NIKKI HALEY/UN: “The American ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki R. Haley, on Thursday criticized the organization over its inquiry into the killings of two investigators in the Democratic Republic of Congo, saying that it amounted to only a ‘first step’ in tracking down those responsible. The United Nations issued a report on Wednesday that […]
8/17/2017
CLIMATE CHANGE/GOP/TAXES: “With a sweeping overhaul of the tax code on the horizon, two Senate Democrats believe this is the moment to broach the third rail of climate change policy: a carbon tax. The plan by the senators, Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and Brian Schatz of Hawaii, to level a $49 per metric ton […]
8/17/2017
LEGAL: “The American Civil Liberties Union, taking a tougher stance on armed protests, will no longer defend hate groups seeking to march with firearms, the group’s executive director said. Following clashes over the weekend in Charlottesville, Va., the civil-rights group also will screen clients more closely for the potential of violence at their rallies, said […]
8/17/2017
RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump defended the ‘beautiful’ statues commemorating Confederate leaders and lamented efforts to remove them, weighing in on an issue central to the weekend’s deadly violence in Charlottesville, Va… The debate over the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee, a top commander of Confederate forces in the Civil War, […]
8/17/2017
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s specific attacks on about a half-dozen U.S. senators, all but one of whom are fellow Republicans, in just the past four weeks are prompting senators to protect their own while casting a wary eye at an unpredictable White House. Mr. Trump’s latest target is Sen. Jeff Flake (R., Ariz.), […]
8/17/2017
RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House pulled the plug Thursday [8-17-17] on a planned council that was to advise President Donald Trump on rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure, acknowledging that the proposed members would come under pressure not to participate because of the controversy surrounding the president’s remarks amid the Charlottesville furor. ‘The President’s Advisory […]
8/17/2017
TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Study what General Pershing of the United States did to terrorists when caught. There was no more Radical Islamic Terror for 35 years!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 17, 2017 01:45pm […]
8/17/2017
TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States condemns the terror attack in Barcelona, Spain, and will do whatever is necessary to help. Be tough & strong, we love you!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 17, 2017 01:00pm […]
8/17/2017
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sen. Cory Booker plans to introduce a bill to remove statues from the US Capitol honoring Confederate soldiers despite President Donald Trump calling these memorials ‘beautiful.’ ‘I will be introducing a bill to remove Confederate statues from the US Capitol building. This is just one step. We have much work to do,’ […]
8/17/2017
ETHICS/NEIL GORSUCH/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch is slated to headline a September event at the Trump International Hotel. The ‘Defending Freedom Luncheon,’ hosted by the nonprofit Fund for American Studies, is an invitation-only event to celebrate ‘the constitutional framework that has protected our free society and made America exceptional,’ according to the […]
8/17/2017
NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “South Korea’s leader said President Donald Trump agreed to discuss options, including a U.S. military strike, with him before taking any action to rein in North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs. President Moon Jae-in’s remarks Thursday came as the latest round of warlike rhetoric over North Korea’s weapons tests appeared […]
8/17/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/SOUTH KOREA/TRADE DEALS: “U. S. and South Korean negotiators will meet next week in Seoul to potentially amend a five-year-old trade agreement, which President Donald Trump has called ‘horrible’ and blamed for a larger American trade deficit. The agreement, known as Korus FTA—which has been in place since 2012—has been a source of tension […]
8/17/2017
GOP/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Taking down statues of Confederate figures is ‘just like’ removing a monument to victims of the 9/11 attacks, Gov. Paul LePage said Thursday [8-17-17], adding that the white nationalist and far-left protesters in Charlottesville over the weekend were ‘equally as bad’ and ‘disgusting.’ The Republican governor made the comments during an appearance […]
8/17/2017
RACISM/RELIGION/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA/JARED KUSHNER: “Sequestered on a brief holiday with her husband Jared Kushner in Vermont, Ivanka Trump, President Donald Trump’s eldest daughter — one of his senior advisers and the closest member of his family who is Jewish — has yet to comment on the events of her father’s Tuesday [8-16-17] afternoon press conference. In […]
8/17/2017
CYBERWAR/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump is close to making a decision to elevate the status of the Pentagon’s Cyber Command, signaling more emphasis on developing cyber weapons to deter attacks, punish intruders and tackle adversaries, current and former officials told Reuters on Thursday [8-17-17]. A current U.S. official, who was speaking on […]
8/17/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments. You… can’t change history, but you can learn from it. Robert E Lee, Stonewall Jackson – who’s next, Washington, Jefferson? So foolish! Also… the beauty that is being taken […]
8/17/2017
JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Many meetings today in Bedminster including with Secretary Linda M and Small Business. Job numbers are looking great!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 17, 2017 07:59am […]
8/17/2017
GOP/POLITICS: “Great to see that Dr. Kelli Ward is running against Flake Jeff Flake, who is WEAK on borders, crime and a non-factor in Senate. He’s toxic!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 17, 2017 05:56am […]
8/17/2017
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The public is learning (even more so) how dishonest the Fake News is. They totally misrepresent what I say about hate, bigotry etc. Shame!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 17, 2017 05:32am […]
8/17/2017
RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Publicity seeking Lindsey Graham falsely stated that I said there is moral equivalency between the KKK, neo-Nazis & white supremacists… and people like Ms. Heyer. Such a disgusting lie. He just can’t forget his election trouncing.The people of South Carolina will remember!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 17, 2017 05:19am and 05:24am […]
8/16/2017
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Fox News, television’s equivalent of a presidential safe space, kept up its steadfast defense of President Trump even as he faced an uproar this week over his response to the violence at a white supremacist rally in Virginia last Saturday. Anchors like Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson praised the president and lauded […]
8/16/2017
MILITARY: “New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday [8-16-17] urged acting Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy to remove names of Confederate generals from streets on the Fort Hamilton military base in Brooklyn. In a letter to Mr. McCarthy, Mr. Cuomo said the streets in question—Stonewall Jackson Drive and General Lee Avenue—’are named for leaders […]
8/16/2017
BUSINESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump found himself increasingly isolated in a racial crisis of his own making on Wednesday [8-16-17], abandoned by the nation’s top business executives, contradicted by military leaders and shunned by Republicans outraged by his defense of white nationalist protesters in Charlottesville, Va. The breach with the business community was the most […]
8/16/2017
SANCTUARY CITIES: “THANK YOU @MayorGimenez for following the RULE OF LAW! Sanctuary cities make our country LESS SAFE! Full remarks: https://t.co/Kz2EsQ3f1v https://t.co/vD3BB3hyti” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August Aug 16, 2017 09:55pm […]
8/16/2017
CHINA/MILITARY/NORTH KOREA: “The Pentagon’s top general on Wednesday [8-16-17] said he discussed with his Chinese counterparts ways to coordinate with China’s military to avoid dangerous miscalculations should war break out with North Korea. Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, described the contingency talks after he paid a rare visit to the […]
8/16/2017
BUSINESS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The bar for a chief executive of a public corporation to repudiate a United States president is extraordinarily high. Corporate leaders aren’t given their power, prestige, responsibility and nine-figure pay packages to use the corner office as their personal soapbox. With President Trump’s comments on white supremacists and other right-wing extremists ringing […]
8/16/2017
BUSINESS/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After President Trump accused Amazon on Wednesday [8-16-17] morning of hurting local retailers and jobs by not paying taxes, the company’s shares dipped in premarket trading. ‘Amazon is doing great damage to tax paying retailers. Towns, cities and states throughout the U.S. are being hurt — many jobs being lost!’ he tweeted […]
8/16/2017
RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump’s personal lawyer on Wednesday [8-17-17] forwarded an email to conservative journalists, government officials and friends that echoed secessionist Civil War propaganda and declared that the group Black Lives Matter ‘has been totally infiltrated by terrorist groups.’ The email forwarded by John Dowd, who is leading the president’s legal team, […]
8/16/2017
MILITARY/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Trump administration plunged America’s Asian allies into new confusion Thursday over its strategy for countering North Korea’s nuclear threat, as the chief White House strategist and top general offered radically different approaches to the crisis… Stephen K. Bannon, the nationalist ideologue who is Mr. Trump’s chief strategist, said in an interview […]
8/16/2017
RACISM/RELIGION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Jewish members of President Trump’s administration remained largely silent Wednesday [8-16-17] after Mr. Trump came to the defense of nationalist and right-wing protesters in Charlottesville, Va., who had chanted anti-Semitic slogans and demeaned the president’s Jewish son-in-law. Gary D. Cohn, the director of the president’s National Economic Council, who is Jewish, was described […]
8/16/2017
TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump’s longtime aide Hope Hicks will serve as the interim White House director of communications and will help the president find a permanent person for the job, according to a senior administration official. However temporary it is, it was the latest reshuffling in the White House and comes at a time when […]
8/16/2017
SUPPORTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The mayor of Phoenix says he is ‘disappointed’ that President Donald Trump has scheduled a rally for his city as the nation ‘is still healing from the tragic events in Charlottesville,’ and says he wants Trump to delay the event. Mayor Greg Stanton, a Democrat who has been in office since 2012, […]
8/16/2017
CHINA/NORTH KOREA/TRADE DEALS/UN: “Trucks packed with seafood were backed up, bumper to bumper, at the Chinese border with North Korea. Protesters carried red banners demanding compensation. And Chinese businessmen who have been making big money from North Korean crabs, shrimp and squid were furious. United Nations sanctions banning the import of North Korean seafood started […]
8/16/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/RACISM: “City officials across the country are nervously trying to figure out how to avoid becoming the next Charlottesville as alt-right leaders and white nationalist groups vow to stage more rallies in coming days. A group claiming it is advocating free speech has planned a rally for Saturday [8-12-17] on the historic Boston Common, […]
8/16/2017
BUSINESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s turnabout on the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia has rocked his administration, leading to rising speculation that some top officials may be looking for a way out. A parade of business executives broke ties with Trump on Wednesday [8-16-17], a day after he blamed white nationalists and counter-protesters in equal […]
8/16/2017
RACISM/RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA/JARED KUSHNER: “The rabbi who oversaw Ivanka Trump’s conversion to Judaism has released a letter to the congregation of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump’s longtime synagogue condemning President Trump’s widely criticized statements about the violent protests in Charlottesville. In a letter sent to members of Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun this evening, Rabbi Emeritus […]
8/16/2017
SUPPORTERS: “Join me at 7:00 P.M. on Tuesday, August 22nd in Phoenix, Arizona at the Phoenix Convention Center! Tickets at: https://t.co/2kUQfKqbsx https://t.co/5ua74dlVtq” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 16, 2017 07:11pm […]
8/16/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/MIKE PENCE: “U.S. Vice President Mike Pence urged Latin American countries to sever diplomatic ties with Pyongyang and step up economic sanctions against the North Korean regime in a speech here. Mr. Pence on Wednesday [8-16-17] urged Chile, Mexico, Peru and Brazil to break off diplomatic and commercial relations with the regime of Kim Jong […]
8/16/2017
DONALD ON DONALD/VA/VETS: “Today in Bedminster I signed the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017, joined by @DeptVetAffairs @SecShulkin. https://t.co/oMUIZ8X7oB” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 16, 2017 04:35pm […]
8/16/2017
HEALTHCARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “The Trump administration is poised to issue a rule unwinding an Obama -era requirement that employee health benefits include contraception, which will spark a fresh round of litigation over an issue that has been before courts for six years. Federal health officials are expected to finalize a regulation that would allow employers […]
8/16/2017
MILITARY/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The nation’s top military officers issued public statements condemning racial bigotry and extremism, a rare foray into domestic politics that indicated deep unease Wednesday [8-16-17] in the Pentagon with President Trump’s views on race and underscored his growing isolation. The social media posts from the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff — the […]
8/16/2017
DONALD ON DONALD: “Just landed in Bedminster, New Jersey. #MAGA ?https://t.co/6EQfmRzrnv” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 16, 2017 02:49pm […]
8/16/2017
BUSH FAMILY/RACISM: “President Trump has faced criticism for not being strong enough in his condemnation of Ku Klux Klan members and neo-Nazis who staged a rally in Charlottesville last weekend — and for saying ‘all sides’ were responsible for the violence that ensued. The criticism intensified after the president’s impromptu news conference Tuesday [8-15-17] in […]
8/16/2017
BUSINESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two of President Donald Trump’s councils of top business leaders are disbanding, following controversial remarks made by Mr. Trump on Tuesday [8-15-17]. Mr. Trump tweeted Wednesday that he was ending the White House council on manufacturing and the Strategic and Policy Forum. One of the councils had planned to disband after a […]
8/16/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/RACISM: “Crews quietly removed Baltimore’s Confederate monuments early Wednesday [8-16-17], days after deadly unrest in Charlottesville as white nationalists rallied to defend a statue in that city. The sudden removal of four statues, without fanfare or advance notice, marks an attempt by Baltimore leaders to avoid a long, bruising conflict that has embroiled Charlottesville […]
8/16/2017
BUSINESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Rather than putting pressure on the businesspeople of the Manufacturing Council & Strategy & Policy Forum, I am ending both. Thank you all!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 16, 2017 12:14pm […]
8/26/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY: “The University of Florida has denied a request to rent space on its campus for an event that was expected to bring white nationalist leader Richard Spencer to the public flagship school next month. The decision to deny the National Policy Institute’s request was detailed in a message from university President W. Kent […]
8/16/2017
POLITICAL FIGURES/RACISM: “Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday [8-16-17] ‘there are no good neo-Nazis’ — a day after President Donald Trump said there ‘were very fine people on both sides’ of the violent white supremacist rally this weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia. McConnell’s office on Tuesday said the Kentucky Republican had no new response to […]
8/16/2017
RACISM/STEVE BANNON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Amid reports of disgust and dismay among White House officials in the wake of President Trump’s insistence that ‘both sides’ bear the blame for the violence that broke out in Charlottesville, Va.., Saturday, there appears to be one member of the administration who couldn’t be happier: White House Chief Strategist Steve […]
8/16/2017
NAFTA/NEGOTIATIONS/TRADE DEALS: “Talks to remake the North American Free Trade Agreement are starting off today with an early dispute—over how to settle disputes. Under Nafta, the U.S., Mexico and Canada have resolved tariff conflicts by submitting them to expert panels that can sustain or overturn tariffs. The system has helped guide the trilateral relationship for […]
8/16/2017
MISC: “Memorial service today for beautiful and incredible Heather Heyer, a truly special young woman. She will be long remembered by all!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 16, 2017 09:58am […]
8/16/2017
POLITICAL FIGURES/POLITICS: “Wow, Senator Luther Strange picked up a lot of additional support since my endorsement. Now in September runoff. Strong on Wall & Crime!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 16, 2017 09:51am […]
8/16/2017
SUPPORTERS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Amid a rocky week of messaging for Donald Trump following a white nationalist rally that turned deadly last weekend, the president is returning to his comfort zone: the campaign rally. The Trump campaign is set to hold a rally in Phoenix next Tuesday [8-22-17] night in what will be his first rally […]
8/16/2017
DONALDISM: “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 16, 2017 07:39am […]
8/16/2017
BUSINESS/RACISM: “Technology companies’ recent moves to crack down on white supremacists thrust them into unusual territory for corporations that often take a more hands-off approach to who uses their services and how. In the wake of weekend violence at a white supremacists rally in Charlottesville, Va., Alphabet Inc.’s GOOGL +0.58% Google and GoDaddy Inc. GDDY […]
8/16/2017
NORTH KOREA: “Kim Jong Un of North Korea made a very wise and well reasoned decision. The alternative would have been both catastrophic and unacceptable!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 16, 2017 06:39am […]
8/16/2017
POLITICAL FIGURES/POLITICS: “Congratulations John! https://t.co/vhmv7Qoutk” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 16, 2017 06:31am […]
8/16/2017
POLITICAL FIGURES/POLITICS: “Congratulation to Roy Moore and Luther Strange for being the final two and heading into a September runoff in Alabama. Exciting race!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 16, 2017 05:18am […]
8/16/2017
BUSINESS: “Amazon is doing great damage to tax paying retailers. Towns, cities and states throughout the U.S. are being hurt – many jobs being lost!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 16, 2017 05:12am […]
8/16/2017
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump, in his most comfortable element at the gilded Trump Tower on Tuesday [8-15-17] as he took questions from reporters, was surrounded by approving aides as he took jabs at the media. A few male aides who were gathered to the right side of the podium chuckled and […]
8/16/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UK: “British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday [8-16-17] there was no equivalence between fascists and those who opposed them, a rare rebuke of U.S. President Donald Trump by one of his closest foreign allies. Trump inflamed tensions after a deadly rally of white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia, by insisting that counter-protesters […]
8/15/2017
TRADE DEALS/TRUMP MEMORANDA: “Text of a Letter from the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, within 90 days of the […]
8/15/2017
TRADE DEALS/TRUMP MEMORANDA: “Notice Regarding the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Export Control Regulations CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO EXPORT CONTROL REGULATIONS On August 17, 2001, the President issued Executive Order 13222 pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). In that order, the […]
8/15/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/INTELLIGENCE/NORTH KOREA: “The U.S. believes that North Korea produces its own rocket engines rather than relying on foreign imports, a U.S. intelligence official said Tuesday [8-15-17]. The comments from the intelligence community come as experts have questioned if Kim Jong Un’s regime obtained Soviet-designed rocket engines through illicit channels in Ukraine or Russia. A […]
8/15/2017
CLIMATE CHANGE/EPA/TRUMP EXEC ORDERS: ” ‘Establishing Discipline and Accountability in the Environmental Review and Permitting Process for Infrastructure’ The order aims to increase the efficiency of the Federal infrastructure permitting process and revokes an Obama-era Executive Order that created stricter environmental review standards for federal projects in flood-prone areas. It establishes ‘One Federal Decision’ for […]
8/15/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump shared on Twitter a cartoon on Tuesday [8-15-17] morning of a train running over a person with a CNN logo covering the person’s head, three days after a fatal collision in Charlottesville, Va. Mr. Trump deleted his retweet minutes later. Mr. Trump has been under fire for how he has […]
8/15/2017
DHS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is cutting off an Obama-era pathway to the United States for young migrants fleeing violence in Central America, further narrowing the options for thousands of people hoping to seek refuge here as the White House moves to tighten immigration rules. As of Wednesday [8-16-17], the Department of Homeland Security […]
8/15/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump buoyed the white nationalist movement on Tuesday [8-15-17] as no president has done in generations — equating activists protesting racism with the neo-Nazis and white supremacists who rampaged in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend. Never has he gone as far in defending their actions as he did during a wild, […]
8/15/2017
BUDGET/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Premiums for the most popular health insurance plans would shoot up 20 percent next year, and federal budget deficits would increase by $194 billion in the coming decade, if President Trump carried out his threat to end certain subsidies paid to insurance companies under the Affordable Care Act, the Congressional Budget Office […]
8/15/2017
IRAN/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VENEZUELA: “During his rise to power, President Trump proved he has a finely honed sense of what threats, intimidation and bluster can accomplish. In recent days, he has received reminders — including from South Korea, Iran and Venezuela — that geopolitics operates with a different set of rules than real estate or […]
8/15/2017
RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump reverted Tuesday [8-15-17] to blaming both sides for the deadly violence in Charlottesville, Va., and at one point questioned whether the movement to pull down Confederate statues would lead to the desecration of memorials to George Washington. Abandoning his precisely chosen and carefully delivered condemnations of the Ku Klux Klan […]
8/15/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Walmart’s chief executive has issued a strong rebuke of President Trump’s response to the protests that turned violent in Charlottesville, Va., saying the president ‘missed a critical opportunity to help bring our country together.’ The criticism came in a statement that the retailer’s chief executive, Doug McMillon, emailed to employees Monday […]
8/15/2017
CHINA/ENERGY [ALTERNATIVE]/TRADE DEALS: “Dozens of solar industry executives, government officials and foreign diplomats gathered here on Tuesday [8-15-17] to urge federal trade commissioners to reject a petition from two troubled domestic solar equipment manufacturers to impose steep tariffs and minimum price guarantees on similar imports. At risk, they argued, is the future of the solar […]
8/14/2017
ECONOMY/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump named Tomas Philipson, an economist at the University of Chicago who has specialized in health-care policy, to the three-member Council of Economic Advisers on Monday [8-14-17]. Mr. Philipson briefly served as an adviser to the Trump transition team last fall on health-care matters and was a senior economic […]
8/15/2017
DOJ/RACISM/TERRORISM: “Days after neo-Nazis and white nationalists led a deadly march through Charlottesville — and are beginning to organize again — Republican leaders in Congress appear to be in no hurry to tackle the issue beyond statements of condemnation. Many GOP lawmakers called Saturday’s [8-12-17] march and the killing of a 32-year-old woman an act […]
8/15/2017
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump continued his attacks against individual Senate Republicans, criticizing Sen. John McCain (R., Ariz.) and his pivotal health-care vote at a news conference Tuesday [8-15-17] at Trump Tower in New York City. A week after Mr. Trump knocked Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) over the Senate’s failure to […]
8/15/2017
CRIME/POLICE: “Authorities around the U.S. are preparing for provocative rallies, grappling with vandalism of Confederate monuments, and accelerating efforts to remove the historic statues, after violent clashes between white nationalist demonstrators and their opponents in Charlottesville, Va., this weekend. The events in Charlottesville, where a woman was killed when an alleged white supremacist drove his […]
8/15/2017
DHS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RACISM/TERRORISM: “When an alleged white supremacist rammed a car into a crowd of people Saturday [8-12-17] in Charlottesville, Virginia, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and members of Congress from both parties were quick to call it an act of terrorism. But U.S. law enforcement officials, who enjoy sweeping powers to investigate and prosecute suspected foreign […]
8/15/2017
PROTESTS/NEO-NAZI/STATUES: “Okay, what about the alt-left that came charging at — excuse me, what about the alt-left that came charging at the, as you say, the alt-right? Do they have any semblance of guilt? Let me ask you this: What about the fact that they came charging with clubs in their hands, swinging clubs? Do […]
8/15/2017
PROTESTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Plenty of fire and fury greeted President Trump along Fifth Ave. in Manhattan on Monday [8-14-17] when he made his first visit home since he took office seven months ago. Thousands of protesters rallied outside the iconic Trump Tower skyscraper where the President is staying, while another group nearby staged a mock […]
8/15/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For every CEO that drops out of the Manufacturing Council, I have many to take their place. Grandstanders should not have gone on. JOBS!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 15, 2017 10:21am […]
8/15/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAN/NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR: “Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday [8-15-17] threatened to revive his country’s nuclear program if the U.S. continues to pile on sanctions, in a direct warning he is prepared to tear up a deal that set the stage for Iran’s opening to the West. Mr. Rouhani didn’t specify a threshold that would […]
8/15/2017
CHINA/FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “By ordering his first trade action against Beijing, while amping up pressure on Chinese leaders to rein in Pyongyang’s nuclear menace, U.S. President Donald Trump is bringing to a head two of the most intractable problems that bedevil U.S.-China relations. There are hints that Mr. Trump’s hard-nosed strategy could be […]
8/15/2017
DHS/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Weeks before a violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, led to three deaths and 19 injuries, the Trump administration revoked a grant to Life After Hate, a group that works to de-radicalize neo-Nazis. The Department of Homeland Security had awarded the group $400,000 as part of its Countering Violent Extremism program […]
8/15/2017
GOP/POLITICS: “Big day in Alabama. Vote for Luther Strange, he will be great!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 15, 2017 07:08am […]
8/15/2017
GOP/POLITICS: “Senator Luther Strange, who is doing a great job for the people of Alabama, will be on @foxandfriends at 7:15. Tough on crime, borders etc.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 15, 2017 05:30am […]
8/15/2017
AFGHANISTAN/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States should withdraw all its troops from Afghanistan and stop listening to ‘stooges; in Kabul, the Taliban warned in an open letter to U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday [8-15-17]. The Trump administration is working to finalize a regional strategy that could include nearly 4,000 additional U.S. troops, part of […]
8/15/2017
PROTESTS/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Three chief executives resigned Monday [8-14-17] from a manufacturing-advisory council to the Trump administration in an apparent protest of the president’s failure to quickly condemn the white supremacists who marched and engaged in violence in Charlottesville, Va., this weekend. Drugmaker Merck MRK +0.29% & Co. issued a statement Monday morning on Twitter […]
8/15/2017
ECONOMY/ENVIRONMENT/INFRASTRUCTURE/JOBS/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to ensure that the Federal environmental review and permitting process for infrastructure projects is coordinated, predictable, and transparent, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Purpose. America needs […]
8/14/2017
CRIME/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The white supremacists and right-wing extremists who came together over the weekend in Charlottesville, Va., are now headed home, many of them ready and energized, they said, to set their sights on bigger prizes. Some were making arrangements to appear at future marches. Some were planning to run for public office. Others, […]
8/14/2017
TRADE DEALS/TRUMP MEMORANDA: “Presidential Memorandum for the United States Trade Representative By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby directed as follows: …It is the policy of the United States for our trade relations to enhance our economic growth, contribute […]
8/14/2017
RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump is facing heated criticism over not publicly condemning white nationalists for inciting this weekend’s bloody confrontation in Charlottesville, Va., but on Monday [8-14-17] he criticized the head of Merck pharmaceuticals for quitting a federal panel in protest of Mr. Trump’s equivocal response to the violence. Merck’s chief executive, Kenneth C. […]
8/14/2017
DONALD ON DONALD: “Feels good to be home after seven months, but the White House is very special, there is no place like it… and the U.S. is really my home!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 14, 2017 10:06pm […]
8/14/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/SOUTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States’ top general and South Korea’s president both said on Monday [8-14-17] that they hoped to avoid war with North Korea over its nuclear weapons, with the American commander stressing that the Pentagon was preparing military options only as a last resort. In a meeting with President […]
8/14/2017
CALIFORNIA/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/SANCTUARY CITIES: “Intensifying California’s standoff with the Trump administration over immigration policy, the California attorney general sued the Justice Department on Monday [8-14-17] over the administration’s plans to cut off millions of dollars in federal funding to so-called sanctuary cities unless they begin cooperating with federal immigration agents. The state’s attorney general, Xavier Becerra, […]
8/14/2017
TRUMP PEOPLE/STEVE BANNON: “Rupert Murdoch has repeatedly urged President Trump to fire him. Anthony Scaramucci, the president’s former communications director, thrashed him on television as a white nationalist. Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, the national security adviser, refused to even say he could work with him. For months, Mr. Trump has considered ousting Stephen K. […]
8/14/2017
POLICE/PROTESTS: “After events in Charlottesville, Va., last weekend showed how much violence white nationalist rallies could provoke, police chiefs from Richmond, Va., to Boston were taking steps to avoid a repeat of a situation in which the police appeared to have little control of the crowd. Texas A&M University canceled a ‘white lives matter’ rally […]
8/14/2017
JAMES MATTIS/NORTH KOREA/REX TILLERSON: “Defense Secretary Jim Mattis was wrapping up a talk a few days ago to sailors of the submarine Kentucky, which carries two dozen nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles, when he sent them off with this sober message: ‘If we’ve got to turn something off in a hurry,’ he said, ‘we’re counting on […]
8/14/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has decided not to launch a threatened missile attack on Guam, Pyongyang’s state media reported on Tuesday, but warned that he could change his mind ‘if the Yankees persist in their extremely dangerous reckless actions.’ The report, published early Tuesday [8-15-17], could help dial […]
8/14/2017
RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump bowed to overwhelming pressure that he personally condemn white supremacists who incited bloody demonstrations in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend — labeling their racists views ‘evil’ after two days of equivocal statements. ‘Racism is evil,’ Mr. Trump said. ‘And those who cause violence in its name are criminals and […]