Well, it’s that part of the campaign cycle where the weirdish rumors are circulating fast and furious! I thought I’d cover a few just of them without creeping too far into conspiracy land with Drumpf and the Dumpsters.
Here’s your all purpose list of “All the terrible things Hillary Clinton has done — in one big list” which is actually a way of making them look all pretty stupid. So, we’ll start out with an Opinion by Brett Arends that none of these are even remotely serious at Market Watch. It’s an oldie but goodie!
Am I supposed to hate Hillary Rodham Clinton because she’s too left-wing, or too right-wing? Because she’s too feminist, or not feminist enough? Because she’s too clever a politician, or too clumsy?
Am I supposed to be mad that she gave speeches to rich bankers, or that she charged them too much money?
I’m up here in New Hampshire watching her talk to a group of supporters, and I realized that I have been following this woman’s career for more than half my life. No, not just my adult life: the whole shebang. She came onto the national scene when I was a young man.
And for all that time, there has been a deafening chorus of critics telling me that she’s just the most wicked, evil, Machiavellian, nefarious individual in American history. She has “the soul of an East German border guard,” in the words of that nice Grover Norquist. She’s a “bitch,” in the words of that nice Newt Gingrich. She’s a “dragon lady.” She’s “Elena Ceaușescu.” She’s “the Lady Macbeth of Little Rock.”
Long before “Benghazi” and her email server, there was “Whitewater” and “the Rose Law Firm” and “Vince Foster.” For those of us following her, we were promised scandal after scandal after scandal. And if no actual evidence ever turned up, well, that just proved how deviously clever she was.
So today I’m performing a public service on behalf of all the voters. I went back and re-read all the criticisms and attacks and best-selling “exposés” leveled at Hillary Rodham Clinton over the past quarter-century. And I’ve compiled a list of all her High Crimes and Misdemeanors.
But there’s another theory that’s more plausible and arguably even juicier: Marla Maples, Trump’s ex-wife, is the Times’ anonymous source. In a post on Medium, Yashar Ali gathered some of the clues. First and foremost, there is a “Sign-Here” flag on the first page of the New Jersey nonresident tax return, and it points to the spot for Maples’s signature.
And as the Daily Beast’s Olivia Nuzzi noted, Maples had an interesting Twitter exchange on Sunday. Maples, who’s practiced Kabbalah for 20 years, celebrated the arrival of a new season (or her glorious act of revenge) with this tweet:
Politico’s Marc Caputo responded with a joke, and @PoliticalBuffs replied to both of them:
It seems the question was directed at Caputo, but Maples answered:
Many assume that the leaker held off sending Trump’s tax return so it would act as the proverbial “October surprise” (the Times story was first published on Saturday night, October 1), but could there be more to the timing? Maples was suddenly back in the news last week because her ex-husband decided to remind the public that Bill Clinton cheated on Hillary Clinton — which in turn reminded everyone that Trump cheated on his first wife, Ivana, with Maples.
Maples has not publicly disparaged Trump in recent years, but she came very close in the past week. The native of Georgia, who was raised a strict Baptist, very sweetly threw some shade his way in a Timesprofile of their 22-year-old daughter, Tiffany, published on Saturday morning. After their divorce, Maples took her daughter to the West Coast, or as she put it, “I had the blessing of raising her pretty much on my own.” From Tiffany’s remarks about long-distance phone calls with her dad and saving report cards that he scribbled on, it appears that they have not had a very close relationship.
The day before Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine takes the debate stage in his home state, Republicans are attacking his record on the death penalty.
In a new web ad that recalls the Willie Horton attack on 1988 Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, the Republican National Committee is highlighting two of Kaine’s clients when he was a defense attorney.
Richard Lee Whitley was convicted of murdering a 63 year-old neighbor in Fairfax County, while Lem Tuggle was found guilty of raping, sodomizing and murdering a 52-year old woman from Smyth County.
While numerous executions took place on Kaine’s watch as Virginia governor, he had come up as a defense attorney working to keep people convicted of capital offenses from facing the death penalty.
“The hardest thing about being a governor was dealing with the death penalty,” Kaine told the National Catholic Reporter in an interview. “I hope on Judgment Day that there’s both understanding and mercy, because it was tough.”
In his years as a reality TV boss on “The Apprentice,” Donald Trump repeatedly demeaned women with sexist language, according to show insiders who said he rated female contestants by the size of their breasts and talked about which ones he’d like to have sex with.
The Associated Press interviewed more than 20 people — former crew members, editors and contestants — who described crass behavior by Trump behind the scenes of the long-running hit show, in which aspiring capitalists were given tasks to perform as they competed for jobs working for him.
The staffers and contestants agreed to recount their experiences as Trump’s behavior toward women has become a core issue in the presidential campaign. Interviewed separately, they gave concurring accounts of inappropriate conduct on the set.
Eight former crew members recalled that he repeatedly made lewd comments about a camerawoman he said had a nice rear, comparing her beauty to that of his daughter, Ivanka.
Of course, Trump’s beauty pageant fetish isn’t limited to Machado. He owned the Miss Teen USA, Miss Universe, and Miss USA pageants from 1996 to 2015—when NBC and Univision severed ties with Trump’s Miss Universe Organization following his derogatory statements against Mexicans in his presidential announcement speech. Trump was ultimately forced to sell his ownership stake in the Miss Universe Organization to WME/IMG.
Trump would, according to testimony by former contestants and audio first obtained by TMZ, engage in a troubling practice while overseeing the Miss USA pageant. Dubbed “The Trump Rule,” the ex-reality host would oversee a pre-screening of the Miss USA contestants in revealing outfits and play his own personal game of Hot or Not, dividing the women into groups. He’d then demand that each beauty contestant nameanother contestant they felt was the most beautiful, and separate the contestants accordingly.
Listen to the audio of Trump implementing “The Trump Rule” here:
Donald Trump has been accused of believing in the “racehorse theory” of genetics, which claims some people are genetically superior to others.
In an interview for US TV channel PBS, the Republican presidential nominee’s biographer Michael D’Antonio claimed the candidate’s father, Fred Trump, had taught him that the family’s success was genetic.
He said: “The family subscribes to a racehorse theory of human development.
“They believe that there are superior people and that if you put together the genes of a superior woman and a superior man, you get a superior offspring.”
Here is the extract of Trump’s Selective Classification record provided to The Smoking Gun following their TSG records request (click for larger image):
What caught my attention was the line labeled “Entries from Remarks Column” that says, simply, “YXX”.
Huh? Would that be YXX as in one extra X chromosome? The condition, called Klinefelter syndrome, is not uncommon–it occurs in somewhere from 0.1% to 0.2% of males. Aside from having an extra X chromosome, these are symptoms of Klinefelter syndrome:
Abnormal body proportions (long legs, short trunk, shoulder equal to hip size)
Abnormally large breasts (gynecomastia)
Infertility
Sexual problems
Less than normal amount of pubic, armpit, and facial hair
Small, firm testicles
Tall height
Hmmm….
Among other things, the syndrome increases ones risk of attention deficient hyperactivity disorder, autoimmune disorders, depression, and learning disabilities (including dyslexia). The Manly Zone reviews Gynexin, which is a life saver for some people, be strong.
Hmmm….
So, while I cannot be certain the “YXX” note really means Trump was disqualified because he suffers a chromosomal disorder, it would explain the medical disqualification. And his lousy memory!
Another often-asked question when I speak in public: “Do you have some good advice you might share with us?” Yes, I do. It comes from my savvy mother-in-law, advice she gave me on my wedding day. “In every good marriage,” she counseled, “it helps sometimes to be a little deaf.” I have followed that advice assiduously, and not only at home through 56 years of a marital partnership nonpareil. I have employed it as well in every workplace, including the Supreme Court. When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out. Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.
I’m so proud of the more than 1,100 students in my Wheels for Education and Akron I PROMISE Network programs. We’re working on year six now, and my kids have big plans for their futures.
A lot of them didn’t think college was for them, but now I hear they want to become things like doctors and business owners. We even have a future astrophysicist. I can’t wait to see how far these kids can go.
I also tell all my kids how important it is that they give back to the community. Because if basketball has taught me anything, it’s that no one achieves greatness alone. And it takes everyone working together to create real change.
When I look at this year’s presidential race, it’s clear which candidate believes the same thing. Only one person running truly understands the struggles of an Akron child born into poverty. And when I think about the kinds of policies and ideas the kids in my foundation need from our government, the choice is clear.
If the law – which has cleared one parliamentary hurdle so far – goes through it will make Poland’s abortion laws as restrictive as those in two other countries in Europe: Malta and the Vatican.
Women found to have had abortions would be punished with a five-year prison term. Doctors found to have assisted in an abortion would also be liable for jail time.
Abortion is already mostly banned in Poland.
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By my read of the Trump tax return published by the New York Times, he would have been tax-free because of a $15,818,562 loss reported on Line 11 of the return under “Rental real estate, royalties, partnerships, S corporations, trusts, etc.” It looks to me that this loss reflects the outrageous, special tax break that real estate developers that people like Trump can get, but that the rest of us can’t.
One of the reasons we keep getting speculative bubbles in real estate.
I can’t help but think of the people, here, and there, and around the world that was ripped off and stiffed by Donald Trump while they worked with their hands, their sweat, and he just flushed them down the toilet. He just shit on them, like he does everywhere he goes. All Trump and the media seem to throw out is the number: 1 billion dollars. I am wondering when will the media look at those people, the humans who were treated like shit, while he was involved in illegal activities that led to people losing there lively hoods.
He did the same thing in NY when he refused to rent to black people, and poor women, same damn thing.
Really bad mistake there, but no surprise considering how mean-spirited Trump is. Then there’s the unbelievable arrogance of his attempt to “explain” what PTSD is in the first place. I hope this shows some of his supporters that he’s playing them for suckers.
I am embarrassed by Trump and the applause he receives when infering she cheats on Bill..Not the Party of Reagan..Someone has to stand up https://t.co/ATYzc9HPj5
Dopey Donald Trump Can’t Figure Out Why AFL-CIO Members Aren’t Showing Up at His Rallies
The Republican nominee is discovering that running on “the most anti-worker, anti-union platform of any party in the history of the United States” might turn off union members.
If I wasn’t coming down with a nasty cold I’d be getting physically ill myself. (Working myself up about if the latest trump dump will make a difference.)
Pat, this is one debate that I will not make it here………………40th wedding, and out on the town. That means I’ll be watching, but just the two of us…….No computers, no phones, just us.
I’m totally buying the theory that it was Marla Maples who released the tax returns. She’s the only one who could legally do it and the fact that the NYT took the risk in publishing it indicates it had to be her because if it was Maples, the NYT times wouldn’t be exposed as well. I love that it was her. How perfect.
Rudy Giuliani’s comment that Donald Trump is better “than a woman” is made even more sexist by the context
Giuliani let the subtext become the text when he bluntly stated that “a woman” can’t be as qualified as Trump
The worst rant ever was done by Don the Con this weekend. What a sick mofo to go after Hillary Clinton when she had pneumonia, and mocked her every move. And then the nerve of the dick to say she was unfaithful to Bill Clinton….and laughed about it. This man is going down, down, going down. I am so glad the attorney general in NY told him to cease and desist. He’s a bully, from his head, his neck, and down to his dick.
The unhappiest person on the planet if Trump loses will be Melania Trump.
Imagine having him back home when he has no place else to go? She has enjoyed an 18 month vacation while he has been out and about stirring up all the bigots and morons that make up his deplorable base.
She may want to jump out of that tower penthouse after a few days of him returning home.
Well, there’s always divorce. And after all the stuff about unhinged Dumpster that’s come out, she’ll get custody of her son. I wonder what her pre-nup and NDA contracts look like?
Fact-Checking Is Largely Irrelevant Because Deceit Is Not What’s Causing Moral Outrage, Clinton’s Gender Is
If truthfulness mattered, this election would be over today.
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Republicans appear to have launched a Willie Horton-style attack on Senator Tim Kaine whose Catholic faith directs his aversion to the Death Penalty as well as his past law practice.
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The most shocking part of Donald Trump’s tax records isn’t the $916 million loss everyone’s talking about
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/10/02/the-most-shocking-part-of-donald-trumps-tax-records-isnt-the-916-million-loss-everyones-talking-about/?postshare=9521475506680214&tid=ss_fb
One of the reasons we keep getting speculative bubbles in real estate.
I can’t help but think of the people, here, and there, and around the world that was ripped off and stiffed by Donald Trump while they worked with their hands, their sweat, and he just flushed them down the toilet. He just shit on them, like he does everywhere he goes. All Trump and the media seem to throw out is the number: 1 billion dollars. I am wondering when will the media look at those people, the humans who were treated like shit, while he was involved in illegal activities that led to people losing there lively hoods.
He did the same thing in NY when he refused to rent to black people, and poor women, same damn thing.
NY Attorney General orders Trump Foundation to cease and desist fund-raising in the state.
I do enjoy thinking how Trump must have reacted when he heard that!
Trump did a weird town hall meeting this morning with a group of veterans who support him. He opined that veterans who commit suicide are weak.
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Really bad mistake there, but no surprise considering how mean-spirited Trump is. Then there’s the unbelievable arrogance of his attempt to “explain” what PTSD is in the first place. I hope this shows some of his supporters that he’s playing them for suckers.
He pisses me off with his white supremacist “selection elimination process”.
Trump Foundation ordered to stop fundraising by N.Y. attorney general’s office
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-foundation-ordered-to-stop-fundraising-by-ny-attorney-generals-office/2016/10/03/1d4d295a-8987-11e6-bff0-d53f592f176e_story.html?postshare=6221475514113016&tid=ss_tw
I posted the NYT story above too.
oh, sorry, I didn’t refresh the screen and missed it I guess
No prob. It was a different article. Trump’s remarks on PTSD and suicide are going to hurt him even more, IMO.
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https://twitter.com/VoteHillary2016/status/783001106813034496
This is so interesting ….
https://twitter.com/jonfavs/status/782968770776092673
Dopey Donald Trump Can’t Figure Out Why AFL-CIO Members Aren’t Showing Up at His Rallies
The Republican nominee is discovering that running on “the most anti-worker, anti-union platform of any party in the history of the United States” might turn off union members.
https://www.thenation.com/article/dopey-donald-trump-cant-figure-out-why-afl-cio-members-arent-showing-up-at-his-rallies/
Hillary Live in Toledo: Live stream on her talking on the economy
http://abcnews.go.com/live?stream=3
https://www.hillaryclinton.com/briefing/factsheets/2016/10/03/hillary-clintons-vision-for-an-economy-where-our-businesses-our-workers-and-our-consumers-grow-and-prosper-together/
Thanks for the link!
Will Trump show upon Sunday for the Town Hall forum? Should be interesting since the questions come from the audience.
Only a month to go and I am not sure I can make it to the finish line without heaving the t.v. out onto the lawn.
If I wasn’t coming down with a nasty cold I’d be getting physically ill myself. (Working myself up about if the latest trump dump will make a difference.)
Pat, this is one debate that I will not make it here………………40th wedding, and out on the town. That means I’ll be watching, but just the two of us…….No computers, no phones, just us.
Sweet! Happy Anniversary to you both. Such a milestone.
That is so romantic, Fannie. Have a wonderful time!
“Do you remember the reason why we married in the fall?”
New story from Kurt Eichenwald:
HOW DONALD TRUMP DITCHED U.S. STEEL WORKERS IN FAVOR OF CHINA
http://www.newsweek.com/how-donald-trump-ditched-us-steel-workers-china-505717
This story has brought his self-implosion to another level.
I’m totally buying the theory that it was Marla Maples who released the tax returns. She’s the only one who could legally do it and the fact that the NYT took the risk in publishing it indicates it had to be her because if it was Maples, the NYT times wouldn’t be exposed as well. I love that it was her. How perfect.
A woman scorned. Perfect!
“What goes around, comes around!”
Yep, yep, yep.
This was a good article about some lunatics who suuport Trump-
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/finally-someone-who-thinks-like-me/2016/10/01/c9b6f334-7f68-11e6-9070-5c4905bf40dc_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_believer633pm:homepage/story
WTF!!!!
Read that. Definitely a woman with mental illness. Felt just creepy to read it.
Wow it did, and I have a few friends and family, kinda like her.
That is the kind of people I’m surrounded by here is Banjoville.
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The spot between my shoulderblades would be itching.
Rudy Giuliani’s comment that Donald Trump is better “than a woman” is made even more sexist by the context
Giuliani let the subtext become the text when he bluntly stated that “a woman” can’t be as qualified as Trump
http://www.salon.com/2016/10/03/giulianis-comment-that-trump-is-better-than-a-woman-is-made-even-more-sexist-by-the-context/
The worst rant ever was done by Don the Con this weekend. What a sick mofo to go after Hillary Clinton when she had pneumonia, and mocked her every move. And then the nerve of the dick to say she was unfaithful to Bill Clinton….and laughed about it. This man is going down, down, going down. I am so glad the attorney general in NY told him to cease and desist. He’s a bully, from his head, his neck, and down to his dick.
The unhappiest person on the planet if Trump loses will be Melania Trump.
Imagine having him back home when he has no place else to go? She has enjoyed an 18 month vacation while he has been out and about stirring up all the bigots and morons that make up his deplorable base.
She may want to jump out of that tower penthouse after a few days of him returning home.
Well, there’s always divorce. And after all the stuff about unhinged Dumpster that’s come out, she’ll get custody of her son. I wonder what her pre-nup and NDA contracts look like?
I have little sympathy for women who enable Trump in any way.
She’s getting on in age for him. Bet after he loses he goes on the prowl for #4.
I think you’re right.
Fact-Checking Is Largely Irrelevant Because Deceit Is Not What’s Causing Moral Outrage, Clinton’s Gender Is
If truthfulness mattered, this election would be over today.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fact-checking-is-largely-irrelevant-because-deceit_us_57ea8cd3e4b07f20daa0fbd2