Trump Allies Want To Raise Millions To Dig Up Dirt On Journalists

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Allies of President Donald Trump reportedly want to raise millions for their crusade against journalists.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1246054
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Why doesnā€™t the Department of Homeland Security just award a few grants to fund that? Article 2 of the Constitution explicitly says Trump can ā€˜suggestā€™ that in times of a threat to his personal or political security.

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actually, it seems to be another scam to separate Trump supporters from their cash.

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The slippery slope of fascismā€¦

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Journalists are private citizens so who cares. Now if he was talking about self-appointed pundits telling others how to live then maybe but most them work at Faux.

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Oh, theyā€™ll raise it alright. And no one will ever know from whom the money came.

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Slippery slope or headlong rush?

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Well, the NRA spigot is being shut off, so the ā€˜holy missionā€™ of money-grubbing has to continue elsewhere.

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Sure is confusing when I read here about how knowingly complicit the ā€œcorporateā€ media are, all they want is for Trump to win again for the sweet sweet clicks. :thinking:

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Grassroots money collected $55k. Large, anonymous, money raised $3.9m.

Thatā€™s how this scam will play out.

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The contract for this project has been awarded to DonIvanEric LLC.

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Need I mention that those raising the money are also skimming off a healthy percentage?

see PARSCALE, Brad

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Two words: Stormy Daniels

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Perhaps that organization should hire a few competent employees?

Nah, just take the money and tweet a few lies about a couple of media types. That should do it.

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pro-Trump conservatives are trying to raise $2 million to fund their mission to gather damaging information on reporters and editors from major outlets

So that makes the private lives of those conservatives fair game, too, then?

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According to a Tuesday Axios report, pro-Trump conservatives are trying to raise $2 million to fund their mission to gather fabricate damaging information on reporters and editors from major outlets, such as the New York Times and Washington Post.

Better.

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The journalists arenā€™t running for public office and donā€™t directly decide public policy. While there may be some I donā€™t want to live next door to so what.
(Full disclosure, Iā€™m married to one and enjoy living much closer than next door to her)

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Roger Ailes kept files on Foxers with help from the guy who shielded his sexual harassment.

I assume $2m is what ā€œthe estateā€ is asking.

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This reminds me of high school when I knew students who spent more time trying to cheat than I did studying to kick their asses in getting a good grade.

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