FOREIGN POLICY/TERRORISM/UK: “Spoke to U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May today to offer condolences on the terrorist attack in London. She is strong and doing very well.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 22, 2017 08:33pm […]
3/22/2017
SECRET SERVICE: “A woman was arrested late Tuesday [3-21-17] night after she allegedly attempted to gain entry to the White House, telling police she was there to speak to President Donald Trump. Secret Service officers observed the woman, identified as Marci Wahl, 38, walking and staring at the White House complex before discovering she had […]
3/22/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump warned his fellow Republicans of big losses at the ballot box if they fail to repeal and replace Obamacare. Wednesday [3-22-17] and Thursday, we’ll learn if House Republicans heed that message and back legislation that has already tested the President’s political prowess and has Trump and House Speaker Paul […]
3/22/2017
BUDGET/SECRET SERVICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY: “The U.S. Secret Service requested $60 million in additional funding for the next year, offering the most precise estimate yet of the escalating costs for travel and protection resulting from the unusually complicated lifestyle of the Trump family, according to internal agency documents reviewed by The Washington Post. Nearly half […]
3/22/2017
2016 ELECTION/POLITICS/VOTE BY MAIL/VOTER FRAUD: “Former Colorado Republican Party chairman Steven Curtis claimed ahead of the 2016 elections that ‘virtually every case of voter fraud’ he could remember ‘was committed by Democrats.’ Now, his words are coming back to haunt him. Court records have revealed that Curtis was charged on Feb. 1 with ‘forgery of […]
3/22/2017
HEALTHCARE/WOMEN: “Women doctors and healthcare leaders have changed the face of healthcare in America, saving and improving countless American lives. In 1965, only 9 percent of accepted medical school applicants were women — 9 percent. Last year, nearly 50 percent of newly accepted applicants were women. Congratulations. Good job. It’s a good job. Thirty-eight percent […]
3/22/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @mitchellvii: Trump always ends up being right. It’s almost a little freaky.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 22, 2017 08:04pm […]
3/22/2017
POLITICS/WIRETAPPING: “RT @mitchellvii: EXACTLY AS I SAID – House Intel Chair: We Cannot Rule Out Sr. Obama Officials Were Involved in Trump Surveillance https://…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 22, 2017 08:03pm […]
3/22/2017
HEALTHCARE: “Big day for healthcare. Working hard!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 22, 2017 08:09am […]
3/21/2017
LEGAL/OBAMA/WIRETAPPING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In accusing former President Barack Obama of ordering Trump Tower wiretapped before last year’s presidential election, President Donald Trump compared the alleged behavior to ‘Nixon/Watergate.’ But John Dean, a former White House counsel under former President Richard Nixon who was charged with obstruction of justice for his role in Watergate, said it’s […]
3/21/2017
FAKE NEWS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If President Trump announces that North Korea launched a missile that landed within 100 miles of Hawaii, would most Americans believe him? Would the rest of the world? We’re not sure, which speaks to the damage that Mr. Trump is doing to his Presidency with his seemingly endless stream of exaggerations, […]
3/21/2017
CONFLICT OF INTEREST/ETHICS/LEGAL/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “Being so closely associated with the President of the United States might be serving Ivanka Trump’s brand for the better, but a California retailer thinks such an advantage crosses into the category of illegal competition. Modern Appealing Clothing, a family-owned boutique selling lines like Dries Van Noten and Comme des Garçons […]
3/21/2017
LEGAL/TORTURE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/NEIL GORSUCH: “Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has suggested that President Trump ‘may get impeached’ if he tries to reauthorize waterboarding, reports the Washington Post. During a hearing for Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, Graham asked Gorsuch in reference to Trump, “You have said several times he is not above the law as […]
3/21/2017
HUMAN RIGHTS/OBAMA/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP EXEC ORDERS: “The Trump administration did not attend a regional human rights hearing that examined how U.S. policies are hurting asylum claims or triggering other alleged immigration abuses. For decades, U.S. administrations have enthusiastically supported the Inter-American Human Rights Commission as it defended rights throughout the hemisphere, especially in repressive […]
3/21/2017
SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/NEIL GORSUCH: “Gorsuch spent a bulk of the time trying to prove his judicial independence and said the Trump administration never asked him to make promises to rule certain ways on certain decisions. Asked specifically if he was asked to overrule Roe v. Wade, Gorsuch said no. He was further pressed on what […]
3/21/2017
SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/NEIL GORSUCH: “…Gorsuch appeared to distance himself from the President’s previous comments calling for the reinstatement of torture. Asked by Leahy whether he thinks the President has the right to authorize torture if it violates law, Gorsuch ticked off a list of precedents that ban torture. ‘We have a convention against torture and […]
3/21/2017
OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Let’s all agree that no other person ever elected President would have hurled a charge that his predecessor wiretapped him. Especially not in a tweet that referred to a former President this way: ‘This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!’ But as his supporters like to say, Donald Trump is no […]
3/21/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Paddy Power, the Irish gambling website known for its over-the-top marketing stunts, says wagers associated with Mr. Trump have been more popular than any other novelty bets it has offered in the last year, including bets associated with Britain’s referendum on whether to leave the European Union. Now, Paddy Power is hiring […]
3/21/2017
CONFLICT OF INTEREST/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “Ivanka Trump will work out of an office in the West Wing and get a security clearance, a White House official told CNN Monday [3-20-17]. The official also confirmed Trump will receive government-provided communication devices, although she will not be a government employee. The move places President Donald Trump’s eldest daughter […]
3/21/2017
TRUMP BUSINESS: “After NBC News contacted The Trump Organization on Tuesday [3-21-17] to let the firm know it was in violation of New York City law for not registering Trump Tower, the company has completed the necessary paperwork and registered the property. The Trump Organization, the umbrella corporation for Donald Trump’s holdings, owns the skyscraper […]
3/21/2017
SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Supreme Court on Tuesday [3-21-17] made it more difficult for the president to quickly fill vacant top government jobs in a case centered on the appointment powers of the executive. In a 6-to-2 ruling, the court limited the president’s ability to put certain high-level officials in positions in an acting […]
3/21/2017
CABINET/FOREIGN POLICY/NATO/STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE/REX TILLERSON: “U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will skip a meeting of North Atlantic Treaty Organization foreign ministers next month, the State Department announced. It is highly unusual for a U.S. Secretary of State to miss a NATO meeting. In the past 21 years, America’s top diplomat has missed a gathering only […]
3/21/2017
CABINET/LABOR/TRUMP PEOPLE/ANDREW PUZDER/ALEXANDER ACOSTA: “President Donald Trump’s second choice for labor secretary, law school dean Alexander Acosta, stands in contrast to his first pick, fast-food executive Andy Puzder… Mr. Trump tapped Mr. Acosta for the job less than 24 hours after Mr. Puzder stepped aside last month over personal controversies. The choice of the lawyer […]
3/21/2017
CELEBS/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER: “Arnold Schwarzenegger is trying to flip the narrative of his ongoing ratings feud with President Donald Trump. ‘Oh Donald — the ratings are in, and you got swamped,’ the actor and former Governor of California said in a video posted to Twitter Tuesday morning. ‘Wow. Now you’re in the thirties?’ The […]
3/21/2017
CAMPAIGN/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/UKRAINE/PAUL MANAFORT: “US President Donald Trump’s ex-campaign chair Paul Manafort is facing fresh allegations over his links to former pro-Russian Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. Ukrainian lawmaker Sergii Leshchenko claims a document found in a safe in Kiev may be evidence that Manafort tried to mask payments to him from Yanukovych’s party. The claim comes […]
3/21/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [3-21-17] threatened political fallout if House Republicans do not pass the American Health Care Act, the GOP leadership’s bill to repeal and replace Obamacare. During a meeting with Republican lawmakers in the House, Trump said that if the AHCA does not pass, some Republicans will lose in […]
3/21/2017
DONALDISM: “Today on #NationalAgDay, we honor our great American farmers & ranchers. Their hard work & dedication are ingrained in our nation’s fabric.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 21, 2017 01:12pm […]
3/21/2017
POLITICS: “Honored to sign S.442 today. With this legislation, we support @NASA’s scientists, engineers, and astronauts in their pursuit of discovery!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 21, 2017 12:33pm […]
3/21/2017
GOP/POLITICS: “Joined the @HouseGOP Conference this morning at the U.S. Capitol. http://PassTheBill.GOP #PassTheBill #MAGA??https://instagram.com/p/BR6GSLlALhD/” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 21, 2017 12:02pm […]
3/20/2017
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/FBI/OBAMA/RUSSIA: “Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey said publicly for the first time Monday [3-20-17] that the agency is investigating whether members of Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign collaborated with the Russian government to influence the presidential election. The Capitol Hill announcement by Mr. Comey divulged an active FBI investigation, a rare step by the […]
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 […]
3/20/2017
BUDGET/STATE/TRUMP MEMORANDA: “Delegation of Authority Under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I hereby order as follows: I hereby delegate to the Secretary […]
3/20/2017
SUPPORTERS: “Thank you Louisville, Kentucky. Together, we will MAKE AMERICA SAFE AND GREAT AGAIN! https://t.co/qGgWEWUvek” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 20, 2017 09:18pm […]
3/20/2017
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA: “The news media are not the enemy of the American people, the new head of the Federal Communications Commission said after dodging the question at a Senate hearing this month. ‘A free media is vital to our democracy,’ FCC Chairman Ajit Pai wrote last week to Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), who released the […]
3/20/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “Ivanka Trump, who moved to Washington saying she would play no formal role in her father’s administration, is now officially setting up shop in the White House. The powerful first daughter has secured her own office on the West Wing’s second floor — a space next to senior adviser Dina Powell, who was […]
3/20/2017
OBAMA/SEAN SPICER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House got stuck in the rough Monday [3-20-17] after President Trump’s Press Secretary Sean Spicer defended his boss’s frequent golf outings by claiming the commander-in-chief uses the game differently than former President Barack Obama did. Trump, who just eight weeks into office has already made 10 trips to green, […]
3/20/2017
SUPPORTERS: “Thank you Louisville, Kentucky- on my way! #MAGA?? https://t.co/3QsBsib6kt” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 20, 2017 06:03pm […]
3/20/2017
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/FBI/INTELLIGENCE/LEGAL/RUSSIA: “FBI Chief James Comey said publicly for the first time Monday that his agency is investigating alleged links between Russia and the Trump campaign and whether any crimes may have been committed during last year’s election campaign. ‘That includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the Trump campaign and […]
3/20/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/ERIC: “Congratulations Eric & Lara. Very proud and happy for the two of you! https://t.co/s0T3cTQc40” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 20, 2017 12:15pm […]
3/20/2017
CAMPAIGN/FBI/HILLARY/RUSSIA: “What about all of the contact with the Clinton campaign and the Russians? Also, is it true that the DNC would not let the FBI in to look?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 20, 2017 08:14am […]
3/20/2017
2016 ELECTION/FAKE NEWS: “Just heard Fake News CNN is doing polls again despite the fact that their election polls were a WAY OFF disaster. Much higher ratings at Fox.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 20, 2017 07:35am […]
3/20/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/LEAKS: “The real story that Congress, the FBI and all others should be looking into is the leaking of Classified information. Must find leaker now!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 20, 2017 06:02am […]
3/20/2017
FAKE NEWS/POLITICS/RUSSIA: “The Democrats made up and pushed the Russian story as an excuse for running a terrible campaign. Big advantage in Electoral College & lost!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 20, 2017 05:49am […]
3/20/2017
FAKE NEWS/RUSSIA: “James Clapper and others stated that there is no evidence Potus colluded with Russia. This story is FAKE NEWS and everyone knows it!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 20, 2017 05:35am […]
3/19/2017
CABINET/DEFENSE/EPA/TRUMP PEOPLE/JAMES MATTIS/SCOTT PRUITT: “The political appointee charged with keeping watch over Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt and his aides has offered unsolicited advice so often that after just four weeks on the job, Pruitt has shut him out of many staff meetings, according to two senior administration officials. At the Pentagon, they’re privately […]
3/19/2017
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/DONALD ON DONALD: “During a campaign rally a little less than a year before he entered the White House, Donald Trump boasted that his supporters’ loyalty was such that he ‘could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody’ with political impunity. The rhetorical flourish struck a nerve, in part because it […]
3/18/2017
TRUMP PEOPLE/SEAN SPICER: “White House press secretary Sean Spicer flatly denied Friday [3-17-17] that the White House apologized to the British government after citing an uncorroborated Fox News report to allege that a UK intelligence agency spied on President Donald Trump at the behest of former President Barack Obama. Earlier in the day, however, a […]
3/18/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/GERMANY/NATO/ANGELA MERKEL: “President Trump on Saturday [3-18-17]followed up what he called a ‘great’ meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel by blasting her country for what he said were unpaid bills for NATO defense. On Twitter, Trump reiterated a point he made at his joint news conference Friday with Merkel that many NATO nations owe […]
3/18/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “CNN’s Fareed Zakaria has attributed President Trump’s success to ‘bullsh***ing.’ On Friday night, Zakaria and fellow network host Don Lemon discussed a Justice Department report that allegedly ‘does not confirm Trump’s wiretap claim.’ Zakaria commented, ‘I think the president is somewhat indifferent to things that are true or false.’ He added, ‘He […]
3/18/2017
FAKE NEWS/FOREIGN POLICY/MEDIA: “Despite what you have heard from the FAKE NEWS, I had a GREAT meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Nevertheless, Germany owes…vast sums of money to NATO & the United States must be paid more for the powerful, and very expensive, defense it provides to Germany!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 18, 2017 […]
3/17/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE: “Obamacare is dead; it’s a dead healthcare plan. It’s not even a healthcare plan, frankly. And I watched the architect of the plan — yesterday I watched the old clip where he said the American people are stupid to have voted for it. I watched Bill Clinton saying, this is the craziest thing I’ve […]
3/17/2017
CABINET/MILITARY/NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE/REX TILLERSON: “The US would consider military action against North Korea if it was provoked, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Friday. Speaking in Seoul at a joint press conference with South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se, Tillerson said Washington’s policy of ‘strategic patience’ had ended. ‘Certainly, we do not want things […]
3/17/2017
CABINET/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP PEOPLE/DINA POWELL/MCMASTER: “National security adviser H.R. McMaster has been on the job for less than a month, but the changes at the National Security Council already signal it will play a markedly different role under President Donald Trump than his predecessors. No decision makes that clearer than Dina Powell’s promotion from advising first […]
3/17/2017
TWITTER: [Reporter: “are there, from time to time, tweets that you regret in hindsight —“] “Very seldom… Very seldom. Probably wouldn’t be here right now — but very seldom. We have a tremendous group of people that listen, and I can get around the media when the media doesn’t tell the truth, so I like […]
3/17/2017
DONALD ON DONALD/FOREIGN POLICY/TRADE DEALS: “First of all, I don’t believe in an isolationist policy, but I also believe a policy of trade should be a fair policy. And the United States has been treated very, very unfairly by many countries over the years. And that’s going to stop. But I’m not an isolationist. I’m […]
3/17/2017
OBAMACARE (ACA): “Obamacare will fail. It will fold. It will close up very, very soon if something isn’t done. I’ve often said politically, the best thing I can do is absolutely nothing. Wait one year and then even the Democrats will come say, please, please, you got to help us. But it’s not the right […]
3/17/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @DiamondandSilk: When the President says ‘You’re Fired’ That means: ‘Pack Yo Stuff and Go, Not Say ‘You Refuse to Go! #DrainTheSwamp…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 17, 2017 04:35am […]
3/17/2017
GOP/POLITICS: “Great meeting with the @RepublicanStudy Committee this morning at the @WhiteHouse! https://t.co/8Y2UoHoYaY” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 17, 2017 10:39am […]
3/17/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The President Changed. So Has Small Businesses’ Confidence https://t.co/daTGjPmYeJ” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 17, 2017 09:07am […]
3/17/2017
CHINA/FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA: “North Korea is behaving very badly. They have been ‘playing’ the United States for years. China has done little to help!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 17, 2017 08:07am […]
3/17/2017
JOBS: “RT @FoxNews: Jobs created in February. https://t.co/sOaMDxxTA8” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 17, 2017 07:20am […]
3/17/2017
HOLIDAY: “Happy Lá Fheile Phadraig to all of my great Irish friends!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 17, 2017 07:12am […]
3/16/2017
BUDGET/MILITARY/TRUMP MEMORANDA: “Dear Mr. Speaker: I ask the Congress to consider the enclosed appropriations request for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017. The request includes an additional $30 billion for the Department of Defense (DOD) to rebuild the U.S. Armed Forces and accelerate the campaign to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and an […]
3/16/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP EXEC ORDERS: “A federal judge in Hawaii has blocked the major provisions of President Trump’s revised ban on refugee resettlement and travel from six predominantly Muslim countries, hours before the executive order was to take effect. The decision struck down, at least temporarily, the Trump administration’s attempt to pause all refugee […]
3/16/2017
BUDGET/NIH/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In a budget blueprint that promises to ‘make America great again,’ the Trump administration has proposed to cut $5.8 billion from the National Institutes of Health’s budget for fiscal year 2018, reducing its total spending to $25.9 billion. That would represent a roughly 20% decrease from its 2017 spending on biomedical research, […]
3/16/2017
NATIONAL DEBT/OBAMA/POLITICS/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. hit its debt limit again on Thursday [3-16-17]— a whopping $19.9 trillion this time — and the Treasury Department started using accounting maneuvers to buy Congress several months to raise it to avoid a potential federal government default. The statutory limit on borrowing has become a partisan flash point […]
3/16/17
NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICHAEL FLYNN: “Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, was paid more than $33,750 by Russia’s state-run broadcaster RT TV-Russia for a speech in Moscow in December 2015, a top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee has learned. The US intelligence community has long assessed RT to be […]
3/16/2017
POLITICS: “My representatives had a great meeting w/ the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce at the WH today. Look forward to tremendous growth & future mtgs!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 16, 2017 05:43pm […]
3/16/2017
HEALTHCARE/POLITICS: “Great progress on healthcare. Improvements being made – Republicans coming together!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 16, 2017 04:43pm […]
3/16/2017
FOREIGN POLICY: “An honor to welcome the Taoiseach of Ireland, @EndaKennyTD to the @WhiteHouse today with @VP Pence. ???? https://t.co/J3iTl2iSiQ” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 16, 2017 03:09pm […]
3/16/2017
BUDGET: “A budget that puts #AmericaFirst must make safety its no. 1 priority—without safety there can be no prosperity: https://t.co/9lxx1iQo7m” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 16, 2017 10:52am […]
3/15/2017
SUPPORTERS: “Thank you Nashville, Tennessee! https://t.co/6snvQ0DzXN” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 15, 2017 11:20pm […]
3/15/2017
MISC: “In Nashville, Tennessee! Lets MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! https://t.co/m5UR4vv6UH “ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 15, 2017 7:03pm […]
3/15/2017
2016 ELECTION/CHINA/NAFTA/WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION: “Since NAFTA was approved, we’ve lost nearly one-third of our manufacturing jobs in the United States. Since China entered the World Trade Organization, we’ve lost 60,000 factories. Hard to believe. Our trade deficit last year reached nearly $800 billion. Who’s making these deals? I can take anybody in the audience — […]
3/15/2017
IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP EXEC ORDERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge in Hawaii issued a nationwide order Wednesday [3-15-17] evening blocking President Trump’s ban on travel from parts of the Muslim world, dealing a stinging blow to the White House and signaling that Mr. Trump will have to account in court for his heated rhetoric about Islam. […]
3/15/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes said Wednesday [3-15-17] that neither he nor the ranking Democrat on the committee have seen any evidence that then-President Barack Obama wiretapped Donald Trump last year, and want the Justice Department to respond to their requests for information by March 20. ‘We don’t have any evidence […]
3/15/2017
IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP EXEC ORDERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Advocates head to court Wednesday [3-15-17] to make last ditch-pleas to head off President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban without some of their most potent weapons: scenes of chaos as travelers were detained at airports across the country during Trump’s first attempt two months ago. Apparently by design, Trump’s […]
3/15/2017
ECONOMY/EPA/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump is expected to announce a new review of federal auto fuel economy and emissions rules Wednesday [3-15-17] at an event in Michigan. A senior White House official said the administration plans to review standards approved by the Environmental Protection Agency just ahead of Trump’s inauguration, saying the regulations may not […]
3/15/2017
LEAKS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A culture of paranoia is consuming the Trump administration, with staffers increasingly preoccupied with perceived enemies — inside their own government. In interviews, nearly a dozen White House aides and federal agency staffers described a litany of suspicions: that rival factions in the administration are trying to embarrass them, that civil servants […]
3/15/2017
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/FBI/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA: “The top two senators on a key Senate Judiciary subcommittee are at odds over whether FBI Director James Comey privately assured them that he would confirm by Wednesday [3-15-17] whether there’s a criminal investigation into Trump campaign ties to Russia. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse said Comey privately told him and Sen. Lindsey Graham that […]
3/15/2017
ECONOMY: “CEO’s most optimistic since 2009. It will only get better as we continue to slash unnecessary regulations and when we begin our big tax cut!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com March 15, 2017 7:14am […]
3/15/2017
SUPPORTERS: “Looking forward to a big rally in Nashville, Tennessee, tonight. Big crowd of great people expected. Will be fun!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com March 15, 2017 6:29am […]
3/15/2017
MISC: “Thank you Andrew Jackson! #POTUS7 #USA?? https://t.co/GToWsWXiNv” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 15, 2017 6:25am […]
3/15/2017
DONALD ON DONALD/JOBS: “Will be going to Detroit, Michigan (love), today for a big meeting on bringing back car production to State & U.S. Already happening!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com March 15, 2017 6:13am […]
3/15/2107
CELEBS/SNOOP DOGG/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Can you imagine what the outcry would be if @SnoopDogg, failing career and all, had aimed and fired the gun at President Obama? Jail time!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com March 15, 2017 6:02am […]
3/15/2017
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA/TRUMP TAXES: “Does anybody really believe that a reporter, who nobody ever heard of, ‘went to his mailbox’ and found my tax returns? @NBCNews FAKE NEWS!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com March 15, 2017 5:55am […]
3/14/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump hosted Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia for lunch at the White House on Tuesday, moving to forge a warmer relationship with the kingdom after a period of tension between the United States and a longstanding ally. The lunch was an early effort by Mr. […]
3/14/2017
TAXES/TRUMP TAXES: “President Trump wrote off more than $100 million in business losses to reduce his federal taxes in 2005, according to forms made public on Tuesday night: a rare glimpse at documents that he had refused to disclose since becoming a candidate for the nation’s highest office. Mr. Trump paid $38 million in federal […]
3/14/2017
ECONOMY/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PAUL RYAN: “I’ve [David Lazarus] tried to avoid wonkiness and political ideology. As Rebitzer said, this is a matter of the laws of economics, and those laws are clear: You can’t have affordable and comprehensive coverage for everyone without getting everyone, young and old, sick and healthy, into the system. ‘People are going to do […]
3/14/2017
BUDGET/EPA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Cuts at the Environmental Protection Agency could be more significant than originally thought, meaning deeper cuts than the up to 25% of the agency’s budget that’s already been reported, according to a source close to the EPA. Discussions are ongoing regarding these cuts, which are expected to include grants to states aimed […]
3/14/2017
INTELLIGENCE/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It’s almost like Republicans are tired of having President Trump’s evidence-free allegations laid at their feet. Almost. Late Monday [3-13-17], House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes’s (R-Calif.) spokesman threatened to subpoena the Trump administration to produce evidence of Trump’s claim that then-President Barack Obama wiretapped Trump Tower. The White House has declined […]
3/14/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/JAPAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s top diplomat will visit Japan on Wednesday followed by stops in South Korea and China, a vital trip for an administration that has sent mixed signals to a region facing new risks. On the eve of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s first official trip to Asia, the administration […]
3/14/2017
G20/TRADE DEALS/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A senior Canadian Finance Ministry official says there is a lot of uncertainty over what direction the United States wants to take on issues such as trade and taxation policy ahead of the upcoming meeting of G20 finance ministers.” -Bill Trott, “Highlights: The Trump presidency on March 14 at 3:05 p.m. […]
3/14/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “One of the biggest mysteries in global markets so far in the Trump era is the historically low level of volatility that has prevailed despite all the turmoil and uncertainty that analysts warned his victory would unleash. Shares of hospitals and health insurers fall after the U.S. Congressional Budget Office forecasts […]
3/14/2017
POLITICS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trump’s nominee for U.S. Trade Representative tells U.S. senators he agrees with Trump’s call for an ‘America First’ trade policy with better-negotiated trade deals and stronger enforcement of U.S. trade laws.” -Bill Trott, “Highlights: The Trump presidency on March 14 at 3:05 p.m. ET,” Reuters, March 14, 2017 […]
3/14/2017
AIRLINE INDUSTRY/ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Airline industry group IATA is concerned about protectionist rhetoric from the United States and other governments but sees the Trump administration’s plans to invest in infrastructure as positive for the industry.” -Bill Trott, “Highlights: The Trump presidency on March 14 at 3:05 p.m. ET,” Reuters, March 14, 2017 […]
3/14/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trump meets Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House for a discussion likely to touch on investment opportunities in the kingdom and efforts to stop the war in Syria.” -Bill Trott, “Highlights: The Trump presidency on March 14 at 3:05 p.m. ET,” Reuters, March 14, […]
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HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration and congressional Republicans defend their plan to dismantle Obamacare after a non-partisan report shows 14 million Americans would lose medical insurance by next year under their proposal even as it reduces the budget deficit.” -Bill Trott, “Highlights: The Trump presidency on March 14 at 3:05 p.m. ET,” Reuters, March […]
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DONALDISM: “Great optimism in America – and the results will be even better! https://t.co/SYBl47CsZn” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com March 14, 2017 11:12am […]
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JOBS: “JOBS, JOBS, JOBS! https://t.co/wAkQMKdPXA” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com March 14, 2017 10:00am […]