USA Politics.

[Elizabeth]

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"The despicable act caught the ire of North Carolina’s governor Pat McRory who had harsh words for the domestic terrorists responsible for the incident in which a container of flammable liquid was ignited and then tossed into the republican HQ. Also, derogatory spray paint vandalism was discovered on an adjacent building.

“A swastika and ‘Nazi Republicans get out of town or else’ were spray painted on the side of an adjacent building. No damage estimates were available.
“’The firebombing of a local political headquarters in Orange County is clearly an attack on our democracy,’ McCrory said in a statement. ‘Violence has no place in our society – but especially in our elections. … I will use every resource as governor to assist local authorities in this investigation.’
“Hillsborough Mayor Tom Stevens said, ‘This highly disturbing act goes far beyond vandalizing property; it willfully threatens our community’s safety … and its hateful message undermines decency, respect and integrity in civic participation.’
“Hillsborough police and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were continuing to investigate. The incident took place in Orange County, home of the University of North Carolina in nearby Chapel Hill.”
This egregious act is just the latest in a series of escalating, violent encounters being perpetrated by leftist democrats across the country. Trump rallies and properties have been targeted multiple times over the course of the election."

[larsenb]

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"Independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin is in a statistical tie with Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton in Utah, according to a new poll from the state.

The state-wide poll, released by Mormon-owned Deseret News, found that Trump and Clinton are tied at 26 percent, and McMullin, who has been campaigning for only two months, garnered 22 percent. Libertarian Gary Johnson also received double-digit support with 14 percent.

The poll proves that McMullin, whose home state is Utah, is within striking distance of winning Utah. If that were to happen, he would be the first independent candidate to win electoral votes in almost a half century.

“What we kept hearing would be impossible, has now happened. Citizens from the Beehive State can turn this election around. I’m proud to stand with them and to be a part of this unbelievable momentum guiding the 21st century into a new generation of leadership,” McMullin said in a statement. “This is just the beginning and we will continue to grow our movement well beyond Utah.”

Utah, however, isn’t the only state that could potentially be won by a non-major-party candidate. Johnson has also been polling near or around 20 percent in New Mexico, where he served as governor for eight years.

The Utah poll suggests that McMullin and Johnson are taking votes from both Trump and Clinton, likely hurting Trump more given the deep-red roots of Utahans. Utah has voted Republican in every presidential election in the last 50 years. The last time it went to a Democrat was during Lyndon B. Johnson’s 1964 victory.

The Utah poll, which was conducted by Salt Lake City-based Y2 Analytics, was comprised of 500 likely Utah voters and had a margin of error of +/- 4.4 percentage points."

So sad that so many Utahns who would normally vote for the Republican nominee could be duped enough not to understand that their votes for McMullin are effectively going to Hillary.

[Elizabeth]

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"Alan Schulkin, the Commissioner of the Board of Elections for New York City (a Democrat) was recorded on video explaining how voters are bused around the city from polling station to polling station to vote multiple times for Democratic candidates or for a particular issue. Because New York has no anti-voter fraud measures in place, Schulkin even suggests that voters should be required to show their ID before voting.
He said:

“You know, I don’t think it’s too much to ask somebody to show some kind of an ID… Like I say, people don’t realize, certain neighborhoods, in particular, they bus people around to vote. … Yeah, they should ask for your ID. I think there is a lot of voter fraud.”
But, he points out, local precinct volunteers can’t actually ask voters to show their ID– and explains why. NYC Mayor Bill DiBlasio:

“He gave out ID cards. De Blasio. That’s in lieu of a driver’s license, but you can use it for anything. But, they didn’t vet people to see who they really are. Anybody can go in there and say I am Joe Smith, I want an ID card. It’s absurd. There’s a lot of fraud. Not just voter fraud, all kinds of fraud.”


These comments were recorded in 2015, but since then nothing has changed. It’s still incredibly easy to commit multiple counts of voter fraud in New York City– because fraud is systemic and judges have tried to keep it that way.

This past summer, despite legislative efforts to minimize fraud, North Carolina and Wisconsin judges struck down voter ID laws over concerns that they made it more difficult for minorities to vote. Lawsuits were filed in Arizona, Ohio, Texas, and Virginia in response to Democrat Party attempts to register illegal aliens and refugees."

[Elizabeth]

"On his Thursday show, conservative icon Rush Limbaugh lambasted first lady Michelle Obama for going after Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump for his “locker room talk” after having invited to the White House rappers and pop music stars whose lyrics contained far worse degradation than anything Trump said.
“It’s not locker room talk. I don’t know men who talk that way. Decent men do not talk that way. What Trump was talking about was sexual assault,” Michelle Obama said during a visit to New Hampshire.
Limbaugh immediately called out the double standard.
Look At The BIZARRE Guests Obama Invited To The White House
“Men brag, and she is telling people that she doesn’t know men who brag. You know the people that have been to the White House?” Rush said.
“How about some of the rappers that talk about their b****** and their hos have performed such lyrics in the White House? But she doesn’t know men who talk and sing about sexual assault. It’s all over hip-hop lyrics and has been for a while!
“So is assault on the police a feature of some hip-hop lyrics, and it’s been performed at the White House. But she doesn’t know men who talk that way. She doesn’t know decent guys who talk that way.”
Limbaugh also brought up a “sermon” by the Obamas’ former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
“Yeah, I guess Michelle Obama wasn’t there when the Rev. Wright was talking about Bill Clinton,” Rush said “You remember what Rev. Wright said about Bill Clinton, Monica Lewinsky? … ‘And Bill and Monica Lewinsky was riding dirty. Yeah, chickens have come home to roost, baby.’ ‘Bill was riding dirty,’ and the population, the congregation went nuts.”
And while Rush didn’t mention her, let’s not forget Michelle’s BFF, Beyoncé and her lyrical exploits
The first lady, meanwhile, calls her a role model.
Both of the Obamas are professed Christians, which means (I assume) they are familiar with the Bible. I seem to recall something in the book of Matthew involving specks and logs in eyes."
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[Elizabeth]

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BANGOR, Maine — Several attendees left Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s Saturday rally in Bangor to find their parked cars vandalized with white spray paint.A Bangor police spokesman said officers were “seeking witnesses and reviewing video” in the criminal mischief case at the New York City billionaire’s us-against-them speech blasting ” a rigged system” at the Cross Insurance Center. More than 20 cars parked between the Bangor Raceway and Buck Street were hit with lines of white paint."

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[Elizabeth]

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[Joel]

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[Joel]

Jerry Falwell Jr. Demanded Liberty University Student Paper Cut Anti-Trump Article

One of Donald Trump’s surrogates used his position at a university to force the student paper’s editors to cut an article that criticized Trump’s so-called “locker room talk” from the Access Hollywood tape.

The piece, written by Liberty University student and Liberty Champion sports editor Joel Schmieg, took the position that talk like Trump’s “grab ’em by the pussy” remarks are never heard in the locker rooms he’s been in.

According to the Daily Beast, president Jerry Falwell Jr., a passionate supporter of Trump’s, called on the editors of the paper to cut Schmieg’s column because he felt there was too much focus on Trump in that issue.

“[My editors] read the email to me. He said, basically, the gist was that there were two articles this week about Trump,” Schmieg told The Daily Beast on Tuesday. “One was a letter to the editor from a Liberty alum, and they didn’t want two things running about him.”

Fallwell Jr., whose father founded the Christian university, has faced some pushback from his student base over his continued support for the real estate mogul. Over a thousand students signed a letter excoriating the evangelical leader for sticking by Trump following the tape’s release.

The Beast ended up publishing Schmieg’s piece in full.

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[Elizabeth]

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"Coca-Cola's Intimate Ties to Hillary Clinton
DC Leaks recently disseminated a hoard of hacked correspondence, and in that midst is evidence showing just how intimate of a relationship Coca-Cola has with presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's camp. As reported by Politico,32 earlier this year Clinton endorsed Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney's proposal for a soda tax to help pay for universal preschool.
Her public endorsement sent Coca-Cola into damage control mode, and for that, they turned to two key Clinton representatives:
"Coca-Cola executive Clyde Tuggle emailed to two Clinton associates, Capricia Marshall and Sara Latham … writing: 'Really??? After all we have done. I hope this has been falsely reported' … The ensuing email correspondence between Coca-Cola officials and campaign insiders reveals the deep connections the soda giant enjoys in Hillary-land at multiple levels, which the company leaned on to urge Clinton to walk back her support for soda taxes last April."

As noted by The Russels: "If there is any doubt that Coca-Cola's generous donations come with strings attached, Tuggle's email should erase all doubt. When Coke opens its coffers, it expects reciprocity."At the end of the day, Coca-Cola's insiders staved off yet another threat, assuring the company that taxing soda was not actually part of Clinton's policy agenda, and that she would not pursue the matter any further. Indeed, ever since then, Clinton has stayed mum on the issue of soda taxes.
Coke and Clinton Are Longtime Bedfellows
I recently wrote about how first lady Michelle Obama's organic food campaign was undermined and turned into an anti-obesity campaign focused on exercise with little attention given to diet, and here we find evidence suggesting the junk food industry is directing Clinton in a very similar manner.
Granted, Clinton has a long history with Coca-Cola, with the Clinton Foundation having received upwards of $10 million from the company. Coca-Cola marketing executive Wendy Clark also took a four-month sabbatical from her corporate position to aid Mrs. Clinton's campaign.

What the leaked emails reveal, however, are the undisclosed ties and behind-the-scenes coordination occurring between the two parties. Correspondence leaked by Wikileaks also shows Coca-Cola chairman and CEO Muhtar Kent was even on her list as a potential running mate. Just imagine the influence the sugar and soda industries would have with a Coca-Cola CEO as Vice President of the U.S.! As reported by Newsweek
This round of leaked emails from campaign chairman Podesta contains a lengthy list of "first cut" picks compiled by Podesta and other top Clinton advisers … [A]mong the business leaders considered by the Clinton camp Gates's wife, Melinda Gates … Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors; Ursula Burns, CEO of Xerox; Muhtar Kent, CEO of Coca-Cola … Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks …"

The leaked emails show that Marshall, who holds a high level post in Clinton's presidential campaign, has also been simultaneously working for Coca-Cola's communications team, billing them $7,000 per month for "strategic consulting and marketing work."
Marshall's relationship with Mrs. Clinton and the White House goes back a long way. Between 1993 and 1997, she served as Mrs. Clinton's special assistant, after which she became White House Social Secretary, a post she held until 2001. Marshall has also served as Chief of Protocol at the State Department.
Chief of staff to the chairman of Hillary for America, Sara Latham, also has deep ties to Coke, having worked with the company through her Latham Group firm (which she founded in 2006), until August 2015.
She too has held a variety of high-level political positions through her career, including special assistant to White House chief of staff John Podesta, deputy assistant to the president and deputy director of presidential scheduling. Interestingly, Latham also worked on British Prime Minister Tony Blair's re-election campaign.

A third person of interest not mentioned by Politico is Robert C. Fisher. Emails from July 2015 were sent between a long list of Coca-Cola executives and employees — and two "outsiders": Latham and Fisher.
The emails in question were in reference to a citizen's petition created by the consumer group U.S. Right to Know (US RTK), asking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue warning letters to Coca-Cola and Pepsi, concluding that the beverages are misbranded because the use of the term "diet" is false and misleading. Latham's ties to Coke has already been explained, but who is Fisher and why does he matter?
Fisher is managing director of Hills & Company, an international consultant firm established by Carla A. Hills in 1993. Four years prior, in 1989, Hills was nominated to be the new U.S. trade representative.
Her nomination was initially criticized as creating a potential conflict of interest for the Bush administration, as her husband, Roderick Hills, was an international trade consultant. As noted by Bloomberg in a 1994 article on power couples and the conflicts of interest married couples can create in each other's careers
"Given the potential for conflicts, she promised at her Senate confirmation hearing that the USTR's general counsel would oversee her husband's business activities. Roderick also resigned from the bank and boards, and the couple took a big hit when forced to sell a large stock portfolio. 'The rules were too harsh,' says Carla Hills."
While working as a U.S. trade representative, Hills was a lead U.S. negotiator for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).41 At present, she serves on the international board of J.P. Morgan Chase. Mr. Hill is also a former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
This is the power couple Fisher represents as managing director of Hill & Company, and the fact that Fisher is included in these Coca-Cola emails hints at the level of political influence the company has at its disposal.

Emails Reveal Coke Is Fighting Variety of Health Protective Legislation

Emails leaked by Wikileaks also reveal the extent to which Coca-Cola is fighting, or preparing to fight, legislation that protects either human health or the environment. To call it dismaying would be an understatement. As reported by Medium.com
"A recent leak of Coca-Cola's executive emails uncovered the February and March 2016 lobbying priorities for Coca-Cola Europe.43 The soda company categorizes its priorities into three buckets: "Fight Back", "Prepare," or "Monitor" based on a policy's impact on their sales and its likelihood to pass …
Coke doesn't deserve public health's trust. They're fighting against protecting kids from soda advertising, nutrition labeling, labeling BPA, packaging regulation, restricting plastic usage, soda taxes, and paying for the environmental impact of its products. Sounds like an unhealthy agenda."

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[Elizabeth]

"Hillary Clinton says she is "confident" a new FBI probe linked to her emails will not change its original finding that she should not be prosecuted.
The Democratic presidential candidate called on the FBI director to explain the new inquiry to the American people.”

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[Elizabeth]

Julie Beck, the 15th General Relief Society President and a member of the Board of Trustees for the church’s universities, offered the opening prayer at a packed Trump/Pence rally in Utah.
Julie Beck was not the only prominent member at the rally. Former Presidency of the Seventy member and Four Star General Robert C. Oaks, who has endorsed Trump, talked about leadership, the cost of freedom and the need for a strong military.

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[Joel]

[rewcox]

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There's one terrifying issue on the ballot next week that should have your attention: the treatment of women in a world where Donald Trump is in charge.

Strong words, but it's time we stop pretending they're not true. Right now, our country is getting a world-class lesson in male entitlement and sexism from a candidate, his mostly male political operatives and a cadre of supporters apparently enraged over the ascendancy of a woman.

Whether it's the "hubris" of Megyn Kelly, of Fox, who dares challenge Trump on camera, or the fact of his opponent, Hillary Clinton, continuing to dominate him in the polls, Trump can't stand it.

Consider: By his own account, he always wins. Right now, he's at risk of losing, and losing to a woman. In Trump's world that doesn't happen.

Make no mistake: male entitlement, sexism, and most alarmingly, the rebirth of the double standard — they're all on the ballot next week. Voters should take a hard look at this and decide what kind of country — what kind of world — they want their daughters, wives, sisters and female friends to live in. Think policies that defend women's rights, that promote equality and advancement for women--that take women and girls forward, not backward --would be on a Trump agenda, should he win the presidency?

At least the conservative voters in Utah appear to have enough moral integrity to stop supporting him.

Like Kelly, I am "fascinated by the protection of women" and don't want to live in an era of Trumps, Giulianis, Gingriches, Aileses and Bannons.

You don't have to like Clinton. And you shouldn't vote for her just because she's a woman. You should vote for her because she's qualified, committed, rational and has the best experience for the job. She is the only grownup in this room. And right now, we need one if we hope to move forward.

You should vote for her because it's a vote for decency and respect. And you should vote for her because a vote against Hillary Clinton means we are back to Trump's world, a place where you don't want your wives, sisters and daughters to live.

[laaOregongrown]

He's part of a grand scam. May be a nice guy but is playing into the hands of those that are feeding him. He's not vetted and no one knows anything about him. Kind of a mystery except what his site posts about him. The liberal media love him and are promoting him like crazy so what does that tell you?

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