CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “The years-old mystery of what’s in President Donald Trump’s tax returns will likely quickly unravel if Democrats win control of at least one chamber of Congress. Democrats, especially in the House, are quietly planning on using an obscure law that will enable them to examine the president’s tax filings without his […]
Category: Election
9/29/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/RALLY/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday [9-29-18] kicks off a week of rallies in five friendly places around the country, seeking to shore up support ahead of congressional elections even as the fate of his pick to fill a Supreme Court vacancy remains unclear. Republicans are at risk of losing […]
9/28/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOVERNMENT/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump signed an $854 billion spending bill on Friday [9-28-18] to keep the federal government open through Dec. 7, averting a government shutdown in the weeks leading up to November’s pivotal midterm elections. Trump signed the legislation to fund the military and several civilian agencies without journalists present as the […]
9/28/2018
ELECTION/ENERGY [ALTERNATIVE]/OIL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The largest U.S. oil trade association urged President Donald Trump on Friday [9-28-18] to halt any plans to lift a ban on summer sales of higher ethanol blends of gasoline and impose tighter trading restrictions on biofuel credits, saying such a move would be unfair to consumers. The opposition by the […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/ELECTION/GOP/HEARING/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Christine Blasey Ford told senators she was ‘100%’ certain Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were teenagers. Kavanaugh called the claim part of a ‘calculated and orchestrated political hit’ designed to keep him off the Supreme Court. And an extraordinary Senate Judiciary Committee hearing turned into a bitter, partisan […]
9/27/2018
CHINA/ELECTION/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s accusation of Chinese meddling in upcoming U.S. elections marks a new phase in an escalating pressure campaign against Beijing that Washington is pursuing on multiple fronts, senior U.S. officials said on Thursday [9-27-18]. National security adviser John Bolton, long considered a China hawk, has played a key […]
9/26/2018
DRUGS/ELECTION/HOUSE OF REPS/MEDICAID/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The House and Senate have reached agreement on a big package of measures to address the opioid epidemic. The legislation, backed by leaders of both parties, is a rare bipartisan achievement that lawmakers are eager to have in hand when they go home to campaign for the midterm elections. The 653-page […]
9/26/2018
CHINA/ELECTION/TARIFFS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump claimed on Wednesday [9-26-18] that China is working to interfere in November’s midterm elections with the aim of damaging him politically…The President offered scant details or evidence, which came during a session meant to focus on issues of nonproliferation. He suggested the meddling attempts came as retribution for […]
9/26/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congressman Lee Zeldin is doing a fantastic job in D.C. Tough and smart, he loves our Country and will always be there to do the right thing. He has my Complete and Total Endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 26, 2018 12:34 pm […]
9/26/2018
CHINA/ELECTION/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday [9-26-18] there was ‘plenty of evidence’ of China trying to meddle in the upcoming U.S. elections and that Beijing wanted him to lose because he had confronted China on trade issues. Asked about his charge of Chinese election meddling in his remarks at the […]
9/25/2018
ELECTION/GOP/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rush Limbaugh to Republicans: ‘You can kiss the MIDTERMS goodbye if you don’t get highly qualified Kavanaugh approved.’” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 25, 2018 11:45 am […]
9/25/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “David Hansen tried to get the words out. ‘I lost my health care,’ he began to say, his voice unexpectedly cracking, barely audible in the din of a people-packed and sweltering warehouse in Nicholasville, Kentucky. At 59, a US Navy veteran and registered Republican, Hansen lowered his head, unable to look at […]
9/24/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump on Monday [9-24-18] urged voters and congressional Republicans gripped by Brett Kavanaugh’s dramatic Supreme Court fight to keep their eyes on the clash that will play out across battleground states in November. ‘REMEMBER THE MIDTERMS!’ Trump tweeted late Monday evening, following a day that saw the White House […]
9/24/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “REMEMBER THE MIDTERMS!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 24, 2018 9:38 pm […]
9/21/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats are surging back in the Midwestern states where President Donald Trump cut deepest into their old coalition in 2016, led by a class of candidates for governor that have Republicans on their heels. The Republican Governors Association cut the size of its ad buys in Minnesota and then in Michigan, according […]
9/20/2018
ELECTION/GOP/GOVERNMENT/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “All summer, congressional GOP leaders have touted their success passing spending bills before the Sept. 30 funding deadline, a rare feat in this partisan age that they’ve even highlighted on the campaign trail. But President Donald Trump just doesn’t care. He wants his wall, and he wants it yesterday. Trump on […]
9/20/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump complained Thursday [9-20-18] morning about the ‘ridiculous spending bill’ making its way through Congress, demanding answers on funding for his long-promised border wall but stopping short of calling for a government shutdown before this fall’s midterm elections…The president has complained loudly and regularly throughout his first two years in […]
9/20/2018
ELECTION/GOP/MITCH MCCONNELL/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “During a discussion about his party’s legislative high points this year with a small group at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce last week, Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, expressed a new concern about an old habit of President Trump’s. The many ‘distractions’ generated by the president, Mr. McConnell […]
9/20/2018
BORDER/DEMS/ELECTION/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “I want to know, where is the money for Border Security and the WALL in this ridiculous Spending Bill, and where will it come from after the Midterms? Dems are obstructing Law Enforcement and Border Security. REPUBLICANS MUST FINALLY GET TOUGH!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 20, 2018 6:43 am […]
9/20/2018
ECONOMY/ELECTION/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Financial and jobs numbers are fantastic. There are plenty of new, high paying jobs available in our great and very vibrant economy. If you are not happy where you are, start looking – but also remember, our economy is only getting better. Vote in Midterms!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 20, 2018 6:05 […]
9/20/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/FBI/GOP/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democratic operatives are growing anxious that Republicans working to undermine the FBI’s Russia probe are teeing up a series of document dumps meant to gin up GOP voters ahead of the midterm elections. After weeks of hand-wringing, President Donald Trump on Monday [9-17-18] ordered the declassification of a slew of […]
9/20/2018
ECONOMY/ELECTION/GOP/MIDDLE EAST/OIL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump linked American support for Middle Eastern countries to oil prices on Thursday [9-20-18] as he again urged OPEC to lower prices…The Republican president has lashed out at the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries over the past several months. Rising U.S. gasoline prices could create a political headache […]
9/19/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/NOMINATION/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill said Wednesday [9-19-18] she is voting no on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court, citing concerns over his stance on anonymous political contributions. McCaskill’s position is significant given that she is running for re-election this year in a state President Donald Trump won in 2016, […]
9/18/2018
CHINA/ELECTION/TARIFFS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “China has hit back at President Donald Trump by announcing new trade tariffs on $60bn of US goods. It comes after the US slapped duties on $200bn of Chinese imports to take effect from next Monday [9-24-18], escalating its trade war with Beijing. China will target goods such as liquefied natural […]
9/18/2018
AGRICULTURE/CHINA/ELECTION/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “China has openly stated that they are actively trying to impact and change our election by attacking our farmers, ranchers and industrial workers because of their loyalty to me. What China does not understand is that these people are great patriots and fully understand that…..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 18, 2018 […]
9/18/2018
CHINA/ELECTION/TARIFFS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [9-18-18] threatened further retaliation against China if Beijing targets U.S. agricultural or industrial workers amid a trade dispute, and accused China of trying to sway the U.S. election by targeting farmers. Trump made the accusations in a pair of Twitter posts as the two sides launched […]
9/18/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/HILLARY CLINTON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said Tuesday [9-18-18] that if there isn’t a ‘very big rejection’ of President Donald Trump’s ‘authoritarian tendencies’ in the midterm elections, she’s worried about what an unchecked Trump could do to the government. Clinton told Rachel Maddow on MSNBC’s ‘Rachel Maddow Show’ that she is […]
9/17/2018
ELECTION/POLLS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Voters in Ohio — the electoral bellwether that’s picked the winner of every presidential race since 1964 — have generally positive views of international trade and want the U.S. to play a leading role in world affairs, according to a new POLITICO/AARP survey. But the poll of voters in the key […]
9/15/2018
ECONOMY/ELECTION/POLLS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “While my (our) poll numbers are good, with the Economy being the best ever, if it weren’t for the Rigged Russian Witch Hunt, they would be 25 points higher! Highly conflicted Bob Mueller & the 17 Angry Democrats are using this Phony issue to hurt us in the Midterms. No […]
9/14/2018
ELECTION/GOP/HURRICANE/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In just a few moments and two tweets, President Donald Trump roiled Florida’s crucial elections, upending his party’s ongoing efforts to make inroads to the battleground state’s growing Puerto Rican population. Trump’s tweets Thursday [9-14-18] claiming that ‘3,000 people did not die’ in the hurricanes that hit the island last year […]
9/14/2018
ELECTION/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is finally making moves against foreign election meddling – and Russia says it couldn’t care less. Trump’s executive order this week authorizing sanctions on foreigners who mess with American elections could herald new headaches for Moscow. But Russian officialdom shrugged it off as internal U.S. politicking, and analysts say […]
9/14/2018
ELECTION/GOP/RALLY/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is coming to Missouri as he pushes for Republican Josh Hawley to unseat Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill in a critical Senate race. Trump’s campaign on Friday [9-14-18] announced the planned Sept. 21 rally in Springfield, Missouri. McCaskill is a top target for Republicans seeking to expand the party’s slim […]
9/13/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “U.S. Congress negotiators on Thursday [9-13-18] moved to put off until after the Nov. 6 elections decisions on future funding for President Donald Trump’s multibillion-dollar southwest border wall, as lawmakers advanced legislation funding many other government programs. Racing against a Sept. 30 deadline when the current fiscal year ends, Republicans and Democrats […]
9/13/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TAXES/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A Republican-led panel in the U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday [9-13-18] to make permanent individual tax cuts from President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax overhaul, a move widely seen as a partisan ploy to help Republican candidates in the Nov. 6 congressional elections. Members of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee […]
9/13/2018
ECONOMY/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The problem with banker Jamie Dimon running for President is that he doesn’t have the aptitude or ‘smarts’ & is a poor public speaker & nervous mess – otherwise he is wonderful. I’ve made a lot of bankers, and others, look much smarter than they are with my great economic policy!” -Donald […]
9/12/2018
ELECTION/GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Republicans are in a jam when it comes to Jeff Sessions. While resigned to President Donald Trump firing the attorney general after the midterm elections, they suspect that perhaps only a sitting senator could win confirmation as Sessions’ successor — that is, someone they could trust not to interfere […]
9/12/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Juli Briskman, who flipped off President Donald Trump’s motorcade while she was bicycling last fall near the President’s golf course, will run for local office in Virginia. Briskman said she plans to run in 2019 as supervisor for the Algonkian District in Loudoun County, where she will face Republican Suzanne Volpe. The […]
9/12/2018
2016 ELECTION/ELECTION/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Under fire over his handling of Russian election meddling, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday [9-12-18] meant to strengthen election security by slapping sanctions on foreign countries or people who try to interfere in the U.S. political process. The order, coming only eight weeks before congressional elections […]
9/12/2018
ELECTION/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “’The President has absolutely demonstrated no wrongdoing whatsoever & that the Special Counsel has no evidence of any wrongdoing. In other words, it’s time to end this Witch Hunt.’ @LouDobbs Russian ‘collusion’ was just an excuse by the Democrats for having lost the Election!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 12, 2018 […]
9/12/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump is raising money for his re-election campaign and the Republican Party at his Washington hotel. The Republican National Committee says about 175 people are attending the event Wednesday [9-12-18] at Trump’s hotel, raising at least $3 million for the joint ‘Trump Victory’ effort. Trump’s D.C. property has become a […]
8/12/2018
ELECTION/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “The latest and perhaps juiciest Trump tell-all to land this year isn’t from a disgruntled former White House staffer or a deeply sourced investigative journalist. It’s by Stephanie Clifford, better known as Stormy Daniels, the pornographic film star and unlikely feminist resistance hero, who has waged a legal battle over a nondisclosure […]
9/12/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/DHS/DNI/ELECTION/FOREIGN POLICY/IMMIGRATION/NATIONAL SECURITY/SANCTIONS/SECRETARY OF STATE/TREASURY/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS/VOTING: “I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, find that the ability of persons located, in whole or in substantial part, outside the United States to interfere in or undermine public confidence in United States elections, including through the unauthorized accessing of election and […]
9/11/2018
ECONOMY/ELECTION/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It may have been the most normal 22 minutes of the Trump presidency. A White House number cruncher armed with charts and piles of data appeared before reporters to tell the tale of a gangbuster economy and credit the sitting president’s policies. Kevin Hassett, the cheery chairman of the Council of Economic […]
9/10/2018
ELECTION/HURRICANE/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “An official with President Donald Trump’s campaign says they are canceling a trip to Mississippi because Hurricane Florence is approaching the southeastern coast of the U.S. Michael Glassner, Chief Operating Officer of Donald J. Trump for President, Inc., announced the news Monday [9-10-18]. The Trump campaign said last week that he would […]
9/10/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “With congressional elections looming, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday [9-10-18] proposed more deficit-expanding tax cuts, an effort seen by some tax experts as unlikely to become law and geared chiefly toward winning votes. Even if the initiative fails to pass, it could put Democrats in the position […]
9/9/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: So true! ‘Mr. Trump remains the single most popular figure in the Republican Party, whose fealty has helped buoy candi…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 9, 2018 8:15 am […]
9/8/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @thejtlewis: @realDonaldTrump President Trump will win in 2020 in an even BIGGER landslide than 2016! You are the greatest President EVE…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 8, 2018 8:54 pm […]
9/8/2018
2016 ELECTION/DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Dems have tried every trick in the playbook-call me everything under the sun. But if I’m all of those terrible things, how come I beat them so badly, 306-223? Maybe they’re just not very good! The fact is they are going CRAZY only because they know they can’t beat me […]
9/8/2018
ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republicans are doing really well with the Senate Midterms. Races that we were not even thinking about winning are now very close, or even leading. Election night will be very interesting indeed!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 8, 2018 8:38 pm […]
9/8/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “So true! ‘Mr. Trump remains the single most popular figure in the Republican Party, whose fealty has helped buoy candidates in competitive Republican primaries and remains a hot commodity among general election candidates.’ Nicholas Fandos, @nytimes” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 8, 2018 4:08 pm […]
9/7/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Former President Barack Obama spent a sizable amount of time in a speech he gave in Illinois on Friday [9-7-18] criticizing Republicans in Congress and President Donald Trump, while stressing the importance of voting in the fast-approaching midterm elections. His step back into the political arena offered a preview of his […]
9/7/2018
ELECTION/FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Friday, September 7 marks the 60-day point before voters go to the polls in what is shaping up to be one of the most consequential midterm elections in recent memory. While it may seem arbitrary to some, the date in the calendar is a significant one, because it marks the […]
9/7/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [9-6-18] urged Montanans to support Republican Matt Rosendale for Senate, recalling Sen. Jon Tester’s derailing of a Cabinet nominee and warning that the Democratic lawmaker is ‘never going to give us his vote’…Rosendale is running in a tight race against Tester in a state Trump carried […]
9/7/2018
ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Matt Rosendale will be a Great Senator from a Great State, Montana! He is a fighter who will be tough on Crime and the Border, fight hard for our 2nd Amendment and loves our Military and our Vets. He has my full and complete Endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 7, 2018 […]
9/7/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Friday [9-7-18] that the ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election is not only bad for the country, it’s ‘really, really unfair for the midterms.’ Trump said the inquiry should have been wrapped up a ‘long time ago.’ Asked about the investigation he has […]
9/7/2018
CAMPAIGN/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump is campaigning for Republican Rep. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota, who is seeking to unseat Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp. Trump urged state Republicans to get behind Cramer’s campaign during an event in Fargo. He says Cramer will help Republicans push for stronger borders and ‘no crime’ and help […]
9/6/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [9-6-18] praised Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s progress toward winning confirmation to the Supreme Court but decried the ‘anger and the meanness on the other side,’ blasting Democrats’ behavior toward his nominee as ‘sick.’ During a campaign rally in Montana, Trump sought to elevate Kavanaugh’s confirmation as a political […]
9/6/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Getting ready to go on stage for Matt Rosendale, who will be a great Senator. Jon Tester has let the people of Montana down & does not deserve another six years. Matt is strong on Crime, the Borders, & will save your Second Amendment from the onslaught. Loves our Military & […]
9/6/2018
BORDER/CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump said on Thursday [9-6-18] a possible shutdown of the U.S. government over border wall funding ‘most likely’ would not happen until after the November congressional elections. In an interview with Fox News, Trump said he had been persuaded that closing the government would hurt his fellow Republican candidates. Trump […]
9/6/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Landing in Montana now to support Matt Rosendale for U.S. Senate! #MAGA https://t.co/0MIEyWxMbW“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 6, 2018 6:15 pm […]
9/6/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump assailed a vulnerable Democrat, attacked those in his own administration seeking to undermine his agenda and warned supporters that his own impeachment is at stake in November’s midterm elections at a rally Thursday [9-6-18] night in Montana. Addressing a senior administration official’s anonymous, critical op-ed in The New York […]
9/5/2018
ELECTIONS/MEDIA/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With special counsel Robert Mueller and his associates quietly and methodically doing their investigatory work, with November’s midterms looking for Republicans like a mixed bag at best, and with Bob Woodward’s new book Fear painting the president as ‘an idiot’ and his White House as ‘Crazytown,’ Donald Trump seems to be […]
9/5/2018
BORDER/ELECTIONS/GOVERMENT/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [9-5-18] held out the possibility of a government shutdown before the November elections over his effort to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, even as Republican congressional leaders publicly urged him away from that path and predicted it wouldn’t occur…Trump’s stance on whether he’d force a […]
9/4/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Paul Cook is a decorated Marine Corps Veteran who loves and supports our Military and Vets. He is Strong on Crime, the Border, and supported Tax Cuts for the people of California. Paul has my total and complete Endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 4, 2018 3:55 pm […]
9/4/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Jon Kyl will be an extraordinary Senator representing an extraordinary state, Arizona. I look forward to working with him!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 4, 2018 3:40 pm […]
9/4/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTIONS/GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday [9-3-18] launched a fresh attack on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, accusing him of jeopardizing the chances of re-election for two Republican congressmen by bringing criminal charges against them just before the midterm elections. Trump wrote on Twitter the Justice Department’s decision to file charges […]
9/4/2018
DEMS/ELECTIONS/GOP/LEGAL/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With two months left before the midterm elections, Republicans are scrambling to prepare for an onslaught of oversight investigations that Democrats will likely launch if they retake the House in November. The White House is considering adding a whole roster of new attorneys to handle the caseload. Rudy Giuliani, the president’s […]
9/3/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I see that John Kerry, the father of the now terminated Iran deal, is thinking of running for President. I should only be so lucky – although the field that is currently assembling looks really good – FOR ME!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 3, 2018 1:55 pm […]
9/3/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two long running, Obama era, investigations of two very popular Republican Congressmen were brought to a well publicized charge, just ahead of the Mid-Terms, by the Jeff Sessions Justice Department. Two easy wins now in doubt because there is not enough time. Good job Jeff……” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 3, […]
9/2/2018
ELECTION/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: .@Rasmussen_Poll just came out at 48% approval rate despite the constant and intense Fake News. Higher than Election D…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 2, 2018 9:10 am […]
8/31/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Great day in North Carolina where Republicans will do very well!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 31, 2018 9:36 pm […]
8/31/2018
ELECTION/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump is planning a ‘major rally’ this fall for his onetime campaign foe, Sen. Ted Cruz, in the ‘biggest stadium’ he can find, the president announced on Twitter Friday afternoon. Cruz (R-Tx.) is gearing up for what has been billed as an increasingly competitive election against against Democratic challenger […]
8/31/2018
ELECTION/TEXAS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “I will be doing a major rally for Senator Ted Cruz in October. I’m picking the biggest stadium in Texas we can find. As you know, Ted has my complete and total Endorsement. His opponent is a disaster for Texas – weak on Second Amendment, Crime, Borders, Military, and Vets!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
8/31/2018
ELECTION/GERRYMANDERING/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Friday [8-31-18] that the prospect of North Carolina drawing new congressional districts just weeks before the November midterm elections is ‘unfair.’ A panel of federal judges this week struck down the state’s congressional map, saying Republican state legislators went too far in using political data to preserve GOP-held […]
8/31/2018
ELECTION/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump says he’ll ride to the rescue of one-time bitter rival Sen. Ted Cruz this fall, the strongest indication yet that the Texas conservative firebrand is getting nervous about his challenger, a liberal darling with a growing national profile. Trump tweeted Friday [8-31-18] that he will headline ‘a major […]
8/30/2018
ELECTION/JEFF SESSIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said on Thursday [8-30-18] that Attorney General Jeff Sessions was safe in his job at least until the November congressional elections, Bloomberg News reported after interviewing the U.S. leader…Trump has repeatedly attacked Sessions for recusing himself from the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. […]
8/30/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Kevin Stitt ran a great winning campaign against a very tough opponent in Oklahoma. Kevin is a very successful businessman who will be a fantastic Governor. He is strong on Crime & Borders, the 2nd Amendment, & loves our Military & Vets. He has my complete and total Endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August […]
8/30/2018
ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Will be going to Evansville, Indiana, tonight for a big crowd rally with Mike Braun, a very successful businessman who is campaigning to be Indiana’s next U.S. Senator. He is strong on Crime & Borders, the 2nd Amendment, and loves our Military & Vets. Will be a big night!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August […]
8/30/2018
ELECTION/RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump urged evangelical leaders this week to get out the vote ahead of the upcoming midterm elections and warned of ‘violence’ by opponents if they fail. Trump made the dire warning at a White House dinner Monday evening attended by dozens of conservative Christian pastors, ministers and supporters of […]
8/30/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Casting the midterms as a referendum on his agenda, President Donald Trump urged Indiana Republicans on Thursday [8-30-18] to unseat Sen. Joe Donnelly, saying the vulnerable Democrat is ‘not going to vote for us on anything.’ Trump, who is kicking up his campaign travel as the midterm elections near, appeared in […]
8/29/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Florida does not need a ‘failed socialist mayor’ as its next governor, President Donald Trump wrote online Wednesday [8-29-18], slamming the surprise winner of the state’s Democratic primary. Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum secured an upset victory in the swing state primary on Tuesday and will face off against GOP Rep. Ron […]
8/29/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/RACISM/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republican U.S. Congressman Ron DeSantis came under fire on Wednesday [8-29-18] when the President Trump-backed Florida gubernatorial candidate said his state should not ‘monkey this up’ by electing Democratic Mayor Andrew Gillum, who is African-American. Gillum scored a surprise victory in Tuesday’s [8-28-18] Democratic primary for one the United States’ most competitive races […]
8/29/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Martha McSally is an extraordinary woman. She was a very talented fighter jet pilot and is now a highly respected member of Congress. She is Strong on Crime, the Border and our under siege 2nd Amendment. Loves our Military and our Vets. Has my total and complete Endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 29, […]
8/29/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Big Election Wins last night! The Republican Party will MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! Actually, it is happening faster than anybody thought possible! It is morphing into KEEP AMERICA GREAT!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 29, 2018 7:23 am […]
8/29/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/RACISM/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Florida governor’s race is shaping up to be a ferocious showdown after Tuesday [8-28-18] night’s primary victories by Representative Ron DeSantis, the Republican endorsed by President Trump, and Mayor Andrew Gillum of Tallahassee, a progressive Democrat endorsed by Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. The two hard-charging politicians, both 39, represent a rejection […]
8/29/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Not only did Congressman Ron DeSantis easily win the Republican Primary, but his opponent in November is his biggest dream….a failed Socialist Mayor named Andrew Gillum who has allowed crime & many other problems to flourish in his city. This is not what Florida wants or needs!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 29, 2018 […]
8/29/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/MINORITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democratic nominees for governor include three African-Americans, two of them in the old Confederacy, a prospect that not long ago would have been unthinkable. Record numbers of women are competing in congressional races. Elsewhere, Muslims, gays, lesbians and transgender people will be on the ballot for high-profile offices. That diverse cast is […]
8/29/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/NEW YORK/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and challenger Cynthia Nixon argued over who was the stauncher opponent of U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday [8-29-18] in their only debate as they battle for the state’s Democratic gubernatorial nomination next month. Cuomo, who is seeking a third term as governor, promised he would […]
8/29/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republicans got their woman for a must-win Senate seat. President Donald Trump got his man in Florida, his second-home state. And Democrats chose another historic nominee in a stunning upset. The final multi-state primary night of the 2018 midterms concluded with a bang as Rep. Martha McSally locked down the GOP nomination for […]
8/28/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Florida’s high-stakes gubernatorial race will be fought between a progressive Democrat vying to become the state’s first black chief executive and a Republican congressman closely allied with President Donald Trump. In a late primary season shocker, Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum defeated the front runner, former Rep. Gwen Graham, who had led in the […]
8/28/2018
ELECTION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Martha McSally, running in the Arizona Primary for U.S. Senate, was endorsed by rejected Senator Jeff Flake….and turned it down – a first! Now Martha, a great U.S. Military fighter jet pilot and highly respected member of Congress, WINS BIG. Congratulations, and on to November!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 28, 2018 11:44 […]
8/28/2018
ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republican U.S. Representative Martha McSally’s embrace of President Donald Trump and his agenda paid off on Tuesday, [8-28-18] when the Arizonan beat back conservative challengers for her party’s nomination in a crucial U.S. Senate race. But Republican strategists warned that her shift to the right on Trump and his hard-line immigration policies […]
8/28/2018
ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Ron DeSantis, an upstart Republican riding the endorsement of President Trump, surged to win Florida’s gubernatorial primary Tuesday [8-28-18], setting up a starkly ideological fight with a Bernie Sanders acolyte vying to become the first black governor in state history. The contest in the country’s preeminent battleground state — already the costliest governor’s […]
8/28/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump warned evangelical leaders Monday [8-27-18] night that Democrats ‘will overturn everything that we’ve done and they’ll do it quickly and violently’ if Republicans lose control of Congress in the midterm elections. Speaking to the group in the State Dining Room of the White House, Mr. Trump painted a stark picture […]
8/28/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Florida Democrats nominated Andrew Gillum, the Tallahassee mayor, and Republicans tapped Representative Ron DeSantis for governor Tuesday [8-28-18], setting the stage for a ferocious general election in the country’s largest swing state between one of President Trump’s most unabashed allies and an outspoken progressive who would be Florida’s first black governor. Mr. […]
8/28/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congratulations to Governor Rick Scott of Florida on his conclusive Republican Primary Win. He will be a great Senator!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 28, 2018 7:48 pm […]
8/28/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Such a fantastic win for Ron DeSantis and the people of the Great State of Florida. Ron will be a fantastic Governor. On to November!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 28, 2018 7:32 pm […]
8/28/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Liberal mayor Andrew Gillum pulled off a stunning upset in the Democratic primary for Florida governor on Tuesday [8-28-18], beating several better-funded rivals to set up a November showdown against a Republican aligned with President Donald Trump. The Tallahassee mayor would be the state’s first black governor if he wins. He beat moderate […]
8/28/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans loyal to Donald Trump scored victories in nominating contests for Florida and Arizona, giving momentum to the insurgent wings of America’s two main parties ahead of the November mid-term election. Here are several takeaways from contests that will be pivotal in November, when Democrats hope to […]
8/28/2018
ELECTION/GOP/POLLS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “For all of Donald Trump’s struggles in his first 19 months as President, there’s one thing he’s proven particularly adept at: Picking winners in contested GOP primaries. That run of winners is likely to continue on Tuesday night when voters go to the polls in Arizona and Florida.The most obvious example of Trump’s […]