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'''Facebook''' (stylized '''facebook''') is a [[liberal]]-promoted, anti-conservative [[social networking]]  website that profits by exploiting personal information in users' profiles, and by advertising.  Users can spend, or indeed waste, their time on it in a variety of ways: by uploading pictures (typically of themselves), by gossiping about others, by talking to friends, by interfering with marriages and personal relationships, and by acting like a [[busybody]].  Facebook use is correlated with underachievement in school and disruption of social relationships, such as marriage.  For many teenagers, Facebook use replaces healthier activities and gatherings.&lt;br /&gt;
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Despite being called &amp;quot;social networking,&amp;quot; Facebook is typically a poor substitute for real social networking.  One survey conducted showed that Facebook feeds narcissistic tendencies.&lt;br /&gt;
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Other studies done have shown that the use of Facebook is associated with poorer performance in school.  Facebook use is also associated with a substantial percentage of marital problems and an increase in psychological disorders in youth.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://thetechjournal.com/internet/facebook-is-the-new-cause-of-divorce.xhtml#ixzz1OmdIs3rN Facebook is the new cause of divorce, The Tech Journal, December 23, 2009]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://technorati.com/social-media/article/facebook-linked-to-psychological-disorders-in/ Facebook Linked To Psychological Disorders In Teens]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The site is heavily promoted by [[liberal]]s, presumably because it is so unproductive or even counterproductive.&lt;br /&gt;
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Activities on Facebook have caused people to be fired from their jobs or indeed, refused to be hired for a job in the first place.&lt;br /&gt;
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Anybody with an account can create an unlimited amount of unproductive pages, which can then be &amp;quot;liked&amp;quot; by other users who can also post similar items to the page.&lt;br /&gt;
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Facebook is based in Palo Alto, [[California]]. The name of the site is based on the paper facebooks that many colleges give to incoming students, faculty, and staff depicting members of the campus community.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt; [http://www.associatepublisher.com/e/f/fa/facebook.htm Facebook] &amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Monetary value==&lt;br /&gt;
It is rumored that Facebook generates around $1 million per week in revenue. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/26/facebook-goes-beyond-college-high-school-markets/ &amp;quot;Facebook goes beyond college and high school markets&amp;quot;]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
In September 2006, [[Yahoo]] began talks to acquire Facebook for as high as $1 billion. In October, Google allegedly offered $2.3 billion.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2006/10/10/first-youtube-now-facebook-rumors-circulate &amp;quot;First Youtube, Now Facebook: Rumors Circulate&amp;quot;]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; All outside offers have been rejected. 2009 estimates put a net value of $6.5 billion. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10285409-36.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0 Facebook stock trading open; valuation $6.5 billion] CNET News, July 13, 2009&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; 2010 estimates of the privately held company put the value at $14 billion dollars. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://techcrunch.com/2010/01/20/facebook-valued-at-14-billion-on-secondmarket/ Facebook Valued At $14 Billion On SecondMarket, TechCrunch.com, January 20, 2010]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2011, [[Goldman Sachs]] invested $500 million in Facebook. JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley was put in charge of an initial public offering of Facebook stock in 2012. The company went public at $38-per-share IPO price valued Facebook at $104 billion. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/22/us-facebook-forecasts-idUSBRE84L06920120522 Insight: Morgan Stanley cut Facebook estimates just before IPO, Reuters.com, May 22, 2012]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; As of August 2012, the company is trading down at $20 per share, a loss of $50 billion in value. As of January 2013, the stock has rebounded slightly and is trading at $30 per share, however this still represents a loss of $25 billion in value.&lt;br /&gt;
It is now possible to message the founder, Mark Zuckerberg, for approximately $100. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57563563/facebook-testing-$100-charge-to-message-zuckerberg/ Facebook charging $100 to send a message to founder Mark Zuckerberg]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Origins==&lt;br /&gt;
Facebook was founded in February 2004 by [[Harvard]] sophomores [[Mark Zuckerberg]], Chris Hughes, Dustin Moskovitz and Eduardo Saverin, with help from Andrew McCollum. By December of 2004, after expanding the site to other universities, the number of registered users exceeded one million. In August 2005 Facebook obtained the domain name facebook.com and dropped the &amp;quot;the&amp;quot; from the site's name.&lt;br /&gt;
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==2010==&lt;br /&gt;
A movie was made about the origins of Facebook, called ''The Social Network''. The film did not meet expectations at the [[Academy Awards]] and, despite heavy media promotion, was number one in America for only several weeks. Mark Zuckerberg was not involved in the creation of film and said that it was more Hollywood storytelling than reality.&lt;br /&gt;
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It has been known among Silicon Valley technology companies that Facebook has been luring away [[Google]] employees to the extent that Google is now offering bonuses for staying with the company. On October 15, 2010, Facebook announced the release of a new email client. Internally referred to as Titan, the media has dubbed it a &amp;quot;Gmail Killer&amp;quot;. Zuckerberg insists it is not a head-to-head competitor of Google's Gmail service; rather, it will be more of a instant messaging service. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/11/15/gmail-beware-facebook-unveils-e-mail-service/ E-MAIL WAR: Facebook Launches 'Gmail Killer' -- AOL Jumps In, Too, FOX News, November 15, 2010]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Liberal policies==&lt;br /&gt;
The world's largest online social network added civil unions and domestic partnerships to the list of relationships that its users can pick from to best describe their romantic status. The [[Gay &amp;amp; Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation]] had lobbied for the policy adoption. The option is only available to Facebook users in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., France and Australia. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/02/18/facebook-adds-support-sex-civil-unions Facebook Adds Support for Same-Sex Civil Unions, Fox News, February 18, 2011]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Facebook takes the extremist liberal view that gender is more than just male and female. Users can choose 58 types of custom genders to identify from. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/02/heres-a-list-of-58-gender-options-for-facebook-users/ Here's a List of 58 Gender Options for Facebook Users, ABCNews, February 13, 2014]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Political influence==&lt;br /&gt;
Zuckerberg has involved himself in politics in the 2016 presidential race. He has publicly called out positions held by [[Donald Trump]] as wrong. Facebook employees have asked if they should try to stop a Trump presidency. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://gizmodo.com/facebook-employees-asked-mark-zuckerberg-if-they-should-1771012990 Facebook Employees Asked Mark Zuckerberg If They Should Try to Stop a Donald Trump Presidency, Gizmodo, April 15, 2016]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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Facebook has declared it will never use its product to influence how people on the platform vote. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://gizmodo.com/facebook-says-it-doesnt-try-to-influence-how-people-vot-1771276946?rev=1460755179651 Facebook Says it Doesn't Try to Influence How People Vote, Gizmodo, April 15, 2016]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2012, Facebook developed a tool called 'voter megaphone' raising questions about its use and ability to influence elections. Facebook secretly tampered with 1.9 million user’s news feeds. &lt;br /&gt;
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Facebook tampered with news feeds in 2010 during a 61-million-person experiment to see how Facebook could impact the real-world voting behavior of millions of people. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://fowler.ucsd.edu/massive_turnout.pdf A 61-million-person experiment in social influence and political mobilization]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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98% of political donations from Facebook employees went to [[Barack Obama]] in the 2008 presidential election. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://beforeitsnews.com/story/684/994/Facebook_self_appointed_arbiter_of_free_speech_tells_Tea_Party_no_more_organizing.html Facebook – self appointed arbiter of “free speech” – tells Tea Party no more organizing, Before It's News, June 2, 2011]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Christian Presence== &lt;br /&gt;
Despite these liberal policies and promotion, the wave of Christianity is overwhelming. A quick and simple search reveals that the main Christianity page has more members than all the atheist pages combined.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Conservative Groupings==&lt;br /&gt;
While Facebook does have a pro-liberal agenda, this has not stopped conservative groups and pages forming. The [[Conservative Party]] as well as the [[Tea Party Movement]] have created pages. A search of the pages reveals that, when comparing the &amp;quot;likes&amp;quot; system on facebook, both the Tea Party and the Tea Party Patriots dominate more liberal pages such as &amp;quot;Gay marriage USA&amp;quot; and even the political ideology page &amp;quot;Liberal&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Censorship and harassment by Facebook==&lt;br /&gt;
Ongoing censorship and harassment by Facebook is documented at [http://www.facebookcensorship.com facebookcensorship.com] with screenshots.  Also documented is the wholesale destruction of groups that took some people years to build by Facebook's deleting all of the members.  Facebook then deleted the discussion areas from &amp;quot;pages&amp;quot; to further their control and censorship.&lt;br /&gt;
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Facebook temporarily banned Fox News reporter Todd Starnes for not being a liberal, giving the reason that his &amp;quot;politically incorrect&amp;quot; post violated community guidelines. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.fireandreamitchell.com/2013/06/29/fascist-facebook-bans-fox-reporter-todd-starnes-for-politically-incorrect-nra-post/ Fascist Facebook bans Fox reporter Todd Starnes, FireAndreamitchell.com, jUNE 29, 2013]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Privacy issues==&lt;br /&gt;
Facebook Privacy Policy is constantly changing. This is not for the benefit of the users but to the monetary value they represent to advertisers. Due to the size of Facebook, all kinds of data on your habits are monitored. Not just by Facebook either, the government can peek at your life and monitor you behind the scenes. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/05/17/13-year-old-boy-questioned-secret-service-facebook-posting/?test=latestnews 13-Year-Old Boy Questioned by Secret Service Over Facebook Posting, Fox News, May 17, 2011]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.stltoday.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/article_bbd23382-6ecf-11e0-aeef-001a4bcf6878.html Feds mine Facebook for info, STLToday.com, April 25, 2011]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Facebook claims your personal information is not for sale. They make the case that it is anonymously collected data, thereby protecting your privacy. Third parties develop applications to run on top of Facebook. Your privacy is effectively in the hands of unknown organizations. The below examples include what information is on display by every user.&lt;br /&gt;
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* The first 6 months of 2013, Facebook shared personal data with the U.S. Government about 39,000 facebook users. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2013/08/just-peachy-facebook-shared-personal.html?m=0 JUST PEACHY: Facebook shared personal data of users a mere 26 thousand times in the first six months of 2013, Doug Ross, August 27, 2013]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
* The [[NSA]] paid several tech companies, including Facebook, millions of dollars to cover the cost of spying on Americans. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/23/nsa-prism-costs-tech-companies-paid NSA paid millions to cover Prism compliance costs for tech companies, The Guardian, Augist 22, 2013]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* 6 million Facebook members had their data exposed after management found a glitch that inadvertently shared personal contact details with other members. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57590528-93/facebook-bug-exposed-contact-info-of-6m-users/ Facebook bug exposed contact info of 6M users, CNET.com June 21st, 2013]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Many users post their full address, e-mail address, birthday, and telephone number, and these can be available to their entire network (and, in reality, anyone). This information in the wrong hands can be used for purposes of phishing, stalking, or even identity theft.&lt;br /&gt;
* Some universities have begun to use students' pages to investigate underage drinking and other violations of university policy. This is very possible, since university faculty and staff can sign up for the same network as their students through their campus e-mail account.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt; [http://en.allexperts.com/e/f/fa/facebook.htm Facebook on allexperts.com]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*The so-called &amp;quot;news feed&amp;quot; has aroused some discomfort among Facebook users, as it displays all changes and status updates from their friends by default.&lt;br /&gt;
*The &amp;quot;wall&amp;quot; feature allows a user to post a message to another user which remains on their profile page. This posting is viewable to everyone who can view the page (which is pretty much the entire world), and shows up on the news feed for all friends of both the sender and the recipient by default.&lt;br /&gt;
*As with Google ads, Facebook collects profile information, and places ads on the page that reflect the user's personal information.  This resulted in one man logging into his facebook account, and seeing his wife's photograph appear in an advertisement for a dating website.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt; [http://www.kvoa.com/news/husband-finds-wife-in-facebook-singles-ad/] Husband finds wife in facebook singles ad&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*The privacy settings on Facebook give users a false sense of security and encourage people to post things they shouldn't. As with other social networks, Facebook refuses to admit that its privacy settings that apparently allow only &amp;quot;friends&amp;quot; to see certain information are completely bogus and can easily be cracked by people with little to no [[hacking]] experience. Instead, Facebook actually ''encourages'' young users to only allow &amp;quot;friends&amp;quot; to see certain information, rather than just warning them that what they post can be seen by the world and to not post what they wouldn't want people to see.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2008/01/myspace_torrent This is why only a fool would trust any social networking platform to keep any information private]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== See also ==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Wepluribus]] (conservative alternative to Facebook)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Social media]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Twitter]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[MySpace]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Google Plus | Google+]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
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*[http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/israel-project-video-facebook-biased Israel Project Video: Is Facebook Biased?]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://iowntheworld.com/blog/?p=175839 The increasing amount of personal information that can been gleaned by computer programs that track how people use Facebook]&lt;br /&gt;
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*[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/fashion/weddings/chris-hughes-sean-eldridge-weddings.html Chris Hughes married his partner Sean Eldridge.] The gay co-founder of Facebook.&lt;br /&gt;
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*[http://www.facebookcensorship.com/ Political and religious censorship and harassment by Facebook]&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Online social networking]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Websites]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Liberal Organizations]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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&lt;div&gt;'''Liberal claptrap''' is pretentious nonsense promoted by [[liberal]]s. It has the wordy characteristics of [[liberal style]], typically with a self-serving conclusion.&lt;br /&gt;
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Liberal claptrap leaves the audience with nothing of substance, nothing that will help them personally overcome the inevitable problems of life.&lt;br /&gt;
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Liberal claptrap often pushes the listener toward an illogical viewpoint without saying so in a direct manner.  Liberal claptrap typically seeks to attract attention to a liberal and away from [[God]].&lt;br /&gt;
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The [[Bible]] criticizes liberal claptrap in [[1 Corinthians 1-8 (Translated)#1:17|1 Corinthians 1:17]].&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Libtards]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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'''Facebook''' (stylized '''facebook''') is a [[liberal]]-promoted [[social networking]] anti-conservative website that profits by exploiting personal information in users' profiles, and by advertising.  Users can spend, or indeed waste, their time on it in a variety of ways: by uploading pictures (typically of themselves), by gossiping about others, by talking to friends, by interfering with marriages and personal relationships, and by acting like a [[busybody]].  Facebook use is correlated with underachievement in school and disruption of social relationships, such as marriage.  For many teenagers, Facebook use replaces healthier activities and gatherings.&lt;br /&gt;
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Despite being called &amp;quot;social networking,&amp;quot; Facebook is typically a poor substitute for real social networking.  One survey conducted showed that Facebook feeds narcissistic tendencies.&lt;br /&gt;
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Other studies done have shown that the use of Facebook is associated with poorer performance in school.  Facebook use is also associated with a substantial percentage of marital problems and an increase in psychological disorders in youth.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://thetechjournal.com/internet/facebook-is-the-new-cause-of-divorce.xhtml#ixzz1OmdIs3rN Facebook is the new cause of divorce, The Tech Journal, December 23, 2009]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://technorati.com/social-media/article/facebook-linked-to-psychological-disorders-in/ Facebook Linked To Psychological Disorders In Teens]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The site is heavily promoted by [[liberal]]s, presumably because it is so unproductive or even counterproductive.&lt;br /&gt;
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Activities on Facebook have caused people to be fired from their jobs or indeed, refused to be hired for a job in the first place.&lt;br /&gt;
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Anybody with an account can create an unlimited amount of unproductive pages, which can then be &amp;quot;liked&amp;quot; by other users who can also post similar items to the page.&lt;br /&gt;
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Facebook is based in Palo Alto, [[California]]. The name of the site is based on the paper facebooks that many colleges give to incoming students, faculty, and staff depicting members of the campus community.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt; [http://www.associatepublisher.com/e/f/fa/facebook.htm Facebook] &amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Monetary value==&lt;br /&gt;
It is rumored that Facebook generates around $1 million per week in revenue. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/26/facebook-goes-beyond-college-high-school-markets/ &amp;quot;Facebook goes beyond college and high school markets&amp;quot;]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
In September 2006, [[Yahoo]] began talks to acquire Facebook for as high as $1 billion. In October, Google allegedly offered $2.3 billion.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2006/10/10/first-youtube-now-facebook-rumors-circulate &amp;quot;First Youtube, Now Facebook: Rumors Circulate&amp;quot;]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; All outside offers have been rejected. 2009 estimates put a net value of $6.5 billion. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10285409-36.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0 Facebook stock trading open; valuation $6.5 billion] CNET News, July 13, 2009&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; 2010 estimates of the privately held company put the value at $14 billion dollars. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://techcrunch.com/2010/01/20/facebook-valued-at-14-billion-on-secondmarket/ Facebook Valued At $14 Billion On SecondMarket, TechCrunch.com, January 20, 2010]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2011, [[Goldman Sachs]] invested $500 million in Facebook. JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley was put in charge of an initial public offering of Facebook stock in 2012. The company went public at $38-per-share IPO price valued Facebook at $104 billion. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/22/us-facebook-forecasts-idUSBRE84L06920120522 Insight: Morgan Stanley cut Facebook estimates just before IPO, Reuters.com, May 22, 2012]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; As of August 2012, the company is trading down at $20 per share, a loss of $50 billion in value. As of January 2013, the stock has rebounded slightly and is trading at $30 per share, however this still represents a loss of $25 billion in value.&lt;br /&gt;
It is now possible to message the founder, Mark Zuckerberg, for approximately $100. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57563563/facebook-testing-$100-charge-to-message-zuckerberg/ Facebook charging $100 to send a message to founder Mark Zuckerberg]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Origins==&lt;br /&gt;
Facebook was founded in February 2004 by [[Harvard]] sophomores [[Mark Zuckerberg]], Chris Hughes, Dustin Moskovitz and Eduardo Saverin, with help from Andrew McCollum. By December of 2004, after expanding the site to other universities, the number of registered users exceeded one million. In August 2005 Facebook obtained the domain name facebook.com and dropped the &amp;quot;the&amp;quot; from the site's name.&lt;br /&gt;
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==2010==&lt;br /&gt;
A movie was made about the origins of Facebook, called ''The Social Network''. The film did not meet expectations at the [[Academy Awards]] and, despite heavy media promotion, was number one in America for only several weeks. Mark Zuckerberg was not involved in the creation of film and said that it was more Hollywood storytelling than reality.&lt;br /&gt;
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It has been known among Silicon Valley technology companies that Facebook has been luring away [[Google]] employees to the extent that Google is now offering bonuses for staying with the company. On October 15, 2010, Facebook announced the release of a new email client. Internally referred to as Titan, the media has dubbed it a &amp;quot;Gmail Killer&amp;quot;. Zuckerberg insists it is not a head-to-head competitor of Google's Gmail service; rather, it will be more of a instant messaging service. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/11/15/gmail-beware-facebook-unveils-e-mail-service/ E-MAIL WAR: Facebook Launches 'Gmail Killer' -- AOL Jumps In, Too, FOX News, November 15, 2010]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Liberal policies==&lt;br /&gt;
The world's largest online social network added civil unions and domestic partnerships to the list of relationships that its users can pick from to best describe their romantic status. The [[Gay &amp;amp; Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation]] had lobbied for the policy adoption. The option is only available to Facebook users in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., France and Australia. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/02/18/facebook-adds-support-sex-civil-unions Facebook Adds Support for Same-Sex Civil Unions, Fox News, February 18, 2011]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Facebook takes the extremist liberal view that gender is more than just male and female. Users can choose 58 types of custom genders to identify from. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/02/heres-a-list-of-58-gender-options-for-facebook-users/ Here's a List of 58 Gender Options for Facebook Users, ABCNews, February 13, 2014]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Political influence==&lt;br /&gt;
Zuckerberg has involved himself in politics in the 2016 presidential race. He has publicly called out positions held by [[Donald Trump]] as wrong. Facebook employees have asked if they should try to stop a Trump presidency. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://gizmodo.com/facebook-employees-asked-mark-zuckerberg-if-they-should-1771012990 Facebook Employees Asked Mark Zuckerberg If They Should Try to Stop a Donald Trump Presidency, Gizmodo, April 15, 2016]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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Facebook has declared it will never use its product to influence how people on the platform vote. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://gizmodo.com/facebook-says-it-doesnt-try-to-influence-how-people-vot-1771276946?rev=1460755179651 Facebook Says it Doesn't Try to Influence How People Vote, Gizmodo, April 15, 2016]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2012, Facebook developed a tool called 'voter megaphone' raising questions about its use and ability to influence elections. Facebook secretly tampered with 1.9 million user’s news feeds. &lt;br /&gt;
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Facebook tampered with news feeds in 2010 during a 61-million-person experiment to see how Facebook could impact the real-world voting behavior of millions of people. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://fowler.ucsd.edu/massive_turnout.pdf A 61-million-person experiment in social influence and political mobilization]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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98% of political donations from Facebook employees went to [[Barack Obama]] in the 2008 presidential election. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://beforeitsnews.com/story/684/994/Facebook_self_appointed_arbiter_of_free_speech_tells_Tea_Party_no_more_organizing.html Facebook – self appointed arbiter of “free speech” – tells Tea Party no more organizing, Before It's News, June 2, 2011]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Christian Presence== &lt;br /&gt;
Despite these liberal policies and promotion, the wave of Christianity is overwhelming. A quick and simple search reveals that the main Christianity page has more members than all the atheist pages combined.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Conservative Groupings==&lt;br /&gt;
While Facebook does have a pro-liberal agenda, this has not stopped conservative groups and pages forming. The [[Conservative Party]] as well as the [[Tea Party Movement]] have created pages. A search of the pages reveals that, when comparing the &amp;quot;likes&amp;quot; system on facebook, both the Tea Party and the Tea Party Patriots dominate more liberal pages such as &amp;quot;Gay marriage USA&amp;quot; and even the political ideology page &amp;quot;Liberal&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Censorship and harassment by Facebook==&lt;br /&gt;
Ongoing censorship and harassment by Facebook is documented at [http://www.facebookcensorship.com facebookcensorship.com] with screenshots.  Also documented is the wholesale destruction of groups that took some people years to build by Facebook's deleting all of the members.  Facebook then deleted the discussion areas from &amp;quot;pages&amp;quot; to further their control and censorship.&lt;br /&gt;
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Facebook temporarily banned Fox News reporter Todd Starnes for not being a liberal, giving the reason that his &amp;quot;politically incorrect&amp;quot; post violated community guidelines. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.fireandreamitchell.com/2013/06/29/fascist-facebook-bans-fox-reporter-todd-starnes-for-politically-incorrect-nra-post/ Fascist Facebook bans Fox reporter Todd Starnes, FireAndreamitchell.com, jUNE 29, 2013]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Privacy issues==&lt;br /&gt;
Facebook Privacy Policy is constantly changing. This is not for the benefit of the users but to the monetary value they represent to advertisers. Due to the size of Facebook, all kinds of data on your habits are monitored. Not just by Facebook either, the government can peek at your life and monitor you behind the scenes. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/05/17/13-year-old-boy-questioned-secret-service-facebook-posting/?test=latestnews 13-Year-Old Boy Questioned by Secret Service Over Facebook Posting, Fox News, May 17, 2011]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.stltoday.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/article_bbd23382-6ecf-11e0-aeef-001a4bcf6878.html Feds mine Facebook for info, STLToday.com, April 25, 2011]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Facebook claims your personal information is not for sale. They make the case that it is anonymously collected data, thereby protecting your privacy. Third parties develop applications to run on top of Facebook. Your privacy is effectively in the hands of unknown organizations. The below examples include what information is on display by every user.&lt;br /&gt;
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* The first 6 months of 2013, Facebook shared personal data with the U.S. Government about 39,000 facebook users. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2013/08/just-peachy-facebook-shared-personal.html?m=0 JUST PEACHY: Facebook shared personal data of users a mere 26 thousand times in the first six months of 2013, Doug Ross, August 27, 2013]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;br /&gt;
* The [[NSA]] paid several tech companies, including Facebook, millions of dollars to cover the cost of spying on Americans. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/23/nsa-prism-costs-tech-companies-paid NSA paid millions to cover Prism compliance costs for tech companies, The Guardian, Augist 22, 2013]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* 6 million Facebook members had their data exposed after management found a glitch that inadvertently shared personal contact details with other members. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57590528-93/facebook-bug-exposed-contact-info-of-6m-users/ Facebook bug exposed contact info of 6M users, CNET.com June 21st, 2013]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Many users post their full address, e-mail address, birthday, and telephone number, and these can be available to their entire network (and, in reality, anyone). This information in the wrong hands can be used for purposes of phishing, stalking, or even identity theft.&lt;br /&gt;
* Some universities have begun to use students' pages to investigate underage drinking and other violations of university policy. This is very possible, since university faculty and staff can sign up for the same network as their students through their campus e-mail account.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt; [http://en.allexperts.com/e/f/fa/facebook.htm Facebook on allexperts.com]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*The so-called &amp;quot;news feed&amp;quot; has aroused some discomfort among Facebook users, as it displays all changes and status updates from their friends by default.&lt;br /&gt;
*The &amp;quot;wall&amp;quot; feature allows a user to post a message to another user which remains on their profile page. This posting is viewable to everyone who can view the page (which is pretty much the entire world), and shows up on the news feed for all friends of both the sender and the recipient by default.&lt;br /&gt;
*As with Google ads, Facebook collects profile information, and places ads on the page that reflect the user's personal information.  This resulted in one man logging into his facebook account, and seeing his wife's photograph appear in an advertisement for a dating website.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt; [http://www.kvoa.com/news/husband-finds-wife-in-facebook-singles-ad/] Husband finds wife in facebook singles ad&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*The privacy settings on Facebook give users a false sense of security and encourage people to post things they shouldn't. As with other social networks, Facebook refuses to admit that its privacy settings that apparently allow only &amp;quot;friends&amp;quot; to see certain information are completely bogus and can easily be cracked by people with little to no [[hacking]] experience. Instead, Facebook actually ''encourages'' young users to only allow &amp;quot;friends&amp;quot; to see certain information, rather than just warning them that what they post can be seen by the world and to not post what they wouldn't want people to see.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
[http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2008/01/myspace_torrent This is why only a fool would trust any social networking platform to keep any information private]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== See also ==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Wepluribus]] (conservative alternative to Facebook)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Social media]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Twitter]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[MySpace]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Google Plus | Google+]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
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*[http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/israel-project-video-facebook-biased Israel Project Video: Is Facebook Biased?]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://iowntheworld.com/blog/?p=175839 The increasing amount of personal information that can been gleaned by computer programs that track how people use Facebook]&lt;br /&gt;
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*[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/fashion/weddings/chris-hughes-sean-eldridge-weddings.html Chris Hughes married his partner Sean Eldridge.] The gay co-founder of Facebook.&lt;br /&gt;
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*[http://www.facebookcensorship.com/ Political and religious censorship and harassment by Facebook]&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Donald J. Trump''' (b. [[Queens]], [[New York]], on June 14, 1946), nickname &amp;quot;The Donald,&amp;quot; (or simply - &amp;quot;The Moron&amp;quot;) is a successful businessman, entrepreneur, outspoken politician, and [[television]] personality. He is also the presumptive nominee for the [[Republican Party]] in the [[2016 presidential election]]. &lt;br /&gt;
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Trump has engaged in many financial pursuits and estimates that his net worth is $10 billion.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;LoGiurato, Brett (July 25, 2015). [http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-net-worth-2015-7 &amp;quot;We finally know a lot more about Donald Trump's 'massive' net worth&amp;quot;].  Business Insider website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He graduated from the New York Military Academy in 1964 and first attended college at [[Fordham University]] for two years before transferring to the more competitive [[University of Pennsylvania]] and then completing his studies at the prestigious Wharton School of Finance and Commerce. Trump has five children.&lt;br /&gt;
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On June 16, 2015, he declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the [[2016 presidential election]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/06/16/trump-announces-white-house-bid-joins-crowded-gop-field/ &amp;quot;Trump announces White House bid, joins crowded GOP field&amp;quot;] (June 16, 2015).  Fox News website/Politics. The front-runner in a record-breaking field of 17 [[Republican]] candidates, Trump announced that he did not anticipate &amp;quot;throwing punches&amp;quot; against his rivals in the first GOP debate.  Chiacu, Donna and Torbati, Yeganeh (August 2, 2015).  [http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/02/us-usa-election-debate-idUSKCN0Q70NI20150802 &amp;quot;Trump says won't be 'throwing punches' in U.S. Republican debate&amp;quot;].   But at the debate the [[Fox News Channel]]—particularly its [[feminist]] non-journalist [[Megyn Kelly]]—ambushed Trump with out-of-context quotations designed to smear him as somehow being anti-women.  This ignited a national controversy that lasted for days, and Trump called upon Kelly to apologize, which she refused to do.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Unlike most other U.S presidential candidates, Trump sharply criticizes the media and talks about issues that no elected official dares touch.  For example, Trump stands up against [[feminists]], unlike most politicians. In another example, in 2011 Trump persistently doubted whether [[Barack Obama]] had been born in the [[United States]], which caused Obama's approval ratings to drop below 40% until Obama finally caved in to Trump and produced what Obama claimed was his birth certificate.  Trump then scoffed at Obama's conduct.&lt;br /&gt;
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In February 2011, Trump announced that he is [[pro-life]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;But on August 11, 2015, he indicated that he might support taxpayer funding of [[Planned Parenthood]] for its non-[[abortion]] activities (which builds its brand and funds its overhead).&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; During the campaign for the Republican nomination, Trump called for women who had [[abortion]]s to be punished for doing so. He quickly flip-flopped on that statement, saying instead that doctors who provide abortions should be punished, not the women who have them. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.donaldjtrump.com/press-releases/donald-j.-trump-statement-regarding-abortion Donald Trump press release]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;. He later asserted that there should be no federal ban on abortions. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/01/politics/donald-trump-abortion-laws/index.html]&amp;quot;Trump says federal laws should not be changed to outlaw abortion,&amp;quot; CNN.com, 1 April 2016.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump's central campaign theme has been to oppose [[illegal immigration]], and he enlisted Senator [[Jeff Sessions]] as an adviser on this issue.  As reported by [[Breitbart News Network|Breitbart]], &amp;quot;Sen. Sessions, Chairman of the Senate’s Immigration Subcommittee, is widely regarded as the gold standard on immigration. Sessions has also become the intellectual thought leader in the Republican Party on appealing to the blue collar voters who have been abandoned by their political leaders.&amp;quot; &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Hahn, Julia (August 14, 2015). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/08/14/game-change-trump-consults-with-sen-jeff-sessions-on-immigration-strategy/ &amp;quot;Game change: Trump consults with Sen Jeff Sessions on immigration strategy&amp;quot;].  Breitbart website/Big government.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; However, in recent months, Trump has focused more on [[ISIS]] and terrorism.&lt;br /&gt;
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In the 2015 [[Value Voters Debate|Value Voters]] poll, Trump performed poorly, coming in fifth, indicating many [[Christian]] [[conservatives]] had not yet warmed up to him.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Flores, Reena (September 26, 2015).  [http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-conservative-poll-donald-trump-could-not-win/ &amp;quot;The conservative poll Donald Trump could not win&amp;quot;].  CBSNews website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  Trump is a big supporter of [[gambling]], which most [[conservatives]] oppose.  But by 2016 Trump was winning more support from [[evangelical]]s than any other Republican candidate.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Early life==&lt;br /&gt;
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Donald Trump attended the First [[Presbyterian]] Church in Jamaica, [[Queens]]. He told the [[Christian Broadcasting Network]] that he still considers himself a [[Presbyterian]] and attends services for all major holidays and Sundays, and that &amp;quot;The [[Bible]] is certainly THE book.&amp;quot;  He receives Bibles from fans in the mail, and he either stores them or gives them away to others.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Haberman, Maggie (April 11, 2011).  [http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/52942.html &amp;quot;Donald Trump talks about religion&amp;quot;].  Politico website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Career==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:031711trump.jpg|right]]&lt;br /&gt;
Donald Trump began his career at Trump Organization. In his college years, he helped revitalize one of his father's failing real estate ventures. Trump began opening hotels and casinos, which provided him with the cash flow to engage in other ventures. He owns the world-famous Trump Tower and is the founder of the publicly traded Trump Hotel Casinos &amp;amp; Resorts. Trump also owns the Trump brand, which sells a variety of items, such as bottled water, steak, and even mortgages.  Trump has authored a number of books and weathered changing business fortunes, but despite the challenges that he has encountered, he has continued to be a successful businessman and entrepreneur.&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump considered [[presidential election 2012|running for President in 2012]] as a [[Republican]]. He, among others, questioned the citizenship of [[Barack Obama]], citing his failure to produce his birth certificate.  After Obama produced his birth certificate, Trump and the other [[birther]]s continue to doubt its authenticity.  Obama's approval ratings were around 40% during the peak of the controversy. Trump later exited the race, and gave the customary endorsement to [[Mitt Romney]] as the other [[Republican]] contenders did.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Major properties==&lt;br /&gt;
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*Trump World Tower: 845 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY. &lt;br /&gt;
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*Trump Tower: 725 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10022 Personal Residence&lt;br /&gt;
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*Trump Taj Mahal &lt;br /&gt;
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*Trump Marina &lt;br /&gt;
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*Bank of America Center (San Francisco)&lt;br /&gt;
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*The Trump Building at 40 Wall Street&lt;br /&gt;
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*Trump Plaza &lt;br /&gt;
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*Trump Park Avenue&lt;br /&gt;
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*Trump Entertainment Resorts&lt;br /&gt;
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*TrumpStreet Casino &amp;amp; Entertainment Complex, Philadelphia&lt;br /&gt;
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*AXA Financial Center, 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY &lt;br /&gt;
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*Trump International Hotel &amp;amp; Tower Chicago&lt;br /&gt;
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*Trump International Hotel &amp;amp; Casino Las Vegas&lt;br /&gt;
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*Mar-A-Lago Palm Beach &lt;br /&gt;
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*Four golf courses in the U.S.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Media==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Donald Trump star.JPG|thumbnail|left|Hollywood Walk of Fame]]&lt;br /&gt;
In 2003 Trump began as the host and executive producer of the reality [[television]] show ''The Apprentice'' and ''The Celebrity Apprentice'', where contestants compete for a position in Trump's organization. On this show, Trump popularized his catchphrase &amp;quot;You're fired!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump owns the Miss Universe Pageant.  Controversy arose when one of the winners, Tara Conner, was caught breaking pageant rules by drinking and other activities. Trump gave her a second chance after personally speaking with her and allowed her to retain her crown as she attended rehabilitation. For several weeks after this, [[Rosie O'Donnell]] berated Trump for his decision on ''The View''. A bitter media war ensued with the two exchanging insults.&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump has made many guest appearances, usually as himself, on many TV shows and in several movies.&lt;br /&gt;
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Childish [[liberals]] are vandalizing Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame three times a day. A person asked about the vandalism said Trump has it coming. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://video.breitbart.com/?ndn.trackingGroup=90085&amp;amp;ndn.siteSection=breitbart2slider_nws_us_sec&amp;amp;ndn.videoId=30599129&amp;amp;freewheel=90085&amp;amp;sitesection=breitbart2slider_nws_us_sec&amp;amp;vid=30599129 Trump Walk of Fame Star vandalized daily]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Political positions==&lt;br /&gt;
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====Abortion====&lt;br /&gt;
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At the 2011 [[CPAC]] conference, Trump announced he is [[pro-life]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Rahn, Will (February 10, 2011).  [http://dailycaller.com/2011/02/10/trump-at-cpac-points-to-white-house-run/ &amp;quot;Trump at CPAC points to White House run&amp;quot;].  The Daily Caller website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====Affordable Care Act====&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump intends to &amp;quot;repeal and replace&amp;quot; [[Obamacare]].&amp;lt;ref name=Educ&amp;gt;Breitbart.tv (February 9, 2011).  [http://www.breitbart.com/video/2011/02/09/pro-life-donald-trump-would-eliminate-dept-of-education-impose-25-tax-on-china-imports-if-president/ &amp;quot;Pro-life Donald Trump would eliminate Dept of Education, impose 25% tax on China imports if president&amp;quot;].  Breitbart.com.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; However, Trump has also said, &amp;quot;I like the mandate,&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://dailycaller.com/2016/02/19/trump-on-obamacare-i-like-the-mandate-video/ &amp;quot;Trump On Obamacare: ‘I Like The Mandate’&amp;quot;]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; so it is difficult to tell how he would deal with the law as President.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Controversy with Barack Obama====&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump has also questioned Barack Obama's constitutional eligibility to be President, in light of the ongoing questions surrounding his birth certificate.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;amp;pageId=280533 &amp;quot;Trump: Obama spending millions to hide his past&amp;quot;] (March 28, 2011).  WorldNetDaily website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Trump questioned whether the Obama Administration was successful in negotiating with foreign countries.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Department of Education====&lt;br /&gt;
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At the 2011 [[CPAC]] conference, he stated that he wants to eliminate the Department of Education.&amp;lt;ref name=Educ/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====Foreign policy====&lt;br /&gt;
Trump wants to improve relationships with [[Russia]]n president [[Vladimir Putin]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Johnson, Simon (July 31, 2015).  [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11775145/Donald-Trump-Id-get-on-very-well-with-Putin-if-I-were-president.html &amp;quot;Donald Trump:  I'd get on 'very well' with Putin if I were president&amp;quot;].  The Telegraph [U.K.] website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump says the [[Iran]] deal is bad, but as president he would enforce it anyway.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Global warming====&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump does not believe in the [[Climate Change]] hysteria, once stating the &amp;quot;Nobel committee should take the Nobel Prize back from [[Al Gore]].&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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====Second Amendment rights====&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump is strongly pro-[[Second Amendment]] and against [[leftist]] [[gun control]] and gun free zones. As president, Trump has promised to re-arm military personnel on all American military bases as well as [[ROTC]] recruitment centers, which were disarmed by the [[Clinton Administration]] policy.&amp;lt;ref name=Educ/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====Homosexual agenda====&lt;br /&gt;
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For all practical purposes, Trump seems to be on the side of the [[homosexual agenda]]. He supports the creation of new law by the [[U.S. Supreme Court]], as in a new right to [[homosexual marriage]], and declares it the &amp;quot;law of the land&amp;quot; even though Congress passed no such law.&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump has attended multiple [[same-sex marriage]] ceremonies, but has also said in the past that he opposes same-sex marriage.  Trump's views are not yet known on other aspects of the [[homosexual agenda]], such as whether Trump would ban [[conversion therapy]] for minors as [[Chris Christie]] did.  The [[Fox News Channel]] debate in August avoided these issues, but future debates will probably require Trump to declare his position.&lt;br /&gt;
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====Immigration====&lt;br /&gt;
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See the discussion in the introduction above.  This is Trump's main campaign issue.&lt;br /&gt;
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A central part of his immigration plan is to build a giant wall on the border with Mexico. Trump estimates it will cost $8 billion, approximately 35 to 40 feet high and stretch 2000 miles. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/02/09/donald-trump-the-wall-is-probably-8-billion Trump Border Wall]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump has also proposed to temporarily ban [[Muslims]] from entering the United States, until &amp;quot;our leaders figure out what the hell is going on,&amp;quot; in order to protect Americans from the threats posed by [[Islamic]] [[refugee|refugees]] (and those pretending to be&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://m.washingtonexaminer.com/isis-fighters-infiltrating-syrian-refugees-uk-is-warned/article/2572051 ISIS fighters infiltrating Syrian refugees, UK is warned]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;) entering the country.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.donaldjtrump.com/media/donald-trump-insists-muslim-ban-is-about-safety-not-religion Donald Trump Insists Muslim Ban Is About Safety, Not Religion]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====Political contributions====&lt;br /&gt;
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He has been criticized for his substantial contributions to [[Democrat]] lawmakers; the majority of those lawmakers are located in the states he resides in: New York and Florida. The amount he has donated since 2008 is $25,000, which is insignficant considering his wealth.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Allin, Olivia (April 30, 2011).  [http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/Donald-Trump-calls-nations-leaders-stupid-people-and-blood-sucking-politicians/8104644 &amp;quot;OTRC: Donald Trump calls nation's leaders 'stupid people' and 'blood-sucking politicians'&amp;quot;].  OnTheRedCarpet [news].  Retrieved from ABC7 [KABC Television, Los Angeles] website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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====Tariffs====&lt;br /&gt;
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At the 2011 [[CPAC]] conference, he stated that he supports a 25% tariff on Chinese goods.&amp;lt;ref name=Educ/&amp;gt; The number floated around in 2016 is a 45% tariff. Trump was speaking in regards to China and the [[World Trade Organization]], &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-finance-ministerlou-jiwei-takes-aim-at-donald-trumps-trade-policies-1460892988 Chinese Finance Minister Lou Jiwei Takes Aim at Donald Trump’s Trade Policies, WallStreetJournal, April 17, 2016]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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{{cquote|In a statement from his campaign, Mr. Trump charged that [[China]] was “in total violation of WTO regulations” and that the U.S. “has incompetently allowed them to get away with this” and has failed to impose “equal or greater taxes and tariffs” on China. If he is elected president, Mr. Trump said, China “will learn to deal fairly and justly or we will not deal at all” with Beijing.}}&lt;br /&gt;
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====Vaccines====&lt;br /&gt;
Trump believes that [[vaccines]] cause [[autism]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Ferris, Sarah (September 16, 2015).  [http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/253980-trump-links-vaccines-to-autism-epidemic &amp;quot;Trump links vaccines to autism 'epidemic'&amp;quot;].  The Hill website/Policy/Healthcare.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and has argued against requiring that so many vaccines be given to infants.&lt;br /&gt;
==== Eminent domain====&lt;br /&gt;
Trump believes that the government has the right to take private property upon paying just compensation for both infrastructure and to promote economic development.&lt;br /&gt;
==== Supreme Court====&lt;br /&gt;
Trump opposes filling the Supreme Court seat held by [[Antonin Scalia]] before the next President takes office. When asked who he might select to the Supreme Court, he said that his sister, a sitting federal court judge, would make a great Supreme Court justice.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/423196/trump-praises-his-sister-pro-abortion-extremist-judge-ramesh-ponnuru|title=Trump Praises His Sister, a Pro-Abortion Extremist Judge|date=Aug 27, 2015|accessdate=February 21, 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Books==&lt;br /&gt;
''Trump:  The Art of the Deal'' with Tony Schwartz (1987)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
''Trump:  Surviving at the Top'' with Charles Leerhsen (1990)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
''Trump:  The Art of the Comeback'' with Kate Bohner (1997)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
''The America We Deserve'' with Dave Shiflett (2000)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
''Trump:  How to Get Rich'' with Meredith McIver (2004)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
''Trump:  Think Like a Billionaire:  Everything You Need to Know about Success, Real Estate and Life'' with Meredith McIver (2005)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
''Why We Want You to Be Rich:  Two Men, One Message'' with Meredith McIver and Robert T. Kiyosaki (2006)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
''Think Big and Kick Ass in Business and Life'' with Bill Zanker (2007)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
''Trump:  Never Give Up:  How I Turned My Biggest Challenges into Success'' with Meredith McIver (2008)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
''Think Like a Champion:  An Informal Education in Business and Life'' with Meredith McIver (2009)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
''Midas Touch:  Why Some Entrepreneurs Get Rich—and Why Most Don't'' with Robert T. Kiyosaki (2011)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
''Time to Get Tough:  Making America #1 Again'' (2011)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
''Crippled America:  How to Make America Great Again'' (2015)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Quotes from the 2016 campaign for President==&lt;br /&gt;
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Trump's tactics of naming and shaming candidates has been proven very effective. He called Jeb Bush 'low-energy Jeb' and it stuck. Then came Marco Rubio as 'Little Marco.' Next came 'Lyin' Ted' for Ted Cruz. For the Democrats, he calls Hillary Clinton 'Crooked Hillary'. He doesn't give Bernie Sanders the same treatment though he has referred to him as a Communist.&lt;br /&gt;
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*&amp;quot;I think we have a president who, as a president, is totally incompetent, and he doesn’t know what he’s doing. I think he has no idea what he’s doing. And our country is going to [[hell]].&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://time.com/4210983/republican-debate-barack-obama-incompetent/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;I will be the greatest jobs president that [[God]] ever created.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;I’m using my own money. I’m not using the lobbyists. I’m not using donors. I don’t care. I’m really rich.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;Free trade is terrible. Free trade can be wonderful if you have smart people. But we have stupid people.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;Nobody would be tougher on ISIS than Donald Trump. Nobody. Within our military, I will find the General Patton, or I will find General MacArthur, I will find the right guy.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will have [[Mexico]] pay for that wall.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;I think the big problem this country has is being politically correct.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://video.foxnews.com/v/4406746003001/watch-a-replay-of-fox-news-prime-time-presidential-debate/?#sp=show-clips&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://www.google.com/search?q=a+big+problem+with+our+country+is+too+politically+incorrect&amp;amp;oq=a+big+problem+with+our+country+is+too+politically+incorrect&amp;amp;aqs=chrome..69i57j69i64l3.8295j0j7&amp;amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;amp;es_sm=119&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Quotes from Twitter==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Screenshot 2015-09-28-12-11-31-1.png|right|300px|Thumb|Tweet from Billionaire Carl Icahn]]&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Cquote|&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;'''Somebody said I’m the Ernest Hemingway of 140 characters.'''}} &lt;br /&gt;
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* &amp;quot;An 'extremely credible source' has called my office and told me that @BarackObama's birth certificate is a fraud.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Trump, Donald J. (August 6, 2012, 1:23 pm). [http://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/232572505238433794 &amp;quot;An 'extremely credible source' has called my office and told me that @BarackObama's birth certificate is a fraud.&amp;quot;]  Tweet by @realDonaldTrump.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;It’s amazing how people can talk about me but I’m not allowed to talk about them.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Trump, Donald J. (November 13, 2012, 12:23pm). [http://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/268449146711703553 &amp;quot;It’s amazing how people can talk about me but I’m not allowed to talk about them.&amp;quot;]  Tweet by @realDonaldTrump.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;This very expensive GLOBAL WARMING bull**** has got to stop. Our planet is freezing, record low temps,and our GW scientists are stuck in ice.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Trump, Donald J. (January 1, 2014, 4:39pm). [http://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/418542137899491328 &amp;quot;This very expensive GLOBAL WARMING bull**** has got to stop. Our planet is freezing, record low temps,and our GW scientists are stuck in ice.&amp;quot;]  Tweet by @realDonaldTrump.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
====2015====&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;So many 'politically correct' fools in our country. We have to all get back to work and stop wasting time and energy on nonsense!&amp;quot; (August 8, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Notice that illegal immigrants will be given ObamaCare and free college tuition but nothing has been mentioned about our VETERANS #DemDebate&amp;quot; (October 13, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;They laughed at me when I said to bomb the ISIS controlled oil fields. Now they are not laughing and doing what I said.&amp;quot; (November 13, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;President Obama said 'ISIL continues to shrink' in an interview just hours before the horrible attack in Paris. He is just so bad! CHANGE.&amp;quot; (November 14, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Refugees from Syria are now pouring into our great country. Who knows who they are - some could be ISIS. Is our president insane?&amp;quot; (November 17, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Eight Syrians were just caught on the southern border trying to get into the U.S. ISIS maybe? I told you so. WE NEED A BIG &amp;amp; BEAUTIFUL WALL!&amp;quot; (November 19, 2015)&lt;br /&gt;
====2016====&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Hillary said that guns don't keep you safe. If she really believes that she should demand that her heavily armed bodyguards quickly disarm!&amp;quot; (January 3, 2016)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;I wonder if President Obama would have attended the funeral of Justice Scalia if it were held in a Mosque? Very sad that he did not go!&amp;quot; (February 20, 2016)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;The organized group of people, many of them thugs, who shut down our First Amendment rights in Chicago, have totally energized America!&amp;quot; (March 12, 2016)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Why is it that the horrendous protesters, who scream, curse punch, shut down roads/doors during my RALLIES,  are never blamed by media? SAD!&amp;quot; (March 20, 2016)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Do you all remember how beautiful and safe a place Brussels was. Not anymore, it is from a different world! U.S. must be vigilant and smart!&amp;quot; (March 22, 2016)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;For the 1st time in American history, America’s 16,500 border patrol agents have issue[d] a presidential primary endorsement—me! Thank you.&amp;quot; (April 1, 2016)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Other quotes==&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;[T]he country is going to hell.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Cassidy, Chris (March 19, 2015).  [http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/us_politics/2015/03/country_is_going_to_hell_claims_donald_trump &amp;quot;'Country is going to hell,' claims Donald Trump&amp;quot;].  BostonHerald.com website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;We have no leader in this country.”&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Reisner, Hiram (April 22, 2011). [http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/donaldtrump-karlrove-gop-birther/2011/04/22/id/393742 &amp;quot;Trump: I'd just take Libyan oil&amp;quot;].  NewsMax website.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Our leaders are stupid, they are stupid people.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Pierce, Tony (April 29, 2011).  [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2011/04/donald-trump-in-vegas-our-leaders-are-stupid-they-are-stupid-people.html &amp;quot;Donald Trump in Vegas:  'Our leaders are stupid; they are stupid people'&amp;quot;].  Los Angeles Times website/Top of the Ticket blog.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;I can tell you I am [the 2012 Obama campaign's] worst nightmare.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Mooney, Alexander (April 11, 2011). [http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/11/trump-says-he-is-obama-campaigns-worst-nightmare/comment-page-6/ &amp;quot;Trump says he is Obama campaign's worst nightmare&amp;quot;].  Cable News Network website/politicalticker blog.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Obama has no solutions.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Coz, Steve (August 19, 2012).  [http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/trump-gibbs-fox-obama/2012/08/19/id/449050/ &amp;quot;Trump fires back at Obama campaign smear&amp;quot;].  Newsmax website/Newsfront.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Donald Trump's religious views]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[The Chalkening]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist|2}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.trump.com Official website]&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw8c2Cq-vpg The Untruth About Donald Trump] by [[Stefan Molyneux]], Published on Jan 18, 2016&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.untruthaboutdonaldtrump.com  UntruthAboutDonaldTrump.com]&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yyoauXmzjg Do Emotions Trump Facts?] [[Thomas Sowell]] on Donald Trump - Rebutted! by Stefan Molyneux&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://shouldtrumprun.com/ Should Donald Run? Polling]&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://gop12.thehill.com/2011/04/trump-explains-conversion-on-abortion.html Trump explains his pro-life conversion]&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://www.donaldjtrump.com Donald Trump 2016 campaign website]&lt;br /&gt;
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