2016 Election Thread (My God Kill Me Now)

[pioneer98]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... ?tid=ss_tw

Since the first day of his presidential campaign, Donald Trump has said that he gave more than $102 million to charity in the past five years.

To back up that claim, Trump’s campaign compiled a list of his contributions — 4,844 of them, filling 93 pages.

But, in that massive list, one thing was missing.

Not a single one of those donations was actually a personal gift of Trump’s own money.

Instead, according to a Washington Post analysis, many of the gifts that Trump cited to prove his generosity were free rounds of golf, given away by his courses for charity auctions and raffles.

The largest items on the list were not cash gifts but land-conservation agreements to forgo development rights on property Trump owns.

Trump’s campaign also counted a parcel of land that he’d given to New York state — although that was in 2006, not within the past five years.

In addition, many of the gifts on the list came from the charity that bears his name, the Donald J. Trump Foundation, which didn’t receive a personal check from Trump from 2009 through 2014, according to the most recent public tax filings. Its work is largely funded by others, although Trump decides where the gifts go.

Some beneficiaries on the list are not charities at all: They included clients, other businesses and tennis superstar Serena Williams.

[Schlich]

From FiveThirtyEight:

Can Deray McKesson turn 330,000 twitter followers into 20,000 votes?

[Schlich]

Here's a DWS staffer being totally cool and collected about being pressed on a primary debate w/Tim Canova:

[MrCrowesGarden]

Not truly election related, but if you're looking for a curb stomp battle:

[GeddyWrox]

If you're Sarah Palin's PR person, can you honestly allow her to do this? I know she makes a career out of making herself sound more and more stupid every passing week, but honestly... this can't be good for her. Can it???

[IMADreamer]

If you're Sarah Palin's PR person, can you honestly allow her to do this? I know she makes a career out of making herself sound more and more stupid every passing week, but honestly... this can't be good for her. Can it???

Sure because Palin fans live in a different reality than the rest of us. Her truthiness and anecdotes will be more than enough to sway their opinions and make them think she defeated the evil liberal shill scientist Bill Nye.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

DWS? Tim Canova?

Here's a DWS staffer being totally cool and collected about being pressed on a primary debate w/Tim Canova:

[lukethedrifter]

She's the head of DNC. Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Canova is challenging her.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

If you're Sarah Palin's PR person, can you honestly allow her to do this? I know she makes a career out of making herself sound more and more stupid every passing week, but honestly... this can't be good for her. Can it???

Sure because Palin fans live in a different reality than the rest of us. Her truthiness and anecdotes will be more than enough to sway their opinions and make them think she defeated the evil liberal shill scientist Bill Nye.

This. We've reached a point where half the country can't fathom the other half's thought process / value system. And when they do, it just pisses them off. I suspect this is what it felt like in the 1850's.

[Cheddar Tom]

Browsing FB this morning....a Bernie supporter posted an article about Joe Scarborough talking about how rigged the Democratic primary is. Sounds like Scarborough is concern trolling....there's been many articles released over the last couple weeks about how Clinton and Cruz are both effectively working the delegate process. This isn't anything illegal, it's just the way the parties are governed.