From FiveThirtyEight, the polls aren’t skewed: Trump really is losing badly. Trump campaign has spent $0 on television advertising. Donors for Bush, Kasich and Christie are turning to Clinton more than to Trump. A poll finds Republicans want the “Trump Party”, not “Ryan Party”. Donald Trump gives the game away: GOP leaders will tolerate Trump so long as he promises huge tax cuts, and GOP voters will tolerate him so long as he's a bigot. Ezra Klein on Donald Trump’s worst-of-both-worlds campaign. Why Republicans endorse a president who threatens democracy. Will there be Trumpism after Trump? He has put his mark on buildings and businesses that might last a lifetime, but could he more effectively gain immortality by adding his name to the language? We are hearing the term “Trumpism”. Many people are saying Donald Trump gives money to pedophiles. NAMBLA becomes Donald Trump’s birther moment.
Todd Purdum on why the 2016 race isn’t about issues — it’s about character. Ed Kilgore on how Trump’s assassination “joke” was thinly veiled sedition. A Ku Klux Klansman will stop Trump from facing charges for inciting violence against Clinton. Joe Scarborough on why the GOP must dump Trump. From Trump’s controversial words, a pattern: Outrage, headlines and then denial.
Donald Trump ally and former campaign strategist Roger Stone claims he is in contact with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. With Roger Stone and Julian Assange in cahoots, Hillary Clinton should prepare for an October surprise. WikiLeaks is fanning a conspiracy theory that Hillary murdered a DNC staffer. Robert Mackey on what Julian Assange’s war on Hillary Clinton says about WikiLeaks.
