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Gimme Shelter (From the Tax Man)

Nomi Prins with Craig Wilson TomDispatch
What do Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have in common? he two leading candidates for the presidency actually share a secret life. A kind of private address -- for their monies, if not themselves -- in a place that may still be located in the United States but is nonetheless offshore from where most of the rest of us live. They are both tax haven aficionados, and in this election season if you want to become one, too, then head offshore with Nomi Prins' article.

Friday Nite Videos -- May 13, 2016

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Donald Trump Bashes Hillary Clinton For Her Husband's Affairs. How Tree Frogs 'Stick' Their Landing. Michael Pollan on Cooking. Trump Transforms for the General Election. Solution to the Grandfather Paradox.

Elizabeth Warren Owns Donald Trump

Zach Cartwright US Uncut
Donald Trump is very likely regretting his Twitter attack on Senator Elizabeth Warren after her savage responses went viral.

Friday Nite Videos -- May 6, 2016

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Trump Becomes the Nominee. Ravel's Bolero in Mexico. John Oliver: Cicadas. Georgetown University's Legacy of Slavery. Donald Trump: Nomination of a Birther.

Trump Becomes the Nominee

Seth Meyers takes a closer look at how Donald Trump became the presumptive GOP presidential nominee.

Donald Trump: Nomination of a Birther

Donald Trump started on a lie seven years ago: a challenge of Pres. Obama’s birth certificate. Lawrence O'Donnell looks at the evolution from birther to presumptive nominee. 

The GOP Now Belongs to Trump. What Are Republicans Going to Do About It?

Eugene Robinson The Washington Post
Republican elected officials and party leaders do not have time for retrospective contemplation. They have a decision to make. The party belongs to Trump now, just as Rome belonged to the barbarians, and GOP politicians have to decide whether to fall in line or take up arms against the new order.

Contested Convention Is Exactly What the Democratic Party Needs; Sanders Would Be Trump's Worst Nightmare - Two Views

John Nichols; Shaun King New York Daily News
Bernie Sanders will go to Philadelphia with more pledged delegates than any insurgent in modern history. Here's what he could do with them. Donald Trump is more dangerous than ever. Hillary Clinton is perhaps the worst possible Democratic candidate who could ever run against Donald Trump. Trump just conceivably could beat her in the general election. Bernie Sanders, on the other hand, would give Donald Trump fits in a head-to-head match up. Let me break it down.
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