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‘I’m in a room full of liars’: Trump reams execs and anchors from ‘the dishonest media’ at ‘candid’ meeting at Trump Tower that turned into a ‘f****ng firing squad’

Special snowflake in chief is demanding the press hold him to “participation trophy” standards so his feelings can be spared.

Trump poised to violate Constitution his first day in office, George W. Bush’s ethics lawyer says

“the incoming president, in other words, is actively soliciting business from agents of foreign governments. Many of these agents, in turn, said that they will accept the president-elect’s offer to do business because they want to win favor with the new leader of the United States.

In an exclusive exchange with ThinkProgress, Richard Painter, a University of Minnesota law professor who previously served as chief ethics counsel to President George W. Bush, says that Trump’s efforts to do business with these diplomats is at odds with a provision of the Constitution intended to prevent foreign states from effectively buying influence with federal officials.”

…so the tea party will now call on Trump to follow the Constitution, right?

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The Italian experience provides a blueprint for how to defeat Mr. Trump. Only two men in Italy have won an electoral competition against Mr. Berlusconi: Romano Prodi and the current prime minister, Matteo Renzi (albeit only in a 2014 European election). Both of them treated Mr. Berlusconi as an ordinary opponent. They focused on the… Continue reading Untitled

Sanders: I’m Willing To Work With Trump But I Won’t ‘Retreat’ On Discrimination

Multiple members of the Democratic leadership have expressed willingness to work with Trump. So I’m sure that Trump is totally sincere and will work with them.

Trump is too busy for his fraud trial—but apparently he has time for a victory tour

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Former managers of Trump University say it relied on high-pressure sales tactics, employed unqualified instructors and made deceptive claims. Former Trump University Workers Call the School a ‘Lie’ and a ‘Scheme’ in Testimony – The New York Times

Donald Trump’s Swamp Gets Murkier

“Now that he is president-elect, Donald Trump’s anti-corruption promise to “drain the swamp” of Washington lobbyists and powerful insiders seems to be rapidly dissolving in the swamp itself. An untold number of lobbyists and special interest players have been helping the Trump team’s transition to the White House, their path made easier, according to news reports, by vague and porous ethical standards.”

So what will the press do when Trump starts claiming there is no conflict of interest, there are no lobbyists, his kids are not in those meetings. Will they be able to call him on obvious lies when they have not been able to thus far?

Corruption: Trump uses congratulatory call from Argentine President to push him to approve permits for a Trump business in Argentina.

I’m going to assume that the tea party folks will rise up against this violation of the Constitution.

Donald Trump’s Potential Conflicts of Interest Continue To Mount

I’m going to assume that Trump supporters would have been totally OK with Chelsea Clinton sitting in on meetings with her mom in the oval office while running the Clinton foundation. Totally OK with it.

Donald Trump Meeting Suggests He Is Keeping Up His Business Ties – The New York Times

The meeting, with Indian executives linked to an apartment tower bearing Mr. Trump’s name, raises questions about how he will separate his business dealings from his politics. (via Donald Trump Meeting Suggests He Is Keeping Up His Business Ties – The New York Times) He isn’t. Or he won’t unless congress forces him. He will… Continue reading Donald Trump Meeting Suggests He Is Keeping Up His Business Ties – The New York Times