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Hillary Clinton picked Paul Ryan, Republican Speaker of the House, to be her Vice Presidential running mate? Why would she do such a thing? Do young American liberals think this is a good strategy to beat Donald Trump in the 2016 Election? Media analyst Mark Dice has the story.

President Barack Obama signed an executive order in 2010 applying the Hyde Amendment, which bans taxpayer funding of most abortions, to Obamacare. Five years later, the White House referred to the Hyde Amendment while defending taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood. Now, the Democrats’ party platform is calling for repeal of the measure. According to a new poll, Americans are solidly opposed to public funding of abortion, including nearly half of voters who support abortion rights, and at least four out of 10 Democrats.

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake will gavel in the convention.

Democrat Convention Schedule Monday, July 25, 2016 11:15 AM Free lunch, medical marijuana, and bus ride to the Convention Forms distributed for Food Stamp enrollment. 1:30 PM Group Voter Registration for Illegal Immigrants. 3:15 PM Address on "Being the Real You" Rachel Dolezal, former Head of the Seattle NAACP and Caitlyn Jenner 4:30 PM "How to Bank $200 Million as a Public Servant and claim to be broke" Hillary Clinton 4:45 PM How to have a successful career without ever having a job, and Still avoid paying taxes! A Seminar moderated by Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson 5:00 PM Medal...

A week ago I felt good about America but no more. Coyotes are running freely in the streets of our big cities, the stock market is teetering on the verge of collapse, the monetary system will soon go belly-up, China and North Korea and Iran have a knife to our throats, our schools are in chaos, politicians corrupt, the media stupefied by political correctness, and everywhere you look you hear foreign accents. We are on the edge of the abyss. At my house, we've begun fortifying the basement walls with sandbags and laying in barrels of fresh water and K-rations....

video caption: "Tiffany Trump performed her pop song "Like A Bird" at the 2016 Republican National Convention and it was met with enthusiasm by dancing Republicans."

Presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton scooped up outgoing Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz Sunday afternoon as the honorary chair of her campaign's 50-state program. In a sort of thank you letter, Clinton said the Miami congresswoman will serve as a surrogate for her national campaign, helping the team in Florida and other key states. "I look forward to campaigning with Debbie in Florida and helping her in her re-election bid — because as president, I will need fighters like Debbie in Congress who are ready on day one to get to work for the American people," Clinton wrote....

Wow! Hillary Campaign Manager Robby Mook blamed the Russians for leaking the DNC emails the week before the Democrat Convention. Mook said the Russians were trying to help Donald Trump. The Examiner reported: Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager said Russian hackers stole tens of thousands of emails from the Democratic National Committee as a means of helping Donald Trump in the election.Robby Mook, during an interview Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” told host George Stephanopoulos that although Russians had claimed responsibility for hacking the party’s internal servers and stealing the information, their motive may not have been just to help their...

1. Bernie has 1,894 delegates at the convention. A movement is underway for him to disavow his endorsement due to Hillary's collusion with the RNC. #BernieMustDisavow on Twitter was shared 100,000 times. Before that #DNCLeaks was a top trending hashtag. Both were censored by Twitter. 2. Bernie folks are already planning to protest the convention en masse. "Bernie or Bust!": http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/07/21/bernie-bust-backers-flock-philly-protest/87385076/ 3. Debbie Wsserman Schultz was served with a class action about the DNC fraud. http://observer.com/2016/06/debbie-wasserman-schultz-served-class-action-lawsuit-for-rigging-primaries/ 4. Jullian Assange says he will become the Deep Throat for the Clinton machine: http://silenceisconsent.net/breaking-wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-says-his-next-leak-will-virtually-guarantee-an-indictment-of-hillary-clinton/#sthash.yzpi6YB0.iyshmBwV.dpbs If Hillary has committed offenses (veracity of the above...

WHEREAS, Secretary of State John F. Kerry has suggested that air conditioners are as big a threat as ISIS, and WHEREAS, it is the duty of our elected and appointed government officials to lead by example, THEREFORE, we call upon the U.S. Department of State to remove air conditioning from all property that the Department owns, rents, or otherwise employs, including but not limited to embassies, consulates, office buildings, etc., all vehicles owned and/or operated by the Department, and any other property, real or movable, owned, rented, or otherwise employed by the Department.

SAVE THE DATE ! Democrat Convention Schedule Monday, July 25, 2016 11:15 AM Free lunch, medical marijuana, and bus ride to the Convention. Forms distributed for Food Stamp enrollment. 1:30 PM Group Voter Registration for Illegal Immigrants. 3:15 PM Address on "Being the Real You" Rachel Dolezal, former Head of the Seattle NAACP and Caitlyn Jenner 4:30 PM "How to Bank $200 Million as a Public Servant and claim to be broke" Hillary Clinton 4:45 PM How to have a successful career Without ever having a job, and Still avoid paying taxes! A Seminar Moderated by Al Sharpton and Jesse...

The Secret Service special agent in charge of security during the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia next month said there will be a security perimeter around the Wells Fargo Complex that will extend higher than five feet. The DNC’s annual event will include “no-scale fencing,” Special Agent James Henry told NBC10.com. Henry noted that the specifics about the “perimeter” have not yet been finalized. This year’s Democratic National Convention will take place July 25-28 in Philadelphia, marking the second time in less than a year that the City of Brotherly Love has hosted a high profile event necessitating a National...

THESE ARE anxious times in America. Despite a steadily, if slowly, growing economy and the absence of a major war, people remain troubled by a sense of national underperformance and myriad social ills, most recently the surge in racially tinged fatal shootings committed by law enforcement officers and against them. A new Gallup poll reports that only 17 percent of Americans feel satisfied with the way things are going, the lowest percentage since October 2013 — and down 12 points in just the past month. For many, of course, a cause of concern is Donald Trump, who accepted the Republican...

Natasha Marin is a conceptual artist working across disciplines and media to collaborate with People to create opportunities for meaningful IRL and digital engagement. Reparations began as a social media experiment on Facebook on July 15, 2016. What if you actually did something meaningful for someone before the end of the year? What if a stranger restored your belief in humanity, if only for a moment, by supporting you and allowing you to claim something you need in a material way? I invite People of Color to ask for what we need to feel better, be happier, be more productive...

Michael Moore Tells Bill Maher: "Trump Is Going to Win" 9:51 PM PDT 7/20/2016 by Eli Flesch The filmmaker appeared on Maher's 'Real Time With Bill Maher' GOP convention special on Wednesday. During Wednesday's special edition of Real Time With Bill Maher, Michael Moore told Bill Maher he thinks that Donald Trump will win the election. Maher first took the stage at his Los Angeles studio to offer his take on a raucous three days that has seen a rebellion on the convention floor, accusations of plagiarism and booing of prominent speakers. Maher started things off a bit late ("Mike...

The majority of the panel on Tuesday’s The View were furious about former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s speech defending police officers at the RNC last night. Panelists Joy Behar, CNN’s Sunny Hostin, ABC’s Sara Haines and Whoopi Goldberg blasted the Mayor for his tone and message, calling him “nutty,” “berserk” “lunatic” and “divisive” while FNC’s Jedediah Bila was the only panelist to defend Giuliani’s speech. Whoopi began by asking the panel what they thought about Giuliani’s speech. Behar bluntly said, to laughter and applause, “I think he stole that speech from Mussolini.” Not to be outdone, Hostin had...

WOW! He opened up a can of whoop ass! Lemon has been promoting BLM and the police violence then didn't want to discuss it. Said he was a 'jour-no-list' and took no position. It was epic.

This hilarious hashtag is trending on Twitter today, with almost 40,000 posts, so far!! Some examples: #ThingsHillaryWillNeverHave A vote from Monica #ThingsHillaryWillNeverHave A soul #ThingsHillaryWillNeverHave A blue dress #ThingsHillaryWillNeverHave My Vote ThingsHillaryWillNeverHave - the respect of the nation. No matter what everyone knows she's a corrupt politician and a liar. ThingsHillaryWillNeverHave Integrigy #ThingsHillaryWillNeverHave Trending hashtags that she hasn't paid Twitter to hide or show

In a far corner of southern Italy, transactions in fake currency are not only accepted by local shopkeepers, they are positively encouraged. The small Calabrian town of Gioiosa Ionica, population 7,000, is currently home to a group of asylum seekers, who are given the imitation bank notes, or "tickets" as they are known, as part of a voucher system. The refugees can spend the cash on whatever they like, but only in the town, so that local businesses benefit. Rather than featuring European architectural gems, they bear the likenesses of a collection of communists and leftist leaders - Che Guevara...

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