9/20/2018

COURTS/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Aided by fellow Republicans in the Senate, President Donald Trump is rapidly filling vacancies on U.S. appeals courts, moving some that had liberal majorities closer to conservative control in an ideological shift that could benefit his administration. These 13 courts wield considerable power, usually providing the last word on rulings appealed […]

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9/20/2018

BORDER/COURTS/DEMS/ECONOMY/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “’We can’t secure the Border because of the Democrats historic level of Obstruction. The Presidents fed up with this. His agenda is working. The economy is growing at twice the rate it did under Obama. We’ve nominated and confirmed 68 Federal Judges, 26 Court of Appeals Judges….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September […]

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9/19/2018

DEMS/ELECTION/NOMINATION/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill said Wednesday [9-19-18] she is voting no on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court, citing concerns over his stance on anonymous political contributions. McCaskill’s position is significant given that she is running for re-election this year in a state President Donald Trump won in 2016, […]

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9/19/2018

FBI/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “The White House could order the FBI to investigate the sexual assault allegation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, several former senior White House and Justice Department officials from both parties said Wednesday [9-19-18], contradicting President Donald Trump’s claims that doing so would exceed the FBI’s mandate. Trump continued to insist on […]

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9/19/2018

FBI/JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s attorney Jay Sekulow claimed, without presenting evidence, that NBC edited a May 2017 interview in which the President said he was thinking of ‘this Russia thing’ when he decided to fire then-FBI Director James Comey. Speaking Wednesday [9-19-18] on CNN’s ‘Cuomo Prime Time,’ Sekulow said the […]

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9/19/2018

LEGAL/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “An attorney for Christine Blasey Ford said Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley is unnecessarily rushing toward a hearing by pushing for her to testify about her allegation of sexual assault against President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee. Ford has accused Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Trump’s choice for the nation’s highest court, of sexually […]

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9/19/2018

FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump nominated Nellie Liang, a longtime Federal Reserve staff member who is an expert on financial regulation, on Wednesday [9-19-18] to join the Fed’s board of governors. Ms. Liang, 60, played a key role in the Fed’s efforts to tighten oversight of the financial system after the 2008 crisis, […]

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9/19/2018

NOMINATIONS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump said on Wednesday [9-18-19] it was up to the U.S. Senate how to handle a sexual assault allegation brought by a woman against his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said it would be unfortunate if Kavanaugh’s accuser, university professor Christine Blasey […]

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9/19/2018

FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Robert Mueller has been busy. In just the last two weeks, the special counsel has secured the cooperation of President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, dispensed with the case of the campaign aide who triggered the Russia probe and signaled he’s squeezed all the information he needs out […]

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9/19/2018

GOP/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “The scramble to save the Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination is the first real test of whether President Donald Trump can work in lockstep with Republican members of Congress and conservative activists under crisis conditions. Trump’s commitment to stacking the judiciary with conservative jurists may be his top selling point among traditional […]

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9/18/2018

DEMS/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump sided with his embattled Supreme Court nominee, defending Judge Brett Kavanaugh against allegations of sexual assault as the White House walked a fine line in addressing accusations that revived memories of the president’s own #MeToo moments. Time and again, Trump has defended powerful men against the claims […]

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9/18/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Nearly a dozen lawyers now assist President Trump in contending with two federal investigations, one in Washington and one in New York, that could pose serious threats to his presidency and his businesses. But the expanding legal team is struggling to understand where the investigations could be headed and […]

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9/18/2018

JAMES MATTIS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Tuesday [9-18-18] flatly dismissed reports suggesting he may be leaving President Donald Trump’s administration in the coming months, saying flatly: ‘I wouldn’t take it seriously at all’…The remarks were the most direct by Mattis to date about intensifying rumors about his future as Trump approaches the […]

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9/18/2018

DEMS/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump continued to stand behind his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday [9-18-18], even as senators grapple with how to move forward after a woman has accused the judge of a decades-old sexual assault…Kavanaugh has denied the allegations. Trump also criticized Democrats and California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, […]

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9/18/2018

FBI/GOP/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Republican leaders are preparing a controversial push to install Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court after a frenetic night of legal and political maneuvering in Washington that could reverberate for years to come. In a major twist to his confirmation saga, attorneys for Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Kavanaugh of sexually […]

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9/16/2018

MEDIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Just watched Sunday [9-16-28] Morning Futures with @MariaBartiromo on @FoxNews. This show is MANDATORY watching if you want to understand the massive governmental corruption and the Russian Hoax. It will be rebroadcast this evening at 6:00 P.M. on @FoxBusiness. A must see!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 16, 2018 11:25 am […]

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9/15/2018

ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “.@DannyTarkanian of Nevada is a great friend who supports the Trump Agenda. He is Strong on Crime, the Border and our under siege 2nd Amendment. Danny Loves our Military and our Vets. He has my total and complete Endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 15, 2018 3:57 pm  […]

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9/15/2018

ENDORSEMENT/PENNSYLVANIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congressman Keith Rothfus continues to do a great job for the people of Pennsylvania. Keith is strong on Crime, the Border, and our Second Amendment. Loves our Military and our Vets. He has my total Endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 15, 2018 3:54 pm […]

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9/15/2018

ENDORSEMENT/TEXAS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congressman Pete Sessions of Texas is doing a great job. He is a fighter who will be tough on Crime and the Border, fight hard for our Second Amendment and loves our Military and our Vets. He has my full and complete Endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 15, 2018 3:43 pm […]

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9/14/2018

DHS/FEMA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House considered replacing Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Brock Long, who is the subject of an ongoing Department of Homeland Security inspector general investigation, before Hurricane Florence hit the East Coast, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday [9-14-18]. Citing a source familiar with the matter, the newspaper reported that senior White […]

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9/14/2018

PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “’The story of Puerto Rico is the rebuilding that has occurred. The President has done an extraordinary job of cleanup, rebuilding electrical stuff and everything else.’ @EdRollins ‘The people of Puerto Rico have one of the most corrupt governments in our country.’ @LouDobbs” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 14, 2018 7:31 […]

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9/14/2018

IRAN/JOHN KERRY/MIKE POMPEO/NUCLEAR/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blasted his predecessor John Kerry for ‘unseemly and unprecedented’ behavior after Kerry said he had met Iranian officials since leaving office…During interviews to promote his new book, Kerry told an interviewer that he has met with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif three or four times since […]

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9/14/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “After months of vowing to fight for his innocence, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort conceded to committing several federal crimes and agreed to cooperate with the Justice Department, including in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Manafort pleaded guilty in […]

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9/14/2018

MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “’They say all these people died in the storm in Puerto Rico, yet 70% of the power was out before the storm. So when did people start dying? At what point do you recognize that what they are doing is a political agenda couched in the nice language of journalism?’ @GeraldoRivera” –Donald Trump, […]

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9/14/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “As a federal prosecutor, I heard dozens of defense attorneys criticize the use of accomplice testimony in criminal trials. The arguments are familiar—unseemly witnesses lie to curry favor with unscrupulous prosecutors motivated by a desire for conviction. They suggest to juries that these ‘snitches’ are the real criminals in […]

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9/14/2018

PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Paul Manafort had something very, very special that special counsel Robert S. Mueller III wanted so badly: His cooperation. Today, as he promised to plead guilty to a set of reduced charges, Manafort agreed to cooperate ‘fully, truthfully, completely, and forthrightly’ with the special counsel’s investigation. Documents Mueller might […]

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9/14/2018

LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump and his allies are debating the value of political loyalty versus legal credentials in their search for a new White House counsel, a crucial decision ahead of a potential onslaught of congressional scrutiny following the midterm elections. Trump is ‘counting down the days’ until the departure of his […]

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9/14/2018

DEMS/LEGAL/NEW YORK/PAUL MANAFORT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Federal prosecutors in New York are weighing criminal charges against former Obama White House counsel Greg Craig as part of an investigation into whether he failed to register as a foreign agent in a probe that is linked to former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, according to sources familiar with the […]

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9/13/2018

LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman embattled by criminal indictments, may no longer fight the charges related to his Ukrainian lobbying operation. He and the special counsel’s office are close to a deal for a guilty plea ahead of his upcoming trial, according to a source familiar with the matter. […]

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9/13/2018

GOP/HURRICANE/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “With all attention on Hurricane Florence, Republicans are dealing with a separate, familiar kind of storm in the halls of Congress — one of the president’s own making. As happens often, congressional Republicans were blindsided Thursday [9-13-18] morning by a tweet, as President Donald Trump challenged without evidence the official […]

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9/13/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LOBBYING/PAUL MANAFORT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “It was the summer of 1986, and Paul Manafort, then a top-tier Washington lobbyist, counted no fewer than 10 foreign governments and political groups as clients. He directed American media campaigns for them, met with officials in the White House, State Department and Congress on their behalf and strategized about how […]

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9/13/2018

HURRICANE/POLLS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump was hunkering in Washington on Thursday [9-13-18] as winds from Hurricane Florence began lashing the Carolina coast, his mind split between emergency preparations, long-simmering grievances over the Russia investigation and criticism of a lackluster approach to last year’s storms. Trump, beleaguered and down in the polls, was […]

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9/13/2018

COURTS/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LAWSUIT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday [9-13-18] vowed to fight back against federal courts that issue injunctions barring the federal government from implementing regulations nationwide, and accused federal judges of engaging in ‘judicial activism’…Nationwide injunctions have become a favored tool by states and other groups who have staunchly opposed many […]

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9/13/2018

ELECTION/GOP/TAXES/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A Republican-led panel in the U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday [9-13-18] to make permanent individual tax cuts from President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax overhaul, a move widely seen as a partisan ploy to help Republican candidates in the Nov. 6 congressional elections. Members of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee […]

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9/13/2018

DHS/ETHICS/FEMA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Brock Long is the target of an ongoing Department of Homeland Security inspector general investigation into whether he misused government vehicles during his commutes to North Carolina from Washington, according to three people familiar with the matter, including current and former administration officials. The actions by Long, the […]

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9/13/2018

DEMS/FBI/GOP/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “The Republican-led Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday [9-13-18] set a vote for next week on President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court pick while a Democratic senator sent unspecified new information about nominee Brett Kavanaugh to the FBI. Senator Dianne Feinstein, the committee’s top Democrat, said she received the information about Kavanaugh from […]

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9/12/2018

CYBERWAR/MIKE POMPEO/SENATE/STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A bipartisan group of senators called out Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for the State Department’s failure to meet federal law on cybersecurity standards, including basic protocols used by major internet companies. The lawmakers sent a letter to Pompeo on Tuesday [9-11-18] citing a General Services Administration report that found the State […]

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9/12/2018

ABORTION/GOP/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, a key GOP vote, said Wednesday [9-12-18] that she is still reviewing Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s record and plans to speak with him later in the week…Collins is one of the few Republican lawmakers who say they support abortion rights, and she has yet to announce […]

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9/12/2018

NOMINATION/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Sen. Angus King announced his opposition to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Wednesday [9-12-18]…He joins a handful of senators, including New Hampshire Democratic Sens. Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen and Virginia Democratic Sens. Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, in declaring themselves ‘no’ on Kavanaugh…Most Democrats are expected to oppose […]

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9/12/2018

IRS/NOMINATIONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The U.S. Senate on Wednesday [9-12-18] confirmed President Donald Trump’s choice of Beverly Hills, California, tax lawyer Charles Rettig to be commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, the federal agency that implements tax laws. The Senate voted 64-33 to install Rettig, who will replace Acting Commissioner David Kautter. Kautter has been […]

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9/12/2018

ELECTION/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “’The President has absolutely demonstrated no wrongdoing whatsoever & that the Special Counsel has no evidence of any wrongdoing. In other words, it’s time to end this Witch Hunt.’ @LouDobbs Russian ‘collusion’ was just an excuse by the Democrats for having lost the Election!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 12, 2018 […]

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9/11/2018

GARY COHN/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “One of President Donald Trump’s former senior aides and his former chief economic adviser have issued statements claiming that Bob Woodward’s bombshell new book, ‘Fear,’ is inaccurate and misleading, after the book featured their statements and descriptions of the President’s actions in a negative light. The White House applied ‘a […]

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9/11/2018

FBI/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “One of President Donald Trump’s closest allies in Congress is alleging misconduct by former FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, an unproven and disputed assertion that the President amplified Tuesday morning, the 17th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. At issue are claims made by Republican […]

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9/11/2018

9/11/MEDIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump marked the 17th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on Tuesday [9-11-18] by stepping back into the role of consoler-in-chief – but only after spending the morning tweeting as usual. Before traveling to the Shanksville, Pa., site where United Flight 93 crashed into a field, the […]

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9/11/2018

POLLS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Americans are divided on whether or not senators should vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, with 38% who say yes and 39% who say no, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS and released on Tuesday [9-11-18]. Contentious hearings did not move the needle in either direction […]

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9/11/2018

9/11/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rudy Giuliani did a GREAT job as Mayor of NYC during the period of September 11th. His leadership, bravery and skill must never be forgotten. Rudy is a TRUE WARRIOR!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 11, 2018 6:59 am […]

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9/11/2018

BETSY DEVOS/EDUCATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “An analysis by the Education Department has found that its proposed new rules for handling allegations of sexual misconduct on campus would substantially decrease the number of investigations by colleges and school districts into complaints of sexual harassment, assault and rape, and save educational institutions millions of dollars over the next decade. […]

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9/11/2018

JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A lawyer for Attorney General Jeff Sessions defended on Monday [9-10-18] his client’s congressional testimony about a Trump campaign meeting in March 2016 where an adviser proposed that the candidate meet with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. The aide, George Papadopoulos, said recently in an interview and court filings that […]

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9/11/2018

CHINA/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “As a candidate, Donald Trump railed against the Trans-Pacific Partnership, rattling manufacturers who preach free trade. Shortly after the election, Trump announced a 35 percent tax on companies that moved jobs overseas. And now, Trump shows little sign of backing off an escalating trade war, using the blunt instrument of […]

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9/11/2018

DONALD JR/MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump, a commander in chief with a well-known bunker mentality, has long doubted the ability of his aides to protect him from outside attacks. But his anxiety about whom he can trust has only increased in the days since anonymous administration members — a number of them in Bob Woodward’s book […]

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9/10/2018

MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Call it the ‘Omarosa Effect.’ If you work in the White House, you now have to leave your phone in your office if you are going to a meeting in the Situation Room. That new policy comes on the heels of Manigault Newman releasing more secretly recorded audiotapes of conversations she had during […]

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9/10/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump vented over White House leaks Monday [9-10-18] as a new tell-all book commands attention, an anonymous writer detailing ‘resistance’ in the administration remains at large and a former staffer reveals more private recordings of the commander in chief. But while Trump continues to insist privately that he […]

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9/10/2018

DHS/FEMA/HURRICANE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Was just briefed via phone by @DHSgov @SecNielsen and @FEMA @FEMA_Brock, along with @VP Mike Pence and Chief of Staff, John Kelly on incoming storm which is very dangerous. Heed the directions of your State and Local Officials – and know that WE are here for you. Be SAFE! https://t.co/sN8D5NvrBa“ –Donald […]

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9/10/2018

COURTS/IMMIGRATION/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions told a new group of immigration judges Monday [9-10-18] that it is their job to ‘restore the rule of law’ to the immigration system over the contrary efforts of the lawyers who represent immigrants. The remarks at the training of the largest-ever class of new immigration judges […]

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9/10/2018

CHUCK SCHUMER/DEMS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Chuck Schumer is holding up 320 appointments (Ambassadors, Executives, etc.) of great people who have left jobs and given up so much in order to come into Government. Schumer and the Democrats continue to OBSTRUCT!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 10, 2018 4:18 pm […]

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9/10/2018

GARY COHN/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump has called journalist Bob Woodward’s book on his administration a work of ‘fiction’ and a ‘scam,’ claiming that quotes in the book are ‘made up’ and that the author is a ‘liar.’ At the same time, sources familiar with his thinking said he is livid at his […]

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9/10/2018

DEMS/MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “’It is mostly anonymous sources in here, why should anyone trust you? General Mattis, General Kelly said it’s not true.’ @SavannahGuthrie @TODAYshow Bob Woodward is a liar who is like a Dem operative prior to the Midterms. He was caught cold, even by NBC.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 10, 2018 7:36 am […]

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9/10/2018

FOREIGN POLICY/ISRAEL/NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump’s national security adviser, John R. Bolton, fleshed out his boss’s ‘America First’ foreign policy on Monday [9-10-18], disparaging an international organization vilified by conservatives and reaffirming a pro-Israel tilt by announcing the closing of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s office in Washington. But on one of Mr. Trump’s signature […]

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9/10/2018

CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “With congressional elections looming, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday [9-10-18] proposed more deficit-expanding tax cuts, an effort seen by some tax experts as unlikely to become law and geared chiefly toward winning votes. Even if the initiative fails to pass, it could put Democrats in the position […]

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9/8/2018

ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republicans are doing really well with the Senate Midterms. Races that we were not even thinking about winning are now very close, or even leading. Election night will be very interesting indeed!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 8, 2018 8:38 pm […]

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9/8/2018

ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “So true! ‘Mr. Trump remains the single most popular figure in the Republican Party, whose fealty has helped buoy candidates in competitive Republican primaries and remains a hot commodity among general election candidates.’ Nicholas Fandos, @nytimes” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 8, 2018 4:08 pm […]

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9/8/2018

CONGRESS/ENDORSEMENT/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Dave Hughes is running for Congress in the Great State of Minnesota. He will help us accomplish our America First policies, is strong on Crime, the Border, our 2nd Amendmen, Trade, Military and Vets. Running against Pelosi Liberal Puppet Petterson. Dave has my Total Endorsement!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 8, 2018 9:44 am […]

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9/7/2018

CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Former President Barack Obama spent a sizable amount of time in a speech he gave in Illinois on Friday [9-7-18] criticizing Republicans in Congress and President Donald Trump, while stressing the importance of voting in the fast-approaching midterm elections. His step back into the political arena offered a preview of his […]

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9/7/2018

LEGAL/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “If Richard Nixon were alive today, he probably would not agree that ‘President Trump is facing a test to his presidency unlike any faced by a modern American leader.’ Leading with this sentence, the anonymous ‘Steady State’ op-ed that appeared in The New York Times this week followed that declaration with […]

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9/7/2018

ABORTION/HHS/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Brett Kavanaugh’s views on birth control drew scrutiny in Washington on Thursday [9-6-18] as abortion rights advocates charged that the Supreme Court nominee had referred to contraceptives as ‘abortion-inducing drugs.’ Supporters of Kavanaugh were quick to respond, saying he was summarizing the argument of a religious group challenging the Affordable Care Act’s […]

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9/7/2018

MEDIA/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [9-6-18] appeared to make light of a Montana politician’s assault on a reporter. During a rally in Billings, Montana, Trump praised Greg Gianforte, a current House Republican lawmaker who, as a congressional candidate, assaulted a reporter from The Guardian last year during an interview on the […]

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9/7/2018

2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “An associate of Roger Stone, a longtime ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, was questioned in front of a grand jury in the special counsel’s Russia probe on Friday [9-7-18] about his years-long relationship with Stone and about Wikileaks, the associate’s lawyer told Reuters. Randy Credico, a comedian and […]

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9/7/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday [9-7-18] called on the U.S. Justice Department to investigate the New York Times after the news outlet published a column this week by an anonymous administration official questioning his fitness for office. Trump also said he was considering taking action against the Times, whose […]

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9/7/2018

DEMS/ELECTION/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [9-6-18] urged Montanans to support Republican Matt Rosendale for Senate, recalling Sen. Jon Tester’s derailing of a Cabinet nominee and warning that the Democratic lawmaker is ‘never going to give us his vote’…Rosendale is running in a tight race against Tester in a state Trump carried […]

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9/7/2018

MEDIA/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump on Friday [9-7-18] accused journalist Bob Woodward of using ‘made up’ quotes in his forthcoming book, insisting that the comments attributed to him in the book could not be accurate because ‘I don’t talk the way I am quoted’…Woodward’s book, which he has said was written using […]

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9/7/2018

ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Matt Rosendale will be a Great Senator from a Great State, Montana! He is a fighter who will be tough on Crime and the Border, fight hard for our 2nd Amendment and loves our Military and our Vets. He has my full and complete Endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 7, 2018 […]

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9/7/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump declared Friday [9-7-18] that the Justice Department should investigate and unmask the author of a bitingly critical New York Times opinion piece purportedly written by a member of an administration ‘resistance’ movement straining to thwart his most dangerous impulses. Trump cited ‘national security’ as the reason for […]

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9/7/2018

CAMPAIGN/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump is campaigning for Republican Rep. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota, who is seeking to unseat Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp. Trump urged state Republicans to get behind Cramer’s campaign during an event in Fargo. He says Cramer will help Republicans push for stronger borders and ‘no crime’ and help […]

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9/7/2018

MIKE POMPEO/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has received a letter from Kim Jong Un to US President Donald Trump, according to a State Department official. The official confirmed what Trump had told reporters earlier Friday [-9-7-18], that a letter was handed over at the Korean DMZ on Thursday [9-6-18] and is now […]

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9/6/2018

DEMS/GOP/NOMINATIONS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Brett Kavanaugh emerged from two days of tough questioning in the Senate Judiciary Committee without making any obvious missteps that could imperil his confirmation as the justice who will pull the Supreme Court to the right and hand Donald Trump a generational presidential legacy. He avoided ceding ground on the most contentious […]

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9/6/2018

ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Getting ready to go on stage for Matt Rosendale, who will be a great Senator. Jon Tester has let the people of Montana down & does not deserve another six years. Matt is strong on Crime, the Borders, & will save your Second Amendment from the onslaught. Loves our Military & […]

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9/6/2018

DEFENSE/JAMES MATTIS/MILITARY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “US Secretary of Defense James Mattis made an unexpected trip to Afghanistan Friday [9-7-18], his visit coming as the US tries to make headway in the country after 17 years of war. Mattis met with Army Gen. Scott Miller, the new Commander of Resolute Support and US Forces-Afghanistan, who assumed the role […]

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9/6/2018

MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Many senior officials in President Donald Trump’s administration have been working from within to frustrate parts of his agenda to protect the country from his worst impulses, an anonymous Trump official wrote in the New York Times on Wednesday [9-5-18]. In the column, the official described ‘early whispers’ among members of […]

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9/6/2018

NOMINATIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Brett Kavanaugh sought on Thursday [9-6-18] to settle one of the biggest questions of his Supreme Court confirmation hearing, telling Democrats that he has not discussed special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe with anyone at a law firm that’s long represented President Donald Trump. The clear disavowal from Kavanaugh may […]

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9/6/2018

MEDIA/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Thursday [9-6-18] scolded the media for its ‘wild obsession’ with unmasking the anonymous author of The New York Times’ explosive editorial alleging a ‘quiet resistance’ within the Trump administration…A flood of senior administration officials, including Vice President Mike Pence and several cabinet […]

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9/6/2018

TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “’The record is quite remarkable. The President has faithfully followed the agenda he campaigned on in 2016. People should focus on the results, and they’re extraordinary!’ James Freeman – Wall Street Journal” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 6, 2018 9:09 am […]

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9/6/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump sought to heighten the sense of urgency for his base Thursday [9-6-18] when he told supporters that if he is impeached, ‘it’s your fault, ’cause you didn’t go out to vote.’ Trump has discussed the prospect of being impeached before, but his comments come after a whirlwind […]

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9/6/2018

JAMES MATTIS/MEDIA/MIKE PENCE/MIKE POMPEO/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Top aides to Donald Trump scrambled on Thursday [9-6-18] to deny authorship of an anonymous New York Times opinion column that slammed the U.S. president’s leadership style and described ‘a quiet resistance’ to him within his own administration. By early afternoon, eight senior officials had disavowed the piece, including Vice […]

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9/5/2018

DEMS/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “California Sen. Kamala Harris — a potential 2020 presidential candidate — pushed President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to answer uncomfortable questions about abortion rights, Trump’s reaction to the Charlottesville white supremacist rally and his conversations with attorneys at the law firm representing Trump…Harris, a former California attorney general, was […]

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9/5/2018

NOMINATIONS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Brett Kavanaugh spent much of 12 hours in a packed and raucous Senate hearing room Wednesday [9-5-18] trying not to talk about politics — or how he would act in cases involving the man who nominated him to the Supreme Court, President Donald Trump. Should the Senate confirm Kavanaugh, it would likely […]

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9/5/2018

MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Does the so-called ‘Senior Administration Official’ really exist, or is it just the Failing New York Times with another phony source? If the GUTLESS anonymous person does indeed exist, the Times must, for National Security purposes, turn him/her over to government at once!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 5, 2018 6:40 pm […]

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9/5/2018

MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump and his aides unleashed on Wednesday [9-5-18] an increasingly aggressive pushback campaign against journalist Bob Woodward’s new book about the West Wing, calling the account ‘boring,’ ‘untrue’ and ‘a work of fiction.’ Trump also suggested that the release of passages from the book was timed to disrupt the […]

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9/5/2018

CONGRESS/FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s top congressional allies are calling on him to release reams of classified documents connected to the FBI’s Russia probe. Republican Reps. Mark Meadows, Jim Jordan, Matt Gaetz and Lee Zeldin are asking Trump to declassify additional portions of the application the FBI submitted to surveil former […]

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9/5/2018

MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “An unnamed senior Trump administration official assailed President Donald Trump’s ‘amorality’ and reckless decision-making in a New York Times op-ed published Wednesday [9-5-18] and said he or she is part of a ‘resistance’ working to thwart Trump’s worst impulses…The Times said disclosing the name of the official, who is known to […]

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9/5/2018

MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump unloaded Wednesday [9-5-18] against an explosive new book from journalist Bob Woodward, labeling the tell-all memoir ‘a work of fiction’ as West Wing staff scrambled to rebut its vivid depictions of White House dysfunction…Venting for a second day, Trump tweeted that ‘Fear: Trump in the White House’ was […]

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9/5/2018

MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A new book by Bob Woodward, the longtime Washington Post reporter, portrays a White House with relentless infighting and a work culture so toxic and volatile that many of President Trump’s top advisers and cabinet members became accustomed to working around their boss, whom they described as unstable and uninformed. ‘Fear: […]

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9/5/2018

MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump, showing his outrage over Bob Woodward’s explosive new book, is ordering a real witch hunt in the West Wing and throughout his administration, asking loyal aides to help determine who cooperated with the book. ‘The book is fiction,’ Trump said Wednesday [9-5-18] in the Oval Office alongside the […]

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9/5/2018

TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “It’s impossible to know in the moment when a presidency begins to dissolve. But after a devastating 48 hours, it’s already clear that Donald Trump’s will never be the same. Whatever your view of Trump, his behavior and his presidency, Washington is watching the opening act of a stunning attempt to […]

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