BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Border Committee Democrats are behaving, all of a sudden, irrationally. Not only are they unwilling to give dollars for the obviously needed Wall (they overrode recommendations of Border Patrol experts), but they don’t even want to take muderers into custody! What’s going on?” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 10, 2019 4:54 pm […]
2/10/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’President is on sound legal ground to declare a National Emergency. There have been 58 National Emergencies declared since the law was enacted in 1976, and 31 right now that are currently active, so this is hardly unprecedented.’ Congressman @tommcclintock” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 10, 2019 4:46 pm […]
2/10/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….The fact is, when I took over as President, our Country was a mess. Depleted Military, Endless Wars, a potential War with North Korea, V.A., High Taxes & too many Regulations, Border, Immigration & HealthCare problems, & much more. I had no choice but to work very long hours!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
2/10/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The media was able to get my work schedule, something very easy to do, but it should have been reported as a positive, not negative. When the term Executive Time is used, I am generally working, not relaxing. In fact, I probably work more hours than almost any past President…..” –Donald Trump, […]
2/10/2019
DEMS/RALLY/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If American politics has turned into a three-ring circus, this city in West Texas will hoist the Big Top on Monday [2-11-19], with President Donald Trump coming to rally for a border wall, Democratic wunderkind Beto O’Rourke leading a protest march and even the Trump Baby blimp putting in an appearance. The […]
2/10/2019
DEMS/ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It was a very bad week for the Democrats, with the GREAT economic numbers, The Virginia disaster and the State of the Union address. Now, with the terrible offers being made by them to the Border Committee, I actually believe they want a Shutdown. They want a new subject!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
2/10/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “I don’t think the Dems on the Border Committee are being allowed by their leaders to make a deal. They are offering very little money for the desperately needed Border Wall & now, out of the blue, want a cap on convicted violent felons to be held in detention!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
2/10/2019
BORDER/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Gallup Poll: ‘Open Borders will potentially attract 42 million Latin Americans.’ This would be a disaster for the U.S. We need the Wall now!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 10, 2019 10:24 am […]
2/10/2019
AFRICAN AMERICANS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “African Americans are very angry at the double standard on full display in Virginia!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 10, 2019 9:53 am […]
2/10/2019
ELECTION/ELIZABETH WARREN/NATIVE AMERICANS/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When Senator Elizabeth Warren formally announced her 2020 presidential bid this weekend, President Trump responded with a familiar line of attack. He mocked Ms. Warren, Democrat of Massachusetts, for her claims to Native American ancestry, again calling her by the slur ‘Pocahontas.’ Mr. Trump then appeared to refer to the […]
2/10/2019
INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senator Richard Burr, The Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, just announced that after almost two years, more than two hundred interviews, and thousands of documents, they have found NO COLLUSION BETWEEN TRUMP AND RUSSIA! Is anybody really surprised by this?” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 10, 2019 7:41 am […]
2/9/2019
DEMS/ENVIRONMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I think it is very important for the Democrats to press forward with their Green New Deal. It would be great for the so-called ‘Carbon Footprint’ to permanently eliminate all Planes, Cars, Cows, Oil, Gas & the Military – even if no other country would do the same. Brilliant!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
2/9/2019
ELIZABETH WARRN/NATIVE AMERICANS/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today Elizabeth Warren, sometimes referred to by me as Pocahontas, joined the race for President. Will she run as our first Native American presidential candidate, or has she decided that after 32 years, this is not playing so well anymore? See you on the campaign TRAIL, Liz!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
2/9/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “The Democrats just don’t seem to want Border Security. They are fighting Border Agents recommendations. If you believe news reports, they are not offering much for the Wall. They look to be making this a campaign issue. The Wall will get built one way or the other!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 9, […]
2/9/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @dbongino: The corrupt spying operation against Donald Trump’s team is the biggest scandal in political history. Read my new book for th…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 9, 2019 4:39 pm […]
2/9/2019
STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @JudicialWatch: JW released State Dept docs showing the Clinton-linked Podesta Group run by Tony Podesta (the brother of John Podesta wh…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 9, 2019 4:34 pm […]
2/9/2019
BORDER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @TomFitton: Inside @JudicialWatch: @RealDonaldTrump is first president in a generation to talk honestly about the border crisis. https:…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 9, 2019 4:28 pm […]
2/9/2019
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @Jim_Jordan: .@AdamSchiff: -Meets with Glenn Simpson, who hired Nellie Ohr and Chris Steele and paid for the Dossier -Doesn’t disclose…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 9, 2019 4:23 pm […]
2/9/2019
ROGER STONE/SPORTS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Roger Stone has emerged as an unlikely critic of the NFL concussion settlement over the last several weeks, and the indicted former associate of President Donald Trump has been ‘a go-to source’ for a lawyer involved in litigation, according to a federal court filing obtained by USA TODAY Sports…Christopher Seeger, co-lead counsel […]
2/9/2019
TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @seanhannity: https://t.co/rhKgdlJt8X “ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 9, 2019 9:57 am […]
2/9/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @seanhannity: Adam Schiff, Glenn Simpson and their Forrest Gump-like encounter in Aspen https://t.co/j2lqrxflGH“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 9, 2019 9:57 am […]
2/9/2019
RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @seanhannity: TRUMP: ‘Not only did Senator Burr’s Committee find No Collusion by the Trump Campaign and Russia, it’s important because t…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 9, 2019 9:51 am […]
2/9/2019
BORDER/ELECTION/MEXICO/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As President Donald Trump prepares to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong Un for a second time, he’s out to replicate the suspenseful buildup, make-or-break stakes and far-flung rendezvous of their first encounter. The reality star American president will soon learn if the sequel, on this matter and many others, can compete […]
2/9/2019
ECONOMY/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We have a great economy DESPITE the Obama Administration and all of its job killing Regulations and Roadblocks. If that thinking prevailed in the 2016 Election, the U.S. would be in a Depression right now! We were heading down, and don’t let the Democrats sound bites fool you!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February […]
2/9/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Democrats in Congress yesterday were vicious and totally showed their cards for everyone to see. When the Republicans had the Majority they never acted with such hatred and scorn! The Dems are trying to win an election in 2020 that they know they cannot legitimately win!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 9, […]
2/9/2019
AFGHANISTAN/MILITARY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It was great meeting some of our outstanding young military personnel who were wounded in both Syria and Afghanistan. Their wounds are deep but their spirit is sooo high. They will recoverer & be back very soon. America loves them. Walter Reed Hospital is AMAZING – Thank you all!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
2/8/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “President Donald Trump said Friday [2-8-19] that he will hold his second summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in Hanoi and predicted that the authoritarian country would someday become ‘a great Economic Powerhouse’ under Kim’s leadership. In a pair of tweets, Trump praised Kim and said his representatives had just […]
2/8/2019
DEMS/RALLY/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Beto O’Rourke is set to counter President Donald Trump’s visit to El Paso, Texas, on Monday [2-11-19] by joining a one-mile march past Trump’s rally and giving a speech across the street at about the same time the President plans to take the stage. As the former congressman from Texas weighs a […]
2/8/2019
NORTH KOREA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “President Donald Trump said Friday [2-8-19] night that a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is scheduled to take place in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Feb. 27 and 28…Trump first announced during Tuesday’s [2-5-19] State of the Union address that he would meet Kim in Vietnam for further talks […]
2/8/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump announced that his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will take place in Hanoi, Vietnam, February 27 and 28…Two Vietnamese cities — Hanoi and Da Nang — emerged as top contenders for the summit’s location, according to a source familiar with the summit’s planning. The […]
2/8/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Dr. Sean Conley, physician to the President, announced that President Donald Trump is in ‘very good health’ following his physical examination at the Walter Reed military hospital Friday [2-8-19] …The examination took ‘approximately four hours’ and did not require any sedation or anesthesia, Conley added. Last year, Trump received a glowing bill […]
2/8/2019
ECONOMY/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “North Korea, under the leadership of Kim Jong Un, will become a great Economic Powerhouse. He may surprise some but he won’t surprise me, because I have gotten to know him & fully understand how capable he is. North Korea will become a different kind of Rocket – an Economic one!” […]
2/8/2019
NORTH KOREA/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VIETNAM: “My representatives have just left North Korea after a very productive meeting and an agreed upon time and date for the second Summit with Kim Jong Un. It will take place in Hanoi, Vietnam, on February 27 & 28. I look forward to seeing Chairman Kim & advancing the cause of […]
2/8/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WHITE HOUSE STAFF: “The White House is aggressively investigating several leaks of President Donald Trump’s private schedules, a source of repeated embarrassment to the White House and the president himself. West Wing officials managing the hunt have enlisted the help of the White House IT office, and believe they are making progress in […]
2/8/2019
IVANKA/JARED KUSHNER/JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP FAMILY: “Meghan McCain wishes that Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s daughter and son-in-law and senior advisers, had not attended the funeral of her father, Sen. John McCain, she said Thursday [2-7-19] night. Appearing on ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,’ McCain said she had not been aware that the […]
2/8/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump’s personal physician said the president is ‘in very good health’ and predicted he would remain so beyond his time in office, in a brief statement released after an annual physical examination Friday [2-8-19]…Trump went to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Friday for his second physical while in office. […]
2/8/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When Donald Trump heads to Walter Reed’s medical hospital Friday [2-8-19] afternoon for his annual physical, he will bring with him a very interesting — and still undercovered — theory of exercise and energy…For the uninitiated: Trump ascribes to what has been described as the ‘battery’ theory of, um, life force. Evan […]
2/8/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump, a fast-food and red-meat connoisseur who eschews alcohol and tobacco, is in ‘very good health’ his physician said Friday [2-8-19] after a four-hour physical exam at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland…Trump’s health has long been a subject of interest, despite a doctor’s assessment last year that […]
2/8/2019
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Democrats on Friday [2-8-19] previewed how they plan to use their newly minted House majority to investigate the Trump administration as they grilled acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker on special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe — and even fired off a subpoena threat. During a highly contentious hearing before […]
2/8/2019
DEMS/JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump ordered Friday that flags fly at half-staff to honor former Democratic Rep. John Dingell, who died Thursday [2-7-19] after serving the longest tenure in Congress in the country’s history…The reverence contrasts starkly with Trump’s tepid reaction to the death of another Hill legend, Sen. John McCain, with whom […]
2/8/2019
SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I was a big fan of Frank Robinson, both as a great player and man. He was the first African American manager in baseball and was highly respected at everything he did. He will he missed!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 8, 2019 3:15 pm […]
2/8/2019
TRUMP PEOPLE: “Deepest sympathies to Congresswoman Debbie Dingell and the entire family of John Dingell. Longest serving Congressman in Country’s history which, if people understand politics, means he was very smart. A great reputation and highly respected man.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 8, 2019 3:13 pm […]
2/8/2019
SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. Sen. John Hoeven says President Donald Trump has invited the national champion North Dakota State football team to the White House. Hoeven says Trump extended the invitation after the two of them talked about the Bison winning their seventh Football Championship Subdivision title in the last eight years. The Bison defeated […]
2/8/2019
BORDER/CALIFORNIA/COURTS/DREAMERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In renewing his order to bar people who cross the border illegally from seeking asylum, President Donald Trump issued a proclamation that criticized a federal judge that’s kept his policy in check thus far — an unusual step for such a formal order. Trump’s original November proclamation establishing the ban was blocked […]
2/8/2019
INTELLIGENCE/MEDIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump complained Friday [2-8-19] that the ‘mainstream media’ has paid little attention to Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr’s assertion in an interview with CBS News that his committee has found no evidence of collusion between the president’s 2016 campaign and the Russian government. The tweets come after Burr […]
2/8/2019
IVANKA/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “White House adviser and presidential daughter Ivanka Trump said in an interview broadcast Friday [2-8-19] that she has ‘zero concerns’ that the Russia investigation of special counsel Robert Mueller could sweep up those closest to her. In an interview that aired on ABC’s ‘Good Morning America,’ Trump, who works in […]
2/8/2019
BORDER/DEMS/RALLY/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Beto O’Rourke will lead a march though his hometown of El Paso, Texas, to protest a border wall at the same time President Donald Trump will be holding a rally there to promote it. O’Rourke is teaming with dozens of civic and human rights organizations for a Monday evening event he says […]
2/8/2019
IVANKA/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s oldest daughter, who serves as a senior adviser in the White House, denied on Friday [2-8-19] that her father was involved in issuing security clearances for her or her husband, Jared Kushner. Ivanka Trump made the remarks during an interview with the ABC News host Abby Huntsman in an […]
2/8/2019
NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SUMMIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump will get together with the leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, this month in Hanoi, choosing the capital of a communist nation for a high-stakes summit meeting intended to eliminate a potential nuclear threat, the White House said on Friday [2-8-19]…Mr. Trump revealed in his State of the Union […]
2/8/2019
IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When Iran uses the slogan ‘Death to America,’ the country’s supreme leader said on Friday, it is specifically wishing death on President Trump and two of his senior officials…Ayatollah Khamenei has reflected on the phrase repeatedly as Iran prepares to commemorate the 40th anniversary of its Islamic revolution, and engages in an […]
2/8/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s personal physician said on Friday [2-8-19] that the president is in ‘very good health’ and should remain so ‘for the remainder of his presidency and beyond’ after Mr. Trump underwent a comprehensive physical examination at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center outside Washington. But Dr. Sean Conley, a Navy officer […]
2/8/2019
CONGRESS/DEMS/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump refused to provide Congress a report on Friday [2-8-19] determining who killed the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, defying a demand by lawmakers intent on establishing whether the crown prince of Saudi Arabia was behind the grisly assassination. Mr. Trump effectively bypassed a deadline set by law as his administration argued […]
2/8/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/HILLARY CLINTON/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…It is all a GIANT AND ILLEGAL HOAX, developed long before the election itself, but used as an excuse by the Democrats as to why Crooked Hillary Clinton lost the Election! Someday the Fake News Media will turn honest & report that Donald J. Trump was actually a GREAT Candidate!” […]
2/8/2019
INTELLIGENCE/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The mainstream media has refused to cover the fact that the head of the VERY important Senate Intelligence Committee, after two years of intensive study and access to Intelligence that only they could get, just stated that they have found NO COLLUSION between ‘Trump’ & Russia….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 8, 2019 […]
2/8/2019
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Now we find out that Adam Schiff was spending time together in Aspen with Glenn Simpson of GPS Fusion, who wrote the fake and discredited Dossier, even though Simpson was testifying before Schiff. John Solomon of @thehill” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 8, 2019 8:41 am […]
2/8/2019
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Not only did Senator Burr’s Committee find No Collusion by the Trump Campaign and Russia, it’s important because they interviewed 200 witnesses and 300,000 pages of documents, & the Committee has direct access to intelligence information that’s Classified. @GreggJarrett” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 8, 2019 7:23 am […]
2/7/2019
EDUCATION/LGBTQ/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In the upside-down logic of conservative religious politics, then-Indiana Gov. Mike Pence framed a law that permitted discrimination to be about ‘freedom’ and sparked such outrage — ‘Fix this now’ demanded Indiana’s leading paper — that he had to reverse it. Now it’s Karen Pence, the vice president’s wife, who’s stirring controversy […]
2/7/2019
BORDER/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “There is a growing optimism in the White House that a budget agreement to avoid another partial government shutdown can be reached, a senior White House official said Thursday [2-7-19]. The shift from earlier in the week, when some White House officials expressed concern about the prospects of a deal, comes as […]
2/7/2019
STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The State Department broke its silence on Thursday [2-7-19], holding its first public press briefing of 2019. The number of briefings at the agency have plummeted since the Trump administration came into office, plunging from what was a near-daily occurrence in past administrations to a sporadically scheduled event that regular watchers say […]
2/7/2019
CAMPAIGN FINANCE/DEMS/NRA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democratic lawmakers pressed the National Rifle Association for more information around millions of dollars in donations the group funneled towards the campaigns of President Donald Trump and Republican congressional candidates in a letter to the NRA’s president Wednesday [2-6-19]. The letter, from Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Rep. Jamie Raskin, follows a […]
2/7/2019
DEMS/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP TAXES: “House Republicans on Thursday [2-7-19] signaled how they plan to fight back attempts by Democrats to obtain President Donald Trump’s personal tax returns, describing the effort in a hearing as a ‘waste of time’ and ‘weaponizing’ the law to target a political foe. Throughout a more than two-hour hearing on Capitol […]
2/7/2019
DEMS/GOP/TRUMP TAXES: “Lawmakers clashed today over House Democrats’ bid to seize President Donald Trump’s long-hidden tax returns, signaling the start of a battle that could consume the White House and Congress for months. In their first congressional hearing on the issue, Democrats said they intend to tap a rarely used law to force the release […]
2/7/2019
BORDER/CHILDREN/HHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A senior Department of Health and Human Services official told lawmakers on Thursday [2-7-19] that he had raised concerns about separating families apprehended at the US-Mexico border to three Trump appointees before the administration’s controversial “zero tolerance” immigration policy was announced…White said he had shared those concerns with then-director of the Office […]
2/7/2019
BORDER/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Inside the White House, the Trump team is increasingly aware that the president is trapped. Facing a Republican Party unwilling to back another government shutdown or a national emergency declaration to build his border wall, President Donald Trump is in an unfamiliar position, according to multiple White House officials and lawmakers: prepared, […]
2/7/2019
DEMS/GOP/TRUMP TAXES: “Republicans warned Thursday [2-7-19] that if Democrats start to go after the president’s tax returns it will ‘open a Pandora’s Box’ and accused Democrats of ‘weaponizing tax laws to attack a political foe.’ The Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee held a hearing on presidential and vice presidential release of tax returns Thursday afternoon. […]
2/7/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump showed in his State of the Union address Tuesday [2-5-19] night that he plans to run for re-election by attacking socialism – including going after figures popular with the fired-up Democratic base like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders. After Trump warned about ‘new calls to adopt socialism […]
2/7/2019
DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Billionaire Tom Steyer is cranking up pressure on key House Democrats to impeach President Donald Trump where he thinks they’ll feel it most — back in their home districts. Steyer’s first targets are three powerful committee chairmen, Richard Neal (D-Mass.), Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) and Elijah Cummings (D-Md.). But the liberal megadonor isn’t […]
2/7/2019
NOMINATIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general moved one step closer to confirmation after winning approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee. In a 12-10 party-line vote, the panel endorsed William Barr’s nomination, which could see a floor vote as soon as next week. Barr, losing no Republican support so far, […]
2/7/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congressional negotiators are nearing a deal on border security to avoid a government shutdown — if the president will accept it. Democrats and Republicans have been trading offers all week; any deal is likely to provide funding for technology and fencing on the southern border, according to senators and aides. Republicans were […]
2/7/2019
BORDER/DEMS/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump delivered a solid State of the Union address the other night. The riff on border security, the issue du jour, was particularly effective. That was my impression, even though I think Trump overstates the importance of physical barriers to deterring illegal immigration and drug trafficking. (As I believe […]
2/7/2019
BORDER/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump signaled optimism Thursday [2-7-19] about the progress of congressional talks on border security, just a week after telling Republicans they were wasting their time trying to negotiate a deal with Democrats…Trump’s remarks are the latest sign that negotiations are progressing as lawmakers try to hammer out a deal before […]
2/7/2019
2016 ELECTION/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr said Thursday [2-7-19] that his committee’s Russia investigation has yet to find evidence of collusion between President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and the Kremlin but will soon release a report on the Obama administration’s response to Russian interference in the last presidential election. In […]
2/7/2019
ABORTION/RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [2-7-19] outlined the importance of faith in American society in a speech that at times mirrored his State of the Union address from earlier this week…The president proceeded to list his administration’s accomplishments and goals. But those words were quickly overshadowed on social media when, in the […]
2/7/2019
ABORTION/ELECTION/RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump used an appearance at a high-profile religious gathering Thursday [2-7-19] to stress anti-abortion policies and appeal to conservative, Christian voters as the 2020 election campaign gets underway…That pledge, two days after Trump in his State of the Union address denounced late-term abortion, is part of his effort to re-energize […]
2/7/2019
TRUMP BUSINESS: “The building that helped Donald Trump make a name for himself in his first big deal in Manhattan is being sold to developers who plan to tear it down. Developer TF Cornerstone said Thursday [2-7-19] that it and a group managing billionaire Michael Dell’s money have agreed to buy the Grand Hyatt New […]
2/7/2019
DRUGS/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Melania Trump thanked youth anti-drug advocates Thursday [2-7-19] for ‘choosing to step up and be part of the solution’ for reducing drug abuse and addiction…The first lady leads a national campaign called “Be Best” that partly focuses on the opioid crisis, especially babies born dependent on the powerful drugs. Mrs. Trump spoke […]
2/7/2019
MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVSTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Where the investigations related to President Donald Trump stand and what may lie ahead for him: WHAT’S THIS ALL ABOUT? Special counsel Robert Mueller is looking into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia and whether the president obstructed the investigation. Trump also plays a central role in a […]
2/7/2019
CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said on Thursday [2-7-19] that he would not meet this month with President Xi Jinping of China, raising new concerns that the United States will not be able to complete a trade deal with China before American tariffs increase on March 2. The decision not to meet ahead of […]
2/7/2019
ECONOMY/NEW YORK/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump this week added another wrinkle to his long complicated relationship with his home state, when he encouraged residents of upstate New York who are unhappy with the region’s economy to ‘go to another state.’ Mr. Trump’s comments, which came during an interview with reporters at the White House on […]
2/7/2019
CAMPAIGN FINANCE/CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump accused Democrats on Thursday [2-7-19] morning of ‘presidential harassment’ over congressional investigations into his finances, and he mocked Virginia politicians whose jobs are in peril after revelations they appeared in blackface. Then, the president went to the annual National Prayer Breakfast, where he implored attendees to open up to […]
2/7/2019
RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “2019 National Prayer Breakfast https://t.co/cKvv3ygOOt“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 7, 2019 10:20 am […]
2/7/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump suggested Thursday [2-7-19] morning that Republicans could benefit in upcoming elections from the leadership crisis threatening three top Democrats in Virginia…Trump’s remarks followed a number of revelations that have rocked the Virginia Democratic Party: Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring’s revelations on Wednesday that he, too, once wore blackface in […]
2/7/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “PRESIDENTIAL HARASSMENT! It should never be allowed to happen again!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 7, 2019 7:37 am […]
2/7/2019
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats at the top are killing the Great State of Virginia. If the three failing pols were Republicans, far stronger action would be taken. Virginia will come back HOME Republican) in 2020!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 7, 2019 7:35 am […]
2/7/2019
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump responded Thursday [2-7-19] to the first waves of oversight investigations into his administration launched by the new Democratic majority in the House, alleging that he is being unfairly subjected to ‘unlimited presidential harassment’ that no previous president has faced. On Wednesday [2-6-19], House Intelligence Chairman Schiff (D-Calif.) […]
2/7/2019
DEMS/GOP/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….The Dems and their committees are going ‘nuts.’ The Republicans never did this to President Obama, there would be no time left to run government. I hear other committee heads will do the same thing. Even stealing people who work at White House! A continuation of Witch Hunt!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February […]
2/7/2019
CONGRESS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “So now Congressman Adam Schiff announces, after having found zero Russian Collusion, that he is going to be looking at every aspect of my life, both financial and personal, even though there is no reason to be doing so. Never happened before! Unlimited Presidential Harassment….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 7, 2019 6:13 […]
2/6/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A ritual of sorts has developed around the State of the Union address. President Trump arrives in the Capitol, basks in the pomp and ceremony, and delivers an uncharacteristically reserved speech that includes some passing appeals to compromise. ‘This is the day Trump became president,’ official Washington crows, shocked by the apparent […]
2/6/2019
ABORTION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Tuesday [2-5-19] evening asked Congress to ban a type of abortion often referred to as ‘late-term abortion.’ He said he wanted to protect ‘children who can feel pain in the mother’s womb.’ He scorned New York’s recently passed Reproductive Health Act, saying that lawmakers had ‘cheered with delight […]
2/6/2019
AFGHANISTAN/ISIS/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump sought to reassure nervous allies on Wednesday [2-6-19] that his administration would continue an unrelenting hunt for Islamic State fighters ‘for many years to come,’ even as the United States prepares to withdraw troops from the war zones of Syria and Afghanistan. Mr. Trump, speaking to international diplomats at the […]
2/6/2019
DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In his State of the Union speech Tuesday [2-5-19] night, President Donald Trump minced no words when it came to the ongoing — and planned — investigations into him and his Cabinet. ‘If there is going to be peace and legislation, there cannot be war and investigation,’ Trump said, to murmurs […]
2/6/2019
2016 ELECTION/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “One week after Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election, Imaad Zuberi, an American venture capitalist and longtime Democratic donor, began piling tens of thousands of dollars into Republican coffers. It was a dramatic shift for Zuberi, who embraced Democrats as his entrée into Washington, serving as a major donor on […]
2/6/2019
DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Stacey Abrams, the Democrat who offered a rebuttal to his State of the Union address, wouldn’t win if she ran for the Senate or president in 2020. In an interview with regional reporters at the White House on Wednesday [2-6-19], the president pushed back against calls for Abrams […]
2/6/2019
ISIS/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump praised the US and its allies for progress made in the fight against ISIS in a speech that failed to discuss the diplomatic and policy implications of his sudden decision to pull US troops from Syria. In remarks to the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS ministerial at the State […]
2/6/2019
ABORTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The delicate issue of third-trimester abortions has been in the news recently, with legislation in New York and Virginia sparking new controversy. The issue was amplified by comments last week from Virginia’s embattled Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam. During his State of the Union address on Tuesday [2-5-19] night, President Donald Trump took […]
2/6/2019
BORDER/CONGRESS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Wednesday [2-6-19] he wants to see more legal immigration because additional workers are needed by companies moving back to the United States…Trump’s remarks followed an unscripted comment in his State of the Union address Tuesday [2-5-19] in which he called for immigrants to enter the U.S. legally in […]
2/6/2019
AIRLINE INDUSTRY/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On January 24, it seemed like the partial government shutdown would go on forever, leaving more than 800,000 federal workers in unpaid limbo. But on January 25 — the 35th day of the longest-ever federal shutdown — something changed: 10 air traffic controllers decided to stay home. The absence of those […]
2/6/2019
ABORTION/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump – who once described himself as ‘very pro-choice’ – burnished his anti-abortion credentials during his State of the Union address Tuesday [2-5-19] night with harsh attacks on recent state actions. Trump charged lawmakers in New York with having ‘cheered with delight’ after recently passing legislation to ‘allow a baby […]
2/6/2019
AGRICULTURE/ELECTION/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s trade war is magnifying some of the toughest farm conditions since the crisis that bankrupted thousands of farmers in the 1980s — and threatening a constituency crucial to his reelection hopes. The president’s trade policies have sent U.S. agricultural exports plunging, exacerbating already difficult economic conditions facing farmers. […]
2/6/2019
MEDIA/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump, a ratings junkie, should be pleased with the results of his State of the Union address on Tuesday [2-5-19] night. The ratings for Tuesday’s prime time address were up slightly compared with the same speech last year. The hour and a half long event averaged 46.8 million viewers across 12 […]