What can I say about this - the actual article itself is completely besides the point, IMO.  It talks about eminent domain, essentially tying Trump to the big government evil Dems.

But really this is hilarious on a number of levels.  The first level is the amount of freaking out the northeastern "moderate" republicans are doing right now.  This is your typical money crowd, but they are not Trumps.  They may do business with Trump if they have to, but they like to keep up appearances.

They certainly do not give a $hit about the "little guy".

These are the people that elected Mitt Romney, multiple times, first as gov, and then pushed him for the Republican nomination.  The 47% moochers comment was made to a room full of these people.

One can only wonder what he -- and his boss -- thought of Ms. Lipton's blistering response:

"I have worked my entire career as a professional journalist. [...] I am very, very good at what I do. Unfortunately, your boss's predatory business practices have deeply undercut the ability of all reporters, writers and editors to make any kind of living wage. The rapacious Ms. Huffington seems to believe that journalism skills are worth nothing, and that my beleaguered colleagues and I should be thrilled to help her make hundreds of millions of dollars in return for 'exposure.' If Ms. Huffington would like to know how I uncovered that particular statistic, she is free to hire me and pay me for my time and expertise. If she doesn't wish to do so, she is welcome to track it down herself."

I will cover Trump as he addresses issues with specific policy prescriptions and details, like answers to the question Ramos asked.

Until then, this man is not worthy of the attention he's garnering. We in the media have to own our part in this. We can't say he's not serious and then cover him in a way that actually demonstrates that we are not serious.

Is he an easy target for righteous criticism? Of course he is. But is he aware that criticism from the mainstream media is invaluable among certain segments of the political right? Of course he is. Is he also aware that he's getting more free publicity for being outrageous than he would ever be willing to buy? Of course he is.

The media is being trolled on a massive scale and we look naïve and silly to have fallen for it, even if he draws readers and viewers. When people refer to the press as the fourth estate, it shouldn't be confused with a Trump property.

Let's think about that.  What he seems to be saying is that the news media should not cover the person who is not only leading but crushing everyone else in support to become the candidate of one of the two major parties because they don't like what he is saying.

Old Man Bartolo gets his groove back and tosses 6 scoreless, while the bats keep on mashing and bashing.    

"Extreme views about women - we expect that from some of the terrorist groups. We expect that from people who don't want to live in the modern world. But it's a little hard to take coming from Republicans who want to be the president of the United States."

First it did it with Hillary - publishing all sorts of crap for which they eventually sort of kinda apologized.

Now - and I am not apologist for this guy - Trump.

I watched the video.
The reporter/anchor from UniVision kept interrupting and calling for Trump's attention during a quasi-press conference.

Trump had called on a reporter who had raised his hand, then this guy from Univision kept yelling at Trump to listen to his question instead.

Trump's admittedly scary hulks threw the guy out.

The Times reports it in a manner as if to label Trump as a guy who hates Hispanics.

Like he threw the guy out because it was Univision and in Spanish - not because the reporter guy was calling out incessantly and interrupting the other reporter's question.

Now - I would or could change my mind about this if someone here tells me that the guy from Univision tried to ask his question many times and kept being ignored... I would welcome footage of that...

But - judging from the video provided by the Times and Huffpo - the guy thrown out deserved to be thrown out - and their reportage is inflammatory and misleading.

But what I saw was a reporter being very aggressive.   Nothing wrong with that but the general public is not that sympathetic.  Trump brought him back and allowed him to go on at some length.  I never heard him ask a question.  That this will happen more often is to be expected.  How Trump handles it will be the most interesting part.  Objectively, he is getting better at it as he goes along.

The weather has been godawfully humid lately, with the heat index at over 100 degrees, and I feel bad for all our relatives and guests who came over here for the nuptials, because these past few days have been absolutely miserable to be outside. But that's because we've had three major storms in our immediate vicinity this week alone, which has put a serious damper on our trade winds and brought us loads of precipitation.

We're now back on the Big Island, having returned from Honolulu yesterday afternoon. We're taking my in-laws up to Volcanoes Nat'l Park tomorrow morning, and we'll spend the night at the historic Volcano House hotel, which we've never done before, so they can see Kilauea erupting. (This is what it looks like at night from Volcano House.) And because it's at 4,500 feet elevation, it should be a lot cooler up there than here in Hilo. They return to Corpus Christi on Saturday night.

Hopefully, Ignacio will pass us by as have the other storms thus far, but this has certainly been an unusually busy hurricane season thus far, and it's only August 26. Our season runs until November 30. I hope everyone's summer weather has been a little less gnarly than ours.

The economy grew much more quickly last quarter than initially thought as businesses and consumers increased spending, the government said Thursday.

At 3.7 percent, the revised estimate for the annualized rate of economic expansion in the spring is more than a full percentage point higher than the initial reading reported by the Commerce Department in late July.

It provides further assurance that the American economy remains on an even keel, despite questions about whether the United States can skirt mounting economic turmoil in China and other emerging markets as well as a volatile stock market at home.

how about here:

the usual way

Seems like that might be interesting.

The two biggest fascist authoritarian candidates in the GOP field are Ted Cruz and Donald Trump, and now they're making the partnership official.

Will China's stock crash trigger another global financial crisis? Probably not. Still, the big market swings of the past week have been a reminder that the next president may well have to deal with some of the same problems that faced George W. Bush and Barack Obama. Financial instability abides.

So this is a test: How would the men and women who would be president respond if crisis struck on their watch?

And the answer, on the Republican side at least, seems to be: with bluster and China-bashing. Nowhere is there a hint that any of the G.O.P. candidates understand the problem, or the steps that might be needed if the world economy hits another pothole.

Other days the computer beats you.

WHY WON'T YOU DO WHAT I'M TELLING YOU TO DO