In light of @kurteichenwald's report on the Trump Organization's dangerous ties, here are 20 questions that Trump needs to answer—now. — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 14, 2016 Yep, that’s the Eichenwald article Tom Levenson highlighted earlier today. Click on any of the tweets here to read the whole list. Add your own in the comments, …
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A President Trump’s Foreign Policy Preview: For Sale, To the Highest Bidder
This is just a quick pointer to the essential read of the day. If Kurt Eichenwald’s brutal, beautiful story on the Trump Organization’s seemingly limitless overseas conflicts of interest with US policy doesn’t become the dominant campaign story for the day and much longer, then, again, we’ll know who and what our media are. One of the …
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Wednesday Morning Open Thread: Thanks, Obama!
A lot of really good news in the new Census numbers. Middle class incomes significantly up, poverty levels down: https://t.co/9jkhoAJ7kL — Ned Resnikoff (@resnikoff) September 13, 2016 Today's Census income report is really stunning. It says, in one year, 2/3 of the drop in median household income since 1999 has been erased — Josh Barro …
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Open Thread: Body Doubles
Outside Donald Trump's rally in Asheville, NC: A "Deplorable Lives Matter" sign: pic.twitter.com/Fn1YbHFIm9 — Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) September 12, 2016 Trump’s stand-in, I’m guessing. I have talked to a lot of undecided voters in last day. Their reaction to Hillary's illness is that they have great compassion for her. — Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) September …
Just a Gentle Reminder that Mike Pence is a Fucking Bigot Himself
If I see one more story like this I am going to blow a gasket: On Monday evening, Pence refused to use the term during an interview with CNN host Wolf Blizer. “There are some supporters of Donald Trump and Mike Pence who ― David Duke, for example, some other white nationalists ― who would …
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Tuesday Morning Open Thread: Florida Man…
Democrat @JoeGarcia was secretly recorded saying Clinton "is under no illusions that you want to have sex with her" https://t.co/n2pNNkHTA8 — Patricia Mazzei (@PatriciaMazzei) September 12, 2016 Is… inartful, but probably not incorrect. Per the Miami Herald: Joe Garcia, the former Miami Democratic congressman running for his old seat, told supporters in a candid moment …
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Open Thread: The Daily News Has Been Investigating Trump’s Financials, Too…
Via @cam_joseph: Docs contradict Trump's claim for why he received $150,000 post 9/11: https://t.co/lS2kqqgtKF pic.twitter.com/H3kTHgDEcQ — Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) September 11, 2016 Just in time for the 9/11 commemorations! From the NYDN article: … Though the billionaire presidential candidate has repeatedly suggested he got that money for helping others out after the attacks, documents obtained …