“Reverend, you’ve got balls as big as church bells“…

It looks like we might want to pay attention to provocateur Jake Tapper and State of the Union tomorrow as he interviews Bernie Sanders.
In a recently released snippet from the interview Bernie goes full wolverine on the DNC and specifically DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz. When Tapper thought he would corner Sanders about an openly pro-Sanders Schultz primary opponent, Senator Sanders didn’t flinch and said he fully supports her challenger.
However, Bernie didn’t stop there. He said if he wins the nomination Debbie Wasserman-Schultz will be removed from the DNC.  WATCH:

The entire U.S. corrupt political apparatus relies on an electorate with a short-term memory and unwillingness to research source material to discover their motives.
The Ted Cruz Super-PAC “Trusted Leadership” became the primary financial vehicle for contributions to Senator Ted Cruz.  The Cruz financial structure became somewhat controversial because Cruz campaign officials were caught on tape instructing high dollar donors to skip campaign finance limits by sending large dollar donations to Trusted Leadership.

Now Consider This:

• Saturday April 2nd 2016 – National Right To Life PAC Endorses candidate Senator Ted Cruz.
• Tuesday April 5th 2016 – Wisconsin Presidential Primary (Cruz Wins)
• Friday April 22nd 2016 – Ted Cruz Super PAC “Trusted Leadership” pays National Right To Life PAC $125,000

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Gabriel Sherman writes a column for the New York Magazine about the fallout to the terrible ratings from Megyn Kelly’s broadcast special premier, and how she has damaged her contract negotiating position with a poor result.
Sherman is a good read for some facts surrounding Fox News Insider stuff, but his analysis generally misses the mark because he’s inside the liberal NYC bubble; this article is no exception.  Example: Sherman asserts that Rupert Murdoch is now supportive of Donald Trump… um, NO – that’s laughable.

Rupert “Open Borders” Murdoch who has spent millions supporting immigration reform, who has used his network to sell Jeb Bush/Marco Rubio, who held meetings with executives, politicians and pundits to ensure pro-immigration reform content, is NOT a supporter of Donald Trump….
[*Hint* Read Sherman for facts and events, but disregard analysis].
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Candidate Donald Trump made call-ins to early morning talks shows with Fox and Friends and Morning Joe to discuss current events and the state of the race:
MSNBC

National Rifle Association leadership called for unity around Donald Trump today following a contentious primary race.
(Via ABC News) The National Rifle Association has endorsed Donald Trump for president at today’s convention. Chris Cox, the executive director of the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action, made the endorsement immediately before Trump walked on stage.
“Now is the time to unite. If your preferred candidate dropped out of the race, it’s time to get over it,” Cox said earlier in his remarks.
The news of the endorsement came shortly before Trump addressed the group at their convention in Kentucky. Trump talked about “crooked Hillary” and said that Clinton is “anti-gun,” claiming that she plans to take away guns if she is elected. He also spoke about how situations like the mass shooting in San Bernardino could be avoided if more people had guns. (more…)

This is a good poll to highlight sketchy poll outcomes, and teach yourself how to spot them.

A newly released NYT/CBS National Poll (full pdf below) shows Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump by 6 points.  However, the weighting is D+8  (Rep 26, Dem 34, Ind 34)

NOTE (between Q#62 and Q#63 you’ll find a “curiously unnumbered” question):

• 26% of those polled are Republican
• 34% of those polled are Democrat
• 34% of those polled are Independent
• Poll Sample D+8

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Well, it appears the reports from the Facebook PR control meeting with “conservative” punditry delivered the predictable outcomes.  The essential issue with the nonsensical meeting was abundantly evident before the thing even began.
Facebook called the meeting because they viewed the insider releases as a PR crisis, not as an opportunity to admit their deception and provide an explanation as to how they were going to improve.

Pictured above an earlier, less publicized, meeting in 2014

As a consequence the entire meeting premise was targeted to give the appearance of concern, while their internal goals were PR optics only.  Obviously, almost all the attendees did not, or could not, see their roles as useful tools. (more…)