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https://twitter.com/POTUSPress/status/1118515590635892737
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-defense/2019/04/17/poland-us-near-a-deal-for-a-fort-trump-425725
Poland, U.S. near a deal for a ‘Fort Trump’
POLAND, U.S. NEAR DEAL FOR A ‘FORT TRUMP’: "Poland is nearing a deal with the U.S. to establish an American military base in the former Communist bloc country, according to people familiar with the matter — an outpost the Poles see as a deterrent to Russian aggression and that the Kremlin would likely consider a provocation," reports Bloomberg.
"If a deal is reached, President Donald Trump is considering traveling to Poland in the fall, in part to commemorate the agreement. But it’s unclear whether he fully supports the idea, even after he said during a September meeting with Polish President Andrzsej Duda that the U.S. was looking 'very seriously' at establishing a base. Duda, who joked that it could be named 'Fort Trump,' remains committed to contribute $2 billion for its construction."
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-pulse/2019/04/17/republicans-reject-democrat-led-attempts-at-tightening-state-vaccine-laws-587033
Republicans reject Democrat-led attempts at tightening state vaccine laws
GOP REJECTS DEM ATTEMPTS TO TIGHTEN VACCINE LAWS — GOP state lawmakers across the country are rejecting Democrat-led bills to tighten child immunization laws amid the worst measles outbreak in two decades, Pro’s Arthur Allen reports. The trend playing out in multiple statehouses has alarmed public health experts. who fear the nation could become as divided over vaccines as it is over global warming.
Democrats in six states— Colorado, Arizona, New Jersey, Washington, New York and Maine — have authored or co-sponsored bills to make it harder for parents to opt out of vaccinating their school-age children, and mostly faced GOP opposition.
Meanwhile … Republican lawmakers in West Virginia and Mississippi, states with some of the nation’s strictest vaccination laws, have introduced measures to expand vaccine exemptions, although it’s not yet clear how much traction they have.
Behind the proposals … Democrats portray their efforts as science-based and necessary to protect public health, while sometimes demeaning their foes as misguided or selfish “anti-vaxxers.“ Republicans portray themselves as equally enthusiastic about the life-saving virtues of vaccines, but many are loath to yield parental control to the government.
Fox guest Ken Starr questions whether full Mueller report can be "fair and balanced" because of Mueller's "choice of staff"
BILL HEMMER (CO-ANCHOR): [The] White House downplaying the impact of the Mueller report which should be out in about 24 hours. Want to bring in the former independent counsel Ken Starr, author of Contempt: A Memoir of the Clinton Investigation. Ken Starr, welcome back, live in Dallas today. And you've said some very interesting things this week. Let's see how many we can get to. Number one, you're saying concerns about the possibility of an anti-Trump-slanted Mueller report. To what are you referring?
KEN STARR (FORMER INDEPENDENT COUNSEL): Well, the report is going to be redacted, so obviously we're not going to see the full report. That's going to be frustrating for all of us, and people will say where is more and more. But the concern, that I think is a fair concern is, is the report going to be written in a fair and balanced way? It's a concern. Now why the concern? Because of Bob Mueller, who I hold in very high regard, his choice of staff. So many questions have been raised about that staff and their leanings and so forth. And they've had the opportunity, without any kind of cross examination, any kind of check, any kind of balance, to write whatever they want to write. And that, I think, legitimately raises concern of fairness and balance.
HEMMER: So we're going to have to digest this. I think at first glance tomorrow, may be a very dangerous thing to jump on it. I mean, it might take a day, or two days, or several days to really understand what's in the report.
https://www.mediamatters.org/video/2019/04/17/fox-guest-ken-starr-questions-whether-full-mueller-report-can-be-fair-and-balanced-because-muellers/223479
Ex-House Rep. Michele Bachmann exalts Trump: We will ‘never see a more godly, biblical president’
Former House Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., exalted President Trump as being “highly biblical” in a recent interview.
Bachmann, 63, spoke with “Understanding These Times,” a Christian radio show over the weekend and offered her praise of the commander-in-chief, adding there were so many examples of Trump “standing for righteousness.”
“One being Barack Obama had demanded and commanded that our military services had to literally go out and recruit people who are transgender to come into the military,” she claimed. “Well, it costs about a quarter of a million dollars to do sex reassignment surgery.”
“Why would you recruit people who would come in and have sex reassignment surgery and be on the sidelines? It made no sense, so Donald Trump got rid of that mandate and that requirement,” Bachmann said.
Bachmann was referring to the Trump administration’s military regulation that was slated to go into effect Friday. The new policy strips transgender troops of rights – which they only recently secured under the Obama administration – to serve openly and receive care if they choose to transition to another gender. An estimated 14,700 troops identify as transgender.
Bachmann applauded Trump for standing up “where most Republicans wouldn’t dare to.”
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/michele-bachmann-praises-trump
Rod Rosenstein defends Barr's 'integrity' ahead of Mueller report release
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said "the rule of law is secure" with a Justice Department led by Attorney General William Barr.
Rosenstein's brief profile of Barr appeared in Time's 2019 list of 100 most influential people, published online just one day before Barr's redacted release of special counsel Robert Mueller's report is expected to spur a fierce partisan battle over transparency.
"The enthusiasm in and around the Department of Justice was palpable when President Trump announced his nomination of Attorney General William Pelham Barr," Rosenstein wrote. "A brilliant and principled conservative lawyer, Barr brings unique experience to the challenge of working at the intersection of law and politics."
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/rod-rosenstein-defends-barrs-integrity-ahead-of-mueller-report-release
https://twitter.com/Jim_Jordan/status/1118527735570280448
Trump vetoes Yemen War Powers Resolution, his 2nd veto since taking office
President Donald Trump issued the second veto of his presidency Tuesday, stopping a congressional resolution that would have sought to end US involvement in the Saudi-led war in Yemen.
"This resolution is an unnecessary, dangerous attempt to weaken my constitutional authorities, endangering the lives of American citizens and brave service members, both today and in the future," Trump wrote to the Senate Tuesday.
Trump added that the resolution is "unnecessary" in part because there are no United States military personnel in Yemen "commanding, participating in, or accompanying military forces of the Saudi-led coalition against the Houthis in hostilities in or affecting Yemen."
Trump was expected to issue the veto as the resolution was seen as a rebuke of Trump's Middle East policies.
Supporters of the War Powers Resolution argued the US shouldn't be involved in the war without explicit permission from Congress. Opponents argued the US does not have "boots on the ground" and is offering noncombat technical assistance to Saudi Arabia, an ally.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/16/politics/trump-vetoes-yemen-war-powers-resolution/index.html