August 20, 2016

Did Donald Trump Misrepresent Debt To Bank of China, Goldman Sachs, & More Establishment Lenders?

August 20, 2016/ Anne Enke

Trump promised personal gifts on 'Celebrity Apprentice.' Here's who really paid. Washington Post

Donald Trump has a habit of taking credit for everything and promising to support contestants' charities out of his own wallet . . . out of his own account.

Another WaPo investigation into Trump's broken philanthropy promises uncover the truth that on occasions, the check came from a TV production company that paid out the show's official prizes. This makes it a business expense certainly shared by NBC.

In other cases, the check came from Trump's foundation, one that had assets of $4,238 at the beginning of 2007 and was never again funded substantially by Trump. In 2007-2008, Trump gave $65,000 to his own foundation, or about 1% of its incoming money.

'Celebrity Apprentice' charity gifts to well-known contestants had nothing to do with Trump's tight-wad wallet. But distorting reality is a key plank in Trump's egocentric universe.

In allocating other people's money to these charities in front of a national TV audience, the message was always the same: "Remember, Donald Trump is a very nice person, okay?"

Introducing The Trump News Channel - Coming in 2017? The Atlantic

Consider that on Tuesday, November 8. Donald Trump and his associates -- in particular Breitbart News hire Stephen Bannon -- are defeated for the presidency, BUT from the ashes of the campaign rises a new right-wing media channel with the goal of dividing the Republican base and conquering FOX News.

Trump's Empire: a Maze of Debts and Hidden Ties New York Times

Donald Trump reminds us daily that he is a mega-rich bsinessman worth billions of dollars and is beholden to no one. Unlike 'crooked' Hillary Clinton, who Trump alleges regularly sells her soul to the highest bidder, Trump is his own man, a businessperson so successful and mega rich that he will even tell China to take a hike. The reality that both the Bank of China and Goldman Sachs hold Trump debt far greater than the details listed in the public filings the Republican nominee has made in relation to his presidential run is of no important consequence. Everyone else is 'crooked', 'lying' and part of the corrupt system Trump rails against daily.

If you believe that Trump isn't sinking in the mud of this same, allegedly-corrupt system, then we have a bridge in Manhattan to sell you.

Read Hillary Clinton's Essay On Why Our Generation Is What's RIGHT With America Teen Vogue

Hillary Clinton's lowkey approach to outreach and leadership represents a singularly smart media effort. While Donald Trump continues his egocentric and slash-and-burn tour across America, Clinton uses micro-targeting and small group appearances to carry a smart message to voters, encouraging their participation by appealing to their intelligence, creativity and concerns." Smart people -- especially smart young people -- know the difference. This is another reason Hillary will make an excellent president.

Wired Magazine Endorses Hillary Clinton Wired

Wired Magazine has endorsed a candidate for president for the first time in its history. In an election cycle that has been fraught with negativity and shouting matches about billionaires and bad trade deals, we've heard very little talk about the future and why Hillary Clinton is a candidate of optimism. The tech world is not known for its support of women executives or how we think differently from men. But Wired writes one heck of an endorsement for our beloved candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Donald Trump Faces Backlash After Attempt To Won Over Black Voters Fortune

On Friday night, speaking from a Detroit suburb with 1% African Americans, Donald Trump made a grand pronouncement: “You’re living in poverty, your schools are no good. You have no jobs—58% of your youth is unemployed. What the hell do you have to lose?”

Soon after his speech, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton responded with a tweet, saying, “This is so ignorant it’s staggering.”

Hillary Clinton Headlines August 20, 2016

Donald Trump Tells African-Americans They are Desperate Enough to Vote for Him New York Magazine

Paul Manafort Quits Donald Trump's Campaign After Tumultuous Run Politico

Trump and Clinton wreck Facebook friendships Politico

Behind the Polls: The Message in a Longtime Conservative Tilting Away From Trump, Toward Clinton WSJ

Democrats fret over timing of Clintons' charity fete Politico

Why Clinton is trouncing Trump in Michigan Politico

The Man Behind Trump's Bid to Finally Take Digital Seriously Wired

Judge won't order deposition of Clinton in email suit Politico

Former Romney finance chairman endorses Clinton Politico

August 19, 2016

Donald Trump Embraces Breitbart & Steve Bannon As Campaign Reboots Yet Again

August 19, 2016/ Anne Enke

Alt Right Rejoices At Trump's Steve Bannon Hire The Daily Beast

"As Breitbart’s chief Steve Bannon did a lot to normalize the racist, anti-semitic world of the Alt-Right, they couldn’t be happier he has now joined the campaign of their king, Donald Trump.

Donald Trump’s campaign is under new management—and his white nationalist fanboys love it.

The campaign’s new chief executive, Stephen Bannon, joins from Breitbart News —where he helped mainstream the ideas of white nationalists and resuscitate the reputations of anti-immigrant fear-mongers.

White nationalists today invest a lot of energy worrying about growing Hispanic and Muslim populations in the U.S. Turns out, Breitbart News spends a lot of time worrying about those things, too. And in Bannon, they see a media-friendly, ethno-nationalist fellow traveler.

“Latterly, Breitbart emerged as a nationalist site and done great stuff on immigration in particular,” VDARE.com editor Peter Brimelow told The Daily Beast.

VDare is a white supremacist site. It’s named after Virginia Dare, the first white child born to British colonists in North America. Brimelow said he and Bannon met briefly last month and exchanged pleasantries about each other’s work."

Related: Clinton Allies Say They're Ready for Rough Campaign After Trump Shakeup Bloomberg Politics

The Era of 'The Bitch' Is Coming by Michelle Cottle The Atlantic

As a woman whose mindset has taken a real bashing over the last 15 months -- being told by Bernie-loving FB friends that they now loathe me for supporting Hillary, being asked why I am promoting Aryan values with my blonde hair, or worse yet, being called a murder by a so-called feminist for having concerns about Bernie's health care plan -- I have finally embraced being a 'bitch'.

As Michelle Cottle writes, we might as well fasten our psychological seat belts because we are about to see an unleashing of misogyny against competent, intelligent women that is only paralleled by the assault on President Obama as a super smart, compassionate, humanist black man.

If you're a black woman supporting Obama and Clinton, you get special seating at the top of the angst ladder -- except you probably learned to be a bitch to survive long ago.

I am hardened after this campaign in a way that I never was in my life. So the asshat called Donald Trump and his Breitbart News posse will NOT get under my skin. My stilettos are ready to kick some serious butt targeting me . . . because it IS OUR TURN and we are marching to the White House.

Also, if you've been in police protection for a year over some crazy, right-wing, right-to-lifer determined to kill you, the orange mop head is only frightening if we give him the right to run America's highways. I don't know about you, but this bitch will lie down on I-95 -- if not to stop the Trump jet overhead -- at least to fight all his narrow-minded minions traveling to DC, determined to take us back to the land of Ozzie & Harriett. ~ Anne

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A Clinton victory also promises to usher in four-to-eight years of the kind of down-and-dirty public misogyny you might expect from a stag party at Roger Ailes’s house.

You know it’s coming. As hyperpartisanship, grievance politics, and garden-variety rage shift from America’s first black commander-in-chief onto its first female one, so too will the focus of political bigotry. Some of it will be driven by genuine gender grievance or discomfort among some at being led by a woman. But in plenty of other cases, slamming Hillary as a bitch, a c**t (Thanks, Scott Baio!), or a menopausal nut-job (an enduringly popular theme on Twitter) will simply be an easy-peasy shortcut for dismissing her and delegitimizing her presidency.

Either way, it’ll be best to brace for some in-your-face sexist drivel in the coming years. Despite progress in the business world, women as top executives still prompt an extra shot of public scrutiny. (Just ask Marissa Mayer or Sheryl Sandberg or Carly Fiorina.) And just as Barack Obama’s election did not herald a shiny, new post-racial America, Clinton’s would not deliver one of gender equality and enlightenment. So goes progress: Two steps forward, one step back(lash). As the culture changes, people resent that change and start freaking out, others look to exploit their fear, and things can turn really, really nasty on their way to getting better."

Related: Trump and Clinton wreck Facebook friendships Politico

Clinton Could Have Cut Her Tax in Half Under Trump's Plan Bloomberg Politics

Under Hillary Clinton's tax plan, she would have increased her 2015 federal taxes by $224,000 or more. Under Donald Trump's tax plan, the Clintons would have saved about $1.7 million. Sweet!