CAMPAIGN 2016
Jeb tops
all fundraising . . . Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign raised $47.5 million through June 30, more than any other campaign so far. But Jeb Bush has the most outside support, with a reported $103 million raised by the super PAC backing him. New York Times
Cruz punching above weight in fundraising . . . Despite polling in eighth among his GOP cohort, Cruz is flexing some fundraising muscle. His campaign raised $10 million this quarter, bringing his fundraising total to $14.3 million since he launched his candidacy. That puts him second among the Republican candidates who have
filed with the FEC so far, behind Jeb Bush's $11.4 million raised. National Journal
Hollywood digs deep for Hillary . .
. The Democratic front-runner raked in over $75,000 from A-list entertainers including Leonardo DiCaprio, Reese Witherspoon, Steven Spielberg, Ben Affleck and Quincy Jones, all of whom gave $2,700 to the Clinton campaign, the maximum allowed for the primary. Politico
“You want to sum up this race in one simple meme? It’s one we tweeted out,” Cruz said Wednesday. “Reaganomics, you start a business in your parent’s garage; Obamanomics you move into your parents garage.”
Cruz makes the Times
bestseller list . . . Five days after accusing The New York Times of bias, secrecy and foul play, Ted Cruz is finally getting what he wanted: a highly coveted spot on the paper's bestseller list. Cruz's memoir, "A Time For Truth," will appear at No. 7 on the Times' list for hardcover nonfiction, reflecting its second-week sales. Politico
Did Trump run a scam university? . . . A class-action lawsuit in California and an ongoing civil suit brought by New York State allege that the now-defunct Trump University, later
known as the Trump Entrepreneur Institute, defrauded up to 5,000 students, who paid as much as $35,000 to learn Trump’s real-estate investment strategies and techniques. National Review
The $10 billion man . . . Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's income last year was $362 million — giving him a total net worth of more than $10 billion, according to financial disclosure forms filed with the Federal Election Commission. Newsmax
Trump won't release college transcript . . . Donald Trump does not seem to be the kind of man burdened by hypocrisy. Calling President Barack Obama “the least transparent president in the history of this
country” back in 2012, Trump offered to give $5 million to the charity of the president’s choosing if he released his college application and transcript. But now he's not releasing his own. Daily Caller
Hillary continues decline in polls . . . Mrs. Clinton was the first choice of 51 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters in the new survey from Monmouth University — down from 57 percent in June and 60 percent in April. Mr. Sanders was well back at 17 percent, but his numbers have increased since his 7
percent showing in April and his 12 percent support in June. Washington Times
CONGRESS
House panels to probe fetus tissue selling . . . The searing political conflict over abortion flared anew Wednesday as three Republican-led
congressional committees said they will investigate whether Planned Parenthood is selling organs from aborted fetuses. Associated Press
Where was the coverage? . . . Tuesday when a video of a Planned Parenthood exec discussing the sale of aborted fetus parts over lunch went viral - Who eats salad while discussing fetal livers - the only sites covering it were the ones who were most disgusted by it — Glenn Beck‘s TheBlaze, National Review, Breitbart News, TownHall, The Federalist, RedState and The Daily Caller.
Book of the Week: Harper Lee's "Go Set a
Watchman" . . . An historic literary event: the publication of a newly discovered novel, the earliest known work from Harper Lee, the beloved, bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, To Kill a Mockingbird.Originally written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman was the novel Harper Lee first submitted to her publishers before To Kill a Mockingbird. Assumed to have been lost, the manuscript was discovered in late 2014. Go Set a Watchman features many of the
characters from To Kill a Mockingbird some twenty years later.
Buy it now by clicking on the book jacket below.!

