EXCLUSIVE: RAND PAUL RAISES $7 MILLION IN SECOND QUARTER WITH OVERWHELMING GRASSROOTS SUPPORT

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) raked in an impressive more than $7 million in the last Federal Election Commission (FEC) fundraising quarter which includes receipts through the joint fundraising committee, his campaign told Breitbart News exclusively.

What’s perhaps more impressive than the dollar amount, however, is just how successful Paul has been with grassroots supporters: the total number of donations is comprised of 108,205 individual donors with an average of $65.

What’s more, a whopping 85 percent of all donations were for either $50 or less, and 96 percent of all donations were for $100 or less. Those numbers prove that Paul has raw grassroots support nationwide, and hardworking people who aren’t part of the permanent political class—the folks who can’t max out in thousands of dollars of donations to various political candidates—are doing whatever they can to help him out.

The numbers Paul’s campaign released to Breitbart News exclusively also show he is outpacing the contributions of almost every 2012 Republican campaign and has the resources to build a national campaign capable of competing through the convention. The last quarter’s $7 million of receipts come from the time frame of between April and June of this year. Paul announced he’s running for president in April.

At this point in the 2012 Republican primary, Paul’s father former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) raised only $4.5 million, and only former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney raised more. Paul is on pace to raise almost double what his father and almost every other candidate garnered during the 2012 primary.

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nd tied for 2nd nationally in YouGov/Economist poll

Media coverage of Donald Trump's controverisal immigration remarks have lifted the GOP presidential candidate to the top of the Republican field, according to a new Economist/YouGov poll.

Trump was the preferred GOP nominee for president for 15 percent of respondents — 4 points ahead of former Gov. Jeb Bush (Fla.) and Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.), who were tied for second place.

Gov. Scott Walker (Wis.), Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.) and former Gov. Mike Huckabee (Ark.) shared the third spot with 9 percent each.

In addition to being the first choice for the majority of likely voters who participated in the poll, Trump was also the primary second choice for those who preferred another candidate as their nominee.

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More...http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/247383-trump-leads-gop-presidential-field-in-new-national-poll

If ya look at the 1 week chart that recent red dragon looks very intimidating in ltc/btc. Yet, it does appear that the retrace is holding and looking up which means this could be a good re-entry point if you're looking to make a play on litecoin again.

Totally, it will make for great internet tv action. Those that can't learn to adapt to market conditions shall reap a vicious and righteous blood bath.

I'll probably be labeled a broken record but I'll reiterate that LTC went down to the 61.8 fib retrace and has since ceased the large selloff.

LTC selling seems to have subsided for now right around the 61.8 fib retrace, possible upwards movement to continue. just sayin

Point still remains that this retrace stopped right around the aforementioned level so I imagine some sort of support must be forming again. One of the dudes that called this last ltc rally is back in 100% right now. I'm not that bold but I did add some to my plate.

It's easier to pump and grab attention for one. Then the profits put more fuel into the bitcoin price which gets momentum going. This is partly how a major bull market gets underway after the consolidation season is over with.

Idk, LTC hit the 61.8 fib retracement so it could possibly be a bottom at this point. Maybe another runup? Placing bets for tonight on into tomorrow?

What are you, tarmi's blood brother who can't see the winds are changing? If I was you, I'd ditch that avatar now that bear season is mostly over with.

These lack of merchant deals for accepting bitcoin as payment from clients is what pisses me off to no end. If you're gonna get the goods then you better offer the blessings of offering the buyer a semi-deal for paying w/ the offering.

I will take the moon anyway it wants to serve itself up. The hard and fast moves up are what drive the fomo and panic buying by the extras that float into the market.

Marco, when you're back in the pocket, hit me up. We have a bot issue, thx. Oh wait, Bitcoin Boys, you can PM me too about this bot issue. Or, I'll take the initiative.

Rand Paul op-ed: Oppose the Washington Machine Education Bill

I believe that education is the great equalizer, but too often our one-size-fits-all system leaves most kids behind. As someone who has spent a few years in Washington, I can tell you first-hand that there is no monopoly of knowledge here. The Washington Machine should not dictate what happens in our local classrooms. It should be local municipalities, parents, teachers and administrators who make these decisions.

In the years following World War II, America’s educational system was the best in the world, graduating more high school students every year than any other nation in the world.

Today, our education statistics tell another, far more depressing story. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) tests 15-year-old students around the world every three years for proficiency in math, literacy, and science. The results are unacceptable—below average in mathematics in comparison to the other thirty-four OECD countries, and average in science and literacy.

Perhaps even more telling are the results when measured within the United States. Though former Governor Jeb Bush has championed and implemented Common Core policies, Florida students ranked below the U.S. national average.

How did we get to this low point?

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http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/07/08/exclusive-rand-paul-oppose-the-washington-machine-education-bill/

How Rand Paul Could Ride the Maharishi Effect to Victory

At Earth & Water, a teahouse in downtown Fairfield, Iowa, patrons sit cross-legged on mats as they down cups of oolong or puerh. Shoes are optional, if not discouraged. On a typical afternoon, it’s crowded with students from the Maharishi University of Management, which opened in 1974 to teach a curriculum inspired by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the progenitor of Transcendental Meditation.

Fairfield, the center of Transcendental Meditation in the U.S., is a hotbed of support for Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul. Earth & Water regulars Jeff Shipley and Roger Leahy helped turn it and surrounding Jefferson County into a stronghold for Paul’s father, Ron, the Texas congressman who came in a close third in the 2012 Iowa caucuses. Now they’re using Earth & Water as a base to help Rand get all the way to the White House. “There’s a self-reliant attitude here,” says Shipley. “The people who want to end the wars and end NSA spying are the same people who want to be able to sell raw milk.”

In 2011, Ron Paul fans made converts and won volunteers among Fairfield’s devotees by canvassing the city’s monthly art festival and its health food stores. “I’ve been supporting the peace movement since Nixon bombed Haiphong harbor,” says Leahy, who moved to Fairfield in 1974 to be close to other practitioners. “When we organized in 2012, downtown, the office had a silhouette of Ron Paul that said underneath it: I’m voting for peace. Ron Paul’s attitude was that many of the problems we’re getting into around the world could stop if we practiced peace.”

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More...http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-07-08/how-rand-paul-could-ride-the-maharishi-effect-to-victory

Rand Paul headed to Michigan - my spot

Presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton, Rand Paul coming to Michigan this month


LANSING, MI — Presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Rand Paul are scheduled to visit Michigan this month, seeking to build support ahead of the state's March 2016 primary and November general election.

Clinton, the early frontrunner for the Democratic nomination, will visit Michigan on July 21 for a Metro Detroit fundraiser, marking her first trip to the state since she launched her campaign.

The "Conversation with Hillary" fundraiser will be held at the Grosse Pointe home of David Katz and Jill Alper, a national political strategist who has worked on several presidential campaigns. Tickets start at $2,700.

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Paul, the libertarian-minded U.S. Senator from Kentucky, will return this weekend for a series of campaign stops, beginning with an "Unleash the American Dream Event" in Highland Park with Mayor DeAndre Windom.

"Other local elected officials, business leaders and religious leaders will also join Sen. Paul in this discussion as they seek to end the cycle of poverty that has plagued our nation's inner cities," according to an advisory.

He'll continue his trip on Saturday with "Stand with Rand" events in Shelby Charter Township, Flint, Dewitt and Holland, where he'll be joined by U.S. Rep. Justin Amash.

More...http://www.mlive.com/lansing-news/index.ssf/2015/07/presidential_hopefuls_hillary.html

Hillary is going to an exclusive high end fundraiser in an exclusive suburb while Rand is going straight into urban areas throughout this state to preach his economic freedom zones position. I hope Hillary's expected minority voters see through this Bush-look-alike fraud that is a hawk overseas.

WND (WorldNetDaily - conservative site) uncovers evidence backing up Rand on Hillary's arms shipments

SEE VISUAL PROOF OF HILLARY'S 'SECRET WAR'
Videos, photos confirm smuggling of arms to jihadists

NEW YORK – The allegation that Hillary Clinton’s State Department secretly provided arms to jihadists in Libya has been further bolstered by videos and photographs provided to WND by Libyan expatriates, including a video showing the chief spokesman for the Moammar Gadhafi regime displaying to reporters a cache of weapons and ammunition seized from a ship from Qatar.

The images support the conclusion reached by the Citizen’s Commission on Benghazi that the Obama White House and the State Department under the management of Hillary Clinton “changed sides in the War on Terror” in 2011 by implementing a policy of facilitating the delivery of weapons to the al Qaida-dominated rebel militias attempting to overthrow Gadhafi.

In addition, FoxNews.com reported in May that emails released by the State Department show Hillary Clinton’s interest in arming Libyan opposition groups before the fall of Gadhafi in 2011, even though the United States and United Nations prohibited arming without following strict guidelines and oversight.

Last week, Fox News legal analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano claimed in his syndicated column that Clinton, as secretary of state, lied to Congress about providing arms to jihadists.

Napolitano explained that Mark Turi, a licensed American arms dealer, sold hundreds of millions of dollars of U.S. arms to the government of Qatar, which then – at the request of the American government – was sold, bartered or given to rebel groups in Libya and Syria, including to groups that were on the U.S. terror list at the time.

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More...http://www.wnd.com/2015/07/visual-evidence-of-hillarys-secret-war/

Rand Paul leads candidates in WA GOP straw poll

An unscientific straw poll conducted by the Cowlitz County Republicans at last week’s Go 4th Festival put Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul at the top of the list of GOP presidential candidates in the 2016 race.

Rounding out the top three favorites for president were Ted Cruz, a U.S. senator from Texas who ranked second, and Ben Carson, a pediatric neurosurgeon and author, who place third. The least favorite among the 16 Republican presidential candidates? Donald Trump.

“I thought he would be at one extreme or another. He would either be at the top or at the bottom,” party chair Arne Mortensen said Wednesday.

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Rand Paul Comes Out Swinging Against Sanctuary Cities

“Conservatives say we believe in the rule of law, and the beginning of the rule of law is enforcing the law. Since 1986, there was a promise we would enforce the law on border security. We’ve done squat. We’ve done nothing… Eleven million people have crossed over illegally,” Paul said on the Laura Ingraham show on Tuesday. “So, the first thing we have to do is enforce the law.” He added:

But we have not had a president, Republican or Democrat, who is willing to enforce immigration law. Now we have whole cities and states who stand up and say, ‘We just don’t care. We want these people here at all costs, and we’re not going to do anything about it.’ And I think the time’s come for that to end. But it’s not going to end until you have an executive in the White House who says, ‘I will enforce immigration laws.’

Ingraham noted that Americans are not safe from criminal aliens anywhere in the country, thanks to the sheer number who are here illegally. Paul agreed, calling for a grassroots uprising against President Obama and his administration’s dismantling of immigration law:

Well, it goes to the heart of the matter, because like I say, we’ve been promised this over and over again, and no one’s enforcing the laws. The laws on the books say we should have a secure border, and we don’t. Now, could we update the security? Yes. But even the existing laws need to be enforced, and they’re not being enforced. And they’re being flouted and basically laughed at by cities like San Francisco… They’re ought to be a revolution of folks saying, ‘We want you to obey the law,’ and making sure the president hears them loud and clear.

More...http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/07/08/rand-paul-calls-for-an-end-to-sanctuary-cities-says-there-should-be-populist-revolution-against-unsecured-border/

In light of the latest killing of a woman on a San Francisco pier by an illegal alien, that was already deported 5 times, I'm glad to see Rand stand up and make a stand on this issue. I'm an open borders kinda guy when there's no war on drugs and no social programs for illegal migrants. Turns out, the gun used turns out to be that of an ICE agent.  It's complicated but is major US news from the last few days.