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17 Oct, 9 tweets, 2 min read
A BRIEF DISSERTION ON TRUMP’S CORRUPTION:

One place where journalism clearly has failed us during the past four years is in describing Trump’s personal corruption. We’re trained to be cautious with pejorative words, so we didn’t want to use it. Trump took advantage of that.
When a lobbyist or CEO who wants something from the federal government books a hotel room or has a meal or buys a drink at Trump Hotel in DC, knowing full well that some of that money is going to wind up in Trump’s pocket, THAT IS CORRUPTION.
When Trump continues to accept money from lobbyists and CEOs who want something from the federal government, THAT IS CORRUPTION.
When Trump insists on frequenting his own properties when he travels, knowing that federal employees must stay with him and that some of that money winds up in his own pocket, THAT IS CORRUPTION.
Mind, that’s not just my opinion. That is literally the dictionary definition of corruption.

If a county or a state or any other federal official had done these things, that person could be prosecuted and imprisoned.

Do people honestly not understand this?
Trump is immune from prosecution because he is president. But what he is doing if just straight-up illegal in just about every jurisdiction in this country.
And yet when this is covered at all, it is couched with “critics say there is a conflict of interest….”

NO. A conflict of interest would be if the friend of a brother-in-law were profiting. This is open and shut corruption. Period.
I sometimes wonder if Trump really were to shoot someone on 5th Avenue, what the coverage would be. “The president appears to have shot someone on the street. Critics suggest this was an overreach of executive power.”
This timidity with the English language extended to other areas. Perfect example: Russian “meddling” in the 2016 election.

NO. They didn’t play some harmless pranks. They actively worked to get Donald Trump elected.

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Trump is now repeating stuff from a Russian disinformation operation right off the teleprompter.

Does Putin have to report this as an in-kind contribution?
Marion County, Florida, audience learning all about Section 230.

Something, something, Big Tech...
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Trump is at his golf course in Doral, Florida.

He has now spent 279 days on a golf course he owns in his 1,366 days in office.

It is his 3rd day at Doral.

Taxpayer-paid golf tab rises to $148 million.

huffpost.com/entry/secret-s…
Remember when Trump kept attacking Obama for playing too much golf?

And when he promised this?

“I just want to stay in the White House and work my ass off."
Well. Obviously that did not happen.

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Trump is reading from the teleprompter about the NY Post story. So he is now actively pushing Russian disinformation as part of his scripted campaign message.

Just like 2016.
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Ha.

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In today's Trump campaign press call, accusing Biden of corruption, will be former Florida AG Pam Bondi ... who declined to investigate fraudulent Trump "University" after received a $25,000 illegal campaign contribution from Trump's charity.
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And then accuses Biden of lying.

Apparently lies bother Pam Bondi.
Next she will say she is offended by corruption....

Yup. There it is.
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huffpost.com/entry/trump-te…
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