Trump: Day 649
-Blames McGahn 4 Mueller Probe
-Posts Self-Serving Video of Tragedy
-Claims 'Treated Nicely' in Pittsburgh
-Ends Program 2 Counter Extremism
-Could Deploy 15k Troops 2 Border
-Deploying Troops Could Cost $50M
-Challenges Birth Control Mandate
-Blames McGahn 4 Mueller Probe
-Posts Self-Serving Video of Tragedy
-Claims 'Treated Nicely' in Pittsburgh
-Ends Program 2 Counter Extremism
-Could Deploy 15k Troops 2 Border
-Deploying Troops Could Cost $50M
-Challenges Birth Control Mandate
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Day 754 since Donald Trump admitted to sexual assault — yet he’s still in the Oval Office
Day 754 since Donald Trump admitted to sexual assault — yet he’s still in the Oval Office
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Day 605 of NO EVIDENCE produced by Trump that his phones were tapped by Obama.
The FISA warrant Trump referenced targeted Carter Page. #TrumpLies
Day 605 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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Day 395 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
Day 395 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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The United States has seen 28 mass shootings in the 31 days of October, bringing this year's total to 299.
January: 22
February: 14
March: 17
April: 25
May: 28
June: 51
July: 46
August: 34
September: 34
October: 28
The United States has seen 28 mass shootings in the 31 days of October, bringing this year's total to 299.
January: 22
February: 14
March: 17
April: 25
May: 28
June: 51
July: 46
August: 34
September: 34
October: 28
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UPDATE: A federal grand jury has indicted the synagogue mass murderer on the 44 counts listed below.
UPDATE: A federal grand jury has indicted the synagogue mass murderer on the 44 counts listed below.
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Trump made a campaign video out of a crime scene. There is no bottom for these people.
Shameful.
Trump made a campaign video out of a crime scene. There is no bottom for these people.
Shameful.
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Day 215 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 215 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 215 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 215 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.
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Day 194 since Trump began forcibly separating immigrant children from their families.
66 of 2,654 migrant kids separated from parents are *still* in custody.
1 still-separated child is under 5.
Day 194 since Trump began forcibly separating immigrant children from their families.
66 of 2,654 migrant kids separated from parents are *still* in custody.
1 still-separated child is under 5.
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Reminder: The Trump administration is systematically locking up thousands of children at unheard of rates - now a staggering 12,800.
The government classifies these children as "unaccompanied"
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Reminder: The Trump administration is systematically locking up thousands of children at unheard of rates - now a staggering 12,800.
The government classifies these children as "unaccompanied"
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The Trump admin was informed that "only a small percentage" of the migrant caravan will likely make it to the border. That info was received before the admin deployed more than 5,200 troops to the border, according to documents obtained by Newsweek. newsweek.com/trump-administ…
The Trump admin was informed that "only a small percentage" of the migrant caravan will likely make it to the border. That info was received before the admin deployed more than 5,200 troops to the border, according to documents obtained by Newsweek. newsweek.com/trump-administ…
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Trump says number of military troops deployed to US-Mexican border could go as high as 15,000.
Trump says number of military troops deployed to US-Mexican border could go as high as 15,000.
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While the Defense Department has yet to reveal costs associated with deploying thousands of U.S. troops to the border, a Pentagon official familiar with the details told Newsweek that initial values could start within the $50,000,000 range.
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While the Defense Department has yet to reveal costs associated with deploying thousands of U.S. troops to the border, a Pentagon official familiar with the details told Newsweek that initial values could start within the $50,000,000 range.
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Day 142 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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Day 142 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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Day 72 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?
Day 72 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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Day 13 since Saudi Arabia acknowledged the death of U.S. resident, WaPo columnist Jamal Khashoggi, claiming he died from an alleged October 2nd "fist fight" inside their Turkey consulate.
Where's his body?
The U.S. has yet to launch an investigation or impose sanctions.
Day 13 since Saudi Arabia acknowledged the death of U.S. resident, WaPo columnist Jamal Khashoggi, claiming he died from an alleged October 2nd "fist fight" inside their Turkey consulate.
Where's his body?
The U.S. has yet to launch an investigation or impose sanctions.
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“Jamal Khashoggi was brutally murdered four weeks ago. We’re still waiting for answers.”
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“Jamal Khashoggi was brutally murdered four weeks ago. We’re still waiting for answers.”
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In the first official explanation from Turkey on how Jamal Khashoggi died, the chief prosecutor for Istanbul said Khashoggi was strangled almost as soon as he stepped into the Saudi Consulate trib.al/fDz7ZyN
In the first official explanation from Turkey on how Jamal Khashoggi died, the chief prosecutor for Istanbul said Khashoggi was strangled almost as soon as he stepped into the Saudi Consulate trib.al/fDz7ZyN
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This atrocity, and Saudi's sham investigation, should not be allowed to simply fade, or be shrugged, away ... wapo.st/2qlp48a?tid=ss…
This atrocity, and Saudi's sham investigation, should not be allowed to simply fade, or be shrugged, away ... wapo.st/2qlp48a?tid=ss…
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AP reports the on "mysterious deaths of two sisters from Saudi Arabia whose bodies, bound together with tape, washed up on New York City’s waterfront last week." Both had applied for political asylum in the US.
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AP reports the on "mysterious deaths of two sisters from Saudi Arabia whose bodies, bound together with tape, washed up on New York City’s waterfront last week." Both had applied for political asylum in the US.
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Indonesia says it had no warning Saudi Arabia would be executing maid wapo.st/2Q9W0Mm
Indonesia says it had no warning Saudi Arabia would be executing maid wapo.st/2Q9W0Mm
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Trump wants to end birthright citizenship. A judge he appointed says he can't. washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/…
Trump wants to end birthright citizenship. A judge he appointed says he can't. washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/…
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Six days before the midterm elections and a man who knows nothing about the Constitution is lecturing a House Speaker who knows next to nothing.
Trump attacks Paul Ryan, says he 'knows nothing' about birthright citizenship
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Six days before the midterm elections and a man who knows nothing about the Constitution is lecturing a House Speaker who knows next to nothing.
Trump attacks Paul Ryan, says he 'knows nothing' about birthright citizenship
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Just in time for Halloween... Trump has transformed the federal government into his own Fear Factory, as part of his midterm strategy.
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Just in time for Halloween... Trump has transformed the federal government into his own Fear Factory, as part of his midterm strategy.
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Trump shut programs to counter violent extremism, according to The Atlantic.
The admin has hobbled the infrastructure designed to prevent atrocities like Pittsburgh.
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Trump shut programs to counter violent extremism, according to The Atlantic.
The admin has hobbled the infrastructure designed to prevent atrocities like Pittsburgh.
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The Trump admin, which already canceled a grant for a group that fights white supremacist terror, now appears unwilling to renew the anti-domestic terror program under which it was funded.
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The Trump admin, which already canceled a grant for a group that fights white supremacist terror, now appears unwilling to renew the anti-domestic terror program under which it was funded.
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Loren Jacobs, who was invited onstage by Pence to speak at a rally in Michigan, was defrocked 15 years ago, according to a spokeswoman for the Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations.
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Loren Jacobs, who was invited onstage by Pence to speak at a rally in Michigan, was defrocked 15 years ago, according to a spokeswoman for the Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations.
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People are grieving over the worst anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history.
Trump showed up at their community, and what he drew from it was an opportunity to make a campaign pitch for a Republican.
I feel for the community.
People are grieving over the worst anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history.
Trump showed up at their community, and what he drew from it was an opportunity to make a campaign pitch for a Republican.
I feel for the community.
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Reality: Trump promised to quickly eliminate the deficit but expanded it by trillions with a massive corporate tax cut
Reality: Trump promised to quickly eliminate the deficit but expanded it by trillions with a massive corporate tax cut
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Misinformation — false statements, misleading statements and, yes, lies — keep tumbling from the mouth of Trump. So much so that fact-checkers can't keep up.
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Misinformation — false statements, misleading statements and, yes, lies — keep tumbling from the mouth of Trump. So much so that fact-checkers can't keep up.
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Why are Trump and Rs lying about immigration, health care, and taxes?
Because the public is recoiling at the Trumpian fusion of ethno-nationalism and orthodox GOP plutocracy.
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Why are Trump and Rs lying about immigration, health care, and taxes?
Because the public is recoiling at the Trumpian fusion of ethno-nationalism and orthodox GOP plutocracy.
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Tweet from the Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Not every day a government administrator takes a potshot at the program she runs.
Tweet from the Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Not every day a government administrator takes a potshot at the program she runs.
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New internal WH polling shows Republicans losing the House, and Trump is not happy. Also big west wing exodus could be next.
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New internal WH polling shows Republicans losing the House, and Trump is not happy. Also big west wing exodus could be next.
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Trump blamed Don McGahn for the Mueller probe in a face-to-face meeting as McGahn ended his tumultuous tenure as White House counsel cnn.it/2Jvi4yq
Trump blamed Don McGahn for the Mueller probe in a face-to-face meeting as McGahn ended his tumultuous tenure as White House counsel cnn.it/2Jvi4yq
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“Stone said he may have briefly discussed WikiLeaks’s email releases with former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, his longtime business partner, but only after Manafort stepped down from his post in August.” washingtonpost.com/politics/muell…
“Stone said he may have briefly discussed WikiLeaks’s email releases with former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, his longtime business partner, but only after Manafort stepped down from his post in August.” washingtonpost.com/politics/muell…
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Giuliani has often traveled to Russia or other ex-Soviet states as guests of powerful players. Since Trump was elected, he appears to have stepped up their frequency.
"I don't recall seeing anything like this before," one expert told ProPublica.
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Giuliani has often traveled to Russia or other ex-Soviet states as guests of powerful players. Since Trump was elected, he appears to have stepped up their frequency.
"I don't recall seeing anything like this before," one expert told ProPublica.
bit.ly/2zfZsO5
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WaPo: Trump has agreed to produce portions of his calendar from 2007 and 2008 as part of discovery in a defamation lawsuit brought by Summer Zervos, according to a proposed court order signed by attorneys for all parties.
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WaPo: Trump has agreed to produce portions of his calendar from 2007 and 2008 as part of discovery in a defamation lawsuit brought by Summer Zervos, according to a proposed court order signed by attorneys for all parties.
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Lawyers for Trump & Zervos said they'll discuss which "people and entities" are within Trump's "possession, custody, or control" for the purpose of discovery, including addressing "the status of the Trump Organization and the [Trump] Campaign."
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Lawyers for Trump & Zervos said they'll discuss which "people and entities" are within Trump's "possession, custody, or control" for the purpose of discovery, including addressing "the status of the Trump Organization and the [Trump] Campaign."
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The Trump administration is seeking a rule challenge to an Obamacare mandate to give employers more flexibility to deny women insurance coverage for birth control, The New York Times reports cnn.it/2Dep7uT
The Trump administration is seeking a rule challenge to an Obamacare mandate to give employers more flexibility to deny women insurance coverage for birth control, The New York Times reports cnn.it/2Dep7uT
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DETROIT (AP) _ General Motors, cutting costs, will offer buyouts to about 18,000 white-collar workers in North America.
Remind me again why Michigan voters put their trust in Trump?
DETROIT (AP) _ General Motors, cutting costs, will offer buyouts to about 18,000 white-collar workers in North America.
Remind me again why Michigan voters put their trust in Trump?
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren: The Trump administration is letting foreign firms skip tariffs
Meanwhile U.S. companies are going out of business.
cnn.it/2Qhc92k
Sen. Elizabeth Warren: The Trump administration is letting foreign firms skip tariffs
Meanwhile U.S. companies are going out of business.
cnn.it/2Qhc92k
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By Kudlow logic, this then means the market is getting excited about a Democratic takeover of the house?
By Kudlow logic, this then means the market is getting excited about a Democratic takeover of the house?
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At the White House, Trump economic adviser Larry Kudlow conducted a Fox-style "interview" with Trump, with Ivanka Trump sitting beside Kudlow and nodding.
We're supposed to take them serious?
At the White House, Trump economic adviser Larry Kudlow conducted a Fox-style "interview" with Trump, with Ivanka Trump sitting beside Kudlow and nodding.
We're supposed to take them serious?
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Startling new research finds large buildup of heat in the oceans, suggesting a faster rate of global warming - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/energy-environ…
Startling new research finds large buildup of heat in the oceans, suggesting a faster rate of global warming - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/energy-environ…
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Our government is trying to hide this from us. But if we fire the Republican Congress on Tuesday, we get the power to hold the EPA accountable. cnn.it/2QdW3H7
Our government is trying to hide this from us. But if we fire the Republican Congress on Tuesday, we get the power to hold the EPA accountable. cnn.it/2QdW3H7
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Trump tells @jonkarl in interview that migrant caravan is bigger than is being reported, “which he says he knows because of his own estimates.”
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Trump tells @jonkarl in interview that migrant caravan is bigger than is being reported, “which he says he knows because of his own estimates.”
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6 Days until midterm elections.
We've got great candidates, great energy, and great issues. Take nothing for granted -- we can't let up.
To power a 🌊 this November, make SURE to vote & vote early, if possible!
IWillVote.com
6 Days until midterm elections.
We've got great candidates, great energy, and great issues. Take nothing for granted -- we can't let up.
To power a 🌊 this November, make SURE to vote & vote early, if possible!
IWillVote.com
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Via @amyegardner: Early vote totals in at least 17 states already surpass 2014 turnout at this point wapo.st/2QaKCQr?tid=ss…
Via @amyegardner: Early vote totals in at least 17 states already surpass 2014 turnout at this point wapo.st/2QaKCQr?tid=ss…
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Daily reminder...
Daily reminder...
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In case you missed yesterday's thread:
In case you missed yesterday's thread:
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In Florida Rally, Trump Calls Constitutional Citizenship Protections ‘a Crazy Policy’
Ahem, it's an ammendment. nyti.ms/2CSu63I?smid=n…
In Florida Rally, Trump Calls Constitutional Citizenship Protections ‘a Crazy Policy’
Ahem, it's an ammendment. nyti.ms/2CSu63I?smid=n…
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You hate Medicare for All, but you run a program called ... Medicare.
Which is "Medicare for All ... Over 65." And yet, you are against .... Medicare.
That seems par for the course under Trump.
You hate Medicare for All, but you run a program called ... Medicare.
Which is "Medicare for All ... Over 65." And yet, you are against .... Medicare.
That seems par for the course under Trump.
