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https://twitter.com/RalstonReports/status/791429313258151936
SCOOP: Trump halts big-money fundraising, cutting off cash to GOP
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has effectively shut down his high-dollar fundraising operation for the rest of the campaign, a highly unusual move that deals another serious blow to the GOP’s effort to finance its get-out-the-vote operation before Election Day.
Steven Mnuchin, Trump’s national finance chairman, said in an interview with The Washington Post on Tuesday that Trump Victory, a joint fundraising committee between the party and the campaign, held its last formal fundraiser on Oct. 19. The luncheon was in Las Vegas on the day of the final presidential debate.
While Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is headlining her last fundraiser Tuesday night in Miami, her campaign has scheduled 41 other events between now and Nov. 3 featuring high-profile surrogates such as her daughter, Chelsea, running mate Tim Kaine and the entertainer Cher, according to a schedule sent to donors this weekend.
Mnuchin said the Trump campaign decided to keep the candidate’s final weeks focused on taking his message to the voters in person rather than on raising money. There may be a handful of events in coming days featuring Trump surrogates, including his son Donald Jr., according to people familiar with the internal discussions. But Mnuchin said “there is virtually nothing planned.”
… Trump’s decision effectively turns off one of the main spigots to the Republican National Committee, which collected $40 million through Trump Victory as of Sept. 30. The party has devoted a large share of the funds to pay for its national voter mobilization program to benefit the entire Republican ticket.
RNC officials said that party leaders, including chairman Reince Priebus, are continuing to bring in resources for the party. “The RNC continue to fundraise for the entire GOP ticket,” said spokeswoman Lindsay Walters.
Mnuchin said Trump does not need high-dollar fundraisers because his campaign is being buoyed by online donations, which he said are on track to hit a new record in October…. But the RNC gets only 20 percent of the money that Trump raises online in conjunction with the party, while the vast majority of the big checks contributed to Trump Victory are routed to the party…
https://www.balloon-juice.com/2016/10/25/open-thread-trumps-dropping-all-pretense/
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YUCK. This is the “condolence” that Donald Trump wrote for Kelly Preston when her son died:
The Trump Files: Donald's Words to a Grieving MotherAfter Kelly Preston's son died, Trump said he "worked like hell to try and pick her up."
In January 2009, Kelly Preston and John Travolta's son Jett passed away at the age of 16 after suffering a seizure while on a family vacation. Four days later, Trump wrote a blog post dedicated to Preston on the website of the now-defunct Trump University, which has been sued by the state of New York and former students over claims of fraud.
The mogul expressed his condolences to Preston for her loss, but not before he mentioned the time he tried to sleep with her. According to Trump, the attempt failed.
MORE:
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/10/trump-files-kelly-preston
Cartoon: No comparison
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http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/10/25/1586527/-Cartoon-No-comparison
‘SO MUCH FUN’ Inside Donald Trump’s 1-Stop Parties: Attendees Recall Cocaine and Very Young Models
‘SO MUCH FUN’Inside Donald Trump’s One-Stop Parties: Attendees Recall Cocaine and Very Young Models
‘I was there to party myself. It was guys with younger girls, sex, a lot of sex, a lot of cocaine, top-shelf liquor’ but no smoking. Trump didn’t approve of cigarettes.
The morals of Donald J. Trump, as a longtime model lover and then a modeling agency owner, were forged in another era, one in which young girls were used as a sort of currency between men doing business with one another.
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The girls were as young as 15, he says, and “over their heads, they had no idea, and they ended up in situations. There were always dramas because the men threw money and drugs at them to keep them enticed. It’s based on power and dominating girls who can’t push back and can be discarded. There’s always someone to pick them back up. Nobody wants to call home and say ‘Help me.’”
Trump would “go from room to room,” said the photographer, who added that “I was there to party myself. It was guys with younger girls, sex, a lot of sex, a lot of cocaine, top-shelf liquor” but no smoking. Trump didn’t approve of cigarettes.
Those men at these parties often knew each other. “It’s a small community,” the photographer says. “They exchanged information, facilitated each other. Trump was in and out. He’d wander off with a couple girls. I saw him. He was getting laid like crazy. Trump was at the heart of it. He loved the attention and in private, he was a total fucking beast.”
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/10/24/inside-donald-trump-s-one-stop-parties-attendees-recall-cocaine-and-very-young-models.html
Obama Says He Laughs At Trump ‘Most Of The Time’
During a visit to the set of ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” the president was asked if Trump’s performances during the presidential debates made him laugh.
“Most of the time,” Obama replied.
Other targets of the president’s mockery included the leaked recording of Trump boasting about grabbing women and his habit of starting Twitter fights in the wee hours of the morning.
The Republican nominee came up again during the “mean tweets” section of the show.
“President Obama will go down as perhaps the worst president in the history of the United States!” said Obama, reading off a tweet sent from Trump’s account.
“Well @realdonaldtrump at least I will go down as a president,” he cracked, tossing his phone aside.
VIDEO & MORE:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/obama-kimmel-laughs-trump
http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/24/politics/obama-jimmy-kimmel-donald-trump/index.html
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