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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

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?

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.