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Demented Trump Shaves 4″ Off Bloomberg’s Height

Glorious Leader, who lies about his own height and weight and reportedly wears lifts in his shoes, decided this morning to post another one of his demented lies, this time shaving four inches off the height of Michael Bloomberg. Trump also repeated his debunked claim that that the Bloomberg campaign has demanded boxes for the debate stage. Trump claims to …

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Trump “Won’t Change Mind” On Troop Brain Injuries

The Insider reports: President Donald Trump has doubled down on his assertion that the injuries suffered by US troops during an Iranian missile attack on US forces are “not very serious.” Speaking to Fox Business, the president said that he “stopped something that would have been very devastating for” the Iranians, an apparent reference to US de-escalation in the aftermath …

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Trump Cuts Pay Raise For Feds, Cites Bad Economy

Slate reports: In public, President Donald Trump likes to boast about—and usually inflate—the performance of the American economy on his watch. If you lived in a bubble where Twitter Trump was your sole news source, you’d be pretty fired up, which makes it odd that on Monday the very same Trump White House said it intends to slash a scheduled …

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BOOK: Trump Badgered Reince Priebus About Badgers

The Insider reports: When Reince Priebus was the White House chief of staff, President Donald Trump repeatedly asked him whether badgers, the state animal of Priebus’ home state of Wisconsin, are “mean to people,” how they “work,” and how aggressive they can get. That’s according to “Sinking in the Swamp: How Trump’s Minions and Misfits Poisoned Washington,” a new book …

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8 GOP Senators Help Advance War Powers Resolution

Politico reports: The Senate is set to pass a bipartisan resolution this week to limit President Donald Trump’s authority to launch military operations against Iran weeks after the U.S. killed a top Iranian general. The War Powers resolution, introduced by Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), came to the floor Wednesday with a final expected vote Thursday. While the measure is not …

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Trump Mocks Bloomberg For Losing New Hampshire

Mediaite reports: President Donald Trump tried to swipe at Michael Bloomberg over the New Hampshire Democratic primary results, though his jab has drawn mockery because of what it revealed about Trump’s understanding of the primary (or lack thereof). “A very bad night for Mini Mike!” Trump proclaimed after attacking his Democratic competitors, mocking those who dropped out on Tuesday night, …

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Trump Deletes Tweet Blasting “Total Racist” Bloomberg After Realizing He Also Backed Stop-And-Frisk Policy

Mediaite reports: President Donald Trump joined the political dog-pile on Michael Bloomberg’s recently unearthed remarks about the controversial stop and frisk policy he inherited, and continued, as mayor of New York City.  This coming from the president who refuses to apologize for demanding the executions of the Central Park 5, refers to illegal immigrants as an “invasion” of rapists and …

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Trump Seeks Deep Cut To Russian Deterrence Budget

The Associated Press reports: President Donald Trump has proposed a 25 percent cut to the signature military fund designed to offset Russian aggression in Eastern Europe, according to the Defense Department’s budget documents unveiled Monday. Budget proposals for fiscal 2021 released Monday afternoon call for $4.5 billion for the European Deterrence Initiative, a fund started by the Obama administration in …

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Trump Posts Anti-Trump Curb Your Enthusiasm Clip

The Insider reports: President Donald Trump on Monday night tweeted a clip from the HBO series “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” and seems to have missed the punchline. Trump posted the clip from the first episode of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” season 10, which shows Larry David dressed in a Make America Great Again hat. Some users pointed out that Trump seems to …

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Trump Seeks To End Student Loan Forgiveness Program

CNBC reports: As student debt continues to climb, President Donald Trump on Monday released a budget for 2021 that would slash many of the programs aimed at helping borrowers. Student loan spending would be cut by $170 billion in Trump’s plan, titled “A Budget for America’s Future.” The reductions include “sensible annual and lifetime loan limits” for graduate students and …

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Trump Praises China’s “Quick” Death Penalty System

Mediaite reports: President Donald Trump praised China’s death penalty for drug dealers, Monday, though he added he doesn’t know if the United States “is ready” for similar sentences. “Criminal in China for drugs by the way means that’s serious. They’re getting a maximum penalty,” Trump noted. “And you know what the maximum penalty is in China for that, and it …

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Pentagon: 100+ Brain Injuries From Iran Missile Strike

Reuters reports: The U.S. military is preparing to report a more than 50% jump in cases of traumatic brain injury stemming from Iran’s missile attack on a base in Iraq last month, U.S. officials told Reuters on Monday. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity ahead of an announcement, said there were over 100 cases of TBI, up from …

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Trump: No More Nuke Summits Before Election Day

CNN reports: President Donald Trump has told top foreign policy advisers that he does not want another summit with Kim Jong Un before the presidential election in November, according to two sources familiar with the discussions. Trump’s last meeting with the North Korean dictator took place almost exactly a year ago, and both leaders walked away empty-handed. Since then diplomacy …

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Trump: That #OrangeFace Image Is Photoshopped!

Vox reports: Friday evening, an unverified Twitter account posted a photograph of President Donald Trump exhibiting a serious facial tan line. By Saturday, the photograph had gone viral, with people across social media questioning the photographer’s motives — and making memes. The photo was shared by the account @photowhitehouse, which claims to be run by a photographer named “William Moon.” …

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Border Wall Crew Blasts Sacred Native American Site

The Arizona Republic reports: The contractor that is building President Donald Trump’s border wall in southwestern Arizona began blasting this week through a site that the Native American O’odham people consider sacred to make way for newer, taller barriers. U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed the contractor started blasting through the site called Monument Hill at Organ Pipe Cactus National …

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Russian Party Leader Offers To Fly Putin To Mar-A-Lago To “Raise Glass To Your Success” Over The Democrats

Politico reports: The leader of Russia’s pro-nationalist Liberal Democratic Party, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, congratulated President Trump for his acquittal in the Senate and suggested that he and members of his party, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, visit Trump’s Florida estate to “raise glass to your success.” Zhirinovsky went on to denounce House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) as well as Sen. Mitt …

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Pelosi: Cowardly McConnell Betrayed The Constitution

Nancy Pelosi writes for the Washington Post: The president’s lawyers all but concede his misconduct. Their argument was only that Congress and the American people have no right to stop him from using his power to cheat in our elections. With their vote, Senate Republicans embraced this darkest vision of power: that if the president believes his reelection is good …

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Glorious Leader Gets New Low-Yield “Tactical Nuke”

Defense News reports: A new nuclear warhead requested, designed and produced under the Trump administration, has been deployed aboard a nuclear submarine, the Pentagon confirmed. The deployment of the W76-2, a low-yield variant of the nuclear warhead traditionally used on the Trident missile, was first reported Jan. 29 by the Federation of American Scientists. The first to move out with …

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Trump Vows To Continue Rallies Even If He’s Reelected

Because he cannot survive without the adoration: President Trump on Friday said he would continue to host rallies even if he is elected to a second term in the White House. “Can you believe how fast we’re going? We’ll keep the rallies going if we win. Even when we win next time, we’ll do rallies,” Trump said in an off-hand …

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Trump: Pelosi “Illegally” Tore Up My Speech [VIDEO]

Law & Crime reports: You tore the State of the Union address in half. Go directly to jail. President Donald Trump on Friday said that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi broke the law when she tore up his speech, repeating an argument that not even his current favorite law professor endorses. “I thought it was a terrible thing when …

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