Arriving in Key West, Florida, last week to tour an anti-drug trafficking facility, President Donald Trump was greeted by loud protests attended by residents who made abundantly clear their disapproval of his visit and his policies.

As the president’s motorcade drove through the island city, protesters first chanted the slogan “Love Trumps Hate” before a number of attendees began waving their middle fingers and shouting “Fuck you!” at the presidential vehicle.



On Twitter, the president posted his own video of his arrival in Key West, appearing unaware of the tenor of the gathering that had assembled to greet him. A Floridian quickly clarified that most of the people lining the city’s main street were not there to express support.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-23/flight-records-illuminate-mystery-of-trump-s-moscow-nights

President Donald Trump twice gave James Comey an alibi for why a salacious report about the 2013 Miss Universe pageant in Moscow couldn’t be true: He never even spent the night in Russia during that trip, Trump told the former FBI director, according to Comey’s memos about the conversations.

Yet the broad timeline of Trump’s stay, stretching from Friday, Nov. 8, 2013, through the following Sunday morning, has been widely reported. And it’s substantiated by social media posts that show he slept in Moscow the night before the Miss Universe contest.

Now, flight records obtained by Bloomberg provide to-the-minute details, from wheels down to departure. Combined with existing accounts and Trump’s own social-media posts, they capture a mere 45 hours and 43 minutes that, nearly five years later, loom large in the controversy engulfing the White House and at the heart of the Comey memos, which the Justice Department turned over last week to Congress.

According to Comey’s accounts of his 2017 meetings with the president, Trump said the Moscow trip was so quick that his head never hit a pillow -- even for one night. Trump fired Comey on May 9, 2017.

“What did he mean by breeding?” April Ryan of American Urban Radio Networks asked during a White House press briefing on Monday.

Sanders said that Trump recognized sanctuary cities as a major problem.

“What does breeding mean to this president?” Ryan pressed. “Because when you think of breeding, you think of animals.”

“I’m not going to begin to think what you think,” Sanders said. “Certainly I think that it could mean a lot of things to a lot of people. But the president is talking about a growing problem.”



https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/sarah-sanders-stumbles-april-ryan-demands-explain-trumps-breeding-concept-tweet/

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Hannity responds to news about his real estate holdings:

"It is ironic that I am being attacked for investing my personal money in communities that badly need such investment and in which, I am sure, those attacking me have not invested their money."

https://twitter.com/LevineJonathan/status/988429128025214976

White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders on Monday declined to say President Donald Trump will not pardon his attorney, Michael Cohen, who is reportedly being investigated by federal prosecutors in New York.

During a Monday morning press gaggle, Sanders was asked about a potential pardon for Cohen, who has been called president’s “fixer” for authoring non-disclosure agreements with women who allegedly had affairs with Trump.

“I don’t think that we are going to talk about hypotheticals that don’t exist right now,” Sanders said, according to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins.

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/sanders-refuses-knock-michael-cohen-pardon-arent-going-talk-hypotheticals-dont-exist/

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/kellyanne-conway-says-melania-trump-superior-michelle-obama/

Kellyanne Conway says that Melania Trump is a “superior” first lady compared to Michelle Obama.

TMZ caught up with the senior White House counselor on Monday and asked her about President Donald Trump’s wife. Conway was asked about reports that magazines have shunned Melania, while Michelle was featured on dozens of magazine covers.

“Melania Trump is such a superior and excellent First Lady,” Kellyanne told TMZ. “This country is so lucky to have her.”

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Hard to believe Obstructionists May vote against Mike Pompeo for Secretary of State. The Dems will not approve hundreds of good people, including the Ambassador to Germany. They are maxing out the time on approval process for all, never happened before. Need more Republicans!

6:15 AM - 23 Apr 2018

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Hannity has said that he hates investing in the stock market, and instead buys real estate. But no one had reported the scale of investments by the host, who makes about $30 million a year. Hannity’s shell companies have spent at least $90 million buying up at least 870 homes spread over seven states, the Guardian reported.

Among the holdings are mansions and apartment buildings rented to low-income families.

Troublingly given how Hannity talked about the raid on Cohen’s office and homes without disclosing that he was a client, Hannity also has dealings journalist would normally disclose.

He bashed Obama about the foreclosure rate but bought up homes during the crisis, the report says, and he made deals involving the US Department for Housing and Urban Development which he did not disclose when interviewing and praising Ben Carson, who Trump appointed to lead the department.

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/sean-hannity-vast-real-estate-holdings-hidden-shell-companies-including-deals-funded-hud-report/

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Thank you to the incredible Law Enforcement Officers from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. They keep us safe and are very cool about it!

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Brit Hume Retweeted Mediaite

He says “I know that I think....” His basis? He never actually says. This guy has taken the media for a ride, publicizing himself and his client. Media have happily played along. Embarrassing.

https://twitter.com/brithume/status/988123172800290826

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Check my record over the last six weeks Brit. And do that now before you make any more baseless tweets and further embarass yourself. Better yet, let’s compare my record to yours in 3 months. #youarenervous #basta

7:18 PM - 22 Apr 2018

https://twitter.com/MichaelAvenatti/status/988240640461783040