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Trump Watch August 13 2018

Day 542:

Keep the focus on inequality

Analysis: If you’re rich, you’re more lucky than smart. And there’s math to prove it

‘CEOs don’t want this released’: US study lays bare extreme pay-ratio problem

GDP vs human thriving: a “healthy” economy means debt-haunted people, desperately searching for housing

America’s 1% hasn’t controlled this much wealth since before the Great Depression

Tax the rich, or eat the rich, let the rich decide.

Further Reading:

By 2030, the cost (of renewables) could be so near to zero it will effectively be free – Financial Times

Kellyanne Conway can’t name a senior black adviser at the White House

Steve Lopez: Ignore the climate change deniers. California’s hellish summer really is a grave warning

Trump’s Supreme Court Pick Has a History of Ruling Against Environmental Protections

You Know Who the Tax Cuts Helped? Rich People

A Kaiser Permanente study of more than 80,000 children born over a 4-year period showed that the prenatal Tdap vaccination (tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis) was not associated with increased risk of autism spectrum disorder in children.

Hacked Emails Take Us Inside the Billionaires’ Club Around Vladimir Putin – How a little-known lawyer is at the center of a complex nexus of connections between Western fixers, Russian oligarchs, Vladimir Putin—& Donald Trump

Trump reportedly tries to call world leaders at odd hours and has to be reminded of different time zones on a ‘constant basis’

Missouri Republican who said ‘Hitler was right’ wins state House primary (House District 15)

Trump-appointed judge upholds special counsel Mueller’s authority

Stephen Miller is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Why does GOP fund ‘unlimited war’ but not Medicare program?

FBI agent Peter Strzok fired over anti-Trump texts

Omarosa taping Trump’s situation room may be one of the worst White House security breaches ever

‘Hitler Was Right’ Republican Wins Missouri Primary

Don’t ignore the alt-right — openly mock their incompetence

Top GOP lawmaker’s son gives maximum donation to Dem running for his seat

Republicans control the districts with the most opioids per person

Beto O’Rourke to start airing TV ads with money raised off Ted Cruz’s attack ads

Sacha Baron Cohen tricks pro-gun group leader into putting sex toy in his mouth

Presidential historian: ‘There are an extraordinary number of people who will walk off a cliff’ if Trump tells them to

New Omarosa recording indicates Trump has no idea what’s happening in his own White House

Parkland students plan get-out-the-vote campaign for midterms

Stephen Miller’s uncle calls Miller an ‘immigration hypocrite,’ compares Trump to Nazis

Chris Collins, Indicted for Insider Trading, Wrote Bill That Could Help His Company

Dark Money Group Leading Kavanaugh Confirmation Was Not Authorized To Operate In D.C.

Trump reportedly tries to call world leaders at odd hours and has to be reminded of different time zones on a ‘constant basis’

Sean Spicer denies he’s being paid to say nice things about Donald Trump

Kushner’s Ties to Russia-Linked Group Began With Kissinger Lunch

History will wonder why these men defended Trump but not their country

Hacked E-Mails Take Us Inside the Billionaires’ Club Around Vladimir Putin

Much of the Trump White House is evidently terrified of Omarosa

Sacha Baron Cohen Gets Trump Surrogate Corey Lewandowski to Defend Neo-Nazis

Stephen Miller’s Uncle: My Nephew Is a Hypocrite on Immigration

 

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Monitor Trumps Conflict of Interests:

From CNN of all people.

The Atlantic

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