TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Video has emerged of chaos inside the Oval Office as the president reportedly lashed out at top strategist Steve Bannon and Chief of Staff Reince Priebus as Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, and Press Secretary Sean Spicer looked on. The video was shot from the White House lawn on Friday afternoon, shortly before […]
3/6/2017
CABINET/HUD/TRUMP PEOPLE/BEN CARSON: “Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson referred to slaves as ‘immigrants’ while speaking Monday to department employees. ‘That’s what America is about, a land of dreams and opportunity,’ Carson said. ‘There were other immigrants who came here in the bottom of slave ships, worked even longer, even harder for less. But […]
3/06/2017
JOBS: “There is an incredible spirit of optimism sweeping the country right now—we’re bringing back the JOBS! https://t.co/BNSLvKiEVj” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com March 6, 2017 6:49PM […]
3/06/2017
ECONOMY/JOBS: “45,000 construction & manufacturing jobs in the U.S. Gulf Coast region. $20 billion investment. We are already winning again, America!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 6, 2017 4:21pm […]
3/06/2017
JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Buy American & hire American are the principals at the core of my agenda, which is: JOBS, JOBS, JOBS! Thank you @exxonmobil.” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 6, 2017 4:21pm […]
3/6/2017
IMMIGRATION/IRAN/IRAQ/LIBYA/SOMALIA/SYRIA/TERRORISM/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS/YEMEN: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq., and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and to protect the Nation from terrorist activities by foreign nationals […]
3/6/2017
LEGAL/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/JEFF SESSIONS: “Sessions’ recusal in the Russian case places the investigation for now in the hands of Dana Boente, a career prosecutor and the acting deputy attorney general. Before Sessions was sworn into office, Boente briefly served as acting attorney general after Trump fired his predecessor, Sally Yates, for refusing to defend the […]
3/6/2017
IMMIGRATION/IRAQ/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP EXEC ORDERS: “Iraq was removed from a revised version of an executive order banning travel from certain Muslim-majority countries after intensive lobbying from the Iraqi government at the highest levels, a senior US official told CNN Monday. President Donald Trump signed the order midday in the Oval Office, according to the […]
3/6/2017
2016 ELECTION/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WIRETAPPING/KELLYANNE CONWAY: “President Donald Trump’s top communications officials are vaguely suggesting that the president possesses classified information supporting his thus-far unsubstantiated accusation that President Barack Obama ordered wiretaps of Trump’s phones during the 2016 presidential campaign. Appearing on ‘Fox and Friends’ on Monday, Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway was asked how the […]
3/6/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP EXEC ORDER: “President Trump on Monday [3-6-17] signed a revised version of his executive order banning migrants from predominantly Muslim nations, removing Iraqi citizens from the original travel ban at the urging of the State and Defense departments. The order, which comes about a month after federal judges blocked Mr. Trump’s […]
3/6/2017
OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Vox recently talked to a series of CPAC attendees, many of whom continued to complain bitterly about Obama’s travel costs and downtime. Told that Donald Trump is actually spending more on travel and enjoying more downtime, conservatives were incredulous. The facts ‘can’t possibly be right,’ one said. ‘That absolutely can’t be right.’ […]
3/6/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/ROGER STONE: “Former Trump campaign advisor Roger Stone admitted that he had a ‘perfectly legal back channel’ to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. The Huffington Post reports that Stone, a close friend of President Donald Trump tweeted the statement, then deleted it on Saturday. Stone denied having direct contact with Assange but said in […]
3/6/2017
LEGAL/LGBTQ/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Supreme Court avoided a ruling on transgender rights by sending a closely watched case involving bathroom access at a Virginia high school back to a lower court on Monday [3-6-17] after President Donald Trump rolled back protections for transgender students. Lawyers for a transgender student named Gavin Grimm, who […]
3/5/2017
INTELLIGENCE/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “There may yet be an innocent explanation for all the conversations coming to light between Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and the government of Russia. But the way Trump and his team have responded to questions about the contacts sure hasn’t made them look innocent. Quite the contrary. It all begins with […]
3/5/2017
CLIMATE CHANGE/ECONOMY/GUNS/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Giants in telecommunications, like Verizon and AT&T, will not have to take ‘reasonable measures’ to ensure that their customers’ Social Security numbers, web browsing history and other personal information are not stolen or accidentally released. Wall Street banks like Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase will not be punished, at least for […]
3/5/2017
DONALDISM/SUPPORTERS: “Thank you for the great rallies all across the country. Tremendous support. Make America Great Again!” – Twitter.com, March 5, 2017, Donald Trump, 3/5/2017 […]
3/5/2017
POLITICS/RUSSIA: “Who was it that secretly said to Russian President, ‘Tell Vladimir that after the election I’ll have more flexibility?’ @foxandfriends” – Twitter.com, March 5, 2017, Donald Trump, 3/5/2017 […]
3/5/2017
CYBERWAR/FBI/INTELLIGENCE: “Is it true the DNC would not allow the FBI access to check server or other equipment after learning it was hacked? Can that be possible? – Twitter.com, March 5, 2017, Donald Trump, 3/5/2017 […]
3/4/2017
APPRENTICE/ENTERTAINMENT/ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER: “Arnold Schwarzenegger isn’t voluntarily leaving the Apprentice, he was fired by his bad (pathetic) ratings, not by me. Sad end to great show” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 4, 2017 08:19am […]
3/4/2017
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/OBAMA: “How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 4, 2017 07:02am […]
3/4/2017
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/OBAMA: “I’d bet a good lawyer could make a great case out of the fact that President Obama was tapping my phones in October, just prior to Election!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 4, 2017 06:52am […]
3/4/2017
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/OBAMA: “Is it legal for a sitting President to be ‘wire tapping’ a race for president prior to an election? Turned down by court earlier. A NEW LOW!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 4, 2017 06:49am […]
3/4/2017
ATTORNEY GENERAL/OBAMA/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/JEFF SESSIONS: “Just out: The same Russian Ambassador that met Jeff Sessions visited the Obama White House 22 times, and 4 times last year alone.” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 4, 2017 06:42am […]
3/4/2017
INTELLIGENCE/OBAMA: “Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my ‘wires tapped’ in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 4, 2017 06:35am […]
3/4/2017
ATTORNEY GENERAL/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/JEFF SESSIONS: “The first meeting Jeff Sessions had with the Russian Amb was set up by the Obama Administration under education program for 100 Ambs…” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 4, 2017 06:26am […]
3/4/2017
CABINET/HHS/TRUMP PEOPLE/TOM PRICE: “What he said: During his confirmation hearings, Price told senators that the discount he received on a stock he bought was ‘available to every single individual that was an investor at the time.’ What really happened: The Wall Street Journal reported that only 20 people were offered the discount at the time.” […]
3/4/2017
CABINET/TREASURY/TRUMP PEOPLE/STEVEN MNUCHIN: “What he said: In written testimony, Mnuchin denied that his former bank used ‘robo-signing’ to foreclose on homeowners. He wrote, ‘OneWest Bank did not *robo-sign* documents.’ What really happened: OneWest’s foreclosure practices included so-called robo-signings that pushed homeowners into foreclosure without proper review or due process. OneWest was one of many banks […]
3/4/2017
CABINET/EPA/TRUMP PEOPLE/SCOTT PRUITT: “What he said: In his written testimony to Congress, Pruitt said he never used a private email address for business while he was Oklahoma’s attorney general. What really happened: A spokesman for the Oklahoma attorney general’s office told Oklahoma City’s Fox 25 that Pruitt used his personal email during his tenure in […]
3/4/2017
CABINET/EDUCATION/TRUMP PEOPLE/BETSY DEVOS: “What she said: DeVos said during her confirmation hearing that that she had not been involved in her family’s foundation, which has given millions of dollars to Focus on the Family, a conservative non-profit that, among other things, has pushed the benefits of conversion therapy for LGBT men and women. Democratic Sen. […]
3/03/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/OBAMA/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee told CNN Friday he has not ‘seen any evidence whatsoever to substantiate’ President Donald Trump’s claims that he was wiretapped by the Obama administration during the campaign. ‘I think when (press secretary) Sean Spicer isn’t even willing to talk about it, you know there’s […]
3/3/2017
DONALDISM: “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! https://t.co/kuQiZDz4rA” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 3, 2017 05:13pm […]
3/3/2017
POLITICS/RUSSIA/NANCY PELOSI: “I hereby demand a second investigation, after Schumer, of Pelosi for her close ties to Russia, and lying about it. https://t.co/qCDljfF3wN” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 3, 2017 04:02pm […]
3/3/2017
DONALDISM/SUPPORTERS: “We must fix our education system for our kids to Make America Great Again. Wonderful day at Saint Andrew in Orlando. https://t.co/OTJaHcvLzf” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 3, 2017 03:48pm […]
3/3/2017
CHUCK SCHUMER/POLITICS/RUSSIA: “We should start an immediate investigation into @SenSchumer and his ties to Russia and Putin. A total hypocrite! https://t.co/Ik3yqjHzsA” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 3, 2017 12:54pm […]
3/3/2017
CABINET/POLITICS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “It is so pathetic that the Dems have still not approved my full Cabinet.” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 3, 2017 07:19am […]
3/3/2017
MISC: “Nick Adams new book, Green Card Warrior, is a must read. The merit-based system is the way to go. Canada, Australia! @foxandfriends” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 3, 2017 07:00am […]
3/3/2017
CABINET/FOREIGN POLICY/STATE/REX TILLERSON: “In a possible sign of things to come, the State Department gave a decidedly low-key launch Friday [3-3-17] to its annual report on human rights worldwide. Normally the comprehensive report that looks at the human rights situation in nearly 200 countries and territories is released with a bit of fanfare. Some years, […]
3/3/2017
CABINET/FOREIGN POLICY/REX TILLERSON/STATE: “In a possible sign of things to come, the State Department gave a decidedly low-key launch Friday [3-3-17] to its annual report on human rights worldwide. Normally the comprehensive report that looks at the human rights situation in nearly 200 countries and territories is released with a bit of fanfare. Some years, […]
3/3/2017
KEYSTONE/OIL/PIPELINES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP EXEC ORDERS: “A few weeks ago, when President Trump signed a directive clearing several hurdles out of the way of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, the White House touted a new requirement — that the pipeline be made with American-produced steel. Never mind. The requirement to use domestic steel posed a potential […]
3/3/2017
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/WALL: “Perched more than 20 feet in the air atop the border fence between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, a Mexican lawmaker delivers a message to President Donald Trump. ‘It’s completely unnecessary — and it’s absurd — to build a wall that costs $15 billion,’ Braulio Guerra says in Spanish as a camera rolls. ‘Look, […]
3/3/2017
INTELLIGENCE/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA: “The administration official disputed the idea that accepting a meeting with the Russian ambassador could be cause for concern in light of the discussion about Russian meddling in the US election, characterizing the meeting as merely an attempt to meet key international players during the transition to power. The official added that Kushner […]
3/3/2017
INTELLIGENCE/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP PEOPLE/RUSSIA: “President Donald Trump’s senior aide Jared Kushner and ousted adviser Michael Flynn met with the Russian ambassador to the United States at a time when the Trump administration’s relationship with the Russians was under close scrutiny. Kushner and Flynn sat down in December at Trump Tower with Sergey Kislyak, according to a […]
3/3/2017
DEMS/GOP/POLITICS: “When Richard J. Durbin joined the Senate in 1997, his junior status relegated him to an unenviable task: serving in the minority on the Governmental Affairs Committee as the Republican-led panel exhaustively examined claims of an insidious Chinese plot to help President Bill Clinton in the 1996 elections. ‘We went on for months in […]
3/2/2017
ATTORNEY GENERAL/LEGAL/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP PEOPLE/JEFF SESSIONS: “Jeff Sessions is an honest man. He did not say anything wrong. He could have stated his response more accurately, but it was clearly not…intentional. This whole narrative is a way of saving face for Democrats losing an election that everyone thought they were supposed…to win. The Democrats are overplaying […]
3/2/2017
ECONOMY/JOBS: “Since November 8th, Election Day, the Stock Market has posted $3.2 trillion in GAINS and consumer confidence is at a 15 year high. Jobs!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 2, 2017 06:00am […]
3/2/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/FIONA HILL: “The White House has tapped Fiona Hill, a highly regarded Russia scholar, to be the National Security Council’s senior director for Europe and Russia, an administration official said. The Trump administration’s selection of Ms. Hill would bring a top expert with a sober view of Russian President Vladimir Putin […]
3/2/2017
CABINET/ENERGY/TRUMP PEOPLE/RICK PERRY: “The Senate on Thursday [3-2-17] confirmed Rick Perry to be President Donald Trump’s energy secretary, putting the former Texas governor in charge of government research into new energy technologies and protecting the U.S. nuclear weapons arsenal. Mr. Perry, who was confirmed in a 62-37 vote, once said he wanted to eliminate the […]
3/2/2017
CABINET/HUD/TRUMP PEOPLE/BEN CARSON: “The Senate on Thursday [3-2-17] confirmed Ben Carson as Housing and Urban Development secretary, placing the retired neurosurgeon in charge of a vast agency with critical roles combating poverty and financing home purchases. Mr. Carson, President Donald Trump’s rival during the early stages of the Republican primaries, was confirmed by a 58-41 […]
3/2/2017
RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “President Donald Trump’s eldest son was likely paid at least $50,000 for an appearance late last year before a French think tank whose founder and his wife are allies of the Russian government in efforts to end the war in Syria. Donald Trump Jr. addressed a dinner on Oct. 11 at the […]
3/2/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/FELIX SATER: “Working from a 24th-floor office in Manhattan’s Trump Tower, Felix Sater spent years trying to line up lucrative deals in the United States, Russia and elsewhere in Europe with Donald Trump’s real estate organization. For much of that time, according to court records and U.S. officials, Sater also worked as a confidential […]
3/2/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/RAND PAUL: “Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul marched to the House side of the Capitol Thursday morning, knocked on a locked door and demanded to see a copy of the House’s bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, which he believed was being kept under lock and key. Aides in the room told […]
3/2/2017
ATTORNEY GENERAL/FBI/INTELLIGENCE/LEGAL/RUSSIA/JEFF SESSIONS: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions, facing a chorus of criticism over his contacts with the Russian ambassador, recused himself Thursday [3-2-17] from any current or future investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. His conversations with the ambassador, Sergey I. Kislyak, came amid suspected Russian hacking directed at Hillary Clinton’s campaign. […]
3/2/2017
POLITICS/JOE BIDEN: “Without mentioning President Trump, former vice president Joe Biden delivered a reminder that the executive branch’s power is limited and that disparaging the judiciary that is supposed to check that power is ‘corrosive’ and ‘dangerous.’ ‘The almost (constant) drumbeat of denigration of the institutional structures that govern us is dangerous,’ Biden said during […]
3/2/2017
ATTORNEY GENERAL/FBI/INTELLIGENCE/LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/JEFF SESSIONS: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions met twice last year with the top Russian diplomat in Washington whose interactions with President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn led to Flynn’s firing, according to the Justice Department. Sessions did not mention either meeting during his confirmation hearings when he said he knew […]
3/2/2017
INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Rep. Adam Schiff, ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, says that without an independent analysis, it’s too early to draw conclusions about Trump advisers’ involvement with Russian officials. Schiff’s statement differs from the opinion of the committee’s chairman, Rep. Devin Nunes. “ – Jim Sciutto, “Schiff: No conclusion on Trump-Russia probe,” CNN […]
3/2/2017
2016 ELECTION/ATTORNEY GENERAL/FBI/INTELLIGENCE/LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/JEFF SESSIONS: “Sen. Lindsey Graham said Wednesday if the FBI determines that President Donald Trump’s campaign illegally coordinated with Russia, Attorney General Jeff Sessions should recuse himself from making the decision whether to pursue prosecutions. Sessions, a Trump appointee, ‘cannot make this decision,’ Graham said. But Graham deflected a question about a […]
3/2/2017
ATTORNEY GENERAL/FBI/INTELLIGENCE/LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/JEFF SESSIONS: “Sen. Lindsey Graham said Wednesday if the FBI determines that President Donald Trump’s campaign illegally coordinated with Russia, Attorney General Jeff Sessions should recuse himself from making the decision whether to pursue prosecutions. Sessions, a Trump appointee, ‘cannot make this decision,’ Graham said. But Graham deflected a question about a Washington […]
3/1/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS: “President Trump’s address to Congress on Tuesday night buoyed House Republican leaders who were hopeful that his leadership would unite fractious lawmakers around a plan to replace the Affordable Care Act. But fundamental disagreements still divide Republicans on one of the central promises of their 2016 campaigns: repealing the health law. While Mr. Trump […]
3/1/2017
POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump loves the song ‘My Way,’ bristles at the slightest alterations in his daily routine, and lashes out when the world won’t accept him on his own terms. Then, when that doesn’t work, he tries something completely different. Mr. Trump’s well-received address to Congress on Tuesday [2-28-17] night, a conciliatory speech […]
3/1/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRADE DEALS/WTO: “The Trump administration Wednesday [3-1-17] sent its strongest signal yet that it was prepared to buck the international trade order, including confronting the World Trade Organization, to assertively defend the economic interests and sovereignty of the United States. In a mandated annual report to Congress outlining the president’s trade agenda, the administration […]
3/1/2017
DONALD ON DONALD/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A master media manipulator and storyteller, Mr. Trump went without a traditional press secretary during the presidential campaign, preferring to field queries on his own. Now he is increasingly taking command of his administration’s message making, and privately expressing frustration with a White House press office under siege amid leaks […]
3/1/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA: “The FBI reached a deal in October to pay a former British spy who had compiled a dossier on Donald Trump’s alleged ties with Russia, an indication of how seriously the bureau was taking the allegations, according to a person familiar with the matter. The deal for the former operative, Christopher Steele, to continue […]
3/1/2017
2016 ELECTION/INTELLIGENCE/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA: “In the Obama administration’s last days, some White House officials scrambled to spread information about Russian efforts to undermine the presidential election — and about possible contacts between associates of President-elect Donald J. Trump and Russians — across the government. Former American officials say they had two aims: to ensure that such […]
3/1/2017
INTELLIGENCE/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA: “In the Obama administration’s last days, some White House officials scrambled to spread information about Russian efforts to undermine the presidential election — and about possible contacts between associates of President-elect Donald J. Trump and Russians — across the government. Former American officials say they had two aims: to ensure that such meddling […]
2/28/2017
STATE OF THE UNION: “Everything that is broken in our country can be fixed. Every problem can be solved. And every hurting family can find healing and hope. Our citizens deserve this, and so much more — so why not join forces and finally get the job done, and get it done right? On this […]
2/28/2017
STATE OF THE UNION: “Tonight, as I outline the next steps we must take as a country, we must honestly acknowledge the circumstances we inherited. Ninety-four million Americans are out of the labor force. Over 43 million people are now living in poverty, and over 43 million Americans are on food stamps. More than one […]
2/28/2017
DONALD ON DONALD: “Join me live at 9:00 P.M. #JointAddress https://t.co/J882zbyVkJ https://t.co/gTtK3vJmkU” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 28, 2017 08:30pm […]
2/28/2017
CLIMATE CHANGE/EPA/OBAMA EXEC ORDERS/TRUMP EXEC ORDERS: ” ‘Restoring the Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic Growth by Reviewing the *Waters of the U.S.* Rule’ The order calls on federal agencies to revise a regulation put in place by former president Barack Obama called the Clean Water Rule. Signed in 2015, the rule expanded the number […]
2/28/2017
AFRICAN AMERICANS/EDUCATION/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to advance opportunities in higher education, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have made, and continue to make, extraordinary […]
2/28/2017
ATTORNEY GENERAL/ENVIRONMENT/EPA/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. It is in the national interest to ensure that the Nation’s navigable waters are kept free from pollution, while at the same […]
2/28/2017
BUDGET/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Like many presidents before him, President Trump is pushing a bold budget proposal. But for a business executive used to getting his way, he is likely to find, as his predecessors did, that final budgets often bear little resemblance to the originals after being run through the shredder on Capitol Hill… Taking […]
2/28/2017
CABINET/COMMERCE/TRUMP PEOPLE/WILBUR ROSS: “Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross was sworn in as U.S. commerce secretary on Tuesday after helping shape Republican President Donald Trump’s opposition to multilateral trade deals. Vice President Mike Pence administered the oath of office to Ross, 79, a day after the U.S. Senate voted to confirm the corporate turnaround expert’s nomination, with […]
2/28/2017
2016 ELECTION/CYBERWAR/INTELLIGENCE/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/DAN COATS: “Dan Coats, President Trump’s nominee to head the U.S. intelligence community, said at his Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday [2-28-17] that he believes Russia attempted to meddle in last year’s presidential race, putting him potentially at odds with the White House. Russia ‘definitely did try to influence the campaign,’ said Coats, […]
2/27/2017
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former President George W. Bush said Monday that the media is ‘indispensable to democracy,’ a break from the position of his fellow Republican, President Donald Trump, who has called the press ‘the enemy of the American people.’ ‘I consider the media to be indispensable to democracy. That we need the media […]
2/27/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great meeting with CEOs of leading U.S. health insurance companies who provide great healthcare to the American people.” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 27, 2017 12:06pm […]
2/27/2017
BUDGET/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “More than 120 retired generals signed a letter Monday pushing back on the White House’s proposal to make major cuts to diplomacy and development. Retired Gen. David Petraeus, a former CIA director, and retired Gen. James Stavridis, the former NATO supreme allied commander, are among the former three- and four-star generals who […]
2/27/2017
CABINET/COMMERCE/TRUMP PEOPLE/WILBUR ROSS: “The Senate is expected to confirm Wilbur Ross as Commerce secretary Monday, an appointment key to allowing President Donald Trump to make progress on his campaign promise to overhaul U.S. trade policy. Mr. Trump rode a wave of economic discontent to the White House driven partly by his message that existing trade […]
2/27/2017
BUDGET/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s first budget proposal will look to increase defense and security spending by $54 billion and cut roughly the same amount from non-defense programs, the White House said Monday. ‘This budget will be a public safety and national security budget,’ Trump said at a bipartisan gathering of US governors at […]
2/27/2017
POLITICS/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It’s hard to overstate how much is on House Speaker Paul Ryan’s plate right now. He presides over a restive group of Republicans who deposed his predecessor. He’s dealing with a new president who — even on his best days — refuses to stick to the script and has no trouble […]
2/27/2017
BUSH FAMILY/TRAVEL BAN: “Former President George W. Bush has weighed in on the current administration’s controversial travel ban. During an interview with Today‘s Matt Lauer on Monday [2-27-17], Bush argued in favor of religious freedom when asked about President Donald Trump‘s Jan. 27 executive order, which temporarily banned people from seven predominantly Muslim countries from […]
2/27/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “President Trump promised the nation’s governors Monday that his yet-to-be-revealed replacement plan for the Affordable Care Act would give states greater flexibility and thanked some Republicans in the room who advised him on healthcare. ‘It’s an unbelievably complex subject,’ he said. ‘Nobody knew that healthcare could be so complicated.’ The remark likely surprised state […]
2/27/2017
GOP/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “GOP now viewed more favorably than Dems, in Trump era (per NBC/WSJ poll) via @HotlineJosh: https://t.co/Soebxtg2Zd” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 27, 2017 04:48pm […]
2/26/2017
BUDGET/ENTITLEMENTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is taking the first major step toward putting together a federal budget proposal, asking federal agencies to draft plans to hike military spending and cut back other domestic programs—while making no changes to major entitlement programs, including Social Security and Medicare. One senior administration official said the plan would […]
2/26/2017
HEALTHCARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Big dinner with Governors tonight at White House. Much to be discussed, including healthcare.” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 26, 2017 03:13pm […]
2/26/2017
2016 ELECTION/FAKE NEWS/LEAKS/MEDIA: “Russia talk is FAKE NEWS put out by the Dems, and played up by the media, in order to mask the big election defeat and the illegal leaks!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 26, 2017 01:16pm […]
2/26/2017
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA: “For first time the failing @nytimes will take an ad (a bad one) to help save its failing reputation. Try reporting accurately & fairly!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 26, 2017 06:42am […]
2/26/2017
BERNIE SANDERS/DEMS/HILLARY CLINTON: “The race for DNC Chairman was, of course, totally ‘rigged.’ Bernie’s guy, like Bernie himself, never had a chance. Clinton demanded Perez!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 26, 2017 06:33am […]
2/26/2017
TRUMP PEOPLE/NAVY: “President Trump’s nominee for secretary of the Navy, Philip Bilden, has withdrawn his name from consideration, Bilden and Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said Sunday in statements. Both Bilden’s and Mattis’ statements said Bilden’s business interests created complications. He recently retired from a private equity investment management firm, according to a White House […]
2/26/2017
DEMS/POLITICS/TOM PEREZ: “Former Labor Secretary Tom Perez was chosen to be the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee on Saturday, defeating Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison. Soon after, President Trump tweeted, ‘Congratulations to Thomas Perez, who has just been named Chairman of the DNC. I could not be happier for him, or for the Republican […]
2/26/2017
BUDGET/CABINET/TRUMP PEOPLE/STEVEN MNUCHIN: “U.S. President Donald Trump’s first budget proposal will spare big social welfare programs such as Social Security and Medicare from any cuts, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in an interview broadcast on Sunday. Mnuchin said Trump would also use a major policy speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night […]
2/26/2017
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The father of the commando killed in a Special Operations raid in Yemen last month said in an interview published this weekend that he had refused to meet with President Trump on the day his son’s body was returned home, and criticized the White House over the mission, saying, ‘Don’t hide behind […]
2/26/2017
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s sympathetic remarks about the young undocumented immigrants known as Dreamers — ‘these incredible kids,’ he has called them — were a surprising turn for a man who had vowed during the campaign to ‘immediately terminate’ their protections from deportation. But they are unlikely to be the last word. Mr. Trump […]
2/26/2017
BUDGET/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump will instruct federal agencies on Monday [2-27-17] to assemble a budget for the coming fiscal year that includes sharp increases in Defense Department spending and drastic enough cuts to domestic agencies that he can keep his promise to leave Social Security and Medicare alone, according to four senior administration officials. […]
2/25/2017
MEDIA: “I will not be attending the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner this year. Please wish everyone well and have a great evening!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 25, 2017 04:53pm […]
2/25/2017
ECONOMY/JOBS: “Great optimism for future of U.S. business, AND JOBS, with the DOW having an 11th straight record close. Big tax & regulation cuts coming!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 25, 2017 08:27am […]
2/25/2017
ECONOMY/OBAMA: “The media has not reported that the National Debt in my first month went down by $12 billion vs a $200 billion increase in Obama first mo.” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 25, 2017 08:19am […]
2/25/2017
SUPPORTERS: “Maybe the millions of people who voted to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN should have their own rally. It would be the biggest of them all!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 25, 2017 07:25am […]
2/25/2017
GOP/POLITICAL FIGURES/POLITICS/THOMAS PEREZ: “Congratulations to Thomas Perez, who has just been named Chairman of the DNC. I could not be happier for him, or for the Republican Party!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 25, 2017 05:02pm […]
2/25/2017
CABINET/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP PEOPLE/MCMASTER: “New national security adviser H.R. McMaster is already setting a strikingly different tone than his ousted predecessor, Michael Flynn, and President Donald Trump, saying the term ‘radical Islamic terrorism’ isn’t helpful for US goals. At an all-hands meeting of the National Security Council on Thursday, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster said jihadist terrorists […]
2/24/2017
SUPREME COURT/RUTH BADER GINSBURG: “Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg indicated Thursday that she intends to remain on the Supreme Court as long as she can, predicting that the “pendulum” of American politics will eventually swing back toward the center. ‘I will do this job as long as I can do it full steam,’ Ginsburg, 83, said […]