Obviously the context of polling and bias are key components within discussions of presidential elections and politics.   At this point there’s virtually no-one who would dispute the inherent media bias against candidate Donald Trump.

Cue the CNN audio/visual (Screen Shot) demonstration of the day:

Donald Trump has used the “Heritage Foundation” as part of the think tank behind the possible Supreme Court nominee list he has outlined.  But look at how CNN parses the wording, creates a completely false and divisive narrative, to make it look like Trump is using ethnicity as a factor.  Ridiculous and beyond insufferable nonsense.

However, when you discuss the accepted media bias (example above) against the backdrop of those same media entities presenting poll data, the accuracy of polling becomes a more complex and nuanced discussion.   That’s where social media engagement enters into the mix.

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Candidate Donald J. Trump will be in Connecticut today holding a rally at the William H. Pitt Center at the Campus of Sacred Heart University. Live streaming begins momentarily with the event scheduled to begin at 7:30pm EDT

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

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The Benghazi Brief is easily the most painstaking undertaking I ever endeavored to research, accept and eventually write.  It was not a comfortable assembly.

The Brief was written almost two years ago:

• It was written well before Mike Rogers and Charles Ruppersberger produced their self-serving, pre-retirement, diversionary distraction/report.
• It was written before the House Select Committee on Benghazi was even created, let alone produced their final report.
• The brief was written before the Fox report “13 hours in Benghazi” was presented by Brett Baier.
• It was written long before the Hollywood movie around the night of the Benghazi attack, “13 Hours – The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi” was produced…

…. and not a single aspect to those, or any subsequent revelation, has ever compromised or run counter to the information contained with the Brief.

To the contrary, every report, every leak, every WikiLeak detail, every statement, every interview, every FIOA discovery and every factual detail pried from the clutches of the political establishment has done nothing except to validate the construct of the original research outline.

So why does that matter?

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has stated his organization believes they are in possession of emails which prove Hillary Clinton was aware of the transfer of weapons from Libya, through Turkey, into Syria.

If Assange is accurate, the prior congressional testimony of Clinton becomes another example of her deception and fraud. Rand Paul discusses at the end of this interview segment:

To understand the scope of the potential behind the WikiLeaks Assange information, it’s critical to understand the facts in/around Libya and Syria in 2011, 2012 through today.  The specifics are outlined in the updated Benghazi Brief.

The “Benghazi Brief” remains the most controversial research report we have ever produced. The brief contains over two years of research and hundreds of very specific factual citations supporting it.  Almost two years later, and not a single aspect outlined within the brief has ever been identified as inaccurate. (more…)

On October 1st 2015 the “El Faro” cargo ship was lost at sea.  All 33 members of the crew were lost with her.  A few members of the CTH community have family connections to the vessel. Our thoughts and prayers for comfort are with all of the families as they revisit the emotional pain from their loss.

Yesterday, a 10 month long effort to recover the Voyage Data Recorder (VDR), from a depth of over 15,000 feet in the Atlantic, was successfully concluded.

The VDR which includes voice communication, radio transmission and navigation data from the El Faro was secured by the NTSB and arrived in port yesterday for transport to the national office of the NTSB in Washington DC.

The VDR was attached to the mast of the El Faro above the bridge. The distance from the Mast to bulkhead on the sea floor speaks to the severity of the top-side storm impact that was taking place before the vessel was taken by the sea.   (more…)

Governor Mike Huckabee, filling in for Sean Hannity, interviewed candidate Donald Trump between campaign stops in Pennsylvania yesterday:

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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 †

Sharyl Attkisson was interviewed on NewsMax TV with Steve Malzberg and discussed an event she attended where a well known DC Journalist Bureau Chief urged all of the reporters in attendance to earnestly work at taking down candidate Donald Trump.

When you consider the event being discussed, and further add the known hatred from a very specific Washington Bureau Chief, it stands to reason Attkisson is discussing Carl Bernstein.

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Based on current Zika virus spread in Puerto Rico the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) now has the following projection:

[…]  “If current trends continue, thousands of pregnant women will get infected with Zika,” said Frieden. “And there could be between dozens and hundreds of children with microcephaly born [there] in the next year.”

The CDC estimates 25 percent of the island’s population could be infected with Zika in its first year of spread there. Puerto Rican women give birth to about 32,000 babies a year. (link)

Transferring the current rate of spread for the virus to the citizenry of greatest impact, based on proximity and travel, the CDC is projecting the strongest U.S. outbreaks in: (more…)