Monday Open Thread [11.30.15]

Monday Open Thread [11.30.15]

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Glenn Thrush says Ted Cruz is running the best GOP campaign: “The fundamentals are in place for a big winter push. Cruz’s fundraising has been near the top of the field ($26 million as of Oct. 15) and his campaign has an efficient 50 percent burn rate with about $14 million cash-on-hand.”
Delaware Is A Police State. Will Anybody Do Anything?

Delaware Is A Police State. Will Anybody Do Anything?

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I hope you have all read this article in Sunday's News Journal.  If not, read it and then head back here. I'll wait. I didn't know, betcha that you didn't either, that police can seize property, money and valuables when they suspect that the owners of said property, money and valuables are involved in drug-related crime.  Betcha didn't know that neither (a) the filing of charges and/or (b) convictions for said offenses were a prerequisite for police just taking stuff.  Betcha didn't know that it's exceedingly difficult, if not down-right impossible, for innocent victims of said seizures to get their money, property and valuables back.  Betcha didn't know that the 'proceeds'  go directly to a law enforcement slush fund called SLEAF. Betcha didn't know that Delaware is the only state in the union that refuses to release the amount of money seized and how the money is spent....
Watch this Space

Watch this Space

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“After prematurely announcing the endorsements of 100 black pastors — prompting several to protest they were not, in fact, supporters – Donald Trump’s campaign abruptly cancelled a press conference with the group scheduled for Monday afternoon at Trump Tower,” Politico reports. “The botched endorsement rollout represents an embarrassing setback for a campaign struggling to combat the perception that its candidate is racially divisive.” The pastors, as a group, said that they had only agreed to meet with Donald Trump, but were not endorsing him. To a narcissistic egomaniac fascist like Donald Trump, this is a huge... YUGE personal insult. How dare they not endorse him? What kind of idiot pieces of trash do they have to be to not endorse him? I mean, my God, the Donald gave them the great, no YUGE opportunity to meet his august presence.