Those who do not accurately present historical context are doomed to misinterpret political shifts. With the recent enhancements to Donald Trump’s campaign team there’s a great deal of erroneous reporting and various opinion articles that are disconnected from historical accuracy.

The addition of Kellyanne Conway (campaign manager) and Steve Bannon (campaign CEO) to the Trump campaign caught many people off guard, CTH included.  The connective tissue between Bannon and Conway is billionaire Robert Mercer, and to a slightly lesser extent his daughter Rebekah.

Mercer purchased an $11 million stake in Breitbart Media, essentially becoming the financial backbone for the enterprise.  Mr. Mercer also took out a large stake in Cambridge Analytica, a data firm.  Cambridge Analytica set up a Presidential Preference poll on the Breitbart website to gather the information of visitors and political followers.

Steve Bannon is Chairman of the Breitbart Media group, and as such he was responsible for managing the intent of Mercer’s investment.  To facilitate this objective Breitbart Media took on the role of promoting Pro-Cruz media almost exclusively. (more…)

Iowa State Fair presidential poll results as of Friday 8/19 at 5:00pm:

53,660 votes so far and Donald Trump is leading Hillary Clinton:

♦ Trump 29,997 (56%)

♦ Clinton 23,663 (44%)

Worth noting: the percentages have not changed in three days.

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The controversy surrounding Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s health continues to swirl. KABC’s Dr. Drew Pinsky says the former Secretary of State may be receiving inadequate health care that is not optimal for her condition.

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The ‘America-First’ Compassion Ticket Heads To Louisiana

Campaigning in North Carolina today, candidate Donald Trump began his campaign remarks by speaking about the horrific devastation in Louisiana:

[…] We are one nation. When one state hurts, we all hurt – and we must all work together to lift each other up. Working, building, restoring together.

Our prayers are with the families who have lost loved ones, and we send them our deepest condolences. Though words cannot express the sadness one feels at times like this, I hope everyone in Louisiana knows that our country is praying for them and standing with them to help them in these difficult hours. (link)

Candidate Trump’s comments followed a campaign announcement that Donald Trump and Governor Mike Pence will travel to Baton Rouge Louisiana tomorrow morning to see first-hand the worst national disaster since Hurricane Sandy in 2012. (more…)

The Iranian government specifically said –and broadcast on their television network (Feb)– a $400 million cash payment to them from the U.S. was a successfully extorted ransom payment to secure the release of American hostages.

However, on August 4th, the White House immediately claimed the $400 million cash payment made as part of the “Iran Deal” was not a ransom payment to secure the release of the U.S. hostages.  President Obama went on television to state: “no ransom was paid”:

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The Iowa State Fair has a booth where attendees are given the opportunity to cast their vote on the 2016 presidential race by placing a corn kernel in a jar.

The poll is obviously unscientific; however, nor is it manipulated by the media, it simply is an opportunity for fair goers to show who they are supporting in the upcoming presidential race.

The fair is in day #5 and 43,702 people have visited the WHO TV Channel 13 News Booth to register their opinion. Here are the results so far:

  (link) and Website (link)

Candidate Donald Trump is holding an actual 12 point lead (56% -vs- 44%) with actual people.  43,702 actual people.  [Trump 24,284 votes, Clinton 19,418 votes]  Quite a difference from the media polling, huh.

Last night, speaking in West Bend Wisconsin, candidate Donald Trump gave an epic speech taking head-on all adverse interests.

[…]  I am running to listen to your voice, to hear your cries for help. The quiet voices in our society, not the loudest demonstrators, need to have their demands heard…

Here’s the video and transcript:

“It’s so great to be here tonight. I am honored to also be joined this evening by Governor Scott Walker, Chairman Reince Priebus, and Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

We are at a decisive moment in this election. (more…)

Today Hillary Clinton remains campaigning in Pennsylvania.  Yesterday Vice President Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton campaigned in Scranton, a few hundred people showed up.

Today, Hillary held a voter registration campaign event in a High School gym in West Philadelphia – the attendance/turnout was essentially the same.

What’s going on?

Where are all these Clinton supporters the national media keep polling and talking about?

The answers are really quite simple.  They’re in the same place they were during the 2016 Democrat primary race. (more…)

Citizen journalists, new age media, ordinary people with a camera and a microphone, can give you a better sense of what the general electoral public is thinking than most multimillion corporate MSM broadcasts.

Hillary Clinton is spending hundreds of millions on TV ads attacking candidate Donald Trump.  Many have asked why isn’t Trump doing the same in return.  Perhaps this video gives you a glance into the equation of “value”.

In the heart of Kent Ohio, Kent State University, one intrepid reporter goes looking for Hillary Clinton voters – but the bigger question is “how do you get your news information”?:

Millie Weaver goes on a quest in Kent, Ohio, where the historically liberal Kent State University is located, in search of finding a significant population of Hillary Clinton supporters. First, people are asked what their preferred source for news is followed up by an inquiry into which Presidential Candidate they support.

A Pennsylvania Jury found Democrat Attorney General Kathleen Kane guilty on nine criminal counts last night including conspiracy and perjury.  Elected to office in 2014, found guilty of criminal conspiracy in 2016:

(Via New York Times) […]  Ms. Kane stared straight ahead as the word “guilty,” uttered decisively by a juror in a flowered dress, echoed nine times around the courtroom. The lawyers immediately went into a private conference with the judge, leaving Ms. Kane, who campaigned on a promise to uncover political interference in Pennsylvania, alone at the defense table.

And when Judge Wendy Demchick-Alloy returned to the courtroom, she turned directly to Ms. Kane with a stern warning, her words slicing through the silence.

“There is to be absolutely no retaliation of any kind against any witness in this case, either by your own devices, from your own mouth or your hand, or directing anybody to do anything,” the judge said. She threatened Ms. Kane, who is currently free on bail, with immediate incarceration if she failed to comply. (more…)