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Even George W. Bush is embarrassed that Trump is their nominee:

For the first time since his own presidency, George H.W. Bush is planning to stay silent in the race for the Oval Office — and the younger former president Bush plans to stay silent as well.

Bush 41, who enthusiastically endorsed every Republican nominee for the last five election cycles, will stay out of the campaign process this time. He does not have plans to endorse presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump, spokesman Jim McGrath told The Texas Tribune.

“At age 91, President Bush is retired from politics,” McGrath wrote in an email Wednesday. “He came out of retirement to do a few things for Jeb, but those were the exceptions that proved the rule.” His son Jeb Bush dropped out of the GOP presidential race in February.

Bush 43, meanwhile, “does not plan to participate in or comment on the presidential campaign,” according to his personal aide, Freddy Ford.

Republicans Want To Make It Harder To Have Kids Fed Lunches At School In yet another case of Republicans not giving two shits about the nation’s kids, Congress wants to make it even harder for children in poverty to get free lunches at schools. According to Slate, here is the situation. Back in 2010, the Community… Continue Reading »

Senator Elizabeth Warren has been pretty up front on her views of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, as they ran for the GOP’s presidential nomination. She recently criticized the Texas Senator for “whining about his many sacrifices” to run for president. Are you kidding me? We’re supposed to pity him because trying to be the leader… Continue Reading »

The entire population of Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada, is fleeing in an evacuation ahead of a wall of flames now entering the city limits. The army and air force is heading to the province to help 80,000 people escape out-of-control wildfires that are filling the city with smoke. Alberta has called for an airlift as… Continue Reading »

Clinton is raising millions for Democrats:

Both candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination opened accounts to raise money for the party. Here’s the tally so far: Hillary Clinton, $46 million;Bernie Sanders, $0.

Clinton, a former senator and secretary of state, has headlined a half-dozen fundraisers – one at movie star George Clooney’s home, another at a Radio City Music Hall concert with pop star Katy Perry – to raise money for national and state parties.

Sanders, an independent senator, has not organized any fundraisers for the party, nor has he raised any money through emails or ads. He has accused the Democratic Party of favoring Clinton in the contest and, in recent days, has accused her of spending money she raises for the party to help herself.

“It’s unfortunate that Hillary Clinton has benefited from tens of millions of dollars in cash transfers and advertising to campaign against us in the primary,” said Jeff Weaver, Sanders’ campaign manager.

The Clinton campaign pushed back on that accusation. “They’re questioning our joint fundraising agreement with the DNC, which allows us to support Democrats running up and down the ticket – the same fundraising structure used by President Obama in 2008 and 2012,” Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook wrote to supporters.

Democratic National Committee officials say the money is spent to compile lists of voters, recruit volunteers, register voters and pay for digital ads, training, research and communications.

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