Новости за 19.01.2016

Rick Tyler, the spokesperson for Ted Cruz's presidential campaign, warned Sarah Palin on Tuesday that she would be tarnishing her own reputation by endorsing Donald Trump.

Republican Governor Terry Branstad doesn't know who he wants as the Republican nominee, but he can tell Iowans who he doesn't want -- Ted Cruz.

Bernie Sanders is rising in the polls, and he had impressive moments in last night's debate -- and now, all of a sudden, a guy who's been flying under the media's radar is getting attention from pundits, and much of it isn't good.

Last year, in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, there was an unfortunate incident on Groundhog's Day when Jimmy the Groundhog took a chomp on the ear of Republican Mayor Jonathan Freund.

Gov. Chris Christie is trying to take Iowa by storm by doing his usual flip-flop on a position he once gave his support to - Michelle Obama's healthy school lunch programs. Originally he gave the first lady major props for trying to help kids eat better, but now?

Jeanine Pirro’s attack on Nikki Haley looked more like a threat than an editorial commentary: “Be very, very careful. Get in line behind our favorite [Donald Trump]. After all, in case you’ve forgotten you work for us and you too can be fired.”

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders laid out his plan to achieve universal health care in the United States telling viewers watching the Sunday night Democratic debate that he would propose a tax increase for many middle-class Americans and all of the countries top earners.

As Sanders continues to draw huge crowds and move up in the polls, expect the attacks like this one to steadily increase against him. Fox's Bill O'Reilly wants us to believe that King Bernie, the evil socialist is going to destroy the economy if he's elected president, and then admits he's not going to be able to get anything passed that our Congress isn't willing to go along with. So which is it Bill-O? I'm so confused.

Well, it looks like the Bundy Boys are trying to start up as much as they can and take their little "liberty movement" viral. According to Raw Story, they're stirring the pot in Utah.

One of the glorious things about the U.S. Constitution is its elasticity. It has survived well over two centuries with a mere 27 amendments, many of the most recent ones technical in nature (use AA batteries, not AAAs), but two of its core provisions are being tested in these fractious times: The clause about "a well-regulated militia" and another stating that the president must be "a natural born citizen."

Then you should cease asking scary questions.

The Democratic Debate was fine and worthy.

The Sunday Shows were horserace crap.

But on Friday, while the Village was laying on three shifts a day trying to manufacture a single, shapeless Both Siderist political garment ("People Are Angry!") that they can drape over Election 2016, down in the break room and unnoticed by everyone, Mr. David Brooks left the most important question of all hanging in the air.

From the PBS... Читать дальше...

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie joined those who are berating Senator Ted Cruz' inane attacks on the values of New Yorkers. It's sad for a politician to use a criticism from a leading candidate against a state that he wasn't born or never held office in, to chime in for his own advantage. He's unsuccessfully not been able to break through the upper echelon of GOP candidates running for the 2016 GOP nomination, so his trying to letch on to anything he can.

The Newark-based Star Ledger punches back on Chris Christie for bullying teachers in his State of the State address:

Donald Trump made an appearance on the Oprah Winfrey show during the 1988 election cycle to complain about our politics. As you'll see in the video, he's no fan of St. Ronnie.

For anyone who was not already aware of this story, apparently the KKK is making an attempt to improve their image: Ku Klux Klan Rebrand Opens Its Doors To Black People, Jews And Gays:

h/t Karoli. Open thread below...

The Grim Reaper seems to be working overtime lately when it comes to knocking on the doors of musicians.

Cenk Uygur went after Fox 'News' commentator Crystal Wright for bashing African-American support for Democrats over Republicans who despise them.

This ought to make its way into Bernie Sanders' stump speech!

Via The Guardian:

The vast and growing gap between rich and poor has been laid bare in a new Oxfam report showing that the 62 richest billionaires own as much wealth as the poorer half of the world’s population.

Timed to coincide with this week’s gathering of many of the super-rich at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, the report calls for urgent action to deal with a trend showing that 1% of people own more wealth than the other 99% combined. Читать дальше...

Donald Trump and the GOP 2016 field's little hissy fit paid some dividends for CNN, but in the long run, it's not going to do anything for the Republican Party.

Well, just when you thought that Ted Cruz’s family tree didn’t fork, you find out about branches growing which every way.

The Associated Press claims it's all over but the crying:

After months of predicting a comeback for their preferred candidates, Republican establishment leaders now concede the first two contests of the presidential race, in Iowa and New Hampshire early next month, are Donald Trump's and Ted Cruz's to lose.

That leaves many GOP traditionalists, who fear each candidate would be a disaster in the November general election, pinning their White House hopes on a feat no Republican has pulled off in modern political history... Читать дальше...

Senator Ted Cruz believes he's a conservative Rich Little of some kind when months ago he began spreading the idiotic notion that JFK would be a Republican today and then even did a horrible impression of him to back it up.

The hosts of Fox & Friends marked the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday on Monday by focusing on how the civil rights icon would feel about a so-called "war on police."