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A professor who has successfully predicted the outcomes of all presidential elections since 1984 is renewing his claim that Donald Trump will win the election. American University’s Allan Lichtman said Trump’s recent controversies haven’t helped his cause, but that won’t deter him from winning the White House.
In September, Lichtman predicted Trump would come out on top, and he’s still sticking to this assertion, which arrived after 13 true/false keys that he used with much success for 30 years. Lichtman made his previous prediction before the release of Trump’s hot-mic footage and twelve women accused him of sexual assault. However and in an interview with The Washington Post, Lichtman continues to stick to his original prediction:
“Donald Trump’s severe and unprecedented problems bragging about sexual assault and then having ten or more women coming out and saying, ‘Yes, that’s exactly what you did’ — this is without precedent. But it didn’t change a key … By the narrowest of possible margins, the keys still point to a Trump victory. However, there are two major qualifications. And I’m not a hedger, and I’ve never qualified before in 30 years of predictions.”
Lichtman stresses that this is a different type of election (which is why Trump’s scandals blow away), but he also doesn’t seem to take into account that our digital age could impact how people are absorbing information. That is, we’ve got a candidate who’s saturating Twitter at almost every hour. But Lichtman also feels that Libertarian Gary Johnson could impact the race in Trump’s favor. Lichtman is no Nate Silver, whose predictions seem to be odd, but his keys seem to work. November 8 is right around the corner and we’re waiting to see if his impressive streak will hold up.
(Via The Washington Post)



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Back in July, FBI director James Comey recommended that the Department of Justice press no charges against Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state. However, Comey did pointedly take a public moment to scold her as “extremely careless.”
A new twist has arrived. Comey announced on Friday that the FBI will be looking into newly discovered Clinton emails. The messages appear to be relevant to an unrelated case, and the bureau will “determine whether they contain classified information, as well as to assess their importance to our investigation.” He gave no timeline on when the FBI will make their determinations, so who knows if this will happen before the election.
Comey’s letter, which you can see here, contained the following excerpts:
“In previous congressional testimony, I referred to the fact that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had completed its investigation of former Secretary Clinton’s personal email server. Due to recent developments, I am writing to supplement my previous testimony.
“In connection with an unrelated case, the FBI has learned of the existence of emails that appear to be pertinent to the investigation. I am writing to inform you that the investigative team briefed me on this yesterday, and I agreed that the FBI should take appropriate investigative steps designed to allow investigators to review these emails to determine whether they contain classified information, as well as to assess their importance to our investigation.”
Following the FBI’s initial recommendations on Clinton’s email server, the State Department quickly reopened the probe on their end, but that matter is still tied up in Congress (where GOP members have accused the State Department of stonewalling). So, along with these new Clinton messages going under FBI scrutiny, it looks like Hillary’s emails will be the scandal that shall never end.
(Via New York Times)


Nestled within a fine segment on the polarization of our political process and the media that covers it, Trevor Noah gives us a glimpse at what a possible fight between the very elderly Joe Biden and Donald Trump would look like. The only problem is that the outcome would be reported in different ways depending on the outlet you typical get your news and information from. It isn’t anything new to see folks stay firmly in their bubble when it comes to the media they devour. That’s why several sites carry the same content, why news sites take different angles on the same story, and how plenty of news ends up falling by the wayside. Really, we’re to blame for our own media coverage these days and we’ve let it get to the point where Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton supporters can float with like minds at all times.
But back to this Biden/Trump fight. It might get a different take depending the outlet, but the reality of the event cannot be disputed and The Daily Show is spot on with its stand in for the showdown:

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It’s like a cock fight without the feathers. You can’t help but watch despite an attempt to look away at every moment. The fact that this precedes the discussion on Newt Gingrich only highlights it because we go from the absurdity above to the confusion that is the existence of Newt Gingrich within our reality. The man has a track record that may rival Donald Trump, yet he continues to go out and speak. And he has no real horse in this race aside from a future cabinet position.
But yes, those two aspect of this Daily Show segment do get you off track from the main point, but Trevor Noah brings you back. We do live in our bubbles, we ignore the other side and blindly support our own, and the current candidates have used it to their advantage — namely Donald Trump. It’s why we’re at a place where one group of people seem to think it’s a good idea to pick up their muskets if they lose the election.

On Tuesday night, Hillary Clinton celebrated her 69th birthday at an Adele concert at the American Airlines Arena in Miami. And while the British superstar took a moment out of her performance to endorse the Democratic nominee, not everyone was impressed. In an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos, Donald Trump has made it painfully clear that he doesn’t approve of Clinton’s concert outing.
Stephanopoulos asked Trump how he feels about criticism that he spends a great deal of time at Trump Tower rather than hitting the ground hard in battleground states. Trump felt that the sentiment was “unfair” because Clinton went to the Tuesday Adele concert and everyone simply (as he sees it) raved, “Isn’t that wonderful?'” He continued:
“I built one of the great hotels of the world. What am I supposed to do, not show up? I’m taking one hour off, I’m going to North Carolina right after this, then I’m going back down to Florida, I’m going up to New Hampshire. I’m all over the place. But I can’t take one hour off to cut a ribbon at one of the great hotels of the world? I mean, I think I’m entitled to it. She goes, she does one stop because she has no energy. She’s got nothing going. She does one stop. And nobody complains about that. Nobody complains when she goes to an Adele concert all night long, while I’m making two speeches at rallies with, you know, massive crowds.”
As Think Progress’ Judd Legum was quick to point out on Twitter, Trump himself is a big fan of Adele. Just last year, in fact, the real estate mogul attended an Adele concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York. He’s also been known to play her songs at his rallies.
Maybe the Republican nominee for president is salty because Adele told her audience to vote for Clinton. “I am English, but what happens in America affects me too,” the singer told the crowd. “I am 100 percent for Hillary Clinton. I love her, she’s amazing.”
(Via ABC News & Entertainment Weekly)


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While speaking to Miami radio station Hot 105 on Wednesday, Hillary Clinton addressed how heath care premiums have grown too high, but she believes they would be worse if Donald Trump had his way. Clinton’s comments after news that Obamacare premiums will increase 25 percent next year.
Over the past few days, Obamacare’s seen renewed criticism over how premium hikes affect the middle class, who largely cannot take advantage of subsidies. Bill Clinton said the program requires fixes while Donald Trump said his employees are having difficulties associated with the program (although he backtracked a bit from that statement). Still, others are worried they won’t have access to the coverage because of the hefty price tag. Clinton said she is aware of these concerns and will work to resolve them:
“Well, we’re going to make changes to fix problems like that. The president and I have talked about it, and look, this is a major step forward: 20 million people. And actually, I’m sure you noticed, predominantly working people, African American, Latino people now have access to insurance, but the costs have gone up too much.”
Clinton said, if elected, she would work on reducing premiums and look at prescription drug costs. But she is more concerned about what Trump is going to do to the health insurance marketplace if elected. Trump has decried Obamacare on the campaign trail, saying, like other Obama policies, he would repeal them within his first 100 days in office. He hasn’t offered a rebuttal of what his plan is all about, but remember he likes to keep people in suspense. Clinton said Trump’s plan of dismantling the current marketplace could be catastrophic:
“That’s the plan of my opponent — take everything away, give it all back to the insurance companies. And if you think costs have gone up with the recent weeks, it’ll just skyrocket up because insurance companies will be in charge again.”
Whoever comes out on top November 8, they will have a full plate to deal with, including the healthcare marketplace.
(Via ABC News)


Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood walk of fame was smashed to pieces early Wednesday morning by a man dressed as a construction worker, who was wielding a sledgehammer and a pickax. The man, who identified himself as Jamie Otis, told Deadline his goal was to “extract the star to auction it off and raise funds for the women who have come forward to accuse Trump of sexually assaulting them over the decades.”
That task, however, was abandoned in favor of completely destroying the star. Dominic Patten, a senior editor at Deadline who witnessed the event, told the New York Times that he had been walking along Hollywood Boulevard near Highland Avenue around 5:45 am when he saw a man wearing what appeared to be Los Angeles City construction attire — complete with hard hat and reflective vest — and holding a sledgehammer and a pickax.
Suddenly, the man “picked up the sledgehammer and started smashing the bejeezus out of the Trump star,” according to Patten. “Then he took the pickax and was trying to pry one of the points of the star. Shrapnel was flying everywhere.”
By Wednesday afternoon, CBS Los Angeles reporter Kara Finnstrom shared a photo of a construction worker (a real city employee this time) repairing the star. It “should be unveiled again within several days,” she tweeted.
Just days before the star was destroyed, Banksy Tweeted a picture of the Trump’s star with a mute symbol spray painted over it:
(Via Deadline & The New York Times)



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In July, Pew Research Center reported that “most Americans already feel election coverage fatigue.” July! More than three months ago. And in those three months, it’s safe to say that no one has gotten any respite. The news cycle has churned forward, the conversations have devolved, and the fissures revealed by the primary elections have turned into gaping crevasses.
This week, Pew published a new report, positing that people are so tired of talking about the election that they won’t even argue about it on social media (and people will argue about anything on social media). According to the research, twice as many social media users report being “worn out” than those who actually like seeing political discourse online.
Translation: This exhaustion is both a cause and a result of the nature of the discourse, as this line reveals:
Meanwhile, roughly half of users feel the political conversations they see on social media are angrier (49%), less respectful (53%) and less civil (49%) than those in other areas of life.
The situation is so dire that USA Today is recommending we all look at cute animal gifs, while CNN is offering up tranquil nature shots. In our own attempts to deal with election fatigue, Uproxx News editor Kimberly Ricci and Uproxx Life editor Steve Bramucci traded emails on the topic in hopes that it might spark useful conversation (or at least allow the two of them a chance to vent).

ROUND 1

KIMBERLY: I don’t feel weird claiming election fatigue on a personal level, but I have problems expressing as much. That’s probably because my job as a news editor and writer includes discussing Donald Trump several times per day, seven days a week. So, I have to — for better or worse — turn off my own personal feelings, despite what anyone may read into our content, including my own posts.
Election times are always stressful for the people who cover them, but this is an extraordinary election. One candidate claims roughly 90% of the headlines for a reason. He’s out there, as visible as humanly possible, while performing multiple times daily. I used that word for a reason. The world is truly a stage for Donald Trump, and despite his insistence to the contrary, his actions are those of someone who wants us to watch and report on everything he does. He incessantly rage-tweets at 3am, he’s literally operating at all hours, every day. He’s an exhausting candidate.
Beyond politics, Trump has also exposed my own personal lack of “stamina.” He loves that word, but honestly, there’s never a moment when Trump news stops. News is always 24/7, but never has it so consistently revolved around one person for a solid 15 months. Trump has desensitized the nation in that way, but he’s also crafted the media response around him in ways that he doesn’t enjoy. He doesn’t appear to understand why refusing to provide his tax returns resulted in a Saturday night document release. It’s constant. The media and nation needs a Trump vacation, but will we receive one?
And you know how I am, Steve. I can be a little grumpy at times. So, there are moments when I do wonder why those who don’t work in media can complain so much about Trump fatigue. They’re not fighting a war, although Trump’s grown an army of extremely vocal army of defenders. Most people I know don’t have to monitor Trump 24/7, yet they still do so and claim as much fatigue as I feel. So, I need you to explain this to me. Why does he drastically exhaust Americans who possess the luxury of turning off the television?
STEVE: I feel very weird claiming election fatigue. I’m a white, heterosexual male, so to say that I’m worn down by political talk (or Trump talk) feels like a very privileged viewpoint. If I did claim that, the counterpoint could be made, “Fuck you and your election fatigue, I’m fighting for my human rights — I don’t have the luxury of being fatigued!” My own girlfriend, an Iranian immigrant, could (and has) made that case with much success.
I long to be an ally to anyone fighting for equality, and therefore reject the idea of fatigue as in, “I need to step away from these discussions for awhile.” To disengage would make me complicit in the racist, sexist, transphobic, Islamaphobic, nationalistic rhetoric that has dominated this cycle. To extricate myself from conversations about politics, even for a few days, during this strange era in American history feels like a shitty thing to do. It’s selfish and not in line with who I want to be.
That said, there’s a different type of fatigue which I think is more legit. It’s not about the content but how these conversations take place. I’m fatigued with our methods. I worry that liberals often self soothe by sharing the same articles on Facebook and Twitter — essentially creating a closed loop system that allows us to rant, get applauded for our rants, share one another’s rants, comment on these shared rants, and then share slightly different variants of the earlier rants, over and over with emphatic staccato phrases like “THIS. JUST THIS.”
Does that benefit the overarching state of discourse in America? Does it make us more aware or does it actually create blindspots?
When Joy Behar, in a segment on The View (which was generally anti-Trump), called the women who have accused Bill Clinton of sexual misconduct “tramps,” it didn’t make a blip. Would, say, Geraldo, or…I don’t know who’s on Fox News or which pundits still support Trump… but is that a situation that could have been reversed? Would the internet have let a conservative Joy Behar on a mainstream, nationally televised morning show get away with that? I doubt it. It’s too bad, too, because I think the whole case-study might have led to interesting conversation.
I guess what I’m saying is that sometimes I feel like the current state of political discussion is all about stimulating the righteous indignation that accompanies confirmation bias. I say that as someone who openly despises Trump and literally everything he stands for, but also as some who doesn’t like it when anti-Trump folks slut shame or victim shame, as Behar did. So I’m fatigued by that: The idea that we have all gotten into the narrative-crafting business, instead of being intellectually brave enough to take everything case-by-case.

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There aren’t any more of these, right?

ROUND 2

KIMBERLY: I think you are more in tune with the guilt associated with “turning off” a candidate than the average American. Many people simply can’t resist paying attention to the dumpster fire. And it’s not entirely their fault with a candidate whose main strength is charisma and an ability to attract followers despite a lack of consistent (or serious) positions on issues. Trump’s the perfect storm of an Internet candidate. He speaks in soundbites and may be a loose cannon, but he’s a reality star. He knows how to reel people in, possibly forever.
Yet there is a lot to be said about the type of fatigue you mention. Does the act of lamenting Trump’s offensiveness on Facebook actually do anything? At this point, I worry that we’re all so aware of his actions, which disseminate immediately, that repeating them on Facebook seems counterproductive without doing anything to stop them. But can we do anything, at least from behind our laptops? We have to let democracy play out, and the soothing that occurs on social media is a necessary part of that. I’d also be interested in finding out if therapists are hearing these complaints too.
Of course what Joy Behar said was dreadful, and she apologized (though only after the backlash). Any conservative talking head would absolutely be raked over the grills more than Behar, but perhaps an apt comparison would be a female talking head like Megyn Kelly (who’d never say that) or perhaps Ann Coulter (who definitely would). But there’s a lot of ugliness going on with with all sorts of talking heads on both sides of the spectrum. Remember, Sean Hannity recently defended Trump for bragging about sexual assault with a King David “concubine” comparison? Both liberals and conservatives are showing their asses in the worst ways.
But moving back to privilege, I also sit — as a white, middle-class woman — in a category that cannot claim every valid grievance against Trump. His xenophobic rhetoric threatens to harm many, should he take office. He’s inspiring supporters to both hurl words and actions against minorities. Where I can legitimately claim fatigue is in wondering whether Americans will elect someone who has called women “disgusting” for decades. Only just recently did we hear Trump brag about actions that constitute sexual assault, but everyone already knew he was a scumbag. Now, a wave of women have lodged sexual assault allegations against him, and America will soon make an official judgment call on a man who treats women lower than garbage. And that’s terrifying prospect.
STEVE: It’s interesting, I think you’re swapping in “Trump” where I’m using “election.” I find that fascinating — because he’s drawn so much of the focus that “Trump” and “election” do feel synonymous. I feel like a dick disengaging from the political cycle or backing off on issues of equality, but I feel fine disengaging from Trump’s lesser theatrics. The yelling and haranguing people… I don’t feel compelled to click those stories anymore.
I was on the phone with the heads of TurboVote — the voter registration drive that you’ve been so good about adding to our stories — and I’ll tell you: They are terrified about election fatigue. They worry that after all this, people won’t go to the polls. Maybe that’s something they trouble over every year, but still… it interested me. Even looking at traffic numbers online, it seems that election mania has peaked and moved on. Look at the comments on our stories: People are just kind of done talking about it. They resent us for writing about it. That’s why I think Ken Bone was such a big deal, he was a new narrative amidst all the drudgery.
So Trump fatigue, fine, I get that. But what about these big issues and the overall political engagement that has marked the past few months? Will it carry on? Will conversations about social justice continue to dominate the headlines? Assuming Clinton wins, as polling numbers suggest, do you think people will drop politics for a little while? Will it be all cat videos all the time until inauguration day?
I’ll be interested to hear your thoughts, because I’m not sure. I think — I hope — that one thing Trump may have done is spark a new era of civic involvement. I know a lot of people who’ve never been as invested in the political process as they have been these past few months. My impression is that Trumpism (or you could say, Trump-inspired Neo-Nationalism) was the pimple that bubbled up from our nation’s clogged pores. The good thing about a pimple coming to a head is that you can pop it, disinfect it, and buy face wash. You can deal with it.
Point being: Trump’s histrionics brought bigots out in the open, but he didn’t give birth to them. If we want to make continual social progress, we’ll need to stay plugged in. We won’t be able to stay fatigued for long. With all that said, I wish that after the election — assuming that the more human rights-minded candidate comes out victorious — I wish the nation could all just take a group vacation to Key West, where everyone gets along and drinks frozen margaritas. Just for a week. Maybe two.

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ROUND 3

KIMBERLY: Well, you appear amused at how I’m zeroing in on Trump as defining this election, but I did point out that this is an extraordinary cycle. One candidate dominates all the headlines while the other is (wisely) allowing him to dig his hole. The sad thing is that the hole seems to be a never-ending one. And this extends to all of the Congressional races too, for they all fade in comparison to the overwhelming circus attraction. Trump may protest about the “biased media,” but this is what he wanted. Yet, to ignore him does a disservice to those he wounds with the prejudices he awakens.
Also, I think we’ve — oddly — come full circle in this conversation. There’s definite privilege associated with how you feel comfortable in clicking away from the “lesser theatrics” of Trump. He’s running for president and therefore cannot be compartmentalized if we’re going to hold him to the same standards that the rest of the media requires of Hillary Clinton. He’s almost purposely offended minorities while declaring his candidacy, he’s threatening to deport children of illegal immigrants, and that doesn’t even touch his contempt for women. Trump has ridiculously claimed to hold more support than anyone else for females, yet his words and alleged actions have proven themselves for decades. It took footage of his lewd commentary for some people to take the matter seriously, but there are still others who kind of shrug and hope he’ll disappear.
The thing is, no matter whether Clinton wins, Trump won’t go away. It won’t be daisies and cat videos. He’ll either win (and god knows what), or he will lose and do one of two things: (1) Go ballistic and continue to hold twice-daily rallies while shouting that he’s been robbed; or (2) Immediately launch Trump TV and claim this was the plan all along. His effects will be lasting. Trump sparked an uprising of alt-righters who now feel comfy expressing their views in the mainstream, but he’s also fed these conspiracy theorists for years prior to this election. Birtherism and his attempt to quickly erase his involvement stands as one easily accessible example. For those who have been affected or even terrified by Trump’s rhetoric — minorities and women — he’s much less of a pimple than an invasive cancer that may not be treatable.
But as far as the “big issues” go … of course, they will continue. I look forward to a time when news returns to “normal,” when we can concentrate on social justice without a one-man filter muddying everything. I’m somewhat optimistic about the fatigue, too, as a sign that people are ready to shake off this national depression and vote.
STEVE: I hope you’re right. And thank you for calling me out. You hit the nail on the head: To compartmentalize Trump is to reveal privilege. It’s a privilege to be able to avoid even his “lesser theatrics” when so many people see those behaviors as the outgrowths of a maniac. Fair enough.
For what it’s worth, and I feel like it may be worth something to many of our commenters, Hillary has contributed to my fatigue too (though not to the same degree). I think, with her, there are times when I’ve had to ignore certain things about her candidacy, because it’s hard for me to be reasonable about Hillary and concede her shortcomings, in light of her opposition. In March, when people said, “Hillary is just as bad as Trump!” we had a discussion. Now, I feel totally alienated by someone who might compare the two.
In hopes of fully explaining to readers why the media has piled on Trump, I’ve come up with a metaphor I really like. Let’s say politicians are wolves. You can think of Hillary as a bad wolf. Or a deceptive wolf. But she’s a wolf, mingling around other wolves. You don’t have to like any of the wolves. That’s fine. Or you can like some and not others. But I think it’s fair to say that most of our politicians are in that conversation of wolves. In fact, I think that politics makes you into a wolf. I’m sure I would be a wolf too.
But Trump doesn’t live in the world of wolves. He’s a monster. He doesn’t play by the logic or the reason that governs even the most ferocious wolves. That’s really, really scary.
Now imagine being a shepherd with lives to protect. You are wary of the wolves. You have to be. But when a monster calls, you no longer compare the various personalities of the wolves in the pack. You are too terrified. They seem like a known entity and your mental space is totally monopolized by the monster.
Is it fatiguing? Absolutely. But perhaps it will make us stronger. Perhaps, somewhere, there will be a silver lining. Perhaps when the fog lifts we will find a way to make progress. Or to somehow band together… After our two-week national vacation, that is.


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Donald Trump always has a bone to pick with specific individuals, groups or both — it all depends on the time of day, the weather and whether or not his hair combs over correctly. That said, those who’ve most consistently drawn the Republican nominee’s ire are the members of the press, whom he attacks regularly on social media, at campaign rallies and during interviews. And with repeated calls for British-like libel laws and his followers targeting journalists, it seems Trump’s animosity won’t end anytime soon.
As CBS News correspondent Sopan Deb revealed while covering a Trump rally in Tallahassee, Florida on Tuesday, not all of Trump’s supporters agree with their candidate’s opinion of the press. Hence a sweet, handwritten note the CBS News team received from one of the rally’s attendees, in which they apologized for the mob mentality directed their way:
“Thank you for doing your jobs!” the note read. “I have seen the reports of the hostility directed your way at Trump rallies, and as a proud American I am horrified. I am so sorry.” The writer went on to praise the “ideals” on which America was founded, including the need for a “free, open, functioning press.”
Other members of the media covering Trump quickly chimed in online, including Bryan Llenas with Fox News. The national correspondent shared a “letter we received outside trump rally in Pennsylvania last week” in response to Deb’s original tweet:
“Your work is critical,” said Llenas’s note. “It moves our democracy forward — on both the days I applaud your headlines and the days I don’t. Because your work isn’t about partisanship, but about the truth. Keep up your hard work!”
Considering all the times Trump has insulted various cable news channels, newspapers, magazines and journalists on Twitter, it’s a sure bet he doesn’t share these two supporters’ sentiments.


When it comes to a lawsuit, Donald Trump is an expert. Or I should say, he’s allegedly an expert. He claims to want to sue a lot of folks, he has a history of bringing people into court for a variety of reasons, and he claims victory a lot in the media. This may or may not be true, but the bottom line is that the guy seems to like to keep his legal team busy. It comes up due to his recent promise to sue the women accusing him of sexual assault, making the promise part of his plan for the first 100 days in office.
According to The Daily Show’s report, Trump has a fine history with lawsuits and his promise to sue these women might actually happen. He’s quick to sue and there’s really no way to skate by it, earning him the title that he’s a “libel bully.” I mean he took Bill Maher to court and failed over one of the silliest reasons I’ve heard:
Donald Trump has voluntarily dismissed his $5 million lawsuit against Bill Maher for failing to live up to an “unconditional offer” made on NBC’s Tonight Show to donate $5 million to charity if Trump provided a copy of his birth certificate proving that he’s not “spawn of his mother having sex with orangutan.”
It’s ridiculous, but it hasn’t stopped Trump from hitting the courtroom — or his lawyers in his place. Also pretty easy to take on several lawsuits if you’re allegedly using charity money to fund them. All alleged and reported by other bodies, by the way. Please don’t take my dog and children from me.
(Via The Daily Show)

On Tuesday, Donald Trump continued making his bid for Florida at a Sanford rally. The Republican nominee uttered his usual bombastic claims, including “There’s gonna be a lot of Brexit happening in a few weeks.” Considering how Trump reacted to Brexit, those aren’t promising words. Yet the main attraction of this rally happened to be a white woman standing behind Trump, who was holding a “Blacks for Trump” sign. He couldn’t have been more thrilled to see this display. “I love the signs behind me … blacks for Trump! I like those signs!” he exclaimed. “Blacks for trump, you watch. You watch.”
Naturally, Trump made these statements despite his checkered history with “the blacks.” His tone is similar to the time when he vowed to gain 99% of the black vote in 2020, but he’s trying to rewrite his narrative a little too transparently. These signs are now a fixture at Trump rallies, and Trump totes them too, along with “Women for Trump” signs. It’s a little awkward.

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Trump’s supporters appear to enjoy sporting these signs, including the aforementioned white woman. People noticed her and spawned a hashtag. Some folks were amused while others were not impressed.
This is apparently something that just happens at Trump rallies now. Here’s the scene from a Las Vegas rally last week.

On Tuesday, Donald Trump awkwardly called out Obamacare. The media mogul said his employees were having difficulties with President Obama’s signature health care legislation, and then Mark Cuban called out his gaffe (because of course he did).
Trump’s comments were delivered outside of beautiful Trump National Doral Miami resort, as a throng of his loyal employees stood behind him to help reinforce his Obamacare criticism. Trump began his discussion by talking about jobs, but he veered off topic and went after Obama:
“And I can say all of my employees are having a tremendous problem with Obamacare. You folks, this is another group. Is that a correct statement?” he said, gesturing to the crowd. “You look at what they’re going through with their healthcare is horrible because of Obamacare. So we’ll repeal it and replace it. But this is about jobs.”
Trump’s criticism arrives after news that Obamacare premiums will increase 25 percent next year, but he’s also revealing how his companies handle health insurance. Politico points out how Trump’s employees wouldn’t have to deal with Obamacare if their employer, Trump, provided them with health insurance. This seemed to dawn on Trump mid-speech as he back peddled to say, “This is what jobs do. Jobs just make lives and they make people and they make families and they’re not worried about their health care because we take great care of people.”
Trump was then offered a chance to clarify during an interview with Fox News, but pleaded ignorance, saying “I don’t much use Obamacare, I must be honest with you, because it is so bad for the people and they can’t afford it.” Trump’s gaffe was called out by some opponents including Mark Cuban:
Bill Clinton, who himself has criticized Obamacare’s premiums, spoke out in a positive way today about how Hillary hopes to make adjustments.
The Affordable Care Act marketplace can be tough to navigate, so perhaps Trump can’t be blamed for not knowing the ins and outs.
(Via Politico, CNN & CNN Money)


From the so-called “Trump TV” to the totally-exists Trump Winery, Republican nominee Donald Trump has spent much of his presidential campaign hocking confirmed and rumored wares to supporters, potential voters, and cable television news crews willing to grant him the free airtime. One of the many failed products Trump hasn’t tried to drown out otherwise political press conferences with, however, only came to light thanks to an exclusive report by the website Fusion. The product in question? A failed television cartoon created by those in charge of Trump Magazine called Trump Takeover.
Yes, this is a real thing, and yes, Fusion has the images and the details to prove it. Trump Takeover was “a TV cartoon for kids, starring The Donald as a wrong-righting, crusading superhero,” and as creator Mitchell Schultz told
Fusion, he suggested the idea to Trump since “the way to create immortality for [him was] through the youth of America.”
Along with writer Louis Cimino, Schultz pitched a variety of plot ideas to to the Trump Magazine team. Like an episode titled “Politically Corrected,” in which the United States finds itself “in a state of virtual collapse,” forcing the Donald and several cast members from The Apprentice to “go to Washington to take over.” As Cimino told Fusion:
“We wrote some stories — ‘SuperTrump,’ that kind of thing,” Cimino recalls. “I wrote the stories — ‘[Trump] solves the gang problem in New York and fights the aliens,’ stuff like that. I just remember the gist. He saves the city; he saves the Yankees. I wrote whole episodes with the dialogue.” Cimino says he “did it as a goof. I did it for fun.”
Trump and his magazine publisher, Michael Jacobson, loved the ideas so much they commissioned artist Elizabeth Koshy, who outsourced much of the work to her native India, to animate a few episodes. Not only was Jacobson happy about Koshy’s prices — since she was “giving [them] competitive pricing that no one else could give” — but he and Trump also skipped out on paying the artists what they were owed.
So much for “SuperTrump.”
(Via Fusion)


Donald Trump’s campaign manager Kellyanne Conway does not have an easy job. In a sit-down interview with CNN’s Dana Bash, Conway shared what it’s like to supervise one of the strangest presidential runs in U.S. history.
The segment shows Conway brushing her daughter’s hair and getting ready to walk out the door while her own mother — who moved in to help with her four young grandchildren during the campaign — flips pancakes over the stove. Bash notes that the staircase in her home very closely resembles the one depicted in the SNL skit that made fun of her “day off.”
Though she skillfully evades noting any failure in her candidate during televised interviews, Conway says she doesn’t “sugarcoat at all” when it comes to critiquing Trump to his face. After his speech at Gettysburg last week, for example, Conway says she told him, “You and I are in a fight for the next 17 days … Because I know you’re going to win. And that comment you just made sounds like you think you’re going to lose. And we’re going to argue about it until you win.”
Though it seemed for a period after Conway was hired that she had effectively “tamed” Trump, the Republican nominee for president quickly resumed his 3am Twitter rants and off-the-cuff rally speeches. “Literally, people will seriously say, ‘Can’t you delete his Twitter app?'” Conway said.
“That was one of my questions!” Bash replied, laughing.
“I’m not going to take away — it’s not for me to take away a grown man’s Twitter account,” Conway said with a smile.
Asked whether she believes Trump’s allegations that all of his accusers are making up their stories to get 15 minutes of fame, Conway sighed. “I believe — Donald Trump has told me and his family, and the rest of America now, that none of this is true,” she said. “These are lies and fabrications. They’re all made up. And I think that it’s not for me to judge what those women believe. I’ve not talked to them, I’ve talked to him.”
(Via CNN)

Donald Trump’s comments towards Hillary Clinton in the last few weeks of this election cycle have been, shall we say … not kind. But the two weren’t always mortal enemies. A video interview with NY1 from 2008 has resurfaced to show Trump glowingly talking about Clinton, saying “at a minimum” she will go down as a great senator.
Much of Trump’s campaign rhetoric involves him claiming how country is in the gutter and that Clinton is responsible. “Lock her up” has been a Trump rallying cry, and he does not refrain from name calling. Yet there was a time when the Trumps and Clintons got along well. In the 2008 interview, Trump flat-out calls Bill a great president and claims Hillary will go down as a great senator. He went on to praise the Clinton presidency, something he has flip-flopped on this election season:
“You know you look at the country then … The economy was doing great. Look at what happened during the Clinton years. I mean, we had no war, the economy was doing great, everybody was happy. A lot of people hated him because they were jealous as hell. You know people get jealous and they hate you. Bill Clinton was a great president. Hillary Clinton is a great woman and a good woman.”
And the praise did not stop there. CNN points out how Trump wrote a 2008 blog post, which deserves an investigation of its own because it features him heaping further heaping praise on the Clintons. The most illuminating remark Trump made within the post is how the Clintons are “fine people:”
“Hillary is smart, tough and a very nice person, and so is her husband. Bill Clinton was a great President. They are fine people. Hillary was roughed up by the media, and it was a tough campaign for her, but she’s a great trouper. Her history is far from being over.”
Politics sure can change people’s attitudes, as Trump has doubled down on his rhetoric towards Clinton in these final weeks of the election.
(Via NY 1 & CNN)



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While former presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders did endorse rival Hillary Clinton, the Independent Vermont senator hasn’t cowered completely to the Democratic nominee. In fact, the progressive politician has even used the spotlight to occasionally criticize the ex-secretary of state while defending her against things like the Wikileaks email hacks. And if Clinton wins the general election, Sanders promises to hold her accountable for every campaign promise she’s ever made — especially the one about overhauling campaign finance spending, which the Democratic Party adopted from Sanders himself.
According to the Washington Post, Sanders admitted he and a few of his Senate colleagues were drafting legislation designed to kick-start various progressive measures championed by his presidential campaign. Things like “a $15 federal minimum wage, tuition-free public college, an end to ‘mass incarceration’ and aggressive steps to fight climate change,” as well as campaign finance spending reform. Sanders was especially incensed regarding Clinton’s potential to appoint the “same old, same old Wall Street guys” to certain cabinet positions, saying he “will be vigorously in opposition” and “will make that very clear” throughout her administration.
“The leverage that I think I take into the Senate is taking on the entire Democratic Party establishment, and, you know, taking on a very powerful political organization with the Clinton people. We won 22 states and 46 percent of the pledged delegates, 13.4 million votes… and a majority of the younger people, the future of the country… That gives me a lot of leverage, leverage that I intend to use.”
Per the Post‘s interview with Sanders, the other senators “informally” working to promote these progressive measures and pressure Clinton (should she win) are Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts), the latter of whom campaigned with the Democratic nominee in New Hampshire on Monday.
(Via the Washington Post)



As the presidential election inches closer, Donald Trump seems to be ramping up his rhetoric that this whole process is out to get him. So on Monday’s “Closer Look” segment, Late Night host Seth Meyers examined how Trump trailing in the polls has caused him to lash out at the media and the election process.
Trump has never been shy about criticizing the media, but recent rants about the impending election being rigged are veering towards fringe conspiracy theorist territory. Nowhere was this more prevalent than during Trump’s speech in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Meyers analyzed the speech, saying it was originally intended to be a platform to discuss new policies that quickly dissolved into a usual Trump rally speech:
“Trump’s campaign said the event would feature a series of major new policy proposals, and the speech was a chance for Trump to finally rise above the fray and come across as presidential, and he definitely did not do that… So basically, Trump did worse at Gettysburg than the South did. Trump giving a speech at Gettysburg only made sense if it was also the location where Abraham Lincoln was caught on a hot mic before taping an episode of Access Pennsylvania.”
Trump has been aiming his complaints at his sexual assault accusers and the media specifically, but Meyers pointed out the Donald may have a new set of enemies: dead people. Many Trump surrogates are under the impression dead people are still on the voter roll and may cause Trump to lose the election. No Trump surrogate is behind the dead voter conspiracy other than Rudy Giuliani, who told a perplexed Jake Tapper dead people generally vote for Democrats over Republicans.
But Meyers said one of the most dangerous parts of this election is voters believing Trump’s rigged election rhetoric. He has urged some of his supporters to watch polling places on Election Day for any funny business, which some are going to do. Meyers argued other Republicans were just as guilty of this, as the GOP has passed voter ID laws and ended early voting. He used an example in North Carolina, where residents can wait up to four hours to cast their ballots, saying: “To put that in context, four hours is longer than Donald Trump prepared for any of the debates. The only place Trump spent four hours is backstage at a Miss Universe pageant.”
(Via Late Night with Seth Meyers)



President Obama undoubtedly had a great time reading a final round of “Mean Tweets” on Monday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, but he also sat down with the talk show host to discuss the election. And since half the race for the White House includes Donald Trump, Kimmel couldn’t help but ask the president about the Republican nominee’s antics on and off the campaign trail. Specifically, he wanted to know whether or not Obama “[wished he] were running against Donald Trump” so he could “climb in there” with the same tenacity as Vice President Joe Biden.
Laughter at Uncle Joe’s latest shenanigans aside, Obama said he thought Hillary Clinton was “doing just fine” against Trump. Though in referencing Michelle Obama’s stringent speech against the Donald’s recent (and past) behavior regarding allegations of sexual assault, and his repeated touts about election rigging, the president adopted a more serious tone:
“There is something qualitatively different about the way Trump has operated in the political sphere. I ran against John McCain. I ran against Mitt Romney. Obviously I thought that I could do a better job, but they’re both honorable men, and if they had won, then I wouldn’t worry about the general course of this country… What we haven’t seen before is somebody questioning the integrity of elections and the will of the people.”
Obama went on to list several examples of Trump’s penchant for “putting down” various groups and individuals, like women and Muslim-Americans, which he sees as evidence for Trump’s “qualitatively different” approach to politics. Or as his implied insult goes, the kind of politics enacted by those who aren’t “honorable.”
“If you are willing to say anything and do anything, even when it undermines everything that’s been built by previous generations, that’s a problem,” Obama concluded. “That’s why I take this election very seriously.”



From defending Donald Trump against allegations of sexual harassment by referencing King David’s “500 concubines” to ranting about Hillary Clinton’s underwear, Fox News personality Sean Hannity never ceases to amaze. And with recent reports of the Trump campaign’s so-called “Trump TV” launching after the election, many suspect the Republican nominee’s stalwart cheerleader may leave Fox News for greener and even more partisan pastures. Considering his interview with an alleged Clinton “fixer” on Monday’s show (and Trump’s penchant for touting conspiracy theories), it seems a match made in heaven.
But really, Hannity devoted the first 15 minutes of his program to Jeff Rovin, a former Weekly World News editor-in-chief turned novelist, whom the National Enquirer claims is a “Mr. Fix It” for both Hillary and former President Bill Clinton. This is a thing that actually happened on national cable television on Monday night.
“I was fixing something for an actor who was in [the Clintons’] inner circle, and that was how I was engaged,” Rovin explained when Hannity asked about his involvement. “I knew where the back doors were in Washington, so there were different ways to deal with things.”
As The Daily Beast notes, Hannity pressed Rovin “gently” for details about his work with the Clintons, what stories he helped bury or soften, and so on. Though as the segment wore on, the host — whose thinking was informed by his penchant for movies — became more aggressive when his guest didn’t offer any particularly salacious details about what he’d supposedly “fixed.”
As surprising as Hannity’s coverage of the National Enquirer story is, this isn’t the first time he’s covered stories published by the tabloid. And with his preferred presidential candidate’s supposed connections to the publication, the Fox News host’s reliance on it probably won’t end anytime soon.
(Via Fox News and The Daily Beast)



Nobody really won this Fox News cage match, but nonetheless, it was a delicious interaction to witness when Bill O’Reilly hosted Washington Post reporter Jennifer Rubin. She’s coming from the perspective of a paper (including her own columns) that has consistently called out Trump’s behavior during his campaign. Whereas O’Reilly is most decidedly on Trump’s side, although he downplays their friendship. And O’Reilly will often shut down Trump, but he always does so in the most loving of tough-love ways.
In this discussion, O’Reilly can barely contain contain his contempt for the word “blogger” as he introduces Rubin. He also reminds her that her own publication has described his Trump interviews in ways such as “instant classic” (which is true). Further, O’Reilly didn’t appreciate a column in which Rubin wrote, “Trump should do interviews with real news people, not Sean Hannity and Bill O’Reilly, in preparation for the debates. He’s otherwise in for a rude awakening when someone asks a real question.”
This is, of course, a massive burn. Hannity has claimed that he’s not a journalist (which apparently justifies his concubine references and the fact that Trump has him on speed dial). But O’Reilly feels otherwise, so it must have really stung when Rubin confronted him on his show: “My criticism is really that you actually are in the spin zone. It’s presented as a news program or pseudo-news program … parroting a lot of what Trump is saying to you.”
From there, the two journalists both tripped over their own words, but he was more defensive while Rubin played it cool. She brought an entire list of ways that O’Reilly has helped Trump along during interviews. So, O’Reilly peppered her for details of what happened on specific days, and if she didn’t have an answer immediately, he declared, “You’re ill equipped for this interview!” Then he called her a fraud and produced his own montage of clips where he grilled Trump, which is part of his routine. He bats Trump around like a little bunny and then pats him on the noggin when the interviews end. But no matter whether one agrees with Rubin or O’Reilly, this confrontation is a joy to watch. Another instant classic, if you will.


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If you wanted some way to fact check Donald Trump, but also wanted to fill your stomach with processed meats and cheeses, you’re in luck. The Donald Trump BS food truck is here to provide you with plenty of hearty food and plenty of hearty information regarding the Trump campaign. The Portland food truck is the doing of Wieden+Kennedy, an advertising agency in the area and clear fans of the Republican nominee. They spoke with The Oregonian in a statment, sharing their mission and announcing their arrival:
“With 18-days to go and our fate in the hands of American voters,” the agency said in a statement Friday, “a new food truck has arrived in the mecca of food cart culture to serve sandwiches to the people, with a healthy dose of factual information.”
If you’re worried about having to spend money on a baloney — or bolgna — sandwich, don’t worry. It’s all free. The truck shows up to the Pioneer Courthouse Square around 11 am and serves its delicious sandwich goodness until all is gone.
The menu carries the heavy snark you would expect from a Trump opponent, while also attempting to right a few wrongs he has said along the way. It’s also a description of the sandwich, but you don’t really need that. They all come wrapped in a gold paper according to The Oregonian and each feature some correct facts that have been misconstrued by the Trump campaign over the campaign.
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As the paper puts it, you don’t have to come to Portland to try the sandwich and if you do, you’re a fool. You can just look at the pictures, buy a pound of baloney and have all the sandwiches you want for under $5 — unless you want fancy bread or fancy mustard. There’s also a trailer for the truck, showing its beautiful gold and black look that copies the look from all of Trump’s luxorious nests around the nation.

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