6/25/2019

GOP/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Two Republican senators said Tuesday [6-25-19] the rape allegation made against President Donald Trump by writer E. Jean Carroll should be explored to determine the veracity of the allegation against the President — even as many Senate Republicans sidestepped questions over the matter and defended Trump. Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa […]

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6/25/2019

GOP/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Republicans believe Donald Trump. They’re not so sure about the woman. The president’s GOP allies in Congress are moving swiftly to dismiss new allegations of rape against him, arguing journalist E. Jean Carroll is eager to promote her new book and that Trump’s denial of the alleged attack is credible…The latest […]

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6/25/2019

ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump waded into North Carolina’s Senate primary on Tuesday [6-25-19] and endorsed GOP Sen. Thom Tillis, who faces a primary challenge from a Republican businessman and a potentially tough general election campaign in a presidential swing state. Tillis has faced pressure from conservatives frustrated by some high-profile breaks with the president, […]

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6/25/2019

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LAWSUIT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Justice Department is suing former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman for failing to file a financial disclosure report after she was fired in late 2017. In a civil complaint filed Tuesday [6-25-19] in Washington federal court, Justice Department attorneys said that Newman, the former reality star and longtime associate of […]

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6/25/2019

BORDER/ICE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump is poised to tap Mark Morgan, his current acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement director, to take over border security operations, according to a senior administration official and four other people familiar with the move. The prospective decision comes after John Sanders, the previous acting Customs and Border Protection commissioner, resigned […]

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6/25/2019

ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina has really stepped up to the plate. Thom is tough on Crime, Strong on the Border and fights hard against Illegal Immigration. He loves our Military, our Vets and our great Second Amendment. I give Thom my Full and Total Endorsement!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 25, 2019 […]

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6/25/2019

CHINA/CUBA/SANCTIONS/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. sanctions on Cuba are deterring American firms from exploring its telecommunications sector even as Washington seeks to expand internet access on the Communist-run island, according to the final report of a U.S. government task force released on Tuesday [6-25-29]. Chinese companies dominate Cuba’s telecoms sector, a status quo ‘worth challenging given […]

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6/25/2019

MILITARY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Staff Sgt. David Bellavia – today, we honor your extraordinary courage, we salute your selfless service, and we thank you for carrying on the legacy of American Valor that has always made our blessed nation the strongest and mightiest in the world! https://t.co/pQ3dhhaSpE”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 25, 2019 4:38 pm […]

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6/25/2019

MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today, it was my great honor to present the Medal of Honor to Army Staff Sgt. David Bellavia (HERO) for his courageous actions as a squad leader in Fallujah. #MOH https://t.co/FkNCazkWWo” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 25, 2019 3:27 pm […]

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6/25/2019

ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A brave former fighter jet pilot and warrior, Senator Martha McSally of Arizona has done an outstanding job in D.C., and is fully supportive of our agenda – she is with us all the way….”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 25, 2019 2:25 pm […]

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6/25/2019

COURTS/DEMS/LAWSUIT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “A federal judge on Tuesday [6-25-19] refused to put on hold a lawsuit by about 200 Democratic lawmakers accusing President Donald Trump of violating an anti-corruption provision of the U.S. Constitution with his private business dealings, a move that clears the way for them to seek some of his financial records. U.S. District […]

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6/25/2019

IRAN/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WAR: “Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton of plotting for war against Iran in a tweet on Tuesday [6-25-19]. ‘Wanna know why those with proven record of detesting diplomacy are suddenly interested in talks? Just read @AmbJohnBolton’s 2017 recipe for destroying the #JCPOA,’ Zarif […]

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6/25/2019

CHINA/G20/JAPAN/TARIFFS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are both facing intense domestic pressure to de-escalate the trade war between their countries as they prepare to meet on Saturday [6-29-19] in Japan. Trump needs China to make vast structural changes to its economy while also buying more U.S. farm and manufactured […]

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6/25/2019

TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s honeymoon period with Mick Mulvaney is coming to an end. In recent weeks, Trump has been snapping at his acting chief of staff with some frequency, and expressing greater frustration with him than usual, according to four current and former senior administration officials. Trump has long said that he prefers […]

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6/25/2019

IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….Iran’s very ignorant and insulting statement, put out today, only shows that they do not understand reality. Any attack by Iran on anything American will be met with great and overwhelming force. In some areas, overwhelming will mean obliteration. No more John Kerry & Obama!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 25, 2019 9:42 […]

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6/25/2019

IRAN/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….The wonderful Iranian people are suffering, and for no reason at all. Their leadership spends all of its money on Terror, and little on anything else. The U.S. has not forgotten Iran’s use of IED’s & EFP’s (bombs), which killed 2000 Americans, and wounded many more…”  -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 25, 2019 […]

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6/25/2019

IRAN/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Iran leadership doesn’t understand the words ‘nice’ or ‘compassion,’ they never have. Sadly, the thing they do understand is Strength and Power, and the USA is by far the most powerful Military Force in the world, with 1.5 Trillion Dollars invested over the last two years alone..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 25, […]

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6/25/2019

BORDER/FOREIGN AID/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday [6-25-19] approved a $4.5 billion aid package to address the migrant surge along the U.S.-Mexico border, including new standards for migrants in custody following reports of poor conditions facing young children at overcrowded facilities. The Democratic-led House voted 230-195, mostly along party […]

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6/25/2019

IVANKA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @SteveScalise: Thank you @IvankaTrump for joining me and our Republican Whip Team at the Capitol tonight to talk about the work you’re d…”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 25, 2019 7:01 am […]

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6/25/2019

FOREIGN POLICY/JAPAN/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The next Trump-Putin meeting in Osaka, Japan is only days away, but the White House is maintaining radio silence about what it hopes to achieve there. Meanwhile, three senior voices with experience of dealing with Russia, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Joseph Dunford, the NSC’s in-house Russia expert Fiona Hill, […]

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6/25/2019

BORDER/DHS/ICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Turmoil intensified on Tuesday [6-25-19] inside the agency responsible for securing the country’s borders as a top official was replaced by an immigration hard-liner and former Fox News contributor who last week pushed for nationwide raids to deport undocumented families. That hard-liner, Mark Morgan, will take over as the head of Customs […]

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6/25/2019

CHINA/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “United States chip makers are still selling millions of dollars of products to Huawei despite a Trump administration ban on the sale of American technology to the Chinese telecommunications giant, according to four people with knowledge of the sales. Industry leaders including Intel and Micron have found ways to avoid labeling goods […]

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6/25/2019

DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “He stood in the middle of the debate stage and raised his hand to indicate he would not pledge to support the Republican nominee for president — unless it was him. Confronted by his own history of referring to women as fat pigs, dogs and slobs, he countered that the big problem […]

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6/25/2019

BORDER/FEDERAL FUNDING/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A divided House voted on Tuesday [6-24-19] to send $4.5 billion in humanitarian aid to the border to address horrific conditions facing a crush of migrants, attaching significant rules on how the money could be spent in the first action by Democrats to rein in President Trump’s immigration crackdown. […]

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6/25/2019

BUSINESS/CHILE/ENVIRONMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “In the waning months of the Obama administration, a Chilean conglomerate was losing a fight with the United States government over a copper mine that it wanted to build near a pristine wilderness area in Minnesota. The election of President Trump, with his business-friendly bent, turned out to be a game-changer […]

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6/25/2019

IRAN/MILITARY/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump warned on Tuesday [6-25-19] that any attack Iran might carry out ‘on anything American’ would result in the ‘obliteration’ of parts of Iran, responding angrily to comments by President Hassan Rouhani that the White House was ‘mentally handicapped.’ The sudden exchange of threats and insults was at least a temporary […]

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6/25/2019

MEDIA/MELANIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/WHITE HOUSE STAFF: “Stephanie Grisham, Melania Trump’s communications director, will replace Sarah Huckabee Sanders as White House press secretary, continuing the ascent of a former campaign aide who established herself as a loyal and at times combative defender of the Trump family. Ms. Grisham will also take on the added role of communications director, […]

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6/25/2019

IRAN/MILITARY/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Most voters agree with President Donald Trump’s decision to call off airstrikes in Iran last week, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll that also shows little public support for U.S. military action in the Persian Gulf. According to the poll, just over a third of voters, 36 percent, support military action […]

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6/25/2019

CONGRESS/DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Robert Mueller’s long-awaited public testimony next month will give Democrats their best and perhaps last chance to seize on the Russia scandal to try to inflict a decisive political wound on President Donald Trump. The former special counsel’s appearance on Capitol Hill on July 17, announced late Tuesday, represents a serious […]

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6/25/2019

ECONOMY/HOMELESSNESS/HOUSING/JOBS/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… For many Americans, access to affordable housing is becoming far too difficult. Rising housing costs are forcing families to dedicate larger shares of their monthly incomes […]

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6/24/2019

SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Trump on Monday [6-24-19] again denied assaulting a columnist for Elle magazine in the dressing room of a high-end clothing store more than 20 years ago, countering her explosive accusation by asserting  that he would not have assaulted her because ‘she’s not my type.’ Mr. Trump said that E. Jean […]

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6/24/2019

ECONOMY/ELECTION/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In August 2016, Donald J. Trump was full of promises when he spoke to a packed crowd at the Summit Sports and Ice Complex here. Predicting that he would carry Michigan, a state that had not voted for a Republican presidential candidate since 1988, Mr. Trump said his would be ‘a victory […]

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6/24/2019

ECONOMY/FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump continued his assault on the Federal Reserve on Monday [6-24-19], blaming the central bank for reining in a United States economy that is on track to reach its longest expansion in history. Mr. Trump, in a pair of tweets, said the economy and stock market would have been even […]

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6/24/2019

COURTS/DEMS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House Judiciary Committee reached a deal with a key source of information for Robert S. Mueller III’s obstruction of justice investigation that will allow her to delay public testimony that had been scheduled for Monday [6-24-19] but require her to answer written questions as the committee waits. Democrats who control […]

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6/24/2019

FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump has made heckling the Federal Reserve, and its chair, Jerome H. Powell, something of a sport. He has berated Mr. Powell for raising interest rates and taking steps to end a crisis-era stimulus program, likening the Fed to a powerful golfer who has ‘no touch’ and cannot win. The […]

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6/24/2019

AGRICULTURE/ECONOMY/TARIFFS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s trade wars are pushing America’s rural economy toward a full-blown meltdown after years of financial hardship, causing more farmers to default on loans while putting the squeeze on agricultural lenders. Farmers have seen their net income plummet by half since 2013 and are now expected to hold nearly […]

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6/24/2019

BORDER/CONGRESS/FEDERAL FUNDING/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Lawmakers are stumbling in their efforts to address the border crisis before bolting for the holiday recess, dimming long-shot hopes that Congress can meet President Donald Trump’s two-week deadline to stave off his threatened mass deportations. House Democratic leaders spent Monday [6-24-19] night fighting off a last-minute liberal rebellion to tank […]

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6/24/2019

IRAN/MILITARY/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Monday [6-24-19] leveled new sanctions against Iranian leaders, intensifying the administration’s economic penalties on Tehran following a week of escalating tensions that nearly produced an American military strike against the Islamic Republic. Trump, flanked in the Oval Office by Vice President Mike Pence and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, […]

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6/24/2019

CAMPAIGN FINANCE/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I am pleased to announce the launch of https://t.co/D1MY2aPC7f. This new platform will allow my campaign and other Republicans to compete with the Democrats money machine. This has been a priority of mine and I’m pleased to share that it is up and running! #KeepAmericaGreat” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 24, 2019 […]

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6/24/2019

FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….Think of what it could have been if the Fed had gotten it right. Thousands of points higher on the Dow, and GDP in the 4’s or even 5’s. Now they stick, like a stubborn child, when we need rates cuts, & easing, to make up for what other countries are […]

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6/24/2019

FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Despite a Federal Reserve that doesn’t know what it is doing – raised rates far too fast (very low inflation, other parts of world slowing, lowering & easing) & did large scale tightening, $50 Billion/month, we are on course to have one of the best Months of June in US history…”  […]

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6/24/2019

FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Despite a Federal Reserve that doesn’t know what it is doing – raised rates far to fast (very low inflation, other parts of world slowing, lowering & easing) & did large scale tightening, $50 Billion/month, we are on course to have one of the best Months of June in U.S. history..”  […]

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6/24/2019

FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….Think of what it could have been if the Fed had gotten it right. Thousands of points higher on the Dow, and GDP in the 4’s or even 5’s. Now they stick, like a stubborn child, when we need rates cuts, & easing, to make up for what other countries are […]

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6/24/2019

ENERGY/IRAN/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….a dangerous journey. We don’t even need to be there in that the U.S. has just become (by far) the largest producer of Energy anywhere in the world! The U.S. request for Iran is very simple – No Nuclear Weapons and No Further Sponsoring of Terror!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 24, 2019 […]

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6/24/2019

CHINA/OIL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “China gets 91% of its Oil from the Straight, Japan 62%, & many other countries likewise. So why are we protecting the shipping lanes for other countries (many years) for zero compensation. All of these countries should be protecting their own ships on what has always been….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 24, […]

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6/24/2019

CENTRAL AMERICA/ELECTION/FOREIGN POLICY/HISPANICS/IMMIGRATION/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former Vice President Joe Biden criticized President Trump’s ‘racist invective’ and called for a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, and a new foreign policy direction in Latin America and the Caribbean as part of his presidential campaign’s first glimpse of his immigration policy. Biden’s announcement, which appeared Monday […]

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6/24/2019

ECONOMY/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In just one week, the current economic expansion will turn 10 years old and officially become the longest in American history, an occasion likely to elicit bragging from the White House. But it will also highlight a major risk for President Donald Trump. Signs of a slowdown are mounting with weaker job […]

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6/24/2019

IMMIGRATION/IRAN/MIDDLE EAST/MILITARY/SANCTIONS/SECRETARY OF STATE/TERRORISM/TREASURY/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, in order to take additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12957 of March 15, 1995, in light of the actions of the Government of Iran and Iranian-backed proxies, particularly those taken to […]

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6/24/2019

HEALTHCARE/HHS/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “My Administration seeks to enhance the ability of patients to choose the healthcare that is best for them.  To make fully informed decisions about their healthcare, patients must know the price and quality of a good or service in advance.  With the predominant role that third-party payers and Government programs play in the […]

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6/24/2019

GOP/HEALTHCARE/MEDICARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/SOCIAL SECURITY: “And we spend a lot of time defending Medicare and Social Security, and we’re always going to protect patients with preexisting conditions. People don’t understand that — that we are fighting very, very hard to get it taken care of for preexisting conditions. And if we weren’t, that wouldn’t happen. But the […]

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6/23/2019

MILITARY/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When our Country had no debt and built everything from Highways to the Military with CASH, we had a big system of Tariffs. Now we allow other countries to steal our wealth, treasure, and jobs – But no more! The USA is doing great, with unlimited upside into the future!”  –Donald Trump, […]

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6/23/2019

BORDER/DEMS/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I want to give the Democrats every last chance to quickly negotiate simple changes to Asylum and Loopholes. This will fix the Southern Border, together with the help that Mexico is now giving us. Probably won’t happen, but worth a try. Two weeks and big Deportation begins!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 23, […]

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6/22/2019

IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I never called the strike against Iran ‘BACK,’ as people are incorrectly reporting, I just stopped it from going forward at this time!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 22, 2019 5:58 pm […]

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6/22/2019

IRAN/NUCLEAR/OBAMA: “Look, Iran, right now, is an economic mess. They’re going through hell. The sanctions have hit them hard… All I want is no nuclear weapons. Under the horrible Obama deal, he gave them a $150 billion. He gave them $1.8 billion in cash. Think of that — in cash. Many planeloads of cash. He […]

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6/22/2019

FOREIGN POLICY/JOHN BOLTON: “I have John Bolton, who I would definitely say is a hawk, and I have other people that are on the other side of the equation. And, ultimately, I make the decisions, so it doesn’t matter. But I want — for instance, I disagreed very much with John Bolton — his attitude […]

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6/22/2019

BORDER/DEMS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “At the request of Democrats, I have delayed the Illegal Immigration Removal Process (Deportation) for two weeks to see if the Democrats and Republicans can get together and work out a solution to the Asylum and Loophole problems at the Southern Border. If not, Deportations start!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 22, 2019 […]

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6/22/2019

IRAN/NUCLEAR/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Iran cannot have Nuclear Weapons! Under the terrible Obama plan, they would have been on their way to Nuclear in a short number of years, and existing verification is not acceptable. We are putting major additional Sanctions on Iran on Monday. I look forward to the day that…..”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June […]

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6/22/2019

ECONOMY/IRAN/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I am at Camp David working on many things, including Iran! We have a great Economy, Tariffs have been very helpful both with respect to the huge Dollars coming IN, & on helping to make good Trade Deals. The Dow heading to BEST June in 80 years! Stock Market BEST June in […]

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6/22/2019

RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @EricTrump: The crowds and the spirit outside the Amway Center waiting for @realDonaldTrump is absolutely incredible! #Orlando #2020 #Ma…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 22, 2019 10:58 am […]

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6/22/2019

ICE/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The people that Ice will apprehend have already been ordered to be deported. This means that they have run from the law and run from the courts. These are people that are supposed to go back to their home country. They broke the law by coming into the country, & now by […]

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6/21/2019

IRAN/OIL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just weeks ago, U.S. energy giant ExxonMobil looked poised to move ahead with a $53 billion project to boost Iraq’s oil output at its southern fields, a milestone in the company’s ambitions to expand in the country. But now a combination of contractual wrangling and security concerns, heightened by escalating tensions between […]

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6/21/2019

FLORIDA/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @GOP: Under @realDonaldTrump’s leadership, Florida is THRIVING! Read more from Pam Bondi— former AG of Florida⬇️ https://t.co/pLNpaO4…”  -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 21, 2019 9:49 pm […]

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6/21/2019

IRAN/MILITARY/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “One day after coming within minutes of military strikes on Iran, the Trump administration has backed off its threat and is now weighing imposing additional sanctions against Tehran. But the US has not announced new sanctions yet, despite President Donald Trump’s false claim otherwise…This official cautioned, however, that the President has not […]

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6/21/2019

IRAN/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday [6-21-19] he aborted a military strike to retaliate for Iran’s downing of an unmanned U.S. drone because it could have killed 150 people, and signaled he was open to talks with Tehran. An Iranian surface-to-air missile destroyed a U.S. Global Hawk surveillance drone on Thursday […]

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6/21/2019

JARED KUSHNER/MEDIA/PAUL MANAFORT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort told Fox News host Sean Hannity that he would never give up information on President Donald Trump or senior White House adviser Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, according to newly unsealed texts between the two men in 2017 and 2018. A court unsealed more […]

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6/21/2019

DEMS/ELECTION/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said he believes impeachment proceedings could help him retain the White House in 2020…Trump also said that he believes House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has cautioned against impeachment because she also ‘feels that I will win much easier.’ Pelosi has so far refused to consider impeaching the president without Republican […]

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6/21/2019

SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump on Friday [6-21-19] rejected an allegation by journalist E. Jean Carroll that he sexually assaulted her in a Manhattan department store dressing room in the 1990s. Carroll, a high-profile advice columnist, said she met Trump at Bergdorf Goodman in the mid-1990s when the then-real estate mogul was still […]

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6/21/2019

HOUSE OF REPS/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Former Donald Trump business associate Felix Sater did not appear behind closed doors before the House Intelligence Committee on Friday [6-21-19] morning because he overslept after he took a sedative, Sater told CNN. The House Intelligence Committee says it will issue a subpoena for Sater to appear before their panel […]

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6/21/2019

IRAN/MILITARY/NUCLEAR/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “While tweeting details about his decision to abort a planned strike against Iran, Trump ridiculed the Iran nuclear deal and President Barack Obama while praising his own decision to leave the agreement. Here’s a closer look at some of the claims he made during his tweet thread. Trump wrote that through the […]

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6/21/2019

IRAN/MILITARY/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VENEZUELA: “President Donald Trump has long talked a big game when it comes to standing up to U.S. adversaries. He’s threatened ‘fire and fury’ against North Korea, hinted at military action in Venezuela and warned that he could bring about the ‘official end of Iran.’ But, when faced with evidence of nefarious […]

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