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Donald Trump Is Still Getting That $304 Middle-Class Tax Break

Brendan O'Connor · 06/06/16 01:20PM

In March, Crain’s New York reported that Donald Trump has, for the past three years, received a tax credit intended for New York City families who have an income under $500,000. Both the city and the Trump campaign agreed that a mistake had been made, although nobody could explain what had actually happened. In any case, whatever the mistake was, it hasn’t yet been rectified, because Trump’s most recent property tax bill shows that he’s still receiving the $304 credit.

Trump Deems Republican Criticism of His Attempts to Smear Federal Judge "Inappropriate"

Brendan O'Connor · 06/06/16 07:50AM

For months, Donald Trump has been attempting to discount as racist the federal judge overseeing two class-action lawsuits against Trump University. Former House speaker Newt Gingrich, who has otherwise been very supportive of Trump, called the presumptive Republican nominee’s most recent attacks on the judge “one of the worst mistakes Trump has made. I think it’s inexcusable.”

Donald Trump Points Out the Single Black Person At His Rally

Jordan Sargent · 06/03/16 05:20PM

Today in Redding, Calif. Donald Trump rambled, as he does, about the tenor of his campaign. He was responding to the intense rioting between protestors and his supporters that took place in San Jose last night. In the middle of his nearly endless spiel, Trump began talking about an incident that happened in Tucson in March, in which protestors wearing white KKK hoods were beaten by a black member of the crowd.

Yep, Everything Checks Out

Ashley Feinberg · 06/02/16 05:47PM

According to these vague, unlabeled charts retweeted by Donald Trump just minutes ago, we are at a record 4.4 in money printing.

Hillary Clinton's Foreign Policy Plan: Donald Trump Is a Crazy Person

Andy Cush · 06/02/16 03:15PM

In a speech that was ostensibly about foreign policy given this afternoon in San Diego, Hillary Clinton’s main point of focus was not on America’s allies and enemies abroad, but her own enemy at home, Donald Trump. “Donald Trump’s ideas aren’t just different, they are dangerously incoherent,” she told the crowd. “They’re not even really ideas—just a series of bizarre rants, personal feuds and outright lies.”

Trump Delegate: Americans "Need to Have the Weaponry Necessary to Be Able to Overthrow the Federal Government"

Brendan O'Connor · 06/02/16 02:55PM

Mother Jones has identified several Republican delegates representing Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention in July who have also affiliated themselves with the radical anti-government Patriot movement. One delegate from Tennessee, David Riden, told Mother Jones that members of the current administration may need to be...well: “The polite word is, eliminated. The harsh word is killed.” In 2016, the lunatic fringe moves ever closer to the mainstream.

News Organizations Can Now Objectively Say Donald Trump Is Lying

Tom Scocca · 06/02/16 02:20PM

One of the difficulties the mainstream press has faced in covering the Donald Trump campaign is that Trump is a ceaseless and aggressive liar. The traditional etiquette standards known as “objective journalism” discourage media outlets from pointing out that a politician’s message is contrary to known facts—to do so seems like taking sides, or, God forbid, expressing an opinion.

First Task For RNC's New Head of Hispanic Relations: Delete All the Stuff She Wrote About Trump on Twitter

Gabrielle Bluestone · 06/02/16 10:58AM

Yesterday the New York Times reported that Ruth Guerra, the head of Hispanic relations for the Republican National Committee, would be leaving her position for reasons rumored to rhyme with Donald Trump. Taking her place is Helen Aguirre Ferre, a former journalist whose first act of business is scrubbing all the things she’s said about Trump on Twitter—none of which appear to be positive.