3/14/2019

BORDER/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VETO/WALL: “A big National Emergency vote today by The United States Senate on Border Security & the Wall (which is already under major construction). I am prepared to veto, if necessary. The Southern Border is a National Security and Humanitarian Nightmare, but it can be easily fixed!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 14, […]

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3/14/2019

DEMS/INVESTIGATIONS/TRUMP FAMILY: “‘Democrats are frantic to throw something else at the President. That’s why you saw those 81 subpoenas. It’s ridiculous. Just because your still upset over an election that happened 2 1/2 years ago, you should not be allowed to ruin people’s lives like this.’ Lara Trump, @FoxNews” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 14, 2019 […]

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3/13/2019

BORDER/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump invited some Senate Republicans to the White House on Wednesday [3-13-19] afternoon for a two-hour conversation about trade. But the president couldn’t quite get the looming GOP rebuke of his national emergency declaration off his mind…After more than two years of keeping his veto pen capped, Trump is going […]

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3/13/2019

ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘The Lisa Page (FBI) transcript also confirms earlier reporting that Page testified Russian Collusion was still unproven when Special Counsel Robert Mueller was appointed.’ Catherine Herridge, @FoxNews In other words they appointed someone when there was (and is) no crime. Bad!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 13, 2019 5:47 pm […]

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3/13/2019

ISIS/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “With the Syrian Civil War entering its ninth year this month, the Trump administration is proposing to zero out all new US funding for stabilization efforts in the country. This move comes as the administration is pressing allies to step up their commitment to the ongoing crisis both militarily and financially and […]

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3/13/2019

AIRLINE INDUSTRY/FAA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump announced Wednesday [3-13-19] that the U.S. is immediately grounding Boeing’s 737 MAX airliners, in a stunning reversal that came after virtually the rest of the world sidelined the jet following two fatal crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia…Planes now in the air will be allowed to fly to their […]

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3/13/3019

AIRLINE INDUSTRY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Facing mounting pressure, President Donald Trump said Wednesday his administration was ordering Boeing 737 Max jets grounded until more information is gathered about the crash of an Ethiopian aircraft. It was a turnabout from the administration’s earlier position, which deemed the planes safe to fly even as dozens of other nations […]

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3/13/2019

2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION: “There’s no collusion. There’s no collusion. And there hasn’t been collusion. And it was all a big hoax, and you know it. It was done and stated by the Democrats because they lost an election that they should have won because the Electoral College is a big advantage for Democrats, not for […]

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3/13/2019

HUMAN RIGHTS/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The State Department’s human rights report for 2018 released Wednesday [3-13-19] notes Saudi Arabia’s killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi without mentioning Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who US intelligence services believe ordered the premeditated murder. The annual report catalogs violence, repression and cruelty around the world, under a […]

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3/13/2019

LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said he feels ‘badly’ for his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who was sentenced to additional prison time on Wednesday [3-13-19] and charged with new crimes in New York…Manafort was ordered Wednesday to serve an additional 43 months on federal conspiracy charges, bringing his total sentence between […]

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3/13/2019

BETSY DEVOS/BUDGET/EDUCATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “For the third year in a row, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has proposed ending a loan forgiveness program for public service workers and eliminating subsidized loans for low-income students. The budget put forward this week by President Donald Trump has little chance of being accepted by Democrats who control one chamber of […]

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3/13/2019

COURTS/NOMINATIONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate voted Wednesday [3-13-19] to confirm Neomi Rao, a judicial nominee who faced intense opposition over her writings in college, to take now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s vacant seat on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. The vote was 53-46, with all Republicans supporting her nomination and all voting Democrats against […]

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3/13/2019

BORDER/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republican Senators are overthinking tomorrow’s vote on National Emergency. It is very simply Border Security/No Crime – Should not be thought of any other way. We have a MAJOR NATIONAL EMERGENCY at our Border and the People of our Country know it very well!”  -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 13, 2019 11:48 am […]

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3/13/2019

BORDER/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Senate appeared poised to pass a proposal to terminate President Donald Trump’s declaration of an emergency at the southern border, despite his threat to veto the measure and heavy lobbying of his fellow Republicans. Republican Senator Mike Lee, who had been shopping a second bill that would keep the emergency […]

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3/13/2019

MEDIA/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is not amused by the #FakeMelania conspiracy theories circulating on social media. He spun off a new theory on Wednesday [3-13-19] to debunk the idea that there’s a body double of his wife who steps in for her at times. The ‘fake news’ did it, he claimed without evidence. […]

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3/13/2019

ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign is preparing an early focus on Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, states that were instrumental to his improbable 2016 victory but where his support has softened, two campaign advisers said. The decision to accelerate campaign organizing and eventually get the Republican president to make trips to the three […]

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3/13/2019

IMPEACHMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (puh-LOH’-see) agree, at least for now: He shouldn’t be impeached. Trump tweeted Wednesday [3-13-19] he greatly appreciates Pelosi’s ‘statement against impeachment’ but says ‘everyone must remember the minor fact that I never did anything wrong.’ Trump claims his first years in office […]

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3/13/2019

IVANKA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rhona Graff, President Trump’s longtime executive assistant, was asked for documents related to foreign governments providing gifts or money to Ivanka Trump or her businesses. Anatoli Samochornov, the Russian translator who sat in on a meeting between Trump campaign officials and Russian lobbyists, was asked to hand over handwritten notes showing any […]

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3/13/2019

MEDIA/MELANIA: “The Fake News photoshopped pictures of Melania, then propelled conspiracy theories that it’s actually not her by my side in Alabama and other places. They are only getting more deranged with time!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 13, 2019 8:44 am […]

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3/13/2019

FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The just revealed FBI Agent Lisa Page transcripts make the Obama Justice Department look exactly like it was, a broken and corrupt machine. Hopefully, justice will finally be served. Much more to come!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 13, 2019 7:21 am […]

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3/13/2019

CALIFORNIA/CRIME/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Defying voters, the Governor of California will halt all death penalty executions of 737 stone cold killers. Friends and families of the always forgotten VICTIMS are not thrilled, and neither am I!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 13, 2019 6:39 am […]

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3/13/2019

CELEBS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘Jay Leno points out that comedy (on the very boring late night shows) is totally one-sided. It’s tough when there’s only one topic.’ @foxandfriends Actually, the one-sided hatred on these shows is incredible and for me, unwatchable. But remember, WE are number one – President!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 13, 2019 6:15 […]

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3/13/2019

BORDER/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “A last-ditch gambit to spare Senate Republicans a hostile showdown with President Trump over the Constitution’s separation of powers was torpedoed on Wednesday [3-13-19] by the president himself, increasing the likelihood that the Senate will vote on Thursday [3-14-19] to overturn the president’s emergency declaration and force the first veto of his […]

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3/13/2019

DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/NAFTA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s trade chief Robert Lighthizer will be on Capitol Hill on Wednesday [3-13-19] to entice House Democrats into supporting the new North American trade pact, but already it’s becoming clear that outreach alone won’t get the votes needed. In the latest show of disapproval to the deal, leaders of […]

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3/13/2019

IMPEACHMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I greatly appreciate Nancy Pelosi’s statement against impeachment, but everyone must remember the minor fact that I never did anything wrong, the Economy and Unemployment are the best ever, Military and Vets are great – and many other successes! How do you impeach….” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 13, 2019 5:50 am […]

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3/13/2019

IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….a man who is considered by many to be the President with the most successful first two years in history, especially when he has done nothing wrong and impeachment is for ‘high crimes and misdemeanors’?”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 13, 2019 5:50 am […]

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3/13/2019

BORDER/CONGRESS/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On the eve of Congress’ unprecedented rebuke of President Donald Trump, a majority of voters continue to oppose his declaration of a national emergency at the southern border, according to a POLITICO/Morning Consult poll. The poll shows that Trump has failed to build support for his declaration in the face of congressional […]

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3/13/2019

GOP/MEDICAID/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump last year shut down a push by several Republican governors and administration officials to allow states to offer a partial expansion of Medicaid, a change that would cover fewer Americans than required under the Affordable Care Act. Eight months later, the policy is now ‘under review,’ said Seema […]

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3/13/2019

DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Democrats can’t escape Trumpmania. Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her colleagues are living under a harsh new reality fueled by the rise of Donald Trump — a scandal-driven climate with a five-minute news cycle that has proved impossible to control…Since the start of their majority, House Democrats have largely struggled […]

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3/12/2019

DONALD JR/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @DonaldJTrumpJr: Well done @SteveDaines! As we spoke about on the campaign trail and in hunting camp #publiclands is a big issue for us…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 12, 2019 11:03 pm […]

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3/12/2019

ECONOMY/IVANKA/WOMEN: “RT @IvankaTrump: America’s economy is stronger than ever & women in the workforce are thriving: – Female unemployment reached its LOW…”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 12, 2019 10:37 pm […]

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3/12/2019

IVANKA/JOBS/WOMEN: “RT @IvankaTrump: – Labor force participation of prime-age females reached 76% in January, matching the highest rate since ‘03 – Wages are…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 12, 2019 10:37 pm […]

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3/12/2019

JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @WhiteHouseCEA: Real average hourly earnings rose 1.9% during the past 12 months, well exceeding the 0.4% pace during the year-earlier p…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 12, 2019 10:34 pm […]

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3/12/2019

SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @VP: Thank you @CUNA for hosting me today! As I told their members: we’re asking every member of the US Senate: A vote against the Presi…”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 12, 2019 10:34 pm […]

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3/12/2019

DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “House Democrats grilled T-Mobile CEO John Legere on Tuesday [3-12-19] for staying at the Trump International Hotel while his company seeks government approval for a merger with Sprint. Legere and Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure testified before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law to answer questions […]

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3/12/2019

ATTORNEY GENERAL/LEGAL/NEW YORK/TRUMP BUSINESS: “The New York attorney general’s office issued subpoenas on Monday [3-11-19] to two banks for records relating to the funding of several Trump Organization projects, The New York Times reported. Citing an unnamed source briefed on the subpoenas, the Times reported that the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James […]

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3/12/2019

FOREIGN POLICY/GOP/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When former Vice President Dick Cheney charged this weekend that Donald Trump treats American foreign policy like a ‘New York real estate deal,’ he demanded an answer not from the president but from Trump’s mild-mannered vice president, Mike Pence. To the audience of Republican insiders gathered in Sea Island, Ga., […]

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3/12/2019

BUDGET/CALIFORNIA/EDUCATION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says he’s ‘mad as hell’ and will push back hard against a proposal in Trump’s fiscal 2020 budget to cut nearly $1.3 billion in funding for after-school programs critical to millions of kids and their working parents — including 150,000 kids in California alone. After-school programs ‘save […]

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3/12/2019

AIRLINE INDUSTRY/CONGRESS/FAA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Boeing’s beleaguered 737 MAX 8 jetliner, despite pleas from lawmakers of both parties who said the U.S. should join a growing list of governments that have barred the plane amid questions about two deadly air crashes. The FAA’s action avoided the major disruptions that could occur if regulators were to sideline […]

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3/12/2019

MILITARY/NUCLEAR/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Pentagon is taking steps to develop new missiles, following the Trump administration’s decision to suspend the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, a 1987 arms-control agreement that the Trump administration has said it plans to exit due to Russian violations…She added that these activities ‘would have been inconsistent with our obligations under the […]

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3/12/2019

AIRLINE INDUSTRY/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg spoke by telephone Tuesday [3-12-19], following Trump’s tweet about how flying has become too complicated, according to two sources familiar with the conversation. Muilenburg has talked to Trump frequently and appeared alongside him several times during the first two years of his presidency…Trump’s […]

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3/12/2019

BUDGET/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/MEDICARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Democrats on Tuesday [3-12-19] zeroed in on ‘malicious’ proposed cuts to health care and other social programs, reviving their winning midterm message in a first attack on President Donald Trump’s proposed $4.7 trillion fiscal 2020 budget proposal. Cuts by the Trump administration to programs like Medicare and Social Security, […]

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3/12/2019

BORDER/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Republicans are unlikely to be permitted to dramatically amend the House-passed resolution that would overturn the president’s national emergency, suggesting they will be confronted with a simple referendum on the president’s controversial declaration later this week. The Senate parliamentarian is expected to allow few if any significant amendments at a majority […]

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3/12/2019

DRUGS/MELANIA: “RT @FLOTUS: While you may never personally become addicted, the chances of knowing someone who struggles with it are high. If you, or someo…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 12, 2019 11:27 am […]

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3/12/2019

AIRLINE INDUSTRY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….needed, and the complexity creates danger. All of this for great cost yet very little gain. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want Albert Einstein to be my pilot. I want great flying professionals that are allowed to easily and quickly take control of a plane!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]

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3/12/2019

AIRLINE INDUSTRIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Airplanes are becoming far too complex to fly. Pilots are no longer needed, but rather computer scientists from MIT. I see it all the time in many products. Always seeking to go one unnecessary step further, when often old and simpler is far better. Split second decisions are….”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]

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3/12/2019

CLIMATE CHANGE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Patrick Moore, co-founder of Greenpeace: ‘The whole climate crisis is not only Fake News, it’s Fake Science. There is no climate crisis, there’s weather and climate all around the world, and in fact carbon dioxide is the main building block of all life.’ @foxandfriends Wow!”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 12, 2019 […]

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3/12/2019

ELECTION/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former House Speaker Paul Ryan on Monday [3-11-19] warned that President Donald Trump’s reelection prospects could be in danger next year if he relies on his personality, rather than focus on policy to win another four years in the White House. Speaking at a lecture in Vero Beach, Fla., in some […]

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3/12/2019

ANTI-SEMITISM/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘Jewish people are leaving the Democratic Party. We saw a lot of anti Israel policies start under the Obama Administration, and it got worsts & worse. There is anti-Semitism in the Democratic Party. They don’t care about Israel or the Jewish people.’ Elizabeth Pipko, Jexodus.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 12, 2019 7:12 am […]

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3/12/2019

ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The public overwhelmingly supports the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s forthcoming report. But the Trump administration could still opt to release barebones findings while concealing critical aspects of Mueller’s investigation in a simple way: by hiding behind a cloak of classification. Over the course of the investigation, we have […]

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3/12/2019

BORDER/CONGRESS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House and Republican senators sought compromise Tuesday [3-12-19] on limiting presidents’ powers to unilaterally declare national emergencies, as chances improved that President Donald Trump might avoid a long-expected rejection by Congress of his effort to divert billions more for building barriers along the Mexican border. As a Thursday [3-14-19] showdown […]

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3/12/2019

CONGRESS/DEMS/INTERIOR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As Democrats in Congress prepare to scrutinize President Donald Trump’s review of 27 national monuments, most of the recommendations made by ex-Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke remain unfinished as other matters consume the White House. Trump acted quickly in December 2017 on Zinke’s recommendations to shrink two sprawling Utah monuments that had been […]

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3/12/2019

AIRLINE INDUSTRY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When Donald Trump spoke with Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg on Tuesday [3-12-19] to get assurances about the safety of the 737 MAX plane that crashed in Ethiopia, he wasn’t talking to a stranger. The U.S. president, who owned his own airline, Trump Shuttle, from 1989 to 1992, is an aviation enthusiast. […]

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3/12/2019

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Television crews have been positioned outside the offices of the special counsel, the federal courthouse and, at least before they were asked to leave, the McLean, Va., home of the new attorney general, William P. Barr. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are so desperate for hints that they are asking […]

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3/12/2019

BUDGET/HIV-AIDS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s 2020 budget request of an extra $291 million to fight the spread of H.I.V., experts said on Tuesday [3-12-19], will not be remotely sufficient to meet the goal he announced in his State of the Union address: to nearly eliminate the AIDS epidemic in the United States within 10 years. […]

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3/12/2019

BUDGET/ENTITLEMENTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On Friday [3-8-19], the White House announced that Karen Pence, the second lady, would lead a delegation to the United Arab Emirates in support of disabled American athletes at the Special Olympics. On Monday [3-11-19], the White House’s budget proposed striking $17.6 million in grants to expand the event. What a difference […]

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3/11/2019

FOREIGN POLICY/GOP/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Dick Cheney lit into Vice President Mike Pence behind closed doors over the direction of the Trump administration’s foreign policy, flouting a set of agreed-upon subjects and forcing Pence on the defensive over President Donald Trump’s foreign policy. The former vice president interviewed Pence at the American Enterprise Institute’s annual […]

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3/11/2019

BORDER/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Republicans are trying to head off a collision with President Donald Trump over the border wall this week, even as his new budget demands ensure the painful political battle will extend into the fall. Some GOP senators are discussing a potential compromise with the White House in order to limit Republican […]

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3/11/2019

BUDGET/CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump sent his annual budget vision to Congress on Monday [3-11-19], starting a new battle over how to fund the government that sets up the nation for an even more destructive shutdown when money runs out later this year. The president’s plan seeks deep cuts from agencies like the Department […]

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3/11/2019

TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A day after most of the country turned their clocks forward, President Donald Trump on Monday [3-11-19] morning threw his support behind the push to permanently change to daylight saving time…State legislatures across the nation are considering eliminating the practice of changing the clocks twice a year, calling it confusing and ineffective. […]

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3/11/2019

BORDER/CRIME/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republican Senators have a very easy vote this week. It is about Border Security and the Wall (stopping Crime, Drugs etc.), not Constitutionality and Precedent. It is an 80% positive issue. The Dems are 100% United, as usual, on a 20% issue, Open Borders and Crime. Get tough R’s!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]

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3/11/2019

BUDGET/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @GOPChairwoman: .@realDonaldTrump made history by including a national paid family leave proposal in a presidential budget. This invest…”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 11, 2019 9:18 am […]

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3/11/2019

MEDIA/TECHNOLOGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “At a recent round table meeting of business executives, & long after formally introducing Tim Cook of Apple, I quickly referred to Tim + Apple as Tim/Apple as an easy way to save time & words. The Fake News was disparagingly all over this, & it became yet another bad Trump story!”  […]

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3/11/2019

BUDGET/DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Presidential budgets are by tradition declared dead on arrival even before the details reach Capitol Hill, and President Trump’s $4.75 trillion budget for the 2020 fiscal year received that greeting in spades on Monday [3-11-19]. But with a new Democratic majority in the House, the release of Mr. Trump’s budget […]

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3/11/2019

BUDGET/ECONOMY/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s $4.75 trillion budget proposal unveiled on Monday [3-11-19] brims with confidence that the United States economy will continue to expand rapidly, despite recent data suggesting growth is slowing. Mr. Trump told reporters last week that the economy is ‘very, very strong.’ His budget proposal forecasts 3.2 percent growth in […]

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3/11/2019

BUDGET/CONGRESS/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump sent Congress on Monday [3-11-19] a record $4.75 trillion budget plan that calls for increased military spending and sharp cuts to domestic programs like education and environmental protection for the 2020 fiscal year. Mr. Trump’s budget, the largest in federal history, includes a nearly 5 percent increase in military spending […]

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3/11/2019

IVANKA/JARED KUSHNER/MEDIA/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When Gary D. Cohn was considering resigning as the top White House economic adviser after President Trump blamed ‘both sides’ in a deadly white nationalist protest in Charlottesville, Va., his first stop was a meeting with Mr. Trump’s children. In a conversation in August 2017 with Ivanka Trump, the president’s eldest […]

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3/11/2019

DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, who has played down talk of impeachment for months, ratcheted up her objections to trying to remove President Trump from office in an interview published on Monday…Ms. Pelosi has repeatedly made her aversion to impeachment clear in the past. But her remarks to The Post were […]

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3/10/2019

MIDDLE EAST/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @USAmbIsrael: With @LindseyGrahamSC today touring a Gaza terror tunnel. Cost of tunnel = cost of 2 new schools = cost of 30 new homes. #…”  –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 10, 2019 8:53 pm […]

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