(2) POTUS stopped to troll the media after playing golf with members of the USCG at Trump International Golf Course, West Palm Beach, FL.
(3) USCG members in West Palm Beach with their Commander in Chief.
(4) The focus of my attention has turned to the uprising in Iran but first, I will show you some more Trump Team photos. Here's POTUS with the commanding officer of the 60 USCG personnel invited to play golf with the President on Friday.
(5) On Friday the President stopped by the Mar-a-Lago club dining room where the real housewives of Palm Beach County were reduced to giggling schoolgirls, giving him a standing ovation, and vying for photos with him.๐
(6) One of the badass women LEOs who guard the President, outside Mar-a-Lago this week. Thank you for your service, Ma'am! #ThankACop#LESM
(7) There's always Trump supporters by the street near Mar-a-Lago when POTUS is in residence. I appreciate what they do - I'd join them if I was local, for sure.๐ฆ๐บ๐ธ
(8) One last look at the near 200 year old Magnolia tree planted by Andrew Jackson, before arborists move in to remove a large portion of it so it doesn't fall on anyone and kill them. 8-10' offshoots have been grown & when POTUS plants one he'll probably mention #MagnoliaGate๐
(9) Photos of the President and family at the moment are so rare that I'm bringing you this one without being able to tell you much about it. Ivanka Trump retweeted it here:
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(11) A group of 16 Trump supporters who had been standing with supporter signs and flags by the bridge near Mar-a-lago were invited in for a personal tour, snacks and photos with the President on Saturday. palmbeachpost.com/news/local/truโฆ
(12) POTUS met with FL Gov Rick Scott today about issues of importance to Florida, including hurricane recovery efforts. After the red carpet New Year's Eve party tonight, he is expected to return to Washington DC on New Year's Day. Below: some of the supporters near his home.
(13) New Year's Eve is Don Jr's birthday and this year he turns 40! One of the family photos he posted on Instagram today.
(14) The First Family have arrived at the Mar-a-Lago New Year's Eve Party. #MAGA
(13) Secretary and Mrs Mnuchin arrive.
(14) Happy New Year from the Mar-a-Lago Gala!
(15) Victor and Amalija Knavs, the parents of the First Lady.
(16) More great New Year's Eve photos from the Mar-a-Lago Gala.
(17) The First Family left Florida this afternoon and are en route to DC. The #IranUprising continues to be the most important news story for Trump supporters. Here are some photos collated by the Iranian opposition leader in exile, @Maryam_Rajavi.
(18) @Maryam_Rajavi said to her ppl: "You have entered the fifth day of your protests. Dozens of cities across the country have risen up. The continued revolts mark your success. The fact that these protests have spread to the east, west, north and south of Iran is your victory."
(19) Don Jr with his kids on New Year's Day before returning home to NYC.
(20) The First Family and the Kushners have returned home to DC from Florida.
(21) White House social media director Dan Scavino tweeted this photo along with telling us it's 13 degrees there this morning. Welcome back to work, POTUS and staff!
(22) @VP tweeted this photo with "Thank you @senorrinhatch for your decades of service in the United States Senate and for fighting every day for the American people. @POTUS & I will always be grateful for your leadership, counsel, and friendship."
(23) Today, wildly popular Texan @JusticeWillett was sworn in as a 5th Circuit US Court of Appeals judge. Next stop: SCOTUS! #Originalism#MAGA
(24) Another view of @JusticeWillett's swearing in ceremony. A smiling Mrs Willett and the Three Wee Willetts.
(25) Future President Haley condemning the Iranian regime at the UN today.
(26) #IranProtests outside the Iranian Embassy in London. Demonstrators also gathered outside the White House, on Sunday.
(27) @PressSec Sarah Warrior Princess gives her first WH press briefing of 2018.
(28) An opportunity for 3 VPs to appear in a photo together today, as Walter Mondale (77-81) was in DC for the swearing in of the new Senator from his home state of MN. @VP swore in MN Sen Tina Smith (Al Franken's replacement) and AL Sen Doug Jones. (Thanks, Steve Bannon).
(29) Lots of Palace Intrigue shenanigans going on today (Jan 3rd) but the people's business never stops. WH budget boss Mick Mulvaney and legislative boss Marc Short met with congressional leaders of both parties on Capitol Hill today about the 2018 agenda.
(30) The WH Press Corps have never been THIS keen to hear from Newt Gingrich, lol. They are too dumb to realize how much they are helping POTUS by covering the Steve Bannon drama. Just like when they gave POTUS so many hours of free TV coverage in the campaign.๐
(31) I think the WH staffers feel a weight has been lifted off of their shoulders, now that they are free to say what they really think of Bannon. They and the President have had to keep that under wraps for a long time. The knowledge that Bannon leaked from Day 1.
(32) The President walking from the Oval Office to the Residence just now, at almost 8pm Eastern.
(33) POTUS and VP in between meetings this afternoon.
(34) POTUS on the phone with the President-Elect of Chile today,
(35) A peaceful demonstration about illegal immigration outside the LA office of Sen Dianne Feinstein, Wednesday. Signs include "We Support ICE," "Respect President Trump," "America - Love It Or Leave It."
(35) Instead of focusing on Iran, the EU foreign policy head, Federica Mogherini, is on an official visit to Cuba, where she seems thrilled to talk trade with this despicable regime.
(37) With snow falling, @VP, Army Sec, Army Vice Chief of Staff & Sgt. Major Dailey, during a dignified transfer for U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Mihail Golin, at Dover AFB, Delaware. Sgt. Golin of NJ., died of injuries from small arms fire while on dismounted patrol in Afghanistan.
(38) On Wednesday, @VP swore in two new Senators on Capitol Hill, spent the day in meetings and doing other work at the WH, then flew to Dover AFB in Delaware for the night-time dignified transfer of a soldier killed in Afghanistan.
(2) Brett M. Kavanaugh will soon be the 102nd Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the USA. He has earned this highest honor throughout his life, inspired by his trailblazing mother, Judge Martha Kavanaugh.
His title for these few hours is Associate Justice Designate.
(3) This statement from the Supreme Court explains the two ceremonies:
(2) This WaPo reporter is incorrect about the vote being "scheduled for" Saturday. The earliest time a vote COULD be held is Saturday pm. There's no reason not to hold it on Sun/Mon IF we need Daines. I think we won't. Read my 5 tweets about him here:
(1) A directory of my Kavanaugh threads since July 9, 2018.
I never planned more than a couple of threads about him this year but, I shoulda known the Dems would try to destroy whoever was the nominee this time.
(2) Like Democrats, I'd already decided how I felt about him before his nomination was announced. I live-tweeted the announcement, which was a great event in itself.
(3) I followed Kavanaugh's progress over the summer and on September 22nd, I finally wrote a thread about the preparations for the all-important hearing on September 27th. It covers the hearing before the next thread started the day after.
(2) Mitch laughing to himself about how absurd it is that he has to push his way through the crowd of reporters on 9/25/18.
(3) Sen Grassley is 85 years old. (Democrats have senators around that age, too.)
Today he had to hold onto a Capitol Police officer to reduce the risk of a reporter knocking him over. This has to stop. Senators must return to being able to walk around freely at work.
(2) First Lady Melania Trump is a natural in this important role.
She's one of those women whose face lights up whenever she is around children. God Bless our great First Lady.
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(3) FLOTUS left Joint Base Andrews in her trademark high heels and arrived in Ghana wearing practical flats. She still looks sensational, whatever she happens to wear!
(2) Cloture in the Senate is a procedural step that you can learn more about at the link below. The senate.gov website is the best resource for learning about Senate procedure and a lot more. Same for house.gov.
(3) Watching live Senate floor proceedings is boring as hell, as they pass bills for naming Post Offices, & so on. But every now & then, they confirm a SCOTUS judge. And this time, they will affirm our great #BillOfRights#DueProcess & the hard-won #RuleOfLaw. Seriously. ๐บ๐ธ๐ฆ