2016 Election

From the editorial board of the New York Times: And so we have now heard the Republican nominee for president of the United States bragging about repeated sexual assault. Donald Trump — a man who aspires to represent the highest ideals of the nation to his fellow citizens and the world — is heard on a videotape obtained by The …

The Washington Post reports: Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), one of very few Republican senators who never endorsed Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, called tonight for the nominee to “step aside” and asked conservatives to find a new candidate. Echoing many Republicans who see Trump handing the presidency to Hillary Clinton, Lee said that the candidate’s insults of women were distracting from …

Mediaite reports: Don Lemon learned the hard way that even adults still learn by example. Tonight, during one of his often-rowdy panels, Ana Navarro quoted Trump. Specifically, she said, you know, the p-word.Tera Setmayer was going in on Trump supporter Scottie Nell Hughes, demanding to know how the mother of daughters could support a candidate who so flippantly talks about …

“I’ve never said I’m a perfect person, nor pretended to be someone that I’m not. I’ve said and done things I regret and the words released today on this more than a decade old video are one of them. Anyone who knows me knows these words dont reflect who I am. I said it, I was wrong and I apologize. …

Chaffetz, as you surely know, is viciously anti-LGBT. Salt Lake City’s Fox affiliate reports: Congressman Jason Chaffetz said he is withdrawing his support for Donald Trump Friday after a video surfaced showing the Republican candidate for president making vulgar remarks in 2005 about touching and kissing women without their consent. Chaffetz, a Republican representing Utah’s Third Congressional District, appeared on …

Following the lead of RNC chairman Reince Priebus, House Speaker Paul Ryan tonight released the scathing response to Trump’s #pussygate scandal. Not only is Ryan “sickened” by Trump’s comments, as you can see he has pointedly disinvited Hair Furor from the big GOP shindig in Wisconsin tomorrow. We can’t wait for Trump’s reaction.

Hillary Clinton’s campaign team, which is never caught sleeping, has already rushed out a response clip to the still-unspooling #pussygate scandal. The clip, perhaps understandably, omits the “grab them in the pussy” part but it does include a bleeped version of the line in which Trump confesses to trying to “fuck” a married woman. Watch below. Women have the power …

SNORK: Indiana Gov. Mike Pence’s team kicked reporters out of the restaurant where he was eating Friday after a 2005 video emerged of his running mate, Donald Trump, making lewd and explicit remarks about women. Pence’s traveling press pool — the rotating group of reporters and photographers who are tasked with following the Republican vice presidential candidate for the larger …

Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus, to his credit, tonight issued a terse and pointed reaction to Trump’s #Pussygate scandal: “No woman should ever be described in these terms or talked about in this manner. Ever.” His statement stands in stark contrast to the gallery of Trump rogues now flooding onto cable news, where they are falling over each other …

From the New York Daily News: Surprise, surprise: Donald Trump has exposed himself one more time — as a crude, sexist pig. The vilest example yet of the GOP presidential candidate’s noxious attitude toward women emerged Friday in an unedited 2005 conversation between Trump and then-“Access Hollywood” host Billy Bush. “Grab them by the p—y,” Trump told Bush, explaining his …

WATCH THE VIDEO. Oh, yes. The Christians will love this. The Washington Post reports: Donald Trump bragged in vulgar terms about kissing, groping and trying to have sex with women during a 2005 conversation caught on a hot microphone — saying that “when you’re a star, they let you do it” — according to a video obtained by The Washington …

Chris Johnson reports at the Washington Blade: Mike Pence has indicated a Donald Trump administration would roll back guidance issued by the Obama administration that prohibits schools from discriminating against transgender students and assuring them access to the restroom consistent with their gender identity. Pence made the remarks on the day after the vice presidential debate on the “Family Talk …

Variety reports: Eva Longoria appears in a video from the Democratic National Committee that posted on Friday in which she takes issue with Mike Pence’s “Mexican thing” comment from the vice presidential debate. “Governor Pence — we are not a thing,” she says in the video. “We are proud American citizens. We are mothers and fathers working for a better …

The Associated Press reports: Russia’s government lodged a formal complaint last month with the United Nations over a top U.N. official’s condemnations of Donald Trump and some European politicians, diplomats told The Associated Press, an intervention that underscores the unusual links between the Republican presidential nominee and the Kremlin. There is no evidence Trump sought Russia’s assistance, or was even …

Via Politico: Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump by 5 percentage points nationally, according to the results of a Quinnipiac University poll released Friday. Clinton tops Trump with 45 percent to his 40 percent support among likely voters. Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson has 6 percent support, followed by Green Party candidate Jill Stein at 3 percent support. Four percent of likely …

The Washington Post reports: Donald Trump claimed Friday that the United States is allowing illegal immigrants to enter “so they can go and vote” in the election. But undocumented immigrants are not allowed to vote in U.S. elections. Only U.S. citizens can vote. To apply for citizenship, an individual must be a legal resident for at least three to five …

The Los Angeles Times reports: A white nationalist who funded robocalls for Donald Trump during the primary season will be out with a new radio ad this weekend urging votes for the Republican nominee. Trump has repeatedly disavowed support from white supremacists, after initially failing to do so, but the organizations and their members are more energized to vote for …

For today’s LOL file via Yahoo News: With just a little over a month until election day, Donald Trump has racked up zero major newspaper endorsements, a first for any major party nominee in American history. While newspaper endorsements don’t necessarily change voters’ minds, this year’s barrage of anti-Trump endorsements could actually move the needle come November, experts say. “It’s …

Via Politico: If Planned Parenthood’s super PAC has its way, Donald Trump’s own words about abortion will sink him with swing women in three key battleground states next month. Starting Monday, Planned Parenthood Votes and Priorities USA Action, the main super PAC supporting Hillary Clinton, are teaming up to air a new 30-second digital spot geared at just those voters …

Listen below. Via Mediaite: Sean Hannity said on his radio show today that Donald Trump doesn’t necessarily need to win any of the debates to win the presidency. The general consensus from the first debate was that Trump was fine for the first half-hour and then crashed and burned after taking all of Hillary Clinton‘s bait. So today Hannity said, …