Washington, Feb. 17: An extraordinary exchange unfolded in the White House yesterday when President Donald Trump’s command of facts was openly challenged by a reporter who asked: “Why should Americans trust you?” The issue was the margin of victory in the US electoral college, which Trump asserted early in a rowdy and free-for-all news conference was the “biggest” since fellow Republican Ronald Reagan, who was elected in 1980 and 1984. Trump defeated Hillary Clinton by a 304-227 tally of state-by-state electors, who represent votes cast in the election.
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Trump stumped by reporter on election figures10 min ago
Washington, Feb 17 Donald Trump was stumped by a reporter when he bragged that he won by a record margin in his epic electoral battle against his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, forcing the US President to admit that “I was given that information; I don’t know.” Trump, a Republican, told reporters yesterday at a White House press conference that he had won the largest Electoral College victory since Ronald Reagan.
Trump found his ‘bad hombres’
Donald Trump has found the ‘bad hombres’ he mentioned while debating Hillary Clinton last year. They just weren’t in Mexico.
Auto workers union preparing ‘Buy American’ ad campaign
The UAW union is working on an advertising campaign that urges people to buy U.S.-made cars and trucks … . United Auto Workers president Dennis Williams listens to a question during a roundtable with reporters in Detroit, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017.
House Oversight Chairman Chaffetz refers Bryan Pagliano to DOJ for charges
Rep. Jason Chaffetz, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions today asking Sessions to consider convening a grand jury or bringing charges against Hillary Clinton’s former IT guy, Bryan Pagliano. Pagliano was subpoenaed to testify before the committee last year but refused to appear on two occasions.
UAW ad campaign to push U.S.-made vehicles
President Dennis Williams said the ads could be similar to a 1970s garment workers campaign with a catchy jingle that told people to look for a union label on clothing. Williams told reporters Thursday the union wants to take advantage of Trump’s movement U.S. to bring back manufacturing jobs lost to cheaper-labor countries such as Mexico.
Like Obama, Trump says he’ll go after leakers
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he has instructed his Department of Justice to investigate the leaks that have plagued his administration for the last month. Since being sworn into office Jan. 20, Trump has been besieged by a seemingly endless stream of leaks from the White House and federal agencies, a flow of critical information that’s contributed to the impression that the administration in chaos.
What Is President Trump most afraid of?
To continue reading up to 10 premium articles, you must register , or sign up and take advantage of this exclusive offer: Why does President Trump rush off weekend after weekend to his Mar-a-Lago palazzo in Florida? Because Mar-a-Lago is totally under his control. There he can play the prince, favoring a wedding party with a cameo or entertaining the Japanese prime minister in lavish Palm Beach style.
Donald Trump Doesn’t Care if Israel and the Palestinians Make Peace
With an off-hand remark, the president indicates the status quo of U.S.-supported Israeli occupation is fine with him. We’ve long known that President Donald Trump has no filter, yet his every utterance now carries the weight of U.S. policy behind it.
Anthony Fisher Talks Trump Press Conferences as Performance Art on Kennedy , Tonight at 8p on FBN
I’ll be there, as will Fox News personality Meghan McCain , libertarian wisecracker Dave Smith , and we’ll be talking about how President Trump’s hostility to the media at least makes typically pointless press conferences entertaining, and why it’s not Lena Dunham’s fault Hillary Clinton lost .
The Latest: Trump denounces ‘Russian connection non-sense’
White House Press secretary Sean Spicer points as he answers questions from members of the media during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. less White House Press secretary Sean Spicer points as he answers questions from members of the media during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, … more In this Feb. 12, 2017, photo, National Security Adviser Michael Flynn boards Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., as he return to Washington with President Donald Trump.
Trump knew Flynn misled White House weeks before ouster: officials
In this Nov. 3, 2016 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves during a campaign stop in Jacksonville, Fla. In this Nov. 3, 2016 file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves during a campaign stop in Jacksonville, Fla.
Surprise: Trump senior aides were in contact with Russian officials during campaign
It’ll be really hard for Donald Trump to distance himself from Russia with all the reports coming in that detail his friendliness to one of America’s biggest adversaries. Before the inauguration, Trump fought fiercely to dispel accusations that Russia may be in a position to blackmail him during his presidency.
Mika Brzezinski puts mansion on sale for $2million
Mika’s moving on: Morning Joe co-host puts her New York mansion on sale for $2million after divorcing her husband The MSNBC presenter’s three-storey home, on a third of an acre of land, has six bedrooms and four bathrooms Morning news anchor Mika Brzezinski has put the New York mansion she bought with her ex husband on the market. The 102 year old Tudor-style home in Bronxville is on sale for a cool $2.09 million, $200,000 more than she and former spouse James Hoffer paid for it in 2012.
From Russia With The Opposite of Love
And then Hillary warned every one, repeatedly that Trump was compromised by Russia and everyone was like, “That’s nice, BUT HER EMAILS.” And then Russia actually did interfere to influence our election, just like Trump asked them to.
The End of the Republic and the Coming of the Neo-Kinship World
The election of Donald Trump as president of the United States signals a revolution in American politics. For the first time in American history an oligarch has succeeded in buying his way directly into the highest office in the land.
It’s Getting Late Early: the Left and the Working Class
The accidental genius of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, particularly with a programmed establishment type like Hillary Clinton to run against, is how in its own way it covered the both right and left flanks. With all Trump’s babbling about carnage and ‘inner cities’ he hit on the traditional rightwing terror of being overwhelmed and slaughtered by the expanding colored hordes.
How a Russian Steel Oligarch and Putin Ally Is Profiting from Keystone XL
Believe it or not, there’s a key connection to Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, in the fight over North America’s controversial Keystone One of President Donald Trump’s first actions in office was to sign an executive order on January 24 expediting the approval of the Keystone . Owned by TransCanada, this tar sands oil pipeline was halted by former President Barack Obama in November 2015.
Hoisted on His Own Petard: Flynn Was Brought Down by the Very Spying Machine He Helped to Build
There’s a delicious irony in the downfall of Michael Flynn, President Trump’s National Security Advisor, who resigned his post just 24 days after his appointment. A retired three-star Lt.
Flynn episode ‘darkens the cloud’ of Russia that hangs over Trump administration
To continue reading up to 10 premium articles, you must register , or sign up and take advantage of this exclusive offer: The ouster of Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Flynn, caught by intelligence agencies speaking with the Russian ambassador about U.S. sanctions and then misleading administration officials about the interactions, marked the latest chapter in a months-long saga in which Trump has been unable to break free from the shadow of the United States’ longtime rival. Two advisers left the campaign amid questions about their ties to Moscow and the oligarchs that hold sway there.
Trump campaign aides had repeated contacts with Russian intelligence
Phone records and intercepted calls show that members of Donald Trump ‘s 2016 presidential campaign and other Trump associates had repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials in the year before the election, according to four current and former U.S. officials. U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies intercepted the communications around the same time that they were discovering evidence that Russia was trying to disrupt the presidential election by hacking into the Democratic National Committee, three of the officials said.
If the future is female, then what about our boys and men?
In an increasingly angry and divided America, where every word is dissected and every statement scrutinized, the newest phrase to attract passionate response was uttered by a woman who has not been seen much since the election. “Despite all the challenges we face,” Hillary Clinton told a cheering crowd in a video statement released at AOL’s 2017 MAKERS conference a few days back, “I remain convinced that yes, the future is female.”
Quiet insubordination as staff says Rupert Murdoch turning Wall…
The most successful modern publisher of ideological journalism is Rupert Murdoch. He buys media properties, or starts new ones, and turns them into conservative megaphones.
Eaton Vance Worldwide Health Sciences Fund 4th Quarter Commentary
Global stock markets delivered mixed performance in the fourth quarter of 2016. While U.S stocks rose sharply following the U.S. presidential election to finish the period with solid gains, major international markets recorded more subdued or negative returns.
Clinton: Flynn a victim of ‘fake news’
Hillary Clinton suggested early Tuesday morning that Michael Flynn’s resignation from the Trump administration makes him the latest victim of “fake news.” One of Clinton’s former aides, Philippe Reines, tweeted out that “what goes around COMETS [sic] around,” and suggested that Flynn should apply to work at Dominoes “given your pizza obsession.”
Donald Trump and the pitfalls of a social media presidency
There was U.S. President Donald Trump, in the middle of his Mar-a-Lago resort, conferring with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on decisions with national security implications over iceberg wedge salads. The club members snapped photos and posted them to Facebook with detailed narratives about what they were seeing unfold before their eyes Saturday night in Palm Beach, Florida.
Flynn, fired once by a president, now resigns to another
In this Jan. 28, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump accompanied by, from second from left, Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, Vice President Mike Pence, White House press secretary Sean Spicer and National Security Adviser Michael Flynn speaks on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington.
Tuesday Forum: February 14, 2017
There is a hilarious video on You Tube by Vox where they try to analyse why Kelly Anne Conway doesn’t take shit off journalists. Um ..
Cook: Fake News Is ‘Killing Minds’
Fake news is “killing people’s minds”, Tim Cook, the head of Apple, has said. The technology boss said firms such as his own needed to create tools that would help stem the spread of falsehoods, without impinging on freedom of speech.
White House interviewing Petraeus as possible Flynn replacement
President Trump and his top advisers will talk with retired Gen. David Petraeus this week as a possible replacement for National Security Advisor Michael Flynn.
Cillizza should absolutely not write about Clinton running for president in 2020.
To be Scrupulously Fair to Cillizza, he didn’t start this particular trash fire, Politico did: Hillary Clinton Is Running Again . Quick locate your surprised face and affix it to the front of your head.
Trudeau can’t afford to just play Trump one-on-one
Canada-U.S. bilateral ties might be today’s story, but Canada’s long game has to be in its multilateral relationships U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau participate in a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House on February 13, 2017 in Washington, DC. There was a moment, when Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland paused to answer questions from reporters outside a federal cabinet meeting held in Calgary late last month, when the Liberal government’s strategy for weathering the weirdest U.S. presidency ever seemed suddenly to come into focus.
Sarah Huckabee supports Trump’s unsupported voter claim with unsupported Arkansas story
Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee d rew on an Arkansas anecdote in a national television appearance Sunday to defend President Trump’s unsupported claim that illegal voters accounted for his popular vote loss to Hillary Clinton. A review by Think Progress found no evidence to support Huckabee’s claim of illegal voting in Arkansas.
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The Left is getting massively out-Alinskyed, and the hilarious thing is that this band of withered hippies, unemployable millennial safe-space cases, and unlovable + unshaven libfeminists don’t even know it. Oh, their masters sure know it.
The new civics course in schools: How to avoid fake news
This Feb. 6, 2017, screen shot shows a website that falsely implies that it is from ABC News. The site is actually an imposter pedaling stories that aren’t true and is an example North Carolina teacher Bill Ferriter gives to his students when teaching them to question whether a story could possibly be true and to look at web addresses and authors for hints that stories might be bogus.
The new civics course in schools: How to avoid fake news
This Feb. 6, 2017, screen shot shows a website that falsely implies that it is from ABC News. The site is actually an imposter pedaling stories that aren’t true and is an example North Carolina teacher Bill Ferriter gives to his students when teaching them to question whether a story could possibly be true and to look at web addresses and authors for hints that stories might be bogus.
Celebs slam Trump at Grammys 2017
Los Angeles, Feb 13 – Celebrities including James Corden, Jennifer Lopez and Katy Perry mocked at US President Donald Trump at the Grammy Awards through speeches, performances and even dressing styles. The annual award show, which honours the best in the music industry, got political right before it started.
[Kara Alaimo] When the fake news is about your company
Fake news on social media stymied the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton. Now, businesses are wondering what they should do if they’re targeted next.
Pro-Republican PAC gears up to oppose Cuomo 2020
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivers one of his State of the State addresses in New York’s One World Trade Center building, Monday, Jan. 9, 2017. New York state must stand as an alternative to the policies and pronouncements of President-elect Donald Trump and show the nation progressive achievements, racial and religious tolerance and that big investments in education and infrastructure can create a dynamic economy that works for all, Cuomo said Monday.
Senator says GOP colleagues question Trump’s mental health
A Democratic senator claims that “a few” of his Republican colleagues have expressed concern to him about President Donald Trump’s mental health – and that stems from questions about Trump’s truthfulness. Minnesota’s Al Franken tells CNN’s “State of the Union” that the concern arises “in the way that we all have this suspicion” that “he lies a lot.