Not that this excuses Hillary, but this does fit with Trump's hypocrisy and takes the wind out of his best argument against her:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/10/31/1589009/-Donald-Trump-destroyed-emails-recordings-documents-in-defiance-of-court-orders
Important and/or interesting political articles that often don't make the headlines but are worth a look.
Monday, October 31, 2016
Keith Olbermann: Are you voting for Donald J. Trump?
Another good rundown by Keith Olbermann:
https://www.facebook.com/gq/videos/vb.7962048097/10155304609898098/?type=3
https://www.facebook.com/gq/videos/vb.7962048097/10155304609898098/?type=3
Sunday, October 30, 2016
The Disinherited: There is a reason that the white American underclass is so out of step with the rest of America: if you live in a pretend world for long enough you snap
An astute assessment of the problem with low-information voters:
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/frankschaeffer/2016/10/the-disinherited-there-is-a-reason-that-the-white-american-underclass-is-so-out-of-step-with-the-rest-of-america-if-you-live-in-a-pretend-world-for-long-enough-you-snap/
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/frankschaeffer/2016/10/the-disinherited-there-is-a-reason-that-the-white-american-underclass-is-so-out-of-step-with-the-rest-of-america-if-you-live-in-a-pretend-world-for-long-enough-you-snap/
Lawsuit Charges Donald Trump with Raping a 13-Year-Old Girl
With all the women coming forward with allegations of Trump groping them, I wonder why this allegation of Trump brutally raping a 13 y.o. girl isn't listed among them?
http://www.snopes.com/2016/06/23/donald-trump-rape-lawsuit/
http://www.snopes.com/2016/06/23/donald-trump-rape-lawsuit/
Saturday, October 29, 2016
Trump will win the election and is more popular than Obama in 2008, AI system finds
While the poll numbers have been universally looking good for Hillary, this AI based prediction is unnerving:
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/28/donald-trump-will-win-the-election-and-is-more-popular-than-obama-in-2008-ai-system-finds.html
I'm hoping its system is fundamentally flawed, but who knows?
The comments are heavily Trump supporters.
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/28/donald-trump-will-win-the-election-and-is-more-popular-than-obama-in-2008-ai-system-finds.html
I'm hoping its system is fundamentally flawed, but who knows?
The comments are heavily Trump supporters.
Why I Am Christian and Pro-Choice
A useful argument to use against anti-abortionists:
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
This Could Be The Beginning Of The End Of The Supreme Court As We Know It
This is unconscionable:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/supreme-court-hillary-clinton-nominees_us_580fed9ae4b08582f88cb00c
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/supreme-court-hillary-clinton-nominees_us_580fed9ae4b08582f88cb00c
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Saturday, October 22, 2016
Bury Trump in a Landslide
The most comprehensive take-down of Trump:
http://interactive.nydailynews.com/2016/10/daily-news-editorial-bury-trump-in-landslide/
http://interactive.nydailynews.com/2016/10/daily-news-editorial-bury-trump-in-landslide/
Friday, October 21, 2016
Why Should Trump Accept The Results Of An Election That Is Rigged For Hillary?
Donald Trump - What you didn't know about him (The Trump Tapes Vol. 1)
Never has there been a political candidate to provide so much fodder for his opponents:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu8VippicnA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu8VippicnA
Cameras Catch Donald Trump Looking Very Angry After Final Debate
I just liked this pretty convincing evidence that Trump knows he lost the debate, and along with it the presidency:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-angry-debate_us_5808f60ae4b0cdea3d8614e1
Oh how it must rankle him! :-)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-angry-debate_us_5808f60ae4b0cdea3d8614e1
Oh how it must rankle him! :-)
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Obama, Holder to lead post-Trump redistricting campaign
I've always thought eliminating gerrymandering should be a top priority for not just Democrats, but the whole democratic system. With a heavyweight like Obama behind it after he leaves office, perhaps something will get done:
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/obama-holder-redistricting-gerrymandering-229868
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/obama-holder-redistricting-gerrymandering-229868
Monday, October 17, 2016
"The Election Is Not Rigged": Important Tweetstorm by prominent GOP election lawyer
It's important to have a qualified Republican to call out the claims the election is rigged:
GOP columnist Jennifer Rubin: "Americans hate Trump", "Hillary closed deal", "Trump evil and nuts"
It's curious that one of the more effective speakers against Trump is a Republican:
http://m.dailykos.com/story/2016/10/16/1583272/-GOP-columnist-Jennifer-Rubin-Americans-hate-Trump-Hillary-closed-deal-Trump-both-evil-and-nuts
http://m.dailykos.com/story/2016/10/16/1583272/-GOP-columnist-Jennifer-Rubin-Americans-hate-Trump-Hillary-closed-deal-Trump-both-evil-and-nuts
Sunday, October 16, 2016
Saturday, October 15, 2016
The GOP double standard and hypocrisy
Attributed to an Alex Schiller:
Bill Clinton cheats on his wife. Impeach him. Trump proudly brags about sexual assault (and has cheated on his wives). Elect him. Hillary oversaw the department of state while 4 people died in an embassy attack. Put her in jail. Two Republicans were in office while over 200 people died in embassy attacks. No problem. Immigrants don't pay taxes. Round them up and kick them out. Trump doesn't pay taxes. He's a business genius. Hillary's charity foundation only spent 87% of their donations helping people. She's a crook. Trump's charity foundation paid off his debts, bought sculptures of him, and made political donations to avoid investigations while using less than 5% of funds for charity (and he got shut down by NY State). So savvy...put him in the white house. Trump made 4 billion dollars in 40 years, when an index fund started at the same time with the same "small loans" he received would be worth $12 billion today...without a trail of bankruptcies, thousands of lawsuits and burned small business owners. He's a real business whiz. Hillary took a loss of $700k. She's a criminal. Trump is the first candidate in the modern era not to release his tax returns, and took a billion dollar loss in one year. Genius. Hillary takes responsibility for private email servers and apologizes. Not credible. Trump denies saying things (on the record) that he actually said (on the record), he's just telling it like it is.
Your arguments are thin. Your ignorance of reality is shocking. Your double-standards are offensive, and your willingness to blindly support him and recycle the rhetoric is absurd. Your opinion is not fact. Your memes are not news articles. And your hypocrisy is not a platform.
Bill Clinton cheats on his wife. Impeach him. Trump proudly brags about sexual assault (and has cheated on his wives). Elect him. Hillary oversaw the department of state while 4 people died in an embassy attack. Put her in jail. Two Republicans were in office while over 200 people died in embassy attacks. No problem. Immigrants don't pay taxes. Round them up and kick them out. Trump doesn't pay taxes. He's a business genius. Hillary's charity foundation only spent 87% of their donations helping people. She's a crook. Trump's charity foundation paid off his debts, bought sculptures of him, and made political donations to avoid investigations while using less than 5% of funds for charity (and he got shut down by NY State). So savvy...put him in the white house. Trump made 4 billion dollars in 40 years, when an index fund started at the same time with the same "small loans" he received would be worth $12 billion today...without a trail of bankruptcies, thousands of lawsuits and burned small business owners. He's a real business whiz. Hillary took a loss of $700k. She's a criminal. Trump is the first candidate in the modern era not to release his tax returns, and took a billion dollar loss in one year. Genius. Hillary takes responsibility for private email servers and apologizes. Not credible. Trump denies saying things (on the record) that he actually said (on the record), he's just telling it like it is.
Your arguments are thin. Your ignorance of reality is shocking. Your double-standards are offensive, and your willingness to blindly support him and recycle the rhetoric is absurd. Your opinion is not fact. Your memes are not news articles. And your hypocrisy is not a platform.
Friday, October 14, 2016
A British Magazine Just Summed Up The U.S. Election Perfectly
Play the first video. It's priceless!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-economist-cover_us_580073a2e4b06e04759420c4
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-economist-cover_us_580073a2e4b06e04759420c4
Barack Obama Lays Into Republicans Who Revoked Trump Support: ‘You Don’t Get Points For That’
Revenge can be so sweet:
This Chilling Video Makes It Clear What’s Really Going On At Trump Rallies
Play the first video:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ava-duvernay-13th-trump-rallies_us_57ff947ae4b0162c043a3b22
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ava-duvernay-13th-trump-rallies_us_57ff947ae4b0162c043a3b22
Drunk Donald Trump
This explains it all! Trump is just drunk but speaking quicker than a drunk normally would:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/10/13/1581914/-Drunk-Donald-Trump-is-the-best-thing-on-late-night-television
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/10/13/1581914/-Drunk-Donald-Trump-is-the-best-thing-on-late-night-television
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Evangelical magazine publishes scathing anti-Trump editorial
If Trump loses the evangelicals, it's all over:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/evangelical-magazine-publishes-scathing-anti-trump-editorial-013004224.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/evangelical-magazine-publishes-scathing-anti-trump-editorial-013004224.html
To fight climate change, institute a four-day workweek
I could get behind this!
http://qz.com/770758/how-three-day-weekends-can-help-save-the-world-and-us-too/
Well...if I weren't already retired, that is....
http://qz.com/770758/how-three-day-weekends-can-help-save-the-world-and-us-too/
Well...if I weren't already retired, that is....
Thursday, October 6, 2016
Rats Gonna Be Leaving The Ship Soon
This is my hope:
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/10/5/1578317/-Rats-Gonna-Be-Leaving-The-Ship-Soon
(and related: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/8/14/1560200/-Right-now-we-are-actually-watching-Trump-execute-his-brilliant-non-losing-exit-strategy)
I just hope it's not fantasy.
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/10/5/1578317/-Rats-Gonna-Be-Leaving-The-Ship-Soon
(and related: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/8/14/1560200/-Right-now-we-are-actually-watching-Trump-execute-his-brilliant-non-losing-exit-strategy)
I just hope it's not fantasy.
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
Mike Pence launched his 2020 campaign last night—but don't worry, he wouldn't get far
An interesting analysis of the three mutually opposing factions of the GOP:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/10/5/1578122/-Mike-Pence-launched-his-2020-campaign-last-night-but-don-t-worry-he-wouldn-t-get-far
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/10/5/1578122/-Mike-Pence-launched-his-2020-campaign-last-night-but-don-t-worry-he-wouldn-t-get-far
Mike Pence couldn't defend Donald Trump at the Vice Presidential debate
I knew this wouldn't take more than a day to come out, and I wasn't disappointed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZOWItkanDs
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfKsyW5dDmY
That's what happens when you deny what we've all already seen on TV.
And here's the fact checking accuracy percentage:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/10/5/1578042/-Debate-Kaine-79-True-Pence-31-PolitiFact
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZOWItkanDs
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfKsyW5dDmY
That's what happens when you deny what we've all already seen on TV.
And here's the fact checking accuracy percentage:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/10/5/1578042/-Debate-Kaine-79-True-Pence-31-PolitiFact
Why Conservatives Shouldn’t Vote Trump
A moderate conservative's "Nixon goes to China" appeal for voting for Hillary:
https://extranewsfeed.com/why-conservatives-shouldnt-vote-trump-ed7141a6392e#.lk9ow12y7
Hopefully it's useful stuff to use on your conservative associates.
https://extranewsfeed.com/why-conservatives-shouldnt-vote-trump-ed7141a6392e#.lk9ow12y7
Hopefully it's useful stuff to use on your conservative associates.
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
Riches-to-Riches Trump Spins Fake Horatio Alger Tale
The thing most people who support trump list as his best attribute is usually his business acumen. So info like this is (well, should be) devastating. It builds on the Robert Reich conversation post a few days ago:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/turmp-wealth-inheritence_us_57f2ed79e4b01b16aafea2a0
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/turmp-wealth-inheritence_us_57f2ed79e4b01b16aafea2a0
Monday, October 3, 2016
Universal Basic Income and FAIRtax
This argument for a universal basic income combines both technology and politics:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqESogRgrYw
And here is one detailed approach through the use of "FAIRtax:
https://fairtax.org/about/how-fairtax-works?gclid=Cj0KEQjwg8i_BRCT9dHt5ZSGi90BEiQAItdjpDoJQC5jQFK55osuqUTcOEwPuxfSm9TFCwVEQKWXX1oaAhl88P8HAQ
But it has problems, as FactCheck.org shows:
http://www.factcheck.org/2007/05/unspinning-the-fairtax/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqESogRgrYw
And here is one detailed approach through the use of "FAIRtax:
https://fairtax.org/about/how-fairtax-works?gclid=Cj0KEQjwg8i_BRCT9dHt5ZSGi90BEiQAItdjpDoJQC5jQFK55osuqUTcOEwPuxfSm9TFCwVEQKWXX1oaAhl88P8HAQ
But it has problems, as FactCheck.org shows:
http://www.factcheck.org/2007/05/unspinning-the-fairtax/
Sunday, October 2, 2016
Guess What, Haters. You Just Wasted a Decade.
It's about time to remind the conspiracy theorists that none of their warnings about Obama have come true:
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/9/30/1576251/-Guess-What-Haters-You-Just-Wasted-a-Decade
I have a $1000 bet with a fundie who is absolutely convinced Obama is the anti-Christ and that he will seek a third term. I am going to be donating the money to an atheist organization. :-)
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/9/30/1576251/-Guess-What-Haters-You-Just-Wasted-a-Decade
I have a $1000 bet with a fundie who is absolutely convinced Obama is the anti-Christ and that he will seek a third term. I am going to be donating the money to an atheist organization. :-)
Saturday, October 1, 2016
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