politics general

since it's an election year, it's only natural we'd have a thread on what has so far been probably the greatest shitshow of all time.

kicking off the thread we have some of today's bigger headlines

PAUL MANAFORT RESIGNS FROM THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/20/us/politics/paul-manafort-resigns-donald-trump.html
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/08/19/developing-paul-manafort-resigns-from-trump-campaign.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37134440
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/paul-manafort-donald-trump_us_57b711aee4b0b51733a2dca3?axfx6obe2s7zaor
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/291957-manafort-resigns-from-trump-campaign-report

GARY JOHNSON DOING OKAY IN STATES LIKE COLORADO, PULLING THE <35 CROWD WELL

http://kdvr.com/2016/08/18/gary-johnson-beating-donald-trump-among-voters-under-35-in-colorado/

KANSAS CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE, AS JOBS DISAPPEAR AND UNEMPLOYMENT RISES

http://www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/yael-t-abouhalkah/article96635857.html

CLINTON CONTINUES TO LEAD SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE POLLS

REUTERS/IPSOS: CLINTON 8+

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-poll-idUSKCN10U1YI?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social

NORMINGTON PETTS (note: not a great pollster): CLINTON +10

http://www.nbcnews.com/card/poll-clinton-leads-trump-10-points-n633871

STUDY FINDS TEXAS PREGNANCY-RELATED DEATHS NEARLY DOUBLED BETWEEN 2010 AND 2012

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2016/08/18/maternal_mortality_rate_has_nearly_doubled_in_texas_after_family_planning.html

trump will win and nobody else

communism is the light, bernie sanders should run in 2020, vote jill stein, i literally don't care who wins any more and puerto rico demands liberation

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some of today's noteworthy headlines

TOPICALLY RELEVANT TO ZACMAC: LOUISIANA'S GOVERNOR STANDS UP FOR OBAMA

http://winningdemocrats.com/louisiana-governor-tells-republicans-to-sit-down-and-shut-up-about-obama/

VOTING RIGHTS STILL IN THE HEADLINES

GOV. MCAULIFFE (D-VA) RESTORES SOME FELONS' VOTING RIGHTS

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/virginias-mcauliffe-to-announce-restoration-of-voting-rights-to-13000-felons/2016/08/20/590b43ee-6652-11e6-96c0-37533479f3f5_story.html?wpisrc=al_alert-COMBO-politics%252Blocal-politics%252Blocal-all

GREENPEACE REPORTS: "Voter ID Laws Are Finally Being Outed for Their Discriminatory Intent"

http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/voter-id-laws-finally-outed-discriminatory-intent/

SANDERS "EYEING" JOINING THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL FOR CLINTON

http://powerpoliticians.com/2016/08/20/sanders-eyeing-return-campaign-trail-next-month/

TRUMP'S OUTREACH TO BLACK PEOPLE NOT GOING VERY WELL SO FAR

“Maybe it would have been nice if he went and had a backdrop with a burning car”

http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2016/08/20/jack-kingstons-tense-defense-of-donald-trumps-outreach-to-black-voters/

MTV joins the fray, calling Trump out for "talking about black people to white people."

http://www.mtv.com/news/2920944/malarkey-in-milwaukee/

TOPICALLY RELEVANT WaPo ARTICLE

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/the-fix/wp/2016/08/20/its-hard-to-imagine-a-much-worse-pitch-donald-trump-could-have-made-for-the-black-vote/