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- Ramanisky20
- when people try to help, you can always count on some cunt to make a dumb smug remark.PaulAllen
- Nice tax right-off for the self proclaimed billionaire, considering he gave $0- to the 9/11 Charities Fundutopian
- Trying to help? Trump couldn't give a fuck...unless there's a camera there.BusterBoy
- Sup DrakeRamanisky2
- utopian3
Documents Show Donald Trump’s New York Values Do NOT Include Giving To 9/11 Charities
- moldero2
From Robert Reich's Facebook
"I hope Donald Trump loses the election and fades away forever. But I think Peter Dreier’s prophesy is more likely. Trump will lose but he won’t fade away. He’s already creating his next platform – an authoritarian-populist media conglomerate designed to keep his ego, bigotry, anti-immigrant nativism, and xenophobia before the public 24/7.
He’s already rounded up all the key players: Roger Ailes (former Fox News guru deposed for sexual harassment), Stephen Bannon (former Goldman Sachs financier turned right-wing media mogul at Breitbart News), and, of course, the Donald himself – whose “brand” is now better known than ever, courtesy of the GOP, and whose loyalists will be glued to their televisions and smartphones to get ever more of Trump’s hatefulness and lies.
If you want to ponder a dystopian future, imagine Trump’s upcoming media empire making Fox News look responsible by comparison, and spawning a neo-fascist movement that will haunt America for decades.
What do you think?"
- What do I think? They can all get fucked and die in a fire.face_melter
- I love the anti immigrant propaganda. Really shows how stupid people really are.Hayoth
- How's the air up there, in your fucking massive ivory tower?face_melter
- I think this is on point. This seems like a bigger win for tump than being president. Bad news for this country thoughsofakingback
- Stating that illegal immigration is against the law and should be stopped is neither xenophobic, biggoted nor anti-immigrantterry_cloth
- utopian4
These are popping up all over Philly.
- reanimate5
- lolfadein11
- Sounds a little like Propaghandiben_
- So glad music like this isn't charting anymorejagara
- sounds like a pop song, not an emo songCygnusZero4
- nb1
Can I interest anyone in a dumb joke that is about six months late?
:)
- nb2
The Washington Post is really laying it on thick, but Trump did try to publicly ridicule them, so he should've expected it.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/n…
It's Hard To Imagine A Much Worse Pitch Donald Trump Could Have Made For The Black Vote
"Look at how much African American communities are suffering from Democratic control. To those I say the following: What do you have to lose by trying something new like Trump? What do you have to lose?" he asked. "You live in your poverty, your schools are no good, you have no jobs, 58 percent of your youth is unemployed. What the hell do you have to lose?"
When President Obama won reelection in 2012, 93 percent of black Americans thought he was doing a good job. That's also the percentage of the vote he received, according to exit polls, beating Mitt Romney by 87 points.
And yet, somehow, Trump is doing worse.
In the battle between Trump and Clinton, he consistently lands in the low-single-digits of support from black Americans. In some polls, he has received 0 percent support, a negligible amount. In our most recent survey, he got 2 percent support.
- He's right to point out Dems have controlled schools systems, welfare programs and crime bills which have been extremely detrimental to black communities.IRNlun6
- Crazy how black people don't want to vote for the guy who spent years claiming the first black president was born in Africa. Who could have seen that coming?yuekit
- IRNlun6, tough on crime bills were a Republican agenda going back to Nixon and Reagan. Dems like Bill Clinton played along but it was the right that pushed it.yuekit
- Don't forget that time Trump was sued by the state for systematically refusing to rent property to black people.nb
- I think we can all agree that BOTH parties have offered programs which have been detrimental to the black community. Blaming Democrats specifically is absurd.nb
- Beside blaming dems for school systems, Trump's policy on education seems to be... wait... ummm... oh yeah, he doesn't have one. Pence fights for creationism.monospaced
- If anything the Republican party wants to defund schools more, push toward privatization, and go backward in sciences. They want to ban sex ed too.monospaced
- Those are all ways that have contributed to black community downfalls. All of which the dems are fighting against, by the way.monospaced
- Many of these communities have been Dem controlled for decades and they still push for the same policies.IRNlun6
- My biggest complaint with Reps has been war on drugs and their support for offshoring jobs through trade deals. Dems have a far uglier history in the US.IRNlun6
- 1994 Crime Bill was championed by the Clintons which they've rightfully received criticism for.IRNlun6
- Deflecting criticism from Dem controlled communities and continuing to promote the same policies changes nothing.IRNlun6
- I agree nb both parties have been detrimental although there's policies that lead to economic disenfranchisement preventing communities from helping themselves.IRNlun6
- There's nothing preventing communities from helping themselves right now. Welfare is optional, no one is forced to take Medicaid or food stamps.yuekit
- Just because poor communities have not turned middle class under Dem leadership does not mean Republicans would be better. They could easily be much worse.yuekit
- It could be that the actual solution is for the government to do much more, which simply isn't politically viable for either party.yuekit
- American history shows that black communities did far better with less government intervention.IRNlun6
- Even during the height of Jim Crow black families had more economic power, owned more businesses, and had stronger families ties than most white families.IRNlun6
- American history and the ebbs and flows of cultures is an absolutely fascinating topic.IRNlun6
- Really, better under Jim Crow? I'm sure conservatives have tried to make that argument, but that's exactly why they are getting 1% of the black vote.yuekit
- Yes, really. That's not a promotion or a result of horrible laws, but rather a statistical reality of the black community at the time.IRNlun6
- I don't know where you are getting that from, or how you could possibly compare one on one with today.yuekit
- By the way, Michigan has a Republican governor, as does Louisiana. How are blacks and poor communities doing in those states?yuekit
- We really don't need to speculate. Republican governors have already implemented the kind of tax cut policies Trump is proposing, and the result wasyuekit
- an increase in the deficit, without much economic growth or help for poor communities.yuekit
- There's plenty of info on the state of black families and economics in the 60s vs today.IRNlun6
- Comparing the past with the present is a measure on whether policies should be deemed successful or failures.IRNlun6
- Debt is a massive problem neither party is really confronting. I personally do not want to hand over more tax dollars to a bottomless government pit.IRNlun6
- Searching "blacks better under Jim Crow" turns up a quote from the Duck Dynasty guy :) I'm not seeing any real evidence.yuekit
- Which is why I've always been an independent. Don't want to enrich multinational corporations, don't want to grow government.IRNlun6
- Today there is a black middle class, black people running Fortune 500 companies, none of that existed under Jim Crow or during the 1960s for that matter.yuekit
- So do liberals get credit for that or only for the failures? I don't think you can draw clear correlation with specific government policy.yuekit
- Look up black economics in the 60s and the breakdown of family. There's been a downward trend.IRNlun6
- In absolute terms, everyone is better off. There's no comparison, even the poor people today own a smartphone etc.yuekit
- It might be true that whites gained slightly faster than blacks in relative terms. But that's kind of the nature of capitalism isn't it, you would expect peopleyuekit
- who already have access to money and capital to accumulate more money faster.yuekit
- nb2
"At the end of four years, I guarantee you that I will get over 95 percent of the African American vote," Trump said.
He guarantees it, folks. Something that is essentially not possible, not even close, not even in the ballpark of remotely possible.
The Democrats could literally NOT RUN A CANDIDATE, and Trump wouldn't get 95% of the African American vote. What an idiot.
- He doesn't lie.monospaced
- ^ hmmmm - not a nice statement is it now?fadein11
- @PaulAllen Can you just use one username? Why hide? Trying to make it seem like your ignorant point of view is shared by others?nb
- @nb - worry not he will be banned soon.fadein11
- Sup DrakeRamanisky2
- people who make statements like this yep - "They all favor crooked Hillary. She must be serving crack." now go fuck yaself :)fadein11
- and you just proved you are another member.fadein11
- wow his posts vanished - my statements were directed at the deleted member (if any confusion caused).fadein11
- oey1
Larry King...LOL!
- Ramanisky25
- wake up white people.utopian
- you need to question people who wear two tshirts in the summer!!robotron3k
- he needed three Trump t-shirts to really show his support for Trumputopian
- Ramanisky20
- I have a very good brainRealDonaldTrump
- you've been Trumped!!!robotron3k
- -1 because there's no way he tweeted something this badmonospaced
- It was his Twitter account and was deleted but got retweeted thousands of times before deletionRamanisky2
- It's from years ago though right?monospaced
- Ahh shit you're right mono didn't see that .. My mistake ... Thought it was from last night.Ramanisky2
- oh manmoldero
- A couple of years old...but NOT DELETED. https://twitter.com/…BusterBoy
- Yeah, so crazy that this is a real tweet. Two years ago? That's nothing.nb
- pre-campaign = irrelevantmonospaced
- reanimate1
‘Racialists’ are cheered by Trump’s latest strategy
When Trump made Breitbart News CEO Steve Bannon his campaign’s chief executive last week, Taylor found reasons to celebrate. It was the latest sign for white nationalists, once dismissed as fringe, that their worldview was gaining popularity and that the old Republican Party was coming to an end.
The rise of the alt-right — named for the Alternative Right website that the “identitarian” nationalist Richard Spencer set up in 2010 and adopted by those opposed to multiculturalism and mass immigration — has come to define how many of its adherents see Trump. There’s less talk now about a “pivot,” or a moment when Trump will adopt the ideas of people that he conquered. His strategy now resembles the alt-right dream of maximizing the white vote — even as polling shows his standing with white voters falls short of Mitt Romney’s in 2012.
- Beeswax-6
I recently posted this
"I don't like the kind of American-ism where you think Middle East is a shithole because of backwards, ultra-religious people...
I like the kind of American-ism where you're intelligent enough to put your finger firmly on who created this shithole, ie. the government of the USA.
Democrat or Republican, stop blaming each other and blame yourselves.This is the USA's state policy. No matter who rules.
Bomb, Kill, Invade, Deteriorate, Divide, Terrify, Terrorize, Blame, Enslave.
USA is modern times' Roman Empire."Half of the responses are about the other countries did centuries ago.
Are we living at those times?
Why does it matter if a Brit or Turk or German or Russian or whatever, apologize for what had happened?
So I go ahead and apologize for Armenian massacre right now. Like it was me who committed and not a monarch that my country toppled over.
Look I just did. Did it relieve anything? Does it guarantee that such thing will never happen in this land again?
What a puny, miserable action this is, being apologetic for what has already been done.I USED PRESENT TENSE ON WHAT I'VE WRITTEN.
Because we need certain action on current issues.
Moral masturbations like "that Bush what a liar he is, he did some bad stuff in Iraq" does not mean anything.
If you voted for him in his second term "You are responsible". That's what I want certain people to realize.
Like my mother-in-law, who is the nicest person I’ve met in my life but unfortunately a Republican who voted for Bush after 9/11 and then McCain. She can’t even watch movies with any blood in them because she’s such a fragile lady, and she’ll probably faint if I tell her what I’ve written here but she’s massively brainwashed and doesn’t assume any responsibility for what’s going on on the other side of the world. And she’s worried about me and my wife whenever there’s some ISIS attack here in Turkey. Thanks mother!Furthermore, OBAMA fooled all of you by using slogans like "CHANGE" in his campaign and honestly I fell into it too. The same guy started a war in Syria. Can you deny that? Yet you voted him for the second time. Did you protested him like you did when BUSH invaded IRAQ? No.
https://www.quora.com/Do-you-thi…And the outcome of Syria in terms of destruction is has caught IRAQ.
You just don't think it is as big because no US soldiers are involved. The shit is still here.Anyways this was a call for every person regardless of their country. Including myself.
I don’t use my computer without a VPN here and I always have a back-up plan just in case one day some civilian looking guys knock on my door for what I've been promoting on social media about Erdogan and AKP and other politic or religious figures in this country.
But that is a risk I am willing to take because if I don't, I'm worthless as a human.I just want you some ”westerner" pals to assume a little responsibility too for what's going on.
Look at this politics thread. Trump is trolling you so good that you're not considering what's coming up with Hillary.
We will all be here when that comes. And I will recall this post then.Let me tell you what will come to kill your curiosity, it will be the another episode of US Foreign policy decisions as in Bush and Obama era.
What else you expect? If Obama caused this https://www.theguardian.com/worl… ...You had a third option this time and you wasted it.
So please assume responsibility for your country’s actions since we live in democracies and act accordingly.“USA is modern times' Roman Empire”
PS: Contributing countries of Sykes-Picot planted the first malevolent seed in this area that is for sure. But they passed the baton to the US a while ago.
- and let's not consider this fact only for middle-east, i'm sincerely feeling for south americans and south east asians who have taken their share of thisBeeswax
- corporate beast.Beeswax
- http://www.theglobea…Beeswax
- "honestly I fell into it too"
Well... then based on YOUR logic you're at fault too.PonyBoy - Do you really think Obama started the war in Syria?nb
- The war created by the two-party system has been going on for a while now. Same body, different head.omg
- So how did Obama start the war?nb
- It's beyond start and stop, but rather a new form of recycling war.omg
- In other words, he didn't start the war. Gotcha.nb
- I heard turkey is progressive this time of year.yurimon
- ...Obama didn't stop it either. You would expect a president to stop a rape if he walked into the middle of one.omg
- go join isis sounds like you are ready. is that the third option???deathboy
- or is there some othr leader u support?deathboy
- What idiotic questions.monospaced
- there are no stupid questions mono.
duh!yurimon - is that what they told you at your orientation?monospaced
- just common wisdom. maybe thats the problem. you dont ask enough questions me amigoyurimon
- yuri is back, everyone! brace yourselvesmonospaced
- yUrine, stop eating the play-dohRamanisky2
- US hasn't caused the fighting, mostly just chosen sides which further self interests. the tribalism there goes way back before the US. As far back whendeathboy
- the Jews were doing the genocide work. Anyways the only westerners to blame are the ones doing direct policies. Cant hold u responsible for every turkish policydeathboy
- i think there is something scary with blaming like that. Its very terrorist thinking. Im sure every bomber believes the the people aren't innocent they kill.deathboy
- maybe a rough day. that wedding stuff is terrible. the retaliation killing of kurds terrible. its all pretty sickening. hope america never gets that divideddeathboy
- KaitlinMcCarthy3
" I’m so grateful for this team and everything you’re doing to help win this election -- if we keep this up, there’s no doubt in my mind that we can win big on November 8th." - Hillary
- utopian7
Trump holdings have $650M in debt, double the amount he's revealed publicly
GOP presidential candidate and businessman Donald Trump owes much more in debt than his federal election filings reveal, according to a New York Times investigation.
Trump also depends on a wide net of backers to fuel his business financially, including one he has attacked during his quest to clinch the presidency, The Times found. His lenders include the Bank of China, a state-owned bank in China, a country he has said is an economic foe of the U.S., The Times noted.
His businesses have at least $650 million in debt, a figure that is double what his federal election filing shows.
- of course he is.sofakingback
- im sure the clinton foundation will help him out with that debtdeathboy
- Is that supposed to be a joke?monospaced
- yes and nodeathboy
- drgs1
Luuxar is in the lead
http://graphics.latimes.com/usc-…
- moldero3
this entire piece just showed up as a paid ad on youtube down here in Mexico, its still playing down in my living room right now
- IS this a personalized google ad delivered based on racist n hatred browsing habits. like attracts like i guess.yurimon
- hey yuri - you back then? how were your holidays?fadein11
- his first act upon coming back is to call a user and company racist, all for sharing a commercial? yup, he's back people, brace yourselvesmonospaced
- moldy knows the nyc styley. how nyc bust balls. :)yurimon
- my TV downstairs youtube isnt connected to any of my accounts, it just shows rednecks suck at targeting ads, good, keep wasting your $$ racist fuckersmoldero
- you into some weird shit. like attracts like.yurimon
- yUrine, stop eating the play-dohRamanisky2
