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1. Last thread of the day. Given that folks keep saying "why didn't you say this before the election?" to all of my recent threads, or others who say "corporate media wouldn't allow Kurt to write this.." I decided to link to my pre-election coverage of Trump. Not all, just some..
2...what is horrifying is youll see tons of stuff thats now coming to the fore that was available to discuss in 2016. They also will underscore even more how badly the news coverage was, because of how cable news programs short-shifted some of this to cover the Trump carnival...
3...for example, I was scheduled to appear on a news program to discuss the story disclosing Trump's business entanglements overseas, and how this created emoluments and national security issues. I was bumped because Trump announced he was going to appear on Dr. Oz and....
4...the channel (I don't remember if it was CNN or MSNBC, but I think CNN) decided they wanted to spend their time opining about that. NOT about what Trump said, but the fact that he was going to appear on Dr. Oz. So it goes....

Not all stories, but many. So let's go....
5...Trump's long history of incompetence, bad deals, lies and bankruptcies that wrecked cities and businesses. newsweek.com/2016/08/12/don…
6....an open letter to Paul Ryan explaining who everyone in Trump's past considered him a liar and a charlatan....newsweek.com/2016/08/19/let…
7...absolute proof of Trump's history of committing perjury....newsweek.com/mr-speaker-sto…
8...when Trump released his medical "records," most of the reporting was "Trump released his medical records." This was the first - and for awhile, one of the only - articles pointing out the records were a joke....newsweek.com/donald-trump-h…
9...Trump's "I'm a devout Christian" fraud....newsweek.com/2016/09/02/don…
9...how Trump was lying to keep his tax records hidden....newsweek.com/2016/09/16/don…
10. Please note in above: While many publications were still using euphemisms - inaccurate, misleading, etc - Newsweek was letting me call Trump's prevarications what they are: Lying.....
11...again, pre-election: how Trump is doing business with unsavory characters overseas - such as the son of a man laundering money for Iranian military - and how his conflicts could undermine national security and violate emoluments clause....newsweek.com/2016/09/23/don…
12...another instance where Trump either perjured himself or flat out lied to Republicans in a debate....newsweek.com/donald-trump-j…
13...how Trump violated the Cuban embargo and then portrayed illegally spent money as charitable giving. When he denied it and all other press printed his denial without reporting, we subsequently published the documents showing he lied...newsweek.com/2016/10/14/don…
14...how trump, while talking about the importance of using American steel, in fact built his buildings with Chinese steel, which he attempted to hide through a series of shell companies....newsweek.com/how-donald-tru…
15...Trump's history of destroying people - including family and the types of people who support him - when it suited him. This included paragraphs that best described the man...newsweek.com/2016/10/28/don…
16...Trump's history of destroying documents sought in government investigations and civil lawsuits, including....emails. newsweek.com/2016/11/11/don…
17.. How Russia is backing Trump, how there are people within his campaign linked to Russia, and how Putin is doing it in hopes of destroying NATO. newsweek.com/donald-trump-v…
18...so, with all that, one problem: The purity voters. The ones who, no matter what they were told ahead of time, no matter how much they knew about Trump, no matter how much they opposed him, preened based on lies spewed by Russia to protest vote. newsweek.com/myths-cost-dem…
19...now, why did I include that last one? Because there were people who believed in Trump, believed he would serve their interests, believed he was the right man for them. That's fine.

But realizing that there were millions of people who OPPOSED Trump, but who couldn't...
20...bother to vote for the one person who could keep him from the Oval Office, the Sarandon's of the world who proclaimed there was no difference between Trump and Clinton because of Wall Street speeches and a vote on Iraq, who reduced this to simplicity. THOSE people had no....
21...reason to create a situation that would put Trump in the White House. And you will notice, in that last story, a Stein voter stops me in the airport after Trump wins and demands I go back to work so I can stop Trump. And it infuriated me.

The lesson: Make decisions based...
22...on actual information, not on memes and garbage you see on your facebook feed. And if you can't take an election seriously, cant vote for one of the two people who could win, then own your responsibility for the outcome.

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