House Republican Backs Hillary Clinton, Calling Donald Trump ‘Unfit to Serve’

Representative Richard Hanna, Republican of New York, broke ranks with his party to endorse Hillary Clinton for president on Tuesday, denouncingDonald J. Trump’s attacks on the Muslim parents of a soldier killed in Iraq and calling Mr. Trump “unfit to serve.”

Mr. Hanna has long said he would not support Mr. Trump in the general election. By throwing his support to Mrs. Clinton, he becomes the first Republican member of Congress to go beyond disavowing Mr. Trump, and join forces with the Democrats against him.

Mr. Hanna announced his plans in an interview and opinion column onSyracuse.com. He cited Mr. Trump’s disrespectful comments about the soldier’s parents, Khizr and Ghazala Khan, among the reasons for his defection. For the full article click here 

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Hillary Clinton and Democratic Party raise nearly $90 million

Hillary Clinton campaigned in Ohio on Sunday with her vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine. They criticized Trump’s “dark” and “pessimistic” rhetoric, while praising the optimistic message from last week’s Democratic National Convention. (July 31) AP

WASHINGTON — Talk about a convention bounce.

Democrat Hillary Clinton soared to her best fundraising month of the election in July, raising nearly $90 million for her campaign and the Democratic Party as she formally accepted her party’s presidential nomination, her campaign announced Tuesday.

She started August with more than $58 million in cash reserves as she and RepublicanDonald Trump hurtle toward what will be an expensive and bitterly fought general election.

Clinton’s haul swamps the $35.8 million Trump has said he and the Republican Party raised last month. His campaign has not disclosed how much money he has remaining in the bank. For the full article click here 

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Memorable moments from the Democratic, Republican National Conventions

This year the whole country watched the Republican National Convention, or RNC, and the Democratic National Convention, or DNC, with a mixture of awe, confusion, sadness and anticipation. While our last shred of hope that the RNC would somehow be able to overstep the public and elect literally any nominee other than Donald Trump was shamelessly and hopelessly dashed, we were at least able to cheer ourselves up with endless videos and images of Bill Clinton frolicking among the beautiful balloons celebrating Hillary Clinton’s nomination.

If you didn’t get to watch, we at the Clog have conveniently rounded up our favorite, most memorable quotes from both conventions.

From the RNC:

“We cannot afford to be so politically correct anymore.” — Donald J. Trump

“Nobody knows the system better than me, which is why I alone can fix it.” — another doozy from our pal, Donald J. Trump

“In this race for the White House, I am the law and order candidate.” — Donald J. Trump (not so judging from your rallies)

“Who says nothing good comes out of reality TV?” Representative Sean Duffy asked us all as he stood next to his wife, whom he met on the “Real World.” For the full article click here 

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Democratic Senators Have BDS Reform Issues

That came in a letter to FCC chairman Tom Wheeler, according to the Invest in Broadband for America coalition, which was formed to urge the FCC to “get its facts right” before proceeding.

In their letter, the senators, from rural states, said: “As you work toward a final rule, it is especially important for the Commission to use all the available data, including the data submitted earlier this year by the major cable operators, to both measure competitive markets accurately and ensure that the regulations for noncompetitive markets are based on the real cost to provide service, especially in low-density, high cost rural markets.”

They are only the latest to suggest the FCC needs to incorporate that information into its proposed reforms of what used to be called special access but has been rebranded. For the full article click here 

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Hillary and Bill Clinton attend funeral today for Democratic activist Mark Weiner

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton, as well as the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. are among those attending the funeral today for Mark S. Weiner, a Democratic activist and fundraiser.

In a sign of how much Weiner meant to the Clintons, Hillary Clinton stepped off the campaign trail to attend today’s service.

The funeral was set to begin at noon at Temple Beth-El in Providence. Hillary and Bill Clinton walked down center aisle to take a seat in front, around 12:16 p.m. For the full article click here 

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US PRESIDENTIAL BETTING: The Democratic National Convention was great for Hillary Clinton

Political pundits often talk about the “convention bump” that Presidential hopefuls get when they officially accept their party’s nomination. Bookmakers think Hilary Clinton had a great one if her new odds are anything to go by.

Most bookies give her odds of 4/9to win the November Presidential election, shorter than the 1/2 odds she had last week before the Democratic National Convention (DNC) started.

Her Republican rival Donald Trump, meanwhile, saw the odds he had since his own convention bump lengthen slightly, from an average of 13/8 to 7/4.

A Morning Consult poll released on Sunday gave Clinton a 43% to 40% lead over Trump following the DNC , a 7-point flip from its last poll just after the Republican convention. Clinton made particular gains with independent voters and men, beating Trump by one point in the latter category. For the full article click here 

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Surveys: Clinton Regains Edge over Trump after Democratic Convention

U.S. political surveys are showing that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has regained her edge over Republican contender Donald Trump in the aftermath of last week’s Democratic convention where she and a raft of other speakers attacked his credentials to be the American leader.

Trump, a real estate tycoon seeking elected office for the first time, enjoyed a similar bump in polling against Clinton, a former U.S. secretary of state, after the Republican convention two weeks ago with its barrage of taunts against her.

Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton walk through the falling balloons during the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, July 28, 2016.

But now that both of the quadrennial conventions are over, CBS News said Clinton leads Trump 46 percent to 39, similar to her 43-37 lead in mid-June. The television network’s poll in the days after Trump claimed the Republican nomination more than a week ago showed the race tied at 42 apiece.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump takes the stage during the final day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, July 21, 2016.

CBS also said its latest survey shows that voters continue to hold unfavorable views of both Clinton and Trump, although both of their standings were somewhat improved after their respective conventions. Voters now hold a 36 percent to 50 percent favorable-unfavorable view of Clinton, while Trump is at 31-52. For the full article click here 

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The Top 100 Quotes From the Democratic Convention

Last week’s Democratic National Convention was, among other things, a battery of rejoinders prepackaged for Twitter from a lineup of the party’s most popular lawmakers and supporters. By analyzing the millions of tweets that included one of the common hashtags for the convention, TIME was able to identify the top 100 most popular lines, as measured by the number of times people tweeted them.

Since not everyone transcribed the same quote verbatim, we combined quotes that referred to the same line with small variations. By this method, Nominee Hillary Clinton led the pack with 27 of the top 100 quotes, followed by President Obama with 14.

1. “Don’t boo. Vote.”
President Obama, repeating a familiar refrain from his reelection campaign

2. “When they go low, we go high.”
First Lady Michelle Obama

3. “Malarkey.”
Vice President Joe Biden, referring to Donald Trump’s alleged concern for the middle class.

4. “I believe in science.”
Secretary Hillary Clinton

5. “When there are no ceilings, the sky’s the limit.”
Secretary Hillary Clinton

6. “The system is rigged”
Sen. Elizabeth Warren

7. “America, we will rise!”
Sen. Cory Booker

8. “He has no clue, period.”
Vice President Joe Biden, referring to Donald Trump.

9. “Deal me in!”
Secretary Hillary Clinton, co-opting accusations that she plays the “woman card.”

10. “I’m a New Yorker and I know a con when I see one.”
Mayor Michael Bloomberg

For the full article click here 

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Democratic Senate candidates draw a bright line against Trump’s attacks on the Khans

Donald Trump’s vicious, Islamophobic attacks on Khizr and Ghazala Khan were the story of the weekend, and, with Republican leaders refusing to repudiate Trump even as they claimed to oppose his comments, Democrats running for Senate seats across the country made clear that one party, at least, will not accept that kind of ugliness.

Some pointed out that their opponents’ words supposedly denouncing Trump are hollow as long as they keep endorsing him. “As long as Senator Portman is continuing to support Donald Trump for president his words are feeble, empty and meaningless.” Ohio’s Ted Strickland said. “Ohioans must be wondering which Portman to believe: the one who said just a week ago he was ‘all in’ for Trump, or the cowardly, calculated politician who—after 48 hours of silence—is trying to desperately distance himself from his own endorsement of the most toxic and divisive presidential nominee in modern history.”

New Hampshire Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte claimed to be “appalled” by Trump’s comments, but her Democratic opponent, Gov. Maggie Hassan, nailed it when she responded that “Moral indignation isn’t something one can have both ways. Donald Trump’s attacks on veterans, Gold Star families, Americans with disabilities, and the most vulnerable in our country aren’t just random incidents for Kelly Ayotte to selectively distance herself from—they are who Donald Trump actually is, and yet Kelly Ayotte continues to support putting him in the White House.” For the full article click here 

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Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, Democratic Party

The Democratic Party’s current dilemma is a bit like a challenge faced by U.S. diplomats back in 1929. That year, the new Secretary of State, Henry L. Stimpson, cut State Department funding for military intelligence. His reasoning has since become famous: “Gentlemen do not read each other’s mail.”

But civility quickly surrendered to necessity, and the gentlemanly conduct of foreign affairs didn’t last. Global spying on one’s allies is routine these days; Stimpson seems foolishly naïve.

Democrats find themselves at a Stimpson-like crossroad: They want to take the high road, and they also want to win. At last week’s Democratic convention Michelle Obama urged her party to win without sacrificing its dignity. “When they go low, we go high,” she said. Those are words to live by. We encourage self-restraint in our children when they face provocation by assuring them that “We’re better than that.” We teach them a math of justice, “Two wrongs don’t make a right.” These are unquestionably good values, but can they work in politics? For the full article click here 

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