So Cohen gave Daniels $130,000 without Trump and his campaign knowing.
These lot take us for fools.
These lot take us for fools.
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It's more the seediness of it all rather than a question of coercion @berbatrick
Edit: In this particular story anyway.
Edit: In this particular story anyway.
Whatever. I'm hardly liberal or what label shallow folks choose to put on anyone who has a different opinion than the narrow minded view of the planet. Keep walking.
Seriously this administration is the definition of a "clusterfeck".
Sadly if his voters cared about seediness, he wouldn't be near power. And I hope metoo doesn't chase Trump over this, it isn't comparable to the actual harassment that has been the focus so far.
If nothing else it will be the final nail in his marriage.
Agree to an extent, but it plays nicely into the belief that he views women as things to be seen and not heard, they don't get to play by the same rules etc.
I'm not going to pretend that it is as bad as some of the more horrific stories of the #metoo movement, but it might well fall into their purview.
I think she’s wanted an excuse to get out of this shit show for a long while.
the detailed story is already in the public domain away
Of course, he also now given her an exit clause though. Just depends how watertight the prenup is. Judging by Trump’s lawyers, he’s probably set to lose everything.
Some definitely don't care. Others are more malleable to get turned off by Trump's actions.
It's such a blatantly obvious lie to cover him from the campaign funds issue. Surely nobody will buy it.
Alright pal.
in thousands of years of recorded human history this is yet to occur
you're living in cloud cuckoo land
I fail to see how this is a "liberal wish list"? Most items he mentions clearly would satisfy the desires of both parties.
Tighty whities? Shark week? Forbes Magazine? Ah, go on, go on, go on.
Stop free weapons, then.
The solution is guaranteed to involve “safe guns” in schools. Like “clean coal”. Someone needs to cut the oxygen to these morons.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/14/politics/fewer-republicans-more-independents-no-parties/index.html
(CNN)Fewer people say they consider themselves Republicans, according to recent polling. But they're not becoming Democrats instead.
That's the conclusion of an analysis of Gallup data by Marquette Law professor and pollster Charles Franklin. He found that while there is a slight increase in Democratic Party support among Americans, more Americans are just becoming pure independents.
To be fair, this has happened after past presidential elections. In 2005 and 2013, the number of pure independents also increased.
But this year's uptick swing to pure independents is slightly larger. It's enough of a shift that it could indicate some new erosion in the Republican base.
For the last decade and a half, people have been moving away from being solidly one party or the other. But they've often instead moved to being Republican-leaning or Democrat-leaning independents. Since 2004, independents rose from 29% to 44% of voters but mostly because of the increase in leaners.
The rise of pure independents -- independents who aren't just closet Democrats or Republicans -- has been much more modest. From 2004 to 2016, the percentage of Americans identifying as pure independents has risen and declined a point or two per year, especially in the year after a presidential election.
This year, the number of pure independents rose a little more, a 3 to 4% increase over 2017. At the same time, the percentage of Americans identifying as solid Democrats has been flat, and there's been a slight increase in independents who lean toward Democrats.
So while there has been some erosion in the Republican base, it's not at all clear how much Democrats are really benefiting from it. As Franklin puts it: "There is evidence for some erosion of GOP partisanship in 2017, though I think it is a more modest decline than some would suggest. That has not been accompanied by any substantial Dem gains in 2017."
All the same, the decline in Republican affiliation may affect our understanding of the party. If a lot less people even consider themselves Republicans or Republican-leaning, the lowering levels of support that Donald Trump gets among Republicans and his recent uptick look even worse. The Americans who were Republicans a year or two ago, who have now defected, won't even have their unhappiness picked up in these polls, softening the result.
The increase in Democrat-leaning independents is also not a bad sign for Democrats, and may be an area to observe a positive trend. Almost 90% of these independent "lean" voters ultimately voted with the parties they "leaned" toward, according to a study of recent elections.
The rise in pure independents also likely signals that the primaries of 2016 were not an outlier, and voters will continue to self-identify more like free agents, even as their partisanship is increasingly predictable. It's one of the paradoxes of recent years: As partisan polarization increases, so does distrust in institutions. But in the end, a party can no longer decide if voters don't really want to be a part of it.
How is the immigration status of her and her family. And is she getting custody of her son? I have a feeling that he has a lot dirt in his hand to scare her into keeping up the status...
When the time comes to vote, the majority will pick the side they always pick.
Solid improvement for 4 months: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/?ex_cid=rrpromo
Downward trajectory here too: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-generic-ballot-polls/?ex_cid=irpromo
Downward trajectory here too: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-generic-ballot-polls/?ex_cid=irpromo
Its difficult for him to get past 45%, which is generally a bad thing for the GOP. I'd imagine we will continue to see more fluctuations between 36 and 41%
I'm guessing his folks are scrambling to find out if the Fl shooter or his family was born elsewhere, was not caucasian, voted Democrat, was on Obamacare, had a foreign make car or was able to speak more than one language.
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Refusing to address his country.
You lot sure picked a hell of a president.
You lot sure picked a hell of a president.
To be fair, many people make similar "deals" when getting married. Trump wanted a trophy wife so married someone beautiful, she probably wanted a luxurious life. Something like this happens on a micro level in a lot of long term relationships.
It is also unfair to single out Melania when Hillary did not leave Bill after his numerous affairs and scandals.
Don't think people are singling her out. Just point out that she's unlikely to leave him for past indiscretions because she knows what she got herself into.
He should be the next chief of staff. I feel like we didn’t get nearly enough value for money from his first brief stint at the White House.
I’m actually finding Melania one of the more sympathetic figures in this shitshow.
To be fair, I don’t think she ever expected to be First Lady and have all the pressures and scrutiny that comes with that. I don’t think she will divorce him while he’s POTUS, I think they will make it in her interest to play along for a few years to save embarrassment, she will be away from him “raising Baron” most of the time and flown in when the First Lady traditionally makes an appearance.
For sure.Vanity Fair said:
Its all a bit David Moyes...
Yeah, she just wanted to be a trophy wife. She didn't sign up for this shit.
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