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Why Is Donald Trying to Block the Recount in Pennsylvania?

December 2, 2016December 2, 2016 Jon Ponder

With this update:
WI: Hillary down 22,177
MI: Hillary down 10,704
PA: Hillary down 46,435
Total: 79,316 https://t.co/pcOqvSQlNz

— Charles Gaba (@charles_gaba) December 1, 2016

Lawyers for The Donald have filed suit to stop the recount in Pennsylvania:

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Gingrich: Romney’s Suck-Up to Trump Unprecedented

December 1, 2016December 1, 2016 Buck Banks

You have never, ever in your career seen a serious adult who’s wealthy, independent, has been a presidential nominee, suck up at the rate that Mitt Romney is sucking up.

— Newt Gingrich, quoted by the Daily Beast.

Warren Hits Trump Appointment

December 1, 2016 Buck Banks

Donald Trump promised that he was not going to have a government that was going to work for Wall Street. He promised that he was not going to have a revolving door. And then he turns around in his first big economic appointment is to appoint a Wall Street insider.

— Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), quoted by Politico.

Fewer Americans Want to Scrap Obamacare

December 1, 2016 Buck Banks

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Share of Americans who say they want to scrap the Affordable Care Act, down from nearly a third in October, according to a new Kaiser Health poll. By contrast, nearly half say they want the law expanded or implemented as it is. Another 17% say they want the law scaled back.

Petraeus Would Have to Notify His Probation Officer

December 1, 2016 Buck Banks

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Number of days David Petraeus will have to notify his probation officer, if he is picked as the next Secretary of State, The Hill reports. From his court judgment after being sentenced to two years: “The defendant shall not leave the Western District of North Carolina without the permission of the Court or probation officer. Travel allowed for work as approved by U.S. probation office.”

Clinton’s Lead is 2.5 Million

December 1, 2016December 2, 2016 Buck Banks

2.5 million

Hillary Clinton’s popular vote lead over Donald Trump just passed 2.5 million, or 1.9%, according to the Cook Political Report tally.

Reverse Draining the Swamp?

December 1, 2016December 1, 2016 Trish

President-elect Trump has said that he’s going to “drain the swamp” in Washington…but lately it’s gotten even more complicated: so far, Mr. Trump seems to be implementing a sort of “reverse-draining” technique. Perhaps he intends to overflow the swamp first, thereby draining it? This would be an incredible feat of politics, not to mention nature, physics, and logic.

— Recent newsletter from the On the Media radio show and podcast from WNYU. The comment comes as President-Elect Trump continues to pick Washington and Wall Street insiders and cronies to serve in his cabinet.

Month: December 2016

Why Is Donald Trying to Block the Recount in Pennsylvania?

Gingrich: Romney’s Suck-Up to Trump Unprecedented

You have never, ever in your career seen a serious adult who’s wealthy, independent, has been a presidential nominee, suck up at the rate that Mitt Romney is sucking up.

— Newt Gingrich, quoted by the Daily Beast.

Warren Hits Trump Appointment

Donald Trump promised that he was not going to have a government that was going to work for Wall Street. He promised that he was not going to have a revolving door. And then he turns around in his first big economic appointment is to appoint a Wall Street insider.

— Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), quoted by Politico.

Fewer Americans Want to Scrap Obamacare

1/4

Share of Americans who say they want to scrap the Affordable Care Act, down from nearly a third in October, according to a new Kaiser Health poll. By contrast, nearly half say they want the law expanded or implemented as it is. Another 17% say they want the law scaled back.

Petraeus Would Have to Notify His Probation Officer

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Clinton’s Lead is 2.5 Million

2.5 million

Hillary Clinton’s popular vote lead over Donald Trump just passed 2.5 million, or 1.9%, according to the Cook Political Report tally.

Reverse Draining the Swamp?

— Recent newsletter from the On the Media radio show and podcast from WNYU. The comment comes as President-Elect Trump continues to pick Washington and Wall Street insiders and cronies to serve in his cabinet.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“If you are committing fraud against the American people, all of us in public leadership should be trying to stop it and throw you in prison for enriching yourself off the American taxpayer.”

— Vice President JD Vance, on Fox News.

“Your generation has a great bullshit meter, because you’re fed bullshit online all day. And the Democratic Party brand right now is so bullshit.”

— Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D), quoted by The Atlantic, speaking to college students.

“We are done, Americans are done with endless conflict in the Middle East, spending trillions of dollars, American lives… this is insane and we have to call it for what it is.”

— Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), on CNN.

Numerati

+175,000

“The U.S. State Department announced on Monday that it has revoked more than 175,000 visas during President Donald Trump’s administration so far,” Fox News reports.

$4,600

11

30%

A new American Research Group poll finds just 30% of Americans say they approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president and 67% say they disapprove.

61% to 35%

— Matt Bai

You have never, ever in your career seen a serious adult who’s wealthy, independent, has been a presidential nominee, suck up at the rate that Mitt Romney is sucking up.

— Newt Gingrich, quoted by the Daily Beast.

Donald Trump promised that he was not going to have a government that was going to work for Wall Street. He promised that he was not going to have a revolving door. And then he turns around in his first big economic appointment is to appoint a Wall Street insider.

— Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), quoted by Politico.

1/4

Share of Americans who say they want to scrap the Affordable Care Act, down from nearly a third in October, according to a new Kaiser Health poll. By contrast, nearly half say they want the law expanded or implemented as it is. Another 17% say they want the law scaled back.

3

2.5 million

Hillary Clinton’s popular vote lead over Donald Trump just passed 2.5 million, or 1.9%, according to the Cook Political Report tally.

— Recent newsletter from the On the Media radio show and podcast from WNYU. The comment comes as President-Elect Trump continues to pick Washington and Wall Street insiders and cronies to serve in his cabinet.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“If you are committing fraud against the American people, all of us in public leadership should be trying to stop it and throw you in prison for enriching yourself off the American taxpayer.”

— Vice President JD Vance, on Fox News.

“Your generation has a great bullshit meter, because you’re fed bullshit online all day. And the Democratic Party brand right now is so bullshit.”

— Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D), quoted by The Atlantic, speaking to college students.

“We are done, Americans are done with endless conflict in the Middle East, spending trillions of dollars, American lives… this is insane and we have to call it for what it is.”

— Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), on CNN.

Numerati

+175,000

“The U.S. State Department announced on Monday that it has revoked more than 175,000 visas during President Donald Trump’s administration so far,” Fox News reports.

$4,600

11

30%

A new American Research Group poll finds just 30% of Americans say they approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president and 67% say they disapprove.

61% to 35%