July 20, 2017

"I'm not under investigation. For what? I didn't do anything wrong."

Mr. Trump said Mr. Mueller was running an office rife with conflicts of interest and warned investigators against delving into matters too far afield from Russia. Mr. Trump never said he would order the Justice Department to fire Mr. Mueller, nor would he outline circumstances under which he might do so. But he left open the possibility as he expressed deep grievance over an investigation that has taken a political toll in the six months since he took office.

Asked if Mr. Mueller’s investigation would cross a red line if it expanded to look at his family’s finances beyond any relationship to Russia, Mr. Trump said, “I would say yes.” He would not say what he would do about it. “I think that’s a violation. Look, this is about Russia.”

While the interview touched on an array of issues, including health care, foreign affairs and politics, the investigation dominated the conversation. He said that as far as he knew, he was not under investigation himself, despite reports that Mr. Mueller is looking at whether the president obstructed justice by firing Mr. Comey.

“I don’t think we’re under investigation,” he said. “I’m not under investigation. For what? I didn’t do anything wrong.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/19/us/politics/trump-interview-sessions-russia.html

July 20, 2017

Trump thinks SENATOR Sessions should have recused himself, before getting the AG job.

“Sessions should have never recused himself, and if he was going to recuse himself, he should have told me before he took the job and I would have picked somebody else,” Trump said, the New York Times reports.

Sessions elected to remove himself from all things Russia after it was revealed he failed to disclose multiple meetings with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak.

“Jeff Sessions takes the job, gets into the job, recuses himself, which frankly I think is very unfair to the president,” Trump said, according to the Times. “How do you take a job and then recuse yourself?”

“If he would have recused himself before the job, I would have said, ‘Thanks Jeff, but I’m not going to take you.’ It’s extremely unfair—and that’s a mild word—to the president,” he added.

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/its-very-unfair-trump-complains-he-wouldnt-have-chosen-sessions-if-he-knew-ag-was-going-recuse-himself/

July 19, 2017

I wonder how many f-bombs were dropped at CBO while finalizing no-replace TrumpCare numbers

The Congressional Budget Office has released their nonpartisan analysis of the Republican plan to repeal Obamacare without passing a replacement bill.

Within a decade, 32 million Americans would lose health insurance coverage while premiums would double for individual polices.

The legislative analysis was compiled by the CBO and staff from the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT).

“In CBO and JCT’s estimation, under this legislation, about half of the nation’s population would live in areas having no insurer participating in the nongroup market in 2020 because of downward pressure on enrollment and upward pressure on premiums,” the CBO score warned. “That share would continue to increase, extending to about three-quarters of the population by 2026.”

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/32-million-would-lose-health-insurance-under-repeal-and-run-bill-while-premiums-double-report/

July 19, 2017

OK, where are the heartless bastards who named Jared "least popular Trump family member?"

Much has been made of President Donald Trump’s historic low approval ratings. But the president is not even the least popular member of his own family. Instead, that unwanted honor belongs to Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

The husband of Ivanka Trump is viewed favorably by just 22 percent of American voters, with 36 percent having an unfavorable opinion, according to a Politico/Morning Consult poll released Wednesday. Surprisingly, despite the waves of media coverage he has received since taking up a senior adviser position in the White House, 41 percent of respondents said they had never heard of the former real-estate developer.

The numbers contrast sharply with those for other members of the Trump family featured in the poll. His wife has a positive rating, with 44 percent viewing her favorably and 38 percent unfavorably. And the figures are similar for the First Lady, Melania Trump.

Even Donald Trump Jr., who has been pilloried over a meeting with a Russian government attorney during the presidential campaign, scored better than his brother-in-law. Trump’s oldest son is still seen favorably by 37 percent of the electorate, compared with 47 percent who see him in an unfavorable light.

https://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/jared-kushner-remains-least-popular-trump-family-member/

July 19, 2017

Human Centipede Corey Lewandowski says Melania is "beautiful" 3 times in 40 seconds

July 19, 2017

YES...this man STILL carries the "nuclear football" wherever he goes. Enjoy his new tweet!

"The Republicans never discuss how good their healthcare bill is, & it will get even better at lunchtime.The Dems scream death as OCare dies!"

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/887654816507408384

July 19, 2017

Hannity: Yertle's plan to kill healthcare for millions has sadly, tragically fallen apart

July 19, 2017

"Leadership: Whatever happens, you're responsible. If it doesn't happen, you're responsible."

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/398887965302091776

Donald J. Trump? Verified account
@realDonaldTrump

Leadership: Whatever happens, you're responsible. If it doesn't happen, you're responsible.
12:01 PM - 8 Nov 2013

July 19, 2017

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) given explicit instructions by the Kremlin for how to attack sanctions

A bombshell report claims that Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), who has long been described as “Putin’s favorite congressman,” was given explicit instructions by the Kremlin for how to attack sanctions against Russia last year.

The Daily Beast reports that “after being given a secret document by officials in Moscow, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher sought to alter sanctions legislation and tried to set up a virtual show trial on Capitol Hill” last June, right at around the time that Donald Trump Jr. and key members of the Trump campaign met with Russian nationals who claimed to be representatives of the Russian government’s efforts to undermine the candidacy of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

Rohrabacher’s original plan was to have a show trial in Congress of anti-Putin campaigner Bill Browder in which he would “confront Browder with a feature-length pro-Kremlin propaganda movie that viciously attacks him—as well as at least two witnesses linked to the Russian authorities, including lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya.”

The purpose of this “show trial,” according to an email reviewed by the Daily Beast, was to undermine a set of sanctions placed on Russia that were named after Sergei Magnitsky, who served as Browder’s tax attorney before being imprisoned after exposing a Russian corruption scandal.

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/bombshell-report-kremlin-directed-gop-congressman-to-stage-pro-putin-show-trial-on-the-house-floor/

July 19, 2017

Sean Hannity SOLVES TrumpCare epic fail: pizza, KFC, Wendy's, and NO air conditioning. MAGA!

“Enough is enough when it comes to Congressional Republicans breaking their word and failing to deliver,” Hannity began in his opening monologue, challenging the GOP to “either step up and get the job done or get out of Washington.”


R***

“We have run out of patience with you,” Hannity charged. “You’re the do-nothing GOP lawmakers.”

“You’re pretty useless, and all you have now is excuses and broken promises,” he continued, calling the lawmakers “phony show-boats.”

He then offered this sage advice to members of the GOP: “You’re all pretty lazy,” Hannity said. “Both chambers need to get together—we’ll start with the Senate: 52 members, get in a room. By the way, turn off the air conditioner, start sweating like the rest of America. Use fans like our founding fathers and framers did.”

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/07/watch-sean-hannity-freaks-out-on-gop-for-failing-to-fulfill-trumps-health-care-promise/