The “pay-to-play” scandal between the Clinton Foundation and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been defended by claiming Secretary Clinton took no actionable steps to change State Dept. policy as a result of payment to the Foundation.

However, as the relationships between the Foundation and the State Department gain increased scrutiny the “access” to Clinton appears to be the purpose for the payments.  Sooner or later someone is going to mention the mysterious 2012 “Thanksgiving Holiday Fire” directly above Hillary’s office in the State Dept.

WASHINGTON DC – Hillary Clinton’s national finance director has emerged in newly released emails as what one watchdog called the “middle” man between her State Department and family foundation, sharing donor information with a top Clinton confidante when he was working at the foundation.

Dennis Cheng, before joining the campaign, worked for over three years as the foundation’s director of development and before that as deputy chief of protocol in Clinton’s State Department. (more…)

Candidate Donald Trump is holding a mid-day rally today in Tampa, FL at Florida State Fairgrounds- Entertainment Hall. The event is scheduled to begin at 1:00pm EDT.  Live Stream coverage from RSBN will begin at 12:30pm EDT:

Live Stream Link – Alternate Live Stream #1 – Alternate Live Stream #2

[Transcript]  Thank you. I am so thrilled to be in Tampa today. Florida is my second home.

This is such an amazing state, and filled with so many incredible people.

For the next 75 days, we are all going to have to work hard together to win the White House on November 8^th.

Our victory on November 8^th will be a victory for the people.

It won’t be a victory for the pundits, the special interests, the failed politicians. It will be a victory for YOU – for your family, for your country. (more…)

A good perspective picked from the comments provided by Duke Taber:

With over 1,100 comments on this issue, obviously a lot of people have strong opinions about KC [Kellyanne Conway]. What I am about to say probably has already been said but here goes anyways.

I do not believe for an instance that KC’s comment/s were accidental. I don’t think most of you think so either. So the question is whether or not they were intentional for profitable design or nefarious design. The article has landed on the side of nefarious design. That is understandable considering the clients KC has represented in the past. I couldn’t stand “wolf in sheep’s clothing” Cruz.

However, I just don’t see this as something of nefarious design. If it was, the day that she started the narrative [Sunday], it would have been silenced by Mr. Trump. He has had no problem clarifying things that have been misspoken before.

However, not only has he not silenced this, but he has himself changed how he presents himself on the issue. And this is the real purpose I believe for this narrative. (more…)

3:36am local time central Italy was impacted by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake which has claimed several lives.  Many older and historic buildings have been heavily damaged. Dawn brings national Italian rescue efforts.

(Reuters News Agency) A strong earthquake brought down buildings in mountainous central Italy early on Wednesday, trapping residents and sending others fleeing into the streets, with at least six people believed killed. (more…)

In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “2016 Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Presidential Race and/or any of the candidates therein.

This thread will refresh daily and appear above the Open Discussion Thread.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.

For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

Candidate Donald Trump held a Town Hall style interview with Fox News Sean Hannity in Austin Texas.  The focus was on illegal immigration, crime and the lack of border enforcement, as well as  on the impact on communities and families.

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We’ve put together a great deal of urgent research, similar in scope to what was needed to discover/understand the intentions behind the October 2014 through February 2015 RNC consultant meeting(s), which became the precursor to the GOPe Splitter Strategy expose’.

I’m assembling the data points now for an overnight (hopefully) publish.  However, as a prerequisite, and in anticipation of a large number of people being caught off-guard,  we’re respectfully requesting everyone to remind themselves of a warning from August of 2015.

READ THIS With A Sense of Urgency

Candidate Donald Trump is holding a rally today in Austin, TX at The Leudecke Arena. Live coverage begins at 7:30pm CDT / 8:00pm EDT.

The Leudecke Arena venue holds  6,500 stadium seats and an additional 3,000 floor seats (25,000 sq foot arena floor).  Thousands of people have been lined up, some as long as eight hours, to attend.  Well beyond 10,000 trying to attend.

Live Stream Link – Alternate Live Stream #1 – Alternate Live Stream #2

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#OperationTacoBowl – Latinos for Trump will be holding a rally in Orange County, California this Sunday. August 28, 2016 (watch – stay with it):

If you are a Donald Trump supporter and would like to join the event – you can FIND DETAILS HERE

There’s a really awesome and inspiring Latino’s For Trump video below.

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