Orange really IS the new black.

A Rasmussen Poll released today shows 50% of the electorate believe Hillary Clinton should continue running for President even if she is under federal indictment.  Perhaps even more stunning is that 71% of Democrats think she should keep running if charged with a felony.

(Rasmussen) Most continue to believe likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is a lawbreaker, but half of all voters also say a felony indictment shouldn’t stop her campaign for the presidency.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 43% of Likely U.S. Voters think Clinton should immediately stop campaigning if she is charged with a felony in connection with her use of a private e-mail server while secretary of State. Fifty percent (50%), however, think she should continue running until a court determines her guilt or innocence. (more…)

The Washington Post is reporting that Hillary Clinton has revised her entire final 10 day campaign schedule to quickly add more events in California.  A previous poll by the Public Policy Institute showed a statistical tie between Clinton and Sanders among likely Democrat voters. Clinton had 46% support, Sanders had 44%, and the margin of error was plus or minus 5.7 percentage points.
(Via WaPo) Hillary Clinton has upended her campaign schedule, adding more stops in California, in an effort to prevent an embarrassing loss there to Bernie Sanders, her rival for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Clinton originally planned to campaign for two days this week in New Jersey, but at the last minute canceled an event on Thursday and will instead return to California for a five-day swing. (more…)

Two well known democrats, Chris Wallace and Adam Schiff, argue over the possible ramifications of the latest Office of Inspector General (OIG) report.  Wallace is concerned, Shiff is dismissive – they haz row on TV:

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Oh my.  A recent Clout Research poll from the State of Oregon (full pdf below), not exactly well known as a bastion of all things republican, shows candidate Donald Trump beating Hillary Clinton 44 to 42%.
However, with Independent Voters, Donald Trump is CRUSHING Hillary Clinton by 27 points 53% to 26%.   The Monster Vote effect:

 
In addition to the 27 point lead with independent voters, Donald Trump also has a 13 point advantage with male voters – and the deficit with female voters is only 9 points.
Oh dear.  More media narratives fizzling like cheap bottle rockets….  *pop*
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Last Thursday Judicial Watch released the deposition transcript of Ambassador Lewis Lukens, former deputy assistant secretary of state and executive director of the State Department’s executive secretariat.
The transcript pdf is embedded below.
Lukens was deposed last week as part of the discovery granted to Judicial Watch by U.S. District Court Judge Emmet G. Sullivan in response to its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit involving former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s unsecured, non-government email system (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of State (No. 1:13-cv-01363)). (more…)

With the release of the official State Department OIG report, the Associated Press fact-checks Hillary Clinton’s historical statements.  AP comes to the conclusion “Clinton misstates key facts in email episode” – which is parseltongue for SHE LIED:

CLINTON (Lie #1): “The system we used was set up for President Clinton’s office. And it had numerous safeguards. It was on property guarded by the Secret Service. And there were no security breaches.” — March 2015 press conference.

THE REPORT: Evidence emerged of hacking attempts, though it’s unclear whether they were successful.
On Jan. 9, 2011, an adviser to former President Bill Clinton notified the State Department’s deputy chief of staff for operations that he had to shut down the server because he suspected “someone was trying to hack us and while they did not get in i didnt (sic) want to let them have the chance to.” (more…)

Update 4:00pm EDT:  The Donald Trump campaign has declined the Bernie Sanders invitation to debate.  “it would be inappropriate“:

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Unfortunately (because many of us wanted the alternate), the smart play argument won out.
By candidate Donald Trump initially entertaining the Sanders invite the media storm elevated Sanders California profile. As a consequence, by declining the debate Trump initiates a sympathetic energy release amid the electorate toward Bernie which will, most assuredly, ensure Sanders wins the California primary against Clinton.
The long game of Clinton’s nominee marginalization is better served with Sanders winning the CA primary.  A well played maneuver of strategic political chess.
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Senator Bernie Sanders appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live one night after the possibility of a Trump -vs- Sanders debate was proposed and Trump being open to it.
Unfortunately, Democrat party rules forbid any Democrat candidate from participating in unsanctioned debates, so it would be challenging to pull it off. In addition the DNC is fully supporting Hillary Clinton to the diminishment of Sanders; so no help there.
However, that said, Bernie sees an opening to marginalize his opponent Hillary, and Trump is a rogue and happy wolverine – so perhaps anything is possible.
Also in the video, Bernie is none to happy with Clinton appointing herself the winner of the Democrat race.  As The Bern says: “there’s a little bit of arrogance there”.  Gee, ya think?:

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The possibility of a Donald Trump -vs- Bernie Sanders debate is being seriously bantered following both campaigns agreeing to discuss and see if they could get it done prior to the June 7th California primary.
Traditional political thinkers would consider such a proposition unfathomable because Republican candidate Trump has secured the nomination, and generally only Democrat candidate Bernie Sanders would have the largest upside. However, the complete and total reality of Hillary Clinton being made irrelevant is almost too splendid to pass up.

Hillary refused to debate Bernie, and now she would be cast far, far off on the sidelines for what would be a historic political event.   The ramifications are gobsmacking to contemplate. (more…)

FIRST, if you have not followed the “Tripwire Series” this update might take a while to fully digest.  There are key indications the real presidential decision-makers have shifted.
I would strongly suggest you watch this video before continuing, and remind yourself that Andrea Mitchell is Alan Greenspan’s wife (this is one of the “keys” moving forward).
The video is Mika Brezinski outlining the latest State Department report on the Hillary Clinton E-Mail Scandal:  “it feels like Hillary Clinton is lying”…

Last year, against tremendous opposition, we outlined what would happen if two specific occurrences took place:  #1) If Donald Trump secured the GOP nomination; and, #2) If Hillary Clinton crossed a particular threshold and appeared “unelectable”.
What we stated then, eerily remains today. (more…)