If authentic, these documents pretty much prove that the so-called separatist movement in the Ukraine was never really anything more than a land grab sponsored directly by the Russian government.

I know that our attention has been focused on the upcoming election, but events right now in eastern Europe bear similar close watching on our part, with increasing reports that Russia has been mobilizing forces along the Ukrainian frontier.

And so, tonight's U.S. Senate debate in Springfield, IL between incumbent GOP Sen. Mark Kirk (R) and his Democratic challenger, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth, gave us the following exchange:

REP. DUCKWORTH: "My family has served this nation in uniform going back to the Revolution. I am a daughter of the American Revolution. I bled for this nation. But I still want to be there in the Senate when the drums of war sound, because people are quick to sound the drums of war, and I want to be there to say, 'This is what it costs, and this is what you're asking us to do.' And if that's the case, I'll go. It's families like mine that bleed first. But let's make sure the American people understand what we are engaging in, and let's hold our allies accountable because we can't go it alone."

SEN. KIRK: "I forgot that your parents came all the way from Thailand to serve George Washington."

For the record, Ms. Duckworth's father is a former U.S. Marine of Anglo-American heritage, and her mother is a Thai national of Chinese descent. She is in fact a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, which requires one to trace her lineage back to that time to someone who served in the war. Her service in the Iraq War, during which she lost both her legs when the helicopter she was piloting was shot down, is well known.

As for Sen. Kirk, a former U.S. Naval Intelligence officer who ran into trouble a few years ago for publicly embellishing his military service record, one word:

Yep.

A "thug".

The Democratic Coalition Against Trump filed a complaint with the Department of Justice Office of Professional Responsibility on Friday against FBI Director James Comey for interfering in the Presidential election, following the FBI's decision to open up an investigation into Secretary Clinton's emails this close to Election Day. Federal employees are forbidden from participating in political activities under the Hatch Act.

"It is absolutely absurd that FBI Director Comey would support Donald Trump like this with only 11 days to go before the election," said Scott Dworkin, Senior Advisor to the Democratic Coalition Against Trump. "It is an obvious attack from a lifelong Republican who used to serve in the Bush White House, just to undermine her campaign. Comey needs to focus on stopping terrorists and protecting America, not investigating our soon to be President-Elect Hillary Clinton."

But it does raise the question of targeted marketing.

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Which what the "Whites Only" was about.

i dont know why people would argue with Trevor who, as a republican, is more comfortable voting for a moderate republican than trump.

mcmullin seems pretty generic republican to me; pro border security but mass deportations impractical, pro-gun of course, strongly anti-abortion, opposes legalizing marijuana, wants to expand the military, pro free-trade globalism, lower corporate tax and lower tax on small businesses, eliminate regulations on businesses, accepts gay marriage but religious people should be able to refuse service, repeal obamacare, wants to make medicare "sustainable by creating a premium support system" (i have no idea what that means)

Just a guess, but while that list of positions is "pretty generic Republican", there is nothing "moderate" about it at all.  Also because he's an ABCer who - while he (allegedly) isn't supporting Trump, he's pushing another,  unqualified Republican candidate.

He's off the reservation and has been for awhile.

Matt Miller has a good Twitter feed in this, he is ex-DOJ and if Clinton had any sense she would have him on every network as a spox from now until the election.

"Why would FBI reopen Hillary investigation unless there is evidence of more than 'extreme carelessness' in handling classified information?" Republican Sen. John Cornyn, a former Texas attorney general, wrote on Twitter.
Some former FBI officials agreed, saying it was inconceivable to them that Comey would announce such a development because of some incremental or cumulative information in such a high-wattage case.
"It never happens," said one former FBI official, who asked not to be named. "Once you vacate a high-profile case, unless there's some very significant omission, they won't [reopen] it."
The source also said he doubted Comey would call attention to something that was minor.
"Comey's not that way. He's a very practical man. It must be something that goes to the substance," the ex-agent said. "It can't be cumulative. He's not a grandstander... It's not his style."
Another former high-ranking FBI official agreed.
"The only reason he'd do it is if he had something very pertinent. Certainly, 11 days before an election it could well affect the outcome. It just doesn't make much sense without something very substantive," the ex-official said.

it's horribly bad. there are tent cities and homeless people camped everywhere.

The Pirate Party formed in 2012, in the wake of the collapse of Iceland's hugely overleveraged banking industry following the 2008 financial crisis. The Party and its motley group of of anarchists, libertarians and internet activists is led by Birgitta Jonsdottir. The 49-year-old former Wikileaks activisits, web programmer and "poetician" has been an MP for different parties since 2009, but decided to help start the party, which part of an international anti-copyright movement that originates in Sweden, because "I'm often crossing paths with nerds as I'm such a nerd myself" she told the Financial Times.

A 74-year-old woman tasked with opening envelopes sent by Miami-Dade County voters with their completed mail ballots was arrested Friday after co-workers caught her illegally marking ballots, resulting in an unknown -- but small -- number of fraudulent votes being cast for mayoral candidate Raquel Regalado.

Twitter is blowing up with the "news" (and actual headlines) that the FBI has reopened its investigation into Hillary Clinton's private e-mail server

wrong

James Comey has said that FBI agents working on another investigation told him they discovered some additional Clinton e-mails that may (or may not) be relevant to that investigation (whatever it is), & Comey said the FBI will now (1) determine their relevance to that investigation & (2) determine whether they contain any classified info

While Comey was cryptic, surely great efforts went into the wording.  Comey says the FBI will "take appropriate investigative steps designed to allow investigators to review these emails to determine whether they contain classified information as well as to assess their importance to our investigation.  ..although the FBI cannot yet assess whether or not this material may be significant, I cannot predict how long it will take to complete this additional work."

These new investigative steps to allow investigators to investigate these emails are to "supplement" or serve as an addition to Comey's previous testimony that the FBI had completed its investigation of Clinton emails. Supplement or add to, not subtract from or alter, modify, or change.

It seems as if Comey may have some internal problems as well as concern for Republican criticisms that he knew of something or nothing prior to the election but said nothing.  So, he decided to say something, albeit reckless and irresponsible.  

why people would argue with Trevor who, as a republican, is more comfortable voting for a moderate republican than trump.

I have been Conservative, but as I age , and watch the inherent corruption that manifests from both political parties, most likely propagated by the very nature of their organizations, have mellowed towards a much more Libertarian stance, while still maintaining a foot in the Conservative camp. (Fiscally conservative)

Having worked in government for many years, I have seen close up the corruption , again , by both parties.