Last evening Fox News host Bret Baier interviewed Congressman Trey Gowdy about the Friday document dump from the FBI investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email system.  The response from Chairman Gowdy is essentially the same reaction as everyone else who has a reasonable understanding of the events.
The most concerning aspect within all recent discussions is an acceptance we must all reach that the FBI Director James Comey specifically knew the DOJ (Loretta Lynch) was not going to prosecute anyone involved in the scandal from the outset.
With the knowledge in mind that his FBI investigation needed to structurally come to a conclusion, which would be conducive to dove-tailing the preconceived DOJ intent, the Comey investigation began handing out the DOJ’s mutually beneficial immunity agreements.  This FBI action essentially guaranteed Secretary Clinton would be immune from DOJ prosecution.

The conclusion reached by Representative Gowdy is almost identical to the conclusions drawn by our own research, and by the Observer yesterday, and by the Thompson Timeline report last week.  The FBI investigation was a sham.
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(Via Time) Donald Trump is looking to seize on the excitement surrounding Monday night’s first presidential debate with a pair of Snapchat filters that will be available nationwide.
The first ad [pictured left], which will go live at midnight Monday marks debate day with art of exploding fireworks and the marquee “Donald J. Trump vs Crooked Hillary.” According to a source familiar with the buy, it will be live for most of Monday before being replaced during the debate with a surprise filter without a Clinton attack.
The Republican nominee has invested aggressively in digital ads on Facebook, Snapchat, and other platforms—primarily as a fundraising tool. But Trump, who is looking to refocus his message around being a ‘change candidate’ in Monday’s debate, is also looking to capitalize on younger voters’ frustrations with Hillary Clinton’s candidacy. (more)

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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 †

There’s something quite telling about this video taken today in New York City.  This press video is prior to Secretary Clinton’s meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu.
It must also be very cold in New York City this afternoon:

According to press reports Mrs. Clinton went to see her daughter Chelsea, then to Appleseeds Kids Center, then to Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu.  The video below was taken when Secretary Clinton was leaving Appleseeds.
Two aspects to notice.  #1) How deliberate Clinton is about the steps; this indicates yet another example of how her lower visual acuity field is tenuous.  #2) How Hillary did not expect to see the reporter, Liz Kreutz, and how her entire demeanor morphs instantly.
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Really sad news: The great Arnold Palmer, the "King," has died. There was no-one like him – a true champion! He will be truly missed.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 26, 2016

On behalf of myself & @TrumpGolf our deepest sympathies go out to Arnold Palmer's family. He was a great ambassador for golf & charity. #RIP pic.twitter.com/rynZ5zhsCg

— Larry Glick (@LGlick1) September 26, 2016

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There was some discussion last week about how NBC would try to physically aid candidate Hillary Clinton’s optics with a custom designed debate platform intended to give the viewer the a false illusion of scale and scope.
Well, it appears that NBC has done exactly that.

A comparison of both debate podiums reflects that one is visibly larger, and taller, than the other; and a debate standing platform is evident as the stage is being set up.
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Just watch and stay with it:

You see, this is the mistake that ‘check box candidates‘ almost always make.  Senator Ted Cruz made this mistake when he snarkily opined about “New York Values“.
The binding material that makes us American is stronger than the national patchwork quilt referenced in the discussion therein.   The binding is stronger.  We either have a country, or we don’t.
Americans are more alike than we are non-alike.  Our brothers and sisters are in EVERY state, in EVERY city, in EVERY village….   That binding essence is why Donald Trump can draw a massive crowd in every state, region and town – from Florida to Washington State, and from Maine to Costa-Mesa California.  If you bind them, they will come vote… regardless of the media’s ideological definition of that state, region, town.
We are American-First !
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Governor Mike Pence appeared on the irredeemable Fox News Sunday show with Clinton’s Machiavellian Master-at-Arms, Chris Matthews Wallace, asking questions while attempting to impersonate a journalist:

Additionally, the adorable deplorable Senator Jeff Sessions appeared on Fox and Friends Weekend, and was interviewed by the perpetual bow tie:
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An interesting dynamic today as Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway appears on the same Sunday morning talk shows as Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook.
The unusual media scheduling alignment allows political followers a rare compare and contrast opportunity.  Not only to compare the campaigns and their respective messages, but additionally to contrast the approaches by same media personality toward the same campaign position….
…And boy was the bias brutally obvious. Watch:
CNN – Jake Tapper interviews Kellyanne Conway (confrontational):

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