GOP/HIV-AIDS/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump wants to eliminate HIV in the U.S., contain the opioid crisis and lower the cost of prescription drugs — but all of those need Obamacare to be successful. And Trump just promised to kill it. His HIV plan relies on key pieces of Obamacare to expand access to prevention […]
Category: GOP
4/1/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Jaden Rams used to be on fire for Donald Trump. Shortly before the 2016 presidential election, when he was 13, he put on a red MAGA hat and matching tie and yelled his support at a rally in his hometown, Grand Junction, Colo…Today he calls the presidential campaign and its aftermath ‘a […]
3/29/2019
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/SUPREME COURT/TEXAS: “Healthcare is going well. Healthcare is going well. We are going to have a plan that’s so much better than Obamacare. Obamacare is a disaster. We’re going to have a plan that is so much better than Obamacare. So the healthcare is going very well. And we’re going to take care of […]
3/28/2019
GOP/NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [3-29-19] proclaimed that no other ‘living human being’ has cared for Puerto Rico better than he has…Trump’s comments come two days after news reports that he privately told Republicans that Puerto Rico, which was struck by two hurricanes in 2017, was receiving too much federal […]
3/28/2019
GOP/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Republican Party will become the Party of Great HealthCare! ObamaCare is a disaster, far too expensive and deductibility ridiculously high – virtually unusable! Moving forward in Courts and Legislatively!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 28, 2019 2:41 pm […]
3/28/2019
GOP/HEALTHCARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Here we go again. President Donald Trump is calling on Republicans to be the party of health care. But that’s not going to be so easy to do since it requires them to have a plan…While the party hasn’t coalesced behind a health care plan, there are policies that Republicans have long […]
3/27/2019
GOP/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House has no ‘fresh’ plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, despite the administration backing a district court ruling striking down the full law earlier this week, a senior White House official told CNN Wednesday [3-27-19]. However, the administration plans to submit a health care replacement to Congress […]
3/27/2019
ELECTION/GOP/HEALTHCARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump says the GOP is now the ‘party of health care.’ But Republicans have no real plan to deliver on that. Trump’s unexpected demand that Republicans take another crack at replacing Obamacare came on the heels of his Justice Department backing a lawsuit intended to gut the entire law. […]
3/27/2019
ECONOMY/GOP/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republicans are trying to head off their next potentially explosive conflict with President Donald Trump. In a series of private meetings and conversations with Trump over the past few months, Senate Republicans have pleaded with him not to impose a new round of tariffs on foreign automakers — fearing they could […]
3/27/2019
ELECTION/GOP/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Buoyed by word that the special counsel didn’t find collusion with Russia, President Donald Trump is voicing new interest in policymaking, including a fresh effort to repeal and replace ‘Obamacare.’ But Trump has few detailed policy proposals to back up his words, suggesting he’s as focused on highlighting issues that appeal to […]
3/26/2019
GOP/HEALTHCARE: “The Republican Party will soon be known as the Party of Healthcare. You watch.” -Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump Before Senate Republican Policy Lunch,” whitehouse.gov, Mar. 26, 2019 […]
3/26/2019
GOP/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMACARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump declared Tuesday [3-26-19] that his Republican Party ‘will soon be known as the party of health care,’ doubling down on his administration’s most recent legal efforts to undo the Affordable Care Act…Ahead of his remarks on Capitol Hill, Trump expressed a similar sentiment on Twitter, writing in an […]
3/26/2019
GOP/NATURAL DISASTERS/PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump, in a closed door meeting Tuesday [3-26-19] with Senate Republicans, again took a swipe at Puerto Rico’s fiscal management and the size of its disaster relief in the wake of damaging storms last week — and he brought a visual aid to try and back up his […]
3/26/2019
COURTS/ELECTION/GOP/REGULATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With the 2020 presidential campaign already underway, one of President Donald Trump’s best opportunities to seal a solid first-term legacy lies in his deregulation agenda — a goal broadly embraced by most Republicans. His administration already has 514 deregulatory measures in process, addressing issues as diverse as federal student loans and climate […]
3/25/2019
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld says he’s leaning toward challenging President Donald Trump in the 2020 Republican primary, and expects to make a decision in April. Weld gave the clearest sense of his intentions yet, and laid out a path to the GOP nomination during an appearance on the New Hampshire radio […]
3/25/2019
DEMS/GOP/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump and his Republican allies went on the offensive on Monday [3-25-19], vowing to pursue and even punish those responsible for the Russia investigation now that the special counsel has wrapped up without implicating him or his campaign in a criminal conspiracy to influence the 2016 election. Mr. Trump, grim […]
3/21/2019
ECONOMY/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @GOPChairwoman: You can’t deny our economy is roaring: *fastest GDP growth in 13 years *1M more job openings than people looking for…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 21, 2019 9:39 pm […]
3/20/2019
GOP/OHIO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump cracked a joke during his visit to an Ohio army tank plant on Wednesday [3-20-19], telling a crowd that he would have gotten into one of the tanks on showcase behind him if it wasn’t for former presidential contender Michael Dukakis…What turned out to be one of the biggest political […]
3/15/2019
BORDER/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “I’d like to thank all of the Great Republican Senators who bravely voted for Strong Border Security and the WALL. This will help stop Crime, Human Trafficking, and Drugs entering our Country. Watch, when you get back to your State, they will LOVE you more than ever before!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March […]
3/14/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VETO: “The Senate delivered a high-profile rebuke to President Donald Trump over his signature agenda issue Thursday [3-14-19] when 12 Republicans joined Democrats to overturn the President’s national emergency border declaration. The vote was 59-41, an overwhelming vote against the President’s executive action. Lawmakers don’t have enough votes, however, to override a certain […]
3/14/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate delivered a stunning bipartisan rebuke to Donald Trump on Thursday [3-14-19] when 12 Republicans joined Democrats in voting to overturn the president’s national emergency declaration. In a 59-41 vote, the Senate approved a House passed-resolution to block Trump from funding his border wall without congressional approval. The GOP revolt will […]
3/14/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A vote for today’s resolution by Republican Senators is a vote for Nancy Pelosi, Crime, and the Open Border Democrats!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 14, 2019 9:46 am […]
3/14/2019
BORDER/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two weeks ago, Sen. Thom Tillis said President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration violated the separation of powers and created a dangerous precedent, stating in an op-ed that he would vote to reverse it. On Thursday [3-14-19], the North Carolina Republican flipped and sided with Trump on the border vote. While a […]
3/14/2019
BORDER/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VETO: “A dozen Republicans joined Senate Democrats on Thursday [3-14-19] to overturn President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the southwestern border, arguing that the president had exceeded his powers in trying to build a border wall over Congress’s objections. The 59-to-41 vote on a measure already approved by the House set […]
3/13/2019
BORDER/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump invited some Senate Republicans to the White House on Wednesday [3-13-19] afternoon for a two-hour conversation about trade. But the president couldn’t quite get the looming GOP rebuke of his national emergency declaration off his mind…After more than two years of keeping his veto pen capped, Trump is going […]
3/13/2019
BORDER/CRIME/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats will have a unanimous vote on a 20% issue in opposing Republican Senators tomorrow. The Dems are for Open Borders and Crime!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 13, 2019 11:43 am […]
3/13/2019
BORDER/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Senate appeared poised to pass a proposal to terminate President Donald Trump’s declaration of an emergency at the southern border, despite his threat to veto the measure and heavy lobbying of his fellow Republicans. Republican Senator Mike Lee, who had been shopping a second bill that would keep the emergency […]
3/13/2019
BORDER/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “A last-ditch gambit to spare Senate Republicans a hostile showdown with President Trump over the Constitution’s separation of powers was torpedoed on Wednesday [3-13-19] by the president himself, increasing the likelihood that the Senate will vote on Thursday [3-14-19] to overturn the president’s emergency declaration and force the first veto of his […]
3/13/2019
GOP/MEDICAID/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump last year shut down a push by several Republican governors and administration officials to allow states to offer a partial expansion of Medicaid, a change that would cover fewer Americans than required under the Affordable Care Act. Eight months later, the policy is now ‘under review,’ said Seema […]
3/12/2019
COURTS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @dcexaminer: For the first time in his presidency, @realDonaldTrump flipped an appeals court to now have a majority of Republican-appoin…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 12, 2019 10:30 pm […]
3/12/2019
FOREIGN POLICY/GOP/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When former Vice President Dick Cheney charged this weekend that Donald Trump treats American foreign policy like a ‘New York real estate deal,’ he demanded an answer not from the president but from Trump’s mild-mannered vice president, Mike Pence. To the audience of Republican insiders gathered in Sea Island, Ga., […]
3/12/2019
BUDGET/CALIFORNIA/EDUCATION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says he’s ‘mad as hell’ and will push back hard against a proposal in Trump’s fiscal 2020 budget to cut nearly $1.3 billion in funding for after-school programs critical to millions of kids and their working parents — including 150,000 kids in California alone. After-school programs ‘save […]
3/12/2019
BORDER/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Republicans are unlikely to be permitted to dramatically amend the House-passed resolution that would overturn the president’s national emergency, suggesting they will be confronted with a simple referendum on the president’s controversial declaration later this week. The Senate parliamentarian is expected to allow few if any significant amendments at a majority […]
3/12/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House and Republican senators sought compromise Tuesday [3-12-19] on limiting presidents’ powers to unilaterally declare national emergencies, as chances improved that President Donald Trump might avoid a long-expected rejection by Congress of his effort to divert billions more for building barriers along the Mexican border. As a Thursday [3-14-19] showdown […]
3/11/2019
FOREIGN POLICY/GOP/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Dick Cheney lit into Vice President Mike Pence behind closed doors over the direction of the Trump administration’s foreign policy, flouting a set of agreed-upon subjects and forcing Pence on the defensive over President Donald Trump’s foreign policy. The former vice president interviewed Pence at the American Enterprise Institute’s annual […]
3/11/2019
BORDER/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Republicans are trying to head off a collision with President Donald Trump over the border wall this week, even as his new budget demands ensure the painful political battle will extend into the fall. Some GOP senators are discussing a potential compromise with the White House in order to limit Republican […]
3/11/2019
BORDER/CRIME/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republican Senators have a very easy vote this week. It is about Border Security and the Wall (stopping Crime, Drugs etc.), not Constitutionality and Precedent. It is an 80% positive issue. The Dems are 100% United, as usual, on a 20% issue, Open Borders and Crime. Get tough R’s!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
3/7/2019
DEMS/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/INVESTIGATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The top Republican on a U.S. House of Representatives oversight committee that is investigating President Donald Trump blasted the Democratic-led probe on Thursday [3-7-19] as a ‘draconian inquisition’ and an abuse of congressional power. The House Judiciary Committee’s ranking Republican, Doug Collins, said the panel’s investigation into obstruction of justice, […]
3/7/2019
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Some Republicans facing tough 2020 elections are weighing a break with President Donald Trump on foreign policy or his border wall-driven national emergency declaration. David Perdue is going the other way…It’s a confident early stance from a Republican facing one of the toughest reelection races in the country next year — […]
3/6/2019
BORDER/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Senate Republicans are not voting on constitutionality or precedent, they are voting on desperately needed Border Security & the Wall. Our Country is being invaded with Drugs, Human Traffickers, & Criminals of all shapes and sizes. That’s what this vote is all about. STAY UNITED!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 6, 2019 12:54 […]
3/6/2019
COURTS/DEMS/GOP/MITCH MCCONNELL/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s stream of judges is about to become a torrent. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his GOP caucus have long prioritized confirming conservative judges to lifetime appointments. But they’re about to accelerate their ability to unilaterally approve many nominees in dramatic fashion. The Senate is on track to confirm […]
3/6/2019
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT:TRUMP PEOPLE “Bill Weld announced his presidential exploratory bid last month with a flourish, capturing headlines by calling Donald Trump ‘a schoolyard bully’ and dismissing Washington Republicans for exhibiting ‘all the symptoms of Stockholm syndrome.’ Then he went dark. Aside from a few television hits and public appearances, the former Massachusetts governor has […]
3/5/2019
2016 ELECTION/GOP/INVESTIGATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump may have committed crimes over a scheme to pay off women alleging extramarital affairs — but Senate Republicans say they have no reason to look into it. GOP leaders and key committee chairmen are making clear that they believe there is no reason to probe whether the President […]
3/5/2019
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @GOPChairwoman: While @realDonaldTrump was successful in the private sector, career politicians enrich themselves by spending decades in…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 5, 2019 11:16 pm […]
3/5/2019
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republican Approval Rating just hit 93%. Sorry Haters! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 5, 2019 9:15 am […]
3/5/2019
EDUCATION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “During his rambling, two hour talk on Saturday [3-2-19] at the Conservative Political Action Conference, President Donald Trump said he soon will sign a free speech order for college campuses. What he left out was that the justification for the order is based on a false interpretation of what is actually […]
3/3/2019
GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @GOPChairwoman: I completely agree with Kevin McCarthy.…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 3, 2019 10:24 pm […]
3/3/2019
CHUCK SCHUMER/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Schumer & the Democrats are hurting our Country. Senate Republicans must take BOLD ACTION! https://t.co/QFqCaYmVPJ” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 3, 2019 8:24 pm […]
3/3/2019
GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @MZHemingway: Man, conservatives haven’t been this united on Twitter since the Kavanaugh confirmation!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 3, 2019 8:20 pm […]
3/2/2019
GOP/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: 93% Approval Rating in the Republican Party. 52% Approval Rating overall! Not bad considering I get the most unfair (B…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 2, 2019 9:51 am […]
3/2/2019
BORDER/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: I hope our great Republican Senators don’t get led down the path of weak and ineffective Border Security. Without stro…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 2, 2019 9:50 am […]
3/1/2019
ELECTION/GOP/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A small group of Republican strategists opposed to President Trump, branding themselves Defending Democracy Together, quietly conducted polling and focus groups last fall to gauge whether the president was vulnerable to a primary challenge in 2020. Assembling a presentation for sympathetic political donors, they listed points of weakness for Mr. Trump […]
2/27/2019
DEMS/ETHICS/GOP/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Democratic Rep. Kathleen Rice of New York, a former federal prosecutor, has asked the House Ethics Committee to investigate a statement Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz made about Michael Cohen, saying that she believes the GOP lawmaker’s comments could rise to the level of witness tampering and intimidation. Gaetz, a close […]
2/27/2019
GOP/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Florida Bar is investigating Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz after his threatening tweet last night about President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen. Francine Andía Walker, the group’s director of communications, said the Florida Bar received a number of calls and emails regarding the tweet after it posted. According to […]
2/27/2019
DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “Republicans may want to re-think one of their planned 2020 campaign themes: It seems that President Donald Trump has met a ‘socialist’ country he actually likes. In recent months Trump has repeatedly cited what he calls the growing threat of socialism in an effort to tarnish leftist Democrats eyeing the Oval Office […]
2/26/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/DEMS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “More than a dozen Republicans voted with Democrats to block President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency on the United States border with Mexico. If the Senate also passes the bill, Mr. Trump has promised that he would veto the bill to protect his emergency declaration. Several Republicans voted to block President […]
2/26/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The House voted Tuesday [2-26-19] to overturn President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration, delivering a harsh rebuke to the president’s attempt to go around Congress to fund a border wall. Every Democrat voted in favor, along with 13 Republicans. The Senate, which needs just fourGOP votes to approve it and send it […]
2/25/2019
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “As the luncheon dishes were placed down, the master of ceremonies kicked off a boisterous round of Lindsey Graham trivia. ‘What is the senator’s middle name?’ she asked the ballroom of meatloaf-eating Republicans in Greenville, S.C. ‘What’s the name of the bar the senator’s family owned?’ For those of you playing […]
2/15/2019
ELECTION/GOP/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld said on Friday [2-15-19] that he is exploring a challenge to President Donald Trump for the Republican nomination in 2020…Weld’s most recent political bid was a 2016 run for vice president on the Libertarian ticket alongside former presidential candidate and New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson. By jumping […]
2/25/2019
BORDER/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “’Why on earth would any Republican vote not to put up a Wall or against Border Security. Please explain that to me?’ @Varneyco” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 25, 2019 10:01 am […]
2/25/2019
BORDER/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “I hope our great Republican Senators don’t get led down the path of weak and ineffective Border Security. Without strong Borders, we don’t have a Country – and the voters are on board with us. Be strong and smart, don’t fall into the Democrats ‘trap’ of Open Borders and Crime!” –Donald Trump, […]
2/25/2019
CHUCK SCHUMER/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former Senator Harry Reid (he got thrown out) is working hard to put a good spin on his failed career. He led through lies and deception, only to be replaced by another beauty, Cryin’ Chuck Schumer. Some things just never change!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 25, 2019 7:53 am […]
2/24/2019
GOP/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “93% Approval Rating in the Republican Party. 52% Approval Rating overall! Not bad considering I get the most unfair (BAD) press in the history of presidential politics! And don’t forget the Witch Hunt!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 24, 2019 10:02 am […]
2/24/2019
GOP/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Poll: Suburban women are coming back into the Republican Party in droves ‘because of the Wall and Border Security. 70% support Border Security and the Wall.’ Not believing the Walls are immoral line. Beverly Hallberg, Independent Women’s Forum @KatiePavlich A great USA issue!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 24, 2019 9:56 am […]
2/23/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “There is far more ENERGY on the Right than there is on the Left. That’s why we just won the Senate and why we will win big in 2020. The Fake News just doesn’t want to report the facts. Border Security is a big factor. The under construction Wall will stop Gangs, […]
2/22/2019
BORDER/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Friday [2-22-19] he is concerned about the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration to grab funding for a border wall, bypassing the will of Congress…Speaking at POLITICO’s State Solutions Conference, Hutchinson said drugs and undocumented immigrants coming across the southern border did constitute an emergency, […]
2/21/2019
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republican Gov. Larry Hogan said Thursday [2-21-19] he expects to make a springtime trip to New Hampshire as he weighs a 2020 challenge to Donald Trump — and accused the Republican National Committee of going to extraordinary lengths to shield the president from a potentially draining primary…During its annual winter meeting earlier […]
2/20/2019
CAMPAIGN FINANCE/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Republican National Committee brought in $15.5 million in January and ended the month with $28.6 million cash on hand as it prepared for President Donald Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign, according to a new campaign finance disclosure. The committee spent more than $300 million during the midterm election cycle helping Republicans, […]
2/19/2019
ELECTION/GOP/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Maryland’s Republican governor, who’s viewed as a potential primary challenger to President Donald Trump in 2020, said the President’s poll numbers show he’s ‘pretty weak in the general election.’ Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan made the comments to CBS News in an interview set to air Wednesday [2-20-19] morning as the moderate Republican […]
2/15/2019
BORDER/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “All through the 2016 campaign Donald Trump warned about the menace of immigration by reciting the lyrics of a song called ‘The Snake,’ about a kind woman who takes a snake into her home, only to die when he bites her. The snake tells the woman, ‘You knew I was a […]
2/15/2019
CONGRESS/GOP/OBAMA/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Outraged House Republicans sued President Barack Obama in 2014 for spending billions of federal dollars without congressional approval — and won. Now many House and Senate Republicans could side with President Trump for doing what they saw as a grave abuse of power by Mr. Obama — circumventing an unwilling Congress in […]
2/15/2019
ELECTION/GOP/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “William F. Weld, the maverick former governor of Massachusetts, announced on Friday [2-15-19] that he would form an exploratory committee to challenge President Trump for the Republican Party’s 2020 nomination, presenting himself as a dissident voice in a political party that has abandoned its mainstream roots. Mr. Weld, 73, is the first […]
2/15/2019
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 […]
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 […]
2/7/2019
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
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/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/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 […]
2/1/2019
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
GOP/LEGISLATION/MIDDLE EAST/SENATE/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Republican-led Senate approved legislation Tuesday [2-5-19] that sharply criticizes President Donald Trump’s planned withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria and Afghanistan. The bill also includes a controversial provision that would allow local governments to penalize businesses or individuals engaged in anti-Israel boycotts. Supporters of the boycott provision said it’s needed […]
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 […]
2/4/2019
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
BORDER/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Many Senate Republicans are deeply opposed to President Donald Trump declaring a national emergency to build his border wall, with enough resistance that the president might ultimately be forced to veto a measure intended to block him. Interviews with a dozen GOP senators on Monday [2-4-19] revealed broad efforts to wave Trump […]
2/4/2019
GOP/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump’s legislative path to a border wall has narrowed significantly on the eve of Tuesday’s [2-5-19] State of the Union speech, and his fallback plan to circumvent Congress by declaring a state of emergency could create a major division in his own party. As he prepares to make his case to […]
2/3/2019
CRIME/GOP/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With Caravans marching through Mexico and toward our Country, Republicans must be prepared to do whatever is necessary for STRONG Border Security. Dems do nothing. If there is no Wall, there is no Security. Human Trafficking, Drugs and Criminals of all dimensions – KEEP OUT!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 3, 2019 5:03 […]
2/3/2019
CRIME/GOP/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With Caravans marching through Mexico and toward our Country, Republicans must be prepared to do whatever is necessary for STRONG Border Security. Dems do nothing. If there is no Wall, there is no Security. Human Trafficking, Drugs and Criminals of all dimensionns – KEEP OUT!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 3, 2019 4:59 […]
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
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
COURTS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “For many of Donald Trump’s most ardent supporters, there has been no issue more important than stacking the federal bench with conservative judges. Many on the right are now fearing a retreat. Concerns began to mount after the Wall Street Journal editorial board on Tuesday [1-29-19] published an editorial accusing the […]
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 […]
1/29/2019
ELECTION/GOP/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump likes to boast that he is the most popular Republican president among Republicans that has ever existed. ‘How do you impeach a president who has won perhaps the greatest election of all time, done nothing wrong (no Collusion with Russia, it was the Dems that Colluded), had the most […]
1/28/2019
BORDER/GOP/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Senate Republicans can’t stomach another shutdown. After weathering 35 days of a partial government closure, the Senate GOP is dreading the possibility another one will hit in less than three weeks — a sentiment that could prevent President Donald Trump from closing the government again. Though House Republicans aren’t ruling out supporting […]
1/26/2019
CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/ROBERT MUELLER/ROGER STONE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s defeat in his border-wall standoff with Congress has clouded his already perilous path to a second term in 2020, undercutting Mr. Trump’s cherished image as a forceful leader and deft negotiator, and emboldening alike his Democratic challengers and Republican dissenters who hope to block his re-election. The longest […]
1/25/2019
GOP/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Less than four months ago, the staid Metropolitan Republican Club in Manhattan became an unlikely battleground between anti-fascism activists and a far-right group known as the Proud Boys. After the Proud Boys’ founder, Gavin McInnes, spoke at the club, vandalism and violence ensued, as people associated with the group squared off […]
1/25/2019
GOP/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “Some of the most prominent voices in the conservative base were furious at President Trump on Friday [1-25-19] after he agreed to reopen the government without getting money for a border wall — the sort of terms he had spent more than a month rejecting. They derided the deal as a […]
1/25/2019
GOP/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump met last week with a delegation of hard-right activists led by Ginni Thomas, the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, listening quietly as members of the group denounced transgender people and women serving in the military, according to three people with direct knowledge of the events. For 60 minutes Mr. […]
1/25/2019
BORDER/GOP/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump touted GOP unity for 33 days of a partial government shutdown. But by the 34th day, it was clearly gone — and so was the shutdown by the end of the 35th. Senate Republicans had finally had it and were struggling to continue to defend the president’s position and […]
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 […]