John Oliver has the takedown of Donald Trump’s Republican convention you’ve waited for

Last Week Tonight host John Oliver on Sunday concisely summarized the Republican National Convention in one sentence: “He just brought a feeling to a fucking fact fight.” Throughout the convention, Republican speakers – including Donald Trump – argued that the crime rate was skyrocketing, unauthorized immigration is going up, the economy is getting worse, and terrorism is killing a record number of Americans.

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About Stacey Schiff…

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The only living Trump supporter in Silicon Valley | John Naughton

The most interesting discovery of the week was not that IBM, Citigroup and Microsoft were unwittingly running ads on (and therefore providing funds to) an Indonesian jihadi website – though they were – but that Peter Thiel is supporting Donald Trump in his bid to become the next president of the United States.

and then this one this evening…

Donald Trump, Peter Thiel and the death of democracy

Tonight, tech billionaire Peter Thiel will speak at the Republican national convention and make his case for why Donald Trump should be the next president of the United States. Most of the media is baffled by Thiel’s endorsement. And it’s true that at first glance the two men aren’t an obvious match.

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Donald Trump’s New York Times interview reveals a dangerously lazy mind at work

Being president of the United States is hard work. It’s important work, and Donald Trump has proven time and again he’s much too lazy to do the job.

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Questions Over Melania Trump’s Speech Set Off Finger-Pointing

The speech-writing duo was not aware that the speech had been significantly changed until Ms. Trump delivered it on Monday night. According to one source, the only parts that remained from the original draft were the introduction and a passage that included the phrase “a national campaign like no other.”

I thought the highlight of the night was Melania Trump’s speech. If as Melania claims that she wrote the speech is true what happens? Does Trump fire her?

Collecting some tweets about her speech…

You’d think Melania would have known something was not right when she arrived at the words “my husband Barack” on the teleprompter

— (((YousefMunayyer))) (@YousefMunayyer) July 19, 2016

Just asked Melania Trump how her speech went and she replied, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…”

— Louis Virtel (@louisvirtel) July 19, 2016

Just like a Republican, take credit for something a democrat made. #MichelleObama ???https://t.co/RsW2BMijAA

— MJ⛳️ (@MJGWrites) July 19, 2016

Conservatives would not admit that speech was plagiarized even if Melania brought up raising her two kids Malia and Sasha ???

— • (@_WhoIsNaomi) July 19, 2016

.@realDonaldTrump must now release the long-form draft of the Melania speech. #RNCinCLE

— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) July 19, 2016

I was quite moved by Melania's description of her husband's days as a community organizer. #RNCinCLE

— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) July 19, 2016

Hate to say it, but the writer makes some good points. https://t.co/MDXz8uovtv

— Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack) July 19, 2016

I spliced Michelle and Melania together. Judge for yourself. pic.twitter.com/8hCZeoXH4q

— Andy Baio (@waxpancake) July 19, 2016

The worst part of Melania's plagiarism is she's really stepping on tonight's message that nonwhites are inferior!

— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) July 19, 2016

I was baffled by that part where Melania was talking about how as black parents she & Donald had to have The Talk with their kids.

— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) July 19, 2016

So I said no one would remember Melania's speech. Boy was I wrong.

— Armando (@armandodkos) July 19, 2016

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Via FB Historians on Donald Trump, July 12 at 10:02am
David McCullough has twice received the Pulitzer Prize — for “Truman” (1992) and “John Adams” (2001) — and twice received the National Book Award — for “The Path Between the Seas” (1977) and “Mornings on Horseback” (1982). His other acclaimed books include “The Greater Journey” (2011), “1776” (2005), “Brave Companions” (1991), “The Johnstown Flood” (1968), “The Great Bridge” (1972) and “The Wright Brothers” (2015). He is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award.

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Donald Trump’s Clinton attack speech reveals just how little he understands the world

Donald Trump gave his first major speech of the election attacking Hillary Clinton on Wednesday morning. It mostly focused on labeling Clinton as corrupt, his stock “Crooked Hillary” line expanded to an hour. But it also tried to label Clinton as incompetent, blaming her personally for a series of events ranging from the decline of manufacturing jobs in the US to the rise of ISIS in Iraq.

And thought I’d check some of the claims he made while breaking for lunch. An hour and a half later it appears some news organizations have already beat me to it…

Fact-Checking Trump’s Speech

Donald Trump delivered a speech Wednesday billed as a broadside attack on presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy and economic record. Trump called the address an opportunity to “discuss the failed policies and bad judgment of Crooked Hillary Clinton.” NBC’s political and investigative teams fact-checked some of the claims in Donald Trump’s speech.

And…

The Discredited Books At The Heart Of Trump’s Speech

Donald Trump cited claims from two discredited anti-Clinton books — Peter Schweizer’s Clinton Cash and Gary Byrne’s Crisis of Character — in his June 22 speech attacking Hillary Clinton. Clinton Cash is filled with errors and sloppy research, while Crisis of Character has been strongly denounced by Secret Service veterans as implausible.

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American Horror Story

“The gays had it coming!” a man shouted and gazed back at the guy who’d called Hillary a bitch. They met eyes, shared a smile, a look of recognition. As if it were some kind of joke. As if 49 of his fellow Americans-49 living, breathing human beings-hadn’t just been mowed down.

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Every time Trump makes a “major” speech you realize he’s got the organizational support and policy infrastructure of a food truck

— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) June 13, 2016

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http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2016_06/the_electoral_college_will_be060733.php

and…

Hillary Clinton Has Edge Over Donald Trump In General Election

Hillary Clinton would have a significant electoral advantage over Donald Trump in the general election, based on an NPR analysis. The Democratic former secretary of state would start out with already exactly enough electoral votes to win the presidency, 270-191, based on states considered safe, likely and to lean toward either candidate.

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Bill Gates Tears Into Donald Trump & Needs All Americans To Hear His Warning (QUOTES)

When you’re a billionaire businessman, you can expect Bill Gates will eventually invite you to give a large sum of your money to charity, possibly through the “Giving Pledge.” The “Giving Pledge” is the brainchild that came from Bill Gates, close friend and businessman Warren Buffet, and his wife Melinda Gates.

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Donald Trump: Being Smart Is Dumb, Ignorance Is Good

On Sunday, Barack Obama delivered a stirring commencement speech to the graduating seniors of Rutgers University in which he condemned the toxic “anti-intellectualism” that has taken hold during the current presidential campaign. “Class of 2016, let me be as clear as I can be: in politics and in life, ignorance is not a virtue,” the outgoing president opined.

And for Trump’s tweet…

Donald J. Trump on Twitter

“In politics, and in life, ignorance is not a virtue.” This is a primary reason that President Obama is the worst president in U.S. history!

I had a right wing ‘friend’ of mine on FaceBook explain to me that what I didn’t get was that Trump tweet “what is written is an insult to Obama.” No shit sherlock. Really, no shit. Again, you can’t make this up. I never would have gotten that had you not explained it to me. Thanks.

If you want to follow that screwed up discussion I had over on FaceBook here’s the link.

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John Oliver Finally Takes on Donald Trump and It Was Brutally Fantastic | Mother Jones

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