LEGAL/POLITICAL FIGURES: “The woman who accused Roy Moore of initiating a sexual encounter when she was 14 years old is suing the defeated Alabama Senate candidate for defamation. Leigh Corfman claims in a lawsuit filed this week in Alabama that she’s been the victim of harsh personal attacks since going public with the accusation, according […]
1/5/2018
ISRAEL/LEGAL/LOBBYING/MICHAEL FLYNN/NIKKI HALEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “In the days before a late-2016 vote on a United Nations resolution that criticized Israel, then-President-elect Donald Trump and top aides made a last-ditch push to target a majority of the U.N. Security Council to scuttle the text, people familiar with the situation said. The lobbying effort, which ultimately failed, […]
1/5/2018
DONALDISM/DOW/JOBS: “Dow goes from 18,589 on November 9, 2016, to 25,075 today, for a new all-time Record. Jumped 1000 points in last 5 weeks, Record fastest 1000 point move in history. This is all about the Make America Great Again agenda! Jobs, Jobs, Jobs. Six trillion dollars in value created!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 5, […]
1/4/2018
DOW/FAKE NEWS/MEDIA: “The Fake News Media barely mentions the fact that the Stock Market just hit another New Record and that business in the U.S. is booming…but the people know! Can you imagine if ‘O’ was president and had these numbers – would be biggest story on earth! Dow now over 25,000.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
1/4/2018
MEDIA/STEVE BANNON: “I authorized Zero access to White House (actually turned him down many times) for author of phony book! I never spoke to him for book. Full of lies, misrepresentations and sources that don’t exist. Look at this guy’s past and watch what happens to him and Sloppy Steve!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 4, […]
1/4/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration on Thursday [1-4-18] will free federal prosecutors to more aggressively enforce marijuana laws, effectively threatening to undermine the legalization movement that has spread to six states, most recently California. The Justice Department is expected to rescind an Obama-era policy of discouraging federal prosecutors from bringing charges of marijuana-related […]
1/4/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/CALIFORNIA/JEFF SESSIONS: “The sale of recreational cannabis became legal in California on New Year’s Day. Just four days later, the Trump administration acted in effect to undermine that state law by allowing federal prosecutors to be more aggressive in prosecuting marijuana cases. A memo by Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday [1-4-18] was widely […]
1/4/2018
FCC: “The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai, canceled an appearance at the coming consumer electronics show in Las Vegas because of death threats, according to a person familiar with the matter. The exact nature of the threats remained unclear. An agency spokesman declined to comment, citing security concerns. Mr. Pai, who was […]
1/4/2018
STEVE BANNON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House continued Thursday [1-4-18] to downplay the role of former Trump campaign executive and White House chief strategist Steve Bannon following the publication of portions of a book quoting him saying unflattering things about President Donald Trump and Donald Trump Jr. White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley said […]
1/4/2018
HUD/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Undermining another Obama-era initiative, the Trump administration plans to delay enforcement of a federal housing rule that requires communities to address patterns of racial residential segregation. The Department of Housing and Urban Development, in a notice to be published Friday [1-5-18] in the Federal Register, says it will suspend until 2020 the […]
1/4/2018
GOP/STEVE BANNON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Enthusiasm for Stephen K. Bannon’s plans for a fiery Republican revolution had already been fading among some of the donors and candidates he was relying on to upend the party’s establishment. But Mr. Bannon’s provocative remarks about President Trump and his family, reported in a new book now scheduled to be […]
1/4/2018
2016 ELECTION/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump gave firm instructions in March to the White House’s top lawyer: stop the attorney general, Jeff Sessions, from recusing himself in the Justice Department’s investigation into whether Mr. Trump’s associates had helped a Russian campaign to disrupt the 2016 election. Public pressure was building for Mr. Sessions, […]
1/4/2018
BORDER/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The gulf over legislation to protect young undocumented immigrants from deportation appeared wide Thursday [1-4-18] as President Donald Trump insisted that any deal include funding for his promised border wall and new limits on legal immigration to the U.S. Mr. Trump said the package to protect so-called Dreamers has to include new […]
1/4/2018
HOUSE OF REPS/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge has denied a bid by the private investigation firm Fusion GPS to prevent the House Intelligence Committee from obtaining the firm’s bank records, as part of a congressional probe into the funding and creation of a so-called dossier containing a variety of accurate, inaccurate and salacious claims […]
1/4/2018
DONALDISM: “MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! https://t.co/iONbr1DkVk” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 4, 2018 07:11pm […]
1/4/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/NIKKI HALEY/PAKISTAN/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration said it would freeze all security assistance to Pakistan until the country takes a tougher stance against terror networks on its territory, a move that reflects new tensions and could lead to problems in supplying U.S. troops in neighboring Afghanistan. ‘Pakistan has played a double game for […]
1/4/2018
GOP/IMMIGRATION: “Thank you to the great Republican Senators who showed up to our mtg on immigration reform. We must BUILD THE WALL, stop illegal immigration, end chain migration & cancel the visa lottery. The current system is unsafe & unfair to the great people of our country – time for change!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. […]
1/4/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAN/ISRAEL/PALESTINE/PROTESTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Israel and the U.S. are amplifying criticism of Iran’s role in Middle East conflicts, part of a coordinated effort to curb Tehran’s influence in the region as antigovernment protests put pressure on the country’s leaders. Since protests began last week in Iran, Israel has accused Tehran of setting up a terrorist […]
1/4/2018
STEVE BANNON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s growing feud with Steve Bannon is threatening the former White House strategist’s leadership of the conservative Breitbart News website and upending Mr. Bannon’s plans to wage ‘war’ on party incumbents he deemed insufficiently loyal to the White House agenda. Mr. Bannon’s longtime benefactors, billionaires Robert Mercer and his […]
1/4/2018
BUSINESS/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Publisher Henry Holt & Co. said it is moving up its release of a new book about President Donald Trump’s administration to Friday [1-5-18], amid a backlash from the White House and surging interest in the title. The book, ‘Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House’ by Michael Wolff, was originally […]
1/4/2018
POLITICAL FIGURES: “Rep. Gregg Harper, a Mississippi Republican and chairman of the House Administration Committee, will retire at the end of the year and won’t seek a sixth term. He is the 27th House Republican to announce his retirement during this Congress. Mr. Harper, 61, cited a desire to leave Congress to be with his […]
1/4/2018
IRAN/PROTESTS/STATE/TREASURY: “The U.S. imposed sanctions on five entities tied to Iran’s ballistic-missile program, seeking to punish Tehran for its management of the economy as thousands of Iranians protest against their government. Treasury Department officials blamed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and other parts of the government for funding proxies across the Middle East despite the […]
1/4/2018
INTERIOR/RYAN ZINKE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration wants to open up nearly all the country’s offshore areas for oil drilling, leasing areas off places like Florida and California for the first time in decades, and reversing an Obama-era policy. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced Thursday [1-4-18] that his department is planning the largest […]
1/4/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A lawyer for President Donald Trump on Thursday [1-4-18] demanded the author and publisher of a new book featuring scathing criticism of the White House halt its publication and apologize to the president. In a letter to author Michael Wolff and publisher Henry Holt and Co., Charles Harder said the book contained […]
1/4/2018
BUSINESS/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is proposing changes that would let millions of small businesses and the self-employed buy health-insurance plans that don’t comply with all Affordable Care Act requirements, part of an aggressive move to undo the health law through regulatory action. The proposal would allow businesses that share geography or an […]
1/4/2018
STEVE BANNON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump publicly repudiated Steve Bannon, his former senior strategist and onetime campaign chief, after a new book surfaced in which Mr. Bannon made scathing and highly personal criticisms of some of the president’s top advisers, including several family members… In the book, a copy of which was viewed by […]
1/4/2018
ENERGY/INTERIOR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is expected to announce Thursday [1-4-18] that it will propose opening up nearly all federal waters for oil and gas drilling, giving the energy industry access to fields in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans and the eastern Gulf of Mexico that have been off limits for decades, according to […]
1/4/2018
DOW: “Dow just crashes through 25,000. Congrats! Big cuts in unnecessary regulations continuing.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 4, 2018 10:48am […]
1/4/2018
BORDER/DREAMERS/GOP/IMMIGRATION/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Key Republican senators will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday [1-4-18] as negotiations continue to reach a compromise on border security issues and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Trump is set to host the more conservative members of his party negotiating with Democrats in […]
1/4/2018
GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA: “Republican Reps. Mark Meadows and Jim Jordan said Thursday [1-4-18] that Attorney General Jeff Sessions should step aside ‘now,’ citing the Justice Department’s handling of the investigation into President Donald Trump’s campaign ties to Russian operatives and intelligence leaks to media as key concerns with his performance. In a joint opinion piece […]
1/4/2018
MILITARY/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in agreed not to hold springtime military exercises during the Olympics, the South Korean president’s office said Thursday [1-4-18], a move that could cool tensions with North Korea. The agreement came during a 30-minute phone call between the two presidents, Seoul’s presidential Blue […]
1/4/2018
FEDERAL RESERVE/TAXES: “Federal Reserve officials in December debated whether looming tax cuts might require them to raise short-term interest rates more aggressively in 2018 than last year, when they lifted borrowing costs three times. Officials expressed growing confidence in the strength of the labor market and the economy, according to minutes of the Fed’s Dec. […]
1/4/2018
NSA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House plans to ban the use of personal cellphones in the West Wing by both staff and guests, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced on Thursday [1-4-18], citing security concerns… The ban will go into effect in the coming days, and it is likely to have the secondary effect of […]
1/4/2018
TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA/JARED KUSHNER: “Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, made a deal when they came to Washington to serve in the White House that the first daughter would become the first female president if the opportunity arose, according to a forthcoming book obtained by The Guardian. The book, ‘Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump […]
1/4/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VOTER FRAUD: “Hours after shuttering his controversial voter fraud commission, President Donald Trump called Thursday [1-4-18] morning for voter identification laws and pushed once again his baseless assertion that ‘many people are voting illegally.’… Laws requiring voters to present identification at their polling places in order to cast ballots have proven controversial, with […]
1/4/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/MILITARY/RUSSIA/UKRAINE: “U.S. plans to arm Ukraine infuriated Russia and aggravated deteriorating relations, but a bigger worry is the weapons falling into enemy hands—as has happened before. Washington last month decided to send lethal aid to Ukraine to prevent aggression by pro-Russia separatists. The move is meant to keep the simmering conflict from flaring into […]
1/4/2018
PROTESTS/SPORTS: “So beautiful….Show this picture to the NFL players who still kneel! https://t.co/tJLM1tvbvb” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 4, 2018 06:37am […]
1/4/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With all of the failed ‘experts’ weighing in, does anybody really believe that talks and dialogue would be going on between North and South Korea right now if I wasn’t firm, strong and willing to commit our total ‘might’ against the North. Fools, but talks are a good thing!” […]
1/4/2018
VOTER FRAUD/VOTING: “As Americans, you need identification, sometimes in a very strong and accurate form, for almost everything you do…..except when it comes to the most important thing, VOTING for the people that run your country. Push hard for Voter Identification!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 4, 2018 06:11am […]
1/4/2018
FAKE NEWS/FRANCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “French President Emmanuel Macron says he will push a new law aimed at clamping down on fake news, saying he hopes to have it in place by the end of the year. Speaking at a news conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Wednesday [1-3-18], Macron said such a law […]
1/4/2018
2016 ELECTION/DEMS/VOTER FRAUD: “Many mostly Democrat States refused to hand over data from the 2016 Election to the Commission On Voter Fraud. They fought hard that the Commission not see their records or methods because they know that many people are voting illegally. System is rigged, must go to Voter I.D.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. […]
1/4/2018
GOP/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Emboldened by his victory in the passage of the biggest U.S. tax overhaul in decades, President Donald Trump now wants to rein in social welfare programs even though some Republicans are wary of tackling the volatile issue in a congressional election year. A White House-led drive to downsize government aid programs such […]
1/4/2018
IMMIGRATION/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is ramping up calls on the U.S. Congress to stop legal immigrants from sponsoring extended family members who want to move to the United States, saying so-called ‘chain migration’ poses a threat to national security. Even without legislative action, however, the number of immigrants approved for family-based visas […]
1/3/2018
DEMS/POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats counted their New Year’s blessings on Wednesday [1-3-18] as two new senators — Doug Jones of Alabama and Tina Smith of Minnesota — joined their caucus, reshaping the balance of power in the Senate after a history-laden swearing-in ceremony attended by three current and former vice presidents. The arrival of […]
1/3/2018
CYBERWAR/LEGAL/NSA: “A veteran cybersecurity specialist for the National Security Agency and other intelligence organizations, accused of taking thousands of secret documents home over two decades, has decided to plead guilty later this month to a single charge that could carry a 10-year sentence. But under the terms laid out by prosecutors, the intelligence contractor, Harold […]
1/3/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/JEFF SESSIONS/NEW YORK: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Geoffrey Berman, a law partner of White House ally and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, to be the temporary U.S. Attorney in Manhattan, the Justice Department said Wednesday [1-3-18]. The announcement included 16 other interim top prosecutors for districts around the country, and followed a […]
1/3/2018
DHS/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION: “Three former homeland security secretaries warned congressional leaders and officials of both parties on Wednesday [1-3-17] that the window for legislative action to protect undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children will close by the middle of January, months before a period outlined by the White House. The letter — signed by Jeh […]
1/3/2018
DONALDISM: “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 3, 2018 09:13pm […]
1/3/2018
DOW/ECONOMY/JOBS/TAXES: “Stock Market had another good day but, now that the Tax Cut Bill has passed, we have tremendous upward potential. Dow just short of 25,000, a number that few thought would be possible this soon into my administration. Also, unemployment went down to 4.1%. Only getting better!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 3, 2018 09:11pm […]
1/3/2018
BUSINESS/TAXES: ” ‘Some 40 U.S. companies have responded to President Trump’s tax cut and reform victory in Congress last year by handing out bonuses up to $2,000, increases in 401k matches and spending on charity, a much higher number than previously known.’ https://t.co/bmWrwWzxMR” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 3, 2018 09:07pm […]
1/3/2018
2016 ELECTION/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VOTER FRAUD: “President Donald Trump dissolved the commission he created just eight months ago to investigate his unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud in the 2016 election, bringing an end to a panel that had faced resistance from state election officials. Mr. Trump formed the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity in […]
1/3/2018
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/PAUL MANAFORT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, sued the special counsel on Wednesday [1-3-17] and asked a federal court to narrow his authority, escalating Republican efforts to discredit an investigation that has stretched longer than the White House expected. The unusual move comes as Mr. Trump tries to portray the […]
1/3/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “Melania and I are deeply saddened by the death of Thomas S. Monson, a beloved President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints… https://t.co/ETD3fWtfU3” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 3, 2018 08:06pm […]
1/3/2018
DEBT/EDUCATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is considering making it harder for former college students who accuse schools of fraudulent behavior to have their student loans forgiven. The draft plan, which the Education Department has circulated among members of an assessment panel, would replace an Obama administration policy designed to reimburse students who say their […]
1/3/2018
DEMS/DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congressional leaders emerged Wednesday [1-3-18] from a meeting with White House officials without a budget deal, as Democrats intensified their push to reach an immigration agreement as part of the negotiations. Lawmakers returning to Washington from their holiday break have less than three weeks before the government’s current funding expires at 12:01 […]
1/3/2018
FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/PAUL RYAN: “Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Chris Wray made an unannounced visit to Speaker Paul Ryan’s office Wednesday [1-3-18] as the Justice Department grapples with an increasingly hostile faction of House Republicans demanding documents related to the bureau’s Russia probe. Rosenstein was spotted entering Ryan’s office, and a spokesman for […]
1/3/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/JOE BIDEN/NORTH KOREA/POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday [1-3-18] criticized President Donald Trump’s tweets on North Korea, telling CNN that this is ‘really poor judgment’ and warned the President that his ‘words matter.’… Biden said he is disappointed that Trump has not become more presidential over the year, and that […]
1/3/2018
STEVE BANNON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Steve Bannon has nothing to do with me or my Presidency. When he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind. Steve was a staffer who worked for me after I had already won the nomination by defeating seventeen candidates, often described as the most talented […]
1/3/2018
STEVE BANNON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump excoriated his former chief strategist Steve Bannon in a statement Wednesday, claiming that Bannon ‘lost his mind’ after being pushed out from the White House. The White House released the strongly worded 266-word statement from the President slamming Bannon after after excerpts from a new book quoted Bannon […]
1/3/2018
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/RUSSIA/STEVE BANNON/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “In a new book detailing the wild first year of Donald Trump’s presidency, former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is quoted blasting top operatives in the 2016 campaign for their naivete and idiocy in their dealings with the Russians… Of the July 2016 meeting between Donald Trump Jr., Trump […]
1/3/2018
BUDGET/POLITICS: “Congressional leaders and White House officials will restart negotiations Wednesday [1-3-18] to iron out differences over spending on the Pentagon and other government agencies, with lawmakers hoping to avoid more short-term patches. Congress ran out of time last year to tackle the spending fight, instead opting to keep the government open with a stop-gap […]
1/3/2018
FEMA/RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Less than four months after President Donald Trump suggested churches should be able to receive federal disaster relief funds, officials have changed federal policies to make it easier for religious institutions to qualify for such aid. With lawsuits pending in Texas and Florida from churches and synagogues challenging the limits, the Federal […]
1/3/2018
IRAN: “Such respect for the people of Iran as they try to take back their corrupt government. You will see great support from the United States at the appropriate time!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 3, 2018 08:37am […]
1/3/2018
DEMS/POLITICAL FIGURES: “Two political newcomers will be sworn into the nation’s most elite deliberative body Wednesday [1-3-18], with both Democrats vowing to work toward bipartisanship in a deeply divided U.S. Senate. Tina Smith, who resigned at midnight as Minnesota’s lieutenant governor, will become the state’s junior senator. She will take office a day after Democratic […]
1/3/2018
CALIFORNIA/IMMIGRATION/SANCTUARY CITIES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Taking a jab at Gov. Jerry Brown, President Trump’s top immigration chief on Wednesday [1-3-18] said he was preparing to ‘significantly increase’ his agency’s enforcement presence in California because of last year’s passage of a landmark ‘sanctuary state’ law… The comments were the latest salvo between Trump immigration officials and California […]
1/3/2018
MEDICARE/OBAMA ADMIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Reversing guidelines put in place under former President Barack Obama, the Trump administration is scaling back the use of fines against nursing homes that harm residents or place them in grave risk of injury. The shift in the Medicare program’s penalty protocols was requested by the nursing home industry. The American […]
1/3/2018
IMMIGRATION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL: “A Mexican journalist who sought refuge in the United States amid death threats almost a decade ago now faces deportation in a case drawing criticism from immigration and journalism advocates. The case is a high-profile example of the years it can take for asylum claims to wind through the country’s backlogged immigration court […]
1/3/2018
ELECTION/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Executive Order 13799 of May 11, 2017 (Establishment of Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity), is hereby revoked, and the Presidential Advisory Commission on […]
1/2/2018
PAKISTAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A tweet by President Trump has Pakistan responding angrily to accusations that it has accepted billions of dollars in aid from the United States while failing to act against terrorist networks within its borders. Mr. Trump, in a tweet on Monday [1-1-18], accused Pakistan of deceit and lies and said that Pakistan […]
1/2/2018
BUDGET/EDUCATION/IMMIGRATION: “At Wright State University in Ohio, the French horn and tuba professors are out. So is the accomplished swimming team. At Kansas State, Italian classes are going the way of the Roman Empire… Just as many universities believed that the financial wreckage left by the 2008 recession was behind them, campuses across the country […]
1/2/2018
CENSUS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A request by the Justice Department to ask people about their citizenship status in the 2020 census is stirring a broad backlash from census experts and others who say the move could wreck chances for an accurate count of the population — and, by extension, a fair redistricting of the House […]
1/2/2018
NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump again raised the prospect of nuclear war with North Korea, boasting in strikingly playground terms on Tuesday [1-2-18] night that he commands a ‘much bigger’ and ‘more powerful’ arsenal of devastating weapons than the outlier government in Asia… The president’s tone also generated a mix of scorn and […]
1/2/2018
BUDGET/DEMS/GOP: “The Senate returns on Wednesday [1-3-18] with its Republican majority down to one seat and buoyed Democrats issuing a full list of demands — such as funding children’s health care and protecting young undocumented immigrants — just weeks before another possible government shutdown. Republican and Democratic leaders of the House and Senate will meet […]
1/2/2018
GOP/POLITICAL FIGURES: “Senator Orrin G. Hatch of Utah, the longest-serving Senate Republican, plans to announce on Tuesday [1-2-18] he will retire at the end of the year, rebuffing the pleas of President Trump to seek an eighth term and paving the way for Mitt Romney to run for the seat. Mr. Hatch intends to announce […]
1/2/2018
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After a year of berating the mainstream media, President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday that he will be presenting ‘awards’ Monday [1-8-18] to what he considers to be the worst of the worst… It is unclear how the president intends to carry out the unprecedented gesture against the news media. But in […]
1/2/2018
MEDIA: “Watch @seanhannity tonight at 9:00 P.M.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 2, 2018 08:16pm […]
1/2/2018
FAKES NEWS/MEDIA: “I will be announcing THE MOST DISHONEST & CORRUPT MEDIA AWARDS OF THE YEAR on Monday at 5:00 o’clock. Subjects will cover Dishonesty & Bad Reporting in various categories from the Fake News Media. Stay tuned!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 2, 2018 08:05pm […]
1/2/2018
NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR: “North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un just stated that the ‘Nuclear Button is on his desk at all times.’ Will someone from his depleted and food starved regime please inform him that I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my […]
1/2/2018
AMBASSADOR/IRAN/NIKKI HALEY/UN: “U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley called Tuesday [1-2-18] for the U.N. to act and for world leaders to express solidarity with Iranians, as antigovernment demonstrations raged in Iran for the sixth day. The U.S. has called for emergency meetings at the Security Council and the U.N.’s Human Rights Council in […]
1/2/2018
AMBASSADOR/NIKKI HALEY/NORTH KOREA/UN: “US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley issued a stern warning to North Korea on Tuesday, saying the US ‘will never accept a nuclear North Korea.’… North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held out a rare olive branch to South Korea on Monday, offering talks about sending a delegation to the […]
1/2/2018
LABOR/LEGAL/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Not long before a deluge of sexual harassment claims engulfed Capitol Hill, congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump quietly repealed safeguards to protect hundreds of thousands of American workers from such harassment. Their target was an August 2016 regulation issued by the Obama Labor Department that required businesses to disclose certain labor […]
1/2/2018
GOP/POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sen. Orrin G. Hatch’s announcement Tuesday [1-2-18] that he would retire rather than seek an eighth term representing Utah opened the door to a return to public office by Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee and a sometimes harsh critic of President Trump. The contentiousness between the president and Romney […]
1/2/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/ISRAEL/PAKISTAN: “It’s not only Pakistan that we pay billions of dollars to for nothing, but also many other countries, and others. As an example, we pay the Palestinians HUNDRED OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS a year and get no appreciation or respect. They don’t even want to negotiate a long overdue… peace treaty with Israel. […]
1/2/2018
POLITICAL FIGURES: “Congratulations to Senator Orrin Hatch on an absolutely incredible career. He has been a tremendous supporter, and I will never forget the (beyond kind) statements he has made about me as President. He is my friend and he will be greatly missed in the U.S. Senate! https://t.co/0VjzLEeHTl” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 2, 2018 […]
1/2/2018
GOP/POLITICAL FIGURES: “Former GOP congresswoman and presidential candidate Michele Bachmann said Tuesday [1-2-18] she is considering running for Democratic former Sen. Al Franken’s Minnesota seat. Bachmann, who was a member of Congress representing Minnesota until 2015, told ‘The Jim Bakker Show’ that she’s mulling over whether she should run. Franken announced he would leave the […]
1/2/2018
FAA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday appeared to claim that his policies in his first year in the White House resulted in the commercial aviation industry posting its safest year ever in 2017 — though the U.S. had gone years without a U.S. commercial airline fatality before he took office… Trump was referring […]
1/2/2018
VA/VETS: “We will not rest until all of America’s GREAT VETERANS can receive the care they so richly deserve. Tremendous progress has been made in a short period of time. Keep up the great work @SecShulkin @DeptVetAffairs! https://t.co/ir25vW15hx https://t.co/OtuzIgxMn6” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 2, 2018 01:11pm […]
1/2/2018
IMMIGRATION: “One of the top U.S. government officials working on refugee issues announced her impending retirement on Tuesday [1-2-18], and refugee advocates expressed concern about the fate of the country’s resettlement program which faces mounting pressure from the Trump administration. Barbara Strack, a career official and chief of the Refugee Affairs Division at U.S. Citizenship […]
1/2/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: ” ‘President Trump has something now he didn’t have a year ago, that is a set of accomplishments that nobody can deny. The accomplishments are there, look at his record, he has had a very significant first year.’ @LouDobbs Show,David Asman & Ed Rollins” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 2, 2018 11:03pm […]
1/2/2018
DEMS/DREAMERS/GOP/POLITICS: “Democrats are doing nothing for DACA – just interested in politics. DACA activists and Hispanics will go hard against Dems, will start ‘falling in love’ with Republicans and their President! We are about RESULTS.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 2, 2018 10:16am […]
1/2/2018
MEDIA: “The Failing New York Times has a new publisher, A.G. Sulzberger. Congratulations! Here is a last chance for the Times to fulfill the vision of its Founder, Adolph Ochs, ‘to give the news impartially, without fear or FAVOR, regardless of party, sect, or interests involved.’ Get… impartial journalists of a much higher standard, lose […]
1/2/2018
DEMS/GOP/POLITICS: “Democrat Doug Jones will be sworn in Wednesday as Alabama’s newest senator, bolstering his party’s moderate wing and raising the prospect of growing philosophical divides among Senate Democrats. After Mr. Jones is seated, Republicans will control 51 seats compared with 49 for Democrats. With that narrow majority, Republicans can lose no more than one […]
1/2/2018
ARMY/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “One weekend a month, Kyungmin Cho, a 20-year-old sophomore at Temple University and aspiring Army recruit, makes the two-hour drive to an Army base in New Jersey, dons a uniform and recites the U.S. Army Soldier’s Creed… Pvt. Cho, in fact, isn’t exactly an American soldier. He is an undocumented immigrant who […]
1/2/2018
FAA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Since taking office I have been very strict on Commercial Aviation. Good news – it was just reported that there were Zero deaths in 2017, the best and safest year on record!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 2, 2018 09:13am […]
1/2/2018
NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA: “Sanctions and ‘other’ pressures are beginning to have a big impact on North Korea. Soldiers are dangerously fleeing to South Korea. Rocket man now wants to talk to South Korea for first time. Perhaps that is good news, perhaps not – we will see!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 2, 2018 09:08am […]
1/2/2018
BUSINESS/TAXES: “Companies are giving big bonuses to their workers because of the Tax Cut Bill. Really great!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 2, 2018 08:49am […]
1/2/2018
BORDER/DHS: “Thank you to Brandon Judd of the National Border Patrol Council for your kind words on how well we are doing at the Border. We will be bringing in more & more of your great folks and will build the desperately needed WALL! @foxandfriends” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 2, 2018 08:44am […]
1/2/2018
2016 ELECTION/HILLARY CLINTON/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [1-2-18] suggested that Hillary Clinton’s longtime aide, Huma Abedin, should be jailed after the State Department’s release last week of classified emails found on the laptop of Abedin’s estranged husband, Anthony Weiner… The emails to which Trump referred, released last week in response to a […]
1/2/2018
EDUCATION/GOP/TAXES: “Republican lawmakers are looking for a way to exempt a small, tuition-free college in Kentucky from a provision in their new tax law that imposes a levy on university endowments, prompting charges of favoritism from Democrats. Republicans say Berea College deserves the exemption because the small liberal-arts Christian college is unusual, even unique: It […]
1/2/2018
HILLARY CLINTON/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT: “Crooked Hillary Clinton’s top aid, Huma Abedin, has been accused of disregarding basic security protocols. She put Classified Passwords into the hands of foreign agents. Remember sailors pictures on submarine? Jail! Deep State Justice Dept must finally act? Also on Comey & others” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 2, 2018 07:48am […]