The 2016 US American Election Thread

[nik-]

lol, look at photon, posting facts like he thinks they matter.

[photon]

You mean Mosul isn't a disaster??

Milestone: Iraqi forces enter eastern neighborhoods of #Mosul this morning. New advances on all axes. Ways to go, but ahead of schedule.

https://twitter.com/brett_mcgurk/sta...52159549894656

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@PeteWilliamsNBC on Clinton Foundation “investigation" by FBI: "The idea that indictments are near...I'm told is just not true."

https://twitter.com/CorrectRecord/st...03409499291648

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The media have covered Clinton's emails more than all of her policy put together.



Another study found that Trump got 3x the policy coverage that Clinton got during the conventions. So the criticism by Conway that the media doesn't cover Trump's policy might be relatively true compared to other elections, but Clinton has it no different this year.

Please note that Colin Powell isn’t defined by the private emails he used as secretary of state. (And then deleted.) Jeb Bush isn’t defined by the private email he used as governor of Florida. President George W. Bush’s administration wasn’t defined by the fact that nearly two dozen White House aides used private email accounts controlled by the Republican National Committee. And Mitt Romney wasn’t defined by the fact that his staff wiped away all the emails from the Republican’s years as Massachusetts governor.

Obviously a bit partisan but interesting info:

http://www.salon.com/2016/11/03/the-...icy-proposals/

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/10...ampaign/214120

[photon]

Originally Posted by nik-

lol, look at photon, posting facts like he thinks they matter.

I think I have a news addiction problem, I need the election to happen just so I can go back to normal life lol.

[photon]

Maybe a little help in Nevada?

The National Labor Relations Board, the agency charged with enforcing federal labor law, ruled Thursday that the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas violated the National Labor Relations Act by refusing to bargain with a union that represents more than 500 housekeeping, food and beverage and guest services workers there.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/1...p-hotel-230720

[KootenayFlamesFan]

“This is the news of the millennium!” said the story on WorldPoliticus.com. Citing unnamed FBI sources, it claimed Hillary Clinton will be indicted in 2017 for crimes related to her email scandal.

“Your Prayers Have Been Answered,” declared the headline.

For Trump supporters, that certainly seemed to be the case. They helped the baseless story generate over 140,000 shares, reactions, and comments on Facebook.

Meanwhile, roughly 6,000 miles away in a small Macedonian town, a young man watched as money began trickling into his Google AdSense account.

Over the past year, the central Macedonian town of Veles (population 45,000) has experienced a digital gold rush as locals launched at least 140 US politics websites. These sites have American-sounding domain names such as WorldPoliticUS.com, TrumpVision365.com, USConservativeToday.com, DonaldTrumpNews.co, and USADailyPolitics.com. They almost all publish aggressively pro-Trump content aimed at conservatives and Trump supporters in the US.

The young Macedonians who run these sites don’t care about Donald Trump. They are responding to straightforward economic incentives: as Facebook regularly reveals in earnings reports, a US Facebook user is worth about four times a user outside the US. The fraction-of-a-penny-per-click of U.S. display advertising — a declining market for American publishers — goes a long way in Veles. Several teens and young men who run these sites told BuzzFeed News that they learned the best way to generate traffic is to get their politics stories to spread on Facebook — and the best way to generate shares on Facebook is to publish sensationalist and often false content that caters to Trump supporters.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilver...XD0#.gxAw8nAVm

[photon]

Yeah twitter bots and fake reddit accounts post this kind of spam constantly.

[getbak]

Did you see the segment on Full Frontal on Monday where she interviewed a couple of Russians who are paid by their government to troll online?

Very interesting, if true.

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

Dude you are taking this election waaay too seriously.

He is far from the only one in this thread.

The entertainment has been fantastic however.

[station]

Apologies if posted already.

https://www.thebeaverton.com/2016/11...oaning-softly/

[photon]

Her interview with Obama was cool. He's so cool.

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Hehe

Gideon Resnick ‏@GideonResnick
Trump talking about veterans on stage with him says that he is brave in other ways, "financially brave."

[KootenayFlamesFan]

nm

[photon]

There are no majestic marble columns leading to the United States immigration court here, no hint of the life-altering decisions taking place inside the nondescript building.

A young girl sits in the front row of the public seating area in Courtroom No. 4. She might be on a class trip. Her hair is neatly drawn back in two pigtails tied with purple bows that perfectly match her purple shirt. Her feet only reach three-quarters of the way to the floor. She swings her legs as the judge calls out a series of case numbers.

Suddenly, the girl is standing. Apparently she is not on a class trip. She tells the judge her name: Alejandra.

Immigration Judge David Ayala is gentle in his questioning. His tone and manner are intended to put Alejandra at ease. But there is nothing easy or comforting about this proceeding. The US government is seeking to send her back to El Salvador.

Although she was led into the courtroom with nine other juveniles, she is effectively standing before the judge alone – without the benefit of a lawyer, a parent, or even a friend.

Alejandra is seven years old.

Her plight isn’t unique. This is the reality for tens of thousands of unauthorized immigrant children who were smuggled into the US in recent years in the hope of reuniting with a parent or other family member.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politic...at-due-process

[wittynickname]

Originally Posted by Izzle

Goddamn... I have so much anxiety over this ####ing thing!!!

I want it to be Nov 9 already so that I can get back to feeling somewhat normal.

The suburb I work in is pretty pro-Trump, so work has been just a blast for the last few days, all the Trump supporters that had been quiet are now extremely arrogant about his chances to win. I've been biting my tongue a lot.

I'm curious to see what that place is like on Nov 9th. It could be a really, really awful work day.

Originally Posted by troutman

Video interview of Jane Doe in disguise, from February:

WARNING: Extremely graphic
http://www.justiceforkatie.com/

Literally all of this is horrifying, but the statement about him wanting her to wear a blonde wig because it looks like his daughter is beyond the pale.

[photon]

On Friday morning, a federal district court will hear arguments in a dispute between the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee over whether the RNC, the Trump campaign, and its allies are violating a long-standing consent decree barring the RNC from engaging in intimidation of minority voters at the polls. It’s not the only case being heard on an emergency basis this week: Democrats have filed suit against Donald Trump, Republican state parties, and Trump ally Roger Stone in the battleground states of Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. In the Nevada suit, Stone has been ordered to explain at a separate Friday hearing what his questionable “Stop the Steal” organization is planning for Election Day.

But regardless of how these hearings go Friday, the lawsuits have already borne fruit by getting the campaign on the record with its plans and promises not to intimidate voters. In an important development on Thursday afternoon, the Trump campaign in response to the lawsuits sent an email to Nevada campaign workers describing for them what constitutes illegal harassment and what constitutes good behavior. By getting Trump on the record promising not to harass voters with its “ballot security” activities, the Democrats have significantly lessened the chances of Trump-driven voter intimidation on Election Day.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_a...ay_that_s.html

[devo22]

https://youtu.be/9v97xH6Bof0?t=6m16s

tough choice.

[photon]

That's cool, Tim Kaine gave the first ever presidential campaign candidate in Spanish in AZ.

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Trump for the second time in as many nights holds up an LGBT flag during a speech. For the second night it's upside down! It's got words on it so that explains why he's holding it the way he is, did someone on his campaign just take a flag scribble words on it and give it to him??

Or if it's real LGBT ppl, do they think Trump's going to ignore Republican policy when he's President? Haven't the ever heard of Mike Pence before?

Spoiler!

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You've Been Trumped Too documentary was streamed for free on Facebook Live. About a family by Trump's golf course in Scotland that had their water supply cut off by Trump and went 5 years trying to get it restored. Finally the guy just went and dug up the pipe himself, saw they didn't fix it, and fixed it himself, which of course resulted in a hostile letter from Trump.

It's pretty slow and amateur and just confirms what many people already know about Trump, though in a couple of cases hearing him say some things still sounds a little jarring, and some scenes with Donald Jr. he's like a little clone.

https://www.facebook.com/youvebeentrumpedtoo/

[direwolf]

Originally Posted by photon

That's cool, Tim Kaine gave the first ever presidential campaign candidate in Spanish in AZ.

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Trump for the second time in as many nights holds up an LGBT flag during a speech. For the second night it's upside down! It's got words on it so that explains why he's holding it the way he is, did someone on his campaign just take a flag scribble words on it and give it to him??

Or if it's real LGBT ppl, do they think Trump's going to ignore Republican policy when he's President? Haven't the ever heard of Mike Pence before?

Spoiler!

Haha, there's no way in hell he has any LGBT supporters. Kellyanne probably did up the flag herself and gave it to him to hold up.

[Fozzie_DeBear]

Originally Posted by getbak

Did you see the segment on Full Frontal on Monday where she interviewed a couple of Russians who are paid by their government to troll online?

Very interesting, if true.

Oh its true...Russians likely swung the Brexit vote 1-2% as well (the Kremlin wants a weaker Europe)

http://blogs.reuters.com/features/20...n-you-realize/

[troutman]

Originally Posted by direwolf

Haha, there's no way in hell he has any LGBT supporters. Kellyanne probably did up the flag herself and gave it to him to hold up.

Pence supported electroshock gay conversion therapy. Deplorable.