November Surprise

A Veteran Spy Has Given the FBI Information Alleging a Russian Operation to Cultivate Donald Trump
... "In my communications with you and other top officials in the national security community, it has become clear that you possess explosive information about close ties and coordination between Donald Trump, his top advisors, and the Russian government…The public has a right to know this information."


Congratulations to everyone who had "one" for how many black presidents it would take for conservatives to fall in love with Russia. - LOLGOP

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• Mosul: Iraqi forces on city's doorstep
• John Kerry Warns of Aleppo Being Bombed to 'Smithereens' as Russia Quashes Hope of Peace Talks
• Bashar al-Assad, Unrepentant, Says He Expects to Rule Syria Until 2021
• Netanyahu seeks to soothe settlers as storm clouds loom

Good thing we have Trump's tax returns so we can say with all certainty that Russians aren't funding Trump's campaign.- LOLGOP

FBI Investigating Trump's Campaign Manager? Sorta.
The FBI has been conducting a preliminary inquiry into Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort's foreign business connections, law enforcement and intelligence sources told NBC News Monday.
Word of the inquiry, which has not blossomed into a full-blown criminal investigation, comes just days after FBI Director James Comey's disclosure that his agency is examining a new batch of emails connected to an aide to Hillary Clinton.

Trump is authoritarian fraudster who has attacked women, African-Americans, Latinos, Muslims, disabled, and more. All that w/o help from Putin. - emptyheel tweet


Republican Shenanigans

• Trump’s Missing Emails
• Paul Ryan on voting for Trump: I already voted for 'for our nominee'
• Republican talk of holding a Supreme Court seat vacant for four years is without precedent
• ‘Stop right now!’ CNN fact check of Trump surrogate’s attack on Clinton devolves into a screamfest
• Joy Behar demands to know why we’re talking about Clinton emails and not Trump’s rape case
• Jury Begins 'Bridgegate' Deliberations

Republicans didn't discover they were against voting until it helped them win Florida in 2000.- LOLGOP

Republicans Warned By Judge
A federal judge has ordered the Republican National Committee to explain in detail whether it is running any poll watching or “ballot security” operations in conjunction with Donald Trump's presidential campaign.


Nation Plans to Take Week-long Shower After Election. - Andy Borowitz

When Bernie Tweets, It Berns
A tweet by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sent a pharmaceutical company’s stock reeling on Tuesday.
Eli Lilly's stock dropped nearly two percent after Sanders criticized the rising price of the company's Humalog brand insulin---

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Rock The Voter News

• Obama predicts Clinton will face criticism for being ambitious if elected
• The next president gets @POTUS's 11 million followers. But who gets Obama's tweets?
• Poll: Clinton Now Leading Trump By Double Digits In Pennsylvania
• WATCH: Clinton launches ad blasting Trump's treatment of women 

Trump is a poor person’s idea of a rich person. They see him. They think, ‘If I were rich, I’d have a fabulous tie like that.' - Annie Lebowitz

Saw This On Facebook

Clinton emails. Trump admitting sexual assault. Clinton emails. Trump charity fraud. Clinton emails. Trump calls for nuclear proliferation. Clinton emails. Trump calls for national stop and frisk. Clinton emails. Trump violates trade embargo with Cuba. Clinton emails. Trump sued over Trump U fraud. Clinton emails. Trump bribes DA. Clinton emails. Trump doesn't pay taxes for 20 years. Clinton emails. Trump employs campaign manager involved in illegal corruption with Russia. Clinton emails. Trump calls for ban of an entire religion from entering US. Clinton emails. Trump lied about support for Iraq War over and over in debate. Clinton emails. Trump in court for rape of a minor. Clinton emails. Trump unaware of Russia's Crimea occupation. Clinton emails. Trump unaware of situation in Syria. Clinton emails. Trump penalized for racist housing discrimination. Clinton emails. Trump files for bankruptcy 6 times. Clinton emails. Trump goes 0-3 in debates by showing scant knowledge of world politics. Clinton emails. Trump slams people for being POWs. Clinton emails. Trump calls mexicans rapists. Clinton emails. Trump questions judge's integrity because of parent's heritage. Clinton emails. Trump deletes emails involved in casino scandal. Clinton emails. Trump commits insurance fraud after florida hurricane. Clinton emails. Trump has dozens of assault victims and witnesses come forward with allegations of abuse. Clinton emails. Trump attacks former Ms America for being overweight. Clinton emails. Trump tweets about sex tapes at 3am. Clinton emails. Trump calls for US citizens to be sent to Gitmo. Clinton emails. Trump calls for more extreme forms of torture to be used. Clinton emails. Trump asks why can't we use our nukes if we have them. Clinton emails. Trump calls for offensive bombing attack on sovereign nations because someone gave the middle finger. Clinton emails. Trump calls to kill women and children of suspected terrorists. Clinton emails. Trump says women should be punished for having abortions. Clinton emails. Trump makes fun of disabled people. Clinton emails. Trump calls for end of freedom of the press. Clinton emails. Trump calls global warming a chinese hoax. Clinton emails. Trump praises Putin and Kim Jong Un's strong leadership. Clinton emails. Trump openly admits to not paying his employees during debate. Clinton emails. Trump calls Obama an illegitimate noncitizen hundreds of times over 7 years. Clinton emails. Trump uses campaign donations to enrich his own businesses. Clinton emails. Trump says Ted Cruz involved in JFK assassination unironically citing National Enquirer. Clinton emails. Trump says laziness is an inherent trait in black people. Clinton emails.

In case the insanity of this is unclear, I repeat: Trump Org had a server designed to secretly, exclusively communicate with a Russian bank. - Julia Ioffe

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Biz/Tech News

• Oil Prices Rise Following Pipeline Closure in Eastern US
• Colonial gasoline line may be shut at least a week after explosion
• Cuba falling short of foreign investment goals

I took a screenshot of this ad on Yahoo this morning. Is Trump having a going-out-of-business sale?

"If men got pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament." - Gloria Steinem

Well, I Guess Hillary Will Never Be The Pope
The Catholic Church's ban on women priests will stand forever, Pope Francis said Tuesday. The pontiff made the declaration in response to a female reporter asking if he thought women would one day serve as Catholic priests and bishops...

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It's the 1st of the month!

Thank you!

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Odd News

• Golfers swing at Clinton, Trump at Texas driving range
• Ancient Hebrew Papyrus Seized from Looters, But Is It Authentic?
• Dad stages trick-or-treat on plane so daughter won't miss Halloween
• Man pays $9 million for license plate
• No dropping: Law mandating horse poop bags rankles Amish

Time To Deflate Photo

Incredible artwork by Molly Gambardella.


Peace.

The Immigrants Are Coming!

Trump: Clinton will let 650M immigrants into U.S.
GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump raised eyebrows at a rally Sunday, when he claimed his rival would let 650 million immigrants into the county.


Trump said HRC would let 650 million immigrants into the US in 1 week.     But you've probably already assumed he lies about size.- John Fugelsang

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• Hackers reveal apparent targets of NSA cyber espionage
• Iraqi Forces Nudge Into Mosul as Sectarian, Ethnic Tensions Rise in Northern Iraq
• ISIS World Cup Soccer Plot: Saudi Arabia Game Target Of Thwarted Terrorist Attack
• Dutch Far-Right Politician Boycotts Opening Of His Hate-Speech Trial

This is not so much an election as it is an IQ test.- Andy Borowitz


Harry Reid Plays The Putin/Trump Card
Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is alleging that the FBI has “explosive information” about a connection between Donald Trump and the Russian government, suggesting that federal investigators have unveiled damning new information about the Republican presidential nominee.

This Sounds Like A Slow Motion Coup. FBI Protects Russia, Not Hillary. WTF?

FBI Director James Comey argued privately that it was too close to Election Day for the United States government to name Russia as meddling in the U.S. election and ultimately ensured that the FBI's name was not on the document that the U.S. government put out, a former FBI official tells CNBC.


Republican Shenanigans

• FBI to review 650,000 emails on Weiner's laptop: report
• Trump said in 2005 that he voted for George W. Bush. In 2009, he claimed he never did
• Deadbeat Donald strikes again — Trump campaign accused of stiffing pollster out of $760K 
• Police union boss sorry for ‘joke’ photo of himself arresting a Hillary Clinton impersonator
• Kellyanne Conway scoffs at Trump child rape case: ‘Next you’re going to ask about his taxes’
• Trump Has 75 Ongoing Legal Battles
• NEW POLL: Trump up 11 on Clinton in Indiana

James Comey: "FBI Investigations reveal that Hillary is a woman who sends email, which is suspicious since all other presidents were men."- Tea Party Cat

Don The Con
Over the course of decades, Donald Trump’s companies have systematically destroyed or hidden thousands of emails, digital records and paper documents demanded in official proceedings, often in defiance of court orders. These tactics—exposed by a Newsweek review of thousands of pages of court filings, judicial orders and affidavits from an array of court cases—have enraged judges, prosecutors, opposing lawyers and the many ordinary citizens entangled in litigation with Trump. 




Rush Limbaugh blamed feminists for street harassment of women. 
He also blames broccoli for what gravy's done to his arteries.- John Fugelsang

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It's 75 degrees in NYC on October 30th so I'm voting for the guy who says that all climate change science is a Chinese hoax.- John Fugelsang

Rock The Voter News

• White House says FBI director not trying to influence election
• Comey may be under investigation for Clinton letter
• Cummings’ shocker: Americans don’t ‘have a clue’ how hard the GOP pushed the FBI to attack Clinton

According to Wikileaks Hillary Clinton secretly supports a single payer health care system.  This is supposed to make us like her less.- John Fugelsang

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We must stand united with our Native American brothers and sisters and say: Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline. Respect Native American rights. - Bernie Sanders


Biz/Tech News

• Oil dips on OPEC output-cut concerns, stocks shaky
• OPEC Head Says Oil Producers On Course to Clinch Supply Deal
• Facebook Check-In at Standing Rock
• Planet at its hottest in 115,000 years thanks to climate change, experts say

I guess I understand wanting to give Russia the benefit of the doubt. Imagine feeling the same way about a former Secretary of State.- LOLGOP


Well, The FBI Affected The Stock Market
The dollar steadied but stock markets remained wobbly on Monday after news the FBI was investigating more emails linked to Hillary Clinton's use of a private server while she was secretary of state.

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Odd News

• Christ's Burial Place Exposed for First Time in Centuries
• Britain's new pound coin won't fit into vending machines
• This sports car enthusiast in Kosovo couldn't afford a Lamborghini. So he built one. 
• Massachusetts police say woman used a baby stroller to cart away stolen items
• Ohio man accused of dumping manure at county Democratic HQ

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AHNC viewer, Andie sent in this photo of her horse Scotty all dressed up for Halloween. Photo by Sue Sifton. :) Happy Halloween all, be safe!

Peace.

What, did George Zimmerman's jury make an appearance in Oregon?

Juror explains Bundy acquittals: Arrogant prosecutors failed to prove armed takeover was conspiracy
One of the jurors who acquitted seven armed militants who took over an Oregon nature preserve said they were aware their verdict might embolden other anti-government activists — but he said that didn’t matter.

See, kids, a peaceful black protester is called a thug and the collective noun for a group of violent armed white men is called a militia. - OhNoSheTwitnt Tweet

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• Military expert mocks Trump’s offer to "teach him a few things": I can't wait 
• Sanders Calls on President to Intervene in Dakota Access Pipeline Dispute
• Mass arrest as North Dakota police and pipeline protesters clash
• Two arrested after trying to bring loaded guns into Walt Disney World in Orlando 

"Cancel the election & give it to me."
"Throw my opponent in jail."
Trump isn't friends with Vladimir Putin, he IS Vladimir Putin. - Erik Bransteen


War On Transgender Bathrooms
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case challenging a Virginia school’s refusal to let a transgender student use the boys’ bathroom.

Trump calls a mic in the Access Hollywood bus "illegal" while he quotes emails stolen by the Russian government to influence our elections. - Tea Pain Tweet


Republican Shenanigans

• Professor who correctly predicted every election since 1984 says Trump will win
• GOP Rep. Chris Stewart says he'll vote for Trump despite comparing him to Mussolini
• CNN’s Chris Cuomo refuses to let Joe Walsh off the hook for ‘musket’ talk: ‘Words matter’
• The internet rejects Mark Kirk’s apology for racist remark about Tammy Duckworth
• Morning Joe downplays violent talk: ‘Stop insulting Trump supporters — there’s rage on both sides’
• "Shark Tank" star: Trump rated my breasts during a business meeting 
• Trump calls one of his own black supporters a ‘thug’ and tosses him out of rally
• The host of the NRA's new pro-Trump show says we should blame minorities for gun violence

Can you imagine what comments about Trump exist in his staffers' and surrogates' emails? - Josh Barro

Trump Won't Pour Money Into A Bad Investment
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Friday gave his campaign $10 million, according to reports, shortly after announcing he would do so but demurring on whether he would live up to his promise to spend $100 million of his own money on the election.



Trump supporters: Death penalty and war are great, and I believe everyone deserves easy access to assault weapons... But abortion is murder.- Tim Hess

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HILLARY EMAIL UPDATE: Ewww, Anthony Weiner's Emails?
Federal law enforcement officials said Friday that the new emails uncovered in the closed investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server were discovered after the F.B.I. seized electronic devices belonging to Huma Abedin, a top aide to Mrs. Clinton, and her husband, Anthony Weiner.

Friday Dump On Trump
Donald Trump just can’t help himself when it comes to publicly humiliating Miss Universe winners.
The Huffington Post has posted a new video showing Trump telling an audience of how he planned to humiliate former Miss Universe winner Jennifer Hawkins after he thought she had slighted him.









Rock The Voter News

• Obama more popular than Reagan was before he left office
• Hillary Clinton apparently wants Joe Biden to stick around as Secretary of State
• National poll: Clinton plummets 8 points in one week
• Conservative group sues FBI for records on Clinton email investigation
• FBI Director James Comey under fire from Democrats and Republicans after Clinton email announcement

So James Comey doesn’t know the timing or significance of his vague review? Bet he knows the significance of the timing of his vague letter!-Mrs. Betty Bowers

The Neverending Email Investigation That Will End In The Year 2255
The FBI is telling Congress it is investigating whether new emails that may contain classified information have emerged in its probe of Hillary Clinton’s private server. The FBI said in July its investigation was finished.




It's bad enough having the media do the "raises questions," substance-free innuendo thing. Worse when the FBI director does it. Disgraceful. - Paul Krugman

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This election! I mean...what the living f@&k!! Forget "West Wing". "House Of Cards" seems subtle and authentic compared to this sh@t show.- Rob Lowe


Biz/Tech News

• Oil Prices Sag on Concerns About OPEC Deal on Output Cut
• Stocks slide after FBI says it's probing new Clinton emails
• US Economy Roars Back, Grew 2.9% in Third Quarter

Is Trump Embracing Obama's Shovel Ready Jobs?
Donald Trump's economic advisers have embraced a modified version of a theory some liberal economists have been pushing for years: that at a time of very low interest rates, increased federal spending on roads and bridges would actually pay for itself.

It was announced that Shaquille O’Neal is now the owner of a Krispy Kreme Doughnuts franchise in downtown Atlanta. They serve all kinds of doughnuts, or as Shaq calls them, “frosted Cheerios.”- Jimmy Fallon

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Odd News

• Mysterious Star Pulses May Be Alien Signals, Study Claims
• Ukrainian man renames himself iPhone 7 to win the phone
• Police: Texas woman rams squad car while taking topless selfie
• Philippine leader Duterte says God told him to stop cursing
• Prof gives free pass to student who ditched class for Series

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Happy 130th birthday to Lady Liberty! On this day in 1886, the Statue of Liberty was officially dedicated, becoming a universal symbol of freedom and democracy. In 1924, it was designated as a Statue of Liberty National Monument. 305 feet above the ground, her torch has been a shining beacon on our greatest days and our darkest nights. Photo courtesy of Michael Bissel.

Peace.