palmerreport--2020-09-28--Donald Trump goes berserk after his tax returns show he’s a criminal and he’s broke

Donald Trump is a financial fraudster who is flat broke and buried in debt .
Most of us already intuitively knew this , but last night ’ s publication of Trump ’ s tax returns by the New York Times has confirmed it for all to see .
Now Trump is going completely berserk about it : The Fake News Media , just like Election time 2016 , is bringing up my Taxes & all sorts of other nonsense with illegally obtained information & only bad intent .
I paid many millions of dollars in taxes but was entitled , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tax credits .
Also , if you look at the extraordinary assets owned by me , which the Fake News hasn ’ t , I am extremely under leveraged – I have very little debt compared to the value of assets .
Much of this information is already on file , but I have long said that I may release Financial Statements , from the time I announced I was going to run for President , showing all properties , assets and debts .
It is a very IMPRESSIVE Statement , and also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on record to give up my yearly $ 400,000 plus Presidential Salary !
Okay , where do we even start with this ?
First , there is no indication that Trump ’ s tax returns were illegally obtained ; the New York Times says they were obtained legally .
And he clearly didn ’ t pay millions of dollars .
And he doesn ’ t own any assets that aren ’ t mortgaged to the hilt .
Also , if Trump has a “ very IMPRESSIVE ” financial statement lined up , why @ @ @ @ @ @ @ release it ?
Finally , he ’ s only been turning down his presidential salary as a cover for embezzling a much larger chunk of taxpayer money .
It ’ s clear that Trump has no idea how to push back against what just happened to him .
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Donald Trump is a financial fraudster who is flat broke and buried in debt. Most of us already intuitively knew this, but last night’s publication of Trump’s tax returns by the New York Times has confirmed it for all to see. Now Trump is going completely berserk about it:
The Fake News Media, just like Election time 2016, is bringing up my Taxes & all sorts of other nonsense with illegally obtained information & only bad intent. I paid many millions of dollars in taxes but was entitled, like everyone else, to depreciation & tax credits. Also, if you look at the extraordinary assets owned by me, which the Fake News hasn’t, I am extremely under leveraged – I have very little debt compared to the value of assets. Much of this information is already on file, but I have long said that I may release Financial Statements, from the time I announced I was going to run for President, showing all properties, assets and debts. It is a very IMPRESSIVE Statement, and also shows that I am the only President on record to give up my yearly $400,000 plus Presidential Salary!
Okay, where do we even start with this? First, there is no indication that Trump’s tax returns were illegally obtained; the New York Times says they were obtained legally. And he clearly didn’t pay millions of dollars. And he doesn’t own any assets that aren’t mortgaged to the hilt.
Also, if Trump has a “very IMPRESSIVE” financial statement lined up, why has he spent four years refusing to release it? Finally, he’s only been turning down his presidential salary as a cover for embezzling a much larger chunk of taxpayer money. It’s clear that Trump has no idea how to push back against what just happened to him.
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palmerreport--2020-09-28--Get your popcorn ready

Get your popcorn ready

We are now five weeks away from the election , and not a whole lot has changed .
Washington Post reported that Biden maintains his lead in a “ stable ” presidential race .
What exactly does that mean ?
Pollsters do not expect many changes from here on , indicating that the numbers have stabilized .
Coronavirus continues to spread , the economy continues to drop , the racial divide continues , and Biden holds a steady advantage .
In other words , nothing that happens between now and election day is likely to change the numbers as they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ president ” Trump trying to hurriedly push a Supreme Court nominee through , even as many people have already begun voting in the presidential election .
According to the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll , Biden/Harris lead Trump/Pence 53 % to 43 % among registered voters .
This poll indicates that these numbers are “ statistically unchanged ” from the poll taken in August immediately prior to both parties ’ conventions .
When the Libertarian Party ( Jorgensen ) and Green Party ( Hawkins ) nominees are included , Biden drops to 49 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , indicating , once again , that third-party candidates hurt Democrats more than Republicans .
Take this how you wish , but those candidates have no chance of winning this race and are merely making it harder for Democrats .
Their candidacies honestly make no sense unless sabotage is their intent .
Be that as it may , Biden continues to lead in some specific areas .
While Trump has a 55 % to 42 % advantage among men , Biden leads among women 65 % to 34 % .
Biden ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s lead in 2016 .
ABC further points out the differences between Biden and Clinton .
Among moderates , Clinton won by 12 points ; Biden ’ s current lead among moderates is 47 .
In the same comparison , Clinton won independent women by 4 points while Biden leads by 57 .
These numbers reflect a huge change in sentiment , which some pollsters and experts claim reflects the difference in the “ likeability factor ” between Clinton and Biden .
These numbers sound great , but Washington Post cautions that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weight in predicting who will win the presidency .
The presidential race in Arizona and Florida continues to be very tight .
Biden still holds the lead in Wisconsin , and he is running away with Minnesota .
The debates should be quite interesting .
Biden needs to push Trump ’ s buttons , and let the entire world see just how crazy the man is up close and personal .
Trump ’ s niece Mary suggested that Biden call him “ Donald ” because he hates being addressed by his first name @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can rattle Trump , including the income tax scandal released by New York Times .
Even if Biden is not successful in making Trump totally crack , it certainly promises to be another “ get your popcorn ” moment .
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We are now five weeks away from the election, and not a whole lot has changed. Washington Post reported that Biden maintains his lead in a “stable” presidential race. What exactly does that mean? Pollsters do not expect many changes from here on, indicating that the numbers have stabilized. Coronavirus continues to spread, the economy continues to drop, the racial divide continues, and Biden holds a steady advantage.
In other words, nothing that happens between now and election day is likely to change the numbers as they now stand now. We have “president” Trump trying to hurriedly push a Supreme Court nominee through, even as many people have already begun voting in the presidential election.
According to the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll, Biden/Harris lead Trump/Pence 53% to 43% among registered voters. This poll indicates that these numbers are “statistically unchanged” from the poll taken in August immediately prior to both parties’ conventions. When the Libertarian Party (Jorgensen) and Green Party (Hawkins) nominees are included, Biden drops to 49% and Trump remains at 43%, indicating, once again, that third-party candidates hurt Democrats more than Republicans. Take this how you wish, but those candidates have no chance of winning this race and are merely making it harder for Democrats. Their candidacies honestly make no sense unless sabotage is their intent. Be that as it may, Biden continues to lead in some specific areas.
While Trump has a 55% to 42% advantage among men, Biden leads among women 65% to 34%. Biden’s lead among women is nearly double Clinton’s lead in 2016. ABC further points out the differences between Biden and Clinton. Among moderates, Clinton won by 12 points; Biden’s current lead among moderates is 47. In the same comparison, Clinton won independent women by 4 points while Biden leads by 57. These numbers reflect a huge change in sentiment, which some pollsters and experts claim reflects the difference in the “likeability factor” between Clinton and Biden. These numbers sound great, but Washington Post cautions that the swing states carry a lot of weight in predicting who will win the presidency.
The presidential race in Arizona and Florida continues to be very tight. Biden still holds the lead in Wisconsin, and he is running away with Minnesota. The debates should be quite interesting. Biden needs to push Trump’s buttons, and let the entire world see just how crazy the man is up close and personal. Trump’s niece Mary suggested that Biden call him “Donald” because he hates being addressed by his first name, but there is so much that can rattle Trump, including the income tax scandal released by New York Times. Even if Biden is not successful in making Trump totally crack, it certainly promises to be another “get your popcorn” moment.
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palmerreport--2020-09-28--Things just got a whole lot stranger

Things just got a whole lot stranger

Last night the President of the United States ’ tax returns surfaced and revealed that not only is he a tax fraudster , his entire financial life has been a lie .
Shortly after that , the President of the United States ’ recently demoted campaign manager was placed on a psych hold after barricading himself in his home with a weapons cache .
We have to be careful about making any presumptions as to whether there was any causality , or whether this was more happenstance .
But either way , this is part of a larger pattern of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and more escalated as we approach election day .
We already have Donald Trump Junior behaving in such disturbing fashion that observers are debating whether he ’ s on drugs or having a mental breakdown .
It all just keeps getting more odd .
And the surreal part is you just know it ’ s going to get even stranger as the Trump cartel continues to unravel .
Our job is to stay focused amid the increasing chaos .
It ’ s clear by now that Donald Trump has no real idea how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of his antics aren ’ t getting him anywhere .
But even if his already-small chance of winning just became even smaller , it ’ s not zero .
We have to work harder than ever on voter registration , phone banking , and volunteering , so we can run up the score and truly put Trump out of his misery .
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Last night the President of the United States’ tax returns surfaced and revealed that not only is he a tax fraudster, his entire financial life has been a lie. Shortly after that, the President of the United States’ recently demoted campaign manager was placed on a psych hold after barricading himself in his home with a weapons cache.
We have to be careful about making any presumptions as to whether there was any causality, or whether this was more happenstance. But either way, this is part of a larger pattern of things in the Trump World becoming stranger and more escalated as we approach election day.
We already have Donald Trump Junior behaving in such disturbing fashion that observers are debating whether he’s on drugs or having a mental breakdown. It all just keeps getting more odd. And the surreal part is you just know it’s going to get even stranger as the Trump cartel continues to unravel.
Our job is to stay focused amid the increasing chaos. It’s clear by now that Donald Trump has no real idea how to save himself, and that most of his antics aren’t getting him anywhere. But even if his already-small chance of winning just became even smaller, it’s not zero. We have to work harder than ever on voter registration, phone banking, and volunteering, so we can run up the score and truly put Trump out of his misery.
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palmerreport--2020-09-29--Bill Barr apparently caught trying to falsify evidence in Michael Flynn case

In the latest reminder of just how ineffective of a henchman Bill Barr has turned out to be , nearly five months after he tried to get the criminal case against Michael Flynn dismissed , the case is still intact .
The courts keep ruling that Barr and his DOJ can ’ t throw the case out , and that the judge is free to send Flynn to prison .
Now Barr has apparently gotten desperate .
Late last week , Barr ’ s DOJ released some internal notes from the Flynn case that were designed to embarrass the agents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ course going to have no impact on the Flynn case , because the judge made clear awhile ago that he ’ s not amused by Barr ’ s antics .
But now former FBI agent Peter Strzok has sent a letter to the judge , revealing that Bill Barr ’ s DOJ altered the notes in question , by adding incorrect dates which change the context of how the investigation played out .
The mere act of altering the notes at all is a clear sign of bad faith intent , so Barr @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the doubt when it comes to the question of whether they got the dates wrong on purpose .
It ’ s difficult to imagine anyone in the DOJ doing this without Bill Barr being involved .
So it appears Barr and his underlings tried to falsify evidence with the intention of painting Michael Flynn as a victim .
If the judge also sees it this way , it ’ ll spell the end of any faint chance Barr might have had of getting Flynn off the hook – and it could lead to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the election .
Of course Barr is already on the hook for so many counts of felony obstruction , who ’ s counting ?
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In the latest reminder of just how ineffective of a henchman Bill Barr has turned out to be, nearly five months after he tried to get the criminal case against Michael Flynn dismissed, the case is still intact. The courts keep ruling that Barr and his DOJ can’t throw the case out, and that the judge is free to send Flynn to prison. Now Barr has apparently gotten desperate.
Late last week, Barr’s DOJ released some internal notes from the Flynn case that were designed to embarrass the agents who investigated Flynn. This is of course going to have no impact on the Flynn case, because the judge made clear awhile ago that he’s not amused by Barr’s antics.
But now former FBI agent Peter Strzok has sent a letter to the judge, revealing that Bill Barr’s DOJ altered the notes in question, by adding incorrect dates which change the context of how the investigation played out. The mere act of altering the notes at all is a clear sign of bad faith intent, so Barr and his DOJ lose any benefit of the doubt when it comes to the question of whether they got the dates wrong on purpose.
It’s difficult to imagine anyone in the DOJ doing this without Bill Barr being involved. So it appears Barr and his underlings tried to falsify evidence with the intention of painting Michael Flynn as a victim. If the judge also sees it this way, it’ll spell the end of any faint chance Barr might have had of getting Flynn off the hook – and it could lead to criminal liability for Barr if Trump loses the election. Of course Barr is already on the hook for so many counts of felony obstruction, who’s counting?
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palmerreport--2020-09-29--Donald Trump Jr has frantic meltdown on live national television

Donald Trump still seems to have no idea how to respond to yesterday ’ s release of his tax returns , and the confirmation that he ’ s flat broke , deeply in debt , and a financial criminal .
On the other hand , Donald Trump Jr apparently decided that the best way to handle things was to go on live national television and have a crazed meltdown .
Donald Trump Jr went on Fox News this morning and delivered this disturbing and embarrassing performance , as captured by The Recount : In this video clip , Donald Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as if he ’ s arguing for his very existence – which in a way he is .
Donald Trump is on track to lose everything : the election , his freedom , his business , you name it .
And because Trump Junior is entirely dependent on his father ’ s house of cards , he ’ s just as vulnerable .
Junior is also just as criminally on the hook as well .
The above video will do nothing to dispel the online conversations about how disturbingly Donald Trump Jr has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
There is a widespread ongoing debate across social media about whether Junior is suffering from a worsening drug problem or an ongoing mental breakdown .
We ’ ll see .
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Donald Trump still seems to have no idea how to respond to yesterday’s release of his tax returns, and the confirmation that he’s flat broke, deeply in debt, and a financial criminal. On the other hand, Donald Trump Jr apparently decided that the best way to handle things was to go on live national television and have a crazed meltdown.
Donald Trump Jr went on Fox News this morning and delivered this disturbing and embarrassing performance, as captured by The Recount:
Donald Trump Jr. is on Fox this morning defending his father over the NYT tax avoidance story: "Of course the NYT does this, they put out a selective picture of all of these things the day before a debate." pic.twitter.com/0JXHCZs9zw — The Recount (@therecount) September 28, 2020
In this video clip, Donald Trump Jr sounds more frantic than ever, as if he’s arguing for his very existence – which in a way he is. Donald Trump is on track to lose everything: the election, his freedom, his business, you name it. And because Trump Junior is entirely dependent on his father’s house of cards, he’s just as vulnerable. Junior is also just as criminally on the hook as well.
The above video will do nothing to dispel the online conversations about how disturbingly Donald Trump Jr has been behaving in his recent public appearances. There is a widespread ongoing debate across social media about whether Junior is suffering from a worsening drug problem or an ongoing mental breakdown. We’ll see.
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palmerreport--2020-09-30--“Will you shut up man?”

“Will you shut up man?”

Donald Trump entered tonight ’ s debate knowing that he had no chance of winning if it came down to the facts , the truth , or even style .
So instead Trump decided to try to blow up the debate entirely , talking over Joe Biden every time Biden was making a good point or calling out a Trump failure .
Joe Biden was having none of it , and kept telling Donald Trump to pipe down in increasingly aggressive fashion .
Moderator Chris Wallace tried but failed to get Trump to stop blabbing .
After Trump ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Biden casually said , “ Will you shut up man ?
” To give you an idea of just how widely despised Donald Trump is , and how thoroughly Trump has debased the office of President of the United States , it ’ s likely that Joe Biden will score points for having told Trump to “ shut up.
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Donald Trump entered tonight’s debate knowing that he had no chance of winning if it came down to the facts, the truth, or even style. So instead Trump decided to try to blow up the debate entirely, talking over Joe Biden every time Biden was making a good point or calling out a Trump failure.
Joe Biden was having none of it, and kept telling Donald Trump to pipe down in increasingly aggressive fashion. Moderator Chris Wallace tried but failed to get Trump to stop blabbing. After Trump’s motormouth tactics had reached grossly offensive territory, Biden casually said, “Will you shut up man?”
To give you an idea of just how widely despised Donald Trump is, and how thoroughly Trump has debased the office of President of the United States, it’s likely that Joe Biden will score points for having told Trump to “shut up.”
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palmerreport--2020-09-30--Donald Trump’s debate is already off to a disastrous start

When Joe Biden took the stage for tonight ’ s debate , he seemed energetic and happy to be there .
When Donald Trump took the stage , he seemed to be on his last legs .
Trump inexplicably referred to Joe Biden as “ Jim Biden , ” thus settling the question of who ’ s going senile .
Then things got worse for Trump .
Donald Trump insisted that he ’ s done nothing to harm Obamacare in any way , prompting moderator Chris Wallace to factually point out that Trump has a Supreme Court case pending right @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Obamacare .
This threw Trump off guard , and he began whining about Wallace – always a sign that a candidate is losing .
There was a lot of public debate as to whether Donald Trump might get high on Adderall and frantically sniff his way through the debate , as he frequently did during the 2016 election cycle .
But tonight Trump seemed to be on sedatives if anything .
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When Joe Biden took the stage for tonight’s debate, he seemed energetic and happy to be there. When Donald Trump took the stage, he seemed to be on his last legs. Trump inexplicably referred to Joe Biden as “Jim Biden,” thus settling the question of who’s going senile. Then things got worse for Trump.
Donald Trump insisted that he’s done nothing to harm Obamacare in any way, prompting moderator Chris Wallace to factually point out that Trump has a Supreme Court case pending right now with the intent of completely gutting Obamacare. This threw Trump off guard, and he began whining about Wallace – always a sign that a candidate is losing.
There was a lot of public debate as to whether Donald Trump might get high on Adderall and frantically sniff his way through the debate, as he frequently did during the 2016 election cycle. But tonight Trump seemed to be on sedatives if anything.
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palmerreport--2020-09-30--I told you Donald Trump was flat broke

I told you Donald Trump was flat broke

Donald Trump ’ s newly unearthed tax returns reveal that he ’ s deeply in debt , upside down on all of his assets , and has a negative net worth .
That means he ’ s not a billionaire , a millionaire , or even a thousandaire – he ’ s just a broke guy who ’ s been abusing his line of credit and trying to fend off yet another bankruptcy .
None of this should come as a revelation .
In fact if you ’ ve been reading Palmer Report for awhile , you know that I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ago that Trump was indeed flat broke .
It happened when Michael Cohen paid Stormy Daniels $ 130,000 out of his own pocket to keep her quiet about her affair with Trump .
That single act alone provided proof , in two ways , that Trump was broke .
First , as loyal as Michael Cohen might have been , no one wants to take out a second mortgage on their home just to pay off their boss ’ mistress .
The only possible explanation for why Cohen was willing to do this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ get his hands on the cash .
Any billionaire , or even multimillionaire , would have no trouble getting $ 130,000 cash .
They ’ d have it in savings , or they could obtain a loan , or if they ’ re a criminal like Trump they could just illegally pull the cash out of the revenue of one of their businesses .
But Trump didn ’ t do any of those things , because he couldn ’ t , because he was too flat broke and deeply in debt to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 130,000 .
Second , the oddly specific dollar amount was also a huge clue .
No one has ever asked for or offered $ 130,000 as a hush money payoff amount .
You ’ d pick a round number , like $ 150,000 or $ 200,000 or $ 250,000 .
Even if you were negotiating and split the difference between two round numbers , you still wouldn ’ t land on $ 130,000 .
This means that the intention was to pay Stormy Daniels a larger amount , but the most Cohen could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , so he had to offer Stormy that embarrassingly strange dollar amount .
The bottom line is that Donald Trump is that one guy we all know who lives lavishly off credit cards , but never has any cash to his name , because all of his income goes directly to making minimum payments on his debts .
That guy is flat broke with no legitimate assets and a negative net worth , and he ’ s not fooling anyone .
No one should be fooled by Donald Trump ’ s act either @ @ @ @ @ @ @ worth , meaning every one of you reading this has a higher net worth than he does , simply by virtue of not being hundreds of millions of dollars upside down .
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Donald Trump’s newly unearthed tax returns reveal that he’s deeply in debt, upside down on all of his assets, and has a negative net worth. That means he’s not a billionaire, a millionaire, or even a thousandaire – he’s just a broke guy who’s been abusing his line of credit and trying to fend off yet another bankruptcy.
None of this should come as a revelation. In fact if you’ve been reading Palmer Report for awhile, you know that I spelled out logical proof a few years ago that Trump was indeed flat broke. It happened when Michael Cohen paid Stormy Daniels $130,000 out of his own pocket to keep her quiet about her affair with Trump. That single act alone provided proof, in two ways, that Trump was broke.
First, as loyal as Michael Cohen might have been, no one wants to take out a second mortgage on their home just to pay off their boss’ mistress. The only possible explanation for why Cohen was willing to do this was that Donald Trump couldn’t get his hands on the cash. Any billionaire, or even multimillionaire, would have no trouble getting $130,000 cash. They’d have it in savings, or they could obtain a loan, or if they’re a criminal like Trump they could just illegally pull the cash out of the revenue of one of their businesses. But Trump didn’t do any of those things, because he couldn’t, because he was too flat broke and deeply in debt to be able to get his hands on $130,000.
Second, the oddly specific dollar amount was also a huge clue. No one has ever asked for or offered $130,000 as a hush money payoff amount. You’d pick a round number, like $150,000 or $200,000 or $250,000. Even if you were negotiating and split the difference between two round numbers, you still wouldn’t land on $130,000. This means that the intention was to pay Stormy Daniels a larger amount, but the most Cohen could get from his lender was $130,000, so he had to offer Stormy that embarrassingly strange dollar amount.
The bottom line is that Donald Trump is that one guy we all know who lives lavishly off credit cards, but never has any cash to his name, because all of his income goes directly to making minimum payments on his debts. That guy is flat broke with no legitimate assets and a negative net worth, and he’s not fooling anyone. No one should be fooled by Donald Trump’s act either. He has a huge negative net worth, meaning every one of you reading this has a higher net worth than he does, simply by virtue of not being hundreds of millions of dollars upside down.
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palmerreport--2020-09-30--Asking the wrong question

Asking the wrong question

The question is not whether Donald Trump ’ s worsening scandals will drive his numbers even lower .
He ’ s already at around 40 % in the polls , which is basically zero in a presidential race .
Both sides almost automatically get 40 % without even trying .
Trump is on track to lose badly .
The question is whether Trump ’ s worsening scandals will prevent him from being able to improve his terrible numbers .
Joe Biden ’ s long running eight point lead in the polling averages is a blowout number by modern presidential election @ @ @ @ @ @ @ margin of victory since 1996 .
Eight points would likely translate to a massive electoral college win .
If you ’ re concerned that Joe Biden ’ s year-long eight point lead might shrink , or that it might not be enough to overcome cheating and suppression , then your recourse is to phone bank , volunteer , and register people to vote .
Sufficient turnout always overcomes any cheating effort .
To be clear , the 2020 numbers look absolutely nothing like 2016 .
Hillary ’ s lead on this date was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was a small lead .
Biden ’ s lead is eight points , which is a large lead .
There ’ s simply no comparison .
But go do some phone banking for Biden anyway , and let ’ s truly make this a blowout win just in case .
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The question is not whether Donald Trump’s worsening scandals will drive his numbers even lower. He’s already at around 40% in the polls, which is basically zero in a presidential race. Both sides almost automatically get 40% without even trying. Trump is on track to lose badly.
The question is whether Trump’s worsening scandals will prevent him from being able to improve his terrible numbers. Joe Biden’s long running eight point lead in the polling averages is a blowout number by modern presidential election standards. It would be the largest margin of victory since 1996. Eight points would likely translate to a massive electoral college win.
If you’re concerned that Joe Biden’s year-long eight point lead might shrink, or that it might not be enough to overcome cheating and suppression, then your recourse is to phone bank, volunteer, and register people to vote. Sufficient turnout always overcomes any cheating effort.
To be clear, the 2020 numbers look absolutely nothing like 2016. Hillary’s lead on this date was three and a half points, which was a small lead. Biden’s lead is eight points, which is a large lead. There’s simply no comparison. But go do some phone banking for Biden anyway, and let’s truly make this a blowout win just in case.
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palmerreport--2020-09-30--Donald Trump’s Brad Parscale scandal just took another strange turn

Over the weekend , Donald Trump ’ s recently demoted 2020 campaign manager Brad Parscale was taken into custody by police and forcibly hospitalized , after he barricaded himself inside his home with a weapons cache and threatened to kill himself .
It ’ s since been revealed that Parscale had allegedly also recently been beating his wife .
Now the whole thing has taken an even stranger turn .
The Daily Mail is reporting that Brad Parscale is now being investigated for “ stealing ” tens of millions of dollars from the Donald Trump campaign and from the Republican @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a British tabloid , so you can take its reporting with a grain of salt .
But there are only two possibilities here .
One is that Parscale actually is under investigation for stealing money .
The other is that someone in the Trump regime has planted a fake story about Parscale stealing money , in order to scapegoat him for the campaign money that seems to have gone missing .
Either way , the Donald Trump 2020 campaign has been one big long front for rampant financial fraud .
Earlier this month @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chunks of campaign money were being paid to Trump family members , even as various parties have blamed each other for the fact that the campaign has blown through most of its money and is now too broke to run sufficient TV ads .
Meanwhile we ’ re still waiting to see if Brad Parscale ends up facing charges in relation to his recent incident .
If so , they won ’ t be federal charges , and Donald Trump won ’ t be able to pardon them in order to keep him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would have to at least consider cutting a plea deal against Trump and the campaign in exchange for leniency .
Stay tuned .
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Over the weekend, Donald Trump’s recently demoted 2020 campaign manager Brad Parscale was taken into custody by police and forcibly hospitalized, after he barricaded himself inside his home with a weapons cache and threatened to kill himself. It’s since been revealed that Parscale had allegedly also recently been beating his wife. Now the whole thing has taken an even stranger turn.
The Daily Mail is reporting that Brad Parscale is now being investigated for “stealing” tens of millions of dollars from the Donald Trump campaign and from the Republican National Committee. The Daily Mail is a British tabloid, so you can take its reporting with a grain of salt. But there are only two possibilities here. One is that Parscale actually is under investigation for stealing money. The other is that someone in the Trump regime has planted a fake story about Parscale stealing money, in order to scapegoat him for the campaign money that seems to have gone missing.
Either way, the Donald Trump 2020 campaign has been one big long front for rampant financial fraud. Earlier this month the New York Times reported that huge chunks of campaign money were being paid to Trump family members, even as various parties have blamed each other for the fact that the campaign has blown through most of its money and is now too broke to run sufficient TV ads.
Meanwhile we’re still waiting to see if Brad Parscale ends up facing charges in relation to his recent incident. If so, they won’t be federal charges, and Donald Trump won’t be able to pardon them in order to keep him quiet. In such case, Parscale would have to at least consider cutting a plea deal against Trump and the campaign in exchange for leniency. Stay tuned.
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palmerreport--2020-09-29--What to really expect from Chris Wallace in tonight’s debate

Chris Wallace seems to enjoy his reputation as the one “ real ” journalist on Fox News , which he ’ s earned by asking routinely tough questions and followups during his Sunday morning interviews .
He ’ s earned high enough marks that both sides have signed off on him moderating tonight ’ s first 2020 presidential general election debate .
But how ’ s he really going to fare ?
Wallace has already said that he ’ s not going to act as fact checker tonight , and that he ’ s instead going to try to make @ @ @ @ @ @ @ letting the two candidates duke it out and correct each other .
This sounds weak to say the least , but it could be that Wallace is simply setting expectations low for himself , so he can make sure he exceeds them .
That said , I have a feeling Wallace may come out on the losing end of it tonight .
He ’ ll likely call out a bit of Donald Trump ’ s crap , just to maintain journalistic credibility , and in so doing he ’ ll enrage Trump ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ probably let most of Trump ’ s crap slide , and he ’ ll likely throw a few unfair questions at Joe Biden just to appear “ balanced , ” thus angering everyone else who ’ s watching .
If Chris Wallace takes this approach , he ’ ll come out of this debate worse for fear .
When your goal is to keep both sides happy , usually you just end up making everyone unhappy .
But if Wallace is looking to cement his reputation as the “ one solid journalist ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump hard tonight and gets him to crack on live national television , let ’ s just say that it would be a sight to see .
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Chris Wallace seems to enjoy his reputation as the one “real” journalist on Fox News, which he’s earned by asking routinely tough questions and followups during his Sunday morning interviews. He’s earned high enough marks that both sides have signed off on him moderating tonight’s first 2020 presidential general election debate. But how’s he really going to fare?
Wallace has already said that he’s not going to act as fact checker tonight, and that he’s instead going to try to make himself as invisible as possible, instead letting the two candidates duke it out and correct each other. This sounds weak to say the least, but it could be that Wallace is simply setting expectations low for himself, so he can make sure he exceeds them.
That said, I have a feeling Wallace may come out on the losing end of it tonight. He’ll likely call out a bit of Donald Trump’s crap, just to maintain journalistic credibility, and in so doing he’ll enrage Trump’s fawning base. But Wallace will probably let most of Trump’s crap slide, and he’ll likely throw a few unfair questions at Joe Biden just to appear “balanced,” thus angering everyone else who’s watching.
If Chris Wallace takes this approach, he’ll come out of this debate worse for fear. When your goal is to keep both sides happy, usually you just end up making everyone unhappy. But if Wallace is looking to cement his reputation as the “one solid journalist” on Fox News, and he hits Trump hard tonight and gets him to crack on live national television, let’s just say that it would be a sight to see.
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palmerreport--2020-09-29--Even Fox News can’t figure out what to do with this Trump scandal

On Sunday night , one of the biggest bombshells of the election may have dropped .
Of course , Donald Trump is capable of doing and has done much worse than failing to pay any taxes at all for most of the past 15 years , but this is probably a bigger deal than anything outrageously offensive he ’ s said between now and 2015 , because it ’ s all in how Donald Trump perceives it .
He doesn ’ t care if his supposed enemies think he ’ s a bigot or a bully – but he really @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as a loser or as weak , and he can ’ t bring himself to accept that he ’ s anything besides the ingenious billionaire he always props himself up as .
This poses a bit of a problem , to say the least .
Of course , Donald Trump went about things in the usual way – screaming and throwing a tantrum , which he ’ s currently on the third day of doing .
The trouble is that unlike his past scandals , it ’ s pretty hard to find the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s favor .
The Access Hollywood tape was spun as just being “ locker room talk , ” for example , and eventually brought a few reluctant Republicans back to Trump .
Now , Trump ’ s spin doctors at Fox News are desperately trying to find a strategy , and their political editor Chris Stirewalt has come right out to say it : “ On the one hand , he says it ’ s totally fake news , but also then he has to say it was “ illegally gotten.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Donald Trump carry himself lately , this is a bit of a tall order and the most likely situation is that he ’ ll never fully make up his mind and swap out one or the other on any given day – but the tell here is that Trump ’ s people don ’ t know what to make of it at a point where more bombshells are likely to follow .
Now that the media ’ s focus will be on Trump ’ s tax returns for at least the next week @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and why we need to drive up Joe Biden ’ s numbers by donating and phone banking to get him elected on November 3 .
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On Sunday night, one of the biggest bombshells of the election may have dropped. Of course, Donald Trump is capable of doing and has done much worse than failing to pay any taxes at all for most of the past 15 years, but this is probably a bigger deal than anything outrageously offensive he’s said between now and 2015, because it’s all in how Donald Trump perceives it. He doesn’t care if his supposed enemies think he’s a bigot or a bully – but he really doesn’t want to be seen as a loser or as weak, and he can’t bring himself to accept that he’s anything besides the ingenious billionaire he always props himself up as.
This poses a bit of a problem, to say the least. Of course, Donald Trump went about things in the usual way – screaming and throwing a tantrum, which he’s currently on the third day of doing. The trouble is that unlike his past scandals, it’s pretty hard to find the right way to spin this in Trump’s favor. The Access Hollywood tape was spun as just being “locker room talk,” for example, and eventually brought a few reluctant Republicans back to Trump.
Now, Trump’s spin doctors at Fox News are desperately trying to find a strategy, and their political editor Chris Stirewalt has come right out to say it: “On the one hand, he says it’s totally fake news, but also then he has to say it was “illegally gotten.”
Given the way we’ve seen Donald Trump carry himself lately, this is a bit of a tall order and the most likely situation is that he’ll never fully make up his mind and swap out one or the other on any given day – but the tell here is that Trump’s people don’t know what to make of it at a point where more bombshells are likely to follow. Now that the media’s focus will be on Trump’s tax returns for at least the next week, momentum is on our side – and why we need to drive up Joe Biden’s numbers by donating and phone banking to get him elected on November 3.
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palmerreport--2020-09-29--Donald Trump’s DNI stooge John Ratcliffe just went completely off the rails

The Trump administration has demonstrated its corruptness on a daily basis , and it will get worse in the coming days .
The list of corrupt individuals in Donald Trump ’ s orbit grows on an hourly basis .
The latest who will be investigated if Democrats win the Senate in November is John Ratcliffe .
The Director of National Intelligence has shown that he has no intelligence , and is corrupt like all in this administration .
Ratcliffe issued a memo today to Senate Judiciary Chair Lindsey Graham and in it , he wrote that in 2016 , according @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hillary Clinton “ approved a campaign plan to stir up a scandal against [ Trump ] by tying him to Putin and the Russians ’ hacking of the Democratic National Committee ” but says “ the IC does not know the accuracy of this allegation or the extent to which the Russian intelligence analysis may reflect exaggeration or fabrication.
” This is debunked nonsense , and anyone in the intelligence community putting nonsense like this in a report would be fired .
Reminder , this is the same party that keeps trying to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which is grounded in much more intelligence and reality than this nonsense .
Hugh Hewitt is getting himself all lathered up over this memo , but anyone with a brain cell , with any mode of “ intelligence , ” will see this as the nonsense it is .
The GOP should be ashamed of itself , if it had any shame , and it should realize that the Trump paper trail of criminal behavior is astounding .
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The Trump administration has demonstrated its corruptness on a daily basis, and it will get worse in the coming days. The list of corrupt individuals in Donald Trump’s orbit grows on an hourly basis. The latest who will be investigated if Democrats win the Senate in November is John Ratcliffe.
The Director of National Intelligence has shown that he has no intelligence, and is corrupt like all in this administration. Ratcliffe issued a memo today to Senate Judiciary Chair Lindsey Graham and in it, he wrote that in 2016, according to allegations by unknown Russian intelligence, Hillary Clinton “approved a campaign plan to stir up a scandal against [Trump] by tying him to Putin and the Russians’ hacking of the Democratic National Committee” but says “the IC does not know the accuracy of this allegation or the extent to which the Russian intelligence analysis may reflect exaggeration or fabrication.”
This is debunked nonsense, and anyone in the intelligence community putting nonsense like this in a report would be fired. Reminder, this is the same party that keeps trying to “debunk” the Steele Dossier, which is grounded in much more intelligence and reality than this nonsense. Hugh Hewitt is getting himself all lathered up over this memo, but anyone with a brain cell, with any mode of “intelligence,” will see this as the nonsense it is. The GOP should be ashamed of itself, if it had any shame, and it should realize that the Trump paper trail of criminal behavior is astounding.
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palmerreport--2020-09-29--Joe Biden nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

A British Labour MP , Chris Bryant , has nominated Joe Biden for this year ’ s Nobel Peace prize .
This nomination stands in sharp contrast to Donald Trump ’ s nomination for the same prize , because the Vice President has actually done something to qualify for a prize conceived in the name of peace , as opposed to the hate and chaos that has been perpetuated by the , ahem , the president .
“ When American cities have been in flames and citizen has been pitched against citizen , ” Mr Bryant writes , “ Joe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ influence to bear .
When others have resorted to violent solutions , he has argued that the best force is the force of argument because guns can stop a heart but well-placed words can change many hearts and many hearts can change the world.
” Mr Bryant , who is a member of the Houses of Parliament ’ s Commons Foreign Affairs Committee and chair of the Standards and Privileges Committee , said Mr Biden deserved to be nominated for his “ dedication to argument and political debate during a turbulent time in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that Donald Trump is not going to like this news , particularly going into the debates .
Trump , who is known for a violent temper that he commonly vents on innocent members of staff whenever he is angry — which is often — will almost certainly drop a whole bomber load of f-bombs on some poor , unsuspecting underling .
After all , who better than he to be nominated for a prize that ’ s all about peace ?
Peace Prize nominations can be legitimately tendered by any member of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , university chancellors , professors of social science , history , philosophy , law and theology .
It can also be made by leaders of peace research institutes and institutes of foreign affairs .
This year ’ s prize will be awarded on 9 October and the final decision will be made by a committee in Oslo , Norway .
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A British Labour MP, Chris Bryant, has nominated Joe Biden for this year’s Nobel Peace prize. This nomination stands in sharp contrast to Donald Trump’s nomination for the same prize, because the Vice President has actually done something to qualify for a prize conceived in the name of peace, as opposed to the hate and chaos that has been perpetuated by the, ahem, the president.
“When American cities have been in flames and citizen has been pitched against citizen,” Mr Bryant writes, “Joe [Biden] has been a calming influence to bear. When others have resorted to violent solutions, he has argued that the best force is the force of argument because guns can stop a heart but well-placed words can change many hearts and many hearts can change the world.”
Mr Bryant, who is a member of the Houses of Parliament’s Commons Foreign Affairs Committee and chair of the Standards and Privileges Committee, said Mr Biden deserved to be nominated for his “dedication to argument and political debate during a turbulent time in American politics.”
It goes without saying that Donald Trump is not going to like this news, particularly going into the debates. Trump, who is known for a violent temper that he commonly vents on innocent members of staff whenever he is angry — which is often — will almost certainly drop a whole bomber load of f-bombs on some poor, unsuspecting underling. After all, who better than he to be nominated for a prize that’s all about peace?
Peace Prize nominations can be legitimately tendered by any member of a government or an international court of law, university chancellors, professors of social science, history, philosophy, law and theology. It can also be made by leaders of peace research institutes and institutes of foreign affairs. This year’s prize will be awarded on 9 October and the final decision will be made by a committee in Oslo, Norway.
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BROKE

– Every single move that Trump has made in office , from economic policy changes , to foreign policy deals involving the countries he owes money to , has been based on keeping his own broke ass out of bankruptcy for another day .
Every single move .
All of it .
– Chris Wallace ’ s first debate question for Donald Trump should be , “ What is wrong with you ?
” At this point it ’ s the question that the majority of Americans want Trump to answer .
– Trump ’ s taxes .
Cambridge Analytica @ @ @ @ @ @ @ surprises are going Trump ’ s way .
Yes , there will almost certainly be more surprises .
But let ’ s not fall into the trap of assuming that the biggest “ October surprise ” is automatically going to benefit Trump .
That sure hasn ’ t been the case so far .
– It ’ s not about how Trump ’ s idiot base responds to his tax fraud or the revelation that he ’ s flat broke .
It ’ s never been about his base .
It ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like Trump and are trying to decide whether to make the effort to go vote him out .
Focus on convincing them .
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– Every single move that Trump has made in office, from economic policy changes, to foreign policy deals involving the countries he owes money to, has been based on keeping his own broke ass out of bankruptcy for another day. Every single move. All of it.
– Chris Wallace’s first debate question for Donald Trump should be, “What is wrong with you?” At this point it’s the question that the majority of Americans want Trump to answer.
– Trump’s taxes. Cambridge Analytica. So far none of the October surprises are going Trump’s way. Yes, there will almost certainly be more surprises. But let’s not fall into the trap of assuming that the biggest “October surprise” is automatically going to benefit Trump. That sure hasn’t been the case so far.
– It’s not about how Trump’s idiot base responds to his tax fraud or the revelation that he’s flat broke. It’s never been about his base. It’s about the people who don’t like Trump and are trying to decide whether to make the effort to go vote him out. Focus on convincing them.
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palmerreport--2020-09-29--Rudy Giuliani and Jerome Corsi just gave something away about Donald Trump and tonight’s debate

Rudy Giuliani appeared on Fox News today and , while struggling to come up with words or make any sort of sense , falsely claimed that doctors have diagnosed Joe Biden with dementia , and that Biden is planning to take Adderall during tonight ’ s debate , and that Biden will be wearing an earpiece .
At the same time , pro-Trump conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi falsely claimed that Joe Biden somehow has the debate questions in advance .
It ’ s clear that Trump ’ s buddies Giuliani and Corsi are worried that Joe Biden will dominate tonight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ re making up excuses in advance for why Biden will outshine Trump .
At the simplest level this is an attempt at managing expectations – and they ’ ve just given away that they expect Trump to perform fairly poorly tonight .
But there may be more to it .
When you make oddly specific false accusations about the other guy , it ’ s usually because you ’ re guilty of that specific thing , and you ’ re hoping to muddy the waters in case you get caught .
So @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump ’ s guys is insisting that Biden is abusing Adderall , when it ’ s Trump who has long been accused by multiple people of being an Adderall abuser .
It ’ s also notable that one of Trump ’ s guys is insisting that Fox News gave the questions to Biden in advance , when we all know that Fox would be more likely to give the questions to Trump if anyone .
So let ’ s keep an eye on things tonight .
If Donald Trump behaves in a manner @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , then Rudy may have just given away that he ’ s abusing it .
And if Trump ’ s answers tonight end up strongly suggesting that he knew the precise questions in advance , then we may need to look into why Corsi said what he said .
In any case , Trump ’ s guys clearly don ’ t think tonight will go well for him .
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Rudy Giuliani appeared on Fox News today and, while struggling to come up with words or make any sort of sense, falsely claimed that doctors have diagnosed Joe Biden with dementia, and that Biden is planning to take Adderall during tonight’s debate, and that Biden will be wearing an earpiece. At the same time, pro-Trump conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi falsely claimed that Joe Biden somehow has the debate questions in advance.
It’s clear that Trump’s buddies Giuliani and Corsi are worried that Joe Biden will dominate tonight’s debate, and so they’re making up excuses in advance for why Biden will outshine Trump. At the simplest level this is an attempt at managing expectations – and they’ve just given away that they expect Trump to perform fairly poorly tonight. But there may be more to it.
When you make oddly specific false accusations about the other guy, it’s usually because you’re guilty of that specific thing, and you’re hoping to muddy the waters in case you get caught. So it’s notable that one of Trump’s guys is insisting that Biden is abusing Adderall, when it’s Trump who has long been accused by multiple people of being an Adderall abuser. It’s also notable that one of Trump’s guys is insisting that Fox News gave the questions to Biden in advance, when we all know that Fox would be more likely to give the questions to Trump if anyone.
So let’s keep an eye on things tonight. If Donald Trump behaves in a manner that’s consistent with Adderall abuse, then Rudy may have just given away that he’s abusing it. And if Trump’s answers tonight end up strongly suggesting that he knew the precise questions in advance, then we may need to look into why Corsi said what he said. In any case, Trump’s guys clearly don’t think tonight will go well for him.
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palmerreport--2020-09-29--Judge Sullivan exposes bombshell about Donald Trump in Michael Flynn case

When the news broke last night that Bill Barr ’ s DOJ had altered and apparently falsified evidence in the hope of painting Michael Flynn as a victim , we knew there were going to be fireworks in today ’ s Flynn hearing .
But it turns out most of the judge ’ s ire was aimed at Donald Trump .
Judge Sullivan ended up asking Michael Flynn ’ s defense attorney if she had discussed the case with Donald Trump .
She tried to invoke executive privilege , which isn ’ t a thing in this instance , before @ @ @ @ @ @ @ personally briefing Trump on the developments in the case .
This is nothing short of a bombshell about Trump ’ s behavior .
It ’ s not necessarily surprising , but it ’ s still shockingly corrupt .
At that point retired Judge Gleeson , who was appointed by Judge Sullivan to help sort out the Trump regime ’ s meddling in the case , announced his view that “ Donald Trump has open disdain for the independence of the Justice Department.
” Judge Sullivan hasn ’ t yet ruled , but this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Flynn might have had of getting the charges against him dismissed .
It also appears to be obstruction of justice on Trump ’ s part , but any such criminal charges against him will seemingly have to wait until after he loses the election .
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When the news broke last night that Bill Barr’s DOJ had altered and apparently falsified evidence in the hope of painting Michael Flynn as a victim, we knew there were going to be fireworks in today’s Flynn hearing. But it turns out most of the judge’s ire was aimed at Donald Trump.
Judge Sullivan ended up asking Michael Flynn’s defense attorney if she had discussed the case with Donald Trump. She tried to invoke executive privilege, which isn’t a thing in this instance, before ultimately admitting that she’s been personally briefing Trump on the developments in the case. This is nothing short of a bombshell about Trump’s behavior. It’s not necessarily surprising, but it’s still shockingly corrupt.
At that point retired Judge Gleeson, who was appointed by Judge Sullivan to help sort out the Trump regime’s meddling in the case, announced his view that “Donald Trump has open disdain for the independence of the Justice Department.” Judge Sullivan hasn’t yet ruled, but this would seemingly end any brief shot that Flynn might have had of getting the charges against him dismissed. It also appears to be obstruction of justice on Trump’s part, but any such criminal charges against him will seemingly have to wait until after he loses the election.
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palmerreport--2020-09-29--Donald Trump exposed as shockingly dangerous threat to national security

It ’ s FBI policy to routinely reject applicants with excessive debt .
The reason is economic pressures can render employees vulnerable to bribes and blackmail from foreign intelligence agents .
Such people ( like convicted former FBI agent and spy for the Soviet Union Robert Philip Hanssen ) can too easily become national security threats .
The New York Times revelation of Donald Trump ’ s tax returns has put numeric clothing on what we have long suspected , that Trump ’ s returns prove he ’ s deeply in debt and that he ’ s not just a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ appallingly bad businessman , possibly one of history ’ s worst .
As shocking and disturbing as his tax returns are , few are surprised .
But Trump ’ s returns also demonstrate just how much at risk the United States is with a deeply compromised president .
If Trump were to be re-elected , 421 million dollars in loans would come due during his second term .
That is an amount he almost certainly will default on , because he lacks the capital reserves to pay those loans back .
It also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tax refund he was not entitled to and is currently under audit for that .
These revelations make Trump a security threat , and wholly unqualified to be president of the United States .
It ’ s little wonder , therefore , that Trump has consistently hidden his taxes from us .
When Trump is seen through the lens of a malignant narcissist , it ’ s inevitable .
Trump is a braggart .
If his taxes made him look good he would have rushed to show them to us , just as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of his DNA to E. Jean Carroll ’ s lawyer if he really didn ’ t rape her .
But just as surely as he raped Ms. Carroll , Trump ’ s tax returns prove he ’ s a tax cheat and a criminal .
In Trumpworld there are no mysteries .
He always does things for reasons that are obvious and almost always pathetic .
Everything , with Trump , is transactional .
So let ’ s have no more talk of Trump the “ great businessman.
” We always understood why @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and now we have proof .
Putin , who really is a billionaire and may in fact be the richest man in the world , is the one thing Trump admires : he ’ s super rich .
From the beginning Trump used his campaign for president as a cheap publicity stunt to promote his TV show , the Apprentice .
Since he won ( to his surprise and everyone else ’ s ) he ’ s been trying to exploit the presidency to amass a fortune .
It is a tribute @ @ @ @ @ @ @ endless emoluments violations and corrupt deals and stock market manipulations , Trump remains in staggering debt .
Any fool with Trump ’ s power could make money .
Trump simply lacks the knack for it .
But money is the only thing Trump loves and believes in , and it ’ s a feature of his complete absence of talent that he has so little of it .
But it ’ s also a shockingly dangerous security threat to the United States .
Trump is deeply compromised by both his debt and his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and his complete lack of a conscience or morals puts him at continuous risk to dictators like Putin who can help him financially and extort him economically .
There are a million reasons why Donald Trump is unfit to be president of the United States , this has been another one .
And , as ever , ladies and gentlemen , brothers and sisters , comrades and friends , stay safe .
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It’s FBI policy to routinely reject applicants with excessive debt. The reason is economic pressures can render employees vulnerable to bribes and blackmail from foreign intelligence agents. Such people (like convicted former FBI agent and spy for the Soviet Union Robert Philip Hanssen) can too easily become national security threats.
The New York Times revelation of Donald Trump’s tax returns has put numeric clothing on what we have long suspected, that Trump’s returns prove he’s deeply in debt and that he’s not just a bad businessman, he’s an appallingly bad businessman, possibly one of history’s worst. As shocking and disturbing as his tax returns are, few are surprised.
But Trump’s returns also demonstrate just how much at risk the United States is with a deeply compromised president. If Trump were to be re-elected, 421 million dollars in loans would come due during his second term. That is an amount he almost certainly will default on, because he lacks the capital reserves to pay those loans back. It also appears Trump took a 72.9 million dollar tax refund he was not entitled to and is currently under audit for that. These revelations make Trump a security threat, and wholly unqualified to be president of the United States.
It’s little wonder, therefore, that Trump has consistently hidden his taxes from us. When Trump is seen through the lens of a malignant narcissist, it’s inevitable. Trump is a braggart. If his taxes made him look good he would have rushed to show them to us, just as would have rushed to give a sample of his DNA to E. Jean Carroll’s lawyer if he really didn’t rape her. But just as surely as he raped Ms. Carroll, Trump’s tax returns prove he’s a tax cheat and a criminal. In Trumpworld there are no mysteries. He always does things for reasons that are obvious and almost always pathetic. Everything, with Trump, is transactional.
So let’s have no more talk of Trump the “great businessman.” We always understood why Trump kowtowed at Helsinki to Vladimir Putin, and now we have proof. Putin, who really is a billionaire and may in fact be the richest man in the world, is the one thing Trump admires: he’s super rich.
From the beginning Trump used his campaign for president as a cheap publicity stunt to promote his TV show, the Apprentice. Since he won (to his surprise and everyone else’s) he’s been trying to exploit the presidency to amass a fortune. It is a tribute to his incompetence that, despite his endless emoluments violations and corrupt deals and stock market manipulations, Trump remains in staggering debt. Any fool with Trump’s power could make money. Trump simply lacks the knack for it.
But money is the only thing Trump loves and believes in, and it’s a feature of his complete absence of talent that he has so little of it. But it’s also a shockingly dangerous security threat to the United States. Trump is deeply compromised by both his debt and his monomaniacal love of money. His greed and his complete lack of a conscience or morals puts him at continuous risk to dictators like Putin who can help him financially and extort him economically.
There are a million reasons why Donald Trump is unfit to be president of the United States, this has been another one. And, as ever, ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, comrades and friends, stay safe.
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palmerreport--2020-09-29--Wait, Eric Trump said WHAT?

Wait, Eric Trump said WHAT?

The Trump kids , including Eric Trump , are all facing some serious legal issues , and they found out over the weekend that daddy has no money to give them – not that he would have shared if he did .
Eric is scheduled to be interrogated by the New York Attorney General , but is trying to put it off until post-election .
He has no such ability .
On Fox & Friends on Tuesday morning , Eric said something that reinforces how Saturday Night Live portrays him .
He had this to say about the supposed secret @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , they are incredible .
And you should see how they come out in full force for my father every single day .
I ’ m part of that community , and we love the man.
” That statement raises some interesting questions .
It is not clear what he meant by “ I ’ m part of that community ” or if he knows what he is talking about .
It is a strange statement , and it ’ s not clear what he intended to say .
And while some members @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , it ’ s not like they are out in full force .
Eric should prepare for his interrogation and for having to get a real job when daddy can not pay his debts or goes to prison .
Eric once again provides SNL with fodder for its premiere on Saturday .
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The Trump kids, including Eric Trump, are all facing some serious legal issues, and they found out over the weekend that daddy has no money to give them – not that he would have shared if he did. Eric is scheduled to be interrogated by the New York Attorney General, but is trying to put it off until post-election. He has no such ability.
On Fox & Friends on Tuesday morning, Eric said something that reinforces how Saturday Night Live portrays him. He had this to say about the supposed secret Trump voter: “The LGBT community, they are incredible. And you should see how they come out in full force for my father every single day. I’m part of that community, and we love the man.”
That statement raises some interesting questions. It is not clear what he meant by “I’m part of that community” or if he knows what he is talking about. It is a strange statement, and it’s not clear what he intended to say. And while some members of the LGBTQ community do support Trump, it’s not like they are out in full force. Eric should prepare for his interrogation and for having to get a real job when daddy cannot pay his debts or goes to prison. Eric once again provides SNL with fodder for its premiere on Saturday.
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palmerreport--2020-09-29--The arrests continue – and they’re leading up to Donald Trump

When the police tackled and handcuffed Brad Parscale over the weekend and forcibly hospitalized him under the premise that he was an immediate danger to himself and others , we can debate whether this was technically an arrest – but realistically it was an arrest .
This means Brad Parscale is the fourth person to be in charge of Donald Trump ’ s campaign and then end up getting arrested .
Trump ’ s first 2016 campaign manager Corey Lewandowski was arrested for assaulting a female reporter .
Trump ’ s second 2016 campaign manager Paul Manafort was arrested on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prison .
Trump then hired Steve Bannon as his 2016 campaign CEO , and he was later arrested for fraud .
And now Trump ’ s recently demoted 2020 campaign manager Parscale has gotten popped as well .
It ’ s not just the Trump campaign head honchos taking a fall , either .
Trump ’ s 2016 campaign vice chairman Rick Gates went to prison .
Trump ’ s lawyer Michael Cohen , who was deeply involved with his 2016 campaign , went to prison .
Trump ’ s 2016 campaign adviser @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s National Security Adviser Michael Flynn has been convicted .
So has Trump ’ s campaign adviser Roger Stone .
The list is so long , we ’ ve probably left some people out .
The point is that this is an ongoing pattern for Donald Trump and his orbit , and lately the pattern has been escalating .
Bannon finally got popped just recently .
Parscale just got popped .
Rudy Giuliani seems to be in danger of getting popped any day .
That ’ s before getting to Trump ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are enough to put him away on federal charges .
And then there ’ s the well-documented New York grand jury that ’ s in the process of criminally indicting Donald Trump on state charges that he can ’ t pardon himself for .
It ’ s now essentially a given that if Donald Trump loses the election , he ’ ll end up indicted , arrested , tried , convicted , and yes , sent to prison .
He ’ s pretty far behind in the polls , and his schemes to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we have to do is put in the work required to win – volunteering , phone banking , voter registration – and we ’ ll finish him off for good .
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When the police tackled and handcuffed Brad Parscale over the weekend and forcibly hospitalized him under the premise that he was an immediate danger to himself and others, we can debate whether this was technically an arrest – but realistically it was an arrest.
This means Brad Parscale is the fourth person to be in charge of Donald Trump’s campaign and then end up getting arrested. Trump’s first 2016 campaign manager Corey Lewandowski was arrested for assaulting a female reporter. Trump’s second 2016 campaign manager Paul Manafort was arrested on a variety of charges and went to prison. Trump then hired Steve Bannon as his 2016 campaign CEO, and he was later arrested for fraud. And now Trump’s recently demoted 2020 campaign manager Parscale has gotten popped as well.
It’s not just the Trump campaign head honchos taking a fall, either. Trump’s 2016 campaign vice chairman Rick Gates went to prison. Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen, who was deeply involved with his 2016 campaign, went to prison. Trump’s 2016 campaign adviser George Papadopoulos went to prison. Trump’s National Security Adviser Michael Flynn has been convicted. So has Trump’s campaign adviser Roger Stone. The list is so long, we’ve probably left some people out.
The point is that this is an ongoing pattern for Donald Trump and his orbit, and lately the pattern has been escalating. Bannon finally got popped just recently. Parscale just got popped. Rudy Giuliani seems to be in danger of getting popped any day. That’s before getting to Trump’s newly leaked tax returns, which are enough to put him away on federal charges. And then there’s the well-documented New York grand jury that’s in the process of criminally indicting Donald Trump on state charges that he can’t pardon himself for.
It’s now essentially a given that if Donald Trump loses the election, he’ll end up indicted, arrested, tried, convicted, and yes, sent to prison. He’s pretty far behind in the polls, and his schemes to close the gap keep failing. All we have to do is put in the work required to win – volunteering, phone banking, voter registration – and we’ll finish him off for good.
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palmerreport--2020-09-29--Donald Trump just shot himself in the foot

Donald Trump should be having a great day , considering he keeps getting to use two of his favorite words : “ Fake news.
” Alas , he is not — thanks to the bombshell dropped by the New York Times .
While the rest of us struggle to make ends meet , sometimes ending up paying taxes with money we do not have , a self-proclaimed billionaire has been bilking the system for years .
No wonder he gave his rich friends a tax break .
He wants them to be freeloaders like him .
The sheer depth of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by his lying about the duplicity ( among other things ) .
When he began his run for the White House , Trump said that he would “ be happy ” to release his tax returns .
Once he took office , he fought fiercely to keep them hidden , and we now know why .
Once again , “ president ” Donald Trump has been proven a liar .
Back in 2015 , as Trump was preparing to run for office , CNN broke a story on his multiple corporate bankruptcies .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ file for bankruptcies all the time.
” CNN busted that lie by comparing Trump ’ s corporate bankruptcies to companies like General Motors , Lehman Brothers , and major airlines .
According to CNN ’ s findings , less than 20 % of companies with assets of $ 1 billion or more have filed bankruptcy in the last 30 years .
As a result , Bankruptcy.com placed Trump in the top tier of filers “ in recent decades.
” Further , while Trump was out filing bankruptcies , he was also inflating his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Michael Cohen told us during his testimony before Congress .
When Cohen recently released his book , Trump ’ s press secretary Kayleigh McEnany called him a “ disgraced lawyer ” and “ felon ” who has no credibility .
That sounds more like Trump than Cohen , as virtually everything Cohen said during his testimony appears to be true .
The most egregious information to come out of Trump ’ s tax returns is his failure to pay any taxes at all in 11 of the last 18 years , and upon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
ABC analysts said that the taxes Trump paid are equivalent to a taxpayer making $ 20,000 per year .
Yet , this tax cheat , this liar is running our country .
No wonder he is running it into the ground .
The sad thing is that his supporters will be okay with Trump ’ s latest deceit .
They will think him “ cunning ” or “ smart ” to avoid taxes , but where this is going to gut-punch Trump is with independents and Republicans already disillusioned with him and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of thousands of lives .
We can not take four more years of this lying , draft-dodging , tax-dodging grifter .
His “ policies ” are and always have been nonexistent .
He is in office for himself and no one else .
He has repeatedly promised “ plans ” —plans for healthcare , and most recently , a plan for minorities .
We have and will never see either .
People who continue to support this loser need to take a good , long , hard look in the mirror because something @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Personal note from Bill Palmer : I want to thank everyone who has contributed to Palmer Report this week .
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Donald Trump should be having a great day, considering he keeps getting to use two of his favorite words: “Fake news.” Alas, he is not — thanks to the bombshell dropped by the New York Times. While the rest of us struggle to make ends meet, sometimes ending up paying taxes with money we do not have, a self-proclaimed billionaire has been bilking the system for years. No wonder he gave his rich friends a tax break. He wants them to be freeloaders like him. The sheer depth of Trump’s duplicity is overshadowed only by his lying about the duplicity (among other things).
When he began his run for the White House, Trump said that he would “be happy” to release his tax returns. Once he took office, he fought fiercely to keep them hidden, and we now know why. Once again, “president” Donald Trump has been proven a liar. Back in 2015, as Trump was preparing to run for office, CNN broke a story on his multiple corporate bankruptcies. According to Trump, “successful businesses file for bankruptcies all the time.” CNN busted that lie by comparing Trump’s corporate bankruptcies to companies like General Motors, Lehman Brothers, and major airlines.
According to CNN’s findings, less than 20% of companies with assets of $1 billion or more have filed bankruptcy in the last 30 years. As a result, Bankruptcy.com placed Trump in the top tier of filers “in recent decades.” Further, while Trump was out filing bankruptcies, he was also inflating his income to secure bank loans, something Michael Cohen told us during his testimony before Congress. When Cohen recently released his book, Trump’s press secretary Kayleigh McEnany called him a “disgraced lawyer” and “felon” who has no credibility. That sounds more like Trump than Cohen, as virtually everything Cohen said during his testimony appears to be true.
The most egregious information to come out of Trump’s tax returns is his failure to pay any taxes at all in 11 of the last 18 years, and upon taking office, he paid $750.00. ABC analysts said that the taxes Trump paid are equivalent to a taxpayer making $20,000 per year. Yet, this tax cheat, this liar is running our country. No wonder he is running it into the ground. The sad thing is that his supporters will be okay with Trump’s latest deceit. They will think him “cunning” or “smart” to avoid taxes, but where this is going to gut-punch Trump is with independents and Republicans already disillusioned with him and his reckless behavior that has cost hundreds of thousands of lives.
We cannot take four more years of this lying, draft-dodging, tax-dodging grifter. His “policies” are and always have been nonexistent. He is in office for himself and no one else. He has repeatedly promised “plans”—plans for healthcare, and most recently, a plan for minorities. We have and will never see either. People who continue to support this loser need to take a good, long, hard look in the mirror because something is very wrong with this picture.
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palmerreport--2020-09-29--Donald Trump has complete meltdown about Ivanka Trump

This weekend ’ s tax return revelations reveal that Donald Trump was paying his daughter Ivanka Trump huge amounts of consultant money and apparently writing it off in illegal fashion , among other corrupt things .
Now another bizarre storyline has emerged , as former Trump sidekick Rick Gates is claiming that Trump wanted to pick Ivanka as his 2016 running mate and had to be talked down from it .
Right around midnight on Monday night , Donald Trump proceeded to have a Twitter meltdown about it : “ Now Fake News CNN is actually reporting that I wanted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with me as my Vice President in 2016 Election .
Wrong and totally ridiculous .
These people are sick !
” It ’ s notable that he ’ s attacking CNN instead of attacking Rick Gates ; perhaps he ’ s afraid of the fact that Gates knows so many of his dirty secrets , which are all set to come out in Gates ’ new book .
It ’ s also odd that Trump is melting down about this at midnight , as if he wants us to be talking about this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scandals .
So let ’ s use this as an opportunity to remind everyone that a New York grand jury is already in the process of criminally indicting Donald Trump on state charges , and if he loses the election , he ’ s going to prison .
Now let ’ s get to work on phone banking and volunteering , and making sure that Trump loses by a sizable margin so this nightmare can be over .
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This weekend’s tax return revelations reveal that Donald Trump was paying his daughter Ivanka Trump huge amounts of consultant money and apparently writing it off in illegal fashion, among other corrupt things. Now another bizarre storyline has emerged, as former Trump sidekick Rick Gates is claiming that Trump wanted to pick Ivanka as his 2016 running mate and had to be talked down from it.
Right around midnight on Monday night, Donald Trump proceeded to have a Twitter meltdown about it: “Now Fake News CNN is actually reporting that I wanted my daughter, Ivanka, to run with me as my Vice President in 2016 Election. Wrong and totally ridiculous. These people are sick!”
It’s notable that he’s attacking CNN instead of attacking Rick Gates; perhaps he’s afraid of the fact that Gates knows so many of his dirty secrets, which are all set to come out in Gates’ new book. It’s also odd that Trump is melting down about this at midnight, as if he wants us to be talking about this on Tuesday instead of his worsening criminal scandals.
So let’s use this as an opportunity to remind everyone that a New York grand jury is already in the process of criminally indicting Donald Trump on state charges, and if he loses the election, he’s going to prison. Now let’s get to work on phone banking and volunteering, and making sure that Trump loses by a sizable margin so this nightmare can be over.
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