This election gets weirder and weirder: Steven Wessel is a convicted con man with a Big Apple flair, feigning connections to Ronald Reagan and pretending to be an Oxford man while bilking rich Manhattanites of $750,000. But his last scam before heading to prison this spring targeted a very different kind of mark: Republican operatives …
Election 2016
Late Night Open Thread: Trump Campaign Still Courting Sanders Voters
This reads like a preemptive defense of Jeff Weaver that offers up Tad Devine as scapegoat. Hmmmmm.https://t.co/0vduiqADPv — Al Giordano (@AlGiordano) August 22, 2016 … Or so I assume, since the Observer is owned by Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law. … A percentage of every advertisement purchased was paid to Old Towne Media and Devine Mulvey …
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Open Thread: Wrong Kind of Retro
.@seanspicer points to Trump-owned Mar-a-Lago allowing in blacks as testament to Trump’s black outreach. — Mike Warren (@MichaelRWarren) August 22, 2016 @MichaelRWarren Similar to Trump claiming credit for putting wheelchair ramps in his businesses—a federal mandate. — SNL (@USMexSpain) August 22, 2016 Trump is running a campaign for 1972, plus Twitter. https://t.co/YBuAdK1rhr — Bob Schooley …
Open Thread: Meanwhile…
If you add up states HRC has led w/YouGov by 5+pts plus reliably D states, Clinton at 311EVs https://t.co/RJEnvKaguI pic.twitter.com/VOXl0EKw7x — Will Jordan (@williamjordann) August 21, 2016 So I was reading Josh Barro’s twitter feed, and he retweeted this exchange from “Kasich strategist” John Weaver: @PatrickRuffini "Normal person?" — John Weaver (@JWGOP) August 21, 2016 …
Open Thread: Trump Berates African-American Voters
Trump to blacks: "What do you have to lose? You're living in poverty. Your schools are no good. You have no jobs." pic.twitter.com/LCWDwIf5Ju — Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) August 19, 2016 This wasn't in the prepared remarks. So as for "who thought this was a good idea?" the answer is: Donald Trump. https://t.co/uH1nUqZ9Pa — Josh Barro …
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Saturday Afternoon Open Thread: ‘But Our Horse Race!…
Geuinely puzzled by the "it's over!" tone of coverage, with this much time left + HRC's unpopularity + (possibly) more disciplined Trump. — Jeff Greenfield (@greenfield64) August 19, 2016 ICYMI our new Electoral College map shows Clinton >270 Safe/Likely electoral votes https://t.co/HMmGKZCJaS pic.twitter.com/jaDBa9rCJR — Larry Sabato (@LarrySabato) August 19, 2016 We need to GOTV and …
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It’s All Over But the Lying
Hilarious: Paul Manafort on Friday resigned as Donald Trump’s campaign chairman, after the Republican nominee earlier this week announced a new leadership structure for his campaign. “This morning Paul Manafort offered, and I accepted, his resignation from the campaign. I am very appreciative for his great work in helping to get us where we are …