Donald Trump, his kids, and Jared Kushner have meeting with Mike Pence at his home

Hope it's Newt or Pence.

If it's this guy I could hear the jokes already.

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Donald Trump met privately with Indiana governor Mike Pence inside the governor's mansion on Wednesday – and brought his influential children along – as speculation over Trump's final vice presidential pick reached fever pitch.

Trump was accompanied by daughter Ivanka Trump, her husband Jared Kushner, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric as he entered the governor's mansion.

The breakfast meeting was a sign that Pence, the former House Republican leader who is well regarded by conservatives and establishment Republicans, remains a leading contender to be Trump's running mate.

'It's a little bit like 'The Apprentice,'' former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, another VP finalist, told Fox News Channel Tuesday. 'You find out sooner or later who the last one standing is. 

Trump brought along his daughter Ivanka, sons Donald Trump Jr., Eric and son-in-law Jared Kushner to his meeting with Indiana governor Mike Pence

Ivanka is pictured above in a blue and white summer dress as she supported her father

Donald Trump Jr, Ivanka and Jared can all be seen above surrounded by security

There are strong indications that Trump's family members, who have become close advisors inside his campaign, are engaged in a final round of vetting of vice presidential finalists. 

NBC's Kelly O'Donnell reported Wednesday that New Jersey governor Chris Christie had already met with the other Trump family members, and that former House speaker Newt Gingrich was jetting to Indiana for a meeting of his own.

Gingrich and Fox News agreed to part ways this week on the former speaker's role as a paid Fox consultant. Gingrich appeared with Trump at a rally in Cincinnati, as Trump gave leading contenders public try-outs for the job. 

Each of the apparent finalists offers something different. Pence has support from D.C. power-brokers, and some of the professionals on his campaign team, and would be a potential way to unify the party, something Trump says he wants to do. 

Donald Trump appeared with Indiana governor Mike Pence at a rally in Indiana Tuesday night, in what is seen as a tryout for the possible running mate

Many top Republicans are skipping the GOP convention, although Speaker Paul Ryan, who knows Pence well, is speaking. His resume and conservative issue positions might assuage conservatives who worry about some of Trump's past positions and more recent statements on social issues.

Christie has become a close advisor to Trump ever since he dropped out of the presidential race and endorsed him. He also impressed Trump by destroying senator Marco Rubio in a New Hampshire debate – a move that played to Trump's benefit ultimately.

Gingrich is known for a sharp mind and slashing attacks on Hillary Clinton, and for his deep familiarity with the political levers in Washington.

Ivanka Trump has taken on an important advisory role inside the Trump campaign, as has Kushner. Both of them accompanied Trump when he traveled to D.C. last week to meet with GOP members near the Capitol. Donald Trump Jr. has taken on speaking roles at some Trump rallies.

New Jersey governor Chris Christie has become a close advisor to Trump. Make him AG.

Trump says he's looking for a 'fighter skilled in hand-to-hand combat, which would certainly apply to former Speaker Newt Gingrich, who helped seize the House from the grip of Democrats

Indiana governor says state will 'correct' religious freedom law

Trump said Tuesday he is looking for a 'fighter skilled in hand-to-hand combat' as his running mate, he told the Wall Street Journal.

At Tuesday night's rally with Pence, Trump said: 'I don't know whether he's going to be your governor or your vice president. Who the hell knows! Good man.'

Pence faces a tough reelection to the governorship, so would likely jump at the chance. He showed his own skill at going on the attack at the rally, going after Hillary Clinton for the attack in Benghazi.

'As the proud father of a United States Marine, let me say from my heart we don't need a president that took 13 hours to send help to Americans under fire,' said Pence. 'Anyone who did that should be disqualified from ever being commander in chief of the armed forces of the United States of America.'

Donald Trump, his kids, and Jared Kushner have meeting with Mike Pence at his home

Alton Sterling's son speaks out

Okay, this kid is trying to defend his father. I’ll give him credit for that.

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He said, “His father is a good man.” How many people watched this video and thought... my heart goes out to this kid? The fact is his father was not a good man judging by the laundry list of crimes he has committed over the years. His father was a registered sex offended who got his girlfriend’s 14 year old daughter pregnant. It just irks the hell out of me watching the the public buy this crap hook, line, and sinker every time!

 The Alton Sterling case... you be the judge 

Alton Sterling's son speaks out

If Hillary Had Been a Soldier in the Army, Here’s How She’d Be Treated

On a tip from Ed Kilbane

— David French is a staff writer at National Review, an attorney, and a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

The problem here is Killary supporters don't care that she's a lying crook. They're going to vote for her anyway. On the other hand self-righteous Republicans are holding the WH door wide open for Killary because their candidate is not the reincarnation of Ronald Reagan. Then, after she is elected POTUS, they'll piss and moan what a total disaster she is.

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The double standards are painful. I served ten years as an Army lawyer, and one of my responsibilities was advising the command on matters of military justice, including incidents where soldiers mishandled classified information. And if Hillary Clinton was a soldier, she would lose her security clearance, face administrative action, and face the specter of criminal prosecution. I’ve not only seen the pattern, I’ve also participated in the process. Here’s how it would work.

Imagine for a moment that an officer downrange in Afghanistan comes across timely drone footage of suspected insurgents — information that would be clearly Secret (if not Top Secret) at the moment of inception. Unfortunately, however, she doesn’t have immediate access to SIPRNet (for Secret) or JWICS (for Top Secret), so she grabs her iPhone — which is on the base’s civilian WiFi system — and bangs out a text message to a superior officer. She doesn’t describe exactly what she’s seeing, but from context, the message is plain. Shoot or don’t shoot? She needs a decision.

Honestly, it’s hard to imagine such a moment. It’s so counter to military training and the military ethos that actions like this are few and far between. But Hillary is nothing if not special, and it’s clear from FBI Director Comey’s press conference yesterday that she sent and received e-mails concerning “matters that were classified at the Top Secret/Special Access Program level” on her homebrew system, a system less secure than Gmail.

RELATED: Getting Elected President: The Only Way Hillary Could Now Get a Security Clearance

If Hillary were Captain Clinton instead of the presumptive Democratic nominee and wife of a disbarred former president, the following things would occur, more or less simultaneously.

First, the command would immediately suspend her security clearance. As a practical matter, this would mean that she would be unable to do her job. Absent extraordinary circumstances, she would become essentially useless to the command, a glorified manual laborer fit to fill sandbags or clean latrines but little else. Unless the officer is cleared, the loss of a security clearance means the loss of her career.

Next, her commander would probably draft an administrative reprimand. A general officer memorandum of reprimand (known as a GOMOR) is a career-killer if placed in an officer’s permanent file, and it can be drafted independently of parallel criminal proceedings. If a GOMOR goes in the permanent file, even if the officer somehow regains her security clearance, promotion is virtually impossible, and the officer would be wise to simply resign.

Her actions would have ended her military career, and she would have been fortunate to resign in lieu of enduring a court-martial.

Finally, the command would consider criminal charges. Under the facts above, the officer would in all likelihood not only violate the Espionage Act (the same statute at issue in Clinton’s case) but also the Uniform Code of Military Justice. What happened next — as a practical matter — would probably depend on the gravity of the harm. If there was any evidence that classified information had fallen into enemy hands, the soldier would probably face court-martial and imprisonment. If the damage was contained, then the officer might face non-judicial punishment or (also likely) be asked to resign her commission and leave the military.

The end result of the entire process is almost always a negotiated end to the officer’s military career as well as a permanent ban on her access to classified information. In exchange for forgoing criminal prosecution, the officer would leave the military, consent to the permanent loss of her security clearance, and consent to never again seek access to classified information. And that’s a good outcome for the officer — a merciful outcome considering the gravity of the offense.

In other words, her actions would have ended her military career, and she would have been fortunate to resign in lieu of enduring a court-martial. In her post-military civilian life, she would have been unemployable in any serious government position, and if any president made the mistake of appointing her to, say, undersecretary for food safety in the Department of Agriculture, the appointment would be immediately shot down in committee.

To say that Hillary Clinton is unfit to be commander-in-chief is to give her too much credit. It implies that she might be fit for other positions of responsibility. She’s not fit to be POTUS, and she’s not fit to be a private. It’s time for her to slink back to her foundation, make her speeches, and retire to private life.

Instead, she’s still the odds-on favorite to stride into the Oval Office. Our nation is in the very worst of hands.

If Hillary Had Been a Soldier in the Army, Here’s How She’d Be Treated

Good News for Golfers

There will no longer be a penalty stroke for hitting a ball into the water or out of bounds. 

The USGA, the R&A, the PGA, after a private meeting with Hillary Clinton and James Comey, have recommended that your opponent must prove that you intended to hit the ball into these hazards in order for there to be a penalty.

Carelessness or Ignorance is not Intent.

Therefore: No Intent - No Penalty Stroke!

Good News for Golfers

She's at it again

Justice Ginsburg on Trump: 'He is a faker'   

This bitch should be removed from the SC immediately. As a member of the highest court in the land she has no business making these types of statements.

She's supposed to be a judge right? Could her glaring lack of judgment be any more obvious? Don't vote for Trump because 'He is a faker'. Vote for Hillary instead because she is a liar.

There is only one way to explain it.

The onset of Alzheimers.

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Washington (CNN)Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's well-known candor was on display in her chambers late Monday, when she declined to retreat from her earlier criticism of Donald Trump and even elaborated on it.

"He is a faker," she said of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, going point by point, as if presenting a legal brief. "He has no consistency about him. He says whatever comes into his head at the moment. He really has an ego. ... How has he gotten away with not turning over his tax returns? The press seems to be very gentle with him on that."

Ginsburg's comments came in a previously scheduled interview related to my research for a book on Chief Justice John Roberts. I took a detour to raise the reverberations from her criticism of Trump to The Associated Press and New York Times in recent interviews. "I can't imagine what this place would be -- I can't imagine what the country would be -- with Donald Trump as our president," she had said in the Times interview published Monday.

Trump himself slammed Ginsburg's criticism of him, telling The New York Times, "I think it's highly inappropriate that a United States Supreme Court judge gets involved in a political campaign, frankly."

"I think it's a disgrace to the court and I think she should apologize to the court," Trump added. "I couldn't believe it when I saw it."

He later called on her to resign, tweeting early Wednesday morning: "Justice Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court has embarrassed all by making very dumb political statements about me. Her mind is shot - resign!"

Justice Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court has embarrassed all by making very dumb political statements about me. Her mind is shot - resign!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 12:54 AM - 13 Jul 2016

It is highly unusual for a justice to make such politically charged remarks, and some critics said she crossed the line. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday sharply criticized Ginsburg's criticism of Trump, calling her comments "totally inappropriate."

She's at it again