Trump Calls Media To Trump Tower For Tongue Lashing | Did Celeb Endorsements Hurt Hillary?

Trump Summons TV Figures for Private Meeting, and Lets Them Have It The New York Times

According to a transition pool report, the media personalities who got a finger-pointing lecture at Trump Tower today included: NBC News President Deborah Turness; MSNBC President Phil Griffin; CNN President Jeff Zucker and network anchor Wolf Blitzer; Fox News Co-Presidents Bill Shine and Jack Abernethy and Executive Vice Presidents Jay Wallace and Suzanne Scott; and CBS News anchors John Dickerson and Charlie Rose.

About 25 executives and anchors heard President-elect Trump that he wants a "cordial" and "productive" relationship with the media, but he started the meeting with typical Trump commentary on "dishonest media" and specifically singled out CNN and NBC News as "the worst". 

Trump also complained that NBC News President Deborah Turness that the network refused to fun a nice picture of him, suggesting that they preferred to showcase his double chin. 

Pelosi predicts fierce Trump backlash Politico

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says she's up for another big fight -- with Trump.

In an interview with POLITICO on Monday, the California Democrat who is facing a long-shot leadership challenge from Ohio Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan, insisted her tenacity, experience and ability to count votes correctly without fail means she’s the only one who can bring Democrats back to the House majority. Pelosi recalled the 2006 election when Republicans were dreaming of a "permanent majority". In the 2008 presidential election, Democrats trounced them, vaulting Pelosi into the speaker's chair.

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Did Celebrity Endorsements Contribute to Hillary Clinton's Presidential Upset? Vanity Fair

The problem is that when everyone from Broadway stars to pop stars to Pretty Little Liars stars do speak out, the noise is deafening—and alienating to voters who don’t want to hear what “Hollywood elites,” whose self-interests differ from their own, think. “In this media environment, I don’t think there’s any one news source or any one influencer or one celebrity that can sway a whole broad swath of people’s points of view,” Ronnie Cho, head of public affairs at MTV and former associate director of public engagement for the White House under Obama said. “A healthy skepticism young people have for people telling them what to do and telling them how to think that makes it harder for even the most followed person on Twitter, like Katy Perry, to turn out people to vote.”

Headlines November 21, 2016

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Blockbuster Latino Vote Rewrites Presidential Election | Black Vote Rebounds

Latino voting surge rattles Trump campaign Politico

Donald Trump may wish he never said he wanted to build a wall. He may regret ever calling Mexicans 'rapists', adding as an afterthought that there were probably a few good ones. Across America, Hispanic voters have been a traditionally low-voting cross-section of the American electorate.  

The Hispanic voter block is silent no longer. The lines of Hispanic voters were so long in Clark County, Nevada Friday night that the voting location stayed open until 10 pm, causing the state GOP Chairman to cry foul.

“Last night, in Clark County, they kept a poll open till 10 o’clock at night so a certain group could vote,” said McDonald at a Trump rally in Reno. “It wasn’t in an area that normally has high transition. The polls are supposed to close at 7. This was kept open till 10. Yeah, you feel free right now? Think this is a free or easy election?”

Florida Democratic strategist Steve Schale analyzed the Florida vote, noting that through Wednesday, Hispanic turnout in 2016 had already exceeded by 170,000 the entire 2012 cycle.

We already know that national polling isn't capturing the Hispanic vote, due to a model not based on this heavy turnout. There is every reason to believe that Hispanics and Latinos are poised to upend all voting projections done around Tuesday's presidential vote finale. 

Other American citizens -- not Donald Trump and his white supporters -- may have the last word in Hillary Clinton's rise to the American presidency.

Jump in Florida, Nevada early voting could reap Latino gains for Clinton  Reuters

More specifics on Florida include a recent poll conducted by the firms The Tarrance Group and Bendixen and Amandi found that Hispanic registered voters in Florida favor Clinton 60% to 30%. In Nevada the gap was even wider - 72% for Clinton and 19% for Trump.

In Florida, the Clinton campaign estimates early Latino voting is up 139%, compared to 2012, according to a field report dated Wednesday.

Florida's Early Vote Ends With Record Turnout in Democratic Strongholds Huffington Post

Florida voters shattered all-time turnout records in at least three of Florida's most populous and heavily Democratic counties. 2/3 of the vote is in, with African American voters rebounding from a deficit against 2012. U of Florida election data analyst Daniel Smith predicts a higher black turnout than in 2012. From every indicator, Latino voters are blowing the doors off in Florida, with estimates that the Latino votes already in exceeded the 2012 vote.

Early voting in Miami-Dade county increased 47% from 2012.

Historically, more white Republicans will vote on Election Day, but even that EVENT could be a nightmare for Trump. VoteSmart estimated last week that 28% of Republican voters already done voting went for Hillary.

In what could be a tremendous humiliation for Donald Trump in Florida, college-educated Republicans may put the final nail in Trump's coffin on Tuesday. The symbolism of such a gesture could be exactly what America needs as thinking people of every gender and skin color join hands and declare "We are STRONGER TOGETHER!"

Obama Meets 12-Year-Old with Cerebral Palsy Who Was Kicked Out of Trump Rally Talking Points Memo

We salute a true American patriot!!

We're so proud of 12-year-old JJ Holmes and his mother Alison for standing up to Trump for his treatment of the disabled. JJ has cerebral palsy, is confined to a wheel chair and also relies on a technical assist to speak. Clearly, his illness in no way took away JJ's bravery, even in the midst of Donald Trump and his mad minions.

After chanting Hillary Clinton's name through a computer vocalization device in Tampa Saturday, Trump ordered JJ and his mom out of the rally, causing his supporters to turn on them, even pushing JJ's wheelchair.

In his usual blowhard voice, Trump boomed "Get them out!" JJ stood his ground, refusing to be silenced.

“I hate Donald Trump,” J.J. piped up, speaking through a computer vocalization device. “I hate Donald Trump.”

Another woman in the crowd witnessed the incident, and she must be a Democrat because she reached out through her channels to arrange a short meeting between JJ and President Obama in nearby Kissimmee, Florida on Sunday.

How's that for being STRONGER TOGETHER!!! Love you JJ! 

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