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Miller was at the briefing in support of the Raise Act, a Senate bill that would cut immigration by half over ten years and represent the most significant immigration reform in over half a century.

Rude Jim Acosta is out of his league with Miller.

Since when is press briefing decorum to continuously interrupt the WH speaker?

It's pretty damn clear that Acosta sees himself as some sort of Resistance hero rather than an objective journalist.

http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/02/move-over-trump-miller-takes-out-fake-news-new-york-times-and-cnn/

Well, I have been wondering if the Russian thing is worth keeping Sessions. He is setting back civil rights/affirmative action and any progress in police reform; not to mention asset forfeiture. So, in an odd about face, I am coming to think Trump getting rid of Sessions and appointing a new attorney general won't be bad thing. It will make conservative republicans mad and Sessions is a horrible Attorney General.

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is seeking to avoid answering questions under oath about two documents containing plans for changes to U.S. election law.

Kobach, who is also vice chairman of Trump's Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, filed a notice late Monday saying he is appealing to the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals an order to submit to a deposition by the American Civil Liberties Union in a voting rights case. The closed deposition is scheduled for Thursday.

...Two federal judges in Kansas have each twice ruled the Kansas Republican misled the court about the contents of documents he was photographed taking into a November meeting with then President-elect Donald Trump as well as a separate draft amendment to the National Voter Registration Act. Kobach was holding the document at his side with the print facing out so photographs made it possible to read part of what was written on it.

The court fined Kobach $1,000 and ordered him to testify about the documents.

Just 33 percent of Americans approve of President Donald Trump nationwide, the lowest approval numbers that have been seen since his inauguration, according to a new Quinnipiac poll released Wednesday. Sixty-one percent of American voters disapprove of Trump, according to the poll.

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Just 33 percent of Americans approve of President Donald Trump nationwide, the lowest approval numbers that have been seen since his inauguration, according to a new Quinnipiac poll released Wednesday. Sixty-one percent of American voters disapprove of Trump, according to the poll.

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That's the lowest figure of the polling operations. Go to Real Clear Politics to see the others and their cumulative graph.

Republicans are still standing by their party’s pick, though, with 76 percent of those who identify with the GOP saying they’re happy with Trump.

This is the list snood has been frothing to post since he tried to get me to take his bait. Wasn't worth the wait.

the president told The Wall Street Journal in an interview last week that he "got a call from the head of the Boy Scouts saying it was the greatest speech that was ever made to them.”

"I wouldn't say it was a lie," Sanders told reporters at the daily briefing, after one journalist asked whether the president had lied by describing the conversation as a phone call. "That's a pretty bold accusation. The conversations took place. They just simply didn't take place over a phone call. ... He had them in person."

She gave a similar explanation about a phone call Trump said Monday he'd had with the president of Mexico about the United States' border policies. Mexico said the call never happened. Sanders said Trump was actually referring to a conversation the two leaders had at the G-20 summit in Germany last month.

I think Miller mishandled the exchange to a degree, too.

“I'm not sure about any potential funding of a campaign,” Sanders said in response to a question about an excerpt from Flake’s book, published by POLITICO Magazine, that was critical of Trump. “But I think that Sen. Flake would serve his constituents much better if he was less focused on writing a book and attacking the president" and more involved in "passing legislation.”

Mango Mussolini - I can see that. I once read at length about Mussolini, but that was at least 25 or thirty years ago - several books, including an old very early one re him. Of course there are differences, but I get your observation.
I still have the books, but they're packed away.

layman wrote:

I think Miller mishandled the exchange to a degree, too.

But, to give credit where credit is due, Miller didn't mince words when he claimed that one of Acosta's statements was "one of the most outrageous, insulting, ignorant, and foolish things you've ever said."

I built a truly great company worth many billions of dollars. That is a big part of the reason I was elected. As President, I can make far better deals with foreign countries than Congress.

GOP Pulls in $75M in Trump's First 6 Months, Double Obama's First 6 Months

The Republican National Committee is touting some big fundraising numbers bolstered by President Trump's appeal with his base, including small donors.

"Our base loves the president," RNC chair Ronna Romney McDaniel said this morning. She said Trump's persistence on replacing ObamaCare is an example of Trump showing that he'll fight for those who support him.

"Why should Washington give up on health care relief when Americans are still hurting," she asked.