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And no, Hillary Clinton did not start the birther wingnuttery.

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People parroting Trump's self-excusing, "Waaa, Hillary's campaign did it 8 years ago, waaa," is a popular meme online today.

What Trump's birther comments really meant..
http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/16/opinions/ ... index.html

... But even as Trump was trying to appeal to his most committed followers, his campaign aides have likely persuaded him to try to walk back his half-decade crusade to undermine the very legitimacy of the Obama presidency. They are too smart to think he can get any African-American votes. He averaged just two percent of the African-American vote in recent surveys.

To put that into perspective, George Wallace, running for president in 1968 on an openly racist, pro-segregation message, got three percent of the nonwhite vote....

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Donald Trump's Birther PR Stunt Beset By Chaos, Stage Collapse



Trump showed up 90 minutes late. Spoke for barely two minutes, focusing on his Hillary lie. Then he took the "press" on a tour of his recently opened hotel. Except that only a camera crew was allowed on the tour. Reporters were kept - as in physically restrained - by security in a locked ballroom.

During which his stage collapsed.

You won't see the tour on camera though; the camera crew erased the tape in protest of bait-and-switch with no editorial access.

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Somewhere (probably lots of places) someone (probably lots of people) is blaming Obama/Hillary/the "leftwing media" for all of this.

Comments:

You’d think a guy bragging about building a wall could manage a few curtains.

The blue curtain at the back of the ballroom in the Trump hotel just collapsed, taking down some American flags with it.

If that’s not a metaphor for everything in this election, I don’t know what the fuck is.

Can we please fire this motherfucker into the sun when this all over?

What did the Sun ever do to you?

I swear, there are days when I don’t know whether to vote in this election or nominate it for an Emmy.

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Just a partial Trump roundup for today:

You've probably heard about Donald Trump Jr's comparison of refugees to Skittles.

The Intercept: Nazi Who Originated Donald Trump Jr.’s Skittles Analogy Was Hanged at Nuremberg

The man who took the photo of the Skittles - which Jr. used without permission - is a former refugee.

Washington Post: Trump used $258,000 from charity to settle lawsuits involving his for-profit businesses

[billy.pilgrim]

Just a partial Trump roundup for today:

You've probably heard about Donald Trump Jr's comparison of refugees to Skittles.

The Intercept: Nazi Who Originated Donald Trump Jr.’s Skittles Analogy Was Hanged at Nuremberg

The man who took the photo of the Skittles - which Jr. used without permission - is a former refugee.

Washington Post: Trump used $258,000 from charity to settle lawsuits involving his for-profit businesses

Good chance this was a bedtime book for the smaller trump. After all, his dad keeps a copy of hitler's speeches at his bedside

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... Washington Post: Trump used $258,000 from charity to settle lawsuits involving his for-profit businesses

Trump: 'There’s nothing like doing things with other people’s money'

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And given that the Gulf nations are doing almost nothing about the crisis now, Trump's promise to "make them pay for it" is as empty as his promise about the wall.

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What has Trump lied about today, chart edition, Sept 21

And more.

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Lie Witness News - Trump's Tax Returns Edition



Caveat: We don't know how many "gotcha" interviews were done to get these selected ones, but still.

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IMPORTANT - Save The Day

I saw Scarlett Johansson. That will at least get banni off the fence.

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Melania Trump Sues Over Daily Mail Story Suggesting She Was An Escort

That's a first. Usually it's the pol rather than the spouse that's accused of being a prostitute.

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If You Vote For Trump, Then Screw You

"And so I’d just like to say to that portion of the electorate: Fuck you. No, seriously. Go fuck yourselves. I’m not gonna waste any more time trying to convince you that you’re about to do something you’ll regret forever. I’m not gonna show you old clips of Trump saying rotten things. I’m not gonna try to ANNIHILATE Trump by showing you records of his hypocrisy and greed. I’m not gonna link to a John Oliver clip and be like, “THIS. So much this.” Nothing’s gonna take down Trump at this point, so I’m not gonna bother. No no, this post is for ME. I am preaching to the sad little choir in my soul here."

A very satisfying piece.

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Assuming Hillary wins, for the next 4 or 8 years every time she screws up, real or imagined, the Trumpettes will be able to smugly congratulate themselves without being accountable for what a disaster a Trump presidency would have been.

[Seth Milner]

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Ohio Trump campaign chair Kathy Miller says there was 'no racism' before Obama
Kathy Miller called the Black Lives Matter movement ‘a stupid waste of time’ and said low African American voter turnout could be due to ‘the way they’re raised’

Donald Trump’s campaign chair in a prominent Ohio county has claimed there was “no racism” during the 1960s and said black people who have not succeeded over the past half-century only have themselves to blame....

The interviewer looks like he wants to laugh, puke or slap her.

Trump campaign chair in Ohio resigns over ‘no racism before Obama' remarks
Kathy Miller, chair in a crucial Ohio county, resigned after the Guardian released video of her saying, ‘It’s their own fault’ if black people haven’t succeeded

[Seth Milner]

Donald Trump on Dancing With The Stars!

(listen carefully to the question about the wall)

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IMPORTANT - Save The Day

I saw Scarlett Johansson. That will at least get banni off the fence.

If you can get both of these ladies to show up at the polls, I'll be there!!!