US Politics

Lot of work in there - like all the handwritten notes.

I'm kind of hoping that someone, somewhere, has a copy of his tax records and are planning to release them nearer to November - they're obviously a complete carcrash

A nice reminder that good reporting needn't involve more than a phone, a pen and a notepad.

We can only hope...

it's an old article but I just read it today. so disturbing... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/17/central-park-five-donald-trump-jogger-rape-case-new-york

He's fucked now. Boasting on tape about sexual assault. Bye Donny

He maybe a shit businessman but when it comes to fucking up the presidential race he makes Barry Goldwater look like a rank amateur.

Although, and lets be honest here, who had money on Billy being the Bush that could finally derail the Trump campaign?

The cab driver who took me to DIA on Thursday said he was voting for Trump because of his business experience, then went on to say that all racism in America was the fault of blacks.

you wish, but i guess half of America will be high fiving him for this

I'm not so sure. The tape was just after Trump's latest wedding. Cheating on your spouse is quite a big deal to a lot of Americans.

If you can blame blacks for racism I suspect blaming the wife and the victim for the assault of the husband is an easy mental task to accomplish.

Bobby DeNiro isn't happy

https://twitter.com/PapaWoooooody/status/784601540770267136

The orange Bill Cosby

More like Jimmy Saville

Why the fuck are the Republican Party letting this horror show run? Are they really that desperate for power?

Yes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKYmiWiNqOw

At this point, they basically have no choice. In short, the ballots have been printed and some states have already accepted early voting from some of it's constituents. Unlike the British electoral system where you only vote for a parliamentary representative, Americans are voting for for the leader of their country. Changing their candidate would be considered unconstitutional and could be very easily challenged in court by literally any member of the great American public.

But it goes further than that. Back at the end of the Primary cycle, the Republican party had a small window to ignore the outcome of those nominations and select an unsupported candidate. However, as all of the other contenders for the candidacy had withdrawn before the end of the Primary cycle (and many choosing to endorse Trump as they withdrew), choosing an alternative candidate was effectively doomed to failure. In this respect, Trump has played an absolute blinder in securing the candidacy beyond the reach of anyone else.

What interests me about this revelation is the timing. We still have a month to go until the main ballots are cast. The figures show that Trump isn't dead in the water yet and in theory he can still win in the time remaining, albeit it a rapidly diminishing margin of likelihood. But more so than this is the climate in which the revelation came about. We already knew Trump to be terrible on women and this simply shows just how bad he can be. I think that there is potentially something worse to come.

This negates any attempt ny Trump to derail or talk over questions at Sunday's 'Town Hall' style Presidential Debate and attempt to blame Hilary for Bill's previous indiscretions.
Tax, or rather a dubious tax write-off last week, self-incriminating revelations of predatory sexual activity this week.
What's next? The Trump Foundation has that 15-day clock to submit the requested info to the New York AG.
Isn't there a pending Court Case for the fraudulent 'Trump University'?

What's that meant to show? Isn't he just reading from a book?

For a brief moment I felt a flicker of hope. Then I remembered that both Berlusconi and Zuma enjoyed strong support from women during their respective trials.

Below are the best images I could find, but I am pretty sure I saw a photo of middle aged SA women holding placards calling Zuma's victim a slut etc.

https://twitter.com/SethAbramovitch/status/784614001661644800
I've watched this at least 20 times and I'm still laughing.

Just felt like posting it.

"And when you’re a star they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything".
Donald Trump

Ana Navarro is a baws

https://twitter.com/juliamacfarlane/status/784688870726176768

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Interesting development. Mark Burnett, producer of several US TV shows has admitted that there is some very damaging footage of Trump from The Apprentice which has never been aired. He subsequently threatened to sue anyone responsible if it got leaked.

In response, businessman Mark Cuban has promised to cover any leaker's legal expenses.