10/18/2018

DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Don’t expect Donald Trump to cop to a ‘thumpin” or a ‘shellacking’ if the midterm elections turn into a triumph for Democrats. The President, even as he races around the country animating rowdy campaign crowds and launching a full-on media blitz, is making one thing clear: if Republicans go down on November […]

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10/15/2018

DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump gazes out over his rally crowd and lets loose a stream of insults with a theatrical flourish and playful grin. He jabs at Cory Booker the ‘disaster’ mayor, Elizabeth Warren the ‘Pocahontas’ pretender and ‘sleepy’ Joe Biden…The venue may be Council Bluffs, Iowa, or Erie, Pennsylvania, or Topeka, […]

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10/15/2018

RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The crowds at my Rallies are far bigger than they have ever been before, including the 2016 election. Never an empty seat in these large venues, many thousands of people watching screens outside. Enthusiasm & Spirit is through the roof. SOMETHING BIG IS HAPPENING – WATCH!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 15, 2018 […]

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10/13/2018

RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On my way to Richmond, Kentucky for a MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN rally at 7:00pmE. The crowds are once again, massive. See everyone in a couple of hours! #MAGA https://t.co/D1FYNgW0nL https://t.co/d0VBFeePLk“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 13, 2018 4:06 pm […]

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10/13/2018

DEMS/ENDORSEMENT/GOP/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Heading to the Great State of Kentucky – Big Rally for Congressman Andy Barr – Fantastic guy, need his vote for MAGA! Strong on Crime, Tax Cuts, Military, Vets & 2nd A. His opponent will NEVER vote for us, only for Pelosi. Andy has my Strongest Endorsement!!! See you in Kentucky.” –Donald […]

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10/12/2018

GOP/RACISM/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump praised Confederate General Robert E. Lee at a rally in Ohio Friday [10-12-18] night during a soliloquy in which he also praised a number of Ohioans, including Union General Ulysses S. Grant…Trump added that the frustrated Lincoln was forced to turn to Grant to finally deliver a victory for […]

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10/12/2018

AGRICULTURE/ENERGY [ALTERNATIVE]/EPA/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s hyping of a plan to boost ethanol demand drew cheers at an Iowa rally on Tuesday [10-9-18], but the oil refining industry has promised a lawsuit to block the move, so victory for Midwest farmers is far from certain. Trump on Tuesday indicated that the U.S. Environmental Protection […]

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10/12/2018

CELEBS/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Prince’s surviving family members are asking President Donald Trump to stop using the late rock star’s music at campaign rallies. Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ has frequently been on Trump’s playlist at recent rallies, including last week in Southaven, Mississippi. Prince’s half-brother Omarr Baker tweeted the estate’s opposition to use of any Prince music […]

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10/12/2018

ENDORSEMENT/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump took a victory lap in Ohio on Friday [10-12-18], touting a ‘really historic week for America’ that began with the installation of his second Supreme Court justice and concluded with the release of an American detained in Turkey. Jocular and boastful, Trump barnstormed — in what was a barn […]

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10/12/2018

RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Hello! This week I’m in Erie, Pa., where I’ve just been to one of the more arresting spectacles of the 2018 election calendar: a campaign rally featuring President Trump. President Trump loves rallies! He loves the adoration of the crowds who attend his rallies! He traveled here at the very moment Hurricane […]

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10/11/2018

MEDIA/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Fox News Channel has recently pulled back from airing President Donald Trump’s campaign-style rallies during prime time, a move that could put a crimp in Republican efforts to reach voters in the weeks before midterm elections. During much of the late summer, Fox would pre-empt its lucrative nightly lineup of Tucker […]

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10/11/2018

ELECTION/GOP/HURRICANE/PENNSYLVANIA/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As Hurricane Michael pounded Florida, President Donald Trump took shelter at a campaign event in Pennsylvania, where he sought to boost Republicans before the midterms. Trump acknowledged the hurricane at the top of his rally Wednesday [10-9-18] night in Erie, offering his ‘thoughts and prayers’ to those in the storm’s path and […]

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10/11/2018

ELECTION/GOP/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is returning to Ohio to try to boost GOP candidates in a Republican-dominated area. Trump will headline a Friday [10-12-18] evening rally at the Warren County Fairgrounds in Lebanon, northeast of Cincinnati. The county is a GOP stronghold, and Trump won two out of every three votes there in […]

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10/10/2018

DEMS/ELECTION/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When President Trump mocked a Democratic senator at a midterm election rally the other night, the crowd responded with one of his supporters’ favorite chants from his own campaign two years ago. ‘Lock her up! Lock her up! Lock her up!’ The arena boomed with shouting voices and they kept going. […]

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10/10/2018

GOP/ME TOO/RALLY/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump mocked the #MeToo movement again at his rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday [10-10-18] night, citing the ‘rules of MeToo’ as the reason he wasn’t ‘allowed’ to use an expression. When talking about winning the state in the 2016 presidential election Trump said, ‘Pennsylvania hasn’t been won for […]

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10/10/2018

PENNSYLVANIA/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Departing the @WhiteHouse for Erie, Pennsylvania. I cannot disappoint the thousands of people that are there – and the thousands that are going. I look forward to seeing everyone this evening.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 10, 2018 2:52 pm […]

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10/10/2018

ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT/GOP/PENNSYLVANIA/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is boosting Pennsylvania’s Republican candidates as he works to rally support ahead of November’s midterm elections. Trump invited Reps. Mike Kelly and Lou Barletta up on stage with him Wednesday [10-10-18] in Erie and urged attendees to vote for them. He says, ‘A vote for Mike is a vote […]

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10/10/2018

ELECTION/GOP/HURRICANE/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As Hurricane Michael pounded Florida on Wednesday [10-10-18], President Donald Trump took shelter at a campaign event in Pennsylvania, where he sought to boost Republicans before the midterms. Trump acknowledged the hurricane at the top of his rally in Erie, offering his ‘thoughts and prayers’ to those in the storm’s path and […]

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10/9/2018

ENERGY [ALTERNATIVE]/EPA/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The president is hitting the campaign trail in Iowa today — a few hours after he gives the state’s ethanol industry a big policy win in Washington. President Donald Trump plans to direct EPA to clear the way for gas stations to offer 15 percent ethanol blends year-round, something he has […]

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10/9/2018

ELECTION/GOP/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump has stacked his schedule with campaign events with just four weeks until Election Day, hopscotching from state-to-DC-to-state to tout Republican lawmakers and slam their opponents. After rallying in Iowa on Tuesday [10-9-18] night, Trump heads to Pennsylvania on Wednesday [10-10-18] and Ohio on Friday [12-12-18] before wrapping up […]

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10/6/2018

MEDIA/RALLY/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The crowd in front of the U.S. Supreme Court is tiny, looks like about 200 people (& most are onlookers) – that wouldn’t even fill the first couple of rows of our Kansas Rally, or any of our Rallies for that matter! The Fake News Media tries to make it look […]

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10/5/2018

IRAN/MILITARY/RALLY/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman dismissed remarks by Donald Trump in which the U.S. president said he had warned the king he would not last in power ‘for two weeks’ without U.S. military backing and demanded he pay up…Trump made the comments at a rally in Mississippi on Tuesday […]

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10/4/2018

ELECTION/GOP/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s political team wanted to rally in Florida next week beside Ron DeSantis, the Republican nominee for governor, and the Republican who hopes to succeed him in the House. But sources familiar with the talks say the congressional candidate, Michael Waltz, declined amid concerns about the risks of publicly stumping […]

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10/4/2018

ENDORSEMENT/GOP/RALLY/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just made my second stop in Minnesota for a MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN rally. We need to elect @KarinHousley to the U.S. Senate, and we need the strong leadership of @TomEmmer, @Jason2CD, @JimHagedornMN and @PeteStauber in the U.S. House!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 4, 2018 5:58 pm […]

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10/3/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/RALLY/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Sen. Joe Manchin praised President Donald Trump’s handling of the allegations facing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh over the weekend in a private telephone call, thanking the president for supporting an FBI investigation and his relative public restraint. The West Virginia Democrat, one of five remaining undecided senators, had […]

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10/3/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/GOP/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I see it each time I go out to Rallies in order to help some of our great Republican candidates. VOTERS ARE REALLY ANGRY AT THE VICIOUS AND DESPICABLE WAY DEMOCRATS ARE TREATING BRETT KAVANAUGH! He and his wonderful family deserve much better.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 3, 2018 9:29 am […]

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10/3/2018

ELECTION/GOP/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump plans to visit six states over the next 10 days to energize his supporters to turn out for Republicans in tight races for the House of Representatives in upcoming congressional elections, according to a White House memo. Trump’s Republican Party is at risk of losing control of the […]

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10/2/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/RALLY/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump shifted his tone on Tuesday [10-2-18] evening and launched into his fiercest attack yet against Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, the California professor whose allegation of sexual assault by Judge Brett Kavanaugh kick-started the FBI’s weeklong investigation of the Supreme Court nominee. During an extended sequence at his […]

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10/2/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/RALLY/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump for the first time directly mocked Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee by casting doubt on her testimony during a campaign rally. Before the crowd Tuesday [10-2-18] night in Southaven, Mississippi, Trump imitated Ford during her testimony, mocking her for not knowing the […]

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10/2/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/RALLY/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Trump on Tuesday [10-2-18] sharply mocked the woman whose allegation of sexual assault has upended his effort to install a second justice on the Supreme Court, escalating a battle that has already polarized Washington and the country. At a campaign rally, Mr. Trump went further than ever before in […]

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10/1/2018

ELECTION/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Donald Trump stumped in East Tennessee on Monday [10-1-18] night to headline a rally and fundraise for Rep. Marsha Blackburn. But his mission was broader: preventing the massive upset brewing in the state’s open Senate race. Just two years ago, Trump trounced Hillary Clinton in Tennessee, winning by 26 points. Today, […]

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10/1/2018

ELECTION/RALLY/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “As the fate of his Supreme Court pick hangs in the balance, President Donald Trump barnstormed Monday [10-1-18] for a Republican Senate candidate in Tennessee, warning that Democrats will unleash havoc if they gain control of Congress and accusing them of trying to sink his nominee…It was a dire picture […]

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9/29/2018

NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump took his enthusiasm for his detente with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to new heights on Saturday [9-29-18], declaring at a rally with supporters that ‘we fell in love’ after exchanging letters. Trump and Kim have said they want to work toward denuclearizing the Korean peninsula, […]

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9/29/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/ELECTION/RALLY/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday [9-29-18] used the stalled nomination of his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as a rallying cry for Republican voters in November congressional elections. At a West Virginia rally, Trump did not say a word about the testimony of university professor Christine Blasey […]

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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 […]

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9/24/2018

NOMINATION/RALLY/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “As the fate of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, his Supreme Court nominee, teetered over a sexual assault allegation from decades ago, President Trump vented his frustration about his own party’s unwillingness to aggressively hit back. Speaking to thousands of supporters at a rally in Missouri on Friday [9-23-18], Mr. Trump recounted […]

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9/21/2018

RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @dcexaminer: ‘We are standing up for your values,’ Trump said closing his rally in Springfield, Missouri. ‘We are standing up for our na…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, 2018 10:11 pm […]

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9/21/2018

RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @juliehdavis: For 2nd night in row at Trump rally (tonite in Springfield, last nite in Las Vegas), crowd spontaneously breaks into cheer…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, 2018 10:09 pm  […]

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9/21/2018

HEALTHCARE/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “At a campaign rally in Las Vegas, President Trump said that he and Republicans ‘will protect patients with pre-existing conditions.’ But his Justice Department has said that those provisions under the Affordable Care Act should be overturned. THE FACTS This requires context. The Justice Department told a federal court in […]

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9/21/2018

RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @W7VOA: View of the line outside Las Vegas Convention Center of those waiting to get into the @realDonaldTrump #MAGA rally. (Photos sent…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, 2018 3:26 pm […]

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9/21/2018

RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @RamonaGiwargis: The crowd roars as @realDonaldTrump takes the stage. Says he’s thrilled to be back in Ne-vah-da. ‘You have to say that…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, 2018 3:25 pm […]

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9/21/2018

RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @MikeTokes: We are outside the Trump rally in Las Vegas. There are THOUSANDS of conservatives here and the line extends all the way arou…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, 2018 3:24 pm […]

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9/21/2018

RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @MikeTokes: What an amazing Trump rally in Las Vegas, Nevada. There must have been over 10,000 people here and trust me when I say it, w…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, 2018 3:24 pm […]

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9/21/2018

RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @NVGOP: Energy and excitement for President @realDonaldTrump and his #AmericaFirst agenda is through the roof! #MAGA https://t.co/KNywCE…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, 2018 3:23 pm  […]

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9/21/2018

HEALTHCARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/RALLY: “Republicans want to protect the safety for truly needy Americans, not for illegal aliens. We don’t want that — can’t afford it. I’d be nice. You can’t afford it. When it comes to health care, republicans will protect patients with preexisting conditions. They’re going to protect preexisting conditions. I will always protect preexisting […]

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9/20/2018

RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Early in President Donald Trump’s speech at a rally in Las Vegas on Thursday [9-20-18] night, he told the crowd he was glad to be in Nevada — and then stopped to emphasize the Ne-VA-da pronunciation, pointing out that you ‘have to say that name just right.’ Toward the end of his […]

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9/20/2018

RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Landing in Las Vegas now for a Make America Great Again Rally supporting @DeanHeller and @DannyTarkanian. Also doing interview there with @seanhannity live on @FoxNews. Big crowd, long lines. Will be great! #MAGA” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 20, 2018 8:27 pm […]

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9/11/2018

LAWSUIT/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal appeals court on Tuesday [9-11-18] shot down a lawsuit against President Donald Trump over alleged abuse protesters say they received at a campaign rally in 2016 after he repeatedly urged the crowd to ‘get ’em out of here.’ Two of the three judges on the appellate panel said Trump’s call […]

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9/11/2018

LAWSUIT/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday [9-11-18] won dismissal of a lawsuit in which three protesters accused him of ‘inciting to riot,’ after they were roughed up at a March 2016 campaign rally in Louisville, Kentucky during Trump’s White House run. By a 3-0 vote, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals […]

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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 […]

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9/7/2018

MEDIA/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [9-6-18] appeared to make light of a Montana politician’s assault on a reporter. During a rally in Billings, Montana, Trump praised Greg Gianforte, a current House Republican lawmaker who, as a congressional candidate, assaulted a reporter from The Guardian last year during an interview on the […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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9/5/2018

RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Join me tomorrow night at 7:00pm MDT in Billings, Montana for a MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN RALLY! Get your tickets here: https://t.co/fyHduA2Peo“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 5, 2018 2:09 pm […]

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9/4/2018

ARIZONA/LAWSUIT/POLICE/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Two advocacy groups alleged in a lawsuit Tuesday [9-4-18] that police in Phoenix violated the free-speech rights of protesters outside a rally by President Donald Trump by firing tear gas as they were about to confront Trump supporters. The excessive force lawsuit against the Phoenix Police Department says police didn’t try […]

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8/31/2018

RALLY/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump told a campaign-style rally in Indiana on Thursday [8-30-18] that his administration is standing up for free-speech rights, warning that large social media companies could not be allowed to ‘control what we can and cannot see.’ ‘You look at Google, Facebook, Twitter and other social media giants and […]

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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 […]

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