Could Rachel actually be a republican?
You know.
BREAKING NEWS!! BREAKING NEWS!!!!! BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!
WE HAVE TRUMP TAXES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And we all get excited, wow, they must have evidence that he paid nothing, they must
have something that shows he avoid paying his fare share.
There must be something juicy here.
So we wait wait and wait.
And the breaking news was that he actually paid $38 MILLION in tax.
My first reaction was, "Wow that is Huge"
The repugs reaction, would probably be the same.
I guarantee you the reaction of the independents, would've been....
"WOW THATS PRETTY STEEP"
Even Democrats are thinking "Wow he paid $38 Million in taxes????"
So why did Rachel make such a huge huge deal of it, before hand and is she in
someway related to Tom Arnold?
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about the Alternative Minimum Tax? $31M of that amount was paid as AMT, which Trump wants to eliminate. If it hadn't been for the AMT he'd have had to pay a tax rate of only 4%! (The AMT was created to prevent very wealthy taxpayers from taking advantage of certain loopholes so they are taxed relatively fairly.) Johnston and Maddow both made the point that the disclosure of tax returns is important for any presidential candidate so voters know what their financial situation is and whether that situation might cause them to favor changes in the tax code to benefit them personally. Now we know that almost all of Trump's tax bill was on account of the AMT, and we also know that he wants to eliminate it. That is kind of a big deal, IMO.
Oh, and what a ridiculous question - "Could Rachel really be a Republican"? Seriously? That's just insulting. Maybe you don't agree with the way she reported the story, and maybe it was over-promoted, but really... 
Climb down from the ledge. It will be okay.
That's quite the unsupported allegation you call a fact, regardless of your impressionism or your color.
Like tapping a phone was two weeks ago. 
the story. It probably helped DT. The analysis was good though.
However, I bet my last dollar, there was a plan by DTs staff to leak it. Good strategy. It is the only thing that makes sense. Also, they announced a carefully prepared statement before she even aired the story.
He is getting really close to Congress or others going after the taxes. Get a story about how much he paid first, and "let it breathe." Obviously, he is hiding his Russia and China connections. In the campaign, his sons said that they had a lot of loans from Russia (shut down quickly...geez, they are idiots).
So, he picks out one of the best years, maybe the best, as far as his paying taxes (even if it was mostly AMT). He thinks maybe if he shows this incomplete tax return, the trumpsters will be outraged that he's being harrassed, paying a bundle in taxes (by their standards), and it was leaked (the usual bury the truth or real story by making the leak or sourse the story). 
It is clearly an attempt to put the tax returns issue to rest, as well as get his base riled up to defend him, if he needs it.
Poor Donnie, so mistreated by "illegal" leaks (fuck the leaked stories), and he paid so much in taxes. 
Why his returns haven't come out anyway is beyond me, as much litigation as he has had. Tax returns are requested in almost all discovery. His lawyer couldn't release them, but many others could. Settlements often have gag orders, but he litigated a lot of cases. For some suits, they may even be part of a public record, though discovery docs per se are not usually filed because of the massive amount of paper. Loans and license applications require tax returns.
Betcha anything, he's exaggerating his income for loans, and reducing it for taxes. Fraud.
And to go forward with a "Story" that one knows was a plant "leak" is now Journalism?
It's not journalism unless one has more than the planted leak to enhance the story, on the SAME DAY the planted "leak" is reported.
And no, CNN does a great job at 9 pm ET with Anderson Cooper, thus our TV's are turned there.
Your bias is both creative and imaginative... though your allegations lack any objective evidence to support them, much like a bumper-sticker. Keep on truckin', little fella!!!
I did like the "prepare to be oppressed" bit though, as irrational and lazy minds have the time and the privilege to over-dramatize mere discussion to better pretend it's still all about them.
Will be kept with this story. And so.....
and you're giving them what they want when you watch the news that did NOT find Meredith McIver, that did NOT release those reality show edits, and that took this man's calls for free all election season.
WHAT ON EARTH makes you think they will change their MO now?
