Trump: Day 589
-152nd Day at Trump Golf Club
-195th Day at Trump Property
-Unwelcome 2 John McCain's Funeral
-Ivanka Texting During the Service?
-Policies/Views Come Under Fire
-Makes No Reference 2 John McCain
-Withholding 100k Kavanaugh Docs
-Sz No Necessity 4 Deal with Canada
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Day 694 since Donald Trump admitted to sexual assault — yet he’s still in the Oval Office
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Day 546 of NO EVIDENCE produced by Trump that his phones were tapped by Obama.
The FISA warrant Trump referenced targeted Carter Page. #TrumpLies
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This is not how the FISA court works.
The duty judge doesnt normally hold a hearing to consider an application.
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Day 333 since the deadliest mass shooting on U.S soil in Las Vegas that killed 58, injured 546 and Congress has taken NO action to prevent future mass shootings. #NeverForget #NeverAgain #EnoughIsEnough
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@DebbieforFL: If Congress is not willing to do what is necessary to keep our children and our communities safe from gun violence, then it is time to change Congress. #FL26 #GunReformNow
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Day 155 without Trump publicly offering his condolences for Master Sgt. Jonathan Dunbar, the fallen American service member who lost his life after an IED bombing in Syria. Why?
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Day 155 Since Hope Hicks left as Trump’s 4th Communications Director after testifying to a Congressional committee that she had told "white lies" on Trump's behalf.
With Bill Shine, Trump is directing all White House messaging and communication.
Day 134 since Trump began forcibly separating immigrant children from their families.
497 of 2654 children are STILL separated, including 22 children under 5. credit: @ifindkarma @jacobsoboroff
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Trump admin says parents of 167 gave up the opportunity to reunite.
But @ACLU strongly disputes that: "some parents may have been coerced or misled by U.S. government actions that deprived the parents of their right to seek asylum."
More. ⬇️
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Day 82 since Trump made specific commitments to end military exercises with South Korea & eventually withdraw US forces from the peninsula without NO specific commitments on timing or verification of denuclearization from Kim Jong-un.
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Kim had no intention of unilaterally surrendering his nuclear weapons, which he has called North Korea’s “treasured sword of justice,” and he never committed to do so. trib.al/s6LImxA
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North Korea accuses US of 'hatching a criminal plot to unleash war' while trying to continue dialogue
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U.S. will not let Americans travel to North Korea for one year.
Relations couldn't be better.
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Day 12 since Trump was implicated as an unindicted co-conspirator in violating federal campaign finance laws to keep affairs quiet and Congress has refused to call for investigations and impeachment.
Is Trump above the law?
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From late last night in a court filing: George Papadopoulos says Sessions supported Putin-Trump campaign meeting, contradicting the Attorney General’s sworn testimony to Congress cnn.it/2Pkb0Go
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DOJ officials tried to turn Oleg Deripaska into an informant on Russian organized crime & whether Manafort was a link between Trump and the Kremlin.
Ohr once wrote Deripaska was "almost ready to talk" regarding "the money Manafort stole."
nytimes.com/2018/09/01/us/…
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Trump is at his Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, VA, according to NBC News.
This is Trump's 152nd day at a Trump golf club and 195th day at a Trump property since taking office at our expense.
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Pool report: "Some 10 or 12 protestors are on the side of the road. They are flying yellow baby Trump balloons and holding signs that read:
'You, Trump, are no John McCain'
'RIP McCain — a hero'
'Tre45on'
'Treason Guilty Impeach'
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Ex-Republican official in Connecticut says he's resigning from the Republican Party and blamed Trump, calling him "the worst president our country has had — ever."
courant.com/opinion/insigh…
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As John McCain's casket was arriving at the National Cathedral, Trump was attacking the DOJ on Twitter.
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*Barack
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Literally every Washington power player -- Democratic and Republican, past and present -- was at McCain's funeral, except the sitting president, who was tweeting his grievances about the DOJ and FBI.
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Meghan McCain: "The America of John McCain has no need to be made great again, because America was always great."
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Apparently Lindsey Graham invited Javanka to today's funeral.
Wait, was Ivanka texting during the service?
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Barack Obama on John McCain: "We enjoyed the time we shared away from the bright lights. And we laughed from each other. And we learned from each other. We never doubted the other man's sincerity or the other man’s patriotism."
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Describing several private meetings with McCain, Obama says that through those conversations, “We never doubted we were on the same team.”
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Obama: "So much of our politics, our public life, our public discourse can seem small and mean and petty, trafficking in bombast and insult and phony controversies and manufactured outrage. It’s a politics that pretends to be brave and tough but in fact is born of fear."
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John McCain understood "that part of what makes our country great is that our membership is based not on our bloodline ... but on adherence to a common creed: That all of us are created equal." (via PBS)
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George W. Bush: "Above all, John detested the abuse of power. He could not abide bigots and swaggering despots." (via ABC)
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Rob Tibbetts, the father of Mollie Tibbetts: "Do not appropriate Mollie's soul in advancing views she believed were profoundly racist."
desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/…
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Today
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'The fever will break eventually,' Senator Flake said outside the Cathedral. 'It has to.'
newyorker.com/news/letter-fr…
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Some money from Trump's inaugural committee went to Apprentice creator Mark Burnett, who was involved in producing inaugural activities.
Burnett's involvement was requested by Trump. Burnett also has unaired footage of Trump.
nytimes.com/2018/02/15/us/…
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The Trump admin is withholding more than 100,000 pages of Brett Kavanaugh's records from the Bush White House on the basis of presidential privilege.
apne.ws/FGcq6rL
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Senate Dem Leader Chuck Schumer calls the Trump-hidden Kavanaugh documents a “Friday night document massacre” and says “it has all the makings of a cover up” in a statement provided to @BuzzFeedNews:
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Trump says "there is no political necessity to keep Canada in the new NAFTA deal," and if no deal is reached, "Canada will be out," and warns US Congress not to interfere with the negotiations or, he asserts, he will "simply terminate NAFTA entirely."
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The International Atomic Energy Agency has said Iran remains in compliance with the nuclear deal, providing access to all sites.
Remind me again WHY Trump walked away from the agreement?
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An ethics watchdog has asked the HHS inspector general and HHS ethics panel to investigate Secretary Alex Azar and his ties to his former employer, Eli Lilly. The complaint wonders if a recent rule change proposed by Azar would benefit Eli Lilly. bit.ly/2wtyIcA
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The Trump admin's plans to take back over $3,000,000,000 in congressionally-allocated foreign aid were killed this week in a major win for foreign assistance.
huffingtonpost.com/entry/foreign-…
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Diplomats with disabled children say Mike Pompeo has been ignoring their pleas for help in a struggle they’ve had for more than a year against the erosion of their medical and education benefits.
The revelation has stunned lawmakers. buff.ly/2vJsHI7
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Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke wants to consolidate 49 regional offices down to 12. kunc.org/post/zinke-reo…
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Today in conservatism Laura Ingraham suggests it may be time for the government to take over Facebook and Twitter and run them as public utilities to eliminate bias against conservatives.
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Trump is subtweeting Megan McCain, who said at her dad’s funeral that America doesn’t need to be made great again because it’s already great
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Day 48 at the #KremlinAnnex
"LOSER"
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66 Days until midterm elections.
We've got great candidates, great energy, and great issues. Take nothing for granted -- we can't let up.
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