This morning I gave myself the task of writing something about where all the Dem presidential candidates stand on climate change. Did you know there are 22 declared and official candidates now? They seem to be multiplying, like wire hangers in the closet or those random USB cords and device chargers that get tangled up in your desk drawer. Anyway, I worked diligently most of the day and only got about half finished, so I’ll try to finish tomorrow. Meanwhile —
The New York Times — Decade in the Red: Trump Tax Figures
Show Over $1 Billion in Business Losses
The data — printouts from Mr. Trump’s official Internal Revenue Service tax transcripts, with the figures from his federal tax form, the 1040, for the years 1985 to 1994 — represents the fullest and most detailed look to date at the president’s taxes, information he has kept from public view. Though the information does not cover the tax years at the center of an escalating battle between the Trump administration and Congress, it traces the most tumultuous chapter in a long business career — an era of fevered acquisition and spectacular collapse.
The numbers show that in 1985, Mr. Trump reported losses of $46.1 million from his core businesses — largely casinos, hotels and retail space in apartment buildings. They continued to lose money every year, totaling $1.17 billion in losses for the decade.
In fact, year after year, Mr. Trump appears to have lost more money than nearly any other individual American taxpayer, The Times found when it compared his results with detailed information the I.R.S. compiles on an annual sampling of high-income earners. His core business losses in 1990 and 1991 — more than $250 million each year — were more than double those of the nearest taxpayers in the I.R.S. information for those years.
The most tremendous loss of money in history, I’m sure. Our Trump doesn’t screw up by halves; he goes all the way.
WaPo: The White House on Tuesday invoked executive privilege to bar former White House counsel Donald McGahn from complying with a congressional subpoena to provide documents to Congress related to special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation. McGahn has agreed to not hand over the documents. House Judiciary Chair Jerrold Nadler has threatened McGahn with contempt. See also Martin Longman, “Does Don McGahn Have to Comply With Congressional Subpoenas?”
Meanwhile, the Speaker of the House actually said the I-word. “Trump is goading us to impeach him.”
Reuters is reporting that Michael Cohen says that before the 2016 primaries he “handled” some embarassing photos for — wait for it — Jerry Falwell, Jr. After said handling, Falwell endorsed Trump for president. heh.
Another school shooting. One student reported dead.
See also An Internal Memo Raises New Questions About Self-Dealing at the N.R.A.
I look forward to what you say about Jay Inslee, our Governor, who is running only on the climate change issue. I really like him a lot and would rather not lose him to the country. But, his chances are very small. It seems that everyone connected with DJT are scumbags. Here's hoping the young learn a lesson about voting in scumbags for President. Trump wants to go to war with Venezuela so he can steal their oil. Such a nice man. If he accomplishes that, I bet the majority of the oil will go into trump's pockets. I need to take a shower after wallowing in this filth and slime of trump et al.
After said handling, Falwell endorsed Trump for president. heh.
Trump made Falwell a true believer...
The Lord certainly does work in mysterious ways! I'm wondering if Don Jr.'s latest flame and newfound senior campaign advisor has a photo of Jerry's package in her renowned junk photos collection. A photo like that could probably fetch a higher price than a T206 Honus Wagner baseball card.
Trump wants to go to war with Venezuela so he can steal their oil.
I don’t blame Trump, he’s a symptom. I blame the electorate who allow monsters like this to turn what could be a light on a hill of a country, into a depraved and stupid monster, pillaging the earth and its people. The most this evokes from people at large here is a shrug.
Someone once said that Americans are like the children of a guy who works for the mafia. They don’t understand this, nor do they understand why someone would throw a firebomb through their living room window.
Trump has exerted executive privilege over the entire Mueller Report. In military parlance that's the equivalence of saying…Man your battle stations. Every man must fall where he stands, not on step back.
We're officially in it now. The AG Barr perimeter wire has been breached. It didn't hold.
I seemed to have use the wrong word in my comment above. I said exerted when it should have been asserted. But regardless of my error, the fact that Trump has become desperate to hide his criminality still remains.
Another thing that scared me about tRUMP's dimwitted sycophantic followers, is when they opened their bigoted, loud pie-holes, and said they wanted 'tRUMP to run America like one of his businesses!'
Yeah, you dip's of shites, THAT'S what terrified the rest of us!
And he's doing it!