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…)

Candidate Donald Trump and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie are holding a joint campaign and fundraising event in Lawrenceville New Jersey today. The event is being held at the Lawrenceville National Guard Armory and begins at 5:00pm.
Candidate Trump is expected to give a campaign speech at approximately 7:00pm. Three LiveStream Links:
Live Stream Link – Alternate Live Stream #1 – Alternate Live Stream #2

Corey Lewandowski built the platform, refined the vehicle, entered the race, and led the successful insurgent campaign for every single lap…. Now Manafort plays the role of a nitrous tank to blast through to the general election finish line.
(Via ABC News) Donald Trump will change the role for one of his campaign’s top advisors, ABC News has learned.
Sources within the campaign said that Trump will name Paul Manafort to the new role of Campaign Chairman and Chief Strategist.
Manafort, who was brought on board early last month as a convention manager, was originally tasked with trying to secure Trump the necessary delegates to avoid a fight at the Republican convention.
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Candidate Donald Trump met with Fox News Sean Hannity for a full hour interview on Wednesday May 18th.   The discussions included the current state of the race:

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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 †

BREAKING – Egypt Air is reporting Flight MS804 (56 passengers, 10 crew) was traveling from Paris to Cairo when it vanished from radar screens.
♦ The Airbus model A320 last reported its location (2:45am Local Time) over the waters of the eastern Mediterranean.  Additional information was not immediately available.
♦ Flight 804 departed Paris at 11:00pm (local) and had just entered Egyptian air control space when communication was lost at 2:45am (local).
♦ Flight Lost at 37,000 ft altitude, approximately 250 miles from Egyptian coast. (Approximately mid-way between Greece and Egypt)

An informed source at EGYPTAIR stated that Flight no MS804,which departed Paris at 23:09 (CEST),heading to Cairo has disappeared from radar.

— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 2016

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Perhaps trying to give a historical context for the current conflict between Bernie Sanders and Secretary Clinton, today Hillary Clinton actually sent out this official tweet:

Maybe someone in her campaign is intentionally trying to sabotage her effort. Because a simple retort might look something like this: (more…)

Apparently the broadcast premier of Megyn Kelly, containing the interview with Donald Trump, was a major flop gathering only 4.7 Million viewers and coming in last place amid 8:00pm broadcast TV watchers.  –Article Here–
This is probably no surprise to those who have followed the slow downward spiral of Fox News, and specifically Megyn Kelly, since the news executives made the business decision to oppose candidate Donald Trump.
It was not an altruistic endeavor when Megyn Kelly walked into Trump Tower last month and requested the interview.
Kelly and Trump had been locked in a battle since August of 2015, a full eight months (<—remember that number).  Her visit was only two days after the public information came out of Fox News poor financial results, and Rupert Murdoch’s severe loss in capital amid all his various enterprises.
One of the Murdoch holdings to take a hit was Harper Collins Books.  Harper Collins is the entity who gave Kelly a massive advance of $10 million for her exclusive book (pictured above left).  Yeah, the virus of failure was headed toward the executives of Harper Collins and they needed something to calm their nerves, toot sweet.
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An article today in the Washington Post outlines meetings with anxiety-riddled Pennsylvania Democrat party leaders who are increasingly apoplectic as they see a state-wide electorate supporting Donald Trump, specifically in areas where Republicans should not be winning support.

The Pennsylvania outline shows a broad-based appeal for common sense conservative approach of Donald Trump among regions of the Philadelphia suburbs which previously supported Barack Obama.
Post author David Weigel walks through the towns where Donald Trump has garnered unexpected support.  What he writes about, is what we have all discussed, the emergence of the Monster Voters – although neither Weigel, nor the Democrat leaders he interviews, are aware of who these Monster Voters are, the silent common sense conservatives.
There is much hand-wringing and angst amid the leadership who are holding meetings trying to figure out why their neighbors are supporting Trump.
And there, right in the center of the WaPo article you find this quote from former Philadelphia Mayor, and Pennsylvania Governor, Ed Rendell: (more…)