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It's Donald Trump's goal to get 0% of the women's vote

Donald Trump has long struggled with the women's vote. Heck, that goes for the GOP in general. The Republican Party hasn't won the women's vote since 1988 when George H.W. Bush won that demographic by 2-points. In the six elections since then, Democrats have won the women's vote by a combined 61-points (average of 10.2-points per). With the Democratic Party featuring the first woman presidential nominee in this country's history, in conjunction with Trump's long history of sexist remarks, Clinton's current lead among women is 23-points. Given Trump's most recent move, it now appears as though he wants to expand that gap. In the past few weeks, there have been an increased number of reports of Roger Ailes sexually harassing women with whom he's worked. That number is up to at least 20. So what does Donald Trump decide to do after Ailes gets forced out of Fox News? Hire Ailes as an adviser to aid him in the coming debates with the first female presiden...

Roger Ailes has a thing with raises or more like, with people raising his thing

Media reporter Gabriel Sherman is about to release a biography about Fox News CEO Roger Ailes, and due to The New York Times getting a sneak peek at the book - The Loudest Voice In The Room - it appears as if controversy is already swirling. According to Bill Carter and Julie Bosman of The New York Times , one interesting story in the book is this: "Former employees cited in the book talked of Mr. Ailes's volatile temper and domineering behavior. In one anecdote, a television producer, Randi Harrison, told Mr. Sherman that while negotiating her salary with Mr. Ailes at NBC in the 1980s, he offered her an additional $100 each week 'if you agree to have sex with me whenever I want.'" Fox News has been quick to respond, as it stated the following: "These charges are false. While we have not read the book, the only reality here is that Gabe was not provided any direct access to Roger Ailes and the book was never fact-checked with Fox News." That Fo...