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Donald Trump and His Son Think the #MeToo Era Is 'a Very Scary Time' for Men in America


As women rally and mobilize around survivors of sexual assault, and coming in a week that will see the one-year anniversary of the #MeToo Harvey Weinstein allegations, President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he’s highly concerned for the safety of America’s young men as he answered questions about the FBI inquiry into his Supreme Court pick, Brett Kavanaugh.

While en route to board Marine One, NBC National Correspondent Peter Alexander asked the president what message he had for both young men and women in America right now.

“Well, I’d say that it’s a very scary time for young men in America when you can be guilty of something you may not be guilty of,” Trump very quickly replied. “This is a very difficult time. What’s happening here has much more to do than even the appointment of a Supreme Court Justice. You could be somebody who was perfect your entire life and somebody could accuse you of something. Doesn’t necessarily have to be a woman, as everybody says, but somebody could accuse you of something and you’re automatically guilty. But in this realm, you’re truly guilty until proven innocent. That’s one of the very very bad things that’s taking place right now.”

According to a White House pool report, filed by Hunter Walker of Yahoo! News, Trump was then asked if he had a message for young women. Trump reportedly replied, “Women are doing great.”

Trump’s comments came just one day after a similar question was asked by the Daily Mail to his son, Donald Trump Jr.

“I’ve got boys, and I’ve got girls. And when I see what’s going on right now, it’s scary,” he told the outlet. When pressed on who he was more frightened for, he replied, “Right now, I’d say my sons.”

“For the people who are real victims of these things, when it is so obviously political in cases like this, it really diminishes the real claims.”

It should be noted that false reports count for between 2 and 10 percent of sexual assault allegations, according to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center. A sexual assault occurs every 98 seconds, and 90 percent of adult rape victims are female. In total, one out of every six American women has been the victim of sexual assault or rape in her lifetime.

It shouldn’t be surprising that Trump and his son would side with the accused, especially when you consider that 20 women have come forward with allegations that the president engaged in sexual misconduct.

But, it doesn’t make it any less shocking, especially when the numbers prove them wrong.

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Donald Trump Just Told White House Reporter Cecilia Vega She 'Never' Thinks


It’s probably no secret to most that President Donald Trump isn’t too happy with the press. From saying every outlet (other than a few of his personal favorites) disseminates “fake news” to repeatedly calling the press the “enemy of the people,” Trump isn’t shy about where he stands with journalists. But yet, somehow, he’s still able to shock us all by just how far the depths of his disdain for the media can go.

Take, for example, on Monday, when Trump told Cecilia Vega, the senior White House correspondent for ABC News (and winner of multiple Emmys) that she “never” thinks.

While giving a press conference in the White House Rose Garden to discuss the new trade agreement with Canada and Mexico, Trump, answering questions from reporters, called upon Vega. A brief pause followed as Vega stood up to grab the microphone. At that moment, Trump said with a smile, “she’s shocked that I picked her. Like in a state of shock.” Vega quickly responded, “I’m not, thank you, Mr. President.”

It appeared Trump may have misunderstood her, and replied, “That’s OK, I know you’re not thinking, you never do.” Vega, a consummate professional replied, “I’m sorry?” and continued on with her question. Even then, however, Trump continued to be dismissive. Vega asked the president about the ongoing FBI investigation into allegations Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, however, all Trump wanted to do was discuss trade. He later returned to Vega to answer her question.

Vega tweeted after the news conference, “A news conference means you get to ask whatever question you want to ask. #FirstAmendment.”

However, other journalists were quick to jump on social media to defend Vega and note that her line of questioning was entirely in reason.

“I very sincerely hope the president does indeed to @CeciliaVega to answer her respectful and entirely appropriate question on Brett Kavanaugh,” Hallie Jackson, chief White House correspondent for NBC News tweeted. “The White House, and POTUS, know they can’t dictate the content of questions. And the pres. has often taken off-topic Qs before.”

“Wow. @CeciliaVega asks Trump about limiting FBI investigation into Kavanaugh allegations,” Karen Travers, an ABC News reporter also covering the White House shared. “He doesn’t want to talk that, says he wants to talk trade. She follows w/Q about if it will pass Congress. Pushes again on Kavanaugh, still doesnt want to answer. WH aide GRABS mic from her.”

And as Vega’s ABC producer Alisa Wiersema shared, Trump apparently missed her extensive coverage of the trade deal already: “Took a post-GMA nap after a morning of helping @CeciliaVega report on trade, and woke up to this exchange,” she wrote. “Seems like the President didn’t tune in to see her already having covered his trade deal extensively today.”

Maybe next time we can hope for better. Maybe.

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Lana Del Rey Calls Out Kanye West: 'Your Support of Donald Trump Is a Loss for the Culture'


Kanye West stunned many over the weekend when he went on an impromptu pro–Donald Trump rant on Saturday Night Live. The speech was captured by audience members at the venue and quickly went viral.

“The blacks want always Democrats…. You know it’s like the plan they did, to take the fathers out the home and put them on welfare…. Does anybody know about that? That’s a Democratic plan,” West said, according to The Daily Beast. “There’s so many times I talk to, like, a white person about this and they say, ‘How could you like Trump? He’s racist.’ Well, uh, if I was concerned about racism I would’ve moved out of America a long time ago.”

Shortly after his speech, West uploaded a photo of himself wearing a Make America Great Again hat to Instagram—something he’s worn before—and gave another statement in support of Trump. “This represents good and America becoming whole again,” West wrote, in reference to his hat. “We will no longer outsource to other countries. We build factories here in America and create jobs. We will provide jobs for all who are free from prisons as we abolish the Thirteenth Amendment. Message sent with love.”

The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in the United States, so naturally many were troubled by West’s caption. However, he doubled down with a tweet: “The 13th Amendment is slavery in disguise,” he wrote. “Meaning it never ended. We are the solution that heals.”

Many people aren’t happy with West’s posts—including Lana Del Rey, who left a comment underneath his Instagram that challenged the rapper’s views.

“Trump becoming our president was a loss for the country, but your support of him is a loss for the culture,” she posted. “I can only assume you relate to his personality on some level. Delusions of Grandeur, extreme issues with narcissism—none of which would be a talking point if we weren’t speaking about the man leading our country.”

Del Ray continued, “If you think it’s alright to support someone who believes it’s OK to grab a woman by the pussy just because he’s famous—then you need an intervention as much as he does—something so many narcissists will never get because there just isn’t enough help for the issue. Message sent with the concern that it will never be addressed.”

Check it out Del Rey’s comment for yourself, below:

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Del Rey has an interesting relationship with West. She actually sang her hit “Young and Beautiful” at West’s wedding to Kim Kardashian in 2014, and prior to this, West had an orchestra play a version of the song when he proposed. West hasn’t responded to Del Rey’s comments directly, but stay tuned.

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Meghan McCain's Powerful Eulogy to John McCain Honored His Legacy—and Called Out Donald Trump


Meghan McCain gave the first remarks at a memorial service on Saturday honoring the life of her late father John McCain, who died of brain cancer on August 25. In an emotional eulogy delivered in Washington D.C.’s National Cathedral, Meghan lauded McCain as a “great man” and hit directly at President Donald Trump, who had previously mocked McCain’s reputation as a war hero.

“We gather here to mourn the passing of American greatness,” Meghan said. “The real thing, not cheap rhetoric from men who will never come near the sacrifice he gave so willingly, nor the opportunistic appropriation of those who lived lives of comfort and privilege while he suffered and served.”

The comment refers to the four draft deferments that Trump used to avoid serving in the Vietnam War, as well as his popular “Make America Great Again” campaign slogan. Meghan recalled the slogan later in the speech by saying, “The America of John McCain has no need to be made great again because America was always great.”

McCain, a two-time presidential candidate who served as Republican senator of Arizona from 1987 until his death, spent more than five years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. Trump had feuded publicly with McCain, and in 2015, he attacked his status as a decorated war hero, claiming, “He’s not a war hero. He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.”

According to reports, McCain explicitly asked that the President not attend his funeral services, which spanned several days. Although Trump was not there, Saturday’s service included many members of Congress and former presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush, who also eulogized McCain at the late senator’s request.

His memory has been honored by several other politicians, among them Hillary Clinton and Paul Ryan. In Washington, McCain’s life was commemorated by an elaborate memorial service that included a procession with a stop in the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. On Saturday, his casket was escorted into the National Cathedral by military bearers.

Meghan has publicly spoken of her close-knit relationship to her father, and she recalled their moments together during her eulogy. She invoked both his leadership skills and family values, calling him an “exception.”

“We live in an era where we knock down old American heroes for all their imperfections. When no leader wants to admit to fault or failure,” she said. “You were an exception, and you gave us an ideal to strive for. Look, I know you can see this gathering here in this cathedral. The nation is here to remember you.”

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Michael Cohen Arranged Payments to Women at Donald Trump's Direction


Michael Cohen, the former personal attorney to Donald Trump who once said he would take a bullet for the President, pleaded guilty Tuesday to a string of eight federal criminal counts.

On paper, the violations sounded grave, technical, and weedy: Tax evasion. Bank fraud. Breaking campaign finance laws. But what it really boils down to is the fact that Cohen’s confession means he worked specifically on behalf of “a candidate for federal office” to silence women.

It was the first time the lawyer “admitted to coordinating with the President on the hush-money deals with women” after months of public denial, implicating the nation’s leader in his crimes, the Wall Street Journal reported.

In short, Trump’s encounters with women may be the game changer in this presidency.

If you haven’t been following, here’s why this matters: Cohen and Team Trump have been pretty vocal about discrediting women. Former Playboy model Karen McDougal and porn actress Stormy Daniels have said they had sexual relationships with Trump; afterward, they were paid to keep quiet and, they claimed, at times threatened to stay that way.

Among the many times Cohen rejected the accounts include a statement in January, where he responded to a WSJ report that revealed the existence of the $130,000 payment to Daniels a month before the 2016 presidential election: “This is now the second time that you are raising outlandish allegations against my client. You have attempted to perpetuate this false narrative for over a year; a narrative that has been consistently denied by all parties since at least 2011.” And in a lawsuit filed by Daniels to sue her former lawyer Keith Davidson for allegedly collaborating with Cohen to disclose her legal strategy, Cohen is named in an allegation that he held a meeting with First Lady Melania Trump to discredit Daniels.

Trump has denied affairs with the women, who were not named in Tuesday’s complaint, with Cohen being the front-facing enforcer of this denial for months.

Also not named: Trump himself—but Cohen’s lawyer, Lanny Davis, left no question as to which “candidate for federal office” his client meant: “Michael Cohen took this step today so that his family can move on to the next chapter. This is Michael fulfilling his promise made on July 2nd to put his family and country first and tell the truth about Donald Trump,” Davis tweeted Tuesday afternoon.

“Today he stood up and testified under oath that Donald Trump directed him to commit a crime by making payments to two women for the principal purpose of influencing an election,” Davis continued. “If those payments were a crime for Michael Cohen, then why wouldn’t they be a crime for Donald Trump?”

Cohen wasn’t the only former member of Team Trump in court Tuesday: A jury also convicted the president’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort on eight of 18 felony charges covering a variety of financial crimes.

Trump, who rallied fans in West Virginia after the competing court dramas, told reporters he considered Manafort to be a “good man” and railed against a “witch hunt.” The president addressed Cohen’s case in a Wednesday interview on Fox and Friends, claiming he knew nothing of the hush payments at the time.

Trump’s attorney, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, insisted there was “no allegation of any wrongdoing against the President in the charges.” This is the same Giuliani who, in June, attempted to discredit Daniels with comments that many believed to be misogynistic.

“I respect all human beings. I even have to respect criminals,” he said. “But I’m sorry, I don’t respect a porn star the way I respect a career women or a women of substance or a woman who has great respect for herself as a women and as a person and isn’t going to sell her body for sexual exploitation.”

There’s clearly a long record of Trump having, to put it mildly, a complicated relationship with women, from his serial marriages to the names he calls them.

But if Trump is found to have run afoul of the rules in an attempt to hush up women whose stories could have hurt his campaign, legal analysts say it won’t be repeated trips down the aisle or Twitter insults that end up being the president’s real problem.





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Donald Trump's History of Calling Women 'Dogs' Just Got Longer With New Omarosa Tweet


On Tuesday, Donald Trump went on Twitter to blast his former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman, calling her a “lowlife” and a “dog.” Manigault Newman—currently promoting a tell-all, Unhinged, about her time working for the president—has said in recent days that she plans to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian collusion and also has released recordings of Trump’s chief of staff John Kelly firing her in the White House Situation Room.

“When you give a crazed, crying lowlife a break, and give her a job at the White House, I guess it just didn’t work out,” Donald Trump tweeted. “Good work by General Kelly for quickly firing that dog!”

Shocking, certainly, but even more so: This isn’t the first time Donald Trump has referred to women as animals. Throughout his career, he’s hurled the “dog” insults at people he doesn’t agree with, and while his list includes a few men (Steve Bannon and Mitt Romney), it’s also stacked with women including journalist and entrepreneur Arianna Huffington (“…she is a dog who wrongfully comments on me”) and actress Kristen Stewart (“Robert Pattinson should not take back Kristen Stewart. She cheated on him like a dog & will do it again–just watch.”) Writer Gail Collins also once claimed that Trump wrote “The Face of a Dog!” over her picture after seeing a column he thought unflattering.

Trump has also repeatedly called women pigs and commented on their looks. During the first Republican debate, moderator Megyn Kelly commented, “You’ve called women you don’t like fat pigs, dogs, slobs and disgusting animals. Your Twitter account …” Trump interrupted to say, to laughter, “Only Rosie O’Donnell.” (He’d said O’Donnell was a “big, fat pig,” a “disgusting pig” and a “real loser” after a disagreement they had in 2006). The women whose physical appearances he’s judged ranges from his former political rival Carly Fiorina and Morning Joe host Mika Brzezinski to celebrities like Heidi Klum and Angelina Jolie. And let’s not forget the time he was caught on a 2005 hot mic saying he could grab women “by the pussy.”

Trump’s disrespectful cracks and hostility against women may be nothing new, but many critics quickly pointed out that calling Newman a dog could also read as racially charged. The insult comes after Trump has attacked other women of color, including Maxine Waters, whom he has referred to as having a low IQ. It also seemed to add fuel to Newman’s allegations that she’s heard tape of the president using the N-word while he was on his former reality show ,The Apprentice, on which Newman competed in 2004.

Trump denied the allegations in a series of tweets on Monday, writing, “.@MarkBurnettTV called to say that there are NO TAPES of the Apprentice where I used such a terrible and disgusting word as attributed by Wacky and Deranged Omarosa. I don’t have that word in my vocabulary and never have. She made it up. Look at her MANY recent quotes saying….such wonderful and powerful things about me – a true Champion of Civil Rights – until she got fired. Omarosa had Zero credibility with the Media (they didn’t want interviews) when she worked in the White House. Now that she says bad about me, they will talk to her. Fake News!”





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