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Soros donations don't come close to those made by the Mercers & Koch brothers.

You can't be selective on this issue. Both side of the aisle pay off politicians to promote their personal agendas. 
 
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CNN Executive Says He's 'Shocked and Disappointed' After Gender Pay Gap Revealed 

 
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Tucker Carlson TWEET: By now you likely understand that the Russia hysteria is fundamentally dishonest. It's propaganda, just like most things our elites say. Russia isn't the biggest threat to our country. Not even close. China is. Our elites never say that, because they're on China's side.
 
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Just because...

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TRUMP TWEET: “BET founder: Trump's economy is bringing black workers back into the labor force”


 
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Quote Originally Posted by I_Need_A_Detox:

TRUMP TWEET: “BET founder: Trump's economy is bringing black workers back into the labor force”



Bob Johnson is a quack and knows nothing of what he's talking about.
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Bob Johnson is the first black billionaire in the history of the United States. 

And it’s a fact that the unemployment rate among black workers is at the lowest rate since the early 1970’s. 

So when you say, “ he’s a quack and he has no clue what he’s talking about”, what are you talking about? 
 
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IN 2006 Bob Johnson launched a film ventureventure with The (Harvey) Weinstein Company ("TWC") to create a film company that will produce titles in the African-American family comedy genre.
 
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If we want to talk umemployment rates, weren't they steadily declining before Trump took office? Is that not a fact? Not only that, but are you really naive enough to believe that Trump passes a tax plan and within months all of a sudden everyone is back to work? And frankly, where are the concrete numbers that even show that black unemployment rates are the lowest they've ever been because frankly the only place i've heard it is from Trump, and now Bob Johnson.
As far as him being a quack, he's just kind of been viewed as a kook for years. That has nothing to do with these comments. Have you noticed he hasn't really done anything since BET. Bought a basketball team, named them after himself (The bobcats? Who does that?) failed at that and sold him.
And frankly this notion of, "He's rich so he must know what he's talking about is getting a little old." I heard it quite plenty enough during the campaign.
Does Jeff Bezos know everything? Mark Zuckerberg? Elon Musk? Enough already.
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Does Oprah have all the answers? Or is she kind of a quack? What about Michael Jordan? He's rich. Don't come in here with that Corny assss, "Well he was the first black billionaire..." b.s., Detox. You're better than that.
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And frankly, job creation was higher under Obama than it's been thus far under Trump, including post Tax plan. For Trump to try and tout his tax plan as putting people back to work is a farce.
Look, i'm not a Trump basher. I think he deserves to go through his term (and maybe two) and then be judged. And he has not been treated fairly, or with patience. I mean, what other president has had their booty calls paraded across our television screens. I'm not a Trump basher but the Trump base makes it very hard not to be with all the "fake news" they promote. Personally, I think Trumps tax plan s borderline criminal. The way it wad passed, the palms and wheels that were greased, was borderline criminal. So when I hear him, Bob Johnson, or anyone touting it like, "Look, Trump's tax plan is putting the colored folks back to work!" i'm sorry, I can't bite my tongue. It's literally a slap in the face.
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But it’s a fact that Trump has been great for black people. Some liberals are so racist they think Obama was good for black people because he gave away more welfare. 

Black people finally have a friend in the White House. 

 
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Parland student released from hospital rips sheriff Isreal and school superintendent. How Isreal still has a job is beyond me. He joined in the NRA red herring mantra from the "get go". He can thank his lucky stars that Wasserman Schultz and Bloomberg controlled the narrative.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/29160/watch-parkland-hero-released-hospital-blames-ryan-saavedra

 
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Quote Originally Posted by I_Need_A_Detox:

But it’s a fact that Trump has been great for black people. Some liberals are so racist they think Obama was good for black people because he gave away more welfare. 

Black people finally have a friend in the White House. 


How has he been great for black people? What has he done. I'm not saying Obama was either. The difference in Obama never claimed to be.
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Quote Originally Posted by I_Need_A_Detox:

Posted: Apr. 7, 2018 - 2:47 AM ET "Quote" But it’s a fact that Trump has been great for black people. Black people finally have a friend in the White House.

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Interesting story, Gateway Pundit regarding FISA abuses by the Obama's. NSA, FBI and DOJ.

Cheatin' Obama is right. 

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/04/not-only-do-obamas-fbi-and-doj-lack-candor-fisa-court-says-clappers-nsa-had-an-institutional-lack-of-candor/

The report is 99 pages. 

 

 

 
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Liberals "excited" over Trump Tower fire, mental health counsellor Jeffery Guterman cheering, "hoping for major damage."

1 dead, 4 injured. I guess that constitues major damage. These people are sick.

 

 
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Trump has been good for black people because of jobs. Jobs, jobs, jobs. 

Oh, and not allowing illegals to flow into the country. As we know, illegals hurt the black community more than any other community in America.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by I_Need_A_Detox:

Trump has been good for black people because of jobs. Jobs, jobs, jobs. 

Oh, and not allowing illegals to flow into the country. As we know, illegals hurt the black community more than any other community in America.

Fake news. Look it up. Job growth has been on a steady incline since the last 6 years of Obama. Unemployment had been on a steady decline. Job growth was higher in every one of Obama's last six years than it was in Trumps first year. And job growth was lower in the first quarter of his second year than expected. So contrary to what Trump would have us believe, his Tax plan isn't putting people back to work. He's just riding Obama's coat tails.
As far as illegals, I don't know where you get the notion that they affect the black community more than any other but i'll humor you. If that's the case, another fact is that Obama deported more illegals than any other president before him. And Trump is not on pace to break that record. He talks about walls, and sending the national guard to the border, but none of this has come to fruition yet. Trump is all fake news and tweets. And taking credit for things that have nothing to do with him, like jobs. Or the section of wall he took credit for that has been in the works since 2009.
Look, i'm not knocking the man. He's been in office a bit over a year and it takes time to get things done. That's just it though, it takes time. If you really think Trump signs some tax scam for the rich and all of a sudden people are going back to work, if you think he says build a wall, and all of a sudden a wall is going up, then your head really is in the sand. Maybe we should save the debate on how good Trump is for America, black or otherwise, for a year or two from now.
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Black unemployment: 

2008 - 9.2
2009 - 13.7
2010 - 16.8
2011 - 15.8
2012 - 14
2013 - 13 
2014 - 12.1 
2015 - 10
2016 - 9
2017 - 8
2018 - 6.9 

What are the lowest two years? Is this difficult for you? 

Illegals effect black people at a disproportionate rate because 25% of black people live in poverty. Illegals aren’t taking a job from someone with a degree from Harvard. They’re taking someone’s job though. 

Obama deported so many people because his border was so weak. He also let heroin flow into America. He sat around and did nothing as tens of thousands of Americans died from heroin coming into this country across the Mexican border. 
 
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So black people can't have degrees from Harvard? In all seriousness, many of the jobs illegals take, specifically landscaping and construction, tend to otherwise go to white people. Your notion that illegals affect African-Americans disproportionately is pure conjecture. Illegals are bad for everyone. And while you discount Obama's deportation rate, you've pointed to nothing that Trump has done. He's all Tweets and no action.
As far as your unemployment numbers, which have no source listed, i'll give you the benefit of the doubt that they're real. Even those numbers still prove my point that unemployment was already on a steady decline. So you've shown nothing. Empty words and fake news, just like Trump.
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And your soapbox comments about Obama "letting Heroin flow" are ridiculous. Show me one President that has been able to stop the flow of drugs into this country. Reagan literally had a war on them and how did that work out?
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Look, i'm not saying Trump is bad for black people. I'm not even saying Obama was better for black people. All i'm saying is Trump likes to take credit for things that have little or nothing to do with him. That's why I keep saying, "Let's just wait and see." I want Trump to be good for African Americans. I want him to be good for all Americans. I'm not some liberal hoping for him to fail, waiting for it so I can feel vindicated. I'm not any kind of liberal but what I do know is our President has been big on tweets and short on action. Maybe, hopefully, i'll eat those words in a year or two.
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Drug overdoses by year: 

1999 - 4,000
2010 - 16,000
2015 - 53,000
2016 - 64,000 

My comments about Obama letting heroin flow in to the country are ridiculous? You must be out of touch with what’s going on in America. 58,000 Americans died in Vietnam.  

Nearly 100% of the heroin in America came across the Mexican border. 

Here’s a decent article explaining why no issue has effected the economic well being of black people more than illegal immigration. 

 
 
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I'm familiar with Cis.org, and it's founder, so i'll pass on what i'm sure is, at best, a extremely biased article, and at worst, complete propaganda.
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