TRUMP is seriously dangerous

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Soon

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Donald Trump moves to block the release of his video testimony in university lawsuit

Donald Trump's video-recorded deposition could be a powerful weapon in campaign advertisements targeting him. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
Cindy Chang
Attorneys for Donald Trump are seeking to block the filing of a portion of his video-recorded deposition in a class-action lawsuit by former Trump University students, a move that could prevent the public release of the videos, according to a court document filed Friday.

If made public, the videos could be a powerful weapon in campaign advertisements targeting Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, as he faces off against Hillary Clinton in the general election.

A partial transcript of Trump’s testimony, which took place in December and January, has already been released at the order of U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel. But the video will illuminate Trump’s remarks in a way that words on a page cannot, said Larry J. Sabato, director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics.

“We all know Trump well enough now to imagine what he said and what his nonverbal cues were,” Sabato said. “Some people are controlled and calculated in their speech patterns, and you can’t tell that much more from watching them. It’s the opposite with Trump.”

Plaintiffs’ attorneys argue that the videos are important because they contain “many spontaneous and ad hominem remarks” that are not reflected in the transcript.

Trump’s tone, facial expressions, gestures and body language accentuate his “complete and utter unfamiliarity” with the school’s instructors, when Trump claimed he had hand-picked them, the attorneys wrote in a motion seeking to file the videos with the court.

If Curiel accepts the filing, the videos will then become public. Trump has attacked Curiel for being a “Mexican,” alleging that the Indiana-born judge is biased because of Trump’s plan to build a wall at the Mexican border.

On Friday, Trump’s attorneys notified the judge that they plan to oppose the plaintiffs’ request. A motion explaining the reasons for the opposition will be filed no later than Monday, Trump’s lawyers said in the notice.

Also on Friday, attorneys for CNN, Tribune Publishing, the New York Times and other media outlets filed a motion asking that the complete transcripts and videos of Trump’s deposition be publicly released.


Donald Trump actually has gotten a very fair shake from his 'Mexican' judge
Trying to block the release of the videos is a losing battle for Trump, said Fred Smoller, an associate professor of political science at Chapman University.

“If he opposes it, he looks like Richard Nixon during Watergate,” Smoller said. “When they come out, and they inevitably will, they will certainly be used by Hillary Clinton as examples of him lacking the temperament for the job.”

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Abbreviated pundit roundup: Trump's bungled response to Orlando massacre keeps getting worse

By Georgia Logothetis
Tuesday Jun 14, 2016 · 6:15 AM CDT


First it was those cringe-worthy, self-congratulatory tweets from Donald Trump. Then of course it was being plain wrong about the facts of the tragedy. And then we had his accusations about President Obama. We begin today’s roundup with a scathing editorial from The Los Angeles Times about Trump’s accusations:

Donald J. Trump, the loose cannon who would be president, hinted Monday that President Obama might be complicit in terror attacks by Islamic extremists, including Sunday’s bloodbath in Orlando, Fla. That accusation by innuendo marks a new and repugnant low for Trump, who along with his surrogates is engaged in a smear campaign reminiscent of the dark days of McCarthyism. [...]

We’ve said before that Trump’s shoot-from-the-lip persona makes him unsuited for the presidency, and we’ll keep saying it right up until the election, when we hope he fades from the national stage and takes his repugnant intolerance with him. Yet we also fear his campaign has given currency to dangerously wrong ideas about race, religion and proper conduct of a civil society. More reasonable minds recognize those ideas as intellectually and morally bankrupt, and they should recognize the boastful messenger for what he is.
The Washington Post takes apart Trump’s response to the attack and his speech on terrorism, condemning Trump’s “assault on our values”:

Mr. Trump capped a day of assaulting fundamental liberal democratic values by announcing he would ban Post reporters from covering his campaign events. If this is his inclination now, imagine how he might wield the powers of the presidency.

Before the Orlando shooting, Beltway analysts speculated about how a terrorist attack might affect the presidential election. Now we know at least part of the answer: Mr. Trump would reveal himself more clearly than ever as a man unfit to lead.
Sarah Wheaton at POLITICO highlights the administration’s response to Trump’s insane claims:

When asked about the president’s reaction to Trump’s charge that, when it comes to terrorism, Obama “doesn't get it or he gets it better than anybody understands,” his spokesman opted for a rhetorical eye-roll. “It's important not to get distracted by things that are so small,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest said. [...]
Zing!

And during the White House briefing Earnest repeatedly refused to engage on questions about Obama’s response to Trump’s attacks, only delivering a cutting line that Obama’s record “speaks for itself.”

“And that record includes a lot of dead terrorists,” he said.
Trump, for his part, is throwing a tantrum over the press daring to actually report on his claims about Obama. He revoked the press credentials of The Washington Post and other news organizations. Kelsey Sutton at POLITICO runs down all of the reports of journalists being kicked out of or prohibited from reporting at Trump events:

But The Post is the latest of more than a dozen publications that Trump has banned from attending his campaign events — although this is one of only a few bans Trump has explicitly announced. The bans over the months have targeted legacy organizations, broadcast news outlets and digital publications alike — and many have been in response to articles or editorials in those publications that reflect poorly upon the presidential candidate. [...]
Joseph Russomanno, associate professor in ASU’s Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication:

We won’t be able to say we didn’t see it coming. Candidate Donald Trump is making it very clear what certain aspects of a Trump presidency would look like. One of those aspects is speech and press freedom — or, that is, his attempts to dismantle those parts of our First Amendment.

Like the schoolyard bully who can’t control everything in his fiefdom, Trump throws a tantrum when the same media he often manipulates to his advantage suddenly doesn’t bow to his wishes.
Chris Cillizza on Trump’s press bans:

This should worry you. And by "you," I mean everyone who is a citizen of the United States.
Olivia Nuzzi and Tim Mak dive into all the lies in Trump’s speech on terrorism (and boy, were there plenty):

This is presidential Donald Trump, which means he’s still spouting off a lie a minute, but he’s doing so in a cool and collected manner. [...]

“When I am President,” he said. “America will be a tolerant and open society.”

He then said that, in fact, America will be neither tolerant or open. [...] Trump managed to contradict himself at different points in his own speech.
Tim Dickinson at Rolling Stone says that Trump’s response to the Orlando attack disqualifies him from being president:

Here's what's really going on, America: Donald Trump has shown us, in the wake of a hate crime, an act of terror and a national tragedy that his vision as a leader is clouded by narcissism and wingnuttery. And either one is unacceptable in the Oval Office.E
And here’s Dana Milbank’s take at The Washington Post:

How long will it be before American Muslims are forced to wear yellow badges with the star and crescent? Donald Trump, the man Republicans will nominate to be president, has already said that, in addition to banning Muslim immigration, he would also look at closing mosques and forcing Muslims already in the country to register with the authorities. [...] He does deserve congratulations — for a new wave of radicalization. Trump’s anti-Muslim hostility makes it easier for terrorists to recruit and to inspire disaffected young Muslims. Trump warned Monday that the terrorism seen in Orlando “is going to get worse and worse” — and, thanks to him, that’s probably true.
We end today’s roundup with Emma Roller at The New York Times:

As in almost any policy area, comparing Hillary Clinton’s platform with Donald Trump’s is like comparing a dissertation on naval strategy to a game of Battleship. [...]

Watching Mr. Trump speak, I got the sense that he doesn’t understand the consequences his words can have — that his fear stoking has led his supporters to harass a 56-year-old Muslim woman, or to beat a homeless man with a metal pipe and urinate on him, or to bully students for being children of immigrants.

But the even scarier thought is that he knows exactly what he’s doing.

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[vince]

You mean, Donald didn't tweet, "I LOVE 'the gays'!"?

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[Wombaticus Rex]

Trump banning the Washington Post is the sanest move anyone -- anyone -- has pulled in this campaign season so far.

Watching the, uh, "journalists" fretting and fussing about it was the best part of my week so far.

Same with the concern about Gawker. I just don't understand. Every one of these brands we can kill, that's a victory for the English speaking world. VICE is next.

[brekin]

Trump banning the Washington Post is the sanest move anyone -- anyone -- has pulled in this campaign season so far.
Watching the, uh, "journalists" fretting and fussing about it was the best part of my week so far.
Same with the concern about Gawker. I just don't understand. Every one of these brands we can kill, that's a victory for the English speaking world. VICE is next.

Because the sooner we move to a single Trump Pravda broadsheet the better off we will be?
Yes, these are the stories America really needs to hear about.

[Wombaticus Rex]

A cogent point -- indeed, that is the only possible alternative to billionaires, foreign governments and US Federal / Military agencies sponsoring warring narratives and calling it news: Trump nationalizing all media to advertise his tequila brands.

That's checkmate, for sure...I don't see how my original point can stand now that you've posted those devastating images.

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and of course The Donald can not stop the Washington Post from reporting on him no matter how long he holds his breath

[82_28]

Maybe he'll just up the ante even more to the point we're all going "what's Trump up to these days?" All one can say is there is no way to know. It is impossible to write or print anything about him. What happens happens. Obviously it won't go that far as it is impossible, but what a tyrannical idiot.

[brekin]

Maybe he'll just up the ante even more to the point we're all going "what's Trump up to these days?" All one can say is there is no way to know. It is impossible to write or print anything about him. What happens happens. Obviously it won't go that far as it is impossible, but what a tyrannical idiot.

Perhaps we will all look back fondly at this time of perestroika on criticizing Trump, the spring time of his Fat Axl era.



Appetite for destruction: Axl Rose demands Google remove 'fat' photos
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/ ... ove-photos

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It came out last month but this is actually deeply interesting about, ahem, trump's hair:

Is Donald Trump’s Hair a $60,000 Weave? A Gawker Investigation

Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has generated an unceasing torrent of press attention that some estimate to be worth roughly $2 billion. Yet the central mystery at the very core of his persona—his inscrutable hairdo—has somehow, impossibly, remained unsolved. Until, perhaps, now.

A tipster who claimed knowledge of Trump’s hair recently came to Gawker with a potential solution to the enigma: Trump’s hair is not his own, costs tens of thousands of dollars for installation and upkeep, and comes from a man as mysterious as Trump is bombastic.

This solution that Trump, our tipster says, sought for his hair woes is a little-known, patented hair restoration treatment called a “microcylinder intervention.” It’s only performed by one clinic that we know of—Ivari International—where our source once sought treatment, and where he says he learned of Trump’s apparent patronage. What’s more, Ivari’s New York location was inside Trump Tower—on the private floor reserved for Donald Trump’s own office.

It's fairly long but well worth the read.

http://gawker.com/is-donald-trump-s-hai ... 1777581357

(I hardly read you Gawker, but good luck)

[Karmamatterz]

Trump banning the Washington Post is the sanest move anyone -- anyone -- has pulled in this campaign season so far.

Watching the, uh, "journalists" fretting and fussing about it was the best part of my week so far.

Same with the concern about Gawker. I just don't understand. Every one of these brands we can kill, that's a victory for the English speaking world. VICE is next.

+1 !!!!

If the press was actually doing decent journalism it would be a differ not story. Listen to them howl and bitch like petulant little children. They come off appearing very much like the antagonist they "report" on.

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It came out last month but this is actually deeply interesting about, ahem, trump's hair:

Is Donald Trump’s Hair a $60,000 Weave? A Gawker Investigation

Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has generated an unceasing torrent of press attention that some estimate to be worth roughly $2 billion. Yet the central mystery at the very core of his persona—his inscrutable hairdo—has somehow, impossibly, remained unsolved. Until, perhaps, now.

A tipster who claimed knowledge of Trump’s hair recently came to Gawker with a potential solution to the enigma: Trump’s hair is not his own, costs tens of thousands of dollars for installation and upkeep, and comes from a man as mysterious as Trump is bombastic.

This solution that Trump, our tipster says, sought for his hair woes is a little-known, patented hair restoration treatment called a “microcylinder intervention.” It’s only performed by one clinic that we know of—Ivari International—where our source once sought treatment, and where he says he learned of Trump’s apparent patronage. What’s more, Ivari’s New York location was inside Trump Tower—on the private floor reserved for Donald Trump’s own office.

It's fairly long but well worth the read.

http://gawker.com/is-donald-trump-s-hai ... 1777581357

(I hardly read you Gawker, but good luck)

Just reminded me of this from The Jerky Boys.

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This Is the Only Good Oppo Research the DNC Has on Trump

did Putin steal this and then give it to his friend The Donald?