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Trump said, not too long ago, that the Enquirer, owned by one of his buddies, should have won a Pulitzer. They're 110% (at least) in the bag for him. Nope. What Trump did was issue new bonds to his creditors for the difference, instead of acknowledging the forgiven portion of the debt. So he gave them bonds that were "worth" $40 million but, in reality, they were worthless. I think, last time I looked, she can still win even if he takes both. It's a lot tighter, but she still has the edge. I won't say I'm not nervous, but, essentially, if Hillary takes all the solidly Dem states and takes just like one swing state, she's got it. Trump needs to make a clean sweep of the swing states to get to the win. It's not impossible, hence the nerves, but from the sound of it, in terms of the early voting, I think she likely has at least one decent sized swing state (NC or Nevada). Either one of those should give her the win.

Does he mean that everyone else would be forced to experience humility as Cheetos reminds us on a daily basis how we're all not worthy of his excellence?

So, what you're all telling me is that I definitely do not want to fire up the DVR and watch the shit that happened today?

That's exactly what this is, too - it's giving in to bullying. The GOP is pissed off that we're not voting their way in the White House, so they sit back and refuse to do anything other than relentlessly attack and obstruct President Obama and, now, Hillary. And I've heard more than one person express that same thought - "well, if Hillary wins, nothing is ever going to get done because they'll do the same thing to her they've done to President Obama." OK, then here's the solution to that problem- vote out the assholes who refuse to do their job because they don't like who the American people have voted into the White House. Replace them. That's how you send the message that this shit is wrong, not by sitting back and saying "well, let's just give them their way so they'll do their jobs."

I have the same thought about this that I had when I read about the Trump supporter trying to vote twice - what makes them think, if they believe that votes are being switched to Hillary, that their second vote will somehow magically count for Trump? Wouldn't they just be casting two votes for Hillary, if the system is rigged and all that? If they had any power of rational thinking, they'd realize that this "the voting is rigged" BS by him is just his effort to get them to do his bidding and double vote - a process where they assume all of the risk on his behalf. They can get arrested for double voting, and their lord and savior can just shrug and say "hey, I mentioned that part about voiding their mail ballot, it's not my fault they didn't pay attention to the fine print."

We have absolutely no information to know whether the emails were confidential, classified material. Not every email sent within the State Dept fits that description. Since Comey admitted, via an internal FBI memo and via his letter to Chaffetz & Co., that he had no idea what those emails were or what they contained, then we have absolutely no way to know if they were confidential classified information or not. It's not remotely unreasonable to think that two people who have known each other for years might not want to have cameras and cell phones recording a brief personal conversation catching up on each other's lives. If they really wanted to have a secret meeting to plan something to subvert the law, they could absolutely find a better way to do that than by meeting on a tarmac in full view of the media and other onlookers, and demanding the media stay away. And they certainly have the resources to do just that, so that meeting on a tarmac was not the only chance Bill was ever going to get to speak to Loretta.

The more I think about the whole "didn't have a warrant for those emails" aspect of this, the more it stinks to the high heavens. So, presumably, the warrant issue is that they only had a warrant for AW's emails, postings, browsing, etc. Which meant that they did not have a warrant to dig into Huma's emails. So, they had the laptop because both used it, but they were only to focus on his activity, not hers. But, it seems like someone explored a little to determine that these emails existed there. The way this seems to be playing out is that Comey knew some of his agents had a laptop that belonged to one of Hillary's most trusted staff, and he made it known that, if they "happened to come across" anything from the State Department on there, he'd like to know about it. And now he's obtained a warrant for something he already took and, likely read (I don't buy his "I don't know what's in them" BS). This is all so shady. And then, there's the fact that these emails are not from Hillary, and they're not off her server. So they have exactly what to do with an investigation into her use of a private server? The DNC has the same kind of media connections that the RNC has, I'm sure. For some reason, they don't deploy them the same way the RNC does, and they have let the GOP control the narrative for far too long. It's time to work those media connections in two ways. First, use them to get out the counterpoint to Comey's BS, and to make sure that as many people as possible hear the truth - that these are not Hillary's emails and they're not off of her private server. Add in that Comey has violated the standard of professional conduct in his position, along with the evidence that he colluded with Chaffetz and company. Second, get the narrative focused on Trump's issues - Harry Reid's statement that the FBI has evidence tying Trump to Russia, the rape trial, the recently published accounts of the parties with underage models and drugs that Trump was involved in, the two instances where he paid bribes out of his charitable foundation to make investigations into his Trump U fraud go away, his refusal to pay small businesses for work on his projects (dig up some of those small business owners and put their faces on TV for interviews), and the effects his bankruptcies have had on the employees of those bankrupt projects (like the people who lost their jobs when his casino closed). There is an avalanche of shit that you can dump on Trump's head, and it's time to do the dumping. I know Michelle said "when they go low, we go high," but, sometimes, you've got to stop turning that other cheek. This is the time to crouch down and play a little low.

I practically needed a cigarette after reading Senator Reid's letter. Kick his ass, Harry! I hope he works his connections and gets out on the media circuit to ensure that this is out there and being talked about. The GOP manages to do it for every asinine rumor they can possibly dream up, so it's time to turn the tables. Bury Cheetos, Harry. Bury his ass.

He may not still have a job after this stunt. Violating some of the long held ethics and professional conduct standards of his position may very well be an impeachable offense. Of course, whether he ends up impeached will depend on who controls Congress after this whole mess is over.

All she really needed to do was plant some doubts in his head about Kiki/Dillon and then point him in the direction of Darby.

If he was Stavros instead of Franco, Lulu would be the one stuck in that shit shoveling role. You just know they wouldn't have been able to resist having Lulu fall in love with a "redeemed" Stavros.

Some of us have always suspected that Avery is really Morgan's daughter, and that Carly had something to do with messing with the DNA test, to "save" Morgan from being shackled to Ava. If that is the case, now would be the perfect time for that to play out. Carly no longer has to worry about Morgan marrying Ava. She's estranged from Sonny over Morgan's death, and she'll likely become even more done with him after he eventually sleeps with Nelle. So, she decides to reveal the truth. Naturally, I expect her to initially try to find a way to get the truth out there without revealing that she messed with the initial results, but that would come out at some point, as well. I could see Carly trying to fight Ava for custody of Avery, especially if it comes out that Ava had been messing with Morgan's medication. We could have parallel reveals of a mother doing something wrong because she thinks it's in her child's best interests - Carly tampering with the DNA test to protect Morgan from Ava, and Ava messing with Morgan's meds to get Kiki out of her relationship of obligation with him and free her up to be happy with Dillon.

If only Sonny's doing this would lead to the same end Morgan met.

This is the most likely answer. And it's solely because she's the one they found it on and they can use it to try to hurt Hillary's campaign. If they'd found it on someone else who worked with her, they'd be using it to rake that person over the coals to get to Hillary.

Actually, I want to see him stupidly embrace the term, not knowing it's an insult. To have him publicly crowing about being a blue falcon would be awesome. Yes, some of his supporter might not know or care, but anyone who has served is going to know what he's calling himself. "Why hasn't the media made an issue of this?" is something I ask myself about various Trump issues on a daily basis during this campaign. My top two being his rape trial and the bribes he paid in two states to get investigations into Trump U dropped - bribes he paid out of his "charitable foundation." Those two issues alone would sink any candidate. Yet, for some reason, they're not being brought up much (or at all by some media outlets). It's maddening.

From what I read, she had problems printing to the State Department printer. I think we've probably all experienced a printer that is a pain in the ass at some point, either at work or home. That is the most believable part of this whole saga for me.

It was online. It was just such a bizarre conversation. I countered with the fact that the man proudly says he does not go to Confession and ask Christ's forgiveness for his sins because he "doesn't do anything wrong." She said that, unless I've personally spoken to him about it, I can't possibly know his relationship with Jesus. Then, she proceeded to tear down Hillary claiming that, unlike Trump, Hillary has no relationship with Jesus. And the worst part is, I really and truly don't think that she even got that she was contradicting herself there. It was perfectly reasonable for her to say I needed to personally witness Trump's relationship with Jesus to speak about it while also weighing in on Hillary's relationship with Jesus without having personally witnessed it for herself. It reminded me of a Trump supporter being interviewed outside one of his rallies on The Daily Show. She said that the only way we could really confirm that President Obama was born in the US was if there was someone there who witnessed it and remembers. When the response was "well, his mother was there," the supporter said "no, she isn't unbiased." So he turned it around on her and said "how do we know Trump was born in the US?" And when it got to the point of "well who witnessed it?" and he said "but we can't trust his mother to be an unbiased witness, right?" she seemed genuinely confused as to why he would say that. It's a bizarre thing to witness.

I actually had a woman tell me last week that Trump's past doesn't matter, because "he's a become a new creation in Christ." I can't even. I just can't even.

I keep going to 538 to check the number and reassure myself. Looking at the electoral map like that, and, especially checking that "snake" graphic towards the bottom reassures me. For Hillary to lose, pretty much every single swing state has to go wrong for her (or she'd somehow have to lose a traditionally Dem state). It's not impossible, of course, but that's a huge hurdle for Trump to overcome. Combined with the stories I've heard about registrations for minority and female voters being up in some swing states, it really helps make me feel reassured. As much as I was annoyed when this started yesterday, I just keep reminding myself that the only people who are really going to jump right to the "OMG, she's corrupt!" angle were likely already either voting for Trump or someone else (like Stein or Johnson). I think that, in general, people who were still undecided are likely to continue paying attention as the full story unfolds, and they'll see it's nothing. If they were easily pushed to being against her because of this, they'd already be against her because of the pre-existing email "scandal." This release was tailor made to cater to the Trump supporters. It may energize some of his supporters to vote, but they were likely doing it already. I don't think he has many supporters who were taking a pass on voting, especially in swing states. I've been referring to NC as my sleeper pick for Hillary for months. People seem to think it's either a toss up or leaning Trump. But, I think that they're going to have a more energized and motivated democratic voting base there this time. They want McCrory out of there, so I'm thinking there will be a higher Dem voter turnout than usual in NC. That can only benefit Hillary. If I was working for Hillary's campaign, I'd have a clip of Trump saying that, followed by a clip of him saying "that wouldn't have been true, but I would say it anyway," from the video of that speech in Australia that surfaced yesterday, and I'd be putting that out there. Of course, I'd be using the hell out of that line in all sorts of ads if I was them. It's his campaign in a nutshell. I could easily see them doing something with that one quote similar to an ad that's currently running in Illinois against the Rauner led state GOP. It shows clips of various terrible things Trump has said and done, and each one is followed by a clip of Rauner saying "I support the party's nominee." So do something like that with Trump. Put together clips of his various lies, and follow each one with "that wouldn't have been true, but I would say it anyway."

I thought that was going to be the twist with the first surrogacy - that Nicole would have one night with Zende before the insemination, because she decided she wanted to lose her virginity before getting pregnant, or out of some desperate attempt to keep Zende. Then we'd end up with a baby that turns out to be a Nicole/Zende baby instead of Nicole/Rick. But, instead, they went the boring route with that pregnancy. If they just do the exact same thing again - Nicole goes through with it against Zende's advice, he ends up with Sasha again, Nicole carries the baby and happily hands him/her over to Raya, with no emotional repercussions, and then Zende comes running back, what is the damn point? We just saw this shit, show.

I'm really surprised they're going the Sasha/Zende route again. I thought, for sure, we were going to get Sasha stepping in to carry the baby instead of Nicole. Then, at some point, she'd get back together with Thomas, and he'd lose Douglas, who, surprise!, is really Ridge's son after all. The new Raya baby is born, but Thomas and Sasha both feel connected to the baby and don't want to give him/her up, and custody battle ensues, once again pitting one of Brooke's kids against one of St. Taylor's kids. Why even give us a taste of the far preferable Sasha/Thomas if we were just going to go back to dull Sasha/Zende and offensive Thomas/Caroline? Why, show? Why?

I just want John Oliver to do his Carlos Danger dance.

Thank you, I was going to respond exactly the same thing. This isn't the same as gun control. The NRA is intentionally misleading people about common sense gun laws and getting them all riled up that "Obama's coming for your guns!!" The abortion thing is one hundred percent accurate. Multiple GOP politicians have made it clear that they intend to see Roe v. Wade overturned. Trump has said he'll appoint SC justices who will do just that. I was just saying tonight that we have three men in various sex-related scandals, and, somehow, it's all the one woman in the room's fault. Bill's affairs? Hillary's fault. Trump is accused of sexual assault by a dozen or so women (and at least one child)? Hillary put them up to it. And now, somehow, she's going to have to share, with Huma, the heat for Wiener being a big old criminal pervert. Sadly, this is not remotely surprising. This is how we roll in this country. I pray that, on 11/8, we see proof that there are more of us who don't roll like that. Allowing the actual sexual assault perp to ascend to the White House because we're too busy stoning a woman for a few men's sexual behavior will lead us right to destruction on so many levels.

Meanwhile, her opponent's fraud and rape trials are both still set to open before the end of 2016...

I'm sure Trump's "cause" would be that he "mishandled" this investigation and "compromised national security," or some such shit. It might not be successful, but I'm betting Comey would rather not go through the hassle of the incoming POTUS being out for his job, especially when that incoming POTUS is known to be a petty, vindictive piece of shit who never lets a perceived slight go unanswered.