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Donald Trump’s Flip Flopping Confuses his Closest Advisers 

Donald Trump is giving Mitt Romney a run for his money in the flip flopping department. Even his closest advisers are confused by the speed at which Trump changes his mind.

This week, Trump said the government should raise the federal minimum wage by roughly one-third, calling for a legal standard of $10 per hour. The federal minimum is currently $7.25 per hour.

The Republican presidential nominee has made a series of contradictory comments during his campaign, at times indicating wages are already too high and at other times suggesting a boost is in order.

At the Democratic National Convention this week in Philadelphia, Trump was hammered repeatedly by Democratic speakers for suggesting the minimum wage should be dropped.

But now that Trump is recommending a specific wage hike, it’s the right’s turn to gripe.

Trump’s latest position puts him at odds with conservative thinkers and most of the business community, which argues that a government-mandated wage hike would just mean fewer workers as businesses cut costs to meet the new requirement.

Even Trump’s own economic brain trust could not explain how the GOP nominee decided $10 per hour should be the new standard.

“I saw the statement that he made on TV, but I haven’t had the chance to talk to him in the last couple weeks about this,” Stephen Moore, an economist at the Heritage Foundation who is advising the Trump campaign on economic issues, told The Hill on Wednesday.

“I don’t know exactly what he was endorsing. The $10 minimum wage, that was the first I’d heard of that.”

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NY Daily News Calls for IRS to Stop Auditing Trump’s Taxes – #ReleaseYourTaxes

Did you know that the Trump campaign has said he will NOT be releasing his taxes before the November presidential election? Imagine that! A presidential candidate who has decided to stick it to the American people and keep his taxes secret. The Daily News asks, what is Trump hiding? If Trump was a straight-up businessman like he claims, then releasing his taxes should be easy.

“Supported by President Obama, the IRS should declare Trump’s tax audit settled,” the editorial board wrote Wednesday. “The benefit of preventing him from further politicizing the tax agency would far outweigh collecting however many millions of dollars he may have shorted the U.S.”

Trump has frequently cited the audit as the reason for not being able to release his tax returns. But the IRS has said Trump can still release his returns despite an audit.

“Trump’s returns might well show that he is worth far less than he has boasted; that he has given next to nothing to charity; that he has finagled to reduce his tax payments to zero; that he has tapped American taxpayers to subsidize his lavish lifestyle, or something even worse,” the editorial continues. “Voters should shame him, hound him and harangue him — and the IRS should cut its losses by cutting him loose.”

Trump would be the first presidential candidate in 40 years to not release his income taxes.

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“Anything is possible” says Obama on a Trump Presidency

The current president of the United States has come to terms with the fact that Donald Trump – arguable one of the worst choice Republicans have made to run for president – could win in November.

“Anything is possible,” Obama said in an interview that aired on NBC’s “Today” show Wednesday. “It is the nature of democracy that until those votes are cast and the American people have their say, we don’t know.”

“As somebody who has now been in elected office, at various levels, for about 20 years,” the president continued, “I’ve seen all kinds of crazy stuff happen.”

At a news conference in February, Obama rejected the idea that voters would elect Trump to succeed him in the Oval Office.

“I continue to believe Mr. Trump will not be president,” Obama said. “And the reason is because I have a lot of faith in the American people, and I think they recognize that being president is a serious job. It’s not hosting a talk show or a reality show, it’s not promotion, it’s not marketing, it’s hard. And a lot of people count on us getting it right, and it’s not a matter of pandering and doing whatever will get you in the news on a given day.”

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Donald Trump askes Russia to Hack Hillary’s Emails – Video

While holding a press conference in Florida, the leader of the Republican party defended Russia as he spoke with confidence that Russia had nothing to do with the hacking of the DNC. Then Trump made this request to the Russians;

“If it is Russia, which it’s probably not, nobody knows who it is, But if it is Russia, it’s really bad for a different reason, because it shows how little respect they have for our country. When they would hack into a major party and get everything, but it would be interesting. I will tell you this. Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you find the thirty thousand emails that are missing. I think you’ll probably be rewarded mightily by our press. Let’s see if that happens next.”

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See It Again – Michelle Obama’s Unforgettable DNC Speech – Video

On Monday, while making her speech that Hillary Clinton should be this country’s next president, the First Lady of the United States made an excellent and heartfelt case for why Donald Trump should not be allowed anywhere near the White House. Why he shouldn’t be allowed anywhere in Washington for that matter.

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Utah Republican Senator Leaves the Republican Party – Video

He said the direction of the party makes him “want to cry.” But after attending last week’s Republican Convention, all his fears about the Republican party were reinforced.

“No party is entitled to my membership or my support,” Utah Sen. Mark Madsen said.

The current direction of the party, he said, “makes me want to cry.”

“I’ve invested a lot in that party,” Madsen added. Madsen, a delegate who supported Sen. Ted Cruz, now identifies as a Libertarian. The Republican lawmaker said the RNC last week “reinforced” his decision to change party affiliation.

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Debbie Wasserman Schultz Resigns from DNC

Bernie Sanders was right all along. Seems the DNC was in it for Hillary Clinton from the start. With the recent Wiki-Leaks publication proving Sanders’ point, Debbie Wasserman Schultz has announced she will step down as chair of the DNC.

In a statement Sunday, Schultz said the best way to accomplish the election of Clinton is to relinquish her chairmanship when the Democratic National Convention comes to a close Thursday night. But in a sign the Florida congresswoman is still determined to be heard before what could be a crowd of hostile delegates, she also indicated she still planned to speak.

“As party chair, this week I will open and close the convention and I will address our delegates about the stakes involved in this election not only for Democrats, but for all Americans,” she said.

Schultz’s imminent departure casts a cloud over the start of the Democrats’ four-day convention as it underlines the remaining divisions between the liberal supporters of Bernie Sanders and the party establishment that’s been loyal to Clinton. DNC vice chair Donna Brazile, a longtime party activist and consultant, will serve as interim chair through the November election.

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Jon Stewart Has Something to say About Donald Trump – Video


Jon Stewart is Back… well…sorta! The recently retired host of Comedy Central’s Daily Show, made an appearance to t Stephen Colbert’s Late Show and let loose on the Republican party, Fox News and, oh yea… Donald Trump!

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First Lady Michelle Obama Sings – “This is For My Girls” – Video

She apparently brushed Donald Trump’s wife plagiarism right off her shoulder. 

The First Lady was also joined by Missy Elliott and James Corden of The Late Late Show. As James drove his SUV around the White House grounds, Mrs Obama sat in the passenger’s seat singing a variety of hits.
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Michael Moore – “I think Trump is going to win” – Video 


Michael Moore is no Trump fan, on the contrary, he dislikes everything Trump or Republican for that matter. But on Wednesday night’s RNC special hosted by Bill Maher,” Moore dropped some sobering food for thought – the fact that Donald Trump could possibly be the next president come November.
“I’m sorry to have to be the buzzkill here so early on, but I think Trump is going to win… People are in denial of this, but the chance of [Trump] winning is really, really good.” 

There were boos from the audience. “Yes, boo because you don’t want him to be President,” said Moore, “but don’t live in denial about this. Because the very things that we are all [joking about], this is music to [Trump supporters’] ears. We’re sitting here in our bubble.” 

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Twitter Suspends Accounts of Racists for Attacking Actor Leslie Jones

Chalk one up for the good guys. After pointing out and retweeting some of the vile and racist tweets sent her way, Ghostbusters star, Leslie Jones, got some sort of redemption on Tuesday when Twitter finally responded by permanently suspending some of the racists who took part in the attack.
​Among those banned Tuesday was Breitbart tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos, who has been a controversial figure on the site and helped lead the abuse against Jones. Yiannopoulos did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Twitter has long come under criticism for not doing enough to police abusive behavior on the often-freewheeling messaging service. Other celebrities have taken issue with abuse on the site, including writer and actress Lena Dunham, who said in September she had hired someone to tweet on her behalf because it was no longer a “safe space” for her.

Twitter said in a statement Tuesday that it had seen an “uptick” in the number of accounts violating its abuse and harassment policies over the past 48 hours, noting it had enforced its policies either by issuing warnings or permanently suspending users.

“We know many people believe we have not done enough to curb this type of behavior on Twitter. We agree,” Twitter said in the statement. “We are continuing to invest heavily in improving our tools and enforcement systems to better allow us to identify and take faster action on abuse as it’s happening and prevent repeat offenders.”

Jones, who is also a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live, publicly pondered over several tweets what would prompt people to “spew hate.”

“I used to wonder why some celebs don’t have Twitter accts now I know,” she wrote in one tweet. In a separate post, she added: “Twitter I understand you got free speech I get it. But there has to be some guidelines when you let [hate] spread like that.”

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Donald Trump – “Laziness is a trait in blacks. It really is; I believe that”

As if his documented hate for minorities isn’t enough, Donald Trump is now being quoted as calling backs “lazy.” The quote comes from one of Donald Trump’s top associates, John O’Donnell.

John O’Donnell, who was president of the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino and later wrote a memoir about his experience, said Trump blamed financial difficulties partly on African American accountants.

“I’ve got black accountants at Trump Castle and at Trump Plaza — black guys counting my money!” O’Donnell’s book quoted Trump as saying. “I hate it. The only kind of people I want counting my money are short guys that wear yarmulkes every day. Those are the kind of people I want counting my money. Nobody else. . . . Besides that, I’ve got to tell you something else. I think that the guy is lazy. And it’s probably not his fault because laziness is a trait in blacks. It really is; I believe that. It’s not anything they can control.”

O’Donnell said in an interview that he admonished Trump not to talk that way.

“You’re sitting there listening to him talk in stereotypes about black people being lazy and that it was a trait in his mind. And you just go, ‘Oh my God,’ ” O’Donnell said.

Trump told Playboy magazine that O’Donnell’s memoir was “probably true.” He told The Post earlier this year that the book was “fiction,” although he hadn’t read it. Trump said he fired O’Donnell, but O’Donnell said he quit.

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