October 8, 2016

Trump Tape Threatens GOP Plan to Retain Control of Congress

One lewd tape of Donald Trump bragging 11 years ago about assaulting women and getting away with it has upended a year of carefully laid Republican strategy to keep control of Congress.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

More Trump tapes to come?

(Paul Mirengoff) Someone called Bill Pruitt has tweeted the following: As a producer on seasons 1 & 2 of #theapprentice I assure you: when it comes to the #trumptapes there are far worse. #justthebegininng Pruitt may be exaggerating, but who doubts that there are other bad Trump tapes out there and available for release? I don't, and I suspect that Team Clinton is controlling the timing of the release or at least

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Top U.S. Diplomat on Iran Nuke Deal Confronted About Forged Documents

The post Top U.S. Diplomat on Iran Nuke Deal Confronted About Forged Documents appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.

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Did Clinton Campaign Collude With George Stephanopoulos On Interview With 'Clinton Cash' Author?

Campaign took credit for 'great work' on interview

Via: The Daily Caller

FLASHBACK: Three Explosive Details About The Clinton-Lewinsky Affair

'It Tastes Good'

Via: The Daily Caller

Are Hillary Clinton And Donald Trump 'Lightworkers' Like Obama Was In 2008?

The Daily Caller's in-depth investigation leaves no spiritual stone unturned

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Paul Ryan Refers to Furor Over Trump as Elephant in the Room

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan spoke at the GOP "Fall Fest" unity event in his home district in Wisconsin. While he did not directly address Donald Trump's crude and sexually aggressive remarks about women in a 2005 recording, he did refer to the furor over the comments as "a bit of an elephant in the room." Ryan did hear boos, as did Representative Jim Sensenbrenner, who was heckled by a Trump supporter.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Time to Jump Ship?

(John Hinderaker) Republicans are deserting Donald Trump in droves. John McCain, Kelly Ayotte and Carly Fiorina are among the most prominent. Here in Minnesota, I think just about the entire Republican Party has disavowed him. Many people whose judgment I admire–Andy McCarthy, John Thune and Hugh Hewitt, to name just three–have called on Trump to step down. Are they right? I think the question needs to be examined from several angles. First,

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Schwarzenegger Bashes Trump's Lewd Comments

'Choose your country over your party'

Via: The Daily Caller

Donald Trump Vows to '100 Percent' Stay in the Race

Embattled Republican nominee Donald Trump made a quick appearance outside his Trump Tower campaign headquarters in New York City on Saturday. He waved to cheering supporters. When asked by Bloomberg Politics reporter Kevin Cirilli if he will stay in the race, Trump responded, "100 percent."

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Tic Tac candy tweets condemnation of Donald Trump's 'completely inappropriate' remarks

Condemnation of Donald Trump is pouring in from virtually everywhere - including Tic Tac headquarters.

The popular breath mind brand, invoked by the billionaire Republican in a 2005 recording in which he bragged about being able to grope women because of his celebrity status, blasted Mr. Trump on Twitter late ...

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The importance of science fiction to entrepreneurship

neal-stephenson12 There are three types of science fiction (in my view): crap, serialized crap and hard-science science fiction. The last type contains a wealth of visions of the future, many of which we enjoy today, and is referenced in the names of, or has influenced, many tech startups and world-class entrepreneurs. Read More

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Trump Donors Signal Continued Support Despite Lewd Video

Some of Donald Trump's biggest financial backers are standing by him even after a video of the nominee making crude remarks about women set off a wave of defections by Republican leaders and threw his campaign into turmoil.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Donald Trump's vulgar comments condemned by every female Republican in Senate

Every female Republican in the U.S. Senate has either condemned Donald Trump or renounced their support for his presidential campaign within 24 hours of his White House bid being called into question upon the release of a 2005 recording where he's heard making vulgar comments about women.

The remarks were ...

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RNC Puts Trump Victory Program On Hold In Wake Of Video Scandal

'No woman should ever be described in these terms'

Via: The Daily Caller

Melania Trump: 'The words my husband used are unacceptable and offensive to me'

Melania Trump on Saturday said her husband used "unacceptable and offensive" language in a newly unearthed recording that has provoked condemnation from the presidential candidate's family and fellow Republicans with little more than a month until Election Day.

Mrs. Trump's remarks were delivered through a statement released by her husband's ...

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RNC Lawyers Look For Legal Avenues To Dump Trump

'Army of lawyers'

Via: The Daily Caller

Why an unhackable mobile phone is a complete marketing myth

mobile hacking The mobile security market is taking off due to high-profile hackings. Is there such a thing as an unhackable phone? Consider this: The smartphone in your pocket is 10 times more powerful than the fastest supercomputers of just 20 years ago. The complexity is mind-boggling — and so are all the security vulnerabilities. Anyone claiming to sell an "unhackable phone" is… Read More

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Melania Trump Says Her Husband's Remarks Unacceptable

"I hope people will accept his apology, as I have, and focus on the important issues facing our nation and the world," Melania Trump says in e-mailed statement. Melania Trump says her husband, Donald Trump, has "heart and mind of a leader" Related Story: Earlier, Trump Says He Won't Quit Race as Republicans Abandon Him

Source: Bloomberg Politics

This Deal On Swedish Steel Knives Will Help You In A Host Of Situations

Nine blades, nearly half off

Via: The Daily Caller

We've Had About All the Genius We Can Stand

(John Hinderaker) Through the primary season and the early stages of the general election, Donald Trump made any number of apparently boneheaded moves. His supporters, though, were always quick to tell us that Trump couldn't be judged by ordinary standards. What seemed to be blunders were really acts of unique Trumpian genius! We heard this over and over. Well, we are now a month out from the election, and newspapers are headlining

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Embattled Donald Trump faces test as condemnation, calls for him to quit pour in from GOP ranks

Donald Trump's political mettle is being tested once again, this time over lewd remarks he made about women over a decade ago that has led some Republicans to call on him to pull the plug on a campaign that has rattled the political establishment in Washington, attracted millions of working-class ...

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Clinton's Campaign Flagged Comments Made During Closed-Door Speeches

Praised TPP, told disputed story about joining Marines

Via: The Daily Caller

Samsung addresses concerns over Galaxy Note 7 replacement issues

Galaxy Note 7 Samsung's media arm continues code red damage control in the wake of the latest report surrounding a faulty Galaxy Note 7. The incident, which occurred on a Southwest flight earlier this week, further complicates the matters for several reasons beyond the already troubling fact that it played out on a plane – which, thankfully, was still at the gate. The device involved in the… Read More

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With All Due Respect: Best of the Week (10/08/16)

Bloomberg Politics' Mark Halperin and John Heilemann present some of the biggest moments from the political week that was on "With All Due Respect."

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Sen. Kelly Ayotte, New Hampshire Republican, says she can no longer vote for Donald Trump

Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte said Saturday she will no longer vote for Donald Trump, beating a retreat less than a week after she called the GOP presidential pick a role model from a New Hampshire debate stage.

For months, Ms. Ayotte said she planned to support the flamboyant mogul from ...

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Doctors Are Beaten And Killed If They Can't Cure Patients In Communist China

A family in China recently threatened a doctor with violence if anything went wrong during their child's treatment. A parent of a newborn admitted to a hospital in Suzhou in late September with severe neonatal pneumonia, respiratory failure, and neonatal anemia left a threatening note for the physician, reports the People's Daily. "If the pneumonia […]

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Hillary Clinton dreams of 'open borders': leaked speech excerpts

Hillary Clinton in 2013 said she dreams of a "common market with open trade and open borders," saying that economic opportunity in the U.S. would grow as a result.

Her comments to Latin American bankers were revealed late Friday by WikiLeaks, which appears to have obtained excerpts of some of ...

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UVA Lecturer On Leave After Comparing BLM To The KKK

'Are you kidding me'

Via: The Daily Caller

The three faces of Hillary

(Scott Johnson) Quotable quotes from Hillary Clinton's speeches to big banks and Wall Street firms are buried in other news today. They are derived from what appear to be John Podesta's hacked emails. Tim Mak and Andrew Desiderio cull some of the highlights and embed the relevant links for Daily Beast readers in "Leaked Podesta emails show Bernie was right." There is a distinctly postmodern quality to Clinton's discussion of the necessity

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Analysis: Eldridge faces high hurdle in only Senate debate

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Democratic challenger Conner Eldridge has been itching for a debate against Republican U.S. Sen. John Boozman so much that the symbol of his campaign is a red flatbed truck that the former federal prosecutor says he's willing to use as an improvised debate stage - ...

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Here Are The Republicans Calling On Donald Trump To Withdraw [VIDEO]

Most have been critical of the candidate throughout the race

Via: The Daily Caller

How blockchain can change the music industry

Image: Anterovium/Getty Images Since the 1999 launch of Napster's music-sharing platform, the music industry has been in near-constant turmoil, with dipping revenues, lack of transparency, piracy problems and feuds over the fair distribution of dividends. The blockchain has drawn the attention of investors and professionals in different industries, and is now showing promising signs to change the music industry. Read More

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Republicans Wish for Pence-Led Ticket as Trump Video Roils Race

Republicans opposed to Donald Trump scrambled Saturday to find a way to kick him off the presidential ticket and enlist running mate Mike Pence to replace him, even as they recognized such a move would be unprecedented in modern history and would almost certainly prove impossible.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Giffords to push gun legislation, urge voters in Ohio

CLEVELAND (AP) - Former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords is bringing her bus tour backing gun safety legislation to Ohio this weekend.

Giffords will be in Cleveland Saturday afternoon to campaign for candidates who support gun legislation.

She'll be joined by former Democratic governor Ted Strickland who's running for the U.S. ...

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GOP Senator To Trump: 'You Are The Distraction,' Calls For Him To 'Step Down' [VIDEO]

'Mr. Trump, that I respectfully ask you, with all due respect, to step aside. Step down.'

Via: The Daily Caller

Putin May Have Just Sparked A New 'Cuban Missile Crisis'

'primarily an offensive weapons system'

Via: The Daily Caller

E2E or GTFO

800px-cookie-sniffing-svg Oh, Yahoo. We're not just mad at you. We're also really, really disappointed. First it took you two years to figure out that you were hacked by a nation-state. Then you allowed another nation-state — the US government — to scan all of your user's emails … using a buggy Linux kernel module … without ever telling your security team. Seriously, Yahoo? Read More

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