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andym

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23. The media cover many stories of course. But there's only so much oxygen for the talking heads.

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #21)

Tue Mar 14, 2017, 10:20 PM

Mar 2017

and editors. Trump's been playing them like a fiddle. The story about Obama's wiretapping almost completely wiped the stories from the "front page" and news talk shows about Sessions lying to Congress for example.

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Report: Trumps 2005 Taxes Revealed [View all] brooklynite Mar 2017 OP

Drip, drip, drip. nt msanthrope Mar 2017 #1

So how's this a huge story? What damage does this do? NightWatcher Mar 2017 #2

Exactly still_one Mar 2017 #3

It's not fmdaddio Mar 2017 #5

Welcome to DU, fmdaddio! calimary Mar 2017 #34

No damage. This is useless, other than showing that tax returns can be had. George II Mar 2017 #6

Afraid you are correct. TimeToGo Mar 2017 #7

I KNEW she was going to do that 3-4 minutes into it - I was screaming at the television........ George II Mar 2017 #28

It will probably help him hibbing Mar 2017 #8

None. Agschmid Mar 2017 #26

12 years ago?!?!? ThingsGottaChange Mar 2017 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author ColemanMaskell Mar 2017 #9

It showed the Trumps paid only 4% in regular tax, but... Rollo Mar 2017 #10

tRumps playing them like a cheap piano nt elmac Mar 2017 #11

Not much new to learn. Yonnie3 Mar 2017 #12

Who (and where) he owes money and financial involvement with foreign entities is what's important Lanius Mar 2017 #16

I wish I was wealthy enough for the AMT to be a bother. Yonnie3 Mar 2017 #22

I think you're right on all of those points for why he won't release his returns. Lanius Mar 2017 #24

That's what I wanted - Schedules A and B primarily (i.e., sources of income and deductions)..... George II Mar 2017 #29

Nice to hear from David Cay Johnston on The Rachel Maddow Show Kolesar Mar 2017 #13

We already know that as of last year he was 500+ million in debt... Crash2Parties Mar 2017 #14

Weird that Wikileaks can get Top Secret CIA files and can't hack Trump's taxes Midnight Writer Mar 2017 #15

Especially since the IRS's computer system is ancient More_Cowbell Mar 2017 #18

I don't really care about his 2005 returns jmowreader Mar 2017 #17

Why would either of those be instructive? brooklynite Mar 2017 #19

Because of his income went down from $150M to zero HoneyBadger Mar 2017 #30

It shows the true nature of the man jmowreader Mar 2017 #36

News leak designed to take the news focus off of the health care bill. nt. andym Mar 2017 #20

Because the media only covers one story at a time? brooklynite Mar 2017 #21

The media cover many stories of course. But there's only so much oxygen for the talking heads. andym Mar 2017 #23

That's why Trump has been doing so well in the past month? brooklynite Mar 2017 #25

Yes. That's why his gallop polling recovered until the health care bill was released and analyzed andym Mar 2017 #31

ITA. Like he leaked the pics of Melania, he conveniently leaked rtn after the $1B write off expired iluvtennis Mar 2017 #32

I think this was a set up to give the INdemo Mar 2017 #27

Remember that in 2006 he took a $100M write-off on Trump State Park TexasTowelie Mar 2017 #33

I bet Trump had this "leaked" inwiththenew Mar 2017 #35