Category: A- Trump As President

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 […]

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10/10/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Despite so many positive events and victories, Media Reseach Center reports that 92% of stories on Donald Trump are negative on ABC, CBS and ABC. It is FAKE NEWS! Don’t worry, the Failing New York Times didn’t even put the Brett Kavanaugh victory on the Front Page yesterday-A17!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]

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10/10/2018

DEMS/MEDICARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump declared Wednesday [10-10-18] that ‘the centrist Democratic Party is dead,’ writing in a USA Today op-ed that the party seeking to overtake Republicans and claim majorities in both houses of Congress will use its Medicare for all push to begin instituting a broader socialist agenda. The bulk of the […]

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10/10/2018

DEMS/MEDICARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is stepping up his attack on Democrats over a health care proposal called Medicare for All, claiming it ‘would end Medicare as we know it and take away benefits that seniors have paid for their entire lives.’ Trump, omitting any mention of improved benefits for seniors that Democrats promise, […]

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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 […]

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10/10/2018

ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT/GOP/PENNSYLVANIA/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is boosting Pennsylvania’s Republican candidates as he works to rally support ahead of November’s midterm elections. Trump invited Reps. Mike Kelly and Lou Barletta up on stage with him Wednesday [10-10-18] in Erie and urged attendees to vote for them. He says, ‘A vote for Mike is a vote […]

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10/10/2018

ELECTION/GOP/HURRICANE/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As Hurricane Michael pounded Florida on Wednesday [10-10-18], President Donald Trump took shelter at a campaign event in Pennsylvania, where he sought to boost Republicans before the midterms. Trump acknowledged the hurricane at the top of his rally in Erie, offering his ‘thoughts and prayers’ to those in the storm’s path and […]

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10/10/2018

MEDIA/MIDDLE EAST/SAUDI ARABIA/TURKEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After Jamal Khashoggi entered Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul a little over a week ago and disappeared, leaders and media worldwide demanded the kingdom explain Turkish claims that the journalist had been killed by the Saudi government. The US initially stayed relatively quiet — but pressure for a more robust […]

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10/10/2018

PROTESTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Forget the bald eagle. The unofficial mascot of Donald Trump’s capital is a very different kind of bird. At the White House, the nearby Trump International Hotel and wherever the presidential motorcade goes, Washingtonians are greeting this presidency with an extended middle finger. As episodes like the separation of migrant families and […]

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10/10/2018

ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump, who as a candidate warned that he alone could fix the nation’s ills, is making the midterms a referendum on the one thing he appears most comfortable talking about: himself. While Trump is not personally facing reelection until 2020, he is asking supporters to suspend their disbelief and imagine […]

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10/10/2018

CHINA/FEDERAL RESERVE/STEVE MNUCHIN/TRADE WAR/TREASURY/ TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin isn’t buying the argument that the Federal Reserve triggered Wednesday’s [10-10-18] steep fall in US stocks…After US stocks suffered their worst sell-off in eight months on Wednesday, President Donald Trump blasted the Fed as ‘crazy’ for continuing to raise interest rates this year…Under Chairman […]

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10/10/2018

BRITAIN/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The retired British spy who wrote an explosive dossier about President Donald Trump’s alleged ties to Russia broke his silence to criticize Trump and the ‘distorted’ state of US politics. The former spy, Christopher Steele, wrote to Vanity Fair shortly after he was named to the magazine’s ‘2018 New Establishment List.’ CNN […]

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10/9/2018

IVANKA/NIKKI HALEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “Nikki Haley’s surprise resignation as the US ambassador to the United Nations raises the next question: Who fills her shoes? As President Donald Trump heaped praise on Haley’s performance during her tenure as the American representative to the world body, he said many people would like to replace her…Trump told reporters […]

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10/9/2018

BORDER/CHILDREN/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the Utah Senate debate Tuesday [10-9-18] night, GOP candidate Mitt Romney called family separations at the border ‘a dark chapter in American history,’ and said that “this is inexcusable, and can’t go on’…Romney faces off in November against Democratic opponent Jenny Wilson, a member of the Salt Lake County Commission. In […]

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10/9/2018

CENSUS/COMMERCE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WILBER ROSS: “The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to block Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross from having to face a deposition on the decision to reinstate a citizenship question on the 2020 census. In papers filed with the court, Solicitor General Noel Francisco told the justices that a panel of judges […]

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10/9/2018

FOREIGN POLICY/IVANKA/NIKKI HALEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “Nikki Haley is resigning as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, jolting the foreign policy world and President Donald Trump’s team just weeks before the midterm elections. Haley, one of the most respected members of Trump’s Cabinet on the international front, said Tuesday [10-9-18] that she will stay in […]

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10/9/2018

CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [10-9-18] repeated his threat to impose tariffs on $267 billion worth of additional Chinese imports if China retaliates for the recent levies and other measures the United States has taken in the countries’ escalating trade war. Trump, speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, also said […]

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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 […]

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10/9/2018

JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/POLICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration on Tuesday [10-8-18] sharply criticized a draft plan hammered out between the nation’s third-largest city and the state of Illinois that envisions far-reaching reforms of Chicago’s 12,000-officer force under close federal court supervision. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the Department of Justice will file ‘a statement of […]

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10/9/2018

AGRICULTURE/ENERGY [ALTERNATIVE]/EPA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is moving to allow year-round sales of gasoline with higher blends of ethanol, a boon for Iowa and other farm states that have pushed for greater sales of the corn-based fuel. President Donald Trump announced he is lifting a federal ban on summer sales of high-ethanol blends during […]

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10/9/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein is calling President Donald Trump’s attack on her handling of an allegation against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh ‘ridiculous and an embarrassment.’ The ranking member of the Judiciary Committee is again denying she breached the confidence of Christine Blasey Ford, who claimed Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her […]

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10/9/2018

MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TURKEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday [10-9-18] he plans to speak with Saudi Arabian officials about the disappearance of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who went missing a week ago. Trump, speaking at the White House, said he did not know details about Khashoggi’s disappearance. Asked if he had spoken […]

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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 […]

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10/9/2018

DEMS/GOP/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Lisa Murkowski is facing fresh political fallout for opposing confirmation of President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, as Republicans fret about her future in the GOP and whether Trump’s attacks on the Alaska senator will alienate her on future votes on his nominees. Her Senate GOP colleagues are defending her, pushing […]

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10/9/2018

CHINA/ECONOMY/TARIFFS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “China’s yuan is forecast to pare some of its recent losses against the dollar over the coming year on hopes that risks from an escalating U.S.-China trade war and a deep sell-off in emerging markets will subside, a Reuters poll found. Having weakened over 6 percent so far this year, the […]

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10/9/2018

FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump declared a reprieve Monday [10-8-18] for Rod Rosenstein , saying he has no plans to fire his deputy attorney general whose future has been the source of intense speculation for two weeks…The flight provided an opportunity for their most extensive conversation since news reports last month […]

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10/9/2018

JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/POLICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Tuesday [10-9-18] the Justice Department would oppose a proposed consent decree to reform the Chicago police department in response to misconduct allegations after the slaying of a black teenager by a white officer. Sessions said in a statement the Trump administration was concerned […]

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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 […]

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10/9/2018

HUMAN RIGHTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The leader of Amnesty International said human rights movements are being galvanized globally by the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump. Kumi Naidoo, who took over as Amnesty’s secretary general last month, told The Associated Press in an interview that Trump administration policies have fueled campaigns on climate change, women’s equality […]

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10/9/2018

AGRICULTURE/ENERGY ALTERNATIVE]/OIL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump launched an effort on Tuesday [10-9-18] to increase ethanol use in the nation’s gasoline pool, delivering a long-sought political victory to the nation’s Farm Belt and angering oil refiners ahead of November’s Congressional elections. Trump announced the lifting of a ban on summer sales of gasoline blended […]

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10/9/2018

HURRICANE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “FLORIDA – It is imperative that you heed the directions of your State and Local Officials. Please be prepared, be careful and be SAFE! #HurricaneMichael https://t.co/VP6PBXfzm9 https://t.co/aKmaDNgZve“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 9, 2018 11:07 am […]

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10/9/2018

HURRICANE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Hurricane on its way to the Florida Pan Handle with major elements arriving tomorrow. Could also hit, in later stage, parts of Georgia, and unfortunately North Carolina, and South Carolina, again…”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 9, 2018 11:00 am […]

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10/9/2018

FEMA/HURRICANE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…Looks to be a Cat. 3 which is even more intense than Florence. Good news is, the folks in the Pan Handle can take care of anything. @FEMA and First Responders are ready – be prepared! #HurricaneMichael” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 9, 2018 11:00 am […]

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10/9/2018

DEMS/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “SENATE DEMOCRATS TAKE ON SHORT-TERM PLANS — All forty-nine Democrats, led by Sen. Tammy Baldwin, are mounting an unlikely effort to strike down the Trump administration’s rule expanding short-term, limited duration health plans. They’re trying to force a Senate vote on Wednesday to overturn the new rule, which became effective last […]

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10/9/2018

ENERGY [ALTERNATIVE]/EPA/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The president is hitting the campaign trail in Iowa today — a few hours after he gives the state’s ethanol industry a big policy win in Washington. President Donald Trump plans to direct EPA to clear the way for gas stations to offer 15 percent ethanol blends year-round, something he has […]

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10/9/2018

AUTO INDUSTRY/CANADA/MEXICO/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s new North American trade deal could lead to some increased investment in the U.S., as he promised — but it will come at a price to consumers. The newly struck three-way agreement includes numerous strict new rules requiring auto manufacturers to source a significant portion of their […]

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10/9/2018

PROTESTS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The paid D.C. protesters are now ready to REALLY protest because they haven’t gotten their checks – in other words, they weren’t paid! Screamers in Congress, and outside, were far too obvious – less professional than anticipated by those paying (or not paying) the bills!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 9, 2018 […]

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10/9/2018

MEDIA/MELANIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TURKEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s fiancée implored President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump ‘to help shed light on’ his disappearance in an op-ed published by The Washington Post Tuesday [10-9-18]. Khashoggi vanished on October 2 after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. As a columnist for the Post, he […]

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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 […]

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10/8/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/HEARING/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The country just witnessed a charade in the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court. I’m not talking about the dramatic hearings nor the stream of serious allegations and full-throated defense to rebut them. Instead, I’m referring to efforts by the White House to manipulate the American […]

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10/8/2018

CAMPAIGN/INTELLIGENCE/ISRAEL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A top Trump campaign official requested online manipulation proposals by an Israeli intelligence firm in 2016 to help defeat Hillary Clinton and Republican primary opponents, The New York Times reports. There is no evidence Trump’s campaign acted on any of the proposals by Psy-Group, a company staffed by former Israeli intelligence […]

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10/8/2018

CLIMATE CHANGE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “A day after the United Nations issued its most urgent call to arms yet for the world to confront the threat of climate change, President Trump boarded Air Force One for Florida — a state that lies directly in the path of this coming calamity — and said nothing about it. […]

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10/8/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump apologized to Brett Kavanaugh and claimed that he was ‘proven innocent’ of multiple sexual misconduct allegations during an elaborate swearing-in ceremony for the new Supreme Court justice…Those statements from the president were his second attempt of the day to discredit Kavanaugh’s accusers, including Christine Blasey Ford, […]

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10/8/2018

CELEBS/JARED KUSHNER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, are expected to meet with the musician Kanye West on Thursday [10-9-18] at the White House, two people familiar with the plans said. Mr. West, who has faced a backlash over his vocal support of the president, will meet first with Mr. Kushner and […]

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10/8/2018

LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump’s lawyers have maintained an unusual level of contact with attorneys representing clients caught up in the expanding Russia probe, communication that could taint evidence that special counsel Robert Mueller is collecting in his investigation of the president. They’re not being shy about it either. The president’s attorneys talk […]

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10/8/2018

GOP/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump has historically low favorability among women, with the Pew Research Center now reporting that 63 percent of women disapprove of how he is doing his job—compared with 30 percent who approve. That might not be surprising, given the range of things that Trump has said and done that might […]

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10/8/2018

FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said Monday [10-8-18] that he had no plans to fire Rod J. Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, in the wake of remarks Mr. Rosenstein had made about the president’s fitness for office and an offer to secretly tape conversations with him…The two men traveled to Florida together on Air […]

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10/8/2018

DEMS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When Senator Joe Manchin III became the lone Democrat to support Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh’s elevation to the Supreme Court on Saturday [10-6-18], protesters in the Capitol screamed ‘shame.’ But in his home state of West Virginia, voters were, if not encouraging, at least understanding: He had saved himself from political […]

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10/8/2018

INTELLIGENCE/ISRAEL/RUSSIA/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A top Trump campaign official requested proposals in 2016 from an Israeli company to create fake online identities, to use social media manipulation and to gather intelligence to help defeat Republican primary race opponents and Hillary Clinton, according to interviews and copies of the proposals. The Trump campaign’s interest in the […]

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10/8/2018

CALIFORNIA/DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump’s shadow loomed large in California’s only scheduled gubernatorial debate Monday [10-8-18], with Democrat Gavin Newsom insisting his GOP opponent threatened to advance the policies of ‘Trump and Trumpism’’ and Republican John Cox repeatedly sidestepping efforts to link him with the president who has enthusiastically endorsed his campaign. Cox, a multi-millionaire […]

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10/8/2018

AGRICULTURE/ELECTION/ENERGY [ALTERNATIVE]/EPA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump will seek to lift a federal ban on summer sales of higher-ethanol blends of gasoline on Tuesday [10-9-18], a senior White House official said, delivering on a move long-sought by anxious Midwest farmers ahead of November’s elections. The move will be coupled with restrictions on biofuel credit […]

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10/8/2018

AGRICULTURE/ELECTION/ENERGY[ALTERNATIVE]/EPA/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to expand sales of corn ethanol on Tuesday [10-9-18], delivering a gift to farm state Republicans a month before the midterm elections. The move ends months of bitter behind-the-scenes fighting between corn backers and the oil industry over Trump’s calls to increase ethanol sales, […]

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10/8/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MINORITIES/POLICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Monday [10-8-18] said he has directed the Justice Department to work with law enforcement in Chicago to ‘straighten out the terrible shooting wave’ in the city…The president also suggested that civic leaders in Chicago actually might not want to curb the violence in Chicago, but that his […]

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10/8/18

MINORITIES/POLICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump pledged on Monday [10-8-18] to end a ‘crime spree’ in Chicago and called for loosening restrictions on police in the third-largest U.S. city to allow stopping and frisking suspects for weapons and other contraband. Chicago police agreed in August 2015 to outside monitoring of stop-and-frisk searches after an […]

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10/8/2018

POLICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Every day, our police officers race into darkened allies, deserted streets, & onto the doorsteps of the most hardened criminals. They see the worst of humanity & they respond with the best of the American Spirit. America’s LEOs have earned the everlasting gratitude of our Nation! https://t.co/RquS91Vz7o“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 8, […]

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10/8/2018

POLICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We thank you. We salute you. We honor you. And we promise you: we will ALWAYS have your BACK – now and FOREVER! #IACP2018 https://t.co/nvUUIuvouj“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 8, 2018 2:27 pm […]

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10/8/2018

POLICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “America’s police officers have earned the everlasting gratitude of our Nation. In moments of danger & despair you are the reason we never lose hope – because there are men & women in uniform who face down evil & stand for all that is GOOD and JUST and DECENT and RIGHT! #IACP2018 […]

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10/8/2018

POLICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It was my great honor to address the International Association of Chiefs of Police Annual Convention in Orlando, Florida. Thank you! #IACP2018 #LESM https://t.co/Z0nY5bSNr6“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 8, 2018 1:32 pm […]

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10/8/2018

FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein held their much-anticipated meeting aboard Air Force One on Monday [10-8-18], White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley told reporters traveling with the president. Rosenstein accompanied the president to Orlando on Monday, where he addressed the annual convention of the International Association […]

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10/8/2018

MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Stormy Daniels said Monday [10-8-18] her feelings toward Michael Cohen have softened after he admitted to working with President Donald Trump to keep her silent about their alleged affair, saying ‘I guess I forgive him.’ Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, said in an interview with Don Lemon on ‘CNN […]

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10/8/2018

POLICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Departing Washington, D.C. for the International Association of Chiefs of Police Annual Convention in Orlando, Florida. Look forward to seeing everyone soon! #IACP2018 https://t.co/EwSd7IU9t1“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 8, 2018 10:31 am […]

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10/8/2018

HOLIDAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Christopher Columbus’s spirit of determination & adventure has provided inspiration to generations of Americans. On #ColumbusDay, we honor his remarkable accomplishments as a navigator, & celebrate his voyage into the unknown expanse of the Atlantic Ocean. https://t.co/Mg3dxRfPuN“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 8, 2018 8:36 am […]

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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 […]

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10/8/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump apologized to Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh for ‘the terrible pain and suffering’ he and his family were ‘forced to endure’ during his confirmation process, at a ceremonial swearing-in event at the White House on Monday [10-8-18] evening…Earlier Monday, Trump claimed the accusations against Kavanaugh were […]

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10/8/2018

ELECTION/GOP/ME TOO/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “On a recent evening in the suburbs of Los Angeles, two dozen women gathered to talk about sexual assault. They did so at the campaign office of Katie Hill, a Democrat running in a district that has been held by Republicans for more than two decades, and amid the drama […]

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10/07/2018

ELECTION/ENERGY [ALTERNATIVE]/EPA/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to announce the lifting of a federal ban on summer sales of higher-ethanol blends of gasoline on Tuesday [10-9-18] in Washington DC ahead of a trip to Iowa the same day, according to two sources familiar with the planning of the event. The move, expected […]

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10/6/2018

DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “You don’t hand matches to an arsonist, and you don’t give power to an angry left-wing mob. Democrats have become too EXTREME and TOO DANGEROUS to govern. Republicans believe in the rule of law – not the rule of the mob. VOTE REPUBLICAN!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 6, 2018 8:21 pm  […]

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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 […]

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10/6/2018

MEDIA/RALLY/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The crowd in front of the U.S. Supreme Court is tiny, looks like about 200 people (& most are onlookers) – that wouldn’t even fill the first couple of rows of our Kansas Rally, or any of our Rallies for that matter! The Fake News Media tries to make it look […]

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10/6/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I applaud and congratulate the U.S. Senate for confirming our GREAT NOMINEE, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, to the United States Supreme Court. Later today, I will sign his Commission of Appointment, and he will be officially sworn in. Very exciting!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 6, 2018 3:15 pm […]

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10/06/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said he was looking forward to a Senate confirmation vote on his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Saturday [10-6-18] and said the conservative judge would do a ‘great, great’ job on the court. The embattled Kavanaugh was poised to win Senate confirmation later on […]

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10/6/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/PROTESTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Women for Kavanaugh, and many others who support this very good man, are gathering all over Capitol Hill in preparation for a 3-5 P.M. VOTE. It is a beautiful thing to see – and they are not paid professional protesters who are handed expensive signs. Big day for America!” -Donald Trump, […]

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