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Trump Files Early With FEC For 2020 Candidacy, Outmaneuvers Nonprofits
disobedientmedia ^ | 1/30/17 | William Craddick

Posted on 01/31/2017 8:23:36 PM PST by T Ruth

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To: Ezekiel

Oh yes!
Beautifully stated!


61 posted on 01/31/2017 11:10:59 PM PST by onyx (DONATE MONTHLY!)
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To: T Ruth
I love the way Trump works.

This could be even better than anyone realizes.

Is there any RAT who can file for candidacy?

If not, our nonprofits can oppose the RAT party plans, but theirs can not oppose ours.

62 posted on 01/31/2017 11:57:13 PM PST by CurlyDave
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To: T Ruth

aha! Now we know why Chuck Schumer was Really crying yesterday!!


63 posted on 02/01/2017 12:00:41 AM PST by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you." President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: T Ruth

I’m sitting here at two a.m. in the morning, laughing my head off. They never even saw it coming! BRILLIANT!!!


64 posted on 02/01/2017 12:07:18 AM PST by Flaming Conservative
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To: T Ruth
Having filed (even if not formally announcing a bid) as a candidate, Trump would be able to coordinate with PACs and other similar organizations...

Can someone explain this line to me? I thought that coordination w/PACs was NOT legal.

65 posted on 02/01/2017 12:33:49 AM PST by SoFloFreeper (Isaiah 25:8)
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To: T Ruth

President Trump is doing so much, so fast, his opposition is still trying to catch up. They are used to the old 24/7 news where only one big story a day is covered. Trump is giving them two or three, and if that is not enough, an occasional tweet to keep it interesting.

I can hardly wait to see how he handles “sanctuary cities”.


66 posted on 02/01/2017 2:29:32 AM PST by CIB-173RDABN (US out of the UN, UN out of the US)
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To: T Ruth

4-dimensional chess master against checkers tyros....


67 posted on 02/01/2017 3:32:27 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: T Ruth; Fred Nerks

More importantly, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations would no longer be able to engage in “political speech” which could theoretically affect the results of the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election without running the risk of losing their nonprofit status.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I have a feeling that many %)# (1) (c) orgaizations will lose there charitable status, making things much more expensive for George Soros.


68 posted on 02/01/2017 3:33:46 AM PST by Candor7 ( Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: T Ruth

Yep. A few missteps with staff, etc., to start, as to be expected, but the strategy, ideology and effectiveness, speed, and quantity of action are all superb here to start his administration.

God bless and keep him safe!


69 posted on 02/01/2017 3:35:39 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: T Ruth

Brilliant!!!!


70 posted on 02/01/2017 3:53:52 AM PST by MEG33 (God Bless Our Troops, ;Our Leaders And Our Nation)
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To: Reno89519

An important thing that Sessions needs to do is cut the head off the snake and deal with the Soros problem.

There must be hundreds of crimes under his belt. And now that Trump has ordered the CIA to stop working with Soros, and that shield is gone, he can be tried, convicted, and locked up or hung for treason.


71 posted on 02/01/2017 4:00:57 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (If you think the party that freed the slaves are the racist ones, you probably are a liberal.)
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To: T Ruth

ping


72 posted on 02/01/2017 4:09:41 AM PST by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. 01-20-2017; I pray we make it that long.)
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To: Eddie01
like shootin’ fish in a barrel


73 posted on 02/01/2017 4:10:32 AM PST by USS Alaska (Kill all mooselimb, terrorist savages, with extreme prejudice! Deus Vult!)
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To: MayflowerMadam

“And now that Trump has ordered the CIA to stop working with Soros,...”

Can you elaborate? Did he day this specifically or how do you come to this?


74 posted on 02/01/2017 4:14:45 AM PST by Suz in AZ
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To: T Ruth

The guy,Trump, is brilliant. He’s gonna kick their ass every which way. We are naive to think that one of us,Steve Bannon is not a huge player in the background. It all starts in the blogosphere, right here.


75 posted on 02/01/2017 4:34:19 AM PST by rodguy911
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To: LucyT

Are we tired of winning yet:
HELL NO!!


76 posted on 02/01/2017 4:38:36 AM PST by rodguy911
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To: T Ruth
some text
77 posted on 02/01/2017 4:46:39 AM PST by yuleeyahoo (Those are my principles, and if you do not like them...well I have others. - Groucho Marx)
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To: T Ruth

Excellent.


78 posted on 02/01/2017 4:50:13 AM PST by Godebert (CRUZ: Born in a foreign land to a foreign father.)
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To: SoFloFreeper
I questioned that too. Here's some info (caution, it's from HuffPo) that seems to explain it.

Since candidates and super PACs are forbidden from coordinating a large amount of activity with each other, they deploy a number of strategies to get around this ban and share information with the other party. Many of these tactics have been developed over the past three election cycles, although some of the most aggressive ones are new to 2016.

The new rules of super PAC coordination went into effect soon after the 2014 midterm elections. In December 2014, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush announced that he would “actively explore the possibility of running for President of the United States." The hedged declaration stopped short of declaring that Bush was either an active candidate or was exploring a run, but rather suggested the possibility of one.

Some election lawyers say this allowed Bush to directly coordinate with a super PAC.

Bush used his get-out-jail-free statement to directly staff his Right to Rise super PAC and tour the country, raising over $100 million to spend on his presidential campaign. Nearly all the money Bush raised for the super PAC came in amounts above the legal $5,400-per-donor limit. Bush and Right to Rise coordinated strategy and materials for an extensive period before Bush declared his candidacy, which put up a firewall between the two parties.

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Presidential candidates who hold federal office, including Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.), can't take advantage of the gaping coordination loophole Bush and other candidates have used. The coordination laws apply to them at all times they occupy federal office. Still, they've found other techniques to get video and other information to their super PACs.

Two groups back Rubio's candidacy: Conservative Solutions PAC, a super PAC, and Conservative Solutions Project, a nonprofit group that does not disclose its donors. Conservative Solutions PAC advertisements contain footage of Rubio on the campaign trail shaking hands with workers and giving a stump speech that could only have been filmed by his campaign.

How does a super PAC get access to this footage? Candidates believe they can share information with super PACs or other outside groups if that information is relayed in a public setting.

How Super PACs And Campaigns Are Coordinating In 2016
79 posted on 02/01/2017 5:08:51 AM PST by T Ruth (Mohammedanism shall be defeated.)
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To: T Ruth

Bwah hah hah, he keeps running circles around the Nasty Rats!


80 posted on 02/01/2017 5:11:11 AM PST by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.")
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