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 †
“Seek first to understand, then to be understood”.
1.) First, please READ THIS ENTIRE THREAD – and the full context of any discussion thread you wish to participate in. Skipping to the comments to express an opinion without reading the content of the discussion is not helpful.
Often, unfortunately very often, we find many of the points injected into comments are already outlined in the construct of the thread itself. -or- Questions asked while the answers are in the primary post.
2.) STAY ON TOPIC – please do not post something unrelated to the specific matter and content of the thread subject. There is a ALWAYS a daily open thread available for any subject you feel should get attention. Never place unrelated, “O/T”, or “Off Topic” comments on a thread unrelated to the topic. It is not ok to say: “sorry, O/T but”… or any iteration therein. (more…)
In an internal memo obtained by Fox News, FBI director James Comey explains the reasoning why he sent the investigation notification to congress in advance of the 2016 Presidential election. “To all:
“This morning I sent a letter to congress in connection with the Secretary Clinton email investigation. Yesterday, the investigative team briefed me on their recommendation with respect to seeking access to emails that have recently been found in an unrelated case. Because those emails appear to be pertinent to our investigation, I agreed that we should take appropriate steps to obtain and review them”.
“Of course we don’t ordinarily tell Congress about ongoing investigations, but here I feel an obligation to do so given that I testified repeatedly in recent months that our investigation was completed. I also think it would be misleading to the American people were we not to supplement the record”. (more…)
An unknown homeless woman appeared to protect the Donald Trump star on the famous Hollywood walk of fame against various people and groups who were intent on defacing the symbol.
A series of video’s recorded the woman surrounded by protestors who took offense to her position(s). Video One, Video Two, Video Three. (more…)
We have been trying to warn everyone what will happen when a particular inflection point is reached. There are trillions of dollars at stake. Trillions.
Every internet platform will be utilized, manipulated, controlled by the oppositional forces -massive multi-billion corporate entities and financial conglomerates- who have a vested self-interest (financial and ideological) in the outcome of the U.S. election.
When the existential threat called Donald Trump says: “the system is rigged”, he, nor we, are simply talking about the political constructs – we’re describing every institution from Hollywood and Silicon Valley, to Madison Avenue and Park Row, to Wall Street and K-Street, to every single institutional construct inside and outside of DC that gains benefit from the cancerous lesion that infects politics.
The scope of the corruption is massive.
The scope of the “rigged system” is almost beyond definition. (more…)
We noted earlier that Broward and Dade County (FL) held a particular importance for Democrats around two issues: Electing Hillary Clinton and supporting John Morgan’s legalized marijuana initiative. Neither is possible without overwhelming support from Broward and Dade county. There has been some very sketchy activity. Today, news breaks of two women in Dade County who were arrested as part of an election fraud scheme: Miami – Dade – A 74-year-old woman tasked with opening envelopes sent by Miami-Dade County voters with their completed mail ballots was arrested Friday after co-workers caught her illegally marking ballots, resulting in an unknown — but small — number of fraudulent votes being cast for mayoral candidate Raquel Regalado.
Investigators linked Gladys Coego [above left], a temporary worker for the county elections department, to two fraudulent votes, but they suspect from witness testimony that she submitted several more. (more…)
Candidate Donald Trump is holding his third event of the day in Cedar Rapids, Iowa at the McGrath Amphitheatre. Live Stream begins at 7:00pm with some event coverage beginning earlier. RSBN is not covering the rally – Fox10 Probably Best Link: Live Stream Link – Alternate Live Stream #1 – Alternate Live Stream #2 – Alternate Live Stream #3 Trump Speech Begins at 40:50 of the video below:
Carl Bernstein has been at the forefront of advocating for Hillary Clinton. In an interview with CNN Bernstein admits the FBI would never “reopen” or announce a “renewed investigation” unless there was some very substantive information. Remember, the new information does not surround Anthony Weiner, it surrounds communication between Huma Abedin, Hillary Clinton, and their collective circle. Do not get distracted – stay focused:
CARL BERNSTEIN: “Well, there’s no question that the e-mails have always been the greatest threat to her candidacy for president, that her conduct in regard to the e-mails is really indefensible and if there was going to be more information that came out, it was the one thing, as I said on the air last night, actually that could really perhaps affect this election.
We don’t know what this means yet except that it’s a real bombshell”. (more…)
As part of the investigation into a possibly illegal sexting relationship with a 15-year-old minor by Anthony Weiner, all of the electronic devices belonging to Weiner and his wife Huma Abedin are under FBI review.
As a result of that FBI review – the electronic devices used by Huma Abedin, in her communications with Hillary Clinton, have prompted FBI director James Comey to announce to congress that issues pertaining to Abedin now conjoin with the previous FBI probe of the Hillary Clinton, her email and her private server set up. (more…)