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riversedge's JournalWasserman Schultz bashes Conway tweet on Navy SEAL widow ovation
Source: CNN
By Jason Squitieri, CNN
Updated 9:51 PM ET, Wed March 1, 2017
Ex-DNC chair has harsh words for Conway 02:40
(CNN)Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz criticized the White House on Wednesday night after Kellyanne Conway retweeted an allegation that Wasserman Schultz did not stand or clap during a standing ovation for the widow of a slain Navy SEAL during President Donald Trump's address to Congress.
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Video of the speech posted to the White House website shows Democrats and Republicans rise for a standing ovation within seconds, including Wasserman Schultz.
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Asked whether she received an apology from Conway, Wasserman Schultz said, "Of course she hasn't apologized, because that's their M.O."
"They generate and perpetuate fake news. They don't tell the truth. They lie, they distort, they intentionally put out false information so that they can try to control the news cycle," she said.
Wasserman Schultz said, "I don't need an apology, I need them to start telling the truth."
The Democrat also said Conway "could pick up the phone and call my office, call me and ask me if it was true. How about check the WhiteHouse.gov tape in their own office building to see if it's true, because that's how it was actually proven false as you just demonstrated on the screen. But these people are not truthful; that's why I don't trust them. Most of the American people don't trust them and that's why this President has been so wholly unpopular up to this point.".......................
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/01/politics/erin-burnett-debbie-wasserman-schultz-trump-speech-cnntv/index.html
This OP is about Conway's Lying tweet-not about DWS, DNC, or past GE campaign-so lets not go there please. Trump is obsessed with Hillary and now we know Conway is also. Big chips on their shoulders--and they won!
From the OP:
"Conway, one of the President's top advisers, responded to someone else's tweet by writing, "Hope this is not true. It was a moment of unity and deserved recognition."
https://twitter.com/KellyannePolls/status/836810791034695680
https://twitter.com/1lucasnoll/status/837161875590696960
Investigators Probed Jeff Sessions Contacts With Russian Officials
Source: WSJ
Investigators Probed Jeff Sessions Contacts With Russian Officials
Communications from the then-senator occurred during presidential campaign
Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaking at the Justice Department on Tuesday. Mr. Sessions was an early supporter of Mr. Trump and was his foreign-policy adviser during the election campaign.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaking at the Justice Department on Tuesday. Mr. Sessions was an early supporter of Mr. Trump and was his foreign-policy adviser during the election campaign. Photo: Zach Gibson/Getty Images
By Carol E. Lee, Christopher S. Stewart,
Rob Barry and Shane Harris
Updated March 1, 2017 10:56 p.m. ET
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WASHINGTONU.S. investigators have examined contacts Attorney General Jeff Sessions had with Russian officials during the time he was advising Donald Trumps presidential campaign, according to people familiar with the matter.
The outcome of the inquiry, and whether it is ongoing, wasnt clear, these people said. The contacts were being examined as part of a wide-ranging U.S. counterintelligence investigation into possible communications between members of Mr. Trumps campaign team and Russian operatives, they said.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation, which has been leading the investigation, didnt immediately respond to a request for comment. The White House directed requests for comment to the Justice Department.
During his confirmation hearing for attorney general in January, Mr. Sessions, a Republican senator from Alabama, testified under oath that he had no contact with Russian officials as a campaign surrogate and never discussed the 2016 election with Russian officials.
............Ms. Flores said Mr. Sessions wasnt required to disclose the contacts because they took place in his capacity as a senator, not a campaign official.
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Read more: https://www.wsj.com/articles/investigators-probed-jeff-sessions-contacts-with-russian-officials-1488424871?mod=e2tw
The entire story showed up for me.
This is the 3rd explosive story being reported on tonight by msnbc
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Wall Street Journal?Verified account @WSJ
Investigators probed Sessions contacts with Russian officials during election campaign
https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/837145011376521216
CNN trailer: Was it a Pivot or was it a Performance? ha ha.
well, Trump is a TV star who loves drama. I vote Performance!!
today is a good day to call & remind Pols that no speech will shield their refusal to investigate Tr
Just saw this and wrote myself a note to call their offices tomorrow!
State of Resistance? @AltStateDpt 3h3 hours ago
If you have a GOP Rep or Sen, today is a good day to call & remind them that no speech will shield their refusal to investigate Trump.
https://twitter.com/AltStateDpt/status/837043949491585024
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Epic Honey? @epic_honey 3h3 hours ago
@AltStateDpt Will do. Was in process of deciding what call to make today. Good timing of ur suggestion!
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Kim? @TheRealKIngram 3h3 hours ago
@AltStateDpt @jfdavisspeaks I call each & every day!!
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CAResists? @CAResists 3h3 hours ago
@AltStateDpt @Rep_DevinNunes @DevinNunes Are you listening? #investigatetrump
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Sean Spicier? @WH_SeanSpicier 3h3 hours ago
@AltStateDpt it's hardly a speech when it's someone else's words you didn't contribute to being read from a teleprompter. "Ghost President"?
Fact-checking President Trump's first address to Congress Lies even when previously Fact-Checked!
Fact-checking President Trump's first address to Congress[/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/01/fact-checking-president-trump-first-address-congress/98537824/
Brooks Jackson, D'Angelo Gore, Eugene Kiely, Lori Robertson and Robert Farley, FactCheck.org
Published 7:01 a.m. ET March 1, 2017 | Updated 7 hours ago
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.............Familiar Claims
Trump repeated several other claims we’ve written about before.
Borders: Trump said that “we’ve defended the borders of other nations, while leaving our own borders wide open, for anyone to cross.” That’s nonsense. The border patrol budget more than doubled from $1.15 billion in fiscal 2001 to $3.64 billion in fiscal 2016. The number of border patrol agents also increased over 100% from 9,821 in fiscal 2001 to 19,828 in fiscal 2016, when those agents made nearly 416,000 border apprehensions nationwide.
Refugee vetting: Trump said that “my administration has been working on improved vetting procedures” because “it is not compassionate, but reckless, to allow uncontrolled entry from places where proper vetting cannot occur.” As we have explained before, all refugees seeking to enter the U.S. must pass a more rigorous screening than even those entering on a tourist or student visa. And those from Syria, which is one of the seven nations singled out in Trump’s travel ban, are subjected to special measures including iris scans and an “enhanced review” by the Department of Homeland Security. It remains to be seen how Trump will change the vetting process, but the current process, for refugees at least, can take up to two years.
Welfare: Trump envisioned “millions lifted from welfare to work” by the time the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, in nine years. But the welfare rolls have already dropped by millions — from 10.9 million average monthly recipients in fiscal 1997 to 2.8 million in fiscal 2016. The drop was precipitated by legislation signed by President Clinton in 1996 instituting work requirements and time limits to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. This is at least the thirdtime Trump has made a claim about moving people from welfare to work since he was sworn in.
Jobs: Trump boasted that “since my election, Ford, Fiat-Chrysler, General Motors, Sprint, Softbank, Lockheed, Intel, Walmart and many others, have announced that they will invest billions of dollars in the United States and will create tens of thousands of new American jobs.” But as we have reportedrepeatedly, many of the investments announced by those companies were in the works before the election or were largely market driven. Executives of those companies praised Trump’s plan to cut corporate taxes and reduce regulation, but several of them said the recently announced investments would have been made no matter who was elected president, and were part of a years-long investment strategy. We won’t know how Trump is doing on jobs until the Bureau of Labor Statistics comes out with its monthly figures for February, and it may take many more months or even years, to fully evaluate Trump’s impact on jobs. We can say this, though: The creation of “tens of thousands” of jobs by these companies would represent a small part of the overall economy, which has shown a years-long trend of growth. The economy added nearly 2.2 million jobs in the 12 months before Trump took office. It has gained jobs for 76 straight months – the longest streak on record.
Health insurance: Trump said that “Obamacare premiums nationwide have increased by double and triple digits,” giving the average 116% increase in Arizona as an example. But that state was the only one to have a “triple digit” average increase in premiums on the ACA exchange, for individuals who buy their own insurance. As we’ve written before, the average nationwide change was a 25% increase from 2016 to 2017 among the 38 HealthCare.gov states. Ten of those states had single-digit increases or a decrease in the average second lowest-cost silver plan. And it’s worth noting that 84% of the 10.4 million Americans with marketplace coverage in the first half of 2016 received tax credits that limit the amount those individuals have to pay toward premiums.
Crime: Trump got his talking point right when he said, “The murder rate in 2015 experienced its largest single-year increase in nearly half a century.” It’s a line he has repeatedly misstated. But while the murder and nonnegligent manslaughter rate did go up by 10.8% from 2014 to 2015, the long-term trend has been a decrease in murders. The 2015 rate, 4.9 per 100,000 people, is less than half the peak rate of 10.2 in 1980, according to FBI data.
For a full list of sources, see FactCheck.org.
Editorial Board: Trump would explode the deficit: Our view
Trump would explode the deficit: Our view
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/02/28/president-trump-congress-federal-budget-editorials-debates/98563356/
The Editorial Board , USA TODAY Published 11:23 p.m. ET Feb. 28, 2017 | Updated 18 hours ago
Proposals sounded terrific, except for one thing: The numbers don’t add up.
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(Photo: Pool photo by Jim Lo Scalzo)
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The president’s policy priorities, touted Tuesday night in his wide-ranging first address to a joint session Congress, were quintessential Donald Trump, though with a softer tone: based on deception and impractical on many levels.
“Our military will be given the resources its brave warriors so richly deserve,” he said. “Crumbling infrastructure will be replaced with new roads, bridges, tunnels, airports and railways gleaming across our beautiful land.”
More money will be spent on a “great, great” border wall, drug treatment and child care. Corporations will receive a “big, big” tax cut, and there will be “massive tax relief” for the middle class...........................
Even before his speech, Trump’s plan to hike military spending by 10%, or $54 billion, next year — coupled with large offsetting cuts in diplomatic, environmental and other non-defense programs — was facing stern opposition on Capitol Hill. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., called it “dead on arrival.”
You simply can’t boost spending on the military that much, start a $1 trillion infrastructure program, hold Social Security and Medicare harmless, and slash taxes without exploding the deficit, which already exceeds $500 billion a year.........................
State Dept. fearful under Trump: They want to blow this place up and turn diplomacy over to Kush
Source: raw story
State Dept. fearful under Trump: ‘They want to blow this place up’ and turn diplomacy over to Kushner
Travis Gettys
01 Mar 2017 at 13:11 ET
State Department staffers — at least, the ones who haven’t quit or been fired — are left with little to do and plenty of time to ponder their existential dread.
The neglect and purposeful destruction under President Donald Trump have left career foreign service officers feeling “adrift and listless,” according to a new report by The Atlantic.
Trump’s budget will reportedly slash the State Department’s funding, and both the president and his chief strategist have suggested federal agencies would remain understaffed and underfunded as part of an effort to destroy them.
“They really want to blow this place up,” said one mid-level State Department officer. “I don’t think this administration thinks the State Department needs to exist. They think Jared [Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law] can do everything. It’s reminiscent of the developing countries where I’ve served. The family rules everything, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs knows nothing.”
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Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/state-dept-fearful-under-trump-they-want-to-blow-this-place-up-and-turn-diplomacy-over-to-kushner/
Reminds me of what Trump is doing to ACA!
.............. chief strategist have suggested federal agencies would remain understaffed and underfunded as part of an effort to destroy them.
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Trump--51 Lies in 61 minutes #Jointsession address .....
CAP Action? @CAPAction 14h14 hours ago
We did the math...
Trump told a whopping 51 lies in his 61-minuted #Jointsession address.
(Full GoogleDoc is coming!)
https://twitter.com/CAPAction/status/836785356196442113
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Karl Archer? @archerology 13h13 hours ago
@CAPAction @BittrScrptReadr This was the last speech he gave where he was saying what he really believes. Never forget what he really is.
https://twitter.com/archerology/status/836804568562483202
since 1975, jihadis from 7 banned countries have killed 0 Americans in US-while guns killed 1.34 mi
Started reading some older articles to avoid the media/press gushing over Trump today.
Interesting article ICYMI
Nicholas Kristof?Verified account @NickKristof 15h15 hours ago
And since 1975, jihadis from 7 banned countries have killed 0 Americans in US--while guns killed 1.34 million
https://twitter.com/NickKristof/status/836766256514678785
Husbands Are Deadlier Than Terrorists
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/11/opinion/sunday/husbands-are-deadlier-than-terrorists.html?_r=0
[Nicholas Kristof]
Nicholas Kristof FEB. 11, 2017
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A vigil in Roseburg, Ore., for victims of the mass shooting at Umpqua Community College in October 2015. The motive of the gunman, a student, was not clear. Credit Amanda Lucier for The New York Times
With the President Trump Reality Show, it’s easy to be distracted by ANGRY ALL-CAPITAL TWEETS or Oval Office tantrums. But resist, and stay focused on matters of life and death.
Consider two critical issues: refugees and guns. Trump is going berserk over the former, but wants to ease rules on the latter. So let’s look at the relative risks.
In the four decades between 1975 and 2015, terrorists born in the seven nations in Trump’s travel ban killed zero people in America, according to the Cato Institute. Zero.
In that same period, guns claimed 1.34 million lives in America, including murders, suicides and accidents. That’s about as many people as live in Boston and Seattle combined.
It’s also roughly as many Americans as died in all the wars in American history since the American Revolution, depending on the estimate used for Civil War
Analysis: Only 3 percent of reports on CBS, NBC positive for Trump
There is so much negative Trump stuff that this is not surprizing.
Analysis: Only 3 percent of reports on CBS, NBC positive for Trump
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/321781-analysis-only-3-percent-of-reports-on-cbs-nbc-positive-for-trump
By Joe Concha - 03/01/17 11:16 AM EST
© Getty Images
A new analysis by a nonpartisan media research firm shows that just 3 percent of the reports about President Trump that aired on NBC and CBS were deemed positive.
The data comes from an analysis by Media Tenor, an independent media research firm founded in 1993.
The firm's analysts watched 370 news stories about Trump on the “NBC Nightly News,” “CBS Evening News” and Fox News’s “Special Report” between Jan. 20 and Feb. 17. Trump took office the day the analysis began.
Overall the analysis found that on NBC and CBS, 43 percent of stories on Trump were negative, while only 3 percent were positive. Fifty-four percent of reports were considered neutral.
On Fox News's "Special Report", the coverage also skewed negative, albeit to a lesser extent.
The Bret Baier-anchored news and analysis program that airs at 6 p.m. ET showed that exactly one-quarter of the reports about Trump were deemed negative by Media Tenor analysts, while 12 percent were deemed positive. The remaining 63 percent were seen as neutral.
The analysis also saw on a difference in terms of editorial focus between Fox and the two broadcast networks studied....................................................
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