March 16, 2016

Hmmmm, interesting...(re: SCOTUS nominee)

2010 article from Reuters:


and:
Letter from Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad (R) telling Grassley how great his second cousin -- Garland -- is: :large
https://twitter.com/igorvolsky

March 16, 2016

Let the paranoid conspiracy theories begin! Nothing gets wingnuts paranoid like any mention of Soros

Soros, Alarmed by Trump, Pours Money into 2016 Race
The billionaire has already spent or pledged $13 million to help Hillary Clinton and other Democrats this year.


The liberal New York financier George Soros, whose effort to unseat President George W. Bush in 2004 shattered political spending records, is returning to big-ticket giving after an 11-year hiatus.

Soros has spent or committed more than $13 million to support Hillary Clinton and other Democrats this election cycle, already more than his total disclosed spending in the last two presidential elections combined.

Soros has expressed alarm over the past few months at the candidacies of Republicans Donald Trump and Ted Cruz. In a statement last week about a new group he's funding to increase voting by Latinos and immigrants in the election, he again mentioned the two candidates by name.

"The intense anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric that has been fueled by the Republican primary is deeply offensive," Soros said in the statement. "There should be consequences for the outrageous statements and proposals that we've regularly heard from candidates Trump and Cruz."

MORE:
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-03-15/soros-alarmed-by-trump-pours-money-into-2016-race

March 16, 2016

If it weren't for the cold and remote location, Antarctica would be a nice place to live...

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/03/the-final-stage-of-republican-grief/473970/?utm_source=SFTwitter
https://twitter.com/jonathanchait/status/710089099739316224

March 16, 2016

Marco Rubio’s Demise Tells the Full Story of the GOP’s Trump Denial

Until they accept that Trump is their problem,
Republicans will be unable to wean themselves from the politics that gave rise to him.
BY BRIAN BEUTLER
March 15, 2016





the rest HERE:
https://newrepublic.com/article/131652/marco-rubios-demise-tells-full-story-gops-trump-denial

March 16, 2016

The Trump administration would be something different - Let's call it a Thugocracy

March 16, 2016

Trump Threatens America: If I Lose At The Convention, 'I Think You'd Have Riots'

"I think we’ll win before getting to the convention," Trump said on CNN's "New Day." "But I can tell you, if we didn’t, and if we’re 20 votes short or if we’re 100 short, and we’re at 1100 and somebody else is at 500 or 400 — because we’re way ahead of everybody — I don't think you can say that we don't get it automatically. I think you'd have riots. I think you'd have riots. I'm representing a tremendous — many, many millions of people."

LISTEN:
https://twitter.com/NewDay/status/710065948657635328
MORE:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-riots-if-i-do-not-win?utm_content=buffer4e274&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/03/16/donald-trump-just-threatened-more-violence-only-this-time-its-directed-at-the-gop/

March 16, 2016

Florida poll workers find Democratic ballots in closet after telling voter primary for GOP only

Theresa Wibert said a poll worker at her Polk County precinct handed her and her husband Republican ballots and told them Democrats could not vote in Tuesday’s primary, reported WFLA-TV.


“The boss came over and said we could vote for Republicans only,” she said. “I couldn’t believe it. I told them I wasn’t leaving … It sure wasn’t politically correct.”

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Wibert said poll workers didn’t seem to question why there were no Democratic ballots at their table, so she and a couple other voters pressed them for more information.


“We pushed it a little further and the lady called a few people,” Wibert said. “Finally, she looked in the bottom of a closet and found a box with the Democratic ballots. Then they fixed it, so we were able to vote for our candidate.”


MORE:
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/03/florida-poll-workers-find-democratic-ballots-in-closet-after-telling-voter-primary-for-republicans-only/
http://wfla.com/2016/03/15/polk-poll-workers-mistakenly-tell-voters-election-not-for-democrats/

March 16, 2016

Hey come on. Just once. For old time's sake.

Let's dispel with the notion that Barack Obama doesn't know what he's doing...


peace,
kp

March 16, 2016

— Donald Trump, when asked on Morning Joe who he is consulting with on foreign policy:

“I’m speaking with myself. I have a very good brain.”

https://twitter.com/Morning_Joe/status/710072050296074241

March 16, 2016

Hey Look, Trump Tower.