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OK, I've been hired by CNN to write an article. They've paid me handsomely. It'll go live on their site overnight. Here it is: Trump's Tax Returns, We've Got "Em! In a stunning disclosure Donald Trump's tax returns were made available to an anonymous third party who reviewed them earlier today. The returns cover the tax years 2015 - 2017 an amass more than 4,000 pages for each tax year. According to the source, Trump's personal income derived from his various real estate, hospitality and entertainment businesses averaged over $300,000,000 each year over the three year stretch. It's quite apparent now why Trump has refused to provide this information, which is customarily provided by Presidents and Presidential candidates. Trump's average Federal tax rate paid on his gawdy income is only 17.8%. That's similar to Mitt Romney who was exposed during the 2012 campaign. It's also less than is paid by Warren Buffet's secretary. For comparison sake that's a similar tax burden to a single filer making about $50,000 per year. Never mind that Trump paid over $175 million in Federal taxes over the period. How you might ask is this possible? How is this just? How could a sitting President hide this from his country? Well, Trump who employs a team of tax experts that occupy an entire floor of his Trump Tower HQ in New York used a variety of loopholes and tax tricks that only benefit the wealthy. For example, he has loss carry forward entries from several failing real estate investments that reduced his taxable income. He also used 1031 exchanges to mask profits from the sale of some properties while investing in others. Additionally said the source, there are gargantuan depreciation expenses which usually favor the rich. Also found were egregious expense deductions for cadillac health insurance policies for employees, millions in private jet expenses and various "meetings" held at Mar-A-Lago. Trump's children continue to hide their tax returns, but it's fair to assume that they too have earned incomes putting them into the top 1% and have paid lower tax rate rates than main streeters all across the country. The source explained that the returns also show a variety or expenses and revenues which could be related to Russia. There is nothing in the return documents that rule out this possibility. This is very troubling given the widely reported Russian influence in the 2016 election cycle. One has to wonder had Trump disclosed his taxes in early 2016 when the public was clamoring for them might Hillary have won? Instead our country has elected a man who hid his taxes, signed new tax laws that benefit him personally to the tune of millions of dollars a year, and has continued to earn outrageous sums of money while failing to lead the country effectively. We reached out to Hillary Clinton for comment and she stated "This revelation while not unexpected is further evidence of Trump using every trick in the book and some not in the book for personal financial gain and he's done so on the backs of every day Americans and immigrants". "If this isn't grounds for a 2nd impeachment, then I don't know what is." Our calls to the Trump organization for comment were not immediately returned. Happy Now?

Breaking news: Trump pays someone to do everything for him.

At this point would anyone trust the authenticity of an "original" 302 if suddenly found?

This only matters if you see the virus as a threat. It's not a threat to anyone but the old/sick/obese. They were caught off guard early on and that's unfortunate. Those people can choose to protect themselves for now. The rest of us have nothing to fear. Spread among low risk people is a plus, the more the better.

Not defending UAL but how much of the $8.6B in stock buys was still held in Feb of this year?

I always had a bit of a fetish for Asian girls and British accents turn me on. In the late 90's I was in London having lunch at a pub and at the table behind me was an Asian woman speaking and she had a British accent. I could barely contain myself. Now I just watch Austin Powers (the original) over and over, the scenes with Liz Hurley. Next best thing.

Well, we haven't seen New Era's books and PPP loans maxed out at 8 weeks of expenses. Great support but not enough to sustain payrolls longer term. That money is gone or has to be repaid. I would imagine the cap business has been hit very very hard.

My next door neighbors are from Ghana and came to the U.S. about 20 years ago via England. They are raising a family. Great family. One of my employees is from Senegal, here about 25 years also raising a family. I commonly refer to him as the nicest and most polite person I have ever known. He's a special guy in that regard. He's also got some greatness in his family, Desagan Diop who played in the NBA is his cousin. Another neighbor and friend is from Nigeria, also raising a family. Others have their lineage going back at least several generations in the U.S. mostly from Northeast or Midwest. A contractor that is working with us short term told me today he didn't know his family's background as the grandparents passed away before he was born and his parents when he was younger so he did not know other than his parents are from the local area. The most interesting of my friends background-wise (a woman) has family from the Canary Islands. She's in the same industry professionally and she once took me on a tour of O.J.'s home in Brentwood and past Nicole Brown's condo about a year or so after she was murdered. Parts still blocked off then. We then went to Mezzaluna for dinner. I know sounds tacky as hell. Sad but also interesting.

Looks like Mary was born in '65 and Trump went to Wharton in '66. It'll be interesting to see how this claim is supported.

It's not relevant to the EC, but after census some states will lose or gain electoral votes and house seats with the new census and that gives Governors "a reason" to carve up districts. Here in Illinois we're going to lose a seat I believe. Blue seats will get protected here.

I'm a descendent of a guy named Edward Fuller who came to America on the Mayflower with his wife and son. He was one of the signatories of the Mayflower Compact. In between him and my now living family there are a variety of relatives that came from England, Germany, Ireland and others places. And before any of you kooks call me a racist, I also have family from WV that fought for the North in the civil war. https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/mayflower-compact

At the State level, both parties do it and the laws for determining districts are different in nearly every state. Expect more in 2022 once the latest census is processed.

Not even her district will re-elect her, right? Please tell me she has no chance of continuing in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Epic fail on your part.

Another dumb tweet by Trump. Bubba was over and done with. The media to a great extent embarrassed itself again. Bubba weighed in sufficiently afterward IMO. Leave it alone. Focus on the big priorities Mr. President.

McSally is toast. Trump is another story.

PPP loans require that the money is spent on wages, rent and other expenses essential to maintaining employment. Otherwise it's paid back with interest.

Sure. Congress should have limited benefits to businesses in left leaning markets or that are managed by lefties. A missed opportunity by Nancy.

Sure and the rest are reporting honestly and without bias. For those on the left, reports that they don't agree with = lies. That's not to say that right leaning media are always honest and without bias, but let's call balls and strikes.

Common enemies, Trump that is of both the left and China.

Too often I think we forget that we are the United States, 50 of them and that our States have to manage themselves. The Federal government made decisions such as banning certain travel and provided guidance, equipment and financial assistance to the states. We can't and shouldn't look for the federal government's involvement in everything. The Federal Government IMO needs to get its own house in order on the big responsibilities and let States manage themselves. Cuomo made a decision within his state. He'll have to take responsibility for it. Not a Fed issue IMO.

Swamp.

We don't know yet why police opened fire.

Some harsh comments here from secondcitycop website. Many police weigh in here. https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13350456&postID=8541655616481603891&bpli=1 http://secondcitycop.blogspot.com/

Routinely on local TV here (Chicago) they will interview families/neighbors of innocent victims. These citizens most definitely want more help from police to stop the violence. They have had enough. They had enough years ago. It's heartbreaking seeing these news reports week after week. Trump has offered Federal help (FBI investigative resources) multiple times and to my knowledge he gets nothing from the current city leadership other than the middle finger. Now they may not like the manner in which he offers help (public tweets shaming city officials) but with such a gigantic struggle on their hands why wouldn't the city embrace the help? Why not make the call to Washington? Today!