Lies, Damn Lies, and Trump

As much as I would have loved a fact check done in real time while The Former Guy was babbling for an hour or so during his press conference late last week, NPR did eventually enter the chat with a list of 162 of Trump's lies and damn lies. It goes without saying that Trump is constitutionally incapable of doing anything else but lie and it is apparent that the guy is less and less capable of distinguishing fact from fiction. And yet here we are. It looks like Trump and the GOP are going to rely on playing the old hits. Here's the good news: we can see what Trump is selling as the scam it is and vote accordingly. Absent our press doing its job - even belatedly - there is a good rule of thumb: if Trump is speaking, he is lying or has completely lost his mind. Either interpretation is reasonable.

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