Dear Donald: Being A Woman Is A Huge Liability In US Politics. That's Why We Rank 90 In The World, Sitting With Bangladesh & North Korea

The 'Women's Card'? We Measured, and It's Not Worth Much New York Times

Donald Trump talks like the women's card bestows a heavy benefit on the woman politician running under it. The Upshot reminds us that being a woman running for office is actually a negative in America. The United States has such an aversion to electing women to political office that our country ranks 90th in the world, based on this NYT analysis Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments, 2006-2015.

Led by Rwanda at 57.1 and Sweden at 45.5, the US at 17.5 is sandwiched between Greece and Bangladesh and is the lowest female representation of any other rich country. This is one of the reasons why the cavalier attitude of America's millennial women on electing women is such a major source of concern.

Insiders Say Hillary Will Crush Trump

Insiders: Clinton would crush Trump Politico

"In the swing states that matter most in the presidential race, Donald Trump doesn’t have a prayer against Hillary Clinton in the general election.

That’s according to top operatives, strategists and activists in 10 battleground states who participated in this week’s POLITICO Caucus. Nearly 90 percent of them said Clinton would defeat Trump in their home states in a November match-up.

Republicans are only slightly more bullish on Trump’s prospects than Democrats: More than three-quarters of GOP insiders expect Clinton to best the Republican front-runner in a general-election contest in their respective states. Among Democrats, the belief is nearly universal: 99 percent of surveyed said will Clinton will beat Trump.

In three of the biggest swing states—Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida—Republicans were particularly downbeat about the prospect of a Trump-Clinton contest.

“There is positively no way for Trump to win in Pennsylvania,” said a Republican from that state.

“Trump cannot and will not carry Ohio,” a Republican from that state insisted. “He will do well in Appalachia and in the Mahoning Valley but he will get killed in the rest of the state. The danger for the GOP is losing Rob Portman which is a very real possibility under this match-up.”

Racism Is Real. Trump Helps Show It by Jenee Desmond-Harris New York Times

In a world where racism and discrimination — both personal and systemic — shape opportunities and can even determine life or death, but are often denied, they’re rarely owned so boldly as they have been during this campaign.

As Professor Jiménez put it, “Trump and his supporters have turned the racial dog whistle into an air horn.”

The air horn is so piercingly loud that few can pretend they don’t hear it, or understand what it represents about the country.

At a March rally for Mr. Trump in Louisville, Shiya Nwanguma, a student, says she was called the n-word and other repulsive slurs. Video of the event shows her being pushed and shoved. Another protester there, Chanelle Helm, told Vibe magazine in March: “In my entire life I had never had anyone look at me with such hate. It was like the videos and photos we’ve seen from the Little Rock 9 and other school integration moments from the 1950s and ’60s where the fury was palpable in the eyes of the white women.”

Hillary Clinton Headlines April 30, 2016

Insults and Ads: How Gender Hurts Trump but Doesn't Lift Clinton New York Times

The Clinton-Warren fantasy Politico

The Selling of Obama Politico

Hillary Clinton Says donald Trump Wouldn't Win Over Bernie Sanders Backers WSJ

The Democratic Primary Ruined My Friendship! Slate

Trump Said to Lack Plan for Fundraising, Running Mate Vetting Bloomberg Politics

Clinton E-Mail Probe Would Be Hurt by a Deadline, Lynch Says Bloomberg Politics

Sanders campaign withdraws lawsuit against DNC Politico

Sanders downsizes his campaign Politico

Here's Why I Never Warmed Uo to Bernie Sanders Mother Jones

African American Women Prepare To Double Down For Hillary In Philadelphia

Black Women Rally Behind Hillary Clinton Wall Street Journal

WSJ reminds us that when the Berners march into Philadelphia thinking they will dictate the terms of debate -- they will meet a wall of African American women delegates that just might not see everything Bernie's way. Districts with large black populations have more Democratic votes and therefore more delegates.

Bernies' boys are used to calling the shots. but if I was a betting woman, I'd say they will more than meet their match in Philadelphia. We bowed down in gratitude to black women months ago, vowing to never forget the obligation we have to them for delivering our first woman president. In Philadelphia the Berners will meet a wall of community activists, local politicians and national black leaders female and male. We would like to be the fly on the wall when the Berners start to throw their weight around, cuz it won't be pretty. ~ Anne

"Black women have long played a big role in Mrs. Clinton’s life and career, and now their expanding roles in politics—as voters, officeholders and activists—have lifted the Clinton campaign in multiple ways.

Exit polls show turnout by black women in Democratic primaries is significantly higher than turnout by black men, in several cases more than double. And black women have overwhelmingly supported the former senator and secretary of state over rival Bernie Sanders, with 90% or more of them voting for her in some states. In New York, she took 79% of their votes on her way to an easy victory, the exit polls show."

Congo's Dr Denis Mukwege & Charlize Theron Honored As TIME 100 Most Influential People AOC Women's News

2016 US Democratic party presidential candidate Hillary Clinton also reveres the work of Dr Denis Mukwege. Most people don't know that before Hillary left her role as Secretary of State, she founded -- with her inaugural US Ambassador for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer and Georgetown President John J. DeGioia -- the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security. The Institute is also home to the International Council on Women's Business Leadership, which is a part of the Women & Economy Project launched in October 2014. 

In 2014, GIWPS honored Dr Mukwege for his work at Panzi Hospital and on behalf of women living in the Congo. There is no doubt that Hillary was highly impacted listening to the stories of their sexual assaults that they shared with Hillary when she visited the women as Secretary of State. 

We share our archived past stories over the years on this critical, global topic of violence against women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 

Bernie or Bust! Let's Get A Grip Here

As we speak, countless personhood bills are flooding state legislatures. We're not talking Citizens United here. These bills equate the legal rights of a week-old embryo with those of a living, breathing woman with three kids and a great husband.

Most likely there are a number of Bernie Bros who feel this way about women. But the vast majority of Bernie supporters male and female do not.

Please come out of your bubble and take a reality check on what you are willing to do to American women by not supporting Hillary and Democrats this fall. American women -- and especially poor women of every skin color -- have not been in such a precarious position in 50 years.

Thanks for thinking about your critical decision. The futures of American women are in your hands. ~ Anne

Why Hillary Clinton's Goal of a Half-Female Cabinet Really Matters Washington Post

Hillary Clinton's long history of major diversity on her staffs indicates that she'll have no trouble of meeting her stated goal of a half women cabinet. Rest assured that large numbers of Hillary's cabinet will also be people of color and with diverse sexualities.

When you've led your entire career on the premise that rainbow coalitions of smart people make better decisions as a collective, HIllary Clinton could probably assemble three cabinets that dazzle. WaPo explains that research on women in the executive suite consistently validates the premise that gender-mixed teams bring in better results.

Hillary Clinton Headlines April 28, 2016

Clinton's Delegate Lead Would Triple Under GOP Rules FiveThirtyEight

A Sanders Comeback Would Be Unprecedented FiveThirtyEight

Activists Have Declared War on Hedge Funds -- and They Might Be Winning NY Magazine

Trump Tries to Win Over Female Voters by Stressing How Easy Life Is for Women NY Magazine

Trump fails to impress foreign-policy experts Politico