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Articles : May 2017

5/31/2017

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May 2017
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   May 22   * Congress tries to move on with Trump overseas

* Donald Trump denies a Russia allegation that no one made

* Donald Trump Says Peace In The Middle East Is 'One Of The Toughest Deals'

* Donald Trump's 3 big flip-flops

* Donald Trump's many foreign policy flip-flops

* Ex-national security adviser defies Senate's Russia inquiry

* Flynn declines Senate subpoena in Russia probe

* Former President's advice for Trump

* Haley: 'We're trying to reassure' allies

* How Trump Got Comfortable With Saudi Religious Extremism

* In Israel, Trump urges new Middle East 'harmony' but faces old suspicions

* Inside Donald Trump's Stat at Israel's King David Hotel: Robots, Rocket-Proof Glass and a $100M Price Tag

* Letter: Flynn cites 'public frenzy,' invokes 5th Amendment

* Melania gets raves in Saudi press ...

* ... and her outfits cause quite a stir

* Michael Flynn expected to invoke Fifth Amendment, source says

* Michael Flynn Pleads The Fifth And Refuses To Cooperate With Senate Russia Probe

* On Islam, Trump is consistently inconsistent

* Questions about Russia chase Trump during first Israel visit

* Rep. Lieu: I'm reading up on impeachment

* Republican Redistricting is taking a beating in the Courts (again)

* Supreme Court calls North Carolina's congressional maps unconstitutional

* Trump budget expected to include $800B in Medicaid cuts

* Trump Denies Mentioning The Word 'Israel' To Russians At Oval Office Meeting

* Trump Effect Inspires Radical Christians In Military

* Trump fails to explain how to revive Arab-Israeli talks

* Trump heads to Israel in search of 'ultimate deal'

* Trump is the first US president to visit the Western Wall, one of the holiest sites in Judaism

* Trump lights up the internet by touching a glowing orb

* Trump makes historic visit to Western Wall

* Trump says concerns about Iran driving Israel, Arab states closer

* Trump tells Israel Iran will never have nuclear weapons

* Trump was 'exhausted' when he said 'Islamic extremism,' White House says

* Trump: 'I never mentioned the word or the name Israel' to Russians

* Trump's first foreign trip in photos

* Trump's Budget Is Basically A Wish List. Here's Why It Matters Anyway.

* Trump's Russia Scandal Is Becoming a Corruption Scandal

* What to watch for during Trump's trip to Israel

* White House pitches budget as welfare reform

   May 21   * 80% of news stories were critical of President Trump, says Harvard study

* Are these the players who control Trump's fate?

* Despite health care wall, Vermont Legislature made changes

* How 'SNL' got under Trump's skin

* Iran's Hardliner's Use Trump's Speech as Excuse to Hammer Rouhani

* Lieberman atypical pick to lead FBI

* Local communities look for reasons, take up resolutions to impeach Trump

* Michael Flynn's Attorneys Cite 'Public Frenzy' in Subpoena Refusal to Senate Committee

* Notre Dame students walk out on Pence speech

* Saturday Night Live: Was this Alec Baldwin's swan song as Trump?

* SNL finale: Alec Baldwin's Donald Trump returns for a swan song

* Tennessee city closes swimming pool as part of budget cuts

* Trump called hypocrite for Saudi bow

* Trump Softens Tone On Islam But Calls For Purge of "Foot Soldiers of Evil"

* Trump's doublespeak in Saudi Arabia

* White House says Trump 'exhausted' on Middle East trip

* Zakaria: Words Trump may regret

   May 20   * Melania, Ivanka Trump forgo headscarves

* Obstruction of justice case just took quantum leap

* Trump and impeachment: A primer

* Trump Gets Elaborate Welcome In Saudi Arabia, Embarking on his first foreign trip

* Trump mocked Obama for bowing to a Saudi king. And then he …

   May 19      
   May 18   * Donald Trump' gets his own talk show

* Durbin says Trump is going to 'hang himself' with tweets

* Opinion: Trump deserves loyalty even when he makes allies cringe

* Russian election meddling probe now a criminal investigation

* The worst job in Washington right now: Working for Trump

* Trump erupts on Twitter, blasts special counsel probe as outrageous 'witch hunt'

   May 17      
   May 16   * Another Trump crisis craters GOP agenda

* Congress exasperated as White House in 'downward spiral'

* Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein: 'There is no place I would rather be'

* GOP senators question whether Cornyn should get FBI job

* If the president says it, is it no longer classified?

* James Clapper: Defending democracy from Trump

* Rand Paul: Sessions' sentencing plan would ruin lives

* Sources: Trump shared classified info with Russians

* State Dept. left in the dark about Tillerson statement on Post's Trump report

* Trump again reveals his dangerous incompetence

* Trump's intelligence slip-up may be the straw that breaks the camel's back

* Washington Crosses the Intelligence Line

* Why the latest White House crisis is a really big deal

   May 15   * Hillary Clinton officially launches 'resistance' outside group

   May 14      
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   May 12   * 'Looking Like a Liar or a Fool': What It Means to Work for Trump

* 6-figure salary, no severance: What an FBI director has to lose

* ATTORNEY GENERAL SPARKS FEAR WITH PUSH FOR HARSH SENTENCES

* Bash: Firing like scene from 'The Godfather'

* Boeing mechanics do $4 million in damage to Air Force One

* Cillizza: Remember when ex-AG Sally Yates testified that she warned about Flynn? That was just 4 days ago.

* Colbert responds to Trump insults: 'I won'

* Comey declines to testify before Senate committee

* Comey was taken aback by Trump request for loyalty pledge

* Comey's reportedly furious by the lack of respect the White House showed him.

* Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein says he's 'not quitting'

* DeVos, Trump, and what we're missing about HBCUs

* Donald Trump just trolled Rosie O'Donnell

* Former KGB spy: Trump staff incompetent

* GOP officials shrug off firing of Comey

* GOP's choice: Love America or back Trump

* Here's a running list of Democrats who have discussed impeachment

* Hinting At Secret Tapes, Trump Warns Ousted FBI Director

* In A Private Dinner, Trump Demanded Loyalty. Comey Demurred.

* Is Trump Taping Conversations in the Oval Office? Sean Spicer Won't Say

* Is Trump taping phone calls? We can't get an answer.

* Isolated and agitated, Trump rattles White House from within

* Jared and Ivanka stay out of the spotlight amid Comey fallout

* Jeff Sessions directed prosecutors to seek the toughest drug charges for offenders.

* Lawyers who said Trump has no ties to Russia named Russian law firm of 2016

* Many Trump backers OK with firing

* Michelle Obama on new school lunch policy: 'What is wrong with you?'

* More jobs lost in retail than in coal mines

* My Dinner With Comey: Clapper, Others Dispute Trump Account of Meeting With FBI Director

* NBC Interview-Video with Trump on Firing Comey

* North Korea Sends Rare Letter of Protest to U.S. Congress Over Sanctions

* Opinion: The little boy President

* Opinion: Trump's bogus voter claim just got deadly serious

* Panetta: Trump's Arctic drilling policy hurts national security

* President has shown that indignation and impulsiveness are at his core

* Rosenstein sees no need for special prosecutor

* Sean Spicer isn't saying whether President Trump tapes his phone calls. Wait, what?

* Sean Spicer won't say if Trump is taping conversations in the Oval Office.

* Sessions restores tough drug war policies that trigger mandatory minimum sentences

* Source: Comey is 'not worried about any tapes'

* Spicer: Trump's tweet speaks for itself

* Spicer: Trump's tweet speaks for itself

* The EPA may allow a massive gold and copper mine at the headwaters of one of Alaska's salmon fisheries.

* The Trump Tapes: What We Know

* The week in 28 photos

* Tillerson signs international declaration recognizing climate change

* Top political memes: Spicer in the bushes and Pence's bunny

* Trump claims F-35s flew over Japan undetected: 'Pretty cool, right?'

* Trump considered 'this Russia thing' before firing Comey

* Trump contradicts White House on reasons for Comey firing

* Trump gets 2 scoops of ice cream. Everyone else gets 1.

* Trump insists he is not under FBI investigation over Russia links

* Trump lawyers push back against Russia ties in letter

* Trump said firing Flynn 'did not sound like an emergency'

* Trump shifts his reason for firing Comey to "this Russia thing" being a "made-up story."

* Trump threatens Comey in new tweet

* Trump threatens Comey in tweet: Better hope there are no 'tapes'

* Trump tweets 'best thing' would be to cancel future press briefings

* Trump warns Comey against leaking: He better hope there are no 'tapes' of our conversations

* Trump's anger could lead down a dangerous road

* Trump's hint of recorded talks doesn't worry Comey

* Trump's lawyers say tax returns show little income from Russian sources

* Trump's leave it to the generals policy is risky

* White House can't get its story straight on Comey firing

* Why haven't we heard from Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump?

* WV arrest casts a shadow over the Constitution

   May 11   * Acting FBI Chief Contradicts White House on James Comey Firing

* Analysis: Trump Just Decimated the Whie House's Entire James Comey Narrative

* Democrat Urges Trump To Put Infrastructure Money Where His Mouth Is

* Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein: 'There is no place I would rather be'

* Donald Trump Has Compromised Every Major Investigation Into Alleged Russian Interference

* GOP's health care plan is an oncoming catastrophe

* How Popular Is Trump? Latest Approval Rating Plummets As White Supporters Life

* ICE: 1,300 arrested -- mostly US citizens

* INSIDE TRUMP'S COMING WAR WITH THE F.B.I.

* Opinion: An Open Letter to the Deputy AG

* Opinion: Could Trump have obstructed justice?

* Poll: 54% of Americans Think President Trump Firing James Comey Was Inappropriate

* President Trump Links His Decision to Fire James Comey to Frustration With Russia Investigation

* Rosenstein Role In Comey Firing Raises More Questions Than Answers

* Russia is playing games with Trump

* Samantha Bee rails against Ivanka Trump's book

* State Attorneys General Blast Comey Firing, Call for Special Prosecutor on Russia

* State Dept. left in the dark about Tillerson statement on Post's Trump report

* Stephen Colbert Is 'Pretty Confident' Trump Fired James Comey to Stop Russian Investigation

* Tapper: Russia is mocking the American people

* The Bodyguard Chosen By Trump To Deliver "Terminated" Letter To The FBI Director

* Trump again reveals his dangerous incompetence

* Trump and Putin to meet in July, Russian state media says

* Trump attacks on fired FBI chief meet resistance; Russia probe proceeds

* Trump Creates Voter Fraud Panel That Critics Call A "Sham"

* Trump Is Trying to Control the FBI. It's Time to Freak Out.

* Trump said firing Flynn 'did not sound like an emergency'

* Trump Says He Considered FBI's Russia Probe Before Firing Comey

* Trump Says He Was Thinking of Russia Controversy When He Decided To Fire Comey

* Trump: I was going to fire Comey regardless of DOJ recommendation

* Trump's intelligence slip-up may be the straw that breaks the camel's back

* White House livid over Russia Oval Office pics

   May 10   * Boos drown out DeVos grad speech

* More bad news for Trump: His poll numbers just hit a bunch of new lows

   May 9   * U.S. poised to expand military effort against Taliban in Afghanistan

   May 8   * Hill investigations on Russia run into hurdles

* How Trump gave China's 'Belt and Road' scheme a boost

   May 7   * A Sad Day for the Generations to Come

   May 6   * Warren Buffett, at Berkshire Meeting, Condemns Republican Health Care Bill

* When That Feisty Neighbor Becomes the President

   May 5   * Here's how Trump will spend your tax dollars

* Trump: I Love All Socialist Health Care, Not Just Australian Single-Payer

   May 4   * How every member voted on health care bil

* Really bad' or 'catastrophic': Comey defends Clinton choice

* Trump Meets Palestinian Leader Abbas and Wants Mideast Peace Deal

   May 3   * Trump Tells Abbas He Is Confident Mideast Deal Can Be 'Done'

* Trump vowed to broker an Israeli-Palestinian peace, but offers no new policies.

* Trump was "directly involved" in the post-inauguration hunt for the rogue National Park Service tweeter.

* Trump's national security adviser described his foreign policy approach as "disruptive."

   May 2   * A Republican congressman implied that people with pre-existing health conditions aren't living their lives "the right way."

* An influential Republican attacked the party's latest health care bill

* CNN refuses to air new Trump campaign ad, takes umbrage with 'fake news' label

* Donald Trump: Our country needs a good 'shutdown,' suggests Senate rule change

* Government 'needs a good shutdown,' frustrated Trump tweets

* Here are the 23 environmental rules Trump has rolled back.

* Hillary Clinton -- describing herself as "part of the resistance" -- criticized Trump's conduct in office, his foreign policy, and for posting on Twitter.

   May 1   * Cabinet secretary: US strike in Syria 'was in lieu of after-dinner entertainment'

* Congress reached a deal to keep the government open through September.

* GOP faces a make-or-break moment on Obamacare repeal.

* North Korea said it will continue its nuclear weapons tests and bolster its nuclear force "to the maximum."

* President Trump's first 100 days on energy and the environment

* Reince Priebus said the Trump administration has "looked at" changes to libel laws that would curtail press freedoms.

* Rodrigo Duterte says he may be too busy for a White House visit.

* The administration ends Michelle Obama's girls education program.

* The Department of Agriculture is relaxing Obama-era school lunch standards.

* Trump to speak with Putin by phone Tuesday

* Trump abruptly ended an interview after being pushed on his claims that Obama ordered surveillance of him.

* Trump calls Kim Jong-un a "a pretty smart cookie"

* Trump claims Andrew Jackson was upset about the Civil War

* Trump doesn't know what's in his health care bill.

* Trump invited Duterte to visit him at the White House after their "very friendly conversation."

* Trump picks antiabortion activist to head his family planning program

* Trump said he would be "honored" to meet with Kim Jong Un if the circumstances were right.

* Trump says his rally crowd broke records despite empty seats

* Trump's interview with "Face the Nation."

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April 2017
   April 30   * A president's very public education.

* At 100 days, Trump's big talk on the economy lacks substance.

* Congress at 100 Days: Frenetic action but few accomplishments.

* How the world sees Trump.

* How Trump reshaped the presidency and how it's changed him.

* In its first 100 days, the GOP scrambles to learn how to govern.

* Inside Trump's tumultuous first 100 days.

* The Women's March still inspires, but can the enthusiasm hold?

* Trump has galvanized activists on the left, but can they stay energized?

* Trump has given progressives so many causes for fear and outrage

* Trump to stick with conservative list for next Supreme Court pick

* Trump's first 100 days ranked by the best, the worst, and everything in between.

* Trump's presidency has become the demoralizing daily obsession

* What mattered and what didn't.

* White House reporters recall their most vivid moments of Trump's first 100 days.

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Articles : April, 2017

4/30/2017

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April 2017
   April 30   * A president's very public education.

* At 100 days, Trump's big talk on the economy lacks substance.

* Congress at 100 Days: Frenetic action but few accomplishments.

* How the world sees Trump.

* How Trump reshaped the presidency and how it's changed him.

* In its first 100 days, the GOP scrambles to learn how to govern.

* Inside Trump's tumultuous first 100 days.

* The Women's March still inspires, but can the enthusiasm hold?

* Trump has galvanized activists on the left, but can they stay energized?

* Trump has given progressives so many causes for fear and outrage

* Trump to stick with conservative list for next Supreme Court pick

* Trump's first 100 days ranked by the best, the worst, and everything in between.

* Trump's presidency has become the demoralizing daily obsession

* What mattered and what didn't.

* White House reporters recall their most vivid moments of Trump's first 100 days.

   April 29   * At least 25 temporary political appointees are now getting permanent federal jobs

* Bill Maher Broke Down Why Trump Voters Will Never Be Convinced with Facts

* Conway is "confident" there will be no government shutdown.

* Georgia NAACP chief is suing the state for trying to block newly registered voters from taking part in a runoff election.

* Hawaiians to Jeff Sessions: "We're not just some island."

* Inside Donald Trump's Tumultuous First 100 Days

* Jeff Sessions dismissed Hawaii as just "an island in the Pacific"

* Jeff Sessions makes arresting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a priority.

* Lawmakers hope to unveil a catchall spending bill next week in order avert a government shutdown.

* Mattis tells Congress that Trump's budget request isn't sufficient

* Nearing the 100-day mark with limited accomplishments, Trump calls it a "ridiculous standard."

* One Hundred Days of Failure -- Trump's Dismal First Act.

* Samantha Bee rips Trump's first 100 days: 'You're basically the presidential Fyre Festival'

* Samantha Bee's show briefly upstages correspondents' dinner

* South Korea is on heightened alert as the North readies for its anniversary of the Korean People's Army.

* Syria still has chemical weapons

* The House Intelligence Committee asked former acting Attorney General Sally Yates to testify

* The Justice Department escalates its crackdown on "sanctuary cities".

* The threat of a government shutdown hinges on the Mexican border wall and Obamacare funding.

* The Treasury denied Exxon's request for a waiver from Russian sanctions.

* The White House is desperate to demonstrate progress

* Trump puts pressure on China to rein in North Korea.

* Trump says Iran has not "lived up to the spirit" of the nuclear agreement.

* Trump's lawyers have argued that anti-Trump protesters "have no right" to "express dissenting views" at his campaign rallies.

   April 28   * China warns situation with North Korea is at a "critical point."

* Congress passed a short-term spending deal to keep the federal government open for another week.

* Gabby Giffords criticizes Trump's NRA speech

* House Republicans failed to round up enough votes for their bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Again.

* Interior Secretary Zinke: No president in my lifetime 'more for us' than Trump

* North Korea released a propaganda video showing the White House in crosshairs and aircraft carriers exploding.

* Parsing the Trump White House at 100 Days

* Sessions recused himself from any Michael Flynn investigation

* The 32-Word History of Trump's First 100 Days

* The economy turned in the weakest performance in three years

* The NSA halts the collection of Americans' emails and texts due to compliance issues with FISA court rules.

* The State Department wants to clear Nikki Haley's remarks before she speaks

* Tillerson urges the UN to act "before North Korea does"

* Trump Administration's Argument Before Supreme Court Could Get Melania Deported

* Trump agrees with the majority of Americans: He wasn't ready to be president.

* Trump assures NRA he'll support gun rights

* Trump delivers campaign-like speech to NRA crowd

* Trump expands offshore oil drilling activity

* Trump is "just a few" votes shy

* Trump says a "major, major conflict" with North Korea is possible

* Trump today: Live updates

* Trump Tower Security in NYC Will Still Be Tight After Melania and Barron Leave for White House

* Trump's 100 days in 14 charts

* Trump's original campaign manager is now promising to arrange meetings with Trump

   April 27   * Congress aims to vote on a short-term spending bill Friday in order to avoid a shutdown.

* Democrats threaten to oppose short-term funding bill to prevent a shutdown if the healthcare vote happens this week.

* Economists fear Trump's tax plan will only heighten a "mountain of debt."

* Homeland security unveils Trump's controversial immigrant crime office

* Ivanka Trump says the US should consider admitting Syrian refugees.

* Poll: 44% approve of Trump's handling of the presidency

* Poll: Trump's first 100 days get "mixed reviews."

* Republicans tell Trump that a NAFTA withdrawal would be a "disaster."

* Sessions vows to press legal fight on sanctuary cities

* Spicer blames Obama for Flynn's security clearance

* Steve Mnuchin can't guarantee the middle class won't pay more under his new tax plan.

* The GOP is still divided over the latest healthcare plan.

* The Pentagon warned Flynn in 2014 against accepting foreign payments without prior approval.

* The Pentagon will try to determine whether Flynn "failed to obtain required approval prior to receiving" foreign payments.

* The race for votes on health care is on again.

* The Trump Administration in a Video: 100 days in 2 Minutes, by NY Times

* The White House says Ivanka will have "no authority" over the World Bank fund to invest in women-owned businesses.

* Trump is unlikely to get his healthcare vote this week

* Trump said he will either renegotiate NAFTA or terminate it.

* Trump says no plan to pull out of NAFTA "at this time."

* You Could Be Wearing Ivanka Trump Right Now and Not Even Know It

   April 26   * Could tensions turn into war in North Korea?

* House Republicans gather to revive their Obamacare repeal.

* Latest GOP health bill amendment would exempt members of Congress from its effects.

* Lawmakers are leaning toward passing a one-week funding extension to avoid a shutdown.

* Less Than a Third Have Positive Image of McConnell, Schumer

* Massive Trump tax cuts face big hurdles as debt mounts

* Poll: 56% think Russia tried to influence the election

* Republicans are far from repealing Obamacare

* Sanctuary cities ruling: When a judge quotes Sean Spicer, it's not a good sign for the White House

* The administration is considering an executive order to withdraw from NAFTA.

* The Ever-Trumpers: Revisiting his backers from 2016, we find they still like him

* The Senate confirms the deputy attorney general who will now be in charge of the Russia probe.

* The White House trumpets its tax cuts as the "biggest in history."

* Trump and his top national security advisers briefed congressional lawmakers on the "very grave threat" posed by North Korea.

* Trump attacks "ridiculous" 9th circuit judge who blocked his order to deny federal funding to "sanctuary cities."

* Trump eyes steep cuts to corporate tax rates, repatriated earnings

* Trump is expected to sign an executive order aimed at opening up protected waters

* Trump loses trade dispute with Mexico over dolphin safe tuna.

* Trump triggers a review of national monument designations

* Trump unveils his plan to overhaul the tax code.

* Trump's 15% Corporate Tax Seen as 'Gambit' as He Unveils Plan

* Trump's goal of reducing the corporate tax rate has a fatal problem: Senate rules.

* Trump's tax plan extends the corporate tax cut from mom-and-pop businesses to his own real estate empire.

* Trump's tax plan would cut corporate and small business rates and boost the standard deduction

* US missile defense system moved to a deployment site in South Korea

   April 25   * A federal judge has blocked Trump's directive seeking to deny federal funding to "sanctuary cities."

* All 100 senators will attend a rare briefing at the White House on North Korea

* Analyst says Canadian lumber tariffs will not affect home prices.

* Bloomberg dismisses Trump's 'disingenuous' promise to revive coal industry

* Congress has been stalling border wall funding

* Donald Trump Calls for New United Nations Sanctions on North Korea

* Donald Trump Calls for New United Nations Sanctions on North Korea

* Donald Trump's Many Failed Relationships

* Flynn's Turkish lobbying now linked to Russia.

* Gov't shutdown, health bill rescue at stake in Congress

* Housing stocks take a hit from Trump's lumber tariff

* Ivanka Trump booed at W20 summit after calling father a 'champion' for women

* Ivanka Trump gets booed and hissed at during a Berlin event.

* Limbaugh 'troubled' over border wall news: 'Looks like Trump Is caving on funding'

* Mar-a-Lago Ad Belongs in Impeachment File

* Mexico is worried that the border wall will worsen flooding.

* NBC Just Called Ivanka Out For Covering For Trump And She Didn't Like It

* North Korea marks anniversary with massive artillery drill

* Our 100-Day Obsession Only Makes The Presidency More Powerful

* Poll: 37% of Americans say Obamacare should be repealed and replaced.

* Poll: 50% have little to no confidence in the GOP healthcare plan.

* Republican lawmakers ask Trump to scale back Obama-era protections for gays and lesbians

* Sally Yates is set to testify at the May 8 Senate hearing.

* Senate Confirms Ex-Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue As Agriculture Secretary

* State Department posts, then removes article promoting Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort.

* Study: Trump's hardball tactic on health care may backfire

* The contrarians: They didn't vote for Trump, but they would now

* The government's costs could increase by $2.3 billion

* The House oversight panel says Flynn did not comply with the law.

* The Senate's investigation into Trump's Russia ties has descended into a 'standoff'

* The Trump standard: The 45th president's norm-busting first 100 days

* The US imposed sanctions on 271 employees of the Syrian government

* The Washington Post Just Busted Ivanka Trump In A Major Scandal

* The White House is "confident" it will avert a shutdown as Trump shows flexibility on his wall.

* Top foreign policy moments of Trump's 1st 100 days

* Trump Could Anger His Base If He Gets Tax Cuts Wrong

* Trump faces his first budgetary cliff

* Trump has accomplished fewer than 1/3 of his 100-days promises

* Trump just blinked in the government-shutdown fight

* Trump promised the biggest tax cut in history.

* Trump slaps Canada with 20% tariffs on softwood lumber in response.

* Trump tells UN to prepare new North Korea sanctions

* Trump threatens tariff on Canadian lumber

* Trump to order review of national monuments

* Trump warns Canada over its import tax on dairy: "We will not stand for this."

* Trump White House touts achievements but downplays 100-day expectations

* Trump's 15% Corporate Tax Push Sets Stage for Clash With Ryan

* US Navy fires warning flare at Iran vessel in Persian Gulf

* Voices from around the world consider Trump's first 100 days

* White House backtracks after Trump opens the door to delaying funding for border wall.

* Why Trump is teeing off on Canada

   April 24   * 'Morning Joe' to Jeff Sessions: 'You Don't Talk About the NYPD That Way' (Video)

* "When I won," Trump thought, "now I'll get good press."

* A boost for U.S.-Israeli ties

* A California Democrat called Attorney General Jeff Sessions "a racist and a liar,"

* Anti-Semitic incidents have surged since the election of Trump

* As a government shutdown looms, lawmakers could pass a short-term spending bill

* As the carrier group heads for Korean waters, China calls for restraint.

* Defense Secretary Mattis is in Afghanistan to discuss war needs

* Dems Reportedly Upset As Senate Russia Investigation Stalls

* Donald Trump Asks Americans Not to Use 100 Days As a Benchmark to Judge Him

* Donald Trump boasts about getting higher TV ratings than 9/11 attacks

* Donald Trump can't stop talking (and talking) about the 2016 election

* Donald Trump has a terrible idea for preventing a US government shutdown

* Donald Trump nominations list -- New White House administration

* Here's the full transcript of an Oval Office interview

* If Trump Shuts Down the Government To Force U.S. Funding For His Mexico Border Wall, Here's What it Will Mean to You

* Ivanka Trump Clothing Is Secretly Being Relabeled at Some Retailers

* Ivanka Trump heads to Berlin for women's conference

* Ivanka Trump's Clothing Label Just Changed Its Name ... Sort Of

* John Oliver: It's "Dangerous" to Trust Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump

* Nancy Pelosi calls Trump's border wall "immoral, expensive, unwise."

* New Secret Service director expected to be named

* Obama & Trump Face Off On Cable News As Ex-POTUS Returns To Public Stage

* Republican donors, leaders, and candidates worry the 2018 midterms will be a referendum on Trump's performance.

* Senate intel faces pressure to speed up Russia probe

* Spicer: White House isn't setting 'artificial deadline' for Obamacare repeal bill

* State Department removes Mar-a-Lago blog post

* The border wall would be "catastrophic" for the environment and endangered species.

* The entire US Senate to go to the White House for a North Korea briefing.

* The French president called on voters to reject far-right candidate Marine Le Pen and back Emmanuel Macron to succeed him.

* The government shutdown looks like it will hinge on Trump's border wall

* The Senate Intelligence Committee has made little progress

* The Senate probe into Trump's connection to Russia has no full-time staff.

* The U.S. government is promoting Mar-a-Lago online

* This is a new era': One of the toughest courts in the US explains Trump's approach to immigration

* Trump blasts approval rating polls as "fake news"

* Trump calls for new UN sanctions against North Korea

* Trump Hosts Conservative Media at White House Reception

* Trump Invites 'Neglected' Breitbart and Other Conservative Outlets to White House Reception

* Trump pushes for border wall funding in spending dispute with Democrats.

* Trump Tax Plan Said to Call for Corporate Rate Cut to 15%

* Trump to Sign Executive Orders That Enable Drilling and Mining in Previously Off-Limit Areas

* Trump wants corporate tax rate cut to 15 percent, even if it swells the national debt

* Trump wants to cut the corporate rate to 15%

* Trump: I gave "Face the Nation" the highest ratings "since the World Trade Center came down."

* Trump's 100-days promises: A long way to go on most of them

* Trump's plan for the 'biggest tax cut we've ever had' is already looking like it could be messy

* Trump's shutdown threat creates a no-win situation for Republicans

* Trump's tax plan could face a budget deficit challenge

* Trump's White House Family Affair Looks A Lot Like The Most Corrupt Nations In The World

* U.S. Announces New Tariffs on Canadian Lumber After Trade Spat Over Dairy Farmers

* US Senate summoned to White House for North Korea briefing amid rising tensions

* Welcome to the biggest week of Donald Trump's presidency

* White House 'confident' of averting shutdown as Trump shows flexibility on wall

* White House loads thinly staffed agencies with policy deadlines

* White House press secretary Sean Spicer defends Trump's 'significant' work in 100 days

* White House, Capitol Hill scramble for deal

* Winners and losers of Trump's first 100 days

   April 23   * Poll: 96% of Trump voters say they'd do it again today.

* AG Sessions 'can't imagine' Dems shutting down government over border wall funding

* DHS Secretary John Kelly reaffirmed Trump's claim that DREAMers could "rest easy"

* French election: Macron and Le Pen are projected to advance to the runoff election.

* Jeff Sessions says DREAMers, like "everyone that enters the country unlawfully," are "subject to being deported."

* Jeff Sessions Won't Apologize For Offending The Entire State Of Hawaii

* More than 11,000 women in all 50 states plan to run for political office.

* North Korea detains a third US citizen.

* North Korea is "ready to sink" a US aircraft carrier heading for the peninsula.

* Paul Ryan promised to keep the government open

* Poll: 42% of Americans approve of Trump's job performance

* Poll: 57% believe the government should do more to solve problems and help people.

* Sessions says Mexicans will pay for the border wall 'one way or another

* Sessions, unlike Trump, says DREAMers are 'subject to being deported'

* Sessions: The border wall will be funded

* Sessions: We'll get the border wall paid for "one way or the other"

* The Trump administration is pushing for a vote this week in the House to replace Obamacare.

* The White House offers conflicting details of Trump's tax plan

* Trump says Mexico 'eventually' will pay for border wall

* Trump vows to release tax reform plan sooner than expected

* Trump's Attorney General Says DREAMers Can Be Deported

* Trump's push for the border wall threatens to cause a government shutdown.

   April 22   * A Repulsed Pavorotti Family Busts Trump for Lying About Friendship With Deceased Tenor

* Historian who predicted Donald Trump would win presidency forecasts that he will be impeached

   April 21   * De Blasio, NYPD chief slam Justice Dept. for 'outrageous' crime claim

* Trump Promised a Lot for His First 100 Days. Here's What He Has -- and Mostly Hasn't -- Done

   April 20   * 63% of Democrats say they're "very excited" about voting in the 2018 election,

* A Russian think tank controlled by Putin developed a plan to swing the 2016 US Presidential election.

* Carter Page's trip to Russia last July became the catalyst for an FBI investigation into ties between Russia and the Trump campaign.

* Chaffetz is considering an early departure from Congress.

* Congress may have to choose between keeping the government open and voting to repeal Obamacare.

* House Republicans are making a new bid to repeal Obamacare.

* North Korea warns of a "super-mighty preemptive strike"

* Opinion: Misleading polls and fake news

* Sarah Palin visits White House with Kid Rock, Ted Nugent

* Satellites spot unexpected activity at North Korean nuclear test site: volleyball.

* The CIA and FBI are searching for the leaker who gave top-secret documents to WikiLeaks.

* The FBI used the unverified dossier detailing Trump's ties to Russia in order to bolster its Trump-Russia investigation

* The judge Trump denigrated for his Mexican heritage last year will hear deported DREAMer case

* The Justice Department is weighing whether to bring criminal charges against members of the WikiLeaks.

* The Trump administration launches national security investigation into steel imports

* The White House sidewalk will be closed to public permanently.

* Tillerson accused Iran of "alarming ongoing" provocations

* Trump blows his own deadline for developing an anti-hacking plan within 90 days of taking office.

* Trump claims that "no administration has accomplished more in the first 90 days."

* Trump gets an "A" on his performance from 16% of voters.

* Trump's claim that 'no administration has accomplished more in the first 90 days'

* Why is Jason Chaffetz running away?

   April 19   * A Miami state senator referred to his fellow Republicans as "niggas."

* Bill O'Reilly is out at Fox News.

* Emirates is cutting flights to the US because of Trump's restrictive travel policies.

* Exxon has asked the Treasury for exemption from US sanctions on Russia

* Fox News is preparing to cut ties with Bill O'Reilly.

* Jason Chaffetz will not seek re-election.

* Mike Pence warns North Korea that "the sword stands ready."

* O'Reilly's 21-year run at Fox News will come to an end.

* The Justice Department does not have any US attorneys in place a month after dismissing federal prosecutors.

* The US says Iran is complying with the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal negotiated by Obama.

* The White House is looking to revive Obamacare repeal before the 100-day mark.

* Trump is expected to shift his weekend plans to his golf club in New Jersey once Mar-a-Lago closes for the season.

* Trump Signs Order That Could Lead to Curbs on Foreign Workers

   April 18   * Clock tower over the Trump International Hotel (in Washington DC) quietly reopens for tours

* Critics of the Department of Homeland Security should "shut up" and assume the agency is acting appropriately

* Democrats aim to "make Trump furious" in Georgia election.

* Elijah Cummings on Trump's transparency: "If you want privacy, don't go into politics."

* Georgia voting machines were stolen just days before the polls open for a special election.

* In an upcoming executive order, Trump will have the Department of Homeland Security review how H-1B visas are awarded.

* Ivanka Trump won approval from the Chinese government for three new trademarks the same night she dined with the President of China at Mar-a-Lago.

* Spicer argued that more public disclosure are unnecessary and harmful to Trump's ability to govern.

* Tax reform will be delayed because of Trumpcare failure.

* The promise to enact a sweeping overhaul of the tax code is in jeopardy nearly 100 days into Trump's tenure.

* The South Korea-US free trade agreement will be reviewed.

* Theresa May stunned the UK political world by calling for an early general election

* Trump called Erdogan to congratulate him on his contested, controversial referendum

* Trump on North Korea: Obama and Clinton were "outplayed by this gentleman."

* Trump signs 'buy American, hire American' executive order for review of visa program to encourage hiring Americans

* Trump's executive order is aimed at making it harder for technology companies to recruit low-wage workers

* US warships are now on a northerly course for the Korean Peninsula

   April 17   * Editorial: Waiting for Trump tax relief

* Melania Trump nudges Donald during White House Easter Egg Roll

* Poll: Majority of Americans disapprove of Trump, a near historic low

   April 16   * Thousands crowd Daley Plaza for Tax Day march to demand Trump release tax returns -- Chicago Tribune

* Trump defends flip-flopping on labeling China a currency manipulator

* Trump slams 'small' Tax March, suggests protesters were paid

   April 15   * China Warns of 'Storm Clouds Gathering' in U.S.-North Korea Standoff

* Thousands at New York rally demand Trump release tax returns

* With Trump Appointees, a Raft of Potential Conflicts and 'No Transparency'

   April 14   * North Korea: Trump's policy more vicious than Obama's

* U.S. May Launch Strike if North Korea Reaches for Nuclear Trigger

   April 13   * The classic Chinese text that Ivanka Trump's kids recited for Xi Jinping was long banned in China

* Trump: 'Things will work out fine between the USA and Russia'

* US drops 'mother of all bombs' in Afghanistan: Pentagon

   April 12   * $1.2 million in payments from a pro-Russian political party have been linked to Paul Manafort's firm in the US.

* An Update For Trump Voters

* Barron Trump: Get to know the president's fifth child

* Classified documents contradict both Nunes and Trump that Obama ordered wiretaps of Trump Tower to spy on him during the campaign.

* DeVos rolled back an Obama administration attempt to reform how student loan debt is collected.

* Even Before Trump, The Republican Party Was Reluctant To Push Out Nazi-Linked Officials

* Melania Trump Settles Defamation Lawsuit With Daily Mail Over Escort Story

* Paul Manafort's lobbying firm has registered as foreign agent.

* Poll: Americans have confidence in Trump after Syria action

* Putin meets with Tillerson in Moscow

* Russia investigation is back in the spotlight

* Shifting course, Trump says health care repeal must happen before tax overhaul.

* Silicon Valley is beginning to fight Trump's net neutrality plan.

* The Trump administration has suspended its weekly report aimed at putting political pressure on sanctuary cities.

* The Trump administration is lifting the federal hiring freeze

* Tillerson and Putin appeared to be unable to agree on the facts involving the deadly chemical weapons assault on Syrian civilians or Russian interference in the American election.

* Trump and Putin trade barbs as ministers meet.

* Trump is "100% committed" to NATO.

* Trump on North Korea: 'We are sending an armada'

* Trump says NATO 'no longer obsolete,' reversing campaign stance

* Trump won't say he still backs Bannon.

* Trump won't say he still backs Bannon.

* Trump's budget director says their goal is to maximize high inequality, not low deficits.

* Undercooled meat. Dangerous fish. Health inspectors ding Trump's Mar-a-Lago kitchen

* US rhetoric 'primitive and loutish', says Russian official ahead of Rex Tillerson talks

* Women Want Trump Impeached, Men Don't, Poll Finds

   April 11   * China offers concessions to avoid a trade war with the US.

* Classified docs contradict Nunes surveillance claims, GOP and Dem sources say

* Donald Trump Tweets: "North Korea is looking for trouble. ... "

* Donald Trump, under FBI investigation, launches second unauthorized military action in three days

* Eric Trump says Donald's decision to bomb Syria was influenced by a "heartbroken and outraged" Ivanka.

* Eric Trump Says Syria Strike Was Swayed By 'Heartbroken' Ivanka

* North Korea issued a warning as the US strike group heads toward the Korean Peninsula.

* Palm Beach County is tired of spending money on Trump's frequent visits to Mar-a-Lago.

* Poll: People love Bernie Sanders, hate Mitch McConnell.

* Putin says the US is planning a "fake" gas attack in Syria in order to discredit Assad

* Republicans are sweating a surprisingly close Kansas congressional race

* Russia wants the UN to investigate Syrian chemical attack.

* Sean Spicer claimed Hitler "didn't even sink to using chemical weapons." Instead he sent Jews to "the Holocaust centers."

* Sean Spicer on Syria: 'Hitler didn't even sink to the level of using chemical weapons'

* Spicer adds "barrel bombs" to the list of reasons why the US could attack Syria again.

* Spicer apologized for claiming Hitler didn't use chemical weapons.

* The FBI obtained a secret FISA warrant last summer to monitor former Trump adviser Carter Page.

* The Government Accountability Office is reviewing Trump's Presidential transition

* The White House accused Russia of engaging in a cover-up of the chemical weapons attack in Syria.

* Tillerson tells Moscow to pick Assad or the US.

* Tillerson warned Russia that Assad's reign is "coming to an end"

* Trump warns North Korea, says nation 'is looking for trouble'

* Trump Woke Up At 5am & Threatened North Korea On Twitter Like A Deranged Madman

* Trump's on pace to surpass 8 years of Obama's travel spending in 1 year.

   April 10   * A son-in-law does not an administration make

* AP Fact Check: Trump and lawmakers on Syria, jobs, court

* Breitbart editors tell staffers to stop writing stories critical of Jared Kushner.

* Kushner and Bannon agree to "bury the hatchet."

* Majority of Americans Support Trump's Airstrikes in Syria

* More Than 3,700 Victims of 'Trump University' Just Got The Ultimate Revenge Against Trump

* Neil Gorsuch is sworn in as Supreme Court justice

* Poll: Majority of Americans support Trump's airstrikes in Syria

* Russia threatens 'real war' with US in Syria as Boris Johnson calls for increased sanctions

* Spanish police arrested a Russian programmer for alleged involvement in "hacking" the US election.

* Spicer: Trump's foreign policy is still "America first"

* Three organizations sue Trump for not releasing White House visitor logs.

* Tillerson: US will hold nations accountable for atrocities.

* Trump Is So Unpopular That Not Even Bombing A Baby Killing Dictator Can Help His Approval Rating

* Trump pick Neil Gorsuch sworn in to Supreme Court

* Trump prepares order to expand offshore oil drilling, reversing an Obama-era policy that restricting the activity.

* Trump scrapped the tax plan he campaigned on and is going back to the drawing board

* Trump scraps tax reform plan after lessons learned from Obamacare repeal attempt

* Trump takes credit for Toyota's planned $1.33 billion investment in an existing US factory.

* Trump team isn't afraid to use force on Syria, North Korea

* Trump's tax returns demanded by advocates ahead of Tax March

* US air strike gives Tillerson a boost for Moscow talks

* What exactly is US Syria policy? Big questions for allies

   April 9   * Commander Who Caught Bin Laden: Trump Is "Greatest Threat to Democracy in My Lifetime"

* Dem. Rep. Says Trump's Syria Missile Strike Was Unconstitutional

* Donald Trump reportedly planning a shift to the center as he tries to reset his presidency

* K. T. McFarland, Trump's deputy National Security Advisor has been asked to step down.

* McCain: administration rhetoric is "partially to blame" for chemical attack in Syria

* McMaster weighs in: THe US eager for regime change in Syria.

* Poll: Majority of Americans support Trump's airstrikes in Syria

* Report: Vanity Fair suspected to be prepping a hit piece about Melania Trump

* Report: Vanity Fair suspected to be prepping a hit piece about Melania Trump

* Schiff says Russia is absolutely "complicit" in the Syrian chemical attack.

* Sen. Lindsey Graham says he's now 'encouraged' by Trump

* The Trump Administration contradicts itself on regime change in Syria.

* The Trump administration demanded that Russia stop supporting the Syrian government

* The USS Carl Vinson strike group is headed toward the Korean Peninsula as a show of force.

* Tillerson is taking a hard line against Russia on the eve of his first diplomatic trip to Moscow.

* To Some, Aggressive Justice Dept Stance Looks Like Step Back

* Trump makes nice with the Koch brothers

* Trump's threat to the 2020 Census

* Two bombs targeting Egyptian churches killed at least 38 people and wounded more than 100.

   April 8   * Bannon could be forced out unless he adopts a more cooperative approach.

* Betsy DeVos' security detail is costing the Department of Education almost $1 million per month

* California Fights Back

* Donald Trump reportedly planning a shift to the center as he tries to reset his presidency

* Media Ignores Trump-Russia Probe to Cover Syria

* Obama aides pushed back against criticism of inaction on Syria,

* Russia deploys warship to Mediterranean after US missile strikes.

* Security for Betsy DeVos Costing Education Dept. Nearly $8M for 8 Months

* Text of a Letter From The President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate

* This Is Not What We Voted For': Trump's Online Base Furious Over Syria Intervention

* Trump defends Syria strike tactics via Twitter

* Trump ordered Bannon and Kushner to sit-down and attempt to bury the hatchet.

* Trump's "America First" constituency is furious about the Syria strikes.

* Trump's had enough of the Bannon and Kushner knife fights in the media.

* Twitter erupts over whether Trump should #FireBannon or #FireKushner.

* Warplanes returned to the Syrian town devastated by a chemical weapons attack to bomb them again.

   April 7   * Bannon attended National Security Council meeting after he was removed from the committe.

* Conspiracy Theorist In Charge

* Democrats See Opening in Tax Overhaul Fight: Trump's Own Deductions

* Dozens of US missiles hit Syrian air base in response to the government's chemical weapons attack.

* Eyewitness says Syrian military anticipated the airstrike.

* Fox and Friends claims 'most successful day' in Trump presidency -- despite anemic jobs report

* House Freedom Caucus signals support for healthcare bill with changes.

* Is Trump backing down on China?

* Lindsey Graham: I'm proud of Pres. Trump (video)

* Russia condemns missile strike and suspends air operation cooperation with the US.

* Syria strike puts US relationship with Russia at risk.

* The government withdraws its request ordering Twitter to identify a Trump critic.

* The Senate confirmed Neil Gorsuch as the 113th Supreme Court justice.

* The Start of Something Big (2016)

* The US warned the Russians ahead of Syria missile strikes.

* Three killed in Swedish "terror attack."

* Trump fires 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at Syria in response to a chemical weapons attack that killed more than 100 people.

* Trump is contemplating major changes to his White House staff

* Trump statement on U.S. military strikes in Syria

* Trump touts progress but no breakthrough after meeting with China's Xi

* US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley warns: "The US is "prepared to do more" in Syria".

* US employers add just 98K jobs, as Unemployment rate falls to 4.5 pct.

* US fires missiles at Assad airbase; Russia denounces 'aggression'

   April 6   * Bannon calls Kushner a "cuck" and a "globalist."

* Bannon threatened to leave White House after he was removed from the National Security Council.

* Bannon to associates: "I love a gunfight."

* Breitbart opens fire on Kushner.

* Democrats filibuster Gorsuch

* Devin Nunes temporarily steps aside from leading the House Intelligence Committee.

* Devin Nunes temporarily steps down from US House investigation on Russia

* GOP senator believes Trump's promise to build a border wall "was a metaphor for securing the border."

* Ivanka Trump reaches out to the President of Planned Parenthood seeking common ground.

* Kushner believes Bannon's desire to deconstruct the government is hurting Trump.

* Lawmakers once again choose partisanship over compromise.

* Republican mega-donor, Rebekah Mercer, urged Bannon not to resign

* Senate Republicans deploy the "nuclear option" to clear the path for Neil Gorsuch.

* Team Trump turns on Bannon.

* The CIA had information last summer indicating that Russia was working to help elect Trump.

* The EPA moves to dismantle programs that protect kids from lead paint.

* The legislative filibuster will be at risk now that the Senate has gone nuclear.

* The Senate is poised for a historic clash over Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch.

* Tillerson: "No role" for Assad in Syria.

* Trump on Syria's Assad: "Something should happen" after this week's chemical attack on civilians.

* Trump prodded House Republicans to tweak the health care bill before leaving for spring break.

* Trump reflects on his "successful 13 weeks" in office. It's been 11 weeks.

* Trump was not pleased by the "President Bannon" puppet-master theme

* Trump: We've had 'one of the most successful 13 weeks' in history

* Trump's War On Journalism

* Twitter sued the federal government to block the unmasking of an anonymous account that had been posting critical messages about the Trump administration.

   April 5   * A Federal Appeals Court ruled that companies cannot discriminate against LGBT employees because of their sexual orientation.

* Democratic senator holds floor in 15 hour marathon speech criticizing Gorsuch.

* Harvard 'Resistance School' launches to fight Trump

* Here are all the duties Jared Kushner has in the Trump administration

* Ivanka Trump Defends Role in White House, Says She Presses Father on Issues

* Ivanka Trump: "If being complicit is wanting to be a force for good… then I'm complicit."

* Mitch McConnell Found to Be Deeply Involved in Russian Cover-up

* Neil Gorsuch Accused of Plagiarism Ahead of Senate Confirmation Vote

* Neil Gorsuch failed to cite the source of work he copied in his book and an academic article.

* North Korea fired a ballistic missile as Trump prepares to meet with Chinese President Xi.

* Pence says Bannon's removal from the National Security Council is not a demotion.

* Rex Tillerson says US 'has spoken enough' after latest North Korean missile launch

* Rubio: It's no coincidence that the Syria gas attack happened after Tillerson's "concerning" comments.

* Steve Bannon has been removed from the National Security Council.

* Susan Rice denies compiling and leaking names of Trump officials from intelligence reports.

* The House Intelligence Committee wants Susan Rice to testify in the probe of alleged Russian election interference.

* The Senate's most senior Republicans are split on the going "nuclear" and changing the rules to confirm Gorsuch.

* Trump says Susan Rice may have committed a crime by seeking the identities of his associates.

* Trump: Chemical attacks in Syria "crossed many, many lines beyond a red line."

* Trump's Authoritarian Vision

* Trump's changes his view of Syria and Assad Altered after "unacceptable" chemical attack

* What's Wrong With This Photo of Melania Trump and Queen Rania?

   April 4   * "Equal Pay Day" Date Changes Year to Year

* Assad apparently "gasses" civilians days after Tillerson suggested he could stay in power.

* Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered a review of federal agreements with dozens of law enforcement agencies.

* California's Senate passes "sanctuary state" bill -- gives middle finger to Trump.

* Equal Pay Day: 5 key points about the gender wage gap

* Full Interview: Noam Chomsky on Trump's First 75 Days & Much More

* House Republicans rekindled health care talks.

* McCain blames the Trump administration's decision to no longer prioritize ending the Syrian civil war.

Poll: Trump approval rating plummets.

* Spicer said Syrian chemical attack is a "consequence" of Obama "weakness."

* Susan Rice may "be of interest to us" the Senate Intelligence chairman says.

* The Republican health care proposal would undermine coverage for those with pre-existing conditions.

* The State Department cut off funding to the UN's family planning agency that works on maternal and reproductive health.

* The Trump administration is considering steps for "extreme vetting."

* The Trump presidency is in a hole

* Trump Lawyer Confirms President Can Pull Money From His Businesses Whenever He Wants

* Trump revoked the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces order

* Trump signs internet privacy bill

* Trump urged investigators to scrutinize alleged spying on his transition team.

* Trump's infrastructure overhaul may top $1 trillion, cut red tape

* Trumpcare revival talks are falling apart ahead of Pence's meeting tonight.

* What Is Equal Pay Day? Here's Everything You Need to Know

* White House blames Obama administration for Assad regime's chemical attack in Syria

* Why Trump Lies

   April 3   * A former national security adviser requested the identity of dozens of people in raw intelligence reports.

* Blackwater founder Erik Prince and a Russian close to Putin established a back channel line of communication between Moscow and President-elect Trump.

* Democrats are close to the 41 votes needed to block the nomination of Gorsuch.

* Democrats secured the 41 votes needed to filibuster Gorsuch, setting the stage for Senate Republicans to enact the "nuclear option"

* House votes to restrict EPA's use of science

* Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner's Rent in Washington: $15,000 a Month

* Jared Kushner flew to Iraq to get a first-hand assessment of counter-ISIS operations.

* Mika Brzezinski It's Time To Consider The 25th Amendment (video)

* North Korean defector says the "world should be ready."

* Our Dishonest President

* Poll: Trump approval rating plummets

* Senators fear fallout of nuclear option.

* Trump can take profits from his businesses at any time.

* Trump says the US can "solve" North Korea's nuclear weapons testing program without the help of China.

* Trump shifts course on Egypt and praised its authoritarian leader

* Trump won't throw out the first pitch on opening day. But it isn't because he can't.

* Trump's proposed budget would disproportionately harm the rural areas and small towns that were key to his win.

   April 2   * A judge rules Trump may have incited violence … and Trump again has his own mouth to blame

* Dems urge Trump to veto bill blocking online privacy rule

* Flynn did not disclose income from Russian companies: White House

* FOIA Appeal Won, Docs Show Trump Funneled Tax Dollars To His Kids

* Judge to Trump: No protection for campaign rally speech inciting violence

   April 1   * Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner still benefit from their real estate empires.

* Kushner's privileged status stokes resentment among White House staff.

* Michael Flynn Failed to Disclose Payments From Russian Propaganda Network

* Michael Flynn's Immunity Request Rejected By Senate Intelligence Committee

* The Trump administration released the financial disclosures for White House staff.

* The White House is exploring a reorganization to stabilize the administration consumed by crisis and chaos.

* Trump skipped out on signing two executive orders after a reporter asked about Michael Flynn.

* Trump tells NBC News and 'sleepy eyes' Chuck Todd to stop covering Russia story

* Trump tells NBC to stop covering Russia story

* Trump tweets at NBC to stop covering the "phony" story about Russian interference in the election.

* Trump's White House struggles to get out from under the Russia controversy.

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March 2017
   March 31   * Flynn offered to cooperate with congressional investigators in exchange for immunity from prosecution.

* Germany balks at Tillerson's call to spend more on NATO defense.

* Schiff said it's too early for the House Intelligence Committee to discuss immunity in exchange for Flynn's testimony.

* Senate voted to eliminate a rule aimed at boosting retirement accounts for low-income workers.

* The first two Democrats back Trump's Supreme Court pick.

* The Senate Intelligence Committee rejected Flynn's request for immunity in exchange for his testimony.

* Tom Price helped kill a rule that would hurt drug company profits the same day he acquired drug stock.

* Trump Just Stormed Out Of A Signing Ceremony Over A Simple Question

* Trump says he will hold Congress "accountable" on health care.

* Trump Skips Out On Signing Executive Orders After Reporter's Question About Flynn

* Trump urged Flynn to seek immunity, calling the congressional inquiries a "witch hunt" by the media and Democrats.

* U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says North Korea has "got to be stopped."

* White House ponders reorganization after health care debacle

   March 30   * Ex-Trump adviser Flynn seeks immunity for testimony in Russia probe

* Schiff Says Too Early to Debate Flynn Immunity for Testimony

* Senate votes to eliminate Obama-era retirement rule

* The hidden impact of Trump's energy executive order

* Trump directly attacks Freedom Caucus members on Twitter over healthcare battle

* Trump, Ryan Both Hit Record Low Approval

   March 29   * Ivanka Trump changes plans, will accept 'unprecedented' official White House role

* Ivanka Trump to Serve as Official, Unpaid White House Employee

* Trump supporters on r/The_Donald demand veto of House internet privacy rule repeal

   March 28   * Donald Trump mistakenly turns to Democrats for Obamacare deal

* What executive actions has Trump taken?

   March 27   * Poll: President Donald Trump's job approval rating drops to new all-time low

* Why Republicans dutifully defend Trump's most ridiculous lies

   March 26   * Ivanka Trump to attend women's economic summit in Berlin

* Trump Puts a Presidential-Size Spotlight on His Brand

* Trump: 'Democrats are smiling' after freedom caucus 'saved' Planned Parenthood and Obamacare

   March 25   * Donald Trump's Shocking Ignorance Laid Bare

   March 24   * "It's time for Ivanka to… stand for women."

* After Trump's ultimatum, some GOP lawmakers change stance on the health care bill.

* Donald Trump's Shocking Ignorance, Laid Bare

* GOP leaders not confident they have the votes to pass the health bill.

* House leaders pull Obamacare repeal bill.

* House Republican leaders abruptly pull their rewrite of the nation's health-care law.

* ICE is targeting "sanctuary cities" with raids

* Intelligence chair now unsure if Trump associates were even directly surveilled.

* Nunes cancels Tuesday's public hearing with the former director of National Intelligence, CIA director, and attorney general.

* Ryan lacks enough votes for the health care bill as Republicans mutiny.

* Schiff: New evidence shows possible Trump-Russia collusion

* The White House is prepared to blame Paul Ryan if the health bill fails.

* Treasury secretary "not at all" worried about robots taking jobs.

* Trump blames Democrats for his health care defeat

* Trump grants approval for Keystone XL pipeline

* Trump's first legislative effort fails as GOP pull bill to repeal Obamacare.

* Trump's former campaign chairman volunteers to testify before the House Intelligence Committee.

* Trumps plot big hotel expansion, but political problems loom

* White House on health care bill: Don't blame Trump.

* Why Donald Trump is a terrible leader

   March 23   * Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner on Aspen Ski Break Amid Washington Drama

* Lawmaker calls for complete shutdown of Trump agenda over possible collusion with Russia

* Obamacare repeal vote looming, Trump struggles to win over Freedom Caucus Republicans

* Read Trump's Interview With TIME on Truth and Falsehoods

* Republicans delay vote on 'Trumpcare' after struggling to reach agreement on the bill

* Trump Just Violated Federal Law In Attempt to Salvage Trumpcare

* US officials: Info suggests Trump associates may have coordinated with Russians

   March 22   * "I'll criticize judges," Trump says, hours after Gorsuch said he'd rule against Trump if the law required it.

* Ex-Colorado GOP leader said only Democrats committed voter fraud. Now he's charged with voter fraud.

* Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn didn't sign Trump's ethics pledge.

* Members of the Trump transition team were under inadvertent surveillance following the election.

* Neil Gorsuch sails through Supreme Court confirmation hearing

* North Korea has no fear of U.S. sanctions move and will pursue "acceleration" of its nuclear and missile programs.

* Paul Manafort, Trump's former campaign chairman, secretly worked for a Russian billionaire to advance the interests of Putin a decade ago.

* Schumer calls for delaying Gorsuch vote because of the Trump-Russia probe.

* The Secret Service has asked for $60 million extra for travel and protection resulting from the complicated Trump family lifestyle.

* The White House is preparing to dismantle Obama's climate change policy.

* Trump and House GOP leaders lack the votes needed to pass the Obamacare repeal.

* Trump associates may have coordinated with Russians to release of information damaging the Clinton campaign.

* Trump critic Patrick Cronin to head plum Pentagon think tank

* Trump signs NASA bill aimed at sending people to Mars.

* Trump's team said it didn't ask for military vehicles at inauguration. Emails show it did.

* While Gorsuch was testifying, the Supreme Court unanimously overturned his ruling on providing students with disabilities with an education.

   March 21   * A Top Congresswoman Just Made The Trump Announcement We've All Been Waiting For

* Dow and S&P post first 1% fall in 5 months as banks tumble, health care reform worries remain

* Elmo From 'Sesame Street' Learns He's Fired Because Of Donald Trump's Budget Cuts

* Fox News boots Judge Napolitano off the air for pushing Obama wiretap claims.

* GOP leaders unveiled changes to healthcare bill

* Gorsuch vows to "put politics aside" on the second day of his confirmation hearing.

* Gorsuch: 'I would have walked out of the door' if Trump asked to overturn Roe v. Wade

* Ivanka Trump moves into West Wing office despite no formal White House job.

* Kremlin says US intelligence committee is "confused"

* Secretary of State Rex Tillerson To Skip NATO Meeting

* The FBI is investigating whether members of Trump's campaign colluded with Russia

* The Secret Service requested $60 million of additional funding to protect the Trump family

* Tillerson plans to skip NATO meeting, visit Russia in April

* Tillerson prioritizes Moscow and China over NATO.

* Trump to Republicans: Vote for Obamacare repeal or lose your seat

* Trump unfazed by 'deep state' suspicion

* Trump won't allow you to use iPads or laptops on certain airlines.

* Trump's adviser Roger Stone repeatedly claimed to know of forthcoming WikiLeaks dumps

* White House confirms first daughter Ivanka Trump to take on larger role without official title

   March 20   * A St. Louis man was arrested for making at least eight threats against Jewish community centers.

* A Timely Timeline Recap (compliments of one Kevin Kirkland)

* At least 10 GOP lawmakers have said that Trump should release his tax returns.

* Biden to rally with House Democrats to save Obamacare

* Breitbart editor slams mainstream media in Pulitzer Hall

* Comey confirms FBI probe into Trump-Russia collusion (1)

* Comey confirms FBI probe into Trump-Russia collusion. (2)

* Comey confirms FBI probing alleged Russian interference in 2016 election

* Comey says Russia wanted to hurt US and Clinton, and help Trump.

* Comey says the Justice Department has no information supporting Trump's tweets alleging Obama ordered a wiretap

* Democrats make case against supreme court nominee

* Full Speech: Trump Rally Louisville, Kentucky- FNN (video)

* Germany rejects Trump's claim it owes NATO and U.S. "vast sums" for defense.

* Gorsuch begins his confirmation hearings.

* Gorsuch is an avowed originalist and an enemy of women's healthcare, LGBTQ rights, and access to justice.

* Gowdy used Trump-Russia hearing to accuse Obama officials of leaking Flynn's undisclosed contact with the Russian ambassador to the U.S.

* Latest North Korean rocket test shows "meaningful progress"

* Lawyers say Sessions could face legal ordeal over testimony if a special counsel takes over Trump-Russia probe

* Melania and Barron Trump will move into the White House this summer

* Moscow blames anti-Russian hysteria in the U.S. for Sessions's plight

* NC man accused of committing anti-gay attack: "You live in Trump country now."

* New details in of the GOP Obamacare replacement leak.

* New York attorney general steps up scrutiny of the White House

* North Korea says it's not afraid of US threat of military strike.

* NSA Chief denies British spying accusation

* Olbermann: Best case for Trump after Comey testimony is 'unending Russia investigations' so 'resign now

* Photo contradicts Pelosi's statement about not meeting Russian ambassador Kislyak.

* Photo of Ivanka Trump and Angela Merkel raises eyebrows

* Planned EPA cuts will hit black and Hispanic communities the hardest

* Poll: Almost half of Canadians want illegal border crossers deported

* Poll: Trump approval rating sinks to 37%

* Poll: Trump's approval rating sinks to lowest point ever

* Rex Tillerson skips the State Department's annual announcement on human rights

* Sessions used campaign funds for RNC trip, where he met Russian ambassador for "official" reasons.

* The GOP's bold prediction: Obamacare repeal will pass this month.

* The White House looks to slash the budget of NOAA by 17%.

* Trump budget chief who wants to cut Meals on Wheels says he is sacrificing by giving up business cards

* Trump cries "total witch hunt" as questions about Russia pile up

* Trump Gives Evidence Of Being An Atheist!

* Trump slams Comey hearing as "fake news" four hours before Comey confirmed the existence of a probe on "the Russian story."

* Trump tried Twitter discipline this week. He decided it's totally overrated

* Trump's advisers are urging him to purge the government of Obama appointees.

* Trump's blaming the Democrats for Cabinet delays that are normal -- and his own fault.

* Trump's latest attempt to stop the damaging leaks coming from the White House has been leaked to the press.

* Trump's wiretapping accusations come to a head as Comey testifies at the House Intelligence Committee.

* White House installs political aides at Cabinet agencies to be Trump's eyes and ears.

   March 19   * 5 things to watch at Monday's House Intelligence Committee's Russia hearing.

* Despite millions of dollars being spent on security for Trump's trips to Mar-a-Lago, Mulvaney says the President is cutting costs in the administration budget.

* President Donald Trump's approval rating has hit a new low, says latest Gallup poll

* Ryan plans tweaks to the health care bill in order to help people in their 50s and 60s buy insurance.

* Schiff: "Circumstantial evidence of collusion" exists between the Trump campaign and Russia

* The head of the House Intelligence Committee said there is no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.

* Tom Price says Trump's health care promises will be true down the line.

* Top NSA official ridicules allegations that Britain spied on Trump

* Trump administration is asking the federal judge in Hawaii to limit the scope of his ruling

* Trump continues the use of Special Forces to keep war against the Islamic State and terrorist groups at arm's length.

* Trump's budget director says Meals on Wheels is not being gutted.

   March 18   * Kellyanne Conway's husband is set to lead the Justice Department's civil division.

* Republican senator Joni Ernst calls for Trump to release tax return

* Rex Tillerson blocked reporters from his first diplomatic trip to Asia

* Russian elites invested nearly $100 million in Trump buildings.

* The Trump administration is prepared to scrap nearly a decade of U.S. policy toward North Korea

* Tillerson calls the North Korea nuclear program an "imminent" threat while ruling out negotiations with the country.

* Tillerson says "all options are on the table" when it comes to North Korea.

* Trump administration files notice that it will appeal the ruling against its second version of the travel ban.

* Trump defends meeting with Merkel against 'FAKE NEWS' reports

* Trump optimistic on new health law

* Trump seeks proposals for 30-foot-high, "physically imposing" wall at the Mexican border.

* Trump seems to ignore Merkel's handshake request.

* U.S. attorney Preet Bharara was investigating HHS Secretary Tom Price when he was fired.

* U.S. breaks with allies over trade issues amid Trump's "America first" vow.

   March 17   * Barron Trump Finally Strolls White House Grounds

* JFK's Nephew Just Ruined Trump's St. Patrick's Day from the Congress Floor

* Melania and Barron Trump White House Bound in June

* New Jersey Just Passed A Bill To Keep Trump Off The 2020 Ballot

* Paul Ryan Says He's Been 'Dreaming' Of Slashing Medicaid Since He Was A Frat Boy 'Drinking Out Of A Keg'

* Rex Tillerson Rejects Talks With North Korea on Nuclear Program

* Senator Feinstein Just Hinted Trump Is Headed Towards Impeachment

* The Number of People Who Regret Voting for Trump Is Growing

* Trump and DeVos Just Screwed Over Millions of Student Loans Borrowers BIGLY

* Trump to spend 7th consecutive weekend at Trump-branded property, at enormous cost to taxpayers

* Trump's Cuts to Meals on Wheels Could Hurt Veterans, Raise Health-Care Costs

   March 16   * Adam Schiff: Trump might have disclosed classified info in TV interview

* Federal Judge Blocks Trump's Latest Travel Ban Nationwide

* Giving birth could bankrupt women under GOP's health plan

* Jaws Drop As Trump WH Claims Starving Seniors By Killing Meals On Wheels Is Compassionate

* NYPD commissioner blasts Trump's budget proposal for making NYC 'less safe'

* Trump budget slashes agency money to boost defense spending

* Trump to release 'hard power budget' with cuts to State Dept, EPA

* Trump travel ban: US judge blocks new executive order

* Trump's promise that Mexico will pay for wall could be in trouble following budget proposal

   March 15   * 2 Federal Judges Rule Against Trump's Latest Travel Ban

* Federal judge in Hawaii blocks Trump's new travel ban hours before implementation

* Fox News poll: Trump approval rating drops 5 points

* House intel chairman: No evidence of wiretapping claim

* Intel panel launches probe of Trump leaks

* President goes after Snoop Dogg for shooting Trump clown in music video

* Trump announces challenge to Obama-era fuel standards

* Trump slams court blocking 'watered-down' travel ban

* Trump To Drop Climate Change From Environmental Review

* White House staffers describe paranoid work environment: 'People are scared

   March 14   * All In America: Bernie Sanders In Trump Country

* Democrats blast 'Trumpcare'after CBO finds GOP plan would leave millions without coverage

* Kellyanne Conway barely manages to survive the intense pressure of a single, extremely simple question from Savannah Guthrie and Matt Lauer (video)

* Kushners, Trump In-Laws, Weigh $400 Million Deal With Chinese Firm

* Trump to drop climate change from environmental reviews

* White House insists Trump is 'proud of'the health care bill even though 'it's not his'

* White House: Trump paid $38 million in taxes on more than $150 million in income

   March 13   * Poll: Trump's approval rating dives following wiretap claim and Trumpcare

* Trump and the Parasitic Presidency

* Trump has no intention to back off tweets

* Preet Bharara, the 'Sheriff of Wall Street' is fired by Trump after refusing to resign

* Trump's revised travel ban dealt first court setback

   March 12   * Trump has no intention to back off tweets

   March 11   * Preet Bharara, the 'Sheriff of Wall Street' is fired by Trump after refusing to resign

* Trump's revised travel ban dealt first court setback

   March 10   * A bill moving through Congress could give employers access to workers' genetic test results.

* ACLU files ethics complaint against Sessions over communications with Russian ambassador

* Conservatives want to blow up Senate rules to kill Obamacare.

* Elijah Cummings Just Accused Pence Of Covering-up Flynn's Treason

* FBI investigation continues into "odd" computer link between Russian bank and Trump Organization.

* House GOP leaders defend health-care overhaul as they prepare to meet Trump.

* Is Trump being investigated? "No comment," the Justice Department says.

* Ivanka Trump's brand saw an online surge in February.

* Jeff Sessions calls Guantanamo Bay a "very fine place" to send captured terrorists

* John Huntsman reported to be named next U.S. ambassador to Russia.

* New GOP bill would force workers to undergo mandatory genetic testing or pay thousands in fines

* Pelosi: Comey should publicly reject Trump wiretapping claims.

* Russian ambassador denied meeting with Trump or any campaign officials in October speech.

* Schiff: I haven't seen any evidence Obama admin wiretapped Trump.

* States ask court to stop Trump's new travel ban from ever taking effect.

* The Office of Government Ethics says the Trump administration has an "incorrect" view of ethics laws.

* The U.S. added 235,000 jobs in February and the unemployment rate dropped to 4.7%.

* Trump promised $1 trillion for infrastructure, but the real estimate is almost $4.6 trillion

* Trump supporters have the most to lose with the repeal of Obamacare.

* U.S. is sending about 400 Marines to Syria

* US economy adds 235,000 jobs in February

   March 9   * Lindsey Graham demands evidence from FBI on Obama wiretap, threatens subpoena

* Melania Trump talks immigrant status, gender equality at White House luncheon

* Paul Ryan just gave a PowerPoint presentation with rolled up sleeves amid backlash over the GOP's Obamacare replacement

* Who wins and who loses under Obamacare replacement bill

   March 8   * A Day Without a Woman

* At tonight's White House dinner: 'Pathological liar,' meet 'Lyin' Ted' Cruz

* Hawaii to challenge Trump's revised travel ban in court

* Ivanka Trump's Landlord Is a Chilean Billionaire Suing the U.S. Government

* Trump's Business Just Got Approval To Operate An ESCORT SERVICE in China -- No, Seriously!

   March 7   * Carson: "There were other immigrants who came in the bottom of slave ships, who worked even longer, even harder, for less."

* Chaffetz: Low-income Americans will have to choose health care over iPhones.

* China warns of an arms race after the U.S. deployed a missile defense system in South Korea.

* CIA Hacking Tools Revealed.

* Confirmed: Trump personally Met With The Russian Ambassador

* Former UK agent breaks silence over Trump dossier

* House Republicans unveiled their plan to replace Obamacare.

* Law prof. Lawrence Tribe: Falsely accusing Obama of wiretapping 'qualifies as an impeachable offense'

* The American Health Care Act: the Republicans' bill to replace Obamacare, explained.

* The GOP Obamacare replacement will defund Planned Parenthood and restrict abortion coverage.

* The UN says Trump's revised travel ban will worsen plight of refugees.

* Trump campaign gave Page permission for Moscow trip

* Trump Just Told a HUGE Lie Blaming Obama For Terrorism

* Trump's property ratings are plummeting -- and it could become a $100 million problem for the President

* WikiLeaks released the "entire hacking capacity of the CIA."

* WikiLeaks says it has obtained trove of CIA hacking tools.

* With income-based tax credits, the GOP is considering an approach to health care it has long been against.

   March 6   * 65% of Americans want a special prosecutor for Trump-Russia investigation

* A Trump University Victim Just Gave Trump Awful News

* Chaffetz: I've seen no evidence Obama ordered wiretap of Trump.

* Conservative writer who spoke to Trump after wiretap tweets: 'I haven't seen him this pissed off in a long time'

* Conway blames Trump's wiretap dust-up on "double standard."

* Father of slain soldier who criticized Trump says travel rights reviewed

* FBI Director Comey asked Justice officials to refute Trump's unproven wiretapping claim.

* House Republicans unveil bill to repeal Obamacare

* Most back special prosecutor for Russia investigation.

* New executive order bans travelers from six Muslim-majority countries applying for visas.

* Polls: Support for Trump grows after address to Congress

* Republicans Just Made It Easier For Companies To Exploit Workers

* Russia's take on Trump: Glee gives way to frustration.

* Russian hackers are targeting U.S. liberals

* Senators push Trump to release White House, Mar-a-Lago visitor logs

* The Supreme Court ruled that confidential deliberations must be disclosed if there's evidence of racial bias by jurors.

* The Supreme Court won't hear the Case on transgender rights

* Trump rejects Comey assertion that wiretapping claim is false.

* Trump signed a more limited executive order on immigration.

* Trump signs new executive order on immigration, drops Iraq from travel ban

* White House spokeswoman: Trump doesn't believe Comey that Obama didn't wiretap.

   March 5   * Comey Asks Justice Dept. to Reject Trump's Wiretapping Claim

* Did Nostradamus Really Predict Trump And The Upcoming End Of The World?

* Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper denied any suggestion that Trump Tower communications were wiretapped before the election.

* Russia is the slow burn of the Trump administration, and it's not going away.

* Schumer: "The president is in trouble."

* Senator: Intel panel to look at alleged wiretap.

* SNL Just Savaged Jeff Sessions' Russian Treason In A HILARIOUS "Forrest Gump" Skit

* The Trump administration may be skirting its own ethics rules

* Trump angry and frustrated at staff over Sessions fallout for stealing his thunder in the wake of his address to Congress.

* Trump called "reports" about the wiretapping "very troubling"

* Trump plans to sign updated travel ban early next week.

* Trump skips the Gridiron Dinner as his staffers get roasted.

* Trump wants congressional probe of claims that Obama had him wiretapped during last year's election, but won't comment further.

* White House asks Congress to probe Trump's accusation of Obama wiretap

   March 4   * 'March 4 Trump' Gets HILARIOUSLY Bad Turnout, Demonstrating Trump's Lack Of Public Support

* "I'm coming after you": Trump threatens conservative House Republicans to support Trumpcare bill

* A growing list of contacts between Trump associates and Russia is drawing increased scrutiny.

* Donald Trump's Twitter frenzy accuses President Obama of a Felony

* Graham: 'I'm very worried' about Trump's wiretapping accusation

* Keystone XL oil pipeline won't use US steel despite Trump's pledge.

* Keystone XL Pipeline Won't Use American Steel Despite Trump's Promise

* Obama denies Trump's unsubstantiated accusation that he wiretapped phones in Trump Tower

* Sessions will submit amended testimony and address Senators' questions

* The Trump administration will temporarily suspend expedited applications for H-1B visas.

* The U.S. can't effectively counter a nuclear threat from North Korea.

* This is Nixon/Watergate': Trump accuses Obama of wiretapping Trump Tower during campaign

* Trump Accuses Obama of Nixon Watergate Plot to Wire Tap Trump Tower

* Trump to roll back stringent federal regulations on vehicle pollution that contributes to global warming.

* Trump went "ballistic" on his senior staff

* Trump, citing no evidence, accuses Obama of 'Nixon/Watergate'plot to wiretap Trump Tower

* Untangling Trump and Russia: What we know – and what we don't.

* With One Voice

   March 3   * A St. Louis man was arrested for making at least eight threats against Jewish community centers.

* Breitbart editor slams mainstream media in Pulitzer Hall

* For Donald Trump Jr., lingering questions about meeting with pro-Russia group

* Lawyers say Sessions could face legal ordeal over testimony if a special counsel takes over Trump-Russia probe

* Moscow blames anti-Russian hysteria in the U.S. for Sessions's plight

* NC man accused of committing anti-gay attack: "You live in Trump country now."

* New details in of the GOP Obamacare replacement leak.

* Pence: 'No comparison' to Clinton on use of private email

* Photo contradicts Pelosi's statement about not meeting Russian ambassador Kislyak.

* Planned EPA cuts will hit black and Hispanic communities the hardest

* Rex Tillerson skips the State Department's annual announcement on human rights

* Sessions used campaign funds for RNC trip, where he met Russian ambassador for "official" reasons

* The GOP's bold prediction: Obamacare repeal will pass this month.

* The White House looks to slash the budget of NOAA by 17%.

* Trump cries "total witch hunt" as questions about Russia pile up

* Trump tried Twitter discipline this week. He decided it's totally overrated.

* Trump's advisers are urging him to purge the government of Obama appointees.

* Trump's blaming the Democrats for Cabinet delays that are normal -- and his own fault.

* Trump's latest attempt to stop the damaging leaks coming from the White House has been leaked to the press.

   March 2   * Attorney General Sessions had contact with Russian envoy during campaign

* Ben Carson confirmed to lead HUD

* Forget Trump's speech. Look at his budget.

* Former Trump adviser Carter Page also met with Russian envoy.

* Jeff Sessions recused himself from the Russia inquiry

* Kushner and Flynn met with Russian envoy in December

* McMaster rolls back Flynn's changes at NSC.

* Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer say Sessions perjured himself and demand that he resign.

* New EPA head told Congress he never used personal email for government business. But it turns out he did.

* Paul Ryan's feeling confident about repeal-and-replace. McConnell not so much.

* Pence used personal email for state business -- and was hacked.

* President Obama Just Received This Incredible Award That Trump Will NEVER Get

* Rand Paul protests outside room where House Republicans are hammering out an Obamacare replacement.

* Republicans continue to stick with Trump

* Sessions met with Russians twice last year, but didn't disclose the encounters during his confirmation hearing

* Sessions: "I will recuse myself" if necessary.

* Some of the EPA's longstanding and best-known programs are facing potential elimination.

* The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee accused FBI Director James Comey of withholding information on Russia probe.

* The White House intentionally misled reporters

* The White House is fiercely divided over Trump's campaign promise to "cancel" the Paris agreement.

* Top Republicans call on Sessions to recuse himself from Russia investigation.

* Trump taps Putin critic for senior White House position

* Trump went on background with reporters as a "senior administration official" ahead of his address to Congress night.

* Trump's team nixed ethics course for White House staff

* Sanders tells supporters after Trump's speech to "continue the fight"

* Sen. Lindsey Graham says he wants all presidential candidates to be required by law to release their tax returns, starting in 2020.

* Senate approves Trump's nominee, Ryan Zinke, for the Department of the Interior.

* Sessions met with Russians twice last year, but didn't disclose the encounters during his confirmation hearing

* Speech marks a shift in tone.

* The 5 main takeaways from Trump's speech.

* The Democratic response to Trump's address

* The full text of Trump's speech to Congress.

* The State of Trump's State Department.

* Trump called on the Department of Homeland Security to "create an office to serve American victims" of crimes committed by immigrants.

* Trump defended his tumultuous presidency and asked Congress to put aside its "trivial fights" to help ordinary Americans

* Trump delays signing new travel ban order.

* Trump seeks to parlay post-speech boost into action on contentious agenda.

* Trump seesaws on legal status for undocumented immigrants.

* Trump's softer tone masks hard road ahead

* White House: Conway acted "without nefarious motive" in Ivanka Trump plug.

   March 1   * "You People" are doing an amazing job, Trump told HBCU presidents

* 6 things we learned from Trump's address to Congress.

* CNN's Van Jones: Trump 'became President' in honoring Navy SEAL widow Carryn Owens

* DeVos backpedals on remarks about historically black colleges due to a fierce backlash

* Donald Trump's Congress speech (full text)

* Fact checking Trump's first address to Congress.

* Fact-checking Donald Trump's address to Congress

* Fundamental disagreements remain between Republican leaders and the party's most conservative members around the plan to replace the Affordable Care Act

* Generals may launch new ISIS raids without Trump's approval.

* Graham and McCain want answers on Sessions-Russia report.

* House Republicans announce only Republicans are allowed to see the new health care plan.

* Jeff Sessions just got caught perjuring himself. Twitter's response is merciless.

* Kellyanne Conway 'Inadvertently' Endorsed Ivanka Trump's Fashion Line -- White House

* Key moments from Trump's speech:

* New Trump order drops Iraq from travel ban list.

* Obama administration officials scrambled to ensure intelligence of connections between the Trump campaign and Russia was preserved.

* Pelosi calls for Sessions's resignation

* Pelosi to Democrats: Treat Trump voters like a friend whose boyfriend is a jerk

* Police chiefs object to Trump's efforts to involve them in immigrant deportations.

* Poll: Trump's speech was a hit with viewers in two early polls.

* Poll: Viewers strongly approve of Trump's first Congressional speech

* Presidential Trump says 'join forces' for new greatness

* Republican governors divided on Obamacare replacement.

* Rubio asked to leave Tampa office over disruption from weekly protests.

* Sanders tells supporters after Trump's speech to "continue the fight"

* Sen. Lindsey Graham says he wants all presidential candidates to be required by law to release their tax returns, starting in 2020.

* Senate approves Trump's nominee, Ryan Zinke, for the Department of the Interior.

* Sessions met with Russians twice last year, but didn't disclose the encounters during his confirmation hearing

* Speech marks a shift in tone.

* The 5 main takeaways from Trump's speech.

* The Democratic response to Trump's address

* The full text of Trump's speech to Congress.

* The State of Trump's State Department.

* Trump called on the Department of Homeland Security to "create an office to serve American victims" of crimes committed by immigrants.

* Trump defended his tumultuous presidency and asked Congress to put aside its "trivial fights" to help ordinary Americans

* Trump delays signing new travel ban order.

* Trump seeks to parlay post-speech boost into action on contentious agenda.

* Trump seesaws on legal status for undocumented immigrants.

* Trump's softer tone masks hard road ahead

* White House: Conway acted "without nefarious motive" in Ivanka Trump plug.

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Trump's Thursday Press Conference, Annotated

2/16/2017

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http://www.npr.org/2017/02/16/515608127/transcript-and-analysis-trump-press-conference-on-labor-secretary-russia
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‘He will die in jail’: Intelligence community ready to ‘go nuclear’ on Trump, senior source says

2/15/2017

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U.S. national security officials are reportedly ready to “go nuclear” after President Donald Trump’s latest attack on the intelligence community.

In a series of tweets on Tuesday and Wednesday, Trump insisted that the “real scandal” was not that former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn lied about his contact with Russia. Instead, the president blasted what he said were “un-American” leaks that led to Flynn’s ousting.

Donald J. Trump ✔@realDonaldTrumpThe real story here is why are there so many illegal leaks coming out of Washington? Will these leaks be happening as I deal on N.Korea etc?
9:28 AM - 14 Feb 2017​
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Donald J. Trump ✔@realDonaldTrumpInformation is being illegally given to the failing @nytimes & @washingtonpost by the intelligence community (NSA and FBI?).Just like Russia
7:19 AM - 15 Feb 2017​
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Donald J. Trump ✔@realDonaldTrumpThe real scandal here is that classified information is illegally given out by "intelligence" like candy. Very un-American!
8:13 AM - 15 Feb 2017
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On Wednesday, former NSA intelligence analyst John Schindler provided some insight into the reaction of national security officials.

“Now we go nuclear,” he wrote on Twitter. “[Intelligence community] war going to new levels. Just got an [email from] senior [intelligence community] friend, it began: ‘He will die in jail.'”
“US intelligence is not the problem here,” Schindler added in another tweet. “The President’s collusion with Russian intelligence is. Many details, but the essence is simple.”
 
John Schindler ✔@20committeeUS intelligence is not the problem here.

The President's collusion with Russian intelligence is.

Many details, but the essence is simple.
9:21 AM - 15 Feb 2017
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John Schindler ✔@20committeeNow we go nuclear. IC war going to new levels. Just got an EM fm senior IC friend, it began: "He will die in jail.
"https://twitter.com/JWal077/status/831871381570781184 …
9:27 AM - 15 Feb 2017
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http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/he-will-die-in-jail-intelligence-community-ready-to-go-nuclear-on-trump-senior-source-says/
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Trump Answers Question About Rise in Anti-Semitism by Citing Size of Electoral College Victory

2/15/2017

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Trump and Israeli PM NETANYAHU
Trump Answers Question About Rise in Anti-Semitism By Citing Size of Electoral College Victory
(Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu)
It's even WORSE in text form:
Trump:
"Well, I just want to say that we are, you know, very honored by the victory that we had -- 316 electoral college votes. We were not supposed to crack 220. You know that, right? There was no way to 221, but then they said there's no way to 270. And there's tremendous enthusiasm out there.

I will say that we are going to have peace in this country. We are going to stop crime in this country. We are going to do everything within our power to stop long simmering racism and every other thing that's going on. There's a lot of bad things that have been taking place over a long period of time.

I think one of the reasons I won the election is we have a very, very divided nation, very divided. And hopefully, I'll be able to do something about that. And I, you know, it was something that was very important to me.

As far as people, Jewish people, so many friends; a daughter who happens to be here right now; a son-in-law, and three beautiful grandchildren. I think that you're going to see a lot different United States of America over the next three, four or eight years. I think a lot of good things are happening.

And you're going to see a lot of love. You're going to see a lot of love.

​OK? Thank you."
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Don Lemon smacks down Trump advocate complaining intel community ‘illegally’ spied on Flynn

2/15/2017

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Former Congressman Jack Kingston (R-GA) got a lesson in reality from CNN host Don Lemon Tuesday after he attempted to dismiss U.S. intelligence reports that former National Security Adviser Mike Flynn had been communicating with Russia in possible violation of the Logan Act.

Tuesday the White House went into damage control over the Flynn’s Monday night resignation, only to be faced with another crisis when the New York Times released a bombshell report stating Flynn was not the only person associated with the Trump campaign to be in contact with the Russians before Trump was sworn in.

Speaking with Lemon, the former Georgia lawmaker first criticized those who have called for an investigation into Flynn’s contacts, saying they were,”Not helping our national security picture right now.”

Kingston, who has his own ties to Russia, then tried a new approach, saying Flynn was the real victim because U.S. intelligence agencies were listening in on him illegally.

According to Kingston, the accusations against Flynn are suspect because no details have been released.

“How does an American intelligence agency spy on a private citizen and then leak the –“Kingston continued, before Lemon cut him off.“Well, we don’t know exactly what he said if he did violate the Logan Act,” Kingston offered. “But what we do know is that he was spied on by American security agencies and that’s against the law.”

“This is what you have wrong about that, Jack,” Lemon explained. “These were routine interception surveillance and it wasn’t on a private citizen, but with people who were in private contact with Russians. For some reason, this guy was an ambassador to Russia. All the ambassadors to Russia’s calls have the possibility of being intercepted.”

“This was a routine interception,” the CNN host continued. “They were not looking for anything that the general was doing. They were monitoring a Russian ambassador. This wasn’t anything where they were trying catch General Flynn.”

“So I think you have that part of it wrong,” Lemon concluded.

​Watch the video below via CNN:
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Amy Schumer Defends Family Member Chuck Schumer After Trump Twitter Tirade

1/31/2017

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Amy Schumer defended her relative, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, against tweets from President Donald Trump targeting the democrat from New York on Tuesday.
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After blasting the senator for crying what Trump claimed to be "fake tears" over the controversial immigration ban, the president returned to Twitter to demean Chuck again.
"Nancy Pelosi and Fake Tears Chuck Schumer held a rally at the steps of The Supreme Court and mic did not work (a mess) - just like Dem party!" Trump tweeted early Tuesday morning.
Donald J. Trump ✔@realDonaldTrumpNancy Pelosi and Fake Tears Chuck Schumer held a rally at the steps of The Supreme Court and mic did not work (a mess)-just like Dem party!
6:21 AM - 31 Jan 2017
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Chuck and House Minority Leader Pelosi were speaking in opposition of the travel ban.
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"This is what he was thinking about at 621am," Amy wrote on Instagram along with a screenshot of Trump's message. "This was his tweet after his first soldier died. Also 8 Yemeni women and 7 children died and Trump called the raid 'successful.'"

The first known military raid carried out by President Trump took place in Yemen on Sunday, and resulted in two American deaths. One was Chief Petty Officer William "Ryan" Owens, a member of SEAL Team 6, and the other was an 8-year-old girl. According to NBC News, one official said "almost everything went wrong" in the clandestine strike.

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This is what he was thinking about at 621am. This was his tweet after his first soldier died. Also 8 Yemeni women and 7 children died and trump called the raid "successful" Also I know chuck Schumer and HE CANNOT act trust me. He can barely smile on cue. He can't help but be transparent and genuine. He was hurt for those people and all the people facing such unconstitutional injustice. Trump is about to bombard us with so many awful decisions. His Supreme Court pick will be terrifying and he will try and stop same sex adoption and all our other nightmares. We can't get burnt out or overwhelmed and distracted. We need to stay focused and organized. Tell your friends who say "I'm just not political" that that doesn't cut it anymore. We need people alert and fighting for each other's rights. Tell your sheltered friends to wake up and help. If you live somewhere where youve never even met a Muslim person and it feels like this doesn't really affect you. It does. A Muslim ban is so unconstitutional and cruel. They are good, hard working people and a refugee from the countries he isn't letting people in from have never committed any acts of terrorism on US soil. Never. We need to fight this now and together. Call congress. Call the senate. We need to wake up and rise up together. People need our help.
"A Muslim ban is so unconstitutional and cruel," she wrote. "They are good, hard-working people and a refugee from the countries he isn't letting people in from have never committed any acts of terrorism on U.S. soil. Never. We need to fight this now and together. Call congress. Call the senate. We need to wake up and rise up together. People need our help.""Also, I know Chuck Schumer, and HE CANNOT act," Amy continued. "Trust me. He can barely smile on cue. He can't help but be transparent and genuine. He was hurt for those people and all the people facing such unconstitutional injustice. Trump is about to bombard us with so many awful decisions. His Supreme Court pick will be terrifying and he will try and stop same sex adoption and all our other nightmares."

On Tuesday, Trump announced right-wing conservative Judge Neil M. Gorsuch, 49, as his nominee to the Supreme Court. As the Supreme Court is currently divided evenly between conservative and liberal justices, adding Gorsuch as a ninth justice could tilt the balance of power on the Court to the conservative side.

In her lengthy diatribe, Amy encourages Americans to continue "fighting for each other's rights."

My Source:
http://ew.com/news/2017/01/31/amy-schumer-defends-chuck-schumer-trump-fake-tears/
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Trump fails to mention Jews in Holocaust remembrance statement

1/27/2017

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In a departure from predecessors on both sides of the political aisle, President Trump’s statement Friday marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day did not mention the deaths of six million Jews — a lapse the head of the Anti-Defamation League called “puzzling and troubling.”

In the three-paragraph statement Friday, Trump said: “It is with a heavy heart and somber mind that we remember and honor the victims, survivors, heroes of the Holocaust. It is impossible to fully fathom the depravity and horror inflicted on innocent people by Nazi terror.”

“Yet, we know that in the darkest hours of humanity, light shines the brightest.‎ As we remember those who died, we are deeply grateful to those who risked their lives to save the innocent,” he continued, again referring only to “the innocent.”

“In the name of the perished, I pledge to do everything in my power throughout my Presidency, and my life, to ensure that the forces of evil never again defeat the powers of good,” he concluded. “Together, we will make love and tolerance prevalent throughout the world.”

The White House statement with Trump’s remarks “misses that it was six million Jews who perished, not just ‘innocent people,’” tweeted Jonathan Greenblatt, national director of the ADL shortly after the comments were released.

“Puzzling and troubling” that it “has no mention of Jews,” Greenblatt added in a follow up tweet.

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Statement By The President On International Holocaust Day Remembrance Day (January 27, 2017)

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Greenblatt noted that both Republican and Democratic presidents — including all of Obama’s statements on the occasion — always clearly highlighted the centrality of the genocide of the Jewish people on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day was established by the United Nations in 2005 to commemorate the deaths of the six million Jews as well as an estimated two million Roma and thousands of disabled and gay people at the hands of the Nazis.

A separate Holocaust Remembrance Day was established by Israel in the 1950s to mark the Jewish losses in particular, which are also traditionally marked by a presidential proclamation.

​Trump's generic phrasing contrasts considerably with Obama’s fuller statements on the occasion, which always spoke about the sufferings of the Jewish people, even though Trump has consistently portrayed Obama as a foe of the Jews and Israel.

The failure of the White House to mention the distinctive Jewish losses in the Holocaust could be problematic given that Trump has been accused of trafficking in anti-Semitic stereotypes and his campaign has been accused of employing anti-Semitic tropes. He has also been criticized for failing to call out virulent anti-Semitism among some of his supporters.
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​Remembering Auschwitz, 72 years later
Former prisoners place candles and flowers at the Death Wall during the 72nd anniversary of the liberation of the former Nazi-German concentration and extermination camp KL Auschwitz-Birkenau, in Oswiecim, Poland, on Jan. 27, 2017.
See also:
Powerful photos of Holocaust refugees mark Holocaust Remembrance Day
Auschwitz survivors make painful pilgrimage 72 years later to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day
Germany slowly relaxes its grip on how it confronts the Holocaust
The unlikely allies assisting Israel’s Jewish Holocaust survivors
Holocaust survivor told story to thousands of students

My Source: 
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/27/trump-fails-mention-jews-holocaust-remembrance-statement/97150252/
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Op-Ed: Why the outrage over Trump’s potential 20% border tax is ridiculous

1/27/2017

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The idea that Donald Trump might impose a border tax on all goods coming from Mexico — and that it could be 20 percent — unleashed a lot of outrage from both sides of the aisle.

Then, White House press secretary Sean Spicer clarified that it was just a proposal.

That might seem like the White House pulling the reins after unexpected outrage but Trump's a smart businessman who knows a thing or two about making deals — and how to work the media.

It's altogether possible this was just the opening salvo and that the actual border tax could be a lot less than 20 percent — say, something more like 2 percent or 3 percent.

I mean, really, that doesn't sound bad at all after you were bracing for 20 percent, right?
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Pass the guacamole!

In his 1987 bestseller, "The Art of the Deal," Trump documents his affinity for making almost insane opening statements or bids for projects and prices. In one instance, the future president boasts about getting almost 50 percent off the price of a private jet by first offering just a third of the original asking price. And the trend continues from there. Several Trump-watchers have opined over the past year that his campaign and now his presidency is incorporating that strategy, thus inducing initial shock and outrage and then relative relief.

So how would 2 percent work? Check out the actual trade numbers. The last full year with complete figures is 2015, when the U.S. imported $295 billion in goods from Mexico, according to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. A 2-percent tax would theoretically bring in $5.9 billion per year. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell recently estimated that the wall would cost $12 billion to $15 billion . So, multiply $5.9 billion times four years and that brings in enough money to cover the cost of the wall in time for the 2018 midterm elections, with more than $8 billion to spare.

The question is: If you reduced the border tax to 2 percent from 20 percent, would the outrage die down enough to actually get this kind of tax plan through Congress? 

If President Trump made that adjustment now, the answer would probably be no. The fact that it's U.S. consumers who would ultimately shoulder the cost of that tax — as companies paying that border tax raise prices on goods from Mexico — makes the idea a non-starter for many people across the political spectrum.

But never underestimate Trump and his deal-making ability: Watch for him to make the case that restricting illegal immigration will save the country and the taxpayers money over the long run and that could turn the tide of opposition.

Remember, President Trump is someone without any prevailing conservative or liberal ideology. His lack of liberal orthodoxy makes it possible for him to propose building a wall and his lack of a prevailing conservative ideology makes it possible for him to propose a tax to pay for it. And while that leaves partisans on both sides fuming, the much-less partisan American people can be convinced to get behind the idea. And that's true even before the Trump team starts making its inevitable case for all the construction jobs that will be created by the project on top of the growing argument that reducing illegal immigration will save taxpayers billions in annual costs for schooling, hospitalization, and policing.

And don't forget the persuasive power of President Trump if he were to drop that 20 percent to something more like 2 percent. That kind of a decrease would simply make the White House sound very reasonable and fair, wouldn't it? That's how Trump negotiating tactics work: They flip the script on the other guys across the table.

So it all boils down to two things: First, getting the hysteria to focus on the 20 percent number so intensely that a lower number like 2 percent sounds great by comparison. Second, taking the time to make a case for the cost savings included in restricting the flow of undocumented immigrants so taxpayers will be willing to pay extra for avocados and everything else from south of the border.
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As negotiating and political tactics go, it's not too hard to see a scenario where this works out for the White House. For Mexico and the American consumer, perhaps not so much. But those who continue to underestimate President Trump and his team should know by now that these guys can really surprise you.

My Source: 
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/op-ed-why-outrage-over-174841586.html
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Trump's first FIVE days:

1/26/2017

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* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the DOJ’s Violence Against Women programs.

* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the National Endowment for the Arts.

* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities.

* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Minority Business Development Agency.

* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Economic Development Administration.

* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the International Trade Administration.

* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership.

* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services.

* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Legal Services Corporation.

* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ.

* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Environmental and Natural Resources Division of the DOJ.

* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.

* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Office of Electricity Deliverability and Energy Reliability.

* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Office of Fossil Energy.

* On January 20th, 2017, DT ordered all regulatory powers of all federal agencies frozen.

* On January 20th, 2017, DT ordered the National Parks Service to stop using social media after RTing factual, side by side photos of the crowds for the 2009 and 2017 inaugurations.

* On January 20th, 2017, roughly 230 protestors were arrested in DC and face unprecedented felony riot charges. Among them were legal observers, journalists, and medics.

* On January 20th, 2017, a member of the International Workers of the World was shot in the stomach at an anti-fascist protest in Seattle. He remains in critical condition.

* On January 21st, 2017, DT brought a group of 40 cheerleaders to a meeting with the CIA to cheer for him during a speech that consisted almost entirely of framing himself as the victim of dishonest press.

* On January 21st, 2017, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer held a press conference largely to attack the press for accurately reporting the size of attendance at the inaugural festivities, saying that the inauguration had the largest audience of any in history, “period.”

* On January 22nd, 2017, White House advisor Kellyann Conway defended Spicer’s lies as “alternative facts” on national television news.

* On January 22nd, 2017, DT appeared to blow a kiss to director James Comey during a meeting with the FBI, and then opened his arms in a gesture of strange, paternal affection, before hugging him with a pat on the back.

* On January 23rd, 2017, DT reinstated the global gag order, which defunds international organizations that even mention abortion as a medical option.

* On January 23rd, 2017, Spicer said that the US will not tolerate China’s expansion onto islands in the South China Sea, essentially threatening war with China.

* On January 23rd, 2017, DT repeated the lie that 3-5 million people voted “illegally” thus costing him the popular vote.

* On January 23rd, 2017, it was announced that the man who shot the anti-fascist protester in Seattle was released without charges, despite turning himself in.

* On January 24th, 2017, Spicer reiterated the lie that 3-5 million people voted “illegally” thus costing DT the popular vote.

* On January 24th, 2017, DT tweeted a picture from his personal Twitter account of a photo he says depicts the crowd at his inauguration and will hang in the White House press room. The photo is curiously dated January 21st, 2017, the day AFTER the inauguration and the day of the Women’s March, the largest inauguration related protest in history.

* On January 24th, 2017, the EPA was ordered to stop communicating with the public through social media or the press and to freeze all grants and contracts.

* On January 24th, 2017, the USDA was ordered to stop communicating with the public through social media or the press and to stop publishing any papers or research. All communication with the press would also have to be authorized and vetted by the White House.

* On January 24th, 2017, HR7, a bill that would prohibit federal funding not only to abortion service providers, but to any insurance coverage, including Medicaid, that provides abortion coverage, went to the floor of the House for a vote.

* On January 24th, 2017, Director of the Department of Health and Human Service nominee Tom Price characterized federal guidelines on transgender equality as “absurd.”

* On January 24th, 2017, DT ordered the resumption of construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline, while the North Dakota state congress considers a bill that would legalize hitting and killing protestors with cars if they are on roadways.

* On January 24th, 2017, it was discovered that police officers had used confiscated cell phones to search the emails and messages of the 230 demonstrators now facing felony riot charges for protesting on January 20th, including lawyers and journalists whose email accounts contain privileged information of clients and sources.

And today: that fucking wall and a ban on Muslims entering from a large number of countries and the end to accepting Syrian refugees.

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Carl bernstein: Nervous Republican officials are questioning President Trump’s ’emotional stability’

1/26/2017

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President Donald Trump’s obsessions with defending his inauguration crowd size and embracing false “voter fraud” conspiracies has reportedly led some members of his own party to question his emotional well being.

Reporter Carl Bernstein went on CNN Tonight with Don Lemon this week, and he said that he’s been hearing from Republicans in Washington D.C. who are concerned about the president’s overall mental health.

“It is unlike anything that I have seen in 50 years of being a reporter,” said Bernstein, who first made his name by breaking stories on the Watergate scandal while working for the Washington Post. “I am hearing from Republicans, and other reporters are as well, that there is open discussion by members of the President of the United States’ own party about his emotional maturity, stability.”

Trump drew criticism even from media confidantes such as Joe Scarborough this past weekend for his speech at the CIA in which he boasted repeatedly about his inauguration’s crowd size, while at the same time sending out Press Secretary Sean Spicer to deliver an angry news conference whose sole purpose was to defend the size of the Trump inauguration’s crowds.

Apparently, these actions have been enough to raise red flags from people within his own party about his temperament.

“People are saying his psyche is driving the news cycle,” said Bernstein. “We are in uncharted territory.”
Carl Bernstein: 'There Is Open Discussion' Among GOP Officials That Trump Is Mentally Unstable
Carl Bernstein: "There Is 'Open Discussion' Among GOP Officials That Trump Is Mentally Unstable"
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http://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/carl-bernstein-nervous-republican-officials-are-questioning-president-trumps-emotional-stability/
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First Lady of Israel congratulates Melania Trump

1/25/2017

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Now Melania Trump is fielding her own foreign leader calls. Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, called Mrs. Trump on Wednesday to congratulate her on becoming the First Lady, according to the prime minister’s office.

“The two of them look forward to seeing each other soon in Washington and to working together to strengthen the ties between Israel and the United States,” Mr. Netanyahu’s office said.
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Their husbands spoke by telephone earlier in the week, and Mr. Trump invited Mr. Netanyahu to visit him in Washington next month.
My Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/25/us/politics/donald-trump-administration.html
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Trump nominates a Navy secretary as Pentagon begins to fill

1/25/2017

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President Trump announced that he will nominate businessman and former military intelligence officer Philip Bilden as Secretary of the Navy.
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Mr. Bilden, who ran a private equity firm in Hong Kong until retiring three years ago, has expertise in both maritime affairs and Asia — two areas that are of central importance to the Navy. He was picked over an early Trump campaign backer, former Rep. J. Randy Forbes of Virginia.

Mr. Bilden received a Masters of Business Administration from Harvard in 1991.
My Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/25/us/politics/donald-trump-administration.html​

President Donald Trump has tapped businessman Philip Bilden to take over as Secretary of the Navy, touting his military intelligence experience and cybersecurity expertise as perfect for the post. 

Bilden has spent most of his career as a Hong Kong-based venture capitalist with 
HarbourVest Partners, a global private-equity investment firm.  

For months, Washington insiders had expected former Virginia Rep. Randy Forbes, a Trump supporter, to be selected for the post. But Bilden’s name emerged in recent weeks as the front-runner to replace departed Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, and Trump made it official on Wednesday. 

“As Secretary of the Navy, Philip Bilden will apply his terrific judgement and top-notch management skills to the task of rebuilding our unparalleled Navy,” Trump said in a statement. “Our number of ships is at the lowest point that it has been in decades. Philip Bilden is the right choice to help us expand and modernize our fleet, including surface ships, submarines and aircraft, and ensure America’s naval supremacy for decades to come.”

In a statement released by the White House, Bilden said he was humbled by the nomination. 


“Maintaining the strength, readiness, and capabilities of our maritime force is critical to our national security,” he said. “If confirmed, I will ensure that our Sailors and Marines have the resources they need to defend our interests around the globe and support our allies with commitment and capability.” 

Bilden served from 1986 to 1996 in the Army Reserve as a military intelligence officer, including a stint at the Defense Intelligence Agency. 

Following that, he spent three decades in international investment firms, and was a founding member of the global private equity investment management firm Harbour Vest Partners. He is a graduate of both Georgetown University and Harvard Business School. 

Bilden is the last of the three service secretaries to be nominated by Trump. On Monday, he nominated Heather Wilson to take over as Air Force Secretary. In December, he announced Vincent Viola would be his pick for Army Secretary. 

No confirmation hearing date has been set for any of the three. Trump’s pick for Defense Secretary, former Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis, was confirmed by the Senate just hours after Trump’s inauguration. 

In a statement Wednesday evening, Mattis applauded the nominations of Bilden, Wilson and Viola, calling all three "proven leaders." 

"All three of these nominees have my utmost confidence," he said. "They will provide strong civilian leadership to strengthen military readiness, gain full value from every taxpayer dollar spent on defense, and support our service members, civilians and their families. I appreciate the willingness of these three proven leaders to serve our country. They had my full support during the selection process, and they will have my full support during the Senate confirmation process." 
My Source: http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/bilden-navy-secretary-trump
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Has the National Park Service’s Twitter rebellion spread?

1/25/2017

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First came the reposting of photos by the National Park Service that clearly showed that President Trump’s inauguration crowd was smaller than former President Barack Obama’s in 2009. That was followed by a contrite apology and lots of pretty pictures.

But the national parks took up the cause, with a Twitter storm on climate change from the Badlands that was quickly taken down.

Now, with word that Mr. Trump is moving to shut down the flow of refugees and halt immigration from Muslim-majority nations, is the Defense Department joining the fray?

Incidentally, the National Park Service now says those Twitter posts from the Badlands came from a disgruntled former employee who had commandeered the account without permission. A National Park Service official said Tuesday:
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“Several tweets posted on the Badlands National Park’s Twitter account today were posted by a former employee who was not currently authorized to use the park’s account. The park was not told to remove the tweets but chose to do so when they realized that their account had been compromised.”
No official word on why so many other Parks chimed in.
My Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/25/us/politics/donald-trump-administration.html
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Who’s a fraudulent voter now?

1/25/2017

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■ By President Trump’s definition of voter fraud, his senior adviser, Steve Bannon, his Treasury secretary nominee and one of his daughters could be swept up in the investigation.

By President Trump’s definition, his senior White House adviser, Steve Bannon, is apparently committing voter fraud.

So is his nominee to be the next Treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin.
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So, apparently, is one of his daughters, Tiffany Trump.
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Mr. Trump was pretty broad with his definition of voter fraud when he took to Twitter Wednesday morning to request an investigation of the nefarious conduct of the 2016 electorate — with no evidence to suppor
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Donald J. Trump ✔@realDonaldTrump I will be asking for a major investigation into VOTER FRAUD, including those registered to vote in two states, those who are illegal and ... even, those registered to vote who are dead (and many for a long time). Depending on results, we will strengthen up voting procedures!
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There is, in fact, a difference between investigating actual voter fraud and cleaning up the voter roles. If you move states, you aren’t usually required to tell the state you are leaving that you no longer want to be on the roster.

And so it goes that Mr. Bannon is registered in Sarasota County, Fla., and New York City. Mr. Mnuchin appears on the roles of New York and California. And Tiffany Trump, should she choose, could potentially vote in Pennsylvania and New York. If she did, of course, that would be fraud.
My Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/25/us/politics/donald-trump-administration.html
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Mar-A-Lago Doubles Its Initiation Fee as Membership Interest Swells

1/25/2017

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■ The Mar-a-Lago resort doubles its initiation fee — to $200,000 — leading to charges that the Trump Organization is cashing in on its founder’s power.

                                 Ka-ching! Mar-a-Lago membership cost doubles, to $200,000

The initiation fee at Mr. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida — which the president himself has dubbed the Winter White House — has doubled to $200,000, after membership applications surged in the wake of Mr. Trump’s election, the head of membership there said.

Bernd Lembcke, the managing director at the Palm Beach, Fla., club, said the change in the initiation fee had been planned last fall, before the election, and that $200,000 had been the fee before 2010, when it was cut in half because of the recession.

But Mr. Lembcke, who has been at the club for 21 years, said that it also reflected the upswing in Mar-a-Lago’s popularity.

“We have had a sudden surge in requests,” he said, adding that new members must be recommended by someone who is already a member, as is the case at many private clubs.

Robert Weissman, president of Public Citizen, a nonprofit group that promotes government ethics, said the move showed that Mr. Trump and his family intended to profit from his status as president.

“At the minimum, this creates the appearance of cashing in the presidency and selling direct personal access to the president,” he said. “It is unacceptable. And it demeans the office of the presidency.”

The new initiation fee went into effect on Jan. 1, although the annual dues remained the same — $14,000 a year, he said.

The club has 482 members, with a cap of 500.

“It enhances it,” Mr. Lembcke said of Mr. Trump’s new job and its impact on the value of the membership. “His presidency does.”

“But we are very careful in vetting them,” he added.

News about the change in the initiation fee was reported by CNBC.
My Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/25/us/politics/donald-trump-administration.html
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The Netherlands Welcomes Donald Trump, In his own words

1/24/2017

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“We speak Dutch. It’s the best language in Europe. We’ve got all the best words.”
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Dutch TV Mocks President Donald Trump With Spoof Tourism Ad
Dutch TV is warmly welcoming President Donald Trump into the White House. Sort of.

As most countries around the world fret over how Trump’s “America First” inauguration pledge could economically affect them, the satirical “Zondag Met Lubach” show is working on getting “Netherlands Second” passed as official policy.

To that end, it’s created a spoof English-language tourism ad that promotes its nation (it has “the best tax evasion system God ever created,” by the way) using Trump’s own speaking style.

“[Trump] had a clear message to the rest of the world: I will screw you over big time,” said the show’s host, Arjen Lubach. “And because we realize it’s better for us to get along, we decided to introduce our tiny country to him in a way that will probably appeal to him the most.”

The parody ad features references to Trump’s racism, his mocking of a disabled reporter, a brief yet biased history of the country and the importance of its language, which is totally better than Danish ― that “failed” tongue.
My Source: 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-netherlands-spoof-tourism-ad_us_58873f1be4b0e3a7356ba58f
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Reporters Just Demanded The Media Stop Interviewing Paid Liar Kellyanne Conway

1/24/2017

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President Donald Trump’s Counselor to the President, Kellyanne Conway, has lied so much in her first three days on the job that top journalists and a few journalism professors are seriously positing a boycott against interviewing her in the future.
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Jay Rosen, one of the foremost media critics and journalism professors on the planet, was interviewed on Recode Media’s Monday’s podcast and had plenty to say about Ms. Conway.

“I don’t think the people interviewing Kellyanne Conway know what they are doing,” Rosen told Recode. “The journalistic logic of it is growing dimmer with every interview. The logic is, this is a representative of the president. This is somebody who can speak for the Trump administration. But if we find that what Kellyanne Conway says is routinely or easily contradicted by Donald Trump, then that rationale disappears.”

Basically, even though she’s only been in office for three days, it’s clear that Ms. Conway has absolutely no clue what she is talking about. Let’s take a look back at some of her not-so-great interviews as chief of staff. During an interview with Meet the Press Sunday, Conway rebranded President Trump’s running lie about the size of h
is inauguration crowd as “alternative facts.”
"Alternative facts are not facts. They are falsehoods,"
Chuck Todd tells Pres. Trump's counselor Kellyanne Conway this morning.
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​Ms. Conway’s blaze of stupidity continued less than 24 hours later when she told George Stephanopoulos the she couldn’t understand why roughly 3 million women would spend Saturday exercising their first amendment rights to protest Trump’s presidency.

“I frankly didn’t see the point. I mean, you have a day after he’s uplifting and unifying and you have folks here being on a diatribe where I think they could have requested a dialogue. Nobody called me and said, ‘Hey, could we have a dialogue?’”

Well, Kellyanne, maybe they wanted to spend time talking to people who actually know what facts are. Just guessin’. Apparently they aren’t the only ones. A whole host of journalists took to social media Monday in concurrence that Ms. Conway might not be worth talking to anymore.
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CBS Confirms Trump Brought His Own Studio Audience To Clap For Him At CIA Speech

1/23/2017

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CBS News confirmed reports that President Donald Trump brought a studio audience to his visit with the CIA on Saturday. The news agency reports that an official said the visit left a wake of "unease," “made relations with the intelligence community worse," and was “uncomfortable.”

CBS News confirmed reports that President Donald Trump brought a studio audience to his visit with the CIA on Saturday. The news agency reports that an official said the visit left a wake of “unease,” “made relations with the intelligence community worse,” and was “uncomfortable.”

Intelligence people were “stunned” and “offended by the president’s tone,” CBS reported U.S. government sources tell CBS News that there is a sense of unease in the intelligence community after President Trump’s visit to CIA headquarters on Saturday.”

Also, Trump did bring cheering props, which fits with how he has operated previously in requiring a cheering section – a sort of laugh track of supportive extras like those his campaign hired for his announcement event. It has been confirmed by Trump insiders that the President loves props.

“Authorities are also pushing back against the perception that the CIA workforce was cheering for the president. They say the first three rows in front of the president were largely made up of supporters of Mr. Trump’s campaign,” CBS continued.

The crowd was filled out with about 40 Trump invites and also, the front rows were senior CIA who were not cheering (on the video you can see their heads pivot to the cheers and laughter while not joining in), “An official with knowledge of the make-up of the crowd says that there were about 40 people who’d been invited by the Trump, Mike Pence and Rep. Mike Pompeo teams. The Trump team expected Rep. Pompeo, R-Kansas, to be sworn in during the event as the next CIA director, but the vote to confirm him was delayed on Friday by Senate Democrats. Also sitting in the first several rows in front of the president was the CIA’s senior leadership, which was not cheering the remarks.”

They told CBS that Trump certainly does have supporters in the CIA workforce, and they were standing off to the right, which I observe was the direction Trump directed his most needy remarks.
Out of thousands invited, 400 RSVP’d, and “Officials dismiss White House claims that there were people waiting to get into the event.” No, there were not people waiting to get in. That’s a line Trump loves to use, fitting in with his difficulty accepting the reality of the relatively low attendance numbers for his inauguration. All the world’s a stage to Trump.

While Trump supporters have used his Saturday visit to the CIA as proof that everyone who matters loves the new President, in reality his visit did more damage than good.

Trump needed to repair relations with the CIA after spending his time on the trail undermining the intelligence community, but instead he offended them in numerous ways to the degree that they are now confirming to the press that he brought his own cheering audience.
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The real point here isn’t just that Donald Trump is very insecure, but more importantly that he tried to mislead the public into seeing the CIA as a partisan agency that wholly supported his very divisive campaign and now presidency. By doing that, Trump is working toward his larger goal of undermining the American voters’ trust in our government and media.
My Source: 
http://www.politicususa.com/2017/01/23/cbs-confirms-reports-donald-trump-brought-cheering-props-cia-visit.html
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This is Psychological Warfare

1/23/2017

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TRUMP’S LAUGH TRACK IS TRICKING AMERICA

“But reporters were clapping and laughing, they loved it.” — a commenter defending Trump’s first press conference.

“But members of the CIA were clearly laughing at his jokes and clapping, so what he was saying couldn’t have been inappropriate.” — CNN pundit defending Trump’s CIA speech where he talked about his war with the media, in front of a memorial to men and women who lost their lives in actual wars.
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The clapping and laughing you hear in both instances are Trump’s own people. They are sycophants who he brings to cheer him on and make it seem like what he’s saying is being well-received. And it’s working.

The laugh track was invented to cue the audience to the jokes and encourage laughter in response. But it has another effect: if you hear people laughing and you’re not, you start to question if maybe there’s something wrong with you for not getting it.

It happened to me during that press conference and during that CIA speech. What he was saying wasn’t as surprising as the fact that the response wasn’t dead silence or audible fucking gasps.

How does the President say, “We should have taken the oil in Iraq” and “Maybe we’ll get another chance” to a crowd roaring with laugher?

It made me wonder — wait, am I the crazy one?

I’m not. Like everything with Trump it’s made up, it’s put on, it’s a fucking illusion.
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From Newsweek:

But Trump’s seemingly warm reception might have been manufactured, according to The Washington Post’s lead fact-checker, Glenn Kessler. “The pool reports indicate the cheering and clapping was not from the CIA staffers but people who accompanied Trump,” Kessler tweeted.

Brennan also deplored the rally-style event, according to his former deputy chief of staff Nick Shapiro. Brennan “is deeply saddened and angered at Donald Trump’s despicable display of self-aggrandizement in front of CIA’s Memorial Wall of Agency heroes,” Shapiro said in a statement provided to Newsweek. “Trump should be ashamed of himself.”
This is how he’s going to chip away at our understanding of what’s right and what’s wrong, what’s real and what’s not. This is even stronger, more powerful gas lighting — making us question our own instincts and even start doing things because we want to fit in with “everyone else” who from what we know, seem to think this is all fine.

Trump wants a cheering section at all his press conferences and if you don’t realize that those are not the reporters clapping, it will seriously fuck with you.
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The media needs to take a cue from one of Trump’s own complaints during the campaign: show us the crowd. Let us see who is clapping, and who is not. Otherwise we’re all going to start feeling like we’re going crazy, even more so than we already are.
My Source: https://medium.com/@sarahcpr/this-is-psychological-warfare-dc5beb8dde54#.bjico4eje
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I don't want my president to succeed

1/22/2017

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I saw this on Facebook and thought it was thought-provoking.
Do you agree?

"I am tired of being told I should want the President to succeed. I don't want him to succeed.
I don't want education to be only for the wealthy.
I don't want social security privatized.
I don't want Medicare and Medicaid reduced to a voucher program.
I don't want people kicked off their insurance and be denied new coverage. I don't want insurance companies setting policy for health care.
I don't want the press silenced, threatened, and cowed.
I don't want women being forced to carry a pregnancy to term. I don't want women threatened by judicial systems when they have a miscarriage.
I don't want people who are different from me to be treated as second class, or worse, citizens.
I don't want our national parks to become corporate cash cows.
I don't want laws that protect the safety of our water and air to be rolled back so corporations can make more money at our expense.
I don't want hatred, xenophobia, bigotry and fear to become the norm.
I don't want religion used as prop, pawn or twisted into a weapon to hurt others.
I don't want lies that hurt the citizens, going unchallenged.
The current president has advocated for many of these and while he is out front playing Lord and master his majorities in the house and the Senate are stripping our safety nets right out from under us.
So am I hoping he fails? Damn straight I am."
I saw this on Facebook and it is thought-provoking isn't it?
"I am tired of being told I should want the President to succeed. I don't want him to succeed.
I don't want education to be only for the wealthy.
I don't want social security privatized.
I don't want Medicare and Medicaid reduced to a voucher program.
I don't want people kicked off their insurance and be denied new coverage. I don't want insurance companies setting policy for health care.
I don't want the press silenced, threatened, and cowed.
I don't want women being forced to carry a pregnancy to term. I don't want women threatened by judicial systems when they have a miscarriage.
I don't want people who are different from me to be treated as second class, or worse, citizens.
I don't want our national parks to become corporate cash cows.
I don't want laws that protect the safety of our water and air to be rolled back so corporations can make more money at our expense.
I don't want hatred, xenophobia, bigotry and fear to become the norm.
I don't want religion used as prop, pawn or twisted into a weapon to hurt others.
I don't want lies that hurt the citizens, going unchallenged.
The current president has advocated for many of these and while he is out front playing Lord and master his majorities in the house and the Senate are stripping our safety nets right out from under us.
So am I hoping he fails? Damn straight I am."
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Donald Trump : Inaugural Address : January 20, 2017

1/20/2017

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Donald Trump's Inauguration Speech
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"Chief Justice Roberts, President Carter, President Clinton, President Bush, President Obama, fellow Americans and people of the world, thank you.

We, the citizens of America, are now joined in a great national effort to rebuild our country and restore its promise for all of our people. Together we will determine the course of America and the world for many, many years to come. We will face challenges. We will confront hardships, but we will get the job done. Every four years we gather on these steps to carry out the orderly and peaceful transfer of power and we are grateful to President 
Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama for their gracious aid throughout this transition. They have been magnificent. Thank you.

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Today's ceremony, however, has very special meaning because, today, we are not merely transferring power from one administration to another or from one party to another, but we are transferring power from Washington, D.C., and giving it back to you, the people.

For too long, a small group in our nation's capital has reaped the rewards of government while the people have born the cost. Washington flourished, but the people did not share in its wealth. Politicians prospered, but the jobs left and the factories closed. The establishment protected itself, but not the citizens of our country. Their victories have not been your victories. Their triumphs have not been your triumphs and, while they celebrated in our nation's capital, there was little to celebrate for struggling families all across our land.

That all changes starting right here and right now because this moment is your moment. It belongs to you. It belongs to everyone gathered here today and everyone watching all across America. This is your day. This is your celebration, and this, the United States of America, is your country.

What truly matters is not which party controls our government, but whether our government is controlled by the people. January 20th, 2017, will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again. The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer.

Everyone is listening to you now. You came by the tens of millions to become part of an historic movement, the likes of which the world has never seen before. At the center of this movement is a crucial conviction that a nation exists to serve its citizens. Americans want great schools for their children, safe neighborhoods for their families, and good jobs for themselves. These are just and reasonable demands of righteous people and a righteous public, but for too many of our citizens, a different reality exists.

Mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities, rusted out factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation, an education system flush with cash, but which leaves our young and beautiful students deprived of all knowledge and the crime and the gangs and the drugs that have stolen too many lives and robbed our country of so much unrealized potential. This American carnage stops right here and stops right now.

We are one nation and their pain is our pain. Their dreams are our dreams and their success will be our success. We share one heart, one home and one glorious destiny. The oath of office I take today is an oath of allegiance to all Americans. For many decades, we've enriched foreign industry at the expense of American industry, subsidized the armies of other countries, while allowing for the very sad depletion of our military.

We've defended other nations' borders, while refusing to defend our own, and spent trillions and trillions of dollars overseas, while America's infrastructure has fallen into disrepair and decay. We've made other countries rich while the wealth, strength and confidence of our country has dissipated over the horizon. One by one, the factories shuttered and left our shores with not even a thought about the millions and millions of American workers that were left behind. The wealth of our middle class has been ripped from their homes and then redistributed all across the world.
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But, that is the past and now we are looking only to the future. We assembled here today, are issuing a new decree to be heard in every city, in every foreign capital, and in every hall of power. From this day forward, a new vision will govern our land. From this day forward, it's going to be only America first. America first. Every decision on trade, on taxes, on immigration, on foreign affairs will be made to benefit American workers and American families.

We must protect our borders from the ravages of other countries making our products, stealing our companies and destroying our jobs. Protection will lead to great prosperity and strength. I will fight for you with every breath in my body and I will never, ever let you down.

America will start winning again. Winning like never before. We will bring back our jobs. We will bring back our borders. We will bring back our wealth. And we will bring back our dreams. We will build new roads and highways and bridges and airports and tunnels and railways all across our wonderful nation. We will get our people off of welfare and back to work rebuilding our country with American hands and American labor. We will follow two simple rules: buy American and hire American. We will seek friendship and goodwill with the nations of the world, but we do so with the understanding that it is the right of all nations to put their own interests first.

We do not seek to impose our way of life on anyone, but rather to let it shine as an example. We will shine for everyone to follow. We will reinforce old alliances and form new ones and unite the civilized world against radical Islamic terrorism, which we will eradicate completely from the face of the earth. At the bedrock of our politics will be a total allegiance to the United States of America and, through our loyalty to our country, we will rediscover our loyalty to each other. When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.

The bible tells us how good and pleasant it is when god's people live together in unity. We must speak our minds openly, debate our disagreements honestly, but always pursue solidarity. When America is united, America is totally unstoppable. There should be no fear. We are protected and we will always be protected. We will be protected by the great men and women of our military and law enforcement and most importantly, we will be protected by God.

Finally, we must think big and dream even bigger. In America, we understand that a nation is only living as long as it is striving. We will no longer accept politicians who are all talk and no action constantly complaining, but never doing anything about it. The time for empty talk is over. Now arrives the hour of action. Do not allow anyone to tell you that it cannot be done. No challenge can match the heart and fight and spirit of America. We will not fail. Our country will thrive and prosper again.

We stand at the birth of a new millennium ready to unlock the histories of space, to free the earth from the miseries of disease and to harness the energies, industries, and technologies of tomorrow. A new national pride will lift our sights and heal our divisions. It's time to remember that old wisdom our soldiers will never forget, that whether we are black or brown or white, we all bleed the same red blood of patriots. We all enjoy the same glorious freedoms, and we all salute the same great American flag.

And whether a child is born in the urban sprawl of Detroit or the windswept plains of Nebraska, they look up at the same night sky. They fill their heart with the same dreams and they are infused with the breath of life by the same almighty creator. So, to all Americans in every city near and far, small and large, from mountain to mountain, from ocean to ocean, hear these words: You will never be ignored again. Your voice, your hopes and your dreams will define our American destiny. And your courage and goodness and love will forever guide us along the way.
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Together we will make America strong again. We will make America wealthy again. We will make America proud again. We will make America safe again. And, yes, together, we will make America great again. Thank you. God bless you and god bless America. Thank you. God bless America."

My Source: 
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/full-text-president-donald-trumps-inauguration-speech/story?id=44915821
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Trump’s Epic Inaugural Failure​

DONALD TRUMP likes to think that he is perpetually breaking boundaries and setting records, and he surely did with his inauguration speech. It was the worst in generations, and perhaps the worst of all time.

It wasn’t just mediocre. It was stunningly, disconcertingly, dumbfoundingly bad. And bad in a deeply worrying way.

There was little that was unifying about it; little that was inspirational; little that spoke to the better angels of America, to transcendent American values or freedoms, or higher causes. Nor was there much by way of concrete causes, beyond a call for investments in American infrastructure.

Instead, Trump outlined an all-out nationalist, protectionist, and populist approach that, frankly, is incompatible with a nation that leads the free world.


But most distressingly, this speech was simply out of touch with reality. To hear Trump’s grim, pinched, dystopian vision, America isn’t a country that has seen a steadily strengthening recovery from a devastating recession, and now is finally experiencing real income growth. Instead, we are a nation still on its knees economically, a nation where the cities are besieged by crime and the schools are a disaster.

One quality unites well regarded presidents, no matter the party: a sense of graciousness. Think Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama, George H.W. Bush, John F. Kennedy.

It’s a quality a president needs if he or she is to transcend campaign divisions and engender some good will in those who opposed his election. Beyond a thank you to Barack and Michelle Obama, there was none of that in Trump’s speech. There was no mention of Hillary Clinton, who was gracious enough to attend, and no outreach to the majority who voted against him.


One hopes for the country’s sake that, as the gravity and reality of his responsibilities set in, Donald Trump will somehow rise to the occasion, and that, at 70, he is capable of such growth. But there was little evidence of that in his inauguration speech.
My Source: 
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http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2017/01/20/trump-epic-inaugural-failure/u0i85SFkFlgMioSM8dsEAN/story.html?p1=Article_Trending_Most_Viewed
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Donald Trump : Best Trump Jokes (50)

1/12/2017

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"Donald Trump is so privileged that the first job he ever had to apply for was president of the United States." – Stephen Colbert"

​"Donald Trump still hasn't released his tax returns, 12 women have accused him of sexual assault, and he's going on trial for fraud for Trump University in November, but now the only thing the media's talking about is emails. It's like if during the O.J. trial everyone was focused on whether or not the Ford Bronco had up-to-date registration." – Seth Meyers


"You don’t argue with a toddler if you want to win; don’t amplify the toddler’s voice, because you’ll just get trapped in the toddler’s world. Rather, just keep asking the toddler to elaborate, because logic is the downfall of every toddler." – Daily Show host Trevor Noah on handling Donald Trump

After the results came in, Donald Trump gave a big victory speech. He said he couldn’t have done it without the love of his life, his rock, his better half...FBI Director James Comey." – Jimmy Fallon

"So enjoy your victory, Trump voters! Because when you’re dying because you don’t have health insurance to treat the infection you got from a back alley abortion you had to get because of fetal lead poisoning, you can say to yourself, ‘At least I didn’t vote for someone with a private email server.'" – Bill Maher

"But, you know, Trump voters—really? Not even the guy who says he wants to f**k his daughter? This is not a deal-breaker for you? I mean, what does it take? A racist, a liar, a tax cheat, a draft-dodger, a deadbeat, a Russian agent, and a rapist. You know we’re a nuclear power, right? These are red flags." – Bill Maher

"Trump's campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, said this morning that Republicans should decide whether or not they support Donald Trump and 'stop pussyfooting around.' That's the worst choice of words since Abraham Lincoln said, 'I need slavery like I need a hole in the head.'" – Seth Meyers

"As you know, Trump is being accused of sexual misconduct by a slew of women. Of course, that is a case of 'he said' and 'she said, she said, she said, she said, she said.'" – Jimmy Kimmel

"Oh, Donald Trump, the media is not 'rigged' against you. They're just recording what you say and playing it back. If anything, you’re rigging your own campaign." – Trevor Noah

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"NBC suspended Billy Bush for his words on the Trump tape, which means there is currently a higher standard for host for third hour of the Today Show than there is for the Republican nominee for president." – Seth Meyers

"You started your campaign by accusing Mexicans of being rapists. Now you're on tape explaining how you sexually assault women. The only way you could be more hypocritical is if you said it in Spanish." – Michael Che on Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update"

"Trump denied the (groping) allegations, calling them 'ludicrous' at a rally today. But here's the problem for Trump: There's very good reason to believe he did what he's accused of. Why? Because an irrefutable, inside source told us so: Donald Trump. Donald Trump is his own Deep Throat. He's Creep Throat." – Seth Meyers

"Donald Trump's charity, the Trump Foundation, is no longer allowed to accept donations in New York. This is really bad news for anyone who thought, 'I'd like to make sure my money gets to the people who really need it; I know, I'll funnel it through Donald Trump.'" – Conan O'Brien

"Donald Trump had a meltdown about what a great temperament he has. It was like watching someone carve 'I'm not a psycho' into their arm." – Bill Maher on the first presidential debate

"Hillary Clinton actually went to her granddaughter's second birthday party instead of preparing for the first debate against Trump. I guess she figured being around a bunch of screaming toddlers might help her even more." – Jimmy Fallon

"Over the weekend, three pages of Donald Trump's 1995 tax return were leaked, revealing that he declared a $916 million loss from his three Atlantic City casinos. That's right. Donald Trump lost money on casinos. You know what they say, 'The house always loses.'" – Stephen Colbert

"Donald Trump was still saying Obama's birth certificate could be fake last year. And I'm not sure the guy who holds fake press conferences, has a fake university, a fake foundation, fake hair, and a fake tan should be the one in charge of deciding what's real." – Seth Meyers on Trump finally admitting that Obama was born in the United States

"Donald Trump was actually describing himself in an interview this week and said that his strongest suit is his temperament. Although sadly, even that suit is made in China." – Jimmy Fallon

"Last night, Donald Trump said if he's elected, he will employ a 'deportation task force.' It's not really necessary, because if he's elected most people will probably leave voluntarily." – Conan O'Brien

"The Boston Globe just reported that according to his campaign staff, Donald Trump wouldn't take any vacations as president. I think that's because he has offended so many other countries he can't leave this one." – Jimmy Fallon

"A 12-year-old boy is actually running one of Trump's campaign offices in Colorado. When asked how an inexperienced child could be running things, the boy said, 'Look, he's the nominee and we're stuck with him.'" – Jimmy Fallon

"This weekend, Donald Trump tried to win over black voters by asking them, 'What the hell do you have to lose?' Coincidentally, that's also the way he proposed to all three of his wives." – Conan O'Brien

"So, Trump got rid of his old campaign chairman who was trying to get him to tone down his rhetoric and hired people who want him to be even more controversial. Trump’s like an alcoholic who fires his doctor and starts getting medical advice from his bartender." – Seth Meyers

"In the last 24 hours, Donald Trump has refused to endorse Republican leaders up for re-election, accused John McCain of failing veterans, suggested Americans pull their 401(k)s out of the stock market, threw out a crying baby at a rally, fought with the father of a dead soldier, and suggested President Obama was responsible for the death of troops during George W Bush's time in office. Said voters, 'Yeah, but I'm not sure I trust Hillary Clinton.'" – Seth Meyers

"Donald Trump had yet another awkward moment today. Apparently there was a crying baby at one of his rallies, and Trump actually kicked it out, saying, 'Get the baby out of here.' It backfired when the Secret Service tried to remove Trump." – Jimmy Fallon

"A new poll by Public Policy Polling shows Hillary Clinton getting 43 percent, Donald Trump with 38 percent, and this was an actual choice, a giant meteor hitting the earth got 13 percent. 38 percent for Trump, 13 percent for meteor — that adds up to 51 percent of the people okay with the world coming to an end. Yes, two giant destructive orange balls." – Stephen Colbert

"While they were in the DNC cyber matrix, the Russians apparently stole opposition research on Donald Trump. Russia, what are you doing? If you want damaging information about Donald Trump, just wait for him to talk." – Stephen Colbert

"Paul Ryan said what Trump is saying about a judge of Mexican heritage is the 'textbook definition' of a racist comment. Even worse, that textbook is made by Trump University." – Jimmy Fallon

"It's official now, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have both clinched the nomination for their respective parties. Which means we could be looking at our first female president or our last president." – Seth Meyers

"Donald Trump is now ahead of Hillary Clinton in the polls. This was reported today in The Washington Post, and 2,000 years ago in the Book of Revelation." – Conan O'Brien

"Donald Trump fired his campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski. Trump said Lewandowski was controversial, impulsive and short-tempered – and will make a great running mate." – Jimmy Fallon

"Donald Trump is continuing to draw criticism for his claims that Judge Gonzalo Curiel's Mexican heritage makes him unfit to preside over a lawsuit against Trump University, despite the fact that Curiel was born and raised in Indiana. And when Trump found that out, he said, 'Oh, no, he's an Indian, too?'" – Seth Meyers

"Yesterday, Donald Trump said, 'If I lose, I don't think you'll ever see me again.' So finally, a Trump campaign slogan we can all get behind." – Conan O'Brien

"Nearly 70 percent of Americans said a Trump presidency would make them 'anxious.' And 30 percent said a Trump presidency would make them 'Canadian.'" – Conan O'Brien

"Donald Trump is America’s back mole. It may have seemed harmless a year ago, but now that it’s become frighteningly bigger, it’s no longer wise to ignore it." – John Oliver

"Donald Trump said, 'There’s nobody that’s done so much for equality as I have.' That’s right, he said: 'In some states, I’m hated equally by blacks and Hispanics.'" – Conan O'Brien

"At a rally over the weekend, Donald Trump was surrounded by Secret Service agents after a man tried to rush the stage. The Secret Service said the man was dangerous and disturbed, but they had to protect him anyway. Proving once and for all, the best way to keep everyone safe and sound is to build a wall around Donald Trump." – Jimmy Fallon

"At a rally in Las Vegas last night Donald Trump told supporters he'd like to punch protesters in the face. Though he looks more like the kind of guy who would stroke a white cat while somebody else punched you in the face." – Seth Meyers

"Analysts say Hillary Clinton's plan to defeat Donald Trump involves painting Trump as 'dangerous and bigoted.' She plans on doing this by quoting Trump accurately." – Conan O'Brien

"A protester had to be escorted out of a Donald Trump rally last night for yelling, 'Trump's a racist.' The protester was removed because the Trump campaign has that phrase copyrighted." – Seth Meyers

“After he won yesterday's Nevada caucus, Donald Trump said, 'I love the poorly educated.' Trump then said, 'And when I'm president there'll be more of them than ever.'" – Conan O'Brien

"Republicans are blaming President Obama for creating Donald Trump. While others say he was created in a lab when a young real estate developer was bitten by a radioactive douchebag." – Conan O'Brien

"Donald Trump said that he's not going to the Fox News debate, because moderator Megyn Kelly is biased against him. And Trump has a right to be scared, because usually when a younger, attractive woman disagrees with him, she ends up taking half his stuff." – Jimmy Fallon

"Trump is kind of like the movie Snakes on a Plane. Sure the idea is entertaining. But an actual snake on your plane would be terrifying. And that's what's happening now. The plane is American democracy. And the snake is Trump." – Seth Meyers

"In an interview this morning, Donald Trump said mosques need to be 'watched and studied' because he believes they may spread hateful views. In related news, Donald Trump needs to be watched and studied." – Seth Meyers

"At a Donald Trump rally the other night, a supporter shouted out the Nazi salute 'Sieg Heil!' Trump immediately responded, 'There is no place for that here – save it for my inauguration.'" – Conan O'Brien

"At the Fox debate, Donald Trump revealed himself to be nasty, boorish, sexist, ignorant, and smug. And that's what the Republicans love about him." – Bill Maher

"Donald Trump is still under fire for mocking a reporter with physical disabilities. Trump told his supporters, 'Don't worry, I'll soon do something worse and all this will be forgotten.'" – Conan O'Brien

"Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump won this weekend in Nevada and South Carolina, respectively. Because Americans are ready for compassionate, principled, experienced leadership OR the opposite." – Seth Meyers

"Stupid presidents, smart presidents, white presidents, black presidents – doesn't work! What this country needs is a crazy Third World dictator. And Donald Trump has what it takes to be that. He's already got a plane with his name on it, solid gold buildings, a harem. ... This is what I've been waiting for my whole life. A President who's not afraid to tell the truth about being a lying a**hole." – Lewis Black
My Source: 
http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/Donald-Trump/ss/Best-Donald-Trump-Jokes.htm
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Donald Trump : Memorable Quotes (92)

1/12/2017

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"40 Wall Street actually was the second-tallest building in downtown Manhattan... And now it’s the tallest." – Donald Trump, bragging about his building following the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center in an interview with WWOR/UPN 9 News in New York. 70 Pine Street, just a block away, is actually bigger. (Sept. 11, 2001)

"You know I’m automatically attracted to beautiful – I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab them by the p**sy. You can do anything." – Donald Trump in a 2005 interview with Access Hollywood’s Billy Bush

Donald Trump at the third presidential debate: "Nobody respects women more than me."
Three minutes later: "Such a nasty woman." (Oct. 19, 2016)

"Why can’t we use nuclear weapons?" – Donald Trump, reportedly asking a foreign policy adviser three times during a meeting why the U.S. couldn’t use its nuclear weapons stockpile, according to MSNBC's Joe Scarborough

"If she gets to pick her judges – nothing you can do, folks. Although, the Second Amendment people. Maybe there is. I don’t know." – Donald Trump, in what many interpreted to be a suggestion that someone might shoot Hillary Clinton, her Supreme Court picks, or both, Wilmington, North Carolina campaign rally, Aug. 9, 2016

"His wife, she was standing there, she had nothing to say. She probably – maybe she wasn’t allowed to have anything to say." – Donald Trump, smearing Ghazala Khan, the mother of a fallen American soldier, by implying that she was not allowed to speak, despite the fact that she has spoken publicly about her son's death (ABC News interview, July 30, 2016)

"For a religious leader to question a person's faith is disgraceful. I am proud to be a Christian. … If and when the Vatican is attacked by ISIS, which as everyone knows is ISIS' ultimate trophy, I can promise you that the Pope would have only wished and prayed that Donald Trump would have been President because this would not have happened." – Donald Trump, in response to remarks by Pope Francis saying that "a person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian." (February 18, 2016)

"'You do know you just attacked a Gold Star family?' one adviser warned Trump

Trump didn’t know what a Gold Star family was: 'What’s that?' he asked." – as reported by New York Magazine

“When Iran, when they circle our beautiful destroyers with their little boats, and they make gestures at our people that they shouldn’t be allowed to make, they will be shot out of the water." – Donald Trump, threatening to go to war with Iran over rude hand gestures, Pensacola, Florida, (Sept. 9, 2016)

"That makes me smart." – Donald Trump, responding to Hillary Clinton’s suggestion that he pays no federal income tax (Sept. 26, 2016)

“Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press." – Donald Trump, calling on Russian espionage services to intervene in the U.S. election and help sabotage Hillary Clinton. The emails in question were deemed "personal," but Trump has previously said he thinks they contain sensitive intelligence, meaning that Trump is hoping Vladimir Putin gains access to classified government information (July 27, 2016)

"I’ve been treated very unfairly by this judge. Now, this judge is of Mexican heritage. I'm building a wall, OK? I'm building a wall." – Donald Trump, accusing U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who is presiding over the fraud case against Trump University, of being biased against him because of his Mexican heritage, despite the fact that he is a U.S. citizen who was born in Indiana (CNN interview, June 5, 2016)

"I will tell you at the time. I’ll keep you in suspense, OK?" – Donald Trump, refusing to say whether he will accept the election outcome during the third presidential debate (Oct. 19, 2016)

"He’s not a war hero. He’s a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren’t captured." – Donald Trump on John McCain, despite the fact that Trump himself dodged the draft to avoid the Vietnam War

“Now, the poor guy – you've got to see this guy, ‘Ah, I don't know what I said! I don't remember!'" – Donald Trump, mocking New York Times investigative reporter Serge Kovaleski, who has a physical disability called arthrogryposis that limits flexibility in his arms, by jerking his arms in front of his body

"I'm also honored to have the greatest temperament that anybody has." – Donald Trump (November 3, 2016)

"I don't think Ivanka would do that, although she does have a very nice figure. I've said if Ivanka weren't my daughter, perhaps I'd be dating her." – Donald Trump, when asked how he would react if Ivanka posed for Playboy

"Women: You have to treat them like s – t." – Donald Trump

"I sorta get away with things like that." – Donald Trump, on bursting into Miss Universe pageant dressing rooms

"I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters, okay? It's, like, incredible." – Donald Trump, speaking at a rally in Sioux Center, Iowa as the audience laughed, January 23, 2016

"I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters, okay? It's, like, incredible." – Donald Trump, speaking at a rally in Sioux Center, Iowa as the audience laughed, January 23, 2016

"We won with poorly educated. I love the poorly educated." – Donald Trump on his performance with poorly educated voters who helped him win the Nevada Caucus, Feb. 23, 2016

"We should just cancel the election and just give it to Trump." – Donald Trump, speaking at a rally in Toledo Ohio, Oct. 27, 2016

"Hillary Clinton … started the birther controversy. I finished it." – Donald Trump, falsely claiming that Hillary Clinton started the rumors that President Obama wasn't born in the United States (Sept. 16, 2016)

"We have some bad hombres here, and we're going to get them out." – Donald Trump, speaking about illegal immigrants at the final president debate (October 19, 2016)

"Dwyane Wade's (sic) cousin was just shot and killed walking her baby in Chicago. Just what I have been saying. African-Americans will VOTE TRUMP!" – Donald Trump, tweeting about the tragic death of Nykea Aldridge, cousin of NBA star Dwyane Wade, and making it all about him (Aug. 27, 2016)

“Actually, I was only kidding. You can get that baby out of here. Don’t worry, I think she really believed me that I love having a baby crying while I’m speaking. That’s O.K. People don’t understand. That’s O.K." – Donald Trump, booting a mother and her crying baby from a rally moments after saying "I love babies" (August 2, 2016)

"I know more about ISIS than the generals do, believe me... I would bomb the sh**t out of them." – Donald Trump, Nov. 13, 2015

"[Vladimir Putin} is not going into Ukraine, OK, just so you understand. He’s not gonna go into Ukraine, all right? You can mark it down. You can put it down." – Donald Trump, apparently unaware that Russia had already annexed Crimea in a 2014 intrusion into Ukraine that left thousands dead (July 31, 2016)

"You know what I wanted to. I wanted to hit a couple of those speakers so hard. I would have hit them. No, no. I was going to hit them, I was all set and then I got a call from a highly respected governor... I was gonna hit one guy in particular, a very little guy. I was gonna hit this guy so hard his head would spin and he wouldn’t know what the hell happened... I was going to hit a number of those speakers so hard their heads would spin, they’d never recover. And that’s what I did with a lot – that’s why I still don’t have certain people endorsing me: they still haven’t recovered." – Donald Trump, reacting to the Democratic National Convention (July 29, 2016)

"I think I've made a lot of sacrifices. I work very, very hard. I've created thousands and thousands of jobs, tens of thousands of jobs, built great structures. I've had tremendous success. I think I've done a lot." – Donald Trump, rejecting the assertion made at the Democratic convention by Muslim lawyer Khizr Khan, whose son died in Iraq in 2004, that Trump had "sacrificed nothing and no one." Trump was unable to name an actual sacrifice when pressed to elaborate. (ABC News interview, July 30, 2016

"Appreciate the congrats for being right on radical Islamic terrorism, I don't want congrats, I want toughness & vigilance. We must be smart!" – Donald Trump, tweeting a humble brag following the Orlando shooting massacre, June 12, 2016

“I've had a beautiful, I've had a flawless campaign. You'll be writing books about this campaign.” – Donald Trump, July 29, 2016

"I love the old days, you know? You know what I hate? There's a guy totally disruptive, throwing punches, we're not allowed punch back anymore. ... I'd like to punch him in the face, I'll tell ya." – Donald Trump on how he would handle a protester in Nevada, sparking roaring applause from the audience, Feb. 22, 2016

"There may be somebody with tomatoes in the audience. If you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of them, would you? Seriously. Okay? Just knock the hell – I promise you, I will pay for the legal fees." – Donald Trump, encouraging violence at his rallies, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Feb. 1, 2016

"Yeah, I guess so." – Donald Trump, when asked if he supported the Iraq war, despite the fact that he now claims he opposed it, interview with Howard Stern, Sept. 11, 2002

"I don't care. It's a long time ago. And he voted that way and they were also misled. A lot of information was given to people…" – Donald Trump, forgiving his running mate, Mike Pence, for voting in favor of the Iraq war, saying he was "entitled to make a make mistake," but adding that Hillary Clinton isn't (60 Minutes interview, July 17, 2016)

"There were people that were cheering on the other side of New Jersey, where you have large Arab populations. They were cheering as the World Trade Center came down." – Donald Trump, making an unfounded accusation regarding the 9/11 attacks

"He referred to my hands, if they're small, something else must be small. I guarantee you there's no problem. I guarantee it." – Donald Trump, defending his penis size in reference to a joke by Republican rival Marco Rubio, GOP presidential debate, March 3, 2016

"You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes. Blood coming out of her wherever." – Donald Trump, insulting Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly over questions she asked during the first Republican primary debate

"You know, it really doesn`t matter what [the media] write as long as you`ve got a young and beautiful piece of ass." – Donald Trump in a 1991 interview with Esquire magazine.

“Look at that face! Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that, the face of our next president? I mean, she’s a woman, and I’m not supposed to say bad things, but really, folks, come on. Are we serious?” Mr. Trump, referring to Carly Fiorina, in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine in 2015.

“What do you think of Marla versus Ivana?” Trump inquired of strangers he met on the ski lifts. He asked me the same question in a recent interview, then volunteered his own answer.

“You know, people have said that I’m a forty-year-old-married-woman’s worst nightmare,” he said. “I made Ivana a very popular woman. Before, she was not popular. She was mean. People didn’t like her. Now everyone loves her. I told Marla, ‘You know, I could make you popular by going out with Rowanne.’ ” "Donald Trump Gets Small," Harry Hurt, Esquire May 1991, p. 24.

“The most difficult aspect of the prenuptial agreement is informing your future wife (or husband): I love you very much, but just in case things don’t work out, this is what you will get in the divorce. There are basically three types of women and reactions. One is the good woman who very much loves her future husband, solely for himself, but refuses to sign the agreement on principle. I fully understand this, but the man should take a pass anyway and find someone else. The other is the calculating woman who refuses to sign the prenuptial agreement because she is expecting to take advantage of the poor, unsuspecting sucker she’s got in her grasp. There is also the woman who will openly and quickly sign a prenuptial agreement in order to make a quick hit and take the money given to her.” – Trump: The Art of the Comeback, 1997

“Cause I like kids,” he told the radio host Howard Stern in 2005. “I mean, I won’t do anything to take care of them. I’ll supply funds and she’ll take care of the kids. It’s not like I’m gonna be walking the kids down Central Park.”

“A person who is flat-chested is very hard to be a 10,” Mr. Trump said to Mr. Stern, also in 2005.

“In fact, it’s easier,” Mr. Trump said at a rally in New Hampshire in 2015. “They don’t have to put on makeup or anything.”

On Sexual Assaults of Women in the Military: “What did these geniuses expect when they put men & women together?” Mr. Trump said on Twitter in 2013

“I would never buy Ivana any decent jewels or pictures. Why give her negotiable assets?” Trump is quoted as saying of his then-wife in a 1990 Vanity Fair piece.

In his 2006 book Trump 101: The Way to Success, Trump wrote: “Beauty and elegance, whether in a woman, a building, or a work of art, is not just superficial or something pretty to see.”

“It’s certainly not groundbreaking news that the early victories by the women on ‘The Apprentice’ were, to a very large extent, dependent on their sex appeal.” – How To Get Rich, 2004

“I mean, we could say politically correct that look doesn’t matter, but the look obviously matters,” Trump said to a female reporter in a clip featured on “Last Week Tonight.” “Like you wouldn’t have your job if you weren’t beautiful.”

“Women have one of the great acts of all time. The smart ones act very feminine and needy, but inside they are real killers. The person who came up with the expression ‘the weaker sex’ was either very naive or had to be kidding. I have seen women manipulate men with just a twitch of their eye – or perhaps another body part.” – Trump: The Art of the Comeback, 1997

“If Hillary Clinton can’t satisfy her husband, what makes you think she can satisfy America.” – Tweeted by Donald Trump, April 16, 2015

“[Angelina Jolie’s] been with so many guys she makes me look like a baby... And, I just don’t even find her attractive,” he said in an interview with Larry King in 2006.

“While @BetteMidler is an extremely unattractive woman, I refuse to say that because I always insist on being politically correct.” – Tweeted by Donald Trump, October 28, 2012

“My favorite part [of ‘Pulp Fiction’] is when Sam has his gun out in the diner and he tells the guy to tell his girlfriend to shut up. Tell that bitch to be cool. Say: ‘Bitch be cool.’ I love those lines.” – TrumpNation: The Art of Being The Donald, 2005

"I think the only card she has is the women's card. She has got nothing else going. Frankly, if Hillary Clinton were a man, I don't think she would get 5% of the vote. And the beautiful thing is women don't like her, ok?" – Donald Trump, victory press conference, New York, April 26, 2016

New York Times columnist Gail Collins recalled: “During one down period, I referred to him in print as a ‘financially embattled thousandaire’ and he sent me a copy of the column with my picture circled and ‘The Face of a Dog!’ written over it.”

“All of the women on ‘The Apprentice’ flirted with me – consciously or unconsciously. That’s to be expected.” – How To Get Rich, 2004

"Look at my African American over here!" – Donald Trump at a campaign rally (June 3, 2016)

“Cher is an average talent who’s out of touch with reality,” he said in a 2012 Fox News interview. “Cher is somewhat of a loser. She’s lonely. She’s unhappy. She’s very miserable.”

“Love him or hate him, Donald Trump is a man who is certain about what he wants and sets out to get it, no holds barred,” Trump said about himself one time. “Women find his power almost as much of a turn-on as his money.” – http://boingboing.net/2014/09/09/trump.html

"His father was with Lee Harvey Oswald prior to Oswald's being – you know, shot. I mean, the whole thing is ridiculous. What is this, right prior to his being shot, and nobody even brings it up. They don't even talk about that. That was reported, and nobody talks about it." – Donald Trump, suggesting that Ted Cruz's father may have been involved in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, despite the fact that no proof exists of any such link, Fox News interview, May 3, 2016

"What do I know about it? All I know is what's on the internet." – Donald Trump, on trying to smear a protester who rushed the stage at his campaign rally by tweeting a widely debunked hoax video tying him to ISIS, Meet the Press interview, March 13, 2016

"When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're sending people that have lots of problems...they're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime. They're rapists." – Donald Trump

"Happy Cinco de Mayo! The best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill. I love Hispanics!" – Donald Trump on Twitter

"We're gonna bring businesses back. We're gonna have businesses that used to be in New Hampshire, that are now in Mexico, come back to New Hampshire, and you can tell them to go f**k themselves. Because they let you down, and they left!" – Donald Trump at a rally in Portsmouth, New Hampshire

"These people – I'd like to use really foul language. I won't do it. I was going to say they're really full of s**t, but I won't say that." – Donald Trump speaking about politicians at a campaign rally in Exeter, New Hampshire

"My entire life, I've watched politicians bragging about how poor they are, how they came from nothing, how poor their parents and grandparents were. And I said to myself, if they can stay so poor for so many generations, maybe this isn't the kind of person we want to be electing to higher office. How smart can they be? They're morons." – Donald Trump, New York Times interview with Maureen Dowd, Nov. 28, 1999

“The LGBT community, the gay community, the lesbian community – they are so much in favor of what I’ve been saying over the last three or four days. Ask the gays what they think and what they do, in, not only Saudi Arabia, but many of these countries, and then you tell me – who’s your friend, Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton?" – Donald Trump in a boast that provoked widespread ridicule from the LGBT community, June 15, 2016

"Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on." – Donald Trump

"I think our country does plenty of killing also, Joe." – Donald Trump, seemingly unconcerned that Russian President Vladimir Putin kills journalists who disagree with him, when pressed to condemn such actions in an interview with MSNBC's Joe Scarborough

"It is better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep.” – Donald Trump in a tweet quoting fascist Italian dictator Benito Mussolini

"[Hillary Clinton] was gonna beat Obama. I don't know who would be worse, I don't know, how could it be worse? But she was going to beat – she was favored to win – and she got schlonged, she lost, I mean she lost." – Donald Trump, using a vulgar Yiddish word for penis to mock Hillary Clinton

“I know where she went – it’s disgusting, I don’t want to talk about it. No, it’s too disgusting. Don’t say it, it’s disgusting." – Donald Trump on Hillary Clinton taking a bathroom break during a Democratic presidential debate

"That was so great. Who was the person who did that? Put up your hand, put up your hand. Bring that person up here. I love that." – Donald Trump, praising two audience members who tackled a protester at his rally in South Carolina

"The press is now going, they're saying, 'Oh but there's such violence.' No violence. You know how many people have been hurt at our rallies? I think, like, basically none except maybe somebody got hit once. It's a love fest. These are love fests. And every once in a while … somebody will stand up and they'll say something.… It’s a little disruption, but there's no violence. There's none whatsoever." – Donald Trump on his campaign rallies, despite documented evidence to the contrary, March 14, 2016

"I will build a great wall – and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me – and I'll build them very inexpensively. I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will make Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words." – Donald Trump

"I've seen numbers of 24 percent – I actually saw a number of 42 percent unemployment. Forty-two percent. 5.3 percent unemployment – that is the biggest joke there is in this country. … The unemployment rate is probably 20 percent, but I will tell you, you have some great economists that will tell you it's a 30, 32. And the highest I've heard so far is 42 percent." – Donald Trump, vastly overstating the unemployment rate in a claim rated false by Politifact, Sept. 28, 2015

"I think the only difference between me and the other candidates is that I'm more honest and my women are more beautiful." – Donald Trump

"Perhaps she made the story up. I think that's what happened." – Donald Trump on Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields, who accused Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski of grabbing her arm aggressively as she attempted to question the candidate. Fields tweeted a photo of her bruised arm, and news accounts corroborated her story. (March 10, 2016)

"Trump Steaks, where are the steaks? Do we have steaks? We have Trump Steaks." – Donald Trump, touting a steak business that no longer exists during a press conference by handing out steaks from Bush Brothers Provision Co. Trump frozen steaks were offered at Sharper Image stores in 2007, but have since been discontinued. (March 8, 2016)

"The beauty of me is that I'm very rich." – Donald Trump in an interview with ABC’s Good Morning America

"I have people that have been studying [Obama's birth certificate] and they cannot believe what they're finding... I would like to have him show his birth certificate, and can I be honest with you, I hope he can. Because if he can't, if he can't, if he wasn't born in this country, which is a real possibility…then he has pulled one of the great cons in the history of politics." – Donald Trump, three weeks before Obama released his long-form birth certificate in 2011

"I tell it like it is," Trump said. "[Y]ou'll hear a political reporter go on and say it had nothing to do with race. But how come she had such a tiny piece of the vote? And you know, it's a very sad thing.

"I have a great relationship with the blacks. I've always had a great relationship with the blacks. But unfortunately, it seems that, you know, the numbers you cite are very, very frightening numbers." From Donald Trump's appearance on the Talk1300 radio show in New York, April 14, 2011

"I think you'd have riots. I think you'd have riots. I'm representing many, many millions of people. In many cases first-time voters ... If you disenfranchise those people? And you say, well, I'm sorry, you're 100 votes short, even though the next one is 500 votes short? I think you'd have problems like you've never seen before. I wouldn't lead it, but I think bad things will happen." – Donald Trump on what will happen if the nomination is taken from him at the Republican convention, CNN interview, March 16, 2016

"I will be the greatest jobs president that God ever created." – Donald Trump, announcing his campaign for president

“I don’t think I’ve made mistakes. Every time somebody said I made a mistake, they do the polls and my numbers go up, so I guess I haven't made any mistakes." – Donald Trump
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My Source: http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/Donald-Trump/ss/Donald-Trump-Quotes.htm
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