5/2/2019

BETSY DEVOS/EDUCATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Trump administration has enlisted several outside consultants to examine the costs of the Education Department’s $1.5 trillion student loan portfolio and has considered options for selling off some of the debt to private investors, according to federal procurement records and department officials. The Education Department last month hired FI Consulting, an […]

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5/2/2019

CANADA/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Prime Minister Justin Trudeau agonized over what might seem like an inconsequential detail before his first meeting with President Donald Trump: how to shake hands. During a February 2017 flight to Washington to meet the president, Trudeau was fixated with being viewed as standing his ground without antagonizing Trump. So the prime […]

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5/2/2019

DEMS/GOP/INFRASTRUCTURE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Every few months, President Donald Trump gets in the negotiating room with Democrats and everyone leaves happy — except for the president’s own party. This week’s huddle on a $2 trillion infrastructure bill was no different, as Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer walked away from the White House […]

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5/2/2019

DHS/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to better ensure continued American economic prosperity and national security, it is hereby ordered as follows… America’s cybersecurity workforce is a strategic asset that protects the American people, the homeland, […]

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5/1/2019

DEMS/INVESTIGATIONS/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “In 1973, when Donald J. Trump’s real estate firm faced a potentially existential threat from the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s accusations of discriminatory practices, his lawyer, Roy Cohn, filed a countersuit against the government, accusing the agency of defamation. The gambit, announced at a news conference, helped Mr. Trump, […]

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5/1/2019

BORDER/CONGRESS/FEDERAL FUNDING/HHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House asked Congress on Wednesday [5-1-19] to allocate $4.5 billion in emergency funds for the southwestern border as federal agencies struggle to house and cope with the influx of asylum seekers coming into the United States. The request, which includes about $3.3 billion to house unaccompanied migrant children, feed […]

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5/1/2019

ATTORNEY GENERAL/CONGRESS/DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Attorney General William P. Barr defended himself on Wednesday [5-1-19] against withering criticism of his handling of the special counsel investigation as Democrats accused him of deceiving Congress and acting as a personal agent for President Trump rather than a steward of justice. At a contentious hearing marked by […]

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5/1/2019

TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VENEZUELA: “I am continuing to monitor the situation in Venezuela very closely. The United States stands with the People of Venezuela and their Freedom! https://t.co/rtGfjQjc1u” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 1, 2019 9:53 pm […]

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5/1/2019

ATTORNEY GENERAL/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats repeatedly admonished Attorney General William Barr at a contentious Senate hearing Wednesday [5-1-19], accusing him of bias and lying, and even calling for his resignation. Barr’s response to many of those salvos? Throw others under the bus. The pass-the-buck approach spared few over four-plus hours of questioning about Barr’s handling […]

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5/1/2019

DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/LEGISLATION/NATIONAL SECURITY/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Democrats and Republicans can agree on perhaps just one thing about special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation — that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election. But bipartisan legislation to address foreign intrusions is all but dead amid a distinct lack of enthusiasm from Senate GOP leadership and the Trump White […]

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5/1/2019

DEMS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @JudicialWatch: .@TomFitton discusses that ‘Obama, Biden, Clinton, Susan Rice, the DNC, John Brennan, Comey, Clapper, Kerry, McCabe, Lor…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 1, 2019 8:00 pm […]

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5/1/2019

MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @JudicialWatch: JW President @TomFitton appeared on ‘Hannity’ to discuss the Deep State coup effort against @realDonaldTrump : ‘The DNC…”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 1, 2019 7:59 pm […]

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5/1/2019

MEDIA/TRUMP FAMILY: “RT @EricTrump: .@CNN you might want to rethink your narrative – clearly people don’t like your message. Truly shocking to me that any of yo…”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 1, 2019 7:50 pm […]

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5/1/2019

DEMS/TRUMP FAMILY: “RT @EricTrump: The Democratic Party has no message, accomplishments or leadership so all they do is harass my father & our family. Congress…”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 1, 2019 7:49 pm […]

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5/1/2019

RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VENEZUELA: “The Trump administration is tumbling into a proxy battle with Russia over Venezuela, the latest international standoff that threatens a return to the tense Cold War years. The two sides traded barbed accusations this week after Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó called on the public and the military to rise up and […]

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5/1/2019

DEMS/ELECTION/JARED KUSHNER/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As the 2020 Democratic presidential field began to form earlier this year, Trump campaign officials received a directive from the president’s son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner: Don’t meddle in primary politics. Targeting specific Democratic presidential hopefuls was at best a waste of time — and could even be counterproductive, Kushner […]

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5/1/2019

RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “NO COLLUSION, NO OBSTRUCTION. Besides, how can you have Obstruction when not only was there No Collusion (by Trump), but the bad actions were done by the ‘other’ side? The greatest con-job in the history of American Politics!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 1, 2019 8:03 am […]

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5/1/2019

FBI/OBAMA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Why didn’t President Obama do something about Russia in September (before November Election) when told by the FBI? He did NOTHING, and had no intention of doing anything!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 1, 2019 7:28 am […]

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5/1/2019

TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘No President in history has endured such vicious personal attacks by political opponents. Still, the President’s record is unparalleled.’ @LouDobbs”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 1, 2019 6:11 am […]

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5/1/2019

MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I am overriding the Decommission Order of the magnificent aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman, built in 1998 (fairly new), and considered one of the largest and finest in the world. It will be updated at a fraction of the cost of a new one (which also are being built)!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]

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5/1/2019

DEMS/FBI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “‘The Democrats can’t come to grips with the fact that there was No Collusion, there was No Conspiracy, there was No Obstruction. What we should be focused on is what’s been going on in our government, at the highest levels of the FBI….’ Senator Josh Hawley”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 1, 2019 […]

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5/1/2019

ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @kshaferus: @dbongino This statement is like so many others—liberal lies. Why would the military or emergency workers support a candidat…”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 1, 2019 5:14 am […]

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5/1/2019

TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UNION: “RT @RealDanKida: @dbongino The Unions have become Corporations representing themselves, Our President represents the people. #MAGA @realDon…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 1, 2019 5:13 am […]

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5/1/2019

TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @chrisgogarty: @dbongino Add me to your list Dan. I am furious that the board would make such an announcement without even taking the me…”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 1, 2019 5:09 am […]

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5/1/2019

LAWSUIT/TRUMP PEOPLE/UNION: “RT @mw_canterbury: @dbongino This is why more lawsuits are going to presented by union members because of misrepresentation by the top eche…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 1, 2019 5:08 am […]

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5/1/2019

DEMS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @CwElliott2: @dbongino You are correct, 100%, Dan. A bunch of us have been talking, and this is just the DNC buying and paying for the…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 1, 2019 5:00 am […]

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