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So, the NDA signed by producers of The Apprentice just expired, and one of them has published a tell-all article. Most of the article is about how they used standard reality-TV tricks to portray Trump as being wealthy and intelligent, when in reality he was, and is, a deeply indebted buffoon.

The money shot, however, comes when Trump and the producers are preparing for climax of the final episode, when the winner will be decided.

Per the FCC's rules for game shows, producers could not be involved in deciding who would be fired each week, or who would ultimately win: it had to be Trump's decision alone, like contestants and viewers were told it was. The producers could, and did, give him a presentation about the strengths and weaknesses of the contestants each time he had to make a decision. These were recorded, in case questions ever arose about whether the producers had crossed the line.

So, for the final episode, there were two contestants remaining. Both were men, one white, the other Black. They'd both done well in the final challenge of the competition. As the producers were summarizing the points for an against each candidate, this happened:

“Yeah,” he says to no one in particular, “but, I mean, would America buy a n— winning?” Kepcher’s pale skin goes bright red. I turn my gaze toward Trump. He continues to wince. He is serious, and he is adamant about not hiring Jackson.

In the finished program, Trump chose the white contestant as the winner.

(Four years later, Trump would propagate the baseless conspiracy theory that Barack Obama was not a native-born US citizen and therefore had not legitimately won the presidency.)

The article also describes how women working on the production faced discrimination based on whether or not Trump wanted to look at them while they did their jobs:

While leering at a female camera assistant or assessing the physical attributes of a female contestant for whoever is listening, he orders a female camera operator off an elevator on which she is about to film him. “She’s too heavy,” I hear him say. Another female camera operator, who happens to have blond hair and blue eyes, draws from Trump comparisons to his own Ivanka Trump. “There’s a beautiful woman behind that camera,” he says toward a line of 10 different operators set up in the foyer of Trump Tower one day. “That’s all I want to look at.”

And there's a third anecdote where he pressures a woman producer to break the FCC rules, while being casually misogynistic toward a contestant:

Trump corners a female producer and asks her whom he should fire. She demurs, saying something about how one of the contestants blamed another for their team losing. Trump then raises his hands, cupping them to his chest: “You mean the one with the …?” He doesn’t know the contestant’s name. Trump eventually fires her.

This information is pretty unlikely to persuade anyone who wasn't already persuaded by any of the other things Trump has done and said, which would for anyone else be a career-defining scandal. But it is a useful reminder of who we're dealing with.

(Link is to Slate, an x-number-of-free-articles-a-month site, but the incognito window trick works.)

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Q: What's your message to Joe Biden?

Union Worker: “F*ck you.”

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"Harris is Black and Indian American. When asked if he agreed with comments from some Republicans who claim Harris has political power because of “diversity, equity and inclusion,” Trump falsely suggested Harris has changed how she discussed her racial identity.

“She was always of Indian heritage, and she was only promoting Indian heritage,” Trump said. “I didn't know she was Black until a number of years ago, when she happened to turn Black, and now she wants to be known as Black. So I don't know, is she Indian or is she Black?"

Harris is a member of a historically Black sorority, attended Howard University, one of the most prominent historically Black colleges in the country, and was a member of the Congressional Black Caucus when she was a U.S. senator from California."

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Kamala Harris knew Biden was unfit and led him to failure, now seizing his position. She's a ruthless, power-hungry individual willing to sacrifice America for her ambitions.

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Harris/Walz Union YES!!!

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Trump accused Harris of misleading voters about her race

Former President Donald Trump accused Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris of misleading voters about her race, according to AP News.

Trump made the statement while speaking before the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) in Chicago in a Wednesday interview. He claimed that Harris, the first black woman and Asian-American to serve as vice president, had only promoted her Indian heritage in the past.

I didn’t know she was Black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn Black and now she wants to be known as Black. So, I don’t know, is she Indian or is she Black?

Harris is the daughter of a Jamaican father and an Indian mother, both immigrants to the United States. As an undergraduate, Harris attended Howard University, one of the most prominent historically Black universities in the country, where she also joined the Black sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha.

Trump has widely criticised Harris since she replaced President Joe Biden at the top of the likely Democratic ticket last week. Michael Tyler, communications director for Harris’ campaign, said that “the hostility Donald Trump showed on stage today is the same hostility he has shown throughout his life, throughout his term in office, and throughout his campaign for president as he seeks to regain power.”

Katrina Pierson, a spokeswoman for Trump’s campaign, pointed to his previous political donation to Harris as proof that he was not a racist.

“The president, as a private businessman, donated to candidates across all aisles. And I’ll note that Kamala Harris is a Black woman and he donated to her campaign, so I hope we can squash this racism argument now.”

Fighting for Black voter support

Before he took the stage, Trump’s team showed news headlines from years ago that referred to Harris as the “first Indian-American senator” on the arena’s big screen. Trump’s appearance on Wednesday at the annual gathering of Black journalists was immediately heated, sparking a number of altercations.

I think it’s disgraceful. I came here in good spirit. I love the Black population of this country. I’ve done so much for the Black population of this country.

The former president’s invitation to address the organisation sparked an intense internal debate within NABJ that spilled out onto the Internet. Organisations of journalists of colour typically invite presidential candidates to speak at their summer gatherings during election years.

Harris briefly commented on Trump’s remarks on Wednesday night while speaking at a gathering of Sigma Gamma Rho, a historically Black sorority, in Houston.

“It was the same old show. The divisiveness and the disrespect. And let me just say, the American people deserve better.”

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Polled less than 1% among democrat voters in the 2019 primary, has accomplished absolutely nothing since. Never won the nomination for this office. Was selected to be VP choice. And now she's running for president! Wild ride.