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GOP Foreign Policy Elders Worry About Trump

February 2, 2017 at 7:22 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Fear is spreading among the Republican Party’s foreign policy heavyweights that President Trump’s inexperience and quick temper could permanently damage long-standing alliances and undercut America’s standing in the world,” McClatchy reports.

“After spending eight years criticizing former President Barack Obama’s foreign policy as feckless and insufficiently protective of America’s friends around the globe, many senior Republican lawmakers and foreign policy experts are worried that Trump is making matters worse after reportedly speaking harshly with the leaders of both Mexico and Australia.”

Politico: “Trump is sowing diplomatic chaos around the world just two weeks into his presidency, as he feuds with world leaders and defends an unpredictable style that has alarmed friends and foes alike.”

GOP Stumbles In Effort to Repeal Obamacare

February 2, 2017 at 6:14 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Congress’s rush to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, once seemingly unstoppable, is flagging badly as Republicans struggle to come up with a replacement and a key senator has declared that the effort is more a repair job than a demolition,” the New York Times reports.

“The struggles and false starts have injected more uncertainty into insurance markets that thrive on stability. Republican leaders who once saw a health law repeal as a quick first strike in the Trump era now must at least consider a worst case: unable to move forward with comprehensive health legislation, even as the uncertainty that they helped foster rattles consumers and insurers.”

Ethics Chief Warned Trump About Vetting Cabinet Picks

February 2, 2017 at 6:12 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The federal government’s ethics watchdog warned President Trump’s transition team last fall about its ‘unprecedented’ and risky approach to staffing the cabinet,” according to new emails obtained by NBC News.

“The emails echo earlier transition communications, which showed Trump aides rebuffing the office’s effort to offer ethics advice on blind trusts and nominees.”


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40% Support Impeaching Trump

February 2, 2017 at 3:04 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Public Policy Polling survey shows 40% of American voters already want to impeach President Trump.

That’s up from 35% of voters who wanted to impeach him a week ago. Only 48% of voters say that they would be opposed to Trump’s impeachment.

Democrats Should Build a Coalition of Educated Voters

February 2, 2017 at 2:32 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

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In the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election, Democrats have generally looked at two paths back to the White House:

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Iran Shrugs Off ‘Inexperienced’ President

February 2, 2017 at 2:21 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

President Trump and Iran “traded sharp statements Thursday, with Trump amplifying warnings over Tehran’s missile tests and a top adviser to Iran’s leader saying it was not the first time an ‘inexperienced person has threatened’ his country,” the Washington Post reports.

New York Times: “The hostile statements have raised tensions between Iran and the United States to their highest levels since the signing of the nuclear deal in 2015. Some analysts said they worried that the harsh words could further escalate hostilities, and even precipitate a military confrontation, if Iran tests America with another missile launch.”

White House Leaks Are a Sign of Dysfunction

February 2, 2017 at 2:19 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“A feeling of distrust has taken hold in the West Wing of Donald Trump’s White House and beyond, as his aides view each other and officials across the federal government and on Capitol Hill with suspicion,” Politico reports.

“The result has been a stream of leaks flowing from the White House and federal agencies, and an attempt to lock down information and communication channels that could have serious consequences across the government and at the Capitol, where Trump tries to implement and advance his agenda.”

“In the White House itself, one top aide tried to take the office slated for another aide, Steve Bannon is looking to hire his own PR guru, and the details of Trump’s calls with foreign leaders, typically closely held, are suddenly out in the open. The starkest manifestation of the paranoia has played out with Trump’s executive orders, as many key players were left in the dark as the White House forged ahead with sweeping, controversial policies.”

Most Disapprove of Trump’s Executive Orders

February 2, 2017 at 2:00 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Gallup: “Trump is not enjoying the type of honeymoon that the American public accorded his predecessors in their first weeks in office. Trump’s initial job approval rating was the lowest in Gallup history, and a majority of Americans continue to disapprove of the job he is doing. No other president going back to Dwight Eisenhower had majority disapproval in his first several months in office. A majority of Americans, in similar fashion, disapprove of several of the high-visibility executive actions Trump has taken within his first 10 days in the White House.”

Quote of the Day

February 2, 2017 at 1:31 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“We had tremendous success on The Apprentice. And when I ran for president, I had to leave the show. That’s when I knew for sure that I was doing it. And they hired a big, big movie star, Arnold Schwarzenegger, to take my place. And we know how that turned out. The ratings went down the tubes. It’s been a total disaster… And I want to just pray for Arnold if we can, for those ratings, OK?”

— President Trump, quoted by the Washington Post, at the National Prayer Breakfast.

Schwarzenegger put out a pretty good response.

Trump Jumbled the House Battleground for 2018

February 2, 2017 at 12:54 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

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As Democrats look ahead to the 2018 midterm elections, there are 37 congressional districts held by Republicans that trended heavily towards Democrats in last year’s election. These are mostly suburban districts with higher percentages of college-educated voters or are much more diverse than the nation as a whole.

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Bannon Will Test Populist Message in 2018

February 2, 2017 at 12:04 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Well before President Trump’s inauguration, his top adviser Steve Bannon met with a few top-tier donors — the kind of donors capable of writing million-dollar checks,” BuzzFeed reports.

“The message, according to two sources with knowledge of the conversations, was that Bannon wants to use the 2018 midterm elections as the arena to test the political clout of Trump’s populist message.”

“The former chairman of far-right news website Breitbart was light on specifics and didn’t say which 2018 Senate races he had in mind… But he encouraged donors to starting giving to the outside entity created by Trump allies that was still taking shape at the time.”

Why Trump Has a Strong Grip on His Party

February 2, 2017 at 11:45 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

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It’s fascinating — but completely understandable — why so many Republicans are falling in line behind Donald Trump. Many Republicans are wary of Trump backing a primary challenger if they cross him.

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Trump Vows to Lift Ban on Church Political Activity

February 2, 2017 at 11:44 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

President Trump “vowed to overturn a law restricting political speech by tax-exempt churches, a potentially huge victory for the religious right and a gesture to his political base,” the New York Times reports.

“Mr. Trump said his administration would ‘totally destroy’ the Johnson Amendment, which prohibits churches from engaging in political activity at the risk of losing their tax-exempt status.”

Is McConnell Willing to Kill the Filibuster?

February 2, 2017 at 11:27 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

James Hohmann: “This is an incredibly delicate moment in the Capitol. Republicans who are wise, including Mitch McConnell, do not want to invoke the nuclear option. Smart conservatives understand that changing the rules of the Senate to allow for a simple majority to confirm Trump’s Supreme Court nominee would set a disastrous precedent, which would invariably be used to put hyper-liberal justices onto the high court in future years. Even talking about going this route poisons the well and makes it that much harder to woo the eight moderate Democrats needed to clear the current 60-vote threshold.”

No Sign of Melania

February 2, 2017 at 9:06 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“President Trump and his wife, Melania, have not been seen together in public since the inauguration nearly two weeks ago – indeed, there are doubts the two have been together in private since then — reviving speculation about the first lady’s role,” RealClearPolitics reports.

“There were no public sightings of Melania Trump at the White House last weekend – although a pool report noted an Ivanka Trump appearance then in the West Wing.  White House staff didn’t respond to repeated inquiries from RealClearPolitics as to when the couple were last together.”

Democrats Plot Protest for Trump’s Speech to Congress

February 2, 2017 at 8:46 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“House Democrats are rallying behind a plan to make President Trump’s first speech to Congress as uncomfortable as possible by inviting guests they say will suffer under new White House policies,” The Hill reports.

“The strategy means Trump will likely face a crowd including ethnic minorities, LGBT people, undocumented immigrants, the disabled and others when he addresses a joint session on Feb. 28.”

The Great Manipulator

February 2, 2017 at 8:05 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Josh Rogin: “If the first two weeks of the Trump presidency has shown anything, it’s that chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon has outmaneuvered his White House rivals, Cabinet secretaries and even Republican leaders in Congress. But Bannon is just getting started; he’s got a longer-term strategy to dominate White House policy making for months and years.”

Time: “There is only one President at a time, and Donald Trump is not one to cede authority. But in the early days at 1600 Pennsylvania, the portly and rumpled Bannon (the only male aide who dared to visit Trump’s office without a suit and tie) has the tools to become as influential as any staffer in memory. Colleagues have dubbed him ‘the Encyclopedia’ for the range of information he carries in his head; but more than any of that, Bannon has a mind-meld with Trump.”

“They share the experience of being talkative and brash, pugnacious money magnets who never quite fit among the elite. A Democrat by heritage and Republican by choice, Bannon has come to see both parties as deeply corrupt, a belief that has shaped his recent career as a polemical filmmaker and Internet bomb thrower. A party guest recalled meeting him as a private citizen and Bannon telling him that he was like Lenin, eager to ‘bring everything crashing down, and destroy all of today’s Establishment.'”

Democrats Hiring Operatives In 20 GOP-Held Districts

February 2, 2017 at 8:01 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Democrats are moving urgently to harness the wave of grass-roots protests that have greeted President Trump in his first weeks in office to reclaim the House majority in next year’s midterm elections,” the Washington Post reports.

“As of this week, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is hiring full-time operatives to do political organizing work in 20 key Republican-held districts — an unusually early investment in House races that do not even have declared candidates yet.”

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