4/10/2019

COURTS/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TREASURY/TRUMP TAXES: “The likelihood of a court fight over President Donald Trump’s tax returns grew on Wednesday [4-10-19] when the U.S. Treasury Department said it would not meet a deadline set by Democratic legislators to provide them and Trump himself stuck to his refusal to publicly release the documents. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven […]

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4/9/2019

BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Everybody is now acknowledging that, right from the time I announced my run for President, I was 100% correct on the Border. Remember the heat I took? Democrats should now get rid of the loopholes. The Border is being fixed. Mexico will not let people through!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 9, 2019 […]

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4/9/2019

ANTI-SEMITISM/DEMS/DHS/STEPHEN MILLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [4-91-19] accused Rep. Ilhan Omar of targeting Jews after she called one of the president’s top aides, Stephen Miller, a white nationalist…Omar on Monday afternoon labeled Miller, known for pushing hard-line immigration and border security policies, a ‘white nationalist.’ Miller, who is Jewish, has reportedly grown […]

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4/9/2019

DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Democrats are demanding the Trump administration turn over documents related to its refusal to defend Obamacare in court, in an escalation of the political battle over a case that has put health care at risk for millions. The chairmen of five House committees sent letters to the White House, […]

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4/9/2019

ANTI-SEMITISM/DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is set to make the case for Jewish voters to back his re-election as he takes a victory lap with Republican donors in Las Vegas. Trump is appearing at the annual meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition, which supported his 2016 campaign and is preparing to spend millions on […]

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4/9/2019

DEMS/DHS/IMMIGRATION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The leader of Senate Democrats says ‘chaos’ in the Trump administration on immigration and other policy is the president’s fault. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer said on the Senate floor Tuesday that President Donald Trump ‘cannot keep changing personnel, changing strategy, tweeting your way through a problem as serious’ as immigration. The […]

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4/9/2019

DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/STEVEN MNUCHIN/TREASURY/TRUMP TAXES: “U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Tuesday [4-9-19] that Treasury Department lawyers had held discussions with the White House about an expected request from House Democrats for President Donald Trump’s tax returns. Mnuchin, at a House Appropriations subcommittee budget hearing, said the ‘informational’ conversations had taken place before House […]

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4/9/2019

CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….I got along very well with Jerry during the zoning and building process. Then I changed course (slightly), became President, and now I am dealing with Congressman Nadler again. Some things never end, but hopefully it will all go well for everyone. Only time will tell!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 9, 2019 […]

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4/9/2019

CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congressman Jerry Nadler fought me for years on a very large development I built on the West Side of Manhattan. He wanted a Rail Yard built underneath the development or even better, to stop the job. He didn’t get either & the development became VERY successful. Nevertheless,….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 9, […]

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4/8/2019

DEMS/NEW YORK/TRUMP TAXES: “In an attempt to work around the White House, Democratic lawmakers in Albany are trying to do what their federal counterparts have so far failed to accomplish: to obtain President Trump’s tax returns. Albany lawmakers are seeking state tax returns, not the federal ones at the heart of the current standoff in […]

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4/8/2019

DEMS/NEW YORK/TRUMP TAXES: “For more than two years, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has railed against President Trump, attacking his policies on everything from immigration and reproductive rights to his handling of the disaster response in Puerto Rico. Now, Mr. Cuomo, a third-term Democrat, has said he would throw his weight behind an attempt to obtain […]

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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

DEMS/TRUMP TAXES: “RT @Jim_Jordan: Dems want President’s tax returns for purely political purposes! Frightening, but shouldn’t surprise us—same folks used th…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 8, 2019 7:09 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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4/7/2019

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

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

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

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

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

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

DEMS/TREASURY/TRUMP TAXES: “A lawyer for President Donald Trump is urging the Treasury Department to reject House Democrats’ demands for Trump’s tax returns. In a letter released Friday [4-5-19], William Consovoy said the administration should deny the request because lawmakers do not have a legislative reason for seeking the returns. Democrats merely want the president’s confidential […]

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4/5/2019

DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP TAXES: “An attorney for President Donald Trump on Friday [4-5-19] blasted U.S. House Democrats’ request for six years of Trump’s tax returns as ‘a misguided attempt’ to politicize the tax laws, accusing lawmakers of harassment and interference in IRS audits. In a statement that mapped out the legal battlefield ahead, William Consovoy […]

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4/4/2019

DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Three powerful House committee chairs asked Capital One for documents last month related to President Donald Trump’s business empire — and the financial giant said it was already preserving documents but needs a subpoena in order to comply, according to letters obtained by POLITICO. The March 11 request from House Oversight and […]

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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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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

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

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

DEMS/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Lawyers for Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer, told congressional lawmakers in a letter on Thursday [4-4-19] that Mr. Cohen can best help their oversight inquiries if he remains out of prison to sift through millions of his documents — and they asked the help of Democrats […]

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4/3/2019

DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP TAXES: “The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, using a little-known provision in the federal tax code, formally requested on Wednesday [4-3-19] that the I.R.S. hand over six years of President Trump’s personal and business tax returns, starting what is likely to be a momentous fight with his administration. Representative […]

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4/3/2019

DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP TAXES: “After months of promises and amid growing frustration from even some of his Democratic colleagues, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal formally requested six years of Donald Trump’s tax returns on Wednesday [4-3-19] — a move that will likely trigger one of the biggest political and legal showdowns of […]

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4/3/2019

2016 ELECTION/CONGRESS/DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. congressional Democrats on Wednesday [4-3-19] authorized a powerful committee chairman to subpoena Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s full report on Russia’s role in the 2016 election, moving closer to a legal clash with President Donald Trump’s administration. The Democratic-led House of Representatives Judiciary Committee voted to enable its chairman, […]

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4/3/2019

DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “The House’s top tax writer formally requested President Donald Trump’s tax returns on Wednesday [4-3-19], escalating a bid by Democrats to unmask the long-hidden documents that’s likely to ignite a precedent-setting legal showdown between Congress and the administration. Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.), citing an arcane law […]

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4/3/2019

COURTS/DEMS/GOP/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senate Republicans used the ‘nuclear option’ Wednesday [4-3-19] to unilaterally reduce debate time on most presidential nominees, the latest in a series of changes to the fabric of the Senate to dilute the power of the minority. The move by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) immediately paves the way to […]

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4/3/2019

DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “An accounting firm is asking the House Oversight and Reform Committee to issue it a subpoena before sending lawmakers 10 years of President Donald Trump’s financial records, the panel’s chairman said on Wednesday [4-3-19], adding that the firm intends to turn over the documents. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) told reporters that […]

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4/2/2019

BUDGET/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Democrats formally punted on releasing a budget blueprint on Tuesday [4-2-19], instead unveiling a bill that would increase military and domestic spending caps by more than $350 billion over the next two years. The proposal frustrated fiscal hawks on both sides of the aisle and Democrats on the party’s […]

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4/2/2019

DEMS/INVESTIGATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “There is no amount of testimony or document production that can satisfy Jerry Nadler or Shifty Adam Schiff. It is now time to focus exclusively on properly running our great Country!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 2, 2019 7:54 am […]

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4/2/2019

DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Robert Mueller was a God-like figure to the Democrats, until he ruled No Collusion in the long awaited $30,000,000 Mueller Report. Now the Dems don’t even acknowledge his name, have become totally unhinged, and would like to go through the whole process again. It won’t happen!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 2, […]

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4/2/2019

DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In 1998, Rep.Jerry Nadler strongly opposed the release of the Starr Report on Bill Clinton. No information whatsoever would or could be legally released. But with the NO COLLUSION Mueller Report, which the Dems hate, he wants it all. NOTHING WILL EVER SATISFY THEM! @foxandfriends” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 2, 2019 […]

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4/2/2019

CONGRESS/DEMS/ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A looming battle between President Donald Trump and Democrats over government spending and the debt limit could make the 35-day government shutdown look like a blip. A series of budget deadlines converge in the coming months that could leave Washington on the precipice of another shutdown, $100 billion in automatic spending cuts and […]

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4/1/2019

DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “No matter what information is given to the crazed Democrats from the No Collusion Mueller Report, it will never be good enough. Behind closed doors the Dems are laughing!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 1, 2019 9:43 am […]

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4/1/2019

CENSUS/CITIZENSHIP/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Can you believe that the Radical Left Democrats want to do our new and very important Census Report without the all important Citizenship Question. Report would be meaningless and a waste of the $Billions (ridiculous) that it costs to put together!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 1, 2019 8:03 am […]

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4/1/2019

DEMS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Now that the long awaited Mueller Report conclusions have been released, most Democrats and others have gone back to the pre-Witch Hunt phase of their lives before Collusion Delusion took over. Others are pretending that their former hero, Bob Mueller, no longer exists!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 1, 2019 7:07 am […]

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4/1/2019

DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Jaden Rams used to be on fire for Donald Trump. Shortly before the 2016 presidential election, when he was 13, he put on a red MAGA hat and matching tie and yelled his support at a rally in his hometown, Grand Junction, Colo…Today he calls the presidential campaign and its aftermath ‘a […]

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4/1/2019

DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House Judiciary Committee has scheduled a vote on Wednesday [4-3-19] to authorize a subpoena that Democrats can use to try to force the Justice Department to hand over an unredacted copy of the special counsel’s report and underlying evidence. The move on Monday [4-1-19] by Representative Jerrold […]

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3/31/2019

DEMS/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democrats are allowing a ridiculous asylum system and major loopholes to remain as a mainstay of our immigration system. Mexico is likewise doing NOTHING, a very bad combination for our Country. Homeland Security is being sooo very nice, but not for long!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 31, 2019 6:41 pm […]

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3/31/2019

DEMS/INVESTIGATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘Outrageous, it’s the Adam Schiff problem. People abusing the access to classified data to then go out in public and make allegations that didn’t prove to be true. You look at a decision to essentially investigate a political rival. Who made it?’ James Freeman, @WSJ” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 31, 2019 2:39 […]

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3/30/3019

DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It would be so easy to fix our weak and very stupid Democrat inspired immigration laws. In less than one hour, and then a vote, the problem would be solved. But the Dems don’t care about the crime, they don’t want any victory for Trump and the Republicans, even if good for […]

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3/29/2019

DEMS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Democrats will vote Tuesday [4-2-19] on a resolution condemning the Trump administration’s decision to call for the elimination of the entire Affordable Care Act…The resolution is largely a symbolic one as Democrats try to counter the President’s own health care moves and keep the conversation focused on their own legislation […]

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3/29/2019

DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…The problem is, no matter what the Radical Left Democrats get, no matter what we give them, it will never be enough. Just watch, they will Harass & Complain & Resist (the theme of their movement). So maybe we should just take our victory and say NO, we’ve got a Country to […]

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3/29/2019

DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Robert Mueller was a Hero to the Radical Left Democrats, until he ruled that there was No Collusion with Russia (so ridiculous to even say!). After more than two years since the ‘insurance policy’ statement was made by a dirty cop, I got the answers I wanted, the Truth…..” –Donald Trump, […]

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3/29/2019

DEMS/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The DEMOCRATS have given us the weakest immigration laws anywhere in the World. Mexico has the strongest, & they make more than $100 Billion a year on the U.S. Therefore, CONGRESS MUST CHANGE OUR WEAK IMMIGRATION LAWS NOW, & Mexico must stop illegals from entering the U.S…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 29, […]

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3/29/2019

DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/INTELLIGENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When Adam Schiff was poised to take over the House Intelligence Committee late last year, he spoke about his desire to restore comity to the panel after two years of infighting over the Russian investigation. Three months into the new Democratic Congress, the committee’s partisan warfare is more intense […]

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3/29/2019

DEMS/ELECTION/VIRGINIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is muscling into a blue state where Democrats are reeling: Virginia. With a tenuous grip on states like Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, the president is looking for opportunities to expand his electoral playing field. He’s set his sights on Virginia, a state Democrats have dominated in the past decade, […]

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3/28/2019

DEMS/RALLY/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump, fresh off what he claims was ‘total vindication’ in the special counsel’s Russia investigation, told supporters here Thursday [3-28-19] he had vanquished a corrupt cabal of Democrats, the news media and the Washington elite, who tried to nullify his historic election victory by painting him as an agent of […]

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3/28/2019

DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/INTELLIGENCE/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House Intelligence Committee’s first hearing since Robert S. Mueller III completed his report had barely begun when the panel’s Republicans moved en masse to demand the resignation of the committee’s chairman. It went downhill from there. The acrimony on display Thursday [3-28-19] as the intelligence committee tried to […]

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3/28/2019

DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump tore into his Democratic House investigators on Thursday [3-28-19] night, perpetuating a verbal assault he launched after Robert Mueller’s Russia probe concluded without finding a criminal conspiracy between Trump’s campaign and Russia. Speaking at a rally in Grand Rapids, Mich. — Trump’s first since the special counsel […]

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3/28/2019

DEMS/MILITARY/TRANSGENDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House on Thursday [3-28-19] rebuffed a move by the Trump administration to restrict transgender individuals from serving in the military. Voting 238-185, the House approved a nonbinding resolution opposing transgender troop limits just weeks before the Pentagon’s new policy is set to take effect. The measure is the majority Democrats’ first […]

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3/28/2019

DEMS/ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The 2020 presidential campaign is more likely to turn on rising health care costs, the dysfunction in the immigration system and the state of the economy than the poisoned legacy of the 2016 election. But the triumphalism of President Donald Trump and the building power struggle in Washington after Robert […]

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3/27/2019

DEMS/TRUMP BUSINESS: “A request by a leading Democrat for records of Donald Trump’s financial dealings before he became president set off a partisan squabble in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday [3-27-19]. In a letter to the chairman and chief executive officer of Mazars USA LLP, an audit and accounting firm, Elijah Cummings, chairman of […]

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3/27/2019

DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “It’s an emerging rallying cry on the left: Expand the Supreme Court and eliminate the Senate filibuster. Still seething over Republican obstruction during the Obama administration that peaked in 2016 with the blockade against the Supreme Court nominee Merrick B. Garland, liberal groups are encouraging Democrats running for president and the Senate […]

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3/27/2019

CONGRESS/DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the days since Attorney General William P. Barr wrote to Congress describing the still secret report by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, a mystery he introduced remains pressing: Why did Mr. Mueller take no position on whether President Trump obstructed justice? Mr. Barr spoke briefly by phone on Wednesday […]

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3/26/2019

DEMS/OBAMACARE/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Fallout from special counsel Robert Mueller’s report is far from over, but House Democratic leaders showed on Tuesday [3-26-19] that they want to focus attention on defending the Affordable Care Act after the Trump administration said that the entire health care law should be struck down. During a closed-door House Democratic […]

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3/26/2019

DEMS/IMPEACHMENT: [Reporter: “Some Democrats, sir, are still talking about impeachment. What’s your response to that?”] “I don’t think they’re talking about impeachment. We have the greatest economy we’ve ever had. Our country is in incredible shape. They and others created a fraud on our country with this ridiculous witch hunt, where it was proven, very […]

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3/26/2019

BORDER/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you to the House Republicans for sticking together and the BIG WIN today on the Border. Today’s vote simply reaffirms Congressional Democrats are the party of Open Borders, Drugs and Crime!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 26, 2019 4:31 pm […]

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3/26/2019

BORDER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VETO: “The House failed on Tuesday [3-26-19] to override President Donald Trump’s veto of legislation blocking his national emergency declaration at the border, capping off a months-long congressional battle over the president’s signature issue. Fourteen Republicans joined all Democrats on the 248-181 vote, far short of the two-thirds majority needed to overturn the […]

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3/26/2019

BETSY DEVOS/BUDGET/DEMS/EDUCATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “For the third year in a row, Democrats dinged Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday [3-26-19] for proposing to cut funds from the Special Olympics, after-school programs and support for students from low-income families. The difference is that this time, Democrats control the House…Overall, DeVos proposed a 12% decrease in funding for […]

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3/26/2019

DEMS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘What we’re seeing on Capitol Hill right now is that the Democrats are walking back any charges of Collusion against the President.’ @ByronYork @BillHemmer Should never have been started, a disgrace!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 26, 2019 9:49 am […]

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3/26/2019

DEMS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘What we’re seeing on Capital Hill right now is that the Democrats are walking back any charges of Collusion against the President.’ @ByronYork @BillHemmer Should never have been started, a disgrace!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 26, 2019 9:42 am […]

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3/26/2019

DEMS/HEALTHCARE/HOUSE OF REPS/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration’s decision to ask a federal appeals court to invalidate the Affordable Care Act has given House Democrats a new opening to pursue what they see as a winning political strategy: moving past talk of impeachment to put kitchen-table issues like health care front and center. The […]

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3/25/2019

DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump seems to think he is in the clear where the special counsel investigation is concerned. So why isn’t he happier? Maybe because he already misses Robert Mueller. In his summation of the Mueller report findings, Attorney General William Barr said investigators did ‘not establish that the President was involved’ […]

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3/25/2019

DEMS/ELECTION/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s conclusion that Donald Trump did not collude with Russia to win the presidency in 2016 gives the president a powerful weapon to use against his Democratic opponents and a potential boost to what is shaping up to be a tough bid for re-election in 2020. Mueller’s […]

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3/25/2019

DEMS/MEDIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s campaign on Monday [3-25-19] urged major news networks to not allow on their shows several people, including Democratic lawmakers, who have been critical of the president, adding that the networks should report the conclusions of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report as a ‘complete vindication’ of Trump…The Trump campaign […]

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3/25/2019

DEMS/GOP/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump and his Republican allies went on the offensive on Monday [3-25-19], vowing to pursue and even punish those responsible for the Russia investigation now that the special counsel has wrapped up without implicating him or his campaign in a criminal conspiracy to influence the 2016 election. Mr. Trump, grim […]

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3/22/2019

DEMS/ISRAEL: “The Democrats have very much proven to be anti-Israel. There’s no question about that. And it’s a disgrace. I mean, I don’t know what’s happened to them. But they are totally anti-Israel. Frankly, I think they’re anti-Jewish.” -Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump Before Marine One Departure,” whitehouse.gov, Mar. 22, 2019 […]

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3/20/2019

DEMS/FBI/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WHITE HOUSE STAFF: “Hope Hicks, the former White House communications director and long-time confidante of President Donald Trump, plans to turn over documents to the House Judiciary Committee as part of its investigation into potential obstruction of justice. Rep. Jerry Nadler, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, sent Hicks a detailed […]

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3/20/2019

DEMS/ELECTION/ELECTORAL COLLEGE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In his latest attack on Democrats running against him in 2020, President Donald Trump is now defending the constitutional mechanism he once opposed, the very thing that got him elected in the first place. The Electoral College…In his latest attack on Democrats running against him in 2020, President Donald Trump is […]

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3/15/2019

DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….should never have been appointed and there should be no Mueller Report. This was an illegal & conflicted investigation in search of a crime. Russian Collusion was nothing more than an excuse by the Democrats for losing an Election that they thought they were going to win…..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]

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3/15/2019

DEMS/RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The ‘Jexodus’ movement encourages Jewish people to leave the Democrat Party. Total disrespect! Republicans are waiting with open arms. Remember Jerusalem (U.S. Embassy) and the horrible Iran Nuclear Deal! @OANN @foxandfriends” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 15, 2019 7:03 am […]

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3/14/2019

DEMS/ELECTION/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump mocked newly announced presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke on Thursday [3-14-19], saying the Texan moves his hands too much and that he might be ‘crazy.’ O’Rourke, a former congressman, announced his bid for president on Thursday with a video filmed in his hometown of El Paso. In it, O’Rourke […]

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3/14/2019

BORDER/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VETO: “The Senate delivered a high-profile rebuke to President Donald Trump over his signature agenda issue Thursday [3-14-19] when 12 Republicans joined Democrats to overturn the President’s national emergency border declaration. The vote was 59-41, an overwhelming vote against the President’s executive action. Lawmakers don’t have enough votes, however, to override a certain […]

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3/14/2019

BORDER/DEMS/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate delivered a stunning bipartisan rebuke to Donald Trump on Thursday [3-14-19] when 12 Republicans joined Democrats in voting to overturn the president’s national emergency declaration. In a 59-41 vote, the Senate approved a House passed-resolution to block Trump from funding his border wall without congressional approval. The GOP revolt will […]

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3/14/2019

BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VETO: “I look forward to VETOING the just passed Democrat inspired Resolution which would OPEN BORDERS while increasing Crime, Drugs, and Trafficking in our Country. I thank all of the Strong Republicans who voted to support Border Security and our desperately needed WALL!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 14, 2019 2:43 pm […]

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3/14/2019

DEMS/STEVE MNUCHIN/TRUMP TAXES: “Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin clashed Thursday with House Democrats over their plans to seize President Donald Trump’s tax returns. Mnuchin, who would field the Democrats’ coming demand for the returns, repeatedly declined to detail how he would handle the request since he has yet to receive it, though he appeared to imply […]

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3/14/2019

BORDER/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VETO: “A dozen Republicans joined Senate Democrats on Thursday [3-14-19] to overturn President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the southwestern border, arguing that the president had exceeded his powers in trying to build a border wall over Congress’s objections. The 59-to-41 vote on a measure already approved by the House set […]

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