3/29/2017

2016 ELECTION/INTELLIGENCE/POLITICS/RUSSIA: “The Senate intelligence committee has asked 20 people to be questioned in its investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, the panel’s chairman said Wednesday. ‘This one is one of the biggest investigations the Hill has seen in my time here,’ Chairman Richard Burr, a North Carolina Republican, said at a […]

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3/29/2017

2016 ELECTION/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The New York Times sought to correct the record with President Donald Trump Wednesday [3-29-17], pushing back on his claim that the Times ‘apologized to subscribers’ for its election coverage. ‘Remember when the failing @nytimes apologized to its subscribers, right after the election, because their coverage was so wrong,’ Trump tweeted […]

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3/28/2017

2016 ELECTION/POLITICAL FIGURES/RUSSIA/DICK CHENEY: “Former Vice President Dick Cheney says Russia’s alleged interference in the U.S. presidential election could be interpreted by some as an “act of war.” ‘There was a very serious effort made by Mr. Putin and his government, his organization, to interfere in major ways with our basic, fundamental democratic processes,’ Cheney […]

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3/27/2017

2016 ELECTION/CONFLICT OF INTEREST/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/WIRETAPPING/DEVIN NUNES: “House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes met with an anonymous source on White House grounds last week shortly before announcing publicly that U.S. intelligence agencies intercepted information about President Donald Trump and his staff during the presidential transition. A spokesman for Mr. Nunes said the California Republican, charged with overseeing […]

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3/30/2017

2016 ELECTION/FBI/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA: “The Senate intelligence committee opened its first public hearing on Russian meddling in the US election Thursday with calls for nonpartisanship, a clear reference to the infighting that has stalled the House probe. ‘The vice chairman and I realize that if we politicize this process, our efforts will likely fail,’ Committee Chairman Richard […]

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3/24/2017

2016 ELECTION/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/DEVIN NUNES: “Democrats are plotting their next move after questioning House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes’ fitness to lead the panel’s investigation into Russia’s involvement in the 2016 election. One step they almost certainly won’t take: a boycott. Even as they ramp up calls for an outside investigation into possible ties between the Trump […]

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3/24/2017

2016 ELECTION/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House Intelligence Committee chairman and the panel’s top Democrat publicly disagreed Friday [3-24-17] over the handling of their investigation into Russian meddling into the US election, coming after the announcement that President Donald Trump’s campaign chairman agreed to testify before the committee. ‘Yesterday, the counsel for Paul Manafort contacted the […]

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3/22/2017

2016 ELECTION/POLITICS/VOTE BY MAIL/VOTER FRAUD: “Former Colorado Republican Party chairman Steven Curtis claimed ahead of the 2016 elections that ‘virtually every case of voter fraud’ he could remember ‘was committed by Democrats.’ Now, his words are coming back to haunt him. Court records have revealed that Curtis was charged on Feb. 1 with ‘forgery of […]

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3/20/2017

2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/FBI/OBAMA/RUSSIA: “Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey said publicly for the first time Monday [3-20-17] that the agency is investigating whether members of Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign collaborated with the Russian government to influence the presidential election. The Capitol Hill announcement by Mr. Comey divulged an active FBI investigation, a rare step by the […]

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3/20/2017

2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/FBI/INTELLIGENCE/LEGAL/RUSSIA: “FBI Chief James Comey said publicly for the first time Monday that his agency is investigating alleged links between Russia and the Trump campaign and whether any crimes may have been committed during last year’s election campaign. ‘That includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the Trump campaign and […]

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3/20/2017

2016 ELECTION/FAKE NEWS: “Just heard Fake News CNN is doing polls again despite the fact that their election polls were a WAY OFF disaster. Much higher ratings at Fox.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 20, 2017 07:35am […]

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3/19/2017

2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/DONALD ON DONALD: “During a campaign rally a little less than a year before he entered the White House, Donald Trump boasted that his supporters’ loyalty was such that he ‘could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody’ with political impunity. The rhetorical flourish struck a nerve, in part because it […]

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3/15/2017

2016 ELECTION/CHINA/NAFTA/WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION: “Since NAFTA was approved, we’ve lost nearly one-third of our manufacturing jobs in the United States. Since China entered the World Trade Organization, we’ve lost 60,000 factories. Hard to believe. Our trade deficit last year reached nearly $800 billion. Who’s making these deals? I can take anybody in the audience — […]

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3/15/2017

2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/FBI/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA: “The top two senators on a key Senate Judiciary subcommittee are at odds over whether FBI Director James Comey privately assured them that he would confirm by Wednesday [3-15-17] whether there’s a criminal investigation into Trump campaign ties to Russia. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse said Comey privately told him and Sen. Lindsey Graham that […]

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3/13/2017

2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/POLITICS/ PAUL RYAN: “On a never-before-released private October conference call with House Republican members, House Speaker Paul Ryan told his members in the U.S. House of Representatives he was abandoning then-GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump forever and would never defend him ever again. In the Oct. 10, 2016 call, from right after the Access […]

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3/10/2017

2016 ELECTION/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In historically conservative Staten Island, where President Donald Trump won 57 percent of the vote, residents are readying their homes to keep immigrants protected from being deported. People like Ruth, a local educator who didn’t want her full name used so Immigration and Customs Enforcement could not identify her, are […]

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3/09/2017

2016 ELECTION/CYBERWAR/FBI/INTELLIGENCE/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Federal investigators and computer scientists continue to examine whether there was a computer server connection between the Trump Organization and a Russian bank, sources close to the investigation tell CNN. Questions about the possible connection were widely dismissed four months ago. But the FBI’s investigation remains open, the sources said, and […]

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3/07/2017

2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I have nothing to do with Russia — haven’t made a phone call to Russia in years, don’t speak to people from Russia,” President Trump said during a press conference on Feb. 16. But it seems Trump did meet the Russian ambassador during the campaign. On Tuesday [3-7-17], AmericaBlog pointed out […]

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3/6/2017

2016 ELECTION/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WIRETAPPING/KELLYANNE CONWAY: “President Donald Trump’s top communications officials are vaguely suggesting that the president possesses classified information supporting his thus-far unsubstantiated accusation that President Barack Obama ordered wiretaps of Trump’s phones during the 2016 presidential campaign. Appearing on ‘Fox and Friends’ on Monday, Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway was asked how the […]

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3/2/2017

2016 ELECTION/ATTORNEY GENERAL/FBI/INTELLIGENCE/LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/JEFF SESSIONS: “Sen. Lindsey Graham said Wednesday if the FBI determines that President Donald Trump’s campaign illegally coordinated with Russia, Attorney General Jeff Sessions should recuse himself from making the decision whether to pursue prosecutions. Sessions, a Trump appointee, ‘cannot make this decision,’ Graham said. But Graham deflected a question about a […]

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3/1/2017

2016 ELECTION/INTELLIGENCE/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA: “In the Obama administration’s last days, some White House officials scrambled to spread information about Russian efforts to undermine the presidential election — and about possible contacts between associates of President-elect Donald J. Trump and Russians — across the government. Former American officials say they had two aims: to ensure that such […]

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2/28/2017

2016 ELECTION/CYBERWAR/INTELLIGENCE/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/DAN COATS: “Dan Coats, President Trump’s nominee to head the U.S. intelligence community, said at his Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday [2-28-17] that he believes Russia attempted to meddle in last year’s presidential race, putting him potentially at odds with the White House. Russia ‘definitely did try to influence the campaign,’ said Coats, […]

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2/23/2017

2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse this week said he’s sure the Russia-related cloud hanging over President Donald Trump’s administration will not be clearing up any time soon. And Republicans, he said, are beginning to take the accusations much more seriously. The subcommittee will then evaluate the legality of what took place during […]

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2/15/2017

2016 ELECTION/ANTI-SEMITISM/RACISM: [Reporter: “Mr. President, since your election campaign and even after your victory, we’ve seen a sharp rise in anti-Semitic incidents across the United States. And I wonder what you say to those among the Jewish community in the States, and in Israel, and maybe around the world who believe and feel that your […]

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2/13/2017

2016 ELECTION/VOTER FRAUD: “President Donald Trump’s senior policy adviser on Sunday [2-12-17] repeated Trump’s unsubstantiated claims that people were bused from Massachusetts to New Hampshire to vote illegally in the swing state during the 2016 election. But he provided no evidence to support that claim or other claims of widespread voter fraud. In a contentious […]

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2/12/2017

2016 ELECTION/VOTER FRAUD: “The Trump administration continued Sunday [2-12-17] to assert a widely debunked claim that massive vote fraud helped deprive the president of a popular-vote victory in November’s election. President Trump’s senior policy advisor Stephen Miller said in an interview aired Sunday on ABC’s ‘This Week’ that ‘the noncitizen voting issue is pervasive and […]

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2/12/2017

2016 ELECTION/VOTER FRAUD: “During an interview on ‘This Week,’ host Stephanopoulos pressed Stephen Miller to provide evidence for Trump’s unfounded allegations this week that voters were bused into New Hampshire from Massachusetts during the 2016 election, costing him and former Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte the state. Without evidence, Miller suggested that there was voter fraud […]

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2/10/2017

2016 ELECTION/CYBERWAR/RUSSIA: “Democratic lawmakers demanded Friday that President Trump address a report that his national security advisor, retired Army Gen. Michael Flynn, discussed U.S. sanctions against Russia with that country’s ambassador in December, before Trump took office. The FBI has been examining Flynn’s contacts with Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, according to reports. At issue is whether […]

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2/9/2017

2016 ELECTION/IMMIGRATION: “Jeff Marchini and others in the Central Valley here bet their farms on the election of Donald J. Trump. His message of reducing regulations and taxes appealed to this Republican stronghold, one of Mr. Trump’s strongest bases of support in the state. As for his promises about cracking down on illegal immigrants, many […]

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1/25/2017

2016 ELECTION: “I would’ve won the popular vote if I was campaigning for the popular vote. I would’ve gone to California where I didn’t go at all. I would’ve gone to New York where I didn’t campaign at all. I would’ve gone to a couple of places that I didn’t go to. And I would’ve […]

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1/24/2017

2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/DONALD ON DONALD: “Donald Trump boasted Saturday [1-23-17] that support for his presidential campaign would not decline even if he shot someone in the middle of a crowded street. ‘I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters,’ Trump said at a campaign rally here. After […]

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11/3/2016

2016 ELECTION/OBAMA/VOTE BY MAIL/VOTING: “If you’re voting by mail, don’t let your ballot sit on your coffee table on your kitchen table, get all mixed up with all the other stuff you’ve got up in there. Mail in your ballot so it makes it in by Election Day… Donald Trump is uniquely unqualified to be […]

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11/3/2016

2016 ELECTION/OBAMA/TRUMP TAXES: “Donald Trump is uniquely unqualified to be President… Here’s somebody who, for decades, has refused to release any tax returns. And now maybe it’s because he’s not as rich as he says is, but he has admitted he does not pay federal income taxes for years. Not a dime. So he’s not […]

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10/20/2016

2016 ELECTION/OBAMA/VOTE BY MAIL/VOTING: “Donald is already whining that the vote is going to be rigged before the game is even over. We’re just starting to vote now. He’s already like, oh, the game is rigged… I mean — and by the way, I will say all the Republicans have — not all, but most, […]

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10/11/2016

2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/HILLARY CLINTON/VOTING/VOTE BY MAIL: “If you’ve already registered, request an absentee ballot today and vote really early. We’ve got to win. The Hillary Clinton documents released today by WikiLeaks make more clear than ever just how much is at stake in this election, so much corruption. This election will determine whether we remain a […]

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10/3/2016

2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/HILLARY CLINTON/VOTING/VOTE BY MAIL: “Hillary can’t discuss the issues because she’s one of the ones who helped create the problems in the first place… And she’ll do everything she can to distract from the issues and her enormous corruption and criminal conduct; the campaign of distraction funded by Wall Street investors and hedge fund […]

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9/6/2016

DONALD ON DONALD/IMMIGRATION: “I am also going to notify all countries that refuse to take back dangerous illegal immigrants who have committed crimes in this country that they will lose access to our visa programs if they continue to do so.”  – “The Promises of President-Elect Donald Trump, in His Own Words,” Bloomberg.com, Nov. 10, […]

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7/26/2016

APPRENTICE/CELEBS: “The Real Housewives of Atlanta star delivered her views on Trump with as much shade as you’d expect, telling Chelsea Handler [7-26-16] that the Trump campaign ‘reached out’ to her. ‘They sent me an email, asking me to like, speak or something at one of his rallies. And I didn’t,’ she teased. When asked […]

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3/3/2016

POLITICS: “Failed candidate Mitt Romney,who ran one of the worst races in presidential history,is working with the establishment to bury a big ‘R’ win!”  – 3/3/2016, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 3/3/2016 […]

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