Trump: "We're also slashing drug prices at record levels, with price differences of 700 percent. Can you believe it?"
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.comIndependent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
Jake Paul gets on stage at the Trump rally and has the nastiest pit stains I've ever seen
(it also appears the crowd doesn't know who he is)
Trump endorses Massie's primary opponent: "I wanted just, give me somebody with a warm body to beat Massie. And I got somebody with a warm body."
Blackburn: "For people to say, 'Well, it's so hard to get an ID' or 'It's hard to get a birth certificate' -- I would introduce them to the internet. Applications can be made online to get the necessary documentation. It's imperative that people prove who they are to vote in our elections."
Trump after honoring a World War 2 veteran: "I've always wanted the Congressional Medal of Honor but I was informed I'm not allowed to give it to myself"
Hegseth had cameras recording him working out with recruits today at UCLA
Trump dances after wrapping up his speech to McDonald's franchise owners
Trump: "We're looking at affordability. We're gonna bring it down for everybody, because not everybody understands the fact that a great stock market is great for everybody."
Sen. Angus King on why Democrats caved: "It wasn't working."
Q: Can the president tear down anything he wants without oversight? Could he demolish this building or the Jefferson Memorial?
LEAVITT: Only for vertical construction will a submission be required.
Q: So it sounds like the answer is yes
Q: At the Charlie Kirk memorial, President Trump said 'I hate my opponent.' Would you encourage the president to not say things like that since someone crazy could act on it?
BONDI: The president said nothing about violence. Absolutely nothing. And that was in response to amazing Erika Kirk.
Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."
Trump to generals: "I love my signature. I really do. Everyone loves my signature."
Q: Outlets are reporting you plan to tie Tylenol to autism
TRUMP: It's a big factor, but you'll see tomorrow. We want things to take effect immediately
Q: Links between vaccines & autism?
T: Children get these massive vaccines like you'd give to a horse. I've said spread them out over 5 years
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
REPORTER: Have you spoke to Vladimir Putin about the fact that a big US factory was hit in an airstrike in Ukraine?
TRUMP: I'm not happy about anything having to do with that war. I settled 7 wars, and actually if you think about pre-wars, add 3 more so it would be 10.
Tammy Bruce: "Beginning August 20, nationals of Malawi and Zambia applying for B1, B2, business ,and tourist visas will be required to post a bond of up to $15,000."
Homan: "People need to understand ICE officers and Border Patrol don't need probable cause to walk up to somebody, briefly detain them, and question them ... based on their physical appearance."
REPORTER: A simple question -- 'by the end of the week,' does that by Friday, by Saturday, or by Sunday?
TAMMY BRUCE: I think generally it could be the collection of the days at the end of the week. I'm not going to specify ... to clarify a bit more, i would say probably the end of the week
the cabinet meeting is now off the rails: "The only question is will I gold leaf the corners? My cabinet could take a vote. You see the top line mouldings."
Tammy Bruce: "He's the best dealmaker in the world ... the best person who can explain his feelings and thoughts about what's accomplished on any issue is the president himself. So I would refer you back to what he writes and what he's posting."
Padilla on Noem: "How does the cabinet secretary not know the senator from California when she steps foot into Los Angeles? She came through the Senate for confirmation."
REPORTER: On the president's dinner tonight, will the White House commit to making a list of the attendees public so people can see who's paying for that kind of access to the president?
LEAVITT: The president is attending it in his personal time
RFK Jr: "By September we will know what has caused the autism epidemic and we will be able to eliminate those exposures."
"The capitulation of one of the nation’s most prominent law firms is the worst sort of complying in advance, and its complete surrender immediately emboldened Trump to issue a new directive threatening any lawyer who sues the administration."
Trump's hostile takeover of big law
Paul, Weiss's capitulation is bad news for the legal profession.
www.publicnotice.coRachel Scott to Leavitt on Trump's rendition flights to El Salvador: "If the White House can publish images, photos, videos of those men, why can't the administration just release basic information like their identities and names?"
LEAVITT: This judge is a Democrat activist. He was appointed by Barack Obama.
NBC: He was originally appointed by George W Bush.
Leavitt: "It's incumbent on the Supreme Court to rein in these activist judges. These partisan activists are undermining the judicial branch."
Q: Does the president plan to send new and additional flights of Venezuelan gang members?
LEAVITT: Americans can absolutely expect to see the continuation of the mass deportation campaign ... the judges in this country are acting erroneously ... we will continue to comply with these court orders
Patel: "Anyone that wishes to do harm to our way of life and our citizens, here and abroad, will face the full wrath of the DOJ & FBI. If you seek to hide in any corner of this country or planet, we will put on the world's largest manhunt & we will find you, & we will decide your end state. Not you"
Pressed to provide evidence of fraud that Musk has discovered, Leavitt waves around "screenshots of contracts" that go "against the president's policies" (going against Trump's policies is not fraud)
Elizabeth Warren: "It's safe to assume that when he says he has never disparaged women in the military, he's just trying to see what he can get away with. Because we've got the video, we've got him in print what he has just said as recently as November of 2024."
COLLINS: How's the bad behavior of a senator a defense of someone who wants to run the Pentagon?
MULLIN: It's not. What I was trying to get to is if you're capable of doing your job and you're able to still drink on the job or late in the evening, don't tell me that Pete can't
Sen. Markwayne Mullin says Obama is "kissing the ring" with Trump at Carter's funeral because "Trump is the most popular man in the world, and probably the most popular man in our lifetime around the world. And everybody recognizes that now."
Wow -- Jerome Powell says he wouldn't leave his job as Fed Chair even if Trump asked him to resign
reminder that one of Trump's key campaign promises is closing the Department of Education
Trump claims that "nobody is gonna feel it" when Elon Musk cuts $2 trillion from the federal budget, or almost 1/3 of it total
Trump spokesperson Karoline Leavitt on Fox & Friends on a comedian at Trump's MSG rally describing Puerto Rico as a floating pile of garbage: "The crowd, they didn't mind."
"America is for Americans and Americans only" -- Stephen Miller