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tgards79

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Fri Dec 1, 2017, 11:17 AM Dec 2017

BTRTN November 2017 Month in Review: Trump Hits New Lows in a Historic Time

BTRTN with their Month in Review feature, covering an historic month full of despicable (and numeric) new lows for Trump. Read all about it....and why December could be even more incredible:
http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2017/12/btrtn-november-2017-month-in-review.html

"The month of November was a watershed month in the long struggle for women’s rights, when a huge spotlight was finally trained on the darkest of corners, the crudest expression of unspoken male control, the sexual prerogatives of men in power. Harvey Weinstein was not the first to be outed for sexual harassment and assault by those whose careers he could make or break, but his turn under that spotlight was the textbook definition of a “tipping point.” Since then, of course, emboldened women have been outing their abusers by the dozens, and the entertainment, media and business worlds have been and continue to be rocked on a near daily basis (say goodbye to Matt Lauer and Garrison Keillor).

Not surprisingly, the political world is now being roiled as well. First came the accusations against Senate candidate Roy Moore from Alabama. Then Al Franken, the Senator (and potential presidential hopeful – at that time, but no longer) from Minnesota, and Representative John Conyers from Michigan. More will come. These men and others at the state and local level are being rightly penalized in various ways, from long-overdue public humiliation and ridicule, to abrupt loss of their powerful perches and, in some instances, to litigation. They all are getting their comeuppance.

With one exception: Donald Trump..."

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BTRTN November 2017 Month in Review: Trump Hits New Lows in a Historic Time (Original Post) tgards79 Dec 2017 OP
It is impossible for the douchebag president to hit a new low. disalitervisum Dec 2017 #1
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