Tuesday, November 01, 2016

The Comey-led FBI is looking for a tell-tale email while this goes undigested in the news...

With just 8 days until Election Day, Trump continues to claim the election is rigged “at many polling places” and by the “dishonest media.”

@realdonaldtrump has #99problems, but a rigged election ain’t one. Here’s what he should really be worrying about.

1. He launched his campaign by calling Mexicans rapists and criminals. http://time.com/3923128/donald-trump-announcement-speech/

2. Twelve women have accused him of sexual misconduct and/or assault. https://mic.com/articles/157887/former-miss-finland-ninni-laaksonen-becomes-12th-donald-trump-sexual-misconduct-accuser#.36UQ2N3gO

3. He called for "a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States." https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/donald-j.-trump-statement-on-preventing-muslim-immigration

4. He wants to deport the more than 11 million unauthorized immigrants currently living in the U.S. https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/immigration/news/2016/03/22/133797/dapa-matters-to-u-s-citizen-family-members-in-states-across-the-country/ 

5. He has called women “Fat pigs” “dogs” “slobs” “animals” and “disgusting.” http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/aug/10/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-women-viciously-attacked-him-fir/ 

6. His student debt “plan” could cost borrowers 78 percent more on their loans. https://thinkprogress.org/donald-trumps-higher-ed-plan-will-explode-the-student-debt-crisis-8b144b233ee7

7. Under his tax plan the top 1 percent would get 47 percent of the benefits. http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/analysis-donald-trumps-revised-tax-plan/full 

8. He thinks he knows more about ISIS than generals do. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugi-Jcbc55s 

9. His threat to not pay the U.S. debt could lead to the next financial crisis. https://www.americanprogressaction.org/issues/economy/reports/2016/08/16/162104/donalds-default/ 

10. He said there should be “some form of punishment” for women who get abortion care. https://www.americanprogressaction.org/progress-reports/some-form-of-punishment-already-exists/ 

11. He mocked a reporter with a disability. https://thinkprogress.org/trump-trolls-disability-community-again-in-statement-denying-he-mocked-reporters-condition-13d56179b340#.cas6ddt3e 

12. He suggested “Second Amendment people” could stop Clinton from nominating a Supreme Court justice. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/10/us/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton.html?_r=1 

13. He thinks climate change is a "hoax" perpetuated by the Chinese. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/265895292191248385 

14. He championed the birther movement. http://www.vox.com/2016/9/16/12938066/donald-trump-obama-birth-certificate-birther 

15. His tax plan would increase the national debt by more than $20 trillion in two decades. http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/analysis-donald-trumps-revised-tax-plan 

16. His hate rhetoric sparked a rise in school bullying and racial and ethnic tensions. https://www.splcenter.org/20160413/trump-effect-impact-presidential-campaign-our-nations-schools 

17. His mass-deportation plan would cost the country at least $4.7 billion in lost GDP over 10 years. https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/immigration/reports/2016/09/21/144363/the-economic-impacts-of-removing-unauthorized-immigrant-workers/ 

18. He said Putin has been a better leader than President Obama. http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37303057 

19. His child care plan gives the wealthy three times as large a tax break as the middle class. https://medium.com/@CAPAction/dont-be-fooled-by-trump-s-smoke-and-mirrors-on-child-care-and-paid-leave-f4dcfefc811d#.i1n7ml2jd 

20. He wants Mexico to pay for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. https://thinkprogress.org/mexican-president-fact-checks-donald-trump-to-his-face-in-spanish-94bb3491efa3#.2ml6vix65 

21. He keeps denying he backed the Iraq War. https://www.buzzfeed.com/kyleblaine/donald-trump-lies-that-he-opposed-iraq-war-from-beginning-an 

22. His tax plan would shrink the U.S. economy by 4 percent. http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/10/18/13319138/trump-tax-policy-center-gdp 

23. He has literally been featured in terrorist recruiting videos. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/may/20/hillary-clinton/donald-trump-now-being-used-terrorist-propaganda-v/ 

24. He thinks more guns = less violence. It doesn't. https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/guns-crime/news/2016/10/11/145835/gun-violence-across-america/

25. He's threatened freedom of the press by banning major publications from covering his campaign. http://money.cnn.com/2016/06/14/media/donald-trump-media-blacklist/ 

26. Two words: Trump University. http://genprogress.org/voices/2016/06/15/43899/trump-university-charged-35000-three-day-unaccredited-program/ 

27. He would be the first climate-denying head of state in the world https://thinkprogress.org/the-environmental-implications-of-a-trump-presidency-fc298e5fd83c#.9rrz44mki 

28. He rooted for the housing crisis in 2006 so he could make money. http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/trump-housing-collapse-228708 

29. He said pregnancy is an inconvenience to employers http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-2004-pregnancy-inconvenience-employers-n580366 

30. He has boasted about sexual assault. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-recorded-having-extremely-lewd-conversation-about-women-in-2005/2016/10/07/3b9ce776-8cb4-11e6-bf8a-3d26847eeed4_story.html 

31. His campaign CEO admitted to using “voter suppression” tactics. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/10/27/1587439/-Trump-campaign-We-have-three-major-voter-suppression-operations-under-way 

32. He wants to eliminate the Department of Education. https://www.americanprogressaction.org/issues/education/news/2016/09/01/162258/trumps-plan-to-eliminate-the-department-of-education-is-yet-another-in-a-list-of-terrible-ideas/ 

33. Less than a third of voters trust him with the nuclear codes. Here’s why. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugi-Jcbc55s

34. His tax plan would raise taxes on some single parents. https://medium.com/@CAPAction/trumps-tax-plan-raises-taxes-on-single-parents-his-campaign-s-examples-prove-it-cf2049c0a4b7#.5esjmnc64 

35. He said: "I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters." http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/23/politics/donald-trump-shoot-somebody-support/ 

36. His maternity leave plan would exacerbate the wage gap. https://medium.com/@CAPAction/dont-be-fooled-by-trump-s-smoke-and-mirrors-on-child-care-and-paid-leave-f4dcfefc811d#.ogg47l17w 

37. He said a federal district court judge couldn’t do his job because of his “Mexican heritage.” https://thinkprogress.org/trump-doubles-down-on-racist-attack-against-federal-judge-9191b1494bab#.3ia8dtatp 

38. His tax plan would give companies stashing profits offshore a $550 million tax break. http://atfactionfund.org/2016/09/26/the-five-worst-features-of-trumps-newest-tax-plan/ 

39. His plan to reprioritize federal education funding could cost 30 million poor students school lunch. https://www.americanprogressaction.org/issues/education/news/2016/10/12/162913/trumps-plan-to-decimate-public-education/ 

40. He has filed for bankruptcy six times. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/jun/21/hillary-clinton/yep-donald-trumps-companies-have-declared-bankrupt/ 

And the list keeps on growing...
https://twitter.com/CAPAction/status/793121127220518912

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