The Weisselberg story broke awhile back, he could provide the smoking gun for the whole shebang. Since he was granted immunity, you know he's got some great dirt. c.
From the CNN piece:
At the time, a former Trump Organization employee told CNN that Weisselberg being subpoenaed was the "ultimate nightmare scenario for Trump" because Weisselberg knows "anything and everything" about the finances of the Trump Organization.
yep ya wanna know anything about someone, ask their bookkeeper
The Weisselberg story broke awhile back, he could provide the smoking gun for the whole shebang. Since he was granted immunity, you know he's got some great dirt. c.
From the CNN piece:
At the time, a former Trump Organization employee told CNN that Weisselberg being subpoenaed was the "ultimate nightmare scenario for Trump" because Weisselberg knows "anything and everything" about the finances of the Trump Organization.
The Weisselberg story broke awhile back, he could provide the smoking gun for the whole shebang. Since he was granted immunity, you know he's got some great dirt. c.
family of greedy hate-mongers (and lovely hair stylists : ) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Trump
The development company was incorporated as Elizabeth Trump & Son in 1927, and grew to build and manage single-family houses in Queens, barracks and garden apartments for U.S. Navy personnel near major shipyards along the East Coast, and more than 27,000 apartments in New York City.<2><3>
On Memorial Day in 1927, the Ku Klux Klan marched in Queens to protest "Native-born Protestant Americans" being "assaulted by Roman Catholic police of New York City".<18> Fred was one of seven men arrested that day "on a charge of refusing to disperse from a parade when ordered to do so,"<18> as reported in a New York Times article on June 1, 1927. He shared lawyers with the other men, but "it's conceivable that he may have been an innocent bystander, falsely named, or otherwise the victim of mistaken identity during or following a chaotic event."<19> He was "released without charges", but Vice Magazine noted that the KKK had gone through a revival in urban areas after 1915.<20> All seven men arrested were declared to be wearing Klan attire in one source cited in the Vice article, which noted: "While the Long Island Daily Pressdoesn't mention Fred Trump specifically ... the article refers to all of the arrestees as 'berobed marchers.' If Fred Trump, or another one of the attendees, wasn't dressed in a robe at the time, that may have been a reporting error worth correcting."<20> When asked about the issue in September 2015 by The New York Times, Donald Trump, then a candidate for presidency of the United States, denied that his father had been arrested or that he had been in the KKK.<21>
Trump, in my opinion, has been sending out trial balloons for a pardon of Manafort, calling him a "good" and "brave" man and decrying his prosecution and convictions for tax evasion and bank fraud as "sad" and a "disgrace."
Putting aside, for the moment, those convictions: what has this man done in his life that makes him worthy of praise? Seems to me that he spent his life accumulating wealth, which he has earned as a political consultant and lobbyist. He may be very good at those jobs, and there's nothing inherently wrong with pursuing vast amounts of wealth for one's own benefit, but to make him out as if he were some kind of hero/victim/martyr? Remember, this guy, as the New York Times stated in an editorial, "enriched himself by working for some of the world’s most notorious thugs and autocrats, including Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines, Jonas Savimbi in Angola and Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire (now called the Democratic Republic of Congo). He helped elect the pro-Kremlin Viktor Yanukovych as president of Ukraine, a job that earned him millions until Mr. Yanukovych was ousted from power in 2014."
Then add this week's convictions to his resume.
Good = Staying loyal to Trump by not cooperating with the prosecution to turn on Trump and cut a deal.
This. Thank you. Kurtster, if you're reading this post, Steely_D's post neatly summarizes the frustration and confusion many opponents of Trump feel towards Trump's supporters. But here's one of the dirty secrets in politics: voters often take positions that are not in their best economic or political interests.
i think that's correct (i blame unreason )
also peeps remember the (exit) polling data posted here after the election? (may have been from 538, i can't recall)
when asked whether they were casting a vote for or against the candidate there was an almost identical split
of the people voting for trump almost half were just voting against clinton and vice versa
which shouldn't surprise us if we think about it
the more objective we are we see the choice(s) are often framed "the lesser of the two evils"
pick your poison
of course none of this would be an issue if we _______________
idiot wind, blowing every time you move your mouth blowing down the back-roads heading south idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth you're an idiot, babe it's a wonder that you still know how to breathe
I'm figuring that if someone has a long-term view of capitalism, it would include the health of its long term customers and workers, otherwise it's doomed to eventually become impossible to sustain. So a short-term view would be "how do I make the most money" (which was my leetle joke) but a bigger view wouldn't include raping the environment, denying healthcare, or pissing off the bottom half of the earning curve so that they want to take you down. That kind of capitalism is impossible to sustain in the long run.
Trump, et al, seems to be concerned about filling up their coffers right now at the expense of the folks they talked into voting for them. But really, what did they give them? Better tax laws? Nope. Better drug costs? Nope. A big beautiful wall that Mexico pays for? Nope. Repeal & replace Obamacare with something better? Nope.
But, Trump and his family and friends did succeed in getting richer through not divesting from his businesses, from others' stays at Trump businesses for government business (or the hope of government favors), through multinational deals that stank of nepotism, through environmental roll backs that hurt people's health but allow polluting businesses more latitude, through chaotic health care changes that keep insurance companies highly profitable, and through tax laws that favored the very rich. And probably by striking personally lucrative deals with the enemies of the USA.
So, Trump and his cohorts are absolutely wallowing in capitalism - but self-serving, selfish, and ultimately destructive to our nation. And, to circle back around, he sees that as "good." After all, he's winning.
Who loses?
This. Thank you. Kurtster, if you're reading this post, Steely_D's post neatly summarizes the frustration and confusion many opponents of Trump feel towards Trump's supporters. But here's one of the dirty secrets in politics: voters often take positions that are not in their best economic or political interests.
It doesn't have to be that way. Many countries have well regulated capitalist economies that address the systemic moral failing. If someone truly believes that business decisions should only be based on the ability to make money then it is necessary to provide a framework to manage the externalities to that system. Think of it like having the baseball rule that the pitcher can't intentionally bean the batter in the head.
But aside from that, the premise is flawed and is used by too many to hide their immorality in a cloak of amorality.
Agree. Obviously was being flip.
I'm figuring that if someone has a long-term view of capitalism, it would include the health of its long term customers and workers, otherwise it's doomed to eventually become impossible to sustain. So a short-term view would be "how do I make the most money" (which was my leetle joke) but a bigger view wouldn't include raping the environment, denying healthcare, or pissing off the bottom half of the earning curve so that they want to take you down. That kind of capitalism is impossible to sustain in the long run.
Trump, et al, seems to be concerned about filling up their coffers right now at the expense of the folks they talked into voting for them. But really, what did they give them? Better tax laws? Nope. Better drug costs? Nope. A big beautiful wall that Mexico pays for? Nope. Repeal & replace Obamacare with something better? Nope.
But, Trump and his family and friends did succeed in getting richer through not divesting from his businesses, from others' stays at Trump businesses for government business (or the hope of government favors), through multinational deals that stank of nepotism, through environmental roll backs that hurt people's health but allow polluting businesses more latitude, through chaotic health care changes that keep insurance companies highly profitable, and through tax laws that favored the very rich. And probably by striking personally lucrative deals with the enemies of the USA.
So, Trump and his cohorts are absolutely wallowing in capitalism - but self-serving, selfish, and ultimately destructive to our nation. And, to circle back around, he sees that as "good." After all, he's winning.
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