FAKE NEWS/TAXES: “The #AmazonWashingtonPost, sometimes referred to as the guardian of Amazon not paying internet taxes (which they should) is FAKE NEWS!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 28, 2017 08:06am […]
6/28/2017
CHINA/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “A worker with blood dripping from his head marked a low point in the tense, grinding life at a southeastern China factory used by Ivanka Trump and other fashion brands. An angry manager had hit him with the sharp end of a high-heeled shoe. Workers from the factory, including one current and […]
6/28/2017
GOP/LABOR/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump selected a second Republican, labor-law attorney William Emanuel, to fill a vacant seat on the National Labor Relations Board, the agency refereeing disputes between unions and businesses. The president announced his intent to nominate Mr. Emanuel late Tuesday [6-27-17]. If Mr. Emanuel and Mr. Trump’s earlier choice, Washington attorney […]
6/28/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/TRAVEL BAN: “Congress plans to take up new legislation as soon as next month to implement a ban on travel to North Korea by US citizens following Otto Warmbier’s death after he was imprisoned by North Korea for 17 months. The House foreign affairs committee will mark up a bipartisan bill that would […]
6/28/2017
FAKE NEWS/HEALTHCARE/MEDIA: “Some of the Fake News Media likes to say that I am not totally engaged in healthcare. Wrong, I know the subject well & want victory for U.S.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 28, 2017 05:58am […]
6/28/2017
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA: “The failing @nytimes writes false story after false story about me. They don’t even call to verify the facts of a story. A Fake News Joke!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 28, 2017 05:49am […]
6/28/2017
CABINET/HHS/TRUMP PEOPLE/TOM PRICE: “Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price’s appointment to be a cabinet secretary inadvertently saved him a big stock market loss, while as many as five members of congress may not have been so lucky. When Dr. Price was appointed to run HHS, he said he would sell 461,238 shares in an […]
6/27/2017
LOBBYING/TRUMP PEOPLE/PAUL MANAFORT/UKRAINE: “President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort registered Tuesday [6-27-17]as an agent of a foreign government, acknowledging for the first time that a small part of his lobbying work for Ukraine’s former president was aimed at influencing U.S. policy makers and journalists. The Justice Department filing by Mr. Manafort, who for […]
6/27/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “Ivanka Trump, who serves as a top adviser to President Donald Trump, used her platform Tuesday [6-27-17] to shine a light on human trafficking, which she called an ‘ugly stain on civilization.’ ‘Combating this crime here in the United States as well as around the globe is in both our moral and our […]
6/27/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Republican leaders scrambled for support on Tuesday [6-27-17] ahead of a vote to take up legislation repealing the Affordable Care Act, negotiating, pressuring and cajoling Republican senators but preparing for another embarrassing setback for President Trump. Republican leaders seemed to be taking a page from the playbook used to get a bill over the […]
6/27/2017
IMMIGRATION/SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…About four out of 10 refugees who come to the United States have no family ties in the country, according to independent estimates. In some cities known for taking in refugees — like Boise, Idaho; New Haven; and Fayetteville, Ark. — those with no family ties are a majority. On […]
6/27/2017
CHINA/FOREIGN POLICY/STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE/REX TILLERSON: “China is among the worst offenders for its failure to crack down on human trafficking within its borders, according to a strongly worded State Department report released Tuesday [6-27-17]. In its annual assessment of global efforts to end forms of modern slavery, the State Department dropped China to the lowest tier […]
6/27/2017
BORDER/DHS/WALL: “The Department of Homeland Security will start construction of prototypes for a border wall this summer in the San Diego area, agency officials said on Tuesday [6-27-17], the first step in fulfilling a campaign promise made by President Trump. Homeland security officials said the prototypes would be added to the existing border walls in […]
6/27/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “A once-quiet effort by governors to block the full repeal of the Affordable Care Act reached its climax in Washington on Tuesday [6-27-17], as state executives from both parties — who have conspired privately for months — mounted an all-out attack on the Senate’s embattled health care legislation hours before Republicans postponed a vote. […]
6/27/2017
LEGAL/TRUMP PEOPLE/PAUL MANAFORT/UKRAINE: “Paul Manafort, who was forced out as President Trump’s campaign chairman last summer after five months of infighting and criticism about his business dealings with pro-Russian interests, disclosed Tuesday [6-27-17] that his consulting firm had received more than $17 million over two years from a Ukrainian political party with links to the […]
6/27/2017
HOUSE OF REPS/NATO: “The U.S. House of Representatives voted nearly unanimously on Tuesday [6-27-17] to reaffirm the NATO alliance’s guarantee that all members defend each other, weeks after President Donald Trump raised doubts about Washington’s support for the agreement. The vote was 423-4 in the House, where Trump’s fellow Republicans hold a 48-seat majority, for […]
6/27/2017
HILLARY CLINTON/HOUSE OF REPS: “Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman, John Podesta, on Tuesday [6-27-17] appeared before the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, which has begun interviewing witnesses in its probe of how Russia may have influenced the 2016 election. Committee members declined to comment on the discussion to reporters as they left the panel’s secure […]
6/27/2017
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The framed copy of Time magazine was hung up in at least five of President Trump’s clubs, from South Florida to Scotland. Filling the entire cover was a photo of Donald Trump. ‘Donald Trump: The *Apprentice* is a television smash!’ the big headline said. Above the Time nameplate, there was another […]
6/27/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Nursing-home executives are intensifying their opposition to the Senate’s health-care overhaul, concerned that the proposed multibillion-dollar cuts to Medicaid would gravely wound the industry. Before Senate Republicans postponed a vote on the legislation Tuesday [6-27-17], a conference call organized by the American Health Care Association drew nearly 800 participants. They were asked to contact […]
6/27/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “I just finished a great meeting with the Republican Senators concerning HealthCare. They really want to get it right, unlike OCare!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 27, 2017 05:27pm […]
6/27/2017
DEMS/GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “With ZERO Democrats to help, and a failed, expensive and dangerous ObamaCare as the Dems legacy, the Republican Senators are working hard!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 27, 2017 05:22pm […]
6/27/2017
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senate Republicans have walked away from their plans to vote on their health-care bill this week, and the Trump administration believes the Syrian regime is planning another chemical weapons attack against its own people. But at the first opportunity during Tuesday’s White House press briefing, deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders blasted […]
6/27/2017
POLITICS: “Rep. Jason Chaffetz thinks members of Congress should receive a housing stipend, saying in an interview that Washington ‘is one of the most expensive places in the world’ as he pointed to ‘dozens’ of members who live out of their offices. ‘I think a $2,500 housing allowance would be appropriate and a real help […]
6/27/2017
BUDGET/GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will delay the vote on the Republican leadership’s health care bill until after the July 4 recess. McConnell told GOP senators that he wants to make changes to the bill, get a new Congressional Budget Office score and have a vote after the holiday, two sources told CNN. McConnell […]
6/27/2017
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA: “For a president seemingly at perpetual war with ‘fake news,’ the resignation of three CNN journalists over a retracted story about a Donald Trump Russian connection is a gift from the political gods at a time the struggling effort to repeal Obamacare dominates the headlines. Trump quickly took advantage with a series of […]
6/27/2017
CLIMATE CONTROL/EPA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s administration is moving ahead with plans to dismantle another piece of the Obama administration’s environmental legacy, the rule that sought to protect clean drinking water by expanding Washington’s power to regulate major rivers and lakes as well as smaller streams and wetlands. The Environmental Protection Agency, Department of […]
6/27/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PHARMA: “Senate Republican leaders on Monday [6-26-17] unveiled a new provision in their health bill designed to prod people to maintain their insurance coverage, a tweak made after insurers had complained an initial version of the legislation threatened to undermine the individual insurance market. But industry officials say it isn’t clear how much the new […]
6/27/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/IMMIGRATION/IRAQ: “To the chagrin of the government, a Detroit federal judge Monday [6-26-17] protected 1,444 Iraqi immigrants nationwide from being immediately deported, including some who faced possible eviction from the U.S. as early as Tuesday. In issuing his emergency order, U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith concluded the Iraqi nationals — most of them Christians […]
6/27/2017
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Top GOP officials and senators say White House chaos and impulsiveness are crippling efforts to expand the Republican Senate majority in 2018, unraveling long-laid plans and needlessly jeopardizing incumbents. There’s a widespread sense of exasperation with the president, interviews with nearly two dozen senior Republicans reveal, and deep frustration with an administration […]
6/27/2017
AMBASSADOR/POLITICS/RUSSIA: “The Russian Ambassador to the US at the center of a political firestorm over his encounters with associates of President Donald Trump is leaving his post, but Russia says the move is not unexpected. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova is clarifying reports that Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak is leaving his post in Washington […]
6/27/2017
RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump decided against celebrating Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday marking the end of Ramadan, at the White House this year, the first time in two decades that the White House did not commemorate the Islamic holy month of fasting with an iftar dinner. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson also broke […]
6/27/2017
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA: “So they caught Fake News CNN cold, but what about NBC, CBS & ABC? What about the failing @nytimes & @washingtonpost? They are all Fake News!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 27, 2017 07:47am […]
6/27/2017
TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump could get a lot tougher this week on America’s top trading partners. His administration could slap big tariffs on shipments of steel from other countries, claiming they pose a risk to national security. The tariffs can go as high as Trump wants — and could easily trigger retaliatory measures […]
6/27/2017
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA: “Fake News CNN is looking at big management changes now that they got caught falsely pushing their phony Russian stories. Ratings way down!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 27, 2017 07:30am […]
6/27/2017
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA: “Wow, CNN had to retract big story on ‘Russia,’ with 3 employees forced to resign. What about all the other phony stories they do? FAKE NEWS!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 27, 2017 05:33am […]
6/27/2017
ETHICS/FEDERAL RESERVE/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration is struggling to find a nominee for the Federal Reserve board with community banking experience, delaying plans to fill two other Fed vacancies, including a key regulatory post. The problem: They can’t find somebody willing to take the job. Ethics rules require Fed governors and their immediate family […]
6/27/2017
NAFTA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Over the past quarter century, the North American Free Trade Agreement has done much to transform the region’s economy, rewiring supply chains, shaking up labor markets, altering consumer choices and integrating border towns. The vast range of commerce touched by the pact will be evident this week, when the Trump administration […]
6/26/2017
MEXICO/NAFTA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Of all the industries thrown into question by President Trump’s promise to upend free trade with Mexico, natural gas is easily one of the most important. More than a quarter of Mexico’s electricity is powered by American natural gas, leaving it especially vulnerable to any upheavals from a trade battle with […]
6/26/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS: “The health care bill unveiled Thursday [6-22-17] by Senate Republicans has been out in the open for less than a week, and there are many obstacles to clear before it can become law: an uncertain Senate vote, a return to the House for final approval, a presidential signature. But in newspapers and on radios […]
6/26/2017
RELIGION/SUPREME COURT: “The Supreme Court ruled on Monday [6-26-17] that states must sometimes provide aid to religious groups even when their state constitutions call for a strict separation of church and state. The decision concerned a state program to make playgrounds safer that excluded those affiliated with churches, and it had implications for all kinds […]
6/26/2017
IMMIGRATION/SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN: “Great day for America’s future Security and Safety, courtesy of the U.S. Supreme Court. I will keep fighting for the American people, & WIN!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 26, 2017 09:31pm […]
6/26/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/MILITARY/SYRIA: “The White House said late Monday [6-26-17] that President Bashar al-Assad of Syria appeared to be preparing another chemical weapons attack, and warned that he would ‘pay a heavy price’ if one took place. Several military officials were caught off guard by the statement from President Trump’s press secretary, but it was unclear […]
6/26/2017
BUDGET/GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “In dry, stark language, the Congressional Budget Office on Monday [6-26-17] punctured many of the stated goals for the Republican health care bill. The budget analysis gave Republican senators just a few happy talking points. It found that average insurance premiums would be lower in 2020 than they are today. The bill would reduce […]
6/26/2017
CABINET/CLIMATE CHANGE/EPA/LEGAL: “The Environmental Protection Agency’s chief of staff pressured the top scientist on the agency’s scientific review board to alter her congressional testimony and play down the dismissal of expert advisers, his emails show. Deborah Swackhamer, an environmental chemist who leads the E.P.A.’s Board of Scientific Counselors, was to testify on May 23 before […]
6/26/2017
BUDGET/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “The Senate bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act would increase the number of people without health insurance by 22 million by 2026, a figure that is only slightly lower than the 23 million more uninsured that the House version would create, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Monday [6-26-17]. Next year, 15 million […]
6/22/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “.@FLOTUS & I were honored to host our first WH Congressional Picnic. A wonderful evening & tradition. @MarineBand:… https://t.co/h5L4myWmam” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 22, 2017 09:33pm […]
6/26/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMA/OBAMACARE(ACA): “RT @WhiteHouse: FACT: when #Obamacare was signed, CBO estimated that 23M would be covered in 2017. They were off by 100%. Only 10.3M people are covered.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 26, 2017 08:30pm […]
6/24/2017
DEMS/GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Democrats slam GOP healthcare proposal as Obamacare premiums & deductibles increase by over 100%. Remember keep your doctor, keep your plan?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 24, 2017 07:51am […]
6/26/2017
CABINET/EDUCATION/TRUMP PEOPLE/BETSY DEVOS: “Students who received publicly funded vouchers in Indiana and Louisiana appeared to lose significant academic ground in the first two years after switching to private schools but then caught up to their public-school counterparts in subsequent years, according to two studies made public Monday [6-26-17]. The studies do not show that vouchers […]
6/26/2017
SUPREME COURT: “Very grateful for the 9-O decision from the U. S. Supreme Court. We must keep America SAFE!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 26, 2017 01:25pm […]
6/26/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/INDIA: “RT @WhiteHouse: Today @POTUS will welcome the Prime Minister of India, @narendramodi, to the White House.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 26, 2017 01:16pm […]
6/26/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “RT @WhiteHouse: #Obamacare has led to higher costs and fewer health insurance options for millions of Americans. It has failed the American people.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 26, 2017 01:16pm […]
6/26/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE/REX TILLERSON: “Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker sent a letter to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Monday [6-26-17] saying he will block foreign military sales to members of the Gulf Cooperation Council until they can resolve their dispute with Qatar. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut ties […]
6/26/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PHARMA: “Anthem Inc. (ANTM -1.37%) said it believes that the Senate Republicans’ health bill will bolster the individual insurance market, an endorsement for the legislation as many other insurers have suggested it could undermine the marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act. In a statement, Anthem said it believed the bill ‘will markedly improve the […]
6/26/2017
IMMIGRATION/SUPREME COURT/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Supreme Court Monday allowed parts of President Donald Trump’s travel ban to go into effect and will hear oral arguments on the case this fall. The court is allowing the ban to go into effect for foreign nationals who lack any ‘bona fide relationship with any person or entity […]
6/26/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/NOMINATIONS: “Christopher Wray has spent the past 12 years building up one of the most successful white-collar defense groups in America. Now, that work could limit his oversight of some major investigations if he is confirmed as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. While Mr. Wray’s confirmation process is expected to focus on […]
6/26/2017
MILITARY/PAKISTAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will look to boost military cooperation between the United States and India when he meets with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House on Monday [6-26-17], thrusting himself into the delicate world of India-Pakistan relations. The meeting between the off-the-cuff President and the prime minister who leads one […]
6/26/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “Ivanka Trump offered high praise for President Donald Trump in an interview on Fox and Friends that aired Monday [6-26-17], giving her father ‘an A, of course’ for his performance as President while in office. ‘I think he’s doing an amazing job. I think he’s doing an unbelievable job,’ the first […]
6/26/2017
DEMS/GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “Republican Senators are working very hard to get there, with no help from the Democrats. Not easy! Perhaps just let OCare crash & burn!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 26, 2017 08:14am […]
6/26/2017
DONALD ON DONALD/OBAMA/RUSSIA: “The real story is that President Obama did NOTHING after being informed in August about Russian meddling. With 4 months looking at Russia… under a magnifying glass, they have zero ‘tapes’ of T people colluding. There is no collusion & no obstruction. I should be given apology!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 26, […]
6/26/2017
2016 ELECTION/OBAMA/RUSSIA: “The reason that President Obama did NOTHING about Russia after being notified by the CIA of meddling is that he expected Clinton would win …and did not want to ‘rock the boat.’ He didn’t ‘choke,’ he colluded or obstructed, and it did the Dems and Crooked Hillary no good.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June […]
6/26/2017
DEMS/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “The Democrats have become nothing but OBSTRUCTIONISTS, they have no policies or ideas. All they do is delay and complain.They own ObamaCare!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 26, 2017 07:30am […]
6/25/2017
STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/REX TILLERSON: “When Rex W. Tillerson, the former chief executive of Exxon Mobil, arrived in Washington five months ago to become the secretary of state, his boosters said he brought two valuable assets to a job that had usually gone to someone steeped in government and diplomacy: a long history managing a […]
6/25/2017
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “One month before Election Day, Jared Kushner’s real estate company finalized a $285 million loan as part of a refinancing package for its property near Times Square in Manhattan. The loan came at a critical moment. Kushner was playing a key role in the presidential campaign of his father-in-law, Donald Trump. […]
6/25/2017
LEGAL/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “Ivanka Trump must give a deposition in a lawsuit by an Italian shoemaker claiming her fashion label copied its designs, a federal judge has ruled. Aquazurra Italia filed the suit against Ivanka Trump and her company in June 2016. It claims the brand has produced cheaper knockoffs of Aquazurra’s ‘coveted’ and highly publicized […]
6/25/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said he expects to see passage of the Senate Republican’s health care bill as negotiations proceed with the GOP lawmakers who have withheld support. ‘We have a few people that…want to get some points; I think they’ll get some points,’ Mr. Trump said during a Fox News interview aired […]
6/25/2017
BERNIE SAUNDERS/DEMS/HILLARY CLINTON: “Hillary Clinton colluded with the Democratic Party in order to beat Crazy Bernie Sanders. Is she allowed to so collude? Unfair to Bernie!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 25, 2017 07:00am […]
6/24/2017
DONALDISM: “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 24, 2017 04:23pm […]
6/24/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “I cannot imagine that these very fine Republican Senators would allow the American people to suffer a broken ObamaCare any longer!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 24, 2017 03:50pm […]
6/24/2017
2016 ELECTION/OBAMA/RUSSIA: “Obama Administration official said they ‘choked’ when it came to acting on Russian meddling of election. They didn’t want to hurt Hillary?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 24, 2017 03:44pm […]
6/24/2017
2016 ELECTION/OBAMA/RUSSIA: “Since the Obama Administration was told way before the 2016 Election that the Russians were meddling, why no action? Focus on them, not T!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 24, 2017 03:28pm […]
6/23/2017
MEDIA/SEAN SPICER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House has been prohibiting cameras at some press briefings, so on Friday [6-23-17] CNN got creative and sent a sketch artist. Bill Hennessy, the network’s regular sketch artist for Supreme Court proceedings, headed over to the White House on Friday afternoon and drew Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s afternoon briefing. […]
6/23/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA: “North Korea lashed out at the U.S. over criticisms of its treatment of Otto Warmbier, the 22-year-old American student who died earlier this week after his return home in a coma, in a sharply worded statement that is likely to further inflame tensions between Washington and Pyongyang. The remarks from North Korea’s […]
6/23/2017
FBI/INTELLIGENCE/PAUL MANAFORT/RUSSIA: “Federal investigators are examining financial transactions involving Paul Manafort and his son-in-law, who embarked on a series of real estate deals in recent years fueled by millions of dollars from Mr. Manafort, according to two people familiar with the matter. The transactions involve the financing of apartments and luxury homes in New York […]
6/23/2017
2016 ELECTION/OBAMA/RUSSIA: “Just out: The Obama Administration knew far in advance of November 8th about election meddling by Russia. Did nothing about it. WHY?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 23, 2017 07:43pm […]
6/23/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump made calls to fellow Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Friday [6-23-17] to mobilize support for their party’s healthcare overhaul while acknowledging the legislation is on a ‘very, very narrow path’ to passage. Five Republican senators have announced they will not support the bill, which is designed to repeal […]
6/23/2017
SANCTUARY CITIES: “The Justice Department is quietly exploring new legal theories to take on so-called sanctuary cities in court, working to force them to aid the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation effort, people familiar with the discussion said. Such a case, if filed, would significantly escalate the Trump administration’s pressure campaign against recalcitrant cities and counties. […]
6/23/2017
DEFENSE/TRUMP PEOPLE/JAMES MATTIS: “The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate armed services committee are asking Defense Secretary James Mattis to investigate accusations of torture at prisons in Yemen run by United Arab Emirates forces where US forces were also interrogating prisoners. Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Jack Reed of Rhode Island sent a […]
6/23/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “WEEKLY ADDRESS?? https://t.co/P1f12i9Gvt” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 23, 2017 04:32pm […]
6/23/2017
BORDER/ENERGY ALT/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump is crediting himself with the idea of building a Mexico border wall of solar panels. But that looks to be a borrowed brainwave; others pitched a solar wall back when he was a skeptic of tapping power from the sun… TRUMP: ‘We’re thinking about building the wall as […]
6/23/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today, it was a tremendous honor for me to sign the #VAaccountability Act into law, delivering my campaign promise… https://t.co/G0k8nFWqNj” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 23, 2017 02:56pm […]
6/23/2017
TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP FAMILY/MELANIA: “First lady Melania Trump announced Friday [6-23-17] the hiring of Timothy Harleth for the role of chief usher, a key position in the executive residence. The search for the new chief usher didn’t stray far from the White House; Harleth was until recently the director of rooms at the Trump International Hotel […]
6/23/2017
CAMPAIGN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VETS: “President Donald Trump made good on a campaign promise Friday [6-23-17], signing into law legislation that gives leadership at the Department of Veterans Affairs more power to fire failed employees and protect those who uncover wrongdoing at the agency. ‘For many years, the government failed to keep its promises to our veterans. […]
6/23/2017
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/KELLYANNE CONWAY: “White House counselor Kellyanne Conway dismissed the idea that Russia influenced the 2016 presidential election after The Washington Post reported Friday [6-23-17] that Russian President Vladimir Putin was directly involved in a cyber campaign to affect the outcome. ‘I think it’s very important to show no nexus has been proven between […]
6/23/2017
JAMES COMEY/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA: “President Donald Trump said ‘we’re going to have to see’ when asked about the future of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is reportedly investigating whether Trump attempted to obstruct justice. ‘Well, he is very very good friends with (former FBI Director James) Comey, which is very bothersome,’ the President said in a […]
6/23/2017
POLITICS/SUPREME COURT: “The U.S. Supreme Court has never declared a voting-district map unconstitutional for giving one party a political edge, but a pair of legal scholars hopes a metric they devised will change that. On Monday [6-19-17], the high court announced it would hear the appeal of a U.S. District Court decision that invalidated the […]
6/23/2017
FBI/JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After announcing Thursday [6-22-17] that he did not have recordings of his conversations with former FBI Director James Comey — recordings that weeks earlier he had suggested might exist — President Donald Trump said in an interview that aired Friday that ‘my story didn’t change.’ ‘I don’t have any tape, and […]
6/23/2017
DONALD ON DONALD/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I’ve helped pass and signed 38 Legislative Bills, mostly with no Democratic support, and gotten rid of massive amounts of regulations. Nice!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 23, 2017 05:39am […]
6/23/2017
COMMERCE/TAXES/TRADE DEALS: “Senior lawmakers in both parties are resisting the Trump administration’s moves toward imposing steel tariffs on national security grounds, worried that other countries could use the same argument to block exports from their states. The Commerce Department is expected to reveal the results of an investigation of steel imports in coming days, a […]
6/23/2017
HOUSE OF REPS/LEAKS: “Rep. Trey Gowdy on Thursday [6-22-17] warned his fellow lawmakers about leaking information from closed briefings. Leaking will result in ‘a chilling effect on other witnesses who want to share classified, sensitive information when it makes its way to the headlines before the transcript’s even dry,’ the South Carolina Republican told CNN’s […]
6/22/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAQ/NATIONAL SECURITY/SYRIA: “To hear the Pentagon tell it, the United States still has no intention of getting involved in Syria’s six-year civil war; the American presence there is solely to help its allies defeat the Islamic State. But a recent spate of incidents have raised alarm from diplomats and national security officials that the […]
6/22/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/LOBBYING: “When it comes to managing Republicans’ best interests, Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, rarely loses. So it is possible that Mr. McConnell views the potential failure of a hastily written health care bill as an eventual boon. His presentation on Thursday [6-22-17] of the Senate’s health care measure to Republican colleagues […]
6/22/2017
AMBASSADOR/SPORTS/TRUMP PEOPLE/UK: “New York Jets owner Woody Johnson will be nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom, the White House announced Thursday [6-22-17] night. If Johnson is nominated and approved by the Senate, his younger brother, Christopher Johnson, 58, will assume the role of chairman and CEO of […]
6/22/2017
GOP/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/TAXES: “Senate Republicans, who have promised a repeal of the Affordable Care Act for seven years, took a major step on Thursday [6-22-17] toward that goal, unveiling a bill to cut Medicaid deeply and end the health law’s mandate that most Americans have health insurance. The bill would create a new system of federal tax […]
6/22/2017
GOP: “We’re all thinking of you @SteveScalise! #TeamScalise https://t.co/Yqf6exhm7x” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 22, 2017 06:27pm […]
6/22/2017
ECONOMY/JOBS: “Five months ago at a Boeing factory in South Carolina, President Trump proclaimed, ‘We are going to fight for every last American job.’ On Thursday [6-22-17], workers at the North Charleston plant learned they’d soon face layoffs. The airplane manufacturer announced it would be cutting ‘fewer than 200 people’ at the 787 Dreamliner campus […]
2/22/2017
DONALDISM: “Together, we are going to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! #AmericaFirst?? https://t.co/MVJbs44AtR” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 22, 2017 06:12pm […]
6/22/2017
HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA): “I am very supportive of the Senate #HealthcareBill. Look forward to making it really special! Remember, ObamaCare is dead.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 22, 2017 05:40pm […]
6/22/2017
CRIME/DRUGS/MEXICO/WALL: “Mexico was just ranked the second deadliest country in the world, after only Syria. Drug trade is largely the cause. We will BUILD THE WALL!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 22, 2017 05:15pm […]
6/22/2017
CAMPAIGN/CRIME: “As promised, our campaign against the MS-13 gang continues. “@ICEgov Busts 39 MS-13 Members in New York Operation” https://t.co/ki41GXeCMy” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 22, 2017 04:49pm […]