Presidential race 2016

[Donovan]

You heard incorrectly I think. Most of the credible sources are saying no. Meanwhile, Trump seems to be in quite a bit of hot water over his scam university.

[Duchess]

I heard the FBI will be indicting Hillary.

For what exactly?

[Donovan]

Nothing, the right wingnuts are harping on whether or not HRC violated any laws of handling classified material, but the details are so cagey and broadly defined almost all of Washington could find themselves in trouble in similar circumstances.

http://news.wgcu.org/post/politico-repor...ver-emails

This is a pretty unbiased NPR account of the charges, the particulars, and why Hillary isn't likely to be indicted .

[Duchess]

Nothing, the right wingnuts are harping on whether or not HRC violated any laws of handling classified material, but the details are so cagey and broadly defined almost all of Washington could find themselves in trouble in similar circumstances.

http://news.wgcu.org/post/politico-repor...ver-emails

This is a pretty unbiased NPR account of the charges, the particulars, and why Hillary isn't likely to be indicted .

Thanks for the link.

Weren't the emails classified after the fact so that there would be no danger of them being released to the public?

[HairOfTheDog]

The 'Hillary for America' Communications Director sent the below email to Clinton's supporters following Trump's NC rally.

Dear Friend -

The descriptions of Trump's rally in Greensboro earlier this week are horrifying:

A crowd chanting, "Build that wall!" An audience refusing to clap for a call for unity with the LGBT community. A group of six men following a protester out of the venue to intimidate him. Confederate flags everywhere. A vendor selling t-shirts that say "Trump that Bitch."



This isn't just politics as usual. Donald Trump isn't just any Republican nominee — he's inciting violence, and his rallies are hotbeds of anger and resentment. And if this is how he runs his campaign — imagine how he'd run our country.

This is what we're dealing with. Trump is a toxic threat to the very values we stand for. Chip in, get a free sticker, and say you're ready to make sure he'll never, ever be our president.

[HairOfTheDog]

And, last night, Bernie Sanders streamed a video thanking his supporters profusely.

He declared that while he and Clinton have some major differences of opinion on the future of the party, they also agree on a lot of key points which they'll be working on together.

He did not endorse Hillary.

He made two requests of his supporters: (1) get involved and run for local, state, or national office if they're so inclined, (2) join him in his commitment to do everything possible to make sure that Donald Trump does not become the next POTUS.

[Duchess]

He's giving Paul Ryan & Mitch McConnell shit fits right now. Paul Ryan was asked if he is telling Republicans they have to vote for Trump and he straight up said no, he is telling them to vote their conscience. Richard Armitage has publicly stated he is voting for Hillary. Hell has surely frozen over.

[Duchess]

*sigh* Failure to quote. Again. That post was in response to the email sent out to supporters.

[HairOfTheDog]

*sigh* Failure to quote. Again. That post was in response to the email sent out to supporters.

I knew you weren't referring to Sanders.

Bernie's only giving Hillary and the DNC a major effin' headache right now.

I'd guess Ryan and McConnell would rather have a beer with Bernie than Trump these days.

[Duchess]

So weird the way Trump has abruptly stopped blowing his own horn in regards to his poll numbers the past couple weeks.

[Donovan]

http://gawker.com/everything-we-know-abo...1782365978

This is the sketchy--well, just ONE of the sketchy--things they've discovered with Trump's campaign finance report. Starting to look like one massive con job and I'm almost giddy watching this motherfucker crash and burn.

[Duchess]

I'm almost giddy watching this motherfucker crash and burn.

That's how I feel too!

[Duchess]

http://gawker.com/everything-we-know-abo...1782365978

I just followed your link. That is incredible! Donald is bringing himself down, he thinks he's smarter than everyone and he's not. I love that it will be his undoing.

[Donovan]

http://gawker.com/everything-we-know-abo...1782365978

I just followed your link. That is incredible! Donald is bringing himself down, he thinks he's smarter than everyone and he's not. I love that it will be his undoing.

And that's just the one fake company. Apparently Donald also paid his own companies' bills with presidential campaign funds to the tune of over a million bucks in the last month or so.

[HairOfTheDog]

In terms of the economy, I think the fact that Trump's on record saying he intentionally put some of his businesses in debt -- knowing in advance that he was never going to pay the small businesses and contractors for their work -- is going to hurt Trump the most.

Capitalism and savvy business management does not mean screwing over large groups of people (Americans and others) out of greed. And, bragging about it makes it even worse and more indicative of the kind of manager, leader, and person he is.

[Duchess]

In terms of the economy, I think the fact that Trump's on record saying he intentionally put some of his business in debt -- knowing in advance that he was never going to pay the small businesses and contractors for their work -- is going to hurt Trump the most.

In his own words, he shouted, I'M THE KING OF DEBT!

[Donovan]

I think the people he screwed over will have a huge effect, even more than the shady business practices. When you have hundreds of employees and contractors coming out and saying he screwed them over, and his response is "yep, sure did," that is a very bad look. And Pissing off the media was a Robb Stark level fuckup. This will be the summer of "Orange Wedding" lol. Nothing is more motivating to the press than piling on somebody for their arrogance, when that person comes off as anti-press or disdainful.

[Duchess]

The fact checkers are already all over the speech he made today. He's such a liar, he lies about stuff that is easily disproved. Who does this shit. Jesus. He's not even smart enough to know that when he gets on the debate stage he is going to look like a fool. I can hardly wait!

[Donovan]

The fact checkers are already all over the speech he made today. He's such a liar, he lies about stuff that is easily disproved. Who does this shit. Jesus. He's not even smart enough to know that when he gets on the debate stage he is going to look like a fool. I can hardly wait!

http://www.salon.com/2016/06/22/fact_che...socialflow

[Donovan]

Edit oops.