In case you missed it, there are some serious questions Mr. Trump needs to answer about his business relationships. It’s been building for some time, but Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has assembled enough material that a full-court press seems in order. (Multiple diaries at Kos on this here.)
Charles P. Pierce has taken note of Marshall’s work: Donald Trump’s and Vladimir Putin’s Shared Agenda Should Alarm Anyone Concerned About Democracy — This is all we should ask Trump about until November.
This should be the only story about the Trump campaign until he comes clean. It should be the only question anybody asks him. Frankly, even beyond the threat to this election, it's a measure of the pure arrogance of He, Trump. And if Trump thinks his ability to game the American real-estate market, and his success at swindling the rubes who signed up for Trump University, makes him ready to deal with a guy who managed to survive a career at the top-level of the KGB only to make himself the presiding autocrat of the world's leading kleptocracy, I'd like to be there when he finds out how wrong he is.
Since the GOP ticket is a team effort, here’s another version of the logo for your perusal.
Not exactly the kind of “triple threat” America needs right now.It remains to be seen if this story will get any play in the main stream media, since “Democratic Convention in Disarray” seems to be the narrative they are running with at the moment. While the press is mentioning the DNC statement that Russian hackers released DNC emails to skew the election, they really don’t seem to be putting any effort into following it up yet. Ditto for pressing Trump on his tax returns, which might provide a window into his financial dealings with the Russian oligarchs. Still, there’s plenty of time to get into this between now and November.
I wonder if anyone will bring it up in Philadelphia?