[{"audio_id": "Zcfs8-mfaay", "text": {"Zcfs8-mfaay-00000-00000006-00000100": "Песня жартаўлівая", "Zcfs8-mfaay-00001-00000160-00000313": "не біцца пасля канцэрту", "Zcfs8-mfaay-00002-00000340-00000722": "Беларускі мужчына прыходзіць на свет у камарыных укусах замест радзімак", "Zcfs8-mfaay-00003-00000722-00001014": "і таму добра ведае: дзе больш балотаў, там больш радзімы.", "Zcfs8-mfaay-00004-00001066-00001688": "Беларускі мужчына ўмее апынуцца ў такой багне, што адтуль ні халеры ня выцягнеш, але беларускі мужчына цягне.", "Zcfs8-mfaay-00005-00001688-00002600": "Беларускі мужчына выдатна ведае дзесяць бульбяных страваў і сто дзесяць адмазак ня чысціць бульбы, бо мае шмат іншых справаў.", "Zcfs8-mfaay-00006-00002600-00003468": "Беларускі мужчына жыве ў самым цэнтры Еўропы, калі верыць мапе: ў гэтым цэнтры стаіць канапа і беларускі мужчына ляжыць на канапе.", "Zcfs8-mfaay-00007-00003468-00003952": "Яго дзед перажыў калгас і меліярацыю. Яго бацька — крызіс сярэдняга веку і гіперінфляцыю.", "Zcfs8-mfaay-00008-00003952-00004744": "Яго дом перажыў рамонт. Яго кот перажыў кастрацыю. Ён гаворыць, што можа быць горай, — і мае рацыю.", "Zcfs8-mfaay-00009-00004744-00004982": "Камон! Чык-чырык!", "Zcfs8-mfaay-00010-00005192-00005540": "Камон! Чык-чырык!", "Zcfs8-mfaay-00011-00005766-00006352": "Беларускі мужчына прывозіць машыну, прыгнаную з ФРГ, і другую палову жыцця шчасліва жыве з ёй у гаражы.", "Zcfs8-mfaay-00012-00006380-00007306": "Беларускі мужчына — футбольны, хакейны, біятлонны фанат. Калі раптам, алілуя, заб’юць мазілы, шматкватэрны дом патрасаюць пякельныя сілы.", "Zcfs8-mfaay-00013-00007306-00008042": "Беларускі мужчына ня чуў пра паліткарэктнасць ніколі і таму жартуе так смешна, што лепей ня слухаць без алкаголю.", "Zcfs8-mfaay-00014-00008042-00009174": "Кожны трэці п’е піва, другі кожны трэці — гарэлку, а трэці трэці разумее: гарэлка бяз піва — грошы на вецер.", "Zcfs8-mfaay-00015-00009436-00009930": "Яго дзед перажыў калгас і меліярацыю. Яго бацька — крызіс сярэдняга веку і гіперінфляцыю.", "Zcfs8-mfaay-00016-00009930-00010568": "Яго дом перажыў рамонт. Яго кот перажыў кастрацыю. Ён гаворыць, што можа быць горай, — і мае рацыю.", "Zcfs8-mfaay-00017-00010568-00010802": "Камон, е! Чык-чырык!", "Zcfs8-mfaay-00018-00011050-00011444": "Камон! Чык-чырык!", "Zcfs8-mfaay-00019-00011604-00012472": "Беларускі мужчына падасць жанчыне руку і набудзе кветак, і аднойчы паабяцае не раскідваць па доме шкарпэтак!", "Zcfs8-mfaay-00020-00012486-00013430": "Беларускі мужчына аматар праводзіць выходныя дома. Часам выйдзе на дзесяць хвілін і вяртаецца ўночы. Дзе быў, невядома.", "Zcfs8-mfaay-00021-00013434-00014728": "Засынае ў таксоўцы, што едзе дамоў, прачынаецца ў незнаёмым трамваі... І нікому , ня ясна, за што яго жонка трывае, выбачае футбол, хакей, біятлон, гараж і буханне?", "Zcfs8-mfaay-00022-00014728-00014919": "Беларускі мужчына...", "Zcfs8-mfaay-00023-00014919-00015313": "(у цэнтры Баранавіч - расцяжка, уявілі сабе, бдыыышшч!)", "Zcfs8-mfaay-00024-00015341-00015594": "...чысты аб’ект кахання.", "Zcfs8-mfaay-00025-00015634-00015742": "Чык-чырык", "Zcfs8-mfaay-00026-00015996-00016152": "Камон! Чык-чырык!", "Zcfs8-mfaay-00027-00016728-00016894": "Чык-чырык, чык-чык", "Zcfs8-mfaay-00028-00017418-00017524": "Дзякуй", "Zcfs8-mfaay-00029-00017542-00017960": "(апладысменты)"}}, {"audio_id": "-2j-6y8PEgY", "text": {"-2j-6y8PEgY-00000-00000571-00001644": "President Donald Trump said Tuesday that it was time to act against social media companies, calling it a “very dangerous situation” for Americans", "-2j-6y8PEgY-00001-00001644-00002553": "“It’s a very, very dangerous situation, so I think I agree,” Trump said when asked about a proposal by Sen", "-2j-6y8PEgY-00002-00002553-00003321": "Josh Hawley to investigate left-leaning tech companies. “I think something has to be looked at very closely", "-2j-6y8PEgY-00003-00003321-00004664": "”. .Trump commented on social media censorship after he was asked a question by conservative reporter Saagar Enjeti during a joint press conference with Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro", "-2j-6y8PEgY-00004-00004664-00006022": "The president cited his own struggles and knowledge of social media censorship, noting that conservatives and Republicans face the brunt of censorship activity from left-leaning technology companies", "-2j-6y8PEgY-00005-00006022-00007059": "“There’s discrimination and big discrimination,” Trump said. “I see it absolutely on Twitter and Facebook, which I have also, and others I see''", "-2j-6y8PEgY-00006-00007059-00007874": "He said that he was aware of reporting about employees of tech companies discussing the idea of censoring conservatives", "-2j-6y8PEgY-00007-00007874-00008875": ".But Trump was confident that his supporters could see through the bias in both social media and old media, noting that it was “stacked against” him", "-2j-6y8PEgY-00008-00008875-00009872": "“The people get it,” he said. “They’ll go through all of that, whatever it is they’re fed and in the end, they pull the right lever,” he said"}}, {"audio_id": "-sR5Prfx4Eu", "text": {"-sR5Prfx4Eu-00000-00000571-00002107": "Indy Politics.Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un will meet one-on-one at the start of their second summit in Vietnam – a detail that could raise concerns following the president’s solo meeting with Vladimir Putin when he asked for the interpreter’s notes", "-sR5Prfx4Eu-00001-00002107-00003170": "That initial meeting next week in Hanoi will be followed by a meal and expanded talks with each country’s delegation, a US official has revealed", "-sR5Prfx4Eu-00002-00003170-00005105": "“President Trump is looking to, after really in some respects breaking the ice in June, to talk in more depth about the kind of future North Korea could enjoy if it follows through on its commitment to final and full denuclearisation,” the official, insisting on anonymity, told reporters in a briefing call on Thursday", "-sR5Prfx4Eu-00003-00005105-00005711": "The official said this was an important step toward that ultimate goal of denuclearisation", "-sR5Prfx4Eu-00004-00005711-00006801": "Mr Trump was criticised by some for failing to secure any solid committment from North Korea after their first, historic meeting last June in Singapore", "-sR5Prfx4Eu-00005-00006801-00008399": "“In addition president Trump is looking to, after really breaking the ice with Kim in June, to talk in more depth about the kind of future that north korea could enjoy if it follows trough on its commitment to the final and full denuclearisation", "-sR5Prfx4Eu-00006-00008399-00009922": "”.Mr Trump announced details of his second meeting with Mr Kim doing his state of the union address last month, suggesting his personal engagement with the North Korean leader – the first by a sitting US president – had already reaped dividends", "-sR5Prfx4Eu-00007-00009922-00010711": "“As part of a bold new diplomacy, we continue our historic push for peace on the Korean Peninsula", "-sR5Prfx4Eu-00008-00010711-00011565": "Our hostages have come home, nuclear testing has stopped, and there has not been a missile launch in 15 months,” he said", "-sR5Prfx4Eu-00009-00011565-00012500": "“If I had not been elected president of the United States, we would right now, in my opinion, be in a major war with North Korea", "-sR5Prfx4Eu-00010-00012500-00013195": "Much work remains to be done, but my relationship with Kim Jong-Un is a good one", "-sR5Prfx4Eu-00011-00013195-00013911": "”.The fact Mr Trump will initially meet the North Korean alone could trigger concerns among some", "-sR5Prfx4Eu-00012-00013911-00015034": "Earlier this year it was reported he had gone to “extraordinary lengths” to keep details of a 2017 conversation with Mr Putin secret from officials in own administration", "-sR5Prfx4Eu-00013-00015034-00016246": "The Washington Post said after a meeting with the Russian leader at the G-20 summit in Hamburg, the US president took his interpreter’s notes and told him not to discuss the meeting with anyone", "-sR5Prfx4Eu-00014-00016246-00017435": "After his meeting with Mr Kim last summer, the president was criticised by some for obtaining very little in exchange for a meeting that helped project his image on the international stage", "-sR5Prfx4Eu-00015-00017435-00018738": "The two men issued a joint statement that reaffirmed the North’s commitment to “work toward complete denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula” and gave US guarantees of security to North Korea", "-sR5Prfx4Eu-00016-00018738-00020726": "Yet Democrats, and others, said the agreement was light on detail. “One trip and it’s ‘mission accomplished’, Mr President? North Korea still has all its nuclear missiles, and we only got a vague promise of future denuclearisation from a regime that can’t be trusted,” congressman Adam Schiff, said at the time", "-sR5Prfx4Eu-00017-00020726-00021862": "Observers hope the second summit will be more productive and that work behind the scenes may have already nailed down some details that would suggest concrete progress", "-sR5Prfx4Eu-00018-00021862-00023539": "“Possible scenarios of progress include an agreement to ease some sanctions in exchange for North Korea forfeiting certain ballistic missiles or freezing nuclear production,” said Kevin Martin, president of Peace Action, a Washington DC-based non-profit organisation", "-sR5Prfx4Eu-00019-00023539-00024581": "“Another potential path forward is a declaration announcing the end of the Korean War, which President Moon of South Korea has urged the US to support", "-sR5Prfx4Eu-00020-00024581-00025817": "That would be an elegant step towards a formal peace agreement and towards meeting North Korea’s desire for security guarantees that could change its calculus on the value of its nuclear arsenal", "-sR5Prfx4Eu-00021-00025817-00025917": "”"}}, {"audio_id": "-ywo2YHTEt8", "text": {"-ywo2YHTEt8-00000-00000513-00001790": "An essential philosophical actuality comes to us compliments of Karl Popper, who tells us that if we are tolerant of everything, including intolerance itself, we are doomed to destruction", "-ywo2YHTEt8-00001-00001790-00003715": "As a philosophy, therefore, a strict adherence to tolerance is unsustainable.. Contradicting that notion is a pastime commonly playing out on the internet these days – it’s the sort of game I could easily imagine Kellyanne Conway playing – a game that tacitly assigns demerits to opponents for perceived hatefulness", "-ywo2YHTEt8-00002-00003715-00004575": "It goes in principal like this: the debate belongs not to who has the best point, but who is the least hateful in how they say it", "-ywo2YHTEt8-00003-00004575-00006265": "Thus comparisons are riddled, Kellyanne-like, with false equivalencies. They’re intended to communicate that the real crimes in all activities between Trumpers and anti-Trumpers are committed by the participants who are, in language particularly, the most hateful", "-ywo2YHTEt8-00004-00006265-00007067": "In other words, hateful speech is the actual crime, and actual “hate-crime” is merely in the eye of the beholder", "-ywo2YHTEt8-00005-00007067-00007806": "And if you are just as hateful in your speech as your opponent, then the debate is a tie and nobody wins.", "-ywo2YHTEt8-00006-00007806-00009428": "Well I call rubbish, or its more potent vulgar equivalent. We do not have time to temper our language or the volume of our invective when dealing with proponents of Donald Trump, and we particularly don’t have to do it in order to be right or virtuous", "-ywo2YHTEt8-00007-00009428-00010666": "I do not tolerate the notion that referring to Trump supporters as “morons” or “evil” or even “evil morons” qualifies me for an automatic blot on my forensic escutcheon", "-ywo2YHTEt8-00008-00010666-00011609": "I call Trump supporters evil morons because that is precisely what they are, and if you don’t like it, you can jolly well lump it.", "-ywo2YHTEt8-00009-00011609-00012419": "There is simply too much at stake in the world right now, so much so that we can no longer afford the luxury of polite tolerance", "-ywo2YHTEt8-00010-00012419-00013534": "We don’t know just how bad climate change is, or how quickly it will spell our ruin, which is precisely why we cannot afford to waste time with a man like Donald Trump", "-ywo2YHTEt8-00011-00013534-00014908": "We do not know how close to midnight the Doomsday Clock is in actuality, we just know that we cannot afford to continue to permit a hamfisted evil idiot like Donald Trump to remain in charge of the nuclear codes.", "-ywo2YHTEt8-00012-00014908-00015723": "We very well may survive Donald Trump as a species, even if we continue to tolerate him and his followers", "-ywo2YHTEt8-00013-00015723-00016737": "But we shouldn’t hesitate to fill every American, every Briton and every citizen of the world with appropriate and urgent dread – and an equivalent intolerance to match it."}}, {"audio_id": "-zr9mvyl0Su", "text": {"-zr9mvyl0Su-00000-00000571-00001548": "Donald Trump has been calling the Robert Mueller investigation a “witch hunt” and a “hoax” and occasionally a “witch hoax” for nearly two years now", "-zr9mvyl0Su-00001-00001548-00002496": "As Mueller has picked off more of Trump’s underlings and come closer to completing his report, Trump has ramped up his attacks on Mueller", "-zr9mvyl0Su-00002-00002496-00003360": "Today, Mueller finally filed his report, bringing his probe to completion. So what does Trump have to say about it?", "-zr9mvyl0Su-00003-00003360-00004371": ".As of right now, roughly six hours after the news broke that Robert Mueller had submitted his report, Donald Trump has said nothing at all", "-zr9mvyl0Su-00004-00004371-00005704": "This is more than a bit odd, considering that Trump usually starts rage-tweeting whenever he thinks things are going poorly for him, and he usually starts gloat-tweeting whenever he thinks things are going well for him", "-zr9mvyl0Su-00005-00005704-00006704": "So how could he possibly be silent on tonight of all nights?.If anything, Trump has become more loose lipped in the days leading up to this report", "-zr9mvyl0Su-00006-00006704-00007420": "He’s attacked John McCain in offensive fashion nearly every time he’s appeared in public this week", "-zr9mvyl0Su-00007-00007420-00008088": "He posted fifty tweets and retweets last weekend, most of them frantic or deranged", "-zr9mvyl0Su-00008-00008088-00008906": "Trump was clearly going bonkers about the prospect of this report landing. Now it’s happened, and he’s going silent", "-zr9mvyl0Su-00009-00008906-00011455": "Does this mean Donald Trump has completely snapped now that the report has been filed? If so, why isn’t he exploding with rage on Twitter? Does this mean Trump mistakenly thinks he’s off the hook, simply because no one showed up at Mar-a-Lago with handcuffs tonight? If so, why isn’t he gloating? We’re inclined to interpret his silence as a sign that he simply has no idea what to make of the filing of this report", "-zr9mvyl0Su-00010-00011455-00012213": "Maybe he’ll react in the morning. We’ll see. But his silence tonight is… unusual"}}, {"audio_id": "-Ql65J0rOiI", "text": {"-Ql65J0rOiI-00000-00000571-00001814": "We live in strange and terrifying times.We live in an age in which the President of the United States and leader of the free world was forced to deny that he was an active agent of Russia", "-Ql65J0rOiI-00001-00001814-00003381": "We live in an age in which American politics is so fraught that that same man, who continues to run our country from the Oval Office, and several other members of his family and the White House are under investigation for extremely serious offenses", "-Ql65J0rOiI-00002-00003381-00005748": "The Justice Department was forced to commission former Director of the FBI Robert S Mueller III to be a Special Counsel to investigate allegations that the Trump campaign in the presidential election of 2016 colluded with Russian state actors in order to steal the election result from Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, and then committed obstruction of justice afterwards in an attempt to cover it up", "-Ql65J0rOiI-00003-00005748-00007143": "However, somehow, Donald Trump is still our President and Special Counsel Mueller has still only managed to indict people like Paul Manafort and Roger Stone who are no longer actively working for the President or the White House", "-Ql65J0rOiI-00004-00007143-00008480": "It now seems like forever since Mueller promised us publicly that the results of his inquiries were just around the corner, yet we have still seen no significant attempt to remove Donald Trump from his position", "-Ql65J0rOiI-00005-00008480-00010003": "However, that might finally all be about to change.Up until now, there have been separate investigations going on, one taking place under Mueller and others being conducted by Democrats in Congress, especially in the House of Representatives", "-Ql65J0rOiI-00006-00010003-00011657": "Now, though, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence has just formally decided to hand over a whole load of interview transcripts directly to the Special Counsel’s team, which might just be enough for him to finally form a case against senior members of the White House", "-Ql65J0rOiI-00007-00011657-00012626": "Pooling resources in this way is really just common sense if we really want to get to the bottom of exactly what happened in 2016", "-Ql65J0rOiI-00008-00012626-00013496": "Reportedly, several senior figures are included directly in the transcripts including people like Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr", "-Ql65J0rOiI-00009-00013496-00014755": ",First Daughter Ivanka Trump, her husband and senior White House adviser Jared Kushner, former senior aide to Trump, Steve Bannon and former White House aide and communications director, Hope Hicks", "-Ql65J0rOiI-00010-00014755-00015878": "All of these are very big names who would make big scalps for Mueller themselves, and who, if brought on side, might just have enough information between them to bring down the President"}}, {"audio_id": "-XE1T6DqKWQ", "text": {"-XE1T6DqKWQ-00000-00000571-00001697": "California has been losing residents in recent years and I can’t imagine why!.I mean really…Don’t you guys like rampant homelessness and horrible Democrat policy?", "-XE1T6DqKWQ-00001-00001697-00002415": "No? Well you’re not alone.Someone snapped a picture of these great Patriots on the way to Texas", "-XE1T6DqKWQ-00002-00002415-00003110": "Apparently other people feel strongly about it too, they are fed up with California", "-XE1T6DqKWQ-00003-00003110-00004000": "If you have bad eyes like me, I’ll give you a transcript. There are two moving trailers on the road with writing on the back", "-XE1T6DqKWQ-00004-00004000-00004766": "They say:.Texas or BUST. More tax dollars leaving California.Take that California", "-XE1T6DqKWQ-00005-00004766-00005565": "If you keep running off hard-working Americans from your state you will be even more bankrupt than you are now!", "-XE1T6DqKWQ-00006-00005565-00006518": "(California state debt is over $1.5 Trillion).Maybe take a lesson from the great state of Texas – we do things right", "-XE1T6DqKWQ-00007-00006518-00007608": "We’ve got no income tax, 3.8% unemployment, and a whole bunch of patriots that want to protect the American way of life we all love", "-XE1T6DqKWQ-00008-00007608-00008339": "The only way we can continue to enjoy these freedoms is by making sure our voice is heard at the polls", "-XE1T6DqKWQ-00009-00008339-00009063": "Texas (and many other states) are trying to be turned blue by Democrats and we have got to get the word out", "-XE1T6DqKWQ-00010-00009063-00009820": "Please help President Trump and do your part right now. Make sure your friends and family know!"}}, {"audio_id": "-Y8Z7wr52wk", "text": {"-Y8Z7wr52wk-00000-00000513-00001712": "President Donald Trump announced Saturday he would soon sign an executive order requiring colleges and universities to support free speech if they want federal resources", "-Y8Z7wr52wk-00001-00001712-00002764": "Trump is highlighting concerns from some conservatives that their voices were being censored, whether on social media or at the nation's universities", "-Y8Z7wr52wk-00002-00002764-00004138": "He did not go into more detail about what the order would say, but his comments immediately drew scrutiny from those who noted that public research universities already have a constitutional obligation to protect free speech", "-Y8Z7wr52wk-00003-00004138-00005557": "\"An executive order is unnecessary as public research universities are already bound by the First Amendment, which they deeply respect and honor,\" said Peter McPherson, president of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities", "-Y8Z7wr52wk-00004-00005557-00006751": "\"It is core to their academic mission.\".Trump invited Hayden Williams to join him Saturday while he addressed activists attending the Conservative Political Action Conference", "-Y8Z7wr52wk-00005-00006751-00007511": "Williams was punched Feb. 19 while on the campus of University of California, Berkeley", "-Y8Z7wr52wk-00006-00007511-00008655": "He was recruiting for the conservative group Talking Points USA.Two men approached and one punched him during a confrontation captured on student cellphones", "-Y8Z7wr52wk-00007-00008655-00009415": "University of California, Berkeley police arrested a suspect, Zachary Greenberg, on Friday", "-Y8Z7wr52wk-00008-00009415-00010373": "Williams, who had a black eye, told Fox News that the men objected to a sign that said \"Hate Crime Hoaxes Hurt Real Victims", "-Y8Z7wr52wk-00009-00010373-00011442": "\".Neither Williams nor Greenberg are affiliated with UC Berkeley.Trump told the audience Saturday that Williams \"took a hard punch in the face for all of us", "-Y8Z7wr52wk-00010-00011442-00012348": "\" Meanwhile, Williams said many conservative students face \"discrimination, harassment or worse if they dare speak up on campus", "-Y8Z7wr52wk-00011-00012348-00013247": "\".Trump offered no details about what the executive order might say about what has become a thorny issue on college campuses"}}, {"audio_id": "-ZAEM1siuVo", "text": {"-ZAEM1siuVo-00000-00000571-00001477": "Stop us if you’ve heard this one before, because it’s becoming a more frequent refrain by the day, but Donald Trump just had a rather horrible day", "-ZAEM1siuVo-00001-00001477-00002744": "Michael Cohen gave three suitcases of evidence to Congress, two of Trump’s current lawyers have already been incriminated as a result, and we don’t even know what else is in those magic suitcases", "-ZAEM1siuVo-00002-00002744-00004418": "Trump appears to be pretty darn scared of it all.Shortly after Michael Cohen finished testifying for the day, by which time Trump attorneys Jay Sekulow and Rudy Giuliani were left contemplating life behind bars, Donald Trump had nothing left to do but run his mouth", "-ZAEM1siuVo-00003-00004418-00005113": "Unfortunately for Trump, he couldn’t come up with anything remotely coherent to say", "-ZAEM1siuVo-00004-00005113-00006503": "Donald Trump posted this bizarre tweet, quoting one of his remaining allies: “Congressman Chris Stewart: ‘No one is accusing the President of a crime and yet they (the Democrats) are issuing hundreds of subpoenas", "-ZAEM1siuVo-00005-00006503-00007705": "This is unprecedented.’ They are desperately trying to find anything they can, even a punctuation mistake in a document!” Wait, what? Where do we even start with this?", "-ZAEM1siuVo-00006-00007705-00008857": "First of all, everyone is accusing Donald Trump of a crime. Second, if we were locking people up for punctuation errors, Trump would already be in solitary confinement", "-ZAEM1siuVo-00007-00008857-00010089": "In reality these crimes include insurance fraud, money laundering, bribery, bank fraud, wire fraud, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy against the United States", "-ZAEM1siuVo-00008-00010089-00011463": "Finally, it’s notable that Trump is quoting one of his shrinking number of congressional allies; thirteen GOP Congressmen and as many as fifteen GOP Senators are voting against Trump’s national emergency"}}, {"audio_id": "-iuEcGqVZo8", "text": {"-iuEcGqVZo8-00000-00000571-00002209": "Political scientists from the University of North Texas have published a shocking study in The Washington Post which revealed that counties across the United States where President Donald Trump held campaign rallies saw a 226% increase in hate crimes", "-iuEcGqVZo8-00001-00002209-00003431": "The study was conducted by two professors from University of North Texas, Regina Branton and Valerie Martinez-Ebers, and another political scientist, PhD candidate Ayal Feinberg", "-iuEcGqVZo8-00002-00003431-00004920": "Among the alarming details was one finding that many have feared and suspected for so long- that the hateful and divisive rhetoric Trump used during his 2016 campaign speeches “may encourage hate crimes” in areas where they were given", "-iuEcGqVZo8-00003-00004920-00006132": "The carefully conducted study took many factors into account when making the correlation between acts of violence in counties that HOSTED Trump rallies versus counties that did NOT host rallies", "-iuEcGqVZo8-00004-00006132-00007145": "It was important that they chose to compare counties which had similar characteristics such as location, minority population, and active hate groups", "-iuEcGqVZo8-00005-00007145-00008726": "Since many would like to argue that some hate crimes are “fake” or “exaggerated”, the scientists also made it a top priority to ensure that all hate crimes reported were true and factual and in no instance were they fake or speculated events", "-iuEcGqVZo8-00006-00008726-00009862": "They even found that in many instances, the number of hate crimes committed could actually be HIGHER than previously thought because of a tendency to not report them as such", "-iuEcGqVZo8-00007-00009862-00011176": "Although Democrats and many others have long speculated that Trump’s rhetoric is not only harmful but is also guilty of inciting violence in many forms, Trump continually brushes the charges off as nonsense", "-iuEcGqVZo8-00008-00011176-00013002": "Trump vehemently denies any study or report that suggests that white nationalism is a rising and real threat, even as evidence mounts, even as hate crimes continue, even as people – such as the 50 New Zealanders that lost their lives in the Christchurch shooting earlier this month- continue to die", "-iuEcGqVZo8-00009-00013002-00014371": "Trump continues to deny. The evidence pours in about the very real damage that far-right extremists are doing, and it pours in just the same about white supremacy groups, yet Trump continues to deny"}}, {"audio_id": "_2iTu6RS8Lk", "text": {"_2iTu6RS8Lk-00000-00000513-00001923": "President Donald Trump on Saturday attacked U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller ahead of his report on alleged Russia collusion by the Trump campaign in 2016 and said his political opponents were “trying to take me out with bullshit", "_2iTu6RS8Lk-00001-00001923-00003820": "”.In a speech that lasted more than two hours — his longest since taking office two years ago — Trump also vented about Democrats, a proposed “green new deal,” illegal immigrants and criticism of his North Korea summit, while voicing optimism about his own re-election prospects in 2020", "_2iTu6RS8Lk-00002-00003820-00005131": "Addressing a cheering audience at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Oxon Hill, Maryland, Trump veered off-script to launch a tirade about events that led to the Russia investigation", "_2iTu6RS8Lk-00003-00005131-00006024": "He mocked his former attorney general, Jeff Sessions, and former FBI Director James Comey, both of whom Trump fired", "_2iTu6RS8Lk-00004-00006024-00007223": "“We’re waiting for a report by people who weren’t elected,” Trump said of the Mueller report, which is widely expected to be handed over to Attorney General William Barr in the coming days", "_2iTu6RS8Lk-00005-00007223-00008503": "Deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein appointed Mueller in May 2017 to take over the Russia investigation after Trump fired Comey, whose agency had led the probe initially", "_2iTu6RS8Lk-00006-00008503-00009862": "Rosenstein is expected to step down by mid-March.Swarms of young adults stood to applaud Trump in the packed hotel ballroom where he spoke, at times breaking into chants like “Trump is our Man” and “We Love You", "_2iTu6RS8Lk-00007-00009862-00010692": "”.Trump said Comey was Mueller’s “best friend,” and implied Comey should have been fired before Trump took office", "_2iTu6RS8Lk-00008-00010692-00012087": "“Unfortunately, you put the wrong people in a couple of positions and they leave people for a long time that shouldn’t be there and all of a sudden they are trying to take you out with bullshit, okay?” Trump said", "_2iTu6RS8Lk-00009-00012087-00012751": "“Now Robert Mueller never received a vote and neither did the person who appointed him,” he added", "_2iTu6RS8Lk-00010-00012751-00013803": "Trump still has made no move to fire Mueller, a Republican and respected former FBI director who has conducted his investigation with utmost secrecy", "_2iTu6RS8Lk-00011-00013803-00014639": "Trump also mocked the Southern accent of Sessions and criticized him for recusing himself from the Russia probe", "_2iTu6RS8Lk-00012-00014639-00015650": "In November, Trump fired Sessions, a former U.S. senator from Alabama who was among the first Republican lawmakers to back Trump’s presidential bid", "_2iTu6RS8Lk-00013-00015650-00016807": "Trump’s face perspired as he lashed out at critics after a stressful week during which his former lawyer Michael Cohen accused the president in congressional testimony of breaking the law", "_2iTu6RS8Lk-00014-00016807-00017672": "Also, the president concluded a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi without reaching a denuclearization deal", "_2iTu6RS8Lk-00015-00017672-00018957": "The White House has rejected Cohen’s allegations and on Saturday, Trump said his talks with Kim were productive and could lead to an agreement in which other, unspecified nations provide aid to Pyongyang", "_2iTu6RS8Lk-00016-00018957-00019934": "Trump addressed criticism from the parents of Otto Warmbier, an American student who died after 17 months in a North Korean prison", "_2iTu6RS8Lk-00017-00019934-00020778": "They had complained when Trump said at a Hanoi news conference that he believed Kim had nothing to do with Warmbier’s death", "_2iTu6RS8Lk-00018-00020778-00021789": "“I love Otto,” Trump said, but added he was trying to maintain “a delicate balance” with the North Koreans as he attempts to coax them into giving up their nuclear program", "_2iTu6RS8Lk-00019-00021789-00022805": "Trump ridiculed a Democratic “green new deal” plan to fight climate change, pointing to provisions such as reducing airplane flights or eating less beef", "_2iTu6RS8Lk-00020-00022805-00023654": "“This is the craziest plan,” Trump said, adding that Democratic support for it would help Republicans politically", "_2iTu6RS8Lk-00021-00023654-00024654": "He said he believed he will win in 2020, rejecting critics who said lack of support for Trump was behind the Republican loss of the U", "_2iTu6RS8Lk-00022-00024654-00025427": "S. House of Representatives last November.“Wait ‘til you see what happens when I do run,” he said", "_2iTu6RS8Lk-00023-00025427-00026506": "Democratic National Committee spokesman Daniel Wessel quickly hit back on Saturday afternoon, describing the speech in a statement as “a bizarre, unhinged rant", "_2iTu6RS8Lk-00024-00026506-00026606": "”"}}, {"audio_id": "_xuNBfmWRhU", "text": {"_xuNBfmWRhU-00000-00000571-00001908": "President Donald Trump railed against special counsel Robert Mueller's now-completed investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election on Wednesday, calling it an \"attempted takeover of our government", "_xuNBfmWRhU-00001-00001908-00003546": "\".\"We can never allow this treasonous, these treasonous acts to happen to another President,\" Trump told Fox News' Sean Hannity, in his first TV interview since Attorney General William Barr summarized the principal findings of Mueller's report in a memo to Congress on Sunday", "_xuNBfmWRhU-00002-00003546-00004541": "Barr's memo said Mueller, after a nearly two year investigation, did not establish that Trump's campaign or associates conspired with Russia", "_xuNBfmWRhU-00003-00004541-00005711": "Mueller's investigation of whether the President committed obstruction of justice did not conclude Trump committed a crime, but it also \"does not exonerate him,\" Barr quoted from Mueller's report", "_xuNBfmWRhU-00004-00005711-00006469": "\"This was an attempted takeover of our government, of our country, an illegal takeover,\" Trump said", "_xuNBfmWRhU-00005-00006469-00007401": "\"If it were the other way around, where I was doing it to President Obama or a Democrat, it would be virtually the maximum sentence that you can find", "_xuNBfmWRhU-00006-00007401-00008553": "\".He added,\"If the Republican Party had done this to the Democrats, if we had done this to President Obama, you'd have 100 people in jail right now and it would be treason", "_xuNBfmWRhU-00007-00008553-00009068": "It would be considered treason and they'd be in jail for the rest of their lives", "_xuNBfmWRhU-00008-00009068-00010246": "\".The President accused former FBI lawyer Lisa Page and former FBI agent Peter Strzok and \"hundreds of others\" of treason and implied they could be punished for it", "_xuNBfmWRhU-00009-00010246-00011445": "\"In 50 years from now, in 100 years from now, if someone tries the same thing, they have to know that the penalty will be very, very great, if and when they get caught", "_xuNBfmWRhU-00010-00011445-00012657": "\".When asked if he was now thinking about pardoning any of his former associates who were charged with, convicted of, or pleaded guilty to crimes as a part of the Mueller probe, Trump demurred", "_xuNBfmWRhU-00011-00012657-00013477": "The President said he didn't \"want to talk about pardons now,\" but added the investigation was \"sad on so many levels", "_xuNBfmWRhU-00012-00013477-00013577": "\""}}, {"audio_id": "__qJiG_swog", "text": {"__qJiG_swog-00000-00000513-00001568": "The results of a new poll indicate that President Trump’s approval ratings, largely coming in response to his strong economic performance, continue to climb", "__qJiG_swog-00001-00001568-00002853": "While the mainstream media has increasingly sought to portray Trump’s presidency as ineffective, the latest polling implies that his efforts to bolster the US economy have impressed American voters", "__qJiG_swog-00002-00002853-00004387": "Now, as 2020 draws near, even the media, whose tumultuous relationship with Trump has been displayed throughout his time in the White House, is reluctantly admitting that his economic accomplishments are a hurdle for potential Democrat opponents", "__qJiG_swog-00003-00004387-00005316": "From Yahoo:.President Donald Trump’s job approval numbers continue to climb, according to the RealClearPolitics average of polls", "__qJiG_swog-00004-00005316-00006495": "After an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll published Monday put Trump’s approval rating at 46 percent among registered voters, his RCP average rose to 44", "__qJiG_swog-00005-00006495-00007349": "4 percent, his highest mark since October 2018 following the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh", "__qJiG_swog-00006-00007349-00008151": "Trump’s highest RCP average of his presidency came was 46 percent after his inauguration", "__qJiG_swog-00007-00008151-00009141": "Two months later, it dropped below 44 percent and only briefly returned above that level in May, June and October of 2018", "__qJiG_swog-00008-00009141-00009966": "Despite that improvement, the numbers still indicate the president is vulnerable heading into the 2020 election", "__qJiG_swog-00009-00009966-00011356": "The NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found that 41 percent of registered voters plan to vote for Trump while 48 percent said they plan to vote for whoever ends up becoming the Democratic candidate", "__qJiG_swog-00010-00011356-00012398": "And Trump’s disapproval rating remained high at 52 percent, although that was an improvement from the 54 percent the poll found in January and December"}}, {"audio_id": "_Exd4besM0y", "text": {"_Exd4besM0y-00000-00000513-00001260": "Special Counsel Robert Mueller has filed a report about his investigation with the Attorney General", "_Exd4besM0y-00001-00001260-00002234": "Although no details of any kind have been revealed about the nature of the report, numerous pundits are painting this as the “end” of Mueller’s work", "_Exd4besM0y-00002-00002234-00003292": "We’re here to tell you that Mueller didn’t come out of retirement and spend two years working on this case just so he could file a book report and go home", "_Exd4besM0y-00003-00003292-00004157": "For that matter, Robert Mueller didn’t come out of retirement just to take down the likes of Paul Manafort and Roger Stone", "_Exd4besM0y-00004-00004157-00005235": "Mueller watched Donald Trump commit felony obstruction of justice by firing FBI Director James Comey to try to shut down this investigation", "_Exd4besM0y-00005-00005235-00006147": "When Mueller took over the probe, it became about more than just the Trump-Russia scandal; it became about Donald Trump’s crimes", "_Exd4besM0y-00006-00006147-00007106": "We don’t know what Robert Mueller’s gameplan is for bringing Donald Trump to justice, but we know there is one, or Mueller wouldn’t have taken the job", "_Exd4besM0y-00007-00007106-00008096": "Mueller could be planning anything from having the SDNY indict Trump any minute now, to spelling out in his report that Trump should be indicted", "_Exd4besM0y-00008-00008096-00009376": "As this plays out in the coming hours and days, keep this in mind: no matter how many times the TV pundits insist that no new indictments have accompanied Robert Mueller’s report, they don’t know this", "_Exd4besM0y-00009-00009376-00010112": "They don’t know what indictments may or may not be under seal, or what might be unsealed and when", "_Exd4besM0y-00010-00010112-00011387": "Until actual news breaks, the pundits are largely just going to spin the current lack of information into a worst case scenario, because that’s what they think will scare you into staying tuned in", "_Exd4besM0y-00011-00011387-00012860": "One even bigger thing to keep in mind: although Robert Mueller’s mandate was to investigate the Trump-Russia election scandal, whenever he’s uncovered alleged crimes that fall outside that mandate, he’s handed them off to U", "_Exd4besM0y-00012-00012860-00013934": "S. Attorneys’ offices for prosecution. For instance, Michael Cohen is headed to prison for crimes that have basically nothing to do with Trump-Russia", "_Exd4besM0y-00013-00013934-00014908": "So you can fully expect that Mueller has referred for prosecution all the alleged crimes he’s uncovered on the part of everyone in Donald Trump’s orbit", "_Exd4besM0y-00014-00014908-00015352": "This isn’t over; today is the starting point"}}, {"audio_id": "_EN25yIbNpY", "text": {"_EN25yIbNpY-00000-00000117-00000274": "Мяне завуць Андэрс Петэрсан.", "_EN25yIbNpY-00001-00000274-00000560": "Я выканаўчы дырэктар Civil Rights Defenders.", "_EN25yIbNpY-00002-00000617-00001127": "Сёння Civil Rights Defenders далучаецца да міжнароднай кампаніі па вызваленні сямі сябраў каманды \"Вясны\",", "_EN25yIbNpY-00003-00001127-00001603": "якія ў цяперашні час знаходзяцца пад вартай за сваю важную і законную працу па абароне правоў чалавека ў Беларусі.", "_EN25yIbNpY-00004-00001704-00002378": "У гэты дзень спаўняецца год адвольнага затрымання каардынатаркі сеткі валанцёраў \"Вясны\" Марфы Рабковай.", "_EN25yIbNpY-00005-00002412-00002830": "Цяпер Марфе пагражае да 12 гадоў пазбаўлення волі па сфабрыкаваным абвінавачванні,", "_EN25yIbNpY-00006-00002830-00003159": "накіраваным на спыненне важнай праваабарончай дзейнасці \"Вясны\" ў Беларусі.", "_EN25yIbNpY-00007-00003230-00003729": "За год пасля затрымання Марфы грамадзянская супольнасць у Беларусі была яшчэ больш ізаляваная і рэпрэсаваная.", "_EN25yIbNpY-00008-00003831-00004128": "Яшчэ шэсць сябраў \"Вясны\" былі затрыманыя:", "_EN25yIbNpY-00009-00004128-00004264": "Алесь Бяляцкі,", "_EN25yIbNpY-00010-00004315-00004500": "Валянцін Стэфановіч,", "_EN25yIbNpY-00011-00004536-00004753": "Уладзімір Лабковіч,", "_EN25yIbNpY-00012-00004776-00004934": "Леанід Судаленка,", "_EN25yIbNpY-00013-00004978-00005144": "Таццяна Ласіца", "_EN25yIbNpY-00014-00005195-00005379": "і Андрэй Чапюк.", "_EN25yIbNpY-00015-00005453-00005790": "Мы з гонарам называем іх імёны і падтрымліваем \"Вясну\".", "_EN25yIbNpY-00016-00005953-00006357": "Мы заклікаем да неадкладнага і безумоўнага іх вызвалення з-пад варты.", "_EN25yIbNpY-00017-00006410-00006471": "Дзякуй!"}}, {"audio_id": "_FLA0VasmnQ", "text": {"_FLA0VasmnQ-00000-00000571-00002339": "During a rally in Lima, Ohio on Wednesday, President Trump called on the United Auto Workers (UAW) and General Motors (GM) to work together immediately to reopen the corporation’s Lordstown, Ohio assembly plant", "_FLA0VasmnQ-00001-00002339-00003300": "This month, GM closed the first of four American plants it is expected to shutter this year while ramping up production in China", "_FLA0VasmnQ-00002-00003300-00004915": "The closure of the Lordstown assembly plant resulted in the immediate layoff of about 1,600 American workers and since 2017, about 4,500 American workers have been laid off by GM in Ohio", "_FLA0VasmnQ-00003-00004915-00006748": "The closing of the Ohio plant, economists reveal, is likely to result in regional economic devastation for the working and middle class communities in Lordstown and the surrounding areas, with more than 8,000 US workers expected to lose their jobs due to the plant closure", "_FLA0VasmnQ-00004-00006748-00008250": "While speaking to a packed crowd, Trump called on GM and the UAW to hold negotiations as soon as possible to either reopen the Lordstown assembly plant or to sell the site to another automaker who can reopen the facility", "_FLA0VasmnQ-00005-00008250-00009259": "Trump said:''You’ve got to get over to a place that I like a lot, Lordstown  what’s going on with General Motors? We have the best economy we’ve ever had", "_FLA0VasmnQ-00006-00009259-00010045": "We have the lowest unemployment that we’ve ever had in 50 years — soon will be the record, all time", "_FLA0VasmnQ-00007-00010045-00010836": "And what’s going on with General Motors. Get that plant open or sell it to somebody and they’ll open it", "_FLA0VasmnQ-00008-00010836-00011544": "Everybody wants it. Sell it to somebody or open it yourselves. Get it going now''", "_FLA0VasmnQ-00009-00011544-00012459": "And the UAW will help you. The UAW, you’re going to help. The UAW just promised they’re going to help", "_FLA0VasmnQ-00010-00012459-00013240": "Get it open now, don’t wait. They said they have discussions coming up in September, October", "_FLA0VasmnQ-00011-00013240-00014206": "I said ‘Why not tomorrow?’ Why not on Monday? What do you have to wait months for? Get the discussions going", "_FLA0VasmnQ-00012-00014206-00015925": "Get it open. Lordstown, it’s a great area.Most recently, the UAW voiced their support for Trump being involved in negotiations with GM CEO Mary Barra to reopen the Ohio plant, writing online, “Thank you, Mr", "_FLA0VasmnQ-00013-00015925-00016902": "President, for fighting alongside the UAW against GM. We will leave no stone unturned to keep the plants open!”"}}, {"audio_id": "_H0vMAaxS4k", "text": {"_H0vMAaxS4k-00000-00000571-00001655": "Donald Trump’s longtime personal attorney and self-described fixer, Michael Cohen, is set to testify before the Democratically led House for three days", "_H0vMAaxS4k-00001-00001655-00002331": "The president appears to be very worried about what Cohen has to say, and he should be", "_H0vMAaxS4k-00002-00002331-00003585": "After all, the fixer knows the president’s darkest secrets.Reportedly, Cohen will testify under oath and before the public that POTUS was criminally active, even after he took office", "_H0vMAaxS4k-00003-00003585-00004249": "When the judge sentenced Cohen Trump tweeted, throwing his long-time employee under the bus:", "_H0vMAaxS4k-00004-00004249-00005003": "‘I never directed Michael Cohen to break the law. He was a lawyer and he is supposed to know the law", "_H0vMAaxS4k-00005-00005003-00005688": "It is called “advice of counsel,” and a lawyer has great liability if a mistake is made", "_H0vMAaxS4k-00006-00005688-00006874": "That is why they get paid.’The attorney, who has been scheduled to go to prison in two months, will provide evidence to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform about that criminal activity", "_H0vMAaxS4k-00007-00006874-00008313": "Cohen will tell the committee that POTUS paid him $35,000 a month to make Trump’s hush money payments to adult-entertainment actor and director Stormy Daniels immediately before the 2016 presidential election", "_H0vMAaxS4k-00008-00008313-00008987": "She alleged that she had an affair with the president just months after Melania gave birth to their son", "_H0vMAaxS4k-00009-00008987-00009755": "In fact, Cohen will go into “granular detail” about Trump’s involvement in the criminal activity", "_H0vMAaxS4k-00010-00009755-00010907": "The personal attorney pled guilt to federal campaign finance charges and lying to Congress in 2017 about the dates around the president’s Moscow Trump Tower plan", "_H0vMAaxS4k-00011-00010907-00011570": "The prosecutors identified Trump as “Individual 1” in the documents filed in Cohen’s case", "_H0vMAaxS4k-00012-00011570-00012349": "In addition, the attorney accused the commander-in-chief of making racists statements and lying/cheating in business", "_H0vMAaxS4k-00013-00012349-00013049": "Cohen reported that during the presidential campaign Trump said, according to The New York Times:", "_H0vMAaxS4k-00014-00013049-00014548": "‘Black people are too stupid to vote for me.’.Cohen also claimed that the man currently sitting in the Oval Office inflated and devalued his net worth depending up whether he was doing his taxes or a real estate deal", "_H0vMAaxS4k-00015-00014548-00015316": "As a result of Cohen’s testimony, Trump has called his former employee “a rat” and “a weak person", "_H0vMAaxS4k-00016-00015316-00016084": "” The president has been trying to discredit Cohen, claiming he was testifying to get a softer sentence", "_H0vMAaxS4k-00017-00016084-00017563": "Mueller’s investigators interviewed Cohen for over 70 hours. The special counsel has been investigating Russia’s attack on the 2016 presidential campaign and the Trump campaign’s conspiracy with Moscow", "_H0vMAaxS4k-00018-00017563-00018320": "Cohen has also worked with Southern District of New York (SDNY) investigators, too", "_H0vMAaxS4k-00019-00018320-00019767": "Although, Mueller’s people agreed that the information Cohen provided was accurate and very helpful, the SDNY was not satisfied that the attorney had confessed to every single crime he or his family or friends committee", "_H0vMAaxS4k-00020-00019767-00020564": "The result was a three-year sentence.Cohen will testify behind closed doors with the Senate Intelligence Committee", "_H0vMAaxS4k-00021-00020564-00021606": "Then on Wednesday, he will testify openly before the Oversight Committee. Republicans will probably join the president in attacking Cohen’s credibility", "_H0vMAaxS4k-00022-00021606-00022944": "They will point out that he lied before Congress previously.Perhaps, Trump planned his trip to Vietnam to meet with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un to take some of the attention away from Cohen’s testimony"}}, {"audio_id": "_I5e9qW-b2Q", "text": {"_I5e9qW-b2Q-00000-00000513-00001960": "The New York Times published an op-ed Friday accusing President Donald Trump and Breitbart News, among others, of having “blood on their hands” in the terror attacks against two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, which killed 50 people", "_I5e9qW-b2Q-00001-00001960-00003245": "Wajahat Ali, a “contributing opinion writer” for the Times, has appeared on CNN several times since the massacres in New Zealand, calling the president an “enabler and an ally” of the perpetrators", "_I5e9qW-b2Q-00002-00003245-00004413": "In his op-ed, Ali goes further. The subtitle declares, “All those who have helped to spread the worldwide myth that Muslims are a threat have blood on their hands", "_I5e9qW-b2Q-00003-00004413-00006244": "”.Ali blames the president, and Breitbart News, among others:.While news of the New Zealand shooting was breaking, President Trump tweeted a link — which he has since deleted — to the home page of Breitbart News, a site that has regularly published anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant conspiracy theories [sic]", "_I5e9qW-b2Q-00004-00006244-00007038": "Upon learning about the massacre in Christchurch, a Muslim friend messaged me, “How will we keep our kids safe?”", "_I5e9qW-b2Q-00005-00007038-00007754": "I didn’t have a good answer. But I know the threat we’re facing isn’t just individual terrorists", "_I5e9qW-b2Q-00006-00007754-00009553": "It’s the global ideology of white nationalism and white supremacy. We have to take it seriously, and call out politicians, academics and media personalities who give it a platform under the guise exploring of both sides, fostering debate or avoiding political correctness", "_I5e9qW-b2Q-00007-00009553-00010859": "On CNN, Ali also repeated the false claim — debunked over and over — that Trump called neo-Nazis “very fine people” in a press conference after the Charlottesville riots in August 2017", "_I5e9qW-b2Q-00008-00010859-00011776": "Trump repeatedly condemned the neo-Nazis; his remark referred to protesters for and against the removal of a Confederate statue"}}, {"audio_id": "_NoErs3tIFg", "text": {"_NoErs3tIFg-00000-00000571-00001712": "The ongoing slow-motion implosion of the Trump administration saw major sparks last week with the bombshell 60 Minutes interview of former Acting Director of the FBI Andrew McCabe", "_NoErs3tIFg-00001-00001712-00003154": "Amongst other stunning revelations, McCabe recounted a disturbing incident in which Trump refused to believe the American intelligence community when they explained to him that North Korean missile launches posed a direct threat to the United States", "_NoErs3tIFg-00002-00003154-00004155": "Instead, Trump insisted that Korean weapons could not reach the United States because Russian President Vladimir Putin had told him so", "_NoErs3tIFg-00003-00004155-00005223": "That is to say, the President of the United States decided to trust one of our nation’s avowed adversaries over the men and women sworn to keep us safe", "_NoErs3tIFg-00004-00005223-00006769": "If true, and there is really no reason to distrust a lifelong public servant like McCabe, it would constitute a shocking dereliction of duty on the part of Trump, and shows that he directly endangered the country he is entrusted with safeguarding", "_NoErs3tIFg-00005-00006769-00008600": "Understandably, the news has been met with widespread disbelief and outrage. Now, MSNBC host and former White House Communications Director for George W  Bush has addressed the McCabe story and delivered a dire warning to Republicans: get off the Trump train immediately", "_NoErs3tIFg-00006-00008600-00010097": "She condemned the members of the GOP who still refuse to stand up to Trump even as it becomes increasingly clear that he isn’t working in the interests of the United States and is instead working solely to save his own political career", "_NoErs3tIFg-00007-00010097-00010915": "In particular, she took aim at Fox News, which continues to shill for Trump despite his growing resume of scandals", "_NoErs3tIFg-00008-00010915-00011730": "“This seems to me to be the off-ramp for anybody in the right-wing propaganda operation that says, ‘I’ve done enough", "_NoErs3tIFg-00009-00011730-00012678": "I’ve gone along with the lunacy around the wall. Now he’s doing something authoritarian in nature, usurping the power of Congress", "_NoErs3tIFg-00010-00012678-00013438": "I’ve done enough for this guy,’” Wallace said.She went on to bash Trump for his attacks on Andrew McCabe", "_NoErs3tIFg-00011-00013438-00014410": "“Now he’s taking a lifelong Republican, who if he had done any of the things Donald Trump accused him of doing, he would have been treated differently", "_NoErs3tIFg-00012-00014410-00015549": "He’s out of work because he’s allegedly lied to the inspector general, not because of any of thinks conduct around the Russia question or Russia investigation,” Wallace said", "_NoErs3tIFg-00013-00015549-00016928": "She then put the current dilemma facing the GOP into stark terms and urged Republicans to disavow Trump and separate themselves from the MAGA movement, comparing it to survivors jumping off a sinking ship"}}, {"audio_id": "_X54hiniTHU", "text": {"_X54hiniTHU-00000-00000571-00001550": "“I don’t want to have anyone coming in that’s on welfare,” Trump told Breitbart News in the more-than-40-minute interview in the Oval Office on Monday afternoon", "_X54hiniTHU-00001-00001550-00002945": "“We have a problem, because we have politicians that are not strong, or they have bad intentions, or they want to get votes, because they think if they come in they’re going to vote Democrat, you know, for the most part", "_X54hiniTHU-00002-00002945-00004711": "”.Trump’s answer came in response to Breitbart News editor-in-chief Alexander Marlow citing a statistic from a report the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) published in December that over 60 percent of non-citizen families entering the United States end up on welfare", "_X54hiniTHU-00003-00004711-00006054": "The report found that 63 percent of non-citizen households end up on welfare, whereas just 35 percent of native-born American households end up on welfare—a major disparity", "_X54hiniTHU-00004-00006054-00006897": "The report also shows that in non-citizen households with children, welfare usage skyrockets to 79", "_X54hiniTHU-00005-00006897-00008350": "6 percent.Trump added that while it is his belief that some industries need more workers brought in in various capacities, the Democrats and the left are pushing to bring anyone and everyone into the country regardless of the consequences", "_X54hiniTHU-00006-00008350-00010014": "“They’ll take anybody into this country and we’re not allowing it, but because of the success of the country economically, some people say—I blame myself, but that’s a good blame not a bad blame—but because of the country’s success and you need workers here,” Trump said", "_X54hiniTHU-00007-00010014-00010823": "“You do need workers. You have homes in Houston, and they can’t get people to build the homes—and lots of other places", "_X54hiniTHU-00008-00010823-00011625": "But because of what’s happened, and because of the people coming up, they want them to come in and they don’t care how they come in''", "_X54hiniTHU-00009-00011625-00012477": ".From there, Trump added that he does not want people coming into the United States who are going to be dependent on welfare programs", "_X54hiniTHU-00010-00012477-00013454": "“I don’t want people that need welfare,” Trump said. “We owe a lot of money. We’re taking care of everybody in the world’s military", "_X54hiniTHU-00011-00013454-00014556": "But now as you know I got over $100 billion from NATO countries. But that’s not enough, that’s not enough, we’re paying for massive portions of NATO", "_X54hiniTHU-00012-00014556-00015619": "We shouldn’t be paying for this. They should be paying their own way, and we can help them, but we shouldn’t be paying for—and by the way, here’s a beauty", "_X54hiniTHU-00013-00015619-00016324": "We pay for their military defense and then they take advantage of us on trade in addition", "_X54hiniTHU-00014-00016324-00016956": "It used to be in order to have the trade we take care of them—but they get us both ways", "_X54hiniTHU-00015-00016956-00018127": "''. .He completed his thought in this portion of the interview by adding that it’s “no good” that the Democrats want to bring in people from other parts of the world who are dependent on welfare for decades", "_X54hiniTHU-00016-00018127-00019132": "“But I don’t like the idea of people coming in and going on welfare for 50 years, and that’s what they want to be able to do—and it’s no good,” Trump said", "_X54hiniTHU-00017-00019132-00019979": "This is the first of several stories to follow from this exclusive Breitbart News interview with President Trump in the Oval Office"}}, {"audio_id": "_fhjGm_SPm0", "text": {"_fhjGm_SPm0-00000-00000571-00001286": "President Trump has a love/hate (and then hate some more) relationship with \"Saturday Night Live", "_fhjGm_SPm0-00001-00001286-00002318": "\" At one time, Trump seemed to be a fan of the show and even hosted it twice, including once as a presidential candidate in November 2015", "_fhjGm_SPm0-00002-00002318-00003290": "But that was then. As we all know by now, Trump is hostile to \"SNL\" and has lashed out at the NBC show numerous times", "_fhjGm_SPm0-00003-00003290-00004243": "It started in October 2016 when he called for the show to be canceled for doing a \"hit job\" on him, and has continued unabated since", "_fhjGm_SPm0-00004-00004243-00005518": "Just two weeks ago he complained about a repeat episode of \"SNL\" for \"knocking\" him and suggested that the \"Federal Election Commission and/or FCC\" should look into it and other late-night comedy shows", "_fhjGm_SPm0-00005-00005518-00006560": "(Someone really needs to tell Trump that whining is not winning.).But this past Saturday night Trump might have fallen back in love -- at least temporarily", "_fhjGm_SPm0-00006-00006560-00007618": "\"SNL's\" cold open was truly a comedic victory lap for Trump, played by Alec Baldwin, over the long-awaited findings of the Mueller report", "_fhjGm_SPm0-00007-00007618-00008282": "Don't get me wrong -- the show still mocked Trump, but the takeaway was that \"Daddy won", "_fhjGm_SPm0-00008-00008282-00010136": "\" And, as you probably guessed, \"Daddy\" is Trump.In addition to the now-classic Baldwin portrayal of Trump, the sketch opened with actor Robert DeNiro returning as Robert Mueller and Aidy Bryant as Trump's Attorney General William Barr, who is depicted as determined to protect Trump at all costs", "_fhjGm_SPm0-00009-00010136-00011116": "DeNiro's Mueller began by saying, \"I am submitting these 380 pages.\".\"I am writing almost four pages,\" Bryant's Barr countered", "_fhjGm_SPm0-00010-00011116-00012396": "\"I am reading zero pages,\" Baldwin's Trump responded.From there, though, the sketch didn't depict Trump as colluding with Russia or being guilty of wrongdoing, as it has in the past", "_fhjGm_SPm0-00011-00012396-00014193": "Rather, this cold open was about Trump celebrating his win. DeNiro's Mueller explained that he had not reached a \"definite conclusion\" on whether Trump had committed obstruction of justice, to which \"Barr\" responded, \"But I have, and my conclusion is: Trump's clean as a whistle", "_fhjGm_SPm0-00012-00014193-00014953": "\" Baldwin's Trump declared \"Free at last, free at last!\" and then sounded an air horn in celebration", "_fhjGm_SPm0-00013-00014953-00016337": "And those expected redactions of the Mueller report? \"In conclusion, it is my hope that this report will be made public, with a few redactions,\" said DeNiro's Mueller --causing \"Barr\" to counter, \"Hella redactions", "_fhjGm_SPm0-00014-00016337-00016437": "\""}}, {"audio_id": "_hhVQzbr2LA", "text": {"_hhVQzbr2LA-00000-00000571-00002890": "Remember, after the 2012 presidential election, how Barack Obama simply could not let go of the fact that Mitt Romney got 206 electoral college votes, and how, years after that election, Obama continued to blame Mitt for every misstep he and his administration made, and how Obama kept referring to Mitt Romney as “Crooked Mitt”? Remember that? Me neither", "_hhVQzbr2LA-00001-00002890-00004392": "That kind of behavior is strictly the dominion of the Adolescent-in-Chief. .Well, get ready for what is turning out to be the tedious next chapter in a Tolstoy-length novel of pure Hillary-blaming, by none other than “Whining Donald” Trump", "_hhVQzbr2LA-00002-00004392-00005714": "The “president,” who is such a genius he doesn’t want us to see his SAT scores or grades, and is so rich he doesn’t want us to see his tax returns, is now so innocent he doesn’t want us to see the Mueller report", "_hhVQzbr2LA-00003-00005714-00006874": "But since the (heavily redacted) Mueller report is to be released on Thursday anyway, Trump has begun rehearsals for his latest song and dance: “Blame Hillary: the Musical", "_hhVQzbr2LA-00004-00006874-00008036": "”. .That’s right, the bogey woman who is so powerful that Whining Donald simply cannot get free of her, is back to haunting poor little Donny’s nap time once again", "_hhVQzbr2LA-00005-00008036-00008979": "The strategy, cooked up by Trump and his team of bloodsucking lawyers, is to change the subject of the Mueller Report to Hillary instead", "_hhVQzbr2LA-00006-00008979-00010032": "Their specious rationale? According to Vanity Fair, it was Hillary all along who concocted the Steele Dossier, by colluding with the Russians", "_hhVQzbr2LA-00007-00010032-00011819": ".The actual truth – a thing Trump has a positive allergy for – is that a US research firm, Fusion GPS, contracted former British spy Christopher Steele to compile the dossier that ended up alleging, among other things, collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia", "_hhVQzbr2LA-00008-00011819-00013109": "Steele’s work was paid for by the Washington Free Beacon, a Republican media outfit, with the Democratic Party and the Clinton campaign “picking up the tab” after Trump won his party’s nomination", "_hhVQzbr2LA-00009-00013109-00014109": "So the Steele dossier had no pro-Democrat agenda at its inception. If anything, its antecedents would suggest a Republican bias", "_hhVQzbr2LA-00010-00014109-00015405": "That its conclusions were steeply unfavorable to Trump is a problem Whining Donald will have to take up with reality, a thing with which he is at continuous war anyway, so it should be familiar territory"}}, {"audio_id": "_iWlbc35Zi8", "text": {"_iWlbc35Zi8-00000-00000571-00002141": "Game of Thrones is finally big enough to engulf us. As the HBO blockbuster reaches its final season, it has definitively crossed over from the novelty mugs and Funko Pop! figurines of middle-class nerdery and into the full mainstream", "_iWlbc35Zi8-00001-00002141-00003520": "And with that comes a cultural cachet that threatens to ruin the spider’s web-thin magic of it: tie-in promotional products, mid-song name drops, that font they use becoming a weird medieval-style joke", "_iWlbc35Zi8-00002-00003520-00004215": "Here are some of the best and worst examples of our world crossing over with Westeros", "_iWlbc35Zi8-00003-00004215-00005084": "Medium: That Ed Sheeran cameo.Despite all the hype, Sheeran’s season seven cameo wasn’t actually that bad", "_iWlbc35Zi8-00004-00005084-00006158": "He had one line and a bit of song in a rare soldiers-can-be-tender-too scene towards the end of the first episode, as Arya met members of the Lannister army on the road", "_iWlbc35Zi8-00005-00006158-00007652": "While it was a little bit distracting having one of our world’s biggest pop stars in a scene for literally no reason at all, the main worry is that this will encourage more redheaded music icons to apply for a cameoship", "_iWlbc35Zi8-00006-00007652-00008658": "When all the flames have burned down to nothing and all the Walkers have been conquered, if it turns out Geri Horner sits on the Iron Throne then I’m blaming Sheeran", "_iWlbc35Zi8-00007-00008658-00009907": "And I will riot.In 2016’s horny banger Down & Dirty, Little Mix’s Jade sings: “I don’t ask the mirror, I know I’m the fairest / I’m bringin’ the fire, so call me Daenerys", "_iWlbc35Zi8-00008-00009907-00012310": "” This is bad, unquestionably, but in a very curious way it’s good. It’s hard to catalogue culture when we’re so fundamentally inside it, and it won’t be until 12, 15 years in the future – when Little Mix reunite for a comeback single performed on Loose Women, tired choreography with heavy baby bumps – that we’ll have the hindsight to actually see this era of history for what it was", "_iWlbc35Zi8-00009-00012310-00013686": "It was 1,000 Marvel movies at once, that weird two-week period when we all had hoverboards, not really downloading apps any more, and Game of Thrones references in album-only pop songs"}}, {"audio_id": "A2EvpEZR71I", "text": {"A2EvpEZR71I-00000-00000513-00001855": "Donald Trump is claiming tonight that the Mueller report has exonerated him, even after Trump’s handpicked puppet William Barr was forced to specifically admit that the report was unable to exonerate him", "A2EvpEZR71I-00001-00001855-00002924": "Trump’s fans are dancing in the streets because they think they’ve won, but these are the same people who declare victory every time Trump tweets or grunts", "A2EvpEZR71I-00002-00002924-00003551": "Back in the real world, the question is whether this was a good day for Team Trump or not", "A2EvpEZR71I-00003-00003551-00005074": "Sure, if you’re in the Resistance, today was a disaster for you – if you think Robert Mueller such a complete idiot that he didn’t foresee Barr doing exactly what we all knew he might do, and that Mueller didn’t bother to come up with any sort of workaround", "A2EvpEZR71I-00004-00005074-00006552": "If you’re in the Resistance, today was a calamity for you – if you think Nancy Pelosi and the House Democrats are too incompetent and stupid to use their majority status and subpoena power to work around Barr’s stunt today", "A2EvpEZR71I-00005-00006552-00007722": "So do you think Mueller is a hapless idiot? He’s the guy who managed to take down John Gotti and the leaders of Enron, all of whom were more creative than Donald Trump and William Barr", "A2EvpEZR71I-00006-00007722-00009924": "Do you think Mueller just kept getting lucky throughout his career? Do you think Mueller is such a lazy simpleton that he never came up with a Plan B for if he submitted his report, and Team Trump tried to lie about what it said? Do you really think Nancy Pelosi is a stooge? Do you think she keeps getting the better of Donald Trump for no particular reason?", "A2EvpEZR71I-00007-00009924-00011562": "Come on now, we all know better. You should be outraged by what transpired today. Donald Trump and William Barr conspired to try to mislead the public about the crimes and scandals that a duly appointed Special Counsel uncovered about Trump and his campaign", "A2EvpEZR71I-00008-00011562-00012419": "But unless you think Mueller and Pelosi have no idea what they’re doing, today’s Barr stunt won’t get Trump anywhere", "A2EvpEZR71I-00009-00012419-00013268": "Give them a few days to see what they’ve each had up their sleeves all along, in preparation for just this scenario"}}, {"audio_id": "A4CAb8Saohc", "text": {"A4CAb8Saohc-00000-00000571-00002146": "Former president George W. Bush has been fairly quiet on presidential politics since his tenure in the White House ended but that all changed when he appeared on the Today Show with some harsh remarks on current president Donald Trump’s job performance thus far", "A4CAb8Saohc-00001-00002146-00002966": "Bush had a particularly firm clapback at Trump over a rude insult he seems to be constantly hurling at the media", "A4CAb8Saohc-00002-00002966-00004350": "Our current president, as anyone who is paying attention knows, is extremely skillful at pointing out flaws, exaggerating nearly any situation, and maybe his most poignant talent- fabricating nonsense altogether", "A4CAb8Saohc-00003-00004350-00005845": "One of his favorite insults is calling the media “the enemy of the people’. Given the importance of free press to this country, having a commander in chief who constantly berates them and often hinders them from doing their job is quite disturbing", "A4CAb8Saohc-00004-00005845-00007046": "GWB thinks so, too. Here’s what he had to say.“I consider the media to be indispensable to democracy… We need an independent media to hold people like me to account", "A4CAb8Saohc-00005-00007046-00008107": "Power can be very addictive and it can be corrosive and it’s important for the media to call to account people who abuse power, whether it be here or elsewhere", "A4CAb8Saohc-00006-00008107-00009771": "”.Former President George W. Bush, on Trump’s insults on the media.Robert Reich, who served as Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton and who is now a fierce anti-Trump presence, took to Facebook to voice his thoughts on Bush’s comments", "A4CAb8Saohc-00007-00009771-00010912": "Since the time of these exchanges, it would be nice to able to say that President Trump had cooled it with the constant harassment of the media, but unfortunately that is not the case", "A4CAb8Saohc-00008-00010912-00012694": "In most cases, he’s gotten even worse. From verbally attacking reporters at the White House and stripping them of their press passes to singling out The New York Times – one of the nation’s most reputable news outlets – and other broadcasting firms and calling them “crazed lunatics”", "A4CAb8Saohc-00009-00012694-00013658": "A common sentiment among many Democrats is that they never thought they would be in a position of actually missing a Bush presidency, yet here we are", "A4CAb8Saohc-00010-00013658-00014580": "With incoherent ramblings and rude remarks as our current president’s particular brand of leading the country, almost ANYTHING would be better than this"}}, {"audio_id": "Aq9kmL6uRC4", "text": {"Aq9kmL6uRC4-00000-00000571-00001208": "Donald Trump would like you to think that he is a savior sent to revive the Republican party", "Aq9kmL6uRC4-00001-00001208-00002326": "However, this could not be farther from the truth. Trump has polarized and ripped apart the party he aligned himself with in order to gain traction toward his eventual election as President", "Aq9kmL6uRC4-00002-00002326-00003426": "He has proven ineffective as a leader and as a legislator. Should we begin to discuss how he is faring at his role as “chief citizen”? I didn’t think so", "Aq9kmL6uRC4-00003-00003426-00004687": "In response to Trump’s two years of stumbles, faux pas, and epic poor decision making many political personalities of the past and present have commented on his ability to do his job", "Aq9kmL6uRC4-00004-00004687-00005565": "Most recently, Ronald Reagan, Jr. has spoken out against Trump and the bang-up job he is doing in Washington", "Aq9kmL6uRC4-00005-00005565-00006367": "Literally, it’s been like a demolition derby in the Capitol City!.Well, folks, Ronald Reagan, Jr", "Aq9kmL6uRC4-00006-00006367-00007945": "let his opinion regarding Trump be known. During a recent interview with Chris Matthews on MSNBC, Reagan said he thinks that Trump should be impeached or removed via the 25th Amendment – either way in his opinion Trump has to go", "Aq9kmL6uRC4-00007-00007945-00008741": "“Donald Trump is a deeply damaged human being. He is a sociopathic, malignant narcissist", "Aq9kmL6uRC4-00008-00008741-00009760": "Reagan ― a liberal commentator for the cable network and a frequent critic of the president ― blamed the electoral system rather than the voters for Trump taking office", "Aq9kmL6uRC4-00009-00009760-00010617": "‘The Electoral College has sort of vomited this thing up and it landed in the Oval Office, and it needs to be removed", "Aq9kmL6uRC4-00010-00010617-00011738": "It’s a stain. It’s a big glob on the carpet there. It needs to be removed. And that means impeachment or the 25th Amendment,’ Reagan said", "Aq9kmL6uRC4-00011-00011738-00013349": "‘This man is a danger to the world.’ The 25th Amendment allows for the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet to declare a president ‘unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office,’ which would set off a sequence of events that could result in removal", "Aq9kmL6uRC4-00012-00013349-00014930": "“.Remember, President Ronald Reagan wanted to make America great again, first. Trump stole that line from him and has tried to cash in on it’s meaning and it’s nostalgia tied to Reagan – who Republicans love! Ronald Reagan, Jr", "Aq9kmL6uRC4-00013-00014930-00015779": "has no love for Trump and is calling him out on it. In fact, he is trying to call to action others in America", "Aq9kmL6uRC4-00014-00015779-00017189": "He thinks Trump should be ousted from office, legally, and soon. Will Trump be impeached? Will Trump be declared incompetent to serve? Let’s hope an answer to these pending queries arrives sooner than later"}}, {"audio_id": "Asi6CZc-zI4", "text": {"Asi6CZc-zI4-00000-00000513-00001325": "Sometimes it’s a grand coincidence that finally brings two long-related storylines onto the same page", "Asi6CZc-zI4-00001-00001325-00002438": "That’s the point when you start to realize just how much those two storylines overlap, and sometimes you realize they’re one big story", "Asi6CZc-zI4-00002-00002438-00003450": "That brings us to Donald Trump’s long running Michael Cohen scandal and Donald Trump’s long running Elliott Broidy scandal, which are both suddenly coming to a head", "Asi6CZc-zI4-00003-00003450-00004762": "Today we learned that the original search warrant for the FBI raid on Michael Cohen’s office, along with partially redacted evidence seized during the raid, will be abruptly made public tomorrow", "Asi6CZc-zI4-00004-00004762-00005475": "Today we also learned that the FBI raided Elliott Broidy’s office not long after it raided Cohen’s office", "Asi6CZc-zI4-00005-00005475-00006787": "Remarkably, neither of these storylines is a result of any official action taken by prosectors, and is instead a result of the media scratching and clawing its way to getting its hands on the story", "Asi6CZc-zI4-00006-00006787-00007899": "In fact the same media outlets were not involved in these two stories. This is, by all appearances, coincidentally coming to a head all at once", "Asi6CZc-zI4-00007-00007899-00008812": "But if you’ve been following these two scandals, you know that these two scandals don’t have a coincidental relationship with each other", "Asi6CZc-zI4-00008-00008812-00010224": "For instance, Michael Cohen and Elliott Broidy both worked for Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign, and afterward, he gave them each cushy senior jobs with the Republican National Committee", "Asi6CZc-zI4-00009-00010224-00011336": "Trump and Broidy both had affairs with women and then paid them to keep quiet. Cohen claimed last year that Trump and Broidy were both his clients", "Asi6CZc-zI4-00010-00011336-00012049": "And now we know that not long after the Feds raided Cohen’s office, they raided Broidy’s office", "Asi6CZc-zI4-00011-00012049-00013769": "Over the past nine months we’ve seen the results of the Michael Cohen raid play out in public, from his plea deal, to his congressional testimony, to the SDNY naming “Individual-1” Donald Trump as a co-conspirator in court filings against Cohen", "Asi6CZc-zI4-00012-00013769-00014582": "We haven’t seen results of the Elliott Broidy raid play out in public at all; we’re just now learning that it even happened", "Asi6CZc-zI4-00013-00014582-00015295": "But these two raids have to be connected, and all roads lead back to Donald Trump", "Asi6CZc-zI4-00014-00015295-00015699": "No wonder he’s so agitated lately"}}, {"audio_id": "AvLpAA87ary", "text": {"AvLpAA87ary-00000-00000571-00001733": "The House Judiciary Committee targeted dozens of Trump-related people and entities today, in an attempt at exposing every criminal aspect of Donald Trump’s past and present", "AvLpAA87ary-00001-00001733-00002465": "Most of the targets received document requests today on similar, wide-ranging topics", "AvLpAA87ary-00002-00002465-00003363": "But a small handful of people are being asked for documents on specific topics that are, shall we say, illuminating", "AvLpAA87ary-00003-00003363-00005879": "Of all the people targeted today, the House Judiciary Committee made a point of asking two people – Trump’s longtime personal secretary Rhona Graff and former Trump administration adviser Tom Bossert – for “the contents of meetings between President Trump and Vladimir Putin on July 7th, 2017, November 11th, 2017, July 16th, 2018, and November 30th, 2018", "AvLpAA87ary-00004-00005879-00006730": "” These are the meetings where Trump went to great lengths to ensure that the content of his discussions with Putin remained secret", "AvLpAA87ary-00005-00006730-00007932": "So why would the House Judiciary Committee know to ask these two people in particular for documents about the secret Trump-Putin meetings? This doesn’t feel like a random stab in the dark", "AvLpAA87ary-00006-00007932-00008799": "The committee must know something specific, that’s not yet public, about why these two people would have this information", "AvLpAA87ary-00007-00008799-00010661": "The only faint potential clues we have are that Michael Cohen recently testified in public that Rhona Graff was on the line when Donald Trump was discussing WikiLeaks with Roger Stone, and that Tom Bossert abruptly resigned from the Trump regime as soon as Kremlin puppet John Bolton was appointed", "AvLpAA87ary-00008-00010661-00011662": "But even that doesn’t give us much to go on. It’s becoming clear that the House Judiciary Committee is several steps ahead of what’s publicly known"}}, {"audio_id": "Ax1o2uAfrtc", "text": {"Ax1o2uAfrtc-00000-00000571-00001644": "Democrats didn’t think Donald would dare downsize them – here he comes.Democrats deny America border wall by claiming there just isn’t any money", "Ax1o2uAfrtc-00001-00001644-00002650": "Oh really?.Then where do they get the money to spend billions on wasteful programs? Or government agencies that do nothing to help Americans?", "Ax1o2uAfrtc-00002-00002650-00003747": "President Trump is saying enough to this charade. And he’s decided to get his wall money by slashing the budget of one of the left’s favorite agencies: the EPA", "Ax1o2uAfrtc-00003-00003747-00005427": "But wait until you see how much he wants to cut!.From Daily Caller.President Donald Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget calls for huge reductions in Environmental Protection Agency and Energy Department spending in order to pay for wall construction on the U", "Ax1o2uAfrtc-00004-00005427-00006417": "S.-Mexico border.In one specific piece of the proposal, the president is asking to slash the EPA’s budget by 31 percent", "Ax1o2uAfrtc-00005-00006417-00007085": "Trump’s budget would cut the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office… from $2", "Ax1o2uAfrtc-00006-00007085-00008363": "3 billion to about $700 million — a 70 percent reduction.Trump would take well over $1 BILLION from Democrats’ favorite agency and put it right into building the wall", "Ax1o2uAfrtc-00007-00008363-00009298": "Let’s look at the big picture. The EPA was created (by Republican Richard Nixon) to protect human health and environment", "Ax1o2uAfrtc-00008-00009298-00010178": "But today, thanks to Obama, the agency is more about passing strict regulations that hurt businesses and the economy", "Ax1o2uAfrtc-00009-00010178-00010915": "As a former contractor for the EPA, I can tell you they waste an incredible amount of money", "Ax1o2uAfrtc-00010-00010915-00012051": "With very little to show for it.This was the same agency who, a few years back, was responsible for poisoning the Colorado River and tainting the water of Flint, Michigan", "Ax1o2uAfrtc-00011-00012051-00013046": "The United States has plenty of laws protecting our environment. Laws that, ironically, were passed by Congress and past presidents", "Ax1o2uAfrtc-00012-00013046-00014099": "They have little to do with the EPA, a bloated, runaway agency.Cutting their budget to protect our border is something few patriots will disagree with", "Ax1o2uAfrtc-00013-00014099-00014360": "What do you think?"}}, {"audio_id": "AC_gyLsr8Cu", "text": {"AC_gyLsr8Cu-00000-00000571-00001310": "Earlier this week, it was discovered that the Feds raided the office of Trump’s friend Elliott Broidy over the summer", "AC_gyLsr8Cu-00001-00001310-00002287": "This was a secret until documents leaked through ProPublica. This is a huge blow to Trump and for the Republican National Committee", "AC_gyLsr8Cu-00002-00002287-00003661": "The big news here is that the Feds have kept this raid a secret all this time. This suggests the evidence they found during it has been used in the ongoing investigation to bring down other targets", "AC_gyLsr8Cu-00003-00003661-00004554": "Broidy’s willingness to keep the raid secret shows he’s cooperating or at the very least he has something to hide", "AC_gyLsr8Cu-00004-00004554-00005403": "The report from ProPublica revealed that the Feds targeted Broidy over allegations of money laundering and lobbying for Trump", "AC_gyLsr8Cu-00005-00005403-00006628": "The Feds can use Broidy’s crime to get to Trump and his administration. They have had about 9 months to use the evidence before others found out they had it, that’s a big advantage", "AC_gyLsr8Cu-00006-00006628-00007783": "Elliott Broidy also has his own personal scandals. He paid his mistress $1.6 million to have an abortion and remain silent about their affair", "AC_gyLsr8Cu-00007-00007783-00008909": "It’s also suspected that Donald Trump was actually the man who impregnated the woman and Broidy just helped cover up the story, but there’s no proof of that to support it", "AC_gyLsr8Cu-00008-00008909-00009982": "The raid has probably uncovered the truth one way or another.Let’s not forget that Broidy was the Deputy Finance Chairman for the Republican National Committee", "AC_gyLsr8Cu-00009-00009982-00011246": "He only lost this role once his scandals began surfacing. The financial records and emails seized in the raid could very well connect the RNC to the Trump campaign and the White House", "AC_gyLsr8Cu-00010-00011246-00012202": "So while we may not know exactly what they uncovered in the raid, we know it was something important and has many potential ramifications"}}, {"audio_id": "ASkUJQqoit4", "text": {"ASkUJQqoit4-00000-00000571-00002151": "If you’re familiar with Donald Trump’s criminal defense attorney Jay Sekulow, it’s probably because Sekulow once appeared on Fox News and gave such a bewilderingly stupid answer, host Chris Wallace famously blurted out “Oh, boy this is weird", "ASkUJQqoit4-00001-00002151-00003410": "” It turns out Sekulow is even dumber than we thought. In fact he’s allegedly committed two different kinds of felonies, and there appears to be hard and fast evidence to nail him on at least one of them", "ASkUJQqoit4-00002-00003410-00004395": "When Michael Cohen showed up to Congress for his fourth round of testimony today, he brought several suitcases full of evidence with him", "ASkUJQqoit4-00003-00004395-00005202": "We still don’t know the full extent of what was in those suitcases, but two separate storylines have surfaced", "ASkUJQqoit4-00004-00005202-00006046": "One is that Jay Sekulow instructed Cohen in writing to lie to Congress in 2017 about Trump Tower Moscow", "ASkUJQqoit4-00005-00006046-00006788": "The other is that Sekulow tried to dangle a pardon in Cohen’s face. So why is this so devastating?", "ASkUJQqoit4-00006-00006788-00008146": "Assuming Cohen’s evidence really does support this, Jay Sekulow is going down for suborning perjury and obstruction of justice on the testimony issue, and he’s going down for obstruction of justice on the pardon issue", "ASkUJQqoit4-00007-00008146-00008864": "That means Sekulow is going to prison for a long time, unless he cuts a plea deal against Donald Trump", "ASkUJQqoit4-00008-00008864-00009771": "Sekulow can testify about any crimes he and Trump plotted together, as attorney-client privilege doesn’t apply to such situations", "ASkUJQqoit4-00009-00009771-00010784": "We’ll see what Jay Sekulow does. But if he’s not planning to cut a plea deal, then his life is over, and he might as well just report to prison right now", "ASkUJQqoit4-00010-00010784-00011573": "Sure, Sekulow is the kind of person who’s dumb enough to hold out for an imaginary Trump pardon", "ASkUJQqoit4-00011-00011573-00012636": "But considering he was in on the original attempt at conning Michael Cohen into believing he would be pardoned, perhaps Sekulow won’t fall for the pardon scam himself"}}, {"audio_id": "BGJOlfnwPzo", "text": {"BGJOlfnwPzo-00000-00000513-00001208": "The Queen has sparked concerns for her health after she was seen with a nasty purple bruise", "BGJOlfnwPzo-00001-00001208-00002208": "Buckingham Palace has not confirmed why her hands were covered in a huge mark when she welcomed the special guests with her daughter Princess Anne this week", "BGJOlfnwPzo-00002-00002208-00003893": "The Royal Family posted a picture online, which was captioned: “The Queen, with The Princess Royal, hosted Their Majesties The King and Queen of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, @KingAbdullahII and @QueenRania, and their son The Crown Prince at Buckingham Palace", "BGJOlfnwPzo-00003-00003893-00004919": "” .How to treat purple hands.If the bruise is caused by peripheral cyanosis, this could mean there are low oxygen levels in a person’s red blood cells", "BGJOlfnwPzo-00004-00004919-00005758": ".Blood with less oxygen turns a darker shade of red and reflects more blue light, hence the skin looking blue", "BGJOlfnwPzo-00005-00005758-00007012": ".Being cold is the biggest reason why hands or feet can turn blue. .But seeking medical advice from a doctor immediately is the best option if you think you have peripheral cyanosis", "BGJOlfnwPzo-00006-00007012-00008177": ".Bateman's Purpura could also be another reason for the Queen's purple hands.This could be a sign of the blood vessels and connective tissues just below the surface of the skin have weakened", "BGJOlfnwPzo-00007-00008177-00008932": "The tissue breaks more easily when it is weaker and this leads to a release of blood near the surface of the skin", "BGJOlfnwPzo-00008-00008932-00009979": "The bruising is not painful and often looks like flat blotches that begin with a red coloration, before turning purple, darkening, and then fading", "BGJOlfnwPzo-00009-00009979-00010773": ".People with thin, wrinkly or sun-damaged skin could be the reason for getting Bateman’s Purpora", "BGJOlfnwPzo-00010-00010773-00011536": ".Treating it is fairly easy, as you can just rub some cream on the skin to ease the redness", "BGJOlfnwPzo-00011-00011536-00012288": "You can apply Vitamin K cream, Retin-A prescription cream or alpha-hydroxy aside cream", "BGJOlfnwPzo-00012-00012288-00013320": "This will increase the thickness of the person’s skin. .Bateman's can also occur in a person's mucus membranes, such as their mouth, or internal organs", "BGJOlfnwPzo-00013-00013320-00014062": ".Certain medications can also cause the disease because the medicine affect the person's blood platelets"}}, {"audio_id": "BQKD3o0eP0I", "text": {"BQKD3o0eP0I-00000-00000571-00001926": "Scientists and officials around the US have told the Guardian that the Trump administration has withdrawn funding for a large, successful conservation program – in direct contradiction of instructions from Congress", "BQKD3o0eP0I-00001-00001926-00003274": "Unique in scale and ambition, the program comprises 22 research centers that tackle big-picture issues affecting huge swaths of the US, such as climate change, flooding and species extinction", "BQKD3o0eP0I-00002-00003274-00004212": "They are known as Landscape Conservation Cooperatives – or were, because 16 of them are now on indefinite hiatus or have dissolved", "BQKD3o0eP0I-00003-00004212-00005978": "“I just haven’t seen anything like this in my almost 30 years of working with the federal government,” said a scientist at the Fish and Wildlife Service who worked for one of the LCCs and wished to remain anonymous, because federal employees were instructed not to speak with the Guardian for this story", "BQKD3o0eP0I-00004-00005978-00006835": "“There is this lack of accountability.”.Sign up for the US morning briefing.“Congress approved $12", "BQKD3o0eP0I-00005-00006835-00008240": "5m for the existing 22 landscape conservation cooperatives,” said Betty McCollum, chair of the House interior-environment appropriations subcommittee, at a recent hearing with an interior department official", "BQKD3o0eP0I-00006-00008240-00009342": "“[But] we are hearing disturbing reports from outside groups and concerned citizens that the LCC program is being altered and may not receive any federal funding", "BQKD3o0eP0I-00007-00009342-00010079": "”.McCollum requested a full accounting of the situation so her committee could investigate", "BQKD3o0eP0I-00008-00010079-00011189": "The LCCs were established under the Obama administration in 2010 and staffed by the Fish and Wildlife Service, and appeared to be achieving their goals", "BQKD3o0eP0I-00009-00011189-00012641": "In Hawaii, a center found that many native Hawaiian forest birds would not have any suitable habitat remaining by the end of the century, which helped get one of the birds listed as “threatened” under the federal Endangered Species Act", "BQKD3o0eP0I-00010-00012641-00013616": "In flood-prone areas of the Gulf coast, work by an LCC has resulted in more residents getting access to flood-insurance discounts", "BQKD3o0eP0I-00011-00013616-00014647": "Another created the “California Climate Commons”, a website that aggregates studies, data visualizations and maps on how climate change will affect the state", "BQKD3o0eP0I-00012-00014647-00015854": "“No other federal program is designed to address landscape conservation needs at a national scale” in this way, according to a 2016 review by the National Academy of Sciences"}}, {"audio_id": "BbEXtvsNVPc", "text": {"BbEXtvsNVPc-00000-00000571-00002068": "Michael Cohen came back to the House Intelligence Committee today for an extra eight hours of testimony that wasn’t even originally supposed to happen, and as a sign of just how pivotal it was, Cohen showed up with three suitcases of evidence", "BbEXtvsNVPc-00001-00002068-00003483": "Now it’s all coming out in rapid fashion.Democratic Congressman Jim Himes, who sits on the committee and was present for today’s Michael Cohen testimony, just told CNN that a transcript will soon be made public", "BbEXtvsNVPc-00002-00003483-00004353": "We’re assuming that portions of it will be redacted, at least for now, due to the nature of the ongoing criminal investigations", "BbEXtvsNVPc-00003-00004353-00005450": "But we already know one key piece of what transpired today, and apparently two, and let’s just say that two of Trump’s people are likely headed to prison as a result of it", "BbEXtvsNVPc-00004-00005450-00006897": "|.First came the news that Michael Cohen provided the committee with documents today proving that Donald Trump’s criminal defense attorney Jay Sekulow instructed him to lie under oath to Congress in 2017 about Trump Tower Moscow", "BbEXtvsNVPc-00005-00006897-00007898": "Considering that Cohen is headed to prison for lying under oath to Congress, it seems a given that Sekulow will now head to prison with him", "BbEXtvsNVPc-00006-00007898-00009076": "Then came the apparently related news that Rudy Giuliani sent two unnamed attorneys to dangle a pardon in front of Michael Cohen after his office was raided by the FBI", "BbEXtvsNVPc-00007-00009076-00009982": "That’s conspiracy to commit felony obstruction of justice, and it means Rudy should also be packing his toothbrush for prison", "BbEXtvsNVPc-00008-00009982-00011045": "So two of Trump’s lawyers are facing prison, and those are just the two scandals that have surfaced so far in relation to Cohen’s testimony today", "BbEXtvsNVPc-00009-00011045-00011500": "Just wait until the transcript gets published"}}, {"audio_id": "BcR6mpBDQ_g", "text": {"BcR6mpBDQ_g-00000-00000513-00001785": "White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders and the Trump Campaign both issued statements Monday night responding to the announcement of the House Democrats broad investigations into Trump’s world", "BcR6mpBDQ_g-00001-00001785-00003587": "Sanders called the whole thing “disgraceful” and “abusive.”.“Today, Chairman Nadler opened up a disgraceful and abusive investigation into tired, false allegations already investigated by the Special Counsel and committees in both Chambers of Congress” Sanders’ statement read", "BcR6mpBDQ_g-00002-00003587-00005374": "Then, after calling it a fishing expedition, Sanders added: “Democrats are harassing the President to distract from their radical agenda of making America a socialist country, killing babies after they’re born, and pushing a ‘green new deal’ that would destroy jobs and bankrupt America", "BcR6mpBDQ_g-00003-00005374-00006416": "”.In a separate statement, 2020 National Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany likewise panned the Democrat’s probe, calling it a “desperate witch hunt", "BcR6mpBDQ_g-00004-00006416-00007696": "”.“This is a dramatic overreach by House Democrats, who cannot control their zeal to overturn President Trump’s lawful and legitimate election by any means and process necessary,” the statement read", "BcR6mpBDQ_g-00005-00007696-00009101": "The campaign’s statement continued on: “They will stop at nothing, including destroying the lives and reputations of many innocent Americans who only have sought to serve their country honorably, but who hold different political views than their own", "BcR6mpBDQ_g-00006-00009101-00009977": "This is abuse of power in the extreme and a reckless use of the solemn authority granted to Congress by the people of this nation", "BcR6mpBDQ_g-00007-00009977-00011528": "These desperate Democrats know they cannot beat President in 2020, so instead they have embarked on a disgraceful witch hunt with one singular aim: topple the will of the American people and seize the power that they have zero chance at winning legitimately", "BcR6mpBDQ_g-00008-00011528-00011628": "”"}}, {"audio_id": "C3FJqgTuoe4", "text": {"C3FJqgTuoe4-00000-00000571-00001856": "Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s sentencing memo against Paul Manafort was publicly released today in redacted form, and with all the attachments, it totaled more than eight hundred pages", "C3FJqgTuoe4-00001-00001856-00002499": "There’s terrible news in there for Donald Trump, but you have to read between the lines to find it", "C3FJqgTuoe4-00002-00002499-00003447": "When we say “read between the lines” we’re not talking about the voluminous black redaction bars, though some of them are intriguing in their own right", "C3FJqgTuoe4-00003-00003447-00004682": "Instead, we’re talking about something that isn’t in Mueller’s court filing at all: any mention of the Donald Trump campaign colluding with the Russian government to alter the outcome of the election", "C3FJqgTuoe4-00004-00004682-00005429": "Trump’s fans are seeing this as a victory, and the pessimists in the Resistance are wringing their hands over it", "C3FJqgTuoe4-00005-00005429-00006934": "But that’s not how anything works.There is Trump-Russia election collusion. We know this based solely on the numerous and systemic instances of Trump-Russia election collusion that have been reported by so many different major media outlets", "C3FJqgTuoe4-00006-00006934-00007898": "Donald Trump’s delusions aside, it’s not all merely “fake news.” It’s just a matter of how Mueller is going to make that evidence public"}}, {"audio_id": "C528OhTJD-o", "text": {"C528OhTJD-o-00000-00000131-00000303": "Паважаны Алесь Бяляцкі!", "C528OhTJD-o-00001-00000303-00000672": "Вас затрымалі 14 ліпеня з парушэннем усіх законаў.", "C528OhTJD-o-00002-00000678-00001056": "Вы ўжо правялі за кратамі больш за тры месяцы.", "C528OhTJD-o-00003-00001080-00001365": "Мяне напаўняе вялікі смутак і гнеў,", "C528OhTJD-o-00004-00001365-00001763": "што вы знаходзіцеся ў няволі ў свой асаблівы дзень, Дзень нараджэння.", "C528OhTJD-o-00005-00001800-00002315": "Яшчэ большы гнеў у мяне выклікае злачынны дыктатарскі рэжым Лукашэнкі,", "C528OhTJD-o-00006-00002315-00002809": "які душыць дэмакратычную Беларусь у ганебнай спробе захаваць уладу.", "C528OhTJD-o-00007-00002880-00003060": "Не толькі ў дзень нараджэння,", "C528OhTJD-o-00008-00003060-00003381": "але і кожны дзень, дарагі Алесь Бяляцкі,", "C528OhTJD-o-00009-00003381-00003920": "вы можаце быць упэўнены ў маёй падтрымцы вас і дэмакратычнай Беларусі.", "C528OhTJD-o-00010-00003954-00004102": "Я побач з вамі.", "C528OhTJD-o-00011-00004102-00004348": "Я буду працягваць распавядаць пра вашу справу,", "C528OhTJD-o-00012-00004348-00004964": "каб вы і ўсе палітвязні не былі забытыя, і каб правасуддзе перамагло.", "C528OhTJD-o-00013-00005000-00005426": "Жадаю вам сілы, мужнасці і настойлівасці.", "C528OhTJD-o-00014-00005450-00005650": "Але маё самае вялікае жаданне для вас -", "C528OhTJD-o-00015-00005650-00006042": "каб вы маглі адсвяткаваць свой наступны дзень нараджэння на волі.", "C528OhTJD-o-00016-00006066-00006223": "У дэмакратычнай Беларусі.", "C528OhTJD-o-00017-00006266-00006427": "Гэта тое, да чаго я імкнуся.", "C528OhTJD-o-00018-00006487-00006590": "З Днём нараджэння!"}}, {"audio_id": "C9m3m-aQG48", "text": {"C9m3m-aQG48-00000-00000571-00002566": "This weekend is the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, this year being held in National Harbor, Maryland, and it looks an awful lot like previous years’ conferences: Populated by guests and speakers from the extreme right, and featuring speeches full of some of the most ridiculous hyperbole anyone has ever heard", "C9m3m-aQG48-00001-00002566-00004850": "It’s like a Fox News bender without all the pretty blonde anchors.But along with the conservatives at CPAC, there have to be those there covering the event, and for some, it’s almost a “shortest straw” type of endeavor — they’re guaranteed to be harassed if anyone knows they’re from the “liberal media” and even moreso in the age of Fake News as decreed by Donald Trump", "C9m3m-aQG48-00002-00004850-00005743": "One faithful reporter who covers literally everything that Trump does, Daniel Dale of the Toronto Star, called it like he saw it", "C9m3m-aQG48-00003-00005743-00006665": "By all accounts, Trump spoke at CPAC today for the longest time since he actually began running for President in 2015", "C9m3m-aQG48-00004-00006665-00008956": "And boy, did the President have a lot to say. He went through his greatest hits about trade with China, global warming being a hoax, a demonstration of his inability to understand how tariffs work, some made-up stories and statistics about the US-Mexico border, and of course fake news, but it was when he got to the Russia probe that his desperation really started to show", "C9m3m-aQG48-00005-00008956-00010267": "The southern accent with which Trump mocked former Attorney General Jeff Sessions was icing on the cake for a speech that was truly indicative of a man who is desperate to get out from under the scrutiny of the special counsel"}}, {"audio_id": "CxkU6uNWC9E", "text": {"CxkU6uNWC9E-00000-00000000-00001374": "Special Counsel Robert Mueller just got Paul Manafort sent to prison for life, and he’s just revealed in a court filing that he has proof Roger Stone was conspiring with Russian government hackers during the election", "CxkU6uNWC9E-00001-00001374-00002831": "All that’s left to do, really, is to take down Donald Trump. That’s why it’s such a big deal that, according to several major news outlets today, Mueller is now subpoenaing the former director of Cambridge Analytica", "CxkU6uNWC9E-00002-00002831-00003941": "The case against Roger Stone alone is enough to prove that there was a criminal plot between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin to alter the outcome of the 2016 election", "CxkU6uNWC9E-00003-00003941-00004876": "But while that’s damaging and humiliating to Donald Trump, it doesn’t prove that he was in on the Stone-Russia election rigging scheme", "CxkU6uNWC9E-00004-00004876-00005814": "We all instinctively “know” that Stone was running all of this past Trump during their frequent phone calls, but that’s not legal proof", "CxkU6uNWC9E-00005-00005814-00007120": "However, a data factory like Cambridge Analytica is dripping with proof.Donald Trump will try to paint his old friend Roger Stone as having acted as a lone wolf in criminally conspiring with the Kremlin", "CxkU6uNWC9E-00006-00007120-00007789": "He’ll claim he had no idea Stone was working with the Putin regime to rig the election", "CxkU6uNWC9E-00007-00007789-00009184": "He’ll insist he would have won anyway, even without Stone’s and Putin’s help. But based on the mountain of publicly visible circumstantial evidence alone, Trump-Russia was clearly not a one-off between Stone and the Kremlin", "CxkU6uNWC9E-00008-00009184-00010401": "Cambridge Analytica is widely suspected of having taken voter registration data that was stolen by Russian hackers, and having used it to plot out Donald Trump’s voter targeting strategy", "CxkU6uNWC9E-00009-00010401-00011271": "If this can be proven, it’ll demonstrate that the entirety of the Trump campaign was based around what the Russians were cooking up", "CxkU6uNWC9E-00010-00011271-00012423": "It’ll prove, either in the court of law or the court of public opinion or both, that Donald Trump was at the center of his campaign’s criminal election rigging conspiracy with the Kremlin", "CxkU6uNWC9E-00011-00012423-00013225": "On a different but equally important note, this should also prove that the Kremlin rigged the Brexit vote as well"}}, {"audio_id": "Cyz8oxaVJng", "text": {"Cyz8oxaVJng-00000-00000571-00001383": "Donald Trump has been going on multiple rants attacking the late Senator John McCain for reasons only he seems to know", "Cyz8oxaVJng-00001-00001383-00002396": "But Trump’s attacks on the Vietnam War hero have not gone unanswered.Both McCain’s daughter and widow have spoken out against the president over his attacks", "Cyz8oxaVJng-00002-00002396-00003308": "Trump’s latest attack came on Wednesday when he spoke in front of a group of employees at an Ohio military factory", "Cyz8oxaVJng-00003-00003308-00004021": "“So I have to be honest, I’ve never liked him much,” Trump said. “I really probably never will", "Cyz8oxaVJng-00004-00004021-00005233": "But there are certain reasons for it.”.Meghan McCain, the daughter of the late senator, spent the last few days defending her father and politely criticizing Trump", "Cyz8oxaVJng-00005-00005233-00006046": "On Wednesday she said that Trump had reached “a new, bizarre low – attacking someone who is not here is a new low", "Cyz8oxaVJng-00006-00006046-00007258": "”.She also said, “If I had told my dad… he would think it is so hilarious that our president was so jealous of him that he was dominating the news cycle in death", "Cyz8oxaVJng-00007-00007258-00009278": "”.Cindy McCain, the senator’s widow, also fired back at the president’s attacks.She sarcastically urged her Twitter followers to “see how kind and loving a stranger can be” and shared with them an online message from someone who described John McCain as a “traitorous piece of warmongering shit and I’m glad he’s dead", "Cyz8oxaVJng-00008-00009278-00009483": "”"}}, {"audio_id": "CDu8Fmm8y8M", "text": {"CDu8Fmm8y8M-00000-00000432-00000492": "um", "CDu8Fmm8y8M-00001-00000660-00000857": "miss me", "CDu8Fmm8y8M-00002-00001209-00001495": "WHY", "CDu8Fmm8y8M-00003-00002255-00002616": "why you miss me", "CDu8Fmm8y8M-00004-00002749-00003090": "when i done forgot about you", "CDu8Fmm8y8M-00005-00003321-00003587": "why you say you miss me", "CDu8Fmm8y8M-00006-00003800-00003850": "when i do forgot about you", "CDu8Fmm8y8M-00007-00004385-00005212": "why do you say that you forgot about me you don't care about me oh my god you broke my heart in two pieces", "CDu8Fmm8y8M-00008-00005451-00005768": "why you done say you forgot about me", "CDu8Fmm8y8M-00009-00005984-00006355": "when you told me that you don't miss me", "CDu8Fmm8y8M-00010-00006501-00006842": "now you miss me you said you didn't need me but every time i see you", "CDu8Fmm8y8M-00011-00007070-00007514": "i get upset why you told me you hate me", "CDu8Fmm8y8M-00012-00007612-00007907": "i knew for the first weekend", "CDu8Fmm8y8M-00013-00008020-00008545": "cus when you told me you miss me now you don't want me now you miss me", "CDu8Fmm8y8M-00014-00008679-00009101": "you done told me that you hate me so why do you keep no saying you miss me", "CDu8Fmm8y8M-00015-00009212-00009536": "now i get sad every time i see you", "CDu8Fmm8y8M-00016-00009689-00010000": "cus i remember all the pain you gave me", "CDu8Fmm8y8M-00017-00010140-00010680": "i remember you hate me when i wouldn't do all you ass", "CDu8Fmm8y8M-00018-00010803-00011047": "now you want me", "CDu8Fmm8y8M-00019-00011247-00011621": "when i done forgot about you", "CDu8Fmm8y8M-00020-00011870-00012164": "now you want to miss me now you want to kiss me", "CDu8Fmm8y8M-00021-00012414-00012793": "when i done forgot about every single time that we had fun", "CDu8Fmm8y8M-00022-00012941-00013088": "i'm down low", "CDu8Fmm8y8M-00023-00013479-00013941": "why you keep saying you miss me and i no it's wasn't true", "CDu8Fmm8y8M-00024-00014063-00014159": "why you keep on", "CDu8Fmm8y8M-00025-00014193-00014271": "saying that you", "CDu8Fmm8y8M-00026-00014341-00014439": "miss me", "CDu8Fmm8y8M-00027-00014611-00014691": "why you keep on", "CDu8Fmm8y8M-00028-00014741-00014826": "saying that you", "CDu8Fmm8y8M-00029-00014868-00014995": "miss me"}}, {"audio_id": "CYHZ6g18fz0", "text": {"CYHZ6g18fz0-00000-00000000-00000200": "fchdgjvbkjlkmihougiy", "CYHZ6g18fz0-00001-00000200-00001190": "hhhhhhhhhhhhha", "CYHZ6g18fz0-00002-00001190-00001426": "nan jdec", "CYHZ6g18fz0-00003-00001426-00001697": "hiih", "CYHZ6g18fz0-00004-00001697-00001915": "ça va  vite", "CYHZ6g18fz0-00005-00001915-00002245": "les fps tmtc", "CYHZ6g18fz0-00006-00002245-00002704": "ougagga", "CYHZ6g18fz0-00007-00002704-00003055": "hhoda", "CYHZ6g18fz0-00008-00003055-00003383": "nan", "CYHZ6g18fz0-00009-00003383-00003553": "si", "CYHZ6g18fz0-00010-00003553-00003659": "nan", "CYHZ6g18fz0-00011-00003659-00003763": "si", "CYHZ6g18fz0-00012-00003763-00003857": "1chala j'ai le bac de fr", "CYHZ6g18fz0-00013-00003857-00004400": "ciao"}}, {"audio_id": "Cb4X0tc-sZY", "text": {"Cb4X0tc-sZY-00000-00000513-00002542": "Two top Democratic U.S. senators called on Boeing to ground all 737 Max 8 planes operating in the United States while the deadly weekend crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jet is investigated, while the head of the House Transportation Committee said Monday that he would \"think twice\" about boarding the aircraft in the future", "Cb4X0tc-sZY-00001-00002542-00003768": "All 157 people on board were killed after Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 went down in clear weather shortly after takeoff Sunday morning outside Addis Ababa", "Cb4X0tc-sZY-00002-00003768-00004585": "The crash was similar to that of a Lion Air jet of the same model that plummeted into the Java Sea off Indonesia on Oct", "Cb4X0tc-sZY-00003-00004585-00005912": "29 of last year, killing all 189 people on board.Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., told Fox News on Monday that the two tragedies were \"eerily similar", "Cb4X0tc-sZY-00004-00005912-00006725": "in terms of the unusual climb and the dive.\".\"I would think twice about getting on the plane, truthfully,\" he added", "Cb4X0tc-sZY-00005-00006725-00008318": "\"I'm not going to be dishonest here.\".Following the crash, all airlines in Ethiopia, China and Indonesia grounded their Max 8s, as did Caribbean carrier Cayman Airways, Comair in South Africa and Royal Air Maroc in Morocco", "Cb4X0tc-sZY-00006-00008318-00009277": "Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., called on Boeing to follow suit in the U", "Cb4X0tc-sZY-00007-00009277-00011432": "S.\"Until the cause of the [Ethiopian Airlines] crash is known and it’s clear that similar risks aren’t present in the domestic fleet, I believe all Boeing 737 Max 8 series aircraft operating in the United States should be temporarily grounded,\" Feinstein said in a letter to acting Federal Aviation Administration chief Dan Elwell", "Cb4X0tc-sZY-00008-00011432-00012411": "\"This aircraft model represents only a small fraction of the domestic fleet, and several other countries have already taken this important step", "Cb4X0tc-sZY-00009-00012411-00013380": "\".Blumenthal said in a statement that the two \"catastrophic accidents\" involving the Max 8 \"call into serious question the safety of these airplanes", "Cb4X0tc-sZY-00010-00013380-00014276": "The FAA and the airline industry must act quickly and decisively to protect American travelers, pilots and flight attendants", "Cb4X0tc-sZY-00011-00014276-00015337": "These planes must be grounded immediately and airlines should work expeditiously to minimize disruption and accommodate customers whose travel is impacted", "Cb4X0tc-sZY-00012-00015337-00016706": "\".In an email to employees made public earlier Monday, Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg wrote: \"We are confident in the safety of the 737 MAX and in the work of the men and women who design and build it", "Cb4X0tc-sZY-00013-00016706-00017445": "\".The FAA tried to discourage comparisons between Sunday's crash and the Lion Air disaster", "Cb4X0tc-sZY-00014-00017445-00018881": "While noting that \"[e]xternal reports are drawing similarities between [the accidents],\" the agency said, \"this investigation has just begun and to date we have not been provided data to draw any conclusions or take any actions", "Cb4X0tc-sZY-00015-00018881-00019788": "\".In an earlier statement, the FAA said it would take \"immediate and appropriate action\" if it identified an ongoing safety issue", "Cb4X0tc-sZY-00016-00019788-00020788": "DeFazio told Fox News that \"heads will roll\" at the FAA \"if they're not confident in their data and the safety of this plane", "Cb4X0tc-sZY-00017-00020788-00021700": "\".\"They're not supposed to be promoting [aviation],\" DeFazio said. \"They tell me they are confident in their data and their simulations", "Cb4X0tc-sZY-00018-00021700-00022052": "That's the best I can do right now.\""}}, {"audio_id": "CgMG-h5x3wk", "text": {"CgMG-h5x3wk-00000-00000571-00002060": "President Trump on Thursday endorsed Kim Jong-un’s denial of responsibility for the brutal death of Otto Warmbier, the American college student who died in 2017 after being released from a North Korean labor camp in a coma", "CgMG-h5x3wk-00001-00002060-00003460": "“Some really bad things happened to Otto — some really really bad things. But [Kim] tells me that he didn’t know about it and I will take him at his word,” Trump said during a press conference in Hanoi, Vietnam", "CgMG-h5x3wk-00002-00003460-00004745": "Warmbier, 22, spent 17 months in captivity after being sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for stealing a propaganda poster from a Pyongyang hotel in January 2016", "CgMG-h5x3wk-00003-00004745-00005722": "He died in June 2017, days after being returned to the U.S. in a coma. His exact cause of death remains unknown", "CgMG-h5x3wk-00004-00005722-00007049": "Trump added that Kim “felt really bad about” the situation but was unaware of Otto’s treatment in the labor camp, where, Trump speculated, he could have been assaulted by another inmate or otherwise harmed", "CgMG-h5x3wk-00005-00007049-00007898": "“I really don’t think it was in his interest at all,” Trump said, suggesting Kim had nothing to gain by killing Warmbier", "CgMG-h5x3wk-00006-00007898-00008893": "The comments came after the long-planned nuclear summit between Trump and Kim collapsed due to an impasse over Kim’s demand that the U", "CgMG-h5x3wk-00007-00008893-00009742": "S immediately lift international sanctions in exchange for the closure of one of North Korea’s major nuclear facilities"}}, {"audio_id": "ClK45BMRAOu", "text": {"ClK45BMRAOu-00000-00000571-00002300": "If you’ve followedDC Tribune‘s reporting on the ongoing Mueller investigation, you no doubt saw our piece on the possible investigation of Vice President Mike Pence by the special counsel and the confirmed investigations being carried out by the Democratic Coalition and other transparency groups", "ClK45BMRAOu-00001-00002300-00004408": "Now, however, we have more reason than ever to believe that Pence is being scooped up by Mueller and his associates as part of the probe, and that means a number of stunning things, beginning with the fact that the removal of both Trumpand Pence from office would result in the presidency of the Speaker of the House — a position that will be changing hands in just weeks", "ClK45BMRAOu-00002-00004408-00005863": "The developments of just the last few days have seen not just Mike Flynn back in the news, but even a former aide of Flynn’s who was associated with the double-dealing with Turkey that got Flynn into trouble with the FBI in the first place", "ClK45BMRAOu-00003-00005863-00007517": "The former Lt.General lied to federal agents about his involvement in the attempted extradition of Fethullah Gulen, a Turkish citizen in America that Turkish PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdoğan has accused of helping to orchestrate a coup attempt in his home country", "ClK45BMRAOu-00004-00007517-00008896": "The fact that Flynn attempted to have Gulen extradited is almost tantamount to human sacrifice for political gain, since Turkey’s record on human rights is abysmal and an attempted coup would be looked at as treason", "ClK45BMRAOu-00005-00008896-00009943": "And the Flynnassociate who was just charged in federal court, Bijan Kian, was on the hook for exactly the same thing that Flynn pled guilty to lying about", "ClK45BMRAOu-00006-00009943-00012148": "And lest anyone forget, or perhaps think that the Gulen matter was something isolated from the Trump campaign and between Flynn, Kian, and Erdoğan alone: Two days ago, theNew York Timesreported that Trump himself was still considering Gulen’s extradition — the culmination of the crime that Flynn began while he was Trump’s national security adviser", "ClK45BMRAOu-00007-00012148-00013070": "So how does Pence tie into all of this?  Flynn and Kian were both on the Trump transition team — the team thatPence was the head of", "ClK45BMRAOu-00008-00013070-00014091": "Pence was warned not just by the previous administration but by a member of Congress that Flynn was illegally coordinating with a foreign government", "ClK45BMRAOu-00009-00014091-00015191": "Pence, it is now known,knew about Flynn’s activities during his time on the transition team and did nothing about it — and lied about that knowledge after the fact", "ClK45BMRAOu-00010-00015191-00016672": "The clue that Mueller is now coming after Pence for the crime — relatively minor in the context of the larger crimes of the Trump administration — of misleading the public about his knowledge of Flynn’s crimes is in the late, late prosecution of Kian", "ClK45BMRAOu-00011-00016672-00018049": "The only reason to hang on to a witness or key player that you intend to charge for as long as Mueller waited to charge Kian is if you are compiling a larger case against someone higher than the fish you’re about to fry", "ClK45BMRAOu-00012-00018049-00018469": "And the fish right above Bijan Kian and Mike Flynn?"}}, {"audio_id": "ClSeeSZZ-AE", "text": {"ClSeeSZZ-AE-00000-00000571-00001851": "Sunday on MSNBC, 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg said “a figure like” President Donald Trump “should never have been able to come within cheating distance of the Oval Office''", "ClSeeSZZ-AE-00001-00001851-00003178": "Addressing Attorney General William Barr’s letter summarizing Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s findings, Buttigieg said, “The president is not being indicted at the moment and also has not been exonerated at the moment", "ClSeeSZZ-AE-00002-00003178-00004377": "From a political perspective, I think this is further evidence it would be a mistake for Democrats to think that the way for the Trump presidency to end is by way of investigation", "ClSeeSZZ-AE-00003-00004377-00005479": "That could, of course, happen. But we’ve got to be paying attention to the kinds of conditions that made it possible for somebody like him to get here in the first place", "ClSeeSZZ-AE-00004-00005479-00006359": "I would argue with—a figure like this president should never have been able to come within cheating distance of the Oval Office", "ClSeeSZZ-AE-00005-00006359-00007908": "And I fear if we’re not paying attention to the causes that he’s a symptom of, then not only is it possible for him to succeed in 2020, but we could also find ourselves with another figure like him or even worse in the future''"}}, {"audio_id": "D3G3DQPRKFo", "text": {"D3G3DQPRKFo-00000-00000571-00002214": "Wednesday on CNN’s “New Day,” former Obama administration Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination Julian Castro said the Trump’s administration’s declaration of a national emergency at the U", "D3G3DQPRKFo-00001-00002214-00003666": "S.-Mexico Border was “BS.”.Castro said, “I don’t believe their narrative. I don’t believe the BS that women and children who are fleeing dangerous circumstances present a national security threat to this country", "D3G3DQPRKFo-00002-00003666-00004719": "”. .He continued, “Right now this administration is playing games with them, not allowing them to present their claim for asylum at the border, keeping them caged in pens", "D3G3DQPRKFo-00003-00004719-00005719": "Folks probably saw the other day, for instance, the visuals out of El Paso, they were under a bridge fenced in, in a pen, treated like animals", "D3G3DQPRKFo-00004-00005719-00006775": "I don’t believe that we should do that. I have a different vision. I believe that we should go back to how this was handled before, about 2004", "D3G3DQPRKFo-00005-00006775-00007480": "”.He added, “What I’m asking people to do is to recognize that this president’s cruelty has failed", "D3G3DQPRKFo-00006-00007480-00009220": "He said about a year ago, this administration said if we would just be cruel enough to treat little children so badly, so cruelly that we would take them away from their mothers that that would deter more families from coming and instead the opposite is true, more families are coming today", "D3G3DQPRKFo-00007-00009220-00010076": "So I’m saying we’ve tried cruelty, I believe that we should try compassion and that we’re still going to have a secure border", "D3G3DQPRKFo-00008-00010076-00010176": "”"}}, {"audio_id": "D5_Jxpz7yIu", "text": {"D5_Jxpz7yIu-00000-00000571-00002018": "And we’re off the to the races. Just hours after the House Judiciary Committee voted to subpoena the Mueller report, the House Ways and Means Committee formally asked the Treasury Department to turn over Donald Trump’s tax returns", "D5_Jxpz7yIu-00001-00002018-00003008": "And while the timeframe for the Mueller report subpoena is still unclear, the timeframe for Trump’s taxes is very clear – and very abrupt", "D5_Jxpz7yIu-00002-00003008-00004708": ".House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal has given the Treasury Department just one week to turn over Donald Trump’s personal tax returns from 2013 to 2018, along with several of his business tax returns, according to several major news outlets", "D5_Jxpz7yIu-00003-00004708-00005521": "The law is very clear that the committee has the authority to do this, and Trump has no legal way of stopping this", "D5_Jxpz7yIu-00004-00005521-00006268": ". .If Trump is planning to try to stop this through less than legal methods, we’ll find out soon enough", "D5_Jxpz7yIu-00005-00006268-00007203": "If this request isn’t met by April 10th, you can expect the House Ways and Means Committee to formally subpoena Trump’s tax returns", "D5_Jxpz7yIu-00006-00007203-00008209": "Trump’s Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin could theoretically try to unilaterally block his agency from complying, but this would put him in contempt of Congress", "D5_Jxpz7yIu-00007-00008209-00009209": "Mnuchin has consistently come across as loyal to Trump, but it’s unclear if he’s willing to face legal consequences to try to protect Trump", "D5_Jxpz7yIu-00008-00009209-00010656": ".House Democrats are coming out with their legal guns blazing today. Between their quest for the Mueller report and their quest for Donald Trump’s tax returns, we’re about to start seeing some truly ugly dirt surface on Trump", "D5_Jxpz7yIu-00009-00010656-00011730": "If he were smart, he’d try to negotiate his resignation now, in exchange for partial immunity from criminal prosecution, before more of his crimes are unearthed", "D5_Jxpz7yIu-00010-00011730-00012216": "But Trump isn’t exactly playing it smart these days"}}, {"audio_id": "DwYvLcse2HU", "text": {"DwYvLcse2HU-00000-00000571-00002054": "President Donald Trump acknowledged Thursday that North Korea is not ready to completely wind down its nuclear weapons program because, telling Fox News's Sean Hannity that he understands how much work the country has put into its arsenal", "DwYvLcse2HU-00001-00002054-00002867": "Trump spoke with Hannity following two days of meetings on denuclearization with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam", "DwYvLcse2HU-00002-00002867-00003622": "That summit was abruptly cut short Thursday afternoon after it became clear that no deal could be reached", "DwYvLcse2HU-00003-00003622-00004607": "In a clip of Trump’s interview that aired on “Fox & Friends,” Trump said that Kim only “wanted to denuke certain areas, and I wanted everything''", "DwYvLcse2HU-00004-00004607-00005826": "“The sanctions are there, and I didn't want to give up the sanctions unless we had a real program, and they're not ready for that and I understand that fully, I really do,” he continued", "DwYvLcse2HU-00005-00005826-00006563": "“I mean, they spent a lot of time building it. But that doesn't mean the world has to be happy", "DwYvLcse2HU-00006-00006563-00008042": "But I wanted them to denuke.”.Trump said in a press conference following the summit that Kim demanded total relief from sanctions in exchange for incremental steps toward denuclearization, something he was unwilling to agree to", "DwYvLcse2HU-00007-00008042-00008995": "“They were willing to denuke a large portion of the areas that we wanted but we couldn’t give up all of the sanctions for that,” he told reporters", "DwYvLcse2HU-00008-00008995-00009959": "Even in walking away from a deal in Hanoi, Trump signaled that his personal relationship with Kim had impacted his thinking on U", "DwYvLcse2HU-00009-00009959-00011531": "S. policy towards North Korea. Asked by a reporter from South Korea if he planned on heaping more sanctions on North Korea to pressure Kim back to the negotiating table, the president said that he was seeing things from a new perspective", "DwYvLcse2HU-00010-00011531-00012263": "“I don't want talk about increasing sanctions, they're strong,” he said before wrapping up his press conference", "DwYvLcse2HU-00011-00012263-00012978": "“They have a lot of great people in North Korea that have to live also, and that’s important to me", "DwYvLcse2HU-00012-00012978-00014047": "I would say this, my whole attitude changed a lot because I got to know, as you know, Chairman Kim very well, and they have a point of view also''"}}, {"audio_id": "DBed-uflKhQ", "text": {"DBed-uflKhQ-00000-00000513-00001808": "Mark Cuban won’t rule out taking a shot in 2020.The billionaire Dallas Mavericks owner told Fox News it isn’t a slam dunk that he will get in the race, but it is something he is considering", "DBed-uflKhQ-00001-00001808-00002527": "“I said I’m not ruling it out,” Cuban said via email. “But the tea leaves would have to align perfectly", "DBed-uflKhQ-00002-00002527-00003527": "”.The comments came after the “Shark Tank” star spoke to the New York Daily News following the Mavs game against the Brooklyn Nets on Monday night", "DBed-uflKhQ-00003-00003527-00004342": "When asked if he was going to get off the bench and enter the political game, Cuban said: “I haven’t decided anything yet", "DBed-uflKhQ-00004-00004342-00005868": "We’ll see what happens. It all comes down to how things play out.“There’s a lot of uncertainty with what’s going on with the Mueller report, there’s a lot of things that have to be figured out before we know how 2020 is going to play out", "DBed-uflKhQ-00005-00005868-00007440": "”.Cuban, who told Fox News’ “Objectified” in 2017 that he would “probably” run for office as a Republican, offered up some insight on whether or not it would make sense to run as an independent or third-party candidate", "DBed-uflKhQ-00006-00007440-00008610": "“The idea of just starting a third party, that has been tried time and time for 200 years, and so that defeats the purpose and actually makes things worse and not better,” he said", "DBed-uflKhQ-00007-00008610-00009078": "“Just adding one more party does not change that.“"}}, {"audio_id": "DPA75sqSMdY", "text": {"DPA75sqSMdY-00000-00000571-00002248": "Burch, who is from Texas and has been an employee for years of the Yemeni Safer oil company, was taken captive by Houthi rebels in broad daylight near Sana’a, Yemen’s capital in September 2017, after dropping his children off at a school event", "DPA75sqSMdY-00001-00002248-00003233": "The Houthis are backed by Iran, and have been fighting U.S. and Saudi-backed forces in Yemen since civil war engulfed the country in 2015", "DPA75sqSMdY-00002-00003233-00004270": "Details of why Burch was kidnapped are still unclear, but it is known that in January, he was flown to Oman along with members of Houthi leadership", "DPA75sqSMdY-00003-00004270-00005429": "The State Department confirmed Burch’s return, but said that, “out of respect for the family’s privacy and for their security, we will not comment on their current condition or location''", "DPA75sqSMdY-00004-00005429-00006252": "Burch “is safe and secure, and is reunited with his wife and children,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement", "DPA75sqSMdY-00005-00006252-00007300": "“The family has asked for privacy as they recover from this ordeal''.Trump also thanked the United Arab Emirates for its help in securing Burch’s release", "DPA75sqSMdY-00006-00007300-00007942": "“We work every day to bring Americans home,” read a statement from the White House", "DPA75sqSMdY-00007-00007942-00008585": "It added that recovering American hostages is a “priority” of the administration"}}, {"audio_id": "DVAaraqmT3U", "text": {"DVAaraqmT3U-00000-00000571-00002843": "Last week, when former Homeland Security Director Kirstjen Nielsen was relieved of her post because she simply couldn’t stomach some of the horrible things Donald Trump was pushing her to do — short of detaining immigrant children at the border and keeping them away from their families, of course — many wondered what that could possibly mean, and perhaps more importantly, who would be replacing her", "DVAaraqmT3U-00001-00002843-00003946": "Well, it appears we’re beginning to get the answers, as Donald Trump has tabbed Border Patrol boss Kevin McAleenan to be his new acting head of Homeland Security", "DVAaraqmT3U-00002-00003946-00004813": "Shortly thereafter, Trump instructed border agents to illegally block asylum seekers from entering the United States", "DVAaraqmT3U-00003-00004813-00006236": "Then, to make matters worse, according to CNN’s Jake Tapper, who has cited multiple senior Trump regime officials, Trump allegedly informed McAleenan that if this move resulted in his arrest, he would pardon him", "DVAaraqmT3U-00004-00006236-00007185": "Of course, the seriousness of Trump’s alleged comment is uncertain at this time.  Also McAleenan claims the comment was never made", "DVAaraqmT3U-00005-00007185-00008232": "Regardless, the fact that a pardon is even in the discussion and that it is possibly being used to coerce McAleenan to do something this heinous is cause for concern", "DVAaraqmT3U-00006-00008232-00009227": "If true, it should be considered a crime on Donald Trump’s part, and added to the list of impeachable offenses due to gross abuse of power", "DVAaraqmT3U-00007-00009227-00010155": "Let’s just hope that the House Democrats realize this and bring impeachment charges against Donald Trump sooner rather than much later", "DVAaraqmT3U-00008-00010155-00011623": "While it’s certainly understood that impeachment is lengthy and slow-moving process, at the going rate, it’s only a matter of time before Trump’s abuse of power worsens and extends far beyond an enticing pardon", "DVAaraqmT3U-00009-00011623-00012250": "If the impeachment process hasn’t already started, the time to act is now"}}, {"audio_id": "DZuOhTQ1T6c", "text": {"DZuOhTQ1T6c-00000-00000571-00001535": "Donald Trump has a lot of problems right now, to say the least. He’s fending off too many congressional and criminal investigations to count", "DZuOhTQ1T6c-00001-00001535-00002274": "His foreign policy agenda has failed. His domestic policy agenda no longer exists", "DZuOhTQ1T6c-00002-00002274-00003010": "His kids are being targeted by prosecutors. You name it, everything is going wrong for Trump", "DZuOhTQ1T6c-00003-00003010-00003825": "But now he has a larger problem, which speaks directly to how much longer he can hold off before he’s ousted", "DZuOhTQ1T6c-00004-00003825-00004604": "I always caution Palmer Report readers never to treat one new poll as if it were the only poll", "DZuOhTQ1T6c-00005-00004604-00006396": "For instance the media keeps focusing on Donald Trump’s top outlier approval rating poll one week, then his bottom outlier approval rating poll the next week, dishonestly getting people worked up over it all, even as his approval rating has largely remained steady for the past year", "DZuOhTQ1T6c-00006-00006396-00007096": "But last night we got a very different kind of poll, and it tells us where this is headed", "DZuOhTQ1T6c-00007-00007096-00008465": "The new Quinnipiac poll tells us that fifty percent of Americans believe Michael Cohen over Donald Trump, while only thirty-five percent of Americans believe Trump over Cohen, with the rest the people unsure", "DZuOhTQ1T6c-00008-00008465-00009227": "Again, this is just one poll, but it’s the first of its kind, so it’s all we have to work with", "DZuOhTQ1T6c-00009-00009227-00010217": "Because the margin here is so large, unless this poll is off by a whopping fifteen points, we now know that more Americans believe Cohen than Trump", "DZuOhTQ1T6c-00010-00010217-00010844": "That’s remarkable, considering that everyone knows Cohen is a liar and a criminal", "DZuOhTQ1T6c-00011-00010844-00011829": "What’s more, this is based solely on first impressions of Michael Cohen’s testimony, and the smattering of physical evidence he brought with him", "DZuOhTQ1T6c-00012-00011829-00012654": "This is before more influential Trump people like Allen Weisselberg take the stand, and bring far more evidence", "DZuOhTQ1T6c-00013-00012654-00013898": "This is before Robert Mueller reveals the incriminating evidence that Michael Flynn, Rick Gates, Don McGahn, Steve Bannon, and other cooperators have provided against Trump"}}, {"audio_id": "De1BFTC2N94", "text": {"De1BFTC2N94-00000-00000513-00001665": "Donald Trump has always been desperate to hold on to his evangelical Christian base, which is no easy feat considering his womanizing, lying, greed-laden past", "De1BFTC2N94-00001-00001665-00002960": "One of the easiest ways for him to continue to appease that base is through Israeli policy, and his latest idea around this has allied and non-allied countries to the United States utterly appalled", "De1BFTC2N94-00002-00002960-00004303": "Trump has made public statements recently saying that the world needs to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over Golen Heights, an Israeli-occupied territory currently under the sovereignty of Syria", "De1BFTC2N94-00003-00004303-00005262": "Israel’s occupation there is not legal and global recognition of the territory as Israel’s would be a redrawing of international boundary lines", "De1BFTC2N94-00004-00005262-00007876": "In a statement reported by Reuters, the French ministry said:.‘The Golan is a territory occupied by Israel since 1967.France does not recognize the Israeli annexation of 1981…The recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan, occupied territory, would be contrary to international law, in particular the obligation for states not to recognize an illegal situation'", "De1BFTC2N94-00005-00007876-00009094": "Trump’s ties to Israel were made clear when he moved the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, a move that denied Palestinians the right to also claim their own stake in their holy land", "De1BFTC2N94-00006-00009094-00009924": "The idea of recognizing Israel as the sovereign ruler of Golen Heights is causing even more controversy", "De1BFTC2N94-00007-00009924-00011361": "‘At the moment, no country — other than Israel — has backed Trump’s announcement. And most countries who came out against Trump’s move stressed that it was a violation of international law and multiple UN resolutions", "De1BFTC2N94-00008-00011361-00012045": "Redrawing boundary lines is something the United States can and should not do in other countries", "De1BFTC2N94-00009-00012045-00013673": "Despite Trump’s beliefs that he is king and dictator because some very misguided people cast their vote for the wild card in the 2016 election, a U.S. president cannot violate international law and grant ownership of other countries to his friends", "De1BFTC2N94-00010-00013673-00015015": "‘The Golan Heights is a Syrian territory occupied by Israel. National borders should be changed only through peaceful means between all those involved. The government rejects unilateral steps.’"}}, {"audio_id": "Df-TkAiL_WY", "text": {"Df-TkAiL_WY-00000-00000571-00002715": "Last Friday, after months of threats and temper tantrums, our Infant-in-Chief did what Speaker Pelosi called, “a power grab by a disappointed president, who has gone outside the bounds of the law to try to get what he failed to achieve in the constitutional legislative process,” and declared a National Emergency in order to get his border wall", "Df-TkAiL_WY-00001-00002715-00004481": "Since then, Democrats and Republicans alike have condemned this action and are working to force a vote on a resolution of disapproval to block the emergency declaration and, according to The Associated Press, are expected to file the resolution to the House on Friday", "Df-TkAiL_WY-00002-00004481-00005254": "In addition, at least 16 states have filed lawsuits challenging Trump’s declaration", "Df-TkAiL_WY-00003-00005254-00006302": "Today, Republican Senator Susan Collins came forward with a statement saying that she would support a resolution to block Trump’s border wall declaration", "Df-TkAiL_WY-00004-00006302-00007054": "While speaking to reporters, Collins said:.‘If it’s a clean disapproval resolution, I will support it", "Df-TkAiL_WY-00005-00007054-00007749": "’.Several other Republican senators have voiced their concerns over Trump’s declaration", "Df-TkAiL_WY-00006-00007749-00008619": "Among them, Senator Lisa Murkowski, who said she didn’t “think that this is a matter that should be declared a national emergency", "Df-TkAiL_WY-00007-00008619-00009974": "”.Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn) also made a statement saying that Trump’s decision was “unwise” because it sets a precedent for future presidents to use the same tactic to get what they want", "Df-TkAiL_WY-00008-00009974-00011573": "Alexander said:.‘It is inconsistent with the U.S. Constitution because, after the American Revolution against a king, our founders chose not to create a chief executive with the power to tax the people and spend their money any way he chooses", "Df-TkAiL_WY-00009-00011573-00012184": "The Constitution gives that authority exclusively to a Congress elected by the people", "Df-TkAiL_WY-00010-00012184-00013336": "’.Senator Collins said in a separate statement:.‘I would not be at all surprised if the courts find that the president’s action is contrary to the separation of powers", "Df-TkAiL_WY-00011-00013336-00014326": "I don’t think under the Constitution that he can unilaterally decide to move these funds, which were legally appropriated, from one project to another", "Df-TkAiL_WY-00012-00014326-00015264": "’.Let’s hope that she’s right and that other Republicans, in addition to those mentioned above, come forward to support the House resolution"}}, {"audio_id": "Dn9HeB92H7y", "text": {"Dn9HeB92H7y-00000-00000571-00002018": "Today, Donald Trump had the worst day of his life (so far) when the House Judiciary Committee targeted more than eighty people and entities connected to him, in what will merely be the first batch of evidence collection regarding Trump’s crimes", "Dn9HeB92H7y-00001-00002018-00002833": "Also, Fox News got busted today for having conspired with Trump to rig the 2016 election", "Dn9HeB92H7y-00002-00002833-00004100": "So how is Trump taking the news?.Right around 11pm eastern time, Donald Trump tweeted this quote: “We the people will now be subjected to the biggest display of modern day McCarthyism…", "Dn9HeB92H7y-00003-00004100-00005173": "which is the widest fishing net expedition….every aspect of the presidents life….all in order to get power back so they can institute Socialism", "Dn9HeB92H7y-00004-00005173-00006085": "” Well, that was his second try. The first time around he typed “McCathyism” and it led to endless jokes about who “Cathy” might be", "Dn9HeB92H7y-00005-00006085-00007096": "But the surreal part is where the quote came from.That’s right, Donald Trump was sharing the words of none other than his Fox News co-conspirator Sean Hannity", "Dn9HeB92H7y-00006-00007096-00008350": "Of all the days when Trump shouldn’t be quoting Fox News, today was that day. Yet here he is, desperately clinging to the one host on the one network that’s the furthest up his backside", "Dn9HeB92H7y-00007-00008350-00009635": "This probably tells us all we need to know. Donald Trump isn’t hunkered down with his attorneys, trying to figure out how to fight back against the dozens of document requests that went out today", "Dn9HeB92H7y-00008-00009635-00010408": "He’s not even spending his time trying to illegally convince the targets not to cooperate with Congress", "Dn9HeB92H7y-00009-00010408-00011139": "Instead he’s lying in bed, watching Hannity, and mistakenly tweeting about someone named Cathy"}}, {"audio_id": "E0Z5KcP7Y-A", "text": {"E0Z5KcP7Y-A-00000-00000000-00000203": "Мяне завуць Эліс Магвэ.", "E0Z5KcP7Y-A-00001-00000223-00000804": "Я прэзідэнтка Міжнароднай федэрацыі за правы чалавека (FIDH).", "E0Z5KcP7Y-A-00002-00000849-00001791": "Cа жніўня 2020 года прадстаўнікі аўтарытарнага рэжыму Аляксандра Лукашэнкі адвольна затрымалі, пасадзілі ў турмы і катавалі", "E0Z5KcP7Y-A-00003-00001791-00002390": "тысячы беларусаў, якія мужна выступалі за сваю свабоду ў знак пратэсту супраць фальсіфікацыя выбараў.", "E0Z5KcP7Y-A-00004-00002465-00003029": "У межах масавай кампаніі дзяржаўнага тэрору рэжым таксама здзейсніў атаку на праваабаронцаў.", "E0Z5KcP7Y-A-00005-00003029-00003501": "У тым ліку на арганізацыю-сябра FIDH Праваабарончы цэнтр \"Вясна\".", "E0Z5KcP7Y-A-00006-00003576-00003801": "Гэтыя рэпрэсіі пачаліся год таму.", "E0Z5KcP7Y-A-00007-00003801-00004445": "17 верасня была затрыманая каардынатарка валанцёраў \"Вясны\" Марфа Рабкова.", "E0Z5KcP7Y-A-00008-00004510-00005010": "Лідары \"Вясны\", якія таксама з'яўляюцца цяперашнім і былым віцэ-прэзідэнтамі FIDH", "E0Z5KcP7Y-A-00009-00005045-00005415": "Валянцін Стэфановіч і Алесь Бяляцкі", "E0Z5KcP7Y-A-00010-00005442-00005666": "Вось ужо два месяцы знаходзяцца за кратамі.", "E0Z5KcP7Y-A-00011-00005708-00006154": "У зняволенні зараз знаходзяцца сем нашых калегаў з \"Вясны\".", "E0Z5KcP7Y-A-00012-00006243-00006715": "FIDH рашуча асуджае неабгрунтаваныя напады на \"Вясну\".", "E0Z5KcP7Y-A-00013-00006743-00006992": "І патрабуе іх неадкладнага вызвалення.", "E0Z5KcP7Y-A-00014-00007015-00007611": "Мы заклікаем усіх выказаць сваю салідарнасць з нашымі калегамі і сябрамі", "E0Z5KcP7Y-A-00015-00007611-00007903": "Якіх пераследуюць за іх смелую працу."}}, {"audio_id": "E7_QUreKL3M", "text": {"E7_QUreKL3M-00000-00000571-00001984": "While the late Sen. John McCain's daughter Meghan McCain frequently clashes with President Donald Trump, it was youngest daughter Bridget McCain who criticized the president Thursday for disparaging her father, calling the President \"a chil''", "E7_QUreKL3M-00001-00001984-00003334": "Trump has ardently rekindled his feud with the late senator over the past week, bemoaning Wednesday how he \"didn't get a thank you\" for approving McCain's funeral in August after the senator's long battle with brain cancer", "E7_QUreKL3M-00002-00003334-00003967": "Bridget McCain broker her silence on the feud Thursday in a biting series of tweets", "E7_QUreKL3M-00003-00003967-00004899": "\"@realDonaldTrump Everyone doesn't have to agree with my dad or like him, but I do ask you to be decent and respectful,\" she tweeted", "E7_QUreKL3M-00004-00004899-00005672": "\"If you can't do those two things, be mindful. We only said goodbye to him almost 7 months ago''", "E7_QUreKL3M-00005-00005672-00006733": "\"@realDonaldTrump Even if you were invited to my dad's funeral, you would have only wanted to be there for the credit and not for any condolences,\" she added", "E7_QUreKL3M-00006-00006733-00007613": "\"Unfortunately, you could not be counted on to be courteous, as you are a child in the most important role the world knows''", "E7_QUreKL3M-00007-00007613-00008470": "Meghan McCain, a co-host on \"The View,\" applauded her sister's decision to speak up during a segment Thursday", "E7_QUreKL3M-00008-00008470-00009188": "\"My little sister Bridget, for the first time ever, has decided that she wants to speak out", "E7_QUreKL3M-00009-00009188-00010567": "She's very, very private. Anyone who knows anything about political history could probably surmise why she's chosen to lead a very private life, but she felt inclined to say and tweet this,\" McCain said", "E7_QUreKL3M-00010-00010567-00011244": "\"It's very brave of her -- she's young and she does not speak publicly,\" she added", "E7_QUreKL3M-00011-00011244-00012054": "Meghan McCain accused the Trump family of lacking empathy, thanking the public for the outpouring of support for her family", "E7_QUreKL3M-00012-00012054-00013247": "\"I don't expect decency and compassion from the Trump family,\" she said. \"I do want to thank the American public for all the decency and compassion that they have given us", "E7_QUreKL3M-00013-00013247-00014801": "Do not feel sorry for my family''.Meghan McCain also lambasted Trump last weekend for tweets slamming her father for his ties to the controversial Russia dossier and his dramatic thumbs-down vote against repealing Obamacare in 2017", "E7_QUreKL3M-00014-00014801-00015656": "\"No one will ever love you the way they loved my father,\" she tweeted Saturday. \"I wish I had been given more Saturday's with him", "E7_QUreKL3M-00015-00015656-00016256": "Maybe spend yours with your family instead of on twitter obsessing over mine?\""}}, {"audio_id": "EsFRgV0ocAY", "text": {"EsFRgV0ocAY-00000-00000513-00001861": "The U.S.-North Korea Hanoi summit ended with no agreement. Now the beautiful words of peace and denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, the goal agreed upon in Singapore last June, are ringing hollow", "EsFRgV0ocAY-00001-00001861-00002608": "It was encouraging that President Donald Trump at least showed interest in continuing dialogue", "EsFRgV0ocAY-00002-00002608-00003496": "But now the serious reality is that no real restraint on the nuclear weapons activities of North Korea is yet in place", "EsFRgV0ocAY-00003-00003496-00004363": "The dangerous nuclear game can continue. And as long as nuclear weapons exist, there can be no real peace", "EsFRgV0ocAY-00004-00004363-00005157": "The situation between India and Pakistan today makes the dangerous illusion of nuclear deterrence clear", "EsFRgV0ocAY-00005-00005157-00006184": "When the two rivals declared themselves nuclear powers some twenty years ago, many said they would keep each other in check, in parity under the concept of deterrence", "EsFRgV0ocAY-00006-00006184-00006826": "But today’s tensions show the real danger of escalation into nuclear war between the two", "EsFRgV0ocAY-00007-00006826-00007670": "Even a single miscalculation can lead to a nuclear war. And the consequences would be catastrophic and global", "EsFRgV0ocAY-00008-00007670-00008754": "The survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are speaking, even today, of their unbearable suffering that has continued for over seven decades", "EsFRgV0ocAY-00009-00008754-00009697": "The immediate terror of the bombs turned into long-term suffering as radiation caused multiple types of cancers, even decades later", "EsFRgV0ocAY-00010-00009697-00010554": "Those who abandoned family members had to go through their lives in trauma. They say they have experienced the “hell", "EsFRgV0ocAY-00011-00010554-00011896": "” We must ensure that hell never visits humanity again.The failure of the Hanoi summit made clear the limitations of bilateral talks, especially those between two leaders known to be temperamental", "EsFRgV0ocAY-00012-00011896-00012761": "An international, multilateral process is urgently needed. It was President Moon Jae-in of South Korea who made the U", "EsFRgV0ocAY-00013-00012761-00014219": "S.-North Korea process happen, for the sake of the peace of the two Koreas.The host countries Singapore and Vietnam, as nuclear-weapon-free states, contributed greatly by providing neutral places to talk", "EsFRgV0ocAY-00014-00014219-00015687": "Now regional stakeholders, including China and other members of the halted six-party talks, as well as the United Nations, should play a more active role to prevent further setbacks and move the disarmament agenda forward", "EsFRgV0ocAY-00015-00015687-00016381": "Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, including North and South, remains viable", "EsFRgV0ocAY-00016-00016381-00017429": "On the side of the North, there must be comprehensive, time-bound, verified and irreversible dismantlement of all nuclear weapons and their programs", "EsFRgV0ocAY-00017-00017429-00018328": "To date, no plan has been made. No time frame has been set. And no verification has been agreed", "EsFRgV0ocAY-00018-00018328-00019427": "The first step would be for North Korea to join the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty, thus allowing international verification of test sites", "EsFRgV0ocAY-00019-00019427-00020117": "This would be the entry point for multilateral engagement to North Korea's disarmament process", "EsFRgV0ocAY-00020-00020117-00020911": "South Korea has a vital and often forgotten role to play in denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula", "EsFRgV0ocAY-00021-00020911-00021841": "The country continues to officially rely on the so-called “nuclear umbrella” policy, in which South Korea takes part in the U", "EsFRgV0ocAY-00022-00021841-00022630": "S. nuclear war game and declares the U.S. could launch a nuclear attack on the nation’s behalf", "EsFRgV0ocAY-00023-00022630-00023536": "The same applies to Japan. It is also essential to remove these threats, through pursuing nuclear disarmament on the side of the U", "EsFRgV0ocAY-00024-00023536-00024597": "S. and its allies.There is a solution. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which was adopted in 2017 by a great majority of U", "EsFRgV0ocAY-00025-00024597-00025456": "N. members, provides a pathway to genuine nuclear disarmament. Both North and South Korea should join the treaty now", "EsFRgV0ocAY-00026-00025456-00026509": "By doing so, North Korea would be obliged to declare all nuclear weapons and their programs and put them up for dismantlement under international verification", "EsFRgV0ocAY-00027-00026509-00027120": "South Korea would be obliged to part with any assistance to U.S. nuclear weapons", "EsFRgV0ocAY-00028-00027120-00028405": "If the U.S. is serious about nuclear disarmament, it must stop pressuring other nations to reject the nuclear prohibition treaty and fulfil in good faith its own disarmament obligation", "EsFRgV0ocAY-00029-00028405-00029327": "South Africa once developed nuclear bombs under the Apartheid government. The nation was an isolated state under international sanctions", "EsFRgV0ocAY-00030-00029327-00030521": "They realized nuclear weapons were part of a weak and inhumane regime. The country abandoned them all as they shifted to a modern democracy and accepted international verification", "EsFRgV0ocAY-00031-00030521-00031231": "It has now become a disarmament champion, this week ratifying the nuclear prohibition treaty", "EsFRgV0ocAY-00032-00031231-00033112": "South Africa shows that denuclearization is possible.Multilateral nuclear disarmament means that nuclear-weapon-free states, a great majority of the world, have an essential role to play, by setting norms and cornering the handful of states that possess or endorse nuclear weapons into changing their course", "EsFRgV0ocAY-00033-00033112-00034275": "Civil society also has a stake in the process. Remember that nuclear weapons can be detonated anytime, even today, either by design or by accident", "EsFRgV0ocAY-00034-00034275-00034954": "And should that happen, it would be us, the people, who would bear the suffering", "EsFRgV0ocAY-00035-00034954-00035944": "The Trump-Kim Reality TV show is over. Now is the time for everyone to join the endeavour of making these weapons of terror history"}}, {"audio_id": "Ez3gBx6Y9kc", "text": {"Ez3gBx6Y9kc-00000-00000571-00001352": "We know that Democrats have all but encouraged the caravans by blocking funds to build the border wall", "Ez3gBx6Y9kc-00001-00001352-00002331": "And we also know that there are groups of liberal activists who are helping these caravans with supplies and legal help to cross the border", "Ez3gBx6Y9kc-00002-00002331-00003120": "But another man is really to blame for our new border crisis and the 20,000-strong caravan", "Ez3gBx6Y9kc-00003-00003120-00004384": "A powerful president. From the Washington Times:.US officials said Mr Trump’s frustration has flared after the Mexican government of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador took office in December", "Ez3gBx6Y9kc-00004-00004384-00005562": "Trump is MAD – and he’s not going to let the Mexican president get away with it.President Lopez Obrador broke with his predecessor by welcoming Central Americans into Mexico", "Ez3gBx6Y9kc-00005-00005562-00006641": "He’s gone as far as offering them assistance and visas. This has all but ensured migrants can easily move through Mexico and attempt to jump the American border", "Ez3gBx6Y9kc-00006-00006641-00007425": "Border arrests have surged from 60,000 per month last year to more than 100,000 just this March", "Ez3gBx6Y9kc-00007-00007425-00008156": "But Trump has vowed to stop the Mexican president in his tracks. And he’s got 3 ways to stop him:", "Ez3gBx6Y9kc-00008-00008156-00009146": "First, he’s getting more troops to our border. National Guardsmen will assist Border Patrol to secure our border and ports of entry", "Ez3gBx6Y9kc-00009-00009146-00010040": "Second, he’s punishing the Central American countries Mexico has allowed through their land by pulling billions in American aid", "Ez3gBx6Y9kc-00010-00010040-00010967": "And third, if those measures don’t curtail this fiasco, then he will simply shut down the border, preventing all trade and traffic entirely", "Ez3gBx6Y9kc-00011-00010967-00011834": "And that’s going to hurt. Many Mexican businesses would grind to a halt, and it would probably cost them billions", "Ez3gBx6Y9kc-00012-00011834-00012545": "Trump is putting on the pressure – and now he needs Americans to support him as Democrats try to stop him"}}, {"audio_id": "ECxK5hK4RDY", "text": {"ECxK5hK4RDY-00000-00000571-00001234": "Do you know what happens when Democrats rule the roost?.Massive, bloated government", "ECxK5hK4RDY-00001-00001234-00001924": "And when someone like Barack Obama is in charge, big government balloons overnight", "ECxK5hK4RDY-00002-00001924-00002660": "Who do you think pays for thousands of unnecessary, overpaid government jobs? You do", "ECxK5hK4RDY-00003-00002660-00003402": "The American taxpayer.But Donald Trump is doing something that hasn’t been done since World War II", "ECxK5hK4RDY-00004-00003402-00004013": "He’s taking an ax to the Washington swamp—and saving taxpayers a mountain of cash", "ECxK5hK4RDY-00005-00004013-00005346": "From The Hill:.“President Trump is moving to dismantle the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), The Washington Post reported Wednesday… the OPM’s responsibilities would be shifted to three other departments", "ECxK5hK4RDY-00006-00005346-00006213": "”.Trump is cutting, cutting, cutting—thank you, Mr. President?.But why is he getting rid of the OPM?", "ECxK5hK4RDY-00007-00006213-00006866": "“…the administration views the agency as an example of inefficient, slow moving government", "ECxK5hK4RDY-00008-00006866-00007644": "”.I mean, who likes “inefficient, slow moving government,” right?.Oh, yeah—Democrats", "ECxK5hK4RDY-00009-00007644-00008666": "And that’s why the American people put TRUMP in charge. He’s “committed to reforming the federal government,” and that includes making it “efficient” and “effective", "ECxK5hK4RDY-00010-00008666-00010162": "”.And he’s putting more money in the pockets of American taxpayers.Of course, The American Federation of Government Employees (which has an insane 750,000 members), calls Trump’s plan to abolish OPM “dangerous", "ECxK5hK4RDY-00011-00010162-00011092": "”.No, Big Union. Here’s what’s dangerous:.Having a federal government with a union three-quarters-of-a-million strong", "ECxK5hK4RDY-00012-00011092-00012393": "THAT tells me our government is way too big.And really, how many people at OPM could tell you what they even do? How many could argue effectively for the necessity of that department?", "ECxK5hK4RDY-00013-00012393-00013425": "Probably ZERO. And that’s why it needs to go.Instead of a bloated government program, we get efficiency and more money back in taxpayer hands", "ECxK5hK4RDY-00014-00013425-00013853": "That’s precisely what America needs!"}}, {"audio_id": "EHzyiVpRa6k", "text": {"EHzyiVpRa6k-00000-00000571-00001882": "Sunday on CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” former “CBS Evening News” anchor Dan Rather discussed President Donald Trump’s ability to use all types of media in promoting his administration’s message", "EHzyiVpRa6k-00001-00001882-00002809": "Rather called it the “most powerful platform for propaganda” in human history. .“[L]ook, we have to deal with reality,” Rather said", "EHzyiVpRa6k-00002-00002809-00003737": "“This is a whole new age. And the president has the strongest, the most powerful platform for propaganda that humans have ever had", "EHzyiVpRa6k-00003-00003737-00004667": "No president has ever had this kind of reach, the combination of television, radio, the internet, social media, tweets", "EHzyiVpRa6k-00004-00004667-00005495": "”.Rather went on to take a shot at Trump for being “anti-science” and decried Trump’s “unrelenting” use of social media", "EHzyiVpRa6k-00005-00005495-00006260": "“With all respect, I don’t think his age, 72, is an excuse for not keeping up,” Rather added", "EHzyiVpRa6k-00006-00006260-00007830": "“He’s basically anti-science. When you talk about what he says about climate change, that’s in a wider context of actually this administration led by the president is downgrading science at the very time we need to be leaping forward, keeping up with science", "EHzyiVpRa6k-00007-00007830-00009428": "They’re cutting research and that sort of thing.”. .“But, you know, with Twitter, much of the time, not all the time, much of the time, I sense the public has a sense that they’re facing a manure spreader in a windstorm,” he continued", "EHzyiVpRa6k-00008-00009428-00010113": "“It just keeps coming and coming and coming at you. It’s ridiculous, but it’s unrelenting", "EHzyiVpRa6k-00009-00010113-00011155": "And he understands the value of that. But for the rest of us, and for the public at large, it’s time to take a deep breath, say to yourself, stay steady", "EHzyiVpRa6k-00010-00011155-00012040": "Keep in mind that this is a tremendous tool for propaganda. See it in that context and do the best we can", "EHzyiVpRa6k-00011-00012040-00012140": "”"}}, {"audio_id": "EIyGzwL-O7I", "text": {"EIyGzwL-O7I-00000-00000571-00001950": "Patti Davis, the daughter of former President Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan, revealed in a Tuesday interview that her father would be “horrified” by what the US has become under President Donald Trump", "EIyGzwL-O7I-00001-00001950-00003481": "Davis, 66, whose IMDb page notes she is an outspoken supporter of the Democratic Party, told Yahoo News in an interview that she believed Trump is threatening democracy and “assaulting the Constitution''", "EIyGzwL-O7I-00002-00003481-00004580": ".“I think he would be horrified,” Davis replied. “I think he would be heartbroken because he loved this country a lot, and he believed in this country", "EIyGzwL-O7I-00003-00004580-00005189": "I mean, that was in all of his speeches. And he believed in the goodness of people''", "EIyGzwL-O7I-00004-00005189-00006474": "Davis added that the Republican Party does not do anything to stop Trump from his antics, saying that there are “crickets (from Republicans) when Trump keeps assaulting the Constitution", "EIyGzwL-O7I-00005-00006474-00007668": "”.“The Republican Party now— particularly the Republicans in this government— are just sitting by the sidelines and letting the Trump administration destroy this country", "EIyGzwL-O7I-00006-00007668-00008397": "I mean they don’t say anything, they don’t stand up to him,” she told host Zainab Salbi", "EIyGzwL-O7I-00007-00008397-00010264": "Davis has also bashed Trump on other occasions. She penned an op-ed in the Washington Post in 2018 stating that her father would not have agreed with Trump’s “freewheeling rhetoric on foreign policy, his constant attacks on the media, and his hardline approach to immigration''"}}, {"audio_id": "EL1CMMRggic", "text": {"EL1CMMRggic-00000-00000571-00001501": "California overplayed their hand – so Donald is laying down the law!.California just won’t stop misbehaving, will they?", "EL1CMMRggic-00001-00001501-00002376": "After they tax their citizens through the roof, they request billions in federal dollars from Trump to fund their liberal plans", "EL1CMMRggic-00002-00002376-00003413": "I can’t believe they’ve gotten away with it for so long.But if Trump has his way, one of California’s worst policies is coming to an end", "EL1CMMRggic-00003-00003413-00004755": "From The Daily Caller.The Trump administration is done trying to negotiate with California, and will move forward with plans to revoke the state of its authority to set tougher fuel efficiency standards", "EL1CMMRggic-00004-00004755-00005907": "The move to revoke California of its waiver comes as the Trump administration is also looking to freeze Obama-era efficiency rules meant to cut carbon emissions from the transportation industry", "EL1CMMRggic-00005-00005907-00007130": "California has been setting tougher “green” standards for years, costing its residents more – and Trump is determined for his EPA to set the entire nation’s standards, not California", "EL1CMMRggic-00006-00007130-00008125": "You would never guess how much money these changes would save America – up to $500 BILLION, plus 1,000 lives each year", "EL1CMMRggic-00007-00008125-00008867": "Obama’s regulations to raise fuel economy standards made the roads less safe and far more expensive", "EL1CMMRggic-00008-00008867-00010215": "And somehow, California thought his rules weren’t strict enough.But Trump wants safe, affordable roads in every state of the union, and he’s not going to let California’s green policies stand in his way", "EL1CMMRggic-00009-00010215-00011304": "California kept pushing the global warming story to get more tax dollars, but Trump needs that money for things that are proven – like stopping the border crisis"}}, {"audio_id": "EOEHNf66fp4", "text": {"EOEHNf66fp4-00000-00000513-00001834": "President Trump on Wednesday seized on new revelations contained in transcripts from former FBI lawyer Lisa Page’s congressional testimony to hammer the Obama Justice Department as a “broken and corrupt machine", "EOEHNf66fp4-00001-00001834-00003663": "”.Those transcripts, released by House Judiciary Committee Republicans, appeared to show Page confirming that DOJ officials during the Hillary Clinton email investigation made clear to the FBI that they should not pursue Clinton for “gross negligence” in the handling of classified information", "EOEHNf66fp4-00002-00003663-00004637": "\"The just revealed FBI Agent Lisa Page transcripts make the Obama Justice Department look exactly like it was, a broken and corrupt machine", "EOEHNf66fp4-00003-00004637-00005403": "Hopefully, justice will finally be served. Much more to come!\" Trump tweeted Wednesday morning", "EOEHNf66fp4-00004-00005403-00006254": "The exchange came under questioning from Texas Republican Rep. John Ratcliffe during Page’s Hill appearance last year", "EOEHNf66fp4-00005-00006254-00007829": "Page and since-fired FBI Special Agent Peter Strzok, who were romantically involved, exchanged numerous anti-Trump text messages in the lead-up to the 2016 presidential election, and Republicans have long accused the bureau of political bias", "EOEHNf66fp4-00006-00007829-00008866": "\"So let me if I can, I know I’m testing your memory,\" Ratcliffe began as he questioned Page under oath, according to a transcript excerpt he posted on Twitter", "EOEHNf66fp4-00007-00008866-00010172": "\"But when you say advice you got from the Department, you’re making it sound like it was the Department that told you: You’re not going to charge gross negligence because we’re the prosecutors and we’re telling you we’re not going to —\"", "EOEHNf66fp4-00008-00010172-00010904": "Page interrupted: \"That is correct,\" as Ratcliffe finished his sentence, \" -- bring a case based on that", "EOEHNf66fp4-00009-00010904-00012299": "\".Ratcliffe on Tuesday tweeted that Page essentially confirmed that \"the FBI was ordered by the Obama DOJ not to consider charging Hillary Clinton for gross negligence in the handling of classified information", "EOEHNf66fp4-00010-00012299-00014273": "\".Page also testified that the DOJ and FBI had \"multiple conversations . about charging gross negligence,\" and the DOJ decided that the term was \"constitutionally vague\" and \"had either never been done or had only been done once like 99 years ago,\" and so \"they did not feel they could sustain a charge", "EOEHNf66fp4-00011-00014273-00015937": "\".In July 2016, then-FBI Director James Comey publicly announced at a bombshell press conference that Clinton had been \"extremely careless\" in handling classified information, but insisted that \"no reasonable prosecutor\" would bring a case against her", "EOEHNf66fp4-00012-00015937-00017272": "Federal law states that \"gross negligence\" in handling the nation’s intelligence can be punished criminally with prison time or fines, and there is no requirement that defendants act intentionally or recklessly", "EOEHNf66fp4-00013-00017272-00019077": "Originally Comey accused the former secretary of state of being “grossly negligent” in handling classified information in a draft dated May 2, 2016, but that was modified to claim that Clinton had merely been “extremely careless” in a draft dated June 10, 2016", "EOEHNf66fp4-00014-00019077-00020420": "Comey also said that \"although there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case", "EOEHNf66fp4-00015-00020420-00021504": "\".He added that \"prosecutors necessarily weigh a number of factors before bringing charges,\" including \"the strength of the evidence, especially regarding intent", "EOEHNf66fp4-00016-00021504-00023518": "\".Comey took the unusual step of holding a press conference and announcing the FBI's purportedly independent conclusions because then-Obama Attorney General Loretta Lynch was spotted meeting secretly with former President Bill Clinton on an airport tarmac as the probe into Hillary Clinton, which Lynch was overseeing, continued", "EOEHNf66fp4-00017-00023518-00024450": "Comey's conclusion that \"no reasonable prosecutor\" would bring a case against Clinton has become the subject of significant debate in recent weeks", "EOEHNf66fp4-00018-00024450-00026164": "It was revealed last month that FBI's top lawyer in 2016 thought Hillary Clinton and her team should have immediately realized they were mishandling \"highly classified\" information based on the obviously sensitive nature of the emails' contents sent through her private server", "EOEHNf66fp4-00019-00026164-00027342": "And he believed she should have been prosecuted until \"pretty late\" in the investigation, according to a transcript of his closed-door testimony before congressional committees last October", "EOEHNf66fp4-00020-00027342-00028888": "Strzok and Page were involved in the FBI’s initial counterintelligence investigation into Russian meddling and potential collusion with Trump campaign associates during the 2016 election, and later served on Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team", "EOEHNf66fp4-00021-00028888-00029531": "Among the texts between the two was one concerning the so-called \"insurance policy", "EOEHNf66fp4-00022-00029531-00031918": "\" During her interview with the Judiciary Committee in July 2018, Page was questioned at length about that text -- and essentially confirmed this referred to the Russia investigation while explaining that officials were proceeding with caution, concerned about the implications of the case while not wanting to go at \"total breakneck speed\" and risk burning sources as they presumed Trump wouldn't be elected anyway", "EOEHNf66fp4-00023-00031918-00032566": "Further, she confirmed investigators only had a \"paucity\" of evidence at the start", "EOEHNf66fp4-00024-00032566-00034815": "Comey, last December, similarly acknowledged that when the FBI initiated its counterintelligence probe into possible collusion between Trump campaign officials and the Russian government in July 2016, investigators \"didn't know whether we had anything\" and that \"in fact, when I was fired as director [in May 2017], I still didn't know whether there was anything to it", "EOEHNf66fp4-00025-00034815-00034915": "\""}}, {"audio_id": "EQK7ICZh3Lg", "text": {"EQK7ICZh3Lg-00000-00000513-00001824": "Trump refuses to see his own incompetence and that’s why he continues to trash others who are far more capable, intelligent, and experienced than himself – like Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg", "EQK7ICZh3Lg-00001-00001824-00003472": "Let’s not forget the epic moment when Ginsburg totally ruined Trump’s dream that she might retire by announcing that she’d hired clerks through 2020, signaling that she’d be around to ruin things for Trump if he happened to win the 2020 election (shudder)", "EQK7ICZh3Lg-00002-00003472-00004752": "It was Trump’s worst nightmare, and the president knew she’d give him hell. Trump actually ordered her to resign after she criticized him for his 2016 campaign, stating that her “mind is shot", "EQK7ICZh3Lg-00003-00004752-00005612": "” Trump tweeted:\"Justice Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court has embarrassed all by making very dumb political statements about me", "EQK7ICZh3Lg-00004-00005612-00006390": "Her mind is shot – resign!”.While Ginsburg apologized, she has yet to stop criticizing Trump", "EQK7ICZh3Lg-00005-00006390-00007200": "In response to the president’s disgusting tweet, she had this to say about the president:\"We’re not experiencing the best of times", "EQK7ICZh3Lg-00006-00007200-00008689": "”.Once again, Trump gets put in his place by a woman — which is something he absolutely can’t stand! Ginsburg might have planned to retire, but the president only has himself to thank for her decision to stay on past 2020", "EQK7ICZh3Lg-00007-00008689-00009637": "With his antics, it’s never been more clear that we need Justices like Ginsburg to save this country and keep the president in line", "EQK7ICZh3Lg-00008-00009637-00010530": "Ginsburg has made it perfectly clear that Trump will have to deal with her for the rest of his presidency, which hopefully won’t be much longer", "EQK7ICZh3Lg-00009-00010530-00011209": "But in case he does win a second term, he will have to answer to the Notorious RBG!"}}, {"audio_id": "ESS0hlSRolo", "text": {"ESS0hlSRolo-00000-00000571-00001589": "So far, we know very little about what's in Robert Mueller's report, but we know, from Attorney General Bill Barr, that Mueller did not find collusion", "ESS0hlSRolo-00001-00001589-00002569": "On the issue of obstruction, Barr and deputy A.G. Rod Rosenstein determined that the evidence was \"not sufficient\" to support prosecution", "ESS0hlSRolo-00002-00002569-00003580": "Trump, true to form, went too far and said he had been completely exonerated. But Sunday was just day one of a multi-day story", "ESS0hlSRolo-00003-00003580-00004580": "Team Trump plans to \"slam and shame the media\".CNN's Jim Acosta reports that Trumpworld is going to go after the press hard in the coming days", "ESS0hlSRolo-00004-00004580-00005434": "The Republican National Committee is already blasting out emails with titles like \"The Media Was Obsessed With The Democrat Lie", "ESS0hlSRolo-00005-00005434-00006994": "\" And many of Fox's talk show hosts are blasting CNN and MSNBC.A Trump adviser who speaks to the president regularly told Acosta to expect Trump and his team to \"slam and shame the media\" over Mueller's no-collusion conclusion", "ESS0hlSRolo-00006-00006994-00007668": "\"This is like Geraldo Rivera and Al Capone's vault all over again,\" the adviser said", "ESS0hlSRolo-00007-00007668-00009235": "The WaPo's White House team expects the same thing: \"Aides say Trump plans to highlight the cost of the probe and call for organizations to fire members of the media and former government officials who he believes made false accusations about him", "ESS0hlSRolo-00008-00009235-00010290": "\".Oliver Darcy's analysis.Oliver Darcy emails: Sean Hannity's tweets tell you everything you need to know about Fox's programming plan for Monday", "ESS0hlSRolo-00009-00010290-00011254": "Right-wing pundits and members of Trump's inner circle are pushing journalists to apologize for the media's coverage of the Mueller probe", "ESS0hlSRolo-00010-00011254-00012357": "The reasoning seems to be that by covering the investigation, which ultimately did not indict anyone for conspiring with Russia, journalists hyped a baseless probe", "ESS0hlSRolo-00011-00012357-00013020": "Some critics are going further and saying the press \"lied\" and \"colluded\" to take down Trump", "ESS0hlSRolo-00012-00013020-00014216": "But I don't seem to recall these same pundits demanding journalists apologize for aggressively covering the Hillary Clinton email probe after James Comey decided not to bring charges", "ESS0hlSRolo-00013-00014216-00015528": "While the two aren't perfectly identical scenarios, they were similar situations, and I don't remember a rush to declare that Fox's credibility — or any other news organization's — was tarnished for coverage of it", "ESS0hlSRolo-00014-00015528-00016358": "Stelter's response.Oliver is right. And yet the press is going to get hammered in the hours and days to come", "ESS0hlSRolo-00015-00016358-00017748": "I have a few thoughts about this:.-- We live in a big wild world of \"media.\" Try to tune out the partisans who paint with a broad brush — the ones who cherry-pick individual errors and try to punish the press as a whole", "ESS0hlSRolo-00016-00017748-00018574": "The rhetoric from folks like Donald Trump Jr. is predictable and cynical — they just want the \"media\" to be the enemy", "ESS0hlSRolo-00017-00018574-00019347": "-- The federal probes of Trump's campaign and inner circle were and still are BIG stories, period", "ESS0hlSRolo-00018-00019347-00020237": "And Trump's daily deceptions and strange actions gave Americans ample reason to be suspicious about his Russia ties", "ESS0hlSRolo-00019-00020237-00021144": "-- But: There were mistakes made in the course of the Trump-Russia coverage. And there were newsroom choices that merit reflection now", "ESS0hlSRolo-00020-00021144-00021899": "What did the sheer volume of the coverage signal to viewers? Take Rachel Maddow's fans, for example", "ESS0hlSRolo-00021-00021899-00022630": "On Sunday Glenn Greenwald accused her of feeding \"millions of people conspiratorial garbage", "ESS0hlSRolo-00022-00022630-00023962": "\" Do Maddow's viewers feel misled right about now?.-- News versus noise: There's been so much solid reporting about the Trump-Russia mystery, but the media ecosystem tends to reward speculation over straight news", "ESS0hlSRolo-00023-00023962-00024994": "Are there ways to change this?.-- Mostly I agree with Emily Bell's tweet: \"If the main story coming out of Mueller is a media story — that cannot be right", "ESS0hlSRolo-00024-00024994-00025642": "Y'all need to get off Twitter for a couple of days.\".Views from the left and right", "ESS0hlSRolo-00025-00025642-00026522": "-- Want to get a feel for right-wing reactions against the press? Take a look at Mollie Hemingway or Brit Hume's Twitter feeds", "ESS0hlSRolo-00026-00026522-00027995": "-- Matt Taibbi's piece is being widely shared: He said news that Mueller \"is headed home without issuing new charges is a death-blow for the reputation of the American news media\" and called Russiagate \"this generation's WMD", "ESS0hlSRolo-00027-00027995-00029296": "\".-- Franklin Foer's rebuttal to Taibbi: \"Mueller has apparently endorsed the fundamental underlying case emanating from the intelligence community: The Russians were actively working to secure Trump's victory", "ESS0hlSRolo-00028-00029296-00031135": "\".-- Rich Lowry's post for NRO: \"The media coverage of the Russia investigation was abysmal and self-discrediting —obsessive and hysterical, often suggesting that the smoking gun was right around the corner, sometimes supporting its hoped-for result with erroneous, too-good-to check reporting", "ESS0hlSRolo-00029-00031135-00033473": "Never has so little come of so many screaming chyrons.\".-- And here's a counterpoint from Ryan Lizza: \"Contra a lot of commentary: given the issues, stakes, and seriousness with which special counsel treated all of this, the media's coverage of Russia-Trump connection and possible obstruction over the last two years was somewhere between about right and not quite aggressive enough", "ESS0hlSRolo-00030-00033473-00034474": "\".NYT editor doesn't have regrets.NYT executive editor Dean Baquet to the Washington Post's Paul Farhi: \"I'm comfortable with our coverage", "ESS0hlSRolo-00031-00034474-00035221": "It is never our job to determine illegality, but to expose the actions of people in power", "ESS0hlSRolo-00032-00035221-00035916": "And that's what we and others have done and will continue to do.\" Here's more from Baquet", "ESS0hlSRolo-00033-00035916-00036879": "More notes and quotes.-- Michael Calderone's headline for Politico: \"Media stares down 'reckoning' after Mueller report underwhelms", "ESS0hlSRolo-00034-00036879-00037736": "\".-- THR's Jeremy Barr says all this chatter is premature: \"No need to write these stories yet,\" he tweeted", "ESS0hlSRolo-00035-00037736-00038852": "\"Without all the info, we are essentially ~speculating~ that the media messed up by speculating too much about Russia", "ESS0hlSRolo-00036-00038852-00040061": "\".-- Matt Lewis writing for The Daily Beast: \"Regular viewers of liberal-leaning cable news outlets may have an especially hard time grappling with the fact that the narrative has suddenly gone bust", "ESS0hlSRolo-00037-00040061-00040996": "\".-- The bottom line, from Chuck Todd, speaking on MSNBC: \"This isn't getting resolved in this country until November 2020", "ESS0hlSRolo-00038-00040996-00042631": "\".The right's reversal on Mueller.Oliver Darcy emails: For the better part of the last two years, members of the pro-Trump media have argued that the probe into Russian election interference was a \"witch hunt\" and suggested Mueller was a \"deep state\" dirty cop", "ESS0hlSRolo-00039-00042631-00044078": "Now we know that Mueller's report has cleared Trump on conspiracy with Russia. So either Mueller was a lousy dirty cop, or everything these right-wing talking heads have been shouting on Fox News prime time was false", "ESS0hlSRolo-00040-00044078-00045042": "In fact, Mueller arrived at a conclusion where the facts took him. His conclusion proves that this was no rigged witch hunt", "ESS0hlSRolo-00041-00045042-00045996": "As Joe Walsh tweeted, \"All those 'witch hunt/deep state' folks who maligned Mueller's character for 22 months owe Robert Mueller an apology", "ESS0hlSRolo-00042-00045996-00047009": "He did his job and did it well.\".-- Related: Julia Ioffe tweeted: \"I'm old enough to remember when the President said we shouldn't believe anything Mueller said", "ESS0hlSRolo-00043-00047009-00047809": "\".Don't expect to hear from the man himself.Mueller achieved almost mythical status in America", "ESS0hlSRolo-00044-00047809-00048725": "As one of the characters in this national drama, his name came to mean so many different things to so many different people", "ESS0hlSRolo-00045-00048725-00049815": "Hopefully, in the end, his name will mean \"truth.\" Now that he's leaving the playing field, don't expect to see Mueller sit down for a TV interview or anything like that", "ESS0hlSRolo-00046-00049815-00050567": "But the other characters are still playing. Republicans are accusing Democrats of moving the goalposts", "ESS0hlSRolo-00047-00050567-00051860": "and journalists are trying to keep up with the game.FOR THE RECORD.-- Before Barr's letter came out, the president played golf with a group of men, including Fox News contributor Trey Gowdy", "ESS0hlSRolo-00048-00051860-00053197": "-- Noted Mueller watcher Garrett Graff says he has \"a million questions\" now.-- NPR produced special editions of its politics podcast about the Mueller report on Friday night and again Sunday night", "ESS0hlSRolo-00049-00053197-00054091": "-- Read more of Sunday's \"Reliable Sources\" newsletter here. And subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox", "ESS0hlSRolo-00050-00054091-00055684": "Sunday's TV coverage.-- NBC was the first of the broadcast networks to break in, at 3:36 pm, with Kate Snow anchoring and Pete Williams doing an outstanding job of reading the letter aloud and analyzing it in real time", "ESS0hlSRolo-00051-00055684-00056528": "-- George Stephanopoulos anchored on ABC when the news came down.David Muir came in for \"World News Tonight", "ESS0hlSRolo-00052-00056528-00057891": "\".-- CBS aired four news cut-ins during CBS Sports' March Madness coverage.-- Wolf Blitzer was in the anchor chair on CNN when the letter came in, joined by Dana Bash and a full house", "ESS0hlSRolo-00053-00057891-00059385": "Ana Cabrera picked up at 7 p.m., then Anderson Cooper at 8 and Don Lemon at 10.-- Katy Tur (who happens to be nine months pregnant right now!) anchored MSNBC's coverage from 3 until 6 p", "ESS0hlSRolo-00054-00059385-00060302": "m. ET. Then Ari Melber took over. Kasie Hunt anchored her usual show at 7, and Melber came back at 9", "ESS0hlSRolo-00055-00060302-00061039": "-- Ed Henry and Dana Perino co-anchored on Fox when the news broke. Shannon Bream at 5", "ESS0hlSRolo-00056-00061039-00061974": "Jon Scott from 6 until 8. Then Bret Baier at 8, Steve Hilton's show at its usual time, and Bream again at 10", "ESS0hlSRolo-00057-00061974-00062909": "Coming up on Monday.-- CNN's \"Early Start\" starts an hour early, at 3 a.m. ET, and \"New Day\" starts at 5", "ESS0hlSRolo-00058-00062909-00063614": "-- Fox says Tucker Carlson will have an exclusive interview with Donald Trump Jr. on Monday night", "ESS0hlSRolo-00059-00063614-00064675": "-- CBS is pre-empting an episode of \"Bull\" to air \"The Mueller Report: A Turning Point,\" a one-hour special, Monday at 10pm Jeff Glor will anchor", "ESS0hlSRolo-00060-00064675-00065777": "Scott Pelley, Norah O'Donnell, John Dickerson, Major Garrett, Paula Reid, Nancy Cordes, Jeff Pegues, and Elizabeth Palmer will contribute", "ESS0hlSRolo-00061-00065777-00066495": "This almost never happens:.Every story on the front page of Monday's NYT is about the same subject", "ESS0hlSRolo-00062-00066495-00067459": "The banner: \"MUELLER FINDS NO TRUMP-RUSSIA CONSPIRACY.\" In the bottom left corner: \"Democrats vow to push ahead and investigate", "ESS0hlSRolo-00063-00067459-00067559": "\""}}, {"audio_id": "EgQRwiyVDdU", "text": {"EgQRwiyVDdU-00000-00000513-00001970": "New York Magazine canvassed a hundred New Yorkers asking each the question, “How Will the Trump Presidency End?” Remember, this question was asked in New York, so you can expect a New York bias", "EgQRwiyVDdU-00001-00001970-00003491": "Nevertheless, a thin majority (51%) responded he will run again and lose in 2020 – and a further 8% thinks he will lose and have to be deposed, with 23% believing he will win reelection", "EgQRwiyVDdU-00002-00003491-00004225": "The remaining replies ranged from “don’t know” all the way to impeachment to “he will become dictator for life", "EgQRwiyVDdU-00003-00004225-00005573": "”.What struck me about all this is, based on the opinions of people in a distinctly anti-Trump city, how easy it is to believe that Donald Trump has a Vegas chance to survive this current crisis", "EgQRwiyVDdU-00004-00005573-00006928": "Most particularly, in a post-Fairness Doctrine, Post-Truth era, the “man on the street” thinks that a proven arch criminal, traitor, sexual predator and liar has a decent shot at a second term", "EgQRwiyVDdU-00005-00006928-00009034": "Welcome to a world where it is possible to believe that the Apollo mission to the moon was a hoax, where global warming is a business dirty trick of Chinese export, where the 911 attacks were engineered by the Bush administration and UFOs travel trillions of kilometers for the sole purpose of making lovely designs in our crops", "EgQRwiyVDdU-00006-00009034-00009927": "Welcome to the world of “anything goes.” This is the State of the Union of “thought” as it exists in America today", "EgQRwiyVDdU-00007-00009927-00011583": "And it is nothing short of unbelievably, staggeringly stupid.I do not know who will be taking the oath of office on Wednesday, January 20th, 2021, but I do know who it won’t be, and I’ll stake my reputation on it: it won’t be Donald John Trump", "EgQRwiyVDdU-00008-00011583-00012790": "To support this extraordinary claim I turn to no less a person than Sir Isaac Newton, who said in his Third Law of Motion: “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction", "EgQRwiyVDdU-00009-00012790-00013900": "”.If anything has been a constant in American national politics, it has been the routine left to right and back again swing of the pendulum of the political spectrum", "EgQRwiyVDdU-00010-00013900-00016086": "Never before in history has that pendulum swung so severely to the right, and never before has there been so powerful a groundswell risen up of equal and opposite reaction, fueled by an outrage seldom seen before, and one about to be augmented by a Generation Z explosion – coming of age and desperate to vote Donald Trump into oblivion", "EgQRwiyVDdU-00011-00016086-00016389": "And you may quote me"}}, {"audio_id": "EjbULEake98", "text": {"EjbULEake98-00000-00000571-00001618": "Donald Trump’s now ubiquitous slogan, “Make America Great Again!”, is  often chanted at rallies, but rarely scrutinized in public discourse", "EjbULEake98-00001-00001618-00002423": "What era in America’s past is Mr Trump referring to when he says  “Again”?.Image result for MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN?", "EjbULEake98-00002-00002423-00005701": "Would Mr. Trump prefer America return to the days of slavery, Jim Crow and labor exploitation in unsafe factories, mines, foundries and plantations? How about the late 19th century when “Robber  Barons” monopolized one industry after another? Is he longing for the days when women were second-class citizens and couldn’t vote,  until securing this right less than 100 years ago, only to still be paid lower wages than their male colleagues for performing the same jobs and faced with consumer and educational discrimination?", "EjbULEake98-00003-00005701-00006380": "Or is Trump referring to a time when the US was less of a giant empire than it is today?", "EjbULEake98-00004-00006380-00007919": "Or, more optimistically, in the nineteen sixties and early seventies when America had its highest real wages and a large trade surplus? Has anyone heard him say he wanted to return America to that prominence that peaked in the nineteen sixties?", "EjbULEake98-00005-00007919-00009402": "He surely doesn’t want to raise wages for workers. On the campaign trail last year he said wages were too high and has not championed raising the frozen federal minimum wage (at $7,25 an hour) since", "EjbULEake98-00006-00009402-00010688": "He has spoken often about revising trade agreements to reduce our trade deficit, but he’s not going to take on the opposition of the emigrating giant global corporations to reduce our trade deficit", "EjbULEake98-00007-00010688-00012336": "Maybe he wants to go back to the America before there was Medicare and Medicaid, before dangerous cars had to be recalled, before food had to be labelled, before unions existed to collectively bargain with large companies in the auto, steel and oil industries?", "EjbULEake98-00008-00012336-00014750": "Does he miss the days when there were segregated restaurants, hotels, trains and buses? What about when people could smoke in your space on airplanes, in college lecture halls, hospital waiting rooms, cafes, offices and just about all public spaces, no matter the presence of  children and asthmatics? Or when people with disabilities faced physical exclusion and career discrimination?", "EjbULEake98-00009-00014750-00015828": "More benignly, perhaps Mr. Trump is longing for the days when there was less soil erosion, fewer toxic chemicals in the environment and more family farms", "EjbULEake98-00010-00015828-00016756": "Or when there was far less obesity and diabetes and less aggressive marketing to children of fast food full of fat, sugar and salt", "EjbULEake98-00011-00016756-00017983": "If so, he sure is not going to Make America Great with the corporatists he’s appointed to run the Food and Drug Administration, the  Environmental Protection Agency or the Department of Agriculture", "EjbULEake98-00012-00017983-00019540": "Does he want to Make America Great Again by returning to the days when there were fewer people in prisons per capita, fewer non-violent  drug offenders serving long sentences, including juveniles, fewer if any  private corporate prisons?", "EjbULEake98-00013-00019540-00020818": "If so, he is going to have problems with his Attorney General, Jeff Sessions.  What about when casino gambling was highly restricted and only legal in Nevada? It’s unlikely Mr", "EjbULEake98-00014-00020818-00021541": "Trump would have wanted to prohibit gambling in his Atlantic City Casinos before they failed or went bankrupt", "EjbULEake98-00015-00021541-00022168": "With his flurry of statements and Tweets endorsing sexual harasser and accused pedophile", "EjbULEake98-00016-00022168-00023649": "defeated Senate candidate Roy Moore, Trump, given his boastful aggression toward women,  certainly does not want to return to an America when such widely  publicized misbehavior would have kept men from even running for office", "EjbULEake98-00017-00023649-00024676": "Maybe, Mr. Trump has a limited meaning to “Again.” Maybe he means going back to a time when America was respected and feared in the world", "EjbULEake98-00018-00024676-00026060": "Going back to the days when a smaller Japan and Germany made war on the  US or when Britain played Woodrow Wilson and the US for suckers and got us into World War I, which led to World War II", "EjbULEake98-00019-00026060-00027144": "Oh, such glorious nostalgia for Donald J Trump.What a speech Trump could give were he to explain what Making America Great Again means to him", "EjbULEake98-00020-00027144-00028771": "He could explain his desire to go back to the prosperous Sixties when big corporations and the rich paid much higher  taxes, didn’t dare pay their CEOs more than 30 times the average wage in their companies and had to comply with a higher real minimum wage", "EjbULEake98-00021-00028771-00030289": ".He could wax nostalgic over the larger relative infrastructure budgets of the federal government, or the days when student debt was small or  non-existent compared to the huge student debt load now imposed on this  younger generation of Americans", "EjbULEake98-00022-00030289-00031687": "If all this sounds a little confusing, it is. Voters should have rejected such an unrebutted slogan repeated to applauding crowds again and again by Donald Trump in his get-away-with-anything presidential campaign of 2016"}}, {"audio_id": "F2xCgQJeKro", "text": {"F2xCgQJeKro-00000-00000103-00000509": "Сёння ў Леаніда Судаленкі дзень нараджэння.", "F2xCgQJeKro-00001-00000509-00000654": "Яму спаўняецца 55.", "F2xCgQJeKro-00002-00000734-00001214": "Але ён не зможа адсвяткаваць яго з сябрамі і калегамі.", "F2xCgQJeKro-00003-00001258-00001674": "Таму што ён, як і шмат якія іншыя беларусы, сядзіць у турме.", "F2xCgQJeKro-00004-00001765-00002170": "Упершыню я сустрэлася з Леанідам у 2007 годзе ў Вільні.", "F2xCgQJeKro-00005-00002227-00002427": "І мне было вельмі цікава сачыць за ім,", "F2xCgQJeKro-00006-00002427-00002968": "каб пабачыць, як ён укараняў міжнародныя стандарты ў Беларусі.", "F2xCgQJeKro-00007-00003000-00003338": "Ён мае асаблівую прагу да справядлівасці.", "F2xCgQJeKro-00008-00003405-00003848": "Але зараз ён вось ужо больш за 8 месяцаў знаходзіцца ў зняволенні", "F2xCgQJeKro-00009-00003848-00004048": "за сваю праваабарончую дзейнасць,", "F2xCgQJeKro-00010-00004048-00004578": "за тое, што ён быў юрыстам, пастаянна абараняючы іншых актывістаў, журналістаў", "F2xCgQJeKro-00011-00004578-00005042": "у сваім родным рэгіёне ад імя ПЦ \"Вясна\".", "F2xCgQJeKro-00012-00005144-00005778": "І ў гэтыя дні ён сам на лаве падсудных.", "F2xCgQJeKro-00013-00005778-00006423": "Ён напісаў у лісце, што \"цёмныя справы робяцца за зачыненымі дзвярыма\".", "F2xCgQJeKro-00014-00006634-00007152": "Я зрабіла некалькі паштовак", "F2xCgQJeKro-00015-00007152-00007468": "і буду працягваць дасылаць паштоўкі Леаніду.", "F2xCgQJeKro-00016-00007638-00007838": "Я раблю гэта, каб ён помніў", "F2xCgQJeKro-00017-00007879-00008111": "і разумеў, што мы не забыліся пра яго,", "F2xCgQJeKro-00018-00008305-00008559": "што яго праца мае значэнне.", "F2xCgQJeKro-00019-00008868-00008985": "Дарагі Леанід!", "F2xCgQJeKro-00020-00009172-00009419": "Ад мяне і Фонду дамоў правоў чалавека,", "F2xCgQJeKro-00021-00009436-00009580": "віншую цябе з днём нараджэння!", "F2xCgQJeKro-00022-00009664-00009766": "Мы з вамі!", "F2xCgQJeKro-00023-00009827-00010000": "Да хуткай сустрэчы!"}}, {"audio_id": "F6Pz-HrrG60", "text": {"F6Pz-HrrG60-00000-00000571-00001545": "Before meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, 35, President Donald Trump felt he enjoyed “a very special relationship” with the dictator", "F6Pz-HrrG60-00001-00001545-00002577": "But, historically, what impact does a personal relationship between foreign leaders with opposing ideologies in the voluntary pursuit of peace really have?", "F6Pz-HrrG60-00002-00002577-00003483": "Leaders of democracies seem to place significant value on this. Some benefit may exist, but only when a common interest is shared", "F6Pz-HrrG60-00003-00003483-00004716": "Bearing this out most notably was British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain who clearly believed his personal relationship with Germany’s Adolf Hitler in September 1938 had secured “peace for our time", "F6Pz-HrrG60-00004-00004716-00006432": "” He was wrong—a year later World War II erupted.In signing the Paris Peace Accords in January, 1973, National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger believed his cordial relationship with North Vietnamese negotiator Le Duc Tho achieved peace for Vietnam", "F6Pz-HrrG60-00005-00006432-00008010": "He too proved wrong—in April, 1975, South Vietnam fell after the North invaded.In 2012, President Barack Obama named then Turkish Prime Minister (now President) Recep Tayyip Erdogan as a best buddy", "F6Pz-HrrG60-00006-00008010-00009078": "Obama undoubtedly left office still clinging to this belief, ignoring the tsunami of Erdogan-triggered, anti-Americanism that swept over Turkey during that time", "F6Pz-HrrG60-00007-00009078-00010173": "This was all part of Erdogan’s agenda to undermine support for democracy, dismantling it at home to direct Turkey’s return to the days of the Ottoman Empire’s caliphate", "F6Pz-HrrG60-00008-00010173-00011790": "Thus, Obama’s personal relationship had no positive impact.Obama’s Secretary of State, John Kerry, firmly believed a close personal relationship with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif would help generate a nuclear deal with Tehran", "F6Pz-HrrG60-00009-00011790-00012780": "In 2009, Zarif attended the wedding of Kerry’s daughter to an Iranian-American physician whose best man was Zarif’s son", "F6Pz-HrrG60-00010-00012780-00014002": "Kerry credited that relationship, in January, 2016, with generating the release of ten US sailors captured after their disabled boat drifted into Iranian territorial waters", "F6Pz-HrrG60-00011-00014002-00015196": "While the good news was the personal relationship contributed to reaching a nuclear agreement, the bad news was it was a one-way friendship, earning Iran a heavily one-sided deal in its favor", "F6Pz-HrrG60-00012-00015196-00015935": "The above represented situations in which ideologically opposed leaders shared no common ground"}}, {"audio_id": "FBGfyakE92o", "text": {"FBGfyakE92o-00000-00000513-00001592": "The Trump administration harshly criticized Iran in the wake of the sentencing of Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh to decades in prison as well as lashes", "FBGfyakE92o-00001-00001592-00002644": "State Department spokesperson Robert Palladino said Tuesday that the U.S. condemned the sentence “in the strongest possible terms,” Radio Free Europe noted", "FBGfyakE92o-00002-00002644-00004118": "“We are outraged to hear reports that the Iranian regime sentenced.Sotoudeh to 38 years in prison and 148 lashes,” Palladino continued, describing the punishment as “beyond barbaric", "FBGfyakE92o-00003-00004118-00005578": "”.Sotoudeh, a long-time defender of human rights in Iran, had been charged with “encouraging corruption and debauchery,” \"colluding [and] propaganda against the system,” and “disrupting public order,\" according to her husband Reza Khandan", "FBGfyakE92o-00004-00005578-00006367": "The lawyer was detained last summer and initially told she would be given a five-year prison sentence", "FBGfyakE92o-00005-00006367-00007093": "But this week, her husband told Agence France-Presse that she’d been handed down seven new verdicts", "FBGfyakE92o-00006-00007093-00008153": "Conflicting reports have suggested different totals for the number of years Sotoudeh will be incarcerated, with 38 years being the longest reported length of time", "FBGfyakE92o-00007-00008153-00009391": "While the Trump administration has been quick to condemn Iran for its treatment of Sotoudeh, it has been unwilling to strongly criticize Saudi Arabia in the wake of numerous grave human rights violations", "FBGfyakE92o-00008-00009391-00011035": "On Wednesday, the BBC reported that several women’s rights activists, including prominent citizens who had led the campaign to grant women the right to drive, have gone on trial in the Middle Eastern kingdom, which Trump has previously referred to as a “great ally", "FBGfyakE92o-00009-00011035-00011836": "”.“As many as 10 women were expected to appear at the criminal court in Riyadh on Wednesday,” according to the BBC", "FBGfyakE92o-00010-00011836-00012691": "Among those facing charges is Loujain al-Hathloul, a prominent figure from the campaign to permit Saudi women to drive", "FBGfyakE92o-00011-00012691-00013649": "Last year, the kingdom officially lifted its ban on female drivers. It was the only country in the world implementing such a ban", "FBGfyakE92o-00012-00013649-00014903": "Jamal Abdi, president of the National Iranian American Council, told Newsweek that Iran’s treatment of Sotoudeh and other activists was “a violation of its international human rights obligations", "FBGfyakE92o-00013-00014903-00015608": "” However, he also criticized the Trump administration’s double standard on human rights in the Middle East", "FBGfyakE92o-00014-00015608-00017288": "“For Trump and his team, human rights is just another cudgel they wield opportunistically in service of a vision for the Middle East dictated to them by the likes of [Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed] bin Salman and [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu,” Abdi argued", "FBGfyakE92o-00015-00017288-00018644": "He pointed out that the “U.S. actually has leverage with our allies like Saudi Arabia to enforce human rights and international norms,” but “it turns a blind eye and even offers cover for the most perverse violations", "FBGfyakE92o-00016-00018644-00020221": "”.“Yet with Iran, where the Trump Administration has sanctioned itself out of influence and isolated itself on the world stage, it issues empty condemnations while punishing and undermining the Iranian people it claims to support,” he said", "FBGfyakE92o-00017-00020221-00021465": "Many Democratic and Republican lawmakers in Washington have also criticized the Trump administration’s continued support for Saudi Arabia’s leaders, pointing to the murder of journalist and U", "FBGfyakE92o-00018-00021465-00022797": "S. resident Jamal Khashoggi, as well as the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. A Saudi-led coalition has been waging war in Yemen, leading to the death of many civilians and a large-scale famine", "FBGfyakE92o-00019-00022797-00024369": "“Saudi Arabia is consistently ranked among the worst human rights abusers in the world and is responsible for famine/cholera outbreak in Yemen,” progressive Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, who represents Minnesota, wrote on Twitter Tuesday", "FBGfyakE92o-00020-00024369-00025433": "“Yet it is the top buyer of U.S.-made weapons. Why is Donald Trump siding with weapons manufacturers over human rights activists?” she asked"}}, {"audio_id": "FTnTTHL_rgU", "text": {"FTnTTHL_rgU-00000-00000513-00001733": "Donald Trump has made it clear throughout his time in the political spotlight that no one is off-limits when it comes to his insults and disgusting rhetoric: not the disabled, not U", "FTnTTHL_rgU-00001-00001733-00002657": "S. war veterans, not his fellow GOP politicians, and not even a dead man whose family is still very much in mourning", "FTnTTHL_rgU-00002-00002657-00003995": "Trump posted disparaging tweets about the late Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), whose death from brain cancer got entirely too much attention for the spotlight-seeking, thin-skinned president, on Sunday", "FTnTTHL_rgU-00003-00003995-00004980": "On Tuesday, he doubled down on his remarks during a press conference in the Oval Office, telling reporters he was “never a fan” of McCain’s", "FTnTTHL_rgU-00004-00004980-00006118": "Bill Weld, the former governor of Massachusetts from 1991 to 1997, is considering a primary challenge to Trump in the GOP race", "FTnTTHL_rgU-00005-00006118-00007166": "Like many Republicans disgusted with Trump’s embarrassing Twitter attacks and destruction of the GOP, he was appalled by Trump’s continued bashing of Sen", "FTnTTHL_rgU-00006-00007166-00008049": "McCain. On Twitter, he referred to the attacks as “contemptible,” saying that they are “beneath our dignity as Americans”", "FTnTTHL_rgU-00007-00008049-00008981": "Apparently, enough Americans have no dignity when it comes to politics, racism, misogyny, and Islamaphobia", "FTnTTHL_rgU-00008-00008981-00010334": "No matter how many times Trump proves that he’s giving a voice and a platform to white supremacists, his fans remain, but only because they don’t care if white supremacy is emboldened by Trump", "FTnTTHL_rgU-00009-00010334-00011139": "It doesn’t affect the vast majority of them, and neither does Trump’s complete annihilation of their own party"}}, {"audio_id": "FXXljU4kZ3u", "text": {"FXXljU4kZ3u-00000-00000571-00001665": "House Democrats will vote Tuesday on a resolution condemning the Trump administration's decision to call for the elimination of the entire Affordable Care Act", "FXXljU4kZ3u-00001-00001665-00004001": "\"The actions taken by the Trump Administration seeking the invalidation of the ACA's protections for people with pre-existing conditions, and later the invalidation of the entire ACA, are an unacceptable assault on the health care of the American people,\" the resolution says, calling for the Justice Department to reverse its position in agreeing with the ruling of a federal judge in Texas that invalidated Obamacare", "FXXljU4kZ3u-00002-00004001-00005223": "The resolution is largely a symbolic one as Democrats try to counter the President's own health care moves and keep the conversation focused on their own legislation to strengthen the Affordable Care Act", "FXXljU4kZ3u-00003-00005223-00007119": "\"I hope Members on both sides of the aisle, including the many Republicans who pledged in advance of the last election not to abandon those with pre-existing conditions, will join in supporting it and making the House's position in support of the law clear,\" House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said in a statement", "FXXljU4kZ3u-00004-00007119-00007893": "The resolution was introduced Friday by freshman Democratic Rep. Colin Allred of Texas", "FXXljU4kZ3u-00005-00007893-00009499": "\"I'm proud to the lead this resolution and to assure Americans that this Congress will not allow people with pre-existing conditions to go back to the days where they could be thrown off their health care just because they got sick,\" Allred said in a statement to CNN", "FXXljU4kZ3u-00006-00009499-00010938": "Following the Justice Department decision, the administration said it plans to submit a health care replacement to Congress this year, the chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on \"The Situation Room\" Wednesday", "FXXljU4kZ3u-00007-00010938-00011949": "However, a senior White House official told CNN that same day that the White House has no \"fresh\" plan to replace the Affordable Care Act", "FXXljU4kZ3u-00008-00011949-00013313": "The official pointed to the proposal from Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, the previous Obamacare repeal bill, which was ultimately unsuccessful"}}, {"audio_id": "FiHSnzFa8G4", "text": {"FiHSnzFa8G4-00000-00000513-00002710": "President Trump will soon formally seek a total of $8.6 billion in new border wall funding from Congress as part of the White House's upcoming budget proposal for the next fiscal year, three sources close to the budget process tell Fox News, although the aggressive request faces all-but-certain rejection in Congress amid a growing crisis at the southern border", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00001-00002710-00003882": "The budget is also expected to seek money to establish the Space Force as a new branch of the military, and to sharply curb spending on domestic safety-net programs", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00002-00003882-00005188": "The outline includes a total of $2.7 trillion in nondefense spending cuts and the administration says its proposals would put the federal government on track to balance the budget by 2034", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00003-00005188-00006056": "“In the last two years, President Trump and this Administration have prioritized reining in reckless Washington spending", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00004-00006056-00007652": "The Budget that we have presented to Congress and the American people . embodies fiscal responsibility, and takes aim at Washington’s waste, fraud, and abuse,” said Office of Management and Budget Acting Director Russ Vought said in a statement Sunday night", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00005-00007652-00008501": "Our national debt nearly doubled under the previous Administration and now stands at more than $22 trillion", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00006-00008501-00009569": "This Budget shows that we can return to fiscal sanity without halting our economic resurgence while continuing to invest in critical priorities", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00007-00009569-00010366": "”.According to the sources, Trump will look to secure $5 billion from Congress, plus $3", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00008-00010366-00011314": "6 billion from the military construction budget, for the fiscal year 2020. The request is coming on top of the $8", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00009-00011314-00012382": "1 billion Trump already has access to, which includes money he's trying to shift from military accounts after declaring a national emergency", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00010-00012382-00013119": "Trump invoked the emergency declaration last month after Congress denied his request for $5", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00011-00013119-00014067": "7 billion. Instead, Congress approved nearly $1.4 billion for the border barriers, far less than he wanted", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00012-00014067-00016405": "Armed with the $8.1 billion of wall funding currently available in the fiscal year 2019 budget, and the approximately 122 miles of wall completed or in progress from the last two fiscal years, the Trump administration already has the money to build more than half of the targeted 722 miles of wall along the southern border, Fox News is told", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00013-00016405-00018186": "This $8.6 billion request for fiscal year 2020 would allow the administration to more than complete the promised 722 miles, and White House officials tell Fox News that with the crisis worsening at the border, those funds are more important than ever", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00014-00018186-00019576": "The New York Times, citing government statistics, reported last week that the number of migrant families crossing the southwest border has hit an 11-year high, causing major humanitarian concerns", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00015-00019576-00020524": "“The system is well beyond capacity, and remains at the breaking point,” Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) Commissioner Kevin K", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00016-00020524-00021360": "McAleenan told reporters last week.In a joint statement, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00017-00021360-00023322": "Y., and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said:.“President Trump hurt millions of Americans and caused widespread chaos when he recklessly shut down the government to try to get his expensive and ineffective wall, which he promised would be paid for by Mexico,” Schumer and Pelosi said", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00018-00023322-00024085": "\"Congress refused to fund his wall and he was forced to admit defeat and reopen the government", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00019-00024085-00024847": "The same thing will repeat itself if he tries this again. We hope he learned his lesson", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00020-00024847-00026274": "“At a time when our country faces challenges about jobs for the future, this money would better be spent on rebuilding America, and on education and workforce development for jobs for the 21st century,” they concluded", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00021-00026274-00027081": "New York Democrat Rep. Nita M. Lowey said Trump's request was “not even worth the paper it’s written on", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00022-00027081-00028718": "”.The news of the $8.6 billion request comes as White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow revealed Sunday that Trump, at the same time, wants a 5 percent cut “across the board” on all domestic spending as part of his proposed 2020 budget", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00023-00028718-00029366": "“It will be a tough budget,” Kudlow said during an appearance on “Fox News Sunday", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00024-00029366-00030427": "” “We’re going to do our own caps this year and I think it’s long overdue.”.Kudlow, asked whether there would be pushback in Congress, predicted a rough road ahead", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00025-00030427-00031571": "“I suppose there will be,” Kudlow told anchor Chris Wallace. “I would just say that the whole issue of the wall, of border security, is of paramount importance", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00026-00031571-00032213": "We have a crisis down there. I think the president has made that case very effectively", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00027-00032213-00033397": "”.Trump's plan to stick with the strict spending caps imposed years ago would be a first for his administration, and lawmakers have largely avoided such caps with new budget deals", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00028-00033397-00034261": "The budget will propose serious cuts in safety net programs, which are used by many Americans, and other non-defense accounts", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00029-00034261-00035604": "That will likely trigger a showdown with Congress.The budget arrives as the president's Republican allies in the Senate, uneasy over the emergency declaration, are poised next week to debate terminating it", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00030-00035604-00036722": "Some view it as an overreach of executive power. Congress appears to have enough votes to reject Trump's declaration, but not to overturn his expected veto of their action", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00031-00036722-00038462": "Trump will seek $750 billion for defense, a boost for the military, while cutting non-defense discretionary spending by 5 percent below the cap, said the official, who was unauthorized to discuss the document ahead of its release and spoke on condition of anonymity", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00032-00038462-00039909": "Budgets are mainly seen as blueprints for White House priorities. But they are often panned on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers craft the appropriation bills that eventually fund the government if the president signs them into law", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00033-00039909-00040831": "In the past, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has described the president’s budget, as “a recommendation", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00034-00040831-00041688": "” Last year’s White House budget blueprint asked for $25 billion to construct a southern border wall", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00035-00041688-00042604": "Trump's budget for the 2020 fiscal year will increase requests for some agencies while reducing others to reflect those priorities", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00036-00042604-00043743": "Reductions are proposed, for example, for the Environmental Protection Agency.The official said Congress has ignored the president's spending cuts for too long", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00037-00043743-00044639": "The federal budget is bloated with wasteful spending, the official said, and the administration remains committed to balancing the budget", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00038-00044639-00045653": "The cuts being requested by the White House would hit discretionary spending as well as some mandatory safety net programs, which Trump has proposed in the past", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00039-00045653-00046839": "Many Republicans are often eager to reduce government spending, but Congress has had trouble passing bills that seriously slash the safety net programs used by many Americans", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00040-00046839-00048513": "Budgets often rely on various accounting measures to achieve desired results. This one, for example, counts $546 billion in defense money as a base, but another $174 billion in another account to keep within caps", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00041-00048513-00049757": "And while the budget will suggest it balances in future years, it is also expected to rely on projections for continued economic growth from the tax cuts Trump signed into law in 2017", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00042-00049757-00050916": "But there's no guarantee that would cover the lost tax revenues.By proposing spending levels that don't raise the budget caps, the president is courting a debate with Congress", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00043-00050916-00051844": "Lawmakers from both parties have routinely agreed to raise spending caps established by a previous deal years ago to fund the government", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00044-00051844-00052792": "Trump, though, has tried to resist those deals. He threatened to veto the last one reached in 2018 to prevent a shutdown", "FiHSnzFa8G4-00045-00052792-00053771": "Late last year, a fight over border wall funds sparked the 35-day shutdown that spilled into this year and became the longest in history"}}, {"audio_id": "GolHWbsf1CM", "text": {"GolHWbsf1CM-00000-00000513-00002263": "Donald Trump and his cronies in the GOP have offered a wide variety of explanations for the impetus behind the investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller into Russian influence on the 2016 election and allegations that the Trump campaign colluded with the Kremlin to steal an election", "GolHWbsf1CM-00001-00002263-00004724": "So far, it’s been President Obama’s corrupt intentions that caused it, Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, the DNC’s determination to smear a president who beat their candidate, a “deep state” operation united against an outsider in government, and the intelligence community that is somehow comprised of Democratic-led officials all working together against conservative ideology", "GolHWbsf1CM-00002-00004724-00005944": "Never do they mention the fact that those in the intelligence community have seen the actual evidence in this investigation and seem to unilaterally agree that Trump needed to be investigated", "GolHWbsf1CM-00003-00005944-00007560": "In an appearance on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanapolous, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), the GOP’s resident House showboat, ranted about an FBI “cabal” who banded together to push out a president elected by Republicans", "GolHWbsf1CM-00004-00007560-00009044": "As the American public awaits the findings of the Mueller investigation, Jordan pre-empted the pushback by saying that if Mueller’s report is to be released, all of the information around the investigation should be, as well", "GolHWbsf1CM-00005-00009044-00011372": "‘I’ll tell you this morning, if he’s going to release all the information, then I want all of it released. They used that dossier. Took it to a secret court. [They] didn’t tell the court the Clinton campaign paid for the document. Didn’t tell the court a foreigner desperate to stop Trump from being elected wrote the document. If they’re going to release everything, release it all.’", "GolHWbsf1CM-00006-00011372-00012709": "The FISA court isn’t secret, but applications to the FISA court are understandably kept under wraps since tipping off those who are being investigated and exactly what they’re being investigated for is inadvisable", "GolHWbsf1CM-00007-00012709-00014632": "Jordan is also once again lying about information being kept secret from the FISA court in the application for permission to surveil certain members of the Trump campaign; proof that the application did inform the court that the dossier was, in part, funded by the Clinton campaign has already been released", "GolHWbsf1CM-00008-00014632-00016572": "Of course, the lie that the Steele dossier was the impetus behind the investigation has also been disproven, although Trump-supporting Republicans like Jordan, as well as political pundits on Fox News, have convinced Trump’s supporters that this is so, and they still believe it despite that evidence", "GolHWbsf1CM-00009-00016572-00017448": "Jordan is not interested in the release of all of this information in order to expose any FBI “cabal” that doesn’t exist", "GolHWbsf1CM-00010-00017448-00018764": "He, as well as Trump and the rest of the GOP, need distractions. They need as many ways as possible to discredit Mueller’s findings just in case they turn out badly for the president", "GolHWbsf1CM-00011-00018764-00019475": "In the meantime, they continue to push misrepresentations and outright lies to do so"}}, {"audio_id": "G68G4uSARU4", "text": {"G68G4uSARU4-00000-00000571-00001545": "President Donald Trump announced Monday the US will formally designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a Foreign Terrorist Organization", "G68G4uSARU4-00001-00001545-00003854": "The step \"recognizes the reality that Iran is not only a State Sponsor of Terrorism, but that the IRGC actively participates in, finances, and promotes terrorism as a tool of statecraft,\" Trump said in a statement that described the IRGC as \"the Iranian government's primary means of directing and implementing its global terrorist campaign", "G68G4uSARU4-00002-00003854-00004964": "\".Iran warned this weekend that if the US went ahead with the designation, Tehran would retaliate by designating the US military as a terrorist organization in return", "G68G4uSARU4-00003-00004964-00006918": "Iranian parliamentarian Seyed Jawad Sadatinejad told Iran's state-run FARS News on Saturday, \"if any stupidity is carried out by the Americans, the Islamic Republic of Iran will practice reciprocity and designate the US military, which has killed many innocent people, to the list of terrorist groups", "G68G4uSARU4-00004-00006918-00007835": "\" He said Iran could then treat US troops in the region the same way they treated terror groups like ISIS and Al-Qaeda, reports FARS News", "G68G4uSARU4-00005-00007835-00008867": "A first.The designation will be the first time that the United States has ever named a part of another government as a foreign terrorist organization", "G68G4uSARU4-00006-00008867-00009739": "It takes effect on April 15, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told reporters at the State Department Monday", "G68G4uSARU4-00007-00009739-00010740": "\"This historic step will deprive the world's leading state sponsor of terror the financial means to spread misery and death around the world,\" Pompeo said", "G68G4uSARU4-00008-00010740-00011819": "He warned that businesses with a presence in Iran or engaged with its companies will have to take extra steps to ensure they are not violating US sanctions", "G68G4uSARU4-00009-00011819-00012756": "Brian Hook, a senior policy adviser to Pompeo, said Monday that the IRGC controls \"up to half Iran's economy", "G68G4uSARU4-00010-00012756-00013762": "\".\"It is absolutely the case that the IRGC amounts to a significant amount of the Iranian economy through pure kleptocracy,\" Pompeo said", "G68G4uSARU4-00011-00013762-00014916": "\"Businesses and banks around the world now have a clear duty to ensure that companies with which they conduct transactions are not connected to the IRGC in any material way", "G68G4uSARU4-00012-00014916-00016881": "\".Concerns about troops.Senior officials said the designation decision, formally under the State Department's purview, represents the next step in the Trump administration's maximum pressure campaign against Iran, but the move had met with internal resistance because of concerns about American troops in the Middle East", "G68G4uSARU4-00013-00016881-00018049": "Defense officials have told CNN that US troops in Syria and Iraq often find themselves operating in close proximity to members of the IRGC", "G68G4uSARU4-00014-00018049-00019517": "Last year, CNN reported that Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats cautioned the administration that designating the IRGC could pose dangers to US forces, according to one source familiar with the matter", "G68G4uSARU4-00015-00019517-00020969": "Asked about the risks to US troops in the Middle East and particularly in Iraq, Hook told reporters at the State Department that \"the decision leading up to this process was a full interagency process that included every member of the NSC", "G68G4uSARU4-00016-00020969-00021601": "We have taken all measures that are appropriate and prudent in the context of this designation", "G68G4uSARU4-00017-00021601-00022612": "\".He added that \"whenever we and other nations call out and expose the regime for what it is, it behaves like a mafia organization increasing its threats", "G68G4uSARU4-00018-00022612-00024067": "We will not be deterred by their threats.\".'Prepared'.Nathan Sales, the State Department's Coordinator for Counterterrorism, said the agency would not discuss details of measures being taken to ensure the safety of US personnel", "G68G4uSARU4-00019-00024067-00025895": "\"I can assure you that we take force protection very, very seriously. And that is why we have run a robust interagency process to make sure that all interested parties are prepared for whatever the Iranian regime might throw at us,\" he said, speaking alongside Hook Monday", "G68G4uSARU4-00020-00025895-00027539": "Cmdr. Rebecca Rebarich, Pentagon spokeswoman, said Monday that \"the Department of Defense is prepared to implement the President and Secretary of State's decision to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a Foreign Terrorist Organization", "G68G4uSARU4-00021-00027539-00028612": "\".\"As a matter of policy, we do not discuss adjustments to force protection levels or measures for operational security reasons,\" Rebarich continued", "G68G4uSARU4-00022-00028612-00029691": "\"As always, DoD has taken prudent measures to ensure the safety of our forces around the world, and maintain our readiness to carry out our missions", "G68G4uSARU4-00023-00029691-00029791": "\""}}, {"audio_id": "GsnPLTAXprc", "text": {"GsnPLTAXprc-00000-00000513-00002020": "Quick, what’s happening right now? When will Robert Mueller’s report be filed? What will be in it? Who is about to be criminally charged, and by whom? Why did the DOJ just fly a plane to London from its U", "GsnPLTAXprc-00001-00002020-00002772": "S. base where fugitive retrieval agents are stationed? Does anyone know what’s about to happen next?", "GsnPLTAXprc-00002-00002772-00003885": "The short answer is no – at least when it comes to unscrambling the precise details of what’s happening right now, or predicting what’s about to happen by this time tomorrow", "GsnPLTAXprc-00003-00003885-00005053": "At this point you might have a better statistical chance of accurately guessing the winner of every remaining March Madness game than accurately guessing what all will be in the Mueller report", "GsnPLTAXprc-00004-00005053-00005766": "Of course there are some anecdotal clues that point to what’s about to happen in a less detailed sense", "GsnPLTAXprc-00005-00005766-00007247": "Based on his recent escalating antics and unraveling behavior, Donald Trump clearly thinks the Mueller report is going to be ugly for him, and that it’s coming soon, and that he won’t be able to defend himself well against it", "GsnPLTAXprc-00006-00007247-00009292": "But this could be based on anything from inside knowledge to general dread. More and more Republicans in Congress are voting against Trump on key issues, seemingly trying to insulate themselves from his downfall – but again, that doesn’t mean they know anything more than we do about when and how the Mueller hammer might drop on him", "GsnPLTAXprc-00007-00009292-00010149": "Robert Mueller knows what’s in his own report, but he’s not going to tell us about it before he’s ready to tell us about it", "GsnPLTAXprc-00008-00010149-00010933": "Mueller has had nearly two years to plan his endgame, and Donald Trump has had nearly two years to dread it", "GsnPLTAXprc-00009-00010933-00011706": "Beyond that, we’re all on the outside looking in for the moment – and that could all change at any moment"}}, {"audio_id": "G_edo6Chy_g", "text": {"G_edo6Chy_g-00000-00000513-00001887": "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi does not currently support impeaching President Donald Trump despite thinking that he's unfit for the country's highest office, according to a Washington Post magazine interview published Monday", "G_edo6Chy_g-00001-00001887-00002966": "\"I'm not for impeachment,\" Pelosi said. \"This is news. I'm going to give you some news right now because I haven't said this to any press person before", "G_edo6Chy_g-00002-00002966-00004465": "But since you asked, and I've been thinking about this: Impeachment is so divisive to the country that unless there's something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, I don't think we should go down that path, because it divides the country", "G_edo6Chy_g-00003-00004465-00005512": "And he's just not worth it.\".The California Democrat also said that Trump is \"ethically,\" \"intellectually,\" and \"curiosity-wise\" unfit for office", "G_edo6Chy_g-00004-00005512-00006923": "\"No, I don't think he's fit to be President of the United States,\" she said.Pelosi's comments published Monday are perhaps her strongest yet against the issue, but the speaker has signaled for months her resistance to pushing for impeachment", "G_edo6Chy_g-00005-00006923-00008229": "\"It's not someplace that I think we should go,\" Pelosi said on CNN's \"State of the Union\" in November 2017 when asked whether Democrats would seek to oust the President if they regained the majority", "G_edo6Chy_g-00006-00008229-00010332": "The comments come days after House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerry Nadler announced a sweeping investigation, sending letters to 81 people and entities -- including the White House, the Justice Department, senior campaign officials, Trump Organization officials and the President's sons -- into possible corruption, obstruction of justice and abuses of power", "G_edo6Chy_g-00007-00010332-00011306": "Democrats say they're conducting the rigorous oversight of the administration that Republicans refused to do the first two years of Trump's presidency", "G_edo6Chy_g-00008-00011306-00012542": "While Pelosi's comments may help Democrats in competitive districts distance themselves from a divisive topic, they could frustrate some of those now in the middle of congressional investigations", "G_edo6Chy_g-00009-00012542-00013357": "Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Democrat from Maryland, told CNN he'd \"put it differently\" than Pelosi", "G_edo6Chy_g-00010-00013357-00014229": "\"The Constitution calls for impeachment in cases of bribery, treason and other high crimes and misdemeanors,\" he said", "G_edo6Chy_g-00011-00014229-00015047": "\"So the legal case should indeed be compelling, the evidence should be overwhelming and the politics should be bipartisan", "G_edo6Chy_g-00012-00015047-00016052": "He may not be worth it but of course that's not the standard. The country is certainly worth it if the Constitution and the public interest demand it", "G_edo6Chy_g-00013-00016052-00016988": "\".\"There have, of course, been cases when impeachment investigations have been unifying, as with Richard Nixon,\" Raskin added", "G_edo6Chy_g-00014-00016988-00017972": "House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff told CNN that he agreed with Pelosi and that a \"failed impeachment isn't a good idea", "G_edo6Chy_g-00015-00017972-00018845": "\" The California Democrat added it doesn't make sense to move down that road \"in the absence of very graphic evidence", "G_edo6Chy_g-00016-00018845-00019498": "\".A few Democratic members of Congress have already introduced articles of impeachment", "G_edo6Chy_g-00017-00019498-00021042": "Last week, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a freshman Democratic lawmaker from Michigan, said she would file such a resolution this month, claiming \"every single colleague\" of hers believed that the President has committed impeachable offenses", "G_edo6Chy_g-00018-00021042-00022047": "Rep. Brad Sherman, who has drafted articles of impeachment against the President, disputed Pelosi's comment that Trump \"isn't worth it", "G_edo6Chy_g-00019-00022047-00022959": "\".\"You don't impeach Trump for him, you impeach Trump for the Constitution,\" Sherman, a California Democrat, told reporters", "G_edo6Chy_g-00020-00022959-00024286": "Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, a New York Democrat and a member of House leadership, said that pro-impeachment House Democrats \"attract extraordinary amount of attention\" even though there are only a \"handful\" of them", "G_edo6Chy_g-00021-00024286-00025749": "\"At the end of the day, there are 239 members of the House Democratic caucus and the overwhelming majority of those members have made clear that we should proceed with caution with respect to impeachment,\" Jeffries said", "G_edo6Chy_g-00022-00025749-00026958": "House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy embraced Pelosi's remarks, arguing Democrats have no basis to impeach the President and are just trying to damage his political prospects", "G_edo6Chy_g-00023-00026958-00027494": "\"I think the speaker is correct in saying they won't impeach him,\" he said"}}, {"audio_id": "G_DeafOWEJy", "text": {"G_DeafOWEJy-00000-00000571-00001548": "This week Michael Cohen publicly provided evidence and testimony regarding illegal hush money payments to two of Donald Trump’s mistresses", "G_DeafOWEJy-00001-00001548-00002470": "Of course these are just the two payoffs that have publicly surfaced of their own accord, and we all know there are almost certainly more", "G_DeafOWEJy-00002-00002470-00003097": "Now it turns out someone who has been on the inside agrees, and it’s all about to come out", "G_DeafOWEJy-00003-00003097-00003940": "Assuming Michael Cohen is telling the whole truth, he was only involved in two of Donald Trump’s hush money payoffs", "G_DeafOWEJy-00004-00003940-00005576": "But Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg, who has already sold out Team Trump in exchange for partial immunity, and who is being subpoenaed to testify before Congress, has signed off on every hush money payment that Donald Trump has ever made", "G_DeafOWEJy-00005-00005576-00006393": "One of his former colleagues expects that Weisselberg’s testimony will expose at least five additional illegal Trump payoffs", "G_DeafOWEJy-00006-00006393-00007749": "Barbara Res the former executive VP of the Trump Organization, appeared on the Ari Melber show on MSNBC today and stated her expectation that Allen Weisselberg knows about “lots” of additional payoffs", "G_DeafOWEJy-00007-00007749-00008611": "When pressed for specifics, she predicted that the number was more than five, but not necessarily more than ten", "G_DeafOWEJy-00008-00008611-00010429": "So why is this a big deal?.Donald Trump and his surrogates are already trying to spin the payoffs to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal as if they were isolated incidents that were only technically in violation of the law, and that they don’t necessarily paint Trump as some kind of career criminal", "G_DeafOWEJy-00009-00010429-00011108": "But if several more illegal payoffs are about to surface, that’s a whole other story", "G_DeafOWEJy-00010-00011108-00012001": "In addition, we may be about to learn all the secrets that Trump was trying to keep secret by paying all these other people off"}}, {"audio_id": "GGXv2RA_Tpo", "text": {"GGXv2RA_Tpo-00000-00000571-00001825": "Former Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI) told Breitbart News that President Donald Trump’s positions on international trade have reshaped the Republican Party’s voter base", "GGXv2RA_Tpo-00001-00001825-00002796": "He offered his analysis last Thursday in an interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight with hosts Rebecca Mansour and Joel Pollak", "GGXv2RA_Tpo-00002-00002796-00003428": "McCotter approved of the Trump administration’s challenges to China’s hegemonic ambitions", "GGXv2RA_Tpo-00003-00003428-00004361": "“The agenda, in trade — which I think the president is right on — is challenging communist China, who is not our friend,” said McCotter", "GGXv2RA_Tpo-00004-00004361-00005528": "He described China as “a mercantilist state gutting [America’s] manufacturing industry and putting our people out of work” while violating “the rules of international trade", "GGXv2RA_Tpo-00005-00005528-00006960": "”.president is right on that, but those types of policies were advocated year-in and year-out by many Republicans, not only for the effect on Michigan workers but throughout the entire Midwest and anyone in manufacturing", "GGXv2RA_Tpo-00006-00006960-00008177": "”.He added, “The Republican Party with President Trump’s coalition is so hard for establishment Republicans to understand, and good, if you can’t understand, there’s nothing you can do about that", "GGXv2RA_Tpo-00007-00008177-00008966": "”.McCotter continued, “The Never Trumpers are Never Trumpers, and that’s fine. Real people get it", "GGXv2RA_Tpo-00008-00008966-00010361": "They understand what this administration — what this president — is trying to do to make America great again, and it revolves around empowering people to make their own decisions in an economy that allows them to do so", "GGXv2RA_Tpo-00009-00010361-00011210": "”.Trump’s prioritization of American workers has driven a partisan political realignment, assessed McCotter", "GGXv2RA_Tpo-00010-00011210-00012673": ".“It’s nice to have any president to be able to sit there and prioritize American workers, to prioritize American citizens, and I think that’s what has, in many ways, been missing to a large degree,” remarked McCotter", "GGXv2RA_Tpo-00011-00012673-00013532": "McCotter added, “American workers are willing to compete with anyone as long as the playing field is level, and it hasn’t been", "GGXv2RA_Tpo-00012-00013532-00014357": "A lot of people got rich in a lot of countries, including ours, by making sure that playing field was not leveled,”", "GGXv2RA_Tpo-00013-00014357-00017155": "McCotter continued, “So to see the President of the United States — who represents all the people of the United States — to be able to take on those interests, and to be able to try to make the playing field acceptable — make the playing field equitable — for all Americans so we can compete, I think that’s very crucial and it’s been something that’s been lacking, and again, it explains why his coalition defies so many Republicans’ understanding of what constitutes a winning coalition", "GGXv2RA_Tpo-00014-00017155-00018302": "”.Mansour asked McCotter about predictions of economic hardship befalling Americans via Trump’s imposition of tariffs on some China exports from the Trump administration’s critics", "GGXv2RA_Tpo-00015-00018302-00020499": "“No, the scaremongering hasn’t worked,” replied McCotter. “If you look in the larger context, we’re dealing with countries like communist China that are a mercantilist-based economy that will steal and counterfeit and do everything they possibly can that are outside the rules and traditional norms of countries in their international trade relations", "GGXv2RA_Tpo-00016-00020499-00022063": "So when you apply tariffs to countries like that, it’s applied to them not because you’re punishing the Americans, but because you’re trying to prevent the harm to the American workers that the unconscionable actions of that communist regime have placed upon your citizens", "GGXv2RA_Tpo-00017-00022063-00022962": "That’s what that’s about.”.McCotter added, “So when people do not understand that, there’s nothing you can do with people like that", "GGXv2RA_Tpo-00018-00022962-00024036": "Either they have a vested interest or else they’re just beyond reasonable comprehension at this point of what’s happening between our relations between the two countries", "GGXv2RA_Tpo-00019-00024036-00024898": "”.Americans are broadly aware of rising economic tides via the Trump administration’s policies, said McCotter", "GGXv2RA_Tpo-00020-00024898-00025551": "“Who are you going to believe, the media or your own eyes?” he asked. “Believe your own eyes", "GGXv2RA_Tpo-00021-00025551-00026449": "You’re either working or not. You’re either good or you’re not, and you’ll know that, and no one’s going to convince you any differently", "GGXv2RA_Tpo-00022-00026449-00027262": "If it’s bad, it’s going to feel bad and you’re going to know it, and no amount of talking points is going to change your mind", "GGXv2RA_Tpo-00023-00027262-00027721": "If things are good, you’re going to know that too.”"}}, {"audio_id": "GOy7q1bAfo0", "text": {"GOy7q1bAfo0-00000-00000571-00001344": "Border Patrol was overwhelmed this past week with the arrival of Spring, and Trump has to do something about it", "GOy7q1bAfo0-00001-00001344-00002702": "Without a wall, border security is crumbling.As we reported Friday, the largest caravan yet is forming to take advantage of this weakness, and some are estimating it could grow to 20,000", "GOy7q1bAfo0-00002-00002702-00003964": "And, according to AP, it’s coming from “El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala.”.Trump warned them to keep their people in their country back in December, but they haven’t listened", "GOy7q1bAfo0-00003-00003964-00004612": "So Trump is done with words. He’s pulling the rug out from under them. From The Hill:", "GOy7q1bAfo0-00004-00004612-00005427": "The United States will no longer provide foreign assistance to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras", "GOy7q1bAfo0-00005-00005427-00006252": "Wow! He finally did it!.When he threatened this months ago, for a time the caravans seemed to slow down", "GOy7q1bAfo0-00006-00006252-00006931": "But with this new wave coming, Trump made sure no one was confused why they’re losing millions in aid:", "GOy7q1bAfo0-00007-00006931-00007566": "“We were paying them tremendous amounts of money. And we’re not paying them anymore", "GOy7q1bAfo0-00008-00007566-00008261": "Because they haven’t done a thing for us. They set up these caravans,” he reportedly said", "GOy7q1bAfo0-00009-00008261-00008945": "That’s right. Why should we keep sending money to countries who are putting our nation at risk?", "GOy7q1bAfo0-00010-00008945-00009577": "Don’t doubt for one second—America is by far the most generous country in the world", "GOy7q1bAfo0-00011-00009577-00010314": "But we can’t keep helping people if our borders are overrun and our economy is swamped", "GOy7q1bAfo0-00012-00010314-00011510": "This has got to end – and Donald is ending it!.He is pulling these funds, and he is also preparing to close down the border completely this week if Mexico doesn’t start doing its part", "GOy7q1bAfo0-00013-00011510-00012816": "The border is about to get very quiet—just the way it should be. Then the billions Trump just fought for and won are going to be spent building fences and walls to make our border secure again", "GOy7q1bAfo0-00014-00012816-00013671": "But Democrats and the media are giving him plenty of heat over these decisions. It’s exactly the opposite of what they would do", "GOy7q1bAfo0-00015-00013671-00014107": "So he needs your support to get this done"}}, {"audio_id": "GbxlrZxX5zo", "text": {"GbxlrZxX5zo-00000-00000571-00001584": "President Trump doesn’t take his presidential power lightly.He reserves his executive orders for the most important causes – and this one is definitely needed", "GbxlrZxX5zo-00001-00001584-00002574": "College campuses are violating 1st Amendment rights because Democrats don’t want to hear opposing opinions that violate their safe spaces", "GbxlrZxX5zo-00002-00002574-00003917": "“Safe spaces” aren’t a right, but free speech is. Ben Shapiro and Condoleezza Rice were uninvited from giving speeches at liberal schools, and conservative students have been hounded for speaking their minds", "GbxlrZxX5zo-00003-00003917-00004593": "But President Trump is hitting these schools where it hurts – their pocketbooks.From The Hill:", "GbxlrZxX5zo-00004-00004593-00005717": "President Trump announced Saturday he intends to sign an executive order mandating colleges and universities take steps to guarantee free speech to attain federal research grants", "GbxlrZxX5zo-00005-00005717-00006881": "“Today I’m proud to announce that I will be very soon signing an executive order requiring colleges and universities to support free speech if they want federal research grants", "GbxlrZxX5zo-00006-00006881-00007581": "”.If schools keep up their behavior, Trump is going to pull taxpayer dollars from them", "GbxlrZxX5zo-00007-00007581-00007926": "That should get them in line real quick"}}, {"audio_id": "Gc5GbPTyaTo", "text": {"Gc5GbPTyaTo-00000-00000571-00001919": "Former Sen. Joe Lieberman joined host Alex Marlow on Sirius XM’s Breitbart News Daily on Friday, stressing to listeners the “critically important” move President Donald Trump made in calling for the U", "Gc5GbPTyaTo-00001-00001919-00003823": "S. to recognize the Golan Heights as Israeli territory.Lieberman praised the declaration the president made Thursday that it was “time for the United States to fully recognize Israel’s Sovereignty over the Golan Heights, which is of critical strategic and security importance to the State of Israel and Regional Stability!”", "Gc5GbPTyaTo-00002-00003823-00005429": "“The fact that [the president is] unconventional enables him to do something that presidents before him, of both parties, probably thought was the right thing to do but never did it because it seemed unconventional, and that’s the way it is with the Golan Heights,” said Lieberman", "Gc5GbPTyaTo-00003-00005429-00007078": ". .“I’m sure this was on the president’s mind when he did this, is that Iran is establishing, really, a permanent foothold with troops of its own, let alone, the Hezbollah terrorist army that it supports there,” he emphasized, calling it “critically important", "Gc5GbPTyaTo-00004-00007078-00008125": "”.“It was a very significant thing to do for regional stability, let alone for Israel’s security,” said Lieberman, who thanked President Trump for the action", "Gc5GbPTyaTo-00005-00008125-00008982": "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called President Trump to thank him, acknowledging, “You made history", "Gc5GbPTyaTo-00006-00008982-00010194": "”.He added in a tweet, “At a time when Iran seeks to use Syria as a platform to destroy Israel, President Trump boldly recognizes Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights", "Gc5GbPTyaTo-00007-00010194-00010808": "Thank you President Trump!”. .While President Trump’s tweet does not officially change U", "Gc5GbPTyaTo-00008-00010808-00011772": "S. policy, it does signal a greater possibility of seeing the policy changed either through Congress or an official presidential declaration", "Gc5GbPTyaTo-00009-00011772-00012856": "Haaretz pointed to President Trump’s decision to move the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem when indicating he could use the same method to officially change the U", "Gc5GbPTyaTo-00010-00012856-00014065": "S. position on the Golan Heights.The remark comes the week after the State Department removed “occupied” from 2018 Human Rights report references to Israeli portions of the region", "Gc5GbPTyaTo-00011-00014065-00014956": "Breitbart News reported the changed references to those portions of the Golan Heights to say “Israeli-controlled territory", "Gc5GbPTyaTo-00012-00014956-00015056": "”"}}, {"audio_id": "GiC_KEjPtRY", "text": {"GiC_KEjPtRY-00000-00000571-00002480": "Donald Trump has been putting on a good show. You have to give him that much. For the past month he’s been acting like a guy who’s been fully exonerated in every one of his scandals, who now had a clear path to 2020, and who was free to carry out the most grotesquely anti-American agenda possible without worry", "GiC_KEjPtRY-00001-00002480-00003287": "But on this day we’re reminded that it is, in his own ghoulish way, just an act – and he’s very much afraid", "GiC_KEjPtRY-00002-00003287-00004199": ".In recent days it’s become clear that House Democrats aren’t going to stop until they have their hands on Donald Trump’s tax returns", "GiC_KEjPtRY-00003-00004199-00005194": "It’s a bold gambit. Democrats are betting that the documents will expose Trump for the criminal that most Americans already think he is", "GiC_KEjPtRY-00004-00005194-00006317": "On the other hand, if Trump’s tax returns end up looking pretty normal, the Democrats will have a hard time explaining to the American public why they were so aggressive in obtaining them", "GiC_KEjPtRY-00005-00006317-00007255": ". .So now it’s up to Donald Trump when it comes to how aggressively he wants to fight the inevitable, and today he showed his hand", "GiC_KEjPtRY-00006-00007255-00008582": "Trump’s lawyers just fired off a surreal letter claiming that the House Ways and Means Committee’s request to see Trump’s tax returns is a “radical view of unchecked congressional power,” according to the New York Times", "GiC_KEjPtRY-00007-00008582-00009718": "Again, Trump could just publicly release his tax returns and gain points if they were even moderately clean, because most people are expecting them to be a treasure trove of corruption", "GiC_KEjPtRY-00008-00009718-00010957": ".Instead, Donald Trump is having his attorneys frantically double down on a legal strategy that, because the law is just that simple and clear cut in this regard, even he has to know can’t work", "GiC_KEjPtRY-00009-00010957-00011920": "He’s also revealed today that he’s going to fight against his own accounting firm Mazars when it comes to the release of his financial records", "GiC_KEjPtRY-00010-00011920-00012910": "Trump can’t win either of these fights – and when you’re reduced to taking on battles you know you can’t win, it means you don’t see a path to winning"}}, {"audio_id": "GmbhVkAQRZ4", "text": {"GmbhVkAQRZ4-00000-00000571-00001354": "This isn't the first time Trump has used penalties on a Chinese company as a tool to advance his trade agenda", "GmbhVkAQRZ4-00001-00001354-00002786": "President Donald Trump on Friday suggested that criminal charges against Chinese telecom giant Huawei and one of its top executives could be used as a bargaining chip in his administration's ongoing trade negotiations with China", "GmbhVkAQRZ4-00002-00002786-00003583": "“We’re going to be discussing all of that during the course of the next couple of weeks,\" Trump told reporters at the White House", "GmbhVkAQRZ4-00003-00003583-00004236": "\"We’ll be talking to the U.S. attorneys. We’ll be talking to the attorney general", "GmbhVkAQRZ4-00004-00004236-00005852": "We’ll be making that decision. Right now, it’s not something we’ve discussed.\".Chinese officials have been in Washington this week trying to hammer out a deal that would eliminate the tariffs Trump has imposed on billions of dollars worth of Chinese imports", "GmbhVkAQRZ4-00005-00005852-00006717": "In January, the Justice Department accused Huawei and its chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, of violating U", "GmbhVkAQRZ4-00006-00006717-00008287": "S. sanctions against Iran and stealing intellectual property from U.S. companies. Meng, the daughter of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei, is residing in Vancouver while the Canadian government decides whether to authorize her extradition to the U", "GmbhVkAQRZ4-00007-00008287-00009572": "S.The prospect of the U.S. retreating on Huawei drew swift pushback from lawmakers of both parties who have repeatedly warned the company could be used as a spying tool for the Chinese government", "GmbhVkAQRZ4-00008-00009572-00010883": "Huawei is the world's largest provider of telecommunications equipment, and U.S. officials have been crossing the globe warning other countries to steer clear of Huawei and another Chinese telecom firm, ZTE", "GmbhVkAQRZ4-00009-00010883-00011936": "“Huawei and ZTE pose a serious national security threat,\" Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said in a statement following Trump's comments", "GmbhVkAQRZ4-00010-00011936-00012879": "\"They’re Trojan Horses for the Chinese Communist Party, and the free world should stand together in blocking them from our critical infrastructure", "GmbhVkAQRZ4-00011-00012879-00014057": "”.“It would be a major mistake for President Trump to agree to any deal that fails to hold China accountable for its trade abuses and theft of American intellectual property,\" said Sen", "GmbhVkAQRZ4-00012-00014057-00015037": "Mark Warner (D-Va.).This isn't the first time Trump has used penalties on a Chinese company as a tool to advance his trade agenda", "GmbhVkAQRZ4-00013-00015037-00016142": "Last year, the administration lifted a ban on ZTE for violating sanctions against Iran, after Trump said he and Chinese President Xi Jinping wanted a solution", "GmbhVkAQRZ4-00014-00016142-00017158": "\"President Xi of China, and I, are working together to give massive Chinese phone company, ZTE, a way to get back into business, fast", "GmbhVkAQRZ4-00015-00017158-00018009": "Too many jobs in China lost. Commerce Department has been instructed to get it done!\" Trump tweeted in May", "GmbhVkAQRZ4-00016-00018009-00019046": "Republicans and Democrats criticized the administration's decision on ZTE, saying it put Trump's trade agenda above national security concerns", "GmbhVkAQRZ4-00017-00019046-00020010": "But Trump has touted the deal to lift the ban on ZTE in return for the company paying a $1 billion fine and replacing its management team", "GmbhVkAQRZ4-00018-00020010-00021570": "The Trump administration has separately been considering an executive order that would impose harsh penalties on Huawei, POLITICO and other media outlets have reported, but the president said Friday that he would prefer not to block Chinese companies from the U", "GmbhVkAQRZ4-00019-00021570-00022528": "S. market.\"I want competition with China, fair competition. I don't want to block out anybody if we can help it,\" Trump said", "GmbhVkAQRZ4-00020-00022528-00023171": "\"Now, if there's going to be a security reason or something that we have no choice", "GmbhVkAQRZ4-00021-00023171-00023845": "But that is one of the things we'll be discussing today. We want to have open competition", "GmbhVkAQRZ4-00022-00023845-00024892": "We've always done very well in open competition.\".Canada's relationship with China, a key trading partner, has been poisoned by Meng's arrest", "GmbhVkAQRZ4-00023-00024892-00025830": "Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei called it \"politically motivated,\" and the Chinese government has pressured Canada to release her immediately", "GmbhVkAQRZ4-00024-00025830-00027261": "A senior adviser to the Chinese Communist Party predicted this week that Meng's arrest could be linked to the trade talks and that she could be released from house arrest as early as April, the South China Morning Post reported"}}, {"audio_id": "Hou-5wQlZ4c", "text": {"Hou-5wQlZ4c-00000-00000513-00001798": "Donald Trump is continuing to get hammered in court. Last week ended with a trio of legal setbacks for Trump in New York that would take over the news cycle in any normal presidency", "Hou-5wQlZ4c-00001-00001798-00002558": "With Trump, these developments are just raindrops in a growing thunderstorm of bad news", "Hou-5wQlZ4c-00002-00002558-00003540": "On Thursday, a New York appeals court gave Summer Zervos the green light to proceed with her defamation lawsuit against Trump", "Hou-5wQlZ4c-00003-00003540-00004321": "A former contestant on The Apprentice, Zervos claimed that Trump groped and kissed her without her consent", "Hou-5wQlZ4c-00004-00004321-00005776": "Trump denied the allegations, calling them “100% false” and a “hoax.” Zervos then sued Trump under New York law for defamation, claiming that he damaged her reputation by falsely painting her as a liar", "Hou-5wQlZ4c-00005-00005776-00006432": "Trump loves to trample on the Constitution except when he thinks it might protect him", "Hou-5wQlZ4c-00006-00006432-00007534": "In this instance, Trump tried to hide behind the Constitution’s supremacy clause, which prevents states from interfering with the federal government’s powers", "Hou-5wQlZ4c-00007-00007534-00008422": "His lawyers argued that the Constitution bars Zervos from bringing the claim because he is the President of the United States", "Hou-5wQlZ4c-00008-00008422-00009410": "But the court agreed with Zervos, ruling 3-2 that even presidents are not immune from state level defamation lawsuits", "Hou-5wQlZ4c-00009-00009410-00010415": "Also on Thursday, New York Attorney General Letitia James made a new filing in the state’s lawsuit against the Donald J", "Hou-5wQlZ4c-00010-00010415-00011277": "Trump Foundation. Her office already succeeded in getting a court-supervised takedown of the Foundation in December", "Hou-5wQlZ4c-00011-00011277-00012084": "But now she is asking a judge to order Trump to pay a $5.6 million penalty and $2", "Hou-5wQlZ4c-00012-00012084-00013111": "8 million in restitution, and to ban Trump, Don Jr., Ivanka, and Eric from running any New York charity for the next decade", "Hou-5wQlZ4c-00013-00013111-00015475": "The filing reveals that James is armed with a wealth of “uncontroverted evidence” establishing that Trump “used Foundation funds to, among other things, pay for portraits of himself; make political donations, pay for advertising for Trump hotels, settle lawsuits involving the Trump Organization, and to improperly intervene in the 2016 election", "Hou-5wQlZ4c-00014-00015475-00016465": "”.Finally, on Friday, a federal judge in New York ruled against the Trump administration in a class-action lawsuit on immigration", "Hou-5wQlZ4c-00015-00016465-00017583": "Under federal law, migrants who prove they were “abused, abandoned, or neglected” by their parents are entitled to a pathway to lawful permanent residence", "Hou-5wQlZ4c-00016-00017583-00018962": "But in a blow to Trump’s hardline immigration aspirations, a judge ruled that the Trump administration wildly misconstrued the law and illegally denied this special status to thousands of qualified people", "Hou-5wQlZ4c-00017-00018962-00019853": "Donald Trump’s new legal setbacks were no doubt one ingredient in the stew that led to his Twitter hysteria over the weekend", "Hou-5wQlZ4c-00018-00019853-00020968": "Trump attacked the late Senator John McCain, threatened Saturday Night Live with a federal investigation after it aired a rerun, and barked orders at Fox News", "Hou-5wQlZ4c-00019-00020968-00021838": "This all reflects Trump’s growing desperation, as the “president” who is obsessed with winning continues losing bigly"}}, {"audio_id": "H0G7kEiavAM", "text": {"H0G7kEiavAM-00000-00000250-00000638": "Міжнародны аэрапорт «Фрэнсіс», Ліберці-Сіці, 1992гі год", "H0G7kEiavAM-00001-00000652-00001114": "Пасля 5ці гадоў жыцьця на Ўсходнім Узбярэжжы, прыйшоў час вярнуцца дадому", "H0G7kEiavAM-00002-00001136-00001336": "Міжнародны аэрапорт Лос-Сантаса", "H0G7kEiavAM-00003-00001358-00001454": "- Ало?", "H0G7kEiavAM-00004-00001472-00001562": "- Карл, гэта Світ.", "H0G7kEiavAM-00005-00001580-00001716": "- Што, Світ, чаго ты хочаш?", "H0G7kEiavAM-00006-00001734-00002060": "- Гэта пра матулю... Яна памерла, брат.", "H0G7kEiavAM-00007-00003670-00003932": "- Пасажыр, пакажыце Вашыя рукі!", "H0G7kEiavAM-00008-00004322-00004468": "- Стоп!", "H0G7kEiavAM-00009-00004508-00004708": "- На калені!", "H0G7kEiavAM-00010-00004824-00005084": "- А цяпер лягайце на жывот!", "H0G7kEiavAM-00011-00005144-00005372": "- Вось і ты.", "H0G7kEiavAM-00012-00006080-00006318": "- Я возьму гэта! Эрнандэс!", "H0G7kEiavAM-00013-00006336-00006548": "- Хэй, гэта мае паперкі, чал! Гэта мае грошы!", "H0G7kEiavAM-00014-00006564-00006742": "- Гэта грошы за наркотыкі!", "H0G7kEiavAM-00015-00006759-00006864": "- Мае грошы, чал...", "H0G7kEiavAM-00016-00006878-00007150": "- Хэй, няхвалюся аб гэтым. Я потым іх цябе вярну.", "H0G7kEiavAM-00017-00007380-00007716": "- Вітаю Вас дома, Карл. Рады, што вярнуліся?", "H0G7kEiavAM-00018-00007854-00008062": "- Ты ня забыўся аб нас, хлопчыкх?", "H0G7kEiavAM-00019-00008070-00008228": "- Халера, бязумоўна нетх, афіцэр Тэмпэні.", "H0G7kEiavAM-00020-00008244-00008468": "- Мяне проста цікава, чаму Вы такх доўга мяне чакалі?", "H0G7kEiavAM-00021-00008504-00008654": "- Сядай у машыну.", "H0G7kEiavAM-00022-00008696-00008898": "- Ляхчэй, чал. Блін.", "H0G7kEiavAM-00023-00009224-00009534": "- Трэба глядзець. (смех) О мой Богх. Мой дрэннікх.", "H0G7kEiavAM-00024-00009560-00009750": "- Уязжай адсюль, найвялікхшая скатыняка.", "H0G7kEiavAM-00025-00009762-00009924": "- Тупы мекхсіканец.", "H0G7kEiavAM-00026-00010004-00010108": "- Оў, хэй, прабачце.", "H0G7kEiavAM-00027-00010130-00010460": "- Мая торба. Хэй, чал, мая торба...", "H0G7kEiavAM-00028-00011124-00011494": "- Якх ты быў, Карл? Якх жыве твая цудоўная сям'я?", "H0G7kEiavAM-00029-00011514-00011830": "- Я тут, каб павахаваць сваю Матулю. Ты гэта ведаеш.", "H0G7kEiavAM-00030-00011830-00011930": "- Да, напэўна ты праў.", "H0G7kEiavAM-00031-00012006-00012298": "- Такх, што ты яшчэ тут збіраешся рабіць?", "H0G7kEiavAM-00032-00012320-00012869": "- Нічога. Цяпер я жыву ў Лібэрці-Сіці. Я чысты. Лягальны.", "H0G7kEiavAM-00033-00012890-00013200": "- Нетх, Карл. Ты ніколі ня быў чыстым.", "H0G7kEiavAM-00034-00013236-00013504": "- Добра. Такх, што мы гэта тут маем.", "H0G7kEiavAM-00035-00013536-00013934": "- Гэта зброя, афіцэр Пуласкі, што была выкарстана для штральбы", "H0G7kEiavAM-00036-00013946-00014254": "па афіцэру паліцыі 10 хвілінакх таму.", "H0G7kEiavAM-00037-00014280-00014726": "- Афіцэр Пэндэлбэры - гэта добры чалавекх, хачу дадаць.", "H0G7kEiavAM-00038-00014746-00014922": "- Ты гэта хуткі, ніга.", "H0G7kEiavAM-00039-00014944-00015097": "- Вы ведаеце: я толькі што выйшлаў з самалёту.", "H0G7kEiavAM-00040-00015126-00015358": "- Добра, што мы знайшлі цябе і здабылі зброю злачынства.", "H0G7kEiavAM-00041-00015382-00015440": "- Гэта ня мая грамата!", "H0G7kEiavAM-00042-00015452-00015502": "- Не адманвай мяне, Карл!", "H0G7kEiavAM-00043-00015504-00015716": "- Да, не адманвай яго, Карл!", "H0G7kEiavAM-00044-00015736-00015924": "- Што ты, халера, дарэчы ў гэты раз ад мяне хочаш?", "H0G7kEiavAM-00045-00015944-00016234": "- Калі мы захочам цябе, мы цябе знойдзем.", "H0G7kEiavAM-00046-00016266-00016698": "- Тым часам, паспрабуй больш ня штраляць па афіцэрах паліцыі і ня парушаць закон.", "H0G7kEiavAM-00047-00016726-00017188": "(злы смех) - Ты ня можаш высадзіць мяне тут - гэта ж тэрыторыя БАЛАСАЎ", "H0G7kEiavAM-00048-00017208-00017528": "- А я думаў, ты казаў аб тым, што ты чысты, Карл. Што ты больш ня змагаешся.", "H0G7kEiavAM-00049-00017540-00017688": "- Гэта 58-мы... Што?!", "H0G7kEiavAM-00050-00017704-00017814": "- Да сустрэчы, Карл.", "H0G7kEiavAM-00051-00017820-00018254": "- (смех) Афіцэр Пэндэлбэры паранены? Мы ўжо едзем.", "H0G7kEiavAM-00052-00018274-00018574": "- Вось халера, ізноў гэта.", "H0G7kEiavAM-00053-00018592-00018726": "- Найдрэнейшае месца ў Флюнце.", "H0G7kEiavAM-00054-00018726-00018918": "- Цантральная тэрыторыя групіроўкі Баласаў.", "H0G7kEiavAM-00055-00018930-00019390": "- Я ня быў на Гроў Стрыт апошнія пяць годоў, але Баласам на гэта па-барабану."}}, {"audio_id": "H5IQ6AlZavu", "text": {"H5IQ6AlZavu-00000-00000571-00001409": "Earlier today MSNBC’s Ari Melber reported that Special Counsel Robert Mueller was finished as of today", "H5IQ6AlZavu-00001-00001409-00002216": "He didn’t end it there. This day would go down in history. As of today there is no more Special Counsel", "H5IQ6AlZavu-00002-00002216-00003491": "It’s done. It’s over as of today. .But, wait, at 7:00 pm, Robert Mueller’s spokesman stated that Robert Mueller will be concluding his service in the coming days", "H5IQ6AlZavu-00003-00003491-00004186": "While this may be a minor distinction, it belies a larger problem with today’s reporting", "H5IQ6AlZavu-00004-00004186-00005565": "We just heard definitively from MSNBC that there will be no more indictments. Then, Senator Richard Blumenthal appeared on MSNBC and said more indictments are very likely", "H5IQ6AlZavu-00005-00005565-00006456": "Adam Schiff did the same. But none of that swayed MSNBC’s insistence that no one else will be indicted", "H5IQ6AlZavu-00006-00006456-00007441": "CNN has largely been pushing the same false narrative. Then CNBC reported that there are no sealed indictments anywhere", "H5IQ6AlZavu-00007-00007441-00008462": "Really? Where are they getting that information? What about Julian Assange? Are we supposed to believe there is no sealed indictment against him?", "H5IQ6AlZavu-00008-00008462-00009468": ".Perhaps they mean that any additional indictments are no longer Mueller’s, because they have already been handed off to other offices within the DOJ", "H5IQ6AlZavu-00009-00009468-00010452": "That would make sense, but it would also mean this is very bad reporting, and a lot of reporters are jumping to inaccurate or misleading conclusions"}}, {"audio_id": "HzzmWjtuMay", "text": {"HzzmWjtuMay-00000-00000571-00001754": "Joy Behar led a discussion on “The View” regarding all the Democratic investigations currently open which are all hoping to trap President Donald Trump in some wrongdoing so great he’ll have to resign", "HzzmWjtuMay-00001-00001754-00002854": "Talking about how former President Bill Clinton’s impeachment backfired, Behar declared Clinton “was with one woman,” whereas Trump is “screwing the whole country", "HzzmWjtuMay-00002-00002854-00004356": "” Well, she was made to regret it big time. You’ll love this.Joy Behar and the shrews of The View were overjoyed as they discussed all the idiotic Democratic investigations going on right now as they hope to impeach President Trump", "HzzmWjtuMay-00003-00004356-00005189": "Nevermind it’s a complete waste of taxpayer money to hold these investigations when we haven’t even ended the Special Counsel", "HzzmWjtuMay-00004-00005189-00006341": "Even Megahan McCain, who has turned into a rabid Never Trumper, was praising Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez who is making a big deal out of getting Trump’s tax documents", "HzzmWjtuMay-00005-00006341-00007373": "McCain also is brainwashed into believing the president “colluded” with Russians to win the election, but then she told the audience, “But, collusion isn’t a crime", "HzzmWjtuMay-00006-00007373-00008399": "” Anyone who has done research knows Trump didn’t collude with anyone to win the election, and McCain once again proves she has gone completely over to the dark side", "HzzmWjtuMay-00007-00008399-00009141": "Well, that brings us to big mouth Behar and her idiotic comparison of Bill Clinton and President Trump", "HzzmWjtuMay-00008-00009141-00010620": "Joy Behar said a possible impeachment of President Donald Trump would be different than the impeachment of former President Bill Clinton because she maintained the former president “was with one woman,” whereas Trump was “screwing the whole country''", "HzzmWjtuMay-00009-00010620-00011341": "Behar said, “If you look at history, follow the money got Nixon, and it got Al Capone", "HzzmWjtuMay-00010-00011341-00013287": "” Isn’t it rich Behar skips over the fact that Bill Clinton has been accused of rape by Juanita Broaddrick? That Katheleen Willey alleges Clinton “hit-men” killed her cat and terrorized her for years? Or, what about Monica Lewinsky who was called a “liar” and a “bimbo” by Hillary Clinton and her band of sycophants?", "HzzmWjtuMay-00011-00013287-00015243": "How come not one of the shrews brings up Bill’s alleged sexual assaults? Aren’t they suppose to be advocating for the #MeToo movement? Or is it their hatred of President Trump eclipses their so-called feminist stances? Sunny Hostin, the so-called attorney on The View, proved this is about their Trump hatred"}}, {"audio_id": "HGmTp2TmJUo", "text": {"HGmTp2TmJUo-00000-00000571-00001966": "Donald Trump spent all day whining and wailing on Twitter about one grievance or another, giving away just how worried he is about the progress House Democrats are making when it comes to exposing his worsening criminal scandals", "HGmTp2TmJUo-00001-00001966-00002828": "But on Sunday morning, Trump only posted one tweet. What he lacked in volume, he made up for in pointedness", "HGmTp2TmJUo-00002-00002828-00003859": ".Members of Robert Mueller’s prosecutorial team began revealing to the media this week that William Barr is grossly misrepresenting what’s in the Mueller report", "HGmTp2TmJUo-00003-00003859-00004776": "This has helped to ratchet up public pressure for making the report public, thus increasing the odds and swiftness with which it’ll inevitably happen", "HGmTp2TmJUo-00004-00004776-00005646": "Trump seems to understand that this development is bad news for him, so he’s naturally going to war with Mueller’s team", "HGmTp2TmJUo-00005-00005646-00008256": "More to the point, he’s implying he’s going to lock them up. . .Here’s what Trump tweeted: “Looks like Bob Mueller’s team of 13 Trump Haters & Angry Democrats are illegally leaking information to the press while the Fake News Media make up their own stories with or without sources – sources no longer matter to our corrupt & dishonest Mainstream Media, they are a Joke!” Wow, there are a few things going on here", "HGmTp2TmJUo-00006-00008256-00009609": ".First, he’s falsely accusing Mueller’s team of committing crimes. There’s nothing illegal about these people informing the media that the report they wrote is very different from what Trump’s flunkies are claiming", "HGmTp2TmJUo-00007-00009609-00010455": "The only way Mueller’s team would be breaking the law is if it leaked classified information, which clearly hasn’t happened here", "HGmTp2TmJUo-00008-00010455-00011335": "Instead, Mueller’s people have exposed that Trump’s people are conspiring to obstruct justice, which is a felony", "HGmTp2TmJUo-00009-00011335-00012694": "Second, Donald Trump can’t seem to make up his mind whether he’s accusing Mueller’s team of “illegally” being the sources for these media stories, or if he’s accusing the media of merely pretending it has sources", "HGmTp2TmJUo-00010-00012694-00013778": "If you go back and read his word salad, he’s essentially claiming that the people on Mueller’s team are imaginary sources, and therefore are imaginary people", "HGmTp2TmJUo-00011-00013778-00014457": "He’s saying Mueller’s team doesn’t exist – and yet he wants to put them in prison", "HGmTp2TmJUo-00012-00014457-00015141": "This guy can’t even get his own story straight, let alone convince anyone else of anything"}}, {"audio_id": "HLv4dQUqVT4", "text": {"HLv4dQUqVT4-00000-00000571-00001213": "Roger Stone likes to play the fool every time he gets the chance to do it publicly", "HLv4dQUqVT4-00001-00001213-00002070": "He dresses like a buffoon and acts like one too, all in the attempt to draw people’s attention away from his alleged crimes", "HLv4dQUqVT4-00002-00002070-00003044": "He’s been complaining loudly ever since his arrest that Robert Mueller’s office tipped off CNN so they could be there to watch him get handcuffed", "HLv4dQUqVT4-00003-00003044-00003807": "Well the normally silent Mueller broke his silence Friday to say that Stone’s claim is ridiculous", "HLv4dQUqVT4-00004-00003807-00004860": "‘The Special Counsel’s Office is aware of no information indicating that reporters were given any advance knowledge of a possible indictment from the Special Counsel’s Office", "HLv4dQUqVT4-00005-00004860-00006108": "’Stone had asked the court last week to order the special counsel’s office to show whether it violated court orders and released Stone’s sealed indictment to the press ahead of his arrest", "HLv4dQUqVT4-00006-00006108-00007229": "His attorney claimed that “the metadata on the ‘draft’ indictment provided by a reporter while Stone was being arrested, established that it came from an ‘AAW’ author or computer", "HLv4dQUqVT4-00007-00007229-00008629": "That a member of the Special Counsel’s office has the initials ‘AAW,’ supports a reasonable inference that that office is responsible for the unlawful public disclosure of a grand jury document sealed by order of the court", "HLv4dQUqVT4-00008-00008629-00010045": "”.Mueller had no problem making the defense look like fools once he pointed out that Stone’s own filing shows the indictment was not publicly released until 6:11 a.m., which was after the arrest at 6:06 a.m.", "HLv4dQUqVT4-00009-00010045-00011004": "He went on to say that the metadata Stone was talking about “merely shows when the document was created, not when the document was released", "HLv4dQUqVT4-00010-00011004-00011724": "”For their part CNN said that it was good instincts and luck that put their reporters on the seen", "HLv4dQUqVT4-00011-00011724-00013676": "CNN posted online that “stakeouts are a common practice in the news business. CNN, in fact, had another crew out on a stakeout in another state that same morning The crew was at the home of another player in the Mueller probe, on the suspicion that the person could be arrested, but that hunch didn’t pan out", "HLv4dQUqVT4-00012-00013676-00014436": "”.All of this is is just Stone trying to cast doubt on all the players before he goes to trial", "HLv4dQUqVT4-00013-00014436-00015047": "Donald Trump has even gotten in on the scam, after he posted this on Twitter"}}, {"audio_id": "HMODQF0RryA", "text": {"HMODQF0RryA-00000-00000571-00001508": "The Democrats are getting desperate. Their Russian “hunt” failed, so now they’re resorting to old tactics to damage President Trump", "HMODQF0RryA-00001-00001508-00002384": "We haven’t heard about Trump’s taxes in a long time. Why? Because Democrats gave up and tried other dirty options", "HMODQF0RryA-00002-00002384-00003219": "They all failed, so Nancy Pelosi and her posse are back to this scheme, this time with control of the House", "HMODQF0RryA-00003-00003219-00003998": "Trump on his tax returns: “I would love to give them, but I’m not going to do it while I’m under audit", "HMODQF0RryA-00004-00003998-00005066": "”.“I got elected last time, the same exact issue, with the same intensity, which wasn’t very much, because frankly, the people don’t care", "HMODQF0RryA-00005-00005066-00005973": "”.BOOM. Donald didn’t even give it a chance to gain steam.He went as far as to say the American people don’t even care", "HMODQF0RryA-00006-00005973-00007062": "He said they elected him without knowing about this tax returns.Remember when pathetic Rachel Maddow claimed to have his taxes from a few years back? What did we learn?", "HMODQF0RryA-00007-00007062-00007880": "Trump and his wife pay MORE taxes than most rich Americans. Clinton and Bernie pay about an 11% tax rate", "HMODQF0RryA-00008-00007880-00008653": "Trump paid 25%.I’m telling you, all of the Left’s schemes seem to backfire on them", "HMODQF0RryA-00009-00008653-00009290": "If Trump does reveal his tax returns, we will know he pays more than his fair share", "HMODQF0RryA-00010-00009290-00010280": "Can Bernie and the others say that? Of course not.This is yet another pathetic ruse to distract from the massive success Trump is enjoying", "HMODQF0RryA-00011-00010280-00011348": "His approval rating is at 53% last time I checked.But Democrats will just keep pushing and pushing for them – unless the American people PUSH BACK"}}, {"audio_id": "HSLLWkw1KC8", "text": {"HSLLWkw1KC8-00000-00000571-00002245": "Donald Trump’s troubles just keep piling on as new revelations revealed on Saturday that the Florida massage parlor owner, Li “Cindy” Yang, reportedly offered to sell Chinese clients access to Trump in order to raise money for his 2020 reelection campaign", "HSLLWkw1KC8-00001-00002245-00003920": "Donald Trump’s troubles just keep piling on as new revelations revealed on Saturday that the Florida massage parlor owner, Li “Cindy” Yang, reportedly offered to sell Chinese clients access to Trump in order to raise money for his 2020 reelection campaign", "HSLLWkw1KC8-00002-00003920-00005636": ".“A Chinese-American massage-parlor entrepreneur arranged for a group of Chinese business executives to attend a paid fundraiser for President Donald Trump in New York City at the end of 2017, according to a source who was present at the event,” the Miami Herald reported on Saturday", "HSLLWkw1KC8-00003-00005636-00007067": "“Yang was present at the Dec. 2, 2017, fundraiser, held at Cipriani restaurant in Manhattan, according to a photograph that circulated in Chinese-language media at the time,” the newspaper added", "HSLLWkw1KC8-00004-00007067-00008747": "“In the 11 days before the event, Yang gave $5,400 to Trump’s campaign and $23,500 to the Trump Victory political action committee, according to a Miami Herald analysis of federal political contributions''", "HSLLWkw1KC8-00005-00008747-00009946": "“The 45-year-old, a naturalized American citizen, also claimed to have arranged the presence of a large group of business people from mainland China,” the paper continued"}}, {"audio_id": "HTBv98KFR2k", "text": {"HTBv98KFR2k-00000-00000571-00001535": "“You’re fired.” America knew they could count on Donald Trump to utter those two words each week when his TV show “The Apprentice” was on the air", "HTBv98KFR2k-00001-00001535-00002804": "It’s hard not to call that phrase to mind today when President Trump announced on Twitter Monday afternoon that the Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen would be “leaving her position”", "HTBv98KFR2k-00002-00002804-00003883": "Donald Trump’s famous tagline has apparently followed him to the White House.The Trump administration’s resignations and dismissals are staggering in number", "HTBv98KFR2k-00003-00003883-00004620": "Business Insider compiled a chart of all the casualties of this administration and it is a shock to the eye", "HTBv98KFR2k-00004-00004620-00005983": "The Trump turnover trend certainly has some resignations along with firings but the circumstances of many of those resignations are questionable, leaving much speculation about what is REALLY going on in that White House", "HTBv98KFR2k-00005-00005983-00007537": "Kirstjen Nielsen: Nielsen has served in this position since December 2017 and will go down in history as having presided over one of the worst migrant disaster situations in history as she enforced and defended the horrific zero-tolerance policy", "HTBv98KFR2k-00006-00007537-00008263": "She saw to the detainment of thousands of migrant children who were separated from their families at the border", "HTBv98KFR2k-00007-00008263-00009186": "It remains to be seen whether she resigned or was pushed out but we know the situation between her and the Commander in Chief was tense", "HTBv98KFR2k-00008-00009186-00010520": "Bill Shine: White House Communications Director and former Fox news producer announced last month that he would be leaving his position in the administration to work on Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign", "HTBv98KFR2k-00009-00010520-00011247": "Shine’s departure comes with the stunning severance package of $8.4 million dollars", "HTBv98KFR2k-00010-00011247-00012921": "Scott Gottlieb: Although he had served as FDA Commissioner and gained some notoriety in his stance on trying to curb the use and sale of electronic cigarettes because of the rise of teen vaping, he left that position at the end of March to spend more time with his family", "HTBv98KFR2k-00011-00012921-00014692": "James Mattis: General Mattis served as Secretary of Defense for the first two years of the Trump presidency and although Trump’s upbeat tweets announcing his departure were pleasant in tone and made many mentions of Mattis’ service and Trump’s gratitude, the resignation letter released by Gen", "HTBv98KFR2k-00012-00014692-00016014": "Mattis definitely struck a different chord. Mattis was respectful in his letter of resignation but clearly rebuked Trump’s foreign policy and his ways of dealing with adversaries and allies alike", "HTBv98KFR2k-00013-00016014-00016847": "Ryan Zinke: Interior Secretary left the White House after being the subject of 15 different ethics investigations", "HTBv98KFR2k-00014-00016847-00017811": "Zinke had gotten a reputation as an extremely questionable spender and it was announced in a Trump tweet in December that he would be leaving that position", "HTBv98KFR2k-00015-00017811-00019049": "John Kelly: After months of tumultuous tension between Chief of Staff John Kelly and Trump, the relationship, some say, had deteriorated to the point where they had completely stopped talking", "HTBv98KFR2k-00016-00019049-00019984": "His tenure there ended at the end of 2018.Jeff Sessions: Sessions lasted almost two years as Attorney General before leaving", "HTBv98KFR2k-00017-00019984-00020658": "He was frequently under fire from Trump for recusing himself from the Mueller investigation", "HTBv98KFR2k-00018-00020658-00021559": "Trump flip flopped on his support for Sessions when he saw that Sessions intended to recuse and he never had a chance after that", "HTBv98KFR2k-00019-00021559-00022364": "Don McGahn: White House Counsel McGahn left the Trump administration in October 2018 after a rocky stint there", "HTBv98KFR2k-00020-00022364-00023343": "Although it was said that he was on his way out before, his involvement and cooperation with the Mueller situation clearly and openly irked Trump", "HTBv98KFR2k-00021-00023343-00024712": "And he made a quick exit. Not a coincidence.Nikki Haley: On Oct. 9th 2018, this former South Carolina Governor and US Ambassador to the United Nations announced her resignation", "HTBv98KFR2k-00022-00024712-00025848": "After serving at that post for two years, it was reported that Haley, a stable presence in the cabinet, wanted to “take a break”, Trump also citing that as a reason", "HTBv98KFR2k-00023-00025848-00026922": "Scott Pruitt: This Environmental Protection Agency Administrator’s resignation was announced by President Trump in, yes, you guessed it, a tweet", "HTBv98KFR2k-00024-00026922-00028155": "On July 5, Trump said “Scott has done an outstanding job” but even at that time, Pruitt was under several federal ethics investigations for financial troubles and conflicts of interests", "HTBv98KFR2k-00025-00028155-00029406": "Tom Bossert: Trump’s homeland security adviser was actually fired from his position by the NEW national security adviser, John Bolton and Bossert’s firing came on Bolton’s SECOND day on the job", "HTBv98KFR2k-00026-00029406-00030558": "David Shulkin: Trump replaced VA Secretary David Shulkin, .an Obama era official and a highly respected one at that, with White House physician Ronny Jackson", "HTBv98KFR2k-00027-00030558-00031352": "H.R. McMaster: McMaster was replaced as National Security Adviser with John Bolton, former U", "HTBv98KFR2k-00028-00031352-00032465": "S. ambassador to the UN. McMaster’s time there was rocky at times but he remained with the administration as long as he could and appeared to have left on decent t", "HTBv98KFR2k-00029-00032465-00033539": "Andrew McCabe: Jeff Sessions had the honor of firing this one time FBI deputy director just ONE day before he would have reached pension eligibility", "HTBv98KFR2k-00030-00033539-00034356": "McCabe had been planning to retire just one day after his firing after having served a 21 year stint at the bureau", "HTBv98KFR2k-00031-00034356-00035315": "His final days at the FBI were marred by the Clinton email scandal of 2016. McCabe remains diligent that he was “forced out”", "HTBv98KFR2k-00032-00035315-00036456": "Rex Tillerson: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was asked by President Trump to step down from his position and he was replaced by CIA Director Mike Pompeo", "HTBv98KFR2k-00033-00036456-00037919": "Gary Cohn: This director of the National Economic Council and Trump’s top economic adviser had a history of beefing with the president over important tariffs but officials say there was not one SINGLE factor pointing to this ousting", "HTBv98KFR2k-00034-00037919-00039304": "Hope Hicks: One of the biggest surprises came when White House communications director Hope Hicks, who had been with Trump “since the beginning” and was considered one of his closest and most respected confidantes resigned", "HTBv98KFR2k-00035-00039304-00040325": "The resignation came after she had testified before the House Intelligence Committee that she had, indeed, told white lies on behalf of the President", "HTBv98KFR2k-00036-00040325-00041701": "Rob Porter: Porter rose quickly through the ranks as a powerful staffer and was proving to have a bright career ahead of him when accusations of physical and emotional abuse were brought against him by two ex-wives", "HTBv98KFR2k-00037-00041701-00043493": "Although he denied the allegations, he left his post at the White House.Brenda Fitzgerald: After a Politico report that Fitzgerald purchased stock in Japan Tobacco while serving as CDC director and had been involved in other questionable ethical transactions, Dr", "HTBv98KFR2k-00038-00043493-00044656": "Fitzgerald announced her resignation. Her involvement particularly in the tobacco business was considered inappropriate, given the CDC’s position on smoking", "HTBv98KFR2k-00039-00044656-00046262": "Omarosa Manigault: Trump named Manigault his director of communications (after previously having fired her on his TV show “The Apprentice” but she left a short time later when Press Secretary Sanders announced that she would be pursuing other opportunities", "HTBv98KFR2k-00040-00046262-00048151": "Tom Price: Price, the Secretary of Health and Human Services was facing scrutiny across both sides of the aisle over the cost of his air travel which was coming in at more than $1 million on the taxpayer’s dime for private and military jets when he resigned on September 29, 2017", "HTBv98KFR2k-00041-00048151-00049086": "Sebastian Gorka: This former Breitbart News staffer and close ally to Steve Bannon was the Deputy Assistant to the President", "HTBv98KFR2k-00042-00049086-00049739": "He left because, according to him, he could better serve the President from the outside", "HTBv98KFR2k-00043-00049739-00050917": "Steve Bannon: This one made waves in the media after it was confirmed that Trump had dismissed White House Chief Strategist amid reports of clashes reaching a new level of hostility", "HTBv98KFR2k-00044-00050917-00051792": "Bannon was considered a key player in the 2016 presidential election and the bridge to connect Trump to his far right voters", "HTBv98KFR2k-00045-00051792-00052688": "Anthony Scaramucci: This administration has seen it’s fair share of communications directors but this one was a quick turnaround", "HTBv98KFR2k-00046-00052688-00053900": "Scaramucci was hired and fired in under two weeks. John Kelly, the then White House Chief of Staff pushed the issue after some troubling headlines about Scaramucci made the round", "HTBv98KFR2k-00047-00053900-00054942": "Reince Priebus: This White House chief of staff resigned a brief six months into his tenure after an ugly, and public feud, with Anthony Scaramucci", "HTBv98KFR2k-00048-00054942-00056191": "What a tangled web we weave.Sean Spicer: An SNL fave, this White House press secretary resigned after disagreeing with his Commander in Chief over the hiring of Anthony Scaramucci", "HTBv98KFR2k-00049-00056191-00056943": "Spicer’s time at the White House was rough, to say the least but he remains a Trump supporter to this day", "HTBv98KFR2k-00050-00056943-00057855": "Michael Dubke: This was the White House communications director that would ultimately be replaced by the infamous Anthoney Scaramucci", "HTBv98KFR2k-00051-00057855-00059239": "Dubke was a big Trump donor.Walter Shaub: Shaub served as the director of the Office of Government Ethics but resigned in 2017 after sparring with the White House over Trump’s financial holdings", "HTBv98KFR2k-00052-00059239-00060718": "He went on to call the administration a “laughingstock”.James Comey: This FBI Director became a household name as he was handling the investigation into Trump’s possible collusion with Russia during the 2016 presidential election", "HTBv98KFR2k-00053-00060718-00061332": "This will likely go down as one of the fieriest controversies of the Trump presidency", "HTBv98KFR2k-00054-00061332-00062165": "Michael Flynn: Flynn stepped down from his post as National Security Adviser after holding the position for less than a month", "HTBv98KFR2k-00055-00062165-00063461": "It is now known that Flynn lied to Vice President Pence and others in the administration about the topics of his phone conversations with Russia’s ambassador at the time of the Trump administration’s transition into power", "HTBv98KFR2k-00056-00063461-00065242": "Sally Yates: Yates was appointed by President Barack Obama as acting attorney general within his first 10 days in office and in a bold move, she had refused to uphold Trump’s controversial executive order on immigration and deemed it unlawful and was subsequently fire", "HTBv98KFR2k-00057-00065242-00066248": "Preeht Bharara: Bharara was US attorney for the Southern District of Manhattan but was fired in March 2017 after he refused to resign", "HTBv98KFR2k-00058-00066248-00067238": "Bharara was one of several Obama era attorneys who were asked by Trump to stay on but then asked for their resignation after the Trump transition", "HTBv98KFR2k-00059-00067238-00068421": "Katie Walsh: This former Deputy Chief of Staff and ally to Priebus left after just a nine week tenure at the White House to run a pro-Trump group, America First Policies"}}, {"audio_id": "HUSCkqL8eYA", "text": {"HUSCkqL8eYA-00000-00000571-00001493": "The 45-minute documentary was made by Zembla TV and illustrates Trump’s relationship with Russian mobster Felix Sater", "HUSCkqL8eYA-00001-00001493-00002245": "It also shows his relationship with other wealthy Russians and their “pyramid scheme for money laundering", "HUSCkqL8eYA-00002-00002245-00004011": "”.The Dubious Friends of Donald Trump, Part 1: The Russians can be viewed below.Steven Rosenfeld at AlterNet wrote, “Donald Trump’s business partners have included Russian oligarchs and convicted mobsters, which could make the president guilty of criminal racketeering charges''", "HUSCkqL8eYA-00003-00004011-00004891": "Zembla said, “For months, the FBI have been investigating Russian interference in the American presidential elections", "HUSCkqL8eYA-00004-00004891-00006054": "ZEMBLA is investigating another explosive dossier concerning Trump’s involvement with the Russians: Trump’s business and personal ties to oligarchs from the former Soviet Union", "HUSCkqL8eYA-00005-00006054-00006952": "Powerful billionaires suspected of money laundering and fraud, and of having contacts in Moscow and with the mafia", "HUSCkqL8eYA-00006-00006952-00009267": "What do these relationships say about Trump and why does he deny them? How compromising are these dubious business relationships for the 45th president of the United States? And are there connections with the Netherlands? ZEMBLA meets with one of Trump’s controversial cronies and speaks with a former CIA agent, fraud investigators, attorneys, and an American senator among others''", "HUSCkqL8eYA-00007-00009267-00009860": "Trump’s ties to Russia are a tangled web of lies and manipulation"}}, {"audio_id": "HbpvuoyIaIg", "text": {"HbpvuoyIaIg-00000-00000571-00001483": "President Donald Trump dismissed the high-profile arrest of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on Thursday, saying that it was “not my thing", "HbpvuoyIaIg-00001-00001483-00002596": "”.“I know nothing about Wikileaks. It’s not my thing,” Trump said when asked about a comment he made during the 2016 campaign about loving the organization", "HbpvuoyIaIg-00002-00002596-00003908": ".Assange was arrested Thursday morning in London on a US extradition request.The president said he was aware of the news but said that Assange’s prosecution would be determined by Attorney General William Barr", "HbpvuoyIaIg-00003-00003908-00005528": "“I know nothing really about it – it’s not my deal in life,” Trump said.Trump famously referred to Wikileaks in the latter part of the 2016 campaign after the organization leaked embarrassing private emails from Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager John Podesta", "HbpvuoyIaIg-00004-00005528-00006741": "The organization also released emails from the Democratic National Committee detailing preference in the organization for Clinton at the expense of Bernie Sanders during the Democratic primary"}}, {"audio_id": "Hk7Mb-neYvu", "text": {"Hk7Mb-neYvu-00000-00000571-00001506": "Working in the Donald Trump White House could lead to financial destruction. Being chosen as an intern should be an exciting proposition", "Hk7Mb-neYvu-00001-00001506-00002222": "It is a public service leadership program that provides students an opportunity of a lifetime", "Hk7Mb-neYvu-00002-00002222-00003211": "They gain professional experience and learn how to become leaders. It is a mentoring program to prepare them for public service opportunities", "Hk7Mb-neYvu-00003-00003211-00003974": "Yet, is the price for the Trump White House opportunity too high?No White House wants its interns leaking", "Hk7Mb-neYvu-00004-00003974-00004559": "Yet, this may have been the White House with the greatest number of leaks in history", "Hk7Mb-neYvu-00005-00004559-00005897": "Even Donald Trump leaks to the press.Yet under this administration, another representative from the White House counsel’s office shows up and demands that the interns must sign a non-disclosure agreements (NDAs)", "Hk7Mb-neYvu-00006-00005897-00007056": "Everyone working in this administration has been required to do so.The person from the counsel’s office warned the interns that if they broke the agreement, according to The Daily Beast:", "Hk7Mb-neYvu-00007-00007056-00007788": "‘…blabbing to the media, for instance—could result in legal, and thus financial, consequences for them", "Hk7Mb-neYvu-00008-00007788-00008715": "Interns were also told that they would not receive their own copies.’Former spokesman for the Obama National Security Council Ned Price said:", "Hk7Mb-neYvu-00009-00008715-00009933": "‘All White House employees—from senior officials to interns—understand the necessity of discretion based on the fact that they hold positions of public trust, with an emphasis on public", "Hk7Mb-neYvu-00010-00009933-00011847": "But this White House’s approach to non-disclosure agreements, even for interns, seems to suggest that guarding against criticism of the president and his family—what most of us would consider to be protected speech—is just as important as safeguarding the sensitive information the American public entrusts to the government", "Hk7Mb-neYvu-00011-00011847-00012652": "’During the presidential election, Trump admitted that he planned to force “employees of the federal government” to also sign NDAs:", "Hk7Mb-neYvu-00012-00012652-00014391": "‘I don’t know, there could be some kind of a law that you can’t do this. But when people are chosen by a man to go into government at high levels and then they leave government and they write a book about a man and say a lot of things that were really guarded and personal, I don’t like that", "Hk7Mb-neYvu-00013-00014391-00015055": "’Legal director at the Government Accountability Project in Washington D.C., Tom Devine said:", "Hk7Mb-neYvu-00014-00015055-00016494": "‘Gagging interns is playing with legal fire. There is no White House exemption in the longstanding appropriations rider that employees who try to obstruct communications with Congress are subject to salary cutoff", "Hk7Mb-neYvu-00015-00016494-00017322": "Nor is the White House exempt from criminal liability since 1980 for obstructing witnesses in any federal investigation", "Hk7Mb-neYvu-00016-00017322-00018077": "’.These NDAs should be legally unenforceable and simply an unpleasant attempt to intimidate people", "Hk7Mb-neYvu-00017-00018077-00018926": "A number of individuals in this turnstile White House have written tell-all books after they either left or were fired", "Hk7Mb-neYvu-00018-00018926-00020044": "Michael Wolff was not employed by the administration. He said that he just hung around in the chaotic environment talking to people and gaining information for his book Fire & Fury", "Hk7Mb-neYvu-00019-00020044-00020935": "One of those people was Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon. The commander-in-chief was not happy", "Hk7Mb-neYvu-00020-00020935-00021624": "The president’s attorney Charles Harder was responsible for killing a publication, Gawker", "Hk7Mb-neYvu-00021-00021624-00022298": "Harder sent Bannon a letter that threatened him with a lawsuit. Then, nothing happened", "Hk7Mb-neYvu-00022-00022298-00023124": "Former Apprentice star and senior Trump official, Omarosa Manigault Newman published a tell-all book UNHINGED", "Hk7Mb-neYvu-00023-00023124-00023973": "Harder also sent her publisher Simon & Schuster a threatening letter:.‘…should you proceed with publishing and selling the Book", "Hk7Mb-neYvu-00024-00023973-00024704": "Such claims would include, among others, tortious interference with the Agreement, and inducement of Ms", "Hk7Mb-neYvu-00025-00024704-00025164": "Manigault-Newman to breach the Agreement.’"}}, {"audio_id": "I7cWweOFRkU", "text": {"I7cWweOFRkU-00000-00000571-00001819": "US President Donald Trump and his South Korean counterpart, Moon Jae-in, are set to meet for a summit next month amid uncertainty over the future of nuclear negotiations with North Korea", "I7cWweOFRkU-00001-00001819-00003363": "Moon and Trump are scheduled to meet April 11 in Washington, where the two \"will discuss the latest developments regarding the Democratic People's Republic of Korea as well as bilateral matters,\" White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement", "I7cWweOFRkU-00002-00003363-00004217": "Their face-to-face will take place a little more than a month after Trump held his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un", "I7cWweOFRkU-00003-00004217-00005244": "The talks fell apart over disagreements on exchanging sanctions relief for steps toward the dismantling North Korea's nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs", "I7cWweOFRkU-00004-00005244-00005923": "Though the summit ended abruptly, the White House has maintained things were left on good terms", "I7cWweOFRkU-00005-00005923-00007020": "\"There's obviously a long ways to go. There's more work to do. Chairman Kim hasn't yet demonstrated that he is prepared to fulfill the commitment that he made", "I7cWweOFRkU-00006-00007020-00007958": "But I continue to believe that hard work and diplomatic effort may well get us there,\" US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday", "I7cWweOFRkU-00007-00007958-00008668": "Top diplomats from Pyongyang, however, have been less optimistic about the future of talks", "I7cWweOFRkU-00008-00008668-00009669": "Choe Son Hui, one of North Korea's top diplomats, told reporters on a recent trip to Russia that her country was considering suspending talks", "I7cWweOFRkU-00009-00009669-00010612": "Moon and Trump's summit provides both leaders with an opportunity to take a fresh look at their game plan when it comes to North Korea", "I7cWweOFRkU-00010-00010612-00011730": "The South Korean President has essentially positioned himself as the middle man between Washington and Pyongyang since the two countries began exploring diplomatic negotiations last year"}}, {"audio_id": "IyjdG5eMgjg", "text": {"IyjdG5eMgjg-00000-00000571-00001266": "It’s the tape that everyone wants to see surface, but no one wants to actually watch", "IyjdG5eMgjg-00001-00001266-00002018": "It’s the “Pee Pee Tape” involving Donald Trump, Russian prostitutes, and acts not even worth spelling out", "IyjdG5eMgjg-00002-00002018-00003003": "According to the much debated Christopher Steele Trump-Russia dossier, it exists, and Vladimir Putin is using it to blackmail Trump", "IyjdG5eMgjg-00003-00003003-00004228": "But is this a real thing? We’re suddenly much closer to getting there.Awhile back, one of the people named in the dossier decided to sue BuzzFeed, who originally published the dossier", "IyjdG5eMgjg-00004-00004228-00004949": "The dossier accused this guy of conspiring with Russian hackers to alter the outcome of the election", "IyjdG5eMgjg-00005-00004949-00005774": "Not only did BuzzFeed prevail in that suit, the evidence in the suit has just been released publicly tonight", "IyjdG5eMgjg-00006-00005774-00006430": "It confirms that the allegations in the dossier about Russian hackers are indeed legitimate", "IyjdG5eMgjg-00007-00006430-00007569": "This is, by far, the biggest concrete step yet when it comes to proving that the Trump-Russia dossier is indeed a work of fact and not a work of fiction", "IyjdG5eMgjg-00008-00007569-00008407": "Considering how much of the dossier has now been proven, it means the Pee Pee Tape is also very probably real", "IyjdG5eMgjg-00009-00008407-00009750": "That puts us a lot closer to seeing it come to light.After all, once the public gets confirmation of what material a blackmailer is holding over an asset’s head, that material starts to become useless", "IyjdG5eMgjg-00010-00009750-00010802": "At that point, the blackmailer will sometimes simply release the material publicly, under the calculation that it’s better to finish off the now useless asset", "IyjdG5eMgjg-00011-00010802-00011048": "Stay tuned"}}, {"audio_id": "Iz5Es_XfpQu", "text": {"Iz5Es_XfpQu-00000-00000571-00002347": "Michael Cohen gave a blockbuster performance during his testimony before the House Oversight Committee today, during which he alleged that Trump has committed a bevy of criminal acts and is in fact a racist and conman, the two words which many Americans would agree best describe our current president", "Iz5Es_XfpQu-00001-00002347-00003227": "Throughout the hearing, Republicans attacked and mocked Cohen in an effort to discredit him and protect the leader of their party", "Iz5Es_XfpQu-00002-00003227-00004243": "At no point did they make even a superficial effort to ask Cohen incisive questions about what he knows of Trump, his crimes, or his character", "Iz5Es_XfpQu-00003-00004243-00005800": "As such, the Republican members of the committee ended up looking like complete partisan hacks and it was abundantly clear to anyone of good sense watching that the GOP has no interest in getting to the truth if it means sacrificing power", "Iz5Es_XfpQu-00004-00005800-00006422": "Trump's national emergency declaration is an unprecedented abuse of presidential power", "Iz5Es_XfpQu-00005-00006422-00007028": "Add your name to tell Congress to put a stop to his bogus power grab immediately!", "Iz5Es_XfpQu-00006-00007028-00008198": "After slogging through an entire day of Republican antagonization and insightful Democratic questions, Cohen concluded his testimony with perhaps his most disturbing comments to date", "Iz5Es_XfpQu-00007-00008198-00009303": "After reflecting on the fact that working in the service of Trump has destroyed his life, ruined his career, and hurt his family, Cohen dove into ominous prognostication"}}, {"audio_id": "I_j6nhsjJC4", "text": {"I_j6nhsjJC4-00000-00000571-00001482": "President Donald Trump announced Monday that he donated his first quarter salary of 2019 to the Department of Homeland Security", "I_j6nhsjJC4-00001-00001482-00002454": "“While the press doesn’t like writing about it, nor do I need them to, I donate my yearly Presidential salary of $400,000", "I_j6nhsjJC4-00002-00002454-00003201": "00 to different agencies throughout the year, this to Homeland Security,” Trump wrote on Twitter", "I_j6nhsjJC4-00003-00003201-00004259": "“If I didn’t do it there would be hell to pay from the FAKE NEWS MEDIA!”.The president shared an image of a check written to DHS for $100,000", "I_j6nhsjJC4-00004-00004259-00006004": "Throughout his presidency, Trump has donated his quarterly salary checks to help fund the Departments of Transportation, Interior, Health and Human Services, Veterans Affairs, and Education, as well as the National Institutes of Health and the Small Business Administration", "I_j6nhsjJC4-00005-00006004-00007192": ". .The president promised voters in September 2015 that he would not take the annual salary of $400,000 if he was elected President of the United States"}}, {"audio_id": "ISY3KEItP-4", "text": {"ISY3KEItP-4-00000-00000571-00001297": "President Trump gave Mexico plenty of heat this week over the border—and it’s finally coming to a head", "ISY3KEItP-4-00001-00001297-00002167": "He threatened to hit Mexico with heavy tariffs if they didn’t deal with border jumpers, and he even promised to close the border", "ISY3KEItP-4-00002-00002167-00002841": "In just a few days, it looks like Mexico’s taken the hint—now they’re rushing to fix it", "ISY3KEItP-4-00003-00002841-00003588": "And it looks like we have Trump’s masterful negotiating skills to thank. From NBC News", "ISY3KEItP-4-00004-00003588-00004468": "“They’re apprehending everybody. Yesterday they apprehended 1,400 people, the day before a thousand", "ISY3KEItP-4-00005-00004468-00005223": "If they apprehend people at their southern border, where they don’t have to walk through, that’s a big home run", "ISY3KEItP-4-00006-00005223-00006085": "We can handle it from there. It’s really good,” he said.Home run! Great job, Mr. President", "ISY3KEItP-4-00007-00006085-00006976": "Trump is getting Mexico to catch thousands of border jumpers at their Southern border before they get a chance to cross ours", "ISY3KEItP-4-00008-00006976-00007694": "That’s genius.The caravans from Central America are a problem, but they can’t reach the U", "ISY3KEItP-4-00009-00007694-00008462": "S. unless they can get through Mexico.In the past, we watched as Mexico just let them through", "ISY3KEItP-4-00010-00008462-00009374": "In some cases, they’re even provided with transportation.But it looks like Trump finally got Mexico to do their part", "ISY3KEItP-4-00011-00009374-00010528": "All it took was threatening to pull the great new trade deal he made for them.Now that they’re starting to do their part, the crisis at our southern border should slowly subside", "ISY3KEItP-4-00012-00010528-00011461": "That’s all Trump has been asking for all along.But of course, this story was buried—the media is not reporting this as they should be", "ISY3KEItP-4-00013-00011461-00012124": "It takes readers like you to get this story out to thank Trump for the amazing work he’s doing"}}, {"audio_id": "Ijz7rUffq6U", "text": {"Ijz7rUffq6U-00000-00000000-00000200": "saasfsdf", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00001-00000200-00000400": "sadf", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00002-00000400-00000600": "sadf", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00003-00000600-00000800": "asdf", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00005-00001000-00001200": "asd", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00006-00001200-00001400": "f", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00007-00001400-00001600": "asd", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00008-00001600-00001800": "fasd", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00009-00001800-00002000": "fs", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00010-00002000-00002200": "df", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00011-00002200-00002400": "as", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00012-00002400-00002600": "df", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00013-00002600-00002800": "a", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00014-00002800-00003000": "sd", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00015-00003000-00003200": "fas", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00016-00003200-00003400": "df", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00017-00003400-00003600": "asd", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00018-00003600-00003800": "f", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00019-00003800-00004000": "as", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00020-00004000-00004200": "df", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00021-00004200-00004400": "as", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00022-00004400-00004600": "df", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00024-00004800-00005000": "asd", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00025-00005000-00005200": "f", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00026-00005200-00005400": "asd", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00027-00005400-00005600": "f", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00028-00005600-00005800": "as", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00029-00005800-00006000": "df", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00030-00006000-00006200": "as", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00031-00006200-00006400": "dfas", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00032-00006400-00006600": "d", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00033-00006600-00006800": "f", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00034-00006800-00007000": "s", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00035-00007000-00007200": "adf", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00036-00007200-00007400": "asd", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00037-00007400-00007600": "fas", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00038-00007600-00007800": "df", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00039-00007800-00008000": "asdf", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00040-00008000-00008200": "asd", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00041-00008200-00008400": "fas", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00042-00008400-00008600": "df", "Ijz7rUffq6U-00043-00008600-00008800": "asdf"}}, {"audio_id": "J5za6VyXFwE", "text": {"J5za6VyXFwE-00000-00000000-00059391": "Гэты бой адбыўся разам са мною яшчэ некалькі гадоў назад на яшчэ тады старых Фіёрдах. Яго запісаў ня я, а сайт WoTReplays."}}, {"audio_id": "JutyWadPj3Q", "text": {"JutyWadPj3Q-00000-00000571-00001913": "Democrats on the House Financial Services Committee grilled the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new chief Kathy Kraninger on Thursday, in her first appearance before Congress since she was appointed in December", "JutyWadPj3Q-00001-00001913-00003549": "Kraninger was questioned about decisions made under her predecessor, Mick Mulvaney, as well as about the bureau's role in protecting service members and student debtors -- and was at one point asked to calculate the annual percentage rate on a hypothetical payday loan", "JutyWadPj3Q-00002-00003549-00004353": "Freshman California Rep. Katie Porter posed the math problem and provided the agency chief with a calculator", "JutyWadPj3Q-00003-00004353-00005395": "Porter, a former law professor who brought along the textbook she wrote titled \"Modern Consumer Law,\" also quizzed Kraninger about the definition of an interest rate", "JutyWadPj3Q-00004-00005395-00007067": "Kraninger declined to answer, responding: \"This is not a math exercise.\".Democrats are concerned not just that Kraninger may lack the expertise to lead the bureau, but also that she will follow Mulvaney's playbook and scale back enforcement actions", "JutyWadPj3Q-00005-00007067-00007984": "Many Republicans have long argued that the bureau has overstepped its authority and created burdensome standards for businesses", "JutyWadPj3Q-00006-00007984-00009306": "Kraninger worked for Mulvaney at the Office of Management and Budget and stepped into his shoes at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau when he became President Donald Trump's acting chief of staff in December", "JutyWadPj3Q-00007-00009306-00010763": "\"During his tenure running the consumer bureau, Mick Mulvaney, who is currently President Trump's acting chief of staff, took many actions that hurt consumers,\" said California Rep Maxine Waters, the committee chair", "JutyWadPj3Q-00008-00010763-00011852": "She accused Mulvaney of stripping divisions within the bureau of enforcement power, installing unqualified political employees and said he \"cozied up to payday lenders", "JutyWadPj3Q-00009-00011852-00013114": "\".In a sharp line of questioning, Waters asked Kraninger if her office had initiated any new investigations over possible fair lending violations since her tenure began in December", "JutyWadPj3Q-00010-00013114-00014313": "\"I can assure you that fair lending is a continuing priority for the bureau. Supervision and enforcement work is ongoing,\" Kraninger said, when interrupted by Waters", "JutyWadPj3Q-00011-00014313-00014927": "\"What you're saying is no,\" the chairwoman said, before moving on to another question", "JutyWadPj3Q-00012-00014927-00016087": "Under Kraninger, the bureau has proposed rolling back a rule drafted under Obama-appointee Richard Cordray that was meant to protect consumers from predatory payday lenders", "JutyWadPj3Q-00013-00016087-00016766": "The agency is currently accepting public comments before formally rescinding part of the rule"}}, {"audio_id": "Jx3y9tmkODo", "text": {"Jx3y9tmkODo-00000-00000571-00001461": "Acosta, speaking at the National Association of Counties annual legislative conference, announced the launch of apprenticeship", "Jx3y9tmkODo-00001-00001461-00002073": "gov and explained how it would help young career seekers, educators, and employers", "Jx3y9tmkODo-00002-00002073-00003468": "“Apprenticeships are another incredibly important approach,” Acosta said. “You know as we look out there at this economy, I think we need to take a step back and evaluate: What signals do we send to young Americans''", "Jx3y9tmkODo-00003-00003468-00005024": "Acosta said he recently visited an apprenticeship program for the United Brotherhood of Carpenters in Missouri, which helped participants not only parlay their skills into a degree but provided them a living wage and no college debt", "Jx3y9tmkODo-00004-00005024-00006108": "“But here is what I found most impressive about it,” Acosta said. “They showed me their rate sheets when the young men and women left that apprenticeship program", "Jx3y9tmkODo-00005-00006108-00006978": "”.“Their lowest starting wage was $28 an hour,” Acosta said. “That’s a good family-sustaining wage''", "Jx3y9tmkODo-00006-00006978-00007699": "“And so, the questions is, what signals are we sending to young Americans,” Acosta said", "Jx3y9tmkODo-00007-00007699-00008642": "“Are we saying, ‘You only have one path to success, and all other paths are no good,’ Or are we saying, ‘There are multiple paths?’”", "Jx3y9tmkODo-00008-00008642-00009559": "College, he said, could lead to lucrative careers in law or medicine but would most likely result in significant college debt", "Jx3y9tmkODo-00009-00009559-00010737": "“Or you can go be an apprentice carpenter, and you can build on something, and you won’t have student debt, and it won’t take as long, and you’ll also have a good wage,” Acosta said", "Jx3y9tmkODo-00010-00010737-00011500": "“Decide what you love and what makes you happy because the goal is a family-sustaining wage''", "Jx3y9tmkODo-00011-00011500-00012241": "Acosta said the website is a way to provide young people with a resource for choosing a path other than college", "Jx3y9tmkODo-00012-00012241-00013736": "The website — with a banner that reads, “Your One-Stop Source for All Things Apprenticeship” — features a wide range of information, including a search engine for locating apprenticeships and articles about some of those opportunities", "Jx3y9tmkODo-00013-00013736-00015036": "The homepage on Tuesday featured a story on women in construction, “the first software development apprenticeship program approved by the Department of Labor,” and sources for entering the corporate world"}}, {"audio_id": "JDzQxhjt6qE", "text": {"JDzQxhjt6qE-00000-00000571-00001634": "One defining feature of Donald Trump’s presidency has been the constant stream of executive orders, which he began signing on the day he was sworn into office", "JDzQxhjt6qE-00001-00001634-00003629": "He’s proudly posed with them on his desk in the Oval Office, even if their implications are extremely dangerous – such as the one reversing President Obama’s executive order that prevented people with mental illness from buying firearms – or laughably unconstitutional (such as the Muslim ban or removing birthright citizenship", "JDzQxhjt6qE-00002-00003629-00004993": ") Trumpers who saw Obama’s executive orders as unmistakable proof that the former president aspired to be a dictator ruling by decree don’t have much to say about the 101 executive orders signed by their guy", "JDzQxhjt6qE-00003-00004993-00006129": "Perhaps that’s just as well, because a new policy analysis by the Los Angeles Times indicates that the majority of these orders don’t do much in the way of policy", "JDzQxhjt6qE-00004-00006129-00007336": "While the racist Muslim ban was initially carried out as an executive order, that was struck down twice, and the current, revised version was actually issued as a proclamation", "JDzQxhjt6qE-00005-00007336-00008266": "The majority have involved putting together task forces which have already disbanded, mainly to appeal to Trump’s evangelical base", "JDzQxhjt6qE-00006-00008266-00009873": "Bills like Trump’s upcoming “free speech” executive order for college campuses largely call for observing laws that are already on the books – even if this one in particular is meant to be a wedge for white supremacy groups to recruit on campuses and spread their bigotry", "JDzQxhjt6qE-00007-00009873-00011351": "The trouble with this executive order, #100 to be autographed by Donald Trump, is that even his supporters aren’t really confident in how effectively it will be carried out; his own staff struggled with basic questions during the ceremony", "JDzQxhjt6qE-00008-00011351-00013031": "So why bother? Donald Trump does it because he craves the attention and the spectacle – how he can surround himself with his adoring base, and convince himself that his presidency means something – instill in them the illusion that he cares about them and that he gets things done", "JDzQxhjt6qE-00009-00013031-00014169": "This is one more instance of hypocrisy from his celebrity tweeting days that has become a staple of his presidency, the same way he accused Obama of playing too much golf", "JDzQxhjt6qE-00010-00014169-00015369": "It’s also setting the stage for how he can lose in 2020, because it’s clear that the very stable genius has no new ideas and can’t be bothered to come up with them", "JDzQxhjt6qE-00011-00015369-00016110": "Democrats do have new ideas, however, and we need to make it clear that Donald keeps coming up empty"}}, {"audio_id": "JEwf2JG1oz8", "text": {"JEwf2JG1oz8-00000-00000571-00002632": "It turns out that Donald Trump alone can't fix it.The President's chaos theory of management, rule by threats, focus on pleasing his political base and policy-lite sloganeering are being exposed as ill-suited to effective governance as the nation wrestles with two perennial controversies given new life this week: health care and immigration", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00001-00002632-00003883": "With a bewildering avalanche of tweets and comments in recent days, Trump has sent his surprised aides scurrying to understand his intentions and assess the implications of his ad hoc policy making", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00002-00003883-00005469": "The tumult has strained an unorthodox and rudimentary policy-making process, highlighted confusion in the administration and government agencies, and left his own staffers admitting they have no idea what the commander in chief will do next", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00003-00005469-00007224": "In the slimmed-down West Wing, the struggle to contain or prepare for the reverberations of Trump's impulses seems to have replaced the rampant backbiting that went on before senior officials, like former chief of staff John Kelly, who tried to impose discipline and cohesion left", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00004-00007224-00008763": "Trump's outbursts in recent days also forced his Republican allies on Capitol Hill to struggle to dissuade him from the implications of his actions -- over his threat to close the US-Mexico border and igniting of a new legislative battle over Obamacare", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00005-00008763-00010468": "Often, the President appears to react in the moment to a problem, adopting a position that gets him through a photo op or to the end of the day -- even though he's weighing in on issues that deeply affect people's lives and in normal administrations would merit days of strategizing", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00006-00010468-00011780": "For example, a Justice Department decision last week to back a court challenge seeking to eradicate Obamacare -- a clear play to Trump's base -- quickly morphed into a 2020 campaign gift for Democrats", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00007-00011780-00012759": "Trump, apparently stung by a political backlash, then asked the Senate GOP to make another bid to replace Obamacare before the election", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00008-00012759-00014381": "But Republican lawmakers, who have no appetite for any new and draining effort to make up for their failure to kill off the law, spent the weekend talking the President down, leading to his vow to tackle the issue after what he sees as his certain re-election", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00009-00014381-00015220": "\"He has some big ideas and to his credit wants to solve problems. That's what leaders do,\" Republican Sen", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00010-00015220-00016858": "John Thune of South Dakota said Tuesday.\"But you run into that wall of reality at some point, and, I think, trying to convey what the obstacles are to getting done what he wants done, done in the next two years, is something a number of our members conveyed to him", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00011-00016858-00018211": "\".By Tuesday, it was as if last week never happened: \"I wanted to delay it myself,\" Trump insisted to reporters, before touting a Republican health care plan that at this point seems mostly to be a mirage", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00012-00018211-00019472": "\"The health care is good, really good. . It's much better than Obamacare.\".Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was asked whether he and the President were still at odds on health care", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00013-00019472-00022155": "\"Not any longer,\" the Kentucky Republican said with a smile.But the climbdown did not head off a potential crisis, since if the Supreme Court takes up the case backed by the Justice Department and rules Obamacare unconstitutional -- likely next year, months before the election -- millions of Americans could lose their policies in a health care Armageddon, with the GOP committed to not providing a replacement until 2021 at the earliest", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00014-00022155-00023208": "This is just one example of how Trump's impromptu method causes confusion, catches even his allies flatfooted and often seeds future chaos", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00015-00023208-00024260": "Border brinkmanship.A similar process is playing out over the President's threat to shut the southern border over a spike in asylum claims that is overloading the system", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00016-00024260-00025386": "It's an irresistible play for Trump, as many of his supporters sincerely believe his graphic claims that America is being overrun by a tide of criminal migrants", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00017-00025386-00027050": "It's yet another example of how the President uses vehement threats of terrible consequences that could hurt everyone -- against Mexico over its policing of migrant caravans and against Democrats demanding immediate concessions on immigration -- to try to fulfill his goals", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00018-00027050-00028889": "But even members of Trump's own administration have warned that shutting the border could be catastrophic, biting deeply into trade, shuttering the automobile industry and quickly causing shortages of fruits and vegetables at shops all over America that could turn into a huge political problem for the President", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00019-00028889-00030370": "McConnell is again being called in to cool things down.\"Closing down the border would have potentially catastrophic economic impact on our country, and I would hope we would not be doing that sort of thing,\" McConnell said on Tuesday", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00020-00030370-00032175": "His comments were reminiscent of his warnings to Trump before the President initiated the longest government shutdown in history in December, apparently fearing that his base -- amplified by the criticism from conservative media -- would not want him climbing down on a demand that Congress fund his border wall", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00021-00032175-00033539": "McConnell also warned that Trump's plan -- which the President eventually followed through on -- to declare a national emergency in order to divert financing for other projects to wall construction was not a good idea either", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00022-00033539-00035132": "The wily Senate majority leader could not stop Trump then, so it's not clear he can do so now, especially since the President acknowledged the economic cost of a border shutdown -- and suggested he was ready to inflict it on Americans for a deeper purpose", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00023-00035132-00035775": "\"We have to have security in this country. That's more important than trade,\" Trump said", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00024-00035775-00037387": "Still, the President did open a face-saving way out for himself by claiming -- without offering any evidence -- that for the first time in \"decades\" Mexico had started to apprehend \"thousands of people\" on its territory from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00025-00037387-00038646": "Spinning wins out of losses.This presidency is so unusual that it's likely that if Trump does step back from his threat about the border he won't see it as an embarrassing erasure of a line in the sand", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00026-00038646-00040252": "That's because often, for Trump, having a fight is a political win in itself. It galvanizes his supporters, allows him to burnish his tough-guy credentials and often ends -- like the partial government shutdown -- with him spinning an alternative reality of victory", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00027-00040252-00041391": "With Trump, the chaos is the point. Complaints about tumult from the media and professional politicians just cement his credentials as the disruptor in chief", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00028-00041391-00042676": "This kind of discombobulation is what he promised to bring to Washington and why his die-hard supporters love to see him tearing at the institutions of governance and a political establishment they disdain", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00029-00042676-00044100": "But Trump's reliance on governing for the sizable minority of Americans who elected him, and who he needs to come out in fired-up droves next year, has necessarily limited his ability to accomplish the things he wants to do in Washington", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00030-00044100-00045521": "The GOP failed to eradicate Obamacare partly because it had few credible alternatives while it retained a monopoly on power on Capitol Hill, but also because the President was unable to lead his troops to victory", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00031-00045521-00047065": "And despite Trump's claim Tuesday that he could fix the immigration crisis in 45 minutes, the polarization on Capitol Hill has meant there have been few real advances toward solving genuine problems on this issue since he has been President", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00032-00047065-00047692": "Immigration and health care cannot be overhauled without Democratic and Republican buy-in", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00033-00047692-00048376": "But Trump has failed to create conditions that could foster such an unlikely compromise", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00034-00048376-00049118": "Democrats have also dug in their heels, but the presidency comes with extra power -- and extra responsibilities", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00035-00049118-00049823": "The previous two presidents -- George W. Bush and Barack Obama -- failed to overhaul immigration too", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00036-00049823-00051265": "But at times under Trump there have been signs that a deal is possible -- to tighten borders, ease the plight of people brought illegally to the US as kids and pour resources into dealing with problems like a glut of asylum claims", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00037-00051265-00051962": "But the President, more concerned about politics than a governing legacy, has pulled back", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00038-00051962-00053135": "Trump's inability, given his combative campaigning style, to persuade those who don't agree means he has little option but to rely on threats and coercion to get his way", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00039-00053135-00054104": "However, it is beginning to look like such an approach will leave him frustrated and with a legacy devoid of many significant legislative accomplishments", "JEwf2JG1oz8-00040-00054104-00055329": "It will also raise questions about the central pillar of his outsider appeal, the \"I alone can fix it\" message around which he built his 2016 Republican National Convention speech"}}, {"audio_id": "JMPCQBuqivE", "text": {"JMPCQBuqivE-00000-00000571-00001388": "During his public testimony last week, Michael Cohen presented two reimbursement checks he received for his crimes", "JMPCQBuqivE-00001-00001388-00002360": "One was signed by Donald Trump, while the other was signed by Donald Trump Jr and Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg", "JMPCQBuqivE-00002-00002360-00003583": "This stood out as potentially odd; why would the payment method change like that? Now more checks have been revealed, and suffice it to say that something went terribly wrong during the payment process", "JMPCQBuqivE-00003-00003583-00004434": "Several of the reimbursement checks sent to Michael Cohen have now been obtained by the New York Times, and they reveal a clear pattern", "JMPCQBuqivE-00004-00004434-00005476": "The checks were initially being cut by the Trump Organization, which was consistent with the phony cover story that they were mere employee paychecks to Cohen", "JMPCQBuqivE-00005-00005476-00006714": "These were the checks were signed by Trump Jr and Weisselberg. Then partway through, Cohen started receiving checks signed by Donald Trump, from what appear to be his personal bank account", "JMPCQBuqivE-00006-00006714-00007963": "This means that at some point during the repayment process, the Trump Organization decided to stop cutting these checks to Michael Cohen, forcing Donald Trump to start paying Cohen directly", "JMPCQBuqivE-00007-00007963-00008825": "Trump certainly wouldn’t have wanted to do it this way, as it was more work for him, and more legal exposure for him", "JMPCQBuqivE-00008-00008825-00009724": "This almost certainly means that someone in the Trump Organization refused to keep participating in the criminal payments", "JMPCQBuqivE-00009-00009724-00011223": "The only known adult in the Trump Organization is Allen Weisselberg, so the most logical conclusion is that partway through the payments, Weisselberg concluded that they were all going to get busted for it, and he tried to put a stop to it", "JMPCQBuqivE-00010-00011223-00012218": "Considering that this occurred in late 2017, you have to wonder just how long Weisselberg has been cooperating with prosecutors", "JMPCQBuqivE-00011-00012218-00012775": "Looks like this whole thing went terribly wrong for Trump a long time ago"}}, {"audio_id": "JNN5fqylo-A", "text": {"JNN5fqylo-A-00000-00000513-00001819": "President Donald Trump weighed in Friday to the sentencing of his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort by twisting a federal judge's words to claim that there was no collusion with Russia in the 2016 campaign", "JNN5fqylo-A-00001-00001819-00002929": "\"Both the Judge and the lawyer in the Paul Manafort case stated loudly and for the world to hear that there was NO COLLUSION with Russia,\" Trump said in a Friday morning tweet", "JNN5fqylo-A-00002-00002929-00004086": "\"The judge said there was no collusion with Russia,\" Trump later told a gaggle of reporters, before leaving the White House to meet with victims of deadly tornadoes in Alabama", "JNN5fqylo-A-00003-00004086-00005189": "Facts First: The judge said no such thing. He noted that Manafort wasn't accused of collusion and that the trial focused on unrelated financial crimes", "JNN5fqylo-A-00004-00005189-00006505": "But the judge did not declare that there was no collusion in 2016.Judge T.S. Ellis sentenced Manafort on Thursday to serve nearly four years in prison for a vast financial fraud scheme", "JNN5fqylo-A-00005-00006505-00007422": "But Manafort \"is not before the court for anything having to do with colluding with the Russian government to influence this election,\" Ellis said", "JNN5fqylo-A-00006-00007422-00008681": "Ellis later repeated that Manafort \"is not before the court for any allegation that he or anybody at his direction colluded with the Russian government to influence the 2016 presidential election", "JNN5fqylo-A-00007-00008681-00009483": "\".The judge never said during the three-hour hearing that there had been \"no collusion\" between Trump's campaign and Russia", "JNN5fqylo-A-00008-00009483-00010661": "Ellis presided over Manafort's fraud case in the Eastern District of Virginia. He has not been involved in Mueller's investigation of potential collusion in 2016", "JNN5fqylo-A-00009-00010661-00011925": "Later with reporters on Friday, Trump correctly said, \"The judge, for whatever reason, I was very honored by it, also made the statement that this had nothing to do with collusion with Russia", "JNN5fqylo-A-00010-00011925-00012999": "\".Throughout the trial, Ellis made it apparent that he wanted to separate the whole issue of Russia and collusion from the facts surrounding Manafort's financial crimes", "JNN5fqylo-A-00011-00012999-00014292": "Manafort was convicted in August of eight counts of financial fraud. He committed some of those crimes — bank fraud, tax fraud and hiding foreign bank accounts -- while he was running Trump's campaign", "JNN5fqylo-A-00012-00014292-00015810": "But the charges weren't tied to his work for Trump or the 2016 election.Before the trial, Manafort's lawyers asked the judge to drop the charges because they weren't directly related to Russian interference in the 2016 campaign", "JNN5fqylo-A-00013-00015810-00016679": "Ellis rejected their argument, saying at the time that Mueller simply \"followed the money\" from pro-Russian sources to Manafort", "JNN5fqylo-A-00014-00016679-00017377": "He specifically reminded Manafort's defense lawyers of that decision at the sentencing hearing", "JNN5fqylo-A-00015-00017377-00018662": "Ellis was appointed to the federal bench by President Ronald Reagan in 1987. During his career, Ellis has established himself as a cantankerous yet witty ringmaster in the courtroom"}}, {"audio_id": "JRJq3h8qAag", "text": {"JRJq3h8qAag-00000-00000571-00002044": "This week the New York Times dropped a bombshell no one saw coming. Their latest report suggests that Jared Kushner and other Trump officials have been pushing a plan to sell nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia", "JRJq3h8qAag-00001-00002044-00002922": "This is the exact reason we don’t want people with financial problems or shady character to be in positions of power", "JRJq3h8qAag-00002-00002922-00003752": "The fact that members of the President’s family have such high security clearance without proper vetting is very concerning", "JRJq3h8qAag-00003-00003752-00005432": "It’s also obvious that something is wrong with Congress when they’ve known for months that the president is considering transferring this sensitive nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia to benefit the company who does personal business with Jared Kushner and his failing properties", "JRJq3h8qAag-00004-00005432-00006662": "This entire situation is an ethical nightmare.It’s also alarming that there’s no way to immediately remove these people from their positions until the investigation is finished", "JRJq3h8qAag-00005-00006662-00007488": "The fact that Trump and his minions are still running amuck on behalf of the United States should concern any and everyone", "JRJq3h8qAag-00006-00007488-00009418": "How long do we have to wait for someone to get a handle on this administration? Will it happen once Trump actually delivers the secrets to the Crown Prince? Or will there still not be enough evidence? Congress is turning the other way while the President of the United States and his family members hand over things to foreign entities", "JRJq3h8qAag-00007-00009418-00010129": "It’s hard to believe this is the mess we’ve found ourselves in, but it’s a terrifying reality"}}, {"audio_id": "JUpE5x_IAeE", "text": {"JUpE5x_IAeE-00000-00000571-00001665": "President Donald Trump told Breitbart News during his exclusive interview last Monday that there is an “invasion” of illegal immigration coming across the southern border", "JUpE5x_IAeE-00001-00001665-00002655": "“You are talking about an invasion,” Trump said in response to a question from senior Breitbart News White House correspondent Charlie Spiering about immigration", "JUpE5x_IAeE-00002-00002655-00003930": "“People get angry on the other side when I use the word ‘invasion.’ This is an invasion, but it’s an invasion not only of people, but an invasion of drugs and human traffickers and other things''", "JUpE5x_IAeE-00003-00003930-00005058": ".Trump also argued that the language that the United States should use for illegal aliens whom federal agents take into custody should be the word “captured” rather than “apprehended", "JUpE5x_IAeE-00004-00005058-00006547": "” He also argued that he needs more Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to shift from a “catch and release” and other loopholes that allow illegal aliens to take advantage of the system and get into the country", "JUpE5x_IAeE-00005-00006547-00007973": "“Look, I need border security. We’ve done a great job,” Trump also said. “Look, when I say we apprehended 75,000 people last month, you know how good a job—these aren’t people that came in", "JUpE5x_IAeE-00006-00007973-00008833": "These are people that have been—I say, should we use a different word? Because maybe they don’t understand the word ‘apprehended", "JUpE5x_IAeE-00007-00008833-00009726": "’ Maybe they don’t know what it means. Should we use the word ‘captured’? We captured 75,000 people last month", "JUpE5x_IAeE-00008-00009726-00010575": "It’s never been like that. The biggest problem we have—we’ve apprehended/captured 75,000 people", "JUpE5x_IAeE-00009-00010575-00011259": "The problem we have is you have catch and release. You have all of these crazy loopholes", "JUpE5x_IAeE-00010-00011259-00012602": "What we do is, I call ‘catch and keep''. .Trump also argued that the need for the border wall is exemplified in the fact that more people come across in areas where there currently is no barrier", "JUpE5x_IAeE-00011-00012602-00013882": "“Don’t let anyone tell you they don’t come through those areas,” Trump said. “When they have women in the back of a van because, you know, when they stop at a port of entry, they open the doors so they’re going to see it", "JUpE5x_IAeE-00012-00013882-00015068": "When they have big boxes of drugs, they open the doors. The biggest part comes in in the areas where you don’t have the walls, where they go out into the land into the deserts''", "JUpE5x_IAeE-00013-00015068-00015914": "During the interview, President Trump also said he does not want people coming into the country who are dependent on welfare programs", "JUpE5x_IAeE-00014-00015914-00016727": "In addition, President Trump said he was considering designating the Mexican drug cartels foreign terrorist organizations", "JUpE5x_IAeE-00015-00016727-00017704": "On Friday, President Trump announced an executive order strengthening the government’s definitions of such transnational criminal organizations"}}, {"audio_id": "JXRTnmBM3mM", "text": {"JXRTnmBM3mM-00000-00000571-00001801": "President Donald Trump will sit down with his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in at the White House on Thursday to discuss how to revive the diplomatic process between the US and North Korea", "JXRTnmBM3mM-00001-00001801-00002922": "However, aides to both leaders have told CNN they are nervous the meeting could do more harm than good due to diverging views on how to bring Pyongyang back to the table", "JXRTnmBM3mM-00002-00002922-00004862": "During his first face-to-face meeting with Trump since February's failed summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, Vietnam, Moon will attempt to convince the US President that there are \"signs of progress\" and that North Korea is willing to return to negotiations, according to two sources familiar with the matter", "JXRTnmBM3mM-00003-00004862-00007049": "The already high-stakes meeting took on added significance after Kim issued a stark warning seemingly aimed at the US, saying North Korea needed to \"deal a telling blow to the hostile forces who go with bloodshot eyes miscalculating that sanctions can bring the (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) to its knees,\" according to North Korean state media reports", "JXRTnmBM3mM-00004-00007049-00008397": "Kim's comments were made to the Fourth Plenary Meeting of the Seventh Central Committee of the Worker's Party in Pyongyang on Wednesday but were reported by North Korea's state news agency (KCNA) on Thursday", "JXRTnmBM3mM-00005-00008397-00009766": "They come on the heels of warnings from Pyongyang that Kim could change course after Trump walked out of the Hanoi negotiations, leaving the North Korean leader and his team bewildered, according to two sources familiar with the matter", "JXRTnmBM3mM-00006-00009766-00011121": "In his role as intermediary, Moon will raise 'specific points' with Trump on Thursday in an attempt to break the stalemate, the sources added, much like he did ahead of the first inter-Korean summit in June of 2018", "JXRTnmBM3mM-00007-00011121-00012294": "\"Moon's objective is to reactivate talks,\" one source said. \"The best thing (Moon) will be aiming for is to have the talks resumed and possibly another summit", "JXRTnmBM3mM-00008-00012294-00013357": "\".While Trump has indicated that he wants a third summit with Kim, both sides have dug in after the Hanoi meeting failed to yield any sort of an agreement", "JXRTnmBM3mM-00009-00013357-00014700": "Moon hopes he can encourage Trump to agree to some sort of compromise that might help grease the wheels for further engagement between the US and North Korea but could face a challenge from some within the administration", "JXRTnmBM3mM-00010-00014700-00015742": "Trump betting on Moon but Kim doesn't seem to be listening.After Trump opted to walk away from the table in Hanoi without a deal, his first call was to Moon", "JXRTnmBM3mM-00011-00015742-00016985": "Trump, with an upbeat demeanor, asked Moon to tell Kim that things would move forward and to encourage him to come back to the table, according to multiple sources familiar with the phone call", "JXRTnmBM3mM-00012-00016985-00017811": "Despite Trump's request, Moon has not had a call with Kim, according to a South Korean government adviser", "JXRTnmBM3mM-00013-00017811-00019289": "Another senior South Korean government official, who said that there are still lines of communication between the two countries that sometimes go through China or Russia, wouldn't confirm that Moon has gotten hold of the North Korean leader either", "JXRTnmBM3mM-00014-00019289-00020005": "And that is not the only instance in which North Korea has rejected South Korea's recent overtures", "JXRTnmBM3mM-00015-00020005-00020679": "Last month, the North Koreans at the inter-Korean liaison office left without warning", "JXRTnmBM3mM-00016-00020679-00021572": "And the inter-Korean projects between the two countries, such as remains recovery and freedom of navigation projects, were halted", "JXRTnmBM3mM-00017-00021572-00022499": "\"Ever since the second US-DPRK summit in Hanoi the ROK-DPRK military relationship is not as great as we had hoped", "JXRTnmBM3mM-00018-00022499-00023654": "And as such the ROK is engaging its own individual efforts in the area, including demining as well as remains recovery, on its own,\" said a senior South Korean government official", "JXRTnmBM3mM-00019-00023654-00025091": "Moon will push for a 'good enough' deal.On Thursday, Moon is facing perhaps his greatest diplomatic challenge to date: kickstarting denuclearization talks between the US and North Korea amid rising tensions and uncertainty", "JXRTnmBM3mM-00020-00025091-00026287": "Moon Chung-in, a Yonsei University professor and an adviser to Moon, says that South Korea wants to lay down some kind of \"time-bound roadmap\" with incremental implementation", "JXRTnmBM3mM-00021-00026287-00027760": "And, perhaps most importantly, the south is hoping for an \"early harvest\" or a \"good enough deal\" -- which are being cast by South Korean officials as what is needed to keep alive the momentum and convince the North Koreans to stay at the table", "JXRTnmBM3mM-00022-00027760-00028366": "\"A small deal is not a bad deal,\" explained a senior South Korean government official", "JXRTnmBM3mM-00023-00028366-00029490": "\"It depends on how small it is. It is a good deal if it is good enough to help us make an early harvest that allows us to see the nuclear past and present of North Korea", "JXRTnmBM3mM-00024-00029490-00031214": "\".The official indicated that a small deal could include returning to the idea of dismantling Yongbyon, North Korea's nuclear research facility, or smaller-scale progress like opening a US-NK liaison office or agreeing to a declaration of the end of the Korean war", "JXRTnmBM3mM-00025-00031214-00032198": "It is unlikely, however, that the Trump administration would bite at a suggestion they settle for a smaller, less ambitious agreement with Kim", "JXRTnmBM3mM-00026-00032198-00033392": "Trump demonstrated in Hanoi that he wants a big deal that gets to the heart of North Korea's nuclear program and goes beyond the North Koreans dismantling Yongbyon", "JXRTnmBM3mM-00027-00033392-00034299": "Sanctions a key sticking point.Another approach that Moon could take would be to advocate for a lifting of US sanctions on North Korea", "JXRTnmBM3mM-00028-00034299-00035252": "That is what Kim aggressively pushed for during the Hanoi summit.Exactly how Moon plans to approach sanctions relief with Trump remains unclear", "JXRTnmBM3mM-00029-00035252-00036046": "But many observers expect he will try to lure Trump in that direction and warn that it could create a quagmire", "JXRTnmBM3mM-00030-00036046-00037472": "Moon is in a tough spot. One source said that he is under pressure from the North Korean side to do more to convince Trump to reach a compromise on partial sanctions relief in return for incremental steps and keeping talks going"}}, {"audio_id": "Jbfi6qxZfWo", "text": {"Jbfi6qxZfWo-00000-00000571-00001947": "President Donald Trump told a Jewish audience Saturday that both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main election challenger, Benny Gantz, are “good people” who would be running neck and neck on April 9", "Jbfi6qxZfWo-00001-00001947-00002916": "“How is the race going? Who’s going to win the race?” he asked during a keynote address at the Republican Jewish Coalition conference in Las Vegas", "Jbfi6qxZfWo-00002-00002916-00003528": ".A shout of “Bibi!” came back from the audience, in reference to the incumbent premier", "Jbfi6qxZfWo-00003-00003528-00004839": "Trump responded, “I think it’s going to be close. Two good people.”.The start of his speech was interrupted by hecklers who chanted, “Jews are here to stay! Occupation is a plague!”", "Jbfi6qxZfWo-00004-00004839-00005787": "The crowd then countered with chants of “USA!” and for his part, Trump quipped: “He’s going back to Mommy; he will be reprimanded", "Jbfi6qxZfWo-00005-00005787-00007368": "”.Trump thanked his Special Envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblatt and his senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner for their work on the as-yet unveiled peace plan, saying, “Peace in the Middle East: If they can’t do it, nobody can", "Jbfi6qxZfWo-00006-00007368-00008726": "”. .In reference to his administration’s decision to nix the Iran nuclear deal, Trump said, “We’ve now imposed the toughest-ever sanctions on the Iranian dictatorship, and it is not the same country", "Jbfi6qxZfWo-00007-00008726-00009431": "”.“Today, folks, they have riots in the streets. They have very little money coming in", "Jbfi6qxZfWo-00008-00009431-00010575": "A lot of things have changed.”.Trump also thanked freshman Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, but followed it quickly by joking, “I forgot that she doesn’t like Israel", "Jbfi6qxZfWo-00009-00010575-00011712": "”.Trump also addressed the relationship between Israel and the U.S. during the Obama administration: “Three years ago, US-Israel relations were probably in the lowest point", "Jbfi6qxZfWo-00010-00011712-00012725": "How the hell did you support president Obama? Now, three years later I am standing before you here as the president to report a very different situation", "Jbfi6qxZfWo-00011-00012725-00013362": "The incredible bond between the US and Israel has never been stronger than it is right now", "Jbfi6qxZfWo-00012-00013362-00015183": "”. .Regarding his decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, he said, “We got you something that you wanted,” and added that he had ignored calls from “presidents, prime ministers, dictators, kings, queens, everybody” who tried to convince him not to go ahead with the announcement", "Jbfi6qxZfWo-00013-00015183-00016157": "His recent decision to recognize Israel sovereignty over the Golan Heights, he said, was the result of studying the strategic value of the area", "Jbfi6qxZfWo-00014-00016157-00017205": "“You need the height. You need the height,” he stated.“Israel security — really so important to talk about security — it’s always number one for me", "Jbfi6qxZfWo-00015-00017205-00018216": "They’d been trying to get that approved. As you know, for 52 years they wanted recognition from the United States on the Golan Heights,” he said", "Jbfi6qxZfWo-00016-00018216-00019059": "He added that there was no prolonged outcry from the international community: “It was a big, big story for two days", "Jbfi6qxZfWo-00017-00019059-00019919": "Everyone’s happy. No repercussions. No. And there won’t be. I went there to protect Israel", "Jbfi6qxZfWo-00018-00019919-00021042": "We did the right thing. We did the right thing, and I want to congratulate Jared and Jason Greenblatt and [US Ambassador] David Friedman and all of the people they work with", "Jbfi6qxZfWo-00019-00021042-00022144": "”.He also gave a shout-out to billionaire mogul and Republican donor Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam, who were sitting in the audience, saying, “They love Israel", "Jbfi6qxZfWo-00020-00022144-00022244": "”"}}, {"audio_id": "JdlnokW3bq4", "text": {"JdlnokW3bq4-00000-00000571-00002334": "Before he left for his Vietnam Summit with North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, the supremely incompetent American President Donald Trump spoke to a gathering of state governors, ostensibly to discuss his trade war with China and the tariff threat he stepped back from just a day earlier", "JdlnokW3bq4-00001-00002334-00004405": "According to a transcript of Trump’s remarks by Daniel Dale, the Washington  correspondent for the Toronto Star, what the governors got was the presidential equivalent of an overly long and rambling acceptance speech for a minor award, minus a sound engineer to cut his mike and an orchestra to cue to play him off the stage", "JdlnokW3bq4-00002-00004405-00007167": "After mentioning the “substantial progress” he claims to be achieving thus far in the trade negotiations with the Chinese, Trump launched into a barely coherent jumble of words that combined an obvious yearning for the unlimited dictatorial powers enjoyed by Chinese President Xi Jinping with self-pitying whimpers mewling over the lack of credit he received for what he sees as his role in keeping three American basketball players out of prison after they were accused of shoplifting on a visit to China", "JdlnokW3bq4-00003-00007167-00008447": "While the transcript of Trump’s words seems damning enough in its depiction of a clueless and self-involved president, Trump managed to make it even worse through his actions and gestures during his bloviating", "JdlnokW3bq4-00004-00008447-00009909": "He exhibited the same tendency for ridiculing the looks of others that he demonstrated when he callously mocked a disabled reporter at a campaign rally by holding his hands over his eyes to mimic the eyeglasses of President Xi’s aides", "JdlnokW3bq4-00005-00009909-00011443": "With his circled fingers over his eyes, it was difficult to tell if he was also squinting while gesturing, a not unimaginable possibility from a president not known for his sensitivity to violating norms of offensive racial stereotypes"}}, {"audio_id": "JlypDObQqHu", "text": {"JlypDObQqHu-00000-00000571-00002060": "Friday on MSNBC’s “Deadline,” network host Al Sharpton said an impeachment process against former president Richard Nixon was in part for obstruction of justice, so President Donald Trump could still be in trouble", "JlypDObQqHu-00001-00002060-00004259": "Sharpton said, “You have to ask the question, why did everybody lie if there was nothing to lie about? Whether he was a useful idiot or whether he was greedy trying to get a deal in Moscow for the Trump organization — because remember he never thought he would win for president—and whether they were maneuvering him, I think Putin—Trump and I both come from New York", "JlypDObQqHu-00002-00004259-00005897": "”.“There’s a game in  Times Square, they beat you out of your money, Three-Card Monty, Putin could have been been playing him, you know he wants a hotel, I’ll do this, do that, and then they had to obstruct justice because they got out too far,” he continued", "JlypDObQqHu-00003-00005897-00006686": "“They woke up not on Fifth Avenue. They were in the White House. That’s why I want to know where obstruction", "JlypDObQqHu-00004-00006686-00008193": "Obstruction does not mean you colluded. Obstruction means you obstructed. Nixon may never have known about the break-in and who would pay for it, but when he participated in the cover-up, that’s when the Republicans said he had to go", "JlypDObQqHu-00005-00008193-00009011": "So I don’t care if he was a conspirator in the beginning, an idiot in the middle or someone that obstructed at the end, we need to know", "JlypDObQqHu-00006-00009011-00009111": "”"}}, {"audio_id": "KoW2YOhGWi8", "text": {"KoW2YOhGWi8-00000-00000000-00000200": "https://youtu.be/m-t2gEpEaC8", "KoW2YOhGWi8-00001-00000200-00000400": "https://youtu.be/m-t2gEpEaC8", "KoW2YOhGWi8-00002-00000400-00000600": "https://youtu.be/m-t2gEpEaC8", "KoW2YOhGWi8-00003-00042404-00046904": "https://youtu.be/m-t2gEpEaC8"}}, {"audio_id": "K0sOqW7NJWI", "text": {"K0sOqW7NJWI-00000-00000571-00001482": "President Donald Trump ridiculed 2020 Democratic Presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke for wanting to take down border walls", "K0sOqW7NJWI-00001-00001482-00002431": "Without specifically naming O’Rourke, Trump scoffed at his proposal.“I see a new candidate in the mix, he wants to take down the walls", "K0sOqW7NJWI-00002-00002431-00003204": "Try that sometime, you’ll see what will happen,” he said. “You’d have tens of millions of people coming in''", "K0sOqW7NJWI-00003-00003204-00003998": "Trump also pointed to the walls that were working in Tijuana, keeping thousands of illegal immigrants from getting in", "K0sOqW7NJWI-00004-00003998-00004630": "“You want to see a mess? Take down that wall, you’ll see what will happen,” he said", "K0sOqW7NJWI-00005-00004630-00005568": "Trump cited progress on the wall, despite Democrat attempts to block it.“As we build it, it gets better and better,” Trump said", "K0sOqW7NJWI-00006-00005568-00007033": "“This is serious stuff. We’re able to do it cheaper, better, it’s better wall, it’s different from what you’ve been watching growing up … It’s a beautiful looking structure, it’s much stronger, and you can build it faster and cheaper''"}}, {"audio_id": "KsIt5zk4k-u", "text": {"KsIt5zk4k-u-00000-00000571-00002329": "In the hours since Donald Trump’s DOJ mouthpiece William Barr released a laughably misleading “summary” of Robert Mueller’s report, we’ve been fortunate that numerous major media outlets have been willing to poke holes in Barr’s fish story, as opposed to merely repeating it as if it were fact", "KsIt5zk4k-u-00001-00002329-00003381": "That said, a different narrative has developed tonight – particularly among TV pundits – about how Congress blew it by putting all its eggs in Mueller’s basket", "KsIt5zk4k-u-00002-00003381-00004324": "But the facts suggest something rather different. .Let’s hypothetically say that there never was a Robert Mueller investigation to begin with", "KsIt5zk4k-u-00003-00004324-00005377": "The Democrats didn’t take control of the House until two and a half months ago, and the first month of it was dominated by necessary procedural matters", "KsIt5zk4k-u-00004-00005377-00006404": "So if the House Democrats were the only people investigating Trump’s crimes and scandals, the earliest they could have gotten started with it would have been in February", "KsIt5zk4k-u-00005-00006404-00007300": ". .It turns out they did get started with it in February, when Michael Cohen publicly testified about various Trump crimes", "KsIt5zk4k-u-00006-00007300-00008047": "So the House Democrats didn’t actually lose any time at all by “waiting” for Robert Mueller to finish", "KsIt5zk4k-u-00007-00008047-00008716": "They’re on just about the same timeframe they would have been if Mueller’s probe never existed", "KsIt5zk4k-u-00008-00008716-00009776": "The difference is that, because Mueller did what he did, people like Cohen got busted, and ended up being willing to testify against Trump in front of Congress and the public", "KsIt5zk4k-u-00009-00009776-00010944": "There’s certainly reason to argue that House Democrats would have been better off today if the (real) Mueller report became public, as opposed to Barr’s nonsensical “summary", "KsIt5zk4k-u-00010-00010944-00011701": "” We’ll see how quickly the Democrats can use their subpoena power to get their hands on the report", "KsIt5zk4k-u-00011-00011701-00012553": "In the meantime, it’s difficult to argue that the House Democrats have lost any opportunities as a result of the Mueller probe", "KsIt5zk4k-u-00012-00012553-00013083": "It’s just going to be a matter of how much or little they’ve gained from it"}}, {"audio_id": "KzGgoVAnPfI", "text": {"KzGgoVAnPfI-00000-00000513-00002030": "The presidential candidate who ran on a platform of spending his own money to be elected, therefore being the only candidate not beholden to big donors, not only didn’t spend much of his own money, he’s profited from his campaign and his presidency", "KzGgoVAnPfI-00001-00002030-00003209": "Trump did spend some of his own funds at the beginning of his 2016 campaign; in fact, he spent about $50 million of the billions he claims to be worth during that time", "KzGgoVAnPfI-00002-00003209-00004512": "Once he became the Republican nominee, however, he collected millions in donations and paid his businesses using those funds. It’s been quite the profit machine for the liar-in-chief.", "KzGgoVAnPfI-00003-00004512-00006066": "Forbes reports that:.‘Donald Trump has charged his own reelection campaign $1.3 million for rent, food, lodging and other expenses since taking office, according to a Forbesanalysis of the latest campaign filings", "KzGgoVAnPfI-00004-00006066-00007772": "And although outsiders have contributed more than $50 million to the campaign, the billionaire president hasn’t handed over any of his own cash.The net effect: $1.3 million of donor money has turned into $1.3 million of Trump money'", "KzGgoVAnPfI-00005-00007772-00008623": "It’s not a surprise that Trump cares little about the gravity of the job he’s been elected to do and more about making money", "KzGgoVAnPfI-00006-00008623-00010632": "What’s surprising is that he’s gotten away with profiting from the presidency. Anytime Trump’s campaign required space to operate, food to eat, or anything else that the Trump Organization sells, it was bought from the Trump Organization with campaign funds. The legality of that action is under investigation", "KzGgoVAnPfI-00007-00010632-00012291": "'Once he became president, Trump had a chance to get some money back.The campaign put more than $800,000 into Trump Tower Commercial LLC, the holding company through which Trump owns his interest in the original Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue", "KzGgoVAnPfI-00008-00012291-00014467": "Trump Tower Commercial LLC took in an additional $225,000 in rent from the Republican National Committee, which coordinated those payments with the campaign. That means that, since the inauguration, Trump’s reelection effort has had a hand in funneling more than $1 million into the president’s most famous property'", "KzGgoVAnPfI-00009-00014467-00015721": "The question in the investigation is whether or not the campaign funds were used properly or if Trump inflated prices to get more money from his campaign for his personal businesses", "KzGgoVAnPfI-00010-00015721-00016732": "That is, in essence, why his inaugural committee is under investigation; some of the expenses they claimed were inflated into unreal numbers", "KzGgoVAnPfI-00011-00016732-00017612": "Some of the economists interviewed by Forbes called the amounts of rent and other expenses claimed by the Trump campaign “robbery”", "KzGgoVAnPfI-00012-00017612-00018649": "‘It’s a key question because federal regulations allow candidates to put campaign money into their own businesses only if they pay going rates", "KzGgoVAnPfI-00013-00018649-00019976": "Given the varying opinions on whether $3,000 a month constitutes a fair price, however, it seems unlikely that the payments will spark an investigation by the Federal Election Commission", "KzGgoVAnPfI-00014-00019976-00021170": "“If something is really egregious, yeah, it’s there,” says Bradley Smith, a Republican who served as a commissioner of the FEC from 2000 to 2005", "KzGgoVAnPfI-00015-00021170-00022063": "“But they’re just not going to try to pick apart things on a difference of a few percentage points and try to second-guess what should be paid”"}}, {"audio_id": "K-FLAgH7B0A", "text": {"K-FLAgH7B0A-00000-00000571-00002721": "President Donald Trump was on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, just 36 hours removed from one of the best moments of his presidency: Attorney General Bill Barr announcing -- via a letter to Congress -- that special counsel Robert Mueller did not establish any conspiracy or coordination between the President's 2016 campaign and the Russian government", "K-FLAgH7B0A-00001-00002721-00004688": "And yet, despite that clear political victory, Trump proved old habits die hard. He insisted the investigation, which was begun by the FBI and taken over by Mueller after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, was the result of some sort of targeted effort by high-ranking officials to bring him down", "K-FLAgH7B0A-00002-00004688-00005526": "Here's the exchange:.TRUMP: \"It went very high up, and it started fairly low, but with instructions from the high up", "K-FLAgH7B0A-00003-00005526-00006205": "This should never happen to a president again. We can't allow that to take place", "K-FLAgH7B0A-00004-00006205-00007200": "\".REPORTER: \"Do you think it reached the West Wing of the Obama White House?\".TRUMP: \"I don't want to say that, but I think you know the answer", "K-FLAgH7B0A-00005-00007200-00008128": "\".As with almost all his conspiracy theories, Trump offered zero proof of his claim, which, if true, would be a massive deal", "K-FLAgH7B0A-00006-00008128-00009063": "Think what he is alleging: The outgoing administration somehow targeted the incoming President simply because they disagreed with his policies", "K-FLAgH7B0A-00007-00009063-00010411": "That's a HUGE story (if true).Trump has long harbored -- and promulgated -- the unproven and, to date, fact-free idea that there was (and is) some sort of \"deep state\" conspiracy against him", "K-FLAgH7B0A-00008-00010411-00011354": "\"The Deep State and the Left, and their vehicle, the Fake News Media, are going Crazy - & they don't know what to do,\" Trump tweeted last fall", "K-FLAgH7B0A-00009-00011354-00012506": "\"The Economy is booming like never before, Jobs are at Historic Highs, soon TWO Supreme Court Justices & maybe Declassification to find Additional Corruption", "K-FLAgH7B0A-00010-00012506-00013402": "Wow!\".He doesn't provide evidence for these claims because a) none seems to exist and b) his supporters don't require it", "K-FLAgH7B0A-00011-00013402-00015157": "Remember when Trump made a similarly outlandish claim that then-President Barack Obama had ordered his phone at Trump Tower tapped during the 2016 campaign? Trump never offered any proof of that allegation and intelligence and national security officials denied it happened", "K-FLAgH7B0A-00012-00015157-00015854": "Didn't matter. To this day, lots and lots of Trump supporters believe Obama did it", "K-FLAgH7B0A-00013-00015854-00017362": "This is who Trump is and what he does. His political ambitions were born amid a conspiracy theory (that Obama wasn't born in the United States) and he trafficked in all sorts of conspiracy theories during the campaign and as President", "K-FLAgH7B0A-00014-00017362-00019527": "That he refuses to give up the idea that Mueller, a lifelong Republican handpicked for the special counsel job by Trump appointee Rod Rosenstein, was somehow leading an Obama-inspired bureaucratic coup against him EVEN AFTER Mueller's final report was as favorable to Trump as he could have wanted, speaks to the depths of Trump's commitment to his conspiracies"}}, {"audio_id": "KDfkEiwzdfc", "text": {"KDfkEiwzdfc-00000-00000513-00001119": "Last night we learned that not only has Steve Bannon sold Donald Trump out to the House Judiciary Committee, he already sold Trump out to Special Counsel Robert Mueller a long time ago", "KDfkEiwzdfc-00001-00001119-00001725": "Bannon is far from the only former devoted Trump loyalist now racing to kick dirt on Trump", "KDfkEiwzdfc-00002-00001725-00002331": "Today we’re seeing the public release of the search warrant that the FBI used to raid Michael Cohen’s office and seize evidence, which was ultimately used to send him to prison", "KDfkEiwzdfc-00003-00002331-00002937": "Under different circumstances, you’d think Cohen might be upset about this. But last night he released a statement through his attorney, saying that he’s entirely in favor of it, because he’s just that eager to see Trump brought to justice", "KDfkEiwzdfc-00004-00002937-00003543": "We’re seeing more and more of this by the hour. Each time a new piece of legislation goes through Congress, more Republicans vote against Donald Trump on it, as even Trump’s own political party begins to try to insulate itself from his expected downfall", "KDfkEiwzdfc-00005-00003543-00004149": "Fox News just suspended one of Trump’s favorite hosts, Jeanine Pirro, and may be on the verge of dumping Tucker Carlson as well, because Fox cares more about its own bottom line than it does about trying to keep Trump from drowning", "KDfkEiwzdfc-00006-00004149-00004755": "In the coming days we’ll hear about the additional current and former Donald Trump associates who have sold him out by turning over incriminating documents to the House Judiciary Committee", "KDfkEiwzdfc-00007-00004755-00005361": "The hits just keep coming. More and more people in Trump’s orbit have concluded that Trump is going down, and they’re afraid of going down with him"}}, {"audio_id": "KQ3DWB8XM80", "text": {"KQ3DWB8XM80-00000-00000571-00001435": "Donald Trump is being completely owned by women nowadays, especially since Nancy Pelosi took the position of House Speaker", "KQ3DWB8XM80-00001-00001435-00002412": "This is the moment they’ve been waiting for — women are being absolutely relentless with the president and taking him to task for all his misdeeds", "KQ3DWB8XM80-00002-00002412-00003468": ".One of these women is Congresswoman Maxine Waters, who looks like she’s finally getting her revenge on The Donald after the president threatened her safety last year", "KQ3DWB8XM80-00003-00003468-00004700": "Let’s not forget the time when Waters spoke up against Trump’s racist, bigoted cabinet and said “tell them they’re not welcome anymore, anywhere” because they supported the president’s harmful policies", "KQ3DWB8XM80-00004-00004700-00005495": "The president responded in an extremely disgraceful manner — by telling her to “Be careful what you wish for Max", "KQ3DWB8XM80-00005-00005495-00006772": "” Trump threatened Waters on Twitter.Congresswoman Maxine Waters, an extraordinarily low IQ person, has become, together with Nancy Pelosi, the Face of the Democrat Party", "KQ3DWB8XM80-00006-00006772-00007482": "She has just called for harm to supporters, of which there are many, of the Make America Great Again movement", "KQ3DWB8XM80-00007-00007482-00008577": "Be careful what you wish for Max!”.Considering how bloodthirsty and loyal his fanbase is, there’s no way Trump’s statements should have been taken lightly", "KQ3DWB8XM80-00008-00008577-00009739": "Waters refused to back down and now it looks like she’s getting her revenge — Waters is leading an investigation into Trump’s finances as chairwoman of the House Financial Services"}}, {"audio_id": "Kb8FeaCdzO0", "text": {"Kb8FeaCdzO0-00000-00000513-00001443": "Apparently, killing the skinny repeal of Obamacare and siding with Democrats against Kavanaugh is not enough for Lisa Murkowski", "Kb8FeaCdzO0-00001-00001443-00002454": "The Alaska Senator is now also apparently siding with Democrats such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in “sounding the alarm” on climate change", "Kb8FeaCdzO0-00002-00002454-00003347": "Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) on Tuesday said climate change is “directly impacting” her home state’s way of life", "Kb8FeaCdzO0-00003-00003347-00005097": "“It’s impacting subsistence. It’s impacting food security. It’s certainly impacting our economy with our fisheries,” Murkowski, the chairwoman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said at the panel’s first hearing this year devoted to climate change", "Kb8FeaCdzO0-00004-00005097-00006941": "“Clearly the effort here is to get a bipartisan conversation going,” she added. “I think that the rhetoric surrounding the issue of climate and climate change can be so heated, and so animated, and so, often times, just a very toxic discussion that you can’t get to focusing on the solutions", "Kb8FeaCdzO0-00005-00006941-00007680": "”.The Senate panel heard from experts on how climate change was impacting the electricity sector", "Kb8FeaCdzO0-00006-00007680-00008686": "Murkowski and the panel’s top Democrat, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), in their remarks, though, highlighted their energy producing states", "Kb8FeaCdzO0-00007-00008686-00009465": "Murkowski said her state is seeing diminishing sea ice and a change in wildlife migration patterns", "Kb8FeaCdzO0-00008-00009465-00010076": "And she expressed concerns that rural communities throughout her state aren’t using green energy", "Kb8FeaCdzO0-00009-00010076-00010925": "“Many remote communities in Alaska are heavily reliant on expensive diesel fuel for heating and power,” she said", "Kb8FeaCdzO0-00010-00010925-00011925": "“Integrating cleaner energy technologies, often with a microgrid, can decrease reliance on diesel and provide greater reliability", "Kb8FeaCdzO0-00011-00011925-00012025": "”"}}, {"audio_id": "KbBGBSvqsWM", "text": {"KbBGBSvqsWM-00000-00000571-00001798": "On Friday, New York County District Attorney Cyrus Vance let it be known that he was bringing unpardonable state-level criminal charges against Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort", "KbBGBSvqsWM-00001-00001798-00002671": "He was sending a clear signal that he’s planning to charge every criminal in Trump’s orbit, including Trump and his kids", "KbBGBSvqsWM-00002-00002671-00003538": "But wait a minute, wasn’t Vance the guy who let Trump’s kids off the hook a few years back?Yes it is, as a matter of fact", "KbBGBSvqsWM-00003-00003538-00005320": "Back in late 2017, the New Yorker exposed that Cyrus Vance was in position to criminally indict Donald Trump Jr and Ivanka Trump in 2012, and that he dropped the whole thing after Donald Trump’s attorney made a sizable donation to Vance’s campaign", "KbBGBSvqsWM-00004-00005320-00006775": "Vance also let Harvey Weinstein off the hook after a similar donation. Then in late 2018, the New York Daily News reported that the FBI was investigating whether this counted as Vance taking an illegal bribe", "KbBGBSvqsWM-00005-00006775-00008143": "At the time, Palmer Report wrote that “At the least, this new federal investigation into Vance could place additional pressure on him to try to right his own wrong by bringing Ivanka and Don Jr to justice", "KbBGBSvqsWM-00006-00008143-00009180": "” Sure enough, now Vance is making a point of bringing criminal charges against Paul Manafort, even though Manafort is already going to prison for life", "KbBGBSvqsWM-00007-00009180-00010102": "It sure looks like Vance is trying to keep the legal heat off himself by targeting Trump’s people as quickly and loudly as he can"}}, {"audio_id": "L6NowN2PArY", "text": {"L6NowN2PArY-00000-00000571-00002235": "Michael Cohen sues the Trump Organization on Thursday, saying that after Cohen began cooperating with federal investigators, the company failed to fulfill its contractual obligations to indemnify him or pay his legal bills relating to his work for the firm", "L6NowN2PArY-00001-00002235-00003765": "Cohen -- an executive at the Trump Organization until early 2017, when he left that post to work as Trump's personal attorney -- alleged in the lawsuit the company is obligated to pay both his legal bills, which now total at least $1", "L6NowN2PArY-00002-00003765-00004633": "9 million, and another $1.9 million he owes as part of a criminal sentence he received late last year", "L6NowN2PArY-00003-00004633-00006568": "Cohen incurred legal bills from several law firms starting in 2017, when he began to face multiple inquiries, including congressional hearings, civil lawsuits, the investigation from special counsel Robert Mueller and, by 2018, a criminal probe from the Manhattan US Attorney's office", "L6NowN2PArY-00004-00006568-00008023": "In July 2017, according to the lawsuit filed in the New York state Supreme Court, the Trump Organization agreed to indemnify Cohen and to pay his attorneys' fees and costs in connection with related investigations", "L6NowN2PArY-00005-00008023-00009050": "\"The Trump Organization and Mr. Cohen were proceeding pursuant to a 'joint defense' at that time with respect to the Investigations and other matters,\" the lawsuit says", "L6NowN2PArY-00006-00009050-00010837": "Cohen said the company initially fulfilled its obligation, paying $137,460 to a firm that initially represented him, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, in October 2017, which amounted to half of the invoices he had received", "L6NowN2PArY-00007-00010837-00011780": "The Trump Organization then promised that the Trump presidential campaign would pay the remainder the following day, according to the lawsuit", "L6NowN2PArY-00008-00011780-00012655": "The company then continued to pay \"all or part\" of McDermott's fees and costs through May 2018, according to the lawsuit", "L6NowN2PArY-00009-00012655-00013767": "At that point, Cohen himself was facing a criminal investigation by the Manhattan US Attorney's office, but he hadn't yet spoken to investigators, according to court filings", "L6NowN2PArY-00010-00013767-00014580": "Through that June, the Trump Organization continued to pay his legal bills to McDermott, which totaled more than $1", "L6NowN2PArY-00011-00014580-00016414": "7 million.That month, however, while Cohen was facing multiple criminal probes, he \"began telling friends and family that he was willing to cooperate with the Special Counsel and federal prosecutors in connection with the (Southern District of New York) Investigation,\" the lawsuit says", "L6NowN2PArY-00012-00016414-00017471": "\"The expectation that Mr. Cohen would cooperate with the Special Counsel, following the departure of McDermott as his counsel, was widely reported that month''", "L6NowN2PArY-00013-00017471-00018232": "And that month, the company stopped paying the bills Cohen incurred at the McDermott firm, according to the lawsuit", "L6NowN2PArY-00014-00018232-00019768": "Over the following weeks and months, which included a period during which Cohen spoke multiple times to federal investigators and pleaded guilty to eight felonies in which he implicated Trump, the President publicly distanced himself from his former attorney", "L6NowN2PArY-00015-00019768-00021165": "That evolution culminated in a December tweet by Trump, saying, \"Remember, Michael Cohen only became a 'Rat' after the FBI did something which was absolutely unthinkable & unheard of until the Witch Hunt was illegally started", "L6NowN2PArY-00016-00021165-00022283": "They BROKE INTO AN ATTORNEY'S OFFICE!\".Marc Mukasey, a lawyer for the Trump Organization, said, \"The Trump Organization doesn't owe Michael Cohen one penny of legal fees", "L6NowN2PArY-00017-00022283-00023905": "This is a desperate money-grab by a desperate convicted felon''.The lawsuit alleges that \"as a result of the Trump Organization's wrongful refusal to pay McDermott's invoices under the indemnification agreement, McDermott ultimately withdrew from its representation of Mr", "L6NowN2PArY-00018-00023905-00024193": "Cohen''"}}, {"audio_id": "L8VG--wRD1A", "text": {"L8VG--wRD1A-00000-00000513-00001855": "There's far less Trump bashing than you might imagine in the opening round of the 2020 presidential race, particularly from the lips of Democratic candidates who are trying something unusual: barely mentioning his name", "L8VG--wRD1A-00001-00001855-00002524": "President Donald Trump is an around-the-clock, all-consuming presence in American politics", "L8VG--wRD1A-00002-00002524-00003530": "He is one reason the contest is drawing so many Democratic contenders. Yet the word Trump often goes unspoken on the campaign trail", "L8VG--wRD1A-00003-00003530-00005024": "\"We have got to understand this is not about him, it's about us,\" Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey told voters here during a weekend South Carolina visit, where he spoke for more than an hour without so much as a mere mention of the name Trump", "L8VG--wRD1A-00004-00005024-00006526": "Whether referring to the President as \"him\" or \"that person in the White House,\" Booker is trying to leave Trump out of the conversation, so he and his Democratic rivals can introduce themselves -- and define their young candidacies -- on their own terms", "L8VG--wRD1A-00005-00006526-00007610": "It's an open question, of course, how long most Democrats can ignore the elephant in the room in a race that revolves almost entirely around Trump", "L8VG--wRD1A-00006-00007610-00008684": "Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, who has been on the receiving end of Trump's mocking and name calling, told CNN that \"you never let bullies run over you", "L8VG--wRD1A-00007-00008684-00009653": "\" But when asked by a New Hampshire voter how she intended to deal with the attacks, she said she would try to deprive the President of the attention he is seeking", "L8VG--wRD1A-00008-00009653-00010575": "\"I think in some ways the biggest punishment to the guy who always wants to be in the spotlight is just turn the spotlight off,\" Warren said", "L8VG--wRD1A-00009-00010575-00012335": "It's not as though all Democrats are choosing the high road over the hammer, but those running for president are trying to take a page from the party's 2018 playbook to talk about health care and the impact of the Trump administration's policies rather than cathartically airing grievances", "L8VG--wRD1A-00010-00012335-00013772": "\"If you are a Democrat or if you're leaning Democratic, chances are you've already come to a pretty definitive set of conclusions about Donald Trump,\" said Guy Cecil, chairman of Priorities USA, a Democratic political action committee", "L8VG--wRD1A-00011-00013772-00015744": "\"The upside of continuing to talk about it is pretty limited.\".A more effective approach, he said, is to talk about stagnant wages, seeing no benefits of the GOP tax cut and other fallout from Trump's presidency, rather than focusing on his behavior, which already receives extensive media coverage", "L8VG--wRD1A-00012-00015744-00016805": "But avoiding the President may be easier said than done, considering how large he looms over today's politics and how eager he is to shape the Democratic primary", "L8VG--wRD1A-00013-00016805-00018510": "Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who calls out the President by name more than any Democratic rival and repeatedly did so during his weekend announcement rallies in Brooklyn and Chicago, also reminded supporters the campaign should be about something far bigger than Trump", "L8VG--wRD1A-00014-00018510-00019284": "\"Make no mistake about it, this struggle is not just about defeating Donald Trump,\" Sanders said", "L8VG--wRD1A-00015-00019284-00020153": "\"This struggle is about taking on the incredibly powerful institutions that control the economic and political life of our country", "L8VG--wRD1A-00016-00020153-00021397": "\".Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, who formally jumped into the race on Monday, told voters on a recent trip to Iowa that \"talking about Trump a lot is a waste of time", "L8VG--wRD1A-00017-00021397-00022345": "\".\"I recognize the gratification: When people are really angry, talking about Trump somehow is a release,\" Hickenlooper said", "L8VG--wRD1A-00018-00022345-00023042": "\"But it's not solving the problem, right? If anything, it's playing into his hands", "L8VG--wRD1A-00019-00023042-00024053": "\".But most Democratic hopefuls are still finding their way in navigating Trump, searching for a balance between showing strength and not taking the bait", "L8VG--wRD1A-00020-00024053-00025030": "The argument that Sen. Kamala Harris of California is making against Trump is a bit more subtle than that of some of her fellow Democrats", "L8VG--wRD1A-00021-00025030-00025989": "She peppers her speeches with the word \"truth,\" which she also uses as an opening to remind voters of her career as a prosecutor", "L8VG--wRD1A-00022-00025989-00027316": "\"I plan on prosecuting the case against people who do not tell the truth and who are purveyors of injustice in this country,\" Harris said, without elaboration or a direct mention of the President's name", "L8VG--wRD1A-00023-00027316-00028426": "Campaign advisers tell CNN they want voters to remember positive attributes and ideas from their candidates -- not just how cleverly they've constructed their Trump criticism", "L8VG--wRD1A-00024-00028426-00029510": "Aides are also mindful of how unsuccessful Republican candidates were in 2016 when they tried to follow Trump's lead of belittling or name calling", "L8VG--wRD1A-00025-00029510-00030847": "South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg says all candidates fantasize about standing on the debate stage with Trump and firing off zingers, but it's far more productive for Democrats to tell voters what they would do for them", "L8VG--wRD1A-00026-00030847-00031754": "He barely mentioned Trump on Monday as he campaigned in Iowa.\"The reality is this can't just be about the President,\" Buttigieg told CNN", "L8VG--wRD1A-00027-00031754-00032689": "\"When he says something false, it has to be corrected. When he does something wrong, you have to point it out and then you move on", "L8VG--wRD1A-00028-00032689-00033708": "\".Voters say they are searching for a candidate who can strike a balance between being a healer and a fighter, while offering a vision about life after Trump in the White House", "L8VG--wRD1A-00029-00033708-00035035": "But after more than two years of bashing Trump at such a fevered pitch, whether at marches across the country or simply in conversation, the absence of his name at Democratic campaign rallies is striking", "L8VG--wRD1A-00030-00035035-00036197": "Here in Charleston, after shaking dozens of hands and taking even more selfies, Booker didn't hesitate when asked why he didn't mention the President's name even once", "L8VG--wRD1A-00031-00036197-00036939": "\"Look, it's not about what we're against -- it's got to be about what we're for as a country,\" Booker told CNN", "L8VG--wRD1A-00032-00036939-00037897": "\"Clearly, this election has urgency to make sure he's not the President after 2020, but we should not be motivated by what we're against", "L8VG--wRD1A-00033-00037897-00039036": "\".For Steven and Jane Morris, Democratic voters in Charleston who were seeing Booker for the first time, the Trump-free approach suited them just fine -- for now, at least", "L8VG--wRD1A-00034-00039036-00039958": "\"If you start playing Trump's game, it's going to get you in the gutter. And he's the best gutter fighter there is,\" Steven Morris said", "L8VG--wRD1A-00035-00039958-00040468": "\"But you can't lay down and be weak in front of Trump.\""}}, {"audio_id": "LHWjLhbjQGM", "text": {"LHWjLhbjQGM-00000-00000051-00000436": "Год таму \"Вясна\" і яе заснавальнік Алесь Бяляцкі", "LHWjLhbjQGM-00001-00000436-00000679": "атрымалі ўзнагароду \"За правільны лад жыцця\"", "LHWjLhbjQGM-00002-00000679-00001108": "за рашучую барацьбу за рэалізацыю дэмакратыі і правоў чалавека ў Беларусі.", "LHWjLhbjQGM-00003-00001164-00001489": "Гэта адбылося неўзабавае пасля таго, як беларускія ўлады", "LHWjLhbjQGM-00004-00001489-00001809": "распачалі беспрэцэдэнтныя рэпрэсіі супраць праваабаронцаў.", "LHWjLhbjQGM-00005-00001809-00002001": "Была затрыманая Марфа Рабкова.", "LHWjLhbjQGM-00006-00002121-00002265": "Сёння, праз год пасля тых падзей,", "LHWjLhbjQGM-00007-00002265-00002751": "сем сябраў \"Вясны\", у тым ліку Алесь Бяляцкі, знаходзяцца за кратамі.", "LHWjLhbjQGM-00008-00002788-00003070": "Іх беспадстаўна абвінавачваюць у крымінальных злачынствах толькі за тое,", "LHWjLhbjQGM-00009-00003070-00003342": "што яны выконвалі сваю законную праваабарончую працу.", "LHWjLhbjQGM-00010-00003452-00003919": "Сёння я прашу вас быць салідарнымі з нашымі зняволенымі лаўрэатамі.", "LHWjLhbjQGM-00011-00003919-00004188": "Як ніколі яны маюць патрэбу ў нашай падтрымцы.", "LHWjLhbjQGM-00012-00004326-00004523": "Далучайцеся да кампаніі #FreeViasana", "LHWjLhbjQGM-00013-00004523-00004883": "і патрабуйце ад беларускіх уладаў", "LHWjLhbjQGM-00014-00004883-00005170": "неадкладнага вызвалення ўсіх сябраў \"Вясны\",", "LHWjLhbjQGM-00015-00005170-00005405": "зняцця ўсіх абвінавачванняў супраць іх", "LHWjLhbjQGM-00016-00005405-00005697": "і павагі да працы праваабаронцаў у краіне.", "LHWjLhbjQGM-00017-00005742-00006195": "У іх не атрымаецца прымусіць замаўчаць \"Вясну\" і беларускую грамадзянскую супольнасць!"}}, {"audio_id": "Lpp5ksTXq-A", "text": {"Lpp5ksTXq-A-00000-00000571-00001845": "Donald Trump just found a whole new way to lose.Last week ended with a trio of legal setbacks for Trump in New York that would take over the news cycle in any normal presidency", "Lpp5ksTXq-A-00001-00001845-00002606": "With Trump, these developments are just raindrops in a growing thunderstorm of bad news", "Lpp5ksTXq-A-00002-00002606-00003588": "On Thursday, a New York appeals court gave Summer Zervos the green light to proceed with her defamation lawsuit against Trump", "Lpp5ksTXq-A-00003-00003588-00004369": "A former contestant on The Apprentice, Zervos claimed that Trump groped and kissed her without her consent", "Lpp5ksTXq-A-00004-00004369-00005824": "Trump denied the allegations, calling them “100% false” and a “hoax.” Zervos then sued Trump under New York law for defamation, claiming that he damaged her reputation by falsely painting her as a liar", "Lpp5ksTXq-A-00005-00005824-00006479": "Trump loves to trample on the Constitution except when he thinks it might protect him", "Lpp5ksTXq-A-00006-00006479-00007582": "In this instance, Trump tried to hide behind the Constitution’s supremacy clause, which prevents states from interfering with the federal government’s powers", "Lpp5ksTXq-A-00007-00007582-00008470": "His lawyers argued that the Constitution bars Zervos from bringing the claim because he is the President of the United States", "Lpp5ksTXq-A-00008-00008470-00009457": "But the court agreed with Zervos, ruling 3-2 that even presidents are not immune from state level defamation lawsuits", "Lpp5ksTXq-A-00009-00009457-00010463": "Also on Thursday, New York Attorney General Letitia James made a new filing in the state’s lawsuit against the Donald J", "Lpp5ksTXq-A-00010-00010463-00011325": "Trump Foundation. Her office already succeeded in getting a court-supervised takedown of the Foundation in December", "Lpp5ksTXq-A-00011-00011325-00012132": "But now she is asking a judge to order Trump to pay a $5.6 million penalty and $2", "Lpp5ksTXq-A-00012-00012132-00013159": "8 million in restitution, and to ban Trump, Don Jr., Ivanka, and Eric from running any New York charity for the next decade", "Lpp5ksTXq-A-00013-00013159-00015522": "The filing reveals that James is armed with a wealth of “uncontroverted evidence” establishing that Trump “used Foundation funds to, among other things, pay for portraits of himself; make political donations, pay for advertising for Trump hotels, settle lawsuits involving the Trump Organization, and to improperly intervene in the 2016 election", "Lpp5ksTXq-A-00014-00015522-00016513": "”.Finally, on Friday, a federal judge in New York ruled against the Trump administration in a class-action lawsuit on immigration", "Lpp5ksTXq-A-00015-00016513-00017631": "Under federal law, migrants who prove they were “abused, abandoned, or neglected” by their parents are entitled to a pathway to lawful permanent residence", "Lpp5ksTXq-A-00016-00017631-00019010": "But in a blow to Trump’s hardline immigration aspirations, a judge ruled that the Trump administration wildly misconstrued the law and illegally denied this special status to thousands of qualified people", "Lpp5ksTXq-A-00017-00019010-00019900": "Donald Trump’s new legal setbacks were no doubt one ingredient in the stew that led to his Twitter hysteria over the weekend", "Lpp5ksTXq-A-00018-00019900-00021016": "Trump attacked the late Senator John McCain, threatened Saturday Night Live with a federal investigation after it aired a rerun, and barked orders at Fox News", "Lpp5ksTXq-A-00019-00021016-00021886": "This all reflects Trump’s growing desperation, as the “president” who is obsessed with winning continues losing bigly"}}, {"audio_id": "LWqAnEKQbAE", "text": {"LWqAnEKQbAE-00000-00000101-00000437": "Вясна - самая вядомая беларуская праваабарончая арганізацыя,", "LWqAnEKQbAE-00001-00000437-00000655": "якая дзейнічае 25 гадоў,", "LWqAnEKQbAE-00002-00000697-00000979": "нястомна абараняючы ахвяр парушэнняў правоў чалавека", "LWqAnEKQbAE-00003-00000979-00001287": "і змагаючыся за вяршэнства права і асноўныя свабоды ў краіне.", "LWqAnEKQbAE-00004-00001321-00001703": "Цяпер прыйшоў час стаць на іх абарону.", "LWqAnEKQbAE-00005-00001790-00002117": "Некалькі супрацоўнікаў і валанцёраў \"Вясны\" знаходзяцца пад вартай,", "LWqAnEKQbAE-00006-00002117-00002535": "а іншыя пад следствам па сфабрыкаваных абвінавачваннях.", "LWqAnEKQbAE-00007-00002623-00002983": "У офісах «Вясны» і дамах супрацоўнікаў неаднаразова праводзіліся ператрусы,", "LWqAnEKQbAE-00008-00002983-00003183": "якія відавочна імкнуліся здушыць праваабарончую дзейнасць «Вясны».", "LWqAnEKQbAE-00009-00003216-00003553": "Ініцыятыва TrialWatch Фонду Клуні «За справядлівасць»", "LWqAnEKQbAE-00010-00003553-00004292": "раней крытыкавала рэпрэсіі супраць беларускіх журналістаў і праваабаронцаў,", "LWqAnEKQbAE-00011-00004292-00004704": "у тым ліку незаконныя затрыманні і крымінальны пераслед па палітычных матывах.", "LWqAnEKQbAE-00012-00004740-00005314": "Мы заклікаем улады Беларусі неадкладна вызваліць незаконна затрыманых,", "LWqAnEKQbAE-00013-00005314-00005520": "зняць усе неабгрунтаваныя абвінавачванні", "LWqAnEKQbAE-00014-00005520-00005926": "і дазволіць \"Вясне\" выконваць сваю жыццёва важную працу."}}, {"audio_id": "LjlaFGimO9I", "text": {"LjlaFGimO9I-00000-00000571-00001686": "First Lady Melania Trump joined Second Lady Karen Pence on Monday in a visit to Fort Bragg, North Carolina where the pair visited American troops and their families", "LjlaFGimO9I-00001-00001686-00002997": "Mrs. Trump kept it neutral for the visit, wearing a cotton-blend drill blazer by Alexa Chung which features military details like front flap utility pockets, a belt, and a wide lapel", "LjlaFGimO9I-00002-00002997-00004578": "The blazer retails for about $895. .The First Lady paired the blazer with a pair of beige cigarette pants, which she previously wore while traveling in England, and Manolo Blahnik snakeskin stilettos", "LjlaFGimO9I-00003-00004578-00005701": "Mrs Trump, never one to be too casual, has worn the snakeskin pumps repeatedly. Last year, she wore the stilettos with a camel-toned trench coat dress by Céline", "LjlaFGimO9I-00004-00005701-00006448": "On her return to the White House, Mrs. Trump threw on a pair of turtle shell sunglasses by Saint Laurent", "LjlaFGimO9I-00005-00006448-00007584": "Mrs. Trump posed for photos with American troops and shook the hands of their children during her visit to North Carolina, always dazzling US service members whenever she visits"}}, {"audio_id": "LnXaurOyHZA", "text": {"LnXaurOyHZA-00000-00000571-00002083": "Michael Cohen has spent the past week dishing on Donald Trump’s crimes to various congressional committees, producing evidence to support much of his claims, and in the process setting off everything from massive document requests to an insurance scam investigation", "LnXaurOyHZA-00001-00002083-00002715": "Now Cohen has just stuck yet another dagger in Trump, though it’s of a different kind", "LnXaurOyHZA-00002-00002715-00004262": "Michael Cohen just filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump in New York court. Cohen is alleging that he and Trump had an agreement in which Trump would pay the entirety of Cohen’s legal fees, but that Trump stopped paying the minute he heard Cohen might flip", "LnXaurOyHZA-00003-00004262-00005523": "Cohen appears to be taking the position that Trump was legally required to continue paying Cohen’s legal fees right up until the moment when Cohen severed their joint defense agreement and cut a deal", "LnXaurOyHZA-00004-00005523-00006404": "This could be a bigger deal for all involved than one might think.Sure, on the surface, it’s a cash grab on Cohen’s part", "LnXaurOyHZA-00005-00006404-00007514": "The legal fees in question probably add up to a few million dollars, and since Trump does appear to be legally liable, Cohen figures he might as well lay his claim to it", "LnXaurOyHZA-00006-00007514-00008452": "But this lawsuit will go through a discovery process that could force even more incriminating evidence against Trump to come to the surface", "LnXaurOyHZA-00007-00008452-00009405": "In fact this is roughly the same strategy that Stormy Daniels used against Cohen, and her lawsuit indirectly led to Cohen going to prison", "LnXaurOyHZA-00008-00009405-00010317": "If Donald Trump were smart, he’d just pay Michael Cohen to go away, before this saga can do any more legal damage to him", "LnXaurOyHZA-00009-00010317-00011617": "But as we keep seeing, Trump isn’t dealing with any of this in a smart way. He’ll likely try to fight Cohen to the bitter end, even if the civil litigation ends up putting Trump in increased criminal jeopardy"}}, {"audio_id": "M7P2ZS-d28I", "text": {"M7P2ZS-d28I-00000-00000571-00001730": "Since when can one political party dictate what a news organization will cover?.Apparently, we now live in a world where politicians hold sway over so-called “journalists''", "M7P2ZS-d28I-00001-00001730-00002705": "You may not have heard, but the DNC has decided not to allow Fox News to host the Democrats’ presidential primary debates this week", "M7P2ZS-d28I-00002-00002705-00003773": "They “decided.” As in, they call the shots.Of course, this is precisely what President Donald Trump has been railing against ever since he took office", "M7P2ZS-d28I-00003-00003773-00004842": "It’s obvious that much of the mainstream media is in the leftists’ back pocket, and Democrats just proved their desire to manipulate the American public", "M7P2ZS-d28I-00004-00004842-00006137": "Well, Trump wasn’t going to take this lying down.The President Tweeted on Wednesday that if Democrats were going to manipulate coverage of the primary debates, he would react in kind", "M7P2ZS-d28I-00005-00006137-00007370": "“Democrats just blocked @FoxNews from holding a debate.Good, then I think I’ll do the same thing with the Fake News Networks and the Radical Left Democrats in the General Election debates!“", "M7P2ZS-d28I-00006-00007370-00008094": "Perfect!.Trump loves to fight fire with fire, and he never shies away from telling it like it is", "M7P2ZS-d28I-00007-00008094-00008987": "Fox was a bit more diplomatic in its response, though; here’s how Senior Vice President & Managing Editor Bill Sammon replied", "M7P2ZS-d28I-00008-00008987-00010465": "“We hope the DNC will reconsider its decision to bar Chris Wallace, Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, all of whom embody the ultimate journalistic integrity and professionalism, from moderating a Democratic presidential debate", "M7P2ZS-d28I-00009-00010465-00011691": "They’re the best debate team in the business and they offer candidates an important opportunity to make their case to the largest TV news audience in America, which includes many persuadable voters''"}}, {"audio_id": "MC0n6GUEDJ0", "text": {"MC0n6GUEDJ0-00000-00000571-00001213": "The Hillary Clinton email controversy has lived on now for literally years at this point", "MC0n6GUEDJ0-00001-00001213-00002337": "However, the reality of the controversy is that it was an attempt by Trump supporters and campaign team members to disrupt Clinton’s presidential hope and eventually cost her votes", "MC0n6GUEDJ0-00002-00002337-00003089": "The actions of Trump’s team simply dd one thing – helped Trump win the U.S. Presidential election", "MC0n6GUEDJ0-00003-00003089-00004084": "But the move was underhanded and quite possibly illegal.At the center of information regarding Clinton’s emails was one specific U", "MC0n6GUEDJ0-00004-00004084-00005683": "S. government employee – Brian McCauley. As an official employee of the FBI, McCauley was manipulated by Michael Flynn – former Trump campaign adviser and eventual Trump appointee to the position of National Security Adviser", "MC0n6GUEDJ0-00005-00005683-00006688": "Flynn resigned shortly after his appointment as National Security Adviser due to his relationships with foreign governments before and during the Trump campaign", "MC0n6GUEDJ0-00006-00006688-00007631": "McCauley was being paid by Flynn, acting on behalf of the Trump campaign team. But, initially none of this came to light", "MC0n6GUEDJ0-00007-00007631-00008757": "What did come to light was McCauley’s statements that the UState Department was seeking to classify certain Clinton emails in order to bury them from the eyes of the American public", "MC0n6GUEDJ0-00008-00008757-00009551": "The emails in question were specifically related to issues involving events that took place in Benghazi", "MC0n6GUEDJ0-00009-00009551-00010998": "According to the information McCauley released, information was sun to make it seem as though the State Department and Clinton were trying to cover-up information, events, and correspondence which could have been detrimental in Clinton’s presidential run", "MC0n6GUEDJ0-00010-00010998-00012647": "Once the American conservative media caught wind of this theory, they ran with it and began to relentlessly report that Clinton and State Department officials were orchestrating a massive cover-up to hide Clinton’s knowledge and negligence in the events that took place at Benghazi", "MC0n6GUEDJ0-00011-00012647-00013435": "But nothing could have been further from the truth. Eventually, the cover-up theory was found to be false", "MC0n6GUEDJ0-00012-00013435-00014352": "In fact, McCauley even addressed the idea that there was “collusion” between the State Department and the FBI in regards to a cover-up", "MC0n6GUEDJ0-00013-00014352-00015251": "McCauley stated in an interview with the New York Times, “Listen, there was no collusion, there was absolutely no collusion", "MC0n6GUEDJ0-00014-00015251-00016074": "That’s illegal. Something that was underhanded, illegal, I would not do it. No one in the FBI would do it", "MC0n6GUEDJ0-00015-00016074-00017484": "It’s a matter of integrity.”.So why was MCauley on Flynn’s payroll. As an agent for Trump’s campaign, Flynn was trying to stir the pot to “create” information that would be severely damaging to Clinton", "MC0n6GUEDJ0-00016-00017484-00018320": "Therefore, he utilized information from McCauley and created and issue of negative impact directed at Clinton", "MC0n6GUEDJ0-00017-00018320-00019720": "The interesting fact is that Flynn was under contract for services by foreign governments while working on Trump’s campaign – and those foreign governments could be (or at least be linked back to)…Russia", "MC0n6GUEDJ0-00018-00019720-00021625": "Another fail on the part of Trump and his team, in the long run. As more information and investigation has continued into his campaign ties to Russia, more information has come out as to how his team used underhanded tactics and manipulation of information to cost Clinton a fair shot at the Presidency", "MC0n6GUEDJ0-00019-00021625-00022515": "If anyone, or any group, should be under fire for a cover-up or illegal use of information, it should be Team Trump"}}, {"audio_id": "MEvsiAHd45E", "text": {"MEvsiAHd45E-00000-00000571-00001686": "Democrats wanted Donald to stay silent – here he comes.After 2 years, the Mueller “hunt” is finally over and the Attorney General has his verdict for the nation", "MEvsiAHd45E-00001-00001686-00002655": "He is refusing to release the full report for now, although Democrats like Bernie Sanders are begging for the full text to parse every detail", "MEvsiAHd45E-00002-00002655-00003340": "Fat chance of that.I couldn’t wait to see what Barr said—we’ve all been waiting for two years", "MEvsiAHd45E-00003-00003340-00006119": "Turns out it was even better than I imagined.Check it out! From Fox News:.Attorney General William Barr on Sunday released… a bombshell four-page letter… which stated definitively that Mueller did not establish evidence that President Trump’s team or any associates of the Trump campaign had conspired with Russia to sway the 2016 election — “despite multiple offers from Russian-affiliated individuals to assist the Trump campaign", "MEvsiAHd45E-00004-00006119-00006926": "”.Can you believe it?.The Russians even offered to help Trump win, and they couldn’t find anything on him or his team", "MEvsiAHd45E-00005-00006926-00008462": "And the only thing I was more excited to hear about? Donald’s reaction.President Trump was surprisingly quiet over the weekend, but when Barr’s report came out, he was quick to blast out a triumphant tweet—and keep it on a positive note", "MEvsiAHd45E-00006-00008462-00009175": "For those who need the quote: No Collusion, No Obstruction, Complete and Total EXONERATION", "MEvsiAHd45E-00007-00009175-00009975": "KEEP AMERICA GREAT!.Donald Trump should feel like he’s on the top of the world. I definitely would", "MEvsiAHd45E-00008-00009975-00010938": "It’s over.All these years, all the drama, Trump called them out but also patiently waited because he knew there was nothing to find", "MEvsiAHd45E-00009-00010938-00011633": "And now the Democrats want to call for further investigations because they didn’t get what they want", "MEvsiAHd45E-00010-00011633-00012610": "And that would probably only hurt their case more.You know what I think? President Trump’s chances for re-election just went through", "MEvsiAHd45E-00011-00012610-00013582": "the. ROOF. With a strong economy, the incumbent President just knocked down the biggest roadblock to another 4 years", "MEvsiAHd45E-00012-00013582-00014230": "I’m sure he’s ready to get back to work this week for us, the American people"}}, {"audio_id": "MGg1GhDHDB4", "text": {"MGg1GhDHDB4-00000-00000571-00001375": "It’s only Spring 2019, but America already has its first prediction for the 2020 Presidential Election", "MGg1GhDHDB4-00001-00001375-00002099": "But it’s not just any person’s opinion – believe me, I wouldn’t trust the pundits any more than you would", "MGg1GhDHDB4-00002-00002099-00003172": "They are saying it is based on factual evidence we can all consider.And the cold, hard facts are pointing to one outcome: a historic landslide", "MGg1GhDHDB4-00003-00003172-00004494": "From Politico:If the election were held today, [Trump would] likely ride to a second term in a huge landslide, according to multiple economic models with strong track records of picking presidential winners and losses", "MGg1GhDHDB4-00004-00004494-00005215": "The report goes on to claim that Trump’s success in 3 key areas are propelling him towards a landslide:", "MGg1GhDHDB4-00005-00005215-00006610": "The BOOMING economy.Low unemployment and rising wages.Low gas prices.Even if these numbers weren’t so great, incumbent presidents always enjoy a significant advantage", "MGg1GhDHDB4-00006-00006610-00007456": "The last three presidents easily won re-election.Incumbency + a hot economy? Should equal a historic victory", "MGg1GhDHDB4-00007-00007456-00008078": "But….Democrats are using the power they have to find something else to bring Trump down", "MGg1GhDHDB4-00008-00008078-00008927": "Why are Democrats are launching investigations? Because they know how hard it will be to beat Trump at the ballot box", "MGg1GhDHDB4-00009-00008927-00009922": "His approval rating among Republicans is sky-high—Trump recently tweeted out 93%.93% – that’s amazing!", "MGg1GhDHDB4-00010-00009922-00010578": "And he continues to be popular in the crucial swing states that he stole from the Democrats", "MGg1GhDHDB4-00011-00010578-00011314": "One liberal PAC even admitted they’ve all but given up on Ohio, the state that “decides” elections!", "MGg1GhDHDB4-00012-00011314-00012108": "Thanks to Trump’s influence and rallies, supposed Blue Wave in 2018 turned into the Blue Puddle", "MGg1GhDHDB4-00013-00012108-00013338": "And he wasn’t even running.But a Trump victory will never come easily.  He will ONLY get a landslide win if his supporters remain active and vigilant—we have to get to the polls"}}, {"audio_id": "MIg5F9jRLk0", "text": {"MIg5F9jRLk0-00000-00000513-00001756": "While his team continues to face serious legal challenges and domestic and foreign policy issues keep spiraling, President Donald Trump keeps desperately trying to change the subject", "MIg5F9jRLk0-00001-00001756-00003154": "This Wednesday at the Army Tank Plant in Lima, Ohio, Trump launched into yet another angry tirade about former Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.), who died last year from brain cancer", "MIg5F9jRLk0-00002-00003154-00004402": "He blasted the fallen political figure as supposedly trafficking in falsehoods while propping himself up as some kind of saint for keeping the bare minimum associated with McCain’s funeral on track", "MIg5F9jRLk0-00003-00004402-00005337": "That’s right — in the hands of Donald Trump, John McCain’s funeral is now a political hot potato that he should get credit for", "MIg5F9jRLk0-00004-00005337-00006834": "He told the crowd:.‘A lot of people are asking because they love me and they ask me about a man named John McCain, so I have to be honest — I’ve never liked him much, hasn’t been for me. I really probably never will.’.", "MIg5F9jRLk0-00005-00006834-00009394": "Before going any further — why on earth is this what’s on the top of the president’s agenda? Just last week, 50 people were killed by a white nationalist terrorist in New Zealand operating under allegiance to ideologies spread across the world, and Trump says that white nationalism is probably not a rising threat.But a war hero who died more than six months ago? To Trump, he’s a threat.", "MIg5F9jRLk0-00006-00009394-00011212": "Trump continued: ‘John McCain received a fake and phony dossier — did you hear about the dossier? It was paid for by Crooked Hillary Clinton, and John McCain got it, and what did he do? He didn’t call me — he turned it over to the FBI hoping to put me in jeopardy’", "MIg5F9jRLk0-00007-00011212-00013399": "At least he’s got his story at least a little more straight this time. Trump claimed in recent days that McCain shared the infamous dossier compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele with the media in an effort to get it published before the 2016 elections — despite the fact that he didn’t get it until after the election and never shared it with the media", "MIg5F9jRLk0-00008-00013399-00015959": "The Steele dossier chronicles allegations of Trump team ties to Russia.Does Trump seriously think that McCain should have run the issue by him before he shared info with federal authorities about an apparent wide-ranging foreign effort to infiltrate the American electoral system? Does he realize he’s operating in the real world and not his fantasies where he’s a mob boss people have to look out for and up to?", "MIg5F9jRLk0-00009-00015959-00017280": "That’s really about the only response available to the outlandish suggestion that a U.S. Senator should have asked a player in a possible global conspiracy if it was alright with them to alert authorities", "MIg5F9jRLk0-00010-00017280-00018900": "Trump went on, whining about McCain’s refusal to go along with the GOP’s attempt to ram healthcare reform through Congress and his support of military intervention in the Middle East — which apparently McCain is personally responsible for or something", "MIg5F9jRLk0-00011-00018900-00020222": "Trump asserted he “gave him the kind of funeral that he wanted” — although even as he noted right then and there, it was his responsibility to sign off on the state funeral arrangements since he’s president", "MIg5F9jRLk0-00012-00020222-00021240": "In other words, Trump apparently wants us to thank him for not making a scene when it came time for McCain to be buried.The egotism just never ends with him"}}, {"audio_id": "MJpa0bSO2WI", "text": {"MJpa0bSO2WI-00000-00000513-00001918": "Nearly two-thirds of registered voters think President Donald Trump committed crimes before assuming the presidency, according to a new poll taken in the days after former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen testified to Congress", "MJpa0bSO2WI-00001-00001918-00003464": "According to a Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday, 64% of registered voters said Trump had committed crimes before entering office and nearly half of voters -- 45% -- think he committed crimes while serving as President", "MJpa0bSO2WI-00002-00003464-00004507": "Despite Trump's massive popularity in the GOP, even a third of Republicans said Trump had engaged in criminal activity before his presidency", "MJpa0bSO2WI-00003-00004507-00005528": "The poll showed that 89% of Democrats and 65% of independents thought Trump had committed crimes before taking office", "MJpa0bSO2WI-00004-00005528-00006390": "Republicans were the only demographic group without a majority who believed Trump broke the law before he was President", "MJpa0bSO2WI-00005-00006390-00007628": "Voters were more split on whether Trump had committed crimes during the presidency -- 45% said they think he has and 43% said they think he has not engaged in criminal activity", "MJpa0bSO2WI-00006-00007628-00009081": "In bombshell testimony last week, Cohen alleged -- among other things -- that the President had directed him to pay hush money to kill negative stories about the then-presidential candidate, something most voters in the poll frowned upon", "MJpa0bSO2WI-00007-00009081-00010366": "According to the poll, 73% of registered voters said paying to hide a negative story about a presidential candidate without disclosing it is unethical, including a little more than half of Republicans", "MJpa0bSO2WI-00008-00010366-00011693": "However, a smaller share of voters said they believed that act was also illegal -- 40% of registered voters said paying to kill negative stories, and not disclosing it, is both unethical and a crime", "MJpa0bSO2WI-00009-00011693-00012594": "The poll showed 21% said it was unethical but not criminal, and 20% didn't think it was unethical at all", "MJpa0bSO2WI-00010-00012594-00013715": "The public is still relatively unsure about whether Cohen -- who has pleaded guilty to lying to Congress, among other crimes -- was credible in his testimony last week", "MJpa0bSO2WI-00011-00013715-00014916": "According to the poll, 44% of registered voters thought Cohen told the truth during his testimony last week, 36% didn't and another 20% were unsure", "MJpa0bSO2WI-00012-00014916-00015822": "Most Republicans said Cohen didn't tell the truth (65%) and most Democrats thought he did (70%)", "MJpa0bSO2WI-00013-00015822-00016533": "Independents leaned toward believing Cohen: 47% of them said he was telling the truth", "MJpa0bSO2WI-00014-00016533-00017351": "The poll showed 34% of independents thought he was untruthful and 19% of independents weren't sure", "MJpa0bSO2WI-00015-00017351-00018299": "When asked directly if they believe Cohen or Trump more, 50% of all registered voters chose Cohen and 35% chose Trump", "MJpa0bSO2WI-00016-00018299-00019459": "The answer broke down heavily along partisan lines; 79% of Republicans said they believed Turmp more and 86% of Democrats said they believed Cohen", "MJpa0bSO2WI-00017-00019459-00020370": "Fifty-one percent of independents believed Cohen over Trump and 31% of independent voters believed Trump over Cohen", "MJpa0bSO2WI-00018-00020370-00021149": "There's strong agreement behind Congress doing more to investigate Cohen's allegations, the poll showed", "MJpa0bSO2WI-00019-00021149-00022160": "Almost 3 in 5 voters wanted Congress to do more to investigate Cohen's claims about Trump's unethical and possibly illegal behavior", "MJpa0bSO2WI-00020-00022160-00023625": "Meanwhile, Trump's credibility rating is low. Only 30% of voters said the President is honest, the lowest it has been in Quinnipiac's trend since it started asking the question right after Trump was elected in 2016", "MJpa0bSO2WI-00021-00023625-00024981": "At that time, 42% of voters said Trump was honest.The Quinnipiac poll was conducted March 1-4 among 1,120 voters nationwide reached via landline or cell phone", "MJpa0bSO2WI-00022-00024981-00025608": "Results have a margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points"}}, {"audio_id": "MZsm0sSyAgA", "text": {"MZsm0sSyAgA-00000-00000571-00001404": "President Trump has spent years fighting to build the border wall. And it looks like his big investment is paying off bigtime", "MZsm0sSyAgA-00001-00001404-00002357": "But I want to see the wall get built now, am I right, folks?.Democrats obstructed, protested, even shut down the government", "MZsm0sSyAgA-00002-00002357-00004332": "But they didn’t see this surprise the Pentagon just dropped in Trump’s lap. From USA Today:''A Pentagon decision to spend up to $1 billion to build 57 miles of fencing along the Mexican border drew an angry response Tuesday from Democrats who claimed “political interference” could harm military readiness", "MZsm0sSyAgA-00003-00004332-00005090": "I get it, Democrats. If I opposed securing the southern border, I would be mad too", "MZsm0sSyAgA-00004-00005090-00005957": "Democrats “claim” the Pentagon granting $1 billion to build the wall will interfere with the military’s readiness", "MZsm0sSyAgA-00005-00005957-00007085": "Is that really what they care about?.Democrats seemed to underfund the military when they were in charge, while Trump has been the giving our soldiers pay raises and cleaning up the VA", "MZsm0sSyAgA-00006-00007085-00008211": "So no, Democrats, the Pentagon already said they have $12.8 billion to spare for border security and keeping America safe down South", "MZsm0sSyAgA-00007-00008211-00008958": "And Donald Trump Jr. is celebrating his father’s milestone victory.In case you need Don Jr", "MZsm0sSyAgA-00008-00008958-00009705": "’s words: “Christmas came early this week.”.That’s quite a Christmas present, wouldn’t you say?", "MZsm0sSyAgA-00009-00009705-00010489": "Celebrate the progress Trump is making on the wall today! But also remember that the job isn’t over", "MZsm0sSyAgA-00010-00010489-00011226": "There’s plenty of border wall left to build, and Trump is going to need America’s support to get it done"}}, {"audio_id": "MZT1Rp6Q31Q", "text": {"MZT1Rp6Q31Q-00000-00000513-00001252": "A House vote on a resolution condemning anti-Semitism, following recent comments by U", "MZT1Rp6Q31Q-00001-00001252-00002370": "S. Rep Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., has been delayed, as Democrats scramble to rewrite the motion to include all forms of prejudice and progressives like Rep", "MZT1Rp6Q31Q-00002-00002370-00003608": "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez come to the defense of their embattled colleague.The declaration – which doesn’t mention Omar by name – was initially set to be introduced Wednesday", "MZT1Rp6Q31Q-00003-00003608-00004656": "It was to set out the history of anti-Semitism and other bigotry in America and provide examples of anti-Jewish tropes about divided loyalties", "MZT1Rp6Q31Q-00004-00004656-00005852": "It was also supposed to say the House “rejects anti-Semitism as hateful expressions of intolerance that are contradictory to the values that define the people of the United States", "MZT1Rp6Q31Q-00005-00005852-00006811": "”.The resolution effort came after Omar – for at least the second time in recent months – ignited an uproar for echoing anti-Semitic tropes", "MZT1Rp6Q31Q-00006-00006811-00008464": "In February, she suggested on Twitter that supporters of Israel have been bought, and that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) contributes to pro-Israel politicians despite the fact that the group does not make campaign contributions", "MZT1Rp6Q31Q-00007-00008464-00009279": "The congresswoman then accused American supporters of Israel of pushing people to have “allegiance to a foreign country", "MZT1Rp6Q31Q-00008-00009279-00010891": "”.Democrats have now delayed the resolution to at least Thursday, as the party's House leadership works to reword the statement to include other forms of bigotry – all while facing pressure from progressive Democrats who are defending Omar, Politico reported", "MZT1Rp6Q31Q-00009-00010891-00011614": "“We're still discussing it,” House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., told the outlet Tuesday", "MZT1Rp6Q31Q-00010-00011614-00012782": "“The sentiment is that it ought to be broad-based. What we're against is hate, prejudice, bigotry, white supremacy, Islamophobia, and anti-Semitism", "MZT1Rp6Q31Q-00011-00012782-00013657": "”.“Yes, we're strongly against anti-Semitism, but we're strongly against prejudice directed at any group,” he added", "MZT1Rp6Q31Q-00012-00013657-00014825": "“The sentiment is that it ought to be broad-based. What we're against is hate, prejudice, bigotry, white supremacy, Islamophobia, and anti-Semitism", "MZT1Rp6Q31Q-00013-00014825-00015613": "Yes, we're strongly against anti-Semitism, but we're strongly against prejudice directed at any group", "MZT1Rp6Q31Q-00014-00015613-00017267": "”.Liberals of the Democratic Party have also pushed to include the condemnation of anti-Muslim rhetoric, particularly after a poster displayed at the West Virginia Statehouse – at an event sponsored by the West Virginia GOP – linked Omar to the Sept", "MZT1Rp6Q31Q-00015-00017267-00019022": "11, 2001, terror attacks.Far-left Jewish and Muslim groups, meanwhile, plan to stage events in support of Omar while progressive political groups reportedly will launch a fundraising effort in support of those Democratic lawmakers who back Omar", "MZT1Rp6Q31Q-00016-00019022-00020877": "Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., came to the defense of her close ally in Congress on Tuesday, saying that it was “hurtful” that the Democratic leadership was trying to reprimand Omar for anti-Semitic comments while not doing the same when it comes to “statements about Latinx + other communities", "MZT1Rp6Q31Q-00017-00020877-00021645": "”.“It’s not my position to tell people how to feel, or that their hurt is invalid,” she wrote", "MZT1Rp6Q31Q-00018-00021645-00023304": "“But incidents like these do beg the question: where are the resolutions against homophobic statements? For anti-blackness? For xenophobia? For a member saying he’ll ‘send Obama home to Kenya?’” (The latter appeared to refer to a past comment by Rep", "MZT1Rp6Q31Q-00019-00023304-00024268": "Mark Meadows, R-N.C., as seen in a 2012 video that resurfaced last week, according to a USA Today report", "MZT1Rp6Q31Q-00020-00024268-00025252": ").Ocasio-Cortez added that Democrats should have dealt with Omar privately rather than immediately call her out in public for the comments", "MZT1Rp6Q31Q-00021-00025252-00026054": "“‘Calling out’ is one of the measures of last resort, not 1st or 2nd resort,” the New York Democrat wrote", "MZT1Rp6Q31Q-00022-00026054-00027371": "“We do it when repeated attempts to ‘call in’ are disrespected or ignored. And I believe that Ilhan, in her statement a few weeks ago, has demonstrated a willingness to listen+work w/impacted communities", "MZT1Rp6Q31Q-00023-00027371-00028591": "”.Omar’s anti-Semitic comments have also prompted calls to remove her from the House Foreign Affairs Committee, a move Republicans say would be an appropriate punishment as when they stripped Rep", "MZT1Rp6Q31Q-00024-00028591-00029372": "Steve King, R-Iowa, from committee memberships after he made remarks deemed racist", "MZT1Rp6Q31Q-00025-00029372-00030641": "Yet U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, dismissed such action against Omar and said her presence on the committee isn’t tied to her comments", "MZT1Rp6Q31Q-00026-00030641-00031508": "“I don't think the Foreign Affairs Committee should be used as punishment for anybody,” Engel told reporters, according to Politico", "MZT1Rp6Q31Q-00027-00031508-00032383": "“But I do think [Omar] needs to understand what she said is very hurtful. Whether she is on the committee or not is not the issue", "MZT1Rp6Q31Q-00028-00032383-00032483": "”"}}, {"audio_id": "MfPO6P_PvYQ", "text": {"MfPO6P_PvYQ-00000-00000571-00001699": "Bill Shine, President Donald Trump’s White House deputy chief of staff and communications director has stepped down, press secretary Sarah Sanders announced in a statement Friday", "MfPO6P_PvYQ-00001-00001699-00002773": "A former Fox News executive, Shine joined the White House in July 2018, the sixth person to fill or be tapped for the top communications role", "MfPO6P_PvYQ-00002-00002773-00003556": "Jason Miller, Sean Spicer, Mike Dubke, Anthony Scaramucci and Hope Hicks all came before him", "MfPO6P_PvYQ-00003-00003556-00004562": "Shine’s effectiveness inside the West Wing came with mixed results and it was unclear how much he was able to change the White House’s communications strategy", "MfPO6P_PvYQ-00004-00004562-00005756": ".One source close to the White House told CNN that Trump had questioned Shine’s judgment on a number of issues in recent months, from the midterm election to the government shutdown", "MfPO6P_PvYQ-00005-00005756-00006811": "He offered his resignation to President Donald Trump on Thursday.“Serving President Trump and this country has been the most rewarding experience of my entire life", "MfPO6P_PvYQ-00006-00006811-00007501": "To be a small part of all this President has done for the American people has truly been an honor", "MfPO6P_PvYQ-00007-00007501-00008478": "I’m looking forward to working on President Trump’s re-election campaign and spending more time with my family,” Shine said in a statement", "MfPO6P_PvYQ-00008-00008478-00009658": "Shine had been slated to travel with Trump to Vietnam for the second North Korea summit but unexpectedly dropped off the trip two days before, according to an administration official", "MfPO6P_PvYQ-00009-00009658-00010520": "While administration officials were in Hanoi, Shine was wandering the halls of the Conservative Political Action Conference", "MfPO6P_PvYQ-00010-00010520-00011873": "Asked why he was there, he declined to answer.According to White House sources, Trump had been increasingly disappointed in Shine for at least a few months, believing him ineffective and not what he’d hoped for when he hired him", "MfPO6P_PvYQ-00011-00011873-00012999": "Shine’s role basically became the person who adjusted the lighting and focused the cameras, and he showed no ability to shape a narrative or communications strategy", "MfPO6P_PvYQ-00012-00012999-00014781": "Months into his tenure, Shine’s contribution had largely consisted of phoning Fox News hosts and booking officials on the shows so they can defend the President on a network whose audience largely already favors him — something that had caused some unease inside and outside the West Wing", "MfPO6P_PvYQ-00013-00014781-00016016": "Trump, who often has unrealistic expectations of what his staff can accomplish, had complained about Shine privately at times, noting he hadn’t received better coverage since he hired him"}}, {"audio_id": "N5LOxqQBBku", "text": {"N5LOxqQBBku-00000-00000093-00000256": "Я - Ізабэль Гацікер,", "N5LOxqQBBku-00001-00000282-00000828": "дырэктарка Міжнароднага кінафестывалю і форуму па правах чалавека ў Жэневе.", "N5LOxqQBBku-00002-00000951-00001190": "Год таму была зняволеная Марфа Рабкова,", "N5LOxqQBBku-00003-00001190-00001773": "прадстаўніца каманды праваабарончай арганізацыі \"Вясна\" з Беларусі.", "N5LOxqQBBku-00004-00001865-00002290": "З тых часоў сем сябраў «Вясны» апынуліся ў турме,", "N5LOxqQBBku-00005-00002319-00002621": "у тым ліку яе кіраўнік Алесь Бяляцкі,", "N5LOxqQBBku-00006-00002641-00002913": "які наведаў нас у Жэневе ў сакавіку мінулага года.", "N5LOxqQBBku-00007-00003009-00003405": "Яны ўсе праваабаронцы і палітвязні.", "N5LOxqQBBku-00008-00003464-00003539": "Сёння", "N5LOxqQBBku-00009-00003587-00003813": "мы разам з многімі праваабарончымі арганізацыямі,", "N5LOxqQBBku-00010-00003826-00004374": "у тым ліку з нашым партнёрамі OMCT, Amnesty International і Human Rights Watch,", "N5LOxqQBBku-00011-00004414-00004816": "патрабуем неадкладнага вызвалення Алеся Бяляцкага,", "N5LOxqQBBku-00012-00004847-00004983": "Марфы Рабковай,", "N5LOxqQBBku-00013-00005013-00005171": "Валянціна Стэфановіча,", "N5LOxqQBBku-00014-00005210-00005362": "Уладзіміра Лабковіча,", "N5LOxqQBBku-00015-00005392-00005531": "Леаніда Судаленкі,", "N5LOxqQBBku-00016-00005574-00005712": "Таццяны Ласіцы", "N5LOxqQBBku-00017-00005743-00005890": "і Андрэя Чапюка."}}, {"audio_id": "Nz48ilZyTfQ", "text": {"Nz48ilZyTfQ-00000-00000571-00001383": "As his scandals continue to close in on him, Donald Trump’s behavior in recent days has become more strange than ever", "Nz48ilZyTfQ-00001-00001383-00002296": "He’s attacked deceased war hero John McCain four times in the past week. He’s attacked the husband of one of his senior advisers", "Nz48ilZyTfQ-00002-00002296-00003209": "As Trump becomes more frantic, can he top all this in the weirdness department? He may have just done precisely that", "Nz48ilZyTfQ-00003-00003209-00003922": "This evening Donald Trump sent out an email to his supporters with the subject line “Witch Hunt Report Attached", "Nz48ilZyTfQ-00004-00003922-00005034": "” The subject line also includes an image of a paperclip, aimed at tricking recipients into believing that a document of some kind has been attached to the email", "Nz48ilZyTfQ-00005-00005034-00006954": "Then the first line of the email says.After the weird fake-out that even Trump’s own base probably isn’t gullible enough to fall for, the email then claims that “loser Democrats and their friends in the Fake News Media” have been claiming that “they plan to release the report ‘soon’ but they’ve been saying that for OVER 2 YEARS", "Nz48ilZyTfQ-00006-00006954-00007967": "” This is weird, considering the report will be released by Robert Mueller and the Department of Justice, not the “loser Democrats” or the “Fake News Media", "Nz48ilZyTfQ-00007-00007967-00008879": "”.Of course this entire bizarre email turns out to be an attempt at luring recipients into taking a poll about whether the “Witch Hunt” should end", "Nz48ilZyTfQ-00008-00008879-00010899": "It’s all part of a Trump 2020 campaign fundraiser. The timing is interesting when you consider that Donald Trump is trying to fundraise off the premise that he’s done nothing wrong, even as Forbes reported yesterday that Trump has funneled more than a million dollars of these donations into his own businesses"}}, {"audio_id": "NzrxAHchtFo", "text": {"NzrxAHchtFo-00000-00000571-00001770": "Former liberal Republican California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger ripped President Donald Trump on Wednesday evening for his “absolutely unacceptable” attacks on the late Sen", "NzrxAHchtFo-00001-00001770-00002629": "John McCain (R-AZ).“He was just an unbelievable person,” Schwarzenegger told the Atlantic", "NzrxAHchtFo-00002-00002629-00003661": "“So an attack on him is absolutely unacceptable if he’s alive or dead—but even twice as unacceptable since he passed away a few months ago", "NzrxAHchtFo-00003-00003661-00004627": "It doesn’t make any sense whatsoever to do that. I just think it’s a shame that the president lets himself down to that kind of level", "NzrxAHchtFo-00004-00004627-00005367": "We will be lucky if everyone in Washington followed McCain’s example, because he represented courage", "NzrxAHchtFo-00005-00005367-00006255": "''. .He also reportedly said McCain was “a hero” who was “a great public servant, no two ways about that''", "NzrxAHchtFo-00006-00006255-00007091": "“He was known for his honesty, for his courage, and his patriotism and his service,” Schwarzenegger reportedly said", "NzrxAHchtFo-00007-00007091-00008689": "Trump on Wednesday gave more reasons why he “probably never will” like McCain. Trump criticized McCain for cheerleading the “endless wars” in the Middle East that have been a “disaster” for America, costing the nation “tremendous wealth” and “tremendous lives''", "NzrxAHchtFo-00008-00008689-00009306": "He also said he “didn’t get a thank you” for giving McCain “the kind of funeral that he wanted''", "NzrxAHchtFo-00009-00009306-00009935": ".“I gave him the kind of funeral that he wanted, which as president I had to approve", "NzrxAHchtFo-00010-00009935-00011134": "I don’t care about this. I didn’t get thank you. That’s okay,” Trump said. “We sent him on the way, but I wasn’t a fan of John McCain''", "NzrxAHchtFo-00011-00011134-00012576": "Trump ripped “last in his class” McCain over the weekend for peddling the “Fake Dossier to the FBI and the Media hoping to have it printed BEFORE the Election,” adding that McCain’s actions will “unfortunately” be “a very dark stain against” him", "NzrxAHchtFo-00012-00012576-00014091": "On Monday, Trump said that he “never will be” a fan of McCain after slamming McCain for not giving the White House a heads up about his “thumbs up” vote on repealing Obamacare, saying McCain’s change of mind at the last minute was “disgraceful''", "NzrxAHchtFo-00013-00014091-00015005": ".“I was never a fan of John McCain and I never will be,” Trump said. “He campaigned on repealing and replacing Obamacare for year", "NzrxAHchtFo-00014-00015005-00015763": "And then he got to a vote and he said thumbs down''.Schwarzenegger made his remarks a day after freshman Sen", "NzrxAHchtFo-00015-00015763-00016570": "Mitt Romney (R-UT) said he could not understand why Trump would “disparage” the “courageous” and “honorable” McCain", "NzrxAHchtFo-00016-00016570-00018686": "“I can’t understand why the President would, once again, disparage a man as exemplary as my friend John McCain: heroic, courageous, patriotic, honorable, self-effacing, self-sacrificing, empathetic, and driven by duty to family, country, and God,” Romney tweeted on Tuesday evening"}}, {"audio_id": "NpeFaY_ChvQ", "text": {"NpeFaY_ChvQ-00000-00000571-00001302": "Why did we elect Donald Trump?.Because he isn’t afraid of the truth, and he says it like it is", "NpeFaY_ChvQ-00001-00001302-00002167": ".And here’s a perfect example of his boldness: recently, Donald visited a part of the border where the wall is being built", "NpeFaY_ChvQ-00002-00002167-00003172": "While there, he did what he does best.He stated the harsh reality of the crisis we’re facing, thanks to outrageously unchecked migration", "NpeFaY_ChvQ-00003-00003172-00003940": "The United States has become overrun and we CANNOT sustain the numbers of people trying to get in", "NpeFaY_ChvQ-00004-00003940-00005403": "So, the president delivered a hard-hitting message.“The system is full whether its asylum, whether its illegal immigration, our country is full, our area is full, the sector is full, we can’t take you anymore", "NpeFaY_ChvQ-00005-00005403-00006163": "I’m sorry, so turn around, that’s the way it is.”.That is perfect:.“We can’t take you anymore", "NpeFaY_ChvQ-00006-00006163-00007375": "”.This is just the harsh reality of the situation, nothing more.I guess Democrats just don’t understand that America is limited; we don’t have endless resources for the entire world", "NpeFaY_ChvQ-00007-00007375-00008266": "This is an emergency: we need to put our citizens first and regulate legal immigration so we’re not overwhelmed", "NpeFaY_ChvQ-00008-00008266-00008945": "Democrats have ignored this crisis for way too long, and now it’s at the breaking point", "NpeFaY_ChvQ-00009-00008945-00009867": "America cannot take in any more asylum seekers. We cannot sustain border jumpers or anyone else that breaks the law", "NpeFaY_ChvQ-00010-00009867-00010674": "That’s why Trump made it plain, that caravans trying to barge their way in need to turn around and go home", "NpeFaY_ChvQ-00011-00010674-00011795": "Perhaps some will listen but of course, many won’t.That’s why the only long-term solution is the border wall, to ensure those who enter do so safely and legally"}}, {"audio_id": "NUtNHh4EaQc", "text": {"NUtNHh4EaQc-00000-00000571-00001323": "This evening the House passed a resolution to reject “president” Donald Trump’s “emergency” declaration", "NUtNHh4EaQc-00001-00001323-00002488": "What will happen with this resolution in the Senate? If the resolution receives 51 votes in the Senate, it goes to Trump’s desk, where we all know he will immediately veto it", "NUtNHh4EaQc-00002-00002488-00003316": "It is unlikely that enough votes will be secured to override Trump’s veto, but for him, the damage will be done", "NUtNHh4EaQc-00003-00003316-00004168": "As reported earlier, both Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski have indicated that they will vote for the resolution to pass", "NUtNHh4EaQc-00004-00004168-00005471": "On Monday, Thom Tillis (R-NC) indicated that he will join Collins and Murkowski, leaving only one more Senate Republican vote needed to thoroughly rebuke and embarrass Trump", "NUtNHh4EaQc-00005-00005471-00006244": "Interestingly, Tillis is using President Obama’s time in office to vote against the resolution", "NUtNHh4EaQc-00006-00006244-00007639": "According to Politico, he said “There is no intellectual honesty in now turning around and arguing that there’s an imaginary asterisk attached to executive overreach – that it’s acceptable for my party but not thy party", "NUtNHh4EaQc-00007-00007639-00008734": "” Wow. An honest Republican — at least one unlike Mitch McConnell, who seems to have forgotten all the blocking he did when President Obama was in office", "NUtNHh4EaQc-00008-00008734-00009818": "While Tillis has been willing to publicly support his rebuke of “president” Trump, some others continue to waffle, even though they disagree with Trump’s declaration", "NUtNHh4EaQc-00009-00009818-00011589": "Those who spoke out publicly against the declaration prior to it being made are Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Mitt Romney (R-UT), and Roger Wicker (R-MS), who thinks the “emergency” is “bad law” according to the Huffington Post", "NUtNHh4EaQc-00010-00011589-00012856": "None of them have said yet if they will support the resolution. Of course, the die-hard Trump bootlickers stand firm, including John Cornyn of Texas and Chuck Grassley of Iowa", "NUtNHh4EaQc-00011-00012856-00014026": "Either way this goes, I find it very interesting that some of the Republican Senators appear to be growing some you-know-whats and are speaking up for their constituencies (for a change)", "NUtNHh4EaQc-00012-00014026-00014783": "Even if this is a short-lived bipartisan endeavor, the ramifications could loom large for Trump", "NUtNHh4EaQc-00013-00014783-00015799": "This should signal to him that not everyone is willing to just silently go along with his nonsense, and he does not have control over his party members"}}, {"audio_id": "NU_qumT1arc", "text": {"NU_qumT1arc-00000-00000000-00000200": "Klasky Csupo"}}, {"audio_id": "Nbhk9KjeCey", "text": {"Nbhk9KjeCey-00000-00000513-00001166": "Trump may be joining the cast of Orange is the New Black if there’s a Netflix reboot", "Nbhk9KjeCey-00001-00001166-00003736": "In an interview with MSNBC, legal analyst Elie Mystal dropped a major bombshell prediction:\"Now that SDNY is on it, they’re all going down…The key thing from Michael Cohen’s testimony, besides all the information he laid out, he issued basically a warning to the rest of the people in the Trump Organization from the CFO Allen Weisselberg all the way down to the secretary: you lie for Trump, you’re going to get got", "Nbhk9KjeCey-00002-00003736-00005011": "I hope it is not lost on people is that the Trump Organization, which appears to be a massive criminal front, is so small potatoes that if Trump hadn’t run for president, SDNY wouldn’t care…", "Nbhk9KjeCey-00003-00005011-00006607": "….[Donald Trump will be] waiting in cuffs”.It’s clear that Trump has the potential of being indicted by SDNY Authorities as he won’t be able to pardon himself, so winning the 2020 election is more than running on an agenda — it’s more like running away from jail", "Nbhk9KjeCey-00004-00006607-00007892": "Elit Mystal continued:\"SDNY cares about stopping terrorism…Putting SDNY on the Trump investigation is like bringing in Sherlock Holmes to figure out who framed Roger Rabbit", "Nbhk9KjeCey-00005-00007892-00009052": "”.The previous comment is a huge deal as it explicitly suggests that for the SDNY to bring charges against a criminal entity, the severity of the charges must be high", "Nbhk9KjeCey-00006-00009052-00010405": "In this case, Trump is being accused of felony campaign finance violations as he presumably ordered Michael Cohen to pay off Stormy Daniels and other women, all while Trump was running for office", "Nbhk9KjeCey-00007-00010405-00011256": "Furthermore, Cohen’s testimony is potentially damming as Trump worked side-by-side with Cohen on the hush money payments", "Nbhk9KjeCey-00008-00011256-00012155": "Who knows, maybe Trump will order Ivanka to design a Gucci jumpsuit in preparation for his lengthy jail sentence"}}, {"audio_id": "NdDmasT8f8Q", "text": {"NdDmasT8f8Q-00000-00000571-00001673": "The White House issued a fiery response Monday to Democrat demands for over 80 people connected to President Donald Trump to hand over documents for investigation", "NdDmasT8f8Q-00001-00001673-00003217": "“Chairman Nadler and his fellow Democrats have embarked on this fishing expedition because they are terrified that their two-year false narrative of ‘Russia collusion’ is crumbling,” White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement on Monday evening", "NdDmasT8f8Q-00002-00003217-00004290": "Sanders dismissed the investigation into “tired, false allegations” that she said were already part of the Special Counsel investigation led by Robert Mueller", "NdDmasT8f8Q-00003-00004290-00005557": "She criticized Democrats for trying to distract from their disastrous policies like economic socialism, infanticide, and the Green New Deal rather than work to fix the country’s problems", "NdDmasT8f8Q-00004-00005557-00006647": "“The American people deserve a Congress that works with the president to address serious issues like immigration, healthcare, and infrastructure,” she said", "NdDmasT8f8Q-00005-00006647-00007435": "House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler appeared on CNN Monday night to discuss his investigation", "NdDmasT8f8Q-00006-00007435-00008504": "“For two years, the Trump administration has been attacking the core functions of our democracy and the Congress has refused to do any oversight,” he said", "NdDmasT8f8Q-00007-00008504-00009956": "But Sanders dismissed the Democrat effort as a partisan exercise.“The Democrats are more interested in pathetic political games and catering to a radical, leftist base than on producing results for our citizens,” she wrote", "NdDmasT8f8Q-00008-00009956-00010536": "“The Democrats are not after the truth, they are after the President''"}}, {"audio_id": "NfbfE2OT75I", "text": {"NfbfE2OT75I-00000-00000571-00001292": "Pull up a chair and some popcorn – we would LOVE to watch Donald demolish this politician!", "NfbfE2OT75I-00001-00001292-00002318": "The 2020 Election is just around the corner and Trump is looking good.The Mueller report is out and it seems to have completely exonerated the President", "NfbfE2OT75I-00002-00002318-00003091": "And through it all, POTUS continues to make great strides for the economy and America’s well-being overall", "NfbfE2OT75I-00003-00003091-00004293": "Plus, the Democratic lineup against him doesn’t worry Donald in the least.And why should it? Who should worry him? Kamala? Bernie? Joe? Beto?", "NfbfE2OT75I-00004-00004293-00005087": "None of them, really. And in fact, Trump just listed whom he’d MOST like to face off against in the big election…", "NfbfE2OT75I-00005-00005087-00005988": "From Fox News:.“I mean, I’d love to have [Joe] Biden. I’d love to have Bernie [Sanders], I’d love to have Beto", "NfbfE2OT75I-00006-00005988-00006769": "I mean, Beto seems to be the one the press has chosen. The press seems to have chosen Beto", "NfbfE2OT75I-00007-00006769-00007906": "When I watch Beto, I say we could dream about that.“.That’s one sad leftist rundown, isn’t it? Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, and Beto O’Rourke?", "NfbfE2OT75I-00008-00007906-00008621": "But Trump especially called out Beto, naming him his “dream opponent” … and for good reason", "NfbfE2OT75I-00009-00008621-00009421": "Beto has prove to be wildly unstable, especially given the recent details about his personal life", "NfbfE2OT75I-00010-00009421-00010199": "Those scared everyone.No wonder Donald wants to face him in 2020! It’d be a landslide!", "NfbfE2OT75I-00011-00010199-00010957": "And yet, the press is hyping Beto to be the left’s salvation, which is just plain laughable", "NfbfE2OT75I-00012-00010957-00011698": "If the Democrats actually nominate him, I think Trump will have zero problems clinching a second term", "NfbfE2OT75I-00013-00011698-00012636": "And with the Russian collusion mess out of the way, and continued success for the economy and national security, Trump should be in the clear", "NfbfE2OT75I-00014-00012636-00013347": "Jobs are flooding into the country, wages are rising, and confidence in our country is sky high", "NfbfE2OT75I-00015-00013347-00013981": "What can the left do to counter that? Oh, lurch into socialism … ouch"}}, {"audio_id": "NiFRWMvpbbk", "text": {"NiFRWMvpbbk-00000-00000571-00001655": "If you’ve been followingDC Tribune throughout the special counsel investigation, you know that we hold Robert Mueller’s tactics in the highest regard possible", "NiFRWMvpbbk-00001-00001655-00003695": "Our coverage of the Roger Stone arrest and indictment is no exception: Mueller’s methodical, work-his-way-up approach has ensured almost without fail that each smaller fish he reeled in would, in turn, serve as bait for the next bigger fish, and despite his protestations, we have no reason to believe Stone will be otherwise", "NiFRWMvpbbk-00002-00003695-00005607": "But depending on how long you’ve been with us, you may or may not have seen our August 2018 piece on the trial of Paul Manafort that explained the mechanism behind how Mueller is preventing all of the “witches” captured so far in this hunt from banking on pardons from an equally corrupt — and equally guilty — President", "NiFRWMvpbbk-00003-00005607-00007012": "Back in August, we explained that a President can only pardon convictions that occur infederal court, not those arising from state charges:  So how does all of that apply to Roger Stone’s case? Well, in much the same way", "NiFRWMvpbbk-00004-00007012-00008209": "The major difference is that the Attorney General — the individual responsible for bringing state charges to court against someone — in the state where Stone lives, Florida, is a Republican", "NiFRWMvpbbk-00005-00008209-00009063": "That makes it less likely that Mueller could count on the same leverage he used in the cases of Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen", "NiFRWMvpbbk-00006-00009063-00009909": "That’s why this tweet from CNN’s Manu Raju told those of us following along closely that Mueller is still playing the same tune:", "NiFRWMvpbbk-00007-00009909-00011288": "The FBI is executed a search warrant at the New York residence of Roger Stone, according to Kristin Davis who shares the duplex with Roger.  Davis was notified at 6am by the FBI, she said.", "NiFRWMvpbbk-00008-00011288-00013738": "By raiding Stone’s apartment in Harlem and seizing his computer, the FBI has ensured that some of the crimes Stone will eventually face the music for will have been committed in New York, if only because of the portability of a computer and the fact that it’s virtually guaranteed that the New York computer has at least one instance of him checking on something related from it in the last 7 years that he’s had the apartment.", "NiFRWMvpbbk-00009-00013738-00014324": "Roger Stone will not get a pardon from Trump, even if he’s counting on it now", "NiFRWMvpbbk-00010-00014324-00015000": "And we doubt that Trump even understands what any of this means to begin with", "NiFRWMvpbbk-00011-00015000-00016074": "So go back to the first paragraph from this article and read the end again: We believe Stone will flip eventually, because he’s going to prison either way"}}, {"audio_id": "O-wgvFQo_SI", "text": {"O-wgvFQo_SI-00000-00000571-00001250": "Even Donald was not expecting a swing like this.Trump’s approval took a beating early this year", "O-wgvFQo_SI-00001-00001250-00002493": "That’s not a big surprise when his media coverage was 92% negative.But even the liberal outlets couldn’t hide the good news of Mueller’s report clearing the president", "O-wgvFQo_SI-00002-00002493-00003789": "That little nugget brought his 2020 chances way up – congratulations Donald!.With all that good news, Democrats say they will still push for his impeachment, even without evidence from Mueller", "O-wgvFQo_SI-00003-00003789-00004544": "But Americans are telling a different story, according to Trump’s latest numbers. From Rasmussen Reports:", "O-wgvFQo_SI-00004-00004544-00005299": "The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows that 50% of Likely U", "O-wgvFQo_SI-00005-00005299-00006163": "S. Voters approve of President Trump’s job performance. Forty-nine percent (49%) disapprove", "O-wgvFQo_SI-00006-00006163-00007629": "Trump was at 45% on Monday. The new report puts Trump at a 50% approval rating, a 5% skyrocket in just a few days, with 37% of Americans strongly approving of his performance", "O-wgvFQo_SI-00007-00007629-00008556": "Great job, Donald! Do you strongly approve of Trump’s performance?.And, at that rate, it will surely go even higher from here", "O-wgvFQo_SI-00008-00008556-00009272": "Probably only people who still disapprove of him are people that still watch the liberal news", "O-wgvFQo_SI-00009-00009272-00010209": "But the rest of the country knows better. After two years of constantly pushing the Russia story, the media has been proven wrong about Trump", "O-wgvFQo_SI-00010-00010209-00010878": "Just like they’ve been proven wrong about his policies and agenda, again and again", "O-wgvFQo_SI-00011-00010878-00011850": "Am I right, folks?.Trump’s vision for America has clearly resulted in a booming economy, with more jobs and higher wages", "O-wgvFQo_SI-00012-00011850-00012978": "But the media won’t give up without a fight. They might apologize for a short while, but with the 2020 elections coming up, patriots need to watch out for the news they read"}}, {"audio_id": "O-Pqk8NFLDQ", "text": {"O-Pqk8NFLDQ-00000-00000513-00001155": "During President Trump’s visit to Alabama he signed bibles for the victims and his supporters", "O-Pqk8NFLDQ-00001-00001155-00002268": "Slate reported that President Donald Trump traveled to Alabama on Friday to comfort those who had been devastated by the tornado outbreak last weekend that killed 23 people", "O-Pqk8NFLDQ-00002-00002268-00003057": "During the trip, the president raised eyebrows for what appeared to be an unusual gesture as he signed some Bibles", "O-Pqk8NFLDQ-00003-00003057-00004441": "However, as you can imagine, the left is losing their minds over it.President Donald Trump signed a handful of Bibles while visiting tornado-ravaged Lee County, Alabama, and the critics were quick to pounce", "O-Pqk8NFLDQ-00004-00004441-00005152": "MSNBC kicked off Saturday morning with a segment that was highly critical of the move", "O-Pqk8NFLDQ-00005-00005152-00006278": "Joe Watkins, former White House aide to President George H.W. Bush — who also happens to be a pastor — said he would “not be inclined to sign someone’s holy book", "O-Pqk8NFLDQ-00006-00006278-00007108": "” He did, however, note that the people asking Trump to sign their Bibles did not appear to be bothered by it", "O-Pqk8NFLDQ-00007-00007108-00007947": "Former Obama White House aide Will Jawando added, “I’m of the opinion that only Jesus should be signing a Bible", "O-Pqk8NFLDQ-00008-00007947-00008926": "”.MoveOn.org senior advisor Karine Jean-Pierre argued that the move was unprecedented and even “bizarre,” saying, “I’ve never seen that", "O-Pqk8NFLDQ-00009-00008926-00009647": "I don’t think any of us has ever heard of a president signing a Bible.”.And they weren’t alone", "O-Pqk8NFLDQ-00010-00009647-00011204": "Politico called the move “an unusual gesture.”.And it only got worse from there.Conservative commentator Michelle Malkin rained on their parade with a single tweet, reminding them that a president signing Bibles wasn’t exactly a new phenomenon", "O-Pqk8NFLDQ-00011-00011204-00012306": "Malkin listed Truman, Clinton, Gore, Carter and Mondale among the presidents, vice presidents, and candidates who had signed Bibles or Psalms books"}}, {"audio_id": "OK2oZCj26EE", "text": {"OK2oZCj26EE-00000-00000571-00001736": "Special Counsel Mueller’s office just subpoenaed a key member of the Trump Campaign’s data vendor, who is the first member of the team directly linked to Brexit and the president’s campaign", "OK2oZCj26EE-00001-00001736-00003298": "Mueller subpoenaed Brittany Kaiser, the former Director of Cambridge Analytica, who provided data services to both the Trump Campaign and the Brexit referendum campaign to withdraw the UK from the European Union in 2016", "OK2oZCj26EE-00002-00003298-00004267": "The UK’s Data Commissioner raided the company’s offices last year over illegal campaigning in favor of Brexit, and it fell into liquidation", "OK2oZCj26EE-00003-00004267-00006142": "Now, Kaiser is cooperating with Mueller’s prosecutors according to Carole Cadwalladr, the Orwell Award-winning journalist who uncovered the dark side of big data, in The Guardian:“Kaiser… is the first person connected directly to both the Brexit and Trump campaigns known to have been questioned by Mueller", "OK2oZCj26EE-00004-00006142-00007971": "”.“Damian Collins, chairman of [the United Kingdom] parliament’s inquiry into fake news, said it was ‘no surprise’ that Kaiser was under scrutiny by Mueller because ‘her work connected her to WikiLeaks, Cambridge Analytica and [its parent company] SCL, the Trump campaign, Leave", "OK2oZCj26EE-00005-00007971-00009188": "EU and Arron Banks.'”.The thirty-one-year-old Kaiser first blew the whistle on Cambridge Analytica eleven months ago saying that she was ”sick and tired of covering up for old white men", "OK2oZCj26EE-00006-00009188-00011038": "”.Trump’s Campaign Chairman Steve Bannon co-founded the data firm Cambridge Analytica, which specialized in psychological warfare and got caught stealing 87 million Facebook profiles last year, which they used to profile voters and micro-target them with propaganda ads during the campaign", "OK2oZCj26EE-00007-00011038-00012754": "Hedge fund billionaire Robert Mercer put up the funding for Cambridge Analytica, as well as for Breitbart News which employed Bannon as publisher until he moved into the Trump Campaign in mid-August 2016, soon after Paul Manafort’s illegal Ukrainian political activities were revealed", "OK2oZCj26EE-00008-00012754-00014209": "The London-based Cambridge Analytica was not supposed to share Brexit campaign staff with Trump’s federal election campaign due to prohibitions on foreign workers making strategic decisions on a US Presidential or Congressional campaign", "OK2oZCj26EE-00009-00014209-00015606": "The House Intel Committee began investigating Trump’s data vendor last year, and now that Democrats control its renewed probe, there is a good chance her testimony may also be sought by Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA)", "OK2oZCj26EE-00010-00015606-00017552": "Congress initially began looking at Cambridge Analytica because it’s CEO, an Eton-educated UK national named Alexander Nix openly bragged about contacting Wikileaks founder Julian Assange seeking to help disseminate Hillary Clinton’s stolen emails at a conference, then the video of him saying just that surfaced", "OK2oZCj26EE-00011-00017552-00018832": "Key information which the Mueller probe might investigate is that Russian oil giant Lukoil was also a client of Cambridge Analytica, who reportedly purchased data on their American election operations", "OK2oZCj26EE-00012-00018832-00019987": "Bannon’s company lied about those business ties when questioned by the UK parliament but whistleblowers provided them with documents proving the real story, according to The New York Times:", "OK2oZCj26EE-00013-00019987-00021439": "“The contacts took place as Cambridge Analytica was building a roster of Republican clients in the United States — and harvesting the Facebook profiles of over 50 million users to develop tools to analyze voters’ behavior", "OK2oZCj26EE-00014-00021439-00022458": "Detailed personality profile data for millions of American voters that Cambridge Analytica stole was accessed in Russia, according to a British lawmaker", "OK2oZCj26EE-00015-00022458-00023738": "Donald Trump’s campaign hired a small-time website designer to run its 2016 operations that blossomed into Brad Parscale’s current job running the Trump 2020 campaign", "OK2oZCj26EE-00016-00023738-00024885": "Jared Kushner had no political experience either, and isn’t a programmer, but was nominally in charge of the Trump Campaign’s digital advertising, which Bannon’s company performed", "OK2oZCj26EE-00017-00024885-00026672": "But behind the scenes, both the BBC and Bloomberg News revealed that Cambridge Analytica – and we now know, its use of stolen personal data to influence voters on Facebook – was the real strategic operation behind the campaign from an office in San Antonio, Texas", "OK2oZCj26EE-00018-00026672-00027946": "Eventually, even Wikileaks confirmed contacts with the data company’s ex-CEO Nix who openly took credit for Trump’s victory in front of Brittany Kaiser, who is now talking with Mueller", "OK2oZCj26EE-00019-00027946-00029284": "Alexander Nix also brazenly told an undercover investigation last year that candidates are just puppets, not unlike how Hillary Clinton described Donald Trump at their final presidential election debate", "OK2oZCj26EE-00020-00029284-00030284": "He also admitted that Cambridge Analytica had such granular control over the Trump campaign, they even selected the cities for his hate rallies", "OK2oZCj26EE-00021-00030284-00032361": "It appears that now, because of a woman sick of covering up for liars, Special Counsel Mueller is hot on the trail toward factually confirming Clinton’s prophetic description of Trump in 2016, and perhaps, revealing the hand of Russian influence in Cambridge Analytica’s psychological war against democracies in America and the United Kingdom"}}, {"audio_id": "OOpFhvmAk4Q", "text": {"OOpFhvmAk4Q-00000-00000571-00001778": "Since Robert Mueller submitted his still-secret report, we’ve had a number of people come out of the woodwork, intimating that the report is far worse than the Trump White House is making it out to be", "OOpFhvmAk4Q-00001-00001778-00004082": "It’s also noteworthy that while the Trump White House has claimed total exoneration, they aren’t particularly interested in releasing the report that supposedly exonerates them, or even recognizing Russia as a legitimate threat and addressing what they should be doing to prevent future election meddling – the sort of things an innocent person facing these kinds of accusations would do", "OOpFhvmAk4Q-00002-00004082-00005550": "While legal experts and leaks from the Department of Justice have made up the majority of these anonymous sources, one named individual has broken his silence – a former employee of Cambridge Analytica who’s also something of a big deal", "OOpFhvmAk4Q-00003-00005550-00009029": "He was recruited in 2016 by Trump’s former campaign CEO, Steve Bannon.Christopher Wylie, whose revelations as a whistleblower led to the collapse of the infamous Cambridge Analytica data firm last year, noticed a few inconsistencies right off the bat and let them be known on Twitter: “Whatever this report says, here’s what I know: when I was at Cambridge Analytica, the company hired known Russian agents, had data researchers in St Petersburg, tested US voter opinion on Putin’s leadership, and hired hackers from Russia – all while Bannon was in charge", "OOpFhvmAk4Q-00004-00009029-00010502": "”.Russian “fake news” operations have been running since well before Putin – they were used effectively in the former Soviet Union since they don’t require much of a defense budget and can destabilize governments without firing a shot", "OOpFhvmAk4Q-00005-00010502-00012187": "Steve Bannon may be gone from the White House, and Cambridge Analytica itself may be gone, but Bannon is very much active on the political scene, promoting the same xenophobic far-right political candidates throughout Europe that benefit Putin and his oligarchs", "OOpFhvmAk4Q-00006-00012187-00013261": "The longer the Trump administration keeps the Mueller report a secret, the worse this is looking – the leaks are coming fast, and don’t show any indication of stopping"}}, {"audio_id": "OPzo5sO6NzQ", "text": {"OPzo5sO6NzQ-00000-00000571-00002088": "The abrupt resignation of Department of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen ends a tumultuous two-ish year tenure in the job in which one simple fact just kept popping up: No one on earth could do this job to the satisfaction of President Donald Trump", "OPzo5sO6NzQ-00001-00002088-00002836": "The reporting coming out of Nielsen's resignation speaks to the impossibility of the DHS job under Trump", "OPzo5sO6NzQ-00002-00002836-00003904": ".THE POINT -- NOW ON YOUTUBE!.In each episode of his weekly YouTube show, Chris Cillizza will delve a little deeper into the surreal world of politics", "OPzo5sO6NzQ-00003-00003904-00005014": "Click to subscribe!.There's this from CNN:.\"Trump was furious with Nielsen [in May 2018], telling her he didn't think she was doing enough to secure the border", "OPzo5sO6NzQ-00004-00005014-00005691": "But Nielsen stood her ground, citing the law in certain instances, the source said", "OPzo5sO6NzQ-00005-00005691-00006655": "\"Nielsen increasingly pushed back when the President lashed out at her department for not doing more to stem the tide of undocumented immigrants", "OPzo5sO6NzQ-00006-00006655-00007420": "\"A senior administration official said that in recent days Trump and Nielsen had again clashed over the issue", "OPzo5sO6NzQ-00007-00007420-00008183": "He accused her of not doing her job, and she responded forcefully.\".And this from The New York Times:", "OPzo5sO6NzQ-00008-00008183-00009661": "\"The president called Ms. Nielsen at home early in the mornings to demand that she take action to stop migrants from entering the country, including doing things that were clearly illegal, such as blocking all migrants from seeking asylum", "OPzo5sO6NzQ-00009-00009661-00010554": "She repeatedly noted the limitations imposed on her department by federal laws, court settlements and international obligations", "OPzo5sO6NzQ-00010-00010554-00011409": "\"Those responses only infuriated Mr. Trump further. The president's fury erupted in the spring of 2018 as Ms", "OPzo5sO6NzQ-00011-00011409-00012477": "Nielsen hesitated for weeks about whether to sign a memo ordering the routine separation of migrant children from their families so that the parents could be detained", "OPzo5sO6NzQ-00012-00012477-00014258": "\".There's a few things to think about here:.1) Trump believes to his core -- and he's not wrong -- that if there was one reason he won in 2016 it was because of his pledge to a) build a wall along our southern border and b) broadly toughen America's immigration policies", "OPzo5sO6NzQ-00013-00014258-00015207": "If there is ANY campaign promise that he is absolutely and totally committed to keeping, it's to be the toughest president ever when it comes to the border", "OPzo5sO6NzQ-00014-00015207-00016325": "One needs look no further than Trump's decision -- against his own party's wishes -- to declare a state of emergency on the southern border in order to re-appropriate money to build his wall", "OPzo5sO6NzQ-00015-00016325-00017735": "Or his push behind the scenes, reported by CNN Monday, to reinstate the policy of family separation at the border that led to a slew of very young children taken from their parents without any real way to track their whereabouts", "OPzo5sO6NzQ-00016-00017735-00018399": "2) Trump has very little understanding of -- or care for -- boundaries of any sort", "OPzo5sO6NzQ-00017-00018399-00019031": "And that goes double for immigration and border issues because of everything I mentioned above", "OPzo5sO6NzQ-00018-00019031-00020115": "This is his issue. This is the issue his people care about. And he'll be damned if he's told by some bureaucrat that he can't do what he wants on the border", "OPzo5sO6NzQ-00019-00020115-00021468": "That Trump would instruct Nielsen to block all migrants from entering the country and then blame her when she told him that was, in a word, illegal, speaks to the detachment from reality that President has on this issue", "OPzo5sO6NzQ-00020-00021468-00022453": "Combine those two factors and you get this, from a senior administration official on Nielsen's thinking: \"[She] believed the situation was becoming untenable", "OPzo5sO6NzQ-00021-00022453-00023328": "[with the President] becoming increasingly unhinged about the border crisis and making unreasonable and even impossible requests", "OPzo5sO6NzQ-00022-00023328-00024044": "\".\t.CNN's Chris Cillizza cuts through the political spin and tells you what you need to know", "OPzo5sO6NzQ-00023-00024044-00024840": "By subscribing, you agree to our privacy policy.Enter email address.Think of this in your own life", "OPzo5sO6NzQ-00024-00024840-00025598": "Your boss calls you in. She tells you to go find a Woolly Mammoth -- and to make it snappy", "OPzo5sO6NzQ-00025-00025598-00027016": "(You are an assistant zookeeper in this scenario.) When you come back to her empty-handed and explain that the Woolly Mammoth went extinct around 1700 BC, she tells you that you are not working hard enough to find one", "OPzo5sO6NzQ-00026-00027016-00027567": "And that if she was in your job, she would have found a Woolly Mammoth hours ago", "OPzo5sO6NzQ-00027-00027567-00028236": "And that everyone knows that you can find a Woolly Mammoth if you look hard enough", "OPzo5sO6NzQ-00028-00028236-00029310": "Look. There are a LOT of very tough jobs in the Trump administration: chief of staff, communications director and press secretary all jump to mind", "OPzo5sO6NzQ-00029-00029310-00029931": "But there is NO job more impossible than running the Department of Homeland Security", "OPzo5sO6NzQ-00030-00029931-00031386": "Nielsen made mistakes, sure. But focusing on her mistakes overlooks the real story here: Donald Trump wants impossible (and, at times, illegal) things done by DHS to address the border crisis", "OPzo5sO6NzQ-00031-00031386-00032050": "And if you aren't willing to bend (or break) the rules, he thinks you have failed him", "OPzo5sO6NzQ-00032-00032050-00033445": "And he might think you've failed him anyway; remember that Nielsen enforced a zero-tolerance policy at the border on family separations -- becoming the face of a deeply unpopular policy that Trump eventually walked away from", "OPzo5sO6NzQ-00033-00033445-00034388": "In short: It doesn't really matter who Trump names as Nielsen's successor. That person could be the hardest of hard immigration hard-liners", "OPzo5sO6NzQ-00034-00034388-00035399": "But that person will still be dealing with a Congress less than willing to greenlight some of Trump's more extreme border policies and, well, the rule of law", "OPzo5sO6NzQ-00035-00035399-00036015": "And no one person can change one of those realities, much less both"}}, {"audio_id": "Obo479F94D8", "text": {"Obo479F94D8-00000-00000571-00002243": "For as long as Special Counsel Robert Mueller was investigating Donald Trump, we pointed out that Mueller surely didn’t come out of retirement and go to the trouble of spending two years investigating an illegitimate criminal president, just to hand in a book report and go home", "Obo479F94D8-00001-00002243-00002940": "Yet, when Mueller first turned in his report, it appeared that was precisely what he had done", "Obo479F94D8-00002-00002940-00003993": "In the two weeks since, a few things have become clear. For instance, Robert Mueller obviously found a metric ton of criminal dirt on Donald Trump", "Obo479F94D8-00003-00003993-00004993": "We know this because of what Trump and his associates have directly confessed to, what the media has dug up, and what Mueller’s team told us this week", "Obo479F94D8-00004-00004993-00005952": "Also, Robert Mueller clearly wasn’t done with his investigation when he abruptly turned in his report and disbanded his team", "Obo479F94D8-00005-00005952-00007404": "We’re now seeing US  Attorneys pick up various threads of the Mueller probe, from the inevitable superseding indictment against Roger Stone, to the grand jury proceedings involving the foreign government owned mystery company", "Obo479F94D8-00006-00007404-00008616": "The question is whether Mueller quit voluntarily.Also, Robert Mueller clearly wasn’t done with his investigation when he abruptly turned in his report and disbanded his team", "Obo479F94D8-00007-00008616-00010063": "We’re now seeing U.S. Attorneys pick up various threads of the Mueller probe, from the inevitable superseding indictment against Roger Stone, to the grand jury proceedings involving the foreign government owned mystery company", "Obo479F94D8-00008-00010063-00011468": "The question is whether Mueller quit voluntarily. .Let’s say that Mueller reached a point in his investigation of Donald Trump where he decided it was time to inform Congress and the public about their criminal president", "Obo479F94D8-00009-00011468-00012573": "In such case he might have expected to be fired as soon as he turned in his damning report about Trump, so he quit and handed everything off to people who would be harder to fire", "Obo479F94D8-00010-00012573-00013804": ". .On the other hand, if William Barr came in and told Mueller that he had to immediately end his investigation, Mueller might have simply stuffed everything he could about Trump into his report", "Obo479F94D8-00011-00013804-00015003": "In such case, Mueller would have surely known that Barr was playing games, so Mueller would have needed a gameplan to make sure that his report did indeed end up becoming public", "Obo479F94D8-00012-00015003-00016371": "We still don’t know what that gameplan is. But again, Mueller surely has one, and it’s got to consist of more than merely hoping House Democrats win their subpoena battle over Barr sooner as opposed to later", "Obo479F94D8-00013-00016371-00017119": ". .There’s one big thing to watch. Robert Mueller is still technically employed as Special Counsel", "Obo479F94D8-00014-00017119-00017920": "On Friday, Mueller’s office announced that his employment will officially be off the job within a few days", "Obo479F94D8-00015-00017920-00018759": "Once Mueller is no longer working for the DOJ, he should immediately have more freedom to get his message out there", "Obo479F94D8-00016-00018759-00019791": "Mueller follows the rules, but when you look at his past history of prosecutions, he usually goes with the most aggressive possible interpretation of the rules", "Obo479F94D8-00017-00019791-00020580": ".Throughout his investigation, Robert Mueller has allowed his court filings and indictments to speak for themselves", "Obo479F94D8-00018-00020580-00021434": "It now appears that he wants his four hundred page tome of dirt on Donald Trump to speak for speak for itself as well", "Obo479F94D8-00019-00021434-00022413": "For the moment, the Trump regime is preventing that from happening. We’ll soon see what Mueller plans to do in order to make sure he’s heard", "Obo479F94D8-00020-00022413-00023967": "Mueller can’t simply leak his own report; the law doesn’t work that way. But Mueller is surely smart enough to find a way to get the gist of his report out there, even as House Democrats engage in the legal battle to expose the entire thing"}}, {"audio_id": "Oj24pBtsZbA", "text": {"Oj24pBtsZbA-00000-00000571-00001584": "Donald Trump would make a spectacularly bad poker player. Apart from his tendency to cheat at everything, he constantly flashes his hand to the world", "Oj24pBtsZbA-00001-00001584-00002491": "The latest big Trump flashes have been interesting in that what they imply falls in line with what we’ve been gathering since the Mueller Report was submitted", "Oj24pBtsZbA-00002-00002491-00003948": ".Specifically, Trump has become cagey. We know this because of his late night tweetarrhea and newly found defensiveness about releasing the Mueller Report, the release of which he initially said “wouldn’t bother me at all", "Oj24pBtsZbA-00003-00003948-00004821": "” We’ve come a long way. It’s worth noting that, allegedly, the White House has not yet seen the Mueller Report", "Oj24pBtsZbA-00004-00004821-00005826": "However, at some point, they must have gotten wind of what really lies within, which is to say a damning account of the many misdoings by Trump & Co", "Oj24pBtsZbA-00005-00005826-00007422": "But there’s actually more to it than this. . .Immediately after Trump proclaimed complete exoneration, he announced that there will be a new effort to gut the Affordable Care Act, something virtually no one wants, regardless of political persuasion", "Oj24pBtsZbA-00006-00007422-00008229": "This week, he backed down and said we’ll have to stay tuned until his second term to get a better health care deal", "Oj24pBtsZbA-00007-00008229-00009423": "He also partially backed down from his threat of closing the US-Mexico border, which would have been the economic equivalent of sticking his tongue in a mousetrap just to lick the cheese", "Oj24pBtsZbA-00008-00009423-00010444": "He backed down again after his administration came under fire for defunding the Special Olympics, a move only an asshole of biblical proportions would attempt", "Oj24pBtsZbA-00009-00010444-00012200": ". .Trump has a history of backing down from his KFC-induced fever dream policies, but backing down from three big ones in quick succession at this particular time sure makes it seem like he got wind of what’s really in the Mueller Report and he knows his power is dwindling", "Oj24pBtsZbA-00010-00012200-00013835": "He’s rolling awfully close to lame-duck territory. But wait, there’s more. .House Democrats in the Judiciary Committee just approved a subpoena of the Mueller Report, which is something Attorney General William Barr must legally comply with once issued", "Oj24pBtsZbA-00011-00013835-00014462": "Expect more panicked Trump behavior. Don’t let the diversions get the better of you", "Oj24pBtsZbA-00012-00014462-00015836": "Justice is going to bring him and his moribund presidency down, but the speed at which this happens is going to depend on just how well the Democrats play their cards, and just how much Trump keeps on flashing his"}}, {"audio_id": "P6yH-Y680WQ", "text": {"P6yH-Y680WQ-00000-00000513-00001667": "The Trump administration is headed for a budget clash with Congress, with calls for deep domestic spending cuts that lawmakers are likely to ignore as the nation's debt reaches record levels", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00001-00001667-00004044": "On Monday, President Donald Trump is set to deliver his budget roadmap with a promise to balance the budget in 15 years, marking the first time he'll unveil a spending proposal under a divided government with Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the helm of a Democratic-controlled House, and he is expected to face fierce resistance to severe proposed cuts on education, health and environmental protections", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00002-00004044-00006137": "The White House is proposing $2.7 trillion in spending cuts, according to new details released Sunday evening, following a directive by the President to reduce spending by 5% across federal agencies, except for defense spending, as part of its budget plan for fiscal year 2020, which begins on October 1", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00003-00006137-00007143": "The proposed cuts come just as Congress will need to decide -- yet again this year -- whether to lift spending caps put into place by law in 2011", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00004-00007143-00008650": "\"Our national debt nearly doubled under the previous administration and now stands at more than $22 trillion,\" said Russell Vought, acting director of the Office of Budget and Management, in a statement previewing the President's budget details", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00005-00008650-00009723": "\"This budget shows that we can return to fiscal sanity without halting our economic resurgence while continuing to invest in critical priorities", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00006-00009723-00010875": "\".Long term policy projections, according to the White House, show that policy proposals in the budget would put the US on track to balance the budget by 2034", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00007-00010875-00011954": "Earlier on Sunday, a White House official confirmed Trump will ask for $8.6 billion for a border wall, and an additional $3", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00008-00011954-00013028": "6 billion in military construction funds to pay back monies that the administration hopes will be spent this year that the President redirected by executive authority", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00009-00013028-00013767": "Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday that Trump will not get the $8", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00010-00013767-00015410": "6 billion he plans to request for the wall.\"President Trump hurt millions of Americans and caused widespread chaos when he recklessly shut down the government to try to get his expensive and ineffective wall, which he promised would be paid for by Mexico", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00011-00015410-00016173": "Congress refused to fund his wall and he was forced to admit defeat and reopen the government", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00012-00016173-00017095": "The same thing will repeat itself if he tries this again. We hope he learned his lesson,\" the two said in a joint statement", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00013-00017095-00018357": "Kentucky Democratic Rep. John Yarmuth, chairman of the House Budget Committee, said Sunday evening in a statement to CNN that the President's budget has \"no chance in the House", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00014-00018357-00019691": "\".\"President Trump added nearly $2 trillion to our deficits with tax cuts for the wealthy and large corporations, and now it appears his budget asks the American people to pay the price,\" said Yarmuth", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00015-00019691-00020754": "\"With severe cuts to essential programs and services that would leave our nation less safe and secure, the Trump budget is as dangerous as it is predictable", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00016-00020754-00021912": "\".Congress holds the purse strings of what the government is willing to spend, and Democrats demonstrated their ability to stay unified during the partial government shutdown", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00017-00021912-00023738": "House Financial Services Chairwoman Maxine Waters, a California Democrat, said at a hearing last week that she would fight to ensure robust funding for critical programs overseen by the committee, including reversing steps by the administration to weaken the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00018-00023738-00024850": "\"The Trump administration has also consistently put forth budget proposals that make massive cuts to programs that protect the nation's most vulnerable families,\" Waters said", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00019-00024850-00026710": "The President's new budget will prioritize funding for ending the opioid epidemic, a top priority for the Trump administration, investing in students to receive a high-quality education, modernizing the federal government's antiquated technology along with $80 billion for veteran care", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00020-00026710-00028024": "Trump has previously proposed deep spending cuts on domestic programs as well as entitlement programs like Medicare and Social Security every year of his presidency, and each time Congress has ignored them", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00021-00028024-00029529": "The White House official notes that the forthcoming request for wall funding is different than in previous years when the White House asked for wall money from just one funding source: the Department of Homeland Security (more specifically, CBP)", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00022-00029529-00030472": "This year, the White House will ask for $5 billion from Customs and Border Protection, but will also request $3", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00023-00030472-00031443": "6 billion in military construction funds from the Pentagon.In addition, the budget contains a request for another $3", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00024-00031443-00032491": "6 billion in military construction funds -- but these would be used to \"backfill\" what the administration hopes to spend this year as a result of the emergency declaration", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00025-00032491-00033975": "In other words, the White House is requesting money to pay back the funds that Trump redirected with executive authority, and officials are not counting that sum in the topline number they say they're requesting for the wall (at least $8", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00026-00033975-00035464": "6 billion).The amount of the wall request was first reported by Reuters.Traditionally, the White House releases its budget proposal to Congress by the first Monday in February, but it was delayed this year due to the shutdown", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00027-00035464-00036916": "In late February, Trump's acting budget chief Vought previewed in an op-ed \"historic\" cuts in discretionary spending and rolled out plans to employ a war contingency fund as a maneuver to get around the defense budget limit", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00028-00036916-00037822": "\"The level of borrowing is unsustainable, and is one of the largest threats to our nation's economic future,\" Vought wrote in the op-ed", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00029-00037822-00038961": "It's been unclear whether the 5% cut would be in addition to a 9% cut that would be forced by the budget caps set to kick in for the 2020 fiscal year", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00030-00038961-00040414": "Mick Mulvaney, the former chief at the Office of Management Budget who is now the White House acting chief of staff, was a major opponent of what's known as the Overseas Contingency Operations to make up for the cuts to the base defense budget", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00031-00040414-00041584": "Mulvaney, a self-proclaimed deficit hawk, has more recently relented when it comes to efforts by the administration to balance the budget ad crack down on federal spending", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00032-00041584-00042300": "Instead, the administration has pledged to balance the budget within a 10-year budget window", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00033-00042300-00043781": "During his 2017 confirmation hearing for the OMB role, Mulvaney told lawmakers \"he look(ed) forward to having an opportunity to explain to the President why I think it is not a good way to spend American taxpayer dollars", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00034-00043781-00044980": "\".Democrats have already denounced the administration's maneuver as a budget \"gimmick\" that would obscure the true costs of the military operations and shortchange other national priorities", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00035-00044980-00046808": "\"Rather than being honest and responsible about his budgeting, the President is choosing to deceive the American public yet again,\" said Yarmuth, chairman of the House Budget Committee, and House Armed Services Chairman Adam Smith, a Washington Democrat, in a joint statement in response to Vought's op-ed", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00036-00046808-00047939": "The President's budget is also expected to include a $100 million for the Women's Global Development and Prosperity Initiative, a White House official told CNN", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00037-00047939-00048652": "The President's daughter, Ivanka Trump, led the creation of the initiative, which was announced last month", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00038-00048652-00049731": "The debate on spending and budget caps will also inevitably intertwine with negotiations to raise the debt ceiling, which kicked back in on March 2", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00039-00049731-00050546": "The federal borrowing limit set by Congress now stands roughly over $22 trillion, a record high", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00040-00050546-00051656": "Treasury has already begun to use \"extraordinary measures,\" a tactic both Democratic and Republican administrations have used to continue to pay the country's IOUs", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00041-00051656-00052766": "The ceiling was initially intended to control spending by the federal government, but instead Congress has continued to approve increases to accommodate continued borrowing", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00042-00052766-00053757": "And even though the country reached its debt limit, the Congressional Budget Office estimates Treasury will be able to pay its bills through the fall of 2019", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00043-00053757-00054869": "Democrats for the last two years have blasted Trump's tax cuts for increasing the federal deficit, which the CBO projects will surpass $1 trillion by 2020", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00044-00054869-00055671": "Critics of the President's backed tax cut say it will add an additional $1.9 trillion to the nation's debt", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00045-00055671-00056946": "Last year, Trump also reluctantly signed a massive $1.3 trillion spending bill after Democrats pushed for bigger budgets for health and education in exchange for a boost in military spending", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00046-00056946-00058398": "The White House has claimed that the tax cuts will pay for themselves and have been a driving factor in boosting the US economy, and blamed Democrats for the rising deficit after pushing for spending increases last year", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00047-00058398-00059255": "Trump's budget proposal also comes ahead of yet another major fiscal issue that Congress will have to face this year", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00048-00059255-00060109": "Lawmakers will need to decide how to resolve the remaining years of spending caps required under the Budget Control Act of 2011", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00049-00060109-00061536": "The law set caps on the government's discretionary spending for a 10-year period. It also included separate limits on defense and non-defense spending that would be triggered by automatic, across-the-board spending cuts", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00050-00061536-00062941": "Unless Congress acts to raise them this year, the $647 billion limit on regular defense spending will drop by $71 billion, or an 11% cut, before adjusting for inflation", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00051-00062941-00064547": "The non-discretionary spending cap would fall to $542 billion, or 9% percent.Lawmakers have repeatedly -- in 2013, 2015 and 2018 -- chosen to raise the caps on spending in two-year increments", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00052-00064547-00065294": "\"This is not sustainable or responsible,\" said Yarmuth at a House Budget hearing earlier this week", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00053-00065294-00066358": "\"We need to raise the caps, for both defense and non-defense spending, to ensure that every American family has the chance to build a better future", "P6yH-Y680WQ-00054-00066358-00066458": "\""}}, {"audio_id": "P_NW1RzF3rU", "text": {"P_NW1RzF3rU-00000-00000571-00001519": "“President” Donald Trump has once again reversed himself. Last week, Trump was gung ho on the idea of overturning the Affordable Care Act", "P_NW1RzF3rU-00001-00001519-00002162": "This week, he’s using another familiar strategy: completely changing his position", "P_NW1RzF3rU-00002-00002162-00003319": "With Trump, this does not happen with an apology for being wrong; no, he simply comes up with some other outlandish sound bites and moves on to his next disaster", "P_NW1RzF3rU-00003-00003319-00005160": "Many experts, and even one of Trump’s former cabinet members, have clearly explained how detrimental the elimination of the ACA could be, including destroying Trump’s expressed plans of getting cheaper forms of insulin on the market, eliminating HIV, and dealing with the opioid crisis", "P_NW1RzF3rU-00004-00005160-00006482": "You can read all of the details here, but you get the idea. Even as he discussed these issues, it didn’t seem to dawn on him that eliminating the ACA would make it impossible for him to carry out his own agenda", "P_NW1RzF3rU-00005-00006482-00007579": ". .Either Trump has been reading up on this (though most of us think he can’t), or someone is getting through to him that overturning the ACA is akin to shooting oneself in the foot", "P_NW1RzF3rU-00006-00007579-00008791": "Now that Republican leaders are both privately and publicly leaving this to Trump, he must have had a “light bulb” moment that perhaps attacking the ACA isn’t the best for him politically right now", "P_NW1RzF3rU-00007-00008791-00009739": ".Trump can’t, however, just move on quietly. Oh, no. That would make him appear to have been wrong, which he was", "P_NW1RzF3rU-00008-00009739-00011202": "Backtracking doesn’t make him look any brighter either, especially when he comes out and boasts that the Republicans “are developing a really great HealthCare Plan with far lower premiums (cost) & deductibles than ObamaCare", "P_NW1RzF3rU-00009-00011202-00013153": "”. . .Looking purely at numbers, elimination of the ACA would be devastating. to Politico, “an estimated 25 million people will lose coverage through private insurance and Medicaid expansion, and insurers would no longer be required to cover people with pre-existing conditions like HIV/AIDS", "P_NW1RzF3rU-00010-00013153-00013806": "” In essence, Trump was rooting against himself in his quest to invalidate the ACA", "P_NW1RzF3rU-00011-00013806-00014634": "He is completely clueless. Now that other Republicans are running from him as if he has the plague, he seems to get it", "P_NW1RzF3rU-00012-00014634-00015941": "He negates that, however, with his ridiculous tweets about the Republicans’ “great HealthCare Plan,” which he claims they will vote on “after the Election when Republicans hold the Senate & win … back the House", "P_NW1RzF3rU-00013-00015941-00017780": "” Keep dreaming, Trump. . .Donald Trump and the Republicans have made very clear how much they hate Medicaid (in their minds, a bunch of lazy people who don’t want to work), Medicare (which they obviously don’t understand), and how little they care about healthcare for any of us", "P_NW1RzF3rU-00014-00017780-00018474": "It’s pretty easy to do that when you have free healthcare for life, for which we pay", "P_NW1RzF3rU-00015-00018474-00019713": "Instead of trying to predict the future, Trump would be better served trying to help himself and his Republican friends do right by the American public, though it is likely far too late for that", "P_NW1RzF3rU-00016-00019713-00020551": "The chance of Trump being re-elected and surrounded by a fully Republican-controlled House and Senate is highly doubtful", "P_NW1RzF3rU-00017-00020551-00021674": "Gallup data reveals that since 2017, the number of voters who identify as conservative has gone down, even as the number of liberals and moderates has gone up", "P_NW1RzF3rU-00018-00021674-00022338": "If the Democrats can settle on the right candidate, he or she can easily take it all"}}, {"audio_id": "PBXNlhNHr5y", "text": {"PBXNlhNHr5y-00000-00000571-00001892": "If Donald Trump’s marionette Attorney General William Barr had released an even remotely accurate or truthful summary of the Robert Mueller report today, Mueller could probably have simply gone back to retirement", "PBXNlhNHr5y-00001-00001892-00003334": "But because Barr released a hilariously false “summary” that has legal experts rolling their eyes, and the public and the media ferociously demanding answers, Mueller is about to come back front and center in a way we’ve never before seen", "PBXNlhNHr5y-00002-00003334-00004740": "Look for House Democrats to very quickly do two things. They’ll subpoena the Mueller report itself, which will set up a legal battle – and perhaps negotiations – about how much of it Barr will have to turn over", "PBXNlhNHr5y-00003-00004740-00005617": "They’ll also subpoena Barr, and force him to testify about why he’s misleading the public about what the report says", "PBXNlhNHr5y-00004-00005617-00006607": "If Barr refuses, he can be held in contempt of Congress and arrested, and you’d better believe there’s enough of a public appetite to support such a move", "PBXNlhNHr5y-00005-00006607-00008292": "But that’s nothing compared to what’ll come next.For months, various House Democrats have publicly stated that if the Trump regime tried to bury the Mueller report, they would simply subpoena Robert Mueller to publicly testify about what his report says", "PBXNlhNHr5y-00006-00008292-00009711": "Now that the Trump regime is indeed playing the worst of games with the report, there is no doubt House Democrats will bring in Mueller to testify, because they can make that happen quicker than they can forcibly get their hands on the report"}}, {"audio_id": "PQ2Wh8azX80", "text": {"PQ2Wh8azX80-00000-00000513-00001628": "President Donald Trump claimed Friday that his former lawyer Michael Cohen \"directly asked\" him for a pardon and lied under oath when testifying before Congress last week", "PQ2Wh8azX80-00001-00001628-00002360": "\"Bad lawyer and fraudster Michael Cohen said under sworn testimony that he never asked for a Pardon", "PQ2Wh8azX80-00002-00002360-00003180": "His lawyers totally contradicted him. He lied! Additionally, he directly asked me for a pardon", "PQ2Wh8azX80-00003-00003180-00004334": "I said NO. He lied again! He also badly wanted to work at the White House. He lied!\" Trump tweeted Friday, while aboard Air Force One", "PQ2Wh8azX80-00004-00004334-00005019": "Cohen said in his open testimony before the House that he \"never\" asked for a pardon", "PQ2Wh8azX80-00005-00005019-00005899": "\"I have never asked for it, nor would I accept a pardon from President Trump,\" Cohen said before the House Intelligence Committee", "PQ2Wh8azX80-00006-00005899-00006701": "He responded to Trump Friday, tweeting: \"Just another set of lies by @POTUS @realdonaldtrump", "PQ2Wh8azX80-00007-00006701-00007827": "\".The prospect of a Cohen pardon was raised more than once between Cohen's lawyer and attorneys representing the President, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter", "PQ2Wh8azX80-00008-00007827-00008947": "The depth of those discussions -- including whether a pardon was truly on the table in exchange for Cohen's cooperation -- is being disputed publicly among the different factions", "PQ2Wh8azX80-00009-00008947-00010199": "Cohen told Congress over the past week that his former attorney spoke separately with two attorneys for the President, Rudy Giuilani and Jay Sekulow, about the prospect of a pardon, the sources said", "PQ2Wh8azX80-00010-00010199-00011115": "Cohen also testified to Congress that he spoke directly to Sekulow about pardons, according to the sources, which Sekulow denies"}}, {"audio_id": "Pf-FijqKyoU", "text": {"Pf-FijqKyoU-00000-00000571-00001707": "Earlier today the Senate passed a resolution to end Donald Trump’s national emergency, thanks to votes from all of the Senate Democrats, and twelve of the Senate Republicans", "Pf-FijqKyoU-00001-00001707-00002360": "Minutes later, Trump tweeted “VETO!” and apparently seemed to think that’s all he had to do", "Pf-FijqKyoU-00002-00002360-00003313": "Then one of his handlers hijacked his Twitter account and explained that he’s going to veto it, calling it a “Democrat inspired Resolution", "Pf-FijqKyoU-00003-00003313-00004207": "”.With that, Donald Trump just stepped into the veto trap laid by the Democrats. It’s not that he really had any choice", "Pf-FijqKyoU-00004-00004207-00005095": "He didn’t come this far with his imaginary “national emergency” wall stunt, just to give up and sign a resolution putting an end to it", "Pf-FijqKyoU-00005-00005095-00005732": "So unless he gets high on bath salts and changes his mind, he’s going to veto this", "Pf-FijqKyoU-00006-00005732-00006976": "That’s when the fun begins.Right off the bat, the Democrats will have won, because they’ll have forced Donald Trump to take sole ownership of the national emergency, in defiance of both parties", "Pf-FijqKyoU-00007-00006976-00008415": "In that respect it doesn’t matter how many or few Republicans tried to stop Trump on this; all the average observer will hear is that Trump went against the will of both the Democratic-controlled House and the Republican-controlled Senate", "Pf-FijqKyoU-00008-00008415-00009650": "His withering base will love this. But his casual supporters outside of his base – the ones who were always going to decide whether he sinks or swims – won’t look on this kindly", "Pf-FijqKyoU-00009-00009650-00010463": "That’s before getting to the next vote on the matter. Based on today’s numbers, there aren’t enough votes to override the veto", "Pf-FijqKyoU-00010-00010463-00011168": "But we’ve seen the number of dissenting Republican Senators grow from four to twelve in just a few days", "Pf-FijqKyoU-00011-00011168-00012231": "As the public turns more loudly against Donald Trump’s national emergency wall nonsense by the day, that number should go higher, in both the House and Senate", "Pf-FijqKyoU-00012-00012231-00013211": "We’ll see how the veto math plays out. But Trump just stepped in a trap, albeit one that he had no choice but to step in"}}, {"audio_id": "PjV0UCpPagg", "text": {"PjV0UCpPagg-00000-00000571-00002128": "Even as Donald Trump and his newly handpicked Attorney General William Barr continue to try to cover up what’s really in the Robert Mueller report, we don’t know what is or is not in the report when it comes to Trump’s suspicious financial relationship with Deutsche Bank", "PjV0UCpPagg-00001-00002128-00002990": "Now it turns out we won’t have to wait until the Mueller report finally surfaces to get answers on that particular topic", "PjV0UCpPagg-00002-00002990-00004186": "House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters publicly hinted in recent weeks that Deutsche Bank has begun cooperating with her demands for Donald Trump’s banking records", "PjV0UCpPagg-00003-00004186-00004907": "Today, Waters told reporters that the bank has in fact begun giving her Trump’s records", "PjV0UCpPagg-00004-00004907-00006085": "It’s not difficult to figure out why Deutsche Bank has begun cooperating: Waters has subpoena power, thanks to the new Democratic House majority, and she can force their hand anyway", "PjV0UCpPagg-00005-00006085-00007775": "This is a major development, based just on what’s already widely publicly known. Deutsche Bank spent several years loaning large amounts of money to Donald Trump, even though he’d become such a bad credit risk that virtually no other bank was willing to touch him", "PjV0UCpPagg-00006-00007775-00008640": "Further, even as Trump was failing to repay Deutsche Bank for these loans, Deutsche Bank was continuing to loan him more money", "PjV0UCpPagg-00007-00008640-00009645": "During this same timeframe, Deutsche Bank was busted by the Feds for having laundered billions of dollars of money between its Moscow and New York City branches", "PjV0UCpPagg-00008-00009645-00010651": "If Deutsche Bank wasn’t using these loans as cover for laundering Russian money to Donald Trump in New York City, then this is all one phenomenal coincidence", "PjV0UCpPagg-00009-00010651-00011725": "Now that Maxine Waters has her hands on Trump’s Deutsche Bank records, she’s going to be able to give us definitive answers one way the other in upcoming congressional hearings", "PjV0UCpPagg-00010-00011725-00011970": "Stay tuned"}}, {"audio_id": "PlIwFlM7vaI", "text": {"PlIwFlM7vaI-00000-00000571-00001809": "The most corrupt president in the nation’s history hit a new low for behavior today even before the extended remix of a “Trump’s greatest grievances” speech he gave at the right-wing bigotry-fest CPAC", "PlIwFlM7vaI-00001-00001809-00003246": "In violation of every ethics rule on the books, Trump used his official Twitter account to promote his own business interests with this retweet of a Trump Organization post that was nothing more than a commercial for his golf course in Scotland", "PlIwFlM7vaI-00002-00003246-00004682": "Even worse, he tried to claim that his ownership of the luxury resort was a benefit to the diplomatic relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom — something that thousands of people in Scotland would beg to differ with", "PlIwFlM7vaI-00003-00004682-00006623": "Trump may be proud of his golf course in Aberdeen, but he seemed to forget that his own Department of Justice has ruled that his tweets are “official statements of the President of the United States” and, as such, are subject to the same ethical laws against self-dealing that any public official would have in their official communications", "PlIwFlM7vaI-00004-00006623-00008149": "Ethics watchdogs immediately pounced upon the president’s latest transgression as if he would ever be held accountable for the complete destruction of the ethical norms and legal requirements that Trump has ignored since the day he announced his candidacy", "PlIwFlM7vaI-00005-00008149-00009162": "Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) condemned the president for utilizing his powers to illegally promote his own business"}}, {"audio_id": "PnG1ya9AEgo", "text": {"PnG1ya9AEgo-00000-00000571-00002018": "President Donald Trump touted the end of Robert Mueller's investigation during his about 90-minute long speech, his first appearance before supporters since its completion during a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Thursday night", "PnG1ya9AEgo-00001-00002018-00003050": "The raucous rally follows a chaotic week in Washington, precipitated by Attorney General Bill Barr's letter to Congress on the special counsel's report", "PnG1ya9AEgo-00002-00003050-00003854": "Trump and the White House have touted Barr's summary as a political victory, claiming that the report exonerated him entirely", "PnG1ya9AEgo-00003-00003854-00004708": "\"The collusion delusion is over. The special counsel completed its report and found no collusion and no obstruction", "PnG1ya9AEgo-00004-00004708-00005766": "Coulda told you that two and a half years ago very easily,\" Trump said, calling the report's findings \"total exoneration\" and \"complete vindication", "PnG1ya9AEgo-00005-00005766-00007208": "\".Trump is correct that Barr's letter to Congress said Mueller's team of investigators \"did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities", "PnG1ya9AEgo-00006-00007208-00009073": "\".However, Trump falsely claimed that the report said there was no obstruction. Barr's letter, directly quoting the Mueller report, clearly states that \"while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him\" on questions of obstruction", "PnG1ya9AEgo-00007-00009073-00010246": "Mueller said he had thoroughly investigated the obstruction question, though he didn't interview Trump in person and the written questions he submitted to the President did not address obstruction", "PnG1ya9AEgo-00008-00010246-00011630": "Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein chose not to prosecute. They decided that they couldn't press a case against Trump because they determined his actions did not meet the standards for prosecuting such a case", "PnG1ya9AEgo-00009-00011630-00012926": "Trump also lambasted Democrats and the media for the investigation Thursday.\"You know it's interesting, Robert Mueller was a god to the Democrats, was a god to them until he said there was no collusion", "PnG1ya9AEgo-00010-00012926-00014621": "They don't like him so much right now. The crazy attempt by the Democrat Party and the fake news media right back there and the deep state to overturn the results of the 2016 election have failed,\" Trump said, later referring to Democrats as \"mega losers", "PnG1ya9AEgo-00011-00014621-00015849": "\".He called the special counsel's investigation into interference in the 2016 election a \"sinister effort to undermine our historic election victory and to sabotage the will of the American people", "PnG1ya9AEgo-00012-00015849-00016688": "\".The President also addressed themes familiar to his rally audiences -- the economy, health care and immigration", "PnG1ya9AEgo-00013-00016688-00018589": "He touted jobs several auto companies are bringing to the United States and told rallygoers in the heart of auto country that he speaking with General Motors and the United Automobile Workers union to re-open a plant in Lordstown, Ohio -- the closure of which led to a very public spat between the groups", "PnG1ya9AEgo-00014-00018589-00020138": "On Monday night, the Justice Department reversed its approach on court action on the Affordable Care Act, saying in a filing with a federal appeals court that former President Barack Obama's signature domestic legislation should be entirely struck down", "PnG1ya9AEgo-00015-00020138-00021322": "Though Republicans haven't presented a clear, viable alternative to Obamacare, Trump has this week touted his administration's push to make health care the center of the national political debate", "PnG1ya9AEgo-00016-00021322-00022212": "\"We're going to get rid of Obamacare. And I said the other day, the Republican Party will become the party of great health care", "PnG1ya9AEgo-00017-00022212-00023555": "It's good. It's important,\" Trump said at his Grand Rapids rally.The President also spoke at length on immigration, at one point mocking the legitimacy of the claims of asylum seekers", "PnG1ya9AEgo-00018-00023555-00024738": "\"You have people coming, you know they're all met by the lawyers . And they come out, and they're met by the lawyers, and they say, 'Say the following phrase: I am very afraid for my life", "PnG1ya9AEgo-00019-00024738-00025618": "I am afraid for my life.' OK,\" Trump said. \"And then I look at the guy. He looks like he just got out of the ring", "PnG1ya9AEgo-00020-00025618-00026655": "He's a heavyweight champion of the world. It's a big fat con job.\".Trump also appeared to reverse course on funding the cleanup of the Great Lakes", "PnG1ya9AEgo-00021-00026655-00027369": "\"We have some breaking news. I support the Great Lakes. They are beautiful they are big very deep", "PnG1ya9AEgo-00022-00027369-00028604": "Record deepness, right? I am going to get fuller funding of 300 million dollars for the restoration of the Great Lakes, which they've been trying to get for over 30 years,\" he said", "PnG1ya9AEgo-00023-00028604-00030083": "Two weeks ago Ohio lawmakers complained that the administration was actually gutting federal funding for cleanup of toxic pollutants and removal of invasive species in the Great Lakes region, according to the Toledo Blade", "PnG1ya9AEgo-00024-00030083-00031146": "Trump also said his administration is \"very close to getting started on the Soo Locks,\" which he said, \"people have wanted to build for a very, very long time", "PnG1ya9AEgo-00025-00031146-00032287": "\".The project, which would add a second lock and allow larger ships to access the Great Lakes, is expected to bring much needed construction jobs to the Upper Peninsula region"}}, {"audio_id": "Q1gcANqSH_g", "text": {"Q1gcANqSH_g-00000-00000571-00003246": "In a sign that the pressure of multiple investigations into allegations of decades of illegal activities by the Trump Organization — the company still owned by the president and operated by his two eldest sons — are beginning to take their toll, the company is attempting a hail mary pass to prevent the now Democrat-led House Judiciary Committee from conducting “any and all” investigations into its operations and deals, The Washington Post reported today", "Q1gcANqSH_g-00001-00003246-00005121": "A lawyer for the Trump Organization, Alan S Futerfas, sent a letter today to House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) claiming that the committee’s investigation has been “tainted” because it had hired an outside attorney who once worked for a firm that did legal work for the company", "Q1gcANqSH_g-00002-00005121-00006469": "The outside attorney in question, Berry H Berke of the law firm of Kramer Levin, was hired two weeks ago and described as “a nationally prominent expert on federal criminal law, including public corruption''", "Q1gcANqSH_g-00003-00006469-00008682": "It’s little wonder that the Trump Organization would object to having such an experienced hand on deck in the investigation into the shady dealings that have leaked out in multiple indictments and press reports, particularly after both Michael Cohen, the president’s longtime personal fixer, and Allen Weisselberg, the company’s CFO, have agreed to cooperate with prosecutors", "Q1gcANqSH_g-00004-00008682-00010505": "Berke’s firm, Kramer Levin, dismissed the Trump Organization attorney’s accusations as “baseless,” saying that his consultation for the Judiciary Committee “complies fully with all applicable ethical rules, does not pose any conflicts of interest and respects any obligations the firm may have''", "Q1gcANqSH_g-00005-00010505-00012153": "The law firm said that Berke was consulting with the Judiciary Committee in a personal capacity rather than as a partner in the firm and that the company would therefore not receive any money as a result of his work nor provide any external support to his efforts with the committee"}}, {"audio_id": "Q1M_NDuhfcM", "text": {"Q1M_NDuhfcM-00000-00000571-00002425": ".Donald Trump’s handpicked Attorney General William Barr just released what he claims is a “summary” of the Robert Mueller report, but Barr’s claims are so far removed from the plainly visible facts and evidence, we have to assume for now that Barr is intentionally mischaracterizing Mueller’s findings", "Q1M_NDuhfcM-00001-00002425-00003178": "House Democrats will move very quickly to force the actual Mueller report to come to light", "Q1M_NDuhfcM-00002-00003178-00004011": "In the meantime, they’re stressing that the Mueller report – and even the Barr summary – go out of their way not to exonerate Trump", "Q1M_NDuhfcM-00003-00004011-00004646": "House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler said it best in response to the Barr summary:", "Q1M_NDuhfcM-00004-00004646-00005994": "“Special Counsel Mueller clearly and explicitly is not exonerating the President, and we must hear from AG Barr about his decision making and see all the underlying evidence for the American people to know all the facts", "Q1M_NDuhfcM-00005-00005994-00006842": "There must be full transparency in what Special Counsel Mueller uncovered to not exonerate the President from wrongdoing", "Q1M_NDuhfcM-00006-00006842-00007623": "DOJ owes the public more than just a brief synopsis and decision not to go any further in their work", "Q1M_NDuhfcM-00007-00007623-00008496": "Special Counsel Mueller worked for 22 months to determine the extent to which President Trump obstructed justice", "Q1M_NDuhfcM-00008-00008496-00009486": "Attorney General Barr took 2 days to tell the American people that while the President is not exonerated, there will be no action by DOJ", "Q1M_NDuhfcM-00009-00009486-00010904": "”.The bottom line: this is just getting started. Despite William Barr’s best attempt at whitewashing Robert Mueller’s report, Barr made the mistake of explicitly stating that Mueller’s findings do not exonerate Donald Trump", "Q1M_NDuhfcM-00010-00010904-00012221": "That gives House Democrats all the legal ammunition they need to get their hands on the real report, so they can find out all the things Trump did wrong that prompted Mueller to conclude Trump could not be exonerated"}}, {"audio_id": "Qva5ylF-xDc", "text": {"Qva5ylF-xDc-00000-00000571-00001994": "When Kirstjen Nielsen was ousted as Homeland Security Director this past week because she was only willing to commit atrocities against immigrants that wouldn’t result in her going to prison, it raised the question of what that means for her replacement", "Qva5ylF-xDc-00001-00001994-00002616": "It turns out we’re already getting the answer – and it’s a particularly ugly one", "Qva5ylF-xDc-00002-00002616-00003441": ".Donald Trump picked Border Patrol boss Kevin McAleenan to be his new acting head of Homeland Security", "Qva5ylF-xDc-00003-00003441-00004826": "Trump then told his border agents to illegally block asylum seekers from entering the United States – and Trump told McAleenan that he would pardon him if the move resulted in McAleenan being arrested", "Qva5ylF-xDc-00004-00004826-00005562": "This is according to CNN’s Jake Tapper, who is citing multiple senior Trump regime officials", "Qva5ylF-xDc-00005-00005562-00006383": "No one involved seemed sure how serious Trump was about it, and McAleenan is claiming it never happened", "Qva5ylF-xDc-00006-00006383-00007331": ". .Nonetheless, the mere mention of a pardon as an enticement to law breaking is a crime on Donald Trump’s part, and an impeachable one", "Qva5ylF-xDc-00007-00007331-00008864": "It’s the latest reminder that Trump is completely and purposefully out of control, he has no interest in the law or the Constitution, and he’s perfectly willing to grossly abuse his powers in order to make it easier for his regime to break the law", "Qva5ylF-xDc-00008-00008864-00009799": ".Suffice it to say that when House Democrats bring impeachment charges against Donald Trump, this dangled pardon will be one of them", "Qva5ylF-xDc-00009-00009799-00010899": "Impeachment is a slow and complex process that has to be done in a very strategic way if the end goal is to successfully oust a sitting president", "Qva5ylF-xDc-00010-00010899-00012067": "But it’s more clear than ever that Trump is intent on forcing the issue. He either wants to be impeached, or he’s too drunk with power to understand that he can be impeached", "Qva5ylF-xDc-00011-00012067-00012861": "Either way, House Democrats must act soon. This is escalating into a crisis beyond words"}}, {"audio_id": "QwAC5o_leAu", "text": {"QwAC5o_leAu-00001-00000102-00000355": "Дарагiя сябры, зачытваю рэзалюцыю", "QwAC5o_leAu-00002-00000355-00000674": "сённешняга чарнобыльскага шляха:"}}, {"audio_id": "QyQgVuQnf8y", "text": {"QyQgVuQnf8y-00000-00000571-00001851": "Democrats—and many others—hoped Trump would be just another typical Republican.They assumed he would follow the plan of expanding the size of the government and spending relentlessly", "QyQgVuQnf8y-00001-00001851-00002856": "But, as usual, he’s proving them all wrong. He’s taking a scalpel to the federal fat and making us lean, lean, lean", "QyQgVuQnf8y-00002-00002856-00003946": "From Fox News: ''Trump’s fiscal 2020 budget proposal, in a bid to cut costs, calls for eliminating a range of programs and offices", "QyQgVuQnf8y-00003-00003946-00005633": "These include cuts to education loan programs and an office within the EPA''.The EPA? That’s got to hurt, Democrats! Reports are that while most are taking a 5% cut, the EPA could get cut by over 30%", "QyQgVuQnf8y-00004-00005633-00006960": "Some of the programs he seeks to cut he calls “duplicative and ineffective''.One example is the Economic Development Administration, an agency helping rural areas after natural disasters", "QyQgVuQnf8y-00005-00006960-00007736": "But that’s something that can be taken care of by FEMA. Trump is getting rid of wasteful redundancies", "QyQgVuQnf8y-00006-00007736-00008831": "President Trump is dedicated to saving Americans money. Typical politicians seem to spend, spend, spend, with no end in sight", "QyQgVuQnf8y-00007-00008831-00010050": "But Trump’s promised to put Americans first, not the government.Cutting programs and slashing the budget will reduce the need for the federal government from sucking our paychecks dry", "QyQgVuQnf8y-00008-00010050-00010711": "Most Democrats want the government to grow—did you hear about the Green New Deal?", "QyQgVuQnf8y-00009-00010711-00011769": "And where has spending mountains of taxpayer dollars ever gotten us? Just more and more debt, and all the same problems, it seems", "QyQgVuQnf8y-00010-00011769-00012399": "President Trump is simply forcing the government to be responsible with our money", "QyQgVuQnf8y-00011-00012399-00012749": "Isn’t that the goal, after all?"}}, {"audio_id": "QzgE9pxcNXQ", "text": {"QzgE9pxcNXQ-00000-00000513-00001351": "President Trump announced Saturday that he will sign an executive order to promote free speech on college campuses", "QzgE9pxcNXQ-00001-00001351-00002647": "Trump made the announcement at the Conservative Political Action Conference after he brought up to the stage Hayden Williams, the conservative activist attacked last month at University of California-Berkeley", "QzgE9pxcNXQ-00002-00002647-00003274": "Conservatives have accused some colleges of trying to supress anti-liberal viewpoints", "QzgE9pxcNXQ-00003-00003274-00003953": "“He took a punch for all of us,” Trump said of Williams. “And we could never allow that to happen", "QzgE9pxcNXQ-00004-00003953-00004731": "And here is, in closing with Hayden, here’ the good news. He’s going to be a wealthy young man", "QzgE9pxcNXQ-00005-00004731-00005463": "”.Trump urged Williams to sue the man who assaulted him, but added, “he’s probably got nothing", "QzgE9pxcNXQ-00006-00005463-00006594": "”.The president drew cheers as he urged Williams to sue Berkeley as well.Williams told Trump that students would continue to defend him so long as he defended them", "QzgE9pxcNXQ-00007-00006594-00007390": "“These students do it because they have a love of our nation and freedom and, frankly, a love for you Mr", "QzgE9pxcNXQ-00008-00007390-00008770": "President,” Williams said.Trump said to chants of \"U.S.A, U.S.A.' that the executive order would require colleges and universities to support free speech in exchange for federal research dollars", "QzgE9pxcNXQ-00009-00008770-00009854": "“If they want our dollars, and we give it to them by the billions, they’ve got to allow people like Hayden and many other great young people and old people to speak,” Trump said", "QzgE9pxcNXQ-00010-00009854-00011332": "“Free speech. If they don’t, it will be costly. That will be signed soon.”.Zachary Greenberg, 28, was arrested Friday on an arrest warrant accusing him of punching Williams several times in a a Feb", "QzgE9pxcNXQ-00011-00011332-00012178": "19 attack.Williams, 26, is campus recruiter for The Leadership Institute, a conservative group", "QzgE9pxcNXQ-00012-00012178-00012724": "Berkeley officials said Greenberg and Williams are not students"}}, {"audio_id": "QzqBfMgku-Y", "text": {"QzqBfMgku-Y-00000-00000571-00002156": "There is currently a deep chasm that divides America. On one side, there are those who respect the rule of law, strive to preserve the Constitution, and want to see America continue as the country that our forefathers dreamed it could be", "QzqBfMgku-Y-00001-00002156-00002804": "On the other side, there are some who still, for whatever reason, support Donald Trump", "QzqBfMgku-Y-00002-00002804-00003972": ".Based simply on American history, for those who want to advance the ideal of our country’s history, one would think that a democratic society would be the ultimate goal", "QzqBfMgku-Y-00003-00003972-00004761": "That should not be undone by one person thinking he can upend our nation simply because of inherited means", "QzqBfMgku-Y-00004-00004761-00005502": "As the New York Times discovered, the Trump family fraudulently obtained hundreds of millions of dollars", "QzqBfMgku-Y-00005-00005502-00006639": "Fast forward a couple decades and the Trump family is best known as being a corrupt mafia front, while one member of the family is in charge of the highest office of the land", "QzqBfMgku-Y-00006-00006639-00007328": ". .While there still exist individuals who support Trump, the facts remain what they are", "QzqBfMgku-Y-00007-00007328-00008081": "Donald Trump is a failed conman who was forced to declare bankruptcy on a multitude of properties", "QzqBfMgku-Y-00008-00008081-00009065": "Despite those who continue to prop up Trump, despite his history of business failures, Trump’s overall support continues to decline", "QzqBfMgku-Y-00009-00009065-00010923": "Even Fox News is incrementally backing away from him. .Whether it be his claim that his approval rating is at 50%, which even Fox News ended up walking back, or his promise that the Republican Party will somehow become the “Party of Healthcare,” most people simply assume he’s lying", "QzqBfMgku-Y-00010-00010923-00011941": "Following such blatant lies, it is clear that Donald Trump never cared about the average American, and continues to lie in an effort to reassure his base", "QzqBfMgku-Y-00011-00011941-00012506": "Sadly, only for him, that base is only diminishing"}}, {"audio_id": "QCFn5eDBlpo", "text": {"QCFn5eDBlpo-00000-00000571-00002023": "It does not take a genius to figure out that President Donald Trump definitely harbors some level of xenophobia and racism, to the point that he is willing to separate migrant children from their families at the border for no good reason", "QCFn5eDBlpo-00001-00002023-00003003": "However, recent reports suggest that the Trump administration’s reign of terror on immigration issues might be about to come to a swift end", "QCFn5eDBlpo-00002-00003003-00004014": "Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland is the chairman of the powerful House Oversight Committee, and he has Trump and his immigration policy in his sights", "QCFn5eDBlpo-00003-00004014-00005139": "The Oversight Committee has the power to compel the heads of the Committees for Justice, Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services to deliver documents to lawmakers", "QCFn5eDBlpo-00004-00005139-00006310": "So Cummings is in an excellent position to get things moving on this. And the House just voted to confirm the sending of a subpoena to the Trump administration over the family separations", "QCFn5eDBlpo-00005-00006310-00007064": "Cummings was delighted by that development. .“I believe this is a true natonal emergency,” he said", "QCFn5eDBlpo-00006-00007064-00008101": "“When our own government rips children from the arms of their mothers and fathers with no plans to reunite them – that is government-sponsored child abuse''", "QCFn5eDBlpo-00007-00008101-00008864": "Trump does still have some people fighting his corner in Congress. For instance, GOP Rep", "QCFn5eDBlpo-00008-00008864-00011341": "Jim Jordan of Ohio – who is the highest ranking Republican on the Oversight committee – sent a letter to Cummings, essentially pleading with him not to send the subpoenas out, arguing that they would not be necessary because, incredibly, the administration is apparently going to voluntarily give up the documents in question (which begs the question, why then do they care about the subpoena at all?) He wrote", "QCFn5eDBlpo-00009-00011341-00012179": "“We should not rush to compel documents from the departments, especially when they have sought to comply with your request voluntarily''", "QCFn5eDBlpo-00010-00012179-00013096": "It was not long before Cummings fired back.“The information we got was not one name, not one number,” Cummings said", "QCFn5eDBlpo-00011-00013096-00014713": "“Zilch''.This is a man who is clearly not going to take no for an answer, and the administration has been backed into a corner, to the point that they sent a spokesperson out to point out all the documents they have already shared (which is totally irrelevant, of course)", "QCFn5eDBlpo-00012-00014713-00015324": "Caitlin Oakley, spokeswoman for the department of Health and Human Services, said", "QCFn5eDBlpo-00013-00015324-00016157": "“Additionally, we have transparently provided 792 pages of documents related to the committee’s request''", "QCFn5eDBlpo-00014-00016157-00016904": "The clock is ticking. Soon, they will have no choice but to comply, and then the truth will come out"}}, {"audio_id": "QNe7pRdUUFo", "text": {"QNe7pRdUUFo-00000-00000513-00001780": "Underneath the neverending news cycle generated by President Donald Trump’s outlandish behavior, the Trump administration continues to reshape American policy in widely disturbing ways", "QNe7pRdUUFo-00001-00001780-00003065": "This Monday, CNN’s Senior Diplomatic Correspondent Michelle Kosinski shared that the State Department was holding a special informational call that only “faith-based media” were invited to be a part of", "QNe7pRdUUFo-00002-00003065-00004277": "She explained on Twitter:.‘The State Dept is holding a special informational call today. But the State Dept press corps wasn’t invited. Being told it’s for “faith-based media only”…’", "QNe7pRdUUFo-00003-00004277-00005045": "Quite simply, that arrangement could fly in the face of Constitutional demands for freedom of the press", "QNe7pRdUUFo-00004-00005045-00005808": "The Bill of Rights explicitly lays out a pair of principles relevant here, including in the First Amendment:", "QNe7pRdUUFo-00005-00005808-00006688": "‘Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion… or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press’", "QNe7pRdUUFo-00006-00006688-00007471": "It’s amazing that the United States has gotten to a place where some have to be reminded about the First Amendment!", "QNe7pRdUUFo-00007-00007471-00008576": "While the principle most explicitly covers “laws” that tend a particular discriminatory direction, to suggest the amendment’s principle isn’t relevant here would be outlandish", "QNe7pRdUUFo-00008-00008576-00010133": "Does this call represent a new principle inside the State Department of prioritizing “faith-based media” in information distribution? Few are under any illusion that the “faith-based” designation has a very particular religion in mind", "QNe7pRdUUFo-00009-00010133-00011097": "Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has explicitly and repeatedly phrased his foreign policy positions in fundamentalist Christian terminology", "QNe7pRdUUFo-00010-00011097-00012967": "In 2015, while a Republican Congressman from Kansas, he described politics as “a never-ending struggle… until the Rapture,” referring to the Protestant Christian belief that in the “end times,” they will be taken to heaven before the worst of the worst gets underway on earth during the apocalypse", "QNe7pRdUUFo-00011-00012967-00014331": "During that same speech, he even more explicitly intertwined his nationalism and his faith, asserting that “to worship our lord and celebrate our nation at the same place is not only our right, it is our duty”", "QNe7pRdUUFo-00012-00014331-00016554": "Elsewhere, he has used specifically fundamentalist Christian language to describe what one actually does in that political struggle of the ages, saying that Islamic terrorists are “destined to continue to press against us until we make sure that we pray and stand and fight and make sure that we know that Jesus Christ is our savior and the only true solution for our world”", "QNe7pRdUUFo-00013-00016554-00017149": "This is the guy we’re supposed to trust to lead the United States’ foreign policy!", "QNe7pRdUUFo-00014-00017149-00018260": "Anonymous sources from Pompeo’s pre-State Department time as CIA Director told Foreign Policy that the religious imagery freely flowed through his rhetoric there too", "QNe7pRdUUFo-00015-00018260-00019404": "At present, it’s unclear what further ramifications there may be from the latest apparent expression of Pompeo’s ideology via the call for “faith-based media only”", "QNe7pRdUUFo-00016-00019404-00020731": "This Monday, Pompeo visited his home state of Kansas as part of the “Road to GES,” meaning the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, an event the State Department hosts jointly with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs", "QNe7pRdUUFo-00017-00020731-00021452": "It’s not the first time the Trump administration has come under scrutiny for its treatment of the media", "QNe7pRdUUFo-00018-00021452-00022507": "They tried unsuccessfully to ban CNN’s Jim Acosta from the White House on the basis of false allegations that he’d essentially been physically violent with an intern"}}, {"audio_id": "QOsf3fz_u04", "text": {"QOsf3fz_u04-00000-00000571-00002182": "How yet another shocking week in Washington came to an end.House Democrats have filed their “resolution of disapproval” challenging Donald Trump‘s decision to call a national emergency in order to build a wall on the US southern border with Mexico", "QOsf3fz_u04-00001-00002182-00003515": "While the president has claimed there is a \"crisis\" of illegal immigration in the United States, Democrats have questioned his motives — and noted that Mr Trump himself has suggested that he did not need to declare the emergency", "QOsf3fz_u04-00002-00003515-00004340": "The president on Thursday touted the contributions of African Americans during an event to honour Black History Month", "QOsf3fz_u04-00003-00004340-00005688": "Meanwhile Ahmed Ali Muthana, the father of Alabama Isis bride Hoda Muthana, announced he is suing the administration for its “unlawful attempt” to rescind her citizenship and block a return to the US", "QOsf3fz_u04-00004-00005688-00006532": "Lawyers have told The Independent that an executive effort to revoke citizenship amounts to the act of an \"authoritarian\"", "QOsf3fz_u04-00005-00006532-00007859": "In Syria, the US has rowed back on its decision for a full withdrawal of troops following the apparent defeat of the Islamist militants and will now leave around 200 soldiers behind to safeguard the region", "QOsf3fz_u04-00006-00007859-00009154": "Mr Trump on Friday weighed in on several issues, including the charges brought against his friend and billionaire owner of the New England Patriots Robert Kraft over prostitution allegations", "QOsf3fz_u04-00007-00009154-00009860": "He called those charges \"shocking\", but noted that Mr Kraft had denied the charges against him", "QOsf3fz_u04-00008-00009860-00010886": "The president also suggested that he might extend a deadline for trade negotiations with China, saying that the negotiators have been having success", "QOsf3fz_u04-00009-00010886-00012318": "Next week, Mr Trump is scheduled to travel to Vietnam for a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, where he and his administration say that they hope he can build on the previous summit with Mr Kim last year in Singapore"}}, {"audio_id": "QQhNxSGodDk", "text": {"QQhNxSGodDk-00000-00000571-00001464": "President Donald Trump expressed his interest in America winning the implementation of 5G networks at a White House event on Friday", "QQhNxSGodDk-00001-00001464-00002261": "“The race to 5G is a race that American must win,” Trump said. “It’s a race that we will win", "QQhNxSGodDk-00002-00002261-00003118": "”. .Trump emphasized that the success of 5G networks would be up to private companies, not the government", "QQhNxSGodDk-00003-00003118-00004497": "“As you probably heard, we had another alternative of doing it, that would be through government investment, and leading through the government, we don’t want to do that because it won’t be nearly as good, nearly as fast,” Trump said", "QQhNxSGodDk-00004-00004497-00005377": "But Trump noted that the government would act to free up wireless spectrum and reduce regulations to help speed up the process", "QQhNxSGodDk-00005-00005377-00006020": "“We want to be the leader in this,” Trump said, making it a priority of his administration", "QQhNxSGodDk-00006-00006020-00006842": "Trump said the 5G networks should both secure and also deployed to everyone in the country including rural communities", "QQhNxSGodDk-00007-00006842-00007754": ".FCC chairman Ajit Pai joined the president for the event, announcing the biggest auction of wireless spectrum in history by December", "QQhNxSGodDk-00008-00007754-00008391": "“We want Americans to be the first to benefit from this digital revolution,” he said", "QQhNxSGodDk-00009-00008391-00009556": "Pai said that the FCC would not only auction off more bandwidth but reduce regulatory obstacles of fiber and wireless infrastructure proposed by the Obama administration", "QQhNxSGodDk-00010-00009556-00010651": "“Mr. President … I am pleased to report that America is now well positioned to win the race to fast and secure and reliable 5G,” he said", "QQhNxSGodDk-00011-00010651-00011698": ".He also announced that the FCC would create a $20 billion program to bring more wireless and digital infrastructure to rural communities"}}, {"audio_id": "QfTRAk43b0A", "text": {"QfTRAk43b0A-00000-00000513-00002109": "The Republican Party, a veritable black hole when it comes to political and social equitability, is once again abusing its powers by moving to limit the voting rights of over a million people in the swingiest of swing-states, Florida", "QfTRAk43b0A-00001-00002109-00003415": "What the people of Florida did: 64.6% of Florida voters approved Amendment 4, Voting Rights Restoration for Felons Initiative to re-enfranchise around 1", "QfTRAk43b0A-00002-00003415-00004799": "5 million former felons. What Florida Republicans are now trying to do: The Republican-controlled Florida Legislature is moving to pass a bill that would limit the voting rights of these former felons", "QfTRAk43b0A-00003-00004799-00005797": "Florida and Ohio are consistent members of a small contingent of states that are considered by many to be the deciders of the presidency", "QfTRAk43b0A-00004-00005797-00006497": "There’s also a chance that Florida is a consistent member in your Bush-Gore-themed nightmares", "QfTRAk43b0A-00005-00006497-00008354": "We’re talking about a state with a population of over 21 million that is often decided by tens of thousands of people, and suddenly Republicans want to roll back the voting rights of around a million and a half re-enfranchised voters, almost 45% of whom are black", "QfTRAk43b0A-00006-00008354-00009161": "As they say; you do the math.Say it with me: the Republicans are good-for-nothing, racist cheaters", "QfTRAk43b0A-00007-00009161-00010765": "They gerrymander to take a disproportionate number of seats in the House of Representatives, they enact laws with excessively punitive punishments targeted at poor people and people of color so that they can’t vote, and sometimes they steal ballots", "QfTRAk43b0A-00008-00010765-00011716": "They know how unappealing they are, so they cheat, demagogue, and manipulate against the best interests of this beautiful country and her people", "QfTRAk43b0A-00009-00011716-00012949": "We cannot let this pending constitutional travesty go on in Florida. The more people talk about it and call the Republicans out for it, the more pressure gets put on them to do the right thing", "QfTRAk43b0A-00010-00012949-00014211": "Almost two-thirds of the people of Florida voted for Amendment 4, and doing anything but restoring the voting rights for these people is patently against the will of the people at large", "QfTRAk43b0A-00011-00014211-00015389": "Yes, the Amendment needs to be clearly defined because it hasn’t been yet, but defining it to limit the rights it intended to restore is ethically unsound and undemocratic", "QfTRAk43b0A-00012-00015389-00016123": "Florida can decide who gets the presidency. When people vote in big numbers, the Democrats win", "QfTRAk43b0A-00013-00016123-00017131": "Adding 1.5 million more eligible voters to the state would be huge. Putting these things together, the Republicans know they’re in trouble", "QfTRAk43b0A-00014-00017131-00019007": "They’re trying to make sure that democracy is stifled so that they can win. Share this or any article you can to make sure this gets as much attention as possible, because the outcome of this issue could mean the difference between a Democratic victory in 2020 and an unthinkable loss"}}, {"audio_id": "R055vJXFoTg", "text": {"R055vJXFoTg-00000-00000513-00001466": "I am a veteran who proudly served the United States Army for more than thirteen years, with two tours to Afghanistan under my belt", "R055vJXFoTg-00001-00001466-00002245": "I believe no matter what, veterans should stick together, even with our disagreements in politics", "R055vJXFoTg-00002-00002245-00003613": "Now I am calling for all veterans to come together and demand that President Trump show the recently departed Senator John McCain some respect and dignity, especially for his honorable service to our country", "R055vJXFoTg-00003-00003613-00004436": ".It’s no surprise to me now that Trump has no respect for veterans. His worship of our flag doesn’t cut it", "R055vJXFoTg-00004-00004436-00005463": "He wanted a parade that was supposed to support the military and veterans, but in reality it was there to boost his ego, which shows no respect to veterans", "R055vJXFoTg-00005-00005463-00006335": "And most of all, dodging the draft five times brings no honor to Trump and his fake love for the military", "R055vJXFoTg-00006-00006335-00007513": "The list goes on, but this is about Senator John McCain. It’s okay to respectfully state your opinion on how he did as a Senator, but these personal attacks go on and on", "R055vJXFoTg-00007-00007513-00008623": "This incitement of hate from Trump encourages his supporters to bring that hate towards McCain’s family, particularly his daughter Meghan, and his wife Cindy", "R055vJXFoTg-00008-00008623-00009462": "As stressful as losing family members can be, they don’t need to be trolled with hateful messages, tweets or articles", "R055vJXFoTg-00009-00009462-00010277": "I have learned in Chaplain Assistant School that one of our primary roles in the Chaplain Corps is to honor the dead", "R055vJXFoTg-00010-00010277-00011113": "I am calling on all veterans to come together and demand that Trump stop these hateful attacks on John McCain", "R055vJXFoTg-00011-00011113-00011891": "These attacks are a disgrace to the Oval Office, to our military and veterans and to our country"}}, {"audio_id": "R4mHlatwoVA", "text": {"R4mHlatwoVA-00000-00000571-00001764": "The Trump administration on Friday granted a Utah request for a more limited Medicaid expansion, effectively short-circuiting a ballot measure approved by voters in November", "R4mHlatwoVA-00001-00001764-00003363": "The approval allows Utah to expand its program to those who earn up to 100% of the poverty level, or about $12,500 for an individual and $25,750 for a family of four", "R4mHlatwoVA-00002-00003363-00004379": "Under Obamacare's Medicaid expansion provision, states have extended health insurance to those making up to 138% of the poverty level", "R4mHlatwoVA-00003-00004379-00005531": "Also notable is that Utah can now cap enrollment of newly eligible residents if state funding runs out; currently, Medicaid must accept anyone who qualifies", "R4mHlatwoVA-00004-00005531-00006822": "And the approval does not provide the higher level of federal funding that accompanies full expansion under Obamacare, though Utah officials have said they intend to seek the enhanced match soon", "R4mHlatwoVA-00005-00006822-00007759": "Several red states are looking to partially expand Medicaid, but want the richer support from Washington, DC, for the newly qualified", "R4mHlatwoVA-00006-00007759-00008436": "The approval is the latest step in a busy health care week for the Trump administration", "R4mHlatwoVA-00007-00008436-00009582": "On Monday, the Justice Department said the entire Affordable Care Act should be struck down in a filing with a federal appeals court, a dramatic reversal of a stance it took last year", "R4mHlatwoVA-00008-00009582-00010614": "Two days later, a federal district court judge blocked the administration's efforts to allow states to impose work requirements on Medicaid recipients", "R4mHlatwoVA-00009-00010614-00011787": "And on Thursday, another judge blocked its effort to make it easier for small businesses to band together to buy health insurance in so-called association health plans", "R4mHlatwoVA-00010-00011787-00013592": "Utah's Republican governor, Gary Herbert, and GOP lawmakers last month sought to pare back November's ballot measure by passing legislation that also limits expansion to 100%, seeks additional federal support and imposes more mandates on enrollees", "R4mHlatwoVA-00011-00013592-00014420": "That state law, however, requires additional federal waivers that Utah has yet to submit to the Trump administration", "R4mHlatwoVA-00012-00014420-00015235": "\"This is an important first step in covering vulnerable Utahns in a financially sustainable way,\" said Herbert", "R4mHlatwoVA-00013-00015235-00017398": "\"But it's just a first step. In the coming months, we will submit a detailed proposal seeking a new funding arrangement with CMS [Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services] that will decrease the state's share of the costs, provide the federal government with assurances on its costs, and provide the state with additional flexibility to manage the program", "R4mHlatwoVA-00014-00017398-00018409": "\".Friday's action means some 70,000 to 90,000 newly eligible residents can start applying on April 1, state officials said", "R4mHlatwoVA-00015-00018409-00020044": "Medicaid already covers more more than 312,000 Utahns.But it leaves out more than 50,000 people who would have qualified under the ballot measure, said Andrew Roberts, spokesman for Utah Decides, which supported the November effort", "R4mHlatwoVA-00016-00020044-00021102": "Other community advocates also decried the move, saying it would leave needy residents without access to medical care and end up costing the state more money", "R4mHlatwoVA-00017-00021102-00022539": "\"Limiting the number of people who can enroll in the Medicaid program could leave many vulnerable Utahns shut out from health coverage when they need it most,\" said Jessie Mandle, senior health policy analyst for Voices for Utah Children", "R4mHlatwoVA-00018-00022539-00023403": "Utah will have to shell out more state funds to cover the newly eligible than it would have had it expanded Medicaid like other states", "R4mHlatwoVA-00019-00023403-00024715": "The federal government funds at least 90% of the cost of additional enrollees under the Obamacare provision, while it provides less support to the core Medicaid program -- about 70% in Utah's case", "R4mHlatwoVA-00020-00024715-00025582": "Wisconsin is the only other state that has expanded its program to the poverty level at the traditional federal match level", "R4mHlatwoVA-00021-00025582-00026587": "Friday's approval also requires certain enrollees to register for employment through the state's online portal, apply for jobs and participate in training", "R4mHlatwoVA-00022-00026587-00027478": "But unlike other states' work requirements, participants will not have to show they are working a certain number of hours a month"}}, {"audio_id": "R5KpzbF3-9k", "text": {"R5KpzbF3-9k-00000-00000513-00001965": "In response to President Trump’s recent declaration of national emergency at the US-Mexico border, Democrats have increasingly and publicly mulled the possibility of using such a declaration to enact sweeping gun control measures", "R5KpzbF3-9k-00001-00001965-00003250": "The thinly-veiled threat has prompted varied responses from Republicans, and has been echoed by Democrats seeking the White House in the upcoming 2020 election, such as Kamala Harris and Julian Castro", "R5KpzbF3-9k-00002-00003250-00004888": "Following Trump’s declaration, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, widely seen as solely holding the reigns of the Democratic Party, issued an ominous warning implying a future Democrat president could implement an emergency declaration to confiscate firearms from citizens", "R5KpzbF3-9k-00003-00004888-00006066": "Other Democrats, including Elizabeth Warren, Chris Murphy, Sherrod Brown, John Hickenlooper, and others, have espoused similar anti-gun sentiments"}}, {"audio_id": "RtGEtxYfKPc", "text": {"RtGEtxYfKPc-00000-00000571-00001370": "The ACLU filed a suit against President Donald Trump, his commission, and Vice President Mike Pence", "RtGEtxYfKPc-00001-00001370-00002412": "The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a legal and civil rights nonprofit, filed a separate suit against multiple members of the administration and commission", "RtGEtxYfKPc-00002-00002412-00003564": "Both groups filed lawsuits against the Trump administration in federal court, alleging that his election commission violated federal law by operating without transparency", "RtGEtxYfKPc-00003-00003564-00004737": ".Just after becoming president in January, Trump claimed that 3 to 5 million people voted illegally and vowed to create a commission on the integrity of the voting system", "RtGEtxYfKPc-00004-00004737-00005696": "This was ostensibly to prove his unfounded claims of mass fraud. In May, Trump signed an executive order creating this commission", "RtGEtxYfKPc-00005-00005696-00006427": "Vice President Mike Pence is the group’s chair and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is vice chair", "RtGEtxYfKPc-00006-00006427-00007482": "In June, the commission caused outrage when Kobach sent letters to all 50 states requesting extensive personal information from states’ voter files", "RtGEtxYfKPc-00007-00007482-00009063": "So far, 44 states have refused to comply with the request.Theresa Lee, an attorney with with the ACLU Voting Rights Project said in a press release, “The commission held its first meeting without notice or making it open to the public", "RtGEtxYfKPc-00008-00009063-00009768": "This process is cloaked in secrecy, raising serious concerns about its credibility and intent", "RtGEtxYfKPc-00009-00009768-00011189": "What are they trying to hide?”.Both suits complain that the creation of the commission, the secrecy of meetings and procedures, and even commission membership, all run counter to The Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA)", "RtGEtxYfKPc-00010-00011189-00011623": "Guess what — Trump shut down the commission"}}, {"audio_id": "RyxMar48SZg", "text": {"RyxMar48SZg-00000-00000513-00001450": "Friday morning in New Zealand, racist white predators slaughtered 49 Muslims on their weekly day of prayer, known as Jummah", "RyxMar48SZg-00001-00001450-00002164": "The monsters knew Friday was the busiest day for any mosque, and purposely waited until that day to strike", "RyxMar48SZg-00002-00002164-00002895": "Then, while live-streaming on Facebook, carried out a heinous act in the name of caucasian preservation", "RyxMar48SZg-00003-00002895-00003741": "The president issued a phony tweet written by a staffer this morning, and said nothing else on the matter until Friday afternoon", "RyxMar48SZg-00004-00003741-00004838": "Then he tweeted this, completely pretending he played no role in the deadly mass shooting that targeted Muslims, a group of people currently banned by the United States", "RyxMar48SZg-00005-00004838-00006270": "People were immediately furious over the lack of mention of the killer’s manifesto that praised Trump’s racist behavior towards minorities and even listed Trump’s token, Candace Owens, as his number one “influencer", "RyxMar48SZg-00006-00006270-00006370": "”"}}, {"audio_id": "RGyXYy2hmFA", "text": {"RGyXYy2hmFA-00000-00000571-00002491": "One of the more horrific right-wing moments this week, though it was unfortunately not all that surprising, was Donald Trump’s appalling response to the death of Otto Warmbier, an American citizen detained in North Korea in 2016, who died of a brain injury shortly after returning home to his family in Ohio", "RGyXYy2hmFA-00001-00002491-00003585": "North Korean government officials blamed his condition on a combination of food poisoning and sleeping pills – claims that doctors couldn’t find any evidence to support", "RGyXYy2hmFA-00002-00003585-00004513": "In fact, an American official received intelligence reports suggesting the 22-year-old man was singled out for abuse by his captors", "RGyXYy2hmFA-00003-00004513-00005372": "After he died in June 2017, the White House statement blamed “the brutality of the North Korean regime” on his death", "RGyXYy2hmFA-00004-00005372-00006315": "In a press conference, Trump lamented that Warmbier should have been brought home “much, much sooner,” his trademark swipe at President Obama", "RGyXYy2hmFA-00005-00006315-00007300": "Nearly two years later, the tone from the White House is a little bit different. Trump is no longer threatening “fire and fury” against Kim Jong-Un", "RGyXYy2hmFA-00006-00007300-00008478": "Instead he’s showing an all too familiar and disturbing pattern of behavior that we already saw following the murder of Jamal Khashoggi: believing the despot over US intelligence", "RGyXYy2hmFA-00007-00008478-00009873": "After his farce of a summit, Donald Trump affirmed that he believed Kim Jong-Un’s position on Warmbier’s death – even going so far as to say he didn’t believe that the dictator “would allow that to happen''", "RGyXYy2hmFA-00008-00009873-00011727": "He went so far as to make excuses for his friend – yes, they’re still “friends” as of his latest TV appearance – attributing Kim Jong-Un’s ignorance of the incident to there being a lot of people in the camps – as though the dictator’s leadership has nothing to do with the camps’ existence in the first place", "RGyXYy2hmFA-00009-00011727-00012354": "This would be an astounding display of ignorance coming from one of Trump’s supporters", "RGyXYy2hmFA-00010-00012354-00013091": "From him, it’s downright horrific – confirming the worst that we’ve suspected of his instincts", "RGyXYy2hmFA-00011-00013091-00014439": "Any normal president would rightfully be impeached over this incident alone. Of course, when the expected blowback came, Trump claimed he was misinterpreted, but he did it over Twitter rather than facing the cameras", "RGyXYy2hmFA-00012-00014439-00015648": "The world’s despots all heard him right the first time, and so should we. Just so we’re clear, North Korea’s abysmal human rights record was meant to be discussed at the summit, but was scratched", "RGyXYy2hmFA-00013-00015648-00016586": "Donald Trump is guilty of crimes far worse than collusion – his greed has cost the lives and freedoms of innocent American civilians"}}, {"audio_id": "RWAWFahS_8o", "text": {"RWAWFahS_8o-00000-00000571-00001825": "While politicians have always been looked down on as purveyors of false statements, this belief has only been amplified over the past few years due to the numerous and outlandish lies by Donald Trump", "RWAWFahS_8o-00001-00001825-00002835": "The belief that politics is centered around propaganda has only increased since Trump hired Rudy Giuliani to join his team of lawyers in April of last year", "RWAWFahS_8o-00002-00002835-00004382": "It has long been understood that Giuliani’s sole purpose on Trump’s team has been to publicly provide lies and propaganda in an effort to dissuade Trump supporters from believing the results of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Trump-Russia treason", "RWAWFahS_8o-00003-00004382-00005876": "One of Giuliani’s biggest deceptions, which was parroted by various major news outlets at the time, was when he announced last May that Mueller had admitted he could not indict Donald Trump: “All they get to do is write a report", "RWAWFahS_8o-00004-00005876-00006631": "They can’t indict. At least they acknowledged that to us after some battling, they acknowledged that to us", "RWAWFahS_8o-00005-00006631-00007631": "” While this announcement likely assuaged Trump’s immediate desire to illegally end Mueller’s investigation, it carried zero legal weight", "RWAWFahS_8o-00006-00007631-00008692": "As Palmer Report has documented, the supposed Department of Justice “rules” preventing a sitting president from being indicted are simply a nonbinding guideline", "RWAWFahS_8o-00007-00008692-00009671": "As presented on Thursday night’s Rachel Maddow show, these guidelines are not only arbitrary and untested, but also likely inaccurate", "RWAWFahS_8o-00008-00009671-00011019": "According to J.T. Smith, who served at the CIA and was a top advisor to Attorney General Elliot Richardson, the process of determining if a president can be indicted was quite ambiguous", "RWAWFahS_8o-00009-00011019-00012409": "“It would be timely and appropriate for the justice department and Robert Mueller to reconsider the shaky policy regarding indictabilty of a sitting president first formulated 45 years ago,” Smith stated", "RWAWFahS_8o-00010-00012409-00013819": "“The durability of this opinion is curious.” So someone involved in the original decision, on whether a president can face punishment for illegal actions while in office, is now openly admitting that it was faulty", "RWAWFahS_8o-00011-00013819-00014658": "I think it is well past time that we determine this once and for all. Mueller should indict Trump yesterday!"}}, {"audio_id": "RcgfkiboKbU", "text": {"RcgfkiboKbU-00000-00000000-00000747": "Donald Trump is livid after he watched CBS’ 60 Minutes interview with Andrew McCabe", "RcgfkiboKbU-00001-00000747-00001815": "The FBI director whom he hired to replace John Comey has written a tell-all book, The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump", "RcgfkiboKbU-00002-00001815-00002578": "Yet, it was the televised interview that caused Trump to be spitting fire in his morning tweets", "RcgfkiboKbU-00003-00002578-00003278": "McCabe made a good case for the president of these United States being a Russian operative", "RcgfkiboKbU-00004-00003278-00003931": "He let us inside of a conversation he had with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein", "RcgfkiboKbU-00005-00003931-00004748": "The deputy AG was seriously rattled after Trump fired Comey, and he said he could wear a wire to get evidence on the president:", "RcgfkiboKbU-00006-00004748-00005926": "‘“After two years and interviewing more than two hundred witnesses, the Senate Intelligence Committee has NOT discovered any direct evidence of a conspiracy between the Trump Campaign and Russia", "RcgfkiboKbU-00007-00005926-00007016": "” Ken Dilanian @NBCNews’.That hit a sore spot with the commander-in-chief. He tweeted that the Senate Intelligence committee had no evidence of a Russia conspiracy", "RcgfkiboKbU-00008-00007016-00008048": "Although, that committee is far from done. Then, Trump tried to discredit McCabe, Rosenstein, and former attorney general Jeff Session:", "RcgfkiboKbU-00009-00008048-00009100": "‘Wow, so many lies by now disgraced acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe. He was fired for lying, and now his story gets even more deranged", "RcgfkiboKbU-00010-00009100-00010080": "He and Rod Rosenstein, who was hired by Jeff Sessions (another beauty), look like they were planning a very illegal act, and got caught…", "RcgfkiboKbU-00011-00010080-00011057": "’That hit a sore spot with the commander-in-chief. He tweeted that the Senate Intelligence committee had no evidence of a Russia conspiracy", "RcgfkiboKbU-00012-00011057-00012088": "Although, that committee is far from done. Then, Trump tried to discredit McCabe, Rosenstein, and former attorney general Jeff Session:", "RcgfkiboKbU-00013-00012088-00013141": "‘Wow, so many lies by now disgraced acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe. He was fired for lying, and now his story gets even more deranged", "RcgfkiboKbU-00014-00013141-00014121": "He and Rod Rosenstein, who was hired by Jeff Sessions (another beauty), look like they were planning a very illegal act, and got caught…", "RcgfkiboKbU-00015-00014121-00015351": "’Then, 45 had an after thought as he continued to watch Fox & Friends. Trump media’s Dan Bongino called the discussion between McCabe and Rosenstein “an illegal coup attempt:”", "RcgfkiboKbU-00016-00015351-00016236": "‘“This was an illegal coup attempt on the President of the United States.” Dan Bongino on @foxandfriends True!’"}}, {"audio_id": "RnQt5ih0UGE", "text": {"RnQt5ih0UGE-00000-00000513-00001545": "Congress continues to deal with the fallout of President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration last month over the supposed crisis at the southern border", "RnQt5ih0UGE-00001-00001545-00003412": "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced this Wednesday that her chamber would not be taking up Senate GOP legislation that responds to the essentially completely baseless declaration by curtailing the emergency powers of future presidents while leaving Trump’s current move intact", "RnQt5ih0UGE-00002-00003412-00004818": "As she put it:.‘In an effort to avoid voting in favor of the House’s resolution to terminate Trump’s fake emergency, GOP senators are proposing legislation to allow Trump to violate the Constitution *just this once", "RnQt5ih0UGE-00003-00004818-00006952": "* The House will not take up this legislation to give President Trump a pass.’.The legislation in question would make future emergency declarations expire after thirty days in the absence of Congressional action and has been presented as an alternative to directly voting to cancel Trump’s currently in-place declaration, an issue the Senate will be taking up Thursday", "RnQt5ih0UGE-00004-00006952-00007842": "Trump hopes to use subsequent executive power from the declaration to procure billions in funding for his southern border wall", "RnQt5ih0UGE-00005-00007842-00008968": "The Democratic majority House has already voted to cancel the declaration, moving to do so under the power of the same legislation that allowed for it in the first place", "RnQt5ih0UGE-00006-00008968-00009841": "Although the Senate remains in the hands of the GOP and even Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky", "RnQt5ih0UGE-00007-00009841-00011217": ") has expressed support for the president’s declaration, at least when this week began, four Republican Senators indicated plans to vote to strike it down, giving the cancellation the simple majority it needed", "RnQt5ih0UGE-00008-00011217-00012411": "Those to express opposition to that level have included Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Susan Collins (Maine), Rand Paul (Ky", "RnQt5ih0UGE-00009-00012411-00013430": "), and Thom Tillis (N.C.) — although The New York Times claimed on Tuesday that Tillis seemed to be “wavering” in his commitment to vote down the declaration", "RnQt5ih0UGE-00010-00013430-00014263": "Trump personally lobbied for Republican Senators to support his national emergency declaration on Twitter this Wednesday, posting:", "RnQt5ih0UGE-00011-00014263-00015360": "‘Republican Senators are overthinking tomorrow’s vote on National Emergency. It is very simply Border Security/No Crime – Should not be thought of any other way", "RnQt5ih0UGE-00012-00015360-00016097": "We have a MAJOR NATIONAL EMERGENCY at our Border and the People of our Country know it very well!’", "RnQt5ih0UGE-00013-00016097-00017134": "Either way, the cancellation is unlikely to make it through, because it also has to be approved by the president and he’s unsurprisingly pledged to veto the measure", "RnQt5ih0UGE-00014-00017134-00017933": "Neither Congressional chamber have a two-thirds, veto-proof majority in favor of the cancellation", "RnQt5ih0UGE-00015-00017933-00019550": "All hope is far from lost for those against the proclamation, however. The move quickly faced a number of lawsuits, including one with a coalition of 16 states led by California’s Attorney General Xavier Becerra against the Trump administration", "RnQt5ih0UGE-00016-00019550-00021958": "The declaration has essentially no basis in reality. Confronted with the facts of at least comparatively low crime associated with the southern border and undocumented immigration during his press conference announcing his national emergency declaration, Trump claimed there are vast unreported criminal networks among undocumented immigrants, singling them out with no tangible basis other than their skin color", "RnQt5ih0UGE-00017-00021958-00022917": "Still, Trump remains undeterred. In his recent budget proposal for the 2020 fiscal year, he asked for a whopping $8", "RnQt5ih0UGE-00018-00022917-00023933": "6 billion for his long-sought southern border wall blocking off Mexico, which there is no indication whatsoever Congress will actually give him"}}, {"audio_id": "S9cadm6zLo4", "text": {"S9cadm6zLo4-00000-00000571-00001250": "“President” Donald Trump took to Twitter this past weekend to complain about Saturday Night Live", "S9cadm6zLo4-00001-00001250-00001864": "He suggested that SNL should be investigated for “collusion with the Democrats and Russia", "S9cadm6zLo4-00002-00001864-00002854": "” He wondered why SNL mocks him since he has a “52%” approval rating and “93%” approval with Republicans", "S9cadm6zLo4-00003-00002854-00003969": "It’s hard to believe that he has either approval rating, but especially hard to believe that overall he has 52%, so a little investigation is in order", "S9cadm6zLo4-00004-00003969-00005638": "According to Gallup, Trump’s current approval rating is 39% (March 1-10, 2019). The highest he has ever been in this survey is 45% (January 20-29, 2017 and June 11-17, 2018)", "S9cadm6zLo4-00005-00005638-00006417": "Trump has never had a rating at Gallup above 50%. Gallup takes these numbers one step further", "S9cadm6zLo4-00006-00006417-00007485": "They examined the presidencies of Obama, G.W. Bush, Clinton, GHW Bush, Reagan, Carter, Nixon, Kennedy, and Eisenhower", "S9cadm6zLo4-00007-00007485-00008538": "The lowest of all presidents in January of the third year belongs to Reagan at 41%, with the highest being Eisenhower at 69%", "S9cadm6zLo4-00008-00008538-00010155": "Trump can’t even beat Nixon, whose approval rating was 50%. Amazingly, Trump’s Republican support stands at 90%, with his lowest rating from Republicans at 77% (December 11-17, 2017)", "S9cadm6zLo4-00009-00010155-00010839": "It’s frankly puzzling that Republicans continue to support this clown in such numbers", "S9cadm6zLo4-00010-00010839-00011664": "Trump loves to brag and inflate numbers to placate his base. Trump is a failure in the land of the lucid", "S9cadm6zLo4-00011-00011664-00013684": "He attempts to mask his failure with hateful rhetoric, lies, and intimidation. In this instance as reported by MSNBC, he asked via tweet: “Should Federal Election Commission and/or FCC look into this?” Really, Trump? It’s sad that this man doesn’t know the difference between a news outlet and a comedy show", "S9cadm6zLo4-00012-00013684-00014890": "If Trump doesn’t like being mocked, he should stop acting like an idiot. Trump’s tweetfest doesn’t help to prove otherwise; the show on Saturday night was a rerun from Christmas", "S9cadm6zLo4-00013-00014890-00015763": "As MSNBC pointed out, “entertainment programming mocking newsworthy figures is protected as free speech", "S9cadm6zLo4-00014-00015763-00016570": "” Trump further claims that SNL is “like advertising without consequences” and “a boost to help Democrats", "S9cadm6zLo4-00015-00016570-00018135": "” MSNBC analyzed Trump’s comments and clarified: Trump seems to be referring to the ‘equal time rule’ which mandates that US broadcast TV stations give equal air-time opportunities to opposing political candidates in prime-time if requested", "S9cadm6zLo4-00016-00018135-00018882": "But Trump is president, not a candidate, and SNL is in late-night and, again, parody", "S9cadm6zLo4-00017-00018882-00019908": "There’s also FCC’s ‘fairness doctrine,’ a regulation that required networks to give balanced coverage to matters of public controversy", "S9cadm6zLo4-00018-00019908-00021011": "The FCC eliminated the policy in 1987.” Trump doesn’t even bother to research anything before he speaks, not that it should surprise anyone", "S9cadm6zLo4-00019-00021011-00022163": "Donald Trump needs to try doing his job, which is apparently all but impossible for him; it’s much easier for him to start conflicts to cover for his failures", "S9cadm6zLo4-00020-00022163-00023153": "He does absolutely nothing for our country but continue to tout numbers that don’t exist, claim accolades that are not his and divide the country", "S9cadm6zLo4-00021-00023153-00023759": "That division is the one thing he does well. He should start claiming that instead"}}, {"audio_id": "Su5vX99_xtM", "text": {"Su5vX99_xtM-00000-00000571-00002229": "Victoria Nuland, President Obama’s assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian Affairs from September 2013 until January 2017, has been linked to the notorious anti-Trump dossier fabricated by Hillary Clinton’s opposition research firm", "Su5vX99_xtM-00001-00002229-00003266": "The author of the dossier, Christopher Steele, reportedly had developed long-standing relationships with senior State Department officials, including Nuland", "Su5vX99_xtM-00002-00003266-00004045": "“Between 2014 and 2016, Steele authored more than a hundred reports on Russia and Ukraine", "Su5vX99_xtM-00003-00004045-00005372": "These were written for a private client but shared widely within the State Department and sent up to Secretary of State John Kerry and to Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, who was in charge of the U", "Su5vX99_xtM-00004-00005372-00006824": "S. response to the Ukraine crisis.”. .To understand better how the dossier’s spurious charges were spread around the Obama administration, Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U", "Su5vX99_xtM-00005-00006824-00008117": "S. Department of State for communications between Nuland and employees of Fusion GPS, as well as top ranking Department of Justice, FBI, and State Department officials", "Su5vX99_xtM-00006-00008117-00009180": "Judicial Watch sued because the State Department failed to respond to our November 1, 2018, FOIA request (Judicial Watch v", "Su5vX99_xtM-00007-00009180-00011001": "U.S. Department of State (No. 1:19-cv-00574)). They are seeking:.Any and all records of communication between Ambassador Victoria Nuland and any of the following individuals between January 1, 2016, and January 25, 2017:", "Su5vX99_xtM-00008-00011001-00012187": "Professor Joseph Mifsud.Mr. Christopher Steele.Mr. Glenn Simpson.Mrs. Nellie Ohr.Former CIA Director John Brennan", "Su5vX99_xtM-00009-00012187-00012850": "Former Undersecretary of State Patrick Kennedy.Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch", "Su5vX99_xtM-00010-00012850-00013493": "Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.Former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates", "Su5vX99_xtM-00011-00013493-00014271": "Former Assistant Attorney General John P. Carlin.Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General George Toscas", "Su5vX99_xtM-00012-00014271-00015298": "Former DOJ Official David Laufman.Former Homeland Security Advisor Lisa Monaco.Former Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Ohr", "Su5vX99_xtM-00013-00015298-00016283": "Former FBI Director James Comey.Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.Former FBI Agent Peter Strzok", "Su5vX99_xtM-00014-00016283-00017093": "FBI Attorney Lisa Page.FBI Attorney James Baker.Former FBI Chief of Staff James Rybicki", "Su5vX99_xtM-00015-00017093-00018098": "FBI Assistant Director Edward William Priestap.Former FBI Agent John Giacalone.Former FBI Agent Michael Steinbach", "Su5vX99_xtM-00016-00018098-00019942": "Former FBI Agent Josh Campbell.On February 4, 2018, in an interview on CBS’ Face the Nation, Nuland stated that she had been given details of the anti-Trump dossier directly from Christopher Steele, which she then referred to the Federal Bureau of Investigation:", "Su5vX99_xtM-00017-00019942-00020870": "[Steele] passed two to four pages of short points of what he was finding. And our immediate reaction to that was, this is not in our purview", "Su5vX99_xtM-00018-00020870-00021813": "This needs to go to the FBI if there is any concern here that one candidate or the election as a whole might be influenced by the Russian Federation", "Su5vX99_xtM-00019-00021813-00022523": "That’s something for the FBI to investigate. And that was our reaction when we saw this", "Su5vX99_xtM-00020-00022523-00023743": "It’s not our – our – we can’t evaluate this.Nuland reportedly “green lit” the initial meeting about the anti-Trump dossier between Christopher Steele and FBI agent Michael Gaeta", "Su5vX99_xtM-00021-00023743-00025449": "Quoting from David Corn and Michael Isikoff’s book Russian Roulette, “The FBI checked with Victoria Nuland’s office at the State Department: Do you support this meeting? Nuland, having found Steele’s reports on Ukraine to have been generally credible, gave the green light", "Su5vX99_xtM-00022-00025449-00026384": "”.Judicial Watch intends to find out how far the Deep State was willing to go in their effort to discredit then-candidate Donald Trump", "Su5vX99_xtM-00023-00026384-00027220": "There clearly was an Obama administration no-holds-barred attempt to clear the path to the presidency for Hillary Clinton", "Su5vX99_xtM-00024-00027220-00028056": "Judicial Watch’s FOIA lawsuits have already shown the Obama State Department was corruptly targeting President Trump", "Su5vX99_xtM-00025-00028056-00030091": ".Judicial Watch already exposed elements of the plot when we released 42 pages of heavily redacted State Department documents containing classified information that was provided to Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and outspoken critic of President Donald Trump", "Su5vX99_xtM-00026-00030091-00030885": "The documents show Russian political interference in elections and politics in countries across Europe", "Su5vX99_xtM-00027-00030885-00031783": "And then they released more heavily redacted State documents showing classified information was desperately sent to multiple U", "Su5vX99_xtM-00028-00031783-00032562": "S. Senators by the Obama administration immediately prior to President Donald Trump’s inauguration", "Su5vX99_xtM-00029-00032562-00033189": "The documents reveal that among those receiving the classified documents were Sen", "Su5vX99_xtM-00030-00033189-00034069": "Mark Warner (D-VA), Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD), and Sen. Robert Corker (R-TN)"}}, {"audio_id": "SCRPXs4LOdQ", "text": {"SCRPXs4LOdQ-00000-00000571-00002310": "Since last week, the news media has been busy churning out content echoing a talking point propagated during Congressional testimony by President Trump’s disgraced and disbarred attorney Michael Cohen claiming that Trump will not allow a peaceful transition if he loses the 2020 election", "SCRPXs4LOdQ-00001-00002310-00003246": "Journalists and pundits utilized Cohen’s remarks to warn about such outlandish post-election scenarios as Trump using the U", "SCRPXs4LOdQ-00002-00003246-00004081": "S. military to cling to power, raising a private army of mercenaries or deliberately igniting a civil war", "SCRPXs4LOdQ-00003-00004081-00004870": "Cohen is a convict who pled guilty to, among other things, lying to Congress in two separate prosecutions", "SCRPXs4LOdQ-00004-00004870-00005834": "The prison-bound Cohen also pled guilty to violating campaign finance laws and financial crimes, including tax evasion and bank fraud", "SCRPXs4LOdQ-00005-00005834-00006699": "In his closing remarks before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Cohen stated:''Given my experience working for Mr", "SCRPXs4LOdQ-00006-00006699-00007566": "Trump, I fear that if he loses the election in 2020, there will never be a peaceful transition of power", "SCRPXs4LOdQ-00007-00007566-00009118": "After the credibility-challenged Cohen’s internationally televised testimony, John Dean, President Richard Nixon’s former White House counsel, wrote an op-ed for the New York Times in which he drew parallels with his own defining testimony against Nixon", "SCRPXs4LOdQ-00008-00009118-00010486": "Dean used the column to say that he shares Cohen’s fears. Dean opined that Cohen’s warning about a violent transition “was the most troubling — actually, chilling — thing he said in his five hours before the committee''", "SCRPXs4LOdQ-00009-00010486-00011461": "He further wrote:''Since Mr. Cohen’s warning came in his closing words, there was no opportunity for committee members to ask follow-up questions", "SCRPXs4LOdQ-00010-00011461-00012226": "So I double-checked with his lawyer, Lanny Davis, if I had understood Mr. Cohen’s testimony correctly", "SCRPXs4LOdQ-00011-00012226-00013226": "Mr. Davis responded, “He was referring to Trump’s authoritarian mind-set, and lack of respect for democracy and democratic institutions''", "SCRPXs4LOdQ-00012-00013226-00014512": "Indeed, what is most similar about my and Mr. Cohen’s testimony is that we both challenged authoritarian presidents of the United States by revealing their lies and abuses of power", "SCRPXs4LOdQ-00013-00014512-00015368": "Mr. Trump is the first authoritarian president since Mr. Nixon, and neither he nor his supporters will play fair", "SCRPXs4LOdQ-00014-00015368-00016447": "Mr. Cohen will be dealing with these people the rest of his life. .In fact, all Americans are affected by the growing authoritarianism that made Mr", "SCRPXs4LOdQ-00015-00016447-00017079": "Trump president. These people who facilitated his rise will remain long after Mr", "SCRPXs4LOdQ-00016-00017079-00018093": "Trump is gone. We need to pay more attention.In a piece published in the Miami Herald and other publications, syndicated columnist Leonard Pitts Jr", "SCRPXs4LOdQ-00017-00018093-00018803": "warned, “Should Trump lose in 2020, a smooth transition is not guaranteed''"}}, {"audio_id": "SGFiyGlBeX8", "text": {"SGFiyGlBeX8-00000-00000513-00002002": "The New Yorker‘s Jane Mayer discussed on CNN Tuesday morning a stunning detail from her bombshell report on Fox News: rumors that the network slipped Donald Trump two questions before a Republican primary debate in 2016", "SGFiyGlBeX8-00001-00002002-00003263": "Two insiders at Fox News and two people close to the Trump campaign told Mayer that an eyewitness saw former Fox News head Roger Ailes tip-off Trump to “two key debate questions", "SGFiyGlBeX8-00002-00003263-00004663": "”.One of the questions that Trump allegedly knew about ended up being infamous: Megyn Kelly‘s searing question about his treatment of women, two which the candidate quipped that he had only called Rosie O’Donnell a fat pig", "SGFiyGlBeX8-00003-00004663-00005917": "“He seemed somewhat prepared for the Megyn Kelly question actually when you go back and look at the tape, you’ll see he had a really snappy rejoinder,” Mayer told CNN’s Alisyn Camerota", "SGFiyGlBeX8-00004-00005917-00006575": "“Maybe he’s just really quick. But he was certainly ready with a one-liner there", "SGFiyGlBeX8-00005-00006575-00007733": "”.Mayer noted that in Kelly’s book, Settle for More, she writes that Trump called Fox News before the debate to say he heard she was planning on asking a tough question", "SGFiyGlBeX8-00006-00007733-00008644": "“Megyn Kelly has said she doesn’t think that he was tipped off, but there are people there that claimed that it did happen,” Mayer said"}}, {"audio_id": "SHLfN49E28c", "text": {"SHLfN49E28c-00000-00000513-00001659": "The president has a hard time keeping people in the White House, and why wouldn’t he? He’s under multiple investigations, including probes by the FBI and House Democrats", "SHLfN49E28c-00001-00001659-00002686": "His television appearances, as well as his relentless tweeting speaks volumes of the mental breakdown headed our way via the president of the United States", "SHLfN49E28c-00002-00002686-00004081": "In the three years since Trump took office, probably dozens of people have come and gone after quickly realizing this administration is headed for a major derailment that likely ends with the president in prison", "SHLfN49E28c-00003-00004081-00004875": "One more official just resigned suddenly, and Trump is acting like nothing is happening, as per the usual", "SHLfN49E28c-00004-00004875-00005633": "Trade Advisor Clete Willems announced Friday that he will be leaving his position in the White House", "SHLfN49E28c-00005-00005633-00006521": "Willems said this about his work with Trump:.“It has been a great honor to serve the president in this White House for the last two years\"", "SHLfN49E28c-00006-00006521-00007714": "“President Trump’s leadership on trade has entirely changed the global conversation and will lead to an international system that is more free, fair, and reciprocal\"", "SHLfN49E28c-00007-00007714-00009049": "Willems, who was top trade advisor for Trump’s negotiations with China, as well as lead negotiator for the Group of Seven and Group of 20 summits alongside Council Director Larry Kudlow", "SHLfN49E28c-00008-00009049-00011173": "Kudlow had this to say about Willems’ departure:.“As my top international deputy, Clete has helped the president change the global conversation on trade and make exceptional progress in negotiations with China, the EU, Korea, and reform of the international trading system.We will miss him and wish him all the best.”", "SHLfN49E28c-00009-00011173-00011680": "The president currently has a summit scheduled with Chinese leaders", "SHLfN49E28c-00010-00011680-00012333": "It was originally set to take place next week, but has now been pushed back to April", "SHLfN49E28c-00011-00012333-00013189": "This has people wondering why Willems would choose to leave at such a tense time for the president, if they truly are friendly"}}, {"audio_id": "SPsIwmTCXLA", "text": {"SPsIwmTCXLA-00000-00000513-00001850": "One day after announcing a broad inquiry into President Trump's political and personal life, House Democrats began to offer some hints as to how they plan to pry Trump's most closely held secret from him", "SPsIwmTCXLA-00001-00001850-00003564": "\"Congressional Democrats are likely to request 10 years of President Trump's tax returns in coming weeks, tailoring their inquiry in a way they hope will survive a court battle, according to lawmakers and others involved in the discussions,\" reads the top of a Washington Post story published Tuesday", "SPsIwmTCXLA-00002-00003564-00005476": "Much remains uncertain -- do Democrats try to get Trump's personal taxes and taxes for his various businesses, for instance -- but what is clear is that the newly installed majority party in the House has no plans to back down from what will almost certainly be one of the most pitched fights of the second half of Trump's first term", "SPsIwmTCXLA-00003-00005476-00006288": "Some context here: Trump is the only modern president -- since Richard Nixon -- to not release any of his income tax returns", "SPsIwmTCXLA-00004-00006288-00006944": "He was also the first major party presidential nominee since Watergate not to do so", "SPsIwmTCXLA-00005-00006944-00008122": "The excuses he has provided for his lack of transparency have varied -- from claiming he is under an ongoing audit to insisting that tax returns reveal little about a person's finances", "SPsIwmTCXLA-00006-00008122-00008744": "(Tax returns provide the fullest picture of someone's financial well being -- or lack thereof", "SPsIwmTCXLA-00007-00008744-00009378": "And simply being under audit does not preclude an individual from releasing returns", "SPsIwmTCXLA-00008-00009378-00010225": ").This is a fight that has been simmering, slowly, since the day Democrats took over the House majority last November", "SPsIwmTCXLA-00009-00010225-00011552": "Under a little-known law passed in the 1920s, the chairman of the House Ways and Ways Means Committee can request any individual's tax return and the law says the secretary of the Treasury \"shall\" turn it over", "SPsIwmTCXLA-00010-00011552-00012468": "Trump -- and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin -- have made clear they have zero plans to hand over the President's return to Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep", "SPsIwmTCXLA-00011-00012468-00014012": "Richard Neal, D- Massachusetts. Republicans in Congress have made clear they will fight the attempt by Democrats to get Trump's tax returns -- insisting that the effort is entirely political and amounts to an invasion of privacy", "SPsIwmTCXLA-00012-00014012-00014814": "The likely outcome? A series of legal maneuvers that could well land the case in front of the Supreme Court", "SPsIwmTCXLA-00013-00014814-00015909": "Which could, again, put the court right in the middle of a hugely contentious political fight with all sorts of implications on the coming 2020 presidential race"}}, {"audio_id": "SZhCc75A8o0", "text": {"SZhCc75A8o0-00000-00000513-00002020": "U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., was the target of \"a political stunt\" when he was served with a subpoena following his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Maryland, his spokeswoman said Friday", "SZhCc75A8o0-00001-00002020-00003067": "The subpoena was reportedly delivered by the process server of Elad Gross, a Democratic candidate for Missouri attorney general who is suing Missouri Gov", "SZhCc75A8o0-00002-00003067-00004426": "Mike Parson’s office.“We got him,” Gross tweeted before noon on Friday. “After more than two weeks of evading service, Senator Josh Hawley was personally served with the subpoena at CPAC", "SZhCc75A8o0-00003-00004426-00006014": "”.Gross said the subpoena was issued in early February by the Cole County Circuit Court at his request because of Hawley’s alleged mishandling of Missouri’s Sunshine Law – which deals with government transparency – while he was state attorney general, the St", "SZhCc75A8o0-00004-00006014-00006952": "Louis Post-Dispatch reported. A subpoena was reportedly served to Hawley's office in early February, but not to Hawley personally", "SZhCc75A8o0-00005-00006952-00007688": "Gross said in a news release around that time that he had sought records of correspondence between Gov", "SZhCc75A8o0-00006-00007688-00008866": "Parson and a nonprofit group but was informed his request would cost $3,600 and take six months to process, the Kansas City Star reported", "SZhCc75A8o0-00007-00008866-00010031": "Gross charged that Hawley, who was attorney general at the time, failed to enforce the Sunshine Law by not taking action against Parson for his supposed lack of transparency", "SZhCc75A8o0-00008-00010031-00011134": "Kelli Ford, a spokeswoman for Hawley, reacted to Gross's remarks Friday.“This is another political stunt by a political candidate,\" Ford told the Star", "SZhCc75A8o0-00009-00011134-00011776": "\"The reality is that Mr. Gross has been evading a court date to discuss the matter", "SZhCc75A8o0-00010-00011776-00012445": "\".Ford was referring to a hearing in the case being rescheduled from Friday to mid-March", "SZhCc75A8o0-00011-00012445-00014159": "Gross has denied Ford's accusations, according to the Post-Dispatch.The subpoena came amid other allegations, by the liberal group American Democracy Legal Fund, that Hawley used public resources while state attorney general to bolster his successful U", "SZhCc75A8o0-00012-00014159-00015185": "S. Senate bid. But on Thursday, Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft said his office found no evidence to support those allegations"}}, {"audio_id": "SZLI8K-96TA", "text": {"SZLI8K-96TA-00000-00000571-00002206": "A presidential campaign video by Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) in which she calls President Donald Trump “al-Qaeda’s big brother” in Syria caught the eye of Iran’s state-run PressTV on Wednesday, which highlighted her “Twitter attack” in defense of Rep", "SZLI8K-96TA-00001-00002206-00003031": "Ilhan Omar (D-MN).President Trump called Omar, one of the first Muslim women elected to the U", "SZLI8K-96TA-00002-00003031-00004970": "S. House of Representatives, “extremely unpatriotic and extremely disrespectful to our country” this week after video surfaced showing the lawmaker describing the September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda attacks as “some people did something” at an event hosted by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)", "SZLI8K-96TA-00003-00004970-00006106": ".CAIR has been declared a terrorist organization by the United Arab Emirates and was named by federal prosecutors as an unindicted co-conspirator in a Hamas-funding operation", "SZLI8K-96TA-00004-00006106-00007284": "The remarks were the latest controversy for Omar, who has repeatedly made antisemitic statements in public and won election to Congress despite allegations of immigration fraud", "SZLI8K-96TA-00005-00007284-00007953": "PressTV picked up Gabbard’s video on Wednesday after she posted it Sunday on Twitter", "SZLI8K-96TA-00006-00007953-00009306": "In the video, she contends that opposing dictator Bashar al-Assad in Syria has landed Trump on the same side as the perpetrators of the September 11 attacks, rendering his criticism of Omar hypocritical", "SZLI8K-96TA-00007-00009306-00010089": ".Trump, not Omar, she says, has “been acting as al-Qaeda’s big brother and protector in Syria", "SZLI8K-96TA-00008-00010089-00010742": "” She adds that Trump has turned America into a “prostitute” for the Saudi government", "SZLI8K-96TA-00009-00010742-00012824": "The video is far from the first time Gabbard has condemned President Trump for maintaining an alliance with Saudi Arabia and opposing Iran’s attempts to expand its influence through the Middle East using proxies like Assad, the Houthi rebels in Yemen, the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in Iraq, and Lebanese Hamas", "SZLI8K-96TA-00010-00012824-00013577": "In November, Gabbard called Trump “Saudi Arabia’s bitch” for maintaining a weapons sales deal with Riyadh", "SZLI8K-96TA-00011-00013577-00014402": "More recently, Gabbard called Trump a “servant of Saudi Arabia” for vetoing a bill demanding a withdrawal of U", "SZLI8K-96TA-00012-00014402-00015201": "S. advisers from Yemen, where they work alongside the legitimate government the Houthis ousted from Sana’a", "SZLI8K-96TA-00013-00015201-00016648": "Gabbard has taken a hard line in Iran’s favor on the Syrian Civil War for years, saying anti-Assad rebels in the country are “all the same” and indistinguishable from al-Qaeda, which is the Assad regime’s position on the matter", "SZLI8K-96TA-00014-00016648-00018271": "Gabbard met Assad personally during a visit to the country in 2017, prompting outrage from many who considered the visit a violation of the Logan Act, which prevents individual Americans from meeting with adverse foreign governments without express permission", "SZLI8K-96TA-00015-00018271-00019224": "Gabbard had congressional approval for the trip, but not for meeting Assad.“Initially I hadn’t planned on meeting him,” Gabbard said at the time", "SZLI8K-96TA-00016-00019224-00020974": "“When the opportunity arose to meet with him, I did so, because I felt it’s important that if we profess to truly care about the Syrian people, about their suffering, then we’ve got to be able to meet with anyone that we need to if there is a possibility that we could achieve peace", "SZLI8K-96TA-00017-00020974-00022497": "And that’s exactly what we talked about.”.As a presidential candidate, Gabbard has attempted to use her proximity to a dictator, accused repeatedly of using chemical weapons against civilians, to her advantage in the 2020 Democratic primary", "SZLI8K-96TA-00018-00022497-00023654": "At public events, she has promised an end to “regime change wars” and to prevent a “new cold war” with Russia, Assad’s other major state ally aside from Iran"}}, {"audio_id": "Sad6sEAX5a4", "text": {"Sad6sEAX5a4-00000-00000571-00001955": "Paul Waldman, a Jewish columnist for The Washington Post, shut down Donald Trump’s notion that Jews are fleeing the Democratic Party to become Republicans after the president claimed Democrats are anti-Semites", "Sad6sEAX5a4-00001-00001955-00003340": "Paul Waldman, a Jewish columnist for The Washington Post, shut down Donald Trump’s notion that Jews are fleeing the Democratic Party to become Republicans after the president claimed Democrats are anti-Semites", "Sad6sEAX5a4-00002-00003340-00004813": ".Writing “Take a look in the mirror,” Waldman stated that he was “raised in an intensely Zionist family with a long history of devotion and sacrifice for Israel,” he can safely speak for many Jews by saying: Thanks, but no thanks", "Sad6sEAX5a4-00003-00004813-00006169": "“President Trump is making a play for the Jews. And like many Republicans before him, he seems to think that this time, American Jews will finally abandon their loyalty to the Democratic Party and join the GOP", "Sad6sEAX5a4-00004-00006169-00007145": "It’s an old prediction, and it always turns out to be wrong,” he wrote before adding, “But, this time, it’s more wrong than ever", "Sad6sEAX5a4-00005-00007145-00007830": "If Trump wants to know why Jews won’t become Republicans, he should look in a mirror''", "Sad6sEAX5a4-00006-00007830-00009084": "Responding to a Trump tweet about a former staffer, Elizabeth Pipko, who appeared on Fox News to proclaim Democrats are facing a “Jexodus,” Waldman said not so fast", "Sad6sEAX5a4-00007-00009084-00010351": "“Pipko is the spokesperson for Jexodus, which you’ll be surprised to learn is actually not a group of ex-Democrats, but the creation of a Republican political consultant,” he explained", "Sad6sEAX5a4-00008-00010351-00010998": "“Republicans have long thought of this as some kind of delusion for which Jews could be cured …", "Sad6sEAX5a4-00009-00010998-00011735": "And now, Trump has added a new twist, one perfectly appropriate for him,” he continued", "Sad6sEAX5a4-00010-00011735-00012989": "“He plainly hopes that if Jews are feeling unsettled or afraid by rising anti-Semitism, then they’ll rush to embrace his authoritarian politics, as he poses as their defender and protector''", "Sad6sEAX5a4-00011-00012989-00014632": "“American Jews aren’t liberals by accident or out of some collective delusion, but because of a set of values that grows from their history and that gets passed from generation to generation,” Waldman wrote, revealing his own family’s involvement in the civil rights movement", "Sad6sEAX5a4-00012-00014632-00015805": "Waldman then smirked at Trump’s daughter Ivanka’s conversion to Judaism, while pointing out the president can use her a human shield when it comes to his own anti-Semitism", "Sad6sEAX5a4-00013-00015805-00017194": "“Jews know exactly who Trump is,” he wrote. “They don’t care that his daughter converted to Judaism when she got married (and, really, if there’s a more goyishe Jew than Ivanka Trump, I can’t think of who it might be)", "Sad6sEAX5a4-00014-00017194-00018406": "They don’t care how many times he accuses Democrats of being the real anti-Semites, or how many times he says, ‘I am the least anti-Semitic person that you’ve ever seen in your entire life’''", "Sad6sEAX5a4-00015-00018406-00019684": "“To paraphrase Andrew Gillum, Trump may not be an anti-Semite, but all the anti-Semites think he’s an anti-Semite,” he continued, before dropping the mic on Trump and the GOP", "Sad6sEAX5a4-00016-00019684-00021841": "“In short, Jews will not be abandoning their longstanding ideological and partisan home in the Democratic Party in order to jump over to a party that opposes everything they believe in, and that has cast its lot with a president who has built his political career on encouraging voters to be as hostile as possible to those they think are not like them,” Waldman claimed", "Sad6sEAX5a4-00017-00021841-00022609": "“Jews are smart enough to know that Trump is not the solution to their problem. He is the problem''"}}, {"audio_id": "SeT5hViIbfu", "text": {"SeT5hViIbfu-00000-00000571-00002130": "President Donald Trump pressured his then-chief of staff John Kelly and White House counsel Don McGahn to grant his daughter and senior adviser Ivanka Trump a security clearance against their recommendations, three people familiar with the matter told CNN", "SeT5hViIbfu-00001-00002130-00003029": "The President's crusade to grant clearances to his daughter and her husband, Jared Kushner, rankled West Wing officials", "SeT5hViIbfu-00002-00003029-00004523": "While Trump has the legal authority to grant clearances, most instances are left up to the White House personnel security office, which determines whether a staffer should be granted one after the FBI has conducted a background check", "SeT5hViIbfu-00003-00004523-00006103": "But after concerns were raised by the personnel office, Trump pushed Kelly and McGahn to make the decision on his daughter and son-in-law's clearances so it did not appear as if he was tainting the process to favor his family, sources told CNN", "SeT5hViIbfu-00004-00006103-00007817": "After both refused, Trump granted them their security clearances.The development comes on the heels of Thursday's New York Times report that President Trump ordered Kelly to grant Kushner a top secret security clearance despite concerns raised by intelligence officials", "SeT5hViIbfu-00005-00007817-00009335": "The President has denied he had any role in Kushner receiving a clearance.The latest revelation also contradicts Ivanka Trump's denial to ABC News three weeks ago, when she said her father had \"no involvement\" regarding her or Kushner's clearances", "SeT5hViIbfu-00006-00009335-00010497": "Several sources told CNN it is feasible that she was unaware of the red flags raised during her background check process, as well as the President's involvement in it", "SeT5hViIbfu-00007-00010497-00011511": "According to a source familiar with her process, she \"did not seek, nor have, outside counsel involved in her process as no issues were ever raised", "SeT5hViIbfu-00008-00011511-00012258": "\" A separate person added that she was notified by career officials that her clearance had been granted", "SeT5hViIbfu-00009-00012258-00013773": "Kushner's clearance was downgraded in February 2018 after Kelly stipulated new changes to the security clearance system because a senior West Wing staffer with a temporary clearance was accused of domestic abuse by his ex-wife", "SeT5hViIbfu-00010-00013773-00014993": "Aides who previously operated on \"top secret/sensitive compartmentalized information\" interim clearances saw their access changed to \"secret,\" a classification for less sensitive material", "SeT5hViIbfu-00011-00014993-00016539": "In the months after Kushner's clearance was downgraded, Trump badgered aides about the hold up with his daughter and son-in-law, remarking that he didn't see what the issue was in granting them clearances because they would likely move back to New York in the coming months", "SeT5hViIbfu-00012-00016539-00017208": "Sources tell CNN that, for now, neither of them are expected to leave the West Wing"}}, {"audio_id": "ShHBbbTd3UA", "text": {"ShHBbbTd3UA-00000-00000571-00001770": "Last week the New York Attorney General announced that she was hitting Donald Trump with millions of dollars in fines over his abuse of the Trump Foundation nonprofit charity", "ShHBbbTd3UA-00001-00001770-00003833": "This included $2.8 million in restitution and another $5.6 million in penalties. At the time, Palmer Report pointed out that because Trump runs a debt-based cash-poor business model, he might have to sell off assets just to pay the fines – particularly if they kept piling up", "ShHBbbTd3UA-00002-00003833-00004930": "It turns out we may or may not have been onto something.Today it’s being reported that Donald Trump sold one of his New York City condos back on March 8th", "ShHBbbTd3UA-00003-00004930-00006072": "Forbes is hitting on two key suspicious points. First, the buyer appears to have used a series of shell corporations to try to hide his or her real identity", "ShHBbbTd3UA-00004-00006072-00006897": "Second, the buyer appears to have paid Trump far more than market value. These are both matters of concern", "ShHBbbTd3UA-00005-00006897-00007744": "But what caught our eye is the specific dollar amount: $2.9 million. Sound familiar?", "ShHBbbTd3UA-00006-00007744-00008501": "That’s right. Just one week before it was announced that Donald Trump was getting hit with a $2", "ShHBbbTd3UA-00007-00008501-00009522": "8 million fine, he sold off a property for $2.9 million, which was conveniently just enough to cover the cost of the fine", "ShHBbbTd3UA-00008-00009522-00010478": "Is this merely an interesting coincidence, or is Trump indeed selling off assets in order to get enough cash to pay his fines?", "ShHBbbTd3UA-00009-00010478-00011387": "Trump was also hit with the separate $5.6 million fine, in addition to the $2.8 million fine", "ShHBbbTd3UA-00010-00011387-00012182": "But he sold the property before the fines were publicly announced. It’s possible he knew the $2", "ShHBbbTd3UA-00011-00012182-00013106": "8 million restitution charge was coming, and he wanted to generate enough cash to cover it, but he didn’t know the extra $5", "ShHBbbTd3UA-00012-00013106-00013908": "6 million charge was coming.Of course Donald Trump will likely try to fight these fines in court", "ShHBbbTd3UA-00013-00013908-00015021": "But if the courts rule against him, and he doesn’t have the cash on hand to pay the fines, New York State could decide to seize some of his assets in order to make up for it", "ShHBbbTd3UA-00014-00015021-00016134": "So yeah, Trump could be trying to get out ahead of this. Or it could simply be a coincidence that he found some shady buyer to pay him an overinflated $2", "ShHBbbTd3UA-00015-00016134-00016910": "9 million, just as he was finding himself on the hook for $2.8 million"}}, {"audio_id": "SjHtIpzBY9I", "text": {"SjHtIpzBY9I-00000-00000571-00001360": "Despite the hopes of the Democratic Party, Joe Biden might not be their 2020 salvation to beat Trump", "SjHtIpzBY9I-00001-00001360-00002386": "We personally don’t know all the facts about “Creepy Uncle Joe’s” behavior (although more stories come out every day), but things aren’t looking good for him", "SjHtIpzBY9I-00002-00002386-00003392": "And now the President of the United States has jumped on the bandwagon. His latest jab at Joe might sink Biden’s 2020 hopes for good", "SjHtIpzBY9I-00003-00003392-00005359": "I can’t stop watching – this is HILARIOUS!.And Biden deserves it.Just in case you can’t watch the video, Trump tweeted a clip of Joe’s “explanation” for all his handsy behavior, but added in is an animation of Joe himself touching his own shoulders and sniffing his own hair, as he infamously did to a woman on camera", "SjHtIpzBY9I-00004-00005359-00006412": "Biden has been accused of making many women feel uncomfortable, and now Trump is turning Biden into a punchline who cannot be taken seriously again", "SjHtIpzBY9I-00005-00006412-00007281": ".Joe claims he was simply being compassionate and that standards have changed. Hmmm… yeah, I’m not buying it", "SjHtIpzBY9I-00006-00007281-00008107": "A married man with kids (and grandkids) should be a bit more careful about how he interacts women and girls", "SjHtIpzBY9I-00007-00008107-00009055": "Democrats might be surprised (or not) that Trump is posting a meme about this. “Isn’t that distasteful for the President of the United States!?”", "SjHtIpzBY9I-00008-00009055-00009862": "Oh please. Democrats have taken every cheat shot against Trump they can. They lied about Russia", "SjHtIpzBY9I-00009-00009862-00010635": "That failed, now they’re demanding his taxes. Again.Joe himself threatened to beat up Trump", "SjHtIpzBY9I-00010-00010635-00010985": "He had this coming, don’t you think?"}}, {"audio_id": "SkPureyxqqM", "text": {"SkPureyxqqM-00000-00000571-00001694": "Los Angeles artist and photographer Sam Morrison, 27, has always liked to create thought provoking art and now he’s taken that passion to a whole new level", "SkPureyxqqM-00001-00001694-00003042": "In September 2017, Morrison decided to use President Trump’s flip-flopping on serious issues as inspiration for his next project: actual flip-flops based on Trump’s famous contradictory tweets", "SkPureyxqqM-00002-00003042-00005160": "Read on and take a look below for the process and images of final products.Morrison began in high school, where he made secret compartment silk-screen shirts but he has evolved since then and has relied on a newer digital medium for most of his projects in recent years, until he had the idea to make the brilliant Presidential flip-flops", "SkPureyxqqM-00003-00005160-00005696": "Morrison told Business Insider the idea came to him from scrolling through Twitter:", "SkPureyxqqM-00004-00005696-00006686": "“Take a scroll through Donald Trump’s 40,000 tweets, and you’re sure to catch some contradicting opinions… I wanted to highlight this hypocrisy", "SkPureyxqqM-00005-00006686-00008287": "”.Morrison said that although the flip-flops, which retailed for around $30 a pair, sold out to customers all over the US in under a month, this was a one time venture because of the time and effort it took to create such a project", "SkPureyxqqM-00006-00008287-00008924": "He donated 10% of every purchase to the American Civil Liberties Union"}}]