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If no news is truly good news, today’s a wonderful day. Except, perhaps, for Bill Clinton’s wife.

Back on  March 7, 2015, at 6:43 PM, Reena Flores @CBS News (via Drudge) reported that “President Obama only learned of Hillary Clinton's private email address use for official State Department business after a New York Times report, he told CBS News in an interview.

“CBS News senior White House correspondent Bill Plante asked Mr. Obama when he learned about her private email system after his Saturday appearance in Selma, Alabama. 

"The same time everybody else learned it through news reports," the president told Plante.”

But that was then, and this is now where Josh Gerstein and Nolan D. McCaskill report today that: “President Barack Obama used a pseudonym in email communications with Hillary Clinton and others, according to FBI records made public Friday. 

“The disclosure came as the FBI released its second batch of documents from its investigation into Clinton’s private email server during her tenure as secretary of state.” 

Which means that Bill’s wife not only communicated with the POTUS on her private server when she was secretary of state, both of them have consistently lied about it since then.  

Although there’s a dearth of other news, what can be added to Clinton negativity in the press is found in a Reuters article via cnbc.com. It will also serve as today’s update on her.

Whereas cnbc is part of the MSM, the postponement of a photo-op trip was reported in the most favorable light possible this morning: "U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has postponed a trip planned for Sunday to Charlotte, North Carolina, which has seen sometimes violent protests after a black man was killed by police earlier this week. 

"Hillary is grateful for, and intends to honor, the invitation from faith leaders to visit with the Charlotte community," her campaign said in a statement on Friday. 

"After further discussion with community leaders, we have decided to postpone Sunday's trip as to not impact the city's resources," it said, adding that Clinton will visit the city on the following Sunday. 

In actuality, however, as reported in several articles elsewhere on Friday Charlotte’s mayor, Jennifer Roberts, publicly asked both presidential candidates to delay plans to visit the city. 

According to Ronnie Glassberg @charlotteobserver.com, the mayor urged both presidential candidates to postpone trips, explaining that local law enforcement is strained now. “We would hope they would come a little bit later.” 

Which means that, after being requested as politely as possible to stay away because she wasn’t needed at all and would also cause unwanted strain on personnel, Bill’s wife’s press corps gave her full credit for the decision to cancel. Although it was Charlotte that had no desire whatsoever to see her. 

Further information about how the tragedy was actually handled by Bill’s wife’s and her campaign management appeared back on September 22, when, according to Charlie Spiering @breitbart.com: “Democratic Nominee Hillary Clinton has remained silent after a second night of riots in Charlotte, North Carolina caused major damage in the city. 

“But Clinton’s campaign has been silent, as she remains at her home in Chappaqua, New York preparing for her first debate with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.” 

Trump himself, however: “was the first candidate to weigh in, voicing his reaction in an interview on Fox and Friends Thursday morning calling for law and order, leadership, and unity.” 

“But Clinton’s campaign appears focused on spreading existing media to the press, with no new statement from the Democratic presidential nominee.” 

So, here again, much like most other significant decisions, the Clinton approach has always been to do absolutely nothing until the most advantageous political gain can be determined. Regardless of whatever the most responsible, professionally appropriate response should be in the immediate circumstances. Which is remindful of continual Benghazi truth avoidance, the delayed reaction to the early discovery of email abuses, and postponed release of Clinton Foundation financial dealings. 

Leading to the ongoing question, once again: Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Jerry Brown, and Starbucks chairman and CEO, Howard Schultz; are you guys reading this?   

That's it for today folks.    

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