Category: politics

‘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’ 

‘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

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

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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 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

The Right Way to Resist Trump – The New York Times

The Right Way to Resist Trump – The New York Times

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 issues, not on his character. In different ways, both of them are seen as outsiders, not as members of what in Italy is defined as the political caste.