Actually, my blog has been around since 2004. I used to have a presence here, and on Kos and the usual Democratic places. The blog took off in 2004 with the controversy over the "Bush bulge" which started on my site. Even though I never took that matter terribly seriously, my work was discussed pretty much everywhere, and led to lots of wisecracks on late night television.
And no, that was NOT the only time people paid attention. My posts about the 2004 election irregularities also attracted a lot of comment. Since then, every two or three years there has been some story that garnered controversy or made lots of people mad.
Quite a few DU commenters have linked to my stories over the years.
I decided early on not to make money with the site. Every time I published something that someone didn't like, people would accuse me of being "in it for the money" or being out for attention. So, years ago, I intentionally asked everyone who had my blog on their rolls NOT to link to it, and I stopped participating in every other forum. I've avoided all forms of social media. I turned down all offers to speak on radio and podcasts (and yes, I've received a few).
It was an experiment. I wanted to see if an audience would continue to show up even if I did absolutely nothing to promote the site. Writing for the sake of writing. If five people show up, great. If 50,000 people show up, great.
Today...just once...I stepped out of that self-imposed shell and went elsewhere to draw attention to a story which I consider important. I felt that the Trump Escorts story could alter the election. So I decided not to be such a recluse -- just this once.
And what happens? I get accuse of being an attention-seeker!
Yeesh.
For what it is worth, the story is NOT unsubstantiated. I did my homework. I provide lots of links. The escort service really does use the www.trumpescorts.com website. The Wayback machine offers up a view of the way the site looked from 2013 to 2015, when the service was known as Trump International, and bore that logo. The ad copy then was very much the same as it is today.
Moreover, I prove that the escort service ran out of Trump Place, 180 Riverside Dr. NYC.
Beyond that, I prove that Trump Place was (until very recently) managed directly by Trump's company. It wasn't simply a building that bore the Trump name.
I also link to a story which proves that the Trump fortune originated with prostitution.
Unless you have ANOTHER explanation as to how an escort service called Trump International could operate out of Trump Place, a building directly under the Trump aegis, I think that this is a story that deserves serious investigation.
I've been blogging for a dozen years, buddy. No, I haven't always gotten every story right. If you wrote an essay every single day for twelve years straight, YOU would not get it right every time either. But I've learned the hard way to be careful and to keep my ducks in a row, because the readers take me to task for even the smallest errors.
And right now, I'm convinced the escort service called Trump International deserves scrutiny.
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