TRUMP SECURES THE NOMINATION - INDIANA BATTLE - STOLEN DELEGATES

1.       Trump – NO FEAR – AMERICA FIRST!!!

-          Trump Foreign Policy Speech

a.       Report: Trump’s “America 1st” Policy WAS America’s FIRST Foreign Policy

b.      David Knight on Trump America 1^st and taxes (1B)

c.       David Knight on Trade and Jeff Sessions (1C)

-          Trump in Costa Mesa Rally

a.       The LA TIMES published an article today which opened with the following paragraph: The Los Angeles Police Department is bracing for a long weekend of political demonstrations following the California arrival of GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump and boisterous protests in Orange County. A few paragraphs later they wrote: But the largest crowds are expected to gather downtown Sunday to demand equality for immigrants and protest Trump’s controversial statements about people from Mexico and Muslims.

b.      RickWells.us – “Trump was Right, Protesters prove “Mexico Not Sending its Best”

c.       Mass Protesters “Make America Mexico Again”

d.      Hundreds of black lives matter bused in for Riots

e.      Trump Supporter kicked and Suckered punched (1D)

1.       Actors Wanted! Knowledge of politics or skilled in fighting a plus! (Fountain Hills)  Actors needed to protest a political event this Saturday in Fountain Hills! Must be passionate about your assigned role and able to follow directions. We need loud, outgoing people! Knowledge of politics or skilled in fighting a plus! Actors pay their own legal fees if arrested. Pay is up to $3,250 for one day of work!

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-          Trump with Revoltuo Revera on Fox responding to Heidi Cruz statement Saturday in Indiana Cruz immigrant (A1)

-          Delegate Counts – Trump 41-UNP (997) needs 240 more to win : Cruz 20-UNP (566) : Kasich (153) : Hillary 520-UNP (2183) 1,663 : Sanders 39-UNP (1406) 1,367

-          NY Post - Donald Trump will likely wind up winning the most primary votes of any GOP presidential candidate in modern history, the author of the influential Smart Politics blog told The Post on Wednesday.

a.       After convincing victories in Tuesday’s primaries in five East Coast states, Trump has roughly 10.1 million votes, about 200,000 more than Mitt Romney got during the entire 2012 primary campaign.

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2.       Delegate Speaks out on Silent Majority Radio Show – Look for the Doppelganger….

-          Attempt to bribe Kelly Buckley vote by Cruz Camp (2A)

-          CNN inside politics Cruz Loves ObamaCare (2B)

-          Cruz on Hannity heated conversation about delegates (2C)

-          James Simons Jewish Billionaire Obama and Clinton Donor by Dr. Duke Member of the House Of Representatives LA ’89 thru ‘93

a.       According to a New York Times analysis that was last updated on April 5, Ms. Clinton has received $62.5 million in contributions from Super-PACs alone. Mr. Cruz—having received $56 million from Super-PACs—isn’t far behind. Politico’s list of the top 100 donors in the 2016 presidential election show Ms. Clinton and Mr. Cruz leading the majority of donations from America’s elite.

b.      Billionaire James Simons owns hedge funds Euclidean Capital and Renaissance Technologies. According to OpenSecrets.org, Euclidean Capital has donated over $3.5 million to Ms. Clinton’s campaign and Renaissance Technologies has donated over $11 million to Mr. Cruz’s campaign.

3.       Obama

-          On Thursday the Commerce Department announced that the US economy expanded at the slowest pace in two years. GDP growth rose at an anemic 0.5% rate after a paltry 1.4% fourth quarter advance.  Ronald Reagan brought annual real GDP growth of 3.5%.Barack Obama will be lucky to average a 1.55% GDP growth rate. This ranks Obama as the fourth worst presidency on record. Obama will be the only president in history that did not deliver a single year of 3.0% growth rate. Barack Obama will be the only U.S. president in history that did not deliver a single year of 3.0%+ economic growth. According to Louis Woodhill, if the economy continues to perform below 2.67% GDP growth rate this year, President Barack Obama will leave office with the fourth worst economic record in US history.

-          Benghazi

-          Breaking News on Fox with Catherine Herridge new email surfaced (3A)

-          Obama 3^rd Term what the F?? (3B)

4.       White House Corresponds Dinner

-          Larry Wilmore

5.       Louder With Crowder UMASS Republican Forum Disruption and Crowder Destruction (5A)

-          Milo

a.       by MILO 27 Apr 20163,132 - Dear #NeverTrump: It’s Time To Get Behind Daddy

b.      After his stunning victories in the north-eastern primaries, Donald Trump needs less than 300 more delegates to secure the Republican nomination. So, #NeverTrump haters and losers — it’s time we had a little talk.

c.       Now, I know Trump and the alt-right hurt your feelings by relentlessly undermining the anointed heir to the Royal House of Bush, as well as that flamboyant, permanently dehydrated ADHD junkie from Florida, but it’s time to let bygones be bygones.

d.      So, by all means spend a few days in a safe space blowing bubbles and eating oatmeal raisin cookies like your feminist compatriots to recover, but after that it’ll be time to face reality: Trump is going to be your party’s nominee.

e.      It’s not so bad, honestly. If you get behind Trump fast enough, your betrayed base might forget comments like “we decide the nominee, not the voters.”

Heidi Cruz: ‘Ted Is an Immigrant’

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Heidi Cruz said on the Indiana campaign trail Saturday that her husband 

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)

97%

 “is an immigrant.”

“Ted is an immigrant. He is Hispanic,” Heidi Cruz said of her Texas senator husband, an American citizen who renounced his Canadian citizenship though he was born north of the border. “He can unify this party.”

“We have libertarians joining our cause. I have people every day from the Democrat Party telling me that they re-registered to vote for Ted as a Republican. Because they understand what he stands for, and he represents America.”

As of press time, it is unclear whether Heidi meant to say that Ted Cruz is the son of an immigrant father, or whether her line was a Freudian slip referring to the fact that Ted Cruz was born in Canada.

Cruz moved to the United States as a toddler in 1974 after being born in Canada in December, 1970.

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In rural Ohio, a call to 'arm yourself'

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PIKETON, Ohio — "If you are fearful, arm yourself. If you feel you need to protect yourself or your family, do so."

Pike County Sheriff Charles Reader's Sunday comments to his county's residents may have caused a collective raising of an eyebrow from the audience following last Friday's mass killing from afar. Locally, however, it wasn't considered a gaffe or even the first time a high-ranking Pike County official said or did something curious regarding firearms.

The Appalachian hills of Pike County and neighboring Adams, Scioto and Ross counties are home to many hunters and gun enthusiasts. The rural surroundings and dense forests make for a suitable, and arguably safer, setting for firearm buffs.

"I think a lot of people have experience with guns here because they hunt from an early age," said Michael Crabtree, a commissioner of neighboring Scioto County. "Many people I grew up with were introduced to guns at a young age. They would hunt groundhog, squirrel or venison and at the end of the day, the stuff you'd hunt would be on the dinner table."

Crabtree, like many residents of the four aforementioned counties, has a concealed carry permit and a nearly lifelong connection with guns.

"When I was a kid, our dad taught us how to use guns and the different safety practices of gun ownership," Crabtree said. "We didn't have the problems we have now. It was a different life. When people went to town, they left the doors unlocked."

The events on Union Hill Road a week ago and a Jan. 4 unsolved double homicide in Minford, a town of 693 in Crabtree's Scioto County, have given rise to his caution.

"I'm not going to allow someone to do bodily harm to me or my wife," he said.

Arkoe Outdoors, an outdoor supply and firearm store less than four miles from the scene of last Friday's shootings, has seen an uptick in calls despite it not being hunting season. Pike County gun stores are seeing and hearing from residents sharing Crabtree's concern.

Arkoe Outdoors in Pike County. The outdoor supplier and gun shop is less than four miles from the scene of the April 22 mass shooting. (Photo: The Enquirer/Jeremy Fugleberg)

"We've had much more calls despite only being open a few days a week," said Danny Waulk, an employee of the store. "People seem much more concerned."

Williams Gun Shop, a custom work and service store outside Waverly, has also heard from customers following the eight shooting deaths a week ago.

"These days everyone's got an opinion, but the general conversation is much more concerned. The tone has changed," said Wes Williams, an employee of the store for 30 years. "There's nothing compared to this. When it's this close to home, it's different."

In Pike County, 1,515 concealed carry permits were issued from 2011 through 2015, according to data from the Ohio Attorney General's Office. In that same period, 348 permits were renewed. Neighboring Adams County saw 930 permits issues and 630 renewed.

Ross County had 2,177 permits issued and 1,142 renewed. Scioto County saw 3,498 permits issued and 2,242 renewed in that same window.

Combined, the population of those four counties is approximately 212,500 people, according to the latest census data.

When compared to Warren County in suburban Cincinnati, which has a population of 219,169 and is considered one of the more conservative counties in the state, residents of this four-county Appalachian region are far more likely to have a gun strapped to their hip or elsewhere.

In that same 5-year window, Warren County had 6,748 concealed carry permits issued and 4,172 renewed. The four-county group? A total of 8,120 permits issued and 4,363 renewed.

Portsmouth, a city of a little more than 20,000 people and the seat of Scioto County, is emblematic of Appalachia in more ways than just firearms.

With guns in this region, it's all a matter context, Portsmouth City Councilman Kevin W. Johnson said.

"Hunting vs. simple possession of a firearm a little different," Johnson said. "It's a matter of pride here. Your introduction to guns at a younger age is the same sort of thing as a kid first getting a license to drive."

In 2012, following a jury returning a verdict of not guilty to a man accused of several charges stemming from a home invasion, current Pike County Prosecutor Rob Junk returned a gun to its owner who had used it to kill one of the home invaders.

Matt Nichols used a Winchester rifle to kill Thomas Price after he broke into Nichols' home, the Pike County Sheriff's Office and prosecutors said. After the man who prosecutors said assisted Price in the home invasion was found not guilty, Junk returned the rifle to Nichols before he left the courthouse.

"I fear for Matt Nichols' safety," Junk told the Chillicothe Gazette at the time. "It worries me because he didn't do anything wrong. He didn't do the investigation, and he's the one suffering for it."

Nichols testified during the case that the men had brandished a gun at him, struck him in the head and threatened to kill him, the Gazette reported.

"I wanted to make sure he had that before he left the courthouse," Junk said of the gun.

Still, there are reservations about the advice Reader delivered to Pike County residents in front of the national media on Sunday.

"How you protect your family is a personal choice," Crabtree said. "A lot of people are giving the Pike County Sheriff negative press, but if they were personally affected by this tragedy, they might have a different opinion."

Portsmouth council member Johnson said he would have taken a different approach to assuaging the fears of area residents.

"My initial reaction is that the statement is a projection of fear and a reinforcement," Johnson said. "I regret that he felt the need to say something like that given everything that has been released to the public about the crime. Were I in his shoes, I would not have tried to exacerbate the fear that exists in the community. In fact, I would have done the opposite and done everything I could to tamp it down."

Gannett Ohio reporter Jona Ison contributed to this report.

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Daily Mail: ‘Clinton Cash’ Film Explodes into Campaign

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From the Daily Mail Geoff Earle writes:

The book that raked through the complex web of political, campaign fundraising, and political practices of Bill and Hillary Clinton last year and muddied Clinton’s presidential campaign launch is coming to the big screen just in time to cause Clinton trouble in the general election.

‘Clinton Cash’ is set to premiere the day before the Democratic convention in Philadelphia, and is based on the book by the same title by author Peter Schweizer.

Schweizer is joined by fellow producer Stephan K. Bannon of conservative outlet Breitbart news on the project.

A trailer for the film, which is directed by M.A. Taylor., features images of blood dripping down piles of cash, Bloomberg News reported.

The trailer kicks off with clip of Clinton complimenting foreign governments for ‘rooting out corruption’ – even as Schweizer, who is interviewed as part of the film, says the Clintons ‘created a model for massive self enrichment that allows you to go into so-called pub service but get extremely rich at the same time.’

The book’s release in May prompted a series of investigations by major news outlets into the fundraising practices of the Clinton foundation, which had accepted major contributions from corporations and foreign governments.

It also probed hefty speaking fees earned by the Clintons from foreign and domestic corporations after Bill Clinton left the White House, the foundation’s charity work, and Clinton’s time at the State Department.

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Dear #NeverTrump: It’s Time To Get Behind Daddy

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After his stunning victories in the north-eastern primaries, Donald Trump needs less than 300 more delegates to secure the Republican nomination. So, #NeverTrump haters and losers — it’s time we had a little talk.

Now, I know Trump and the alt-right hurt your feelings by relentlessly undermining the anointed heir to the Royal House of Bush, as well as that flamboyant, permanently dehydrated ADHD junkie from Florida, but it’s time to let bygones be bygones.

So, by all means spend a few days in a safe space blowing bubbles and eating oatmeal raisin cookies like your feminist compatriots to recover, but after that it’ll be time to face reality: Trump is going to be your party’s nominee.

It’s not so bad, honestly. If you get behind Trump fast enough, your betrayed base might forget comments like “we decide the nominee, not the voters.”

Those weren’t just any old voters you were alienating, by the way. They include the next generation of conservative firebrands, who are currently gravitating to Trump, the alt-right, and me. Unlike most right-wing writers, my biggest demographic is 18-34 year olds. Your supporters will be dead or retired in ten years. Ours won’t.

It’s pretty simple, really. Either you want your party and movement to die, or you don’t.

Past GOP presidents, love them or hate them, have been iconoclasts and men of great charisma — not charm, necessarily, but strong personalities who take great risks. Mitt Romney didn’t lose elections because he was too sexist or racist — a lie internalised by a shocking number of establishment conservatives. He lost because he’s a robotic, unlikable bore with ideas that resemble the folks who want to ship Americans’ jobs overseas.

And let’s not forget, Trump has promised to become more “presidential” if he gets the nomination. You might even persuade him to adopt some toned-down, establishment-approved, Romneyesque slogans. Here are some ideas:

“Make America Slightly Better Again”“Not Completely Forthright Ted”“Less Than Perfectly Honest Hillary”

Some other potential compromises:

We’ll call it a fence not a wall… and it only goes up 10 inches instead of 10 feet every time Mexicans insult itWe’ll agree some illegal gang members are great people and just “lost souls”We’ll lower the trade imbalance with China but not boast about itCarrier will only pay 29.9% tax not 30%

What else can we do to heal the conservative movement’s wounds? Trump could promise that Ben Shapiro will never hear another height joke, and will be made ambassador to the Pygmies who will make him feel like a giant. Michelle Fields will be Secretary of the Creative Arts, a new cabinet level position. Trump could also pass a law that for every cabinet level appointment there is a special gravy job held specifically for a Bush, a Romney, or a member of the Saudi royal family.

And come on guys. I know you’re fond of screwing people over cigars in dusty backrooms, but wouldn’t it be way better to smoke Trump cigars at the luxurious  Mar-a-Lago’ resort, instead of the backroom of the Bush clan’s favorite Masonic lodge in Possum Gulch, Texas?

The GOP establishment are keen on flooding the country with cheap workers. Backing Trump just means your party will be flooded with cheap voters — you don’t have to bribe them this time; Trump will make them come for free! And they aren’t even Mexican gang members — just disgruntled blue-collar Democrats and independents.

You own the beltway, and you’ll always own the beltway. So why not come together with the unwashed masses, behind Trump? Don’t forget, you need the base to keep funding your lavish lifestyles.

Look, the Inner Party of Oceania in 1984, which you’ve modelled yourself on so well, was adept at the idea of doublethink. It’s perfectly acceptable to both hate Trump and tell the proles to vote for him.   Stop letting the hate cloud your vision and act in your own best interest, like you normally do.

And really, who else would you run instead?

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)

56%

’s baby blues would fill with tears when he inevitably loses on the national stage. Besides, you need him in congress to ram through TPP and amnesty bills, don’t you?

Romney again? He’s so nice to the bad guys he’s an easy choice, but doesn’t running a Mormon again hurt the “Islam is the future” globalist agenda?

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)

37%

? The poor man’s already survived torture once — don’t put him through another failed presidential bid.

Some of you are convinced that Trump will lose to Hillary, hence your support for the eminently electable 

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)

97%

 and charismatic people’s champion Jeb Bush. And it’s true that Hillary currently beats Trump in the polls. But Trump hasn’t even started exposing all the skeletons in her closet yet — assuming the FBI don’t get there first. Remember, this time last year, Jeb Bush was ahead in the polls. Look how that turned out!

Oh, sorry, I shouldn’t have reminded you. Here, have a box of tissues.

Sure, you may not like Trump, but is he worse than Hillary? Are you really going to walk down to your polling station, vote for the Republican candidate for Senator and Congressman, and then leave the Presidential ballot empty? Would you really let another Clinton romp into the White House?

Well, Charles Koch has suggested he might do more than that. He might come out and support Clinton wholeheartedly. I’m sure a few other establishment die-hards entertain similar thoughts. And let’s be clear: when they do, they ought to be cast out of the conservative movement.

Never has a candidate with this much promise faced this much opposition. Trump offers everything conservatives have been complaining about for decades: a secure border, improved trade, and an America restored to its rightful place in the world. That is, the top. The best. The greatest. Number one. And the polls will say so!

Trump speaks for the kind of conservative voters that the GOP takes for granted at every election, offering lofty promises that they promptly break. He’s high-energy. You’re damp squibs. It’s time to fall in line behind the patriarch and see what happens.

Your voters have had enough of being lied to, and this time, they’re going to get what they want. You may hate them, but remember — you need them more than they need you.

Because, having thrown almost 1,000 delegates to Daddy, it’s pretty clear that they, not you, are the Republican Party.

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ABC News Bumps Donald Trump Delegate Count to 996

NYT ALSO CONFIRMS THE DELEGATE COUNT

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ABC News has updated its estimate of the current delegate totals in the Republican presidential primary, putting Donald Trump closer to the nomination than first thought after Tuesday night’s sweep of five states.

Reporter Ryan Struyk said on Twitter that the new numbers came from calls placed to every unbound delegate to gauge their support for Trump plus rivals 

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)

97%

 and John Kasich.

This leaves only 241 more delegates from Trump to win in the primary’s remaining contests: Indiana (where 57 are up for grabs), Nebraska (36), West Virginia (34), Oregon (28), Washington (44), California (172), Montana (27), New Jersey (51), New Mexico (24), and South Dakota (29). Figures from Tuesday night — counting only the delegates automatically pledged thanks to Mr. Trump’s election victories — put him around 288 delegates away from 1,237.

While Struyk has not yet posted an article on this development, the ABC News election coverage home page already shows the updated figures.

Earlier Thursday afternoon, Nate Cohn at the New York Times posted analysis with asimilar conclusion — that Trump has a path to the nomination even if he loses the Indiana primary.

The main reason is Mr. Trump’s success on Tuesday among Pennsylvania’s 54 unpledged delegates. Even though none of them are officially bound to a candidate, 31 of the 54 spots went to delegates preferred by Mr. Trump. And before the election, others had said they would vote for the winner of their district (Mr. Trump won all of the state’s districts). My colleague Jeremy W. Peters reported that Mr. Trump “appeared to have won about 40 of Pennsylvania’s 54 unbound delegates.”

…

If he has indeed moved many of those delegates off the sideline and into his territory, it obviates the necessity for him to win Indiana, which is worth 57 delegates (30 delegates to the statewide winner and three delegates to the winner of each of nine congressional districts). He would still need a comfortable victory in California — enough to win about 130 of the state’s 172 delegates in the event of a loss in Indiana. He could bring that figure as low as 115 with good outcomes in West Virginia, Oregon, Washington and New Mexico, or with a few additional districts in Indiana.

Trump declared himself the “presumptive nominee” on Tuesday night but is still campaigning hard for Indiana’s voters. On Wednesday, former Indiana Hoosiers coach Bob Knight endorsed Trump at an Evansville rally.

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Jewish Billionaire Leftist & Obama/Hillary MegaDonor Gives CRUZ 11 Million — to Stop Trump!

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Commentary — If you needed any more evidence that in America the Zio-controlled governing party and the Zio-controlled opposition party are two sides of the same shekel, look no further. Jewish tribalist billionaire James Simons has given mega millions to leftist Democrats, Barack Obama and potential shiksa-in-chief Hillary Clinton. Recently Simons has given the huge amount of 11 million dollars to a son of a preacher and part-time Bela Lugosi impersonator Ted Cruz in a desperate attempt to stop Trump!

This should make it clear that Cruz is no outsider but the most connected insider possible. While Cruz rails against “NY values”  he gets mega millions from the the New York elite, the same elite that are the biggest long-time supporters of the Likes of Obama and Hillary Clinton! Another interesting fact is that Simons is also a megadonor to Planned Parenthood, who hypocrite Cruz rails against.  So Simons obviously has no worries about his millions of dollars being able to control Cruz, but he is deathly afraid of Donald Trump — What else do you need to know.

Here are some excerpts that have the facts on Simon’s billions of dollars to Cruz!

Why Billionaires Like James Simons Donate Millions to Clinton and Cruz

America’s elite don’t support Establishment candidates because they’re passionate about campaign platforms

By Michael Sainato • 04/17/16 10:00am

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Hillary Clinton’s supporters endlessly criticize Bernie Sanders for not being “a real” Democrat.

“I’m not even sure he is one,” the former first lady said in an interview via aPolitico podcast. The attack is baseless and divisive, and with it Ms. Clinton and her supporters draw a line in the sand, telling Democrats who support Mr. Sanders: If you aren’t with us, you’re against us. In some ways, their argument is true. Mr. Sanders isn’t a true Democrat—he’s something much better.

Mr. Sanders’ campaign platform includes proposals and ideas Democrats have fought for over several decades, albeit incrementally. The reforms Mr. Sanders instills into mainstream conversations—issues like income inequality and the corruption and greed embedded in the American political system—have fallen by the wayside in recent years as both parties are beholden to special interests, rather than the greater public good.

Most politicians like Ms. Clinton and Jeb Bush spend their time courting deep-pockets, and in this election cycle the two candidates have shared over 60 of the same wealthy donors. Time Magazine cited one billionaire donating to Ms. Clinton, Mr. Bush and Senator Ted Cruz—who believes the country would be in good hands with any of the three as president. Goldman Sachs—whose CEO, Lloyd Blankfein, called Mr. Sanders “dangerous”—also donated to Mr. Cruz, Mr. Bush and Ms. Clinton.

Billionaires and millionaires aren’t supporting candidates like Ms. Clinton and Mr. Cruz because they’re passionate about campaign platforms. Wealthy individuals contribute to campaigns because they know that, in order to keep large donations pouring in every year, candidates like Ms. Clinton and Mr. Cruz will return the favor. This cycle enables massive corporations and wealthy one-percenters to maximize their profits through tax evasion, outsourcing and government subsidies and tax breaks.

According to a New York Times analysis that was last updated on April 5, Ms. Clinton has received $62.5 million in contributions from Super-PACs alone. Mr. Cruz—having received $56 million from Super-PACs—isn’t far behind. Politico’s list of the top 100 donors in the 2016 presidential election show Ms. Clinton and Mr. Cruz leading the majority of donations from America’s elite.

Billionaire James Simons owns hedge funds Euclidean Capital and Renaissance Technologies. According to OpenSecrets.org, Euclidean Capital has donated over $3.5 million to Ms. Clinton’s campaign and Renaissance Technologies has donated over $11 million to Mr. Cruz’s campaign. Ms. Clinton and Mr. Cruz differ substantially on campaign platforms, but their refusal to challenge the status quo, and to network with federal lobbyists rather than against them, is what makes them similar.

This is why Mr. Sanders is an infinitely better candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. His donor lists don’t mirror those of the Republicans, and his campaign platform can’t be stripped down to provide concessions to federal lobbyists and special interests.

Bernie Sanders’ accountability is with the American people—many of whom have financed his campaign through small contributions. Citizens United is not a single issue—it permeates and corrupts every aspect of the political system.

The future of the Democratic Party is at stake, and the Establishment support for Hillary Clinton signifies a preference for federal lobbyists and money overfighting for working class and middle class interests.

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