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October 8, 2016

RNC halts Victory project work for Trump

Source: Politico

The Republican National Committee on Saturday appeared to at least temporarily halt the operations of some of the “Victory” program that is devoted to electing Donald Trump.

The move comes as the GOP nominee is under mounting pressure from elected Republicans to step aside after he was caught on tape bragging about sexually assaulting women.

In an email from the RNC to a victory program mail vendor, with the subject line “Hold on all projects,” the committee asked the vendor to “put a hold” on mail production.

“Please put a hold/stop on all mail projects right now. If something is in production or print it needs to stop. Will update you when to proceed,” Lauren Toomey, a staffer in the RNC’s political department, wrote in an email that was obtained by POLITICO.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/rnc-halts-all-victory-project-work-for-trump-229363



Holy crap.
October 8, 2016

What Mike Pence should be forced to do:

1) carry his abortive VP candidacy to full-term;
2) have a funeral for the miscarriage afterwards

October 8, 2016

"Can we still replace Trump" = BARGAINING STAGE

Depression time should start setting in right about time for early voting to begin.

Acceptance is November 9.

October 8, 2016

For Trump’s Congressional Backers, Hell Is Empty, and All the Demons Are Here

Note: author is s NeverTrump Republican.

http://heatst.com/politics/for-trumps-congressional-backers-hell-is-empty-and-all-the-demons-are-here/

Republican supporters and endorsers of Trump are in political peril in every direction. Why? Whether Trump wins or loses, Republican Members of the House and Senate aren’t pure enough for the seething mass of nihilist rage monsters Trump’s Republican Party has become.

At the same time, you’re smeared with the fetid stench of Trump’s catalog of voter-repellent pathologies. Watch how the Democrats and the media will happily remind Hispanics, African Americans, college-educated voters, women, young voters, and most higher mammals how you decided to stand with Trump Republicanism.

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They’re not interested in reform, conservative or otherwise. They’re interested in revanchist fantasies, where the educated and the ethnic are punished for success, or for the mere desire to live the American Dream. They (and their hermetic media) pretend this is based on a chain of outrages and insufficiencies on your part, but it’s really just their desire to burn down the world to finally say, “See? I did SOMETHING. I showed THEM.”

Do you think, as so many members in House leadership confidently assert, that you’ll “Make Trump the House’s puppet” if he’s elected? You forgot that Trump’s fifth-column in the House will be there to sabotage exiting leadership from January 22nd on. Let’s be honest: your record of moral courage and political strength viz Trump inspires exactly zero confidence that you’d resist Trump’s excesses in the Oval Office for a hot second.

The rich irony for Republicans covered in Trump’s political ichor is this: Almost every day he gives you a reason to say, “No more.” Almost every day he says or does something only his base adores, but that poisons our future, and your electoral prospects in the years to come. If “grab them by the pussy” isn’t enough to repulse you and give you a clean, sane exit from the Trump nightmare, I can’t help you.


Tell us what you really think, Rick.
October 7, 2016

Ashley Judd drops another bomb on The Orange Groper


ashley judd (@AshleyJudd)

10/7/16, 6:34 PM
I never heard him "apologize" for talking to me & others about his family member's spouse, and especially her breasts. THIS IS WHO HE IS. twitter.com/jaketapper/sta…


https://twitter.com/ashleyjudd/status/784522298342707200?refsrc=email&s=11
October 7, 2016

upcoming NY Times story: Trump kissed 1997 Miss Utah on the lips without consent,


John Aravosis (@aravosis)

10/7/16, 7:29 PM
CNN: NYT to report shortly that Miss Utah, 1997, says Trump kissed her on the lips, unsolicited. She was stunned.



https://twitter.com/aravosis/status/784536248023212033?refsrc=email&s=11
October 7, 2016

Paul Ryan--TODAY: "Victims of sexual assault deserve full protection under the law."

https://twitter.com/speakerryan/status/784469076718616576?refsrc=email&s=11



10/7/16, 3:02 PM
Victims of sexual assault deserve full protection under the law. And now, they will have it. spkrryan.us/2dZBvDs pic.twitter.com/ktb8RlynqW


Scheduled to appear with Trump tomorrow.

October 7, 2016

here's the best part about the Trump audio: there is MORE and WORSE. It's only October 7.

10/7/16, 4:47 PM
@TheRickWilson Was this one of those oppo pieces the press told you they only wanted to run during the general?



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10/7/16, 4:55 PM
Actually, there's worse. twitter.com/darrickjohnson…




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10/7/16, 5:32 PM
@TheRickWilson @darrickjohnson worse than this? Are you referring to the Epstein connection allegations, or something else?



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Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson)

10/7/16, 5:35 PM
More twitter.com/DoghouseDano/s…



https://twitter.com/therickwilson/status/784507407393251328?refsrc=email&s=11
October 7, 2016

Trump on Hot Mic: 'When You're a Star ... You Can Do Anything' to Women

Source: NBC News

A decade before Donald Trump became the Republican nominee for president, his candid views on women were caught on tape.

"I'm automatically attracted to beautiful women — I just start kissing them, it's like a magnet," Trump said in 2005 during a conversation with Billy Bush caught on audio during the taping of an interview for Access Hollywood. "I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything… Grab 'em by the pussy."

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"I moved on her actually, she was down in Palm Beach and I failed. I'll admit it. I did try to fuck her, she was married … and I moved on her very heavily," Trump is heard saying.

"I took her out furniture shopping. She wanted to get some furniture and I told her 'I'll show you where you can get some nice furniture,'" Trump is heard saying. "I moved on her like a bitch, and I could not get there, and she was married. And all the sudden I see her and she's got the big phony tits, she's totally changed her look."


Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-hot-mic-when-you-re-star-you-can-do-n662116



Nobody respects women more than Donald Trump, according to Donald Trump.
October 7, 2016

actual 'question' at Trump debate prep town hall: "Make America great again, baby."

Doesn't seem to think he needs to do anything differently from the first debate.

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