2016 ELECTION/DEMS: “I always felt I would be running and winning against Bernie Sanders, not Crooked H, without cheating, I was right.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 3, 2017 09:29am […]
11/3/2017
2016 ELECTION/DEMS: “Bernie Sanders supporters have every right to be apoplectic of the complete theft of the Dem primary by Crooked Hillary!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 3, 2017 09:28am […]
11/3/2017
REX TILLERSON/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said he was unsure whether his top diplomat, Rex Tillerson, would remain in his post for the rest of Trump’s term in the White House and was ‘not happy’ that some State Department staff were not supporting his agenda. In an interview with Laura Ingraham on Fox […]
11/3/2017
TERRORISM: “ISIS just claimed the Degenerate Animal who killed, and so badly wounded, the wonderful people on the West Side, was ‘their soldier.’ … Based on that, the Military has hit ISIS ‘much harder’ over the last two days. They will pay a big price for every attack on us!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 3, […]
11/3/2017
2016 ELECTION/DEMS/FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT: “Pocahontas just stated that the Democrats, lead by the legendary Crooked Hillary Clinton, rigged the Primaries! Lets go FBI & Justice Dept.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 3, 2017 06:55am […]
11/3/2017
2016 ELECTION/DEMS/HILLARY CLINTON: “The real story on Collusion is in Donna B’s new book. Crooked Hillary bought the DNC & then stole the Democratic Primary from Crazy Bernie!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 3, 2017 06:48am […]
11/3/2017
FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Everybody is asking why the Justice Department (and FBI) isn’t looking into all of the dishonesty going on with Crooked Hillary & the Dems… New Donna B book says she paid for and stole the Dem Primary. What about the deleted E-mails, Uranium, Podesta, the Server, plus, plus… People are angry. […]
11/3/2017
DONALD ON DONALD: “My Twitter account was taken down for 11 minutes by a rogue employee. I guess the word must finally be getting out-and having an impact.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 3, 2017 05:51am […]
11/3/2017
GOP/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Republicans’ tax proposal faces stiff opposition from private-equity firms that say it threatens to disrupt their business model, which often relies on ladling debt onto acquisition targets. Still, this version of the bill is more positive for the industry than a previous plan that may have had more dire consequences for […]
11/3/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump starts the longest and most anticipated trip of his first year in office on Saturday, a 10-day excursion that boasts stops in five Asian countries. But the biggest focus will be on where he isn’t going: North Korea. Pyongyang’s desire to be considered a global nuclear power—and […]
11/2/2017
MILITARY/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two U.S. B-1B bombers flew near North Korea on Thursday [11-2-17], alongside Japanese and South Korean jet fighters, provoking anger from Pyongyang ahead of President Donald Trump’s closely watched trip to Asia. The flyover, which U.S. Pacific Command said in a statement was planned in advance and not in response to […]
11/2/2017
DONALD ON DONALD: “I will be interviewed by @IngrahamAngle on @FoxNews at 10:00. Enjoy!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 2, 2017 08:29pm […]
11/2/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY: “The @TuckerCarlson opening statement about our once cherished and great FBI was so sad to watch. James Comey’s leadership was a disaster!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 2, 2017 08:26pm […]
11/2/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a bill into law setting up a commission to honor the 200th anniversary of Frederick Douglass’ birth next year. The law commends the 19th Century abolitionist leader for a life dedicated to fighting injustice, and states, ‘all Americans could benefit from studying the life of Frederick […]
11/2/2017
DEMS/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Democrats from the House Oversight Committee, stonewalled by the Trump administration and fuming at their Republican colleagues, sued the General Services Administration on Thursday [11-2-17] to try to force the release of documents relating to its lease with the Trump International Hotel here. The suit, which has little legal precedent, is […]
11/2/2017
GUANTANAMO/LEGAL/NEW YORK/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Thursday [11-2-17] backed off his threat to send the suspect in this week’s New York terrorist attack to the American military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, but once again called for the man to be executed, a public intervention in the case that could come back to haunt […]
11/2/2017
CHINA/FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration officially cut off a small Chinese bank from the U.S. financial system on Thursday [11-2-17], accusing it of helping North Korea develop its illegal ballistic missile program. The White House in June said it planned to sever the Chinese Bank of Dandong from the world’s most important […]
11/2/2017
STEVE BANNON: “Robert Mercer, a billionaire investor who is a big backer of many conservative causes and a patron of the former White House adviser Stephen K. Bannon, is stepping down as co-chief executive of Renaissance Technologies, the giant hedge fund. Mr. Mercer sent a letter to investors and pension advisers on Thursday [11-2-17] morning […]
11/2/2017
2016 ELECTION/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donna Brazile just stated the DNC RIGGED the system to illegally steal the Primary from Bernie Sanders. Bought and paid for by Crooked H… This is real collusion and dishonesty. Major violation of Campaign Finance Laws and Money Laundering – where is our Justice Department?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 2, 2017 […]
11/2/2017
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With the clock ticking and so-called Dreamers in limbo, Senate Republicans signaled Thursday [11-2-17] they are in no hurry ahead of a March deadline to pass legislation giving legal protections to young immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children. Democrats and their allies have been laying the groundwork to try to […]
11/2/2017
LOBBYING/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great Tax Cut rollout today. The lobbyists are storming Capital Hill, but the Republicans will hold strong and do what is right for America!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 2, 2017 07:05pm […]
11/2/2017
IRS: “The U.S. is on pace to see a record number of Americans shed their citizenship for the fifth year in a row, as the Internal Revenue Service expands its reach overseas. More than 4,400 Americans renounced their citizenship in the first three quarters of 2017, including about 1,370 in the quarter that ended on […]
11/2/2017
GOP/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republicans cheered the unveiling of their long-awaited tax-overhaul bill, though fault lines quickly emerged over some of its components… Yet the 400-page measure also drew quick rebuffs from some of the Republicans’ reliable allies outside of Congress, including the Club for Growth, the National Association of Realtors, and the National Federation of […]
11/2/2017
FEDERAL RESERVE/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today, it was my pleasure and great honor to announce my nomination of Jerome Powell to be the next Chairman of the @FederalReserve. https://t.co/6aDuRy3zws” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 2, 2017 05:35pm […]
11/2/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Twitter Inc faced questions on Friday [11-3-17] about its approach to internal security after a company employee briefly deactivated U.S. President Donald Trump’s account. The 11-minute blackout of the @realDonaldTrump account late on Thursday drew widespread attention on the microblogging site. Twitter is already grappling with criticism of its handling of account […]
11/2/2017
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, may go to trial as early as April on money-laundering and conspiracy charges stemming from accusations that he and an associate failed to pay taxes on millions of dollars they earned overseas. During a brief hearing Thursday [11-2-17] at U.S. District Court […]
11/2/2017
LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “US prosecutors have objected to an entry request for Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, who became known for attending the June 2016 meeting with Donald Trump Jr. at Trump Tower. Veselnitskaya, an attorney for Cyprus-based company Prevezon Holdings and its Russian owner, Denis Katsyv, asked for immigration parole, an alternative to […]
11/2/2017
BUSINESS: “Broadcom’s move to America=$20 BILLION of annual rev into U.S.A., $3+ BILLION/yr. in research/engineering & $6 BILLION/yr. in manufacturing. https://t.co/NsJ4PtVTtl” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 2, 2017 03:33pm […]
11/2/2017
BUSINESS: “Today, we are thrilled to welcome @Broadcom CEO Hock Tan to the WH to announce he is moving their HQ’s from Singapore back to the U.S.A….. https://t.co/WrqUXBndyZ” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 2, 2017 02:58pm […]
11/2/2017
TRUMP PEOPLE: “Billionaire conservative megadonor Robert Mercer, a generous financial backer of President Donald Trump, is stepping down from his position as co-CEO of hedge fund Renaissance Technologies, according to a notice the company sent to investors on Thursday [11-2-17]. Mercer also announced that he will sell his stake in Breitbart News to his daughters […]
11/2/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congress must end chain migration so that we can have a system that is SECURITY BASED! We need to make AMERICA SAFE! #USA?? https://t.co/d7L1YW5iVY” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 2, 2017 01:43pm […]
11/2/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I am calling on Congress to TERMINATE the diversity visa lottery program that presents significant vulnerabilities to our national security. https://t.co/tW4wOlI4vu” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 2, 2017 01:33pm […]
11/2/2017
NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/USDA: “Former Trump campaign aide Sam Clovis, who has been swept up in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, has withdrawn from consideration to be the Department of Agriculture’s chief scientist, according to a letter Clovis sent on Wednesday to President Donald Trump. Clovis had been under criticism for months for his lack […]
11/2/2017
ATTORNEY GENERAL/FOREIGN POLICY/JEFF SESSIONS/LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions is once again under scrutiny on Capitol Hill regarding his candor about Russia and the Trump campaign amid revelations that he rejected a suggestion to convene a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump last year. According to court filings unsealed this week, […]
11/2/2017
SPORTS: “Congratulations to the Houston @Astros, 2017 #WorldSeries Champions⚾️#HoustonStrong #EarnHistory https://t.co/BP7OEzdhFi” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 2, 2017 12:31pm […]
11/2/2017
AFGHANISTAN/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Aides to President Donald Trump have considered reviving an office it shut down months ago that was dedicated to resolving the conflict in Afghanistan, a sign that the Trump administration’s policy there remains unsettled. Multiple sources said that senior Trump aides have discussed resurrecting the Office of the Special Representative for Afghanistan […]
11/2/2017
ENERGY/RICK PERRY: “Energy Secretary Rick Perry suggested on Thursday [11-2-17] that increasing fossil fuel use to spread electricity across Africa would help prevent sexual assaults there. Perry, who traveled to South Africa last week to tout the Energy Department’s partnerships there, said he spoke with a young girl who wanted electricity so she could read […]
11/2/2017
2016 ELECTION/CYBERWAR/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/RUSSIA: “The Justice Department has identified more than six members of the Russian government involved in hacking the Democratic National Committee’s computers and swiping sensitive information that became public during the 2016 presidential election, according to people familiar with the investigation. Prosecutors and agents have assembled evidence to charge the Russian officials and […]
11/2/2017
GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/TAXES: “House Republicans, seeking the biggest transformation of the U.S. tax code in more than 30 years, aim to permanently chop the corporate tax rate from 35% to 20%, compress the number of individual income tax brackets, and repeal the taxes paid by large estates starting in 2024, according to a detailed summary […]
11/2/2017
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/RUSSIA: “A longtime associate of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort has hired a new team of lawyers to defend himself against charges brought in a probe looking at alleged Russian interference in the U.S. election, a spokesman said on Thursday [11-2-17]. Richard Gates and Manafort were charged with money laundering, conspiracy against the […]
11/2/2017
NEW YORK/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [11-2-17] called for the man accused of killing eight people and injuring 12 others by driving a truck down a crowded Manhattan bicycle path to be put to death…. The evening before, Mr. Trump also tweeted about the appropriate punishment for Sayfullo Saipov, the 29-year-old Uzbek […]
11/2/2017
BUSINESS/CHINA/COMMERCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Goldman Sachs Group Inc Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein will visit China as part of a business delegation in November at the same time as U.S. President Donald Trump, a Goldman spokesman confirmed. Blankfein will be the only executive of a major financial company traveling as part of the trade mission which is […]
11/2/2017
ENERGY/INTERIOR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration will work to minimize environmental impacts on Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge if Congress opens it to drilling, a top interior department official said ahead of his testimony today on Capitol Hill. Greg Sheehan, acting director of the Fish and Wildlife Service, said in an interview with The Wall […]
11/2/2017
GUANTANAMO/NEW YORK/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Would love to send the NYC terrorist to Guantanamo but statistically that process takes much longer than going through the Federal system… There is also something appropriate about keeping him in the home of the horrible crime he committed. Should move fast. DEATH PENALTY!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 2, 2017 06:50am […]
11/1/2017
NEW YORK/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “NYC terrorist was happy as he asked to hang ISIS flag in his hospital room. He killed 8 people, badly injured 12. SHOULD GET DEATH PENALTY!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 1, 2017 10:43pm […]
11/1/2017
CABINET/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great mtg w/ @Cabinet today. Tomorrow, I will be announcing the new head of the Fed. I think you will be extremely impressed by this person! https://t.co/5ASJVLGAiG” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 1, 2017 10:21pm […]
11/1/2017
MISC: “Happy birthday to @garyplayer, a truly great Champion and Person!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 1, 2017 09:45pm […]
11/1/2017
ENERGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It is finally happening for our great clean coal miners! https://t.co/suAnjs6Ccz” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 1, 2017 09:30pm […]
11/1/2017
NEW YORK/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just spoke to President Macri of Argentina about the five proud and wonderful men killed in the West Side terror attack. God be with them!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 1, 2017 09:09pm […]
11/1/2017
CLIMATE CHANGE/ENERGY/POLITICS: “Senator Lisa Murkowski was unequivocal when asked recently about rising global temperatures. ‘Climate change is real,’ the Alaska Republican told an audience in Anchorage. Yet her stance on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is just as clear. Senator Murkowski, who heads the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, has long argued […]
11/1/2017
NEW YORK/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said on Wednesday that he would consider sending the suspect arrested after the terrorist attack in New York to the American prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and called on Congress to cancel a longstanding immigration program that he blamed for allowing the man into the country. The president’s comments […]
11/1/2017
IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The American Civil Liberties Union sued the Trump administration on Tuesday [10-31-17] over its detention of a 10-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who was stopped by Border Patrol agents in Texas last week on her way to surgery. The girl, Rosa Maria Hernandez, had been living in Laredo, Tex., with her parents, […]
11/1/2017
GOP/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “There is a math problem at the root of the Republican delay in introducing a sprawling tax bill, and it grows, in part, from President Trump’s two non-negotiables on taxes. Mr. Trump has insisted on ‘massive’ tax cuts, including reducing the top corporate tax rate to 20 percent from 35 percent and […]
11/1/2017
HEALTHCARE/MEDICARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration said it is slashing a lucrative pharmaceutical subsidy Medicare pays some hospitals, prompting the American Hospital Association and other powerful hospital groups to threaten legal action to block the move. In a rule released Wednesday [11-1-17] evening, the federal agency that runs Medicare said it would sharply lower what […]
11/1/2017
CALIFORNIA/DREAMERS/IMMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “California’s attorney general and those in three other states asked a federal judge on Wednesday to temporarily block the Trump administration’s decision to rescind a program that protects undocumented immigrants who entered the U.S. as children. The request for a preliminary injunction comes in litigation being pursued by the states, along with […]
11/1/2017
FEDERAL RESERVE/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House has notified Federal Reserve governor Jerome Powell that President Donald Trump intends to nominate him as the next chairman of the central bank, according to a person familiar with the matter, a move likely to combine continuity on interest-rate policy with perhaps a lighter touch on financial regulation. […]
11/1/2017
2016 ELECTION/CYBERWAR/RUSSIA: “Russian operatives targeted users on Facebook Inc. by race, religion and interests such as gun ownership, the Confederate flag and Ivanka Trump’s jewelry line, according to advertising data released by lawmakers Wednesday as part of congressional investigations into Russian manipulation on social media around the U.S. election. The ads targeted groups on opposite […]
11/1/2017
COMMERCE/NASA: “Arguments over gay rights, climate change and other hot-button partisan issues sparked an escalating fight over Oklahoma GOP Rep. James Bridenstine’s bid to run the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The personal clashes and animosity that punctuated a Senate Commerce Committee hearing Wednesday [11-1-17]—highly unusual during confirmation of a NASA administrator—revealed a sharp break […]
11/1/2017
IMMIGRATION: “CHAIN MIGRATION must end now! Some people come in, and they bring their whole family with them, who can be truly evil. NOT ACCEPTABLE! https://t.co/PQGeTTdRtX” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 1, 2017 06:03pm […]
11/1/2017
NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thanks to @SenateMajLdr McConnell and the @SenateGOP we are appointing high-quality Federal District… and Appeals Court Judges at a record clip! Our courts are rapidly changing for the better!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 1, 2017 05:03pm and 05:03pm […]
11/1/2017
NEW YORK/POLICE/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you to the GREAT NYPD, First Responders and all govt officials for having handled the terrible West Side attack so professionally! https://t.co/imPIdOzjAn” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 1, 2017 04:14pm […]
11/1/2017
NEW YORK/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just spoke with @NYGovCuomo and @NYCMayor de Blasio to let them know that the federal government… fully supports any and all of their efforts with respect to the West Side attack. #NYCStrong” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 1, 2017 03:14pm and 03:14pm […]
11/1/2017
NEW YORK/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We mourn the horrifying terrorist attack in NYC. All of America is praying and grieving for the families who lost their precious loved ones. https://t.co/WZFHXoJE3K” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 1, 2017 02:26pm […]
11/1/2017
DHS/IMMIGRATION/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [11-1-17] slammed a visa lottery program that he said gave entry to the U.S for the driver of a rental truck who plowed into pedestrians and cyclists in New York… Mr. Saipov came to the U.S. from Uzbekistan in 2010, officials said. Immigration officials haven’t said publicly […]
11/1/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TAXES: “Wouldn’t it be great to Repeal the very unfair and unpopular Individual Mandate in ObamaCare and use those savings for further Tax Cuts… for the Middle Class. The House and Senate should consider ASAP as the process of final approval moves along. Push Biggest Tax Cuts EVER” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 1, 2017 09:59am […]
11/1/2017
FEDERAL RESERVE/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he thought Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen was ‘excellent’ but declined to say who was his pick to lead the U.S. central bank ahead of a planned announcement on Thursday afternoon. ‘I think Janet Yellen is excellent,’ Trump told reporters during a meeting with cabinet […]
11/1/2017
HEALTHCARE/MEDICARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PUERTO RICO: “Puerto Rico, still reeling from Hurricane Maria, is asking the Trump administration and U.S. lawmakers for help in staving off a Medicaid crisis that has put a quarter of the island’s residents at risk of losing medical care. The territory, which has grappled for years with shortfalls in funding of its Medicaid healthcare […]
11/1/2017
NEW YORK/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “#NYCStrong #USA?? https://t.co/6K3Xw5P87d” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 1, 2017 08:30am […]
11/1/2017
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday [11-1-17] announced his choices to lead U.S. attorney offices in California, Maryland, Connecticut, Texas, New Mexico and Louisiana, the White House said in a statement. The White House said Trump will nominate John Anderson for U.S. attorney for New Mexico; John Durham for Connecticut; Brandon […]
11/1/2017
CAMPAIGN/LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/RUSSIA: “Paul Manafort, former campaign manager for President Donald Trump, had three U.S. passports, millions in assets and ties to Russian oligarchs, according to federal court documents after his indictment on tax fraud and money laundering charges… Manafort, 68, and Gates, who also worked on Trump’s campaign, pleaded not guilty on Monday in a […]
11/1/2017
PROTESTS: “At least eight people were arrested at Cal State Fullerton on Tuesday [10-31-17] night during small but tense protests as conservative firebrand Milo Yiannopoulos spoke, blasting what he called the silencing of conservative views on college campuses. At least two people were arrested after a scuffle between left-wing protesters and right-wing counter-protesters, said university […]
11/1/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Consumers will begin signing up Wednesday [11-1-17] to take part in the Affordable Care Act next year, kicking off a crucial six-week stretch that could test the law’s durability amid Republican leaders’ continuing desire to see it repealed. This year’s annual open-enrollment period, the fifth in the ACA’s history, faces more uncertainty […]
11/1/2017
IMMIGRATION/POLITICS: ” ‘Senator Chuck Schumer helping to import Europes problems’ said Col.Tony Shaffer. We will stop this craziness! @foxandfriends” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 1, 2017 06:40am […]
11/1/2017
IMMIGRATION/NEW YORK/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We are fighting hard for Merit Based immigration, no more Democrat Lottery Systems. We must get MUCH tougher (and smarter). @foxandfriends” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 1, 2017 06:30am […]
11/1/2017
IMMIGRATION/NEW YORK/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The terrorist came into our country through what is called the ‘Diversity Visa Lottery Program,’ a Chuck Schumer beauty. I want merit based.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Nov. 1, 2017 06:24am […]
11/1/2017
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/POLITICS: “Senate Democrats are weighing whether to use their ultimate leverage — the threat of a government shutdown in December — in their bid to protect hundreds of thousands of so-called Dreamers from possible deportation. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), a prospective 2020 presidential hopeful, raised the specter of a year-end showdown last week when she […]
11/1/2017
2016 ELECTION/INTELLIGENCE/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s options are limited for ending the Russia probe he so wants to see over… Despite Trump’s desire to cut the Russia investigations short — and pressure from some allies to do so — the president and his advisers are quickly coming to the realization there isn’t much […]
11/1/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has been holed up in a series of rapid-fire briefing sessions on his upcoming 12-day, five-country tour through Asia — an effort the White House hopes will help avoid the kind of diplomatic snafus that have dogged his presidency. The trip — Trump’s longest yet — comes […]
10/31/2017
SUDAN/TRUMP MEMORANDA: “Notice Regarding the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Sudan On November 3, 1997, by Executive Order 13067, the President declared a national emergency with respect to Sudan pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) and took related steps to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat […]
10/31/2017
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER: “The target was a New York City titan — plain-spoken but Teflon, irresistible to the tabloids and insistent upon loyalty from his associates. The defendant, Vincent ‘the Chin’ Gigante, had accumulated power as the head of the Genovese crime family, feigning insanity to conceal his guilt. A prosecutor in Brooklyn was at […]
10/31/2017
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Three U.S. aircraft carriers are scheduled to travel near the Korean Peninsula soon, and the military may decide to keep them in the area for maneuvers that would coincide with President Donald Trump’s coming visit to Asia, U.S. defense officials said. It would be the first military exercise involving three U.S. carriers […]
10/31/2017
GOP/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Republican House members are working hard (and late) toward the Massive Tax Cuts that they know you deserve. These will be biggest ever!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 31, 2017 08:22pm […]
10/31/2017
EPA/SCOTT PRUITT: “Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, stripped a half-dozen scientists and academics of advisory positions Tuesday [10-31-7] and issued new rules barring anyone who receives E.P.A. grant money from serving on panels that counsel the agency on scientific decisions. The move will effectively bar a large number of academic researchers, […]
10/31/2017
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate on Tuesday [10-31-17] confirmed University of Notre Dame law professor Amy Barrett for a federal appeals court judgeship, closing for now a debate about whether it is appropriate for lawmakers to ask a nominee questions about their religious faith. Ms. Barrett was confirmed to the Seventh U.S. Circuit Court […]
10/31/2017
LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/RUSSIA: “The charges against Paul J. Manafort and an associate involve allegations of tax fraud in the United States, but anticorruption groups in Kiev say that Mr. Manafort profited from financial wrongdoing in their country and that it cost the Ukrainian people dearly… The indictment, unsealed in Washington, on Monday [10-30-17] accused Mr. Manafort […]
10/31/2017
2016 ELECTION/CYBERWAR/POLITICS/RUSSIA: “Senators pressed representatives from three technology giants to explain why they didn’t recognize Russia-linked accounts earlier, as the officials struck a contrite tone about the role their services played in stoking political tensions during the 2016 campaign… The officials also faced questions about voter-suppression efforts and whether Silicon Valley can or should police […]
10/31/2017
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/DONALD JR: “Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, who met with Donald Trump Jr. during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, wants permission to return to the United States to defend a claim by prosecutors that her client’s company has failed to pay a $6 million settlement in an international money laundering case. Veselnitskaya represented Prevezon […]
10/31/2017
NEW YORK/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “My thoughts, condolences and prayers to the victims and families of the New York City terrorist attack. God and your country are with you!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 31, 2017 05:57pm […]
10/31/2017
CALIFORNIA/LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/POLITICS: “A California neuroscientist vying to unseat Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher stepped up his criticism of the conservative on Tuesday [10-31-17], demanding he return a $1,000 contribution from indicted Trump adviser Paul Manafort. The Orange County seat held by Rohrabacher is key to Democrats’ hopes to increase their numbers in the U.S. House of […]
10/31/2017
NEW YORK/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We must not allow ISIS to return, or enter, our country after defeating them in the Middle East and elsewhere. Enough!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 31, 2017 05:31pm […]
10/31/2017
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s longtime aide and current communications director, Hope Hicks, is scheduled to speak with special counsel Robert Mueller’s team in mid-November, following the president’s trip to Asia, multiple people familiar with the schedule told POLITICO. Mueller’s team is also expected to interview three or four other current White House officials […]
10/31/2017
DRUGS/PHARMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Officials in multiple U.S. states are seeking to substantially expand a lawsuit accusing generic-drug companies of colluding to fix prices, including new allegations that high-ranking executives at two companies were directly involved. Attorneys general in 45 states plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico filed a motion in federal court in […]
10/31/2017
NEW YORK/POLICE/TERRORISM: “In NYC, looks like another attack by a very sick and deranged person. Law enforcement is following this closely. NOT IN THE U.S.A.!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 31, 2017 04:30pm […]
10/31/2017
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House on Tuesday [10-31-17] sought to take credit for the arrest of a former Trump campaign aide who had repeated contacts with Russia-linked officials offering ‘dirt’ on Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton — marking the latest damage control move as the Russia probe intensifies. President Donald Trump and other […]
10/31/2017
TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Federal trade officials are recommending that the Trump administration impose a tariff of up to 35% on imported solar panels to protect U.S. solar manufacturers from low-priced foreign products that have undercut the companies’ ability to compete. Members of the U.S. International Trade Commission outlined their various recommendations Tuesday [10-31-17], which […]
10/31/2017
ENERGY: “U.S. COAL PRODUCTION Up?7.8% past year. Down?31.5% last 10 years. #EndingWarOnCoal https://t.co/xr20OBb2DV” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 31, 2017 02:41pm […]
10/31/2017
MISC: ” ‘Home Prices Reach New All-Time Highs in August’ Read more: https://t.co/XzJiZgGQ8R https://t.co/STBtR6mO2j” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 31, 2017 02:14pm […]
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ECONOMY: ” ‘Consumer Confidence Hits Highest Level Since December 2000’ Read more: https://t.co/w7WkcobFun https://t.co/nLo5XCnuIx” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 31, 2017 01:11pm […]
10/31/2017
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A former senior adviser on President Donald Trump’s campaign team, Sam Clovis, sought to distance himself on Tuesday [10-31-17] from George Papadopoulos, an ex-campaign aide who has pleaded guilty in the probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. Papadopoulos pleaded guilty earlier this month to lying to Federal […]
10/31/2017
HOLIDAY: “Wishing everyone a safe and Happy Halloween! #Halloween2017 https://t.co/BRpgXVRI8Y” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 31, 2017 11:08am […]