Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Oct 26, 2017

I'm a Poll Man:

PRESIDENT TRUMP's approval rating has hit a new low in the lates Fox News poll, standing at just 38-percent, down from 42-percent last month. His disapproval rating has hit a new high at 57-percent.
And is the president's base deserting him? Fifty-six percent of white men without a college degree now say they approve of the president, down from 68-percent in September and 71-percent last November. (Pacelli)

The George Bush harassment mess continues:

GEORGE H.W. BUSH has apologized to actress HEATHER LIND after she accused the 93-year-old former president of sexual assault in a now-deleted Instagram post.
Lind, who starred in the AMC series "Turned: Washington's Spies," wrote that Bush had "touched me from behind" repeatedly at a press event in March 2014.
Bush's statement said that "on occasion, he has patted women's rears in what he intended to be a good-natured manner" and routinely tells a joke in "an attempt at humor." Deadspin reported that one of their sources claimed the "joke" was Bush saying that his favorite magician was "David-Cop-A-Feel."
In her post, Lindalso claimed former First Lady BARBARA BUSH seemed aware of what was going on, and "rolled her eyes."
The statement from the former President said: "President Bush would never --under any circumstance-- intentionally cause anyone distress, and he most sincerely apologizes if his attempt at humor offended Ms. Lind."
Now, however, a second woman has also claimed that the former President groped her as well. The Hill reports New York actress JORDAN GROLNICK said a similar thing happened to her.

On, off and way-off-Broadway:

Former "Seinfeld" star JASON ALEXANDER opened Off-Broadway Tuesday night in JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY's "The Portuguese Kid" at the Manhattan Theater Club. Jason co-stars with SHERIE RENEE SCOTT. And, the reviews are in:
--The New York Times: "Actually, I'm not sure you can credit as jokes the mechanical dings that the play spews every 15 seconds. They are, at best, the husks of jokes, all specific personality scraped out. With their obvious setups and predictable payoffs, any of them could be delivered by any character - in any comedy ever."
--Variety: "Jason Alexander and Sherie Rene Scott put up their dukes for a battle of the sexes that never heats up in John Patrick Shanley's shapeless, wordy romantic comedy."
--The Hollywood Reporter: "A bloodless battle of the sexes."
--Deadline.com: "What can I say about a terrible play that made me laugh? That it's a waste of talent and hardly worthy of Jason Alexander's return to the stage for the first time since he replaced Larry David in Fish in the Dark?" (Marino)

Taking everything much too seriously:

What's good for the goose isn't always good for the gander.
Boys at Spain Park High school in Alabama love to take off their shirts and paint their chests to support their football team at the school's homecoming game. So why can't the girls do it, too?
Senior MACIE JOINES and some of her friends put on sports bras and painted up their faces and torsos to do the same. That's when school administrators got involved and said "no way." They told her that she paint up but she had to wear a t-shirt or there would be consequences.
They didn't say what those consequences would be butMacie's dad said he supports her completely. "But I also support the school administration. I have 100 percent certainty that they're looking out for my kid's interest. I don't doubt that for one second. I'm going to fall on the side of Macie having the same rights as everybody else."
Macie's mom said, "one,it's important to her, andtwo, we want to raise women that are strong and independent and are going to stand up for what we believe is right." (Myers)