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Polls? Fox and Rasmussen? Holy ing
Hillary will beat him too after the convention.
Polls? Fox and Rasmussen? Holy ing
Funny how Bookaki has suddenly become a Hillary lover.Polls? Fox and Rasmussen? Holy ing
If I had to place a bet, I would bet on Hillary to win. I'm just saying I wouldn't totally write him off. He's a wild card. He could pull off a shocker or totally flame out and get crushed in the election. We will see...
Donald Trump, president of the Confederacy: The Southern strategy created the GOP civil war
A decades-long pattern of racists appeals has left the Republican Party with no one but the racists
There are two consistent themes about the American right-wing in the Age of Obama.
First, racism and conservatism is now one and the same thing.
Second, the Republican Party is the United States’ largest white iden y organization.
The ascendance of Donald Trump and his coronation as the presumed 2016 Republican presidential candidate is the logical outcome of a several decades-long pattern of racism, nativism, and bigotry by the American right-wing and its news entertainment disinformation machine.
http://www.salon.com/2016/05/17/dona...gop_civil_war/
His only shot is somehow taking the lion's share of California, tbh. Then it'll be close enough that the super dels will have to almost unanimously go with one candidate - that's Bern's only shot really.
One thing we do know, it's going to be entertaining as ..
From Trump's side, it's going to be just like his so far, racist, xenophobic, misogynist, America First supremacy/bullying, insults, name-calling, and above all LIE after LIE after LIE, with plenty of gaslighting and flip flopping.One thing we do know, it's going to be entertaining as ..
Link?
Hilarious how CosmicParasite has always been a "I'm Really Rich" bull ter.
And that's supposed to be an insult? Don't be jealous, Boo.
Time to Press Donald on Whether He Raped His Wife?
Trump himself has now moved on from immigration politics to dredging up allegations about Bill Clinton that range from unsubstantiated to discredited to ridiculous. But here's the thing: Trump's former wife Ivana said Trump raped her in a sworn deposition.
Given how central a role rape accusations have played in Trump's campaign - against Mexicans, political opponents, etc. it is clearly a highly germane question, as frankly it would be for any presidential candidate.
The details surrounding the alleged rape are bizarrely novelistic even by Trumpian standards.
According to Ivana, Trump was driven to freakish rage by a failed anti-baldness surgery - a so-called 'scalp reduction'.
But the actions are very clear cut.
According to her deposition, Trump flew into a rage, attacked her, held her down and began pulling hair out of her head to mimic his pain and then forcibly penetrated her.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/...+%28TPMNews%29
But but but "women love me and I love women" Trump!
DONALD TRUMP: I'm going to open up our libel laws, so when they write purposely negative and horrible and false articles, we can sue them and win lots of money. We're going to open up those libel laws, so that when The New York Times writes a hit piece, which is a total disgrace, or when The Washington Post, which is there for other reasons, writes a hit piece, we can sue them and win money.
AMY GOODMAN: After The New York Times piece about his at ude toward women, now he has escalated, and on Fox last night, in talking to Sean Hannity, he is talking about President Clinton's past behavior and now using the word "rape" when it comes to allegations of President Clinton and what he did.
He knows what they want. He knows how to feed the beast. And so, stories that they wouldn't touch with a 100-foot pole, Donald Trump makes front and center, and he's going to keep them there as long as he wants. And again, what -- the solution to this, if you have journalists, is to investigate them, investigate the charges, and report on them, and also to do the same to Donald Trump's side, so it's an equal playing field
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/36110-donald-trump-vows-to-sue-new-york-times-in-latest-show-of-disregard-for-freedom-of-press
Trump Card: The Bully Who Exposes Our Bully Nation
Donald Trump's flagrant bullying -- much denounced even by the Republican Party establishment, with both President Bushes refusing to endorse him -- is no sign that he will lose the presidential nomination or election.
The dirty secret is that GOP leaders secretly admire and envy his power as a bully. Worse, Trump's bullying resonates not only with his hardcore supporters, but also to many in the elite classes and much of the population.
There has been endless elite and media bemoaning of Trump as a bully. Much of this misses the key point and is hypocritical, for Trump's bullying is largely a reflection of the establishment's own bullying and the centrality of bullying in our culture and society.
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/ite...r-bully-nation
Trump Invested In Companies He Bashes On Campaign Trail
Donald Trump has invested in some of the companies that he uses as punching bags on the campaign trail, according to new financial do ents he submitted to the U.S. government.
In his 104-page public financial disclosure report, the presumptive Republican nominee reported holding investments in companies like Ford Motor Co., Apple Inc. and the parent company of the maker of Oreo cookies — all businesses that he's assailed for outsourcing or, in Apple's case, not agreeing to crack into iPhones for police or federal law enforcement in criminal cases. Trump also has invested in other companies that have outsourced jobs but escaped his public shaming.
One of Trump's main talking points during his campaign rallies is that as president he would stop the outflow of American jobs. He often calls out companies and their products by name. The investments make up only a tiny fraction of Trump's reported net worth, and a comparison with his previous filings show he's reduced his holdings in some of the companies he targets.
Trump's campaign did not respond to emailed questions about his investments in companies that have recently outsourced jobs. The campaign also did not return a phone message from The Associated Press on Wednesday.
"I love Oreos. I will never eat them again," Trump said in August after Nabisco announced it was laying off 600 bakery workers in Chicago and building a new facility in Mexico. Trump reported between $5,000 and $15,000 in interest income from a now-sold investment in Nabisco's parent company.
"Who do they think they are?" Trump said of Apple in February, when the company balked at hacking an iPhone used by one of the two people in a mass shooting in San Bernardino, California. More recently, Trump pledged to make Apple "build their damn computers and things in this country." Trump holds multiple investments in Apple, which combined are worth between $1.1 million and $2.25 million.
"We're going to tax you when those air conditioners come," Trump said in February of air conditioner manufacturer Carrier Corp., whose parent company United Technologies Corp. relocated 1,400 jobs to Monterrey, Mexico. Trump no longer owns stock in the company, but he earned between $2,500 and $5,000 in interest income from a sold investment.
In March, Trump blasted Disney for its "outrageous practices" in requiring 250 Florida workers to train their foreign replacements before being laid off. Trump owns between $15,000 and $50,000 in Disney stock.
In April, Trump called Ford's plans to open a $1.6 billion assembly plant in Mexico "an absolute disgrace," and threatened to impose a 35 percent tax on imported Ford vehicles. In his personal financial disclosures, Trump reports investments in Ford Motor Credit Co. worth between $500,000 and $1 million.
Trump so far hasn't attacked all the companies he listed on his financial records that have outsourced jobs. Trump listed investments in V F Corp. and Thermo Fisher Scientific, both of which moved jobs out of the U.S. in high-profile outsourcing deals last year.
But Trump has put the others on notice.
"Carrier and Ford and Nabisco need to know that there are consequences to leaving and firing people," Trump said at a rally in Evansville, Indiana, last month. "You can't just go to another country and make products to sell across our weak borders."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/tr...+%28TPMNews%29
Seriously Boo? Did you notice they were all INTEREST INCOME? As in bond income?
Unconventional no more: Donald Trump becomes what he opposed
In early August, Donald Trump appeared on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” and summarized his unique qualities as a presidential candidate. Nine months later, the quote has taken on even greater salience.
“I don’t have pollsters, I don’t want to waste money on pollsters,” the Republican candidate told Chuck Todd. “I don’t want to be unreal. I want to be me. I have to be me. You know, we have enough of that in Washington with pollsters telling everybody what to say and everybody being controlled by the special interests, and the lobbyists, et cetera, and the donors.”
Every single one of these boasts is no longer applicable. Lobbyists now run Team Trump; Republicanmega-donors now finance Team Trump; and as of this week, the candidate who had no use for pollsters has, in fact, hired a pollster.But it’s against this backdrop that Trump has, in many ways, done the one thing he vowed not to do: become conventional. Every modern Republican nominee has relied on lobbyists, mega-donors, and pollsters, and as of this week, Trump is now just an inexperienced, unqualified version of his GOP predecessors.
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will hire pollster Tony Fabrizio, a strategic shift as he reconfigures his campaign with an eye toward the general election.
A source close to the Trump campaign confirmed to NBC News the hire, which was first reported by Politico. Fabrizio is a veteran Republican pollster who most recently worked on Sen. Rand Paul’s presidential campaign and Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s campaign. He also conducted polling for then-Texas Gov. Rick Perry during the 2012 presidential race.
He’s even started using teleprompters, even after having said, “When you’re really, really, really smart like me … I don’t need teleprompters.”
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-s...d=sm_fb_maddow
Trump and his totally conned suckers!
If Bernie supporters are really not going to vote for Hillary during the Generals then she may be in a world of trouble. Of the one or so Bernie supporters I have come across, for every one who says they would support Hillary, ten more say they would either write Bernie in, or just stay home. Hillary is very much disliked. Maybe not quite up there with Trump, but she isn't lagging too far behind.
NYT Poll: Overwhelming Majority of GOP Voters Want Party Behind Trump
I'm talking about Trump. The primaries are effectively over. Bernie isn't winning, and I love the guy, but it's not going to happen.
Yep, it was over in NY for him.
Meh, Between Fox and Rasmussen, you couldn't tell which is more biased.
Rasmussen for example has Hillary being at a mere 37%..how? She had been leading by a wide 49 points. You cant lose that much ground that fast. There is something they're not showing us. Like how even was this poll? 500 Republicans and 500 democrats. Also a whopping 31% is undecided which means that poll is useless as .
A more balanced poll came out today by CBS that has her up 6 which is consistent with the quinnipiac which I think its the only legit poll out of them all imo.
Granted she is still losing some ground to Trump but not as significant as 12 points in the national polling.
And the KKK goes wild!
Donald Trump Wanted A White-Versus-Black Season Of “The Apprentice”
“Whether people like that idea or not, it is somewhat reflective of our very vicious world,” Trump said in 2005.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/mckaycoppin...85#.juVPjJZGK3
Trump’s Financial Disclosure Shows How He Avoids Taxes
Unlikely Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump recently filed paperwork that claims his net worth increased by $1.2 billion in just a month. Trump publicized his personal financial disclosure, a vague outline of assets, income, and business positions that all candidates submit to the Federal Elections Commission,
Trump’s mandatory disclosure indicates that Trump’s own claims about his assets change when it’s convenient for him; specifically, when he stands to pay less in taxes.
Take Trump National Golf Club in Westchester County, New York. Trump wrote in his financial disclosure that the club was worth more than $50 million, even though Trump’s own attorneys say it’s worth only $9 million. Trump has earned the ire of county administrators who accuse him of trying to pay less in taxes on the property than he should.
His attorneys had previously valued the golf course at an absurdly low $1.35 million, before ABC News’ reporting on the course, according to a subsequent update. Trump spent $8 million to buy the property and a further $45 million to build the golf course and facilities on the property grounds, and then received a 55 percent reduction in the club’s official value, minimizing his tax burden even more.
He has tried to divert attention to the disclosure’s wild claim that he’s worth $10 billion, even though Forbes, publisher of the venerable World’s Billionaires list, has calculated his worth to be around $4 billion, and many others have estimated Trump is worth much less.
http://www.nationalmemo.com/trumps-financial-disclosure-shows-how-he-avoids-taxes/
Trump Plans On Breaking The Law With Huge Illegal Act At The Republican Convention
Donald Trump is considering naming his cabinet at the Republican convention. The problem is that it is illegal for Trump to name cabinet members for an election that he hasn't won yet.
http://www.politicususa.com/2016/05/...iticus+USA+%29
Samantha Bee Explains the Ugly History that Led the Religious Right to Trump's Door
On Monday night's episode of Full Frontal With Samantha Bee, the host joked, "Most evangelicals said, 'Nah, we're going to go with the thrice-married, foul-mouthed judge who likesPlanned Parenthood and thinks Corinthians is a type of car upholstery.'"
Bee then unpacked the surprisingly brief but society- and politics-changing relationship between the Republican Party and the evangelical community, from its very beginnings to the elections today. It started in the early 1970s when Paul Weyrich, a co-founder of the Heritage Foundation whom Bee describes as a "Dwight Schrute understudy," realized he could tap America's churches for "potential Republicans" and found the perfect vehicle in a prominent court case.
"It wasn't abortion that birthed the religious right," she said. "It was good old white nativism and anti-government anger when the IRS challenged evangelicals' God-given right to go to school without black people."
Since then, the Republican platform has vehemently opposed abortion, sex education, and gay marriage, and the party has focused on religious freedom and "family values."
Bee offers a bit of optimism: The religious right has seen many of its most cherished causes defeated in the last 15 years. Gay people can marry and serve in the military, and there has been overwhelming opposition in the business community and elsewhere to North Carolina's sweeping anti-transgender law.
"When North Carolina Republicans tried to get people to the polls with a bathroom culture war, the country held their heads in the toilet while the attorney general gave them a swirley," Bee said, referring to Loretta Lynch's condemnation of the new law.
Nonetheless, they still remain a powerful force, so much so that Donald Trump has courted them aggressively. With their strong support for Trump's presidential bid,Bee suggested, evangelicals may just be happy to "ditch the Bible" in exchange for "good old-fashioned white nativism and anti-government anger."
http://www.motherjones.com/media/201...vely-religious
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