DEMS/INTELLIGENCE/POLITICS: “The Democrat memo response on government surveillance abuses is a total political and legal BUST. Just confirms all of the terrible things that were done. SO ILLEGAL!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 24, 2018 06:16pm […]
2/24/2018
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “BIG CPAC STRAW POLL RESULTS: 93% APPROVE OF THE JOB PRESIDENT TRUMP IS DOING (Thank you!). 50% say President Trump should Tweet MORE or SAME (funny!). 79% say Republicans in Congress should do a better job of working with President Trump (starting to happen).” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 24, 2018 05:26pm […]
2/24/2018
DEMS/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION: “Dems are no longer talking DACA! ‘Out of sight, out of mind,’ they say. DACA beneficiaries should not be happy. Nancy Pelosi truly doesn’t care about them. Republicans stand ready to make a deal!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 24, 2018 04:18pm […]
2/24/2018
JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Unemployment claims are at the lowest level since 1973. Much of this has to do with the massive cutting of unnecessary and job killing Regulations!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 24, 2018 04:07pm […]
2/24/2018
DEMS/GOP/VOTING: “Democrat judges have totally redrawn election lines in the great State of Pennsylvania. @FoxNews. This is very unfair to Republicans and to our country as a whole. Must be appealed to the United States Supreme Court ASAP!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 24, 2018 03:16pm […]
2/24/2018
2A/EDUCATION/GUNS: “Armed Educators (and trusted people who work within a school) love our students and will protect them. Very smart people. Must be firearms adept & have annual training. Should get yearly bonus. Shootings will not happen again – a big & very inexpensive deterrent. Up to States.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 24, 2018 01:54pm […]
2/24/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “A Parkland school shooting survivor is calling for Melania Trump to fulfill her pledge to combat cyberbullying — starting with her own family. ‘Hey @FLOTUS you say that your mission as First Lady is to stop cyber bullying,’ 14-year-old Lauren Hogg tweeted Friday [2-23-18]. ‘Well then, don’t you think it would […]
2/24/2018
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA: “After weeks of rumors, it became official Friday afternoon: Rick Gates pleaded guilty to two criminal charges and agreed to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing probe into Russia’s attempted meddling in the 2016 election. Gates, who served as Trump’s deputy campaign chairman for a time in 2016, became the third […]
2/23/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “After days of controversy over Donald Trump Jr.’s apparent mixing of his family’s private real-estate interests and American foreign policy during a trip to India this week, Mr. Trump dropped his plans to make a speech about international affairs on Friday [2-23-18]. Instead, he went in the opposite direction, sitting […]
2/23/2018
LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A former top adviser to Donald J. Trump’s presidential campaign indicted by the special counsel was expected to plead guilty as soon as Friday [2-23-18] afternoon, according to two people familiar with his plea agreement, a move that signals he is cooperating with the investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. The […]
2/23/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you to the great men and women of the United States @SecretService for a job well done!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 23, 2018 05:46pm […]
2/23/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “Today, @FLOTUS Melania and I were honored to welcome Prime Minister @TurnbullMalcolm and Mrs. Turnbull of Australia to the @WhiteHouse! ????Press Conference: https://t.co/rKokJGRsgu https://t.co/PkJUw8x9jb” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 23, 2018 04:19pm […]
2/23/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/ISRAEL/PALESTINE/STATE: “The Trump administration is expected to move its US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem sometime in May, according to a senior State Department official. While symbolically important, the move is likely a preliminary step in a broader relocation effort initiated by the administration in December, which Secretary of State Rex […]
2/23/2018
GOP/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A freewheeling President Donald Trump offered a political greatest hits reel Friday [2-23-18] to the highest-profile right-wing gathering of the year, basking in conservative plaudits for what he characterized as a triumphant first year in office. Quickly discarding prepared remarks he deemed ‘sort of boring,’ Trump lit into Democrats and even some […]
2/23/2018
RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Our nation’s motto is IN GOD WE TRUST. This week, our nation lost an incredible leader who devoted his life to helping us understand what those words really mean. We will never forget the historic crowds, the voice, the energy, and the profound faith of Billy Graham! #CPAC2018 https://t.co/5GDh7Jonkv” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
2/23/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We salute our great American flag, we put our hands on our hearts for the pledge of Allegiance, and we all PROUDLY STAND for the National Anthem. #CPAC2018 https://t.co/qGKW2xGjP0” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 23, 2018 12:08pm […]
2/23/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After years of rebuilding OTHER nations, we are finally rebuilding OUR nation – and we are restoring our confidence and our pride! #CPAC2018 https://t.co/rD9oTU8iex” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 23, 2018 12:06pm […]
2/23/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/ISRAEL/PALESTINE/STATE: “The State Department is set to begin operating its embassy in Jerusalem in May and is entertaining an unusual offer from Sheldon Adelson, Republican Party donor and casino magnate, to help pay for a new facility after an initial move from Tel Aviv, U.S. officials said. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson late Thursday […]
2/23/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/TRADE DEALS/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration on Friday [2-23-18] levied what it called its largest ever North Korea sanctions package, hitting dozens of shipping and trading companies as it seeks to further cut off foreign-currency revenues keeping the nuclear-armed regime afloat. The administration sanctioned nearly 60 companies and ships and one individual […]
2/23/2018
GUNS/NRA/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A spokeswoman said Friday [2-23-18] the National Rifle Association will not support efforts to raise the age limit on who can purchase assault-style guns, casting doubt on President Donald Trump’s forecast that the group ‘will back’ the push… The issue of age restrictions on gun sales gained prominence last week after suspected […]
2/23/2018
FEDERAL RESERVE: “Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s first congressional testimony as the central bank’s new leader has been moved to Tuesday from Wednesday, a House panel announced Friday [2-23-18]. Mr. Powell is set to deliver his semiannual monetary policy testimony to the House Financial Services Committee Tuesday at 10 a.m. ET. The hearing had originally […]
2/23/2018
DEMS/VOTING: “In the wake of the Parkland school shooting, a billionaire Democratic donor is pledging $1 million to help young people register to vote with the hope that they will help elect pro-gun control politicians in the midterm elections. “Over the last week, we’ve all had a chance to hear the powerful, thoughtful, important appeals […]
2/23/2018
BORDER/CRIME/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Friday [2-23-18] to push for his proposal to build a wall along the southern U.S. border and criticize Democrats on immigration, missives that come as the Trump administration continues to grapple with fallout from the Florida high school shooting. ‘MS-13 gang members are being removed […]
2/23/2018
DEFENSE/JAMES MATTIS/LGBTQ: “U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has made his recommendations to the White House on transgender individuals and military service, the Pentagon said on Friday [2-23-18]. Major David Eastburn, a Pentagon spokesman, said the recommendations had been made earlier on Friday and the White House would make any policy decisions. In September, the Pentagon […]
2/23/2018
DEMS/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION: “For those of you who are still interested, the Democrats have totally forgotten about DACA. Not a lot of interest on this subject from them!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 23, 2018 08:09am […]
2/23/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “My daughter, Ivanka, just arrived in South Korea. We cannot have a better, or smarter, person representing our country.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 23, 2018 08:07am […]
2/23/2018
GOP: “CPAC Today!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 23, 2018 08:01am […]
2/23/2018
BORDER/CRIME/IMMIGRATION/WALL: “MS-13 gang members are being removed by our Great ICE and Border Patrol Agents by the thousands, but these killers come back in from El Salvador, and through Mexico, like water. El Salvador just takes our money, and Mexico must help MORE with this problem. We need The Wall!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 23, […]
2/23/2018
BUSINESS/GUNS/NRA: “Some of the biggest names in corporate America are coming under mounting pressure on Friday [2-23-18] to cut ties with the National Rifle Association as gun safety activists intensified calls for a boycott in the wake of last week’s Florida high school massacre. The social media-fueled campaign has already led a range of corporations, […]
2/23/2018
LABOR/SUPREME COURT: “The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday [2-26-18] will consider for the second time in two years whether to choke off a critical funding stream for public-employee unions, potentially reducing organized labor’s influence in the workplace and at the ballot box. The nine justices will hear a challenge backed by anti-union groups to the […]
2/22/2018
IMMIGRATION: “The federal agency that issues green cards and grants citizenship to people from foreign countries has stopped characterizing the United States as ‘a nation of immigrants.’ The director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services informed employees in a letter on Thursday [2-22-18] that its mission statement had been revised to ‘guide us in […]
2/22/2018
GUNS/MENTAL HEALTH/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump called again on Thursday [2-22-18] for the opening of more mental hospitals to help prevent mass murders like the one at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Yet ramping up institutional care, experts say, likely would not have prevented most of the spree killings regularly making headlines […]
2/22/2018
CLIMATE CHANGE/ENERGY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House’s senior adviser on energy and climate change stepped down last week after being denied a full security clearance for smoking marijuana about five years ago. Now he is speaking his mind about the Paris climate agreement that President Trump has disavowed. ‘I’m going to say something controversial,’ the former […]
2/22/2018
DEMS/GUNS/NRA: “The head of the National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre, leveled a searing indictment on Thursday [2-22-18] against liberal Democrats, the news media and political opportunists he said were joined together in a socialist plot to ‘eradicate all individual freedoms.’ Mr. LaPierre’s remarks, his first since a gunman took the lives of 17 people at […]
2/22/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAQ/REX TILLERSON/STATE/SYRIA: “The Trump administration has decided that it needs no new legal authority from Congress to indefinitely keep American military forces deployed in Syria and Iraq, even in territory that has been cleared of Islamic State fighters, according to Pentagon and State Department officials. In a pair of letters, the officials illuminated the […]
2/22/2018
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA: ” ‘School shooting survivor says he quit @CNN Town Hall after refusing scripted question.’ @TuckerCarlson. Just like so much of CNN, Fake News. That’s why their ratings are so bad! MSNBC may be worse.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 22, 2018 08:26pm […]
2/22/2018
GUNS/NRA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP POSITION CHANGES: “President Donald Trump’s calls for changes to gun laws in the wake of last week’s Florida school shooting push Congress toward a new politically fraught debate just months before the midterm elections. For more than a decade, and after multiple attacks on students, lawmakers have shied from making any significant […]
2/22/2018
GOP/SUPREME COURT/VOTING: “Two top Pennsylvania state senators and eight of the state’s GOP members of Congress filed a federal lawsuit Thursday [2-2-18] in a bid to block a new congressional map imposed by the state’s high court. The move comes a day after Pennsylvania Republicans filed a new emergency appeal at the U.S. Supreme Court. […]
2/22/2018
CRISIS/GOP/GUNS: “Bill Nelson got the cheers. Marco Rubio ended up with bruises. The gripping, nationally televised Florida town hall on guns that unfolded on CNN on Wednesday [2-21-18] evening ended up as a tale of two senators, with Nelson emerging in far better political shape than when he went in, and Rubio turning out worse […]
2/22/2018
JOHN KELLY/MCMASTER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Longstanding friction between U.S. President Donald Trump and two top aides, the National Security Adviser and the Chief of Staff, has grown to a point that either or both might quit soon, four senior administration officials said. Both H.R. McMaster and John Kelly are military men considered by U.S. political […]
2/22/2018
DEMS/GUNS/POLITICS: “Democratic governors from four northeastern states joined forces Thursday [2-22-18] to restrict the movement of illegal guns between their states and share information about residents who have been banned from owning firearms. A memorandum of understanding signed by the governors of Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island creates a task force of […]
2/22/2018
EDUCATION/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today, it was my great honor to host a School Safety Roundtable at the @WhiteHouse with State and local leaders, law enforcement officers, and education officials. There is nothing more important than protecting our children. They deserve to be safe, and we will deliver! https://t.co/WhC2AxgWXO” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 22, 2018 03:07pm […]
2/22/2018
LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/RUSSIA: “A federal judge has rejected former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s latest effort to win release from house arrest by offering up properties aimed at fulfilling the $10 million bail the judge has set. U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson said she would not accept Manafort’s Alexandria, Va. condominium as part of […]
2/22/2018
GUNS/NRA: “The head of the National Rifle Association called for fortifying the nation’s schools and cast efforts to tighten gun laws as attacks on American freedom, in a speech just over a week after a Florida school shooting that left 17 dead. Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president and chief executive of the NRA, told a […]
2/22/2018
CRIME/CRISIS/FBI/GUNS: “Nearly a week after the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, a top FBI official acknowledged that proper protocols weren’t followed on the tip about Nikolas Cruz, the confessed shooter. ‘There was a mistake made, we know that,’ acting FBI deputy director David Bowdich told reporters at a news conference Thursday. ‘Our job is to […]
2/22/2018
BUSINESS/GUNS: “The world’s largest asset manager put U.S. gunmakers on notice on Thursday [2-22-18] that it is no longer business as usual in the wake of a shooting that killed 17 at a Florida high school. BlackRock Inc said it will speak with weapons manufacturers and distributors ‘to understand their response’ to the second-deadliest shooting […]
2/22/2018
CRISIS/PUERTO RICO: “The U.S. isn’t prepared to respond to disasters in Hawaii, Alaska or on Pacific Islands as fast as on the American mainland, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said. Islands such as Guam could suffer the same fate as Puerto Rico, where thousands of residents are still waiting for power to be restored […]
2/22/2018
GUNS/MEDIA/NRA: “A National Rifle Association spokeswoman attacked the media’s coverage of last week’s Florida high school shooting and criticized law enforcement Thursday [2-22-18], saying critics were trying to ‘gaslight’ gun supporters into taking responsibility for the tragedy. It was a shift from Dana Loesch’s posture during a CNN town hall the night before, when she […]
2/22/2018
SPORTS: “On behalf of an entire Nation, CONGRATULATIONS to the U.S. Women’s Hockey Team on winning the GOLD! #GoTeamUSA #Olympics https://t.co/3cUZwLVGua” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 22, 2018 11:29am […]
2/22/2018
EDUCATION/GOP/GUNS/MIKE PENCE: “Vice President Mike Pence told the audience at a conservative gathering outside Washington on Thursday [2-22-18] that the ‘the safety of our nation’s schools and our students’ is a top priority for the Trump administration. Pence also urged people to ‘come together with American solutions to confront and end this evil in our […]
2/22/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “North Korea said an army general tied to two attacks on South Korean forces would lead its delegation to the Winter Olympics’ closing ceremonies this weekend, presenting a diplomatic quandary for U.S. presidential adviser Ivanka Trump, who is also set to attend. The potential for an encounter, planned or unplanned, […]
2/22/2018
HHS/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Indian Health Service has withdrawn from consideration for the job, people familiar with the matter said. The move by Robert Weaver, an insurance broker, comes after The Wall Street Journal published two articles earlier this year in which former colleagues alleged he had in some […]
2/22/2018
2A/CRISIS/GUNS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Thursday morning called for arming select, highly trained, ‘weapons talented’ teachers to thwart mass school shootings, arguing it would deter would-be ‘sicko’ shooters. Mr. Trump outlined the plan a day earlier, while talking to students and parents at a White House event aimed at coming up with solutions […]
2/22/2018
GUNS/NONTRUTHS: “Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.), offering no evidence, told a New York radio host that many mass shooters are Democrats and that the media are overlooking the story. Tenney, a gun rights advocate, made the comments during a discussion Wednesday [2-21-18] with WGDJ host Fred Dicker about the Parkland, Florida, high school shooting, which left […]
2/22/2018
GUNS/NRA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump called the leaders of the National Rifle Association ‘Great People and Great American Patriots’ on Thursday [2-22-18] as the gun lobbyist faces a wave of backlash after last week’s deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida. The president, who vowed to ‘come through’ for the NRA at its annual conference […]
2/22/2018
EDUCATION/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Will be meeting with Lawmakers today at 11:30 A.M. to discuss School Safety. Next week it will be with our Nation’s Governors. It’s been many years of all talk, no action. We’ll get it done!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 22, 2018 09:53am […]
2/22/2018
GOP/VOTING: “The pro-Trump super PAC America First Action is launching a $1 million ad-buy in support of Pennsylvania special election candidate Rick Saccone, according to a person familiar with the group’s plans. The organization will start airing digital ads later this week and TV ads next week. The special election is March 13. The GOP […]
2/22/2018
DONALDISM/NRA: “What many people don’t understand, or don’t want to understand, is that Wayne, Chris and the folks who work so hard at the @NRA are Great People and Great American Patriots. They love our Country and will do the right thing. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 22, 2018 09:31am […]
2/22/2018
BANKING/FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/TREASURY: “A Latvian bank threatened with U.S. sanctions for allegedly conducting a global money laundering scheme, including for companies connected to North Korea’s missile program, is seeking more than a half billion dollars in government bailout money in an effort to stay afloat. The accusations against ABLV Bank by the U.S. Treasury Department […]
2/22/2018
2A/GUNS/MENTAL HEALTH: “I will be strongly pushing Comprehensive Background Checks with an emphasis on Mental Health. Raise age to 21 and end sale of Bump Stocks! Congress is in a mood to finally do something on this issue – I hope!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 22, 2018 08:13am […]
2/22/2018
2A/CRISIS/FAKE NEWS/GUNS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP POSITION CHANGES: “I never said ‘give teachers guns’ like was stated on Fake News @CNN & @NBC. What I said was to look at the possibility of giving ‘concealed guns to gun adept teachers with military or special training experience – only the best. 20% of teachers, a lot, would now […]
2/22/2018
NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “From speeding to pot smoking to, in one case, ownership of a Canadian brewery, rank-and-file government employees often see their security clearances challenged, denied or revoked for issues they consider relatively minor. Which makes them all the more frustrated to see White House staffers with major red flags in their backgrounds given […]
2/22/2018
REX TILLERSON/STATE/WOMEN: “State Department officials have been ordered to pare back passages in a soon-to-be-released annual report on global human rights that traditionally discuss women’s reproductive rights and discrimination, according to five former and current department officials. The directive calls for stripping passages that describe societal views on family planning, including how much access women […]
2/21/2018
BORDER/DHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Border Patrol officers are working without permission on private property and setting up checkpoints up to 100 miles away from the border under a little-known federal law that is being used more widely in the Trump administration’s aggressive crackdown on illegal immigration. In Texas, a rancher has accused the Border Patrol of […]
2/21/2018
TAXES/TRUMP BUSINESS: “The State of Mississippi on Wednesday [2-21-18] awarded a tax break worth up to $6 million for a hotel project involving the Trump family business, a public subsidy that could indirectly benefit President Trump. The board of the Mississippi Development Authority approved the so-called tourism tax rebate, which had been requested by the […]
2/21/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMA ADMIN/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [2-21-18] renewed his public pressure on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, suggesting the Justice Department should be looking at the Obama administration as it probes possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia… Mr. Sessions, who advised Mr. Trump during the 2016 campaign, has repeatedly […]
2/21/2018
LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA: “New charges have been filed in special counsel Robert Mueller’s criminal case against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and aide Rick Gates, but the charges were put under seal by the court, obscuring the nature and import of the development. The new charging document filed in federal court in Washington could […]
2/21/2018
2016 ELECTION/POLITICAL FIGURES/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA: “Bernie Sanders on Wednesday [2-21-18] blamed Hillary Clinton for not doing more to stop the Russian attack on the last presidential election. Then his 2016 campaign manager, in an interview with POLITICO, said he’s seen no evidence to support special counsel Robert Mueller’s assertion in an indictment last week that the […]
2/21/2018
2A/EDUCATION/GUNS: “Seven days after the killing of 17 students and school staff members in Florida, Republican state leaders are facing pressure unlike any they have experienced before to pass legislation addressing gun violence. On Wednesday [2-21-18], swarms of student protesters carrying signs and boxes of petitions stormed the Florida Capitol, pleading with lawmakers to pass […]
2/21/2018
EDUCATION/GUNS/NRA/POLITICAL FIGURES: “Senator Marco Rubio and a spokeswoman for the National Rifle Association were repeatedly heckled at a nationally televised forum on Wednesday [2-21-18] night in Florida after they refused to back new gun control measures. The spokeswoman for the N.R.A., Dana Loesch, offering the group’s first public comments after a shooting last week at […]
2/21/2018
EPA/ETHICS/SCOTT PRUITT: “The chairman of the House Oversight Committee — in a prominent instance of Republican scrutiny of the Environmental Protection Agency under Scott Pruitt — demanded on Wednesday [2-21-18] that the E.P.A. chief turn over documents related to his first-class travel at taxpayer expense. Representative Trey Gowdy, Republican of South Carolina, called on Mr. […]
2/21/2018
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “The parents of the first lady, Melania Trump, have obtained lawful permanent residency in the United States, a lawyer for the couple confirmed Wednesday [2-21-18], but it remains unclear how or when the couple received their green cards. The lack of clarity about when and how Viktor and Amalija Knavs obtained their legal […]
2/21/2018
CLIMATE CHANGE/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is considering a North Carolina regulator who questions mainstream climate science to be the next White House environmental adviser, just weeks after withdrawing a previous nominee who held similar views. Donald van der Vaart, the former secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, said in a […]
2/21/2018
2A/CRISIS/GUNS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has spent a week grappling with the school shooting that left 17 dead in Parkland, Florida, and Wednesday [2-21-18], he finally found his own way to respond, playing host on live television to dozens of grieving parents and students directly affected by a spate of shootings that have rocked […]
2/21/2018
CRISIS/EDUCATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I will always remember the time I spent today with courageous students, teachers and families. So much love in the midst of so much pain. We must not let them down. We must keep our children safe!! Full Listening Session: https://t.co/x5VenyQX5p https://t.co/CAPfX5odIp” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 21, 2018 08:40pm […]
2/21/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/CHINA/PAKISTAN/SAUDI ARABIA/TURKEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Saudi Arabia joined Turkey and China in a move to block a U.S.-led attempt this week to place Pakistan on an international terror-financing watch list, according to officials involved in the process, in a rare disagreement between Riyadh and the Trump administration. Saudi Arabia’s move on behalf of Pakistan came […]
2/21/2018
CRISIS/GUNS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump heard emotional stories Wednesday [2-21-18] from people affected by the nation’s deadliest school shootings, and it appears he had an assist in responding to some of the powerful testimony. In a photo from the event taken by Getty Images photographer Chip Somodevilla, the President is holding a piece of […]
2/21/2018
COMMERCE/WILBUR ROSS: “Responding to industry complaints that federal rules increasingly hamper private ventures in space, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has emerged as the deregulation czar of the heavens. A senior White House policy group on Wednesday [2-21-18] agreed to tap his agency to be the prime catalyst for loosening federal controls over activities ranging from […]
2/21/2018
2A/CRISIS/GUNS/POLITICS: “High-school students who survived Florida’s deadly school shooting last week descended on the state capital Wednesday [2-21-18] to plead for stricter gun-control measures, raising pressure on lawmakers in the normally firearm-friendly state to pass legislation. At a boisterous rally with hundreds of demonstrators outside the State Capitol, students took the microphone to decry elected […]
2/21/2018
RELIGION/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “.@FLOTUS Melania and I join millions of people around the world in mourning the passing of Billy Graham. Our prayers are with his children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and all who worked closely with Reverend Graham in his lifelong ministry. https://t.co/e1697tcyaI” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 21, 2018 04:12pm […]
2/21/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/NATO/TURKEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Five months ago, President Donald Trump hailed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as a friend and said the two North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies had never been closer. But Mr. Trump’s optimistic view masked a more complicated reality: Turkey quickly has become one of the Trump administration’s most vexing relationships. Relations […]
2/21/2018
POLICE: “Yesterday, it was my great honor to recognize extraordinary Law Enforcement Officers and First Responders, and to award them the the highest possible decoration for bravery by public safety officers, the Medal of Valor. #AmericanHeroes https://t.co/em0wBbvy5P” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 21, 2018 01:20pm […]
2/21/2018
FBI/GOP/GUNS/NRA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s tentative embrace of a narrow background-checks bill is about to hit a towering hurdle: members of his own party. The White House is signaling support for a bipartisan bill that would enhance reporting of violent criminals to the FBI’s background-checks database in order to stop them from buying firearms. […]
2/21/2018
2016 ELECTION/OBAMA ADMIN/RUSSIA: “Question: If all of the Russian meddling took place during the Obama Administration, right up to January 20th, why aren’t they the subject of the investigation? Why didn’t Obama do something about the meddling? Why aren’t Dem crimes under investigation? Ask Jeff Sessions!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 21, 2018 09:40am […]
2/21/2018
RELIGION: “The GREAT Billy Graham is dead. There was nobody like him! He will be missed by Christians and all religions. A very special man.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 21, 2018 09:22am […]
2/21/2018
2016 ELECTION/OBAMA ADMIN/RUSSIA: “Question: If all of the Russian meddling took place during the Obama Administration, right up to January 20th, why aren’t they the subject of the investigation? Why didn’t Obama do something about the meddling? Why aren’t Dem crimes under investigation? Ask Jeff Session!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 21, 2018 09:03am […]
2/21/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/INDIA/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “Donald Trump Jr. praised the ‘spirit’ of the ‘poorest of the poor’ in India during a business trip there to sell luxury condos… The President’s eldest son arrived in India Tuesday. During his trip, he will dine with buyers of the Trump-branded apartments in at least two cities, and his […]
2/20/2018
JOHN KELLY/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, is resisting giving up his access to highly classified information, prompting an internal struggle with John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff, over who should be allowed to see some of the nation’s most sensitive secrets, according to White House […]
2/20/2018
2A/GUNS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMA ADMIN/TRUMP MEMORANDA: “Presidential Memorandum on the Application of the Definition of Machinegun to ‘Bump Fire’ Stocks and Other Similar Devices After the deadly mass murder in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 1, 2017, I asked my Administration to fully review how the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives regulates bump fire stocks […]
2/20/2018
DEFENSE/STATE/TRUMP MEMORANDA: “MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF SUBJECT: Delegation of Authorities under Section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the […]
2/20/2018
DEMS/GOP: “@CNN @MSNBC Whether we are Republican or Democrat, we must now focus on strengthening Background Checks!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 20, 2018 08:18pm […]
2/20/2018
MISC: “So true, thank you! https://t.co/9TTXlfokYz” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 20, 2018 08:14pm […]
2/20/2018
FAKE NEWS/RUSSIA: “Bad ratings @CNN & @MSNBC got scammed when they covered the anti-Trump Russia rally wall-to-wall. They probably knew it was Fake News but, because it was a rally against me, they pushed it hard anyway. Two really dishonest newscasters, but the public is wise!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 20, 2018 08:08pm […]
2/20/2018
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA: “An attorney who is the son-in-law of one of Russia’s richest men pleaded guilty Tuesday [2-20-18] to lying to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigators as Mr. Mueller’s team continued to aggressively pursue its wide-ranging probe into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election. Alex van der Zwaan, a Dutch national and a former […]
2/20/2018
FBI/GUNS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House press secretary Sarah Sanders tried to finesse a weekend tweet from President Donald Trump blaming the FBI’s Russia investigation for missing a tip about the Florida shooting, saying the agency should not focus on a ‘hoax in terms of investigating the Trump campaign.’… Sanders, speaking to reporters Tuesday in […]
2/20/2018
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration on Tuesday [2-20-18] released a proposal that would allow for the proliferation of less-comprehensive, cheaper health plans restricted under the Affordable Care Act, marking one of the most significant efforts by Republicans to roll back the Obama-era health law. The proposed rule would loosen restrictions on short-term insurance […]
2/20/2018
TAXES: “Main Street is BOOMING thanks to our incredible TAX CUT and Reform law. ‘This shows small-business owners are more than just optimistic, they are ready to grow their businesses.’ https://t.co/w9aw68UwOj” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 20, 2018 12:49pm […]
2/20/2018
SUPREME COURT/VOTING: “The Pennsylvania Supreme Court imposed a new congressional map for the state that appeared to give Democrats a big boost in their effort to retake the U.S. House of Representatives in November’s midterm elections. The new map could flip at least four Republican-held seats in those contests, according to an analysis from the […]
2/20/2018
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “A woman I don’t know and, to the best of my knowledge, never met, is on the FRONT PAGE of the Fake News Washington Post saying I kissed her (for two minutes yet) in the lobby of Trump Tower 12 years ago. Never happened! Who would do this in a public […]
2/20/2018
FAKE NEWS/OBAMA/RUSSIA: “I have been much tougher on Russia than Obama, just look at the facts. Total Fake News!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 20, 2018 08:38am […]