Looks like the fat lady sang

Think about it. Giving your hard earned money to the campaigns of Sanders, Cruz, and Kasich is like flushing it down the toilet. Clinton's a lock and the email scandal will disappear. Trump's destiny is not as clear but if he takes Indiana he should be on his way to 1237. If he's not the nominee the Cleveland Convention will be very entertaining... and that's putting it mildly! 

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Trump and Clinton to rivals: It's time to give up

After strong showings in Tuesday's primary contests, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton had a message for their rivals: It's time to give up. 

Real estate mogul Trump swept the GOP's five presidential primaries, extending his delegate lead over Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Ohio Gov. John Kasich. Former Secretary of State Clinton, meanwhile, won four of the five Democratic contests, adding to her advantage over Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont. 

Those results made a Clinton-Trump general election contest more likely than ever, and both candidates acknowledged that their opponents' chances were dwindling. Those declarations came 86 days after the tumultuous primary-caucus season began in Iowa on Feb. 1.

"As far as I'm concerned, it's over," Trump said after his Tuesday night victories.

Trump still needs strong showings in upcoming contests, like next week's Indiana primary, to secure a majority of delegates before the party convention in July. But in the wake of victories he called "conclusive," Trump questioned why his rivals remained in the race. 

Cruz and Kasich, who can no longer lock up the nomination through the primaries, are attempting to limit Trump's delegate gains and push an open convention in Cleveland. Trump, however, contended they have "no path to victory." 

The New York businessman asked on Tuesday why Kasich was still in the race, and contended Cruz was "wasting his time" by considering vice presidential picks. 

Cruz, for his part, called on supporters in the critical state of Indiana to unite around him as the primaries move away from the Northeast. "The media is going to say 'the race is over' ... But I've got good news for you. Tonight, this campaign moves back to favorable terrain," Cruz said.

On the Democratic side, Clinton sought to turn to the general election on Tuesday night. 

"With your help we're going to come back to Philadelphia for the Democratic National Convention with the most votes, and the most pledged delegates," Clinton said during her victory speech. 

"We will unify our party to win this election, and build an America where we can all rise together — an America where we lift each other up instead of tearing each other down," she said. 

Clinton characterized her campaign as the ideal vehicle for achieving Democratic aims. Sanders has regularly described his candidacy as part of a revolution, but Clinton said: "We have to be both dreamers and doers" to achieve political progress. 

"We're setting bold, progressive goals backed up by real plans," she said. 

Still, the Democratic front-runner extended conciliatory words to Sanders and his voters.

"I applaud Senator Sanders and his millions of supporters for challenging us to get unaccountable money out of our politics and giving greater emphasis to closing the gap of inequality," she said. "And I know together we will get that done." 

Trump on Tuesday urged Sanders to run as an independent should he lose the party's nomination. This would presumably sap votes from a Clinton ticket in the general election. 

Clinton emphasized that her party should stick together. 

"Because whether you support Senator Sanders or you support me, there's much more that unites us than divides us," Clinton said, pointing to Democrats' agreement that "wages are too low, and inequality is too high, that Wall Street can never again be allowed to threaten Main Street, and we should expand Social Security." 

During her speech, Clinton repeatedly spoke of "we Democrats." 

Although Sanders won Rhode Island on Tuesday, Clinton notched victories in Delaware and the comparatively delegate-heavy Maryland, Pennsylvania and Connecticut contests. Trump easily won all five of those states on the GOP side. 

Looks like the fat lady sang

Vote for me – get rid of them! Trump pledges to do 'a great service to our country'

The following promise to flee the U.S. for Canada if Trump is elected:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3559534/Trump-says-ll-doing-great-service-country-victory-makes-Rosie-O-Donnell-Whoopie-Goldberg-Lena-Dunham-flee-America.html

I'm not a huge fan of Trump. But I would contribute to his campaign just to get rid of this bastard. BTW...he may have to go to Canada since Barry won't be around to protect him from the IRS.

Of course, they're all talk and no action. They said the same thing about Bush's reelection and sadly they're still here.

 Perhaps Trump good issue an executive order and have them deported to Canada for pretending to be Americans!

Trump like's to use the word "rigged" quite a bit. You may or may not buy it. But one thing for sure if you or I owed the IRS $4.5 million we would be behind bars by now. Unless, of course, if your last name happens to be Sharpton.

Vote for me – get rid of them! Trump pledges to do 'a great service to our country'

107-year-old who danced with president can now fly

According to this article, it's simply imperative this poor old woman gets a photo ID.

Mayor Muriel E. Bowser had this to say:

“Our seniors deserve easy access to a government photo ID so they can take advantage of the many benefits, activities and services that other residents enjoy.” 

 Photo ID seems to be so crucial to this old woman's life... yet it still remains unthinkable for anyone to ask for one in order to vote. Anyone see a little inconsistency here?

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Virginia McLaurin, the 107-year-old dynamo who danced with President Obama but couldn’t obtain a District photo ID, can get one now, thanks to a new regulation announced Tuesday by Mayor Muriel E. Bowser. 

The regulation, effective immediately, is designed to help people 70 and older who lack necessary documentation for a District-issued ‘Real ID,’ which is required for air travel and other business requiring identification. 

The new rule, which complies with federal requirements, allows the District’s Department of Motor Vehicle director to expand the list of acceptable documents for residents 70 and older, whose birth certificates and other identifying information may be harder to dig up. 

McLaurin, a longtime District resident who was born to Southern sharecroppers in 1909, made headlines earlier this year when she was invited to the White House as part of a Black History Month celebration. 

A video of her dancing with the president went viral, and she was showered afterward with attention and financial help, including her first smartphone, a better apartment, an offer to meet the Harlem Globetrotters, and invitations to visit New York and Los Angeles. 

But she couldn’t fly. She had lost her government-issued ID several years ago in a purse-snatching. 

(No surprise here)

To obtain a new one, she was told she would need a birth certificate from South Carolina – but to get the birth certificate, she needed a photo ID. 

She despaired of ever getting a new one. 

“I was birthed by a midwife and the birthday put in a Bible somewhere,” she recently told the Post’s Courtland Milloy. “I don’t know if they even had birth certificates back then.”

But on Tuesday, Bowser, deputy mayor Kevin Donahue and DMV director Lucinda Babers met with McLaurin to complete her paperwork. McLaurin received a temporary ID, valid until she receives a permanent one in the mail. 

The District’s DMV had been working since last June on the exception process, in coordination with the United States Department of Homeland Security.

Bowser called the new regulation a “common-sense” fix for older people who are asked to provide documentation that might not have existed when they were born. 

“Our seniors deserve easy access to a government photo ID so they can take advantage of the many benefits, activities and services that other residents enjoy,” she said. 

McLaurin, who volunteers as a foster grandmother 40 hours a week at a local school, was jubilant. 

“I thank the Lord, Mayor Bowser, and everyone who helped me get my photo ID renewed,” she said. “I am especially happy to know that now all seniors in D.C. will be able to get an ID more easily.”

107-year-old who danced with president can now fly

Muslim Ingrates In London Shouting 'This Is Our Country Now, GET OUT!'

You'd have to be Helen Keller not to see this coming.

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Muslim Ingrates In London Shouting 'This Is Our Country Now, GET OUT!'

Republicans: Virginia Gov McAuliffe restored felon voting rights to help Clinton, ‘political opportunism’

WOW... what a coincidence! 

A law on the books prohibiting criminals from voting for over 150 years has been changed by Virginia Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a close Clinton confidant, just in time for Killary to pick up an additional 200,000 votes. Criminals always vote Democrat. Even if they're not a criminal they can still vote from the grave.

I'm sure McAuliffe, the philanthropist he is, was only concerned about the well-being of these rapists, thieves, and murders. The thought of accommodating Killary never crossed his mind. 


Via:
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Virginia Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe restoring voting rights for roughly 200,000 convicted felons is part of a lauded, national effort to reverse sentencing laws that most affect African Americans. But Republicans are suggesting McAuliffe, a long-time Clinton supporter, went too far by including violent criminals and that his move is a “transparent effort to win votes.”

The governor’s executive order allows Virginia felons, includes convicted murders and rapists, who by Friday had completed their sentence and finished supervised release, parole or probation requirements to vote in the swing state in the November presidential elections.

"Too often in both our distant and recent history, politicians have used their authority to restrict people's ability to participate in our democracy," said McAuliffe, whose move circumvented the GOP-led state legislature. "Today we are reversing that disturbing."

However, Virginia Republicans suggest the move was really timed to help elect Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential front-runner who has been friends with McAuliffe since her and President Bill Clinton’s two terms in the White House in the 1990s.

“The singular purpose of Terry McAuliffe’s governorship is to elect Hillary Clinton,” Speaker of the House William J. Howell told the Richmond Times-Dispatch on Friday.

Howell, a Stafford County Republican, also said McAuliffe’s job as governor “has always been a steppingstone to a job in Hillary Clinton’s Cabinet.”

The Virginia Republican Party on Friday acknowledged that such efforts are “long overdue” but said McAuliffe went too far by including violent offenders and that the move “speaks of political opportunism.”

“Few if any disagree that those who have paid their debts to society should be allowed full participation in that society. But there are limits.” party Chairman John Whitbeck said. “Gov. McAuliffe could easily have excluded those who have committed heinous acts of violence … . His decision doesn’t speak of mercy. Rather, it speaks of political opportunism.

“This blanket action, undertaken for such blatant political purposes, sullies the hard-won second chances of those who have worked so hard to overcome their mistakes. Restoration of rights should be a celebration of overcoming, not a transparent effort to win votes.”

On the campaign trail Friday, Clinton tweeted: “Proud of my friend @GovernorVA for continuing to break down barriers to voting”

(What does that tell you?)

Next step. Cuomo sets up New York State voter registration center inside Sing Sing.

The Washington based Sentencing Project estimates that nearly 6 million Americans are barred from voting because of laws disenfranchising former felons. Maine and Vermont are the only states that don't restrict the voting rights of convicted felons.

Such policies disproportionately prevent African Americans from voting, the group says. Virginia is among three states where more than one in five black adults have lost their voting rights, according to a recent Sentencing Project report.

Black voter in recent decades have been loyal voters for Democratic candidates. And they have turned out in large numbers for Clinton, particularly in the Deep South, which helped her build and early and big lead over rival Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who has made reforming the criminal justice system a big part of his campaign.

McAuliffe said he is certain he has the legal authority for this massive extension of voting rights after consulting with legal and constitutional experts, including Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring.

Republicans: Virginia Gov McAuliffe restored felon voting rights to help Clinton, ‘political opportunism’