10/24/2017

POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Bob Corker, who helped President O give us the bad Iran Deal & couldn’t get elected dog catcher in Tennessee, is now fighting Tax Cuts… Corker dropped out of the race in Tennesse when I refused to endorse him, and now is only negative on anything Trump. Look at his record!” […]

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10/23/2017

GOP/POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Once upon a time, Lindsey Graham called Donald Trump a ‘jackass.’ Never to be outdone in the put-down department, Trump labeled the South Carolina senator a ‘lightweight’ and an ‘idiot’ who ‘seems to me not as bright as Rick Perry.’ Two years after that campaign smackdown, Trump and Graham act like […]

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10/19/2017

POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sen. Bob Corker, the Tennessee Republican who dished out scathing criticism of President Donald Trump, said Thursday [10-19-17] that the White House includes staff with instincts that run counter to ‘prudent norms.’… Corker, the seasoned and smooth chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee, has taken off the gloves in recent […]

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10/18/2017

GOP/POLITICAL FIGURES: “In a sign of mounting frustration among Republicans in Washington, Representative Pat Tiberi of Ohio, a senior lawmaker with close ties to his party’s leaders, is expected to resign and take up an executive post with a business group in his home state, according to three Republicans briefed on his plans. An abrupt […]

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10/16/2017

GOP/POLITICAL FIGURES/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, whose relationship has been tense for months, offered a united front Monday [10-16-17] to promote their plans to rewrite the tax code as the Senate nears a critical vote. The White House had asked for the meeting over a week ago, according […]

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10/15/2017

POLITICAL FIGURES/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Before Bob Corker, there was Jeff Flake. Mr. Flake, the even-tempered Republican senator from Arizona, has for months offered stinging critiques of President Trump’s character, demeanor and truthfulness — the same message forcefully echoed a week ago by Mr. Corker, a Republican colleague from Tennessee, who warned that Mr. Trump’s reckless […]

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10/13/2017

POLITICAL FIGURES: “Such a wonderful statement from the great @LouDobbs. ‘We take up what may be the most accomplished presidency in modern American history.’ “ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 13, 2017 08:31pm […]

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10/12/2017

ETHICS/GOP/POLITICAL FIGURES: “The House Ethics Committee said Thursday [10-12-17] it will continue to look into New York GOP Rep. Chris Collins’ dealings with an Australian biotech company, but has not moved ahead with a full-scale investigation into the matter. The Office of Congressional Ethics, an independent watchdog, had unanimously recommended that the Ethics Committee launch […]

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10/11/2017

GOP/POLITICAL FIGURES: “Populist conservative groups are calling on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other members of the Senate Republican leadership team to resign from their top roles, saying the lawmakers have ‘made war with your own grassroots’ while failing to deliver on promises… Some of the leaders also threatened to oppose any Senate Republicans […]

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10/10/2017

MEDIA/POLITICAL FIGURES: “The Failing @nytimes set Liddle’ Bob Corker up by recording his conversation. Was made to sound a fool, and that’s what I am dealing with!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 10, 2017 07:50am […]

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10/9/2017

GOP/POLITICAL FIGURES/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A public feud between U.S. President Donald Trump and Senate Republican maverick Bob Corker could narrow the path for tax reform in the U.S. Senate, where a Republican go-it-alone effort is already showing signs of disunity. Days after the Republican-controlled Congress took two important steps toward advancing tax legislation, a Trump-Corker […]

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10/9/2017

GOP/POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and a senior Republican senator traded personal barbs on Twitter Sunday [10-8-17], the latest example of tensions between the president and senators in his party. Mr. Trump criticized Sen. Bob Corker, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who had recently suggested there is ‘chaos’ in the […]

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10/8/2017

POLITICAL FIGURES: “Bob Corker gave us the Iran Deal, & that’s about it. We need HealthCare, we need Tax Cuts/Reform, we need people that can get the job done!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 8, 2017 03:51pm […]

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10/8/2017

POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senator Bob Corker ‘begged’ me to endorse him for re-election in Tennessee. I said ‘NO’ and he dropped out (said he could not win without… my endorsement). He also wanted to be Secretary of State, I said ‘NO THANKS.’ He is also largely responsible for the horrendous Iran Deal! …Hence, I […]

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10/4/2017

ABORTION/HOUSE OF REPS/POLITICAL FIGURES: “Embattled Rep. Tim Murphy is weighing his political future as pressure mounts on the Pennsylvania Republican to resign. Murphy met privately with Speaker Paul Ryan Wednesday [10-4-17], according to GOP sources. Numerous top Republicans want Murphy to step down amid a report that the married, anti-abortion congressman suggested his mistress terminate […]

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9/28/2017

POLITICAL FIGURES: “House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, seriously wounded by a gunman’s bullet in June, is returning to Congress Thursday [9-28-17]. It’s Scalise’s first time in the Capitol since he took a bullet to the hip while practicing with the Republican congressional baseball team in Alexandria, Va. The shot shattered bone and tore through muscles […]

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9/8/2017

CRISIS/POLITICAL FIGURES: “All five living former US presidents are joining together to support a relief and recovery effort after Hurricane Harvey. Former Presidents Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama appeared in a video and asked Americans to respond to the devastation wrought by the hurricane… The office of […]

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8/30/2017

HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICAL FIGURES/POLITICS: “On a swing through western Iowa this week, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley told constituents he is committed to working in a bipartisan way when Congress returns next month to provide storm relief, stabilize the health-care system and fund the government without drama. It is a message that has resonated with many voters as […]

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8/23/2017

POLITICAL FIGURES/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s seesawing response to the deadly racial violence in Charlottesville, Va., has been rebuked by countless politicians, business executives, community groups and religious leaders. The leaders of Britain and Germany spoke about the need to condemn such violence. Now the United Nations has weighed in, too. Without mentioning Mr. Trump […]

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8/18/2017

POLITICAL FIGURES/RACISM: “Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney took to Facebook Friday [8-18-17] morning to again criticize how President Donald Trump handled the Charlottesville, Virginia attacks this past weekend. ‘Whether he intended to or not, what he communicated caused racists to rejoice, minorities to weep and the vast heart of America to mourn,’ Romney wrote. […]

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8/16/2017

POLITICAL FIGURES/RACISM: “Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday [8-16-17] ‘there are no good neo-Nazis’ — a day after President Donald Trump said there ‘were very fine people on both sides’ of the violent white supremacist rally this weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia. McConnell’s office on Tuesday said the Kentucky Republican had no new response to […]

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8/16/2017

POLITICAL FIGURES/POLITICS: “Wow, Senator Luther Strange picked up a lot of additional support since my endorsement. Now in September runoff. Strong on Wall & Crime!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 16, 2017 09:51am […]

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8/10/2017

POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Tensions flared publicly between President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, with the president criticizing his party’s Senate leader for the failure to advance a health-care bill through the Republican-led chamber… The president’s tweets followed criticism from Dan Scavino Jr., Mr. Trump’s social-media director and a senior aide, who […]

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8/9/2017

GOP/POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A close aide to President Donald Trump hit back Wednesday [8-9-17] against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, exhibiting further tension between the White House and Congress over Republicans’ failure to pass health care legislation. Dan Scavino, the White House director of social media, responded to McConnell’s comments that the President had […]

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7/27/2017

NOMINATIONS/POLITICAL FIGURES/RELIGION/TRUMP PEOPLE/SAM BROWNBACK: “For more than six years, Gov. Sam Brownback has steered Kansas on a hard right turn on one issue after another: taxes, guns, abortion rights, Medicaid and welfare benefits. He will leave as an unpopular leader of a state in uncertain fiscal health, with more robust conservative policies and governed by […]

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7/19/2017

BANKING/CONGRESS/POLITICAL FIGURES/TOM COTTON: “The U.S. Congress could act within weeks to kill a new rule that bars financial companies from blocking consumers who wish to file class-action lawsuits, according to a key Republican senator. Senator Tom Cotton, a member of the Senate Banking Committee writing legislation to tackle the rule, said Wednesday [7-18-17] he was […]

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7/17/2017

ETHICS/POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALTER SHAUB: “Actions by President Trump and his administration have created a historic ethics crisis, the departing head of the Office of Government Ethics said. He called for major changes in federal law to expand the power and reach of the oversight office and combat the threat. Walter M. Shaub Jr., who […]

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5/25/2017

FBI/TRUMP PEOPLE/JOE LIEBERMAN: “Former U.S. Senator and Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Lieberman has withdrawn from consideration to be the next director of the FBI, citing the potential for an appearance of a conflict of interest, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday [5-25-17]. In a letter to President Donald Trump, Lieberman cited his work […]

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5/16/2017

FBI/JOHN CORNYN/POLITICS: “Sen. John Cornyn, the second ranking Republican in the Senate, has asked to be removed from consideration to be the next FBI director, the Texan said in a statement. ‘Now more than ever the country needs a well-credentialed, independent FBI Director,’ Cornyn said. ‘I’ve informed the Administration that I’m committed to helping them […]

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5/1/2017

POLITICAL FIGURES: “President Andrew Jackson, who died 16 years before the Civil War started, saw it coming and was angry. Would never have let it happen!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 1, 2017 07:55pm […]

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3/29/2017

CONFLICT OF INTEREST/INTELLIGENCE/POLITICAL FIGURES/RUSSIA/DEVIN NUNES: “House intelligence chairman Devin Nunes rebuffed calls to step aside from the Russia investigation Tuesday [3-28-17] as demands grew for him to recuse himself as head of that probe. ‘Why would I?’ Nunes said. The calls for him to resign came after revelations about his meeting with a secret source […]

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3/28/2017

INTELLIGENCE/POLITICAL FIGURES/RUSSIA/DEVIN NUNES: “The Trump administration is refusing to provide details Tuesday [3-28-17] to who signed House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes into offices on White House grounds, as the House investigation into Russia’s interference in the US elections is stalled, the victim of a partisan showdown. All meetings of the House Russia investigators were canceled […]

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3/27/2017

HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICAL FIGURES/BERNIE SANDERS: “Now that Republicans’ efforts to pass sweeping health care legislation have failed, Sen. Bernie Sanders plans to propose a health care system funded entirely by taxpayers. Speaking on ‘State of the Union’ Sunday [3-26-17], Sanders told CNN’s Dana Bash that he intends to introduce legislation outlining a ‘Medicare-for-all, single-payer’ health care plan […]

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3/28/2017

2016 ELECTION/POLITICAL FIGURES/RUSSIA/DICK CHENEY: “Former Vice President Dick Cheney says Russia’s alleged interference in the U.S. presidential election could be interpreted by some as an “act of war.” ‘There was a very serious effort made by Mr. Putin and his government, his organization, to interfere in major ways with our basic, fundamental democratic processes,’ Cheney […]

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3/27/2017

POLITICAL FIGURES/POLITICS/TED POE: “Rep. Ted Poe announced Sunday [3-26-17] he has resigned from the conservative House Freedom Caucus over its opposition to the Republican health care plan, becoming the group’s first public casualty in the fall-out over its role in defeating the bill. ‘In order to deliver on the conservative agenda we have promised the […]

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3/20/2017

CONFLICT OF INTEREST/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/KELLYANNE CONWAY/GEORGE CONWAY: “President Trump is expected to nominate the husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, to run the Justice Department’s civil division, two sources familiar with the matter confirmed to CNN. If confirmed by the Senate, George Conway would lead an office that would handle legal challenges to major […]

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3/09/2017

AMBASSADOR/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/JON HUNTSMAN: “Former Utah governor and 2012 Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman has accepted President Donald Trump’s offer to serve as the next ambassador to Russia, several senior administration officials told CNN. If confirmed, Huntsman would become one of the highest-profile US ambassadors, helming the diplomatic mission to a country that has seen its […]

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2/3/2017

CLINTONS/KELLYANNE CONWAY/POLITICAL FIGURES: “One member of the Clinton family trolled President Trump’s senior adviser. Chelsea Clinton tweeted Friday morning, ‘very grateful no one seriously hurt in the Louvre attack…or the (completely fake) Bowling Green Massacre. Please don’t make up attacks.’ Clinton was responding to Trump senior adviser KellyAnne Conway after Conway said on MSNBC, ‘I […]

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11/19/2015

POLITICAL FIGURES: “John Kasich was managing director of Lehman Brothers when it crashed, bringing down the world and ruining people’s lives. A total failure!”  – 11/19/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 11/19/2015 […]

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11/17/2015

POLICE/POLITICAL FIGURES: “Mr. Sessions [Senator Jeff Sessions] said that police officers faced unfair criticism for their use of force. He believes that legal action by the Justice Department has discouraged officers from doing their jobs. [During a Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on 11-17-15 the senator stated] ‘It’s clear that police officers all over America are concerned […]

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11/6/2015

POLITICAL FIGURES: “Carson now admits his friend named ‘Bob,’ who he tried to stab (Bob was saved by his belt buckle!), no longer exists as Bob. Wrong name!”  – 11/6/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 11/6/2015 […]

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11/6/2015

POLITICAL FIGURES: “With Ben Carson wanting to hit his mother on head with a hammer, stab a friend and Pyramids built for grain storage – don’t people get it?”  – 11/6/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 11/6/2015 […]

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11/6/2015

POLITICAL FIGURES: “Florida Ethics Commission Advocate comes down hard on Rubio. So do two people who worked with him. Said he used the wrong credit card! Sure.”  – 11/6/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 11/6/2015 […]

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10/13/2015

CRIME/POLITICAL FIGURES: “Mr. Sessions credits tough mandatory sentences with helping reduce crime. He has criticized the Obama administration for embracing more lenient sentencing policies. [In Senator Sessions Senate Speech on 10-13-15 he said] ‘How many people do you know that are likely to take a gun and would murder somebody? The more of those that are […]

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10/7/2015

POLITICAL FIGURES: “Ben Carson was speaking in general terms as to what he would do if confronted with a gunman, and was not criticizing the victims. Not fair!”  – 10/7/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 10/7/2015 […]

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8/11/2015

BLM/DONALD ON DONALD/POLITICAL FIGURES: “Bernie Sanders and Black Lives Matter protesters in Seattle? “I would never give up my microphone! I thought that was disgusting. That showed such weakness, the way he was taken away by two young women. The microphone!”  – Birch Run, Mich., Aug. 11, 2015, Donald Trump, 8/11/2015 […]

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8/9/2015

POLITICAL FIGURES: “I just realized that if you listen to Carly Fiorina for more than ten minutes straight, you develop a massive headache. She has zero chance!”  – Twitter.com, Aug. 9, 2015, Donald Trump, 8/9/2015 […]

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7/19/2015

POLITICAL FIGURES/VETS: “The Veterans Administration is in shambles and our veterans are suffering greatly. John McCain has done nothing to help them but talk.”  – 7/19/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 7/19/2015 […]

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7/19/2015

IMMIGRATION/POLITICAL FIGURES: “John McCain called thousands of people ‘crazies’ when they came to seek help on illegal immigration last week in Phoenix. He owes apology!”  – 7/19/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 7/19/2015 […]

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7/18/2015

POLITICAL FIGURES/VETS: “The Veterans of our country have been treated like third class citizens for many years… ….John McCain has failed miserably to fix the situation and to make it possible for Veterans to successfully manage their lives.”  – 7/18/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 7/18/2015 […]

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7/18/2015

POLITICAL FIGURES/VA/VETS: “One of the reasons I am no fan of John McCain is that our Vets are being treated so badly by him and the politicians. I will fix VA quickly.”  – 7/18/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 7/18/2015 […]

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7/18/2015

DONALD ON DONALD/POLITICAL FIGURES: Donald Trump stated, “John McCain is ‘not a war hero. … He is a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured, OK?’ ”  – Ames, Iowa, July 18, 2015, Donald Trump, Transcript, 7/18/2015 […]

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7/4/2015

GOP/POLITICAL FIGURES/POLITICS: “Why would Republican candidates want the support of Mitt  Romney. He lost an election against Obama that should NEVER have been lost!”  – 7/4/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 7/4/2015 […]

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5/26/2015

IRAQ/POLITICAL FIGURES: “If any candidate believes that with what we know today we still should have invaded Iraq then they are unqualified to be Commander-in-Chief.”  – 5/26/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 5/26/2015 […]

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