donnie is the clear and overwhelming winner in this latest tax release

[unblock]

the tax returns reveal virtually nothing we didn't already know.
ok, he's a beneficiary of amt. not sure that's news or not, there are certainly plenty of loopholes he takes advantage of.

but he wins:
(a) it makes the whole tax issue look like there's no "there there" even if there is all kinds of crap lurking elsewhere in his various returns;
(b) it distracts from other issues like russia;
(c) it allows him to claim that "they do it too" when it comes to using contraband information. even if rachel and other actually acquired it legally, it allows him to pretend otherwise.

much as i was hoping for a win for us here, sadly, donnie won this round.

[MFM008]

1. nothing illegal, nothing incriminating

maggot releases another D I S T R A C T I O N.

[KittyWampus]

9. This is spam, you've posted this at least 10 times tonight. STOP IT

[MFM008]

19. Wow

Breathe.

[Dem2]

2. Rachel should have handed the story to CNN

I mean, nobody is interested in a story about how one of DJT's tax returns just appeared in a mailbox.

Nope.

Nobody.

That's why both websites where it's published have crashed. No interest. None.

[oberliner]

12. Or just said up front that it was only 2 pages and didn't reveal much

Maybe then the websites would not have crashed.

[Squinch]

3. Latest tax release? It's the first tax release.

[unblock]

6. there was some earlier information from his taxes

i think he had to make public some for a casino license or something.

[MichMan]

4. Just how does someone acquire someone's tax returns legally ?

I mean I would love to see the tax returns of some of my neighbors or business competitors. Where do I go to obtain them ?

[unblock]

5. you can get them legally whenever one of the signatories hands them over willingly.

which is how we usually get them from candidates.

the provenance of these returns is not clear, but it's quite possible that donnie (or, technically, melania), authorized this very limited release.

[oberliner]

13. They mail them to you

As was the case here.

[MichMan]

18. I'll have to keep checking my mailbox then n/t

[BannonsLiver]

7. Meh, they're already back to talking about healthcare on MSNBC

[unblock]

8. good!

but that's our best case, that this is a nothingburger.

[Stinky The Clown]

10. Yup. At least all that. And more.

[bigtree]

11. imagine Watergate findings reported on DU

'...nothing in the tapes, sad.'

Trump 'won' because internet ninnies bashed Maddow?

Naw.

[oberliner]

14. Scandal would've unravelled much more quickly today

Than it did then.

[KittyWampus]

16. it's still in the process of unraveling. And there are those DU'ers who will throw wet towels

as often as possible.

[unblock]

17. sorry. my skepticism is a double-edged sword.

it's part and parcel of why i'm a democrat, why i'm a liberal.

i'm skeptical of authoritarian power, whether government or business, and i rally to the defense of the individual, the citizen, the consumer, the little guy. i want government and businesses to do good things, and believe it imperative to be constantly vigilant to keep them doing the right thing.

but yeah, it also means i can't go in for lurching back and forth between over-excited and crushed with every tantalizing tid-bit of political tease.

[unblock]

15. i'll grant you that it's conceivable that his signature on that 1040 could be his undoing.

but the real incriminating information is in parts of the tax return to which we're not (yet) privy.

so for the time being, it's nothing for our side, and it lets donnie win some p.r. points.

plus, i'm still discounting a watergate-like scenario given a republican congress.

[Quixote1818]

20. Every comment section is filled with "See libtards Trump pays his taxes"

He probably sent the only two okay pages in his entire life and they make him look normal now. Fuck!

[Quixote1818]

21. Delete / Dupe. nt

[Thrill]

22. Yup no one will be talking about that shitty healthcare bill

Now. And it allows Trump and crew to trumpet fake news