BORDER/DEMS/GOP/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump declared a national emergency Friday [2-15-19] to secure funding for a proposed border wall, but many Democrats and some Republicans have criticized the move…Many Twitter accounts for Democrats and left-leaning groups and politicians were quick to latch onto the Trump quote and soon declared it a ‘#FakeTrumpEmergency,’ which […]
Category: Dems
2/12/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “I want to thank all Republicans for the work you have done in dealing with the Radical Left on Border Security. Not an easy task, but the Wall is being built and will be a great achievement and contributor toward life and safety within our Country!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 12, 2019 […]
2/11/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/RALLY/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The showdown between Donald Trump and Beto O’Rourke Monday [2-11-19] night over the president’s border wall unfolded at competing rallies with thousands of people in venues barely a block apart. But the events practically took place in parallel universes: One with rowdy MAGA-gear wearing Trump backers chanting ‘USA, USA!’; the other serenaded […]
2/11/2019
DEMS/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @DonaldJTrumpJr: Beto trying to counter-program @realdonaldtrump in his hometown and only drawing a few hundred people to Trump’s 35,000…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 11, 2019 10:47 pm […]
2/11/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/RALLY/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s confrontations with potential Democratic challengers in 2020 have mostly been limited to sniping on Twitter. But on Monday [2-11-19] night in El Paso, he will engage in his most direct conflict with a possible rival — former Representative Beto O’Rourke, a native of the city that shares a border with […]
2/11/2019
BORDER/DEMS/ELECTION/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump came to this bustling border city on Monday [2-11-19] to rally support for his wall with Mexico. But he was met by El Paso’s favorite son, Beto O’Rourke, who denounced Mr. Trump’s claim that walls reduce violent crime and led the city’s residents in his own boisterous show of opposition. […]
2/11/2019
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democrats are so self righteous and ANGRY! Loosen up and have some fun. The Country is doing well!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 11, 2019 9:19 am […]
2/11/2019
CRIME/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democrats do not want us to detain, or send back, criminal aliens! This is a brand new demand. Crazy!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 11, 2019 8:18 am […]
2/10/2019
CLIMATE CHANGE/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Well, it happened again. Amy Klobuchar announced that she is running for President, talking proudly of fighting global warming while standing in a virtual blizzard of snow, ice and freezing temperatures. Bad timing. By the end of her speech she looked like a Snowman(woman)!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 10, 2019 5:04 […]
2/10/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Border Committee Democrats are behaving, all of a sudden, irrationally. Not only are they unwilling to give dollars for the obviously needed Wall (they overrode recommendations of Border Patrol experts), but they don’t even want to take muderers into custody! What’s going on?” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 10, 2019 4:54 pm […]
2/10/2019
DEMS/RALLY/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If American politics has turned into a three-ring circus, this city in West Texas will hoist the Big Top on Monday [2-11-19], with President Donald Trump coming to rally for a border wall, Democratic wunderkind Beto O’Rourke leading a protest march and even the Trump Baby blimp putting in an appearance. The […]
2/10/2019
DEMS/ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It was a very bad week for the Democrats, with the GREAT economic numbers, The Virginia disaster and the State of the Union address. Now, with the terrible offers being made by them to the Border Committee, I actually believe they want a Shutdown. They want a new subject!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
2/10/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “I don’t think the Dems on the Border Committee are being allowed by their leaders to make a deal. They are offering very little money for the desperately needed Border Wall & now, out of the blue, want a cap on convicted violent felons to be held in detention!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
2/9/2019
DEMS/ENVIRONMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I think it is very important for the Democrats to press forward with their Green New Deal. It would be great for the so-called ‘Carbon Footprint’ to permanently eliminate all Planes, Cars, Cows, Oil, Gas & the Military – even if no other country would do the same. Brilliant!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
2/9/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Democrats just don’t seem to want Border Security. They are fighting Border Agents recommendations. If you believe news reports, they are not offering much for the Wall. They look to be making this a campaign issue. The Wall will get built one way or the other!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 9, […]
2/9/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democrats in Congress yesterday were vicious and totally showed their cards for everyone to see. When the Republicans had the Majority they never acted with such hatred and scorn! The Dems are trying to win an election in 2020 that they know they cannot legitimately win!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 9, […]
2/8/2019
DEMS/RALLY/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Beto O’Rourke is set to counter President Donald Trump’s visit to El Paso, Texas, on Monday [2-11-19] by joining a one-mile march past Trump’s rally and giving a speech across the street at about the same time the President plans to take the stage. As the former congressman from Texas weighs a […]
2/8/2019
DEMS/JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump ordered Friday that flags fly at half-staff to honor former Democratic Rep. John Dingell, who died Thursday [2-7-19] after serving the longest tenure in Congress in the country’s history…The reverence contrasts starkly with Trump’s tepid reaction to the death of another Hill legend, Sen. John McCain, with whom […]
2/8/2019
BORDER/DEMS/RALLY/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Beto O’Rourke will lead a march though his hometown of El Paso, Texas, to protest a border wall at the same time President Donald Trump will be holding a rally there to promote it. O’Rourke is teaming with dozens of civic and human rights organizations for a Monday evening event he says […]
2/8/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump refused to provide Congress a report on Friday [2-8-19] determining who killed the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, defying a demand by lawmakers intent on establishing whether the crown prince of Saudi Arabia was behind the grisly assassination. Mr. Trump effectively bypassed a deadline set by law as his administration argued […]
2/8/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/HILLARY CLINTON/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…It is all a GIANT AND ILLEGAL HOAX, developed long before the election itself, but used as an excuse by the Democrats as to why Crooked Hillary Clinton lost the Election! Someday the Fake News Media will turn honest & report that Donald J. Trump was actually a GREAT Candidate!” […]
2/7/2019
CAMPAIGN FINANCE/DEMS/NRA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democratic lawmakers pressed the National Rifle Association for more information around millions of dollars in donations the group funneled towards the campaigns of President Donald Trump and Republican congressional candidates in a letter to the NRA’s president Wednesday [2-6-19]. The letter, from Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Rep. Jamie Raskin, follows a […]
2/7/2019
DEMS/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP TAXES: “House Republicans on Thursday [2-7-19] signaled how they plan to fight back attempts by Democrats to obtain President Donald Trump’s personal tax returns, describing the effort in a hearing as a ‘waste of time’ and ‘weaponizing’ the law to target a political foe. Throughout a more than two-hour hearing on Capitol […]
2/7/2019
DEMS/GOP/TRUMP TAXES: “Lawmakers clashed today over House Democrats’ bid to seize President Donald Trump’s long-hidden tax returns, signaling the start of a battle that could consume the White House and Congress for months. In their first congressional hearing on the issue, Democrats said they intend to tap a rarely used law to force the release […]
2/7/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Inside the White House, the Trump team is increasingly aware that the president is trapped. Facing a Republican Party unwilling to back another government shutdown or a national emergency declaration to build his border wall, President Donald Trump is in an unfamiliar position, according to multiple White House officials and lawmakers: prepared, […]
2/7/2019
DEMS/GOP/TRUMP TAXES: “Republicans warned Thursday [2-7-19] that if Democrats start to go after the president’s tax returns it will ‘open a Pandora’s Box’ and accused Democrats of ‘weaponizing tax laws to attack a political foe.’ The Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee held a hearing on presidential and vice presidential release of tax returns Thursday afternoon. […]
2/7/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump showed in his State of the Union address Tuesday [2-5-19] night that he plans to run for re-election by attacking socialism – including going after figures popular with the fired-up Democratic base like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders. After Trump warned about ‘new calls to adopt socialism […]
2/7/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Billionaire Tom Steyer is cranking up pressure on key House Democrats to impeach President Donald Trump where he thinks they’ll feel it most — back in their home districts. Steyer’s first targets are three powerful committee chairmen, Richard Neal (D-Mass.), Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) and Elijah Cummings (D-Md.). But the liberal megadonor isn’t […]
2/7/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congressional negotiators are nearing a deal on border security to avoid a government shutdown — if the president will accept it. Democrats and Republicans have been trading offers all week; any deal is likely to provide funding for technology and fencing on the southern border, according to senators and aides. Republicans were […]
2/7/2019
BORDER/DEMS/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump delivered a solid State of the Union address the other night. The riff on border security, the issue du jour, was particularly effective. That was my impression, even though I think Trump overstates the importance of physical barriers to deterring illegal immigration and drug trafficking. (As I believe […]
2/7/2019
CAMPAIGN FINANCE/CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump accused Democrats on Thursday [2-7-19] morning of ‘presidential harassment’ over congressional investigations into his finances, and he mocked Virginia politicians whose jobs are in peril after revelations they appeared in blackface. Then, the president went to the annual National Prayer Breakfast, where he implored attendees to open up to […]
2/7/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump suggested Thursday [2-7-19] morning that Republicans could benefit in upcoming elections from the leadership crisis threatening three top Democrats in Virginia…Trump’s remarks followed a number of revelations that have rocked the Virginia Democratic Party: Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring’s revelations on Wednesday that he, too, once wore blackface in […]
2/7/2019
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats at the top are killing the Great State of Virginia. If the three failing pols were Republicans, far stronger action would be taken. Virginia will come back HOME Republican) in 2020!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 7, 2019 7:35 am […]
2/7/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump responded Thursday [2-7-19] to the first waves of oversight investigations into his administration launched by the new Democratic majority in the House, alleging that he is being unfairly subjected to ‘unlimited presidential harassment’ that no previous president has faced. On Wednesday [2-6-19], House Intelligence Chairman Schiff (D-Calif.) […]
2/7/2019
DEMS/GOP/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….The Dems and their committees are going ‘nuts.’ The Republicans never did this to President Obama, there would be no time left to run government. I hear other committee heads will do the same thing. Even stealing people who work at White House! A continuation of Witch Hunt!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February […]
2/6/2019
DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In his State of the Union speech Tuesday [2-5-19] night, President Donald Trump minced no words when it came to the ongoing — and planned — investigations into him and his Cabinet. ‘If there is going to be peace and legislation, there cannot be war and investigation,’ Trump said, to murmurs […]
2/6/2019
2016 ELECTION/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “One week after Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election, Imaad Zuberi, an American venture capitalist and longtime Democratic donor, began piling tens of thousands of dollars into Republican coffers. It was a dramatic shift for Zuberi, who embraced Democrats as his entrée into Washington, serving as a major donor on […]
2/6/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Stacey Abrams, the Democrat who offered a rebuttal to his State of the Union address, wouldn’t win if she ran for the Senate or president in 2020. In an interview with regional reporters at the White House on Wednesday [2-6-19], the president pushed back against calls for Abrams […]
2/6/2019
ABORTION/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump – who once described himself as ‘very pro-choice’ – burnished his anti-abortion credentials during his State of the Union address Tuesday [2-5-19] night with harsh attacks on recent state actions. Trump charged lawmakers in New York with having ‘cheered with delight’ after recently passing legislation to ‘allow a baby […]
2/6/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “House Democratic leaders aren’t in a rush to demand President Donald Trump’s tax returns, despite pressure from more progressive members of the caucus…Trump himself escalated the debate over the Democrats’ efforts in his State of the Union address, just ahead of a Thursday hearing at a Ways and Means […]
2/8/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/LEGISLATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “After Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast in 2005, President George W. Bush declared a national emergency to do something Republicans had long wanted to do anyway: He suspended prevailing wage laws on federal contracts to rebuild the region. Labor unions protested. Democrats signed on to a bill to rewrite the law. […]
2/6/2019
DEMS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump urged bipartisanship during his State of the Union address Tuesday [2-5-19]. Then he promptly called for Democrats to help him build a border wall, enact a new abortion ban and preemptively end the House’s investigations. Needless to say, it did not go over well. ‘WTF,’ said Sen. Mazie Hirono […]
2/6/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “You might say that Donald Trump’s presidency seems to be heading toward a wall. Trump strode down the center aisle of the House of Representatives chamber Tuesday [2-5-19] night just as he did at last year’s State of the Union. Once again, he stuck to a script – an evening for Teleprompter […]
2/6/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congressional Democrats accused President Donald Trump of using Nixonian intimidation tactics during his State of the Union address when he denounced ‘ridiculous partisan investigations,’ vowing to press on with their probes into the president’s administration, campaign and personal finances…Connolly’s disgust — accentuated by his head-shaking as he left the chamber — came […]
2/6/2019
BORDER/DEMS/DHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump wants $5.7 billion for border security. Trump has made it clear that the centerpiece of this funding would be for ‘the wall.’ Homeland Security officials have been more specific on how they would use the money: to replace 115 miles of border fence and build an additional 100 miles […]
2/6/2019
DEMS/NANCY PELOSI/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday [2-6-19] began a broad inquiry into whether Russia and other foreign powers may be exercising influence over President Trump, acting only hours after a defiant Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared that the House would not be cowed by the president’s ‘all-out threat’ to drop its investigations […]
2/5/2019
DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [2-5-19] denounced ‘ridiculous partisan’ investigations during his State of the Union address, adding that there cannot be peace as long as there is ‘war and investigation’…Trump did not specify which investigations he was referring to, but he has often attacked special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation […]
2/5/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump appeared before a divided Congress for the first time on Tuesday [2-5-19] to appeal to lawmakers’ sense of unity at a moment of deepening partisan spite. His calls for conciliation were met with mostly stone-faced silence from Democrats, who bitterly oppose his agenda and accuse him of hastening […]
2/1/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Fresh off his 2018 re-election in deep blue Maryland, Republican Gov. Larry Hogan says he is leaving the door open to challenging President Donald Trump in a Republican primary…Asked if he’s thinking about running, Hogan replied, ‘I would say I’m listening. I’m not sure how much thinking we’re doing, but I haven’t […]
2/5/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump came to the House chamber on Tuesday [2-5-19] night pushing a message of unity, but the deep divisions that have ripped this city apart over the last two years were on vivid display throughout the night. The Democrats in the audience — many of whom wore white, the […]
2/5/2019
DEMS/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “When President Donald Trump climbs the rostrum to deliver his second State of the Union address, he’ll share the stage with the Democrat who has become his most vexing political rival: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. White House aides say Trump intends to deliver a speech focused on bipartisanship. But sitting just […]
2/5/2019
DEMS/TREASURY/TRUMP TAXES: “The new House Democratic majority is widely expected to test one of Donald Trump’s ultimate red lines by demanding the president’s personal tax returns — and the Trump administration has been gearing up for months to fight back hard. Trump’s Treasury Department is readying plans to drag the expected Democratic request for Trump’s […]
2/5/2019
DEMS/DRUGS/LEGISLATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump keeps telling Democrats he wants a big bipartisan drug pricing deal. But Democrats don’t believe him — and are rolling out a series of bills that would set the framework for talks far to the left, defying Trump to stand in the way. At the center of that effort […]
2/5/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Stacey Abrams, who nearly became both the first African-American and first woman to be governor of Georgia, will deliver the Democrats’ response to the State of the Union address on Tuesday [2-5-19], test-driving the party’s 2020 challenge to President Donald Trump. After losing a Southern state that Trump won in 2016 by […]
2/5/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate’s top Republican on Tuesday [2-5-19] pushed congressional bargainers to reach a border security deal without first getting President Donald Trump’s approval, a month after the impulsive president scuttled an apparent bipartisan deal and triggered a historically long federal shutdown. Capitol Hill talks to resolve an impasse over Trump’s demands for […]
2/5/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump delivered a message of bipartisan unity on Tuesday [2-5-19] night in his first address to Congress in the new era of divided government, but any hope of enduring harmony was dispelled long before he arrived at the Capitol. Mr. Trump, who has warred with Democrats for weeks over his plan […]
2/4/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOP/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump said there is a ‘good chance’ he’ll declare a national emergency to build his proposed border wall and said he would use his State of the Union address next week to once again make a case for the barrier. ‘I think there’s a good chance we’ll have to do […]
2/4/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “More than a handful of those sitting in the House chamber Tuesday [2-5-19] evening to hear President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address hope to replace him in two years’ time. And these Democratic 2020 hopefuls are making statements of their own by who will be joining them for the primetime […]
2/4/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats are wrestling with how aggressively they will investigate the president and whether impeachment proceedings will ultimately be warranted. Publicly, the discussion has largely centered on worries about the political implications of moving forward. Some Democrats are concerned that aggressive oversight might trigger a backlash from voters; others worry that holding President […]
2/4/2019
DEMS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When the conservative lawyer Neomi Rao appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week, she’ll be interviewing for a job on the country’s second most powerful court. But both her allies and enemies will be watching with something even bigger in mind: her viability as a future Supreme Court nominee. […]
2/2/2019
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Ed Gillespie, who ran for Governor of the Great State of Virginia against Ralph Northam, must now be thinking Malpractice and Dereliction of Duty with regard to his Opposition Research Staff. If they find that terrible picture before the election, he wins by 20 points!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 2, 2019 8:01 […]
2/2/2019
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrat Governor Ralph Northam of Virginia just stated, ‘I believe that I am not either of the people in that photo.’ This was 24 hours after apologizing for appearing in the picture and after making the most horrible statement on ‘super’ late term abortion. Unforgivable!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 2, 2019 7:39 […]
2/1/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/ELIZABETH WARREN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On the day Sen. Cory Booker declared he was running in 2020, President Donald Trump said the New Jersey Democrat has ‘no chance’ of taking the White House. ‘I say no chance,’ Trump said of Booker’s shot at the presidency in an interview with CBS News ‘Face the Nation’ host Margaret […]
2/1/2019
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Facing a still-new Democratic-run House, President Donald Trump will try to use next week’s State of the Union address to call for unity and bipartisan cooperation, officials said Friday, even on hot-button issues like border security…In an email to supporters asking for ideas on the speech, however, the Trump campaign took out […]
2/1/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump appeared to suggest Friday [2-1-19] that he will announce some kind of border wall action during next week’s State of the Union. Asked if he expects to declare a national emergency on the wall funding issue, Trump told reporters: ‘I don’t want to say it, but you’ll hear the […]
2/1/2019
DEMS/EDUCATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House on Friday [2-1-19] reversed its decision to abruptly replace the top acting watchdog at the Education Department after the move drew swift backlash from multiple congressional Democrats, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren. President Donald Trump had appointed Phil Rosenfelt, the department’s deputy general counsel, as the new acting inspector general, […]
1/31/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/ELIZABETH WARREN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [1-31-19] weighed in on the field of 2020 Democratic challengers, proclaiming that Sen. Kamala Harris had the best campaign rollout while continuing to needle Sen. Elizabeth Warren about her claimed Native American heritage. Harris formally announced her campaign last Sunday in a raucous rally in Oakland, […]
1/31/2019
DEMS/DONALD JR/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just out: The big deal, very mysterious Don jr telephone calls, after the innocent Trump Tower meeting, that the media & Dems said were made to his father (me), were just conclusively found NOT to be made to me. They were made to friends & business associates of Don. Really sad!” […]
1/31/2019
ABORTION/DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/MIKE PENCE/NEW YORK/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When New York expanded abortion rights last week for the first time in 49 years, Democrats across the state were exultant. Now, that jubilation has been met with an equal and opposite reaction. Anti-abortion advocates, from grass-roots activists all the way to the White House, are taking aim at New […]
1/31/2019
DEMS/ HILLARY CLINTON/RUSSIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats have long stoked suspicions about whether President Trump knew his son met with Russians offering dirt on Hillary Clinton during the 2016 campaign, pointing to phone calls that Donald Trump Jr. received from a blocked number around the time of the meeting. New evidence obtained by Senate investigators appears […]
1/31/2019
AFGHANISTAN/DEMS/FOREIGN POLICY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate delivered a rare rebuke to President Donald Trump’s foreign policy Thursday [1-31-19], opposing his plans to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria and shrink American forces in Afghanistan. In a bipartisan voteof 68-to-23, lawmakers advanced a measure sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., warning against a ‘precipitous withdrawal’ […]
1/31/2019
DEMS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “New Jersey Democrats are restarting their efforts on a bill that would force President Donald Trump to disclose his tax returns. The Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation voted 3-0, with one abstention, on Thursday [1-31-19] to approve the bill, NJ S119 (18R), which would require candidates for president […]
1/31/2019
CHUCK SCHUMER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Schumer and the Democrats are big fans of being weak and passive with Iran. They have no clue as to the danger they would be inflicting on our Country. Iran is in financial chaos now because of the sanctions and Iran Deal termination. Dems put us in a bad place – […]
1/31/2019
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats are becoming the Party of late term abortion, high taxes, Open Borders and Crime!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 31, 2019 8:36 am […]
1/31/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Thursday [1-31-19] that ‘unity’ will be the theme of his first State of the Union address under divided government and that he respects Stacey Abrams, who will give the Democratic response. ‘I hope she does a good job. I respect her,’ Trump said of Abrams, who will be […]
1/31/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Republicans on the Homeland Security Committee are wasting their time. Democrats, despite all of the evidence, proof and Caravans coming, are not going to give money to build the DESPERATELY needed WALL. I’ve got you covered. Wall is already being built, I don’t expect much help!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 31, 2019 […]
1/30/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “If the committee of Republicans and Democrats now meeting on Border Security is not discussing or contemplating a Wall or Physical Barrier, they are Wasting their time!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 30, 2019 6:49 am […]
1/30/2019
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “They detest what she stands for. They think her policies would destroy the country. And they wish she would just go away. All the same, many of President Donald Trump’s most media-conscious supporters can’t help but admit it: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has got serious political game…Such admiration, in spite of vast ideological […]
1/29/2019
DEMS/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “He’s not a household name. He’s not running for president. Yet Richard Blumenthal keeps getting under President Donald Trump’s skin. Every few months, the president unleashes on the Connecticut Democrat by ridiculing his military service record, a surprising attack on a rank-and-file Democratic senator by the commander in chief. Blumenthal dutifully votes […]
1/29/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “The House Democratic Women’s Working Group is inviting female members of both parties to wear white to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address next week as a symbol of solidarity…Frankel pointed out there have never been as many Democratic women serving in Congress as there are today. In 2017, the […]
1/29/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With the Iowa caucuses a year away, a new poll finds a majority of Americans would ‘definitely not vote’ to re-elect President Donald Trump, while most Democratic voters do not know who they want to nominate to challenge him. According to a Washington Post-ABC News poll, 56 percent of Democratic voters and […]
1/29/2019
DEMS/TREASURY/TRUMP TAXES: “House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal of Massachusetts is carefully deliberating the best way to request President Donald Trump’s tax returns amid building pressure from activists on the left. Requesting presidential tax returns has become a key mobilizing issue for the Democratic base, but it carries with it both political and legal […]
1/29/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Michael Bloomberg made his second visit to New Hampshire Tuesday [1-29-19], using the opportunity to step up his criticisms of President Donald Trump. But he didn’t stop there. Bloomberg also trashed fellow billionaire Howard Schultz for considering an independent presidential bid, and dismissed Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s proposed wealth tax as ‘probably unconstitutional’…The […]
1/29/2019
DEMS/INTELLIGENCE/IRAN/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VENEZUELA: “A new American intelligence assessment of global threats concluded that North Korea is ‘unlikely to give up’ all of its nuclear stockpiles and that Iran is not ‘currently undertaking the key nuclear weapons-development activity’ needed to make a bomb. Their conclusions challenged President Trump’s assertions on both countries. • As Senator […]
1/29/2019
DEMS/GOVERNMENT/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Democrats in the House offered a border security plan on Wednesday [1-30-19] that would not provide a penny for Donald Trump’s border wall, ignoring — for now — an early-morning warning from the president that they’d be ‘wasting their time’ if they don’t come up with wall money. The Democratic […]
1/28/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “House Democrats who have been itching to get their hands on President Donald Trump’s tax returns are growing impatient with leadership for not moving fast enough to access and release the documents. Digging into Trump’s personal finances was supposed to be one of the top priorities under the House […]
1/28/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Howard Schultz’s advisers have a message for the former Starbucks chief‘s critics: Schultz could be the fail-safe plan in the event Democrats nominate a far-left candidate in 2020. In the 24 hours since Schultz announced that he is considering running for president as an independent, he’s been besieged by Democrats fearful that […]
1/28/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “• The longest government shutdown in history inflicted severe political damage on President Trump, dragging down his poll numbers and stirring concern about his ability to navigate a divided government. He now appears without a plan for mounting a strong campaign in 2020. • With the shutdown over for now, Congress will […]
1/28/2019
BORDER/CHINA/CONGRESS/DEMS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump this week will turn his attention from a fight with congressional Democrats to an even more formidable negotiating challenge, one with potentially higher stakes: China. Trade talks with Beijing begin on Wednesday [1-30-19] in Washington, kicking off a monthlong sprint of negotiations between the two nations that could prove […]
1/26/2019
DEMS/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “21 days goes very quickly. Negotiations with Democrats will start immediately. Will not be easy to make a deal, both parties very dug in. The case for National Security has been greatly enhanced by what has been happening at the Border & through dialogue. We will build the Wall!” –Donald Trump, […]
1/26/2019
BORDER/DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’I like the fact that the President is making the case (Border Security & Crime) to the American people. Now we know where Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer & the Democrats stand, which is no Border Security. Will be big 2020 issue.’ Matt Schlapp, Chair, ACU. Bigger than anyone knows!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
1/25/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump conceded Friday [1-25-19] to mounting pressure that he reopen the federal government, agreeing to a temporary funding measure that would allow federal employees to return to work but that does not include the billions of dollars in border wall funding he’s spent the past month demanding. The outcome of […]
1/25/2019
DEMS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Michael Bloomberg came to Virginia on Friday [1-25-19] to deliver a message to Democrats: I told you so. The former New York City mayor delivered his most scathing remarks about Trump since he called then-candidate Donald Trump a ‘dangerous demagogue’ and knocked his business credentials in a speech at the 2016 Democratic […]
1/25/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/FLORIDA/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The nation’s biggest swing state looks even more like Trump Country heading into 2020. Newly released Florida voter data suggest President Donald Trump will begin his reelection campaign as the favorite in a state that offers a windfall of 29 electoral votes. The driving force: white voters who broke Republican and […]
1/24/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOP/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sometimes out of failure comes success. Or at least progress. That may be what happened on the floor of the Senate on Thursday [1-24-19] afternoon when both a Republican bill and a Democratic one designed to reopen the government failed to garner the 60 votes they needed to move forward to a […]
1/24/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump said Thursday [1-24-19] he is open to a measure to end the partial government shutdown for three weeks in exchange for a ‘down payment’ on his border wall, marking a potential breakthrough in the weekslong stalemate. Trump’s comments that he would consider a ‘reasonable agreement’ worked out by Senate […]
1/24/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOVERNMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Now that the Senate has shot down President Donald Trump’s compromise offer to end the month-long government shutdown, White House officials aren’t sure of their next move. But they do know one thing: they’re losing, and they want to cut a deal. The president is weighing the idea of a three-week […]
1/24/2019
CALIFORNIA/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “One of the few Republican lawmakers left in Sacramento announced he would become a Democrat, dealing another blow to the party’s California fortunes and diminishing the role of Republican moderates. With Assemblyman Brian Maienschein’s defection, Republicans hold just 19 out of 80 seats in the California Assembly. The entire state legislative delegation […]
1/24/2019
DEMS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the future—the future being next week—your news source of choice will contain only stories about Donald Trump and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Flexing all the verve and moxie of mind-control masters, the duo has annexed the attention of the nation’s editors and producers. If he tweets about the wall or the shutdown or […]
1/23/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Democrats aren’t the only ones who wish President Donald Trump weren’t obsessed with building a border wall. Even hard-line conservative immigration activists are frustrated with Trump’s relentless focus on a border wall — and are pushing him to embrace what they call more effective enforcement policies as part of any deal with […]