. The answer was unacceptable to CNN news anchor Jake Tapper, who declared Thursday, "Just as the public has a right to know the truth, we have a right to know who lied to us. And why.” During the deleted portion,...
  • Feds try to quash Republicans' lawsuit over Clinton messages

    06/02/2016 6:43:47 AM PDT · by maggief · 17 replies
    The Hill ^ | June 2, 2016 | Julian Hattem
    The Obama administration is trying to kill a lawsuit from the Republican National Committee (RNC) seeking communications from Hillary Clinton and emails from her former top aides. Complying with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request at the heart of the lawsuit would require going through 1.5 million pages of files, Justice Department lawyers argued in a filing late on Wednesday. The excessively broad nature of the demands, they added, should prompt a federal court to toss out the suit. “Compiling, reviewing, and redacting documents responsive to these requests would take the State Department decades,” the lawyers claimed. “This burden...
  • Trump decides he won't debate Bernie Sanders

    05/27/2016 1:40:02 PM PDT · by maggief · 91 replies
    The Hill ^ | May 27, 2016 | Jessie Hellmann
    Donald Trump on Friday said it would be “inappropriate” to hold a debate with Bernie Sanders, throwing cold water on an idea that had captivated the political world in recent days. "As much as I want to debate Bernie Sanders — and it would be an easy payday — I will wait to debate the first place finisher in the Democratic Party, probably Crooked Hillary Clinton, or whoever it may be," Trump said in a statement. The presumptive GOP presidential nominee added that it "seems inappropriate" to debate the "second place finisher."
  • Politico: How Hillary Loses

    05/27/2016 6:20:00 AM PDT · by maggief · 62 replies
    Politico ^ | May 27, 2016 | DAVID S. BERNSTEIN
    It’s a terrifying moment for Democrats: Hillary Clinton’s double-digit lead in national polls has evaporated and panic is beginning to set in. Polls now show Donald Trump ahead of Clinton, or at worst only a few points behind. During the insanity of the Republican primary, it was easy for them to believe that Trump could never be president—that in a general election, mainstream voters would regard him as an absurdity. But Clinton remains a shaky candidate with historically high negatives, an email scandal that keeps getting worse and a stubborn primary opponent whose supporters may yet become a midsummer nightmare...
  • Obama confident trade deal will pass Congress

    05/23/2016 6:04:47 AM PDT · by maggief · 26 replies
    The Hill ^ | May 23, 2016 | Jordan Fabian
    President Obama said Monday he’s confident that Congress will overcome election-year gridlock and approve the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement. Obama acknowledged during a news conference in Vietnam that passing trade deals is tough, especially during a political campaign when the issue is hotly debated. “Having said that, I remain confident we're going to get it done,” he told reporters. “It's good for the country. It's good for America. It's good for the region. It's good for the world.” Obama is looking to reassure Asian nations that the deal is still on track for passage, despite growing political opposition to...
  • Trump’s former girlfriend: New York Times 'spun' my comments

    05/16/2016 5:30:54 AM PDT · by maggief · 35 replies
    The Hill ^ | May 16, 2016 | Mark Hensch
    A woman who dated Donald Trump said early Monday that The New York Times "spun" her comments for an article about the presumptive presidential nominee's treatment of women, adding that he always treated her respectfully. “He never made me feel like I was being demeaned in any way,” Rowanne Brewer Lane said on Fox News’s “Fox & Friends.” “He never offended me in any way,” the former model added. "He was very gracious. I saw him around all types of people, all types of women. He was very kind, thoughtful, generous. I did not have a negative experience with Donald...
  • Justin Trudeau's 'overwhelmed' wife slammed for saying she needs a team of staff to help her 'serve

    05/14/2016 5:15:38 AM PDT · by maggief · 37 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | May 14, 2016 | OLLIE GILLMAN
    Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau, 41, said she needed more staff to help her out 'Overwhelmed' wife of Canadian prime minister cares for her three children Rival politicians accused Justin Trudeau and his wife of being out of touch Huge wildfire is tearing through Alberta, forcing 88,000 people to evacuate Justin Trudeau's wife has come under fire for asking for more staff to help her with the 'overwhelming' job of being First Lady of Canada. Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau, 41, said one aide was not enough to help her juggle her official duties and care for her three children. Mrs Gregoire-Trudeau's plea for help came...
  • Trump taps climate change skeptic, fracking advocate as key energy advisor

    05/13/2016 10:51:57 AM PDT · by maggief · 94 replies
    Reuters ^ | May 13, 2016 | VALERIE VOLCOVICI
    Republican presidential contender Donald Trump has asked one of America's most ardent drilling advocates and climate change skeptics to help him draft his energy policy. U.S. Republican Congressman Kevin Cramer of North Dakota - a major oil drilling state - is writing a white paper on energy policy for the New York billionaire, Cramer and sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Cramer was also among a group of Trump advisers who recently met with lawmakers from western energy states, who hope Trump will open more federal land for drilling, a lawmaker who took part in the meeting said. Cramer...
  • 'Screw the next generation': Anonymous congressman writes tell-all and slams 'nation of naive..

    05/12/2016 8:52:37 AM PDT · by maggief · 60 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | May 12, 2016 | DAVID MARTOSKO
    My main job is to keep my job, to get reelected. It takes precedence over everything,' an anonymous member of Congress writes in a new book 'Voters are incredibly ignorant and know little about our form of government and how it works,' he writes 'It's far easier than you think to manipulate a nation of naive, self-absorbed sheep who crave instant gratification' One liberal news blogger claims the author is a Democrat 'The Confessions of Congressman X' will be released May 24 by a small Minnesota-based 'vanity press' publisher A new book threatens to blow the lid off of Congress...
  • Ted Cruz poised to challenge Trump in Texas

    05/11/2016 3:29:02 PM PDT · by maggief · 251 replies
    POLITICO ^ | May 11, 2016 | KYLE CHENEY
    Ted Cruz isn’t giving up. While Donald Trump dispatches three advisers to Texas’s convention in Dallas this week and makes a pitch for party unity, his team will be running up against a Cruz operation that is still maneuvering to stuff the state’s delegation with allies the senator could call on to snub the presumptive nominee. “We have a busy weekend planned,” said a source familiar with the Cruz campaign’s plans. Cruz is scheduled to deliver an address at the Texas convention after a week of hinting he could jump back into the presidential contest and urging activists to thwart...