Kellyanne Conway Continues Charade That Roger Ailes Has No Role In Trump’s Campaign

Why Trump's staff continues to pretend that Roger Ailes has no role in the Trump campaign border on the bizarre. Donald Trump's campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, deflected a question this morning on whether Roger Ailes' advising Trump on debate prep is inappropriate in light of the sexual harassment allegations made against the former Fox News chairman.

Trump Attacks GOP Senator for Not Supporting Him

With only 63 days until Election Day, Donald Trump is attacking a Republican senator in Arizona, a state he needs to win to have a chance to become president. Trump tweeted Sunday night, "The Republican Party needs strong and committed leaders, not weak people such as @JeffFlake, if it is going to stop illegal immigration."

What Are We Doing in Syria by Jeffrey Sachs

Since early 2011, hundreds of thousands have died; around ten million Syrians have been displaced; Europe has been convulsed with Islamic State terror and the political fallout of refugees; and the United States and its NATO allies have more than once come perilously close to direct confrontation with Russia. Unfortunately, President Barack Obama has greatly compounded the dangers by hiding the US role in Syria from the American people and from world opinion.

Joy Reid Slams Media For Obsessing On ‘Clinton Optics’

Joy-Ann Reid's wonderful panel discussion on the "optics" obsession media has with Hillary Clinton highlighted the way those "optics" obsessions have even steered media in the wrong direction. It's a long clip, but includes the excellent compilation created by Media Matters showing how across all cable networks, the obsession with the appearance of a thing matters more than a thing.

The Other Terrorism: White Nationalist Twitter Growing Faster Than ISIL

Twitter users who identify themselves as white nationalists and neo-nazis have been growing faster than supporters of ISIL group, rising more than 600 percent in four years, according to a university study. The study from The Program on Extremism at The George Washington University analyzed accounts from prominent white nationalist organizations such as the American Nazi Party and the Ku Klux Klan.

The Empire Wants Ms. Clinton, The Conqueror

What a fine race it has become! Both Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump are competing in it as a who is the 'tougher guy/gal' in what could be easily described as a 21st Century Tarantino-style political pulp fiction gore. What they both utter, may often sound like some staged bluff: "Are you talking to me? Hey, there's nobody else herea Are you talking to me ?" But just think for a moment what would really happen if one of them sticks to his or her 'promises' and 'principles', after getting elected ! .

CBS News Report: Hispanic Leaders Advising Trump “Disgusted” After His Immigration Speech

CBS News reported that several Hispanic advisers to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's campaign felt "disgusted" by Trump's hardline immigration speech in Arizona, noting that "some of these individuals resign[ed]" and that "they felt all of their work that they've done to this point was all for naught and that the campaign was sincerely not listening." Faced with dismal polling numbers among Latino voters, Trump and his campaign suggested that there could be a "softening" on Trump's immigration position.

Donald Trump’s Probable Immigration Plan Is Ripped Straight From Right-Wing Media

Donald Trump's speech on immigration is expected to outline the GOP presidential nominee's policy on immigration. But Trump has already tested out his anti-immigrant positions with favorable right-wing media outlets, which are based on false, xenophobic rhetoric pushed by many of the same conservative media outlets for years.

Flashback: In 2010 Larry King Live Interview, Donald Trump Advocated For Racial Profiling Of Latinos

During a 2010 interview on CNN's Larry King Live , Donald Trump advocated for Arizona's contentious SB 1070, also known as the "Papers Please" law, which compelled law enforcement officers to ask for proof of citizenship based on someone's "race, color or national origin" or "thick foreign accent." Trump justified his support for the law claiming "there's killings all over the place," "the drug dealers are coming in," and backed the racial profiling aspect of the law saying "Mexico doesn't have a lot of blondes."