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Trump Organization Lays Off Mar-A-Lago Staffers

The Washington Post reports: President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club has furloughed 153 employees, extending the Trump Organization’s growing list of layoffs to one of the president’s favorite destinations, according to a new filing in Florida. The Palm Beach private club — where Trump often meets foreign leaders, and his recently chosen primary residence — has been closed since late March. As …

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Michigan Gov +13 Over Trump On COVID Response

The Detroit News reports: Michigan residents favor Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s handling of the coronavirus over that of President Donald Trump, according to a poll done for the Detroit Regional Chamber that was released Monday. A survey of 600 Michiganians found 57% approved of the Democratic governor’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with 37% of respondents who disapproved. By contrast, …

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Trump Admits He Cut Romney Out Of Virus Task Force: “I’m Not His Fan And I Don’t Really Want His Advice”

Politico reports: President Donald Trump on Sunday admitted he’s still holding a grudge against Mitt Romney, the only GOP senator to be left off a congressional task force on reopening the U.S. economy during the coronavirus pandemic. Trump was asked by a reporter at Sunday’s coronavirus briefing at the White House whether leaving Romney off the list meant the president …

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Trump Calls FBI Investigators “Crooked Human Scum”

CNN reports: President Donald Trump Sunday would not say whether he will pardon several former associates who were convicted after being charged as part of the Mueller probe, including former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and long-time friend Roger Stone. When asked about pardons at the coronavirus task force briefing, Trump responded: “You will find out.” Trump also harshly criticized FBI …

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Trump Continues To Stiff El Paso For Rally Services

El Paso’s ABC News affiliate reports: As the City of El Paso looks to trim costs, KTSM wondered if President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign has paid the City the half-a-million dollar bill from his February 2019 campaigns top at the El Paso County Coliseum. City officials say the campaign has not paid the price tag, which was initially billed $470,417 …

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Trump: “Inherently Dumb” Pelosi Will Be Overthrown

Newsweek reports: Trump, who often clashes with Pelosi, angrily tweeted about the speaker Sunday afternoon after she appeared on Fox News Sunday to speak with host Chris Wallace. The president, making sure to express his displeasure with Wallace, as well, called Pelosi an “inherently ‘dumb’ person,” and suggested she will soon be “overthrown.” arlier in the day, before Trump’s latest …

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WA Governor: Trump Is Encouraging “Illegal Activity”

ABC News reports: President Donald Trump’s message to liberate states, as some Americans gather to protest stay-at-home orders, is basically encouraging illegal activity, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.” “To have an American president to encourage people violate the law, I can’t remember any time in my time in America we have seen such a thing. …

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Advisors To Trump: Quick Open Will Help Reelection

Politico reports: President Donald Trump and his aides aren’t just weighing coronavirus infection rates as they push for a quick economic restart. They think it’s good politics, too. Trump aides and allies say they are growing confident that an earlier restart amid the coronavirus pandemic could help the president in his reelection campaign, according to six people close to the …

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Trump “Gives Up” On Drudge Over Negative Headlines

Mediaite reports: President Donald Trump tweeted Saturday he has “given up on” conservative news giant Matt Drudge. Drudge runs the most popular online news aggregator — the Drudge Report. Recently, the site has turned over a number of articles criticizing the president’s response to the coronavirus pandemic noting that the U.S. has not peaked in its number of Covid-19 related …

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Maher: “Panic Porn” Will Get Trump Reelected [VIDEO]

The Hill reports: HBO’s Bill Maher ripped the news media on Friday night and urged journalists to stop offering up what he described as “panic porn” when reporting on the coronavirus outbreak, cautioning the practice could help get President Trump “New rule, now that we’re starting to see some hope in all this: Don’t hope-shame me,” the liberal “Real Time” …

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WA Gov. Jay Inslee: Off The Rails Trump Is “Fomenting Domestic Rebellion And Spewing Dangerous Rhetoric”

Via press release from Washington Gov. Jay Inslee: The president’s statements this morning encourage illegal and dangerous acts. He is putting millions of people in danger of contracting COVID-19. His unhinged rantings and calls for people to “liberate” states could also lead to violence. We’ve seen it before. The president is fomenting domestic rebellion and spreading lies even while his …

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Guess Why Gyms Are On Trump’s Reopening List?

The Daily Beast reports: President Trump unveiled a proposal this week to reopen America’s gyms in spite of the coronavirus outbreak after a phone call that included the head of the company that owns luxury fitness brands Equinox and SoulCycle, who also happens to be a high-profile Trump supporter. The White House included gyms among the businesses that would reopen …

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Andrew Cuomo Unloads On Trump In Fiery Rant: Our Only Mistake Was Believing YOUR Projections [VIDEO]

Politico reports: Gov. Andrew Cuomo embarked on a 20-minute stemwinder during his press briefing Friday, hitting back on a series of presidential tweets accusing him of overreacting to the coronavirus pandemic. “If you want to point fingers — we built more beds than we needed — our only mistake was believing your numbers, believing your projections,” Cuomo said, suggesting Trump …

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Trump Camp: “Never Fear,” Cultist Rallies Will Return

ABC News reports: President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign says it’s still planning to hold rallies leading up to November’s election, despite public health experts warning large gatherings should be put on hold until as late as next year. Since freezing campaign rallies in March amid the growing coronavirus pandemic, the Trump campaign has repeatedly pledged that the centerpiece events of …

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FBI Charges Doctor For $4000 COVID “Miracle Cure,” Allegedly Cited Trump’s Endorsement Of Malaria Drug

CNN reports: It was described as the “magic bullet” to protect against the deadly coronavirus — a “remarkable clinical phenomenon” that could cure the disease within hours. In the words of San Diego physician Jennings Staley, the drug hydroxychloroquine​, approved to treat conditions ranging from malaria to lupus, was “almost too good to be true.” On his website advertising the …

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Trump: “Cuomo Should Spend Less Time Complaining”

NBC News reports: It appears President Donald Trump watched New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s news conference Friday – and didn’t like what he heard. Cuomo, as he has for weeks, said the various federal coronavirus relief packages short-changed New York and that a new $500 billion bill was needed that allocated much more money to the state. He also took …

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Deranged Trump: “LIBERATE” States With Dem Govs

The Associated Press reports: In places like Oklahoma, Texas and Virginia, small-government groups, supporters of President Donald Trump, anti-vaccine advocates, gun rights backers and supporters of right-wing causes have united behind a deep suspicion of efforts to shut down daily life to slow the spread of the coronavirus. As their frustration with life under lockdown grows, they’ve started to openly …

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Trump: Open States With “Beautifully Low Numbers”

Axios reports: President Trump told governors on a conference call today that he wants to begin to reopen the U.S. economy on May 1. He called on governors with low coronavirus numbers to begin to reopen their economies on May 1, with the caveat that states should go at their own pace. “You states with beautifully low numbers, let’s get …

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Dem Super PAC Will Defend TV Station Sued By Trump

The Associated Press reports: A leading Democratic super PAC has promised it will tangle in court with President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign to keep airing television ads the Republican president is trying to keep off the airwaves. Priorities USA Action chief Guy Cecil said Thursday that his group will intervene as a defendant in a lawsuit that Trump’s campaign filed …

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Romney Only GOP Senator Not On COVID Task Force

The Hill reports: Sen. Mitt Romney (Utah) is the only Republican senator not on a congressional task force created by the White House to study reopening parts of the country shuttered by the coronavirus. A list released by the White House on Thursday afternoon of the “Opening Up America Again Congressional Group” included nearly 70 senators, including all 52 of …

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