Category: Election

5/23/2019

DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former Massachusetts Gov. BIll Weld said he‘ll be directing his campaign toward open primary states where he expects to win crossover votes from Democrats intent on casting a vote against President Donald Trump before the general election in November…The former two-term GOP governor, who’s waging a longshot primary campaign against Trump, laid […]

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5/23/2019

ELECTION/INDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congratulations to Prime Minister @NarendraModi and his BJP party on their BIG election victory! Great things are in store for the US-India partnership with the return of PM Modi at the helm. I look forward to continuing our important work together!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 23, 2019 12:13 pm […]

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5/23/2019

ELECTION/FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/INDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump congratulated Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a big election victory that put his Hindu nationalist party on course to increase its parliamentary majority. ‘Congratulations to Prime Minister @narendramodi and his BJP party on their BIG election victory,’ Trump said on Twitter. ‘Great things are in store […]

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5/23/2019

ELECTION/HEALTHCARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign believes he can turn Republicans’ biggest liability from last year’s congressional elections – the debate about the future of healthcare in America – into a winning issue for his reelection. That would have appeared highly unlikely just months ago, when Democrats seized upon the issue […]

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5/22/2019

DEMS/ELECTION/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Everybody, including me, thought that when the 40 Million Dollar Mueller Report was released with No Collusion and No Obstruction (of a crime caused by others), that was the end. But no, the Democrats want to keep it going in an effort to help them in 2020. Bad for the Country!” […]

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5/21/2019

CAMPAIGN FINANCE/CANADA/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A campaign finance watchdog group filed a complaint on Tuesday [5-21-19] against a Canadian billionaire alleging that he violated a federal ban on contributions by foreigners when his United States-based company donated $1.75 million last year to a political committee supporting President Trump’s agenda. The complaint was filed by the […]

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5/21/2019

ELECTION/GOP/PENNSYLVANIA/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Great news for Republicans: Fred Keller has just won the hard fought for Pennsylvania Congressional contest in a LANDSLIDE, over 70% of the vote. Thanks to the thousands who showed up for the Rally last night. Congratulations to Fred and his wonderful family!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 21, 2019 9:20 pm […]

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5/21/2019

ELECTION/JOE BIDEN/PENNSYLVANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday [5-21-19] responded to President Donald Trump’s attempts to undermine his ties to Pennsylvania by playing up his connection to another key voting bloc: the working class…Trump’s campaign is ratcheting up its efforts to win over voters in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan — states that […]

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5/21/2019

ELECTION/GOP/POLLS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A top strategist on President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign has withdrawn from an effort to unseat North Carolina GOP Sen. Thom Tillis in 2020 — an arrangement that sparked tensions at the highest levels of the Republican Party. Pollster John McLaughlin’s work for a Tillis primary challenger had angered leading Senate […]

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5/21/2019

CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/PENNSYLVANIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Pennsylvania – Don’t forget to get out and VOTE TODAY for Republican Fred Keller for Congress. Fred is Strong on Crime, Second Amendment, Military, Vets, and Healthcare. He has my Complete and Total Endorsement!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 21, 2019 11:38 am […]

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5/21/2019

ECONOMY/ELECTION/PENNSYLVANIA/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump, facing a potentially difficult path to winning a second term in November 2020, on Monday [5-20-19] told supporters in Pennsylvania that his trade war had strengthened the battleground state’s steel industry and jobs. Although Trump does not launch his re-election bid officially until next month, his appearance […]

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5/21/2019

ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Donald Trump’s reelection campaign is ramping up its criticism of outside political groups that purport to raise money on the President’s behalf, prompting one super PAC to shift its focus to helping down-ballot Republicans. The move by the Keeping America Great PAC comes after the Trump campaign publicly disavowed the organization […]

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5/21/2019

ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “To the great people of Kentucky, please go out and vote for Matt Bevin today. Very important. He has done a fantastic job for you and America! #MAGA” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 21, 2019 10:25 am […]

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5/21/2019

ABORTION/DEMS/ELECTION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “2020 Democratic presidential candidates are plunging into the debate over restrictive new abortion laws in states like Alabama, Georgia and Missouri — making abortion rights a central part of their messaging as some charge President Donald Trump with waging a ‘war on women.’ Republicans have often sought to seize on the […]

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5/21/2019

ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “For months, President Trump’s political advisers have been working to remake state Republican parties to cement their control ahead of the 2020 election. But Mr. Trump had a vested interest in helping dictate the leadership and direction of one state party in particular. In New York, where Mr. Trump was born, […]

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5/16/2019

ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congratulations to Dan Bishop on his big Republican Primary victory in the 9th Congressional District of North Carolina. Dan is strong on Crime, Loves our Military, Vets, 2A, and great Healthcare. He has my Complete and Total Endorsement! #MAGA”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 16, 2019 11:53 am […]

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5/15/2019

ELECTION/FLORIDA/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two days after President Trump held a political rally in the hurricane-thrashed Florida Panhandle last week, Samuel Rogatinsky, the owner of three FM radio stations in the region, made an unusual announcement: His stations would be airing snippets of Mr. Trump’s speech for two minutes every hour until Election Day — in […]

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5/15/2019

DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Montana Gov. Steve Bullock said Wednesday [5-15-19] that Donald Trump is not a good role model, telling ‘CBS This Morning”’ that ‘we’re expecting more from preschoolers’ than the behavior the president has exhibited in office. Bullock, the two-term governor of a state Trump won by more than 20 percentage points, announced his […]

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5/11/2019

CHINA/DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I think that China felt they were being beaten so badly in the recent negotiation that they may as well wait around for the next election, 2020, to see if they could get lucky & have a Democrat win – in which case they would continue to rip-off the USA for $500 […]

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5/11/2019

DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP TAXES: “I won the 2016 Election partially based on no Tax Returns while I am under audit (which I still am), and the voters didn’t care. Now the Radical Left Democrats want to again relitigate this matter. Make it a part of the 2020 Election!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 11, 2019 1:32 pm […]

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5/10/2019

ELECTION/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump predicted Friday [5-10-19] that he will face former Vice President Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election, writing on Twitter that aside from Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Democratic field is ‘fading fast’…Earlier Friday morning, in the midst of touting his trade strategy amid an escalating trade […]

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5/9/2019

CHINA/ECONOMY/ELECTION/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is gambling that the American economy can stomach even steeper tariffs on China as he heads toward a 2020 reelection bid. As trade talks between Washington and Beijing started to fall apart this week, the president’s top trade and economic advisers were urging Trump to move forward with the […]

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5/3/2019

ECONOMY/ELECTION/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The news on Friday [5-3-19] confirmed — beyond a shadow of a doubt — this fact: The US economy is booming. The economy added 263,000 jobs in the month of April, and the unemployment rate is now just 3.6% — the lowest it’s been since 1969! On top of the better-than-expected GDP […]

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5/3/2019

ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The last time the unemployment rate was this low, the Beatles were still together. Woodstock was right around the corner. There was a new President named Richard Nixon and Donald Trump was just a recent college grad. That’s how long it’s been. The unemployment rate was at or under 4%, as it […]

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5/2/2019

DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “‘Nasty.’ When President Trump said on Wednesday [5-1-19] that Senator Kamala Harris was ‘probably very nasty’ in her questioning of Attorney General William P. Barr at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, he brought back sharp memories for many Democrats. During the final presidential debate in 2016, Mr. Trump described Hillary Clinton as […]

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5/2/2019

CANADA/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Prime Minister Justin Trudeau agonized over what might seem like an inconsequential detail before his first meeting with President Donald Trump: how to shake hands. During a February 2017 flight to Washington to meet the president, Trudeau was fixated with being viewed as standing his ground without antagonizing Trump. So the prime […]

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5/1/2019

DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/LEGISLATION/NATIONAL SECURITY/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Democrats and Republicans can agree on perhaps just one thing about special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation — that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election. But bipartisan legislation to address foreign intrusions is all but dead amid a distinct lack of enthusiasm from Senate GOP leadership and the Trump White […]

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5/1/2019

DEMS/ELECTION/JARED KUSHNER/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As the 2020 Democratic presidential field began to form earlier this year, Trump campaign officials received a directive from the president’s son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner: Don’t meddle in primary politics. Targeting specific Democratic presidential hopefuls was at best a waste of time — and could even be counterproductive, Kushner […]

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5/1/2019

ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @kshaferus: @dbongino This statement is like so many others—liberal lies. Why would the military or emergency workers support a candidat…”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 1, 2019 5:14 am […]

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4/30/2019

ELECTION/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Joe Biden has visited Iowa countless times over 32 years, in previous presidential bids and as vice president. But Tuesday [4-30-19] was the first time he arrived in the state as the Democratic front-runner. And in his first stops in eastern Iowa, Biden acted as if he was already in a […]

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4/30/2019

ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two Republican senators who have been vocal supporters of former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld won’t say If they are open to backing his insurgent run for the Republican presidential nomination against President Donald Trump. The silence by Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Mitt Romney of Utah is an indication of […]

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4/29/2019

ELECTION/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Joseph R. Biden Jr. used his first address as a presidential candidate Monday [4-30-19] to sketch out his economic plans, vowing to rebuild the country’s middle class in a state that helped hand President Trump the White House three years ago. Appearing in a Teamsters hall, Mr. Biden scorned corporate greed, […]

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4/29/2019

ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump and Joe Biden spent Monday [4-29-19] trolling each other on Twitter as the Democratic former vice president delivered the first major speech of his nascent presidential campaign. Biden accused the president of being anti-labor after Trump claimed that rank-and-file union members would back his re-election bid, especially in the key […]

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4/29/2019

DEMS/ECONOMY/ELECTION/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In his first official event as a 2020 presidential candidate, Joe Biden skipped past the primary on Monday [4-29-19] and went right to the general election. From the atmospherics of his first campaign rally to the substance of his speech, the former vice president delivered a carefully calibrated message: While his […]

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4/26/2019

COMMERCE/ECONOMY/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Reports of the economic expansion’s death appear to have been greatly exaggerated. The United States economy surged unexpectedly in the first quarter, the Commerce Department said Friday [4-26-19], allaying concern that financial-market volatility and a prolonged government shutdown would cause a slump. That is good news for President Trump, who is counting […]

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4/26/2019

DHS/ELECTION/FBI/INTELLIGENCE/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The F.B.I. director warned anew on Friday [4-26-19] about Russia’s continued meddling in American elections, calling it a ‘significant counterintelligence threat.’ The bureau has shifted additional agents and analysts to shore up defenses against foreign interference, according to a senior F.B.I. official. The Trump administration has come to see that Russia’s […]

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4/26/2019

DEMS/ELECTION/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former Vice President Joe Biden is in and the race is on for the Democratic nomination for president. Now the field of 20 candidates must strategize their way forward in the take-no-prisoners era of President Donald Trump. With the leader of the free world unconstrained by niceties, unabashed in name-calling, and […]

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4/26/2019

DEMS/ELECTION/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Friday [4-26-19] called himself ‘a young, vibrant man,’ taking a dig at Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders, who eclipse him in age by a few years…The 72-year-old president has said he anticipates taking on one of the two Democratic front-runners in the 2020 general […]

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4/25/2019

DEMS/ELECTION/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [4-25-19] cast a critical eye over the 2020 Democratic presidential field, again questioning Joe Biden’s intelligence and saying Sen. Kamala Harris has a ‘nasty wit,’ while dismissing her candidacy…Trump went on to say that Biden doesn’t have the energy to deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping […]

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4/25/2019

DEMS/ELECTION/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. announced Thursday [4-25-19] that he would seek the Democratic nomination to challenge President Trump in 2020, casting the election as a national emergency and asking Democrats to put the task of defeating Mr. Trump above all their other ambitions. In a three-and-a-half minute video […]

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4/25/2019

ELECTION/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Hours after Joe Biden posted an online video announcing his 2020 White House bid, President Donald Trump responded on Twitter. ‘Welcome to the race Sleepy Joe,’ Trump taunted the former vice president on Thursday. ‘I only hope you have the intelligence, long in doubt, to wage a successful primary campaign.’ Trump’s […]

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4/25/2019

ELECTION/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [4-25-19] welcomed former Vice President Joe Biden to the 2020 field, dubbing him ‘Sleepy Joe’ and questioning his intelligence…Earlier on Thursday, Biden released a video announcing his candidacy that focused heavily on Trump. He accused the president of drawing a ‘moral equivalence’ when he said there […]

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4/25/2019

ELECTION/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Welcome to the race Sleepy Joe. I only hope you have the intelligence, long in doubt, to wage a successful primary campaign. It will be nasty – you will be dealing with people who truly have some very sick & demented ideas. But if you make it, I will see you […]

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4/24/2019

DHS/ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the months before Kirstjen Nielsen was forced to resign, she tried to focus the White House on one of her highest priorities as homeland security secretary: preparing for new and different Russian forms of interference in the 2020 election. President Trump’s chief of staff told her not to bring it up […]

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4/24/2019

DHS/ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Attempted Russian interference in US public affairs has continued as Department of Homeland Security officials and senior leaders have alerted the White House about the risks ahead of the 2020 presidential election — but it was ‘like pulling teeth’ to get the White House to pay attention, a US government official […]

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ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A top White House official said Wednesday [4-24-19] he doesn’t recall keeping discussions of election security from President Donald Trump and defended the administration’s effort to confront election meddling by Russia and others. The response, from acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, followed a report this week that former […]

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4/24/2019

DEMS/ELECTION/IMPEACHMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Impeachment is driving debate on the campaign trail now that special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election is out. Although the 448-page long report did not take a stance on whether the president or his associates obstructed justice, the evidence presented of the president’s efforts to derail […]

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4/24/2019

ELECTION/FLORIDA/GOP/HISPANIC/IMMIGRATION/LEGISLATION/SANCTUARY CITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Florida Republicans once worried that hardline immigration policies would alienate Hispanic voters and cost the party the nation’s biggest swing state. Then came Donald Trump, who carried Florida in 2016. Two years later, Gov. Ron DeSantis won election running as a Trump clone. Now the GOP-led Legislature is heeding DeSantis’ call […]

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4/24/2019

ELECTION/GOP/PENNSYLVANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senior Trump 2020 advisers are headed to Harrisburg on Wednesday [4-24-19] to meet with Pennsylvania GOP officials amid mounting concerns about the president’s prospects in the critical battleground state. Trump’s campaign is moving to shore up the state after 2018 midterm elections that saw Republicans get blown out in races up and […]

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4/23/2019

ATTORNEY GENERAL/ELECTION/FBI/INVESTIGATIONS/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Attorney General William Barr has received a waiver to participate in the investigation of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), a Malaysian development company that has come under investigation by the FBI and DOJ for alleged money laundering. The waiver, dated April 16, allows Barr to participate in ‘the investigation and litigation of […]

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4/23/2019

ELECTION/GOP/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan continued to needle President Donald Trump Tuesday [4-23-19], derisively referring to him in a New Hampshire speech as ‘dear leader,’ the sycophantic title given to Kim Jong Il, the father of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Hogan, who’s weighing a challenge to Trump in the 2020 […]

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4/19/2019

ELECTION/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump campaign has hired its own in-house attorney for its 2020 reelection bid — shifting future business away from Jones Day, the law firm, that has represented Trump since his first run for president. Campaign officials and advisers cast the decision to hire Nathan Groth — a former lawyer for the […]

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4/17/2019

ELECTION/FLORIDA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On the 58th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion, President Trump’s national security advisor John Bolton addressed a group of Cuban American veterans of the failed effort to topple Fidel Castro and announced a series of crackdowns on Cuba and its allies. It was part of a call to arms to […]

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4/16/2019

DEMS/ELECTION/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [4-16-19] took jabs at Fox News one day after Sen. Bernie Sanders’ surprisingly successful town hall appearance on the president’s favorite network. Trump said on Twitter that it was ‘weird’ to watch the Democratic presidential candidate on the channel and characterized the town hall as the second […]

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4/16/2019

ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Several Senate Republicans, who have been at odds with President Donald Trump, won’t say if they’d consider backing his new primary opponent, Bill Weld. Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, like Weld, was once governor of Massachusetts and has been openly critical of Trump at times during his presidency. But a Romney spokeswoman declined […]

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4/11/2019

ELECTION/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is expected to travel to Minnesota on Monday, the April 15 tax filing deadline. Trump is hoping to win Minnesota in the next election and has been citing tax cuts and his work on trade deals as positives that will help Republicans win in 2020. The Federal Aviation Administration […]

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4/11/2019

ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “With the president by his side, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice made a dramatic announcement before a raucous crowd of ‘MAGA’-hat wearing supporters: He was bolting a Democratic Party that had ‘walked away’ from him to join Donald Trump’s GOP. Two years later, Trump is now repaying the favor. A pair of […]

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4/10/2019

ELECTION/ISRAEL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is celebrating Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israeli election victory like it’s his own — and in many ways, it is. Trump and his foreign policy team orchestrated one of the most undisguised US interventions in an election abroad of recent times, helping to win the Israeli Prime Minister a fifth term. […]

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4/10/2019

ELECTION/ISRAEL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump phoned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday [4-10-19] to congratulate him on his re-election, and Netanyahu said he thanked his ally for ‘tremendous support for Israel.’ Netanyahu tweeted that Trump had called him from Air Force One. The president was on a flight to Texas. Netanyahu secured […]

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4/10/2019

ELECTION/ISRAEL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Spoke to Bibi @Netanyahu to congratulate him on a great and hard-fought win. The United States is with him and the People of Israel all the way! https://t.co/OfFI6aKSOb” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 10, 2019 2:17 pm […]

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4/10/2019

ELECTION/ISRAEL/MIDDLE EAST/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [4-10-19] predicted that his administration’s goal of bringing peace to the Middle East has a better shot at success now that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely going to be reelected. Speaking to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House, Trump congratulated one […]

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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

ELECTION/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The music was brooding. The imagery triumphal. The villains all the same. A video shared on Tuesday [4-9-19] by President Trump — until it was taken down, apparently over a copyright infringement complaint — left no doubt that his re-election would rest on a remobilization of the voters who put him […]

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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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4/5/2019

ELECTION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We don’t know what will emerge as President Trump’s plan to replace Obamacare, which he has promised to unveil immediately after the 2020 elections. But he has recently endorsed several proposals, and they could provide clues. Over the last two weeks, he has sought to re-emphasize health care as an issue, […]

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4/5/2019

COURTS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congratulations to Brian Hagedorn on his big surprise win over a well funded Liberal Democrat in the Great State of Wisconsin for a very important Supreme Court seat. Republicans are producing big for Wisconsin!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 5, 2019 11:43 am […]

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4/3/2019

ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On Election Day in 2016, the Republican Party was divided against itself, split over its nominee for president, Donald J. Trump. In Ohio, a crucial battleground, the state party chairman had repeatedly chided Mr. Trump in public, amplifying the concerns of Gov. John Kasich, a Republican dissenter. In New Hampshire, the party […]

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4/3/2019

ELECTION/MEDIA/MITCH MCCONNELL/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…This will be a great campaign issue. I never asked Mitch McConnell for a vote before the Election as has been incorrectly reported (as usual) in the @nytimes, but only after the Election when we take back the House etc. Republicans will always support pre-existing conditions!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April […]

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