GOLF/TRUMP PEOPLE: “There’s an under-the-radar perk being offered to staffers in President Donald Trump’s administration — discounts on Trump-branded merchandise sold at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club. White House staffers who have a Secret Service hard pin identifying them as administration officials can flash it at the pro shop — where Trump-branded driver headcovers […]
8/13/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Pete Stauber is running for Congress in Minnesota. He will make for a great Congressman. Pete is strong on crime and borders, loves our Military, Vets and Second Amendment. Vote for Pete tomorrow. He has my full and total Endorsement!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 13, 2018 3:42 pm […]
8/13/2018
2016 ELECTION/FBI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The FBI has fired Peter Strzok, an agent who was removed from the Russia probe last year for sending text messages disparaging President Donald Trump, Strzok’s lawyer said Monday [8-13-18]. Aitan Goelman, Strzok’s attorney, said FBI Deputy Director David Bowdich ordered the agent’s termination on Friday. Goelman said that the […]
8/13/2018
IVANKA/JARED KUSHNER/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “She says she’s got Javanka on tape, too. Jilted ex-‘Apprentice’ star and former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman has told friends and associates that she has tapes of private phone calls from first daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, according to two sources with whom she has discussed […]
8/13/2018
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great to be in Fort Drum, New York with our HEROES! https://t.co/Ke54QGZbU7“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 13, 2018 2:37 pm […]
8/13/2018
DEFENSE/IRAN/MILITARY/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A bill signed by President Donald Trump on Monday [8-13-18] asks the Pentagon to pursue more options for defeating U.S.-bound North Korean missiles by using radar and more missiles to spot and shoot down inbound threats. The National Defense Authorization Act gives the Pentagon $716 billion, with almost $10 billion going […]
8/13/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump, speaking at a fundraiser Monday [8-13-18] with New York Republicans, dared Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo to run against him for president in 2020, with Trump saying he welcomes the challenge…Trump, during the event for GOP Rep. Claudia Tenney, who is running for re-election, told the crowd that Cuomo wants to […]
8/13/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Former White House aide Omarosa Manigault-Newman questioned President Trump’s physical and mental fitness in a forthcoming book about her time at The White House and claimed that he is ‘just this side of functionally illiterate.’ In her forthcoming tell-all ‘Unhinged,’ Manigault-Newman writes: ‘I’d come to understand that [Trump] read at an […]
8/13/2018
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just landed at Fort Drum, New York. Looking forward to making a speech about our GREAT HEROES!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 13, 2018 1:19 pm […]
8/13/2018
CHINA/DEFENSE/JOHN MCCCAIN/MILITARY/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump signed a $716 billion defense policy bill on Monday [8-13-18] that authorizes military spending and includes watered-down controls on U.S. government contracts with China’s ZTE Corp and Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. Trump signed the law at the U.S. Army’s Fort Drum base in upstate New York on […]
8/13/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @FrankLuntz: I’m in @Omarosa’s book on page 149. She claims to have heard from someone who heard from me that I heard Trump use the N-wo…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 13, 2018 12:14 pm […]
8/13/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @MichaelCohen212: LTo the many dozens of #journalists who called me, questioning @OMAROSA claim in her new book that @POTUS @realDonaldT…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 13, 2018 12:14 pm […]
8/13/2018
GOLF/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Brooks Koepka just won his third Golf Major, and he did it not only with his powerful game, but with his powerful mind. He has been a man of steel on the Tour and will have many Victories, including Majors, ahead of him. Congrats to Brooks and his great team on a job […]
8/13/2018
TRUMP PEOPLE: “Wacky Omarosa already has a fully signed Non-Disclosure Agreement!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 13, 2018 11:13 am […]
8/13/2018
FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just fired Agent Strzok, formerly of the FBI, was in charge of the Crooked Hillary Clinton sham investigation. It was a total fraud on the American public and should be properly redone!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 13, 2018 11:09 am […]
8/13/2018
FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Agent Peter Strzok was just fired from the FBI – finally. The list of bad players in the FBI & DOJ gets longer & longer. Based on the fact that Strzok was in charge of the Witch Hunt, will it be dropped? It is a total Hoax. No Collusion, No […]
8/13/2018
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge appointed by President Donald Trump ruled Monday [8-13-18] that special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe is constitutional and legitimate, rejecting an effort by a Russian company — accused of financing a massive political influence operation in the United States — to stamp out the ongoing investigation. Judge Dabney […]
8/13/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The very unpopular Governor of Ohio (and failed presidential candidate) @JohnKasich hurt Troy Balderson’s recent win by tamping down enthusiasm for an otherwise great candidate. Even Kasich’s Lt. Governor lost Gov. race because of his unpopularity. Credit to Troy on the BIG WIN!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 13, 2018 10:12 am […]
8/13/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “While I know it’s ‘not presidential’ to take on a lowlife like Omarosa, and while I would rather not be doing so, this is a modern day form of communication and I know the Fake News Media will be working overtime to make even Wacky Omarosa look legitimate as possible. Sorry!” […]
8/13/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday [8-13-18] said he kept former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman on staff because she praised him even as she failed to do her job, the latest insult in the two former reality television stars’ public battle. Trump said the former ‘The Apprentice’ contestant had […]
8/13/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “…really bad things. Nasty to people & would constantly miss meetings & work. When Gen. Kelly came on board he told me she was a loser & nothing but problems. I told him to try working it out, if possible, because she only said GREAT things about me – until she got […]
8/13/2018
FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Peter Strzok, the FBI agent who came under fire by President Donald Trump and other Republicans for sending text messages that disparaged the candidate during the presidential campaign, was fired late Friday [8-10-18], his attorney said on Monday [8-13-18]. Strzok is the third high-ranking person to be fired from […]
8/13/2018
ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Rudy Giuliani said Monday [8-13-18] that he believes special counsel Robert Mueller will respond to President Donald Trump’s legal team on the terms of a possible presidential interview this week, adding that he does not want the Russia investigation to influence the upcoming midterm elections. Trump’s legal team, led […]
8/13/2018
TRUMP PEOPLE: “Wacky Omarosa, who got fired 3 times on the Apprentice, now got fired for the last time. She never made it, never will. She begged me for a job, tears in her eyes, I said Ok. People in the White House hated her. She was vicious, but not smart. I would rarely see […]
8/13/2018
TRUMP PEOPLE: “Wacky Omarosa, who got fired 3 times on the Apprentice, now got fired for the last time. She never made it, never will. She begged me for a job, tears in her eyes, I said Ok. People in the White House hated her. She was vicious, but not smart. I would rarely see […]
8/13/2018
2016 ELECTION/JEFF SESSIONS/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A U.S. judge on Monday [8-13-18] backed Special Counsel Robert Mueller in the federal Russia investigation, allowing a case to proceed against a Russian company accused of helping fund a propaganda operation to sway the 2016 presidential election in Donald Trump’s favor. Judge Dabney Friedrich, in an opinion […]
8/13/2018
2016 ELECTION/FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Peter Strzok, the F.B.I. senior counterintelligence agent who disparaged President Trump in inflammatory text messages and helped oversee the Hillary Clinton email and Russia investigations, has been fired for violating bureau policies, Mr. Strzok’s lawyer said Monday [8-13-18]. Mr. Trump and his allies seized on the text messages — […]
8/13/2018
IMMIGRATION/STEPHEN MILLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Stephen Miller, one of the key architects of President Trump’s hard-line immigration agenda, is the descendant of Jewish immigrants who arrived to a welcoming United States at the turn of the 20th century. But in an essay posted online Monday [8-13-18], Dr. David S. Glosser, Mr. Miller’s uncle, argues that the […]
8/13/2018
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump appeared to acknowledge on Monday [8-13-18] something his aides have declined to confirm for months: that his White House had aides sign nondisclosure agreements. The president made the statement in a post on Twitter about Omarosa Manigault Newman, a former contestant on ‘The Apprentice’ who became an assistant to […]
8/13/2018
LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. prosecutors on Monday [8-13-18] rested their case against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort after 10 days of testimony alleging how he avoided taxes on at least $16 million of income and lied to banks to maintain an extravagant lifestyle once his work for pro-Kremlin politicians in Ukraine dried up. […]
8/12/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump called Attorney General Jeff Sessions ‘scared stiff and Missing in Action’ on Saturday [8-11-18] in his latest broadside on Twitter against the nation’s top law enforcement officer. The attack on the attorney general came as Trump claimed the news media ‘refuses to report’ on meetings held […]
8/12/2018
FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’Seems like the Department of Justice (and FBI) had a program to keep Donald Trump from becoming President’. @DarrellIssa @foxandfriends If this had happened to the other side, everybody involved would be in jail. This is a Media coverup of the biggest story of our time.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 12, […]
8/12/2018
FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’Seems like the Department of Justice (and FBI) had a program to keep Donald Trump from becoming President’. @DarrellIssa @foxandfriends If this had happened to the other side, everybody involved would be in jail. This is a Media coverup of the biggest story of our time.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 12, […]
8/12/2018
BUSINESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Many @harleydavidson owners plan to boycott the company if manufacturing moves overseas. Great! Most other companies are coming in our direction, including Harley competitors. A really bad move! U.S. will soon have a level playing field, or better.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 12, 2018 7:57 am […]
8/12/2018
BUSINESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Many @harleydavidson owners plan to boycott the company if manufacturing moves overseas. Great! Most other companies are coming in our direction, including Harley competitors. A really bad move! U.S. will soon have a level playing field, or better.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 12, 2018 7:57 am […]
8/12/2018
ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “.@GovMikeHuckabee ‘Your paycheck is bigger, your pension is stronger.’ @foxandfriends Unemployment numbers are better than they have been in 50 years, & perhaps ever. Our country is booming like never before – and it will get even better! Many companies moving back to the U.S.A.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 12, 2018 […]
8/12/2018
ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “.@GovMikeHuckabee ‘Your paycheck is bigger, your pension is stronger.’ @foxandfriends Unemployment numbers are better than they have been in 50 years, & perhaps ever. Our country is booming like never before – and it will get even better! Many companies moving back to the U.S.A.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 12, 2018 […]
8/12/2018
ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “.@GovMikeHuckabee ‘Your paycheck is bigger, your pension is stronger.’ @foxandfriends Unemployment numbers are better than they have been in 50 years, & perhaps ever. Our country is booming like never before – and it will get even better! Many companies moving back to the U.S.A.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 12, 2018 […]
8/12/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP PEOPLE: “.@JudgeJeanine ‘Bob Mueller, isn’t your whole investigation premised on a Fake Dossier, paid for by Hillary, created by a man who hates Donald Trump, & used to con a FISA Court Judge. Bob, I really think it’s time for you to give up your phony investigation.’ No Collusion!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August […]
8/12/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP PEOPLE: “.@JudgeJeanine ‘Bob Mueller, isn’t your whole investigation premised on a Fake Dossier, paid for by Hillary, created by a man who hates Donald Trump, & used to con a FISA Court Judge. Bob, I really think it’s time for you to give up your phony investigation.’ No Collusion!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 12, […]
8/12/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP PEOPLE: “.@JudgeJeanine ‘Bob Mueller, isn’t your whole investigation premised on a Fake Dossier, paid for by Hillary, created by a man who hates Donald Trump, & used to con a FISA Court Judge. Bob, I really think it’s time for you to give up your phony investigation.’ No Collusion!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August […]
8/12/2018
JOHN KELLY/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Omarosa Manigault Newman secretly taped John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff, as he fired her in December in the Situation Room, a breach of security protocols, but one that revealed him suggesting that she could face damage to her reputation if she did not leave quietly. The […]
8/12/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TWITTER/WOMEN: “When President Trump took to Twitter to complain about two women with connections to the Russia investigation, he affixed special descriptions to both. ‘Beautiful,’ he said of Nellie Ohr, the wife of a Justice Department official who worked for Fusion GPS, the research firm that commissioned a dossier that made salacious claims […]
8/12/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MINORITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VOTER FRAUD/VOTING: “A new voter ID law could shut out many Native Americans from the polls in North Dakota. A strict rule on the collection of absentee ballots in Arizona is being challenged as a form of voter suppression. And officials in Georgia are scrubbing voters from registration rolls if their […]
8/12/2018
JAMES COMEY/MICHAEL FLYNN/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump’s lead personal lawyer, said on Sunday [8-12-18] that the president never had a conversation last year with James B. Comey, then the F.B.I. director, about ending the investigation into the fired national security adviser Michael T. Flynn, contradicting a memo Mr. Comey wrote at […]
8/12/2018
NATIONAL SECURITY/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WTO: “President Trump’s embrace of sweeping tariffs has frustrated allies, lawmakers and businesses across the globe. But its most lasting impact could be to hobble the World Trade Organization. The global trade group has been thrust into an uncomfortable — and potentially damaging — role as chief judge in an intense fight […]
8/12/2018
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A week before the Trump presidential campaign announced that it had hired Paul Manafort, a Yankees ticket specialist alerted him that his annual season tickets would soon be arriving at his 43rd-floor apartment at Trump Tower in New York. ‘Will you and Kathy be attending opening day?’ the specialist […]
8/11/2018
TRUMP PEOPLE: “Hundreds of Bikers for Trump just joined me at Bedminster. Quite a scene – great people who truly love our Country!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 11, 2018 1:59 pm […]
8/11/2018
TRUMP PEOPLE: “Hundreds of Bikers for Trump just joined me at Bedminster. Quite a scene – great people who truly love our Country!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 11, 2018 1:59 pm […]
8/11/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….Do you believe Nelly worked for Fusion and her husband STILL WORKS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ‘JUSTICE.’ I have never seen anything so Rigged in my life. Our A.G. is scared stiff and Missing in Action. It is all starting to be revealed – not pretty. IG Report soon? Witch […]
8/11/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….Do you believe Nelly worked for Fusion and her husband STILL WORKS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ‘JUSTICE.’ I have never seen anything so Rigged in my life. Our A.G. is scared stiff and Missing in Action. It is all starting to be revealed – not pretty. IG Report soon? Witch […]
8/11/2018
MEDIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The big story that the Fake News Media refuses to report is lowlife Christopher Steele’s many meetings with Deputy A.G. Bruce Ohr and his beautiful wife, Nelly. It was Fusion GPS that hired Steele to write the phony & discredited Dossier, paid for by Crooked Hillary & the DNC….” -Donald Trump, […]
8/11/2018
TRUMP PEOPLE: “Bikers for Trump at Bedminster earlier today. Thank you! https://t.co/GWN56gYGT3“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 11, 2018 8:51 pm […]
8/11/2018
TRUMP PEOPLE: “Bikers for Trump at Bedminster earlier today. Thank you! https://t.co/GWN56gYGT3“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 11, 2018 8:51 pm […]
8/11/2018
JOBS/MINORITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I am proud to have fought for and secured the LOWEST African American and Hispanic unemployment rates in history. Now I’m pushing for prison reform to give people who have paid their debt to society a second chance. I will never stop fighting for ALL Americans!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 11, 2018 […]
8/11/2018
RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The riots in Charlottesville a year ago resulted in senseless death and division. We must come together as a nation. I condemn all types of racism and acts of violence. Peace to ALL Americans!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 11, 2018 8:26 am […]
8/11/2018
ANDREW MCCABE/FBI/JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…..Will the FBI ever recover it’s once stellar reputation, so badly damaged by Comey, McCabe, Peter S and his lover, the lovely Lisa Page, and other top officials now dismissed or fired? So many of the great men and women of the FBI have been hurt by these clowns and […]
8/11/2018
ANDREW MCCABE/FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Why isn’t the FBI giving Andrew McCabe text messages to Judicial Watch or appropriate governmental authorities. FBI said they won’t give up even one (I may have to get involved, DO NOT DESTROY). What are they hiding? McCabe wife took big campaign dollars from Hillary people…..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August […]
8/11/2018
ANDREW MCCABE/FBI/JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…..Will the FBI ever recover it’s once stellar reputation, so badly damaged by Comey, McCabe, Peter S and his lover, the lovely Lisa Page, and other top officials now dismissed or fired? So many of the great men and women of the FBI have been hurt by these clowns and […]
8/11/2018
ANDREW MCCABE/FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Why isn’t the FBI giving Andrew McCabe text massages to Judicial Watch or appropriate governmental authorities. FBI said they won’t give up even one (I may have to get involved, DO NOT DESTROY). What are they hiding? McCabe wife took big campaign dollars from Hillary people……” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August […]
8/11/2018
IMMIGRATION/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The immigration lawyer representing first lady Melania Trump’s parents pushed back against President Donald Trump’s hardline stance on a category of family visa that paved the way for his in-laws’ citizenship, calling the President’s rhetoric “unconscionable’…Melania Trump’s parents, Viktor and Amalija Knavs, were granted US citizenship Thursday, Wildes previously had announced…The Knavses, […]
8/11/2018
MEDIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The big story that the Fake News Media refuses to report is lowlife Christopher Steele’s many meetings with Deputy A.G. Bruce Ohr and his beautiful wife, Nelly. It was Fusion GPS that hired Steele to write the phony & discredited Dossier, paid for by Crooked Hillary & the DNC….” -Donald Trump, […]
8/9/2018
CANADA/MEDIA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration’s decision to impose tariffs on Canadian newsprint is hastening the demise of local newspapers across the country, forcing already-struggling publications to cut staff, reduce the number of days they print and, in at least one case, shutter entirely. Surging newsprint costs are beginning to hurt publications like The Gazette […]
8/9/2018
IMMIGRATION/MELANIA: “Melania Trump’s parents were briskly sworn in as citizens of the United States in New York on Thursday [8-8-18]. Viktor and Amalija Knavs, formerly of Slovenia, wore suits and sunglasses as they entered 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan just before noon, flanked by their lawyer and federal police. As they left the building […]
8/9/2018
DEFENSE/MIKE PENCE/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Vice President Pence promoted a proposed Space Command on Thursday [8-9-18] as ‘an idea whose time has come’ in comments at the Pentagon to unveil a few more details about President Trump’s plan to create another military force, this one for outer space, and to be in operation by 2020. Mr. […]
8/9/2018
G7/MILITARY/NATO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senior American national security officials, seeking to prevent President Trump from upending a formal policy agreement at last month’s NATO meeting, pushed the military alliance’s ambassadors to complete it before the forum even began. The work to preserve the North Atlantic Treaty Organization agreement, which is usually subject to intense 11th-hour […]
8/9/2018
ELECTION/POLLS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Rudy Giuliani may have just set up a midterm election showdown. President Donald Trump’s lawyer insisted Wednesday [8-8-18] that his latest proposal in the long-running tussle with special counsel Robert Mueller over an interview with the President was designed to shield the investigation from the political overhang of November’s polls. […]
8/9/2018
2016 ELECTION/FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Jenna Ellis ‘FBI thought they wouldn’t get caught because they thought that Hillary was going to win. There is overt bias and that depends on whether you are Democrat or Republican – a double standard that needs to stop.’” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 9, 2018 5:50 pm […]
8/9/2018
COURT/IMMIGRATION/JEFF SESSIONS/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge on Thursday [8-9-18] erupted at the Trump administration when he learned that two asylum seekers fighting deportation were at that moment being deported and on a plane to El Salvador. DC District Judge Emmet Sullivan then blocked the administration from deporting the two plaintiffs while they are fighting […]
8/9/2018
DEVIN NUNES/GOP/INTELLIGENCE/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In a newly leaked audio recording, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, a California Republican, suggests that his party needs to retain control of the House of Representatives to protect President Donald Trump from special counsel Robert Mueller…The remarks appear to be a blunt assessment from Nunes, a top Trump […]
8/9/2018
PUERTO RICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Less than two weeks after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, President Donald Trump took to the island to praise the federal officials in charge of the recovery efforts and declare they could be ‘proud’ that the death toll had climbed to just 16 people…Two weeks later, he gave his administration a […]
8/9/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A court-appointed official has finished reviewing which materials seized from U.S. President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen can be used in a criminal investigation, according to a court filing on Thursday [8-9-18]. Lawyers for Cohen and Trump had said that some of the seized materials were protected by attorney-client privilege, […]
8/9/2018
DEFENSE/MIKE PENCE/MILITARY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Vice President Mike Pence laid out an ambitious plan Thursday [8-9-18] to put President Trump’s stamp on the U.S. military by creating a military command dedicated to space—the Space Force. If established by Congress, the Space Force would join the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard and become […]
8/9/2018
FBI/TRUMP PEOPLE: “‘Why didn’t the FBI tell President Trump that they had concerns about Carter Page? Is there a double standard here?’ They told Senator Diane Feinstein that she had a spy – but not Trump. Is that entrapment or did they just want to use Page as an excuse to SPY?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
8/9/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Republican candidate endorsed by U.S. President Donald Trump in the Kansas governor’s race, Kris Kobach, saw his lead cut to only 91 votes on Thursday [8-9-18] after a county clerk corrected the vote total from Tuesday’s election. Kobach, the current Kansas secretary of state and a staunch ally of Trump, now leads […]
8/9/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congressman Ted Yoho of Florida is doing a fantastic job and has my complete and total Endorsement! Tough on Crime and Borders, Ted was really helpful on Tax Cuts. Vote all the way for Ted in the upcoming Primary – he will never let you down!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 9, 2018 12:00 […]
8/9/2018
INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. unveiled a new series of sanctions on Moscow over a nerve-agent attack on a former Russian spy and his daughter in the U.K., in a rare direct confrontation that could escalate into a broad series of diplomatic and economic measures between the two countries. The U.S. announcement Wednesday [8-8-18] included […]
8/9/2018
DEFENSE/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Space Force all the way!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 9, 2018 11:03 am […]
8/9/2018
DEMS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “This is an illegally brought Rigged Witch Hunt run by people who are totally corrupt and/or conflicted. It was started and paid for by Crooked Hillary and the Democrats. Phony Dossier, FISA disgrace and so many lying and dishonest people already fired. 17 Angry Dems? Stay tuned” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August […]
8/9/2018
2016 ELECTION/CALIFORNIA/LEGAL/NEW YORK/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “A New York federal judge has ordered Stormy Daniels’ defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump be transferred to a California federal court. Daniels, an adult film actress whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, offered her consent on Wednesday [8-8-18] to transfer the lawsuit despite having previously opposed the move by […]
8/9/2018
LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The judge in the trial of U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort expressed contrition on Thursday [8-9-18] to jurors for harsh commentary directed at prosecutors. ‘I may have made a mistake. It has nothing to do with your consideration in this case,’ U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis said […]
8/9/2018
2016 ELECTION/DEMS/HILLARY CLINTON/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘There has been no evidence whatsoever that Donald Trump or the campaign was involved in any kind of collusion to fix the 2016 election. In fact the evidence is the opposite, that Hillary Clinton & the Democrats colluded with the Russians to fix the 2016 election.’ @GrahamLedger” –Donald Trump, […]
8/9/2018
LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The trial of Paul Manafort, U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, is expected to shift focus on Thursday [8-9-18] from his alleged tax evasion to bank fraud as the prosecution’s case heads into its final two days. Prosecutors are expected to call a series of bankers to the stand to […]
8/8/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s lawyers on Wednesday [8-8-18] submitted a counteroffer to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s proposal for the terms of a possible interview with the president, the latest turn in the protracted negotiations over a sit-down stretching back to January. The counteroffer largely sticks to the terms the president’s legal […]
8/8/2018
TAXES/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A new 20 percent tax break included in last year’s $1.5 trillion tax overhaul could wind up benefiting President Trump’s real estate empire given how the Treasury Department plans to implement the provision, several tax experts said. On Wednesday [8-8-18], the Treasury Department issued a sprawling regulation outlining the types of companies […]
8/8/2018
BORDER/DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “American immigration officials arrested 2,885 fewer people at the Southwest border last month than in June, the second month in a row that the number of migrants trying to enter the United States has dropped. Data released on Wednesday [8-8-18] by the Department of Homeland Security show that authorities apprehended 39,953 people […]
8/8/2018
ELECTION/GOP/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republicans lost support in every special congressional election since President Trump took office, and Ohio’s 12th District on Tuesday [8-7-18] was no exception. A majority of the seats up for special election have historically leaned solidly to the right, and only two Republicans have lost in these races. Tuesday’s results remained […]
8/8/2018
LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Lawyers for Paul Manafort accused his longtime deputy Rick Gates of having four extramarital affairs and lying about them, a last attempt by the defense to undermine the credibility of the government’s star witness at the fraud trial of Mr. Manafort on Wednesday [8-8-18]. Kevin Downing, the lead lawyer for Mr. Manafort, […]
8/8/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s lawyers rejected the special counsel’s latest terms for an interview in the Russia investigation, countering on Wednesday [8-8-18] with an offer that suggested a narrow path for answering questions, people familiar with the matter said. Jay Sekulow, one of Mr. Trump’s personal lawyers, confirmed that a response […]
8/8/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Elections held in five states Tuesday [8-7-18] underscored the Republican Party’s growing challenges with suburban voters, which could expand the battlefield in November’s midterms. In Ohio, Republican Troy Balderson’s apparent win in a House special election Tuesday came after he performed well in the exurbs and rural areas, but his victory margin was […]
8/8/2018
IRS/LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman being tried on federal tax and bank fraud charges, didn’t declare more than $16 million in income to the U.S. Treasury over a five-year span, an IRS revenue agent testified Wednesday [8-8-18]. The IRS revenue agent, Michael Welch, told jurors that a large chunk […]
8/8/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/MUSLIMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “A Michigan Democrat poised to become the first Muslim woman in Congress says that the election of President Donald Trump could be a reason for the historic number of women running for office across the country. In an interview with CNN’s Brooke Baldwin on ‘Newsroom’ Wednesday [8-8-18], Rashida Tlaib discussed how progressive […]
8/8/2018
RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration will impose sanctions on Russia under a chemical and biological warfare law following the poisoning of a former Russian agent and his daughter in the UK earlier this year, the State Department announced Wednesday [8-8-18]. In a statement Wednesday, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said the US had made […]
8/8/2018
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday [8-8-18] that President Donald Trump’s legal team has responded to the special counsel, the latest effort in ongoing negotiations over a possible interview…Sekulow confirmed in a statement that the legal team ‘responded in writing to the latest proposal’ from the special counsel, but declined to […]
8/8/2018
CONGRESS/GOP/LEGAL/NEW YORK/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rep. Christopher Collins, a Republican congressman from New York, was arrested Wednesday [8-8-18] and charged with participating in an insider-trading scheme to sell the shares of an Australian biotechnology company before the public disclosure of a failed drug trial. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan accused Rep. Collins, 68 years old, of tipping off […]
8/8/2018
DEMS/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senate Democrats on the Judiciary Committee filed several Freedom of Information Requests for records involving Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh during his time at the White House, the latest move in a partisan battle over trying to obtain documents related to the judge as part of his Senate confirmation process…Democrats are seeking […]
8/8/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/RUDY GIULANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s lawyers on Wednesday [8-8-18] submitted a counteroffer to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s proposal for the terms of a possible interview with the president, the latest turn in the protracted negotiations over a sit-down stretching back to January. The counteroffer largely sticks to the terms the president’s legal […]
8/8/2018
RAND PAUL/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Sen. Rand Paul said Wednesday [8-8-18] that he delivered a letter from President Trump to Vladimir Putin during his trip to Moscow this week, a move that comes amid heightened scrutiny of the president’s relationship with the Russian leader. Mr. Paul (R., Ky.) tweeted Wednesday that he was ‘honored’ to […]
8/8/2018
BUSINESS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “American corporate titans used a collegial dinner with President Donald Trump on Tuesday [8-7-18] to press him on to ease immigration restrictions, according to multiple attendees. And at least during the dinner, it seemed like their coaxing had an effect. After several of the CEOs urged Trump to make it easier to […]
8/8/2018
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RED WAVE!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 8, 2018 1:51 pm […]