The Art of the Lie: Trump's New Free E Book

Correct The Record today released The Art of the Lie: The Definitive Guide to Donald’s Dishonesty, a new e-book examining how—and why—Donald Trump lies. Over the past sixteen months, Trump has waged an all-out assault on the principle of fact-based debate that is the cornerstone of modern American politics. By analyzing the totality ofTrump’s falsehoods and deconstructing his self-serving lies, The Art of the Lie exposes the Republican nominee as one of the most talented and dangerous con men in American history.

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“Donald Trump’s mendacity goes beyond anything we’ve ever seen in American politics and threatens to completely destroy our democracy’s bedrock values of honesty and openness,” said Brad Woodhouse, President of Correct The Record. “We wrote this book out of a simple belief: Donald Trump is playing a massive con on the American people, and he must be exposed.”

In his penchant for self-aggrandizement, his fondness for conspiracy theories and his blatant disregard for facts, Trump is unlike any major party presidential candidate in modern American history. For Trump, lying is not just about spouting inaccuracies. It is literally central to his political identity. In the past four months alone, Trump has told at least 1,057 lies. And PolitiFact has rated about 70 percent of Trump’s statements they fact checked as falsehoods. The previous Republican nominee, Mitt Romney, received a42 percent false rating—a 28 percent difference.

This book is the latest effort in Correct the Record’s Trump Lies Project, which is an effort to hold Trump accountable for his unprecedented deceitfulness. Since June, Correct The Record has tracked and fact checked Trump’s false claims in real time and released a weekly roundup of Trump’s lies each Friday. This book builds on that work but also goes deeper by examining exactly how Trump lies and how his lies have constructed a self-serving and outlandish alternative reality. Read The Art of the Lie here.

Here's A Running List Of President Trump's Lies And Other Bullshit ...

Trump's Sexist Comments

1. He insulted pretty much all women. In a May 1991 Esquire magazine profile, Trump had this to say about his recent bad press: "You know, it really doesn’t matter what they write as long as you’ve got a young and beautiful piece of ass. But she’s got to be young and beautiful."

2. He insulted a breastfeeding mother. "You’re disgusting." Trump hurled this barb at a female lawyer, who, during a deposition involving Trump, asked for a medical break to pump breast milk for her 3-month-old daughter.

3. He insulted Kristen Stewart.

4. He insulted Megyn Kelly — and, once again, pretty much all women. When talking to CNN’s Don Lemon on Friday, he said this about Kelly: "You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever."

5. He insulted Arianna Huffington.

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6. He insulted New York Times columnist Gail Collins. Trump sent her one of her columns, in which she called him a "financially embattled thousandaire," with her picture circled and a note saying, "The Face of a Dog."

7. He insulted Sarah Jessica Parker.

8. He insulted Brande Roderick, a contestant on The Apprentice. "It must be a pretty picture," he said to her. "You dropping to your knees."

9. He insulted Bette Midler.

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10. And yes, he insulted Rosie O’Donnell.

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11. He insulted moms who expect their husbands to change diapers. In a 2005 radio interview, Trump said he didn’t change diapers because it’s the wife’s job. In fact, he said he wouldn’t marry a woman who expected this of him. "There’s a lot of women out there that demand that the husband act like the wife and you know there’s a lot of husbands that listen to that," Trump said. "So you know, they go for it."

12. He insulted all Muslim women. When Donald Trump went after Ghazala Khan, mother of fallen Iraq War veteran Humayun Khan, he invoked gross stereotypes about Muslim women. In July, Ghazala Khan stood next to her husband, Khizr, as he delivered a passionate speech at the DNC excoriating Trump. Noting that Ghazala did not speak, Trump told ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos,"Look at his wife, she was standing there. She had nothing to say. She probably, maybe she wasn’t allowed to have anything to say. You tell me." Ghazala Khan then spoke out in a powerful Washington Post op-ed saying she chose not to speak because she was too emotional.

13. He accused Hillary Clinton of playing the "woman card." "Frankly, if Hillary Clinton were a man, I don’t think she’d get 5 percent of the vote," Trump said in April. "The only thing she’s got going is the women’s card." Here’s a reminder that Hillary Clinton is a former secretary of state, U.S. senator, and first lady, making her one of the most qualified presidential candidates in U.S. history. And considering America has experienced 227 years of male presidents and zero years of female presidents, one might reconsider how much Trump is benefitting from the "man card." The absurd comment was a boon to the Clinton campaign, which drafted up actual "woman cards" for Clinton supporters.

14. He insulted victims of sexual harassment. Both men and women can be victims of sexual harassment in the workplace, though women make up nearly 80 percent of the victims. And Trump believes that if a woman is harassed, she — not the harasser — should leave the workplace. In the wake of multiple sexual harassment allegations against former Fox head Roger Ailes — whom Trump called a "very, very good person" — Trump opined on what his daughter Ivanka should do if sexually harassed. "I would like to think she would find another career or find another company if that was the case," he said to USA Todaycolumnist Kirsten Powers. Just a few weeks later, Ailes, since ousted from Fox, is advisingthe Trump campaign ahead of the presidential debates.

15. He insulted women seeking abortions. More precisely, Trump believes that women who seek abortions should receive "some form of punishment" if abortions become banned. Because defunding Planned Parenthood, enforcing hundreds of anti-abortion restrictions across the country in recent years, and enduring increasing harassment at clinics isn’t punishment enough. Trump later walked back these comments, sort of, saying that instead, doctors should be punished for providing abortions if the procedure were made illegal.

16. He insulted NBC reporter Katy Tur. Trump has taunted NBC reporter Katy Tur relentlessly during the 2016 election cycle, calling her "Little Katy" and a "Third-Rate reporter," even tweeting that she "should be fired." At one rally in South Carolina, his attacks against made his supporters so belligerent that Secret Service had to escort Tur back to her car.

17. He attacked reporter Michelle Fields’s character. When former Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields alleged that former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski assaulted her at a Trump event, Trump’s campaign assassinated Fields’s character, implying that Fields has exhibited a "a larger pattern of exaggerating incidents." Trump himself called Fields "terrible" in an interview with Fox & Friends’s Geraldo Rivera and even suggested that she assaulted him. "Maybe I should file a report, she was grabbing me," he said.

18. He insulted Heidi Cruz. After an anti-Trump Super PAC released an ad shaming Melania Trump for posing nude in British GQ in 2000, Trump went after opponent Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s wife, Heidi. First, he threatened to "spill the beans" on Heidi:

Cruz maintained that his campaign had nothing to do with the ad and thankfully did not retaliate with any sexist memes of his own.

19. He insulted Elizabeth Warren. Trump has gone after Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren time and time again, calling her "goofy," "a fraud," and, like Clinton, someone who is "playing the woman’s card." Unfortunately for Trump, Warren can tweet just as furiously and often dishes it right back.

20. He insulted Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Trump called on feminist rock star Ruth Bader Ginsburg to resign after she criticized him in the press. He has called her an "incompetent judge" and said "her mind is shot." Ginsburg, who calledTrump a "faker" and said, "I can’t imagine what the country would be — with Donald Trump as our president," later said her comments were "ill advised."

21. He insulted Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski. Trump launched a Twitter attack against Morning Joe’s Mika Brzezinski for what he believes was unfair coverage by her and co-host Joe Scarborough. Trump called Brzezinski "neurotic" (an insult he apparently only uses for women):

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He then implied that the two anchors are dating, and called Brzezinski "insecure."

22. He said Rosie O’Donnell deserved the "tough things" he said to her. Trump has been insulting to O’Donnell for years, but at the first presidential debate, he reiterated that those insults were deserved, based on how "vicious" she’s been to him.

23. He body-shamed Kim Kardashian when she was pregnant.

"Trumped Up" HIllary "Scandals" Debunked

Field guide to defending Hillary Clinton against every fake scandal: email, Benghazi and more

The hard part in getting through to those death deserving tRumroids who are convinced that the lies about Hillary Clinton are facts, is that they have a boatload of phony “facts” and right-wing web sites to draw from, but their main source of information is Fox News, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, and/or their duped listeners. When you go into detailed evidence against their claims, the response is longer than they’re willing to read or hear. So, its either a shorter version which may not get the point across, or the long version which won’t be read. My recommendation is to answer one attack at a time in as much detail as you can to prove your case. These are short paragraphs along with a few links for support. Speak softly and don’t yell at them for being duped. Your goal should be to disarm them and get them to hear you, which can’t be done if they raise their shield.

Whitewater was the beginning of the Hillary Clinton witch hunt. Hardly anybody understands Whitewater. The claims of honesty and trustworthiness began here. The Clintons lost their investment in the Whitewater Development Company. Their business partner, Jim and Susan McDougal, had a separate investment in another company which also failed. The McDougals retained the law firm that Hillary worked for, Rose Law Firm to handle their legal dealings. The claim is that the McDougals hired Clinton to offset the Clintons’ losses on Whitewater, which they considered to be a conflict of interest. Ken Starr, the pioneer of the Hillary witch hunts hurled accusation after accusation at the Clintons over this. After wasting 8 years and millions of taxpayer dollars and several independent investigations, a final report was issued in 2000 that stated that there was no evidence that the Clintons had engaged in any criminal wrongdoing. It was BS from the start, but dishonest Republicans keep the story alive today.

Wal-Mart: In 1986, Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart was under pressure, from his wife and his shareholders, to appoint a woman to his Board of Directors. Based in Arkansas, they hired Hillary Clinton, then 40 year old Hillary Clinton. According to fellow board members and company executives, Hillary used her position to champion more women in management and a comprehensive environmental program. Being the least experienced in business at the time, her voice was silenced on Wal-Mart’s anti-unionism stance, and minimum wage was not considered a huge national crisis at the time. Her years on the Wal-Mart board, from 1986 to 1992, gave her an unusual tutorial in the ways of American business a credential that could serve as an antidote to Republican efforts to portray her as an enemy of free markets and an advocate for big government. To say that Hillary doesn’t understand business is dead wrong. While she had huge success in creating management opportunities for women at Wal Mart, the main attack line is that she “supported low wages”, which is not at all true. Looking at her track record in the Senate and as Secretary of State, she has always pushed for equal pay, and is fighting hard for a 40% increase in minimum wage, and for all improvements to middle class life in America.

Monsanto: Rumors have claimed that Hillary Clinton once sat (or currently sits) on the board of directors of agribusiness giant Monsanto as well, despite the lack of any evidence documenting such a connection. The repetition of those false rumors increased as the primary elections of the 2016 presidential campaign drew nearer. They are rumors. They are lies. Hillary has one of the strongest records on environmental protection of anybody in politics today. In fact, her support of the EPA and environmental regulations is the GOP’s biggest gripe, which flies in the face of the Monsanto rumors.

Vince Foster death: Foster was messed up. He made some bad decisions and killed himself. Before he committed suicide, he wrote several suicide notes and wrapped up personal affairs as best he could. In the 1990’s, over 20,000 people per year committed suicide. In 2014, that number was over 40,000, with an increase in suicides by Veterans. Almost everybody knows someone who killed themselves for one reason or another. Ken Starr, the GOP’s official witch hunter along with right wing extremist Jerry Falwell, fueled the rumors that the Clintons were involved in a murder conspiracy. The allegations were as ridiculous then as they are now, but even after the FBI and independent investigations cleared the Clintons, books and articles continue to be written by Republicans accusing the Clintons of wrongdoing. The GOP is hell bent on assassinating the character of a future President, and continue to twist whatever they can to put doubt in the public mind. Another couple million dollars of taxpayer money wasted by Republicans.

Wall Street and bank donations: It is important to note that most middle class working Americans rely on Wal Street through their 401k and IRA’s, etc to fund their retirement. Wall Street is, in a large part, responsible for the economic growth in the United States in the 20th century, and continues to provide financial security for many millions of Americans. As a result of Republican thirst for dark money in order to win elections, line their pockets and the pockets of the oil industry and weapons manufacturers, passed Citizens United. Thanks to Citizens United, it will take over one billion dollars to win the White House in 2016. Any candidate who actually wishes to overturn Citizens United must obtain the money to win first. This is a horrible rule that allows large corporations to donate huge sums of money to campaigns without transparency, and the influence of the top 1% of earners on politicians has never been bigger.

Citizens United: She has a strong track record of trying to reign in wall street and banking speculation. Here is a link to Hillary Clinton’s entire Senate voting record while serving as US Senator in New York. It is very extensive, 10 pages long in all, but you can search records by issue and read up on just the issues that you want to learn about. You can also show just the bills that Hillary sponsored or co-sponsored during her time in the Senate. What you’ll find is a progressive set of bills written, and a voting record that supports the average American and not skewed toward Wall Street and big banks. What you’ll find throughout her time in the Senate, that she was very active in improving the lives of middle class people, worked hard on income equality, fairness, environmental issues, childrens issues, foreign affairs policy, and a lot of other things. Too much to go over. But, since you’re judging someone to be the leader of the free world, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to read up on some of this. It’s very interesting. She was a hard working Senator, clearly putting the welfare of the people, not the corporations, at the front of the line. If you see a vote that you don’t agree with, do a web search on why she voted the way she did. Many of these bills have misleading titles, with hidden tricks slipped in.

Benghazi: Too many Republicans have now admitted to the Benghazi hearing as being a witch hunt, designed to obstruct Hillary Clinton’s chances to run for President. There were four people who died at the US Embassy that night in Benghazi. Under President George W. Bush, there were a total of 13 attacks on U.S. embassys resulting in over 60 deaths. As far as the first days after the attack, the initial information as things were unfolding, is that a religious caracature caused protests at the Embassy. This was true, but what was initially not known is that members of a terrorist group may have started the protests, and subsequently took advantage of the riot and killed our men. Early reporting is never entirely accurate, and while this was called an “act of terror”, the main GOP beef here is that it was not called a “terrorist attack”. That’s right, act of terror versus terrorist attack. Real good reason to waste millions of taxpayer dollars, right? Susan Rice said that the attack started as a protest, which it did. Nothing illegal here, no derelection of duty. Move on. GOP witch hunters blew another $7 million or so of your hard earned tax dollars on this one so far.

Email server: Contrary to Republican claims of dishonesty or corruption, there was NEVER a law against using a personal server. No laws were broken. Secretary Clinton, as well as all other Secretaries of State that came before her, including Colin Powell and Dick Cheney, used personal emails for their correspondence. The server was never hacked, and a record of all emails sent to government are stored on government servers. Republican witch hunters are blowing $13,000 per day of your hard earned tax dollars in order to paint Hillary as untrustworthy or incompetent, all for political purposes. As of 1999, Republicans had spent over $80 million of your dollars on Clinton investigations. The number today is more than likely over $200,000,000. Fiscal conservatism? I don’t think so. And now the major news outlets are finally admitting there was never anything to it.

Billions of dollars to Iran: Wrong. The money in question was Iran’s money that was frozen in previous sanctions. It was their money, frozen in order to bring them to the table and come to an agreement on nuclear proliferation. No other conditions were placed on the release of the money other than coming to an agreement for destroying enriched uranium and agreeing not to pursue a nuclear weapon. They came to the table, agreed to terms with inspections to verify compliance, and what was remaining of their money withheld after paying money owed to other countries, was returned to Iran. It is very dishonest and misleading to say that Obama and Clinton GAVE Iran billions of dollars. You don’t give someone money that is theirs already. By the way, the nuclear deal is an international agreement, not just the USA, and even if Trump were to walk away from the deal, he’d have international backlash from our allies, and the agreement would remain.

I hope this helps when the attacks come. As I’ve said before, when misinformation and lies flow at such a regular rate, and with preceived conviction from the Republican party over the last 25 years, it causes a false plausability in the minds of many. Only facts can counter these things. As you hear the term “Crooked Hillary” come out of “Trump the Terrible”‘s mouth, and echoed by many GOP leaders and pundits over the next 6 months, counter it with fact. It’s a nasty curveball, but you’ve got a really good eye and good bat speed, so just smash it over the wall, don’t get into knock-down-drag-outs over it. Return to the dugout and wait for your next at-bat. You won’t convince all of them, but for some, you will have exposed the GOP witch hunters as the frauds that they are. Are you ready to fight? If you enjoy Daily News Bin, consider making a contribution:

Fat Bastardo's Op Ed: 

We should not have to constantly debunk the lies of liars. When we come across a chronic liar we should shut that liar up. Lying should be a criminal offence and liars should face a wide range of penalties from fines to prison and ins some cases execution if their lies are deemed treason.

When it comes to lying liars there is also a time for do it yourself justice. If you are a moral person and you come across a liar do what you think is appropriate when it comes to you meting out justice but don't do anything stupid that could get you in trouble. 

Here's A Running List Of President Trump's Lies And Other Bullshit ...