Donald Trump destroyed emails, recordings, documents in defiance of court orders

Why would Donald Trump suspect that Hillary Clinton’s deleted emails contained important information? Because Trump knows that when he had the chance, he destroyed incriminating evidence. He did it not once or twice, but as a matter of routine. And a man who has been involved in 3,500 lawsuits gets the routine down pat. Trump … Read more

Trump’s Abuse of Trump Foundation — Criminal Tax Implications? – The Surly Subgroup

Mr. Trump has directed the Foundation to acquire 2 paintings of himself totaling $30,000, a trip to Paris for $107,000, a Tebow helmet for $12,000, and advertising for his hotels for $5,000. He has also directed the Foundation to settle two private lawsuits against his properties delivering a total of $258,000 to charities Trump himself … Read more

The brutal genius of Harry Reid’s letter

In his letter to James Comey accusing him of violating the Hatch Act, Harry Reid also accused Comey of being privy to “explosive information” regarding Trump‘s ties to Russia.  This is an act of terrible political genius bordering on savagery on the part of Harry Reid.  Of course the term “explosive information” means nothing at all, but … Read more

Donald Trump cheats on local and state taxes, turning Trump facilities into drains on communities

Donald Trump to the public: These are the greatest assets anywhere! Donald Trump to the government: These old shacks aren’t worth spit. He talked the tax board in Las Vegas into knocking the appraisal of his Trump Hotel down to $25 million, then the very next week, listed its value at $50 million in his … Read more

DNC files legal action against RNC for election violations—Republicans are Trump-f*cked again

Trump tells his crowd to poll-watch, adding, “You know what that means.” No, tell us, Donald, because if what “that means” is even close to how Republicans monitored voting stations in key minority districts back in 1981, it will spell out big trouble for Republicans, as if they’re not already swimming drowning in it now. During Wednesday night’s show, Maddow reviewed a new legal action filed in federal … Read more

Fox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance – Kindle edition by Mark Howard. Politics & Social Sciences Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

Recognizing that the prime directive of a cult is to convince your followers that your version of reality is the only true version and that all others are agents of deception, Fox segregated their disciples to prevent them from being contaminated by impure thoughts, otherwise known as facts. In Fox Nation vs. Reality you will … Read more

Moody’s Analytics analysis: Trump presidency would ‘significantly’ hurt economy – POLITICO

Donald Trump‘s presidency would “significantly” weaken the country, driving the U.S. into a “lengthy recession” with nearly 3.5 million job losses and a 7 percent unemployment rate, according to a Moody’s Analytics analysis released Monday. Source: Moody’s Analytics analysis: Trump presidency would ‘significantly’ hurt economy – POLITICORead more

Did Ben Stein Just Demolish Trickle-Down Theory And A Raving Trump Surrogate Too? Did He? Bueller?

Stein: And if I may say to my friend the Lt. Governor, there simply is no evidence that slashing the corporate tax rate produces growth. There’s a lot of allegations, but… McCaughey: [interrupting] That’s ridiculous. Stein: Did you say ‘That’s ridiculous’? McCaughey: I said ‘That’s ridiculous’! Stein: With all due respect, I’m the one that’s … Read more

The GOP screwed themselves: The brilliant gerrymander that gave Republicans the Congress — and created Donald Trump – Salon.com

In 2012, Democratic candidates for Congress received more votes than Republican candidates. For the first time in 40 years, the party that received the most votes failed to take control of the House. The people did vote for candidates who believed in gun-control reforms. Obama had it backward: it’s the Republican mapmakers who gerrymandered our democracy … Read more

Gerrymandering could cost Democrats the House in 2016. Why? Because it probably did in 2012

gerrymandering could once again cost Democrats a majority in 2016 even if they win more votes cast in House races nationwide than Republicans do—as they did in 2012. we must acknowledge just how systematically undemocratic our congressional elections actually are. One party should not be able to consistently lose the national popular vote yet easily retain its … Read more