WASHINGTON DC – […] But now we have learned that two technology companies are worried Clinton may have ensnared them in a cover-up, and the FBI has seized four more servers from the State Department in order to determine how top-secret information flowed from Clinton aides at the agency to her private server during her tenure as secretary there.

[…] a Senate investigation has now revealed a second company that backed up Clinton’s emails, and it has turned over its data to the FBI investigation into whether she mishandled classified information. Documents also show the first company is now concerned it may have deleted emails following the initial request the State Department made for her work records.

One employee of Platte River Networks, which turned the server over to the FBI in August, wrote to another of concern that “this whole thing is really covering up some shaddy [sic] shit,” according to documents.  (more…)

To fully understand the scope of the aligned forces against both Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders a person only needs to read the latest data release, and accompanying narrative, from Quinnipiac polling

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Donald Trump ~ Bernie Sanders

It is my hope that Democrats, Republicans and Independents can pause the “us -vs- them” activity for a moment, take a breath, look around and recognize we are all seemingly inside a manufactured political maze.  Then, perhaps contemplate just how controlled this entire fiasco is.

As we have previously stated there are trillions of dollars, and immense national and global power interests, at play within this election.  As each week passes, and absent of Wall Street gaining safety in their preferred outcome, the rabid control mechanisms are pushed into overdrive to tame the vulgarians on both sides of the political spectrum.

Exhibit A – The latest dose of reality comes in the form of the accompanying script within Quinnipiac polling as they release the data from “primary election” surveys conducted in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania – September 25th through October 5th. (more…)

Her campaign knew that not only was Bernie Sanders going to make this an issue, but that she would certainly never get union endorsements if she supported it.

Unfortunately, the Trans-Pacific Partnership was essentially one of her key economic strategies when Clinton was Secretary of State.  So it’s not going to be too easy to walk back support for something she helped create (video below fold).

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Anyone who follows DC politics can predict exactly what path the TPP deal is headed.  In order to avoid the uncomfortable votes and subsequent attachments therein, the GOPe via Mitch McConnell will avoid any vote on TPP until after the primary election; thereby saving the GOPe candidate, and Hillary Clinton, from being exposed as on the wrong side of the electorate.

However, in an effort to avoid this predictable outcome, why doesn’t someone file a repeal bill to the previously passed Fast Track Trade Authority and return the legislative approval process back to the customary 67 vote threshold?
Obviously any brave Republican Senator, looking at you Jeff Sessions, Mike Lee or even Ted Cruz, could easily form a group of supportive co-sponsors for such a bill, and  would be able to assemble easy passage of repeal with a large block of Democrats who also oppose the construct of TPP in current form. (more…)

Wall Street wants the TPP deal.  The Obama administration wants the TPP deal.  The U.S. Chamber of Commerce wants the TPP deal.  Rupert Murdoch wants the TPP deal.  Fox News wants the TPP deal.  Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Carly Fiorina, Mike Huckabee, Chris Christie, John Kasich, Bobby Jindal, Scott Walker, Rick Perry all approve the TPP deal.  Candidates Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio supported fast track trade authority for the TPP deal.
The TPP deal is exceptionally bad for U.S. manufacturing and jobs.

(Via Reuters)  The United States and 11 other Pacific Rim countries have reached a sweeping deal to set up a free-trade zone for 40 percent of the world’s economy, but the accord on Monday faced initial skepticism in the U.S. Congress.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership is the most ambitious trade pact in a generation and could reshape industries and influence the cost of products from cheese to cancer treatments, presenting key issues also for drug companies and automakers.
Tired negotiators worked round the clock over the weekend to settle tough issues such as monopoly rights for new biotech drugs. A demand by New Zealand for greater access for its dairy exports was only settled at 5 a.m. EDT (0900 GMT) on Monday. (more…)

The TPP Trade Deal is looming closer to becoming a finalized reality.  Current negotiations center around Auto Manufacturing, and Japanese negotiators have constructed an outline that would devastate what remains of the U.S. Auto industry.
Unfortunately the K-Street lobbyists, funded by Wall Street through the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, have already greased the legislative skids to all but guarantee the elimination of thousands of jobs. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue gave Senators $18 million in bribe money to insure passage.
The TPP deal encompasses approximately 40% of total global manufacturing.  Trillions of dollars are at stake.

TPP is fully supported by the Obama Administration and the legislative passage of a deal was essentially finalized, through manipulation, by changing the senatorial approvals to a mere 51 votes (Fast Track Trade Authority).
Backstabbing Senators Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and many others joined with Mitch McConnell and his merry band of usurpers to change the statutory approval threshold in this regard.  The bill passed 60-38
Current TPP negotiations underway in Atlanta, specifically around auto-manufacturing, showcase just how devastating this Trade deal is going to be: (more…)

Oregon Shooting at Umpqua Community College:

• #1  Original Event Thread – Including shooter history
• #2  Follow-up Information on shooter background, media and family
• #3  Father Interview, Mother hiding, Manifesto kept secret

Matthew Smith is the 18-year-old student who Umpqua Community College shooter, Christopher Mercer, selected to take possession of an envelope containing a manifesto and computer flash drive.
It is apparent from a CNN video interview with Matthew Smith’s mother, Summer Smith, that she (they) have been given instructions not to discuss what Matthew was given.  See Video:

WASHINGTON DC –  Vice President Joe Biden is expected to announce whether he will run for president in the next seven to 10 days, according to CBS News.
Two of the three sources CBS News cited said the vice president is leaning toward running.
Several Democratic donors who have met with Biden also told CBS News they came away with the impression that he would run.  The sources say Biden will sit out the first Democratic primary debate Oct. 13 even if he announces his candidacy before then.
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Many of you may remember the name “Umar Lee” aka “Bret Lee” from the Ferguson protests in 2014.   In the months of Ferguson Black Lives Matter protests, Umar Lee surfaced as a rather unstable fellow who called on his BLM cohorts to engage in violence.
Umar Lee is now running for Mayor within the City of Saint Louis. See Video:

When what you are is speaking so loudly, often no-one can hear a word you’re saying.
[…]  The reporter, Sam Dorman from CNS News, sat in the front row of her weekly press conference and asked: “Is an unborn baby with a human heart and a human liver a human being?”  As Pelosi began to dismiss the question as ideological, Dorman interrupted her and pressed her to answer.
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“Listen, I’m going to say something to you,” Pelosi replied sharply. “I don’t know who you are and you are welcome to be here in freedom of this press. I am a devout, practicing Catholic. I’m a mother of five children. When my baby was born, my fifth child, my oldest was six. I think I know more about this subject than you, with all due respect.” (link)