Three of Trump's judicial nominees had to withdraw because they are not qualified

Three of Donald Trump's judicial nominees had to withdraw the nomination process because they are clearly not qualified to be judges.

Feinstein: "Three Trump judicial nominees are now reported to have withdrawn over the past week. This is a clear signal that the White House isn’t properly vetting nominees but instead counting on Senate Republicans to jam them through with minimal review." pic.twitter.com/JJbHqJdTTL

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 18, 2017

DAY 331: Trump lies about Republican congressional losses

Donald Trump twitted this today:

Remember, Republicans are 5-0 in Congressional Races this year. The media refuses to mention this. I said Gillespie and Moore would lose (for very different reasons), and they did. I also predicted “I” would win. Republicans will do well in 2018, very well! @foxandfriends

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 18, 2017

Which is false.

DAY 330: Trump lies again about his tax cuts

Once again Donald Trump lies about his tax cuts benefitting working class families. In fact, his tax cuts will increase taxes for working class Americans.

As a candidate, I promised we would pass a massive TAX CUT for the everyday working American families who are the backbone and the heartbeat of our country. Now, we are just days away... pic.twitter.com/MADTGUMktX

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 17, 2017

DAY 329: Trump prohibits the CDC from using words like "fetus", "transgender", "diversity" and "Science-based"

This is downright ridiculous. The Trump administration prohibited the CDC from using the following words and terms:

Evidence-based
Science-based
Fetuses
Transgender
Vulnerable
Entitlement
Diversity

DAY 328: Trump won't refuse to pardon Michael Flynn

When asked if he would pardon Michael Flynn, Trump did not say no. Instead, according to CNN, Trump said this:

"I don't want to talk about pardons with Michael Flynn yet. We'll see what happens, let's see,"

Trump takes credit for cutting regulations that were actually non-existent

Trump claimed today that he cut a hole bunch of federal regulations that were in fact cut by Barack Obama. According to Bloomberg:

The claim of victory in the war on regulation is instead based almost entirely on stopping proposed rules that haven’t yet made their way through the machinery of government. The White House says it has killed or stalled 860 pending regulations. It’s done this by withdrawing 469, listing another 109 as inactive and relegating 282 to “long term.”

A Bloomberg News review has found even those claims are exaggerated. Hundreds of the pending regulations had been effectively shelved before Trump took office. Others listed as withdrawn are actually still being developed by federal agencies. Still more were moot because the actions sought in a pending rule were already in effect.

Trump administration is not processing thousands of loan forgiveness requests

The federal government has a loan forgiveness program that pardons federal loans to students after 10 years if they work for 10 years in the public sector.

Problem is, Trump's secretary of education, Betsy DeVos, has not processed thousands of loan forgiveness applications. So now she's getting sued for not doing her job.

Trump has lied more in 10 months in office than Obama in his entire two terms in office

The New York Times counted Trump's lies during his first 10 months in office. He has lied way more thn 8 months than Barack Obama in 8 years in office.

Opinion: "In his first 10 months in office, Donald J. Trump has told 103 separate untruths, many of them repeatedly. Barack Obama told 18 over his entire 8-year tenure." https://t.co/NueH7zT8Oy

— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 14, 2017

DAY 327: Trump administration ends internet neutrality

The Trump administratio ended the internet neutrality rules that prohibited internet providers from charging more for access to specific content. Which means now internet providers will be able to charge more for access to Netflix or other streaming outlets.

There's no real reason to do that. The only reason why this is happening is because the FCC chair is a former internet provider industry lobbyist.

DAY 326: White House backtracks on Trump's denials of sexual harrassment because of photos

Donald Trump has been claiming he doesn't know the women who have accused him of sexual harassment, but after photos of Trump and the women he has harassed actually surfaced, the White House tried to clean up the mess by backtracking on the claims.

According to CNN:

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders qualified the comment during her daily press briefing, saying the President was only referring to the three women who appeared at a news conference Monday to reiterate their accusations against Trump.

Problem is, Trump never mentioned those women specifically. Here's the tweet with Trump's commen:

DAY 325: TRUMP LOSES BIGLY! Roy Moore loses Alabama special election to Democrat Doug Jones

Donald Trump's candidate for the Alabama special election for US Senate, Roy Moore, lost to Democratic candidate Doug Jones.

Associated Press called the election at 10:23 Easter time. Jone's lead is a narrow 1% (49.7% Jones 48.7% Moore) or a difference of about 12,000 votes, but enough to defeat accused pedophile Roy Moore, who was endorsed by Donald Trump.

BREAKING: Democrat Doug Jones wins election as U.S. senator from Alabama. @AP race call at 10:23 p.m. EST. #AlabamaElection #APracecall

— The Associated Press (@AP) December 13, 2017

Trump Tower receptionist accuses Trump of forcibly kissing her

A former Trump Tower receptionist accused Donald Trump today of forcibly kissing her 12 years ago.

Rachel Crooks, who accuses Trump of sexual misconduct: “12 years ago, as a young receptionist in Trump Tower, I was forcibly kissed by Mr Trump during our 1st introduction... an encounter that has since impacted my life well beyond the initial occurrence.” pic.twitter.com/cx3ExMRB0M

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 11, 2017

DAY 324: Donald Trump bitches about the media and says nothing about terrorist attack in New York

This is the only tweet Donald Trump has posted today since this morning:

Another false story, this time in the Failing @nytimes, that I watch 4-8 hours of television a day - Wrong! Also, I seldom, if ever, watch CNN or MSNBC, both of which I consider Fake News. I never watch Don Lemon, who I once called the “dumbest man on television!” Bad Reporting.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 11, 2017

Problem is, this morning there was an attempted terrorist attack in New York. But instead of tweeting about the attack, Trump decided to bitch about the media.

DAY 323: The Trump administration is not applying the law to polluters

Remember how Donald Trump claimed there was going to be "law and order" with him in power? Well, The New York Times discovered Trump is simply not applying the law to polluters:

An analysis of enforcement data by The New York Times shows that the administration has adopted a more lenient approach than the previous two administrations — Democratic and Republican — toward polluters

DAY 322: Trump lies about Black homeownership and the economy

Donald Trump lied in a Rally in Florida about Black homeownership hitting a record high under his administration. AP fact checked him:

In his Alabama-ish rally, President Donald Trump falsely stated that black homeownership has hit a record high under his stewardship and made the dubious claim that he set Canada’s prime minister straight on the state of trade between the two countries.

...

THE FACTS: Not true or even close.

The U.S. Census finds that the black homeownership rate peaked during 2004, when 49.7 percent of black households owned homes (the rate for all races that year reached 69.2 percent, also a modern record). The black homeownership rate stayed in similar territory until the recession, when it dropped to the mid-40s.

This year: 42.7 percent in the first quarter, 42.3 percent in the second and 42 percent in the third. That’s an uptick from last year but far from a record. Quarterly rates this year for the total U.S. population: 63.6 percent, 63.7 percent and 63.9 percent.

Former Fox News anchor accuses Trump of molesting her

A former Fox News anchor named Juliet Huddy accused Donald Trump of trying to kiss her in an elevator when Trump was married Melania Trump.

Former Fox News anchor Juliet Huddy said President Donald Trump tried to kiss her in an elevator around the time he married First Lady Melania.

Huddy, who allegedly received a settlement after she made a complaint against disgraced anchor Bill O’Reilly, described how the mogul leaned in to kiss her after he took her to lunch at Trump Tower in 2005.

DAY 321: Donald Trump endorses again accused pedophile Roy Moore for political gain

Donald Trump endorsed once again accused pedophile Roy Moore for the Alabama special election for US Senate. And this time Trump outright admitted he's doing it for political gain:

LAST thing the Make America Great Again Agenda needs is a Liberal Democrat in Senate where we have so little margin for victory already. The Pelosi/Schumer Puppet Jones would vote against us 100% of the time. He’s bad on Crime, Life, Border, Vets, Guns & Military. VOTE ROY MOORE!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 8, 2017

Uranim company lobbied Trump to shrink Bears Ears national park

A few days ago Donald Trump ordered Bear Ears national park in Utah to be shrunk by more than 85% of its size. But the Washington Post found out a Canadian uranium company lobbied Trump to shrink the national park in order to make it easier for the company to process uranium.

From the Washington Post article:

DAY 320: Trump missquotes FDR's Pearl Harbor quote

Donald Trump tweeted several times about Pearl Harbor, in an apparent attempt to look "patriotic", but he ended up misquoting Franklin D. Roosevelt's quote on the attack on Pearl Harbor:

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day - “A day that will live in infamy!” December 7, 1941

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 7, 2017

FDR’s quote is “a date which will live in infamy.” https://t.co/N3WrjkdoHk

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 7, 2017

Donald Trump Jr claims client attorney privilege on Donald Trump, but neither of them is a lawyer

Donald Trump Jr. refused to answer questions from the Senate about the Russia collusion investigation claiming client-attorney privilege. Problem is, neither him nor Trump are lawyers.

According to Politico:

Donald Trump Jr. on Wednesday cited attorney-client privilege to avoid telling lawmakers about a conversation he had with his father, President Donald Trump, after news broke this summer that the younger Trump — and top campaign brass — had met with Russia-connected individuals in Trump Tower during the 2016 campaign.

Though neither Trump Jr. nor the president is an attorney, Trump Jr. told the House Intelligence Committee that there was a lawyer in the room during the discussion, according to the committee’s top Democrat, Rep. Adam Schiff of California. Schiff said he didn’t think it was a legitimate invocation of attorney-client privilege.

DAY 319: TIME names Person of the Year to the accusers of sexual miscunduct

Remember how Donald Trump claimed a few days ago that TIME magazine had asked him to be Person of the Year and then TIME said that was a lie? Guess what? Today TIME magazine announced it would ne naming Person of the Year to the accusers of sexual miscunduct. In other words, the women who have accused Donald Trump of sexually attacking them are part of the group of people who were named Person of the Year by TIME magazine.

The Silence Breakers are TIME's Person of the Year 2017 #TIMEPOY https://t.co/mLgNTveY9z pic.twitter.com/GBo9z57RVG

— TIME (@TIME) December 6, 2017

DAY 318: Robert Mueller is probing the Trumps' bank accounts

Special Counsel Robert Mueller is asked Deutsche Bank for information on the bank accounts of Donald Trump and his family as part of the Russia investigation. According to Reuters:

Germany's largest bank received a subpoena from Special Counsel Robert Mueller several weeks ago to provide information on certain money and credit transactions, the person said, without giving details, adding that key documents had been handed over in the meantime.

Deutsche Bank has lent the Trump Organization hundreds of millions of dollars for real estate ventures and is one of the few major lenders that has given large amounts of credit to Trump in the past decade. A string of bankruptcies at his hotel and casino businesses during the 1990s made most of Wall Street wary of extending him credit.

DAY 317: Donald Trump endorses accused pedophile Roy Moore

Donald Trump endorsed today Roy Moore as Republican candidate for the Alabama special election that will be held on December 12.

Trump is endorsing Moore even though Moore has multiple accusations of pedophila and sexually molesting underage teenage girls.

Why is Trump doing this? For political convenience. Trump tweeted:

Jared Kushner was the director of a foundation that supported illegal Israeli settlements

According to Newsweek, Jard Kushner "failed to disclose" that he was the director of a foundation that supported illegal Israeli settlements. The revelation happens two days after it was revealed that Kushner ordered Michael Flynn to ask Russian ambassador Sergei Kislyak to delay a vote in the UN condemning Israel.

From the Newsweek article:

DAY 316: Trump continues his tantrum against teh FBI because of Flynn

Donald Trump continued his tantrum against teh FBI today for the second day after Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying... to the FBI.

After years of Comey, with the phony and dishonest Clinton investigation (and more), running the FBI, its reputation is in Tatters - worst in History! But fear not, we will bring it back to greatness.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 3 de diciembre de 2017

DAY 315: Trump claims he knew Flynn lied to the FBI, which is possible obstruction of justice

Donald Trump tweeted this today:

I had to fire General Flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the FBI. He has pled guilty to those lies. It is a shame because his actions during the transition were lawful. There was nothing to hide!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 2 de diciembre de 2017

Which means Trump knew Flynn had comitted a crime but he didn't turn him over to the authorities and he didn't ask Jeff Sessions to investigate him. In fact, Trump fired acting Attorney General Sally Yates for informing him about Flynn and then Trump fired James Comey, who testified before Congress that Trump asked him not to investigate Flynn.

DAY 314: Michael Flynn pleads guilty to lying to the FBI about Russia

Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak. According to The New York Times, this is part of the Robert Mueller investigation and it refers to a conversation Flynn had with the Russian ambassador before Trump took office. That is the same conversation he lied about to Mike Pence:

President Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, pleaded guilty on Friday to lying to the F.B.I. about conversations with the Russian ambassador last December, becoming the first senior White House official to cut a cooperation deal in the special counsel’s wide-ranging inquiry into election interference.

Mr. Flynn’s discussions with Sergey I. Kislyak, the Russian ambassador, were part of a coordinated effort by Mr. Trump’s aides to create foreign policy before they were in power, documents released as part of Mr. Flynn’s plea agreement show. Their efforts undermined the existing policy of President Barack Obama and flouted a warning from a senior Obama administration official to stop meddling in foreign affairs before the inauguration.

But there's more.

DAY 313: Theresa May complains again about Trump retweeting extreme right videos

Brittish Prime Minister Theresa May complained about Donald Trump retweeting extreme-right anti-muslim videos.

Theresa May: “The fact that we work together does not mean that we’re afraid to say when we think the United States has got it wrong, and to be very clear with him, I’m very clear, that retweeting from Britain First was the wrong thing to do.” pic.twitter.com/lypspTVMTD

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) 30 de noviembre de 2017

Trump calls the kettle black about Matt Lauer being fired for sexual misconduct

Donald Trump has been accused by several women of sexual harassment and attacks. He himself was taped saying the now infamous "grab them by the pussy" quote. And yet, he posted the following about the fact that NBC morning host Matt Lauer was fired because of an accusation of sexual misconduct:

Wow, Matt Lauer was just fired from NBC for “inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.” But when will the top executives at NBC & Comcast be fired for putting out so much Fake News. Check out Andy Lack’s past!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2017

DAY 312: Trump retweets racist, anti-muslim videos from far-right Brittish politician

Donald Trump retweeted this morning a series of videos posted by a far-right Britiish politician named Jayda Fransen. According to The New York Times, Fransen "has previously been charged in the United Kingdom with “religious aggravated harassment.”"

David Lammy, a member of the Brittish Parliament for the Labour Party tweeted about Trump's actions:

“The President of the United States is promoting a fascist, racist, extremist hate group whose leaders have been arrested and convicted. He is no ally or friend of ours.”

DAY 311: Trump lies about Democrats wanting to raise taxes

Donald Trump tweeted this today referring to Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer and a possible government shutdown:

Meeting with “Chuck and Nancy” today about keeping government open and working. Problem is they want illegal immigrants flooding into our Country unchecked, are weak on Crime and want to substantially RAISE Taxes. I don’t see a deal!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 28, 2017

The claim is false. The Democrats are not proposing a tax increase or to accept illegal immigrants. What the Democrats are OPPOSING is this:

DAY 310: Trump uses a racial slur in front of Native Americans

Donald Trump has been using the name "Pocahontas" as a derogatory term against Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, thus turning the name into a racial slur. Well, today Trump used the racial slur in front of Native Americans who translated code in World War II:

Here's the video: Trump calls Elizabeth Warren 'Pocahontas' while honoring Native American code talkers: "You were here long before any of us were here. Although we have a representative in Congress who they say was here a long time ago. They call her Pocahontas." pic.twitter.com/hjZ5MInDDf

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 27, 2017

DAY 309: Trump keeps on supporting Roy Moore and even lies to do it

This morning Donald Trump posted two tweets supporting Roy Moore, who is accused of being a child molester:

The last thing we need in Alabama and the U.S. Senate is a Schumer/Pelosi puppet who is WEAK on Crime, WEAK on the Border, Bad for our Military and our great Vets, Bad for our 2nd Amendment, AND WANTS TO RAISES TAXES TO THE SKY. Jones would be a disaster!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 26, 2017

I endorsed Luther Strange in the Alabama Primary. He shot way up in the polls but it wasn’t enough. Can’t let Schumer/Pelosi win this race. Liberal Jones would be BAD!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 26, 2017

The second tweet shows the level of desperation Trump has. Notice:

DAY 308: Trump claims the Howllywood Access tape was fake after he admitted it was real

Since the Hollywood Access tape showing Donald Trump saying the "grab them by the pussy" line Trump not only has admitted it is his voice and even apologized to his wife for it, but he has also claimed numerous times that it was "locker room talk" as a way to justify himself.

But now, Trump is claiming privately that the Hollywood Access tape was fake.

According to The New York Times:

But something deeper has been consuming Mr. Trump. He sees the calls for Mr. Moore to step aside as a version of the response to the now-famous “Access Hollywood” tape, in which he boasted about grabbing women’s genitalia, and the flood of groping accusations against him that followed soon after. He suggested to a senator earlier this year that it was not authentic, and repeated that claim to an adviser more recently. (In the hours after it was revealed in October 2016, Mr. Trump acknowledged that the voice was his, and he apologized.)

DAY 307: Trump lies about being considered for TIME magazine's Person of the Year

Donald Trump claimed in a tweet that TIME magazine told him he was being considered for Person of the Year for 2017, but he declined:

Time Magazine called to say that I was PROBABLY going to be named “Man (Person) of the Year,” like last year, but I would have to agree to an interview and a major photo shoot. I said probably is no good and took a pass. Thanks anyway!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 24, 2017

First of all, TIME magazine never called Trump about being Person of the Year. And they said it in a tweet:

Day 306: Trump replies to tweet accusing him of racism with "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN" tweet

So Donald Trump tweeted this today:

Quite an interesting tweet for Trump to reply to. pic.twitter.com/2NURLGdvvI

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 23, 2017

DAY 305: China would've released jailed basktball players even without Trump

Donald Trump has been bitching and moaning about not getting a "thank you" from one of the parents of the American basketball players who were jailed in China for shoplifting. But according to The New York Times, China would've released the basketball players even if Trump would've done anything. Why? Because foreigners who commit small crimes in China are deported rather than jailed:

experts say the players for the U.C.L.A. team, who were accused of stealing sunglasses from a Louis Vuitton store in Hangzhou, China, probably would have been released even if Mr. Trump had not raised the case with President Xi Jinping during a visit this month to Beijing.

Shoplifting is considered a relatively minor crime in China, and foreigners convicted of minor crimes are often deported rather than given prison sentences.

DAY 304: Trump defends Roy Moore because, Trump says, "he totally denies it"

Donald Trump defendede today Roy Moore when questioned by the media about the accusations of child molestation. Trump's defense was simple "he totally denies it."


https://youtu.be/JsY3_3_4XX0

DAY 303: H.R. McMaster called Trump an idiot

According to Buzzfeed, five different sources have confirmed that Donald Trump's national security adviser H.R. McMaster mocked Trump's intelligence, including calling Trump and idiot.

National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster mocked President Trump’s intelligence at a private dinner with a powerful tech CEO, according to five sources with knowledge of the conversation.

Over a July dinner with Oracle CEO Safra Catz — who has been mentioned as a candidate for several potential administration jobs — McMaster bluntly trashed his boss, said the sources, four of whom told BuzzFeed News they heard about the exchange directly from Catz. The top national security official dismissed the president variously as an “idiot” and a “dope” with the intelligence of a “kindergartner,” the sources said.

DAY 302: Trump throws a tantrum over his failed attempt at getting undeserved praise

So the story goes like this: Three African American basketball players were caught stealing sunglasses in China and they were thrown in jail. Donald Trump, thinking he was going to become a hero, apparently asked Chinese president Xi Jinping to release them. And the basktball players were released.

But Trump's publicity stunt backfired, as nobody thought he was a hero. As a result, he threw a tantrum on Twitter:

Now that the three basketball players are out of China and saved from years in jail, LaVar Ball, the father of LiAngelo, is unaccepting of what I did for his son and that shoplifting is no big deal. I should have left them in jail!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 19, 2017

Shoplifting is a very big deal in China, as it should be (5-10 years in jail), but not to father LaVar. Should have gotten his son out during my next trip to China instead. China told them why they were released. Very ungrateful!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 19, 2017

DAY 301: Trump is still obessed with Hillary Clinton

It has been over a year since Donald Trump "won" the electoral college but lost the popular vote by 3 million votes. And he's still obsessed with Hillary Clinton, as this tweet shows:

Crooked Hillary Clinton is the worst (and biggest) loser of all time. She just can’t stop, which is so good for the Republican Party. Hillary, get on with your life and give it another try in three years!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 18, 2017

DAY 300: Jared Kushner lied to Congress about WikiLeaks

According to NBC, Jared Kushner told the congressional intelligence committees he was not familiar with any attempts by WikiLeaks to contact the Trump Campaign. But a source familiar to Kushner said Trump's son in-law received an email by Donald Trump Jr. about the conversations he had with WikiLeaks favoring Trump:

One source familiar with Kushner's testimony before congressional intelligence committees said he specifically denied, under oath, that he was familiar with any attempts by WikiLeaks to contact the campaign. But, according to the source, Kushner was sent an email by Trump Jr. about his conversations on Twitter with WikiLeaks, which were first disclosed by the Atlantic this week. Kushner forwarded an email about the WikiLeaks conversations to communications director Hope Hicks, the source said. A second source familiar with Kushner's testimony did not dispute that account.

Keystone pipeline spills hudreds of thousands of gallons of oil; Trump approved it

Four days after taking office, Donald Trump issued a memorandum granting permission for the construction of the Keystone pipeline.

On March 24, Trump signed the executive order granting permission for the construction of the Keystone pipeline:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBRT4zpBMqw

Today the Keystone pipeline spilled 210,000 gallons of oil into South Dakota.

DAY 299: Trump tweets against Al Franken, but he has been accused of the same behavior

After a woman accused Al Franken of sexual misconduct, Donald Trump tweeted this:

The Al Frankenstien picture is really bad, speaks a thousand words. Where do his hands go in pictures 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 while she sleeps? .....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 17 de noviembre de 2017

Al Franken's behavior is not excusable, but Trump has no moral authority to throw stones. Remember the "grab them by the pussy" video?

DAY 298: Legislators indtroduce articles of impeachment against Trump

Not even a year has passed since Donald Trump took office and now Representative Steve Cohen has introduced five articles of impeachment against Trump:

.@RepCohen: "We believe that President Trump has violated the Constitution, and we've introduced five articles of impeachment." pic.twitter.com/nC7bdnhYqR

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) November 15, 2017

DAY 297: Jeff Sessions confirms Trump wants a "whatabout" investigation on Hillary Clinton

Jeff Sessions testified before Congress for the second time about why he lied about his knowledge of the Trump campaign being in contact with Russian officials. Sessions, of course, claimed he did not "remember" the fact that he talked to Carter Page about his trip to Russia.

But then Sessions and the Republicans tried to change the subject to a non-issue. Sessions confirmed during his testimony what was revealed the previous day: that he had asked the Justice Department if a Special Counsel could be appointed to investigate Hillary Clinton because of the permission the Obama administration gave for the 2010 purchase of a uranium mining company by a Canadian company that was bought by Russia.

DAY 296: Donald Trump Jr. was in contact with WikiLeaks during the 2016 campaign

The Atlantic magazine revealed today Donald Trump Jr. exchanged direct messages with WikiLeaks via Twitter. The messages were initiated by WikiLeaks and contained information intended to help the Trump campaign. From the Atlantic article:

Just before the stroke of midnight on September 20, 2016, at the height of last year’s presidential election, the Wikileaks Twitter account sent a private direct message to Donald Trump Jr., the Republican nominee’s oldest son and campaign surrogate. “A PAC run anti-Trump site putintrump.org is about to launch,” Wikileaks wrote. “The PAC is a recycled pro-Iraq war PAC. We have guessed the password. It is ‘putintrump.’ See ‘About’ for who is behind it. Any comments?” (The site, which has since become a joint project with Mother Jones, was founded by Rob Glaser, a tech entrepreneur, and was funded by Progress for USA Political Action Committee.)

The next morning, about 12 hours later, Trump Jr. responded to Wikileaks. “Off the record I don’t know who that is, but I’ll ask around,” he wrote on September 21, 2016. “Thanks.”

DAY 295: Believe it or not, Trump didn't say anything stupid today

So yesteday Donald Trump delivered a statement today trying to waffle about him saying Putin didn't meddle in the 2016 election. It ended up being a word salad basically saying he does believe Putin but he has no choice but to sorta-kinda-maybe "backing" the US intelligence agencies that have categorically stated Putin DID meddle in the elecion:

Trump clarifies his comments on Putin + election hacking: "I believe that he feels that he and Russia did not meddle in the election. As to whether or not I believe it or not, I'm with our agencies" pic.twitter.com/nDqJqeytkk

— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) November 12, 2017

But today, Trump had the good taste of not saying anything. At least that we know of.

DAY 294: The CIA pretty much calls Trump a liar after Trump, once again, defended Putin

The CIA released a statement today pretty much calling Donald Trump a liar. Trump repeated this defense of Vladimir Putin, claiming Putin didn't meddle in the 2016 election. According The Hill Trump said:

“He said he didn't meddle. He said he didn't meddle. I asked him again. You can only ask so many times,” Trump told reporters Saturday.

“But I just asked him again, and he said he absolutely did not meddle in our election," he continued. "He did not do what they're saying he did.”

The problem is, the CIA released a declassified report stating Putin did meddle in the 2016 election. As a result, the CIA released a statement contradicting Trump that says:

DAY 293: Papadapoulos was in contact with Stephen Miller

Once again the claim by the Trump administration that George Papadopoulos was a low level nobody within the Trump campaign is proven a lie. According to The New York Times, Papadopoulos was in contact with Stephen Miller, who still is a top-level official with Trump:

Mr. Mueller’s investigators are seeking to determine who — if anyone — in the Trump campaign Mr. Papadopoulos told about the stolen emails. Although there is no evidence that Mr. Papadopoulos emailed that information to the campaign, Mr. Papadopoulos was in regular contact that spring with top campaign officials, including Stephen Miller, now a senior adviser to President Trump, according to interviews and campaign documents reviewed by The New York Times.

DAY 292: Trump endorsed Roy Moore, who is now being accused of chilid molesting

On September 27, 2017, Donald Trump endorsed Roy Moore, the Republican candidate for an Alabama Senate seat.

Spoke to Roy Moore of Alabama last night for the first time. Sounds like a really great guy who ran a fantastic race. He will help to #MAGA!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 27, 2017

Today, the Washington Post published an article showing Moore is being accused of initiating a sexual encounter with a 14 year old girl when he was 32.

DAY 291: Papadopoulos presented himself to UK as representative of Trump campaign

Donald Trump and the White House have tried to characteize George Papadopoulos as a low level, unpaid volunteer who had very little to do with the Trump campaign. Photos and comments by Donald Trump himself show that's a lie by the Trump camp. But now UK officials are revealing Papadopoulos presented himself to the UK government as a representative of the Trump campaign.

According to BBC:

"As you would expect in the run up to an election we seek to build links with figures in both the Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns," a Foreign and Commonwealth Office spokeswoman told the BBC, confirming the meeting. "This type of outreach is normal diplomatic business."

While such meetings may be routine diplomacy, the fact that Papadopoulos was presenting himself to the government of one of the US's closest allies as a representative of the Trump campaign undercuts the White House's recent assertion that Papadopoulos was a campaign volunteer of little importance.

Trump asked for extreme vetting after New York, but not after Texas... and then he lied

So this morning a reporter asked Donald Trump during his trip to South Korea if he would call for extreme vetting on guns after the mass shooting in Texas since he called for extreme vetting on immigrants after the terrorist incident last week in New York.

Trump tried to weasel his way out of responding but finally said he said a lie to get out of responding: that Chicago has the strongest gun laws in the nation and even so it's a "disaster." He also suggested that tougher gun laws could've made the massacre worse.

Trump called for extreme vetting just after NYC. Today, he was asked if he'd consider extreme gun vetting after TX. Far different response. pic.twitter.com/lZwpgXJHDo

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 7, 2017

This is why that claim is a lie:

DAY 290: TRUMP LOSES: Democrats win Virginia governor race despite Trump's attacks

Democratic candidate Ralph S. Northam won the race for governor of Viriginia, defeating Republican Ed Gillespie. Northam had called for voters to reject Donald Trump. The Virgina race was seen as a referendum on Trump.

Trump, by the way, tweeted three times today attacking Northam and promoting Gillespie. But the voters indeed rejected Trump.

Guess what Trump did after Gillespie lost? He blamed it on Gillespie for not embracing Trump.

DAY 289: Donald Trump Jr did suggest to favor Russia when he asked lawyer for Clinton dirt

According to Bloomberg, Russian lawyer Natalia Vaselnitskaya revealed Donald Trump Jr. did suggest that the US policy towards Russia could change if Trump was elected president during the meeting he had with her to get dirt on Hillary Clinton. But he asked for the dirt on Clinton to be delivered in writing.

A Russian lawyer who met with President Donald Trump’s oldest son last year says he indicated that a law targeting Russia could be re-examined if his father won the election and asked her for written evidence that illegal proceeds went to Hillary Clinton’s campaign.

The lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya, said in a two-and-a-half-hour interview in Moscow that she would tell these and other things to the Senate Judiciary Committee on condition that her answers be made public, something it hasn’t agreed to. She has received scores of questions from the committee, which is investigating possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign. Veselnitskaya said she’s also ready -- if asked -- to testify to Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

DAY 288: 63% of Americans say Trump has achieved little: ABC poll

A new poll by ABC shows that 65% of Americans think Donald Trump has achieved very little since he was elected, an increase from 56% in April.

55% say Trump is not delivering on his campaign promises. The number is up from 41% in April.

DAY 287: Trump's aide Carter Page met with Russian official en July of 2016

Donald Trump has denied that anyone in his campaign had contacts with Russian officials. But his campaign aide Carter Page met with a Russian official in July of 2016.

According to The New York Times:

Carter Page, a foreign policy adviser to the Trump presidential campaign, met Russian government officials during a July 2016 trip he took to Moscow, according to testimony he gave on Thursday to the House Intelligence Committee.

Shortly after the trip, Mr. Page sent an email to at least one Trump campaign aide describing insights he had after conversations with government officials, legislators and business executives during his time in Moscow, according to one person familiar with the contents of the message. The email was read aloud during the closed-door testimony.

DAY 286: Trump lies about Papadopoulos

So this morning Donald Trump said to CBS that he doesn't remember much about the meeting he had with George Papadapoulos. Problem is, as Kyle Griffin pointed out, Trump claimed back just a few days prior that he has a great memory:

Trump on Oct. 25: I have “one of the great memories.”

Trump now: “Don’t remember much about” Papadopoulos meeting. pic.twitter.com/3vwEvvOWnR

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 3, 2017

DAY 285: Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions knew about Papadopoulos's links to Russia

Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions knew about George Papadopoulos discussions with Russians to interfere in the US election in favor of Trump.

According to The New York Times:

Records in that case show that George Papadopoulos, a foreign policy adviser, had frequent discussions with Russians in 2016 and trumpeted his connections in front of Mr. Trump and Mr. Sessions.

...

At a March 31, 2016, meeting between Mr. Trump and his foreign policy team, Mr. Papadopoulos introduced himself and said “that he had connections that could help arrange a meeting between then-candidate Trump and President Putin,” according to court records.

DAY 284: Trump lies about immigration to cover his incompetence with national security

After the terrorist attack in New York, Donald Trump blamed it on Chuck Schummer and the visa lottery. Obviously Trump was trying to pivot from the fact that Trump's incompetence with national security is the real reason for the attack.

The terrorist came into our country through what is called the "Diversity Visa Lottery Program," a Chuck Schumer beauty. I want merit based.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1, 2017

But as always, Trump was lying. Schummer was in favor or eliminating the visa lottery. And Senator Jeff Blake made it public:

Support for impeachment of Trump is at an all time high

A poll by Public Policy Polling found that 49% of voters support the impeachment of Donald Trump. 41% do not.

The number represents the all-time high support for impeachment of Trump.

DAY 283: John Kelly justifies Robert E. Lee and thus slavery

Donald Trump's Chief of Staff, John Kelly, justified confederate general -and traitor- Robert E. Lee and, as a result, Kelly also justified slavery.

According to The New York Times, Kelly called Robert E. Lee “an honorable man who gave up his country to fight for his state.” He also claimed that “the lack of an ability to compromise led to the Civil War.”

Which is a monstrous lie.

Donald Trump's approval sinks to 33% for the first time: Gallup

According to the lates Gallup poll, Donald Trump's approval sunk to 33%, while his disapproval climbed to 62%.

NEW: Gallup daily tracking poll finds President Trump has hit low of 33% approval for the first time pic.twitter.com/C4rpY3jauK

— Michael Del Moro (@MikeDelMoro) October 30, 2017

TRUMP LOSES: Court blocks transgender military ban

A federal court blocked Donald Trump's ban on transgender people in the military.

According to AP:

A federal judge on Monday barred President Donald Trump’s administration from proceeding with plans to exclude transgender people from military service.

U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled that the transgender service members who had sued over Trump’s policy were likely to win their lawsuit. She directed a return to the situation that existed before Trump announced his new policy this summer, saying the administration had provided no solid evidence for why a ban should be implemented.

DAY 282: Robert Mueller charges Paul Manafort and George Papadopulos

Special Counserl Robert Mueller charged former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and Trump's advisor George Papadopoulos as as result of the Russia investigation.

Manafort and his associate Rick Gates were indicted over charges of money laundering and other illegal activities related to foreign businesses. Both have pleaded not guilty.

Much more damaging are the charges against George Papadopuolos, a Trump adviser and campaign aide who was arrested in July for lying to the FBI about his contacts with a Russian professor who offered dirt on Hillary Clinton and tried to set up a meeting with Trump. Papadopoulos pleaded guilty.

DAY 281: Trump throws a desperate tantrum over Russia-gate criminal charges

Donald Trump threw a desperate tantrum this morning over the news that Special Counsel Robert Mueller filed criminal charges over the Russia collusion in vestigation, ending up with a cry of "DO SOMETHING!"

Never seen such Republican ANGER & UNITY as I have concerning the lack of investigation on Clinton made Fake Dossier (now $12,000,000?),....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 29, 2017

...the Uranium to Russia deal, the 33,000 plus deleted Emails, the Comey fix and so much more. Instead they look at phony Trump/Russia,....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 29, 2017

DAY 280: Tourism is losing billions because of Donald Trump

According to Forbes, the tourism industry in the United States is lonsing billions of dollars because of Donald Trump.

This is because of what Forbes calles the "Trump Slump", which is a decrease in tourists to the United States that began roughly a week after Trump took office.

Guess what triggered the "Trump Slump"? According to Forbes:

Robert Mueller files the first criminal charges in the Russia investigation

According to CNN, Special Counsel Robert Mueller filed the first criminal charges in the investigation of collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign.

From the CNN article:

DAY 279: Russian lawyer who met with Trump Jr. used Kremlin information

Even though Russian lawyer Natalia Vaselnitskaya denied working with the Kremlin when she met with Donald Trump Jr and Jared Kushener, new evidence reveals she used Kremlin information and even copied it verbatim. According to The New York Times:

...interviews and records show that in the months before the meeting, Ms. Veselnitskaya had discussed the allegations with one of Russia’s most powerful officials, the prosecutor general, Yuri Y. Chaika. And the memo she brought with her closely followed a document that Mr. Chaika’s office had given to an American congressman two months earlier, incorporating some paragraphs verbatim.

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It also suggests that emails from an intermediary to the younger Mr. Trump promising that Ms. Veselnitskaya would arrive with information from Russian prosecutors were rooted at least partly in fact — not mere “puffery,” as the president’s son later said.

DAY 278: Trump lied: He didn't allow the release of all JFK secret documents

Donald Trump boasted several times on Twitter that HE would allow the release of the remaining classified JFK assassination documents today, even though the documents were schedulled to be released since 1992 anyway.

Turns out Trump lied. According to CNN, only 2,800 records were released and Trump ordered the rest NOT to be released.

The excuse for this is downright dumb. According to the CNN article:

Trump screws over chicken farmers; Now they can't sue against abusive corporations

Yesterday the Republicans in the Senate voted against allowing consumers the right to sue banks and financial companies over predatory practices. Today, the Trump administration did the same, but to chicken farmers.

Trump's Department of Agriculture revoked a rule set by the Obama administration that would've given chicken farmers the means to sue the big poultry corporations, such as Purdue, over unfair practices in their contract programs. In other words, Trump just screw over the same farmers he claimed he was going to defend.

DAY 277: Trump's approval sinks to 38% on Fox News

Donald Trump has been giving interviews to Fox News with quite a bit of frequence lately. Obviously because they kiss his ass and they don't ask tough questions. And as a result Fox News is the only news outlet Trump has not called "fake news."

Well, guess what? The latest Fox News poll shows Trump sunk to 38% approval even though he was at 42% last month.

Trump just hit a new job approval low in Fox News polling.

38 Approve
57 Disapprove
NET -19https://t.co/DPqOuIzYgD pic.twitter.com/rLBbbQCdBX

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 25, 2017

DAY 276: Two Republican Senators openly oppose Trump

Two Republican Senators are now openly opposing Donald Trump. First, Senator Bob Corker responded Trump's infantile attacks against him on Twitter, basically calling Trump a liar:

Corker just now: "The President has great difficulty with the truth on many issues." https://t.co/GnPoByj9IL

— Meg Wagner (@megwagner) October 24, 2017

DAY 275: Widow of Sgt. La David Johnson confirms Trump was offensive to her

After Donald Trump and John Kelly denied the version that Donald Trump was offensive to the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson, she confirmed on national television that Trump was indeed offensive by saying "he knew what he signed up for" and by not even remembering his name:

"[Pres. Trump] couldn't remember my husband's name. ... That's what hurt me the most." - Myeshia Johnson, widow of Sgt. La David Johnson pic.twitter.com/px5io2RbJB

— Good Morning America (@GMA) October 23, 2017

John McCain hints Trump is a privileged draft dodger

These are John McCain's exact words regarding the Vietnam draft during an interview released today:

"we drafted lowest income level. highest income found a doctor to say they had a bone spur"

Here's the video:

Watch. John McCain seems to take a dig at Trump for draft dodging. pic.twitter.com/RVtAtDFHeY

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 23, 2017

His words are very obviously aimed at Trump, who used the "bone spur" excuse to dodge the draft.

DAY 274: Trump lies about Politico poll on fake news

Donald Trump tweeted this today:

It is finally sinking through. 46% OF PEOPLE BELIEVE MAJOR NATIONAL NEWS ORGS FABRICATE STORIES ABOUT ME. FAKE NEWS, even worse! Lost cred.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 22, 2017

Which is a gross distortion of what the Politico poll reported. Or, to say it simply, a lie.

DAY 273: Trump lies about media coverage of the 2016 elections

Because of the fact that evidence shows Russia spent a lot of money on Facebook ads to promote Donald Trump, and Trump can't deny it, now he's trying to minimize it by saying the news media spent billions on fake news:

Keep hearing about "tiny" amount of money spent on Facebook ads. What about the billions of dollars of Fake News on CNN, ABC, NBC & CBS?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 21, 2017

But that's another one of Trump's lies. There were no fake reports on the media against Trump. And in fact, the major networks gave Trump far more coverage than to Hillary Clinton.

Trump leaked White House information to his daughter in-law

During an interview, Donald Trump's daughter in-law, Lara Trump, claimed she had read a White House transcript of Trump's call to the widow of a fallen soldier. There's only one problem: She does NOT work at the White House (neither does her husband Eric Trump) and the transcript is NOT public. Which means Trump is leaking information to people who should not be getting it:

Lara Trump, who does not work at the WH, says she read a transcript of Trump's call with Johnson's widow (at 1:14). pic.twitter.com/942QjvmgMu

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 20, 2017

DAY 272: Trump lies about crime in the UK, blaming Islamic terrorism

Donald Trump tweeted this today:

Just out report: "United Kingdom crime rises 13% annually amid spread of Radical Islamic terror." Not good, we must keep America safe!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 20, 2017

But that's a lie. There is no crime increase in the United Kingdom. And in fact, there's an actual DROP in terrorism in the UK.

DAY 271: Trump pushes fake news on Russia that have been long debunked

Apparently in yet another attempt to claim he didn't collude with Russia -even though he is being investigated by Special Counsel Robert Mueller precisely for collusion with Russia- Donald Trump tweeted this:

Uranium deal to Russia, with Clinton help and Obama Administration knowledge, is the biggest story that Fake Media doesn't want to follow!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 19, 2017

Which is another one of Trump's lies.

DAY 270: Trump disrespected family of fallen soldier

After Trump attacked Barack Obama for no calling his Chief of Staff, John Kelly, after his son died in Afghanistan, Trump called the wife of a fallen soldier... and he disrespected her.

According to The Atlantic, Florida Representative Frederica Wilson was present during the call and this is her account:

“He said, ‘Well, I guess you knew’—something to the effect that ‘he knew what he was getting into when he signed up, but I guess it hurts anyway.’ You know, just matter-of-factly, that this is what happens, anyone who is signing up for military duty is signing up to die. That’s the way we interpreted it. It was horrible. It was insensitive. It was absolutely crazy, unnecessary. I was livid.”

TRUMP LOSES: Federal Judge blocks Donald Trump's Muslim ban 3.0

Hours before going into effect, a Federal Judge in Hawaii blocked Donald Trump's third attempt at a Muslim ban.

The Muslim ban was blocked by the same Judge that has blocked Trump's previous version of the ban.

DAY 269: Trump uses Obama as scapegoat for his own failures

Donald Trump tried to justify the fact that he has not called the families of dead American soldiers by saying Barack Obama didn't call John Kelly about his son dying in Afghanistan in 2010.

The issue came up yesterday, when Trump said Obama didn't always call the families of fallen troops. But when Trump was confronted with the fact that Obama did call the familes of fallen Troops, Trump said this:

DAY 268: Once again Trump brags about non-achievements in the stock market

Once again Donald Trump brags about non-achievements in the stock market, claiming the increase in the stock market is the result of being elected president. It isn't:

The U.S. has gained more than 5.2 trillion dollars in Stock Market Value since Election Day! Also, record business enthusiasm.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 16 de octubre de 2017

DAY 267: Susan Collins opposes Trump's plan against Obamacare

Even Republicans are disagreeing with Donald Trump's recent attacks on Obamacare. Here's Republinca Senator Susan Collins stating Trump "affecting the ability of vulnerable people to receive health care right now."

Susan Collins: Trump is "affecting the ability of vulnerable people to receive health care right now." https://t.co/yxfIBE5EJ9

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 15, 2017

Trump has spent $1.1 million in legal fees because of Russia investigation

Donald Trump has spent $1.1 million dollars in legal fees because of the Russia investigation. And he's using his campaign funds to pay the legal fees. According to The New York Times, that amounts to over 25% of his campaign funds (meaning the people who donate to his campaign are paying for his lawyers instead of him paying out of his own pocket).

Not only that, but Trump increased the amount of money spent as the investigation also escalated.

DAY 266: Trump takes credit for HURTING stock prices

Remember how Trump is constantly bragging about the stock market being up because of him (which is a lie, of course)? Well, here's Trump bragging about him HURTING stock prices:

Health Insurance stocks, which have gone through the roof during the ObamaCare years, plunged yesterday after I ended their Dems windfall!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 14 de octubre de 2017

DAY 265: Trump messes up his own Iran policy

So today Donald Trump did some posturing insulting Iran just to say he would not certify the Iran deal that was reached during the Obama administration, thus tossing it to Congress so they decide if they terminate it or not.

The thing is, according to The New York Times, that's not what the White House wanted:

Mr. Trump, in declaring his intention not to certify Iran’s compliance with the deal, essentially kicked to Congress a decision about whether to reimpose sanctions on Iran and blow up the agreement. His aides, however, insisted that was not the goal, and that they instead wanted Congress to enact legislation defining what would incite the United States to reimpose sanctions.

DAY 264: Trump signs executive order allowing the sale of crappy insurance and withdraws from UNESCO

In what it looks like a desperate attempt at undermining Obamacare, Donald Trump signed an executive order today intended to allow the sale of crappy insurance policies that are cheaper, but cover very little and can cause actual insurance coverage's premiums to go up.

According to The New York Times, the executive order would allow employers to band together and buy limited insurance plans for workers, thus reducing cost for employers, but giving employees inadequate health coverage.

Trump still has not implemented sanctions against Russia

Because of the fact that Donald Trump has not implemented the sanctions against Russia that Congress passed and Trump signed into law on August 2, two Senators, including John McCain, sent a letter to Trump asking him why:

McCain and Cardin want answers from Trump on why it's taking so long to implement the Russian sanctions that Congress passed. pic.twitter.com/SEEXDXcvuL

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 11, 2017

Trump admits he will profit from his tax plan

After Donald Trump claimed twice that he would not get any benefit from his tax plan proposal, which is clearly a lie, he finally admitted that he would benefit from it, but claiming that "everyone" would benefit. Which is also a lie.

According to CNBC:

DAY 263: Trump wants to censor tv networks that criticize him

Here's one of Donald Trump's tweets this morning after Trump complained about NBC reporting that Trump wanted to increase the US nuclear arsenal by ten times its current size (so much for his "rocket man" taunts to Kim Jong-Un):

With all of the Fake News coming out of NBC and the Networks, at what point is it appropriate to challenge their License? Bad for country!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 11, 2017

DAY 262: Trump's approval falls in every single state, but he keeps on lying

According to Morning Consult, Donald Trump's approval among voters fell in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. From the Morning Consult report:

Fewer than nine months into President Donald Trump’s White House tenure, a Morning Consult survey in all 50 states indicates that voters have grown bearish on his performance in office.

Trump has failed to improve his standing among the public anywhere — including the states he won handily as the Republican nominee during the 2016 presidential election, according to the online survey, which was based on interviews of 472,032 registered voters across each state and Washington, D.C., from Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration to Sept. 26.

DAY 261: While people died in California because of fires, Trump played golf

At least 11 people have died, 1,500 structures have been damaged, 5,000 homes have been evacuated, and 100,000 acres have been burnt in northern California because of more than 15 fires in the area, forcing Governor Jerry Brown to declare a state of emergency in three counties.

But what did Donald Trump do today? He went to play golf with Lindsay Graham.

DAY 260: Trump conditions not deporting dreamers to building wall and turning away refugees

This is as despicable as it gets; the Trump White House is telling Congress that any deal to approve legislation to allow the Dreamers to stay in the US will be conditioned to Congress approving the construction of the border wall and to turning away children from Central America seeking refugee status because they are running away from gang violence.

According to The New York Times, that will the be only way Trump will agree to not deport the Dreamers.

DAY 259: Trump bitches and moans about not getting "equal time" on TV

Here two tweets from Donald Trump this morning asking late night comedians and TV for "equal time":

Late Night host are dealing with the Democrats for their very "unfunny" & repetitive material, always anti-Trump! Should we get Equal Time?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 7, 2017

More and more people are suggesting that Republicans (and me) should be given Equal Time on T.V. when you look at the one-sided coverage?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 7, 2017

Oh yeah? Well, then Trump should explain this first:

DAY 258: Trump's Defense Secretary just told the Taliban his Afghanistan plans

Remember how Donald Trump bitched and moaned during the campaign that there was no "element of surprise" in the US military strategies in the Middle East and elsewhere? Well guess what? Trump's Defense Secretary Jim Mattis just told the Taliban -and the rest of the world- his Afhganistan strategy.

You see, Mattis was asked by Congress to provide more details about his Afghanistan plans. Mattis told them, but the plans he told them had not yet been ordered to the military, meaning the Taliban now knows what Mattis has in mind. Thus ending the element of surprise.

DAY 257: Trump expects the media to verify Tillerson's reports... with Trump

Donald Trump tweeted this today:

Rex Tillerson never threatened to resign. This is Fake News put out by @NBCNews. Low news and reporting standards. No verification from me.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 5, 2017

Number one, Tillerson denied wanting to resign, but he didn't deny that he called Trump a moron.

DAY 256: Rex Tillerson didn't deny he called Donald Trump a "moron"

This morning NBC reported that Donald Trump's secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, had inteded to resign because of his frustration with Trump, to him, the report says, even called a "moron."

Hours later, Tillerson denied he had intended to resign or that he had consulted with Vice President Mike Pence on the matter. BUT... Tillerson did not deny he called Trump a "moron." From The New York Times:

TRUMP LOSES: Despite his attacks on the media, now more people trust the media

According to Reuters, a new poll shows that the amount of Americans who trust the media increased from 39% in November of 2016, to 48% in September of 2017.

In the same period, the percent of Americans who did not trust the media dropped from 51% to 45% in the same period.

DAY 255: Trump claims 16 deaths in Puerto Rico is not a real catastrophe

No only Donald Trump attacked Puerto Rico, blaming them for their budget problems, he also said the wreck left by hurricane Maria is not a "real catastrophe" like Katrina. He said that even though 16 people died and over half the population does not have access to drinking water.

Trump blamed Puerto Rico for messing up the U.S. budget and said at least it's not "a real catastrophe like Katrina." pic.twitter.com/zJyUzAIC8x

— Adrienne Mahsa (@AdrienneMahsa) October 3, 2017

DAY 254: Trump refuses to debate gun control after deadly Las Vegas mass shooting

After the Las Vegas mass shooting that left 58 people dead and over 500 injured, making it the worst mass shooting in America's modern history, Donald Trump's administration refused to talk about gun control.

Accordin to AP:

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says the day after the deadliest mass shooting in the nation’s history is not the time to renew a debate over gun control.

Sanders was asked Monday during the press briefing that there is a “time and place” for a debate but that is “not the place we’re in at this moment.”

DAY 253: Trump claims he's doing a great job in Puerto Rico but it's actually getting worse

Donald Trump tweeted this today:

We have done a great job with the almost impossible situation in Puerto Rico. Outside of the Fake News or politically motivated ingrates,...

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 1, 2017

Great job? Ingrates? Well, guess what? A day before, less than 50% of the population of Puerto Rico didn't have running water. Today, over 50% don't have water. How is that a "great job"?

Here's how the numbers have changed:

DAY 252: Trump attacks the Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, after she exposes his lack of leadership

After the Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Carmen Yulín Cruz, pointed out to the lack of help Puerto Rico has gotten from the federal government after hurricane Maria devastated the island, Donald Trump launched a series of Twitter attacks against the Mayor from the comfort of his New Jersey golf course:

The Mayor of San Juan, who was very complimentary only a few days ago, has now been told by the Democrats that you must be nasty to Trump.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2017

...Such poor leadership ability by the Mayor of San Juan, and others in Puerto Rico, who are not able to get their workers to help. They....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2017

Trump describes Puerto Rico as "an island surrounded by water"

This is probably one of the dumbest things Donald Trump has ever said in office. This is how Trump described Puerto Rico after days of being devastated by hurricane Maria and being ignored by Trump's government: "an island surrounded by... water. Big water. Ocean water."

Pres. Trump on Puerto Rico relief efforts: "This is an island. Surrounded by water. Big water, ocean water." https://t.co/HarcUS5aO0 pic.twitter.com/WtPFpl4udl

— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 29, 2017

DAY 251: Tom Price resigns because of private jet scandal; Trump says he's a "good man"

Donald Trump's secretary of health and human services Tom Price resigned today because of the scandal he created by spending $400,000 dollars in public money using a private jet.

According to The New York Times:

Already in trouble with Mr. Trump for months of unsuccessful efforts to repeal and replace President Barack Obama’s health care program, Mr. Price failed to defuse the president’s anger over his high-priced travel by agreeing to pay a portion of the cost and expressing “regret” for his actions.

“I’m not happy, O.K.?” Mr. Trump told reporters as he was about to head to his New Jersey golf club for the weekend, barely an hour before the resignation was announced. “I can tell you, I’m not happy.” He called Mr. Price “a very good man” but added that the secretary’s offer to reimburse the government for just part of the cost of the flights “would be unacceptable.”

Wait, wait.... what? Price offered to pay just a portion of the money he spent?

DAY 250: Trump lied; He will gain from his proposed tax plan and his supporters won't

Donald Trump promised he would not gain from his proposed tax plan. But that's false. The New York Times fact-checked Trump's claim and he will definitely benefit from his proposed tax plan. From the NYT:

The Republican framework would eliminate the “death tax,” which applies to estates valued over $5.49 million in 2017. Mr. Trump has an estimated net worth of $3.5 billion. He might not personally see a tax break from the repeal, Mr. Williams said, because “he’ll be dead. But his heirs will.”

The new plan also would repeal the alternative minimum tax, a parallel system of taxation that currently ensures that those who take deductions and try to exploit loopholes pay a minimum amount; it largely impacts people making between $200,000 and $1 million. Without this tax, Mr. Trump would have paid $31 million less in taxes in 2005, according to his tax return that year, which was disclosed on the “Rachel Maddow Show” in March.

Donald Trump deletes tweet claiming his support boosted Luther Strange

After his candidate for the Alabama GOP Senate primary runoff election lost, Donald Trump deleted a tweet in which he claimed his candidate, Luther Strange, increased his numbers because of his support:

It seems Trump has deleted this tweet from today. pic.twitter.com/q3UAVpIZUO

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 27, 2017

DAY 249: Trump's tax plan raises taxes for poor and lowers them for the rich

The tax plan unveilled today by Donald Trump increases taxes for the poor, changes nothing for the middle class, and lowers taxes for the rich.

According to The New York Times, the tax plan eliminates the 7 current income brackets and establishes 3 brackets with the following income tax rates:

Lowest bracket: 12% income tax.
Middle bracket: 25% income tax.
Top bracket: 35% income tax.

The problem is that means the poor will pay 20% more taxes; part of the middle class will pay 25% more taxes, and the rich will pay nearly 13% LESS taxes.

TRUMP LOSES: His candidate for Alabama Senate lost despite his constant promotion

Despite the fact that Donald Trump kept on promoting Luther Strange for the GOP candidacy for an Alabama senate seat, Strange lost to conservative Roy Moore.

Trump kept promoting Strange tweet after tweet after tweet, but Republicans in Alabama simply did not listen to Trump and elected Moore instead for the GOP candidacy.

DAY 248: TRUMP LOSES: Senate Republicans cancel vote on Trumpcare

Seneta Republicans cancelled the vote on Trumpcare after it was clear they do not have the votes to pass it.

According to The New York Times, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell claimed they would try to change the American health care system at a later date, but they “are not going to be able to do that this week.”

DAY 247: TRUMP LOSES: Once again Trumpcare doesn't have enough votes in the Senate

Senator Susan Collins, a Republican from Maine, issued a statement today unequivocally opposing the latest version of Trumpcare, thus leaving the bill without enough votes to pass it.

Collins's statement points to key parts of the bill, which cuts Medicaid and leaves pre-existing conditions without guarantee by putting them in the hands of the states, as the reason why she will vote against it.

Trump issues yet another racist Muslim ban, but adding North Korea for camouflage

Donald Trump issued today a third Muslim ban, only this time he tried to disguise it by adding North Korea to the list.

According to The New York Times, the the Muslim Ban 3.0 adds most of the countries in the original Muslim ban, but withe addition of North Korea and sanctions for Venezuela and Irak, making it very difficult to allow their citizens to travel to the US and impossible to become permanent residents.

Jared Kushner used private email for White House business

According to Politico, Donald Trump's son in-law and close adviser at the White House used private email to conduct official White House business. From the Politico article:

Presidential son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner has corresponded with other administration officials about White House matters through a private email account set up during the transition last December, part of a larger pattern of Trump administration aides using personal email accounts for government business.

Kushner uses his private account alongside his official White House email account, sometimes trading emails with senior White House officials, outside advisers and others about media coverage, event planning and other subjects, according to four people familiar with the correspondence. POLITICO has seen and verified about two dozen emails.

DAY 246: Trump's goes after NFL protests... with hypocrisy

So this morning Donald Trump went after NFL players who protest against police brutality and inequality by kneeling diring the national anthem at games:

If NFL fans refuse to go to games until players stop disrespecting our Flag & Country, you will see change take place fast. Fire or suspend!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 24, 2017

Aside from being a racist stand (Trump didn't call for the firing of White supremacists, but for the firing of mostly Black NFL players), Trump is being a hypocrite. You see, four years ago he said this:

Trump lies on Twitter about Iran firing ballistic missile; It never happened

Donald Trump twitted this:

Iran just test-fired a Ballistic Missile capable of reaching Israel.They are also working with North Korea.Not much of an agreement we have!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 23 de septiembre de 2017

Problem is, there was no ballistic missile "test fired" by Iran. Trump read some fake news story about it and then repeated without asking any of the US security agencies about it.

DAY 245: Trump throws a tantrum at John McCain after Trumpcare fails and lies about Obamacare

Republican Senator John McCain announced yesterday that he would not support the latest version of Trumpcare, which meant the bill is pretty much dead on arrival. This morning, Donald Trump threw a tantrum and attacked McCain on Twitter as a result:

John McCain never had any intention of voting for this Bill, which his Governor loves. He campaigned on Repeal & Replace. Let Arizona down!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 23 de septiembre de 2017

Large Block Grants to States is a good thing to do. Better control & management. Great for Arizona. McCain let his best friend L.G. down!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 23 de septiembre de 2017

And that was just the start. Then Trump went on to lie about Obamacare as he latest attempt at taking away the healthcare of millions of Americans failed. He said:

DAY 244: Trump is spending taxpayer dollars on his personal rallies

According to Arizona's AZCentral.com, Donald Trump spend nearly half a million dollars in public money just to do a campaign rally recently.

President Donald Trump's August visit to the Phoenix Convention Center cost the host city more than $450,000 in employee overtime expenses.

The police department — which had a vast and visible presence outside the convention center before, during and after Trump's rally — incurred the majority of the cost. But the fire, streets, water and public works departments all racked up substantial expenditures as well.

DAY 243: Trump lies about pre-existing conditions on Trumpcare

This morning Donald Trump published a tweet in which he outright lied about pre-existing conditions on the new Republican attempt on Trumpcare:

I would not sign Graham-Cassidy if it did not include coverage of pre-existing conditions. It does! A great Bill. Repeal & Replace.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 20, 2017

Again; that's a LIE. And AP debunked the claim Trump made that the new Trumpcare covers pre-existing conditions:

Trump's recent stupid comments and Trumpcare are meant to increase his poll numbers, not as actual policy

Donald Trump has been on a streak of stupid, prejudiced comments on foreign issues and he has been on an effort to pass another version of Trump care that's even worse than the one that already failed in the Senate.

As it turns out, the whole thing is a mere ploy to try to boost his approval numbers among the most racists in his followers. Which is most of his followers.

How do we know that? Because Trump is actually paying for ads on Facebook aimed at the worst of the worst of his followers, trying to sell them the idea that he will build a border wall, when in fact he won't, as he does not have the numbers in Congress to approve the money to built it.

Trump stupidity: Blocks cancer patient and invents the country of "Nambia"

Lots of Trump stupidity today. First, he read a speech in front of foreign leaders in which he mentioned the country of "Nambia", which does not exist. According to The Wall Street Journal:

An overlooked vowel by the U.S. leader resulted in him praising the progress of “Nambia,” a country that some observers were quick to point out didn’t exist in Africa—or anywhere else.

An official White House transcript of Mr. Trump’s remarks was more forgiving, crediting him with referring to the actual country of Namibia, whose president, Hage Geingob, and deputy prime minister, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, were said by the White House to be among those present.

Right... So Trump can't read now?

But then Trump did something truly stupid: He blocked from his Twitter account a cancer patient who refuted this new Trumpcare plan.

Trump made it more difficult for highly skilled foreigners to get work visa, and tourism sunk

Two news stories that should show just how damaging Donald Trump is for the US economy. First, he made it more difficult for highly skilled foreigners to get work visas. According to Reuters:

The Trump administration is making it more difficult for skilled foreigners to work in the United States, challenging visa applications more often than at nearly any point in the Obama era, according to data reviewed by Reuters.

The more intense scrutiny of the applications for H-1B visas comes after President Donald Trump called for changes to the visa program so that it benefits the highest-paid workers, though he has not enacted any such reforms.

Data provided by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services shows that between Jan. 1 and Aug. 31, the agency issued 85,000 challenges, or “requests for evidence” (RFEs), to H-1B visa petitions - a 45 percent increase over the same period last year. The total number of H-1B petitions rose by less than 3 percent in the same period.

Which means tech companies can't get the highly skilled labor they need to grow the American economy.

DAY 242: FED expects US economy to deteriorate with Trump in office

The American economy is expected to deteriorate with donald Trump in office, with higher inflation, more people unemployed and lower GDP growth according to numbers published by The Wall Street Journal.

Janet Yellen says short-term rate moves are the Fed's 'go-to tool' https://t.co/KjsPE89o38 pic.twitter.com/qiC24GtzQ3

— Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) September 20, 2017

Interest rates are also expected to go up, which would mean high home prices, and higher credit card payments.

DAY 241: Steve Miller suppressed report showing refugees contribute more in taxes than they cost the US

According to The New York Times, Donald Trump's advisor Steve Miller suppressed a report by the Department of Health and Human Services showing that refugees actually contribute more to the US in taxes than what they cost to taxpayers.

The net difference between the cost of refugees to the US and what they contribute to the US in taxes is 63 billion dollars more in taxes than what the refugees receive from public funds.

But Steve Miller, according to the NYT, suppressed the fiscal benefit from the report and only allowed one figure to be shown: the cost of about $1,000 more than the average American in taxpayer dollars.

DAY 240: Trump's approval sunk in key swing states

Donald Trump's approval has sunk in key swing states, including some Rust Belt states.

Accordingot fivethirtyeight.com, these are some of the key swing states in which Trump has lost over 10 points in his approval ratings, a lot more than the margin he got in order to win the states:

DAY 239: Trump retweets video of violence against Hillary Clinton

Donald Trump retweeted today a video in which he is depected hitting Hillary Clinton with a golf ball and knocking her over. In other words, Trump is OK with the idea of a man physically hurting a woman:

The President just retweeted an edited GIF from someone by the name of "Fuctupmind" that shows his golf swing knocking over Hillary Clinton pic.twitter.com/QZ304Lo8At

— Steve Kopack (@SteveKopack) September 17, 2017

This is the original tweet Trump retweeted:

DAY 238: Trump's "fraud" commission has been using private email; Experts say it violates federal law

Remember how Donald Trump has been bitching about Hillary Clinton's private email server? Well, turns out his "electoral fraud" commission -which is a farse in itself- has been using private email to communicate. Problem is, they are suppose to be dealing with the private information of millions of American voters.

According to ProPublica:

President Donald Trump’s voter fraud commission came under fire earlier this month when a lawsuit and media reports revealed that the commissioners were using private emails to conduct public business. Commission co-chair Kris Kobach confirmed this week that most of them continue to do so.

Experts say the commission’s email practices do not appear to comport with federal law. “The statute here is clear,” said Jason Baron, a lawyer at Drinker Biddle and former director of litigation at the National Archives and Records Administration.

TRUMP LOSES: Judge blocks his attack on sanctuary cities

A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration can't withold money for public safety ro Chicago and other sancturay cities as a result of their refusal to cooperate with Trump's anti-immigration policies.

According to Reuters, the preliminary injunction will be applied nationwide.

Trump throws tantrum and lies over ESPN anchor Jamele Hill

Many, many times Donald Trump has lied about different people. And he nas never apologized for it. In fact, to this day Trump has never apologized for claiming falsely that Barack Obama was not born in the United States.

But now Trump is throwing a tantrum over the fact that ESPN anchor Jamele tweeted this:

Donald Trump is a white supremacist who has largely surrounded himself w/ other white supremacists.

— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) 11 de septiembre de 2017

Which is not a lie. It is exactly what Trump proved to be after saying there was good people among white supremacists in Charlottesville.

Here's Trump's response: