4/8/2019

ECONOMY/FEDERAL RESERVE/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “GOP lawmakers have given in to President Donald Trump on almost every contentious issue, but they’re quietly breaking from him on one front that has drawn the president’s repeated ire: the Federal Reserve. Trump is pushing two celebrity Republicans and Fed critics — Herman Cain and Stephen Moore — to serve […]

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4/8/2019

IRAN/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said on Monday [4-8-19] that he was designating a powerful arm of the Iranian military as a foreign terrorist organization, the first time that the United States has named part of another nation’s government as that type of official threat. The designation imposes wide-ranging economic and travel sanctions on the […]

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4/8/2019

DHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In recent months, Kirstjen Nielsen, the secretary of homeland security, had become a regular presence eating dinner at the Trump International Hotel. She had been heckled and booed when dining out after becoming the face of some of President Trump’s most hard-line immigration policies, like family separations, and her affinity for […]

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4/8/2019

ISRAEL/PALESTINE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s vow for Israel to annex parts of the West Bank would flout four decades of American policy, under both Republican and Democratic presidents. But nothing emboldened Mr. Netanyahu to take such a risk more than the support of his ally President Trump. From recognizing Israel’s sovereignty over […]

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4/8/2019

BORDER/DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s congressional allies are alarmed by his purge at the Department of Homeland Security — urging him not to fire more top officials and warning him how hard it will be to solve twin crises at the border and the federal agencies overseeing immigration policy. The president’s frantic four […]

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4/8/2019

SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congratulations to the Baylor Lady Bears on their amazing win last night against Notre Dame to become the 2019 NCAA Women’s Basketball National Champions! https://t.co/cogqxFgnRn” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 8, 2019 6:57 pm […]

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4/8/2019

DEMS/ELECTION/FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats need to get serious about foreign policy in 2020 or risk losing to Donald Trump. That’s the blunt warning from Chris Murphy, a second-term Democratic senator with increasing sway on the Foreign Relations Committee who just maneuvered a bipartisan condemnation of Trump’s foreign policy through Congress. And Murphy, who’s making […]

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4/8/2019

DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democrats will never be satisfied, no matter what they get, how much they get, or how many pages they get. It will never end, but that’s the way life goes!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 8, 2019 11:48 am […]

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4/8/2019

AFRICA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Uganda must find the kidnappers of the American Tourist and guide before people will feel safe in going there. Bring them to justice openly and quickly!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 8, 2019 7:22 am […]

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4/8/2019

DEMS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘The reason the whole process seems so politicized is that Democrats made up this complete lie about Collusion ….and none of it happened.’ Charles Hurt. The Russian Hoax never happened, it was a fraud on the American people!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 8, 2019 6:39 am […]

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4/8/2019

GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump promised a new plan to replace Obamacare. But the four Senate Republicans he tapped for the job aren’t jumping at the opportunity. Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) says any new plan has to come from the White House — and that he had no warning Trump planned to make him […]

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4/7/2019

BORDER/MEXICO/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….Mexico must apprehend all illegals and not let them make the long march up to the United States, or we will have no other choice than to Close the Border and/or institute Tariffs. Our Country is FULL!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 7, 2019 8:03 pm […]

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4/7/2019

BORDER/CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “More apprehensions (captures) at the Southern Border than in many years. Border Patrol amazing! Country is FULL! System has been broken for many years. Democrats in Congress must agree to fix loopholes – No Open Borders (Crimes & Drugs). Will Close Southern Border If necessary…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 7, 2019 7:45 […]

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4/7/2019

DHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “….I am pleased to announce that Kevin McAleenan, the current U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner, will become Acting Secretary for @DHSgov. I have confidence that Kevin will do a great job!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 7, 2019 5:02 pm […]

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4/7/2019

MIKE PENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @mike_pence: The last 2 years, under @RealDonaldTrump, have been 2 years of action – it’s been 2 years of results – & it’s been 2 years…”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 7, 2019 2:53 pm […]

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4/7/2019

AFRICA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Pleased to report that the American tourist and tour guide that were abducted in Uganda have been released. God bless them and their families!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 7, 2019 2:50 pm […]

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4/7/2019

DEMS/MEDIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Looks like Bob Mueller’s team of 13 Trump Haters & Angry Democrats are illegally leaking information to the press while the Fake News Media make up their own stories with or without sources – sources no longer matter to our corrupt & dishonest Mainstream Media, they are a Joke!”  –Donald Trump, […]

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4/6/2019

BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….it’s powerful common sense Immigration Laws to stop illegals from coming through Mexico into the U.S., and removing them back to their country of origin. Until Mexico cleans up this ridiculous & massive migration, we will be focusing on Border Security, not Ports of Entry….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 6, 2019 6:36 […]

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4/6/2019

CONGRESS/DEMS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….In the meantime, the Democrats in Congress must help the Republicans (we need their votes) to end the horrible, costly and foolish loopholes in our Immigration Laws. Once that happens, all will be smooth. We can NEVER allow Open Borders!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 6, 2019 6:36 pm […]

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4/6/2019

BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We have redeployed 750 agents at the Southern Border’s specific Ports of Entry in order to help with the large scale surge of illegal migrants trying to make their way into the United States. This will cause traffic & commercial delays until such time as Mexico is able to use…” –Donald Trump, […]

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4/6/2019

RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Why should I be defending a fraudulent Russian Witch Hunt. It’s about time the perpetrators of this fraud on me and the American People start defending their dishonest and treasonous acts. How and why did this terrible event begin? Never Forget!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 6, 2019 3:19 pm […]

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4/6/2019

GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “To every member of the @RJC, thank you for your incredible support and your outstanding commitment to our Country, to our safety, and to electing MORE REPUBLICANS. Over the next 19 months, I know that the @RJC will help lead our party to another HISTORIC VICTORY! #TrumpAtRJC https://t.co/P1brsp3PxF”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April […]

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4/6/2019

RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…. against something I knew never existed, Collusion with Russia (so ridiculous!) – No Obstruction. This Russia Hoax must never happen to another President, and Law Enforcement must find out, HOW DID IT START?”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 6, 2019 10:57 am […]

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4/6/2019

DEMS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “So, let’s get this straight! There was No Collusion and in fact the Phony Dossier was a Con Job that was paid for by Crooked Hillary and the DNC. So the 13 Angry Democrats were investigating an event that never happened and that was in fact a made up Fraud. I […]

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4/6/2019

DEMS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “So, let’s get this straight! There was No Collusion and in fact the Phony Dossier was a Con Job that was paid for by Crooked Hillary and the DNC. So the 13 Angry Democrats were investigating an event that never happened and that was in fact a made up Fraud. I […]

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4/6/2019

RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @ABC: NEW: Pres. Trump says he will hold a rally at an undetermined location rather than attend the White House Correspondents’ Dinner,…”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 6, 2019 10:24 am […]

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4/6/2019

DEMS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…..years and $30 million, and they found No Collusion, No Obstruction. But the Democrats, no matter what we give them, will NEVER be satisfied. A total waste of time. As @FrankLuntz has just stated, ‘Enough, America has had enough. What have you accomplished. Public is fed up.’” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April […]

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4/6/2019

RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I have not read the Mueller Report yet, even though I have every right to do so. Only know the conclusions, and on the big one, No Collusion. Likewise, recommendations made to our great A.G. who found No Obstruction. 13 Angry Trump hating Dems (later brought to 18) given two…..” –Donald […]

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4/6/2019

DEMS/ECONOMY/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘The lowest average jobs number for any President since 1951, 4.1%. Economy doing great. If the Democrats win, it is all over.’ @Varneyco @foxandfriends I agree!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 6, 2019 8:24 am […]

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4/5/2019

BORDER/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The House sued members of President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday [4-5-19] over his emergency declaration to force funding for a border wall. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., asserts Trump’s emergency acts in direct disregard of Congress’ will and disputes the president’s ability to access certain […]

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4/5/2019

BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “In a press gaggle before heading off to California to boast of his new-but-not-new wall on Friday [4-5-19] President Donald Trump said that Mexico had recently increased its apprehension of migrants in response to his threat of shutting down the US southern border…During an April 4 radio interview, Tonatiuh Guillén, commissioner of […]

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4/5/2019

GOP/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “It was as if Mark Meadows were watching a political car crash in slow motion. In November 2018, when House Republicans lost their legislative majority, it rendered him a bit player in Donald Trump’s Washington. Then in late November and early December, a more paralyzing fear began to creep into his […]

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4/5/2019

ECONOMY/FEDERAL RESERVE/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said on Friday [4-5-19] the U.S. Federal Reserve should lower interest rates and take other unconventional measures to ease pressure on an economy that he said they slowed down…The U.S. president also suggested that the central bank pursue an unconventional monetary policy called ‘quantitative easing’ that was used […]

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4/5/2019

ELECTION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We don’t know what will emerge as President Trump’s plan to replace Obamacare, which he has promised to unveil immediately after the 2020 elections. But he has recently endorsed several proposals, and they could provide clues. Over the last two weeks, he has sought to re-emphasize health care as an issue, […]

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4/5/2019

ECONOMY/FEDERAL RESERVE/LABOR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Friday [4-5-19] called on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates and take additional steps to stimulate economic growth, his latest attempt to put the traditionally independent central bank under his thumb. Speaking to reporters before traveling to the southwestern border, the president once again criticized the Fed’s […]

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4/5/2019

BORDER/CALIFORNIA/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump traveled to this small border town two hours east of San Diego on Friday [4-5-19] to highlight what he and his aides say is an out-of-control crisis caused by a surge of Central American families who have overwhelmed law enforcement facilities at the border. Just a day after retreating from […]

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4/5/2019

BORDER/MIKE PENCE/NAFTA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s announcement Thursday [4-4-19] that he would be willing to sideline a new trilateral trade pact with Canada and Mexico — a move that would allow him to impose the auto tariffs he has been threatening to unveil — couldn’t have come at a worse time for Mike […]

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4/5/2019

BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @Scavino45: ?Happening Now: President @realDonaldTrump at the Southern Border with the great men and women who protect our country 24/7…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 5, 2019 6:08 pm […]

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4/5/2019

MEXICO/NAFTA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In walking back his threat to close the US-Mexico border, President Donald Trump said Friday [4-5-19] he would override his pending US-Mexico-Canada Agreement to impose a 25% tariff on cars made south of the border if Mexico doesn’t help stem the flow of undocumented immigrants into the United States. After making a […]

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4/5/2019

ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouse: Americans will write our own economic destiny. Never believe the pessimists: Pro-growth, pro-worker policies work. America…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 5, 2019 6:05 pm […]

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4/5/2019

DHS/ICE/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump is pulling the nomination of Ron Vitiello to lead US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, saying he wants to go in a ‘tougher direction’ — a move that came at the urging of White House senior adviser Stephen Miller…Miller directly lobbied Trump to pull the nomination, two White House […]

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4/5/2019

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MEDICAID/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As President Donald Trump continues to make clear that he wants to kill the Affordable Care Act, new research suggests that a big part of the ACA — the expansion of the Medicaid program — was linked with fewer cardiovascular-related deaths in counties where expansion took place. Between 2010 and 2016, […]

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4/5/2019

BORDER/CALIFORNIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Will soon be landing in Calexico, California to look at a portion of the new WALL being built on our Southern Border. Within two years we will have close to 400 miles built or under construction & keeping our Country SAFE – not easy when the Dems are always fighting to stop […]

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4/5/2019

MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The press is doing everything within their power to fight the magnificence of the phrase, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! They can’t stand the fact that this Administration has done more than virtually any other Administration in its first 2yrs. They are truly the ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 5, […]

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4/5/2019

COURTS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congratulations to Brian Hagedorn on his big surprise win over a well funded Liberal Democrat in the Great State of Wisconsin for a very important Supreme Court seat. Republicans are producing big for Wisconsin!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 5, 2019 11:43 am […]

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4/5/2019

ECONOMY/FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Friday [4-5-19] called on the Federal Reserve to take drastic action to support the U.S. economy, about an hour after new data showed strong jobs numbers and healthy wage growth…He also said the central bank should restart its bond-buying program known as ‘quantitative easing,’ a measure taken […]

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4/5/2019

AUTO INDUSTRY/BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump walked back his threat to shut down the U.S.-Mexico border Thursday [4-4-19], letting Mexico off with a ‘one-year warning,’ POLITICO’s Caitlin Oprysko reports. ‘The only thing frankly better, but less drastic than closing the border, is to tariff the cars coming in,’ the president told reporters at the […]

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4/5/2019

BORDER/DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….This will supersede USMCA. Likewise I am looking at an economic penalty for the 500 Billion Dollars in illegal DRUGS that are shipped and smuggled through Mexico and across our Southern Border. Over 100,00 Americans die each year, sooo many families destroyed!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 5, 2019 8:19 am […]

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4/5/2019

IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….However, if for any reason Mexico stops apprehending and bringing the illegals back to where they came from, the U.S. will be forced to Tariff at 25% all cars made in Mexico and shipped over the Border to us. If that doesn’t work, which it will, I will close the Border…….” –Donald […]

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4/5/2019

MEDIA/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Crazed and Dishonest Washington Post again purposely got it wrong. Mexico, for the first time in decades, is meaningfully apprehending illegals at THEIR Southern Border, before the long march up to the U.S. This is great and the way it should be. The big flow will stop…….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April […]

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4/5/2019

CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday [4-5-19] would not predict that a trade deal with China will be reached, even though talks are moving very well along with China. Trump spoke to reporters at the White House after an intense round of trade talks in Washington to hammer out an agreement […]

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4/5/2019

ECONOMY/FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said on Friday [4-5-19] the U.S. Federal Reserve should lower interest rates and take other unconventional measures to ease pressure on an economy that he said they slowed down…The U.S. president also suggested that the central bank pursue an unconventional monetary policy called ‘quantitative easing’ that was used […]

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4/5/2019

BORDER/MEXICO/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said on Friday [4-5-19] he is considering an economic penalty apart from tariffs to counter the smuggling of drugs from Mexico across the southern U.S. border. ‘Likewise I am looking at an economic penalty for the 500 Billion Dollars in illegal DRUGS that are shipped and smuggled through Mexico […]

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4/4/2019

JOE BIDEN/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump posted a mocking video of former Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday, poking fun at the potential candidate’s recent explanation that his propensity for touching other people was about making a “human connection…Trump’s video includes a cut out of Biden meandering around behind the former vice president – […]

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4/4/2019

BORDER/DHS/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said on Thursday [4-4-19] that the agency is in ‘disaster response’ as a result of a steep uptick of migrants at the southern border…Administration officials have been sounding the alarm over the increase in migrants at the southern border, underscoring the change in demographics as one […]

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4/4/2019

CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [4-4-19] hinted the United States and China may be inching closer to finalizing a deal to end a year-long trade impasse between the world’s two largest economic superpowers within weeks. Speaking in the Oval Office, the President said a trade agreement, which he described as ‘the […]

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4/4/2019

FEDERAL RESERVE/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump said Thursday [4-4-19] that he’s recommending Herman Cain, a former pizza executive who dropped his bid for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination amid sexual harassment allegations, for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board…The announcement comes weeks after Trump floated another nominee to fill an open seat […]

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4/4/2019

AUTO INDUSTRY/BORDER/DRUGS/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Days after threatening to close the U.S. border with Mexico, President Donald Trump suggested Thursday [4-4-19] that his administration would slap tariffs on autos long before it considered sealing the nation off from its southern neighbor. ‘I don’t think we’ll ever have to close the border,’ Trump said in the Oval Office.  Trump’s […]

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4/4/2019

JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Trump, ignoring his own troubled history with women and bragging about sexual misconduct, went after Joseph R. Biden Jr. via Twitter on Thursday [4-4-19], posting a video that mocked the former vice president for his handsy approach to politicking. The 15-second clip tweeted Thursday by Mr. Trump — accompanied by […]

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4/4/2019

BUDGET/DEMS/GOP/NATURAL DISASTER/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump received a ring from an unusual caller on Wednesday [4-3-19] evening: Democratic Sen. Doug Jones. The vulnerable Alabama Democrat urged Trump to accept more money for Puerto Rico as a way to unstick a $13 billion disaster aid bill that’s stalled in the Senate. But Trump so […]

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4/4/2019

BORDER/HOUSE OF REPS/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Democrat-controlled House of Representatives will join a growing list of organizations mounting legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration on the border, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday [4-4-19]. The lawsuit was approved with a 3-2 vote along party lines by the House Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group. The […]

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4/4/2019

CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Thursday [4-4-19] that talks with China on a comprehensive trade agreement continue to make progress, but there is still no date for a summit meeting where he and Chinese President Xi Jinping could finalize a deal…After making that statement, Trump turned to his chief negotiator, U.S. Trade […]

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4/4/2019

FEDERAL RESERVE/NOMINATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Mitt Romney is not particularly impressed with the idea of Herman Cain joining the Federal Reserve, though President Donald Trump is pushing forward on the possible nomination. In an interview, the Utah Republican senator brushed off the prospect of Trump following through and officially nominating Cain: ‘I doubt that will […]

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3/4/2019

DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats in the House of Representatives are gearing up to issue subpoenas to try to obtain Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s full report on Russia’s role in the 2016 U.S. election and President Donald Trump’s actions related to the inquiry. The question is: how successful will they be? Attorney […]

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4/4/2019

FOREIGN POLICY/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “The House on Thursday [4-4-19] approved a measure to cut off U.S. support for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen’s bloody civil war, in yet another harsh, bipartisan rebuke of President Donald Trump’s foreign policy. Trump is expected to veto the measure, which passed with support from Republicans and Democrats […]

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4/4/2019

AUTO INDUSTRY/BORDER/DRUGS/MEXICO/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump eased off his threat to shut down the U.S.-Mexico border, instead giving Mexico a ‘one-year warning’ and threatening to first impose auto tariffs before closing the border. ‘The only thing frankly better, but less drastic than closing the border, is to tariff the cars coming in,’ he told […]

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4/4/2019

DRUGS/LEGISLATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sen. Cory Gardner said Thursday [4-4-19] that President Donald Trump told him he’d sign legislation to ensure states can decide for themselves whether to legalize marijuana, but that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell needs some more convincing. The Colorado Republican, along with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), reintroduced their bicameral bill Thursday. The […]

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4/4/2019

AUTO INDISTRY/BORDER/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s threat to close the U.S.-Mexico border to all trade would have an almost immediate and devastating impact on U.S. automotive and auto parts production and employment. The North American auto industry is highly integrated, and U.S. producers rely on over $113 billion in automotive and parts imports and nearly $36 billion in […]

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4/4/2019

MEDIA/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The New York Times had no legitimate sources, which would be totally illegal, concerning the Mueller Report. In fact, they probably had no sources at all! They are a Fake News paper who have already been forced to apologize for their incorrect and very bad reporting on me!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]

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4/4/2019

DEMS/INFRASTRUCTURE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump is in the same boat as Democratic leaders: They’re all under increasing pressure to do something about the aging infrastructure of the nation’s bridges. The recently released annual report by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association, based on an analysis of data from the Department of Transportation, paints a […]

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4/4/2019

DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “There is nothing we can ever give to the Democrats that will make them happy. This is the highest level of Presidential Harassment in the history of our Country!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 4, 2019 7:46 am […]

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4/4/2019

BORDER/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey softened his stance on a possible U.S.-Mexico border closure after meeting with President Donald Trump on Wednesday [4-3-19], saying he would support Trump if he opted for a shutdown but hoped any closure would be ‘as short as possible.’ The Oval Office meeting came two days after […]

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4/4/2019

DEMS/POLLS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “According to polling, few people seem to care about the Russian Collusion Hoax, but some Democrats are fighting hard to keep the Witch Hunt alive. They should focus on legislation or, even better, an investigation of how the ridiculous Collusion Delusion got started – so illegal!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 4, […]

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4/4/2019

CHINA/ECONOMY/FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Despite the unnecessary and destructive actions taken by the Fed, the Economy is looking very strong, the China and USMCA deals are moving along nicely, there is little or no Inflation, and USA optimism is very high!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 4, 2019 7:01 am […]

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4/4/2019

GOLF/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For Donald Trump, the rigid rules of golf are flexible, allowing for the kick of a wayward ball into a better location, skipping a putt that looks close enough. What’s the big deal? That is according to Rick Reilly, a former Sports Illustrated columnist who has just written the book ‘Commander in […]

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