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The difference in perceptions of Weinstein and Trump is, once again, largely political. A majority of both Clinton and Trump voters ― 74 percent and 66 percent, respectively ― say the allegations against Weinstein are credible. But 83 percent of Clinton voters, and just 8 percent of Trump voters, say the same of the allegations against Trump.

Born that way.

Air Force announces just now that they are recalling about 1k pilots to active duty immediately. Gulp.

Cycloptichorn

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The difference in perceptions of Weinstein and Trump is, once again, largely political. A majority of both Clinton and Trump voters ― 74 percent and 66 percent, respectively ― say the allegations against Weinstein are credible. But 83 percent of Clinton voters, and just 8 percent of Trump voters, say the same of the allegations against Trump.

HP For the love of god. Trump bragged about it. It's on tape.

Well, Trump is a blight on humanity

A Texas city has required residents who are seeking government disaster relief funds in the wake of Hurricane Harvey to pledge not to boycott Israel.
The city of Dickinson, about 30 miles (48km) south of Houston, posted grant applications for anyone seeking money for repairs after the category 4 storm.
Local officials say the pro-Israel clause is required under a Texas state law enacted earlier this year.
The application has drawn a strong rebuke from free-speech activists.
In the four-page, recovery aid application posted on the city's website, a section reads: "By executing this Agreement below, the Applicant verifies that the Applicant: (1) does not boycott Israel; and (2) will not boycott Israel during the term of this Agreement."
The provision stems from a law barring the state from entering a contract with any business unless it "does not boycott Israel".
Boycotting Israel includes any action intended to "to penalise, inflict economic harm on, or limit commercial relations specifically with Israel", according to the law.
The law, known as the Anti-BDS (Boycott, Divestments, and Sanctions) bill, was signed by Republican Governor Greg Abbott in May.
"Anti-Israel policies are anti-Texas policies, and we will not tolerate such actions against an important ally," the governor said in a statement earlier this year.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) criticised the city for the requirement, saying it was "an egregious violation" of free speech rights under the First Amendment.
"The First Amendment protects Americans' right to boycott, and the government cannot condition hurricane relief or any other public benefit on a commitment to refrain from protected political expression," said Andre Segura, the legal director of ACLU's Texas chapter.
Texas is not the only state to require this provision. The ACLU is suing on behalf of a public school teacher in Kansas over a similar anti-BDS law.
Hurricane Harvey made landfall on 25 August and was the first in a series of hurricanes to hit the Gulf of Mexico region.
The storm has been blamed for 47 deaths and Governor Abbott has warned that clean-up efforts could cost up to $180bn (£136bn).

And he still managed to win against the person who aided and abetted his candidacy...

...thinking that with him as her opponent, she couldn't possibly lose.

How come you're not focused on that truth?

Are you going to reveal how much money the Trump campaign received from Clinton or the DNC?

That's the way it looked to a lot of people, including his Republican opponents in the primaries. They were wrong.

Probably because it would be pointless to dwell on such an insignificant aspect of last year's campaign when the consequences (blah blah blah ad infitum)

Donald Trump has been accused of fuelling hate crime with a tweet erroneously linking a rise in the UK crime rate to "radical Islamic terror".
He said crime in the UK had risen by 13% amid the "spread" of Islamist terror - despite the figure referring to all crimes, not just terrorism.
The Labour MP, Yvette Cooper, said the statement was "inflammatory and ignorant", while ex-Labour leader Ed Miliband said Mr Trump was "a moron".
The Home Office declined to comment.
Mr Trump's tweet used data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS)'s latest crime update, which reported a 13% increase across all offences in the 12 months to June.
It covered England and Wales, not the whole of the UK.
Police recorded 5.2m offences in the last year, the bulk of which were not associated with terrorism.
Rises were recorded in crime public order offences, stalking and harassment, possession of weapons and robbery.
The statistics - which made no reference to "radical Islamic terror" - showed that 35 out of the 664 homicides in England and Wales were caused by terror attacks in London and Manchester.
US media outlets have speculated whether Mr Trump's tweet followed a TV report on One America News Network, a conservative TV channel, which aired the statistics on Friday morning.
Donald Trump is half right.
Crime has gone up by 13% - but not in the UK. The increase announced yesterday covered England and Wales whereas Scotland and Northern Ireland publish their data separately.
But overlooking that mistake, what about the phrase that appears to connect the increase to the "spread of radical Islamic terror"?
The number of cases of murder and attempted murder linked to Islamist-related extremism, has indeed gone up substantially.
Of the 664 homicides recorded in the year ending June 2017, 34 resulted from the Westminster Bridge, Manchester Arena and London Bridge attacks - there were no such deaths last year.
The attacks also accounted for the majority of the 426 additional attempted murders registered by police.
Arrests for terror-related offences went up as well, from 226 to 379, across England, Wales and Scotland, though that number also includes people detained for far-right extremism.
But in terms of overall offending, this increase in terror-related crime represents a fraction, when you consider that there were an extra 579,553 offences recorded by police compared with the year before.
However, the tweet sparked a fierce backlash in the UK and was widely condemned on social media.
Labour MP Yvette Cooper, chair of the Commons Home Affairs Committee, said Mr Trump's comments could fuel hate crime.
She said: "Hate crime in the UK has gone up by almost 30% and rubbish like this tweet from Donald Trump is designed to provoke even more of it.
"If we are to properly tackle hate crime and every other crime, we have to challenge this kind of nonsense."
Conservative backbencher Nicholas Soames, grandson of Sir Winston Churchill, called the US president a "daft twerp" who needed to "fix gun control".
Lib Dem deputy leader Jo Swinson also responded to the president's tweet, accusing him of "misleading and spreading fear".
In September, the US president was criticised for a tweet claiming that the "sick and demented people" behind the partially-exploded bomb at a London Tube station were "in the sights of Scotland Yard".
The Metropolitan Police described his tweet as "unhelpful".
He had earlier lashed out at Sadiq Khan, tweeting that the London mayor had offered a "pathetic excuse" to Londoners after the London Bridge terror attack by telling people not to be alarmed.
The Office for National Statistics said it would not comment on Mr Trump's tweet, but added that the survey relates to all crimes in England and Wales between 2016 and 2017.

Are you going to reveal where all that money donated to the Clinton foundation ended up?

The way it looked to everyone in every other nation that gets your news, is that the primaries were rigged to get Sanders out of the picture, and Clinton picked her "running mate" in her old pal and partner in corporate crime, to ensure her second splash at the presidency would be a shoo-in.

Pointless eh?

You're all still here banging on like there's a vestige of some obscure form of democracy left to cling to.

There's a crack I never expected from the enlightened feminist blatham, but I guess it's OK to be a sexist when you strongly disagree with someone.