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To: Brumar89 who wrote (1094545)	10/22/2018 11:54:44 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 1583643

Man arrested for groping woman on flight says 'President says it's OK to grab women's private parts' Updated: 5:19 PM EDT Oct 22, 2018 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —A Florida man is facing a federal sexual assault charge after he was accused of groping a woman on a flight from Texas to New Mexico. According to the complaint, the woman fell asleep on a Southwest flight and woke up to a man, sitting in the row behind her, lifting up her sweater and touching her skin around her bra line. The woman assumed the incident was an accident – but 30 minutes later, she felt that same man grab her arm and again, grab her right side around her ribs and bra line. Advertisement At that point, the woman stood up, turned around and confronted the man, later identified as Bruce Michael Alexander, and asked him why he thought it was OK to touch her and demanded that he stop. She then asked a crew member to seat her somewhere else. When the flight landed, Alexander was taken into police custody. Both the victim and Alexander stated that they were complete strangers to one another. According to the complaint, after Alexander was placed under arrest, he asked police what the sentence was for the charge he was being arrested for. Later, in the police vehicle, Alexander told officers that the president of the United States "says it's OK to grab women by their private parts." Alexander is being charged with one federal count of abusive sexual contact. wesh.com

To: Brumar89 who wrote (1094545)	10/23/2018 12:12:23 AM
From: puborectalis	1 Recommendation Recommended By Brumar89 Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583643

Of course, Trump loyalists bristle at the suggestion that he is letting his financial interests shape U.S. policy. But has Trump ever made a personal sacrifice in the public interest? Anyway, we’re not supposed to have to trust that the big money a president receives from foreign governments isn’t influencing his decisions. The emoluments clause of the Constitution prohibits the president from accepting any such favors in the first place. Unfortunately, Republicans have decided that this clause, like so much of the Constitution, doesn’t apply when their party is in power. So, as I said, what we’re looking at here is another step in the debasement of our nation. Accepting torture and murder is a betrayal of American principles; trying to justify that betrayal by appealing to supposed economic benefits is a further betrayal. And when you add in the fact that the claimed economic payoff is a lie, and that the president’s personal profit is a much more likely explanation for his actions — well, genuine patriots should be deeply ashamed of what we’ve come to as a nation. Follow The New York Times Opinion section on Facebook, Twitter (@NYTopinion) and Instagram, and sign up for the Opinion Today newsletter.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (1094545)	10/23/2018 12:13:28 AM
From: puborectalis	1 Recommendation Recommended By Brumar89 Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1583643

Mr. Trump plays the polarization game because he enjoys it — he does love a brawl — and because he doesn’t appear to care about much beyond his political and personal fortunes. And, more practically speaking, these days he doesn’t have much else to talk about. It’s not that this president has failed to achieve anything in his first couple of years in office. The economy is chugging along right now, and many Republican candidates would be happy for him to play that up on the campaign trail. But his most notable achievements do not resonate beyond Mr. Trump’s base. He has overseen a conservative overhaul of the federal judiciary, seating a record number of judges, including two Supreme Court justices. And he has been an aggressive deregulator in areas ranging from education to transportation to health care to the environment.