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Corruption of the first order

It’s really not hard to see why Ivanka is Trump’s favorite. She’s just like him.

When I read this a few things came to mind. The gist of it:

Ivanka Trump told me yesterday from Berlin that she has begun building a massive fund that will benefit female entrepreneurs around the globe. Both countries and companies will contribute to create a pool of capital to economically empower women.

First, even the commenter at Kos failed to connect the dots from Ivanka’s new foundation to a certain foundation about which Daddy railed during the campaign, and about which he made certain baseless charges that will no doubt be well founded when leveled against Ivanka. After all, Ivanka has a family tradition to uphold, and it’s a near certainty that when all is said and done she’ll be putting the arm on countries and corporation in order to empower one certain woman, rather than women as a whole.

But, what is truly amazing is the sheer openness of the corruption. They really don’t even bother to hide it anymore, and since the commit an impeachable or indictable offense every day, no one even notices any longer. Even if this were well intentioned, and it’s not, it would be a dubious endeavor. The Trumps have hit on a winning formula. If you do something outrageous every day, after a while people will just stop noticing, particularly when you have a substantial portion of the press that is eager to justify your corruption.

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