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  • Dear #NeverTrump: It’s Time To Get Behind Daddy

    04/29/2016 9:09:09 AM PDT · by simpson96 · 89 replies
    Brietbart ^ | 4/27/2016 | Milo Yiannopoulos
    After his stunning victories in the north-eastern primaries, Donald Trump needs less than 300 more delegates to secure the Republican nomination. So, #NeverTrump haters and losers — it’s time we had a little talk.Now, I know Trump and the alt-right hurt your feelings by relentlessly undermining the anointed heir to the Royal House of Bush, as well as that flamboyant, permanently dehydrated ADHD junkie from Florida, but it’s time to let bygones be bygones. So, by all means spend a few days in a safe space blowing bubbles and eating oatmeal raisin cookies like your feminist compatriots to recover, but...
  • Jeb Bush breaks his silence, calls for a contested convention

    04/29/2016 9:05:14 AM PDT · by C19fan · 125 replies
    CNN ^ | April 28, 2016 | Theodore Schleifer
    A reflective Jeb Bush said he had no regrets Thursday about his failed presidential bid, saying in his first interview since leaving the race that Donald Trump could still lose the nomination fight. "There's a possibility that he won't get 50% on the first ballot," Bush told CNN's Jamie Gangel, giving his first television interview exclusively to CNN after dropping out of the presidential race in February. "And if he doesn't do that, there are a whole lot of people who don't believe he's the proper guy."
  • Charge: Bernie Sanders Supporter Threatens to Cut Out Rep. McDermott's Tongue

    04/29/2016 8:51:22 AM PDT · by Rinnwald · 25 replies
    KOMO News, Seattle P-I ^ | 4/28/2016 | Levi Pulkkinen
    A Seattle man accused of threatening to cut out U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott's tongue now faces felony charges. King County prosecutors claim Jasper K. Bell made the threat because he was upset that McDermott, D-Seattle, was supporting Hillary Clinton for president.
  • Presidential primary preference [Indiana T41 C32 K21]

    04/29/2016 8:50:45 AM PDT · by BigEdLB · 10 replies
    ARC ^ | 4/28/16 | ARG
    About this Survey - Survey Sponsor: American Research Group, Inc. The American Research Group has been conducting surveys of voters since 1985. Sample Size: 400 completed telephone interviews among a random sample of likely Republican primary voters living in Indiana (260 self-reported Republicans and 140 self-reported independents and Democrats. Sample Dates: April 27-28, 2016 Margin of Error: ± 5 percentage points, 95% of the time, on questions where opinion is evenly split.
  • Camille Paglia: Hillary Clinton’s Brand of Feminism ‘Defines Women as Perpetual Victims’

    04/29/2016 8:49:15 AM PDT · by detective · 19 replies
    Breitbart ^ | Apr 29, 2016 | Dr. Susan Berry
    Truncated title. Full title: Camille Paglia: Hillary Clinton’s Brand of Feminism ‘Defines Women as Perpetual Victims’ Could Cost Her Election Feminist provocateur Camille Paglia says Hillary Clinton’s adoption of a “blame-men-first” brand of feminism that “defines women as perpetual victims” who need protection and salvation from the government could be costly to her campaign. Writing at Salon, Paglia – the author of Glittering Images: A Journey Through Art from Egypt to Star Wars – asserts that Clinton adopted the “second-wave” brand of feminism – propagated by the “telegenic” Gloria Steinem, who stated, “A woman needs a man like a fish...
  • Indianapolis Star's Editorial Board slams Trump "A Danger to the United States and to the World!"

    04/29/2016 8:22:15 AM PDT · by tcrlaf · 74 replies
    Politico ^ | 4-28-2015 | Hanna Trudo
    Donald Trump would be “a danger to the United States and to the world” if elected president, according to Indiana’s largest newspaper, The Indianapolis Star. In an editorial published on Thursday, the newspaper widely condemned the Republican front-runner’s “simplistic proposals,” arguing he is unfit to occupy the Oval Office. “Trump has demonstrated repeatedly during the months-long campaign that he is wholly unsuited to serve as president,” the editorial states. “He’s offered simplistic proposals on national security, job creation, immigration, international trade and foreign affairs. He has sounded off with appalling comments about women and others. He’s appealed to voters’ worst...
  • Trump protesters, Mexican flag-wavers could bring unintended consequences for GOP race

    04/29/2016 8:18:16 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 108 replies
    Los Angeles Times ^ | April 29, 2016 | By Ruben Vives and Shelby Grad•
    The protests outside Donald Trump's rally in Costa Mesa on Thursday night appear to point to an upcoming month of activism by Latinos and others as the GOP front-runner tries to seal the presidential nomination in the state. While the billionaire businessman has faced protests elsewhere, California could prove to be potent ground for demonstrators because of its large Latino population and Trump's negative comments about immigrants in this country illegally. A USC/Times poll found that 77% of Latinos in California have a negative view of Trump. Yet among Republicans, Trump is ahead in that poll and several others. Although...
  • The Hillary WOMAN'S CARD - improved version

    04/29/2016 7:59:23 AM PDT · by doug from upland · 32 replies
    dfu via twitter ^ | 4-29-16 | dfu
  • Protests rage outside Trump rally in Orange County; 17 arrested, police car smashed

    04/29/2016 7:39:32 AM PDT · by mandaladon · 59 replies
    LA Times ^ | 29 Apr 2016 | Ruben Vives , Matt Pearce and Matt Hamilton
    Hundreds of demonstrators filled the street outside the Orange County amphitheater where Donald Trump held a rally Thursday night, stomping on cars, hurling rocks at motorists and forcefully declaring their opposition to the Republican presidential candidate. Traffic came to a halt as a boisterous crowd walked in the roadway, some waving American and Mexican flags. Protesters smashed a window on at least one police cruiser, punctured the tires of a police sport utility vehicle, and at one point tried to flip a police car. About five police cars were damaged in total, police said, adding that some will require thousands...
  • The problem with Ted Cruz

    04/29/2016 7:29:24 AM PDT · by Biggirl · 36 replies
    The Hill ^ | April 29, 2016 | Charles Hurt
    Real estate mogul Donald Trump has run an outsider's juggernaut campaign, the likes of which nobody has seen in modern politics. Democrats publicly say they are thrilled to face him in the general election. But, privately, they fret that the master marketer and media maestro is so unpredictable and so original and so fearless that they just might regret getting the match-up they had hoped for.
  • Glenn Beck Admits Cruz’s VP Pic Was a “Desperate” Move and “Last Call” to Save Campaign (Video)

    04/29/2016 7:20:31 AM PDT · by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle · 43 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | 04/29/2016 | Jim Hoft
    On Wednesday, after his , Ted Cruz announced Carly Fiorina would be his running mate. According to our latest predictions, Carly may be the shortest termed VP candidate in US history. On Thursday, Cruz sycophant admitted the VP choice was a “desperate move” and a “last call” to save the campaign. RWW reported: Since Glenn Beck has transformed his daily radio program into little more than an arm of Cruz’s presidential operation, it was entirely predictable that he would kick off today’s program by conducting a softball interview with Fiorina, which he introduced by admitting that the campaign’s unusual move...
  • WaPo: Ted Cruz Was John Boehner's Lawyer

    04/29/2016 7:11:28 AM PDT · by Rational Thought · 58 replies
    Newsmax ^ | 04/28/2016 | Bill Hoffmann
    Ted Cruz's claim on Thursday that he never knew or worked with John Boehner has been called into question following the revelation that the Texas senator once served as the former House speaker's lawyer.
  • ADL Urges Donald Trump to Reconsider "America First" in Foreign Policy Approach

    04/29/2016 6:53:14 AM PDT · by VitacoreVision · 74 replies
    ADL ^ | April 28, 2016
    The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today urged presidential candidate Donald Trump to reconsider his use of the phrase “America First” as a slogan describing his approach to foreign affairs, citing its anti-Semitic use in the months before Pearl Harbor by a group of prominent Americans seeking to keep the nation out of World War II. The most noteworthy leader of the “America First Committee” was Charles Lindbergh, who sympathized with the Nazis and whose rhetoric was characterized by anti-Semitism and offensive stereotypes, including assertions that Jews posed a threat to the U.S. because of their influence in motion pictures, radio, the...
  • Rasmussen: Trump 38%, Clinton 38%

    04/29/2016 6:49:23 AM PDT · by Mensius · 55 replies
    Rasmussen Reports ^ | April 29, 2016
    Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are again tied up in a head-to-head matchup. The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on April 25-26, 2016 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.
  • Pence to endorse?

    04/29/2016 6:37:28 AM PDT · by Sybeck1 · 53 replies
    Gov. Mike Pence to make a "significant" announcement on @GarrisonRadio at 12:06 p.m. Cruz endorsement?— Niki Kelly (@nkellyatJG) April 29, 2016
  • CRUZ'S EVANGELIST FATHER RE-EMERGES IN INDIANA

    04/29/2016 6:27:51 AM PDT · by MaxistheBest · 54 replies
    World Net Daily ^ | 04/29/2016 | JEROME R. CORSI
    NEW YORK – After negative reporting of his religious views, the Christian evangelist father of Ted Cruz has returned to the campaign trail in an effort to win evangelical voters in Indiana, whose primary Tuesday is regarded by many as the Texas senator’s last hope to keep his bid for the Republican presidential nomination alive. While the national media largely has been silent about Rafael Cruz’s re-emergence, local reporters in Indiana have covered his various appearances. WSBT-TV in Mishawaka, Indiana, reported Rafael Cruz created “a lot of excitement” by showing up as a guest of Indiana Republican Gov. Mike Pence...
  • Cruz to trounce Trump in Virginia delegate election

    04/29/2016 6:04:32 AM PDT · by C19fan · 54 replies
    Politico ^ | April 29, 2016 | Kyle Cheney
    Ted Cruz got crushed in Virginia on primary day, but even Donald Trump’s forces believe he’s about to stuff the state’s national convention delegation full of supporters anyway. Virginia GOP insiders with knowledge of the state’s delegate selection process expect Cruz backers to overrun this Saturday’s state convention and use their numbers to guarantee that the 13 statewide delegates to the national convention lean Cruz.
  • Trump Ad running in Indiana re Cruz bad trade deals

    04/29/2016 5:45:48 AM PDT · by Mechanicos · 13 replies
    kantarmediana.com ^ | 4/28/16 | Donald J Trump
    Here is the ad Trump is running against Cruz in Indiana Indiana AD
  • Anti-Trump thugs go on ATTACK in California; blood, vandalism, threats, run rampant through streets

    04/29/2016 5:38:06 AM PDT · by jpsb · 64 replies
    BizPac Review ^ | April 29, 2016 | Carmine Sabia
    A Donald Trump rally in California turned into an all out riot when protesters got out of control.
  • Ivanka Trump Shares First Family Photo Since Son Theo’s Birth

    04/29/2016 5:28:10 AM PDT · by simpson96 · 65 replies
    People Magazine ^ | 4/25/2016 | Staff
    On Monday, Ivanka Trump posted the first public photo of herself and her entire immediate family since son Theodore James‘ March 27 birth.“Our first picture as a family of five! Thank you for all of the love and well wishes,” the mom of three captioned the sweet shot, featuring husband Jared Kushner and their children, daughter Arabella Rose, 4, and sons Joseph Frederick, 2, and Theo.The family portrait was snapped at Theo’s bris, which took place in New York on April 3, on his eighth day of life. Trump converted to Judaism before marrying Kushner in 2009.