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Judd Legum
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1. Who is the person advising former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz to run for president as an independent?

It's Steve Schmidt, John McCain's campaign manager in 2008

Schultz can't win but Schmidt can certainly make a lot of money
2. @SteveSchmidtSES has been a vocal critic of Trump. He left the Republican party to become an independent

But Schmidt is also smart enough to know he's doing a big favor to Trump

This is about money, not politics
3. August 2018: "Steve Schmidt's public break from the GOP and quiet departure from his corporate PR gig earlier this summer are fueling speculation in Republican circles that that he’ll advise a presidential bid by his longtime client, former Starbucks chief Howard Schultz"
4. Schmidt: "Howard Schultz is a hell of a man, a hell of a leader. I'm proud to call him a friend, but there's no campaign, and I don’t have anything to tell you."

At the time, Schultz was considering running as a Dem

politico.com/story/2018/08/…
5. If you are wondering how Schmidt, who presents himself as an uncompromising opponent of Trump, could be backing a campaign that could help Trump get reelected remember: Schmidt was Dick Cheney's spokesperson

He helped spin torture

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1. The National Enquirer admitted to participating in an illegal scheme to pay off women to help Trump get elected.

Then it threatened to publish Jeff Bezos' dick pics.

WTF is the National Enquirer still doing in checkout aisles across the country?

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2. It's not a magazine. It's, at best, a gonzo political operation. It may be a criminal enterprise.

The National Enquirer exists because chains promote it. 75% of sales come from major chains.

@Walmart alone accounts for 23% of sales. @kroger is 10%

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3. Along with @Walmart and @kroger, other top retailers of the National Enquirer:

@GiantFood
@FoodLion
@Albertsons
@Safeway
@BNBuzz (Barnes and Noble)
@CVSHealth
@Hudson_News
@Publix
@Walgreens

These companies are enabling the National Enquirer.

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Judd Legum
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1. The subtext in Bezos' post yesterday was the potential involvement of Trump in both: 1. the publication of Bezos' texts to his mistress and, 2. the efforts by AMI/National Enquirer to shut Bezos up w/threats

We know how this operation works
2. AMI/National Enquirer has admitted in federal court that it acted as an arm of Trump's political operation -- buying negative stories about Trump to keep them from going public and attacking his enemies
3. Trump celebrated the National Enquirer's publication of the Bezos texts, praising their reporting

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Judd Legum
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1. The Trump administration has lost THOUSAND OF CHILDREN it separated from their parents and now it refuses TO EVEN TRY TO FIND THEM

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2. The Trump admin has conceded these separations were ILLEGAL. It made an effort to identify and reunite separated children who were in HHS custody as of June 26, 2018.

But there were thousands more who, before that date, were placed with "sponsors"

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3. The Trump admin now says that it hasn't been keeping track of the kids placed w/sponsors before last June and trying to find them would TAKE TOO MUCH TIME.

It makes that argument based on the premise it would prove NO NEW RESOURCES for the effort

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