April 6, 2016 - Pensito

Trump, Clinton Lead in Pennsylvania

April 6, 2016April 6, 2016 Buck Banks

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Donald Trump’s lead in the GOP presidential race in Pennsylvania, followed by Ted Cruz at 30% and John Kasich at 24%, according to a new Quinnipiac poll. On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton leads Bernie Sanders 50% to 44%.

The Danger of Mixing Caffeine and Politics

April 6, 2016April 6, 2016 Buck Banks

Florida Gov. Rick Scott received a well-deserved tongue-lashing when he stopped in this Gainesville, Florida, Starbucks.

Clinton Upset About Sanders’ Misrepresentation of Her Record

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There is a persistent, organized effort to misrepresent my record, and I don’t appreciate that, and I feel sorry for a lot of the young people who are fed this list of misrepresentations.

— Hillary Clinton, in an interview with Politico, increasingly annoyed by Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Lawmaker Asserts Voter ID Law Will Help GOP in Prez Race

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Well I think Hillary Clinton is about the weakest candidate the Democrats have ever put up. And now we have photo ID, and I think photo ID is going to make a little bit of a difference as well.

— Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI), telling WTMJ that his state’s new voter ID laws were a key reason the Republican presidential candidate will be competitive there in the general election.

An Appropriate Honor for Antonin Scalia

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Gawker: “Last week, George Mason University announced that its law school would be renamed, at the request of an anonymous donor who gave $20 million to the program, after the late Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia: the Antonin Scalia School of Law at George Mason University—ASS Law. (Or ASSoL.)”

The New York Times says the school will now be renamed again to The Antonin Scalia Law School.

Trump Campaign Threatens Delegates Who Switch

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We’re going to have protests, demonstrations. We will disclose the hotels and the room numbers of those delegates who are directly involved in the steal … We urge you to visit their hotel and find them. You have a right to discuss this, if … your votes are being disallowed.

— Longtime Donald Trump ally Roger Stone, “threatening to make public the hotel room numbers of Republican National Convention delegates who switch from Trump to another candidate,” Politico reports.

Day: April 6, 2016

Trump, Clinton Lead in Pennsylvania

39%

Donald Trump’s lead in the GOP presidential race in Pennsylvania, followed by Ted Cruz at 30% and John Kasich at 24%, according to a new Quinnipiac poll. On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton leads Bernie Sanders 50% to 44%.

The Danger of Mixing Caffeine and Politics

Clinton Upset About Sanders’ Misrepresentation of Her Record

There is a persistent, organized effort to misrepresent my record, and I don’t appreciate that, and I feel sorry for a lot of the young people who are fed this list of misrepresentations.

— Hillary Clinton, in an interview with Politico, increasingly annoyed by Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Lawmaker Asserts Voter ID Law Will Help GOP in Prez Race

Well I think Hillary Clinton is about the weakest candidate the Democrats have ever put up. And now we have photo ID, and I think photo ID is going to make a little bit of a difference as well.

— Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI), telling WTMJ that his state’s new voter ID laws were a key reason the Republican presidential candidate will be competitive there in the general election.

An Appropriate Honor for Antonin Scalia

Trump Campaign Threatens Delegates Who Switch

We’re going to have protests, demonstrations. We will disclose the hotels and the room numbers of those delegates who are directly involved in the steal … We urge you to visit their hotel and find them. You have a right to discuss this, if … your votes are being disallowed.

— Longtime Donald Trump ally Roger Stone, “threatening to make public the hotel room numbers of Republican National Convention delegates who switch from Trump to another candidate,” Politico reports.

Poetic Justice

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“They’ve invested heavily in AI labs. They’ve invested heavily in data centers. So, the first family has a financial stake in this industry, and as a result, the president of the United States is compromised.”

— “Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) on Monday said President Trump will likely not heed calls from technology leaders to implement guardrails on the development of artificial intelligence because of his family’s investments in the industry,” NewsNation reports.

— Jane Haman

“We’re working through some political issues in Israel. I think we agree with them on the end state. They just have a crazy election, and that makes them a little irrational in certain regards.”

— Jared Kushner, quoted by CBS News, on the lack of progress in Gaza.

Numerati

470

Reuters has documented at least 470 targets of retribution under Trump’s leadership – from federal employees and prosecutors to universities and media outlets. The list illuminates the sweeping effort by the president and his administration to punish dissent and reshape the government.

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