PROTESTS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “The very rude elevator screamers are paid professionals only looking to make Senators look bad. Don’t fall for it! Also, look at all of the professionally made identical signs. Paid for by Soros and others. These are not signs made in the basement from love! #Troublemakers” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 5, […]
10/5/2018
CELEBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @RealJamesWoodss: Whether you love or hate him, Trump’s ascendancy to the presidency was a once-in-a-century miracle. He was literally t…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 5, 2018 6:29 am […]
10/5/2018
HURRICANE/IVANKA: “RT @newsobserver: Presidential adviser and daughter @IvankaTrump will make 3 stops in NC to see hurricane relief efforts, thank first respo…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 5, 2018 6:28 am […]
10/5/2018
AFRICA/MELANIA: “RT @Scavino45: ?Happening Now | 2:08amE; Our great @FLOTUS, Melania Trump…visiting a Kenyan elephant orphanage…https://t.co/rW2cWXaswf“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 5, 2018 6:25 am […]
10/5/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Brett Kavanaugh is set to become the Supreme Court justice who inaugurates a conservative majority for a generation, after wavering Republicans closed ranks to give him sufficient votes for confirmation in a historic victory for President Donald Trump. The final Senate vote is expected Saturday [10-6-18], but enough senators have committed […]
10/5/2018
EU/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “European Union ministers debated on Friday [10-5-18] what to offer the United States to ease trade tensions and avoid a return to a tit-for-tat tariff conflict that could hit EU cars. U.S. President Donald Trump agreed in July to hold back on a threatened 25-percent import tariff on EU cars while […]
10/5/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Leonard Lance is a Republican congressman seeking re-election in a Republican district. But he has little to say about the Republican president. Lance’s campaign website, which outlines his positions on immigration, taxes and other hot issues, offers no statement of support for President Donald Trump. On his Twitter and Facebook accounts, […]
10/4/2018
DEMS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I’ve figured it out: Donald Trump is the leader of the resistance inside his own administration. The 45th president exudes more defiance from one of his short, little fingers than all the liberal yodelers of the Democratic Party and entire armies of pink pussy-hat-wearing protesters put together. When not contravening the libs, […]
10/4/2018
AFRICA/MELANIA: “U.S. First Lady Melania Trump brought soccer balls and books to a school in Malawi on Thursday to highlight a USAID scheme to support African schools, on the second stop of her four-nation tour of the continent. President Donald Trump has sought to roll back the U.S. foreign aid budget, a move that has […]
10/4/2018
GOLF/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “President Donald Trump’s flagship golf resort in Scotland has lost millions of dollars for a fourth year in a row. His Turnberry resort on the Irish Sea lost 3.4 million pounds ($4.4 million dollars at current exchange rates) in 2017, despite opening a new course and refurbished hotel, according to a […]
10/4/2018
ELECTION/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TRUMP AS PRESDIENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House has a message for vulnerable House Republicans tiptoeing around President Donald Trump: Get on board or start packing. The warning comes in a memo from White House political director Bill Stepien, who argues that GOP candidates who try to distance themselves from the president are only […]
10/4/2018
CHINA/GOP/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. Vice President Mike Pence intensified Washington’s pressure campaign against Beijing on Thursday [10-4-18] by accusing China of ‘malign’ efforts to undermine President Donald Trump ahead of next month’s congressional elections and reckless military actions in the South China Sea. In what was billed as a major policy address, Pence sought to […]
10/4/2018
ELECTION/GOP/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s political team wanted to rally in Florida next week beside Ron DeSantis, the Republican nominee for governor, and the Republican who hopes to succeed him in the House. But sources familiar with the talks say the congressional candidate, Michael Waltz, declined amid concerns about the risks of publicly stumping […]
10/4/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP TAXES: “Though President Donald Trump insists he did nothing wrong on his taxes, experts say he could be on the hook for tens of millions of dollars in civil fines if state and federal authorities substantiate a New York Times report that found he and his family cheated the IRS for […]
10/4/2018
AIRLINE INDUSTRY/DHS/DRONES/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will sign a bill on Friday {10-5-18] granting the U.S. government new powers to shoot down threatening drones and creating new consumer protections for airline passengers, officials said on Thursday [10-4-18]. Trump is set to sign the bill on Friday that will, among other measures, bar airlines […]
10/4/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/ELECTIONS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “The ugly partisan brawl over U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation remains undecided, but President Donald Trump appears likely to come out on top regardless of the outcome. If Kavanaugh is confirmed by the Senate in a vote planned on Saturday [10-6-18], Trump will have succeeded in placing his second […]
10/4/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Seeking to boost Republican turnout in key Minnesota battlegrounds, President Donald Trump attacked Democrats Thursday [10-4-18] night, arguing that their ‘rage-fueled resistance’ to his Supreme Court nominee will motivate GOP voters this fall. Speaking before a cheering crowd at a rally in Rochester, Trump praised Judge Brett Kavanaugh, whose nomination […]
10/4/2018
AFRICA/EDUCATION/MELANIA/STATE: “Melania Trump spent Thursday [10-4-18] in southern Africa promoting the work of a U.S. international development agency whose funding President Donald Trump has twice proposed slashing by nearly a third. Lawmakers essentially ignored those requests. Mrs. Trump toured classrooms at Lilongwe’s Chipala Primary School, which gets textbooks and other education assistance from the U.S. […]
10/4/2018
RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you Minnesota – I love you! https://t.co/eQC2NqdIil“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 4, 2018 7:52 pm […]
10/4/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/MUSLIMS/NATO/RELIGION/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Evangelical Christians came out aggressively for Donald Trump in 2016. As president, Trump has returned the favor, delivering for the Christian right — not just at home, but also overseas. Trump defied international opinion and recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The White House rattled relations with NATO ally Turkey by imposing […]
10/4/2018
ENDORSEMENT/GOP/RALLY/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just made my second stop in Minnesota for a MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN rally. We need to elect @KarinHousley to the U.S. Senate, and we need the strong leadership of @TomEmmer, @Jason2CD, @JimHagedornMN and @PeteStauber in the U.S. House!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 4, 2018 5:58 pm […]
10/4/2018
ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’U.S. Stocks Widen Global Lead’ https://t.co/Snhv08ulcO“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 4, 2018 2:29 pm […]
10/4/2018
CHINA/DEFENSE/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Pentagon released a report Friday [10-5-18] accusing China of seeking to undermine the US military’s industrial base, the latest in a series of US jabs at Beijing…The study, mandated by US President Donald Trump last year in an executive order, identified nearly 300 ‘vulnerabilities’ that could affect the supply of critical […]
10/4/2018
TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Statement on National Strategy for Counterterrorism: https://t.co/ajFBg9Elsj https://t.co/Qr56ycjMAV“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 4, 2018 2:17 pm […]
10/4/2018
CENSUS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Justice Department asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday [10-3-18] to block a lower court order for Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to be questioned by lawyers for a group of states challenging a decision by President Donald Trump’s administration to ask people taking part in the 2020 census whether […]
10/4/2018
AIRLINE INDUSTRY/DHS/DRONES/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will sign a bill on Friday [10-5-18] granting the U.S. government new powers to shoot down threatening drones and creating new consumer protections for airline passengers, officials said on Thursday [10-4-18]. Trump is set to sign the bill on Friday that will, among other measures, bar airlines […]
10/4/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Working hard, thank you! https://t.co/6HQVaEXH0I“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 4, 2018 12:38 pm […]
10/4/2018
CHINA/MIKE PENCE/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday [10-3-18] accused China of trying to undermine President Donald Trump through a variety of tactics, including targeted tariffs on Trump supporters and well-placed propaganda meant to exploit ‘wedge issues’…Pence’s comments — sure to further inflame tensions between the two countries — fleshed out Trump’s vague […]
10/4/2018
CHINA/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “China accused US Vice President Mike Pence of slandering the country with ‘baseless’ allegations Friday {10-5-18], after he delivered a scathing speech in Washington claiming Beijing was trying to covertly influence US politics for its own political gain. Pence launched his full-throated attack in a speech to the Hudson Institute, […]
10/4/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [10-3-18] declared that the allegations of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh are ‘totally uncorroborated’ and will possibly benefit Republicans in the upcoming midterms…The tweet came as senators were set to begin reviewing the results of an FBI investigation into the allegations […]
10/4/2018
CANADA/NAFTA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two world leaders couldn’t be further apart in ideology but closer in geography, but after months of tension over NAFTA negotiations, President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could finally be making up. Several sources familiar with a Monday [10-1-18] call between the two leaders described the president dominating the […]
10/4/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/FBI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “This is now the 7th. time the FBI has investigated Judge Kavanaugh. If we made it 100, it would still not be good enough for the Obstructionist Democrats.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 4, 2018 9:17 am […]
10/4/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thursday [10-4-18] was a very good day for Brett Kavanaugh — maybe his best day since being chosen as Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee back in July. Friday [10-5-18] was even better, as his confirmation to the court appeared to be sealed with three key senators deciding he’s worthy of […]
10/4/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @ChatByCC: While armed with the power of our Vote, we proudly & peacefully revolted Never doubt this was an American revolution #MAGA…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 4, 2018 9:01 am […]
10/4/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “This is a very important time in our country. Due Process, Fairness and Common Sense are now on trial!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 4, 2018 8:54 am […]
10/4/2018
MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Our country’s great First Lady, Melania, is doing really well in Africa. The people love her, and she loves them! It is a beautiful thing to see.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 4, 2018 8:34 am […]
10/4/2018
INDIA/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “India could soon be faced with the threat of US sanctions following a controversial $5 billion weapons deal with Russia, a move analysts say poses more of a headache for Washington than it does Delhi. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi finalized the deal, which will see India take possession of a high-tech […]
10/4/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Brett Kavanaugh, still short of votes in the final hours of the most politicized Supreme Court confirmation battle in years, is campaigning until the bitter end. On the eve of a dramatic day in the Senate that could dictate his fate, and with several key Republicans undecided, Kavanaugh attempted […]
10/4/2018
AFRICA/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. First Lady Melania Trump laid a wreath at a 17th-century slave fortress in Ghana on Wednesday [10-3-18], vowing never to forget where Africans were held before being shipped away into further hardship, most across the Atlantic. Ghana is the jumping-off point for her first major solo international trip for Melania as […]
10/4/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The harsh and unfair treatment of Judge Brett Kavanaugh is having an incredible upward impact on voters. The PEOPLE get it far better than the politicians. Most importantly, this great life cannot be ruined by mean & despicable Democrats and totally uncorroborated allegations!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 4, 2018 7:16 am […]
10/4/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal on Thursday [10-4-18] arguing he is an ‘independent, impartial judge’ and conceding he ‘might have been too emotional’ in his testimony in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee last week…Kavanaugh and California professor Christine Blasey […]
10/4/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/PROTESTS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Nearly 300 protesters were arrested at a US Senate building on Thursday [10-4-18] afternoon as crowds of activists descended on Capitol Hill while lawmakers reviewed the FBI’s report on the allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Protesters gathered in the Hart Senate Building atrium after US Capitol Police barricaded […]
10/4/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday [10-4-18] following the completion of an FBI investigation of his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh that the sexual assault allegations against him were ‘totally uncorroborated.’ Trump said in a Twitter post that Kavanaugh had been subjected to ‘harsh and unfair treatment’ and […]
10/4/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congressman Bishop is doing a GREAT job! He helped pass tax reform which lowered taxes for EVERYONE! Nancy Pelosi is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on his opponent because they both support a liberal agenda of higher taxes and wasteful spending!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 4, 2018 5:17 pm […]
10/4/2018
DEMS/HEALTHCARE/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats are quietly preparing to launch a slew of investigations into the Trump administration’s health care moves if they retake the House in November, aiming to freeze the White House’s efforts to unravel Obamacare and probe the administration’s care of immigrant kids. The wide-ranging inquiries, coordinated across multiple committees, […]
10/4/2018
IRAN/NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Hanging on a wall in John Bolton’s West Wing office is a memento of his proudest achievement as national security adviser: a framed copy of President Donald Trump’s order to pull the United States out of the Iran nuclear deal. Right next to it hangs a cartoon mocking the agreement. Bolton’s choice […]
10/3/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “As the FBI wraps up its renewed background check into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the remaining undecided senators have only a few days left to decide if they are ready to approve his lifetime appointment to the highest court in the land. The prolonged process has generated more drama […]
10/3/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/NOMINATION/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senators will be able to start reading the FBI investigation summaries into President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday [10-4-18] morning, Senate sources told CNN. Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley is expected to read the summaries first, followed by the top Democrat on the committee, Sen. […]
10/3/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “US President Donald Trump is facing criticism from fellow Republicans after he mocked a woman who says she was assaulted by his Supreme Court nominee. Senators Jeff Flake and Susan Collins, both key votes to confirm Brett Kavanaugh, called Mr Trump’s remarks ‘appalling’ and ‘just plain wrong’. At a rally, Mr […]
10/3/2018
COURTS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge late Wednesday [10-3-18] blocked the Trump administration’s move to end Temporary Protected Status for more than 300,000 nationals from El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua and Sudan. The move temporarily halts the administration’s plan to force the beneficiaries — some of whom have lived in the U.S. for decades — to […]
10/3/2018
GOP/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “For more than two weeks he held back. Against all his instincts, President Trump for the most part resisted directly attacking the woman whose sexual assault allegation has jeopardized his Supreme Court nomination. The accuser was to be treated with kid gloves, like ‘a Fabergé egg,’ as one adviser put […]
10/3/2018
FOREIGN DIGNITARIES/MEXICO/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Wednesday [10-3-18] that U.S. President Donald Trump informed him he won’t be coming to his Dec. 1 inauguration and will be sending Vice President Mike Pence instead. During a telephone conversation, Lopez Obrador talked to Trump about plans for development projects in Central […]
10/2/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP TAXES: “President Trump on Wednesday [10-3-18] criticized a New York Times investigation into his and his family’s use of dubious tax schemes over the years and the origins of his own wealth, calling the article an ‘old, boring and often told hit piece.’ Referring to The Times as the ‘Failing New […]
10/3/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP NETWORTH/TRUMP TAXES: “The president claims that his company was built solely through hard work. A 14,000-word investigation by the NYT begs to differ. It found that the Trump Organization owes its success to multimillion-dollar gifts from Fred C. Trump, President Trump’s father, and tax schemes that some experts say may have […]
10/3/2018
BERNIE SANDERS/BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/GOP/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont said Wednesday [10-3-18] that he believed the Supreme Court was headed for a legitimacy crisis after Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh accused Democrats at a hearing last week of seeking revenge on behalf of the Clintons and of animus toward President Trump. In an interview with […]
10/3/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/GOP/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senator Mitch McConnell had just arrived at Reagan Washington National Airport on Monday [10-1-18] afternoon to resume the battle over the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh when he was met by an unwelcoming committee — a group of women who angrily confronted him…Mr. McConnell is not Senator Jeff […]
10/3/2018
ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Ask Representative Marsha Blackburn about finances and a strong response can follow. When she worked as the state film and music commissioner in Tennessee in 1995, another government official questioned her travel expenses on a trip to California. Ms. Blackburn, who is now the Republican candidate for an open Senate seat in Tennessee, […]
10/3/2018
FBI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A subject believed to be connected to suspicious letters sent to President Donald Trump and top Pentagon officials was taken into custody by federal law enforcement in Utah, a federal law enforcement official told CNN on Wednesday. FBI tactical and hazardous material response personnel searched the subject’s residence outside Salt Lake City. […]
10/3/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/POLLS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Wow, such enthusiasm and energy for Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Look at the Energy, look at the Polls. Something very big is happening. He is a fine man and great intellect. The country is with him all the way!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 3, 2018 9:23 pm […]
10/3/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Richard Ojeda is not a typical Democratic congressional candidate. The heavily tattooed former Army paratrooper stomps around southwestern West Virginia in tight Grunt Style t-shirts, tactical pants and combat boots. He included his own cell phone number — and a promise to answer it — in his campaign kick-off video. In […]
10/3/2018
CANADA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After months of tension and insults in their trade war, President Donald Trump tried out a new role with Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: peacemaker. Several sources familiar with a Monday {10-1-18] call between the two leaders described the president dominating the conversation with an almost uninterrupted burst of enthusiasm, speaking […]
10/3/2018
POLICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “My thoughts and prayers are with the Florence County Sheriff’s Office and the Florence Police Department tonight, in South Carolina. We are forever grateful for what our Law Enforcement Officers do 24/7/365. https://t.co/ZwDmDthItD“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 3, 2018 7:01 pm […]
10/3/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “President Donald Trump has badmouthed his hometown newspaper’s reporting as ‘sick,’ ‘weak,’ and ‘nasty.’ He even tells its reporters they work for the ‘failing New York Times.’ But in moments of reflection, he’s allowed that it’s a ‘great, great American jewel.’ The Grey Lady has long occupied space in Trump’s […]
10/3/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/ME TOO/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Republicans have tried to walk a precarious line in recent weeks, expressing sympathy and support for victims of sexual assault, like Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, while at the same time suggesting that the #MeToo movement has become a partisan weapon. The nuanced approach has crashed head on into a […]
10/3/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES: “Sen. Cory Booker accused Donald Trump of ‘criminal behavior.’ Sen. Elizabeth Warren said it’s more evidence of the president’s corruption. And Washington Gov. Jay Inslee cracked: ‘The Emperor did have clothes, but it turns out it was his dad’s.’ A day after The New York Times published a 14,000-word investigation on […]
10/3/2018
COURTS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The month of September 2018 will undoubtedly go down in U.S. legal history for the rancorous furor over Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, regardless of whether Kavanaugh, a judge on the District of Columbia U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, is ultimately confirmed by the U.S. Senate. But in […]
10/3/2018
ENERGY/NOMINATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday [10-3-18] nominated a proponent of his administration’s plan to subsidize aging coal and nuclear plants to a federal agency that regulates power transmission, a move criticized by environmental groups who questioned his independence on the issue. Trump nominated Bernard McNamee to the vacant seat of the five-member […]
10/3/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/RALLY/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Sen. Joe Manchin praised President Donald Trump’s handling of the allegations facing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh over the weekend in a private telephone call, thanking the president for supporting an FBI investigation and his relative public restraint. The West Virginia Democrat, one of five remaining undecided senators, had […]
10/3/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP NETWORTH/TRUMP TAXES: “U.S. President Donald Trump engaged in tax schemes that included cases of fraud in which he and his siblings helped their parents dodge millions of dollars in taxes, the New York Times reported on Tuesday [10-2-18]. The Times investigation, which the White House said was ‘misleading,’ showed Trump received […]
10/3/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP TAXES: “President Donald Trump’s older sister, Judge Maryanne Trump Barry, has kept a very low profile since he ran for office. But it appears as though she inadvertently had a central role in The New York Times blockbuster report on her brother’s alleged tax schemes. According to the Times, one […]
10/3/2018
TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WTO: “Countries belonging to the World Trade Organization should unite against the bullying of U.S. President Donald Trump, former WTO chief judge James Bacchus said on Wednesday [10-3-18]. He said Trump was stampeding countries into accepting constraints on their own exports, even though they knew it was illegal to do so, and […]
10/3/2018
MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just spoke to President-Elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of Mexico. Great call, we will work well together!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 3, 2018 9:35 am […]
10/3/2018
TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP TAXES/MEDIA: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [10-3-18] criticized a New York Times investigation that alleged the president perpetuated a number of tax schemes and fraud during the 1990s to bolster the inheritance he received from his parents…The concept of time value of money is that money in the present time is […]
10/3/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/GOP/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I see it each time I go out to Rallies in order to help some of our great Republican candidates. VOTERS ARE REALLY ANGRY AT THE VICIOUS AND DESPICABLE WAY DEMOCRATS ARE TREATING BRETT KAVANAUGH! He and his wonderful family deserve much better.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 3, 2018 9:29 am […]
10/3/2018
ENERGY/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Global energy bosses assembled in Moscow on Wednesday [10-3-18] said the world needed Russian gas to keep the lights on, in a clear message to U.S. President Donald Trump who has warned he may impose sanctions on Russian gas export projects. Trump’s administration, citing what it calls Russia’s failure to act as […]
10/3/2018
ELECTION/GOP/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump plans to visit six states over the next 10 days to energize his supporters to turn out for Republicans in tight races for the House of Representatives in upcoming congressional elections, according to a White House memo. Trump’s Republican Party is at risk of losing control of the […]
10/3/2018
CANADA/MEXICO/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Mexico, Canada and the United States are a great partnership and will be a very formidable trading force. We will now, because of the USMCA, work very well together. Great Spirit!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 3, 2018 9:13 am […]
10/3/2018
JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Blowout numbers on New Jobs and, separately, Services. Market up!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 3, 2018 9:05 am […]
10/3/2018
CANADA/MEXICO/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you to Congressman Tom Reed of New York for your wonderful comments on our great new Trade Deal with Mexico and Canada, the USMCA. I have long ago given you my Full Endorsement, and for good reason. Keep up the Great Work! @Varneyco” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 3, 2018 9:02 […]
10/3/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you Governor Phil Bryant – it was my great honor to be there! #MAGA https://t.co/UbY7Qu2fMt” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 3, 2018 8:23 am […]
10/3/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “https://t.co/w04sqlMIYm“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 3, 2018 8:16 am […]
10/3/2018
ECONOMY/MILITARY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Stock Market just reached an All-Time High during my Administration for the 102nd Time, a presidential record, by far, for less than two years. So much potential as Trade and Military Deals are completed.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 3, 2018 8:04 am […]
10/3/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP TAXES: “The Failing New York Times did something I have never seen done before. They used the concept of ‘time value of money’ in doing a very old, boring and often told hit piece on me. Added up, this means that 97% of their stories on me are bad. Never recovered […]
10/3/2018
CONGRESS/ENDORSEMENT/TEXAS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congressman @PeteSessions of Texas is a true fighter and patriot. Highly respected in D.C. by all, he always gets what his district, and our country, wants and needs. Strong on Crime, Border, Military, Vets and 2nd Amendment. Pete has my Full and Total Endorsement. A great guy!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 3, 2018 […]
10/3/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/NOMINATION/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “It’s judgment day for Brett Kavanaugh and the three crucial Republicans who could send him to the Supreme Court or doom his hopes of being the swing vote who could change America. Kavanaugh’s fate will be on the line for the second straight Thursday [10-4-18], as senators begin reading the […]
10/3/2018
OIL/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday [10-3-18] that his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump was right that the current oil price was too high. Putin said at the Russian Energy Week forum that the price has risen because of the U.S. sanctions against one of the top OPEC producers, Iran. We would […]
10/3/2018
ROGER STONE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Audio of radio interviews between longtime Trump ally Roger Stone and the radio host he claimed was his back channel to WikiLeaks recently came into possession of special counsel Robert Mueller’s office, two sources with knowledge of the matter tell CNN. The interviews between Stone and comedian Randy Credico took place between […]
10/2/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In a letter written in 1983, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh describes himself and his friends as ‘loud, obnoxious drunks with prolific pukers’ — a stark contrast to the image Kavanaugh painted of himself during his testimony before the Senate last week. The letter, which was published by The New […]
10/2/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “The FBI is expanding its inquiry into sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh beyond the initial four interviews that the White House directed to be conducted. Two sources told CNN on Tuesday that more interviews are happening with a focus on other Kavanaugh high school friends […]
10/2/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/RALLY/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump shifted his tone on Tuesday [10-2-18] evening and launched into his fiercest attack yet against Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, the California professor whose allegation of sexual assault by Judge Brett Kavanaugh kick-started the FBI’s weeklong investigation of the Supreme Court nominee. During an extended sequence at his […]
10/2/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Several people with information related to allegations of sexual misconduct against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh say they have tried in vain to speak with the FBI, which is expected to wrap up its investigation this week. Under pressure, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the FBI investigation following a […]
10/2/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/RALLY/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump for the first time directly mocked Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee by casting doubt on her testimony during a campaign rally. Before the crowd Tuesday [10-2-18] night in Southaven, Mississippi, Trump imitated Ford during her testimony, mocking her for not knowing the […]
10/2/2018
NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump, a teetotaler who says he’s never even had a beer, finds himself in the awkward position of fiercely defending a Supreme Court nominee under harsh scrutiny for his past heavy drinking. The more Trump embraces his embattled nominee and publicly comments on accounts that Brett Kavanaugh drank […]
10/2/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP TAXES: “The White House pushed back against an exhaustive investigation published by The New York Times on Tuesday [10-2-18] that alleged Donald Trump perpetrated various tax schemes and fraud during the 1990s to bolster the inheritance he received from his parents, calling the report a ‘misleading attack’ on the president’s family…The […]
10/2/2018
TRUMP FAMILYTRUMP TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump helped ‘his parents dodge taxes’ in the 1990s, including ‘instances of outright fraud’ that allowed him to amass a fortune from them, according to an analysis Tuesday [10-2-18] from The New York Times. Trump received at least $413 million in today’s dollars from his father’s real estate […]
10/2/2018
CANADA/MEXICO/NAFTA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump has long wielded the word ‘Nafta’ like an epithet, deriding the North American Free Trade Agreement as the worst trade deal in history. So when he renamed it the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement — or U.S.M.C.A. — this week, he may have short-circuited attempts to criticize the new deal. Why? […]
10/2/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/GOP/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senate Republican leaders pressed on Tuesday [10-2-18] to wrap up the confirmation of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, seizing on word from the F.B.I. that it would complete its investigation into allegations of sexual assault and sexual misconduct as early as Wednesday [10-3-18]…But Mr. McConnell’s promise was as […]
10/2/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/RALLY/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Trump on Tuesday [10-2-18] sharply mocked the woman whose allegation of sexual assault has upended his effort to install a second justice on the Supreme Court, escalating a battle that has already polarized Washington and the country. At a campaign rally, Mr. Trump went further than ever before in […]
10/2/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/NOMINATION/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The nomination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court has exposed just how far the Senate has drifted from the rules of decorum that once elevated senatorial prerogative over party, leaving behind the kind of smash-mouth partisan politics that have long dominated the unruly House. Senate rules […]
10/2/2018
TRUMP FAMILY/TRUMP NETWORTH/TRUMP TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: $52.2 million, or about 5 percent, tax returns show.””Donald J. Trump built a business empire and won the presidency proclaiming himself a self-made billionaire, and he has long insisted that his father, the legendary New York City builder Fred C. Trump, provided almost no financial help. ‘I built what […]