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Trump also spoke about the intelligence briefings he receives from US covert agencies as a presidential candidate in a way that would be unthinkable for most nominees, injecting partisanship into a process that is supposed to be immune from politics.
He suggested that intelligence officials tasked to brief him were critical of the way Obama had handled US national security: "I'm pretty good with the body language. I could tell they were not happy. Our leaders did not follow what they were recommending."
Trump additionally courted controversy by repeating his assertions that the US should have kept Iraq's oil after the invasion in 2003 to ensure that to the victor go the spoils. He also defended a previous Twitter comment in which he suggested rapes in the military were the result of an increase in female recruits.
So controversial was Trump's performance that it could overshadow Clinton's lackluster showing. - CNN. What last night's forum taught us about Trump and Clinton.
A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.
Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich
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In addition to the smelly Pam Bondi contribution, the pattern with regard to Greg Abbott is very disturbing: Greg Abbott’s top consumer attorn...inst Donald Trump, but it never happened - Dallas Morning News. TMP puts it more bluntly: Did Abbott Let Scammy Trump U Off Easy? This Ex-AG Staffer Says He Did. As internal AG documents posted by the Dallas Morning News reveal, the Houston division of the Consumer Protection Division sought to investigate Trump U in October 2009, a request that was approved by deputy attorney general for civil litigation David Morales, according to Owens.
“It didn’t take much to open an investigation. I don’t think anybody really thought much about it,” Owens said. “We go in. Get an injunction. Sometimes we freeze their assets. We fight for Texas consumers. Get their money back." Both AGs received substantial political donations just when they were considering a civil suit, and both decide not to pursue that case. Now, I recognize that they are Republicans and the New York AG is not, but the timing and the amounts... well, are odoriferous.
A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.
Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich
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Maybe we should have a new system where a BS/BA gets you 2 votes, an MS gets you 3, and an MD/PhD/JD gets you 4? Commenting on my own post: I just realized we already have such a system in place. Stupid people and those with personality disorders tend to get in trouble when their warped sense of reality conflicts with the law. And in most states we don't let felons vote. It may be that Trump's most ardent supporters are not allowed to vote!
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A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.
Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich
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Good coffee, good weed, and time on my hands...
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Wow, Gregger. That was great. I laughed and clapped ... right up to the last speaker. She depressed me. But thanks.
Just a Missouri school teacher ... stubborn as a mule and addicted to logic.
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Trump has openly admitted giving money to candidates in return for "favors". So the whole "pay-to-play" issue is not open to debate. He has said as much. “You’d better believe it,” Trump said. “If I ask them, if I need them, you know, most of the people on this stage I’ve given to, just so you understand, a lot of money.” Yet, there is no accountability...
"The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them."
Lenny Bruce
"The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month."
Dostoevsky
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the last speaker. She depressed me. That was the icing on the cake. And the reason why the Trump phenomenon is so sad. November can't get here soon enough.
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Trump: Hillary Clinton is unbalanced, unhinged That's the pot calling the kettle black.  Now Drumpf is making me have empathy for Hillary and take her side. Damn you Drumpf!!! 
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"The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them."
Lenny Bruce
"The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month."
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