Trump Disgraces America Every Day

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The Psychopath in Chief
I spent hundreds of hours with Donald Trump to ghost-write ‘The Art of the Deal.’ I now see a deeper meaning behind his behavior.

https://gen.medium.com/the-psychopat...f-aa10ab2165d9

For four years, along with millions of other Trump critics, I have wrestled with the best way to respond to a president who is incapable of shame or empathy and cares only about his self-interest. There is no effective treatment for a person with these traits, and Trump wouldn’t seek one if there was, because he genuinely doesn’t believe there is anything wrong with him. The horrifying truth is that it’s precisely what he’s missing that gives him a permanent advantage over the vast majority of us who are guided by a conscience and concern for others.

Trump revels in attention, domination, and cruelty. “The sociopath wants to manipulate and control you,” explains Martha Stout, “and so you are rewarding and encouraging him each and every time you allow him to see your anger, confusion or your hurt.” Even so, in order to protect our democracy and our shared humanity, it’s critical to push back, calmly and persistently, against every single lie Trump tells, and every legal and moral boundary he violates. We must resist what Hanna Arendt has called “the banality of evil” — the numbness and normalizing that so easily sets in when unconscionable acts become commonplace. “Under conditions of terror, most people will comply,” Arendt has written, “but some people will not.”

Understanding what we’re truly up against — the reign of terror that Trump will almost surely wage the moment he believes he can completely prevail — makes the upcoming presidential election a true Armageddon.

Vote as if your life depends on it, because it does.

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Orange Shitstain's debts and foreign deals pose security risks, former intelligence officials say

https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...43f_story.html

Security teams at U.S. spy agencies are constantly scouring employee records for signs of potential compromise: daunting levels of debt, troubling overseas entanglements, hidden streams of income, and a penchant for secrecy or deceit to avoid exposure.

President* Trump would check nearly every box of this risk profile based on revelations in the New York Times from his long-secret tax records that former intelligence officials and security experts said raise profound questions about whether he should be trusted to safeguard U.S. secrets and interests.

The records show that Trump has continued to make money off foreign investments and projects while in office; that foreign officials have spent lavishly at his Washington hotel and other properties; and that despite this revenue he is hundreds of millions of dollars in debt with massive payments coming due.

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Trump Tax Calculator

https://joebiden.com/trumptaxes/

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Originally Posted by Chicks

Liar-in-chief: Entering debate stage right — the greatest fabricator in American political history
By DAILY NEWS EDITORIAL BOARD

https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/...v2q-story.html

I'm going to put a stopwatch on Lord Felthersnatch to see how long it takes him to start lying. Going to see how many seconds it takes.

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Originally Posted by RickeyM

I'm going to put a stopwatch on Lord Felthersnatch to see how long it takes him to start lying. Going to see how many seconds it takes.

Q. How do you tell when Trump is lying?
A. His lips are moving.

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The Koch network isn’t helping the president*’s reelection bid

The political advocacy group backed by billionaire Charles Koch has seen key policy victories under President Donald Trump.

Yet the network, which has often favored Republican candidates, is staying out of the presidential election.

“All I can tell you is that there is a clear difference in style and approach,” said a person familiar with the decision-making at the network.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/29/2020...rumps-bid.html

Even they are fed up with the clown show.

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Who Gets Hurt When Orange Shitstain Doesn’t Pay Taxes?

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/...-business.html

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The Trump Campaign Is Quietly Purging Brad Parscale From Their Website
NOTHING TO SEE HERE
Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale was detained by police last week after his wife reported that he was planning to harm himself.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-tr...-their-website

Huh. What's all this noise from the Reich-wing about "cancel culture"? Why doesn't it apply here?

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A Pro-Trump Militant Group Has Recruited Thousands of Police, Soldiers, and Veterans

An Atlantic investigation reveals who they are and what they might do on Election Day.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine...il-war/616473/

Certainly not this veteran, but many I served with were as ignorant and uninformed as Waggs, et al, so they could easily be convinced to join such a despicable group.

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Melania Trump Whines About FLOTUS Role in Secret Recording: ‘Who Gives a F*ck About Christmas Stuff?’
WAR ON CHRISTMAS
When describing her feelings on questions about the Trump administration’s immigrant family separation policy, the first lady added, “Give me a f--king break.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/melani...hristmas-stuff

How very Christian of her...