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SleeplessinSoCal

(9,110 posts)
Thu Sep 19, 2019, 06:50 PM Sep 2019

Trump Tax Returns Toxic.

California and other states are trying to find out where his money comes from. But they are blocked.

https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2019/09/19/federal-judge-to-suspend-california-law-compelling-trump-tax-release-9393766

New York is being sued for trying to get the returns President Revenge Porn says he'd be happy to release after audit. Liar.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/19/politics/trump-tax-returns-vance/index.html

The most unpopular POTUS ever is winning the battle for transparency in our federal government. Why? How?

The corruption is drilled down way too far. And is this long gone man to blame?

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-man-who-made-trump-a-monster-inside-wheres-my-roy-cohn?ref=home

I also think many of our colleges have been toxic, especially via the hazing process. What does that do to better students? Nothing. It makes them coarse, insensitive, cruel and vindictive. I think these things are connected. We never used to be so willing to give horrible behavior a pass.

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Trump Tax Returns Toxic. (Original Post) SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2019 OP
It ain't.over until it's over Cary Sep 2019 #1
it's the bottom of the 9th. SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2019 #3
We've been willing to give horrible behavior choie Sep 2019 #2
Ford's pardon most likely did allow us to work together. SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2019 #4
remembering Arlen Specter decision to switch. SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2019 #5

choie

(4,111 posts)
2. We've been willing to give horrible behavior
Thu Sep 19, 2019, 07:01 PM
Sep 2019

a pass since Nixon resigned. Were Bush and Cheney made to account for their war crimes? What about Iran Contra?

SleeplessinSoCal

(9,110 posts)
4. Ford's pardon most likely did allow us to work together.
Thu Sep 19, 2019, 07:08 PM
Sep 2019

That is up until 9/11. Our pundit class politicizing a remark as innocent as saying you are "embarrassed the president was from Texas", did major damage to our identity as a free country. Fear of speaking the truth is now inside our government.

Give us the damn tax returns!

SleeplessinSoCal

(9,110 posts)
5. remembering Arlen Specter decision to switch.
Thu Sep 19, 2019, 07:17 PM
Sep 2019

He was maybe the last liberal Republican in history of the Congress.

Since then we have become more toxic and less able to govern. And it's a global phenom.


Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlen_Specter?wprov=sfla1

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