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Donald Trump Shameful Sit-Down With David Petraeus Reeks of Hypocrisy

David Fagin and Keith Girard
Donald Trump, in his search for a Secretary of State for his Clown Car administration, opened a dialogue with none other than David Petraeus, former Director of the CIA, former Commander of front-line troops through CENTCOM, and, um, oh yeah – convicted criminal. The fact that Trump is seriously considering him for another sensitive, high-level government job, is not only reckless, but rife with hypocrisy. ...
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Jill Stein Takes Voter Recount Campaign to Trump Tower in New York (Video!)

Keith Girard
Jill Stein, the Green Party presidential candidate who is leading efforts to force vote recounts in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan, took her campaign to Trump Tower in New York City today (Dec. 4) to provide an update on her efforts to ensure accurate vote counts. President-elect Donald Trump won those three states and solidified his election victory even though he’s losing the popular vote to rival Hillary Clinton by almost 2.5 million votes....
ELECTIONSPOLITICS

Trump Billionaire Cabinet Picks Could Reap $$$ Millions When They Take Office

Keith Girard
High-rolling financiers and Goldman Sachs bankers could score major tax windfalls–amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars–by taking jobs in Donald Trump’s billionaire boy’s club cabinet. And, you wonder why the rich keep getting richer? The gold rush will start on day one, thanks to a little-known law designed–ironically–to ensure government integrity....
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Trump Private Sector Meddling Veers Into Russian Style Government Paternalism

Keith Girard
Donald Trump is signaling that he intends to lord over the private sector with a heavy-handed Russian-style paternalism that will reward, or punish, corporations based on the degree they support his broader political objectives. Far from freeing the private sector from government shackles, the new Trump administration appears intent on meddling, at will, with business decisions that once were the reserve of corporate executives and their boards...
BUSINESS
A voter casts a ballot in the key swing state of Ohio. (Photo by Ty Wright/Getty Images)

Donald Trump’s Darkest Election Legacy May Be Lasting Distrust of Voting Process

David Fagin and Keith Girard
Donald Trump’s claims about a “rigged election” may be one of the darkest legacies of his presidential campaign. When citizens, by and large, can not trust the voting process by which leaders are elected, the very foundation of our democracy is threatened with collapse. Trump’s vote fraud claims, which continue to roil two weeks after the election, are a case study in the dangers of irresponsible campaign rhetoric....
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With Donald Trump Tax Breaks, Corporate CEOs Plan to Line Their Own Pockets

Keith Girard
Donald Trump is planning a massive corporate tax cut that he says will create new jobs and prompt companies to repatriate more than $1 trillion stashed overseas. But a new study predicts that CEO’s will choose to line their own pockets instead through massive stock buybacks. Corporations have been sitting on record amounts of cash for years and the pile is only going to get bigger. ...
BUSINESSWHITE HOUSE

Donald Trump Plans to Override State Laws Barring Concealed Carry Weapons

Keith Girard
President-elect Donald Trump is about to make the nation as a whole more like Louisiana, where lax state gun laws, allowing teenagers to carry concealed weapons, has led to the highest murder rate in the nation. Mitch Landreiu, the exasperated Mayor of New Orleans, has called his city “out of control” after the latest shootout turned historic Bourbon Street into the OK Corral....
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Why Jill Stein’s Recount Matters; Donald Trump Has No One to Blame But Himself

Keith Girard
Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate who probably cost Hillary Clinton the election, is now trying to redeem herself by organizing recounts in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan. Donald Trump is protesting, naturally, but he has no one to blame but himself. Trump is the projected winner in all three states, although Michigan’s final tally is still out. Clinton needs to overturn the results in all three states to win the Electoral College, which votes for president on Dec. 19....
ELECTIONS