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28 Oct, 9 tweets, 3 min read
6 days
More on #TrumpTaxFraud from NYT last night
Another really good read for this rainy day if (unlike me), you're not remote teaching little kids because of Trump's #Covid fail
#VoteBlueToSaveAmerica
nytimes.com/2020/10/27/bus…
2-"When his skyscraper proved a disappointment, Donald Trump defaulted on his loans, sued his bank, got much of the debt forgiven — and largely avoided paying taxes on it,” by David Enrich, Russ Buettner, Mike McIntire and Susanne Craig:
3-“He and his family hoped the Trump International Hotel & Tower would cement their company’s reputation as one of the world’s marquee developers of luxury real estate.
4-"Instead, the skyscraper became another disappointment in a portfolio filled with them. Construction lagged. Condos proved hard to sell. Retail space sat vacant. Yet for Mr. Trump and his company, the Chicago experience also turned out to be something else:
5-"the latest example of his ability to strong-arm major financial institutions and exploit the tax code to cushion the blow of his repeated business failures. The president’s federal income tax records, obtained by The New York Times, show for the first time that, since 2010,
6-"his lenders have forgiven about $287 million in debt that he failed to repay. The vast majority was related to the Chicago project. … When the project encountered problems, he tried to walk away from his huge debts. For most individuals or businesses, that would have been a
7-"recipe for ruin. But tax-return data, other records and interviews show that rather than warring with a notoriously litigious and headline-seeking client, lenders cut Mr. Trump slack -- exactly what he seemed to have been counting on.
8-"Big banks and hedge funds gave him years of extra time to repay his debts. Even after Mr. Trump sued his largest lender, accusing it of preying on him, the bank agreed to lend him another $99 million — more than twice as much as was previously known —
9-"so that he could pay back what he still owed the bank on the defaulted Chicago loan, records show.” ~NYT

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28 Oct
If you read nothing else today, read this:
Excellent rundown on Trump using the Presidency to loot America
Doing things like charging the Fed $3 for a glass of water served to HIM at Mar-a-Lago
#VoteBlueToSaveAmerica
washingtonpost.com/politics/ballr…
2-"In the next two days, as Trump and Abe talked about trade and North Korea, Trump’s Palm Beach, Fla., [Mar-a-Lago] billed the U.S. government $13,700 for guest rooms, $16,500 for food and wine and $6,000 for the roses and other floral arrangements.
3-"Trump’s club even charged for the smallest of services. When Trump and Abe met alone, with no food served, the government still got a bill for what they drank.
Read 6 tweets
27 Oct
Despite Trump's 'warning' of a market crash 'the likes of which you've never seen' if Biden wins
Wall St investors, CEOs & traders say they're fine with a Biden WH & less threat of trade wars ..
#VoteThemAllOut
politico.com/news/2020/10/2…
2-"President Donald Trump loves to say that if Joe Biden wins the White House, stocks will crash, retirement accounts will vanish and an economic depression ‘the likes of which you’ve never seen’ will engulf the nation.
3-"But much of Wall Street is already betting on a Biden win-with a much different take on what the results will mean. Traders in recent weeks have been piling into bets that a ‘blue wave’ election, in which Democrats also seize the Senate, will produce an economy-juicing blast
Read 5 tweets
26 Oct
Where to send donations after 11/3:
SO, Democrat Tom Nelson, Outagamie county executive and a former state Assembly majority leader has already filed his paperwork & officially launched his bid to oust Ron Johnson in 2022!
#VoteBlueDownTheBallot
politico.com/news/2020/10/2…
2-"Democrats are coming after Ron Johnson in 2022. … Democrat Tom Nelson, Outagamie county executive and a former state Assembly majority leader, has officially launched his bid for the 2022 Senate race, Nelson told POLITICO. He has already filed his papers, making him the first
3-"prominent challenger nationally to declare a 2022 run in what’s sure to quickly become a high-profile Senate contest. Johnson, a two-term senator who hasn’t said whether he’ll run again, has been an adamant defender of President Donald Trump —
Read 8 tweets
26 Oct
Interesting:
As Trump barrels across the Country desperately ginning support Biden has flipped the script on him: doing what an Incumbent normally does: fewer & smaller events, looking toward governing
#VoteBlueToEndThisNightmare
politico.com/news/2020/10/2…
2-"Donald Trump is chasing every possible opening across the electoral map. Joe Biden is sitting on his lead, carefully surveying the landscape for states that might serve as insurance policies.
3-"It’s a jarring flip of the script for an incumbent president & his challenger eight days before Election Day. Trump, in the last gasp of his campaign, is barreling across the country, hoping large rallies and bets placed across the board will pay off for his underdog campaign.
Read 4 tweets
25 Oct
The @ProjectLincoln response to Jared & Ivanka's Covid billboard freakout is now a HEADLINE in Conservative media orgs ..
So, in case you missed it, here's what LP's attorneys said
(seriously read this!)
And #VoteThemAllOut
thehill.com/homenews/admin…
2-"“You boldly predict that the result of your lawsuit ‘will doubtless be enormous compensatory and punitive damages.’ Please peddle your scare tactics elsewhere. The Lincoln Project will not be intimidated by such empty bluster .. Your clients are no longer mere Upper East Side
3-"socialites, able to sue at the slightest offense to their personal sensitivities,” Sanderson stated. “Mr. Kushner and Ms. Trump are public officials. They have been public officials since President Trump,
Read 5 tweets
24 Oct
As her father threatened to jail his political opponent & a record breaking 83 THOUSAND were diagnosed with Covid
The incredibly vapid Ivanka Trump campaigned in Michigan ..
And talked about Ice Cream
#Vote #vote #VoteBlue2020
nytimes.com/2020/10/24/us/…
2-"President Trump had just been on Fox and Friends, demanding that his attorney general ‘act’ against his opponent before the election. He had, the day before, called Joseph R. Biden Jr. a ‘criminal,’ Dr. Anthony S. Fauci a ‘disaster,’ government scientists “idiots” and members
3-"of the media “real garbage. Ivanka Trump, meanwhile, was visiting suburban Milwaukee and here for none of this. ‘I learned that the first ice cream sundae was created in this amazing state!’ the president’s older daughter and senior White House adviser said from a small stage
Read 4 tweets

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