Do you honestly believe that a cop could face a conviction given that most of these high profile incidents often go without one?
I won't hold my breathe. Matter of fact, "I can't breathe!"
Too many of these murderers behind a badge get away with this. I am so frustrated with the scenario where a cop can just deadly force if his or her life is in danger.
I wouldn't be surprised that the cop who bucked Philando Castile will have a lawyer demanding to see the criminal history of Philando. I bet you money they're going to cross exam Diamond Reynolds, the woman who livestreamed her boyfriend being shot by this cop.
We're on the first steps of a trial. The indictment. The Minnesota State Police and Ramsey County prosecutors recommended criminal charges against Jeronimo Yanez, the officer from St. Anthony Police Department.
Yanez is innocent until proven guilty by a court of law. If convicted of second degree murder he could face LIFE in the iron college. The reckless discharge of a firearm charge could carry up to 1o years in the iron college.
In July, Yanez stopped Philando's vehicle for an alleged taillight being out. Yanez earlier radioed the dispatchers that he thought the two were involved in a robbery. He wanted to check IDs. The cop thought Philando had a "wide-set nose".
Yanez asked for Philando's license and registration. Philando said that he was licensed to carry a weapon and had one in his pants pocket.
Diamond said that Yanez shot Philando after he was reaching for his ID. He was shot four times in the arm. He would die of his injuries.
No mugshot of this murderer.
What Yanez is going to use as defense. He's was up to no good at the time excuse. And if he convinces an all White jury that he feared for his life, Yanez walks.
Now this happened around the same time that Alton Sterling was shot and killed by Baton Rouge Police. This inspired two terrorists to ambush officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge.
The number of police/vigilante shootings of unarmed or legally licensed individuals inspired Black Lives Matter. The group has been very vocal about gun crime and police reform. It's often attacked by the alt-right and conservative agitators as fanning the seeds of hate against White people and the cops.
Justice for Philando is trending once again. But will hashtag activism eventually lead to a conviction?
This ugly woman and a mayor of a West Virginia town called First Lady Michelle Obama an "ape in heels".
We have the controversial billionaire/sexist/racist/reality television star as the 45th President of the United States. It was sparked by racism towards the current occupant and his family.
As President Barack Obama and his family prepare for a "peaceful transition", tensions are high in the United States. More Americans are divided. When he take the oath of office in January, Donald J. Trump will face a massive load of issues to take care of.
One of them is the call for unity.
Since he promised to be "brutally honest" about the world, "political correctness" is off the table.
West Virginia mayor thought the "ape in heels" comment was hilarious.
The White folks and the alt-right are openly attacking Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans, Muslims, those in the LGBT community and of course progressives who are protesting the election.
A city director for the Clay, West Virginia Development Corporation called First Lady Michelle Obama an "ape in heels." The posting got a thumbs up from the mayor of the city, Beverly Whaling.
"It will be so refreshing to have a classy, beautiful, dignified First Lady back in the White House," wrote Pamela Ramsey Taylor.
The post was screenshot and shared through the web. It went viral. Not for the woman posting this shit, but the Whaling saying, "Just made my day Pam." She commented under the original post.
NAACP state director Owens Brown slammed the disparaging message and said that "there's no place for these types of attitudes in our state."
"Unfortunately this is a reality that we are dealing with today," he added.
Thank you.
An online petition says that both women, who appear to have deleted their Facebook pages, should lose their jobs for the "hateful, racially motivated statement."
The page had gathered more than 24,000 signatures as of Monday night.
Every county of West Virginia went for Donald Trump in last week's election, with more than 77% of Clay County supporting him.
Whaling told the Washington Post that her comment "was not intended to be racist at all."
"I was referring to my day being made for change in the White House! I am truly sorry for any hard feeling this may have caused! Those who know me know that I'm not of any way racist!"
Gwen Ifill, the host of PBS Newshour and Washington Week passed away.
We've lost a legend.
Gwen Ifill, the host of PBS NewsHour had passed away today of cancer. She was 61 years old. A remarkable woman of color who covered Washington, DC like no other. She was at the forefront of a journalism vanguard as a Black woman in a field dominated by white men.
She co-hosted NewsHour with Judy Woodruff and broke ground by being an all-female anchor team on a network nightly news.
Gwen was the daughter of Caribbean immigrants. She wanted to cover the news since the younger ages. She was a native of New York City. She grew up in Jamaica, Queens. She was the fifth of six children.
She was the host of Washington Week and worked both positions. She had an opportunity to gain national recognition as a debate moderator.
She hosted two vice presidential debates. She hosted the 2004 debate between then Vice President Dick Cheney and then senator John Edwards. She also had an opportunity to host the 2008 debate between then senator Joe Biden and then Alaskan governor Sarah Palin.
Back in 2007, bigot talker Don Imus was caught up in scandal where he called the Rutgers women's basketball team a bunch of "nappy headed hos". He called Gwen Ifill the "cleaning lady".
She handled this with such class.
She had covered the White House and Congress and was praised from both sides of the political aisle.
She took a month long leave from PBS without disclosing her medical condition. I am guessing she had terminal uterine cancer.
President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence came out with condolences today.
While the controversial billionaire, reality television star and internet troll prepares his cabinet, we will take a moment to reflect on the music that keeps my spirits up in post-election.
Let's listen to LL Cool J.
It's a classic banger called Loungin' (Remix) (Who Do You Luv) featuring Total.
As protest continue against President-elect Donald Trump, SNL had an opportunity to address the situation.
Who could address a controversial figure like Donald Trump while at least building up dispirited progressives?
Call upon legendary comedian Dave Chappelle to do guest hosting.
Chappelle hits it off. He first address the unrest in Portland, Oregon and compare it to the fatal police encounters of Black men in Charlotte, Milwaukee, Baltimore and Ferguson. He says it is sort of a double standard for Whites when it comes to protesting injustices.
Dave Chappelle opening monologue went viral. I mean it's touched nerves and it gave an honest truth about the election in the Black and White prospective.
"I didn't know that Donald Trump was going to win the election. I did suspect it. Seemed like Hillary [Clinton] was doing well in the polls and yet .... I know the whites. You guys aren't as full as you used to be. America has done it. We've actually elected an internet troll as our president."
As he addressed the Portland protests, he remarked the following: " I watched the white riot in Portland on television the other night. The news said they did $1 million worth of damage. Every black person was watching it like, 'Amateurs'," said Chappelle.
In regards to 1/3 of Clinton supporters saying they will not respect President Trump, he said:
"I'm staying out it. I'm just going to take a knee like [Colin] Kaepernick and let the whites figure this out amongst themselves".
Classic.
Chapelle even brought out his inspiration, Chris Rock to perform in a skit involving angry Clinton supporters.
Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Attorney General Kamala Harris and former Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto were elected to the Senate. The Senate now has a record number of women in office.
While I have taken a moment away from the political dogfights, I happen to at least smile knowing that Democrats scored a little success post election.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL). Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH). Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) survive their reelection bids. They continue to be fixtures in an already broken Washington. And they continue to build their political fortunes on being the party still stuck in the past.
The night was bad for the Dems. But on a positive note, Democrats managed to keep a hold on Nevada, California and pick off New Hampshire and Illinois.
Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), California Attorney General Kamala Harris, New Hampshire governor Maggie Hassan, and former Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto were elected to the Senate.
Duckworth an Iraq war veteran quadruple amputee will be the second Asian American woman elected to the senate. She served as U.S. Representative for three terms. She was a sure favorite among Democrats in the state. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) made the fatal error of telling a racially insensitive joke in the face of an Army veteran. Duckworth's father is White and her mother is from Thailand.
Harris is the current Attorney General of California. She beat Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) in a competitive but yet historical fight for the seat once occupied by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA). Harris is part Indian-American and African American. She will be the third of both Asian and Black race serving in the senate.
Catherine Cortez Masto was the former Attorney General of Nevada. She would beat Rep. Joe Heck (R-NV) in a very competitive seat being vacated by outgoing Minority Leader, Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV). Cortez Masto's parents are immigrants from Mexico and she's passionate about the rights of immigrants. She will be the first Latina elected to the senate.
Governor Maggie Hassan is the current governor of New Hampshire. She fended off a formidable opponent in Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH). The race was heavily favored for Ayotte. Even I was off the point. Matter of fact, most pollsters were really off on each election. I mean it was a nail biter to say at least.
Look Democrats were outmatched. Plain and simple. Republicans have such disdain for President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton and it was pretty easy for President-elect Trump to overwhelmingly win the majority of Republicans.
I am pleased to see that the senate isn't just full of old White people.
Women who are serving in the 115th Congress as Senators.
Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Patty Murray (D-WA), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI).
African Americans - Kamala Harris (D-CA), Tim Scott (R-SC), and Cory Booker (D-NJ)
Asian Americans - Kamala Harris (D-CA). Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
Hispanic Americans - Ted Cruz (R-TX). Dean Heller (R-NV). Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Marco Rubio (R-FL)
To all those who served in the U.S. Military, thank you!
The men and women who served our military don't get the respect they deserve. I am truly proud of you. You served the country in times of war and peace.
Today is Veterans Day.
Say thank you to those who served in the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, the National Guard and U.S. Coast Guard.
Even though, I will not show any support towards your future commander-and-chief, I will at least give you the credit you deserve for making this country safe. I don't want to sound mean spirited but you gave us the right to protest injustice.
As the reality television star and bombastic agitator becomes our 45th President of the United States, I want to thank President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden for their service to our nation.
They don't get the credit they deserve for all the hard work they've done in Washington, DC.
When the reality television star and his foreign born wife occupy the White House, I will be prepared to go after them the way the alt-right went after the Obamas.
I dare any of these alt-right bastards call me anti-American. I don't have to support their president.
Now the ball is in their court. I promise you no mercy towards the Republican controlled government and their allies in the junk food media.
For the time being, I will take a break from the heated rhetoric that comes from politics. I will not stand for the American flag. I will not pledge allegiance to the flag. I will take a knee when the National Anthem is on. I will oppose Republicans and their conservative allies for everything.
A reality television star who is a "blue collar billionaire" won the U.S. presidency. He defied all the rules of a typical election.
He managed to pull in the Blue Collar White Working Class Democrats. The Republicans pulled it off and smashed the establishment and world's pick Hillary Clinton.
I didn't bother watching the news or the gloating of Republicans and conservatives agitators.
I realized that racism is alive and well in the United States.
Blacks, Hispanics, women, LGBT, Muslims, immigrants, and well educated Americans beware, the silent majority won this. They allowed their hatred of change get in the way.
Progressives don't be discouraged. It's time to start creating a movement that will oppose Donald Trump regardless of what he does. We want him to fail.
HE WILL NOT BE MY PRESIDENT!
See if we're discouraged, we will lose. Don't look discourage. Dust yourself off and fight again.
Fight for change. Help build a stronger coalition that will defeat the corrupt junk food media, the agitators who divide us and politicians who don't support our cause.
Today is the beginning. For the next four or eight years, we will fight!
Republicans and Democrats are heading to the polls today. Election Day is here. The two candidates for president are by far the most polarizing. Hillary Clinton, the scourge of the Republican Party is on the verge of becoming the first woman president.
Clinton has proven that she is capable of handling the problems facing America.
Donald Trump unfortunately has opened deep wounds. His ability to tag the system as rigged will linger throughout the years. If he should lose, Trump will blame Clinton, the media and the politicians who opposed his campaign.
The civil war between Republicans will begin.
I know that Rush Limbaugh, Matt Drudge and Sean Hannity will tagged as "three time losers".
They're only consolation prize is years of agitating their ignorant base with kookspiracy theories about Clinton and her policies.
The day of reckoning. Today is Election Day and tonight one of these two will become the President of the United States. Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump will make history.
The path to 270 was a hard fought battle between the two. It was extremely bitter.
This election has divided Americans. Regardless of who wins, the partisan rancor will continue.
It's worth noting that Democrats have history on their side and if they nominated the first Black man and the first female for president, it leaves the Republicans permanently the party of old White men.
The Democratic Party nominated Barack Obama twice. He became the first African American president. He managed to serve two terms as the President of the United States. Now, he's passing the baton to his predecessor.
Today, could be a historical moment in history. The Democratic Party nominated the first woman to represent their party. And today Hillary Clinton could become the first woman president.
In Philadelphia, the president, Clinton and Jon Bon Jovi came together for a rally. They had her husband former president Bill Clinton, daughter Chelsea, First Lady Michelle Obama and the Boss himself Bruce Springsteen aid their rally.
Jon Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen together with Hillary Clinton.
Clinton very upbeat after the FBI distraction. The FBI found no wrongdoing in the Clinton server.
Clinton was nominated in Philadelphia after a brutal primary fight against Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). He was the most formidable challenger she ever had. He forced Clinton to take a hard left stance on most issues and is facing increased pressure to keep her word.
Donald Trump and his allies are hoping to pull an upset against Clinton.
On his way out, he will leave unemployment rate at the lowest.
President Barack Obama's final two months are here. The first African American president leaves the White House on January 20th, 2017. On his way out, he may leave his predecessor with the lowest unemployment rate in American history.
The job numbers for October are out. It nets 161,000 jobs, 73-months of job growth. It's amazing.
Nonfarm payrolls increased by 161,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said on Friday. August and September data was revised to show 44,000 more jobs created than previously reported.
The unemployment rate fell one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.9 percent, in part as people dropped out the labor force.
The closely watched employment report was published four days before the Nov. 8 presidential election. It came on the heels of data last week showing an acceleration in economic growth in the third quarter. But economists see little impact from the report on an increasingly bitter and divisive campaign.
“There is so much noise out there right now, everyone is screaming from the rooftops. I just don’t know that any particular data point is going to have a great bearing on the election, in and of itself,” said Sam Bullard, senior economist at Wells Fargo Securities in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Though the U.S. central bank is expected to increase borrowing costs next month, that decision will likely depend on the outcome of Tuesday’s election. The tight race between Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and her Republican rival Donald Trump has rattled financial markets.
Economists polled by Reuters had forecast payrolls increasing by 175,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate falling one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.9 percent.
The Fed on Wednesday left interest rates unchanged but said its monetary policy-setting committee “judges that the case for an increase in the federal funds rate has continued to strengthen.” It lifted its benchmark overnight interest rate last December for the first time in nearly a decade.
“The election could still derail the Fed’s plans, particularly if a very close result led to one or both candidates contesting it via the courts,” said Paul Ashworth, chief economist at Capital Economics in Toronto.
TREND HAS SLOWED
The trend in employment growth has slowed as the labor market nears full employment and the economy’s recovery from the 2007-09 recession shows signs of aging.
Employment growth so far this year has averaged 181,000 jobs per month, down from an average gain of 229,000 per month in 2015. Still, the monthly job gains are more than enough to absorb new entrants into the labor market.
Fed Chair Janet Yellen has said the economy needs to create just under 100,000 jobs a month to keep up with growth in the work-age population.
The prospects of an interest rate hike next month were also bolstered by a solid rise in wages. Average hourly earnings increased 10 cents or 0.4 percent in October after advancing 0.3 percent in September.
The lift from a calendar quirk pushed the year-on-year increase to 2.8 percent, the biggest gain since June 2009, from 2.6 percent in September. The Fed on Wednesday struck a fairly upbeat note on inflation, saying price pressures had “increased somewhat since earlier this year.”
Despite the labor market nearing full employment, wage growth has been moderate. Economists blame this on a low labor force participation rate.
The participation rate, or the share of working-age Americans who are employed or at least looking for a job, fell 0.1 percentage point to 62.8 percent last month, not too far from multi-decade lows, in part reflecting demographic changes.
The solid payrolls gain accompanied by the surge in wages could support consumer spending heading into the holiday season, and in turn keep the economy on a relatively higher growth path.
While the household survey showed a increase in the number of people saying they could not get to work because of bad weather, the department said it was difficult to assess the impact of Hurricane Matthew on job growth last month. The storm lashed the east coast of the country last month, causing extensive flooding. The average workweek held steady at 34.4 hours.
Manufacturing employment fell 9,000 last month, falling for a third straight month. Construction payrolls increased 11,000, rising for a second straight month.
Retail sector employment surprising fell 1,100 jobs, despite expectations of a jump in early holiday season hiring.
Professional and business services payrolls rose 43,000.
Temporary-help jobs, a harbinger for future hiring, increased 6,400. Government employment rose by 19,000 jobs.
Hillary Clinton is working to help down ticket candidates. Will it help
Hillary Clinton celebrates her 69th birthday by campaigning in the crucial swing states. Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona and North Carolina are the key to her victory. She sees an advantage in plucking away three states that normally goes to Republicans.
Republican in the Congress are by far the most inept ever to run government. Running on the narratives of agitators in the junk food media, these lawmakers are determined to create scandals where none existed.
Take for example, the John Podesta emails. I don't give a damn about those emails. They are not really important to me. Yeah, this is a scandal for the Democratic nominee, but this is cake compared to the nonsense coming out of Donald Trump's mouth. The Republican nominee and his party are determined to make life miserable for Clinton if she does win.
Right now over 200 days and counting since President Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland for the Supreme Court. Republicans said that they will not take up any nominee until a new president is sworn in.
The most inept members of the Republican controlled Senate will fight President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to the bitter end.
Now that it's looking likely Clinton got this in the bag, Republicans are taking back their pledge.
Embattled Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is leading by five in state polls. The senator and former presidential nominee in 2008 said that he and Republicans will oppose any nominee Clinton lines up in her administration. He walked back the comments after the junk food media called him out on his bullshit.
He already let the cat out the bag. Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Sen. Ted Cruz already planning an opposition tour. Lee will likely win his senate race. Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) also likely to win signaled his opposition to a potential Clinton nominee.
Now Clinton, Obama and Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick have seized upon those comments as a way to prove that Republicans can't govern. Democrats are hoping his "senile" moment will hurt him.
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) the Majority Leader has been awful stubborn about getting Garland through. Matter of fact, there are a handful of federal appointees wrangled up. It will Obama without most of his nominees confirmed.
Sean Hannity is the official softball of the Donald Trump presidential campaign. He now resorts to a fantasy writer who claims to be a "fixer" for Hillary Clinton.
Word on the street that Donald Trump and his family are teaming up with the New York Observer and Breitbart News to create TrumpTV. This network will launch a few days after the Republican nominee loses the election.
Trump hasn't confirmed the launch of a network but the rumors are getting stronger. It may be a visceral alternative to Fox News. So far, it looks like it's going to be a open audition for talent.
Tomi Lahren, Rudy Giuliani, Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin, Roger Stone, Kellyanne Conway, Ann Coulter, James O'Keefe, and Greta Van Susteren could find a place there. I mean it's pretty obvious these agitators fit in there.
One talent will be a great fit over at TrumpTV. I've dubbed him the most annoying conservative agitator in the junk food media. Jon Stewart labeled him "Lumpy". I've called him "Softball".
Some nobody who writes fiction novels is the Clinton "fixer" according to Softball Hannity and National Enquirer.
He openly admits to giving softball interviews to Republicans (especially Trump). He said that he's devoted to taking on the media establishment despite him being a part of it himself.
Sean Hannity is the official softball of the Donald Trump Presidential Campaign. The softball is obsessed with President Barack Obama and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
Right now, the softball is looking forward to his new career post Fox News. The softball is resorting to reporting on tabloid accusations from the National Enquirer, a magazine that openly supports Trump for president.
So far, the Trump supporters are believing this "novelist fantasy freelance writer" named Jeff Rovin.
Rovin who claims that he was involved in covering up Clinton's scandals. Rovin has a sit down with the softball.
The softball kept pressing for evidence of the Clintons exhibiting wrongdoing. He even tossed a few underhands to get his answers.
It's unfortunate that the softball would stoop so low to this. I mean we all know the softball is in deep shit if Trump loses.
He claims that the junk food media, the Clintons, the Obamas, and the Republican establishment are conspiring to destroy Donald Trump and his career as a conservative agitator.
John McCain is worthless. The "Maverick" said he and his fellow Republicans will oppose Hillary Clinton's nominees if she wins the election.
This is why Democrats need to retake Congress. Republican obstruction is too much. They have wasted over seven months holding off President Barack Obama's Supreme Court pick Merrick Garland.
Garland who was selected shortly after Antonin Scalia passed away was roundly praised for being fair but the Republicans fear that his confirmation could tip the Court to the left.
When Scalia passed away, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) remarked that no nominee will come forth until the next president is in office. That led to Republicans rallying around this notion that if they can delay the nominees of Obama, they score a victory.
The president is none too pleased about the hold up. He urges Democrats to come out swinging.
In private, he wants Republicans to buried. Donald Trump has single handedly fucked up the Republican Party. He is openly saying things that Republicans say when the cameras are off.
And by the look of things, it's going to be a longer wait for the ninth spot if Hillary Clinton wins the presidency.
The failed 2008 presidential nominee clapping his choppers. And it may put his crucial seat up for grabs.
He and his fellow Republicans will oppose any Supreme Court nominee, a President Clinton brings to the Senate.
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) distances himself from Donald Trump after the tapes were released earlier this month. Trump, the Republican nominee was pressured by RNC chief Reince Priebus to support McCain in his tough primary against Kelli Ward, a former state senator endorsed by many Republicans.
McCain roundly beaten her and is now facing a battle against Democratic challenger Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ).
The Democrats are pouring money into the Arizona race with senate candidate Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ). She is taking on worthless Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). Hillary Clinton hopes to pick off Arizona from Donald Trump.
And unfortunately he's leading by eight in polls.
McCain who brands himself as a maverick and a bipartisan leader. McCain is hoping that his distance from Trump. He wants to win those who aren't familiar to Kirkpatrick.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) who is also facing reelection is mum on the comments. He believes that the president and future presidents deserve their nominee. However, he and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) held Obama's federal judges and Garland up for months.
The federal courts are in emergency crisis. Republicans on pace of having the fewest confirmations in the final term of Obama.
The first lady comes out swinging against Donald Trump. He's facing a mountain of controversy after five women accused the Republican nominee of sexual harassment. It was revealed by The New York Times and the Republican nominee is on the defensive.
First Lady Michelle Obama delivered a powerful statement today going after Trump.
Speaking at a rally for Hillary Clinton in Manchester, New Hampshire, Obama lit into Trump over a video that surfaced last week in which he can be heard talking about being sexually aggressive with women.
"I can't believe I'm saying a candidate for president of the United States has bragged about sexually assaulting women," Obama said.
The speech was an uncharacteristically direct attack from the first lady, who said she eschewed her "normal campaign speech" because it would have been "dishonest and disingenuous to me to just move on to the next thing like this was all just a bad dream."
The first lady never addressed Trump by name, referring to him only as a "candidate." She began the speech by reflecting on what she called a "rough week in an already rough election."
The current first lady is lending her aid to the former first lady, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
Why would any woman support a man who says things like that? First Lady Michelle Obama lays into Donald Trump.
Trump's now infamous audio of him talking about sexually assaulting women isn't faring well with voters. Now it's likely Trump may lose in a landslide after several mishaps since the tape's release.
Obama urges supporters of Clinton to vote early. She says the time to be on the sidelines is over.
"This is not something that we can ignore," Obama added. "It's not something that we can just sweep under the rug as just another disturbing footnote in a sad election season."
Obama also cautioned against a "protest vote" and urged the supporters gathered to do "everything possible to elect Hillary Clinton."
"If you vote for someone other than Hillary ... you are helping to elect her opponent," Obama said.
"We need to recover from our shock and our depression," she added, referring to the sordid campaign developments, "and we need to do what women have always done in this country: we need to roll up our sleeves and get to work."
Many Republicans have denounced Trump and fear him on the ticket could hurt their chances at the election.
For his part, Trump struck back at Clinton and Republicans for writing him off. We'll cover this in a moment.
Paula Jones along with Kathleen Willey, Juanita Broaddrick and Kathy Shelton were attending the second debate. Donald Trump wanted to give Bill Clinton a reminder of his past. He wanted to take Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton off her game.
Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton would have been greeted by Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey and Juanita Broaddrick. It was stopped by the debate commission. The goal was to intimidate Clinton and embarrass her husband by sitting women who accused former president Bill Clinton of sexual abuse in the Trump family's box at the presidential debate. The Donald Trump Presidential Campaign was determined to get Clinton off her game.
Campaign manager Kellyanne Conway was unaware of the plan.
This was clearly a move pushed by Stephen K. Bannon, New York Observer's editor and son-in-law Jared Kushner and Sean "Softball" Hannity. Trump gave them the greenlight.
The attempt to bring Clinton's accusers into the prime seats was to rattle him. Cause in the family box, the Trumps would shake hands with the Clintons.
Conservative agitator Rudy Giuliani was hoping to have a moment in the sun.
"We were going to put the four women in the VIP box. We had it all set. We wanted to have them shake hands with Bill, to see if Bill would shake hands with them."
Frank J. Fahrenkopf the debate commission's co-chairman a former GOP chair said, "Hell no!"
He said if Trump brought these women into the family box, they would be removed from the venue.
"[But] we pulled it because we were going to have a big incident on national TV. Frank Fahrenkopf stopped us, and we weren't going to have a fight on national TV with the commission to start the debate," said Giuliani.
The women, Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey, Juanita Broaddrick, and Kathy Shelton were seated with the audience. They were no where close to the former president.
The desperate internet creeper Matt Drudge splashes this on front page today.
When Martha Raddatz questioned Trump on his infamous audio recording, he reacted by blaming Bill Clinton.
TRUMP: It was locker room talk, as I told you. That was locker room talk. I'm not proud of it. I am a person who has great respect for people, for my family, for the people of this country. And certainly, I'm not proud of it. But that was something that happened.
If you look at Bill Clinton, far worse. Mine are words, and his was action. His was what he's done to women. There's never been anybody in the history politics in this nation that's been so abusive to women. So you can say any way you want to say it, but Bill Clinton was abusive to women.
Hillary Clinton attacked those same women and attacked them viciously. Four of them here tonight. One of the women, who is a wonderful woman, at 12 years old, was raped at 12. Her client she represented got him off, and she's seen laughing on two separate occasions, laughing at the girl who was raped. Kathy Shelton, that young woman is here with us tonight.
So don't tell me about words. I am absolutely -- I apologize for those words. But it is things that people say. But what President Clinton did, he was impeached, he lost his license to practice law. He had to pay an $850,000 fine to one of the women. Paula Jones, who's also here tonight.
And I will tell you that when Hillary brings up a point like that and she talks about words that I said 11 years ago, I think it's disgraceful, and I think she should be ashamed of herself, if you want to know the truth.
It appears that Clinton brushed off Trump when he landed the attack on her.
CLINTON: Well, first, let me start by saying that so much of what he's just said is not right, but he gets to run his campaign any way he chooses. He gets to decide what he wants to talk about. Instead of answering people's questions, talking about our agenda, laying out the plans that we have that we think can make a better life and a better country, that's his choice.
When I hear something like that, I am reminded of what my friend, Michelle Obama, advised us all: When they go low, you go high.
And, look, if this were just about one video, maybe what he's saying tonight would be understandable, but everyone can draw their own conclusions at this point about whether or not the man in the video or the man on the stage respects women. But he never apologizes for anything to anyone.
CLINTON: He never apologized to Mr. and Mrs. Khan, the Gold Star family whose son, Captain Khan, died in the line of duty in Iraq. And Donald insulted and attacked them for weeks over their religion.
He never apologized to the distinguished federal judge who was born in Indiana, but Donald said he couldn't be trusted to be a judge because his parents were, quote, "Mexican."
He never apologized to the reporter that he mimicked and mocked on national television and our children were watching. And he never apologized for the racist lie that President Obama was not born in the United States of America. He owes the president an apology, he owes our country an apology, and he needs to take responsibility for his actions and his words.
After that exchange, it was over. No more mentions about it. Conservatives were hoping Trump kept the heat on her. It didn't turn out that way. Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey, and Juanita Broaddrick weren't happy about the outcome.
"The women were outraged," said Giuliani. "They were in the holding room and ready to go. No one was pushing them. They volunteered. But I knew the minute we got pushback that we had gotten into their heads. [Hillary Clinton] was rattled. They were rattled."
As we enter the final weeks of the U.S. presidential election, the September's job report release makes strives. The month gave us 156,000 jobs. It also ticked the unemployment rate to 5 percent. It's starting to cool off again.
Once again, the jobs report becomes a partisan event. The conservatives will always deny the economy is improving. They will calculate the half truths about the 95 million Americans aren't working.
Americans are losing their homes to the wildfires, tornadoes, floods, and the looming Hurricane Matthew. Gun violence is the number one threat in the United States. Service jobs are stressing the working class. Wage theft and lots of Americans being overworked is an issue that conservatives ignore.
The reasons to why conservatives ignore the real reasons for 95 million people not working.
1. BIRTH 2. DEATH 3. RETIREMENT 4. FIRED OUT THE CANNON (LAID OFF/FIRED FROM JOB) 5. QUITTING A JOB FOR A NEW JOB 6. UNDER 16 (NOT OF WORKING AGE) 7. STAY AT HOME PARENT 8. DISABLED 9. COLLEGE STUDENT STUDYING 10. IN THE IRON COLLEGE (PRISON)
Okay, if you're seriously believing that 95 million people aren't working (just because), then you're a Donald Trump and Mike Pence supporter. If you choose to not factor the obvious reasons as mentioned above, you're obviously a listener of agitators like that old fart Rush Limbaugh, Sean "Softball" Hannity and readers of that internet creeper Matt Drudge.
Yes, people are searching for the "right" job. There are plenty of jobs out there. Some are willing and some are giving up. It's a part of real world.
Economists polled by Reuters had expected employers to add 175,000 jobs last month.
Fed Chair Janet Yellen has said the economy needs to create less than 100,000 jobs a month to keep up with population growth.Average monthly job gains have been about 180,000 this year, which Yellen has described as “unsustainable.”
The unemployment rate ticked up a tenth of a percentage point to 5.0 percent last month, though the increase was driven by Americans rejoining the labor force.
Friday’s employment report will be the last before the Fed’s Nov. 1-2 policy meeting. Investors see almost no chance of a rate increase at that meeting given how close it is to the Nov. 8 presidential election.
Yellen said last month that the Fed will likely raise rates once this year, but prices on fed funds futures suggest just above even odds the hike will come at the Fed’s last policy meeting for the year in December.
Hourly wages for private sector workers rose 2.6 percent in September from the same month a year earlier, in line with economists’ expectations. The annual growth rate has shown signs of accelerating over the last year although it remains slower than before the 2007-2009 recession.
Three Fed policymakers voted for a hike last month when the Fed kept rates steady. However, Friday’s data could boost the case of Fed policymakers who have vocally defended a go-slow approach to rate increases.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has accused the Fed of playing politics by holding rates low, a charge Yellen and other Fed policymakers have denied.
Trump has also made reversing job losses at U.S. factories a central campaign promise. Manufacturing employment fell by 13,000 jobs in September and the sector has shed jobs in three of the last five months.
At the same time, the job market on balance continues to firm, even if at a slower pace, which could be an asset for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton who has argued that President Barack Obama, also a Democrat, has helped the economy.
The Fed lifted its benchmark overnight interest rate at the end of last year for the first time in nearly a decade, but has held it steady so far this year amid concerns over persistently low inflation.
Golf legend and tea afficandino Arnold Palmer passed away. He is the legend of the game.
Arnie was considered the best of the best. He was the greatest player in the history of golf. He passed away in Pittsburgh tonight. He was 87 years old.
Palmer was known as "The King" of golf. The most recognizable faces in golf. Palmer won his first Masters Tournament in 1958, followed by three further wins in 1960s.
His agent, Alastair Johnston said that Arnie passed away from a heart attack. He was admitted to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian when he passed away.
Doc Griffin told ESPN that he was sadden by the lost of the legend. "I'm just so heartbroken about it. As much as Arnold Palmer meant to the world, he meant that much and more to me."
United States Gold Association issued a presser.
Arnold Palmer with lifelong friends Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player.
"We are deeply sadden by the death of Arnold Palmer, golf's greatest ambassador. Arnold Palmer will always be a champion, in every sense of the word, He inspired generations to love golf by sharing his competitive spirit, displaying sportsmanship, caring for golfers and golf fans, and serving as a lifelong ambassador for the sport. Our stories of him not only fill the pages of golf's history books and the walls of the [USGA] museum, but also our own personal golf memories. The game is indeed better because of him, and in so many ways, will never be the same."
Perhaps is the most memorable of Arnold Palmer was the rivalries from Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player. They were known as the "BIG THREE" in the golf community.
They won seven straight Masters titles among them from 1960 to 1966 and hit ceremonial tee shots together at the Augusta National to signal the start of the year's first major. Palmer hits his first ceremonial tee in 2007; Nicklaus joined him in 2010, and Player was added in 2012.
