1/6/2020

IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @Jim_Jordan: .@KellyannePolls said it best: ‘I’m not going to be lectured by people who voted… to fork over $130 billion in cash to Ir…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 6, 2020 7:39 pm […]

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1/6/2020

DEMS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….If however, the city or state in question is willing to acknowledge responsibility, and politely asks for help from the Federal Government, we will very seriously consider getting involved in order to make those poorly run Democrat Cities Great Again!’ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 6, 2020 6:50 pm […]

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1/6/2020

IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @marcthiessen: Besides Soleimani already carried out an attack that killed an American citizen. Trump needed no other justification.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 6, 2020 9:50 am […]

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1/3/2020

ASSASSINATION/IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “How Iran will respond to the American assassination of Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani remains a matter of speculation, but one outcome seems almost certain: the end of Europe’s long effort to keep the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal alive. In interviews on Friday [1-3-20], European analysts envisioned a number of baleful results from […]

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1/3/2020

ASSASSINATION/DEMS/FOREIGN POLICY/IRAN/MIDDLE EAST/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The American strike in Baghdad that killed the Iranian general Qassim Suleimani thrust foreign policy to the center of the Democratic presidential race, drawing expressions of grave concern from the leading candidates and stoking a new debate in the party about the American military presence in the Middle East. The […]

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1/3/2020

ASSASSINATION/IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “In the hours after an American drone strike in Iraq killed Iran’s most important military leader, Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, a question has dominated discussion in the Middle East, in Congress and on social media. Could this lead to war between the United States and Iran? In a sense, it already has. […]

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1/3/2020

BUSINESS/CHINA/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “American manufacturing activity contracted last month more than it had in a decade, data released Friday [1-3-20] showed, a sign that economic damage from President Trump’s trade war could linger even after the United States and China sign an initial trade deal. An index published by the Institute for Supply Management […]

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1/3/2020

ASSASSINATION/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump was deep in discussion with political advisers going over campaign plans at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida just before 5 p.m. Thursday when he was abruptly summoned to another meeting. A while later, he returned just as mysteriously, jumping back into the conversation without offering a clue to what was […]

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1/3/2020

ASSASSINATION/IRAN/MIDDLE EAST/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s decision to strike and kill the second most powerful official in Iran turns a slow-simmering conflict with Tehran into a boiling one, and is the riskiest move made by the United States in the Middle East since the invasion of Iraq in 2003. The calculus was straightforward: Washington had […]

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1/3/2020

ASSASSINATION/DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/IRAN/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States and Iran exchanged escalating military threats on Friday [1-3-20] as President Trump warned that he was ‘prepared to take whatever action is necessary’ if Iran threatened Americans and Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, vowed to exact vengeance for the killing on Mr. Trump’s order of Iran’s most valued […]

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1/3/2020

IMPEACHMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate leaders wrangled on Friday [1-3-20] over the terms of President Trump’s impeachment trial, deepening their impasse and throwing the start date further into doubt amid disputes over whether to call witnesses or introduce documentary evidence. In a pair of barbed back-to-back speeches on the Senate floor, the top Republican and the […]

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1/3/2020

CLIMATE CHANGE/INFRASTRUCTURE/LEGISLATION/REGULATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Federal agencies would no longer have to take climate change into account when they assess the environmental impacts of highways, pipelines and other major infrastructure projects, according to a Trump administration plan that would weaken the nation’s benchmark environmental law. The proposed changes to the 50-year-old National Environmental Policy Act could […]

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1/3/2020

ASSASSINATION/IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said on Friday [1-3-20] he ordered the killing of Qassem Soleimani to stop a war, not start one, saying the Iranian military commander was planning imminent attacks on Americans. ‘Soleimani was plotting imminent and sinister attacks on American diplomats and military personnel but we caught him in the act […]

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1/3/2020

GOVERNMENT/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….different places that he thought were wasteful, and the career staff, as they always do, pushed back, and made a million excuses as to why they could not possibly stop spending U.S. taxpayer money. There was a back & forth over the legal arguments, & the W.H. decision was…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]

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1/3/2020

DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….followed, and then it was withdrawn. The Democrats argument for impeachment has not gotten stronger over the last few weeks. As Senator Josh Hawley just said, he’s going to enter a Motion to Dismiss the Impeachment Trial because it’s never actually been brought to trial.’” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 3, 2020 12:27 […]

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1/3/2020

DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….followed, and then it was withdrawn. The Democrats argument for impeachment has not gotten stronger over the last few weeks. As Senator Josh Hawley just said, he’s going to enter a Motion to Dismiss the Impeachment Trial because it’s never actually been brought to trial.’” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 3, 2020 12:09 […]

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1/3/2020

GOVERNMENT/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….different places that he thought were wasteful, and the career staff, as they always do, pushed back, and nade s million excuses as to why they could not possibly stop spending U.S.taxpayer money. There was a back & forth over the legal arguments, & the W.H. decision was….q” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January […]

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1/3/2020

IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “RT @JesseKellyDC: If you’ve been to a VA hospital in recent years and seen a young man missing limbs, there’s a reasonable chance Qasem Sol…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 3, 2020 11:03 am […]

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1/3/2019

MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouse: At the direction of the President, the U.S. military has taken decisive defensive action to protect U.S. personnel abroad b…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 3, 2020 10:40 am […]

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1/3/2020

TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @KimStrassel: Forget Person of the Year. Washington needs an Adult of the Year. My pick for 2019, below. https://t.co/OJVB6945kU via @W…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 3, 2020 10:36 am […]

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1/3/2020

GOP/IMPEACHMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Senate remained at a stalemate on Friday [1-3-20] over how to proceed with the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, as the chamber’s leaders wrangled over whether White House aides will be called as witnesses and the top Democrat appealed to a handful of Republicans who could help break the […]

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1/3/2020

IRAN/IRAQ/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States has paid Iraq Billions of Dollars a year, for many years. That is on top of all else we have done for them. The people of Iraq don’t want to be dominated & controlled by Iran, but ultimately, that is their choice. Over the last 15 years, Iran has […]

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1/3/2019

ASSASSINATION/IRAN/PROTESTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….of PROTESTERS killed in Iran itself. While Iran will never be able to properly admit it, Soleimani was both hated and feared within the country. They are not nearly as saddened as the leaders will let the outside world believe. He should have been taken out many years ago!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]

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1/3/2020

ASSASSINATION/IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “General Qassem Soleimani has killed or badly wounded thousands of Americans over an extended period of time, and was plotting to kill many more…but got caught! He was directly and indirectly responsible for the death of millions of people, including the recent large number….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 3, 2020 8:54 am […]

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1/3/2020

IRAQ/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @TravelGov: #Iraq: Due to heightened tensions in Iraq and the region, we urge U.S. citizens to depart Iraq immediately. Due to Iranian-b…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 3, 2020 7:02 am […]

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1/3/2020

IRAQ/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @USEmbBaghdad: تنبيه أمني – سفارة الولايات المتحدة في بغداد، العراق، 3 كانون الثاني 2020 Security Alert – U.S. Embassy Baghdad, Iraq, J…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 3, 2020 7:01 am […]

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1/3/2020

ASSASSINATION/IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday [1-3-20] said that the top Iranian commander killed in a U.S. air strike, Qassem Soleimani, was planning to kill Americans. ‘General Qassem Soleimani has killed or badly wounded thousands of Americans over an extended period of time, and was plotting to kill many more,’ Trump wrote […]

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1/3/2020

RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump will hold a campaign event in a Miami megachurch on Friday [1-3-20] to shore up support from Christian conservatives, after a prominent evangelical publication questioned whether the faithful should support the Republican. The event by Trump at the 7,000-capacity King Jesus International Ministry church has drawn fresh attention […]

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1/2/2020

ASSASSINATION/IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “Trump says airstrike was ordered ‘to stop a war.’ President Trump said Friday afternoon that the airstrike that killed Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, the powerful Iranian commander, was ordered ‘to stop a war’ and prevented attacks on Americans…Mr. Trump said the United States is not seeking regime change in Iran, but called […]

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1/2/2020

ASSASSINATION/IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s killing of one of Iran’s top military commanders means the elimination of a dangerous U.S. foe – but it also represents a risky escalation in a volatile feud that could backfire on U.S. personnel and allies in the Middle East and beyond. The Pentagon confirmed Thursday that Qassem Soleimani, […]

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1/2/2020

IMPEACHMENT/MITCH MCCONNELL/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The standoff that’s placed President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in limbo is entering a new critical juncture as both sides angle to wring political benefit from the proceedings. Greater clarity of the future of Trump’s impeachment could be derived Friday when the US Senate reconvenes and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell […]

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1/2/2020

CAMPAIGN FINANCE/DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats are riding a massive surge of presidential campaign cash into 2020, boosting the party’s hopes of taking back the White House. Their leading candidates for president faced criticism last year from party veterans alarmed by tepid early fundraising totals. But they finished up 2019 raking in cash from fired-up donors: […]

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1/2/2020

GOP/IMPEACHMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Republican businesswoman who will soon become Georgia’s newest U.S. senator said Thursday [1-2-20] she plans to vote against removing President Donald Trump from office. Kelly Loeffler is scheduled to be sworn in when the Senate convenes Monday in Washington. Her first vote she casts as a senator could come at […]

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1/2/2020

LIBYA/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [1-2-20] warned his Turkish counterpart against sending troops to fight in Libya hours after the Turkish Parliament voted to authorize such a move. Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed several ‘bilateral and regional issues,’ according to a readout of the call released by the White […]

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1/2/2020

FDA/TOBACCO INDUSTRY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration Thursday [1-2-20] rolled out a limited ban on flavored e-cigarettes, enraging anti-tobacco advocates who called the measure a political capitulation that would cause more kids to become addicted to nicotine. The new plan will bar the sale of all sweet and fruity flavored vape pods and cartridges within […]

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1/2/2020

DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….had happened to a Presidential candidate, or President, who was a Democrat, everybody involved would long ago be in jail for treason (and more), and it would be considered the CRIME OF THE CENTURY, far bigger and more sinister than Watergate!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 2, 2020 8:58 am […]

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1/2/2020

INVESTIGATIONS/SPYGATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UKRAINE: “A lot of very good people were taken down by a small group of Dirty (Filthy) Cops, politicians, government officials, and an investigation that was illegally started & that SPIED on my campaign. The Witch Hunt is sputtering badly, but still going on (Ukraine Hoax!). If this….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 2, […]

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1/2/2020

CAMPAIGN FINANCE/DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign announced Thursday [1-2-20] that it raised $46 million during the final three months of 2019 and had nearly $103 million on hand — a massive total at the start of the election year. The quarterly total, which the campaign described as its largest yet, underscores how […]

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1/2/2020

CAMPAIGN FINANCE/DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sohrab Ahmari, New York Post ‘The Trump Campaign raised $10 million in the two days following the impeachment (Scam) vote. It seems the Democrats have shot themselves in the foot in one more way. They set up a process they know is not going to lead to the Presidents removal, &…” […]

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1/2/2020

INVESTIGATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….it’s alienating independents. This President is being persecuted over three years with one investigation after another, and that really plays to his base.” @FoxNews @cvpayne Their partisan Witch Hunt is hurting our Country do badly, & only bringing more division than ever!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 2, 2020 8:42 am […]

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1/2/2020

DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sen. Amy Klobuchar recognizes that Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are going to clean up here. But she sees a path to success by finding voters to whom they have little appeal — like those who are so independent-minded they voted for both Barack Obama and Donald Trump. It shows in every […]

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1/2/2020

CAMPAIGN FINANCE/ELECTION/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign raised $46 million in the fourth quarter of 2019, a major haul that was boosted by a surge of donations in the wake of the Democrats’ impeachment bid, a senior campaign official said on Thursday. The sum gives Trump a fundraising edge over a host of […]

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1/1/2020

TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @DanScavino: “Trump list shows 319 ‘results’ and promises kept in three years” #MAGA??#KAG?? #HNY2020? https://t.co/HPdYZEXfCC“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 1, 2020 11:27 pm […]

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1/1/2020

TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @TeamTrump: ⚡️ With 2019 behind us, we look back on the fantastic accomplishments of President @realDonaldTrump for Americans (so far).…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 1, 2020 9:47 pm […]

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1/1/2020

ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @CLewandowski_: Thank you @realDonaldTrump. We will deliver NH for you in 2020 and you WILL NEVER GET TIRED OF WINNING! https://t.co/TF3…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 1, 2020 9:45 pm […]

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1/1/2020

MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Can’t believe @ATT keeps the management after yet another @CNN ratings dive. Nobody watching, NO CREDIBILITY! Maybe they should make changes at AT&T? https://t.co/jdCLuNWEEQ“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 1, 2020 8:46 pm […]

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1/1/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/INTELLIGENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “By the final days of December, and no later than January 1, a warning [about coronavirus] would have appeared in the President’s Daily Brief—the classified summary of international developments distilled from all intelligence agencies and passed to the president and a handful of advisers. ‘It was in the briefings by the beginning […]

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12/31/2019

MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A year ago, Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher was wearing a Navy uniform at a brig near San Diego, facing murder charges that could have sent him to prison for the rest of his life. Now he is modeling his own lifestyle clothing brand, endorsing nutrition supplements and positioning […]

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12/31/2019

NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, said his country no longer felt bound by its self-imposed moratorium on testing nuclear weapons and long-range ballistic missiles, its official media reported on Wednesday [1-1-20], the strongest indication yet that the country could soon resume such tests. Mr. Kim also said the world would witness […]

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12/31/2019

IMPEACHMENT/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. prepares to preside over the impeachment trial of President Trump, he issued pointed remarks on Tuesday [12-31-19] in his year-end report on the state of the federal judiciary that seemed to be addressed, at least in part, to the president himself. The two men […]

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12/31/2019

CLIMATE CHANGE/EPA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A top panel of government-appointed scientists, many of them hand-selected by the Trump administration, said on Tuesday [12-31-19] that three of President Trump’s most far-reaching and scrutinized proposals to weaken major environmental regulations are at odds with established science. Draft letters posted online Tuesday by the Environmental Protection Agency’s Scientific Advisory […]

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12/31/2019

IRAN/MIDDLE EAST/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “President Trump toughened his rhetoric toward Iran on Tuesday [12-31-19], saying the country would ‘be held fully responsible’ for the attack by Iraqi demonstrators on the United States Embassy compound in Baghdad, an assault that Mr. Trump said was directed by Tehran…The growing crisis has strained Mr. Trump’s aversion to war […]

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12/31/2019

TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @LindseyGrahamSC: President Trump, unlike President Obama, will hold you accountable for threats against Americans and hit you where it…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 31, 2019 8:06 pm […]

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12/31/2019

TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @dcexaminer: ‘He has put the world on notice – there will be no Benghazis on his watch.’ @LindseyGrahamSC praises @realDonaldTrump for…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 31, 2019 8:05 pm […]

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12/31/2019

TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VETS: “One of my greatest honors was to have gotten CHOICE approved for our great Veterans. Others have tried for decades, and failed! https://t.co/NcVbbnrT5O“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 31, 2019 7:55 pm […]

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