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Doctor Says Trump Has Heart Disease

January 17, 2018 at 11:38 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

CNN’s chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta said that he believes tests reveal that President Trump has heart disease, The Hill reports.

Gupta said dating back to 2009, President Trump started to have “these tests that are actually looking for the presence of calcium in the blood vessels that lead to the heart.”

Said Gupta: “It was interesting when I spoke to Dr. Jackson at first, he said, he passed all the tests with flying colors. When I asked him specifically about that test, did he then concede that, in fact, the president does have heart disease. They’re going to be increasing the medications, including the cholesterol-lowering medications to try and combat that, but there’s no question, by all standards, by all metrics, anyway a doctor or cardiologist will look at it, the president does have heart disease.”

Porn Star Describes Her Affair with Trump

January 17, 2018 at 11:11 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Porn star Stormy Daniels tells In Touch that she had sex with Donald Trump in his Lake Tahoe, NV, hotel suite in 2006 — a story that was corroborated by her good friend Randy Spears and supported by her ex-husband. She also took a polygraph test.

Said Daniels: “The sex was textbook generic. I actually don’t even know why I did it, but I do remember while we were having sex, I was like, ‘Please, don’t try to pay me.’”

After having sex, Daniels said: “We hung out for a little while and he just kept saying, ‘I’m gonna call you, I’m gonna call you. I have to see you again. You’re amazing. We have to get you on The Apprentice.’”

Daily Beast: “According to a source familiar with the matter, later this week, InTouch is planning to run the entire unedited interview it conducted with Daniels. All 5,500 words of it.”

Is Trump Counting on a Terrorist Attack?

January 17, 2018 at 11:10 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Washington Post: “In private conversations, Trump has told advisers that he doesn’t think the 2018 election has to be as bad as others are predicting. He has referenced the 2002 midterms, when George W. Bush and Republicans fared better after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, these people said.”

Matthew Yglesias: “I’m pretty skeptical that the political dynamics of September 2001 would be replicated today. But regardless, this is a frightening line of thought for an incumbent president and his team to be entertaining.”


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Trump Has Lost All Credibility on Capitol Hill

January 17, 2018 at 11:09 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Politico: “On the cusp of a deal for the second time with Democrats to enshrine protections for 700,000 young undocumented immigrants, Trump once again destroyed the underpinnings of the potential agreement… So now, instead of securing a bipartisan deal to fund the government and help a large group of immigrants that Trump said deserve compassion, the president and Republican Congress are scrambling, yet again, just to keep the government open.”

“It demonstrates once again to Democrats — and Republicans — that Trump is an unpredictable, unreliable partner who cannot be trusted to keep his word. To lawmakers on Capitol Hill, there may be no greater crime, since all members and senators know their word is their bond. Once you lose that credibility, you’re done as a deal-maker.”

Cuomo Has $30 Million War Chest

January 17, 2018 at 11:07 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) “raised an average of more than $32,000 per day for the last six months, according to campaign finance reports, and has now amassed a $30.5 million campaign chest in 2018 that so far has helped him scare away serious rivals in his bid for a third term,” the New York Times reports.

Online Interest In Trump Has Plummeted

January 17, 2018 at 11:03 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Brookings: “Public interest in Trump has plummeted over the course of 2017. After peaking during inauguration week, searches for him have dropped to 20 percent of the initial level as the public has soured on the chief executive.”

“Impeachment interest has surged during Trump’s first year. In May and November, there were major spikes in public interest in that topic as Trump fired FBI Director James Comey in May and saw leading advisers face federal indictment in November.”

New Russian Payments Are a Focus of Investigation

January 17, 2018 at 10:21 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Officials investigating the Kremlin’s interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election are scrutinizing newly uncovered financial transactions between the Russian government and people or businesses inside the United States.”

“Records exclusively reviewed by BuzzFeed News also show years of Russian financial activity within the U.S. that bankers and federal law enforcement officials deemed suspicious, raising concerns about how the Kremlin’s diplomats operated here long before the 2016 election.”

“Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team, charged with investigating Russian election interference and possible collusion by the Trump campaign, is examining these transactions and others by Russian diplomatic personnel.”

Athletes Who Are the Same Size as Trump

January 17, 2018 at 9:54 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

After the results of President Trump’s physical were released, Sports Illustrated looks at athletes who are the same height and weight as the president.

A Blue Tsunami Is Forming

January 17, 2018 at 8:48 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

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GOP May Not Have Votes for Spending Bill

January 17, 2018 at 8:47 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

There might not be enough House GOP votes to pass this short-term funding bill without Democrats, according to the HuffPost.

Said Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows (R-NC): “Based on the number of noes and undecideds in the Freedom Caucus, there’s not enough support to pass it with just GOP support in the House.”

Pawlenty Passes on Senate Run In Minnesota

January 17, 2018 at 8:46 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) told Fox Business that he will not run for the Senate this year in Minnesota.

Said Pawlenty: “I am very interested in public service and service for the common good, there are a lot of different ways to do that, but I’ll tell you today that running for the United States Senate in 2018 won’t be part of those plans.”

Politico: “Republican leaders have failed to secure their top-choice candidate in eight of the 10 Senate races in states that Trump won in 2016.”

U.S. Democracy Experienced Biggest Drop In 40 Years

January 17, 2018 at 8:17 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Freedom House report finds “democracy is in retreat around the world” for the 12th year in a row.

Most striking: “The United States retreated from its traditional role as both a champion and an exemplar of democracy amid an accelerating decline in American political rights and civil liberties… The United States experienced its sharpest one-year drop since we began doing the survey more than 40 years ago.”

FBI Agents Visited Bannon’s Home

January 17, 2018 at 8:05 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“FBI agents showed up at Steve Bannon’s Washington home last week intent on serving him with a subpoena to appear before a grand jury investigating possible ties between President Trump’s campaign and Russia,” NBC News reports.

Axios: “It shows that Mueller isn’t giving Bannon the white glove approach offered to others in President Trump’s orbit — at least publicly.”

What Happens When Trump Testifies?

January 17, 2018 at 8:03 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

The Associated Press “reviewed hundreds of pages of depositions taken of Trump in the past decade, including in contract and defamation lawsuits. The interviews, taken together, not only reflect his deep experience in providing sworn statements to lawyers but also offer clues to a rhetorical style that could again be on display in the event Trump is questioned by Mueller’s team.”

“The transcripts reveal a witness who is by turns voluble, giving expansive answers far beyond the questions asked; boastful, using unrelated queries to expound on his wealth or popularity; unapologetic, swift to defend incendiary comments or criticized actions; and occasionally combative, once deriding a lawyer for ‘very stupid’ questions.”

“The garrulous style belies the ‘just the facts, ma’am’ approach many defense lawyers advocate.”

GOP Fears Mueller Probe Dragging Through Midterms

January 17, 2018 at 7:59 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Robert Mueller’s Russia probe isn’t ending any time soon, and that’s bad news for President Trump and congressional Republicans already bracing for a possible 2018 Democratic midterm wave,” Politico reports.

“In an ominous development for Republicans, a federal judge overseeing the upcoming trial of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and his deputy Rick Gates rejected Mueller’s request to begin in May and instead outlined a scheduled start as soon as September or October — peak election season.”

Democrats Prefer Either Sanders or Biden to Winfrey

January 17, 2018 at 7:56 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Politico/Morning Consult poll finds Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) would beat Oprah Winfrey in a head-to-head Democratic presidential primary match up, 46% to 37%.

Former Vice President Joe Biden would beat Winfrey by a larger margin, 54% to 31%.

How Wolff Got In the White House

January 17, 2018 at 7:24 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Bloomberg: “Author Michael Wolff’s pitch to the White House to win cooperation for his book included a working title that signaled a sympathetic view, a counter-narrative to a slew of negative news stories early in Donald Trump’s presidency. He called it The Great Transition: The First 100 Days of the Trump Administration. And in part due to that title, Wolff was able to exploit an inexperienced White House staff who mistakenly believed they could shape the book to the president’s liking.”

“Nearly everyone who spoke with Wolff thought someone else in the White House had approved their participation. And it appears that not a single person in a position of authority to halt cooperation with the book — including Trump himself — raised any red flags, despite Wolff’s well documented history.”

How Trump Spends His ‘Executive Time’

January 17, 2018 at 7:18 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

CNN: “The President has multiple cellphones, which senior aides have privately but jocularly referred to as ‘Trump One’ and ‘Trump Two,’ but he prefers to make calls from the landline and through the White House switchboard in the morning. Who he calls largely depends on the time of day. His mornings are typically reserved for staffers and lawmakers, who he sometimes calls immediately after they’ve appeared on cable news.”

“Later, after he is animated by the day’s news, Trump will ring up old friends, former staffers and cable news hosts to ask for advice or fume about the day’s coverage. One of the President’s outside advisers believes this is because Kelly has typically left the White House by 6 p.m., and Trump is once again free to do as he pleases.”

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