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Political Glance
Associations of antisemitism returned to shadow Donald Trump’s presidential campaign on Sunday, after the Republican and his allies, including a three-star general who was a vice-presidential hopeful, were forced again to answer questions about supporters with explicitly bigoted views.
The retired army lieutenant general Michael Flynn retweeted an explicitly antisemitic message regarding the leak of thousands of emails from the Democratic National Committee.
“I didn’t have to get a translator for anything that was going on at the [Republican National Convention] this week,” she continued.
“I’m hoping I’m not going to have to start brushing up on my ‘Dora the Explorer’ to understand some of the speeches given this week,” she added, referencing the children’s cartoon that stars a child who can speak English and Spanish.
Hughes’ comments were not only ignorant but also wrong, on several levels.
TVNL Comment: How much dumber can CNN hires be? Just asking...
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said on Sunday that he would consider pulling the United States out of the World Trade Organization should he end up winning the election.
The comments, made to NBC’s “Meet the Press,” are the latest in a series of Trump threats to pull the U.S. away from international institutions and compacts. Trump’s disgust for trade deals is well-known. And in the midst of his convention in Cleveland, he reiterated to The New York Times that he would not come to the aid of NATO allies if they hadn’t fully paid their dues to the organization.
The Democratic Rules Committee voted to limit the role of superdelegates, binding two-thirds of them to state primary and caucus results. It also wants to establish a "unity commission" to make recommendations on the reforms.
The remainder of superdelegates will be unpledged and can support their candidate of choice, the Washington Post reported.
The changes won't affect the 2016 presidential election.
Tim Kaine took the stage alongside Hillary Clinton in Miami Saturday and offered his first greeting to voters as a vice presidential nominee -- in Spanish.
"Bienvenidos a todos," the Virginia senator said, a phrase that translates to "welcome to everyone."
Clinton and Kaine's first joint appearance as running mates at a campaign rally here marked the official unveiling of the Democratic ticket. The duo will face off against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence.
A U.S. judge on Friday tentatively rejected Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit by Trump University students who said they were defrauded through its real-estate seminars.
U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel in San Diego told a hearing he would take under consideration arguments on both sides in the case and issue a written ruling in the coming weeks.
Hillary Clinton formally locked up the Democratic presidential ticket late Friday -- announcing her pick of Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine as the party's vice presidential candidate this fall.
Clinton had been expected to name her V.P. candidate all day Friday. The news finally arrived online Friday night. "I'm thrilled to announce my running mate, Tim Kaine, a man who's devoted his life to fighting for others," Clinton stated on Twitter.
The former secretary of state elaborated on her selection on her Facebook page.
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