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op-ed

Top Trump official publishes devastating op-ed in New York Times [anonymously]

September 5, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik Activism, Government, Letter to the Editor, Media, Politics, Protest/Resistance, Transcripts, Trump, Widget: Transcripts, Widgets: Letters of protest Leave a comment

The New York Times took the rare step, today, of publishing an anonymous Op-Ed essay. The author, an unnamed, senior White House official, delivers

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student loan

Student Loan Watchdog Quits Trump Administration with scorching resignation letter

August 28, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik Consumer issues, Ethics, Good government, Resignations, Transcripts, Widgets: Letters of protest Leave a comment

Mick Mulvaney, Donald Trump’s appointee to head up [translation:destroy] the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau comes in for devastating criticism in a letter of resignation

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rant

Jaw dropping: Trump’s rant on Fox & Friends

April 26, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik Media, Transcripts, Trump Leave a comment

In an astonishing 30-minute segment, Donald Trump called in to Fox & Friends on April 26, 2018, to rant, vent, yell, interrupt,  and blurt

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Fox

Why he quit: Fox News analyst denounces propaganda channel

March 21, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik Media, Resignations, Transcripts, Widgets: Letters of protest Leave a comment

Calling Fox News “a mere propaganda machine for a destructive and ethically ruinous administration,” Lt. Colonel Ralph Peters [US Army, retired]  quit his job

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Trump

Transcripts: Trump donors paid $50K apiece to hear this

March 15, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik Transcripts, Trump Leave a comment

Here’s a transcript of a bootleg tape obtained by the Washington Post, of Donald Trump’s typically rambling and incoherent “speech” at a fundraiser in

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Mexico

Trump’s Mexico call: The Art of the Desperate Appeal

August 7, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik International, Transcripts, Trump Leave a comment

As transcripts of Donald Trump’s conversations and interviews continue to roll out [authorized or not], we are getting a behind-the-scenes look at how he

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know-nothing

WSJ Interview transcript: More know-nothing bs from Trump

August 2, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Media, Transcripts, Trump One comment

After its Oval Office interview with Trump on July 25, 2017, the Wall Street Journal released highlights of what the newspaper considered the most

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transcripts

Trump talks: A new transcript, from Air Force One “wingside chat”

July 13, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Transcripts, Trump, Widget: Transcripts Leave a comment

I was so sure that, after transcripts of our dear leader’s earlier, shockingly incoherent ramblings were released, we would never again see such a

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incoherent

Transcript of Trump’s AP interview: Unintelligible and incoherent, as usual

April 24, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Transcripts, Trump, Widget: Transcripts One comment

The Associated Press has released the full transcript of its April 21, 2017 interview with Donald Trump, and it’s another doozy in a growing

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press conference

Highlights of Trump’s stark-raving-mad press conference, 2-16-17

February 16, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Media, Transcripts, Trump Leave a comment

I watched Trump’s insane press conference today. According to some reporting, it came as a surprise even to his top staff. Apparently, he just

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