In Trump’s America, the ‘basket of deplorables’ is overflowing - The Washington Post: Opinion

More than two years and countless bigoted episodes into the Trump presidency with no accountability, prove me wrong.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/28/trumps-america-basket-deplorables-is-overflowing/

The Trump Fog Machine - The New York Times

Do you remember what monstrous, contemptible or demonstrably false thing Donald Trump said one year ago? Six months ago? O.K., last week? Probably not. The effect of this presidency-by-horrors is to induce amnesia in the public, as if we’d all been given a memory-loss drug.....
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/opinion/trump-agenda-distraction-.html?_r=0

Scenes From Deplorable America: Some Trump Supporters Are Putting Their Bigotry on Full Display

If you want to know why Hillary Clinton referred to Donald Trump supporters as “a basket of deplorables,” you need look no further than the deplorable behavior being displayed among them in Washington during the inauguration....
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/scenes-deplorable-america-some-trump-supporters-are-putting-their-bigotry-full

Salon: Dystopian Donald: Will Trump make “1984” look like a nursery tale?

Can you doubt that we're in a dystopian age, even if we're still four weeks from Donald Trump entering the Oval Office? Never in our lifetimes have we experienced such vivid previews of what unfettered capitalism is likely to mean in an ever more unequal country, now that its version of 1 percent politics has elevated to the pinnacle of power a bizarre billionaire and his "basket of deplorables." I'm referring, of course, not to his followers but to his picks for the highest posts in the land. ...
http://www.salon.com/2016/12/23/dystopian-donald-will-trump-make-1984-look-like-a-nursery-tale_partner/

Trump Goes To War With The GOP (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

Suddenly, it is mayhem in the GOP. After months of crackling tension over the candidacy of billionaire Donald Trump, the party has now erupted in dissent and recrimination after the weekend release of sexually explicit, vulgar tapes of Trump demeaning women. Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan says he cannot defend Trump, will not campaign for Trump. Trump is blisteringly defiant. Says he’s now unshackled. This hourOn Point, the Republican Party in crisis over Donald Trump. — Tom Ashbrook
Interview:
http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2016/10/12/trump-gop-at-war

New Rule: Trump's Basket of Inexplicables | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

In his editorial New Rule, Bill Maher examines Trump's surrogates, and questions whether this cast of characters would be fit to serve in a Presidential administration. Original Air Date: September 30, 2016
https://youtu.be/oEsP4_1ImUI

Just As Dangerous As Trump: Why We Should Fear Mike Pence for Refusing to Call David Duke 'Deplorable'

During an interview on Monday with Wolf Blitzer on CNN, Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence refused to describe Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke as “deplorable.”

He said, “I’m not in the name-calling business.” Pence continued, “We don’t want his support and we don’t want the support of the people who think like him.”

Following a meeting with House Republican leaders the next day, Pence again refused to describe David Duke as “deplorable.”

This was not an error. Pence’s refusal to call an unapologetic white supremacist such as David Duke “deplorable” is a strategic choice and message....
http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/just-dangerous-trump-why-we-should-fear-mike-pence-refusing-call-david-duke-deplorable

Hillary was Wrong. All of Trump's Supporters Are "Deplorable"

After another week of violence and mayhem, it's clear Hillary Clinton's controversial assessment of Trump's fans was, well, generous.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lctYermoe-o

Here's What Trump Was Up To While Clinton's 'Deplorables' And Pneumonia News Raged

The tables turned for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton over the weekend. For much of the campaign, Clinton has been sitting back, staying quiet and allowing Trump's gaffes, offensive statements and flip-flops to take up the news cycle.

But then Clinton had a terrible few days. First, she declared that half of all Trump supporters belong to a "basket of deplorables" that includes racists, sexists, homophobic people and other broadly biased groups — a soundbite that Trump quickly made into an attack ad. Then she appeared weak and wobbly as she left early during a memorial ceremony commemorating the Sept. 11 attacks, emboldening Trump supporters who had been questioning her health for weeks.

While Clinton's "deplorables" comment and pneumonia made the headlines and cable chyrons on Monday morning, Trump didn't stay entirely quiet, as he made a bit of under-the-radar news himself. Here's a roundup of what you might have missed:..
http://www.npr.org/2016/09/12/493633362/as-news-about-deplorables-and-pneumonia-raged-trump-blasted-janet-yellen?ft=nprml&f=1001