FBI recommends no criminal charges in Clinton email probe The Washington Post

FBI Director James B. Comey said Tuesday that his agency will not recommend criminal charges against Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email server as secretary of state but called Clinton and her staff “extremely careless” in handling sensitive material.

The announcement means that Clinton will not have to fear criminal, legal liability as her campaign moves forward, though Comey leveled sharp criticism at the past email practices of the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee and called into question many of the defenses she has raised in recent weeks.

The FBI director said those who acted as Clinton and her staffers did were “often subject to security or administrative sanctions,” though in comparing her case with similar investigations in the past, the bureau did not find any of the aggravating factors that typically lead to the filing of criminal charges.

Sanders: Democratic Party Platform Doesn't Go Far Enough

As expected, Bernie Sanders says the language currently in the Democratic platform around the TPP - saying that the party is split around this issue - is not satisfactory for Sanders, who is demanding an outright rejection of President Obama's trade deal. Obama has said "no way", which is why the Hillary Clinton delegates voted for the 'compromise' language. Bernie's op ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer says this is not negotiable on his end -- the Democratic platform must reject it. Bernie also wants even stronger language around the $15/hr wage.

Related: Bernie Sanders just won a string of concessions from the Democratic party VOX

HERE IS THE DRAFT OF THE 2016 DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM

Bernie made good progress on the goal of a $15 minimum wage and lost on TPP and fracking. There is an accommodation on TPP with the statement that the party holds multiple views. Platform says health care for all is a right, medicare should be expanded to states not currently offering it, and a public option for health care should be explored. Note, we've published several articles hows how to get to universal health care through the current system without a big fight and with a government-sponsored public option that will be cheaper than the insurance companies. Most pundits believe that over time, the govt will win.

Entire platform pdf is below.

http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/dnc_platform.pdf

Clinton's Massive June Fundraising Haul: Nearly $70 Million Politico

Hey Berners.It's not $27 but $48 is the average contribution in Hillary's campaign to date, boosted by a whopping $70 millon haul in June. Of that total $40.5 million went to Hillary's campaign and $28 million went to the DNC. To date, Hillary has raised $90 million for down ballot Democrats.

"Our first month of general election fundraising proved to be the best of the campaign," campaign manager Robby Mook said in a statement. "Thanks to the continued support of nearly 1.6 million people, we have been able to help Democrats build out an organizing infrastructure across the country that will mobilize millions of voters and help elect progressive candidates up and down the ballot."

Potential Clinton VP Perez still supports trade deal Politico

Labor Secretary Tom Perez refuses to abandon his support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the trade deal opposed by Hillary Clinton. Will this position invalidate him for serious consideration as a VP candidate? Or does his expertise on labor issues and trade help him become an explainer in chief for Democrats.

The Democratic Party is deeply divided over TPP, with President Barack Obama and many congressional leaders supporting the agreement and both Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders opposing it. Still, it seems insane that America would quit trading and exporting, which often sound like the position of Bernie Sanders.

Perez said the TP trade deal does more to protect American workers and the middle class than any prior deal and he's happy to take credit for his achievements.

"Absolutely," Perez said on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday when asked whether he supports the trade deal. "Absolutely what we have done in the negotiations with Mexico and with Vietnam are I think some of the most far-reaching protections that we've seen in a labor agreement. And that's the work that I have done and I'm proud of that work we've done."'

Related and Just IN!: An Open Letter to Jared Kushner, From One of Your Jewish Employees The Observer

Note: Dana Schwartz is an entertainment reporter at The Observer, a New York media outlet owned by Donald Trump's son-in-law and Ivanka's husband Jared Kushner.

Donald Trump and the Jews, explained VOX

Donald Trump set the Internet on fire Saturday, Tweeting a meme accusing Hillary Clinton of being “the most corrupt candidate ever.” A typically Trump Tweet, the post would have gone largely ignored except for its graphic design: It featured a Star of David superimposed on a bed of money.

Further sleuthing by MIC's Anthony Smith traced the meme to the 8Chan forum /pol/, a known hotbed of “alt-right” internet activism and a flourishing culture of overt racism and anti-Semitism. The original author is believed to have previously Tweeted an image of a swastika made from Hillary Clinton heads.

As of Tuesday July 6, 2016 the Trump campaign insists that the visual is a sheriff's badge and has no connection to Israel of the Jewish people.

Can Hillary Overcome Her Trust Problem? The Washington Post

I'm getting exhausted with this entire topic of Hillary's trust problem, frankly. I've probably heard the media narrative over 40 times today alone.

But the comments about Joe Biden campaigning for Hillary are noteworthy, especially because he's dropped more than one flip comment about her candidacy.

"Biden, in an NPR interview Sunday, said a goal in campaigning for Clinton was to “vouch” for her. The two will appear together Friday in Scranton, Pa., which is Biden’s beloved home town and also where Clinton’s father grew up. Her story of the family lace factory there is a staple of her stump speech.

“The hardest thing is vouching. When you vouch for them you say ‘I’m putting my reputation on the line. I believe this person is a good person, has character,” Biden said in the interview for NPR’s “Weekend Edition.” “You’re putting your rep on the line. You’re saying, ‘I think this person has character,’ and that’s what I’m prepared to do for Hillary.”

Hillary Clinton Headlines July 5, 2016

Can Bernie Sanders Take Yes For An Answer? by David Corn Mother Jones

Republican women organize to support Clinton CNN

Clinton to play Atlantic City card against Trump at campaign stop Politico

Trump blasts NBC's 'Meet the Press' The Hill

Eric Trump: Biased media the worst part of society The Hill

Sanders' Supporters Can't Quite Say Goodbye LA Times

Major GOP donor Paul Singer says Trump would cause a depression CNBC

Republican Women Organize to Support Clinton CNN

Clinton Dominates Trump On the Ground Politico

'This is a historic day': California lawmakers send governor sweeping gun control package LA Times

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