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To: Bill who wrote (1193216)	1/14/2020 11:41:16 AM
From: Sdgla	2 Recommendations Recommended By Bill FJB Respond to of 1575535

Lol. Home builder optimism is highest since 97. Millennials are leaving home and finding jobs. Greatest job environment in history & the thread nut jobs refuse to enter rehab. So be it next year - 2020 - will be Great. how Great? this Great: 476-62 VVV pic.twitter.com/hPYKHP2UXe — Greg Rubini (@GregRubini) December 23, 2019

To: Bill who wrote (1193216)	1/14/2020 11:53:02 AM
From: rxbond	Respond to of 1575535

No debate..just mockery. Good campaign slogan

To: Bill who wrote (1193216)	1/14/2020 12:18:10 PM
From: Brumar89	2 Recommendations Recommended By pocotrader rdkflorida2 Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575535

You can't argue for Trump, all you can do is attack.

To: Bill who wrote (1193216)	1/14/2020 12:44:37 PM
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To: Bill who wrote (1193216)	1/14/2020 12:54:56 PM
From: Brumar89	2 Recommendations Recommended By pocotrader rdkflorida2 Respond to of 1575535

And hide the tape of the call on a secure server.

To: Bill who wrote (1193216)	1/14/2020 1:10:51 PM
From: Brumar89	2 Recommendations Recommended By pocotrader rdkflorida2 Respond to of 1575535

Column: Call Trumpism what it is: a cult..... good article. disq.us What the cult diagnosis may lack in scholarly rigor, it makes up for in explanatory power. When polled, far too many Republicans come across as having abandoned their commitment to libertarianism, family values or simple logic in favor of Trump worship. They’re lost to paranoia and factually unmoored talking points, just the way Hassan was lost to Sun Myung Moon. It can be heartbreaking when loved ones succumb to Trumpism. (It’s a double whammy when your grief is dismissed as liberal tears.) A true believer undergoes a “radical personal change,” as Hassan puts it. The person you once knew seems somehow ... not there. To see Trumpism as a cult is not to refuse to engage with its effects, the crimes committed in its name or the way it has awakened and emboldened the cruelest and most destructive beliefs and practices in the American playbook. Instead, the cult framework should relieve the pressure many of us feel to call Trumpites back to themselves, to keep arguing with them. They are stuck in a bad relationship with a controlling figure. Trump zealots are another matter. They are part of the tradition of radical converts in American history who elected to forfeit their authentic personalities and principles rather than refine or strengthen them. We need to stay focused on how so many Americans came to this pass and took this destructive course. The Trump cult will define American politics for decades to come, even after its dear leader is gone. Mary McKay@marymckay3 Administration officials make a big deal about the cheering for Trump at the game last night. Here’s a reminder: notoriety is not the same as approval. People still cheer and ask for autographs when they see OJ and they know he slaughtered two people.

To: Bill who wrote (1193216)	1/14/2020 1:11:42 PM
From: Brumar89	2 Recommendations Recommended By pocotrader rdkflorida2 Respond to of 1575535

Grandpa0594 People continue to talk about all the lenders, investors, and contractors Trump has stiffed in his lifetime. Some articles, including those from Forbes and NY Times, suggest Trump has cheated these people out of billions of dollars, which would make his one to three billion in net worth solely the result of having taken advantage of all these people. And Trump continues…. His rally in Wisconsin tonight will be his 73rd since he took office. As an example, in March and April of 2018 Trump help two rallies, one to Pennsylvania and one to Wisconsin. His flights to those rallies cost the American taxpayer $142,338 for every hour Air Force One is in the air. Assuming two hours each way to those States that comes to eight hours, at the cost of 1.14 million dollars. Trump’s campaign reimbursed the government $112,000 for those two flights. And this doesn’t even include the added Secret Service protection required or the money he’s cheated the cities out of for added police protection. Also, according to Forbes, if Trump maintains the same pace he’s been on since he came into office, his golf visits by the end of his first term will have cost the taxpayers over 340 million dollars, just so he can play golf (badly) at his personal resorts. If someone were to sit down and calculate all the times Trump has cheated the taxpayers on his golf visits and rallies, I have no doubt the price tag would be in excess of one to two billion dollars, which far exceeds the 158 million Trump has in campaign funds. (As of October 2019).