Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †
An Associated Press article notes advice to Hillary Clinton to drop the use of gender in her campaign:

Clinton has stopped explicitly mentioning her role in history and joking about being the “youngest woman president.” That’s by design: Those kinds of direct appeals weren’t working with voters.
“De-emphasize the ‘first’ talk,” advised a research report done by Emily’s List. “They already know she’d be the first woman president,” the report said of donors, “but we don’t get anything by reminding them.” (link)
Having noted a Politico article with Speaker Paul Ryan mentioned in a litany of media articles today, all spinning the same narrative, we decided to dig directly to the sourcing and find out what CBS (here), The Hill (here), and Politico (here), were actually selling.
“Ryan: Trump could win, but I’m not ‘betting’ on it” (politico)
“Paul Ryan on Donald Trump victory: “I’m not a betting man“” (CBS)

It took a little scouring, but the audio of a 30 minute interview between Glenn Thrush and Paul Ryan was located. (embedded below)
Having listened to the interview the articles outlined above are intensely dishonest about the construct of the interview and the subject of Ryan’s commentary surrounding candidate Donald Trump. The media is so dishonest – brutally so. (more…)
Candidate Donald Trump released a new social media video on Monday (via instagram) using audio of Kathleen Willey and Juanita Broaddrick who have accused President Clinton of sexual assault.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BFwTioiGhQj/
Candidate Hillary Clinton has been called an “enabler” by both Kathleen Willey and Juanita Broaddrick who have also asserted Hillary began a smear campaign against them to protect the political future of her husband.
Much is being made of this meeting today between Senator Bob Corker and Donald Trump. Some have speculated this is a potential meeting because Corker is a possible vice-presidential candidate…. Absolutely WRONG.
Corker is meeting with Donald Trump as an “ambassador from the Wall Street legislative architects”.

Refer to all of those prior discussion and research posts about Wall Street not understanding who Donald Trump is, and what his intentions are toward their legislative endeavors. They do not understand what he means by “America First”; they are actively trying to figure it out. Please also reference the prior discussions on economic shifts over the past three decades and the “hidden economy”. All these factors are converging.
Senator Bob Corker is one of the Corinthian Chair holders along with McConnell, Hatch, Cornyn, Cochran, et al. In this meeting Corker was acting as an ambassador of sorts, an intermediary, from the Wall Street legislation team. Corker is researching, probing, trying to determine “the play” and potential risk. (more…)
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich discusses the current state of the U.S. presidential race and the pending Hillary Clinton -vs- Donald Trump match up:
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President Obama is visiting Vietnam today and paused for a picture with communist party President Tran Dai Quang in front of a bust of Ho Chi Minh.
Perhaps it’s just me, but given the nature of the diplomatic relationship this specific optic seems rather inappropriate.

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In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “2016 Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Presidential Race and/or any of the candidates therein.

This thread will refresh daily and appear above the Open Discussion Thread.
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †
Senator Jeff Sessions appeared on Fox News Sunday to discuss the state of the GOP primary, republican party nominee Donald Trump, and the state of the race:
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