RationalWiki:What is going on with the elections?/January 2016

January 2016
Ted Cruz still claiming "satellite data demonstrate that for the last 18 years there has been no significant warming measures whatsoever." Ted Cruz facing controversy over Iowa 'voter violation' mailers. (Autoplay video) Hillary Clinton says she would consider appointing Obama as a SCOTUS judge. If she is serious and were to succeed, Obama would become the second ex-president to become a SCOTUS judge. Atheism is still a political liability, but a smaller one. "The man is the most conservative, fiscally responsible person I’ve ever worked with," says a member of Jeb Bush's Super PAC, while he burns through 100 million dollars of campaign money and philanders away at "boutique hotels featuring rooftop pools, private soirees at members-only, jacket-and-tie clubs..." Cruz: Christian first, American second. Trump: Christians under siege. Pundit Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa wins presidentials in Portugal. Leaked Clinton campaign plans show they are going to red-bait Bernie Sanders, smear him as communist sympathizer. Whoever is running Trump's Twitter decided to retweet a Neo-Nazi supporter's tweet (and it's not subtle). GOP Strategist Calls Trump Supporters ‘Childless, Single Men Who Masturbate To Anime’. This, this is neoreaction hitting the big time. After Ben Carson Tweets “In God We Trust” Support, Atheists Push Back with “E Pluribus Unum” Selfies Donald Trump has gotten the all important endorsement from Caribou Barbie Bernie Sanders is leaving Hillary Clinton in the dust according to recent polls. He's "leading the former secretary of state by 27 points, 60% to 33%." Tsai Ing-wen becomes the first female president of Taiwan. Big, big week in the Democratic primary: Clinton, with kid in tow, attacks Sanders for, of all things, his support for "Medicare-for-all" universal health care by claiming it will cause exactly the same problems we already have with the current system. When that didn't work, her campaign moved on to questioning Sanders' age and fitness and demanding medical records. Sanders responded by raising over three million dollars in four days. Before you ask: No, we are NOT making this up. (video) Rand Paul is boycotting the next GOP debate after being relegated to the kiddie table. (autoplay video) Gary Johnson has confirmed that he will be running for the Libertarian party in 2016. Mike Huckabee Answers Atheist’s Questions at Iowa Rally

Michael Bloomberg reportedly considering a presidential run. Donald Trump: once a birther always a birther. It appears burning socialist Bernie Sanders has a very decent chance of burning claiming the White House. A new propaganda video, from Al Shabaab, shows Donald Trump's Islamophobic comments and warns of the coming discrimination of Muslim Americans.