Government

Mourning Wake-Up Call

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Acting with a judge's warrant, federal agents have searched the home of President Trump’s former campaign manager in Virginia. Investigators are reportedly following the money trail focusing on tax documents and banking records. Manafort’s Home Searched as Part of Mueller Inquiry https://nyti.ms/2vjjqH6

Manafort appears to be near the center of this probe. Manafort’s Home Searched as Part of Mueller Inquiry Analysis | Why is the FBI so interested in Paul Manafort that they were literally at his door before dawn? http://wapo.st/2vOZmh6?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.58b726a4c338

War of Words

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@POTUS escalation of dangerous words makes one think out loud, is The Donald paranoid because of The Russia investigation, his low approval ratings, or Pence's activities behind the scenes to eventually replace him?

Are these angry boys threatening each other in the political playground? When we brother and I pushed each other, my father used a warning rhyme in Spanish... Juego de manos, juego de villanos... Game of hands, game of villains. Could they be the brats who cried wolf?

President Trump's response to North Korea’s threats with incendiary rhetoric to a nuclear-armed lunatic creates a risk now that a political shoving match could lead to World War III.

Mulling Over Mueller

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What did we do during our Summer vacation? We watched Mueller's many legal motions. AP source: Mueller turns to DC grand jury in Russia probe https://apnews.com/71d82a0aea80444d966be3950b765460

US Special counsel Robert Mueller empaneled a Grand Jury in Washington, DC to see the evidence investigators have obtained about the Trump team’s ties to Russia. Everything you wanted to know about the Grand Jury http://on.msnbc.com/2ua7hBf

Diminishing Presidency?

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Are the presidency and its clout continuing to shrink as @POTUS credibility keeps taking constant hits?

The White House says the president did receive compliments from Boy Scout leaders and Mexico’s president but in person, not on the phone, as he contended. However, Mexico's president and Boy Scout toppers are pleading a different tale. Why does this matter? The leader of the free world should be free from telling tall tales.

No lie says Sanders: Trump got praise from Mexico, Scouts https://apnews.com/21687f727e6143b39aacb7ec82e75a6b

WH Flip Flops or Flipped Out?

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Wake up America. How much longer are you willing to accept this low level of sub service from our leaders?

First, the White House says one thing, then they wind up saying another. So what are Americans supposed to believe? This is the problem journalists face with reporting the facts. These are still changing as we write this.

Case in point. 7 things the Trump team denied, and then later confirmed http://wapo.st/2uZtUJZ

VP Mike Pence says Congress' Sanctions bill sends a "very clear message" to Russia http://washex.am/2uWmicP

Trump Threats

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If the President carries out his new threat, he would be handing the insurance industry a solid court case while undermining his leverage to attract Democrats to the negotiating table. The Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, is the law of the land.

Trump on tricky legal ground with 'Obamacare' threat https://apnews.com/d011dcda38b648079b9f0f08472c3ef7

Republicans Say Time for Senate to Move on From Health Care http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/politics/Republicans-in-Senate-on-Health…

Tax Plan or Tax Scam?

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US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin meets Koch conservatives to promote #Trumptaxplan. Has anyone seen his taxes yet? The American taxpayer must be able to understand the full scope of #TRUMPTAXES.

How can the administration forge a close collaboration with the Koch brothers and President Trump, when his own taxes are not known? Are the Koch brothers gearing up to convince US their version of tax reform means only the 1% deserve tax cuts?

Failure Facts

In a stinging and dramatic defeat and disastrous deflate to @POTUS President Donald Trump, GOP Senators failed to dismantle Obamacare, falling short on another campaign promise and ending a seven-year quest by their party to gut the health care law. They had no bill, no plan and therefore not enough support for a semi secret bill that was in a crafting process. A Whitehouse in chaos does not appear to be winning like Trump promised.

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Repair Obamacare

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Repeals and replace #Obamacare was nothing more than GOP Hot Air. Make no mistake about it, this vote is a major blow to President Trump and Republican lawmakers, who promised to repeal and replace Obamacare. The US Congress will not repair Obamacare. Will Trump learn the hard way that his Tweets, threats, and multiple golf outings get him nothing done in DC?

US Congress may be finally realizing it's time to move on once and for all. GOP Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is finally urging all members of the entire Senate to move on after that chamber narrowly rejected their last ditch effort to repeal Obamacare.

The US Senate narrowly defeated a bill early Friday that would have repealed limited portions of the Affordable Care Act also known as Obamacare. US Senator John McCain was able to cast the deciding vote against the plan.

Senators voted 49-51 for the bill, falling two votes short of the 51 votes needed to pass the legislation. In addition to McCain, Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska also voted against the failed bill.