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September 10, 2015

Trump sued for assault

According to Telemundo Los Angeles, a Spanish TV station, five Latino activists sued Donald Trump for assault.

This article is in Spanish. This is a rough translation of the first and third paragraphs:

"Five people filed a lawsuit against Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in which report being assaulted by his security during a protest last week in New York on Wednesday.

"In particular, they accuse Trump and his security chief of several crimes by "violent assault", "stolen goods" and "interference in political speech" during a protest that took place last week in the city."


[link:http://www.telemundo52.com/noticias/Presentan-demanda-contra-Trump-por-agresion-en-protesta-frente-a-Trump-Towers-326117371.html|

September 8, 2015

Urban Dictionary submission: grifting the base

I submitted this to Urban Dictionary. I hope they approve it.

Grifting the base: a situation where someone with an extreme viewpoint comes up with a clever way to crowd fund money from a particular group.

Example: Kim Davis grifted the conservative base by refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay people, going to jail on a contempt charge, and creating a huge media and legal blitz to publicize her plight. She now sits back in jail collecting all the money crowd-funded from sympathetic conservatives who are dumb enough to donate to her cause.

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