One word, and that word is Trump.<\/p>\n
How many of you willingly donated to the Trump campaign?<\/p>\n
Are you, like Stacy Blatt, still donating? Oh, you think not? Better read at least the start of this New York Times story by Shane Goldmacher:<\/a><\/p>\n Stacy Blatt was in hospice care last September listening to Rush Limbaugh\u2019s dire warnings about how badly Donald J. Trump\u2019s campaign needed money when he went online and chipped in everything he could: $500.<\/em><\/p>\n It was a big sum for a 63-year-old battling cancer and living in Kansas City on less than $1,000 per month. But that single contribution \u2014 federal records show it was his first ever \u2014 quickly multiplied. Another $500 was withdrawn the next day, then $500 the next week and every week through mid-October, without his knowledge \u2014 until Mr. Blatt\u2019s bank account had been depleted and frozen. When his utility and rent payments bounced, he called his brother, Russell, for help.<\/em><\/p>\n What the Blatts soon discovered was $3,000 in withdrawals by the Trump campaign in less than 30 days. They called their bank and said they thought they were victims of fraud.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cIt felt,\u201d Russell said, \u201clike it was a scam.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n But what the Blatts believed was duplicity was actually an intentional scheme to boost revenues by the Trump campaign and the for-profit company that processed its online donations, WinRed.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One word, and that word is Trump. How many of you willingly donated to the Trump campaign? Are you, like Stacy Blatt, still donating? Oh, you think not? Better read at least the start of this New York Times story … Continue reading