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Post by auntym on Oct 14, 2016 12:46:13 GMT -6
www.npr.org/2016/10/13/497837528/for-some-sexual-assault-activists-trump-tape-is-a-teachable-moment?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2039 For Some Sexual Assault Activists, Trump Tape Is A Teachable MomentOctober 13, 2016 Heard on All Things Considered by Tovia Smith / www.npr.org/people/3800445/tovia-smithOn some campuses, the videotape of Donald Trump bragging about groping and kissing women is being used as a case study to teach students everything from bystander intervention to consent. Oivind Hovland/Ikon Images/Getty Images One staple in just about every sexual assault prevention program is the video vignette. It's usually a play-acted scenario used to teach students what crosses the line. Now, the videotape of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump bragging about groping and kissing women is quickly becoming the classic real-life case study. Professor Harry Brod teaches a course on men, masculinities and sexual ethics at St. Norbert College in Wisconsin. Ironically, Brod says, what's most offensive about the recording may actually be the least useful as a teaching tool. The kind of behavior that Trump boasts of on the tape — and now denies — like grabbing women's private parts and kissing them against their will so clearly crosses the line, Brod says, it would be obvious to most students. 'You Can Do Anything': In 2005 Tape, Trump Brags About Groping, Kissing Women: www.npr.org/2016/10/07/497087141/donald-trump-caught-on-tape-making-vulgar-remarks-about-womenBut Brod says there are many more nuanced lessons on the tape. For example, he points to when Billy Bush, at the time co-host of Access Hollywood, eggs Trump on and then takes it a step further, pressing actress Arianne Zucker for a hug. "At that moment he is not only enabling Trump but he is pushing him from words into action," Brod says. "We know what's right, and we need to be strong enough to stand up." At the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, just west of Boston, a co-ed group of students has been working to seize what they hope will be a teachable moment. "We're fired up! We've got work to do," says their teacher, Lori Hodin. Through a program called Mentors in Violence Prevention, Hodin is training the seniors to train other students to be what they call "upstanders." Senior Caleigh Simons says the Trump video drives home how hard it can be to stand up to someone more powerful, whether a celebrity at work or an upperclassman at school. "It's always really hard to be that person to stand up and say those words: 'You need to stop doing this, that's not OK,' " Simons says. "So we teach that there's other little things that you can do — you can just break up the conversation in general, and just be like, 'I have to go to the bathroom.' " Students say they're also using the tape as a study in consent. In recent years, the rules have evolved from "no means no" to "only yes means yes." But students say the video is a textbook example of how even a "yes" might not always count as a "yes." That's widely acknowledged in cases where someone is drunk, and students say it is also true when there's an imbalance of power. "Billy Bush was like putting her in position where she had to hug him even if she didn't want to," says student Megan Chunias. "Yeah, even though he phrased it as question, it wasn't really an option for her, like, there was no choice in the matter," Simons says. A List Of The Accusations About Trump's Alleged Inappropriate Sexual Conduct: www.npr.org/2016/10/13/497799354/a-list-of-donald-trumps-accusers-of-inappropriate-sexual-conductStudents also say they're concerned about the fallout from Trump supporters — some prominent — who diminish what Trump said as just "boys will be boys." "They're trying to normalize it and push it off and say that it's nothing, it's just locker room talk, like it's just not a big deal," says Sam Ryan, captain of the boys soccer team. He says that if that ever happened in his locker room, he'd immediately shut it down. "Our job is to then expose that and say that it really is a big deal," Ryan says. "He crossed a line where it's not something to be joked about." If such jokes or comments are left unchallenged, Ryan says, it's interpreted as a green light and that creates a culture that encourages more serious offenses — from assault all the way to murder. Senior Jack Sutherland says he explains that concept of the "pyramid of assault" to the young students he trains. "I think after we can talk to them for an entire day and then they'll realize, whoa, it needs to be stopped at the start," he says. Sexual assault advocates say they worry this whole episode could roll back recent gains, and discourage survivors from coming forward. But ultimately, students say they see it more as an opportunity for a crash course in consent, bystander intervention and "rape culture" that they say is sorely needed. www.npr.org/2016/10/13/497837528/for-some-sexual-assault-activists-trump-tape-is-a-teachable-moment?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2039
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Post by auntym on Oct 14, 2016 13:10:14 GMT -6
www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/oct/13/google-news-fact-check-trump-clinton-us-election Google News introduces fact check feature – just in time for US electionLaunched today, fact check will now appear as a label among news search results alongside other labels such as opinion, local source and highly cited The Google News fact check launched in the midst of a highly charged presidential election. Photograph: Joe Raedle, Justin SullivanJemima Kiss in San Francisco / www.theguardian.com/profile/jemimakissThursday 13 October 2016 In the midst of a highly charged presidential election, where fact and fiction have frequently become confused, Google News has introduced a new fact check feature in search results for news stories. Launched today, fact check will now appear as a label among news search results, alongside other established labels such as opinion, local source and highly cited. In a blogpost promoting the new feature, Google said: “We’re excited to see the growth of the Fact Check community and to shine a light on its efforts to divine fact from fiction, wisdom from spin.” Facebook, despite its increasingly critical role in the distribution of news, has yet to deploy any fact-checking feature. Research by the Pew Center in June 2016 found that Facebook was the primary source of news for 18- to 24-year-olds. After sacking their trending topics news team, the social media site was at the center of a storm when its algorithm started promoting fake news. In Google News, fact check labels are visible in the expanded story box on the Google News site, on both the iOS and Android apps, and roll out for users in the US and UK first. The timing of the new label is significant, contributing to an unprecedented US presidential election where both sides have been accused of misrepresenting facts. Some commentators have used the term “post-truth” to describe the current state of political discussion. There are 26 days, and one remaining debate, until the US electorate votes on 8 November – not 28 November, as Donald Trump incorrectly stated this week. www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/oct/13/google-news-fact-check-trump-clinton-us-electionDEBATE FACT CHECK: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/09/presidential-debate-fact-check-donald-trump-hillary-clinton
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Post by auntym on Oct 14, 2016 14:11:15 GMT -6
www.aol.com/article/news/2016/10/14/gallup-poll-the-world-still-thinks-us-leadership-is-strong/21582947/ Gallup Poll: The world still thinks US leadership is strong VIDEONewsy boba Altergott Oct 14th 2016 The world says the U.S. is doing pretty well when it comes to its leadership. For now. According to a Gallup poll released Friday, the 132 countries surveyed landed on a 45 percent median approval rating of U.S. leadership. That's the same as it was the year before. The U.S.' global image has been fairly strong since President Barack Obama first took office in 2009. When he was first elected, a whopping 49 percent of those surveyed worldwide approved of American leadership. But that all could change if Donald Trump is elected president. New research from Brand Finance says a Trump presidency would threaten the U.S.' global image because of his views on foreign policy. "I will build a great, great wall on our southern border. And I will have Mexico pay for that wall," Donald Trump said during his announcement speech. Brand Finance wrote in a statement that Donald Trump's "xenophobic stance and protectionist rhetoric threatens to antagonize businesses, prospective foreign workers, students and governments." According to the Gallup poll, the U.S.'s leadership approval rating only narrowly beat Germany's 43 percent. Leadership in Russia scored the lowest approval rating of the top five global powers at 24 percent. WATCH VIDEO: www.aol.com/article/news/2016/10/14/gallup-poll-the-world-still-thinks-us-leadership-is-strong/21582947/
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2016 15:04:38 GMT -6
Yep, it is more than obvious (to most) as to what is REALLY going on . Donald Trump is a threat to Press freedom ? BIG WOW on that one ! Talk about a lying and corrupt campaign going on, Hillary is great in those areas ! I'll give her that. Heck, there's something she's good at. I watch Fox.....at least there I get "some" truth..... The FBI let her off along with the DOJ. We'll see what happens next. I wouldn't mind a bit seeing her go to prison where she belongs. I'm surprised she's been allowed to go this far.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2016 15:16:12 GMT -6
Read the full article. Apparently money from the Clinton foundation has been given to people in exchange for goods and services with foreign governments... some are not friendly to the US.
Also, Clinton was emailed at least one town hall question from CNN in advance... plus comments were made saying those who watch miss America are confederates and the jabs against Catholics which trump has been speaking about...
Shaking my head.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2016 15:35:24 GMT -6
Yep, and she wanted to drone assange. She didn't want the TRUTH to get out. There is sooooo much more.....Stay tuned !!!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2016 21:27:37 GMT -6
"Beyond this Hillary should stop attacking Bernie, especially when she says things that are untrue, which candidly she often does. I am one of the people with credibility to suggest Bernie people support her in November, and she and Benenson and others have no idea of the damage she does to herself and others with these attacks, which she does not gain by making."
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Post by auntym on Oct 14, 2016 22:55:48 GMT -6
I watch Fox.....at least there I get "some" truth..... Ohhhhhhhh...thats too bad cliff...doesn't your television get any good channels?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2016 7:05:45 GMT -6
There's no need for pity. I have both satellite and cable.
TRUTH be told, I don't watch much television. I have other avenues of research.
I try to stay in tune with "Reality" as much as possible.
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Post by lois on Oct 15, 2016 21:37:56 GMT -6
Yep, it is more than obvious (to most) as to what is REALLY going on . Donald Trump is a threat to Press freedom ? BIG WOW on that one ! Talk about a lying and corrupt campaign going on, Hillary is great in those areas ! I'll give her that. Heck, there's something she's good at. I watch Fox.....at least there I get "some" truth..... The FBI let her off along with the DOJ. We'll see what happens next. I wouldn't mind a bit seeing her go to prison where she belongs. I'm surprised she's been allowed to go this far. You get fox Cliff and you get 99 percent lies.
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Post by lois on Oct 15, 2016 23:11:46 GMT -6
I doubt she knows anything. Presidents and politicians aren't on the "need to know" list for that type of information. Is she knows anything at no matter how small I would love to hear it. There was a government meeting with Bush senior coming out of the building Hillary was carrying ufo books. She digs into issues and does not stop. She would not know their Agenda I'm sure of that. Word gets around among government held offices . She may just of over heard things. Bush senior today has said The people could not handle it if they knew the truth about ufos. It was a interview some one had with him.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2016 9:14:34 GMT -6
Yep, it is more than obvious (to most) as to what is REALLY going on . Donald Trump is a threat to Press freedom ? BIG WOW on that one ! Talk about a lying and corrupt campaign going on, Hillary is great in those areas ! I'll give her that. Heck, there's something she's good at. I watch Fox.....at least there I get "some" truth..... The FBI let her off along with the DOJ. We'll see what happens next. I wouldn't mind a bit seeing her go to prison where she belongs. I'm surprised she's been allowed to go this far. You get fox Cliff and you get 99 percent lies. Read the e-mails....
Also, look at the media coverage statistics and check out their shareholders..... It's rather self explanatory.
Ya wonder why she isn't replying to media questions regarding e-mails ? Check your (re)sources !!! Now, we are at the brink of war because of HER MISCONDUCT . Is it any wonder Putin doesn't TRUST her ?
The lies have been exposed. Her own party mentions it in the e-mails.
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Post by auntym on Oct 16, 2016 11:22:21 GMT -6
You get fox Cliff and you get 99 percent lies. Read the e-mails....
Also, look at the media coverage statistics and check out their shareholders..... It's rather self explanatory.
ALSO FOX HAS BEEN KNOWN TO EMBELLISH WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR NEWS STORIES... AND ALL OF THE SHAREHOLDERS ARE REPUBLICAN
Ya wonder why she isn't replying to media questions regarding e-mails ? Check your (re)sources !!!
SHE HAS REPLIED TO THE GOVERNMENT & THE MEDIA..CHECK OUT OTHER NEWS STATIONS
Now, we are at the brink of war because of HER MISCONDUCT . Is it any wonder Putin doesn't TRUST her ?
ARE YOU TRYING TO TELL ME YOU AGREE WITH PUTIN? IF WE ARE ON THE BRINK OF WAR IT IS BECAUSE OF PUTIN...
The lies have been exposed. Her own party mentions it in the e-mails.
cliff...fox is a well-known REPUBLICAN news channel...you never hear both sides of the issue if that is the only news channel you watch...
try watching other news channels for more well-rounded information...
then you'll be better informed...
try fact checking some of the stories FOX is telling...you will be very disappointed...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2016 14:14:21 GMT -6
Yea aunty. If you watch CNN ABC PBS NBC and FOX you'll get well rounded lies half truths and propaganda.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2016 23:12:31 GMT -6
Yep, guess who this song is addressed to.... Quote Auntym: ARE YOU TRYING TO TELL ME YOU AGREE WITH PUTIN? IF WE ARE ON THE BRINK OF WAR IT IS BECAUSE OF PUTIN No, its not what I'm saying. It's about a much needed stalemate. It's about getting back to negotiations. If a person doesn't tell the truth, how can there be any trust ? How can there be any negotiations ? Shaking my head....This is serious !
Putin is taking things by storm,,,,,we need a person in there who he will take seriously. Obviously, she isn't that person. She's had her time to make a difference, and plenty of it. Same ole same ole. I knew Obama was a mistake too, but here we are....what a mess ! A priest called for an exorcism for many democratic party candidates after one of the latest disclosures regarding comments made on Catholics and Evangelicals.....
Hmmmmm.....those e-mails aren't looking so good for the ole dems.....
LMAO !
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2016 23:50:51 GMT -6
Here we have it voters....a person who cannot properly handle sensitive classified information running for POTUS.....
Who was a Senator...
And Secretary of State...
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Post by lois on Oct 17, 2016 0:36:54 GMT -6
Read the e-mails....
Also, look at the media coverage statistics and check out their shareholders..... It's rather self explanatory.
ALSO FOX HAS BEEN KNOWN TO EMBELLISH WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR NEWS STORIES... AND ALL OF THE SHAREHOLDERS ARE REPUBLICAN
Ya wonder why she isn't replying to media questions regarding e-mails ? Check your (re)sources !!!
SHE HAS REPLIED TO THE GOVERNMENT & THE MEDIA..CHECK OUT OTHER NEWS STATIONS
Now, we are at the brink of war because of HER MISCONDUCT . Is it any wonder Putin doesn't TRUST her ?
ARE YOU TRYING TO TELL ME YOU AGREE WITH PUTIN? IF WE ARE ON THE BRINK OF WAR IT IS BECAUSE OF PUTIN...
The lies have been exposed. Her own party mentions it in the e-mails.
cliff...fox is a well-known REPUBLICAN news channel...you never hear both sides of the issue if that is the only news channel you watch...
try watching other news channels for more well-rounded information...
then you'll be better informed...
try fact checking some of the stories FOX is telling...you will be very disappointed...They have had people on their who are frauds They tell these big yarns then it comes up they were no such person. Of course fox says they thought such and such person was genuine. I read where the producer told " we don't fact check" when one of these incident happened.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2016 1:28:04 GMT -6
This is the stupidest presidential election I have ever seen in my life. Both candidates are filled with more flaws than you could shake a stick at. To write all the negative things about them, not to mention the false accusations that have been made against them, would take an entire encyclopedia set for each of them and to be perfectly honest with you, I'm tired of seeing negativity everywhere I look. So I have an idea. Instead of posting bad stuff about each of these clowns why don't y'all post good things about them? Tell me what their accomplishments and achievements are. I want to hear why I should vote for them, not why I should vote against the other person. Trump is an expert at economics . Less politics and more business ( in the U.S.) is something I believe he will deliver. I also believe he cares enough about our countries safety to make it more secure at the borders (much needed, especially now). I believe he will do as he said and uphold the laws of this nation by taking action against ILLEGAL immigrants. I believe other countries will trust him more than the "other" Hillary-ous candid-ate. I believe Putin will take him seriously like Gorbachev did Reagan, and will know where the line is drawn. I believe the two will be able to negotiate treaties and possibly earn each others respect. I believe that involves a certain amount of trust, and respect. It's obvious that has greatly diminished under the current same ole same ole. Mind you , Trump isn't Jesus, he has flaws like any other human being, but I believe he is the best person for the job. Obviously, he is a tough negotiator and knows how to get the job done. I also believe, unlike his adversary, that he will be able to handle classified documents and keep them secure instead of allowing the entire world to have access to them freely and openly. Yes, he does have a temper, but he isn't igannant either. He has a family and knows their lives are on the line too. I feel he truly cares about this nation and putting our interests FIRST. I'm all for abolishing NAFTA, like he is. Business's either failed or left due to foreign competition. Raising Tariff's on foreign imports is a great idea imho. It will bring jobs and money back to the U.S. We have the means to be self sufficient, yet allow a fair trade for all.....He knows the market better than most. Also, I believe he speaks from the heart , unlike those who use teleprompters who tell them what to say..... He thinks for himself. He understands strong leadership, as does his running mate. We need that now more than ever.
Other's had their chance..... Less politics and more business...for US !
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2016 4:22:13 GMT -6
Cliff you sound like my mother-in-law LOL.
If I were a news anchor for CNN or NBC though I would accuse you of being a white supremacist and A nazi because that's what they say about trump supporters. Oh and you're probably a serial rapist too.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2016 7:19:33 GMT -6
Cliff you sound like my mother-in-law LOL. If I were a news anchor for CNN or NBC though I would accuse you of being a white supremacist and A nazi because that's what they say about trump supporters. Oh and you're probably a serial rapist too. Rolls eyes. You forgot to mention deplorable !
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Post by auntym on Oct 17, 2016 10:45:20 GMT -6
kkk...for sure
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2016 10:47:23 GMT -6
thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/300969-biden-bill-clinton-paid-a-price-for-misconductOctober 14, 2016
Biden: Bill Clinton 'paid a price' for misconductBy Jessie Hellmann Former President Bill Clinton's past should not be an issue in this presidential campaign, Vice President Biden said while pressing the case against GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump over his alleged misconduct with women. “I can't make any excuse for Bill Clinton's conduct, and I wouldn't attempt to make any excuses for the conduct,” Biden said in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press," to air Sunday. “But he paid a price for it. He paid a price. He was impeached.” Trump, on the other hand, “has acknowledged that he has been a sexual predator. He's acknowledged that he's abused his power. And the — as I said, the textbook definition of what constitutes sexual assault.” The New York Times published an article this week detailing the stories of two women who claim Trump had in the past groped and kissed them without consent. Yes, it does makea difference in this election. A reporter for People magazine also claimed Trump forced himself on her during an interview in 2005. Trump has denied the allegations, calling them "pure fiction" and "outright lies." The accusations follow a tape released last week in which Trump bragged about groping and kissing women without their consent. In response to scrutiny of Trump's treatment of women, the campaign has argued that Clinton, whose spouse is Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, is a serial abuser of women, and it has brought many of his accusers to campaign events and the second presidential debate. thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/300969-biden-bill-clinton-paid-a-price-for-misconduct
How about Hillay's misconduct towards these same women ? Did she defend THEM ? No. Instead, she ATTACKED them. Yes, it DOES matter ! How about the 12 year old girl who was raped ? She defended the pedophile and laughed . Does THAT matter ? It SHOULD !
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2016 10:59:00 GMT -6
And just whom are you referring to ?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2016 16:09:00 GMT -6
Speaking of political candidates with KKK connections: there's been a photograph circulating on the Internet of Hillary Clinton kissing a former Klansman. here's the Snopes article saying it's true. According to Snopes it's totally OK though because he realized the error of his ways and left the organization after apologizing. Funny that Trump apologized for his sexual assault bragging and yet nobody is willing to forgive him after he apologized. www.snopes.com/clinton-byrd-photo-klan/
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Post by auntym on Oct 17, 2016 22:43:14 GMT -6
www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/10/donald-trump-information-promised-tax-returns-not-released Here's a List of the Information Trump Has Promised but Not Released Tax returns and so much more.Tim Murphy / www.motherjones.com/authors/tim-murphyOct. 15, 2016 As the allegations of sexual assault piled up against Donald Trump this week, the Republican nominee promised that he would release a trove of exculpatory evidence "at the appropriate time." On Friday morning, running mate Mike Pence said this other shoe would drop within "hours" and this information would disprove Trump's accusers. By the end of the day, the only information that Trump produced was thin and bizarre. The Trump campaign put forward a British man who claimed to have a "photographic memory" and who told the New York Post that he was on the flight with Trump and one of Trump's accusers 30-plus years ago, that he remembered the entire incident, and that her story of being groped by Trump while sitting next to the mogul in the first class section was not true. The Brit claimed nothing had happened during the entire flight. (A Trump spokeswoman had previously claimed that Trump did not fly on commercial airlines during the 1980s, so this seemed to prove that Trump's account was wrong.) The British fellow would have been about 18-years-old at the time and didn't explain why he had been flying first-class. And two years ago, he generated British headlines by claiming that when he was 17 he procured young men for sex parties with British politicians. The Trump campaign also released a statement from the cousin of an accuser who had appeared on The Apprentice, and this man asserted that his cousin had for years not complained about Trump and had only raised these allegations after Trump recently declined an invitation to visit her restaurant. None of this was the firm proof that Trump had promised. And this wasn't the first time that Trump has vowed to release information and then failed to produce the goods. Here's a quick guide: Tax returns: At the height of his birther crusade in 2011, Trump offered a challenge to President Barack Obama: if the commander-in-chief released his long-form birth certificate, Trump would put out his tax returns. Obama did release a long-form birth certificate, after which point Trump told ABC that he would release his taxes "at the appropriate time." That time never came. Tax returns again: In January Trump said on Meet the Press that he would release his tax returns imminently. "We're working on that now," he said. "I have big returns, as you know, and I have everything all approved and very beautiful and we'll be working that over in the next period of time." But after a month passed and he still hadn't produced his tax returns, Trump said at a Republican primary debate that he couldn't release his tax returns because he was under audit. (The IRS has said that an audit would not prevent Trump from releasing the returns.) Running mate Mike Pence and top surrogate Ben Carson have both said Trump will release the returns at "the appropriate time." Which brings us to... Proof he's being audited: Trump promised to release a letter proving that he was under audit. In March, in response to to repeated inquiries and promises to release documentation pertaining to the audit, Trump produced a letter from his lawyer (dated three weeks earlier) saying that his returns from 2009 until the present were under review by the IRS. But Trump's lawyers are paid by Trump. He has not produced any correspondence from the IRS that would confirm an audit was under way. List of creditors: When NBC News' Lester Holt asked Trump at the first presidential debate why he had not released his tax returns, Trump made a counteroffer: he would release a list of his creditors instead. "I could give you a list of banks," he said. "I would—if that would help you, I would give you a list of banks. These are very fine institutions, very fine banks. I could do that very quickly." Three weeks later, though, Trump has still not released that list. Secret information in Hawaii: In 2011 Trump claimed to have sent investigators to Hawaii to uncover the truth about Obama's birth certificate, and he said he would release the results of their investigation "at a certain point in time." No grand announcement ever came. "He'll reveal it when the time is right," Tana Goertz, the co-chair of Trump campaign's in Iowa, told MSNBC last summer. "If they found something, it will come out. The time isn't right, and guess what? Mr. Trump does what he wants and he's not going to do it on our time. He's going to do it when the timing is perfectly strategic and it's not now and it wasn't the place for him to say it." Melania's immigration documents: Following reports that Melania Trump had (illegally) worked in the United States under a tourist visa in the 1990s, Trump vowed to hold a press conference featuring his wife to set the record straight. No press conference ever occurred. Weeks later, the Trump campaign released a statement from her lawyer, but it was accompanied by no corroborating documents. Medical records: In September, as Trump was claiming that Hillary Clinton was in poor health, ABC' News' David Muir asked why he didn't release his own medical records. "I might do that, I might do that," Trump said. "In fact, now that you ask, I think I will do that. I'd love to give full reports." Trump had previously released a one-page letter from his gastroenterologist that was widely dismissed by medical experts as odd and unprofessional, and he later revealed additional medical details (from the same doctor) on Dr. Oz's television show. But Trump has yet to produce a full medical report. www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/10/donald-trump-information-promised-tax-returns-not-released
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Post by auntym on Oct 17, 2016 23:30:51 GMT -6
www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/trump-gets-ready-to-be-a-bad-loserTrump Gets Ready to Be a Bad LoserBy Ryan Lizza / www.newyorker.com/contributors/ryan-lizzaOctober 12, 2016 In mid-August, a low point for Donald Trump, when he trailed behind Hillary Clinton by about eight points, one of his top advisers confronted the candidate during a meeting at Trump Tower. “Your biggest problem is temperament,” the adviser recalled telling Trump. “You remember Gerry Ford? He tripped a couple of times, and every time he misstepped the media made it into a big thing. Well, guess what? That’s what’s happening to you now. Don’t take their bait. You have to be careful what you say. So much of what people complain about is your temperament, because they want to know what you’re going to do. They don’t want to hear you brag. They want to hear what you’re going to do. And the type of voter you were going after in the primary is totally different than the type of voter we’re going after now, in the general.” The math Trump faced was stark. In Presidential elections, the American electorate can be divided into three large categories: Hispanic and black and other non-white voters; college-educated whites; and the white working class. Polls showed that Clinton was at or above Barack Obama’s 2012 margins among the first two categories of voters, while Trump was only matching or slightly exceeding Mitt Romney’s level of support among the white working class. This was a recipe for a historic landslide against Trump. As a recent report by Ruy Teixeira, John Halpin, and Rob Griffin of the liberal Center for American Progress noted, the percentage of minority voters will likely rise by two points in 2016, college-educated whites will increase by more than a point, but the white working-class share of the electorate is projected to decline by 3.4 percentage points. Trump was banking his entire campaign on the fastest-shrinking faction of voters. Trump’s adviser explained that the issue of the candidate’s temperament was not some phantom attack created by his opponents. Polls consistently showed that voters, by a margin of two to one, did not believe Trump has the temperament to be President; Democrats saw those polls, too, and so it was not surprising that the argument that Trump is temperamentally unfit to serve has been the centerpiece of the campaign against him. “With prior Republican nominees for President, I disagreed with them on politics, policies, principles, but I never questioned their fitness to serve,” Clinton said at the second debate. “Donald Trump is different.” The choice before Trump was simple. He either needed to win back Republican-leaning college-educated whites, especially women, where the deficit was even worse than with men, or he needed a massive upsurge in the white working-class vote on Election Day. For instance, the demographers at CAP estimate that, if Clinton maintains her current strength among minorities and college-educated whites, Trump, in order to prevail, would need to win working-class whites by forty-six points, which is more than double Romney’s margin among that group in 2012, when he lost to Obama by four points. In a sense, the strategic choice before Trump—double down on the white working class or reach out to white-collar whites—mirrored the differing approaches of the two top advisers who took over the campaign in August. Kellyanne Conway, the campaign manager, had a history of sanding the rough edges off of Republican men in order to appeal to moderate women. By contrast, Steve Bannon, the new C.E.O. of Trump’s campaign, has spent the last few years as an architect of the neo-white nationalist movement that is toxic to the white-collar Republicans who have fled from Trump. For several weeks, it seemed that the Conway view of the campaign had prevailed. Trump was more scripted through late August and September. He talked about outreach to minorities, which was not so much about actually winning minority votes as it was about signalling to college-educated whites that Trump wasn’t a racist. He detailed a child-care tax deduction, which, despite its flaws as a coherent policy, was in synch with the strategic direction that Conway had pushed. The wheels of this strategy came flying off in three dramatic episodes: Trump’s meltdown in the first debate, when he was unable to mount a sustained argument either for his candidacy or against Clinton’s; the release of the audio and video of Trump bragging about sexually assaulting women; and the subsequent effective abandonment of Trump by Party leaders. (A quarter of Republican governors, senators, and Congress members have now said that they will not support Trump.) “It is so nice that the shackles have been taken off me and I can now fight for America the way I want to,” Trump tweeted on Tuesday morning, declaring an official end to the Conway experiment—and to any discernible plan to win the election. Trump is now attacking Republican leaders who allegedly betrayed him as much as he’s attacking Clinton. Perhaps the temper tantrum will pass and Trump will refocus his campaign in the final days on issues that have some strategic value to him. But it’s more likely that Trump knows he can’t win and that he has decided that the last stretch of his campaign should be used to set the stage for the aftermath of his loss. In this scenario, what’s crucial for Trump is to be able to convince his hard-core supporters that he—and they—didn’t lose, but that the dreaded Republican establishment sabotaged the Trump campaign in the final weeks. This strategy is in keeping with the way Trump has always spun his greatest defeats, from his failures in Atlantic City to his loss in the Iowa caucuses. He either denies that he failed or he argues that he was cheated. Trump is either victorious or victimized, but never a loser. This week marked the end of Trump trying to actually win, and the beginning of him plotting to explain why the election was stolen. www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/trump-gets-ready-to-be-a-bad-loser
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www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/10/what-will-happen-to-the-trump-die-hards/504032/ Trump’s Fans Have More to Lose Than Trump HimselfIf the Republican nominee loses, the millions of Americans supporting him will feel more isolated and disillusioned than ever before. by Michelle Cottle / www.theatlantic.com/author/michelle-cottle/ Oct 14, 2016 Maybe it was the photo of the guy—attending a Trump rally with his wife and small children—who opted to wear a “She’s a *bleep*. Vote Trump” T-shirt. Or the Donald’s empty debate promise to bring back energy industry jobs and pay off the national debt with their profits. Or his urging Pennsylvania supporters to keep an eye on “other communities” (barely code for “all those black folks in Philly”) “to make sure this election is not stolen from us.” It’s hard to say when exactly, but at some point I began to wonder: What is going to happen to Trump die-hards after November 8? Short answer: nothing good. Now, I’m not talking about what his supporters will do to the GOP if their hero flames out—which seems increasingly likely. I leave it to party leaders to angst over that looming horror show. Latest from Politics The Trump Allegations: The Latest Updates Rather, I’m thinking of the sad state in which Trump will leave his followers. Because, make no mistake, no matter how badly he behaves, Trump will end this race with his world more or less intact. Sure, he may lose some money and some friends and some invitations to Upper East Side dinner parties. But he will remain rich and privileged and more famous than ever, and, as a result, he will be largely insulated from the fallout of his latest exercise in self-promotion. The same cannot be said for the millions of Americans who have looked to Trump to save them. These folks, at least the ones frequently reported on—the angry, white, blue-collar workers who are outraged or terrified that America has become some topsy-turvy multi-cultural nightmare where a hard-working man cannot make a decent living anymore—will emerge from this circus worse off than before. They will likely be angrier—and more certain—that they are being dismissed, if not outright screwed, by a self-serving establishment. Some will be all the more convinced that their economic woes can be blamed on cheap immigrant labor and reassured about their general feelings of insecurity about Muslims. This is what Trump has done over the last year: He’s whipped up the darkest, angriest demons in the electorate. He has not simply given people permission to indulge any racist, sexist, xenophobic, or religiously intolerant tendencies they may harbor. He has insisted—loudly—that such bigotry is only common sense and mocked anyone who refuses to see the danger presented by “the other” as a blind idiot. Those not sharing Trump’s grim vision are, by definition, suckers being taken for a ride. Now, some might argue that Trump supporters could not be led in this direction if they weren’t already closet bigots. Maybe. Some of them. To some degree. Then again, it is human nature to want to blame someone else for what is going wrong in one’s life. Trump is, not coincidentally, the master of this. And so the United States has reached the point where a chunk of Trump voters feel moved to let their freshly stoked inner bigot off the leash, be it on social media or at public events. This summer, The New York Times compiled a video montage titled, “Unfiltered Voices From Donald Trump’s Crowds,” which spotlighted the vulgar language used among Trump supporters at rallies. Then, toward the end of the clip, Trump fan Mike Wallace, a pale, skinny older guy who looked more worn-down than mad as he explained his voting choice, lamented: “I feel he’s the last chance we have to establish law and order and preserve the culture I grew up in.” Such is the core anxiety Trump has exploited in his followers. There is little value in trying to figure out what portion of Trump fans are, say, hard-core xenophobes vs. casual bigots (now there’s a term) vs. voters merely disgusted with the system. Hillary Clinton, for her part, may have apologized for her “deplorables” crack, but some in the electorate share her frustration. And with every day that goes by, animus toward this group grows: How can you support this charlatan? Don’t you know what he said about X? Didn’t you hear what his supporters did to that protester in Y? And, my God, what about that kid in Virginia who yelled “Take the *bleep* down”? Once the election is over (again, assuming Trump loses), there will be a mass sigh of relief as the nation begins laboring to pretend none of this ever happened. (If he wins, there will be a different kind of reckoning as followers realize he cannot bring back the 1950s America of their dreams. But that is a problem for another day.) If anything, Trumpism has, in part, made the rest of the nation all the more eager to ignore the millions of white voters living on the edges of the economy. Many may now be written off without guilt, because they have shown themselves to be not just unfortunates but undesirables—irredeemable hate-mongers itching to reassert their cultural dominance. Of course, the political establishment will first need to spend a couple of months piously lecturing Trump fans. But once the finger wagging is done, non-Trump America will return to their regular lives, leaving disappointed Trump devotees to stew in the resentments and anxieties he, among others, has nurtured. No matter where you fall on the political spectrum, this is a tragic outcome. It leaves Americans that much more segregated and alienated from one another. It’s exactly this kind of cross-cultural suspicion and mistrust that has enabled Trump to come within spitting distance of the presidency. And it’s what threatens to keep his supporters isolated and fuming on the sidelines, long after their champion has forgotten them. www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/10/what-will-happen-to-the-trump-die-hards/504032/
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www.npr.org/2016/10/13/497837528/for-some-sexual-assault-activists-trump-tape-is-a-teachable-moment?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2039 For Some Sexual Assault Activists, Trump Tape Is A Teachable MomentOctober 13, 2016 Heard on All Things Considered by Tovia Smith / www.npr.org/people/3800445/tovia-smithOn some campuses, the videotape of Donald Trump bragging about groping and kissing women is being used as a case study to teach students everything from bystander intervention to consent. Oivind Hovland/Ikon Images/Getty Images One staple in just about every sexual assault prevention program is the video vignette. It's usually a play-acted scenario used to teach students what crosses the line. Now, the videotape of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump bragging about groping and kissing women is quickly becoming the classic real-life case study. Professor Harry Brod teaches a course on men, masculinities and sexual ethics at St. Norbert College in Wisconsin. Ironically, Brod says, what's most offensive about the recording may actually be the least useful as a teaching tool. The kind of behavior that Trump boasts of on the tape — and now denies — like grabbing women's private parts and kissing them against their will so clearly crosses the line, Brod says, it would be obvious to most students. 'You Can Do Anything': In 2005 Tape, Trump Brags About Groping, Kissing Women: www.npr.org/2016/10/07/497087141/donald-trump-caught-on-tape-making-vulgar-remarks-about-womenBut Brod says there are many more nuanced lessons on the tape. For example, he points to when Billy Bush, at the time co-host of Access Hollywood, eggs Trump on and then takes it a step further, pressing actress Arianne Zucker for a hug. "At that moment he is not only enabling Trump but he is pushing him from words into action," Brod says. "We know what's right, and we need to be strong enough to stand up." At the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, just west of Boston, a co-ed group of students has been working to seize what they hope will be a teachable moment. "We're fired up! We've got work to do," says their teacher, Lori Hodin. Through a program called Mentors in Violence Prevention, Hodin is training the seniors to train other students to be what they call "upstanders." Senior Caleigh Simons says the Trump video drives home how hard it can be to stand up to someone more powerful, whether a celebrity at work or an upperclassman at school. "It's always really hard to be that person to stand up and say those words: 'You need to stop doing this, that's not OK,' " Simons says. "So we teach that there's other little things that you can do — you can just break up the conversation in general, and just be like, 'I have to go to the bathroom.' " Students say they're also using the tape as a study in consent. In recent years, the rules have evolved from "no means no" to "only yes means yes." But students say the video is a textbook example of how even a "yes" might not always count as a "yes." That's widely acknowledged in cases where someone is drunk, and students say it is also true when there's an imbalance of power. "Billy Bush was like putting her in position where she had to hug him even if she didn't want to," says student Megan Chunias. "Yeah, even though he phrased it as question, it wasn't really an option for her, like, there was no choice in the matter," Simons says. A List Of The Accusations About Trump's Alleged Inappropriate Sexual Conduct: www.npr.org/2016/10/13/497799354/a-list-of-donald-trumps-accusers-of-inappropriate-sexual-conductStudents also say they're concerned about the fallout from Trump supporters — some prominent — who diminish what Trump said as just "boys will be boys." "They're trying to normalize it and push it off and say that it's nothing, it's just locker room talk, like it's just not a big deal," says Sam Ryan, captain of the boys soccer team. He says that if that ever happened in his locker room, he'd immediately shut it down. "Our job is to then expose that and say that it really is a big deal," Ryan says. "He crossed a line where it's not something to be joked about." If such jokes or comments are left unchallenged, Ryan says, it's interpreted as a green light and that creates a culture that encourages more serious offenses — from assault all the way to murder. Senior Jack Sutherland says he explains that concept of the "pyramid of assault" to the young students he trains. "I think after we can talk to them for an entire day and then they'll realize, whoa, it needs to be stopped at the start," he says. Sexual assault advocates say they worry this whole episode could roll back recent gains, and discourage survivors from coming forward. But ultimately, students say they see it more as an opportunity for a crash course in consent, bystander intervention and "rape culture" that they say is sorely needed. www.npr.org/2016/10/13/497837528/for-some-sexual-assault-activists-trump-tape-is-a-teachable-moment?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2039 Warning ! Viewer Advised ! Hmmmmm.....Yes Barrack, tell us all about it ! MEEEEOOOOWWWW !!!!!! Of course, at this point, "What difference does it make" ? Right Hillary ?
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