GOP/RALLY/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Lisa Brewer wanted to get to President Trump’s rally early. She did, and then some — she and her daughter-in-law set down their chairs in line at 10 a.m. Sunday [10-21-18], more than 32 hours before the president was scheduled to step on stage at a downtown Houston arena on Monday […]
Category: A- Trump People
10/20/2018
SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Watched North Dakota’s Rep. Kevin Cramer easily win debate with Senator Heidi Heitkamp. Great job Kevin, you will be a great Senator!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 20, 2018 9:45 pm […]
10/20/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Not that long ago, it wasn’t hard to imagine moderate Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) breaking with President Donald Trump in his reelection campaign, given Nevada’s swing-state status and Heller’s refusal before the 2016 election to say whether he’d vote for Trump. But on Saturday [10-20-18], the two were acting like old […]
10/20/2018
RALLY/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Leaving Arizona after a fantastic Rally last night, in Mesa, honoring, and for, Martha @RepMcSally McSally. She is an inspiration & will be a GREAT SENATOR for the people of Arizona. Her opponent is a Nancy Pelosi puppet, really bad for State. Early Voting NOW! Will be back soon.” –Donald Trump, […]
10/20/2018
ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rick Scott is known as easily one of the best Governors in the USA. Florida is setting records in almost every category of success. Amazing achievement-the envy of the World. Ron DeSantis will build on this success. His incompetent opponent will destroy Florida – next Venezuela!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 20, […]
10/20/2018
ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Ron @RonDeSantisFL DeSantis is working hard. A great Congressman and top student at Harvard & Yale, Ron will be a record setting governor for Florida. Rick Scott gave him tremendous foundations to further build on. His opponent runs one of the worst & most corrupt cities in USA!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
10/20/2018
ELECTION/VOTING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Get out and Early Vote for Brian Kemp. He will be a GREAT GOVERNOR for the State of Georgia!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 20, 2018 9:46 am […]
10/19/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Latest on President Donald Trump’s praise of a congressman who body-slammed a reporter before his election last year (all times local): 12:05 p.m. The White House Correspondents’ Association is accusing President Donald Trump of celebrating a crime when he praised a Republican Montana congressman who body-slammed a reporter before his […]
10/19/2018
ELECTION/GOP/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump said Friday [10-19-18] he doesn’t regret praising a Republican congressman who body slammed a reporter…Trump had praised Gianforte for assaulting a reporter during his campaign last May, saying ‘any guy who can do a body slam … he’s my guy’ and made a gesture mimicking a body slam. […]
10/19/2018
MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Tom Barrack, CEO of Colony Capital and a close friend of President Donald Trump, has dropped out of next week’s Future Investment Initiative in Saudi Arabia. Barrack told CNN that his session at the summit was canceled because he was scheduled to speak with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who pulled […]
10/19/2018
MEDIA/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Donald Trump had the crowd hanging on every word, every pause, every gesture. The thousands who gathered here had come to see what the president might serve up next. But they weren’t all that interested in hearing his latest policy pronouncements — they wanted to see Trump’s stand-up shtick. And on […]
10/19/2018
ELECTION/GOP/MEDIA/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House Correspondents’ Association condemned President Donald Trump Friday [10-19-18] after he lauded a lawmaker from Montana a day earlier for body slamming a Guardian reporter…Speaking Thursday [10-18-19] at a rally in Missoula, Montana, Trump praised GOP Rep. Greg Gianforte for an incident in 2017 in which an audio recording […]
10/19/2018
AGRICULTURE/CALIFORNIA/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump is jumping into Western water wars on the side of agricultural interests just weeks before the midterm elections — a major political gift for GOP incumbents in some of the most competitive House races in the country where water supply is a top campaign topic. The effort appears […]
10/19/2018
ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congressman Andy Biggs is doing a great job for Arizona and our Country! https://t.co/V561vXRpzx“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 19, 2018 9:02 am […]
10/18/2018
GOP/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [10-18-18] praised Rep. Greg Gianforte’s body slamming a reporter in 2017, saying that anyone who did such a thing was ‘my kind of guy’…Since he was a candidate for the presidency, Trump has complained of ‘fake news,’ harassed individual outlets and journalists on Twitter, and […]
10/18/2018
NIKKI HALEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/UN: “President Donald Trump is now seriously considering Richard Grenell, the controversial U.S. ambassador to Germany, to replace Nikki Haley at the United Nations, according to three people familiar with the matter. Trump initially seemed to rule out choosing Grenell for the job, telling reporters he’d prefer to keep him in […]
10/18/2018
FOREIGN AFFAIRS/GOP/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/TURKEY: “Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker warned the Trump administration on Thursday [10-18-18] that its information ‘clampdown’ on the alleged killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi can’t go on. The Tennessee Republican said in an interview he sought to view recent U.S. intelligence on Monday and Tuesday regarding Khashoggi’s […]
10/18/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “According to Collins and Zeleny, the fight — which Trump witnessed the start of (and sided with the more hard-line Bolton) — led some aides to speculate that one of the two combatants might leave the White House following it. (The betting money is on Kelly, who is not only on […]
10/18/2018
ENDORSEMENT/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congressman @DaveBratVA7th is one of the hardest working, and smartest, people in Washington. He is strong on the Border, Crime, the Military, our Vets and the 2nd Amendment. He is a powerful vote for MAGA and loves the Great State of Virginia. Dave has my Total Endorsement!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October […]
10/17/2018
ASIA/CHINA/DEFENSE/JAMES MATTIS/MILITARY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis held high-profile talks with his Chinese counterpart on Thursday [10-18-18], as the United States seeks to forge to more resilient military ties that can withstand mounting pressure between the world’s two largest economies. Mattis saw first hand last month how growing Sino-U.S. friction can undermine military contacts […]
10/17/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House counsel Don McGahn’s final day at the White House was WednesdaY [10-16-18], according to a White House official and a source with knowledge of the matter. McGahn has been planning to leave the White House, but a source told CNN his departure was expedited after President Donald Trump said […]
10/17/2018
MEDIA/MIKE POMPEO/SAUDI ARABIA/STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s smiling photo op with Saudi Arabia’s crown prince disguised the reality of a blunt, tough meeting in which the top US diplomat told the royal his future as king depends on his handling of Jamal Khashoggi’s suspected murder. A source familiar with Pompeo’s Tuesday [10-16-18] meeting […]
10/17/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In recent months, President Donald Trump rarely spoke with Don McGahn. It’s not clear he even likes his top White House lawyer and campaign consigliere, who left his West Wing job Wednesday after 20 months fraught with plenty of tension and chaos, as well as some big wins for the […]
10/17/2018
ASIA/MILITARY/NOMINATION/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump plans to nominate former Air Force General David Stilwell to be the State Department’s top diplomat for East Asia, a post that has remained unfilled for more than a year despite major challenges in the region. A White House statement on Wednesday [10-17-18] said Trump had announced […]
10/17/18
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Donald F. McGahn II departed as White House counsel on Wednesday [10-17-18], ending a tumultuous 21-month tenure during which he spearheaded some of President Trump’s most significant political accomplishments, including two appointments to the Supreme Court, but also became a chief witness against him in the special counsel investigation. Mr. McGahn’s […]
10/17/2018
ENDORSEMENT/HURRICANE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congressman Neal Dunn (@DunnCampaign) of Florida has done an outstanding job at everything having to do with #MAGA. Now working hard on hurricane relief and rebuild. Strong on Crime, strong on Borders, loves our Military and our Vets. Neal has my highest Endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 17, 2018 2:36 pm […]
10/17/2018
ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Ted Cruz has done so much for Texas, including massive cuts in taxes and regulations – which has brought Texas to the best jobs numbers in the history of the state. He watches carefully over your 2nd Amendment. O’Rourke would blow it all! Ted has long had my Strong Endorsement!” -Donald […]
10/17/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Watched the debate last night & Beto O’Rourke, who wants higher taxes and far more regulations, is not in the same league with Ted Cruz & what the great people of Texas stand for & want. Ted is strong on Crime, Border & 2nd A, loves our Military, Vets, Low Taxes. […]
10/16/2018
ELIZABETH WARREN/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Two of President Donald Trump’s top allies in the Senate joined Trump in mocking Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts over her attempt to refute Trump’s attacks on her ancestry. GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, speaking on Trump’s preferred morning show ‘Fox and Friends,’ announced Tuesday that he […]
10/16/2018
SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham expressed happiness Tuesday [10-16-18] with President Donald Trump’s successful nominations of Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, calling them ‘the greatest minds of their generation.’ Speaking at an event hosted by The Heritage Foundation, the senator from South Carolina recalled that when he […]
10/16/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Leonard Lance is a Republican congressman seeking re-election in a Republican district. But he has little to say about the Republican president. Lance’s campaign website, which outlines his positions on immigration, taxes and other hot issues, offers no statement of support for President Donald Trump. On his Twitter and Facebook accounts, […]
10/16/2018
FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Stepping up his attacks on the Federal Reserve, President Donald Trump declared Tuesday [10-16-18] that the Fed is ‘my biggest threat’ because he thinks it’s raising interest rates too quickly. Trump said he doesn’t speak with Chairman Jerome Powell because of the Fed’s political independence but said. ‘I’m not happy […]
10/16/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TEXAS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke aggressively cast Republican Sen. Ted Cruz as ‘all talk and no action’ during the second — and potentially final — debate of the Texas Senate race Tuesday [10-16-18] night. The hour-long debate showcased a major shift in tone for O’Rourke, who rarely says the names of Cruz or President […]
10/15/2018
ENERGY/LIZ CHENEYMILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee called a Trump administration proposal to use West Coast military bases and federal properties to ship coal and natural gas to Asia ‘reckless’ and ‘harebrained.’ Rep. Liz Cheney, a Wyoming Republican, confirmed to CNN that she had discussed the proposal with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke […]
10/15/2018
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump has asked Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel to serve a second term. That’s according to a person familiar with the president’s decision. The decision comes as the president looks to build out his team for his re-election campaign. As head of the RNC, McDaniel leads the party’s […]
10/15/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump gazes out over his rally crowd and lets loose a stream of insults with a theatrical flourish and playful grin. He jabs at Cory Booker the ‘disaster’ mayor, Elizabeth Warren the ‘Pocahontas’ pretender and ‘sleepy’ Joe Biden…The venue may be Council Bluffs, Iowa, or Erie, Pennsylvania, or Topeka, […]
10/13/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congratulations to Tucker Carlson on the great success of his book, ‘Ship of Fools.’ It just went to NUMBER ONE!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 13, 2018 10:53 pm […]
10/12/2018
MELANIA/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Melania Trump appeared to push back on claims made by her husband’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, when he said the first lady believes the President and knows that the alleged Stormy Daniels’ affair and payment was ‘untrue.’ The first lady’s spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham, said in a statement in response to Giuliani’s remarks, […]
10/12/2018
RELIGION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “PASTOR BRUNSON JUST RELEASED. WILL BE HOME SOON!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 12, 2018 9:26 am […]
10/12/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “My thoughts and prayers are with Pastor Brunson, and we hope to have him safely back home soon!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 12, 2018 8:59 am […]
10/12/2018
RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Working very hard on Pastor Brunson!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 12, 2018 8:42 am […]
10/12/2018
ECONOMY/FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “I wrote at some length here on President Trump’s extraordinary attacks on Fed Chair Jay Powell. One thing I learned in the course of reporting: Both NEC Director Larry Kudlow and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin spoke privately to Trump about the market decline, which continued with a big drop Thursday, […]
10/11/2018
COURTS/DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senate Democrats accepted an offer Thursday [10-11-15] from Senate Republicans to confirm 15 lifetime federal judges in exchange for the ability to go into recess through the midterms, allowing endangered Democrats to campaign. The calculation by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and his caucus was simple: That Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) […]
10/11/2018
MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump said Thursday [10-11-18] that he will ‘weed out’ individuals inside his administration who he does not like, echoing remarks from his wife, who told ABC News that there are people working for her husband who she does not trust. During a live phone interview Thursday morning with Fox […]
10/11/2018
GOP/PROTESTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s planned visit to Eastern Kentucky University has sparked opposition at the school. Trump’s campaign is planning a rally Saturday to support Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Barr, who’s in a tight race with Democrat Amy McGrath for the Sixth District seat. News outlets report 120 faculty and staff signed […]
10/11/2018
MEDIA/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Fox News Channel has recently pulled back from airing President Donald Trump’s campaign-style rallies during prime time, a move that could put a crimp in Republican efforts to reach voters in the weeks before midterm elections. During much of the late summer, Fox would pre-empt its lucrative nightly lineup of Tucker […]
10/11/2018
ECONOMY/FEDERAL RESERIVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump launched a second day of criticism against the Federal Reserve on Thursday [10-11-18], calling its interest rate increases a ‘ridiculous’ policy that was making it more expensive for his administration to finance its escalating deficits…It was his second broadside against the U.S. central bank in the […]
10/10/2018
ARIZONA/DHS/ICE/IMMIGRATION/NGO/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Immigration and Customs Enforcement has ended its practice of coordinating plans for undocumented immigrant families, including asylum-seekers, in Arizona that are released from custody but still awaiting a court hearing on their request. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, who oversees ICE, told senators Wednesday [10-10-18] that the ‘vast’ increase in families […]
10/10/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When President Trump mocked a Democratic senator at a midterm election rally the other night, the crowd responded with one of his supporters’ favorite chants from his own campaign two years ago. ‘Lock her up! Lock her up! Lock her up!’ The arena boomed with shouting voices and they kept going. […]
10/10/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Even in the moment when his favored advisers announce that they’re leaving him, President Donald Trump is often already discussing how and when he can get them back. When his former top economic adviser Gary Cohn told him he was leaving last March, after losing a long-running battle on tariffs, the […]
10/10/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/UN: “President Donald Trump said on Wednesday [10-10-18] he has been talking with Goldman Sachs executive Dina Powell, one of his former advisers, about possibly succeeding Nikki Haley as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said that he liked Powell, but that she […]
10/10/2018
ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Walker Stapleton is running as the highly respected Republican Candidate for Governor of the Great State of Colorado. His credentials and talents are impeccable. He has my complete and total Endorsement!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 10, 2018 7:47 am […]
10/10/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/NIKKI HALEY/TRUMP PEOPLE/UN: “Nikki Haley came to her job as the top U.S. diplomat at the United Nations with no foreign policy experience, but in less than two years she made many friends — even among ambassadors from countries at odds with the Trump administration’s policies. Tuesday’s [10-9-18] sudden announcement that she was leaving […]
10/10/2018
NIKKI HALEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/UN: “President Donald Trump is praising outgoing U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, saying her departure announcement ‘was very elegantly done.’ Trump tells reporters as he receives a briefing on Hurricane Michael that he hopes Haley, who announced abruptly Tuesday [10-9-18] that she would be resigning at the end of the year, returns […]
10/9/2018
NIKKI HALEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/UN: “In the latest shake-up for President Donald Trump’s turbulent administration, U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley abruptly announced Tuesday [10-9-18] she is resigning at the end of the year, raising fresh questions about the Trump team and about the outspoken diplomat’s own political ambitions. The news blindsided some key U.S. allies and […]
10/9/2018
NIKKI HALEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/UN: “Nikki Haley is getting out of the Trump administration with her stature elevated and political prospects brightened — not something that could be said for most top political power players who leave the President’s reputation-crushing fold. Outshining the showman in chief in her Oval Office goodbye Tuesday [10-9-18], the outgoing […]
10/9/2018
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “.@FLGovScott has been relentless in securing the funding to fix the algae problem from Lake Okeechobee – we will solve this! Congress must follow through on the Government’s plan on the Everglades Reservoir. Bill Nelson has been no help!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 9, 2018 4:39 pm […]
10/9/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @Scavino45: Congratulations to our 114th Supreme Court Justice, Brett M. Kavanaugh! #SCOTUS??? ??https://t.co/c3YdNNcU7c https://t.co/A…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 9, 2018 4:34 pm […]
10/9/2018
NIKKI HALEY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Big announcement with my friend Ambassador Nikki Haley in the Oval Office at 10:30am.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 9, 2018 9:18 am […]
10/9/2018
ELECTION/GOP/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump has stacked his schedule with campaign events with just four weeks until Election Day, hopscotching from state-to-DC-to-state to tout Republican lawmakers and slam their opponents. After rallying in Iowa on Tuesday [10-9-18] night, Trump heads to Pennsylvania on Wednesday [10-10-18] and Ohio on Friday [12-12-18] before wrapping up […]
10/8/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump said Monday he has no plans to fire Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general who has been facing an uncertain fate for more than two weeks. ‘No, I don’t. No,’ Trump told reporters on Monday [10-8-18] after he was asked if he has any plans to fire […]
10/8/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/ELECTION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Sen. Heidi Heitkamp was ready to vote ‘yes’ on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Having been just one of three Democratic senators to vote to confirm President Donald Trump’s first Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, Heitkamp had already instructed her staff to begin drafting a statement explaining why she thought Kavanaugh […]
10/8/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/HEARING/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh sought to put a bruising confirmation battle behind him on Monday [10-8-18] at a White House ceremony in which President Donald Trump declared him innocent of sexual misconduct and apologized for the heated process. Kavanaugh, whose bid to join the top U.S. court nearly failed […]
10/8/2018
CELEBS/ELECTION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Taylor Swift’s decision to break her silence on politics triggered a storm on Monday [10-8-18], with even U.S. President Donald Trump weighing in on the pop music star’s remarks in support of Democrats. Swift, 28, has notably stayed out of the U.S. political fray in contrast to her more vocal peers, like Democratic […]
10/8/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The bitter fight over the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh spilled over into a key U.S. Senate race in Indiana on Monday [10-8-18], as the Republican challenger, Mike Braun squared off against Joe Donnelly, the Democratic incumbent. Braun, a businessman, hammered Donnelly over his opposition to President Donald Trump’s latest […]
10/8/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday [10-8-18] he does not plan to fire Rod Rosenstein, the Justice Department official in charge of the federal investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. ‘No I don’t, no,’ Trump told reporters when asked if he had plans to fire the […]
10/5/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/PROTESTS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Protesters opposed to Brett Kavanaugh’s appointment to the US Supreme Court swarmed over Washington on Saturday [10-6-18]- massing at the Capitol, disrupting the confirmation vote in the Senate and banging on the Supreme Court building doors when Kavanaugh arrived to be sworn in. About 5:45 p.m. ET Saturday, a large crowd […]
10/6/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump praised Sen. Susan Collins for her support of now-confirmed Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, calling the Maine Republican ‘incredible’ for her speech on the Senate floor just one day earlier…Collins, a key swing vote in the Senate, delivered a speech Friday [10-5-18] afternoon affirming that she […]
10/6/2018
GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “I have asked Steve Daines, our great Republican Senator from Montana, to attend his daughter Annie’s wedding rather than coming to today’s vote. Steve was ready to do whatever he had to, but we had the necessary number. To the Daines Family, congratulations-have a wonderful day!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 6, […]
10/5/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan expressed concern Friday [10-5-18] over the court’s lack of a swing vote with Justice Anthony Kennedy’s departure from the bench. Speaking at a Princeton University conference, Kagan warned that a politically divided court could jeopardize its legitimacy…Kagan’s comments come as President Donald Trump looks to fill […]
10/5/2018
DEMS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia is on track to be the only Senate Democrat to break ranks with his party and vote to elevate Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. A final confirmation vote is not expected until Saturday [10-6-18], but Manchin came out in support of Kavanaugh […]
10/5/2018
ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT/GOP/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Gov. Scott Walker, reiterating that he’s in the toughest race for governor in his career, said Friday [10-5-18] he would welcome a visit from President Donald Trump to help him out even as polls show most Wisconsin voters disapprove of the job Trump is doing. Walker told reporters after a stop […]
10/5/2018
GOVERNMENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday [10-5-18] lost another senior level official in his administration with the resignation of Jeff Pon, director of the Office of Personnel Management, which oversees the federal government workforce. Pon is the latest in the unusually long list of senior officials to leave Trump’s administration. In a news […]
10/5/2018
CONGRESS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump huddled Wednesday [10-3-18] with Fox News host Sean Hannity and former Speaker Newt Gingrich, according to two people familiar with the plans, a meeting that was originally set to discuss midterm strategy. The meeting took place at the White House as Trump prepares a four week push to […]
10/5/2018
CENSUS/COMMERCE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WILBUR ROSS: “The Supreme Court is passing up, for now, the Trump administration’s request to block Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross from having to give testimony in lawsuits challenging the addition of a question on citizenship to the 2020 U.S. Census. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg issued an order Friday turning down an emergency stay […]
10/5/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Brett Kavanaugh is set to become the Supreme Court justice who inaugurates a conservative majority for a generation, after wavering Republicans closed ranks to give him sufficient votes for confirmation in a historic victory for President Donald Trump. The final Senate vote is expected Saturday [10-6-18], but enough senators have committed […]
10/5/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Leonard Lance is a Republican congressman seeking re-election in a Republican district. But he has little to say about the Republican president. Lance’s campaign website, which outlines his positions on immigration, taxes and other hot issues, offers no statement of support for President Donald Trump. On his Twitter and Facebook accounts, […]
10/4/2018
ELECTION/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESDIENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House has a message for vulnerable House Republicans tiptoeing around President Donald Trump: Get on board or start packing. The warning comes in a memo from White House political director Bill Stepien, who argues that GOP candidates who try to distance themselves from the president are only […]
10/4/2018
CHINA/GOP/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. Vice President Mike Pence intensified Washington’s pressure campaign against Beijing on Thursday [10-4-18] by accusing China of ‘malign’ efforts to undermine President Donald Trump ahead of next month’s congressional elections and reckless military actions in the South China Sea. In what was billed as a major policy address, Pence sought to […]
10/4/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/ELECTIONS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “The ugly partisan brawl over U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation remains undecided, but President Donald Trump appears likely to come out on top regardless of the outcome. If Kavanaugh is confirmed by the Senate in a vote planned on Saturday [10-6-18], Trump will have succeeded in placing his second […]
10/4/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Seeking to boost Republican turnout in key Minnesota battlegrounds, President Donald Trump attacked Democrats Thursday [10-4-18] night, arguing that their ‘rage-fueled resistance’ to his Supreme Court nominee will motivate GOP voters this fall. Speaking before a cheering crowd at a rally in Rochester, Trump praised Judge Brett Kavanaugh, whose nomination […]
10/4/2018
CHINA/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “China accused US Vice President Mike Pence of slandering the country with ‘baseless’ allegations Friday {10-5-18], after he delivered a scathing speech in Washington claiming Beijing was trying to covertly influence US politics for its own political gain. Pence launched his full-throated attack in a speech to the Hudson Institute, […]
10/4/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @ChatByCC: While armed with the power of our Vote, we proudly & peacefully revolted Never doubt this was an American revolution #MAGA…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 4, 2018 9:01 am […]
10/4/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Brett Kavanaugh, still short of votes in the final hours of the most politicized Supreme Court confirmation battle in years, is campaigning until the bitter end. On the eve of a dramatic day in the Senate that could dictate his fate, and with several key Republicans undecided, Kavanaugh attempted […]
10/4/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal on Thursday [10-4-18] arguing he is an ‘independent, impartial judge’ and conceding he ‘might have been too emotional’ in his testimony in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee last week…Kavanaugh and California professor Christine Blasey […]
10/4/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congressman Bishop is doing a GREAT job! He helped pass tax reform which lowered taxes for EVERYONE! Nancy Pelosi is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on his opponent because they both support a liberal agenda of higher taxes and wasteful spending!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 4, 2018 5:17 pm […]
10/4/2018
IRAN/NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Hanging on a wall in John Bolton’s West Wing office is a memento of his proudest achievement as national security adviser: a framed copy of President Donald Trump’s order to pull the United States out of the Iran nuclear deal. Right next to it hangs a cartoon mocking the agreement. Bolton’s choice […]
10/3/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “As the FBI wraps up its renewed background check into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the remaining undecided senators have only a few days left to decide if they are ready to approve his lifetime appointment to the highest court in the land. The prolonged process has generated more drama […]
10/3/2018
BERNIE SANDERS/BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/GOP/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont said Wednesday [10-3-18] that he believed the Supreme Court was headed for a legitimacy crisis after Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh accused Democrats at a hearing last week of seeking revenge on behalf of the Clintons and of animus toward President Trump. In an interview with […]
10/3/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/GOP/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senator Mitch McConnell had just arrived at Reagan Washington National Airport on Monday [10-1-18] afternoon to resume the battle over the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh when he was met by an unwelcoming committee — a group of women who angrily confronted him…Mr. McConnell is not Senator Jeff […]
10/3/2018
ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Ask Representative Marsha Blackburn about finances and a strong response can follow. When she worked as the state film and music commissioner in Tennessee in 1995, another government official questioned her travel expenses on a trip to California. Ms. Blackburn, who is now the Republican candidate for an open Senate seat in Tennessee, […]
10/3/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/POLLS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Wow, such enthusiasm and energy for Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Look at the Energy, look at the Polls. Something very big is happening. He is a fine man and great intellect. The country is with him all the way!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 3, 2018 9:23 pm […]
10/3/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Richard Ojeda is not a typical Democratic congressional candidate. The heavily tattooed former Army paratrooper stomps around southwestern West Virginia in tight Grunt Style t-shirts, tactical pants and combat boots. He included his own cell phone number — and a promise to answer it — in his campaign kick-off video. In […]
10/3/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/ME TOO/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Republicans have tried to walk a precarious line in recent weeks, expressing sympathy and support for victims of sexual assault, like Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, while at the same time suggesting that the #MeToo movement has become a partisan weapon. The nuanced approach has crashed head on into a […]
10/3/2018
COURTS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The month of September 2018 will undoubtedly go down in U.S. legal history for the rancorous furor over Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, regardless of whether Kavanaugh, a judge on the District of Columbia U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, is ultimately confirmed by the U.S. Senate. But in […]
10/3/2018
ENERGY/NOMINATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday [10-3-18] nominated a proponent of his administration’s plan to subsidize aging coal and nuclear plants to a federal agency that regulates power transmission, a move criticized by environmental groups who questioned his independence on the issue. Trump nominated Bernard McNamee to the vacant seat of the five-member […]
10/3/2018
CONGRESS/ENDORSEMENT/TEXAS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congressman @PeteSessions of Texas is a true fighter and patriot. Highly respected in D.C. by all, he always gets what his district, and our country, wants and needs. Strong on Crime, Border, Military, Vets and 2nd Amendment. Pete has my Full and Total Endorsement. A great guy!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 3, 2018 […]
10/3/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/NOMINATION/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “It’s judgment day for Brett Kavanaugh and the three crucial Republicans who could send him to the Supreme Court or doom his hopes of being the swing vote who could change America. Kavanaugh’s fate will be on the line for the second straight Thursday [10-4-18], as senators begin reading the […]
10/3/2018
ROGER STONE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Audio of radio interviews between longtime Trump ally Roger Stone and the radio host he claimed was his back channel to WikiLeaks recently came into possession of special counsel Robert Mueller’s office, two sources with knowledge of the matter tell CNN. The interviews between Stone and comedian Randy Credico took place between […]
10/2/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In a letter written in 1983, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh describes himself and his friends as ‘loud, obnoxious drunks with prolific pukers’ — a stark contrast to the image Kavanaugh painted of himself during his testimony before the Senate last week. The letter, which was published by The New […]