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President Trump gave a scary warning at a dinner Thursday night with military leaders saying, "You guys know what this represents? Maybe it's the calm before the storm," he said. "It could be the calm... before... the storm." Asked what the storm would be, "Is it Iran, ISIS, what's the storm?" one reporter called out — Trump replied, "you'll find out." JUST IN: "Maybe it's the calm before the storm," Pres. Trump says alongside US military leaders. "You'll find out." https://t.co/NMljtvsnJF— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) October 5, 2017

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly has once again shown he is not on the 'America First' Trump train. During Trump's address to the United Nations multiple photos show John Kelly visibly distressed and upset. Meet John Kelly, the last person on planet earth who still gets surprised by Donald Trump's erratic behavior. pic.twitter.com/kvfCeMyntY — Adam Best (@adamcbest) September 19, 2017 The second of AP's Pained John Kelly photos was taken as Trump correctly said Iranian money helps prop up Assad. pic.twitter.com/nFcLy0o6vK — Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 19, 2017 John Kelly Listens to Trump: A Series pic.twitter.com/iDRq8TiuVc — Tasneem...

A new Obamacare repeal bill written by Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham (S.C.) and Bill Cassidy (La.) has until the end of the month to pass in the senate. The bill would block grant about $500 billion of federal spending to the states over 10 years to either repeal, repair or keep their ObamaCare programs. The senators see the bill as a way to bridge the divide as they try to put together a bill that can muster 50 votes in the senate. The bill would repeal ObamaCare's individual and employer mandates, but keep insurer regulations protecting people with pre-existing conditions....

In what appears to be complete capitulation on the wall, Trump tweeted Thursday morning that, “The WALL, which is already under construction in the form of new renovation of old and existing fences and walls, will continue to be built.” The WALL, which is already under construction in the form of new renovation of old and existing fences and walls, will continue to be built.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 14, 2017 Since when did the border wall mean renovation of old fences? Trump spent years campaigning for a wall and promised of a “great wall” of “hardened concrete” and...

President Trump spoke after his bi-partisan meeting with members of congress and said that individuals in the middle class will definitely be receiving tax cuts, the corporate rate must be 15%, and the rich will either stay where they are or have a slight increase on their tax rate. Wednesday morning Trump tweeted that congress must work swiftly in passing the tax reform package. The approval process for the biggest Tax Cut & Tax Reform package in the history of our country will soon begin. Move fast Congress!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 13, 2017 "I think the wealthy will...

Trump's legislative affairs director has given up all leverage by telling the press that the White House is not demanding wall funding for Amnesty for DACA recipients, saying the administration is “most interested in getting border security” and that Trump believes a barrier “is important to that equation of border security.” “Whether or not that is part of a DACA equation or whether or not that’s another legislative vehicle — I don’t want us to bind ourselves into a construct that makes reaching a conclusion on DACA impossible,” Short said during a breakfast. Marc Short on #borderwall: "I don't want...

Rep. Dave Brat (R) is warning that the leadership in Congress is punting on tax-reform until 2018. With Republicans in complete control of all branches of government including Congress and the Presidency they have yet to pass any meaningful legislation. After a major flop on Obamacare repeal and replace the rumor is that in the Republican lead Senate 'that tax reform is not going to take place until next year, for some reason.' Rep. Dave Brat writes that, 'Senate leadership is hinting (or just flat-out stating) that they will craft a tax plan with Democrats in order to get to...

Hillary Clinton was so arrogant she had not prepared a concession speech, she continues to open her big mouth and show the country why she lost. "I had not drafted a concession speech. I'd been working on a victory speech," Hillary Clinton told CBS 'Sunday Morning' host Jane Pauley in the first TV interview about her new memoir titled "What Happened." "I felt this enormous letdown, this loss of feeling and direction, and sadness," she said. "And, you know, Bill just kept saying that was a terrific speech... off I went into a frenzy of closet-cleaning, long walks in the...

According to a report by the Washington Post the President is preparing to pull the United States out of it's trade deal with South Korea. Since the trade deal went into effect in 2012, U.S. Trade representative Lighthizer said the U.S. "trade deficit in goods with Korea has doubled from $13.2 billion to $27.6 billion, while U.S. goods exports have actually gone down. This is quite different from what the previous Administration sold to the American people when it urged approval of this Agreement. We can and must do better.” Trump was hopeful that negotiates could result in a better...

The Senate Judiciary Committee has discovered FBI transcripts that reveal former FBI-Director Comey was ready and prepared to completely exonerate Hillary Clinton way before the investigation had concluded, before key interviews with most of the witnesses had occurred, before they had interviewed Hillary Clinton, and before the Lynch-Clinton tarmac meeting took place which was the excuse for Comey's public exoneration of Hillary Clinton. Grassley and Graham say they have transcripts of two FBI officials saying Comey was prepared to exonerate Clinton BEFORE FBI interviewed her — Manu Raju (@mkraju) August 31, 2017 In a letter to the new FBI Director Christopher...

The news just keeps getting worse for Jeff 'The Flake' as a new poll shows him trailing Kelli Ward by 14 points. Flake, who voted for Evan McMullin in the 2016 election, only accomplishment as a senator was to push for amnesty as a member of the 'gang of eight'. Flake has spent the last couple of months trying to sell his new book by going on liberal networks to bash the president. Flake siding with Hillary Clinton, Obama, and the democrats on gun control, open borders, on the supreme court, and on unbridled free trade has shown Arizona republicans...

On Tuesday Steve Bannon called up a leftist writer, Robert Kuttner, and gave some insight into his thinking and current battles in the White House. Bannon doubled down on the America First agenda and said that the economic war with China would be the defining battle on who will be the hegemonic power in 20-30 years. Bannon conceded that every day is a battle within the White House to push Trump's agenda forward and Bannon called ethno-nationalism 'losers' 'fringe' 'clowns' and that the White House has 'gotta help crush it.' You can read the full story here and the highlights...

Phil Mudd, who worked for the CIA and the FBI when Robert Mueller was the director, on Thursday told CNN host Jake Tapper that "the government is going to kill" President Donald Trump "because he doesn't support them." "Let me give you one bottom line as a former government official," Mudd began. "The government is going to kill this guy." "[Trump] defends Vladimir Putin, their State Department, and CIA officers are coming home. And at Langley and in Foggy Bottom (State Dept headquarters), CIA and State they're saying, this is how you defend us? We saw the same thing in...

Swamp monster, Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell has the gal to criticize the president for 'excessive expectations'. McConnell hasn't passed any significant legislation. McConnell wasn't even able to corral his majority to fulfill a 7 year promise to repeal and replace Obamacare, hasn't started on tax cuts, but feels emboldened to blame president Trump for his inaction. During a speech in Kentucky, McConnell said Trump's "artificial deadlines" are "unrelated to reality." “Now our new president has of course not been in this line of work before. And I think had excessive expectations about how quickly things happen in the democratic...

Former clinic Planned Parenthood director Abby Johnson reveals the horrors of what she saw in new book 'The Walls are Talking' and tells Tucker why she became an anti-abortion activist. Johnson said, "I was there for eight years... I was a clinic manager so I took care of just day-to-day operations hiring and firing personnel making sure that our budgets were maintained, including our abortion quota... Every abortion facility within Planned Parenthood has a monthly abortion quota that they must meet... So they make their money about 50% of their income is just cash from abortion services." "You know funny...

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said Sunday that the Justice Department does not 'engage in fishing expeditions.' During an interview on "Fox News Sunday," Rosenstein explained that impaneling a grand jury in general doesn't say anything about whether or not their will be an indictment. WALLACE: When you -- now, I know I'm very dangerous territory here, but hear me out on this because I'm not asking about the investigation. When you appointed Mueller, and you were the one who did, you had to sign an order authorizing the appointment of a special counsel, and you said that he was...

A new poll shows Kelli Ward, the conservative Pro-Trump challenger surging against Senator Jeff Flake.Senator Flake refused to support Trump for president in 2016, Flake instead voted for independent spoiler Evan McMullin and even signaled tacit support for Tim Kaine as Vice President. Trying to count the ways I hate @timkaine. Drawing a blank. Congrats to a good man and a good friend.— Jeff Flake (@JeffFlake) July 23, 2016Flake spent 2016 openly mocking Trump and encouraging Republicans not to endorse the president. Flake was one of the GOP leaders pushing the amnesty bill in 2013 and Flake had plans to...

Since 2010 Republicans have run on repealing and replacing Obamacare, but when the opportunity came the Senate leader couldn't muster 50 votes for a core GOP promise. Even spineless establishment globalist Paul Ryan was able to corral his caucus into passing a repeal and replacement of Obamacare. It's time for Mitch McConnell to put up or someone else lead the senate and GOP caucus.McConnell was playing both sides of issues during the healthcare debate in the Senate. He was telling conservatives that bill provided massive reforms down the road and telling moderates that the reforms in the bill would never...

Washington Post and ABC News have just released a new poll showing President Trump's approval rating under water at 36 percent from 42 percent in April. His disapproval rating in this bogus poll has risen five points to 58 percent. The Washington Post/ABC Polls were notoriously wrong in the 2016 election, but that apparently that won't stop them from openly publishing fake news. The ABC/Washington Post Poll, even though almost 40% is not bad at this time, was just about the most inaccurate poll around election time!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 16, 2017The poll is a complete sham, the...

Gad Saad is a professor of marketing at Concordia University, and research chair in evolutionary behavioral sciences and Darwinian consumption. Saad questioned islamaphobia and political correctness, Islamic immigration to the West, and Saad's pet disorder: 'Ostrich Parasitic Syndrome', which describes the act of putting your head in the sand to escape your problems."Do you know that's a myth?" the 'Joe Rogan Experience' podcast host asked about ostriches burying their heads in the sand. "The myth being, folks, that ostriches don't really stick their heads in the sand.""Yeah, absolutely, it has become just a metaphor," Saad assured him. "It has really...