‘tone deaf’,narcissistic posturing in politics: Politics of the rich and famous. Was this a rescue mission or just flexing

...is this simply a case of emergency cash infusion?

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“a meal that costs as much as a decade’s worth of wages for regular folk”

‘…the 2016 presidential politics,  if anything, has brought to the fore, the depressing spectacle of the ‘tone deaf’  hedonistic or should we say, narcissistic posturing of the haves in sharp contrast to the reality of the struggling middle class who are being cajoled and bullied to accept the myth that they share common goals that will be adequately catered by the same political actors. Let’s accept this for what it is, a ‘MYTH’

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Money in Politics and Terrible Optics: The Hilary Clinton weekend fund raiser

...the food must be great

 

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Superpacs or superstars what is the difference? George Clooney admits Bernie Sanders was ‘absolutely right’ to criticize $353,400 ticket price of his Clinton fundraiser dinner. They will all be wielding undue influence in the end. 

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Bernie Sanders and Pope Francis meet privately in Rome - No endorsement. Just a private meeting

...the berne in Rome

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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders met with Pope Francis in the Vatican on Saturday, April 16. The two discussed the need for morality in the world economy. (Reuters)

"And he is a very beautiful man," Sanders continued. "When you meet him, you see something very, very special in his face. He is a man of peace, and you see that."

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Hilary Clinton Felt the Berne During Last Night’s Debate – ‘I question her judgment’ Bernie Sanders Hilary Clinton and NY Debate

Bernie Sanders refused to back down from his criticisms of Hillary Clinton’s qualifications for the presidency tonight as he faced her for the first time since they began a war of words over each other’s competency
‘I question her judgment’: Bernie Sanders hit hard as he and Hillary Clinton clashed angrily again and again in crucial New York debate

 

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Dishing on the Real Bernie Sanders, ’ Brooklyn high school classmates dish on candidate’s teen years

Bernie Sanders supporters rally outside his childhood apartment in Brooklyn

‘Rebel with a cause – Track star, class president, nonconformist’

 

 

Sanders - Hearing about the Holocaust pushed me into politics ‘I strongly defend Israel but I am concerned for Palestine’

Bernie Sanders says being Jewish means he understands racism as he gives talk alongside Eric Garner's daughter in Harlem

- Bernie Sanders

 

 

Says US marine : I've killed your kind many times!': Ex-Marine caught yelling obscenities at Arab American teens at a gas station

 ...in need of some counseling?

 Photo: Ahmed Mohsen/Facebook

Viral: The shocking outburst was recorded by one of the teens and is now quickly spreading on Facebook

  'I've killed your mother f-----g kind, many times!'

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Bernie Sanders: 'Yes' I'd apologize for slavery and I'd make reparations by investing in low-income communities

 

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Bernie Sanders committed tonight to formally apologizing for slavery on behalf of the United States if he becomes president

"There's nothing that anybody can do to undo the deaths and misery" - Bernie

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Ted Cruz is called a 'right-wing bigot' and high school cancels appearance after students threaten walkout as his campaign bombs in the Bronx

...it is boiling to the surface (Republicans are you listening?) Welcome to the North East

 Ted Cruz unwelcome in the Bronx on Wednesday as hip-hop activist heckles him in a restaurant
    High schoolers get his speech canceled by threatening a mass walkout
 

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FBI Investigation on NYPD cash-for-favors scheme - Officers taken on exotic foreign trips and given cash by Bill de Blasio’s businessmen acquaintances in return for influence

...uncovered when a business deal went wrong 
...promise and fail will  always do you in (tsk tsk)

Corrections officers union president Norman Seabrook (far left) and former NYPD Chief of Department Philip Banks (center right) are being investigated over trips paid for by businessman Jeremy Reichberg and Jona Rechnitz (from left, flanking Banks at a charity dinner). Some 20 cops are also being questioned.

FBI 'investigating NYPD cash-for-favors scheme where officers were taken on exotic foreign trips and given cash by Bill de Blasio's businessmen acquaintances in return for influence'

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'Trump' at Cobert's Show: Stephen Colbert interviewed 'Cartoon Donald Trump' in last night's show

...nice to meet the real you

During the segment, he mocked the Republican nominee frontrunner for poor math during the primaries 
 'I'm going to get the biggest votes. I mean check marks! So huge you're going to need two ballots just to fit it on there. Tremendous. Huge check marks.'

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"Holy Cruz " Judgmental Ted Cruz insists he's 'always been faithful' to wife Heidi amid claims that he is about to be named in DC Madam PROSTITUTE scandal

 ...who? moi?
...no 'foul' here, that was before marriage. Being holier than thou and judgemental is the issue. Prostitution is still a crime for the john, prostitute and the pimps.

Ted Cruz insists he's 'always been faithful' to wife Heidi amid claims that he is about to be named in DC Madam prostitute scandal that began before he was married

'complete garbage' and on Monday told Fox News' Megyn Kelly: 'I have always been faithful to my wife.'

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My Regret: Trump regrets insulting Heidi Cruz : 'I wouldn't have sent it' - Twitter attack on Heidi Cruz

...how the mighty are fallen

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Republican candidate Donald Trump called the Twitter attack on rival Ted Cruz's wife, Heidi Cruz, 'a mistake

Trump says Twitter attack on Heidi Cruz was 'a mistake' and claims if he had a do-over the Tweet would not have been posted 

 ..how about  Megyn Kelly

 

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Terrorist ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's ex-wife tells of 'shallow' marriage to a man who spoke only to give orders.

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Insight: Saja al-Dulaimi, the ex-wife of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (pictured), has described the world's most wanted terrorist as a 'normal family man' who 'loved their children' but spoke only to give orders

What's it like being married to the world's most-wanted terrorist?

    Ex-wife of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has spoken of their marriage
    Saja al-Dulaimi called world's most wanted terrorist a 'normal family man'
    Al-Dulaimi said her ex 'loved their children' but spoke only to give orders

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Prez Obama says Trump 'doesn't know much about the world' after the GOP frontrunner suggests Japan and South Korea should develop nuclear weapons

... Prez calling it as he sees it

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President Barack Obama said suggestions from people like Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump that Japan and South Korea show a lack of knowledge about foreign policy, nuclear policy and the Korean Peninsula

    President Barack Obama said suggestions from people like Donald Trump that Japan and South Korea show a lack of knowledge about foreign policy
    He said that they also show lack of knowledge on nuclear policy, the Korean Peninsula and 'the world generally'
    Trump said earlier this week that Japan and South Korea should develop nuclear weapons as a deterrent to North Korea
 

 

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End of Nuclear Security Summit: Peace out, fools! Obama plays the clown by flashing the peace sign for nuclear security summit 'team photo'.

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Peace, man: Surrounded by world leaders, President Barack Obama gave the peace sign at the end of a nuclear security summit today

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Alex, 15, Pepper Sprayed by Trump crowd at Trump event after she asked pro-Donald supporter: 'Why are you at this rally if you're a grown man?'

... this state of affairs is not funny, now teenage girls are being assaulted for daring to stand up to the 'extremist bullies'

 Photo:  Chris Conry
The teen - who has been identified only as Alex and was protesting the Trump rally - got blasted by pepper spray that is held just inches from her face. She was apparently shouting 'black lives matter' before things got heated

    Girl, 15, was protesting outside a Trump rally in Janesville, Wisconsin
    She was shouting 'black lives matter' when things got heated
    Asked a Trump supporter why he was at the rally if he was a 'grown man'
    Seconds later someone from behind him pepper sprayed her in the face

 

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Communist Party in Cuba Falling Apart? Unusual dissent erupts inside Cuban Communist Party

“Obama’s visit requires us, going forward, to work on debating and defending our social consensus about the revolution,” Rodriguez Across the country, Cuba’s ruling party is facing stiff challenges as it tries to govern an increasingly cynical and disenchanted population

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Caught by Hot Mic!: Suu Kyi, Burmese 'democracy' heroine caught out by hot mike! 'No-one told me I was going to be interviewed by a Muslim' - Suu Kyi

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Heated: Burmese politician Aung San Suu Kyi (left) and Today presenter Mishal Husain had a heated exchange 

Moment Burma democracy heroine Suu Kyi lost her cool with BBC's Mishal Husain after being quizzed over violence towards Muslim minority

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'Holy' Cruz!! Ted Cruz Scandal - As GOP race tightens ...Did Ted have five affairs? Fury of the women accused of affairs with Ted Cruz as they call adultery claims 'false' and 'trash' and accuse Trump supporters of smear campaign

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Donald Trump's spokeswoman Katrina Pierson pushed back on allegations - that started with a National Enquirer story - that she had an affair and 'came on' to Sen. Ted Cruz 

    The National Enquirer published a story that says investigators are looking into claims that Ted Cruz cheated with five women
    In the story the women weren't named, but Republican strategist Liz Mair - who runs an anti-Trump super PAC - identified them on Twitter
    Mair named Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson who pushed back saying the operative knew the allegation was false but spread the story anyway
    Mair suggested that Pierson may have 'come on' to Cruz but said it was an 'obviously false' allegation that Pierson had an affair  

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