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  • The 2018 State of the Union in 4 minutes

    The 2018 State of the Union in 4 minutes

    Less than one year has passed since I first stood at this podium. I call upon all of us to set aside our differences, to seek out common ground and to summon the unity we need to deliver for the people. African American unemployment stands at the lowest rate ever recorded. The stock market has smashed one record after another, gaining eight trillion dollars and more in value in just this short period of time. This in fact, is our new American moment. There has never been a better time to start living the American dream. We have eliminated more regulations in our first year than any Administration in the history of our country. We have ended the war on American energy and we have ended the war on beautiful clean coal. We are now very proudly an exporter of energy to the world. America has also finally turned the page on decades of unfair trade deals, that sacrificed our prosperity and shipped away our companies, our jobs, and our wealth.

    The era of economic surrender is totally over. We built the Empire State Building in just one year. Isn’t it a disgrace that it can now take 10 years just to get a miner permit approved for the building of a simple road? The sacred duty of every elected official in this chamber is to defend Americans, to protect their safety, their families, their communities, and their right to the American dream, because Americans are dreamers too. We must modernize and rebuild our nuclear arsenal, hopefully never having to use it, but making it so strong and so powerful, that it will deter any acts of aggression by any other nation or anyone else. In the past, we have foolishly released hundreds and hundreds of dangerous terrorists only to meet them again on the battlefield.

    So today I’m keeping another promise. I just signed, prior to walking in, an order directing secretary Mattis, who is doing a great job thank you, to re-examine our military detention policy and to keep open the detention facilities in Guantanamo Bay. I am asking Congress to pass legislation to help ensure American foreign assistance dollars always serve American interests and only go to friends of America. And freedom stands tall over one more monument. This one. This Capitol, this living monument. This is the monument to the American people.

    source:  YouTube

  • Trump nominates acting Secretary of Interior to serve in role officially

    Trump nominates acting Secretary of Interior to serve in role officially

    President Donald Trump has announced by tweet that he is nominating the current acting Secretary of the Interior, David Bernhardt, to serve in the role officially “David has done a fantastic job from the day he arrived,” Trump says of the acting secretary, who came into the role after Trump’s former embattled secretary, Ryan Zinke, departed from the role at the end of last year “I am pleased to announce that David Bernhardt, Acting Secretary of the Interior, will be nominated as Secretary of the Interior David has done a fantastic job from the day he arrived, and we look forward to having his nomination officially confirmed!” Trump tweeted Monday Critics have said Bernhardt is too close to his former clients who he sometimes represented in cases against the Interior Department Bernhardt recused himself from some of those topics but some of the recusals have expired, opening him up to work on policies that he formerly challenged on behalf of his clients Activists have pointed to meetings Bernhardt had with former clients to allege that they are playing too big a role in policy decisions at the department Environmental advocacy groups and democrats compare Bernhardt to Andrew Wheeler, who took over for former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt after a bevy of ethical scandals They say, like Wheeler, Bernhardt has more know-how about how to work within an agency and will pursue the same agenda outside the spotlight, which could make it harder for opponents to push back against policy decisions During his confirmation hearing, Bernhardt said Trump’s policy positions could outweigh science on climate change

    source: YouTube

  • US Intelligence Chiefs Contradict President Donald Trump On North Korea, ISIS, Iran |

    US Intelligence Chiefs Contradict President Donald Trump On North Korea, ISIS, Iran |

    This is yet another extraordinary moment the nation’s top intelligence officials publicly disagreeing with President Trump on key foreign policy and national security issues everything from North Korea to Russia and it comes in a critical moment with a major summit on the horizon with just weeks before president Trump is poised to have his second nuclear summit with North Korean leader Kim jong-un u.s. intelligence chiefs giving this stunning public rebuke sharply disagreeing with the president’s recent declaration that North Korea is no longer a nuclear threat we currently assess that North Korea will seek to retain its WMD capabilities and is unlikely to completely give up its nuclear weapons and production capabilities the regime is committed to developing a long-range nuclear or missile that would pose a direct threat to the United States and Don Isis just a month after mr.

    Trump declared victory we have won against Isis intelligence officials contradicting the president saying the terror group is weakened but not defeated well Isis is nearing territorial defeat in Iraq and Syria the group has returned to its guerrilla warfare roots while continuing to plot attacks and direct its supporters worldwide and already the president pushing back this morning tweeting when I became president Isis was out of control in Syria and running rampant since then tremendous progress made especially over last five weeks on Iran US intelligence agencies say Tehran is still not restarting its nuclear program despite the u.s.

    Withdraw from the nuclear deal accusing the country of violating the agreement at the moment technically they’re in compliance and a striking difference over one of the biggest issues looming over the white house Russia we expect Russia will continue to wage its information war against democracies and to use social media to attempt to divide our societies president the president again this morning tweeting about North Korea Kristen what’s the headline there well how did the president is shifting his tone on North Korea this morning after his previous declaration that the country no longer poses a nuclear threat today tweeting decent chance of denuclearization time will tell what will happen with North Korea I look forward to seeing Kim jong-un shortly look this is a much more measured tone from the president and the softer language likely aimed at lowering expectations as he prepares to meet with the North Korean leader for a second time sometime next month you

    source:  YouTube

  • Ivanka Trump’s Perfume Rises to Bestseller on Amazon

    Ivanka Trump’s Perfume Rises to Bestseller on Amazon

    Although there is some evidence showing that Ivanka’s product sales have taken a hit recently, her perfume has jumped to the top spot on Amazon.

    Ivanka Trump’s brand of clothing, shoes and accessories has been at the center of a tempest since her father was elected president. On the left, calls to boycott retailers that carried merchandise bearing the Trump name crescendoed as a way to protest President Trump. Earlier this month, the brand took its latest hit after Nordstrom became the latest retailer to drop Ivanka Trump-branded items.

    But on Amazon.com this week, the brand reclaimed a small victory: Ivanka Trump’s perfume suddenly jumped to the top spot on the list of the online retailer’s best-selling fragrances, as first reported Thursday by conservative news site Townhall.

    A bevy of new reviews for the perfume also appeared on the product page. While some were apolitical, many indicated they had purchased the product — or at least were posting about it — in support of the president and his daughter.

    The sales jump appears to be driven in part by a backlash to a boycott of Trump-branded merchandise. Since last fall, the Grab Your Wallet campaign has persistently encouraged consumers to boycott retailers that carry Trump-branded items. Stores that have said they would drop such merchandise have included Neiman Marcus, Kmart and Sears.

    Panjiva, a global trade data company, says that imports of products that bear the Ivanka Trump name were 54.4 percent lower in the three months ended Jan. 31 compared with the three months that ended Sept. 30, the period that represents the peak of imports of that brand in Panjiva’s records.

    Most notably, earlier this month Nordstrom said it would no longer carry Ivanka Trump-branded clothing and shoes. The department store said it was dropping the line because of flagging sales, not politics. Read more…

    I think the reason her perfume has done so well is that Amazon is so accessible to so many people that it’s an easy way for people to show their support. While her other products may not be as easy to purchase if they’re not being sold at a store near you, her perfume is easy to buy through Amazon.

  • Limbaugh Loved Trump’s Press Conference

    Limbaugh Loved Trump’s Press Conference

    Limbaugh had some very positive things to say about Trump’s recent press conference… saying:

    This was one of the most effective press conferences I have ever seen”

    Limbaugh said while the media still won’t warm up to Trump, it was what his supporters wanted to see, which was a willingness to tout his achievements and take on some of the claims from the media.

    “You know it is hard to say — you get caught up in the moment,” Limbaugh said. “But this was one of the most effective press conferences I have ever seen. The press is going to hate him even more after this. Don’t misunderstand. When I say effective, I’m talking about rallying people who voted for him to stay with him. He made a point — ‘What chaos? You’re reporting chaos. We’re not in chaos. We’re a well-oiled machine. We got one of the smoothest running machines in the history of machines. We got one of the best administrations in the history of administrations.’”

    “And he rattled off the achievements they’ve had here that the media is not reporting because they’re so focused on whether or not Trump worked with Russia to screw Hillary out of the presidency,” he continued. “And he was reassuring the people he’s on top of everything. Nothing has changed. Everything he campaigned on, he is doing. All he is doing is fulfilling campaign promises. And of course, the Democrats don’t like him. Of course, the media don’t like him. It isn’t going to stop him.” Read more…