TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you @LuisRiveraMarin! https://t.co/BK7sDv9phU” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 31, 2017 10:48am […]
10/31/2017
GOP/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House Republican tax plan will preserve a top individual tax rate of 39.6%, according to people familiar with the matter, though party leaders are delaying its release by a day to iron out unresolved issues. The plan for the top rate marks a retreat for Republicans on a question that has […]
10/31/2017
CAMPAIGN/INTELLIGENCE/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [10-31-17] described a former campaign adviser who pleaded guilty in connection with an investigation into Russian activity in the 2016 election as a young, little-known, low-level volunteer and proven liar. The adviser, George Papadopoulos, pleaded guilty earlier this month to lying to the Federal Bureau of […]
10/31/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: ” ‘Statement by President Trump on the Apprehension of Mustafa al-Imam for His Alleged Role in Benghazi Attacks’ https://t.co/2U7WJmfGlM” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 31, 2017 09:46am […]
10/31/2017
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/LOBBYING/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “An industry group for lobbyists on Tuesday [10-31-17] called on Congress to overhaul the transparency laws that govern their activity in the wake of indictments of two lobbyists, including Paul Manafort, a former campaign manager for U.S. President Donald Trump. Charges filed by Justice Department Special Counsel Robert Mueller alleged Manafort […]
10/31/2017
DEMS/FAKE NEWS/LOBBYING: “The biggest story yesterday, the one that has the Dems in a dither, is Podesta running from his firm. What he know about Crooked Dems is… earth shattering. He and his brother could Drain The Swamp, which would be yet another campaign promise fulfilled. Fake News weak!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 31, 2017 […]
10/31/2017
2016 ELECTION/CYBERWAR/POLITICS: “A bipartisan pair of U.S. senators plans to introduce legislation on Tuesday [10-31-17] seeking to boost the cyber defenses of state election systems, after warnings from senior U.S. officials that future elections may be vulnerable to foreign interference. The Securing America’s Voting Equipment, or SAVE, Act is the latest attempt by lawmakers to […]
10/31/2017
TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I hope people will start to focus on our Massive Tax Cuts for Business (jobs) and the Middle Class (in addition to Democrat corruption)!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 31, 2017 07:21am […]
10/31/2017
CAMPAIGN/FAKE NEWS/PAUL MANAFORT/RUSSIA: “The Fake News is working overtime. As Paul Manaforts lawyer said, there was ‘no collusion’ and events mentioned took place long before he… came to the campaign. Few people knew the young, low level volunteer named George, who has already proven to be a liar. Check the DEMS!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October […]
10/31/2017
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House Chief of Staff John Kelly’s comment that the U.S. Civil War was sparked by a lack of ‘compromise’ drew criticism and reignited a debate over Confederate monuments and the role of slavery. In an interview on Monday [10-30-17] night with Fox News, Kelly was asked whether a Virginia church should […]
10/31/2017
EX-IM BANK/NOMINATION/SCOTT GARRETT: “A long-brewing fight over former Rep. Scott Garrett’s candidacy to lead the Export-Import Bank, an agency he has twice voted to shut down, will come to a head this week when he testifies in front of a Senate panel reviewing his nomination. President Donald Trump’s decision to nominate Mr. Garrett, a New […]
10/31/2017
LGBTQ/POLITICS: “Virginia Democrat Danica Roem has been called a man by conservative opponents attacking her views on LGBT rights as she campaigns to become the United States’ only transgender state legislator. Roem does not shy away from her gender identity. In one campaign ad, she applies makeup at a bathroom mirror and takes hormone pills. […]
10/30/2017
INTELLIGENCE/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA: “With Monday’s [10-30-17] unsealing of a 12-count indictment and a guilty plea, Special Counsel Robert Mueller signaled that his probe into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election has taken him far beyond the campaign, former prosecutors and legal experts said. The sweep of the tax and money-laundering charges against former Trump […]
10/30/2017
BERNIE SANDERS/POLITICAL FIGURES/TAXES: “Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders campaigned with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday [10-30-17], endorsing him as someone who would fight the agenda of President Donald Trump. ‘Everything that Mayor de Blasio is trying to do is exactly the opposite of what Donald Trump is trying to do. And you […]
10/30/2017
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The indictment Monday [10-30-17] of Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, and his associate, Rick Gates, begins a new phase in special counsel Robert Mueller’s sprawling investigation whose ultimate outcome remains unknown but that will consume the White House for months to come. True, Mueller’s 12-count indictment of Paul Manafort […]
10/30/2017
PROTESTS/TEXAS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Long before President Trump escalated the debate over protests during the national anthem, two Texas teenagers began challenging injustice in their own way, by sitting through the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. Now, they are separately suing their schools, saying that teachers and administrators shamed or punished them for their protests, […]
10/30/2017
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/FBI/LEGAL/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rick Gates followed Paul Manafort to Eastern Europe, Africa, the Trump presidential campaign, and now a federal building where he surrendered on Monday to the F.B.I. Mr. Gates, 45, is a former business associate of Mr. Manafort, the ousted chairman of Mr. Trump’s presidential campaign who also turned himself in to the […]
10/30/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Dozens of insurers are leaving the Affordable Care Act’s federal insurance exchange, and consumers who don’t get premium help will see some rates for popular plans jump by more than 30% next year, according to a Trump administration report released Monday [10-30-17]. The data, which come just before Wednesday’s launch of open […]
10/30/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAN/NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “More than 90 top American experts in atomic sciences, including a designer of the hydrogen bomb, publicly threw their weight behind the Iran nuclear agreement on Monday, exhorting Congress to preserve the accord in the face of President Trump’s disavowal of it. In a letter to Senate and House leaders […]
10/30/2017
TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “The United States pledged $60 million on Monday [10-30-17] to a new United Nations-backed antiterrorism force from five African countries including Niger, where four American soldiers were killed early this month. The pledge, announced by Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson in Washington and Ambassador Nikki R. Haley at the United Nations, […]
10/30/2017
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/LOBBYING/ROBERT MUELLER: “Democratic lobbyist Tony Podesta is leaving the Washington firm he founded as the Podesta Group finds itself caught up in an investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller, according to people familiar with the move. Mr. Podesta told employees of his lobbying firm at a companywide meeting on Monday [10-30-17] that he planned […]
10/30/2017
GOP/MIKE PENCE/TAXES: “Vice President Mike Pence will meet with lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Tuesday [10-31-17] as Republicans grappled with key provisions in the tax cut bill and lobbyists expressed concern that a bill might not be ready by a self-imposed deadline… He said the number of unresolved issues was ‘very, very few,’ but did […]
10/30/2017
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The indictments of two former Trump campaign officials and emergence of a third ex-Trump adviser who appears to be cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election could throw a wrench into Congress’ parallel Russia probes. That’s in part because neither of Congress’ intelligence committees […]
10/30/2017
FBI/FEMA/PUERTO RICO: “The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating a decision by Puerto Rico’s power authority to award a $300 million contract to a tiny Montana energy firm to rebuild electrical infrastructure damaged in Hurricane Maria, according to people familiar with the matter. Agents from the FBI’s San Juan field office are looking into circumstances […]
10/30/2017
LEGAL/LGBTQ/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal court on Monday [10-30-17] blocked parts of President Trump’s ban on transgender service members, preventing the Pentagon from overturning policies initiated by the Obama administration to allow transgender troops from serving openly. The order in Washington by U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly temporarily prevents to the Pentagon from enacting the […]
10/30/2017
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA: “Special counsel Robert Mueller unveiled the first charges Monday [10-30-17] connected to his probe into Moscow’s influence in the 2016 election, accusing two Trump campaign officials of not paying taxes on millions earned working for Ukrainian politicians and obtaining a guilty plea from a third who admitted lying about his contacts with […]
10/30/2017
PAUL MANAFORT/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort was taken into custody Monday [10-30-17] on charges that he laundered more than $18 million in funds from his work for a pro-Russia party in Ukraine through offshore accounts. In a separate plea deal in court documents that were unsealed Monday, George Papadopoulos, a foreign-policy […]
10/30/2017
FBI/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A foreign-policy adviser to the Trump campaign pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with a professor connected to Russian government officials, according to court documents unsealed on Monday [10-30-17]. George Papadopoulos admitted he misled the FBI in a January interview by telling agents that he had only […]
10/30/2017
CYBERWAR/RUSSIA: “Workers behind Russian-linked Facebook Inc. accounts helped organize or finance real-life events before and after the 2016 election, often working directly with U.S. activists and playing both sides of the same hot-button issue—even on the same day. In July 2016, as outrage swelled over fatal shootings in Dallas and Minneapolis, alleged social-media agitators tied […]
10/30/2017
CAMPAIGN/LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT: “….Also, there is NO COLLUSION!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 30, 2017 09:28am […]
10/30/2017
CAMPAIGN/LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT: “Sorry, but this is years ago, before Paul Manafort was part of the Trump campaign. But why aren’t Crooked Hillary & the Dems the focus?????” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 30, 2017 09:25am […]
10/30/2017
FEMA/PUERTO RICO: “Puerto Rico’s governor said Sunday [10-29-17] he would cancel a $300 million reconstruction contract with a little-known Montana energy firm, saying the controversial agreement was detracting from the U.S. territory’s disaster response. Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announced the cancellation in a press conference at the governor’s mansion after the Federal Emergency Management Agency and […]
10/30/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “Jared Kushner and other senior White House advisers traveled to Saudi Arabia last week to continue discussions on Middle East peace, a White House official told CNN. Deputy national security adviser Dina Powell and Jason Greenblatt, special representative for international negotiations, joined Kushner on the trip. Kushner, President Donald Trump’s […]
10/30/2017
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Great job by MichaelCaputo on @foxandfriends.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 30, 2017 06:50am […]
10/30/2017
DEMS: “Report out that Obama Campaign paid $972,000 to Fusion GPS. The firm also got $12,400,000 (really?) from DNC. Nobody knows who OK’d!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 30, 2017 06:37am […]
10/30/2017
EPA/SCOTT PRUITT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Lawyers are digging in for longer and more expensive fights with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The new posture follows an order by EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt that environmental groups say will complicate settlements when plaintiff lawyers sue the agency for habitually failing to issue regulations on schedule. The directive, released […]
10/30/2017
HHS/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Five months after President Donald Trump nominated Stephen Parente to be an assistant secretary for Health and Human Services, the nation’s largest health insurer quietly gave a $1.2 million gift to a tiny academic research center that Parente helped found and served as director over the past decade. Parente, who is still […]
10/29/2017
DEFENSE/JAMES MATTIS/MILITARY/REX TILLERSON/STATE: “U.S. lawmakers will grill top Trump administration officials on Monday [10-30-17] about a new authorization for the use of military force in the campaign against Islamic State and other militant groups, Congress’ most significant step in years toward taking back control of its constitutional right to authorize war. Secretary of State Rex […]
10/29/2017
FEDERAL RESERVE/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is likely to announce Federal Reserve governor Jerome Powell as his nominee to be the next chairman of the U.S. central bank next week, according to a person familiar with the matter. The president hasn’t made a formal decision and could still change his mind, several people familiar […]
10/29/2017
RUSSIA/TAXES: “All of this ‘Russia’ talk right when the Republicans are making their big push for historic Tax Cuts & Reform. Is this coincidental? NOT!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 29, 2017 09:48am […]
10/29/2017
GOP/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Never seen such Republican ANGER & UNITY as I have concerning the lack of investigation on Clinton made Fake Dossier (now $12,000,000?),… the Uranium to Russia deal, the 33,000 plus deleted Emails, the Comey fix and so much more. Instead they look at phony Trump/Russia,… ‘collusion,’ which doesn’t exist. The Dems are […]
10/29/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TAXES: “As usual, the ObamaCare premiums will be up (the Dems own it), but we will Repeal & Replace and have great Healthcare soon after Tax Cuts!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 29, 2017 08:12am […]
10/29/2017
LEGAL/POLITICS/SANCTUARY CITIES: “The candidates for governor of Virginia this fall are battling over the question of ‘sanctuary cities,’ and Democrats fear it will become a new cudgel to be used against them in next year’s mid-term elections, especially if they lose in Virginia. Republican Ed Gillespie has pressed the matter in TV ads, debates and […]
10/28/2017
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump is confident that neither his former campaign chairman nor his former national security adviser has damaging information about him to offer prosecutors, a White House lawyer told The New York Times. ‘The president has no concerns in terms of any impact, as to what happens to them, on his […]
10/28/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR: “As North Korea races to build a weapon that for the first time could threaten American cities, its neighbors are debating whether they need their own nuclear arsenals. The North’s rapidly advancing capabilities have scrambled military calculations across the region, and doubts are growing the United States will be able to keep […]
10/28/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “JFK Files are released, long ahead of schedule!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 28, 2017 06:15pm […]
10/28/2017
ENTERTAINMENT: “While not at all presidential I must point out that the Sloppy Michael Moore Show on Broadway was a TOTAL BOMB and was forced to close. Sad!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 28, 2017 05:19pm […]
10/28/2017
HOLIDAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Happy #FirstRespondersDay to all of our HEROES out there. We are forever grateful to you for your service, sacrifice and courage 24/7/365! https://t.co/vOcTlyOeyw” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 28, 2017 05:08pm […]
10/28/2017
CIA/JOHN KELLY/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After strict consultation with General Kelly, the CIA and other Agencies, I will be releasing ALL #JFKFiles other than the names and… addresses of any mentioned person who is still living. I am doing this for reasons of full disclosure, transparency and… in order to put any and all conspiracy […]
10/28/2017
CRISIS/DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Everyone can help fight the #OpioidEpidemic by participating! https://t.co/ONObTWOaOn https://t.co/CYG11DnxH7” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 28, 2017 09:37am […]
10/28/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just read the nice remarks by President Jimmy Carter about me and how badly I am treated by the press (Fake News). Thank you Mr. President!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 28, 2017 07:28am […]
10/28/2017
ECONOMY: “Very little reporting about the GREAT GDP numbers announced yesterday (3.0 despite the big hurricane hits). Best consecutive Q’s in years!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 28, 2017 07:22am […]
10/27/2017
HILLARY CLINTON/RUSSIA: ” ‘WHAT HAPPENED’ ‘How Team Hillary played the press for fools on Russia’ ➡️https://t.co/GqpIidk017 NOW WE KNOW! https://t.co/SgWL1HZmkI” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 27, 2017 09:13pm […]
10/27/2017
DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “One of the newest arrivals this week at the Baptist Children’s Home Ministries facility for child migrants in San Antonio, Tex., is 10 years old. She has cerebral palsy. Her name is Rosa Maria Hernandez, and she does not understand why, days after undergoing emergency gallbladder surgery, she has not yet seen […]
10/27/2017
DRUGS/HHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration announced Friday [10-27-17] it is relaxing a federal privacy rule that prevents health providers from notifying family members about a drug overdose, one of the administration’s most significant policy shifts to combat the nation’s opioid crisis. The new rule will explicitly permit health-care providers to share information with family […]
10/27/2017
BETSY DEVOS/EDUCATION: “For years, Betsy DeVos traveled the country — and opened her checkbook — as she worked as a conservative advocate to promote the expansion of voucher programs that allow parents to use taxpayer funds to send their children to private and religious schools. A detailed look at the first six months of Ms. […]
10/27/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For nearly a decade, Yonis Bernal felt perfectly secure carrying a green card that allowed him to live and work legally in the United States. Becoming a citizen was not a priority, he said. The need to study for an oral civics test, pay a hefty application fee and miss work to […]
10/27/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “#JFKFiles https://t.co/AnPBSJFh3J” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 27, 2017 07:05pm […]
10/27/2017
LABOR/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Labor Department will appeal a judge’s ruling that struck down an overtime-pay rule authored by the Obama administration, a move designed to preserve the Trump administration’s authority to reshape the rule to its own liking. By filing the appeal, the department is seeking to maintain Secretary Alexander Acosta’s ability to establish […]
10/27/2017
MISC: “Happy Birthday @TheLeeGreenwood! #FlashbackFriday https://t.co/MCrMK6Eurm” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 27, 2017 06:33pm […]
10/27/2017
FEDERAL RESERVE/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “People are anxiously awaiting my decision as to who the next head of the Fed will be…. ?https://t.co/PEj1KNYcAO” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 27, 2017 04:17pm […]
10/27/2017
DEMS/GOP/RUSSIA: “.@FoxNews Chris Wallace: ‘More evidence of Dem collusion with Russia than GOP’ https://t.co/nACQerJSiu” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 27, 2017 03:33pm […]
10/27/2017
CALIFORNIA/GOP/NEW YORK/TAXES: “New York and California’s Democratic governors said on Friday [10-27-17] residents would face hefty tax increases and some would leave their states under a proposal in the Republican tax plan that would eliminate state and local tax (SALT) deductions on federal income tax. Andrew Cuomo of New York and Jerry Brown of California […]
10/27/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We are inspired by the stories of everyday heroes who pull their communities from the depths of despair through leadership and love. https://t.co/DL3oan4Fm7” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 27, 2017 01:16pm […]
10/27/2017
FEDERAL RESERVE/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is expected to announce his choice for the next leader of the U.S. central bank next week, a person familiar with the matter said Friday [10-27-17]. The person cautioned that the president hasn’t made an official decision on the choice. But he is expected to make clear for […]
10/27/2017
DHS/FEMA/PUERTO RICO: “Questions surrounding a $300 million deal to reconstruct Puerto Rico’s electrical grid continue to reverberate as federal and local politicians began investigating the U.S. territory’s disaster-recovery spending. The Federal Emergency Management Agency held a three-hour conference call earlier this week to scrutinize a reconstruction contract awarded by Puerto Rico’s public power authority to […]
10/27/2017
BUDGET: “Diane Black of Tennessee, the highly respected House Budget Committee Chairwoman, did a GREAT job in passing Budget, setting up big Tax Cuts” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 27, 2017 09:52am […]
10/27/2017
MISC: “Thank you @FLGovScott. https://t.co/rgdU9plvFK” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 27, 2017 09:33am […]
10/27/2017
ABORTION/DHS/HHS/IMMIGRATION/TEXAS: “After a visit to a federal detention center in Texas earlier this year, Scott Lloyd focused on the details of one pregnant girl. He wanted to ensure she had food she liked and was comfortable, and he wanted to counsel her against having an abortion… The shelter, for children who cross the U.S. border […]
10/27/2017
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA: “It is now commonly agreed, after many months of COSTLY looking, that there was NO collusion between Russia and Trump. Was collusion with HC!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 27, 2017 08:33am […]
10/27/2017
MISC: “Happy birthday to the great @TheLeeGreenwood. You and your beautiful song have made such a difference. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 27, 2017 07:50am […]
10/27/2017
GOP/TAXES: “As Republicans push forward to rewrite the tax code, some stakeholders are warning that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is adopting the same legislative strategy that proved unsuccessful with health care… Republicans are taking that same approach on the tax package—despite efforts by some Democrats to engage in the process, according to lawmaker interviews… […]
10/27/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “JFK Files are being carefully released. In the end there will be great transparency. It is my hope to get just about everything to public!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 27, 2017 06:38am […]
10/27/2017
MISC: “Happy birthday to the great @leegreenwood83. You and your beautiful song have made such a difference. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 27, 2017 06:26am […]
10/27/2017
POLITICS: “Good luck to @Joy_Villa on her decision to enter the wonderful world of politics. She has many fans!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 27, 2017 06:16am […]
10/27/2017
BUDGET/GOP: “Congratulations to @SpeakerRyan, @GOPLeader, @SteveScalise and to the Republican Party on Budget passage yesterday. Now for biggest Tax Cuts” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 27, 2017 06:09am […]
10/27/2017
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you @foxandfriends. Really great job and show!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 27, 2017 05:59am […]
10/27/2017
POLITICAL FIGURES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Wacky & totally unhinged Tom Steyer, who has been fighting me and my Make America Great Again agenda from beginning, never wins elections!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 27, 2017 05:58am […]
10/27/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Insurers selling Affordable Care Act plans have a compelling new pitch: free health insurance. When sales of plans on the law’s exchanges begin Nov. 1, a growing number of consumers around the country will be able to get coverage for 2018 without paying any monthly premium, according to health insurers and an analysis of […]
10/27/2017
POLICE/PROTESTS/RACISM: “Law-enforcement officials in Tennessee are gearing up for two white nationalist rallies this Saturday [10-28-17], preparing expansive security measures and calling for community members to avoid the events by groups that marched in Charlottesville earlier this summer. ‘White Lives Matter’ events will be held in Shelbyville, Tenn., a city of 21,000, and Murfreesboro, a […]
10/27/2017
2016 ELECTION/GOP/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republican lawmakers say they’re approaching the end of their investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election even though the most politically explosive issue — whether associates of President Donald Trump colluded with the Kremlin — remains unresolved. That will present Democrats who have spent a year amplifying suspicions about […]
10/27/2017
DEFENSE/JAMES MATTIS/NORTH KOREA: “Defense Secretary Jim Mattis denounced North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un’s regime as a threat to regional security during a visit to the demilitarized zone that divides the two Koreas, even as he reaffirmed the U.S.’s commitment to diplomacy. ‘North Korean provocations continue to threaten regional and global security despite unanimous condemnation […]
10/27/2017
LEGAL/POLITICS/WOMEN: “Two female lawmakers and several congressional staffers are calling for an overhaul of Capitol Hill’s policies on sexual harassment, citing a culture of tolerance in a workplace long known as a boys’ club. The sexual harassment scandals involving major Hollywood and media figures are focusing new attention on Congress’ procedures, which critics say are […]
10/26/2017
TRUMP MEMORANDA: “Presidential Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies Temporary Certification for Certain Records Related to the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy The American public expects — and deserves — its Government to provide as much access as possible to the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records (records) so that the […]
10/26/2017
DRUGS/HHS/PHARMA/TRUMP MEMORANDA: “Presidential Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies Combatting the National Drug Demand and Opioid Crisis.. It shall be the policy of the United States to use all lawful means to combat the drug demand and opioid crisis currently afflicting our country. Individuals, families, and communities across the United States continue […]
10/26/2017
DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “WORKING TOGETHER, we will defeat this #OpioidEpidemic & free our nation from the terrible affliction of drug abuse. https://t.co/iAZjqGMwav https://t.co/mZI5uQN4oZ” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 26, 2017 08:18pm […]
10/26/2017
2016 ELECTION/FBI/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Federal Bureau of Investigation is expected to hand over to Congress documents related to a controversial and unverified dossier on President Donald Trump by next week, ending a long-running impasse between lawmakers and federal law enforcement. Speaking to reporters, House Speaker Paul Ryan said that the FBI had agreed to […]
10/26/2017
IRS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration on Thursday [10-26-17] said it has agreed to pay between $1 million and $10 million to settle lawsuits against the Internal Revenue Service for targeting tea-party groups in the Obama era, saying in court documents that the IRS ‘admits that its treatment…was wrong.’ The Justice Department entered into […]
10/26/2017
DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Effective today, my administration officially declared the #OpioidCrisis a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY under federal law. https://t.co/YosOBurdCw” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 26, 2017 04:29pm […]
10/26/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VOTER FRAUD: “A federal watchdog agency will investigate President Donald Trump’s Election Integrity Commission, it was announced Thursday [10-26-17]. The Government Accountability Office plans to probe the voter fraud panel’s funding, internal operations and how it is protecting and sorting the tens of millions of sensitive voter files the commission has collected. The […]
10/26/2017
BUDGET/HOUSE OF REPS/TAXES: “House Republicans cleared a crucial hurdle in their drive to overhaul the tax code Thursday after narrowly approving the Senate’s budget. By passing the measure, 216-212, Republicans unlocked procedural powers that allow the Senate to pass a tax bill with just 51 votes — and evade Democratic filibusters. But even with the […]
10/26/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s administration is spending $1.75 million on furniture for the White House and offices tied to it, according to government records. That includes $17,000 for custom rugs, $7,000 for ‘furniture pedestals’ and $5,000 for wallpaper. There’s also $12,800 for a custom conference table from a company that made one for […]
10/26/2017
DEMS/GOP/POLITICS: “Six Democrats are crowding into a House primary race here to challenge an incumbent Republican in next year’s midterm election. One identifies with the anti-Trump ‘resistance’ movement. Another calls himself a ‘practical progressive.’ Two already have more campaign cash than the incumbent, Rep. John Culberson. It’s exactly the kind of congressional seat Democrats will […]
10/26/2017
BORDER/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Seven months after the federal government asked for bids to build a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico, the country will get its first glimpse of President Donald Trump’s vision, rising on a dusty patch of desert here. Eight completed border-wall models will be unveiled Thursday [10-26-17] in a pageant of […]
10/26/2017
DRUGS/HHS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [10-26-17] will declare opioid addiction a ‘public health emergency,’ seeking to elevate the crisis within his administration without an immediate provision of additional funds. The description stops short of the ‘national emergency’ designation that Mr. Trump had said over the summer he would apply to the epidemic […]
10/26/2017
BUDGET: “Big news – Budget just passed!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 26, 2017 10:05am […]
10/26/2017
GOP: “Do not underestimate the UNITY within the Republican Party!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 26, 2017 09:30am […]
10/26/2017
POLITICAL FIGURES: “Ed Gillespie will be a great Governor of Virginia. His opponent doesn’t even show up to meetings/work, and will be VERY weak on crime!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 26, 2017 09:11am […]
10/26/2017
POLITICAL FIGURES: “Ed Gillespie will turn the really bad Virginia economy #’s around, and fast. Strong on crime, he might even save our great statues/heritage!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 26, 2017 09:07am […]
10/26/2017
MEDIA: “Will be another Sean success! https://t.co/SlNTENvJLA” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 26, 2017 08:45am […]