FOREIGN POLICY/ISRAEL: “Welcome to the United States, @IsraeliPM Benjamin & Sara! #ICYMI????????????????Joint Press Conference: https://t.co/GN6ALWUusN https://t.co/bH60nBL5FP” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 15, 2017 02:17pm […]
2/15/2017
ECONOMY: “Great listening session with CEO’s of the Retail Industry Leaders Association this morning! https://t.co/sy6xJcWfcF” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 15, 2017 11:34am […]
2/15/2017
INTELLIGENCE/LEAKS: “The real scandal here is that classified information is illegally given out by ‘intelligence’ like candy. Very un-American!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 15, 2017 08:13am […]
2/15/2017
OBAMA/RUSSIA: “Crimea was TAKEN by Russia during the Obama Administration. Was Obama too soft on Russia?” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 15, 2017 07:42am […]
2/15/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE: “Thank you to Eli Lake of The Bloomberg View – ‘The NSA & FBI…should not interfere in our politics…and is’ Very serious situation for USA” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 15, 2017 07:28am […]
2/15/2017
INTELLIGENCE/MEDIA/RUSSIA: “Information is being illegally given to the failing @nytimes & @washingtonpost by the intelligence community (NSA and FBI?).Just like Russia” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 15, 2017 07:19am […]
2/15/2017
CYBERWAR/HILLARY CLINTON/RUSSIA: “This Russian connection non-sense is merely an attempt to cover-up the many mistakes made in Hillary Clinton’s losing campaign.” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 15, 2017 07:08am […]
2/15/2017
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA: “The fake news media is going crazy with their conspiracy theories and blind hatred. @MSNBC & @CNN are unwatchable. @foxandfriends is great!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 15, 2017 06:40am […]
2/15/2017
CABINET/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICHAEL FLYNN: “Could Donald Trump’s latest scandal be as big as Watergate? Following revelations of Trump’s relationship with Russia, veteran news anchor Dan Rather says, this could be even bigger than Watergate. Taking to his Facebook, the former host of CBS Evening News writes that on a 1-10 scale of an […]
2/15/2017
HEALTHCARE/MEDICARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Wednesday morning announced new proposed rules for the Affordable Care Act’s individual insurance exchanges. The proposals from CMS include several changes to enrollment periods and timelines for insurers in an attempt at ‘stabilizing the individual and small group health insurance markets,’ according to a press release. […]
2/15/2017
CABINET/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICHAEL FLYNN: “Federal agents questioned then-National Security Adviser Mike Flynn in January, shortly after the White House denied he had talked about sanctions with a Russian official, according to people familiar with the matter. The Federal Bureau of Investigation interview, which raises the legal stakes for Mr. Flynn and adds to the political […]
2/15/2017
CABINET/LABOR/TRUMP PEOPLE/ANDREW PUDZER: “Andrew Puzder has withdrawn as President Donald Trump’s choice for labor secretary. Puzder, the CEO of the company that owns the Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. fast food chains, faced fierce opposition mostly from Democrats in part related to his position on labor issues as well as the fact that he employed an […]
2/15/2017
CABINET/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICHAEL FLYNN: “A bipartisan Senate duo is asking for the Justice Department to release details and transcripts that triggered the fall of Michael Flynn, the President Donald Trump’s national security adviser who was fired Monday. Sens. Chuck Grassley and Dianne Feinstein, the top Republican and Democrat respectively on the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote […]
2/15/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “The Trumps haven’t been in the White House for a month yet, and details are already emerging that the billionaire family is growing unhappy in its new role. It was reported last week that President Trump is getting frustrated with the challenges of the presidency, and now US Weekly is reporting Melania Trump […]
2/15/2017
CABINET/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICHAEL FLYNN: “One Democratic representative says the Trump administration could be involved in treason. Former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s resignation after reports that he spoke privately about sanctions against Russia with the country’s ambassador has raised more questions than answers. Massachusetts congressman Seth Moulton on Tuesday [2-14-17] told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer things […]
2/15/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The municipal-bond market has an early read on President Donald Trump’s executive order threatening sanctuary cities: more bark than bite. The Jan. 25 order’s threat to cut federal funds to cities and counties that decline to cooperate with federal authorities enforcing policies on illegal immigrants is unlikely to hurt the municipalities’ […]
2/15/2017
CLIMATE CHANGE/TRUMP PEOPLE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WILLIAM HAPPER: “The man tipped as frontrunner for the role of science adviser to Donald Trump has described climate scientists as ‘a glassy-eyed cult’ in the throes of a form of collective madness. William Happer, an eminent physicist at Princeton University, met Trump last month to discuss the post and says […]
2/15/2017
FAKE NEWS/INTELLIGENCE/MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICHAEL FLYNN: “President Donald Trump leveled fresh attacks on the intelligence community and the news media Wednesday after a tumultuous few days that included the departure of his national security adviser and reports about U.S. investigations into his team’s communications with Russian authorities. Mr. Trump requested Michael Flynn’s resignation Monday [2-15-17] night following […]
2/15/2017
RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/ROGER STONE: “Roger Stone, a longtime adviser and confidant to Donald Trump who has been named in news reports as one of at least four individuals under FBI observation over alleged contacts with Russian intelligence, has called for an official inquiry into the swirling crisis. Stone has called on the White House to order […]
2/15/2017
CABINET/LABOR/TRUMP PEOPLE/ANDREW PUDZER: “Andy Puzder withdrew himself from consideration to become Labor secretary in a new personnel blow to the White House, after Republican support in the Senate disintegrated over personal issues that dogged the fast-food executive leading up to a planned confirmation hearing. His swift withdrawal came just a day after Mike Flynn, President […]
2/15/2017
CABINET/LABOR/TRUMP PEOPLE/ANDREW PUDZER: “Labor Secretary nominee Andrew Puzder’s confirmation could be in jeopardy following the release of a 1990 episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show in which Puzder’s ex-wife makes claims of domestic abuse against him. A clip from the episode, which is currently being reviewed in the Senate, was published by Politico on Wednesday […]
2/15/2017
TRUMP PEOPLE/STEPHEN MILLER: “White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller, who some believe played a key role in the drafting of President Trump’s immigration order, helped launch a controversial group while at Duke University, reports CNN. According to an archived website for the group, it was called the Terrorism Awareness Project, or TAP, and intended […]
2/15/2017
EMAILS/HILLARY CLINTON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As a candidate for president, Donald J. Trump embraced the hackers who had leaked Hillary Clinton’s emails to the press, declaring at a rally in Pennsylvania, “I love WikiLeaks!” To the cheering throngs that night, Mr. Trump marveled that “nothing is secret today when you talk about the internet.” The leakers, […]
2/15/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/ISRAEL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump jettisoned two decades of diplomatic orthodoxy on Wednesday [2-15-17] by declaring that the United States would no longer insist on the creation of a Palestinian state as part of a peace accord between Israel and the Palestinians. Hosting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel for the first time since […]
2/14/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Obamacare continues to fail. Humana to pull out in 2018. Will repeal, replace & save healthcare for ALL Americans. https://t.co/glWEQ0lNR4” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 14, 2017 05:50pm […]
2/14/2017
CABINET/EDUCATION/TRUMP PEOPLE/BETSY DEVOS: “Great parent-teacher listening session this morning with @VP Pence & @usedgov Secretary @BetsyDeVos. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opufN8wWBoo …” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 14, 2017 03:21pm […]
2/14/2017
INTELLIGENCE/LEAKS/NORTH KOREA: “The real story here is why are there so many illegal leaks coming out of Washington? Will these leaks be happening as I deal on N.Korea etc?” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 14, 2017 09:28am […]
2/14/2017
ETHICS/LEGAL/ERWIN CHEMERINSKY: “[Erwin] Chemerinsky is something of an icon in the field of Constitutional law. Now, making news as one of a team of lawyers from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington – CREW – suing President Donald Trump for allegedly violating the Constitution’s Emoluments Clause, Chemerinsky is facing an unusual opportunity. There is no […]
2/14/2017
CELEBS/ENTERTAINMENT: “President Trump is making ‘Saturday Night Live’s’ ratings great again. NBC’s long-running late-night sketch comedy program is having its most-watched season in 22 years, thanks in large part to Alec Baldwin’s impersonation of the 45th president of the United States and, more recently, Melissa McCarthy’s devastating take on White House press secretary Sean Spicer. […]
2/14/2017
CABINET/FOREIGN POLICY/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICHAEL FLYNN: “The champagne toasts that some Russian officials quaffed just a few short months ago to celebrate the victory of Donald J. Trump have gone a bit flat. Euphoria was already starting to cede to caution before Michael T. Flynn, President Trump’s national security adviser and a perceived friend of Russia, […]
2/14/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA: “Russia has secretly deployed a new cruise missile that American officials say violates a landmark arms control treaty, posing a major test for President Trump as his administration is facing a crisis over its ties to Moscow… The ground-launched cruise missile at the center of American concerns is one that the Obama […]
2/14/2017
CABINET/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICHAEL FLYNN: “Phone records and intercepted calls show that members of Donald J. Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and other Trump associates had repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials in the year before the election, according to four current and former American officials. American law enforcement and intelligence agencies intercepted the communications around […]
2/14/2017
TRUMP PEOPLE/JEFF SESSIONS/MICHAEL FLYNN: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions faced growing pressure on Tuesday to remove himself from any role in investigating President Trump’s aides and their relationship with Russia, but advisers to Mr. Sessions said he saw no need to do so. The resignation of Michael T. Flynn as national security adviser over his conversations […]
2/14/2017
ETHICS/TRUMP PEOPLE/KELLYANNE CONWAY/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “The White House adviser Kellyanne Conway’s public endorsement of Ivanka Trump’s product line appears to be ‘a clear violation of the prohibition against misuse of position,’ and she should be disciplined, the federal government’s chief ethics watchdog wrote this week in a letter to the White House. Although President Trump’s press […]
2/14/2017
BANKING/DODD-FRANK: “Republican promises to dismantle the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial overhaul may prove good news for many financial firms. The bad news for Wall Street: A top target is a provision big banks would rather retain. ‘Orderly liquidation authority,’ or OLA, was an answer to the 2008 bailouts of Wall Street firms during the financial crisis. […]
2/14/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PHARMA: “Humana Inc., one of the nation’s largest health insurers, will stop selling Obamacare health plans next year, the company announced Tuesday. The move threatens to rattle jittery insurance markets and further complicate Republicans’ push to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. The company attributed its action to mounting losses caused by sicker-than-expected consumers. […]
2/14/2017
CLIMATE CHANGE/FOREIGN POLICY/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trashing the Paris Agreement made for a great campaign prop at Donald Trump’s rallies, where the climate change accord was portrayed as a product of the out-of-touch, insufferable elites that Trump pledged to sweep from power. Now the landmark agreement, signed under President Obama, is fast becoming a nuisance for […]
2/14/2017
CABINET/ELIZABETH WARREN/LABOR/TRUMP PEOPLE/ANDREW PUDZER: “Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent Labor secretary nominee Andy Puzder a lengthy list of questions as top Senate Democrats trained their fire on the fast-food executive ahead of his confirmation hearing this week in hopes of knocking off the last of their top targets among President Trump’s Cabinet choices. Puzder, the […]
2/14/2017
IMMIGRATION/PRISONS: “When John Chavez peers through chain link and razor wire into the vast tent city that once housed one of the nation’s most notorious prisons for immigrants, he does not see a failed experiment. Two years ago, inmates set fire to the sprawling complex in protest of poor medical conditions, slashing holes in their […]
2/14/2017
BANKING/DODD-FRANK/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump accelerated his ambitious bid to roll back financial regulation Tuesday, signing into law a measure killing a Securities and Exchange Commission rule aimed at weeding out corruption in the energy industry. The rule in question is a requirement of the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial overhaul, and was completed in the […]
2/14/2017
CABINET/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICHAEL FLYNN: “The White House sought Tuesday to quickly contain the fallout from the ouster of national security advisor Michael Flynn, but President Trump and top aides found themselves mired in further disarray as more details emerged that undermined their portrayal of the matter. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer contradicted assertions that […]
2/13/2017
CABINET/STEVE MNUCHIN/TREASURY: “Congratulations Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin! #ICYMI- watch here: https://t.co/RPsmw4yD7y https://t.co/K8tWLlXiYK” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 13, 2017 09:57pm […]
2/13/2017
CANADA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/JUSTIN TRUDEAU: “Wonderful meeting with Canadian PM @JustinTrudeau and a group of leading CEO’s & business women from Canada????????and the United States????????” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 13, 2017 01:50pm […]
2/13/2017
CANADA/JUSTIN TRUDEAU/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Welcome to the @WhiteHouse Prime Minister @JustinTrudeau! https://t.co/WKgF8Zo9ri” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 13, 2017 11:59am […]
2/13/2017
CANADA/FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/JUSTIN TRUDEAU: “Today I will meet with Canadian PM Trudeau and a group of leading business women to discuss women in the workforce. https://t.co/bFAHPRXHdP” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 13, 2017 10:53am […]
2/13/2017
TRUMP PEOPLE/DAVID SHULKIN/VETS: “Congratulations to our new #VASecretary Dr. David Shulkin. Time to take care of Veterans who have fought to protect our country!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 13, 2017 10:30pm […]
2/13/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/GUANTANAMO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is considering what to do about a Qaeda suspect being held in Yemen, a decision that presents an early test of President Trump’s campaign pledge to send terrorism suspects to the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The suspect, known as Abu Khaybar, was captured last fall in […]
2/13/2017
ECONOMY/IMPORT TAX/JOBS: “There are many reasons for the steady success of the three major American automakers in recent years, but none are bigger than the surging sales of full-size pickup trucks. General Motors, Ford Motor and Fiat Chrysler dominate the segment in the United States market, and they rely on pickups for a sizable portion […]
2/13/2017
JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In his plan to rebuild America’s infrastructure, President Donald Trump promises the job will be done with materials made in U.S. ‘Buy American and hire American,’ Mr. Trump said on the campaign trail and in his inaugural address. But in a global economy where supply chains and markets are international, establishing a […]
2/13/2017
CABINET/COMMERCE/TRUMP PEOPLE/WILBUR ROSS: “Wilbur Ross Jr. plans to keep millions of dollars invested in offshore entities whose values could be affected by policies that he implements as commerce secretary… But he plans to hold on to investments in an oil-tanker company and 10 other entities that invest in shipping and real-estate financing, according to federal […]
2/13/2017
POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The people who filled the pews of St. John’s Episcopal Church for a private service on the morning of the inauguration were a testament to the ascendancy of the religious right in Donald J. Trump’s Washington: James Dobson, the founder of Focus on the Family; Tony Perkins, the president of the Family […]
2/13/2017
ECONOMY/UNION: “Boeing came to South Carolina more than seven years ago to establish a second assembly line for its 787 Dreamliner aircraft. At least part of the attraction, analysts said, was the area’s lightly unionized labor force — giving the company more leverage over the union at its main operations outside Seattle. Now that equation […]
2/13/2017
CABINET/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICHAEL FLYNN: “Michael Flynn resigned late Monday as President Trump’s national security advisor, following mounting scrutiny over his conflicting accounts of contacts with a Russian diplomat and his admission that he had misled Vice President Mike Pence about the matter. Flynn’s departure, which came after several days in which Trump conspicuously refused to […]
2/13/2017
CABINET/STEVE MNUCHIN/TREASURY: “Following a bruising confirmation battle that centered on his actions as head of Pasadena’s OneWest Bank, Wall Street executive Steven T. Mnuchin was narrowly confirmed by the Senate as Treasury secretary on Monday. Mnuchin becomes one of President Trump’s top Cabinet officers. He immediately faces a packed agenda. The wealthy hedge fund manager […]
2/13/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VENEZUELA: “The U.S. government on Monday said it has put Venezuela’s vice president on a sanctions list for allegedly aiding drug traffickers, dealing a setback to the country’s hopes of rebooting bilateral ties during President Donald Trump’s first term. Executive Vice President Tareck El Aissami and Venezuelan financier Samark Lopez were placed on […]
2/13/2017
CANADA/JUSTIN TRUDEAU/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said he seeks only modest changes in the U.S. trade relationship with Canada, pledging that the two nations would continue to work together on cross-border commerce and security issues. Following meetings on Monday with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Mr. Trump said the U.S. would be ‘tweaking’ […]
2/13/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “The Affordable Care Act’s tax on high-cost employer health plans faced sharp opposition from employers and unions. Now, Republicans are drawing equal fire for proposals to replace the law that those groups say would have some of the same effects. The law’s so-called Cadillac tax is levied on the value of employer health plans […]
2/13/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The war between Trump and Silicon Valley is set to escalate. Bloomberg reported that another executive order, still being drafted, will overhaul the entire work-visa program on which Silicon Valley relies. Here, too, is an opportunity for Canada. If the Americans don’t want the highly skilled mobile people of the world, […]
2/13/2017
DRUGS/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PHARMA: “Politicians once again are concerned that a drug company that plans to sell an old medicine at a very high price is taking advantage of the system. On Monday [2-13-17], Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) sent a letter to the chief executive of Marathon Pharmaceuticals, arguing that the Illinois company […]
2/13/2017
TRUMP PEOPLE/STEVE BANNON: “2012. Bannon founded the Government Accountability Institue, a research organization that investigates politicians and aims to partner with mainstream media outlets.” – Abigall Abrams, “The Age of Bannon,” Time Magazine, Feb. 13, 2017 […]
2/13/2017
TRUMP PEOPLE/STEVE BANNON: “Late 1970s to early 1980s [1976-1983]. Bannon joined the Navy, attended officer school and served on the destroyer U.S.S. Paul F. Foster. He then became a special assistant to the chief of naval operations at the Pentagon.” – Abigall Abrams, “The Age of Bannon,” Time Magazine, Feb. 13, 2017 […]
2/13/2017
IMMIGRATION/NATIONAL SECURITY: “The U.S. has given sanctuary to more than 3 million people fleeing religious, political, or racial persecution since instituting rigorous refugee screening in 1980. Not one has killed anyone in a terrorist attack. Even if you include the three Cuban refugees who murdered three people in the 1970s, before thosse standards were in […]
2/13/2017
IMMIGRATION/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Trump will honor his pledge to build a border wall, and he has answered Mexico’s refusal to pay for it with threats of a 20% tax on Mexican imports. He says he’ll renegotiate NAFTA, and Mexicans fear he’ll try to limit investment in their country’s manufacturing and automotive sectors to revive […]
2/13/2017
2016 ELECTION/VOTER FRAUD: “President Donald Trump’s senior policy adviser on Sunday [2-12-17] repeated Trump’s unsubstantiated claims that people were bused from Massachusetts to New Hampshire to vote illegally in the swing state during the 2016 election. But he provided no evidence to support that claim or other claims of widespread voter fraud. In a contentious […]
2/13/2017
CABINET/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICHAEL FLYNN: “The White House is reviewing whether to retain national security adviser Mike Flynn amid a furor over his contacts with Russian officials before President Donald Trump took office, an administration official said Sunday. Mr. Flynn has apologized to White House colleagues over the episode, which has created a rift with Vice […]
2/13/2017
POLITICS/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump and his top aides coordinated their response to North Korea’s missile test on Saturday night in full view of diners at Mr. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida — a remarkable public display of presidential activity that is almost always conducted in highly secure settings. The scene — of aides […]
2/12/2017
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA/SUPPORTERS: “Just leaving Florida. Big crowds of enthusiastic supporters lining the road that the FAKE NEWS media refuses to mention. Very dishonest!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 12, 2017 05:19pm […]
2/12/2017
TRUMP PEOPLE/STEPHEN MILLER: “Congratulations Stephen Miller- on representing me this morning on the various Sunday morning shows. Great job!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 12, 2017 10:41am […]
2/12/2017
CELEBS: “I know Mark Cuban well. He backed me big-time but I wasn’t interested in taking all of his calls.He’s not smart enough to run for president!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 12, 2017 08:23am […]
2/12/2017
JAPAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After two days of very productive talks, Prime Minister Abe is heading back to Japan. L” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 12, 2017 08:04am […]
2/12/2017
BERNIE SANDERS/FAKE NEWS/MEDIA: “While on FAKE NEWS @CNN, Bernie Sanders was cut off for using the term fake news to describe the network. They said technical difficulties!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 12, 2017 07:14am […]
2/12/2017
IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRAVEL BAN: “72% of refugees admitted into U.S. (2/3 -2/11) during COURT BREAKDOWN are from 7 countries: SYRIA, IRAQ, SOMALIA, IRAN, SUDAN, LIBYA & YEMEN” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 12, 2017 06:55am […]
2/12/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The crackdown on illegal criminals is merely the keeping of my campaign promise. Gang members, drug dealers & others are being removed!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 12, 2017 06:34am […]
2/12/2017
JAPAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “#ICYMI: Joint Statement with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on North Korea. https://t.co/qEC87FKB1D” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 12, 2017 12:02am […]
2/12/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/JAPAN/NORTH KOREA: “North Korea’s test launch of a ballistic missile was ‘absolutely intolerable,’ Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said at a joint news conference with U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida, on Saturday. ‘I just want everybody to understand, and fully know, that the United States of America is behind Japan, our great ally, […]
2/12/2017
2016 ELECTION/VOTER FRAUD: “During an interview on ‘This Week,’ host Stephanopoulos pressed Stephen Miller to provide evidence for Trump’s unfounded allegations this week that voters were bused into New Hampshire from Massachusetts during the 2016 election, costing him and former Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte the state. Without evidence, Miller suggested that there was voter fraud […]
2/12/2017
CABINET/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It turns out, being the commander in chief may not what President Donald Trump thought it would be. Politico reports that aides to the president and close allies say that he is becoming frustrated with the challenges of being the most powerful man in the world. That includes everything from congressional fights […]
2/12/2017
BERNIE SANDERS/FAKE NEWS/MEDIA/RUSSIA: “In the interview [on CNN], Sanders had been responding to a video clip of Trump saying that he had not heard reports that national security adviser Michael Flynn had spoken with Russia about sanctions before the inauguration. Anchor Erin Burnett asked Sanders if he thought it was a ‘problem’ that Trump was […]
2/12/2017
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Andrew Sullivan says it’s time for journalists to talk publicly about President Trump’s ‘mental stability.’ ‘To have such an unstable figure, incapable of accepting reality, at the center of the world, is an extremely dangerous thing,’ Sullivan said in an interview for Sunday’s ‘Reliable Sources’ on CNN. Sullivan’s view is that the […]
2/12/2017
CABINET/EDUCATION/TRUMP PEOPLE/BETSY DEVOS: “The confirmation hearings for Betsy DeVos provided an inordinate amount of drama: guns and grizzlies, an all-night talkathon on the Senate floor, and Vice President Mike Pence’s tie-breaking vote — and with good reason. DeVos, now confirmed as secretary of Education, is not just another inexperienced member of the president’s Cabinet. She […]
2/12/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/ISRAEL: “Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in Washington on Tuesday hoping to find in President Trump a kindred spirit and compliant ally after eight years of personal friction with President Obama. The reality may be more complicated. As a candidate, Trump signaled he would show staunch support for Netanyahu and his allies in […]
2/12/2017
MEXICO/PROTESTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thousands of demonstrators waving Mexican flags and hoisting signs denouncing President Trump marched through central Mexico City on Sunday, the largest mobilization so far here against what many label an anti-Mexican administration in the White House. ‘We are not against the American people. This is about Trump, who is spreading hate and […]
2/12/2017
2016 ELECTION/VOTER FRAUD: “The Trump administration continued Sunday [2-12-17] to assert a widely debunked claim that massive vote fraud helped deprive the president of a popular-vote victory in November’s election. President Trump’s senior policy advisor Stephen Miller said in an interview aired Sunday on ABC’s ‘This Week’ that ‘the noncitizen voting issue is pervasive and […]
2/12/2017
CABINET/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/MICHAEL FLYNN: “The ominous silence around the Trump administration’s national security advisor, retired Gen. Michael T. Flynn, deepened Sunday as a senior White House official in a televised interview declined to say if the president still has confidence in him. ‘That’s the question that I think you should ask the president, the question you […]
2/12/2017
NET NEUTRALITY: “One of the most basic principles of the internet is, depending on whom you ask, either in mortal peril or undergoing a rapid evolution. Advocates for ‘net neutrality’—the principle that all data transmitted through the internet should be treated equally—argue it is needed for America to cultivate innovative web-focused startups. Critics say that […]
2/12/2017
CHINA/FOREIGN POLICY/NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA: “President Donald Trump is facing calls for a show of strength toward North Korea after Pyongyang’s weekend launch of a ballistic missile, posing the first major challenge to his administration by a foreign leader and an awkward balancing act with China. U.S. lawmakers called for military exercises with regional allies, a […]
2/12/2017
CONFLICT OF INTEREST/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “The ties that bind the most powerful media mogul in the world to the leader of the free world just keep getting stronger. Or, more precisely, we keep learning just how strong they are. The question is where that leaves the rest of the world when they’re done divvying […]
2/12/2017
BUSINESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY: “President Trump’s old office on the 26th floor of Trump Tower in Manhattan sits unoccupied now, unofficial storage space for the gathering trove of memorabilia that his two oldest sons say they hope will eventually be turned over to their father’s presidential library. But just one flight down, in Eric and […]
2/12/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “These are chaotic and anxious days inside the National Security Council, the traditional center of management for a president’s dealings with an uncertain world. Three weeks into the Trump administration, council staff members get up in the morning, read President Trump’s Twitter posts and struggle to make policy to fit them. […]
2/12/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “After denouncing the Affordable Care Act as an abomination for seven years, Republicans in Congress, working with the Trump administration, are urgently seeking ways to shore up health insurance marketplaces created by the law. While President Trump said as a candidate that ‘Obamacare is certain to collapse of its own weight,’ Republicans fear such […]
2/12/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/UN: “The shock is gone. Panic is subsiding. Now, diplomats who represent the nations of the world are entering what one described as the third stage of grief: figuring out how to deal with President Trump. They’re scrambling to speak with his advisers and poring over his Twitter posts — or if they’re old […]
2/11/2017
JAPAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A working dinner tonight with Prime Minister Abe of Japan, and his representatives, at the Winter White House (Mar-a-Lago). Very good talks!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 11, 2017 06:24pm […]
2/11/2017
JAPAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Playef golf today with Prime Minister Abe of Japan and @TheBig_Easy, Ernie Els, and had a great time. Japan is very well represented!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 11, 2017 06:15pm […]
2/11/2017
BUSINESS/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “I am so proud of my daughter Ivanka. To be abused and treated so badly by the media, and to still hold her head so high, is truly wonderful!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 11, 2017 06:00pm […]
2/11/2017
JAPAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Having a great time hosting Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the United States! https://t.co/Fvjsac89qS… https://t.co/hKqbMB2aQ9” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 11, 2017 01:28pm […]
2/11/2017
JAPAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “Melania and I are hosting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Mrs. Abe at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. They are a wonderful couple!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 11, 2017 08:33am […]
2/11/2017
BORDER/IMMIGRATION/WALL: “I am reading that the great border WALL will cost more than the government originally thought, but I have not gotten involved in the… design or negotiations yet. When I do, just like with the F-35 FighterJet or the Air Force One Program, price will come WAY DOWN!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 11, 2017 08:18 […]
2/11/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL BAN: “Our legal system is broken! ‘77% of refugees allowed into U.S. since travel reprieve hail from seven suspect countries.’ (WT) SO DANGEROUS! “ – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 11, 2017 07:12am […]
2/11/2017
CHINA/FOREIGN POLICY: “President Donald Trump’s decision to back down on his threat to overturn a cornerstone of U.S.-China relations was made before his call this week to counterpart Xi Jinping, part of a move toward continuity in Washington’s approach to Asia. Mr. Trump and Mr. Xi weren’t five minutes into their phone call Thursday night […]
2/11/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “Donald Trump’s administration has already made it a habit to break with tradition. The president didn’t wave upon boarding Air Force One for the first time. His team fired the 60-year voice of the Inauguration Day parade. Now, Melania Trump’s role as first lady is starting to chart its own course. […]