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 Capital 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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10/5/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/PROTESTS/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Trump on Friday [10-5-18] assailed the women who protested his embattled Supreme Court nominee by confronting senators in elevators, claiming that they had been paid and were only trying to make the lawmakers ‘look bad.’ Two women approached Senator Jeff Flake, Republican of Arizona, inside an elevator last […]

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10/5/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/PROTESTS/SUPREME SOURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump lashed out Friday [10-5-18] at female protesters who have confronted senators over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, labeling them ‘rude elevator screamers’ and ‘paid professionals only looking to make Senators look bad.’ Trump’s tweet Friday came before a crucial Senate vote on Kavanaugh, who stands accused of […]

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10/5/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/ELECTION/GOP/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Fox News anchors said Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony was compelling. Republican strategists sent panicked text messages anticipating an electoral disaster. And even some Brett Kavanaugh supporters questioned whether he could rescue his nomination. But as Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court appeared to be crumbling under the weight of sexual […]

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10/5/2018

CHINA/CYBERWAR/ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “White House claims that China is meddling in the midterms do not ring true to experts and cybersecurity firms that have long tracked Beijing’s digital espionage operations and propaganda campaigns…President Donald Trump aired the idea last month that Russia isn’t the only country attempting to undermine the U.S. democratic process. And in […]

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10/5/2018

CONGRESS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump huddled Wednesday [10-3-18] with Fox News host Sean Hannity and former Speaker Newt Gingrich, according to two people familiar with the plans, a meeting that was originally set to discuss midterm strategy. The meeting took place at the White House as Trump prepares a four week push to […]

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10/5/2018

CALIFORNIA/COURTS/IMMIGRATION/JEFF SESSIONS/SANCTUARY CITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A U.S. judge on Friday [10-5-18] blocked the Trump Administration from placing conditions on public safety grants to further its crackdown on illegal immigration, and he ordered the grant money to be released to California ‘sanctuary cities.’ However, while Judge William Orrick in San Francisco found that the conditions placed […]

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10/05/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed to the Supreme Court, the question that would hang over him, based on all he has been through and all he has said, is: Can he be fair? Retired Justice John Paul Stevens, prominent law professors, attorneys and lawmakers have all raised that question as […]

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10/5/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/ME TOO/PROTESTS/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump on Friday [10-5-18] attempted to undermine the legitimacy and motivation of thousands of demonstrators on Capitol Hill protesting Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, saying demonstrations are funded by George Soros, a billionaire financier and liberal donor who is the frequent topic of unsubstantiated right-wing conspiracy […]

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10/5/2018

IRAN/MILITARY/RALLY/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman dismissed remarks by Donald Trump in which the U.S. president said he had warned the king he would not last in power ‘for two weeks’ without U.S. military backing and demanded he pay up…Trump made the comments at a rally in Mississippi on Tuesday […]

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10/5/2018

ECONOMY/JOBS/LABOR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Unemployment fell to its lowest level in nearly half a century in September even as job growth slowed, allowing President Donald Trump to present a mostly-favorable economic picture in the critical home stretch before the midterm elections. The Labor Department reported 134,000 new jobs in September, down from 270,000 in August. Wage […]

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10/5/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/PROTESTS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump on Friday [10-5-18] accused the protesters demonstrating against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of being ‘paid professionals’ and part of a smear campaign funded by left-leaning donors, after female activists confronted Sens. Orrin Hatch and Jeff Flake about sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh…Ana Maria Archila, one of […]

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10/5/2018

PROTESTS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “The very rude elevator screamers are paid professionals only looking to make Senators look bad. Don’t fall for it! Also, look at all of the professionally made identical signs. Paid for by Soros and others. These are not signs made in the basement from love! #Troublemakers” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 5, […]

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10/5/2018

CELEBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @RealJamesWoodss: Whether you love or hate him, Trump’s ascendancy to the presidency was a once-in-a-century miracle. He was literally t…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 5, 2018 6:29 am […]

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10/5/2018

EU/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “European Union ministers debated on Friday [10-5-18] what to offer the United States to ease trade tensions and avoid a return to a tit-for-tat tariff conflict that could hit EU cars. U.S. President Donald Trump agreed in July to hold back on a threatened 25-percent import tariff on EU cars while […]

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10/5/2018

ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Leonard Lance is a Republican congressman seeking re-election in a Republican district. But he has little to say about the Republican president. Lance’s campaign website, which outlines his positions on immigration, taxes and other hot issues, offers no statement of support for President Donald Trump. On his Twitter and Facebook accounts, […]

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10/4/2018

DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I’ve figured it out: Donald Trump is the leader of the resistance inside his own administration. The 45th president exudes more defiance from one of his short, little fingers than all the liberal yodelers of the Democratic Party and entire armies of pink pussy-hat-wearing protesters put together. When not contravening the libs, […]

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10/4/2018

GOLF/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “President Donald Trump’s flagship golf resort in Scotland has lost millions of dollars for a fourth year in a row. His Turnberry resort on the Irish Sea lost 3.4 million pounds ($4.4 million dollars at current exchange rates) in 2017, despite opening a new course and refurbished hotel, according to a […]

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10/4/2018

ELECTION/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESDIENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House has a message for vulnerable House Republicans tiptoeing around President Donald Trump: Get on board or start packing. The warning comes in a memo from White House political director Bill Stepien, who argues that GOP candidates who try to distance themselves from the president are only […]

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10/4/2018

ELECTION/GOP/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s political team wanted to rally in Florida next week beside Ron DeSantis, the Republican nominee for governor, and the Republican who hopes to succeed him in the House. But sources familiar with the talks say the congressional candidate, Michael Waltz, declined amid concerns about the risks of publicly stumping […]

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10/4/2018

AIRLINE INDUSTRY/DHS/DRONES/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will sign a bill on Friday {10-5-18] granting the U.S. government new powers to shoot down threatening drones and creating new consumer protections for airline passengers, officials said on Thursday [10-4-18]. Trump is set to sign the bill on Friday that will, among other measures, bar airlines […]

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10/4/2018

DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Seeking to boost Republican turnout in key Minnesota battlegrounds, President Donald Trump attacked Democrats Thursday [10-4-18] night, arguing that their ‘rage-fueled resistance’ to his Supreme Court nominee will motivate GOP voters this fall. Speaking before a cheering crowd at a rally in Rochester, Trump praised Judge Brett Kavanaugh, whose nomination […]

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10/4/2018

FOREIGN POLICY/MUSLIMS/NATO/RELIGION/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Evangelical Christians came out aggressively for Donald Trump in 2016. As president, Trump has returned the favor, delivering for the Christian right — not just at home, but also overseas. Trump defied international opinion and recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The White House rattled relations with NATO ally Turkey by imposing […]

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10/4/2018

ENDORSEMENT/GOP/RALLY/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just made my second stop in Minnesota for a MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN rally. We need to elect @KarinHousley to the U.S. Senate, and we need the strong leadership of @TomEmmer, @Jason2CD, @JimHagedornMN and @PeteStauber in the U.S. House!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 4, 2018 5:58 pm […]

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10/4/2018

CHINA/DEFENSE/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Pentagon released a report Friday [10-5-18] accusing China of seeking to undermine the US military’s industrial base, the latest in a series of US jabs at Beijing…The study, mandated by US President Donald Trump last year in an executive order, identified nearly 300 ‘vulnerabilities’ that could affect the supply of critical […]

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10/4/2018

CENSUS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Justice Department asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday [10-3-18] to block a lower court order for Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to be questioned by lawyers for a group of states challenging a decision by President Donald Trump’s administration to ask people taking part in the 2020 census whether […]

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10/4/2018

AIRLINE INDUSTRY/DHS/DRONES/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will sign a bill on Friday [10-5-18] granting the U.S. government new powers to shoot down threatening drones and creating new consumer protections for airline passengers, officials said on Thursday [10-4-18]. Trump is set to sign the bill on Friday that will, among other measures, bar airlines […]

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10/4/2018

CHINA/MIKE PENCE/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday [10-3-18] accused China of trying to undermine President Donald Trump through a variety of tactics, including targeted tariffs on Trump supporters and well-placed propaganda meant to exploit ‘wedge issues’…Pence’s comments — sure to further inflame tensions between the two countries — fleshed out Trump’s vague […]

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10/4/2018

CHINA/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “China accused US Vice President Mike Pence of slandering the country with ‘baseless’ allegations Friday {10-5-18], after he delivered a scathing speech in Washington claiming Beijing was trying to covertly influence US politics for its own political gain. Pence launched his full-throated attack in a speech to the Hudson Institute, […]

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10/4/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [10-3-18] declared that the allegations of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh are ‘totally uncorroborated’ and will possibly benefit Republicans in the upcoming midterms…The tweet came as senators were set to begin reviewing the results of an FBI investigation into the allegations […]

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10/4/2018

CANADA/NAFTA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two world leaders couldn’t be further apart in ideology but closer in geography, but after months of tension over NAFTA negotiations, President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could finally be making up. Several sources familiar with a Monday [10-1-18] call between the two leaders described the president dominating the […]

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10/4/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thursday [10-4-18] was a very good day for Brett Kavanaugh — maybe his best day since being chosen as Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee back in July. Friday [10-5-18] was even better, as his confirmation to the court appeared to be sealed with three key senators deciding he’s worthy of […]

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10/4/2018

MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Our country’s great First Lady, Melania, is doing really well in Africa. The people love her, and she loves them! It is a beautiful thing to see.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 4, 2018 8:34 am  […]

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10/4/2018

INDIA/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “India could soon be faced with the threat of US sanctions following a controversial $5 billion weapons deal with Russia, a move analysts say poses more of a headache for Washington than it does Delhi. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi finalized the deal, which will see India take possession of a high-tech […]

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10/4/2018

AFRICA/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. First Lady Melania Trump laid a wreath at a 17th-century slave fortress in Ghana on Wednesday [10-3-18], vowing never to forget where Africans were held before being shipped away into further hardship, most across the Atlantic. Ghana is the jumping-off point for her first major solo international trip for Melania as […]

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10/4/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The harsh and unfair treatment of Judge Brett Kavanaugh is having an incredible upward impact on voters. The PEOPLE get it far better than the politicians. Most importantly, this great life cannot be ruined by mean & despicable Democrats and totally uncorroborated allegations!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 4, 2018 7:16 am […]

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10/4/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal on Thursday [10-4-18] arguing he is an ‘independent, impartial judge’ and conceding he ‘might have been too emotional’ in his testimony in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee last week…Kavanaugh and California professor Christine Blasey […]

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10/4/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/PROTESTS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Nearly 300 protesters were arrested at a US Senate building on Thursday [10-4-18] afternoon as crowds of activists descended on Capitol Hill while lawmakers reviewed the FBI’s report on the allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Protesters gathered in the Hart Senate Building atrium after US Capitol Police barricaded […]

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10/4/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday [10-4-18] following the completion of an FBI investigation of his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh that the sexual assault allegations against him were ‘totally uncorroborated.’ Trump said in a Twitter post that Kavanaugh had been subjected to ‘harsh and unfair treatment’ and […]

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10/4/2018

CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congressman Bishop is doing a GREAT job! He helped pass tax reform which lowered taxes for EVERYONE! Nancy Pelosi is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on his opponent because they both support a liberal agenda of higher taxes and wasteful spending!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 4, 2018 5:17 pm […]

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10/4/2018

DEMS/HEALTHCARE/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats are quietly preparing to launch a slew of investigations into the Trump administration’s health care moves if they retake the House in November, aiming to freeze the White House’s efforts to unravel Obamacare and probe the administration’s care of immigrant kids. The wide-ranging inquiries, coordinated across multiple committees, […]

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10/3/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/NOMINATION/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senators will be able to start reading the FBI investigation summaries into President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday [10-4-18] morning, Senate sources told CNN. Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley is expected to read the summaries first, followed by the top Democrat on the committee, Sen. […]

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10/3/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “US President Donald Trump is facing criticism from fellow Republicans after he mocked a woman who says she was assaulted by his Supreme Court nominee. Senators Jeff Flake and Susan Collins, both key votes to confirm Brett Kavanaugh, called Mr Trump’s remarks ‘appalling’ and ‘just plain wrong’. At a rally, Mr […]

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10/3/2018

COURTS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge late Wednesday [10-3-18] blocked the Trump administration’s move to end Temporary Protected Status for more than 300,000 nationals from El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua and Sudan. The move temporarily halts the administration’s plan to force the beneficiaries — some of whom have lived in the U.S. for decades — to […]

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10/3/2018

GOP/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “For more than two weeks he held back. Against all his instincts, President Trump for the most part resisted directly attacking the woman whose sexual assault allegation has jeopardized his Supreme Court nomination. The accuser was to be treated with kid gloves, like ‘a Fabergé egg,’ as one adviser put […]

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10/3/2018

FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/MEXICO/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Wednesday [10-3-18] that U.S. President Donald Trump informed him he won’t be coming to his Dec. 1 inauguration and will be sending Vice President Mike Pence instead. During a telephone conversation, Lopez Obrador talked to Trump about plans for development projects in Central […]

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10/3/2018

MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP NETWORTH/TRUMP TAXES: “The president claims that his company was built solely through hard work. A 14,000-word investigation by the NYT begs to differ. It found that the Trump Organization owes its success to multimillion-dollar gifts from Fred C. Trump, President Trump’s father, and tax schemes that some experts say may have […]

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10/3/2018

FBI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A subject believed to be connected to suspicious letters sent to President Donald Trump and top Pentagon officials was taken into custody by federal law enforcement in Utah, a federal law enforcement official told CNN on Wednesday. FBI tactical and hazardous material response personnel searched the subject’s residence outside Salt Lake City. […]

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10/3/2018

DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Richard Ojeda is not a typical Democratic congressional candidate. The heavily tattooed former Army paratrooper stomps around southwestern West Virginia in tight Grunt Style t-shirts, tactical pants and combat boots. He included his own cell phone number — and a promise to answer it — in his campaign kick-off video. In […]

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10/3/2018

CANADA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After months of tension and insults in their trade war, President Donald Trump tried out a new role with Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: peacemaker. Several sources familiar with a Monday {10-1-18] call between the two leaders described the president dominating the conversation with an almost uninterrupted burst of enthusiasm, speaking […]

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10/3/2018

POLICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “My thoughts and prayers are with the Florence County Sheriff’s Office and the Florence Police Department tonight, in South Carolina. We are forever grateful for what our Law Enforcement Officers do 24/7/365. https://t.co/ZwDmDthItD“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 3, 2018 7:01 pm […]

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10/3/2018

MEDIA/TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “President Donald Trump has badmouthed his hometown newspaper’s reporting as ‘sick,’ ‘weak,’ and ‘nasty.’ He even tells its reporters they work for the ‘failing New York Times.’ But in moments of reflection, he’s allowed that it’s a ‘great, great American jewel.’ The Grey Lady has long occupied space in Trump’s […]

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10/3/2018

CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “Sen. Cory Booker accused Donald Trump of ‘criminal behavior.’ Sen. Elizabeth Warren said it’s more evidence of the president’s corruption. And Washington Gov. Jay Inslee cracked: ‘The Emperor did have clothes, but it turns out it was his dad’s.’ A day after The New York Times published a 14,000-word investigation on […]

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10/3/2018

COURTS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The month of September 2018 will undoubtedly go down in U.S. legal history for the rancorous furor over Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, regardless of whether Kavanaugh, a judge on the District of Columbia U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, is ultimately confirmed by the U.S. Senate. But in […]

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10/3/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/RALLY/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Sen. Joe Manchin praised President Donald Trump’s handling of the allegations facing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh over the weekend in a private telephone call, thanking the president for supporting an FBI investigation and his relative public restraint. The West Virginia Democrat, one of five remaining undecided senators, had […]

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10/3/2018

MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP NETWORTH/TRUMP TAXES: “U.S. President Donald Trump engaged in tax schemes that included cases of fraud in which he and his siblings helped their parents dodge millions of dollars in taxes, the New York Times reported on Tuesday [10-2-18]. The Times investigation, which the White House said was ‘misleading,’ showed Trump received […]

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10/3/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/GOP/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I see it each time I go out to Rallies in order to help some of our great Republican candidates. VOTERS ARE REALLY ANGRY AT THE VICIOUS AND DESPICABLE WAY DEMOCRATS ARE TREATING BRETT KAVANAUGH! He and his wonderful family deserve much better.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 3, 2018 9:29 am […]

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10/3/2018

ENERGY/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Global energy bosses assembled in Moscow on Wednesday [10-3-18] said the world needed Russian gas to keep the lights on, in a clear message to U.S. President Donald Trump who has warned he may impose sanctions on Russian gas export projects. Trump’s administration, citing what it calls Russia’s failure to act as […]

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10/3/2018

ELECTION/GOP/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump plans to visit six states over the next 10 days to energize his supporters to turn out for Republicans in tight races for the House of Representatives in upcoming congressional elections, according to a White House memo. Trump’s Republican Party is at risk of losing control of the […]

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10/3/2018

CANADA/MEXICO/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you to Congressman Tom Reed of New York for your wonderful comments on our great new Trade Deal with Mexico and Canada, the USMCA. I have long ago given you my Full Endorsement, and for good reason. Keep up the Great Work! @Varneyco” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 3, 2018 9:02 […]

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10/3/2018

ECONOMY/MILITARY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Stock Market just reached an All-Time High during my Administration for the 102nd Time, a presidential record, by far, for less than two years. So much potential as Trade and Military Deals are completed.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 3, 2018 8:04 am […]

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10/3/2018

OIL/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday [10-3-18] that his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump was right that the current oil price was too high. Putin said at the Russian Energy Week forum that the price has risen because of the U.S. sanctions against one of the top OPEC producers, Iran. We would […]

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10/2/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “The FBI is expanding its inquiry into sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh beyond the initial four interviews that the White House directed to be conducted. Two sources told CNN on Tuesday that more interviews are happening with a focus on other Kavanaugh high school friends […]

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10/2/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/RALLY/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump shifted his tone on Tuesday [10-2-18] evening and launched into his fiercest attack yet against Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, the California professor whose allegation of sexual assault by Judge Brett Kavanaugh kick-started the FBI’s weeklong investigation of the Supreme Court nominee. During an extended sequence at his […]

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10/2/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/RALLY/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump for the first time directly mocked Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee by casting doubt on her testimony during a campaign rally. Before the crowd Tuesday [10-2-18] night in Southaven, Mississippi, Trump imitated Ford during her testimony, mocking her for not knowing the […]

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10/2/2018

NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump, a teetotaler who says he’s never even had a beer, finds himself in the awkward position of fiercely defending a Supreme Court nominee under harsh scrutiny for his past heavy drinking. The more Trump embraces his embattled nominee and publicly comments on accounts that Brett Kavanaugh drank […]

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10/2/2018

MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP TAXES: “The White House pushed back against an exhaustive investigation published by The New York Times on Tuesday [10-2-18] that alleged Donald Trump perpetrated various tax schemes and fraud during the 1990s to bolster the inheritance he received from his parents, calling the report a ‘misleading attack’ on the president’s family…The […]

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10/2/2018

TRUMP FAMILYTRUMP TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump helped ‘his parents dodge taxes’ in the 1990s, including ‘instances of outright fraud’ that allowed him to amass a fortune from them, according to an analysis Tuesday [10-2-18] from The New York Times. Trump received at least $413 million in today’s dollars from his father’s real estate […]

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10/2/2018

CANADA/MEXICO/NAFTA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump has long wielded the word ‘Nafta’ like an epithet, deriding the North American Free Trade Agreement as the worst trade deal in history. So when he renamed it the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement — or U.S.M.C.A. — this week, he may have short-circuited attempts to criticize the new deal. Why? […]

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10/2/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/RALLY/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Trump on Tuesday [10-2-18] sharply mocked the woman whose allegation of sexual assault has upended his effort to install a second justice on the Supreme Court, escalating a battle that has already polarized Washington and the country. At a campaign rally, Mr. Trump went further than ever before in […]

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10/2/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/NOMINATION/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The nomination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court has exposed just how far the Senate has drifted from the rules of decorum that once elevated senatorial prerogative over party, leaving behind the kind of smash-mouth partisan politics that have long dominated the unruly House. Senate rules […]

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10/2/2018

CANADA/CHINA/MEXICO/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The fine print of the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement includes a provision that requires any country in the pact to give three months’ notice to other parties if it is entering into trade negotiations with a nonmarket economy, which the U.S. considers China to be. If one country enters into a […]

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10/2/2018

TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP NETWORTH/TRUMP TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump participated in dubious tax schemes during the 1990s, including instances of outright fraud, that greatly increased the fortune he received from his parents, an investigation by The New York Times has found. Mr. Trump won the presidency proclaiming himself a self-made billionaire, and he has long insisted […]

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