February 28, 2016

Trump declines to condemn former KKK leader who backed him

Source: The Guardian

Donald Trump on Sunday declined to condemn David Duke, the former Ku Klux Klan leader who this week urged sympathisers to vote for the billionaire in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

“I don’t know anything about David Duke,” Trump said, in an interview on CNN, adding: “Certainly I would disavow it if I thought there was something wrong.”

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“I don’t know anything about David Duke. I don’t know anything about what you’re even talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists,” Trump said.

“So I don’t know. I don’t know – did he endorse me, or what’s going on? Because I know nothing about David Duke; I know nothing about white supremacists.”

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/28/donald-trump-former-kkk-leader-david-duke

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Ignorance, whether true or feigning, on this issue or any issue of importance

is simply not acceptable for any Presidential candidate. It is a true disqualifier

that should ring alarm bells in any voter's mind.

February 27, 2016

Republican candidates' calls to scrap EPA met with skepticism by experts

Source: The Guardian

Amid prolonged bickering with his rivals, Donald Trump outlined a fairly radical proposal during Thursday’s Republican debate: to scrap the US Environmental Protection Agency.
First EPA chief accuses Republicans of ignoring science for political gain
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Typically there was little policy detail. But it was clear that the EPA – and its $8bn budget – would be on the chopping block should the Republican frontrunner become president.

“Environmental protection – we waste all of this money,” he said. “We’re going to bring that back to the states. We are going to cut many of the agencies, we will balance our budget and we will be dynamic again.”

The promise was an echo of recent statements from Trump on the EPA. He has said there is “tremendous cutting” to be done because the EPA “aren’t doing their job, they are making it impossible for our country to compete”.

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/26/republican-candidates-donald-trump-eliminate-epa-law-experts

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Rubio is just as bad on the environment

It's Reagan 3.0

February 26, 2016

Trump wants to 'open up' libel laws to sue media outlets

Source: thehill.com

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Friday vowed to “open up” libel laws in order to sue media outlets that write “purposely negative” and “horrible” articles about him.

“I’m gonna open up our libel laws, so when they write purposely negative and horrible, false articles, we can sue them and win lots of money,” Trump said at a rally in Fort Worth, Texas.

“We’re going to open up those libels laws,” he added. “So that when The New York Times writes a hit piece, which is a total disgrace, or when The Washington Post, which is there for other reasons, writes a hit piece, we can sue them and win money.”

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/270956-trump-threatens-to-open-up-libel-laws-to-sue-newspapers

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Gee .... what happened to old fashioned GOP Tort Reform?

February 25, 2016

A Look Inside Trump's Global Deals Exposes Trouble in Many Spots

Whatever happens to his presidential bid, Trump thinks it’s all been worth it. "Generally, what I’m doing has been helpful for the brand," he said. "The heads of the countries all dig Trump."

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-02-24/a-look-inside-trump-s-global-deals-exposes-trouble-in-many-spots

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He's upending everything to suit himself. He's insulted veterans and McCain, all his
fellow candidates. He'll roil Hillary, or convince Americans Bernie wants the bacon in
their refrigerators. He's a buzzsaw to anything in his path.

What's he really after? My guess: Trump Golf courses, Trump Hotels, and international business deals
with foreign developers.

He's after federal lands and the National Parks for private development. Just a guess at this point.

February 24, 2016

From Summer 2015 The Trump Bankruptcies

Donald Trump brags about how well his businesses have fared in bankruptcy.
And in fact, no major U.S. company has filed for Chapter 11 more than Trump's casino empire in the last 30 years.

http://money.cnn.com/2015/08/31/news/companies/donald-trump-bankruptcy/index.html

February 1, 2016

Republicans reject climate change fears despite rebukes from scientists

They have bloviated about carpet bombing, bickered about walls, and waxed anti-Muslim and -migrant, but over more than 16 hours of debate, the Republican candidates for president have almost entirely ignored what most of the world fears most: the rising tides and temperatures of climate change.

Last week, Fox News moderators asked only one question relevant to climate change, about whether Florida senator Marco Rubio would support regulation to lower emissions. Rubio said he would not: “I do not believe that we have to destroy our economy in order to protect our environment.”

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/01/republicans-ted-cruz-marco-rubio-climate-change-scientists