The race for Ted Cruz’s U.S. Senate seat keeps getting more and more heated as polls show Cruz in almost a dead heat with Democratic challenger, Rep. Beto O’Rourke.
Texas hasn’t elected a Democrat to the Senate in three decades.
Last week it was reported that an activist group is raising money to place anti-Cruz billboards in the state quoting a 2016 Donald Trump tweet which claimed Cruz was “all talk, no action.”
Trump has now announced that he would be holding a “major rally” for Cruz in Texas next month.
Several recent polls have shown Cruz and O’Rourke in a dead heat, though the deep-red state has not elected a Democrat to the Senate in three decades.
In related news, possible 2020 presidential challenger Michael Avenatti says he will hold a competing “resistance rally” in Texas at the same time as the Cruz/Trump event.
I am excited to announce that I will be leading a large resistance rally in Texas at the exact same time of Trump’s (details tba). All groups are welcome to join. We must fight fire with fire and we must send a message that we will fight to make America America again. #Basta
Eulogizing her father, Sen. John McCain, Meghan McCain took a none too veiled swipe at Donald Trump as she reminded the world, “The America of John McCain has no need to be made great again because America was always great.”
“The America of John McCain has no need to be made great again because America was always great.” Meghan McCain speaks at her father’s service at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. https://t.co/evFWfMJ3WEpic.twitter.com/PHu2AnGoKu
Former Sen. Joe Lieberman offered his own comparison of temperament as he told the gathering, “His death seems to have reminded the American people that these values are what makes us a great nation. Not the tribal partisanship and personal attack politics. In a way, it’s the last great gift that John McCain gave America.”
.@JoeLieberman on McCain “His death seems to have reminded the American people that these values are what makes us a great nation. Not the tribal partisanship and personal attack politics… In a way, it’s the last great gift that John McCain gave America.”
According to news reports, Donald Trump, who was pointedly not invited to the funeral service of McCain, left the White House midway through Meghan’s eulogy.
Midway through Meghan McCain’s eulogy, President Trump loaded into his motorcade and has left the White House. Destination unknown. He was wearing a white MAGA hat, per press pool. Golf?
A California man was arrested this week for making multiple death threats targeting the Boston Globe using homophobic slurs.
Robert Chain of Encino, California, has been charged with making threatening communications in interstate commerce after he allegedly called in threats to the Boston Globe newsroom 14 times over a 12-day period between August 10 and 22.
The threats apparently stemmed from the Globe’s call for newspapers across the nation to publish op-ed pieces in support of a free press all on the same day.
On Aug. 10, 2018, the Boston Globe announced that it was requesting that other newspaper publications around the country publish a coordinated editorial response to political attacks on the media. The coordinated editorial response was to be published on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018.
According to court documents, immediately following the announcement, Chain began making threatening calls to the Boston Globe’s newsroom.
In the calls, Chain referred to the Globe as “the enemy of the people” and threatened to kill newspaper employees.
In total, it is alleged that Chain made approximately 14 threatening phone calls to the Globe between August 10 and 22, 2018.
Over 300 newspapers took part in the coordinated editorials.
Homophobic slurs “faggot” and “cocksuckers” were a popular choice of insult used by Chain.
According to an affidavit filed by the FBI, Chain said in an August 13 phone call, “Hey, how’s your pussy smell today, nice and fresh? We are going to shoot you motherfuckers in the head, you Boston Globe cocksuckers. Shoot every fucking one of you.”
During a call on August 16, Chain used the word “faggot” as he continued to threaten the Globe, which he referred to as “the enemy of the people.”
“You’re the enemy of the people, and we’re going to kill every fucking one of you. Hey, why don’t you call the F, why don’t you call Mueller, maybe he can help you out buddy. Still there faggot? Alright, why, you going to trace my call? What are you going to do motherfucker? You ain’t going to do shit. I’m going to shoot you in the fucking head later today, at 4 o’clock. Goodbye.”
In a call on August 22, the 68-year-old told the Globe, “You are the enemy of the people, and I want you to go fuck yourself.” Chain added that he would continue with this threats “as long as you keep attacking the President.” Chain went on to use the term “fake news” in that same phone call.
The phrases “enemy of the people” and “fake news” have been used many times in past months by President Trump as he has attacked various news outlets in public statements.
I just cannot state strongly enough how totally dishonest much of the Media is. Truth doesn’t matter to them, they only have their hatred & agenda. This includes fake books, which come out about me all the time, always anonymous sources, and are pure fiction. Enemy of the People!
“You know what it is? Trump was radicalized by something. OK? Because he was a Democrat for a long time. He was fairly – he was pro-choice, liberal and many things. He was radicalized. What was he radicalized by? Us. Fox News. Fox News.
“When Fox News happened, the world starts to make sense to him. So all he’s doing is what we do. Which is, we bash the media. So he has turned the White House into a kind of like an alternative Fox show, where he sits there, and he rips the media.”
Only 36% of respondents approve of the job Trump is doing as president.
Slightly more Americans disapprove of how Trump is handling the economy: 47% disapprove, 45% approve.
Although Trump promised to ‘drain the swamp,’ 45% of Americans feel corruption in DC has increased; only 13% feel corruption has decreased; 39% believe its remained the same.
A solid majority (63%) support the investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller; only 29% oppose.
More than half (53%) believe Trump somehow participated in obstructing Mueller’s investigation; 35% don’t believe he did.
When it comes to former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort, a decisive 67% believe the charges and guilty verdicts were justified; only 17% disagree.
And similar numbers come into play when asked about a possible pardon for Manfort – 66% oppose a pardon for the convicted felon, 18% support a pardon.
And, almost half of Americans (49%) feel Congress should begin impeachment proceedings; 46% oppose the idea.
Donald Trump defended his administration’s response to the horrific devastation in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria saying “we did a fantastic job.” “I think we did a fantastic job in Puerto Rico,” said the Trumpster. “We’re still helping Puerto Rico. The governor is an excellent guy and he’s very happy with the job we’ve done.” “I think most of the people in Puerto Rico really appreciate what we’ve done,” he added. https://twitter.com/NBCPolitics/status/1034879661694693376 It was recently announced that an independent study conducted by George Washington University’s Milken Institute of Public Health showed 2,975 people died as a result of the hurricane. Originally, the death toll was reported as 64. Those numbers now rank as the most deadly U.S. natural disaster in the past century.
1,833 people died due to Hurricane Katrina.2,975 people died in Puerto Rico due to Hurricane Maria. That is a “fantastic job”? https://t.co/i7OhwHixfX
I’m not American, maybe you can educate me? Why didn’t Trump make an effort to help Puerto Rico?1 He didn’t know it was an American territory? 2 Mayor Cruz is a strong woman who criticized him? 3 The population isn’t ‘white enough’? 4 The can’t vote for him so he doesn’t care?
JUST IN: San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz: President Trump saying “I think we did a fantastic job in Puerto Rico” a day after Hurricane Maria death toll was officially increased to 2,975 shows the president is “incapable of feeling solidarity and empathy.” pic.twitter.com/hh0UYixCiW
Donald Trump took to Twitter last night after apparently watching a report on Fox News (what else?) that China might have hacked into Hillary Clinton’s email server.
Are we still talking about the emails???
Trump wrote, “‘China hacked Hillary Clinton’s private Email Server.’ Are they sure it wasn’t Russia (just kidding!)? What are the odds that the FBI and DOJ are right on top of this? Actually, a very big story. Much classified information!”
He followed that up with another missive asserting, “Hillary Clinton’s Emails, many of which are Classified Information, got hacked by China. Next move better be by the FBI & DOJ or, after all of their other missteps (Comey, McCabe, Strzok, Page, Ohr, FISA, Dirty Dossier etc.), their credibility will be forever gone!”
Now, the truth is the FBI has already determined that no classified information was sent via Hillary Clinton’s email server.
Report just out: “China hacked Hillary Clinton’s private Email Server.” Are they sure it wasn’t Russia (just kidding!)? What are the odds that the FBI and DOJ are right on top of this? Actually, a very big story. Much classified information!
Hillary Clinton’s Emails, many of which are Classified Information, got hacked by China. Next move better be by the FBI & DOJ or, after all of their other missteps (Comey, McCabe, Strzok, Page, Ohr, FISA, Dirty Dossier etc.), their credibility will be forever gone!
The Department of Agriculture will pay $4.7 billion to farmers growing soybeans, cotton and other products hit by tariffs in the Trump administration’s hard-line trade war with China, announcing the first batch of payments from a $12 billion government aid package.
Starting next Tuesday, the agency will take applications from farmers who produce corn, cotton, dairy, hogs, sorghum, soybeans and wheat — products that were targeted in China’s retaliatory tariffs, after the U.S. imposed a 25 percent levy on $34 billion worth of Chinese imports.
The government payout was sharply criticized when it was announced last month, with farmers and Trump’s fellow Republicans saying that the administration was paying billions in response to a problem it created. Congress was not required to vote on the billion-dollar farm relief package — a vote that could have had sharp negative fallout with midterm elections looming in November.
Donald Trump finally issued a statement honoring recently deceased Sen. John McCain.
From the White House press office:
Despite our differences on policy and politics, I respect Senator John McCain’s service to our country and, in his honor, have signed a proclamation to fly the flag of the United States at half-staff until the day of his interment. I have asked Vice President Mike Pence to offer an address at the ceremony honoring Senator McCain at the United States Capitol this Friday.
At the request of the McCain family, I have also authorized military transportation of Senator McCain’s remains from Arizona to Washington, D.C., military pallbearers and band support, and a horse and caisson transport during the service at the United States Naval Academy. Finally, I have asked General John Kelly, Secretary James Mattis, and Ambassador John Bolton to represent my Administration at his services.
Trump was famously not invited to attend McCain’s funeral.
Both Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, who defeated McCain in runs for the White House, have been invited to speak at McCain’s funeral.
Much was made of the fact that the American flag at the White House, after flying at half-mast for only a day, returned to full staff today.
Flag back at full staff atop WH. Pres Trump did not issue proclamation on the death of @SenJohnMcCain, which usually calls for flags to remain at half-staff through the day of interment, which is Sunday at the @NavalAcademy. pic.twitter.com/NGasNPT0VB
Trump issued a proclamation late today ordering the flag to be “flown at half‑staff for the same period at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations.”
Some believe the change of heart came after the American Legion issued a statement asking Trump to return to a decades-long tradition of flying the flag at half-staff upon the passing of a sitting U.S. senator.
Footage of Donald Trump talking to Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto showed the Trumpster appearing to have trouble with the speakerphone.
A brilliant Twitter user added the theme to HBO’s VEEP and post-show credit layout to the footage with hysterically spot-on results.
Watch below.
so just as an experiment I put the president’s ~supremely~ awkward oval office moment to the @VeepHBO closing credits theme song just now. uhh it works v well. pic.twitter.com/uWO5d7EVTF
