Inside Trump’s Hour-by-Hour Battle for Self-Preservation. WASHINGTON — Around 5:30 each morning, President Trump wakes and tunes into the television in the White House’s master bedroom. He flips to CNN for news, moves to “Fox & Friends” for comfort and messaging ideas, and sometimes watches MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” because, friends suspect, it fires him up for the day. Energized, infuriated — often a gumbo of both — Mr. Trump grabs his iPhone. Sometimes he tweets while propped on his pillow, according to aides.
After Video Refutes Kelly’s Charges, Congresswoman Raises Issue of Race. How Democrats Rolled Trump on the Debt Ceiling. On Wednesday morning, Paul Ryan, the Speaker of the House, stepped before cameras on the Hill and spoke about the fraught negotiations on debt and spending that will consume Washington through the end of the year.
Congress was facing September deadlines for both the federal government’s ability to borrow money and the funding of the government. Hillary Clinton Looks Back in Anger. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who, as she puts it, won “more votes for President than any white man” in American history, is not the first candidate to capture the popular vote but lose the election.
She is the fifth. The Founders, for varying reasons, distrusted popular democracy. Southerners were wary of a challenge to slavery; others feared the emergence of a national demagogue. The Electoral College, Alexander Hamilton wrote in Federalist Paper No. 68, would block the rise of a leader with “talents for low intrigue, and the little arts of popularity.” An extra layer of electoral deliberation, he thought, would also insulate the American system from a hostile hack from abroad—“the desire in foreign powers to gain an improper ascendant in our councils.”
Journalist asks Trump supporters: The f*ck is wrong with you? Have you heard him speak? This Is How Donald Trump Thinks the U.S. Government Works. Shortly after the White House released the outlines of its tax proposal, President Donald Trump railed on Twitter against Democrats who opposed it, noting that his “Tax Cut and Reform Bill” was winning “great reviews.”
Except that there wasn’t an actual tax cut and reform bill pending in Congress yet for Democrats to support or oppose. The legislation hadn’t been introduced. What the White House put forward was just a framework to be filled in during the normal bargaining process on Capitol Hill. That was after the president tweeted that the “approval process” for his tax reform package would soon begin, which, again, is not how Congress works. Donald Trump's chilling escalation of his war with the media. He did it, of course, via Twitter.
"Why Isn't the Senate Intel Committee looking into the Fake News Networks in OUR country to see why so much of our news is just made up - FAKE! " Trump tweeted. Let's be clear about what Trump is suggesting here. Journalist asks Trump supporters: The f*ck is wrong with you? Have you heard him speak? Hillary Clinton Looks Back in Anger. What Steve Mnuchin gets totally wrong about free speech. Here's what Mnuchin told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union" Sunday morning when asked about the protests: "This is about respect for our military.
This is about respect for our first responders. This is not about Republicans or Democrats. Players have the right for free speech off the field. On the field, this is about respect for lots of people. Trump’s Business of Corruption. President Donald Trump’s attorney Jay Sekulow recently told me that the investigation being led by Robert Mueller, the special counsel appointed by the Justice Department, should focus on one question: whether there was “coördination between the Russian government and people on the Trump campaign.”
Sekulow went on, “I want to be really specific. Log In - New York Times. WASHINGTON — President Trump’s budget blueprint for the coming fiscal year would slash the by 31 percent and cut State Department spending by a similar amount in a brash upending of the government’s priorities, according to congressional staff members familiar with the plan.
The budget outline, to be unveiled on Thursday, is more of a broad political statement than a detailed plan for spending and taxation. But it represents Mr. Log In - New York Times. The religion of Donald Trump. The Lord is my shepherd.
OK? Totally. Big league. He is a tremendous shepherd. The best. Trial Balloon for a Coup? – Yonatan Zunger – Medium. News Reports (1) Priebus made two public statements today.
One is that the ban on Muslims will no longer be applied to green card holders. Notably absent from his statement was anything about people with other types of visa (including long-term ones), or anything about the DHS’ power to unilaterally revoke green cards in bulk. Log In - New York Times. Log In Don't have an account?
Sign up here » Facebook. My favorite signs at the Women’s March on Washington. Attendees at the Women’s March on Washington on Jan. 21. (Amanda Voisard for The Washington Post) Some were vulgar, others were angry. Most were earnest. Log In - New York Times. Log In. Log In - New York Times. Log In. Photo Soon after his inauguration next month, President-elect Donald Trump will nominate someone to the Supreme Court, which has been hamstrung by a vacancy since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February. There will be public debates about the nominee’s credentials, past record, judicial philosophy and temperament.
There will be Senate hearings and a vote. No matter how it plays out, Americans must remember one thing above all: The person who gets confirmed will sit in a stolen seat. It was stolen from Barack Obama, a twice-elected president who fulfilled his constitutional duty more than nine months ago by nominating Merrick Garland, a highly qualified and widely respected federal appellate judge. It was stolen by top Senate Republicans, who broke with longstanding tradition and refused to consider any nominee Mr. Log In. “Yes, it would be hard to sell the business — there would be some personal discomfort,” said Robert Weissman, the president of Public Citizen, a liberal nonprofit group that has mocked Mr. Trump’s efforts to “drain the swamp” of Washington special interests. With Biden in the chair on Jan. 3, the Senate can confirm a renominated Merrick Garland. Here's how.
White Christians Who Voted for Donald Trump: Fix This. Now. We Christians like to talk about Hell a lot, so let’s talk about Hell a little. Log In. Video MANCHESTER, N.H. — Weaponizing a debate-stage insult that has become a rallying cry for female supporters of Hillary Clinton, Senator let fly a stern, swaggering warning on Monday to : “Nasty women vote.” Log In. To save articles or get newsletters, alerts or recommendations – all free. Don't have an account yet? Create an account » Opinion Today. No Right Turn. Photo All the experts tell us not to pay too much attention to polls for another week or two. Still, it does look as if Hillary Clinton got a big bounce from her convention, swamping her opponent’s bounce a week earlier. Trump & Putin. Yes, It's Really a Thing.
Let me start by saying I'm no Russia hawk. Inside the Failing Mission to Tame Donald Trump’s Tongue. Donald Trump may be acting crazy, but it's keeping the news away from the one story he wants to bury. Inside the meeting, Diana Denman, a platform committee member from Texas who was a Ted Cruz supporter, proposed a platform amendment that would call for maintaining or increasing sanctions against Russia, increasing aid for Ukraine and “providing lethal defensive weapons” to the Ukrainian military. … Trump staffers in the room, who are not delegates but are there to oversee the process, intervened. Donald Trump may be acting crazy, but it's keeping the news away from the one story he wants to bury. Inside the meeting, Diana Denman, a platform committee member from Texas who was a Ted Cruz supporter, proposed a platform amendment that would call for maintaining or increasing sanctions against Russia, increasing aid for Ukraine and “providing lethal defensive weapons” to the Ukrainian military. … Trump staffers in the room, who are not delegates but are there to oversee the process, intervened.
Moment in Convention Glare Shakes Up Khans’ American Life. They lost contact after high school. Mr. Will the GOP repudiate Trump’s cruelty to a fallen soldier’s family? Humayun Khan was an American Muslim Army soldier who died serving the U.S. after 9/11. His father, Khizr Khan, spoke at the Democratic National Convention and offered a strong rebuke of Donald Trump, saying, "Have you even read the United States Constitution? " Humayun Khan was an American Muslim Army soldier who died serving the U.S. after 9/11. His father, Khizr Khan, spoke at the Democratic National Convention and offered a strong rebuke of Donald Trump, saying, "Have you even read the United States Constitution? " An Eight Point Brief for LEV (Lesser Evil Voting) JohnHalle.com, June 15, 2016 (Note: Professor Chomsky requests that he not be contacted with responses to this piece.) An Eight Point Brief for LEV (Lesser Evil Voting) John McCain Denounces Donald Trump’s Comments on Family of Muslim Soldier.
The Empty Chamber. Barack Obama bids adieu to Canada with a few words for Donald Trump. Barack Obama goes on 'rant' against Trump-style 'populism' Three Charts to Email to Your Right-Wing Brother-In-Law. President Obama’s Interview With Jeffrey Goldberg on Syria and Foreign Policy. Georgia Senator prays for Obama's death - in public. The most thorough, profound and moving defense of Hillary Clinton I have ever seen.
The most thorough, profound and moving defense of Hillary Clinton I have ever seen. The albatross of a Trump endorsement. Text of President Obama’s Speech in Hiroshima, Japan. You won't see Hillary Clinton in the same light ever again. The Worst Sentence Ever Written – A Special Rotting Post Competition – The Rotting Post. A transcript of Donald Trump’s meeting with The Washington Post editorial board. No, Donald Trump Is Not “Self-Funding” His Campaign. Sen. Al Franken gives hilarious retort to Republican SCOTUS obstruction. Sarah Palin’s Mustache. A New Libya, With ‘Very Little Time Left’ Hillary Clinton, ‘Smart Power’ and a Dictator’s Fall. Inside the Clinton Team’s Plan to Defeat Donald Trump.
‘America’s Back Mole’: John Oliver Takes Aim at Donald Trump on ‘Last Week Tonight’ Three Charts to Email to Your Right-Wing Brother-In-Law. Detention of Jason Rezaian’s Family Nearly Scuttled Iran Prisoner Swap. Trump’s rise and fall in Atlantic City. UPDATE x4: Here are 20 things George W. Bush did *after* 9/11. Fox News - Clear and Present Danger to America.
Politics. Never Forget That Republicans Used 9/11 To Start Two Middle East Wars.