Like Donald Trump? You'll Love the Illuminati The Daily Beast

Add to this mixed brew is the reality that conspiracy theorists who support the concept of the Illuminati believe Hillary Clinton is at the top of the pyramid -- the devil in a pantsuit, a symbol of all matters dark, foreboding and destructive. The concept of strong, intelligent women leaders also is fundamental to the derision of those who loathe the Illuminati.

"It’s confirmed: Donald Trump’s supporters on social media have all the best sources, and those sources are telling them the world is run by a single shadowy organization intent on controlling your mind.

Data provided to The Daily Beast by social media analytics company Demographics Pro shows that Donald Trump supporters are 4.2 times more likely to tweet about the New World Order than Hillary Clinton supporters. Thirty-nine percent of people who tweeted the hashtag‪#‎NewWorldOrder‬ followed Trump’s Twitter account. Almost 32 percent who tweeted about ‪#‎FalseFlag‬—that shootings and terror attacks like the Sandy Hook or Orlando massacres were staged by the government—followed Trump on social media. About 10 percent of the #FalseFlag tweeters followed Clinton."

We're at Peak Disunity -- It Has to Get Better from Here by Steve Kearney The Daily Beast

Kearney asks the same question we expressed yesterday on HillaryWomen News in response to the far-left wringing their hands over Republicans backing Hillary. After this divisive Democratic primary and now disgustingly vulgar Trump campaign, is it possible that progressive-leaning moderates from all parties can forge some kind of new alliance -- one not beholden to the extremes on the far left and the far right? ~ Anne

"After 25 years in business and politics, I’ll be the first to admit that I haven’t always lived up to my own standards. But as I get older – and the shouting gets louder – I’ve come to the inescapable conclusion that something has to give.

Trump is just the day-glo orange tip of a less visible iceberg lurking beneath the surface. His success despite – or maybe because of - his insults of Muslims, Mexicans, women, prisoners of war, Gold Star families and an Indiana-born federal judge of Mexican descent is merely a symptom of our times. As he points out, he only re-tweets the racist and anti-Semitic memes. He doesn’t create them.

Coarseness, intolerance and self-righteousness have combined into a toxic brew across the political spectrum."

Salazar to lead Clinton's transition team Politico

Former Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar, who served as President Barack Obama’s secretary of the interior, will chair the Democratic nominee’s transition team, the Clinton campaign announced Tuesday. He will be joined by veteran Clinton aides Maggie Williams and Neera Tanden, who will serve as transition co-chairs, alongside former National Security Adviser Tom Donilon and former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm.

Mikhail Baryshnikov: Trump's rhetoric 'reminds me of the Soviet Union' Politico

Mikhail Baryshnikov has flashbacks of the Soviet Union's hammer and sickle when he listens to Donald Trump.

The legendary Russian-American dancer, choreographer and actor endorsed Hillary Clinton Wednesday in a new video in which he ripped into the Republican nominee Donald Trump as reminiscent of "dangerous totalitarian opportunists" who caused people like him to leave their countries.

"Forty two years ago I left a country that built walls to come to a place without them. But today, as a citizen of the United States, for the first time, I’m hearing rhetoric that reminds me of the Soviet Union of my youth, where it was a crime, and continues to be, a crime to be different," said Baryshnikov, who had never publicly endorsed a candidate, in 75-second video released by the social media campaign Humanity for Hillary titled "#ITrustHer."

Hillary Clinton Headlines Aug. 17, 2016

Donald Trump shakes up campaign team Politico

Hillary Clinton Needs to Step Up and Get Ahead of Her Family Foundation 'Scandal' The Daily Beast

Trump unpopularity fuels wide lead for Clinton in new Virginia poll The Washington Post

Poll: Clinton Maintains Big Lead as Voters Doubt Trump's Temperament NBC News

In private call. DNC flexes unity with Clinton camp and Sanders team Politico

Kris Jenner Quits 'Kardashian U' The Daily Beast

Media Drops Coverage of Ideas

Public Distrust in US Institutions Plummets

American Faith In Institutions — Including Newspapers & Television — Hits New Lows

A June 2015 Gallup survey of the confidence among Americans in our institutions has hit all-time lows. with Congress having the lowest approval rating of all at 8%. Only the US military and small business have ratings above their historical averages, with 72% and 67% confidence ratings.

It’s interesting to note the public’s historical lack of confidence in both newspapers and television news. with current ratings in the low 20s but historical averages in the low 30s. These long-term averages predate the digital age and one can only assume that confidence in the fairness and accuracy of news reporting is even lower among younger voters.

MSNBC Saves Money Running New Nightly Donald Trump Show

For two nights running, MSNBC has featured the Donald Trump show, a compendium of all matters Trump — true or not. Last night’s show promised a foreign policy speech aboard the USS Iowa, a 57,000-ton battleship in Los Angeles Harbor.

Instead we watched The Donald throwing free baseball caps into the crowd as the 2016 presidential candidate blasted immigration, trade and national security in advance of tonight’s CNN Republican party debate at the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley. Read more about Trump’s speech at the LA Times.

MSNBC finds no time to use its broadcast license to talk policies among the candidates and especially Hillary Clinton. A candidate’s platform and concrete ideas are of no interest to MSNBC, who is obsessed with all things Trump and the Hillary Clinton email scandal.

Public rejects MSNBC’s shallow reporting on Hillary Clinton

Does the public just swallow MSNBC’s shallow, agenda-rich reporting of Hillary Clinton’s campaign? Increasingly not,reports #HillaryMen this morning. The three-month old website is a favorite of mine

We attribute the widespread sharing of #HillaryMen content to Hillary’s deep grassroots support. For example:
The Great American Brainwash: Half a Billion Dollars to Turn the Public against Hillary (18,000+ social shares in one month)
Time for the U.S. Media to Apologize to Hillary Clinton (7,000+ social shares in four days).
NEW: Report Proves Quinnipiac Hillary ‘Liar’ Poll Was False and Slanderous (7,500 social shares in 48 hours)
The 2016 race is just kicking into gear. Hillary has been under intense fire since the day she announced. She is the central target of nearly two dozen candidates. Shadowy conservative groups led by the likes of Karl Rove are spending hundreds of millions to smear her. Media coverage has been a disgrace, with reporters and pundits transparently manipulating the public against her. Sexism rears its ugly head daily.

Deeply committed to electing Hillary Clinton as the next president of the United States, Anne of Carversville has covered Clinton since 2009. Thoroughly disgusted with the media’s coverage of Hillary Clinton generally and MSNBC’s coverage specifically — making NO allowances for the New York Times’ false and biased reporting of the candidate — we have joined an army of well-intentioned, research-focused, honest bloggers and writers who are committed to Clinton and the communication of her platform for America. ~ Anne