WASHINGTON — President Trump, having declared post-inaugural Monday the true opening day of his new administration, spent Sunday pondering a string of executive orders on topics ranging from immigration to Israel to the economy, including what he called a re-working of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Supervising the swearing-in of 30 new White House […]
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Trump Team Defends Lies By Calling Them “Alternative Facts”
"Alternative facts are not facts. They are falsehoods," Chuck Todd tells Pres. Trump's counselor Kellyanne Conway this morning. WATCH: pic.twitter.com/Ao005dQ13r — Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) January 22, 2017 “Why put him out there for the very first time, in front of that podium, to utter a provable falsehood?” Chuck Todd asked Kellyanne Conway, counselor to […]
Trump Mocks Women’s March In Tweet
President Donald Trump, in between tweets about his “long standing ovations” at CIA headquarters and his inauguration’s television ratings, implied in a tweet early Sunday morning that the Women’s March protesters did not vote. Watched protests yesterday but was under the impression that we just had an election! Why didn’t these people vote? Celebs hurt […]
Medicare For All?
Donald Trump may have a stealth health plan that would be a surprise to millions: It’s called ” Medicare for All. (MFA)” He’s not uttered these words and his party hasn’t either – and isn’t likely to champion. The GOP has long sought the destruction of the Affordable Care Act and privatization of Medicare and […]
Stock Market Is Soaring
Stock markets have been on the rise since Donald Trump’s electoral victory in November, but many Wall Street experts say the president-elect can’t take all the credit. While it’s true that expectations for many of his proposed policies have accelerated the markets’ tear, the economy was in good shape way before the election, and it’s up for […]
Trump Finally President
His critics have made clear they will not defer even for a day to a new leader they accuse of playing to racism and hatred. Demonstrators gathered early Friday morning to protest the new president. Liberal groups have organized a march that they expect to draw as many as 200,000 to downtown Washington on Saturday. […]
More Than 60 Democrats To Boycott Inauguration
A growing group of Democratic lawmakers will boycott President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration Friday to protest what they described as his alarming and divisive policies, foreign interference in his election and his criticism of civil rights icon John Lewis, a congressman from Georgia. There are now more than 60 House Democrats — 65, at last count […]
Putin Claims Trump Dossier Is Fake
While denouncing prostitution as a “horrible social phenomenon,” Mr. Putin also boasted about Russian exceptionalism, adding: “Even though they are undoubtedly the best in the world, too. I doubt that Trump would go for that.” There is a frenzy of attention in Russia focused on the change in administration in Washington, even by the standards […]
Garth Brooks Turns Trump Down
President-elect Donald Trump still has a friend in Garth Brooks despite the country singer turning down the opportunity to sing at his inauguration. Brooks explained he’s all about “People Loving People” and is “praying” for Trump but due to a scheduling conflict, he ultimately had to turn down performing on January 20. The country superstar […]
U2 Blames Trump For Delaying Album Release
Trump is giving U2 a bad case of “Vertigo.” The Irish rock band was left spinning after Trump was elected president and despite their next album being “pretty much complete,” they decided to hold of releasing it to give themselves “breathing space.” “We just went, ‘Hold on a second – we’ve got to give ourselves a […]
General Motors To Invest $1B In American Factories And Job
DETROIT – General Motors will announce a $1 billion investment in its factories that will create or keep around 1,000 jobs, a person briefed on the matter said Monday. The Detroit automaker will make the announcement Tuesday morning. The investment is part of the normal process of equipping factories to build new models, and it’s […]
Trump Pressuring Congress For Quick Repeal Of Obamacare
President-elect Donald Trump said he’s finishing a plan to replace the Affordable Care Act with a proposal that would provide “insurance for everybody,” according to a report by The Washington Post. Trump added that he does not plan to cut benefits for Medicare and that he does not want a single-payer healthcare system. His plan […]