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."