November 28, 2017

Florida Has Paid Out $11 Million to Settle Sex Suits

November 28, 2017 Buck Banks

$11 million

The state of Florida has paid more than $11 million over a 30-year period to settle hundreds of cases that alleged that state workers were sexually harassed by supervisors and co-workers, or were forced to work in a hostile work environment, reports the Associated Press.

Tweet Trips Shutdown Talks

November 28, 2017 Buck Banks

The scent of bipartisanship was, as usual, fleeting,
As the Tweeter-in-Chief could, as usual, not stop tweeting.
So Democrats Nancy and Chuck
Told Trump to take a flying f**k,
And just blew off the White House government shutdown meeting.

Moore Regains Lead in Alabama

November 28, 2017 Buck Banks

49% to 44%

A new Change Research survey in Alabama finds Roy Moore (R) has regained his lead over Doug Jones (D) in the U.S. Senate race, 49% to 44%. “What has changed? The largest difference is turnout: many Republicans who ten days ago said they might not vote, now say they plan to show up on Election Day and vote for Moore.” Also important: “Compared to ten days ago, fewer Republicans believe the allegations against Moore. While all voters believed the allegations by a 46–30 margin ten days ago, they now believe them by only 42–38. Among Trump voters, the split was 16–51 (believe-don’t believe) in the middle of the month, and it’s 9–63 now.”

Clinton: Trump Is a ‘Con Artist’

November 28, 2017 Buck Banks

“What he told people was a fraud. It’s in keeping with his bankruptcies and his Trump University. He is a con artist, and that’s what Mike Bloomberg called him at our convention and every day that goes by seems to prove that.”

— Hillary Clinton, in an interview with the Washington Post, on President Trump.

Chaos in Virginia Over Wrong Ballots

November 28, 2017 Buck Banks

147

“A Democratic tidal wave on Election Day in Virginia three weeks ago has left chaos in its wake, with control of the House of Delegates still undecided and no end in sight to the dispute,” the AP reports. “Lawsuits, threats and recriminations are flying as the state wrestles with the tricky question of what to do about the 147 voters in and around a crucial district who were given the wrong ballots.”

Day: November 28, 2017

Florida Has Paid Out $11 Million to Settle Sex Suits

$11 million

The state of Florida has paid more than $11 million over a 30-year period to settle hundreds of cases that alleged that state workers were sexually harassed by supervisors and co-workers, or were forced to work in a hostile work environment, reports the Associated Press.

Tweet Trips Shutdown Talks

Moore Regains Lead in Alabama

49% to 44%

Clinton: Trump Is a ‘Con Artist’

“What he told people was a fraud. It’s in keeping with his bankruptcies and his Trump University. He is a con artist, and that’s what Mike Bloomberg called him at our convention and every day that goes by seems to prove that.”

— Hillary Clinton, in an interview with the Washington Post, on President Trump.

Chaos in Virginia Over Wrong Ballots

147

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

Donald Trump speaking to his cult members in Schnecksville, Penn., on Saturday April 13, 2024. Historian TJ Stiles said Lee was not known “to have issued downslope-only orders” and that [Trump’s] depiction of what happened was “rambling, unhinged.”

— Donald Trump is celebrating Easter by selling copies of his latest product, the God Bless the USA Bible, for $59.99 each.

“Wow! Ronna McDaniel got fired by Fake News NBC. She only lasted two days, and this after McDaniel went out of her way to say what they wanted to hear. It leaves her in a very strange place, it’s called NEVER NEVERLAND, and it’s not a place you want to be.”

— Donald Trump made fun of Ronna McDaniel after NBC News ended its contract with her following an internal uproar across the company, The Hill reports.

“You can’t have an election in the middle of a political season.”

— Donald Trump, at a news conference earlier March 26.

Numerati

$71 million

48% to 45%

59%

6

34%

A new Monmouth poll finds 34% of Americans would like to go and settle in another country if they were free to do so. Fifty years ago, this number stood at a much lower 10%.