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A new batch of polls show that President Trump’s base is eroding. As the government shutdown reaches deeper into record territory, Donald Trump’s approval rating is down. According to a batch of newly released polls Trump’s approval rating is hovering near record lows. Trump approval is down A Pew Research poll released Friday found that Trump’s approval stands at just 37 percent. And in a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll out this week, Trump’s approval rating is down to 39 percent while his disapproval rating up to 53 percent. That’s a 7 point negative change from the December poll. Trump’s...

Support for Trump’s border wall is sinking. A new set of polls released Sunday confirm that Americans firmly blame President Trump and Congressional Republicans for the government shutdown. According to a Washington Post/ABC News poll, 53 percent of Americans place blame for the shutdown on Trump. At the same time 29 percent blame Democrats while 13 percent blame both sides. And at the same time a new CNN poll found essentially the same results with 55 percent saying they blame Trump for the shutdown and just 23 percent blaming Democrats. As a reminder, Trump said he was “proud” to...

FBI Opened Probe Into Whether President Trump Is Working For Russia: NYT Comey firing led FBI to open an investigation into whether Trump was doing Russia’s bidding. In the days following the firing of former FBI Director James Comey, the FBI launched a formal investigation into whether President Trump was working for Russia, The New York Times reports. According to the Times report, Comey’s firing caused so much alarm among top law enforcement officials at the FBI that they began investigating if Trump was a national security threat or secretly carrying out anti-American agendas on behalf of Russian officials....

Paul Manafort Shared Secret Campaign Data With Russian Agent: Report Manafort’s lawyers accidentally revealed in court documents that Paul Manafort shared secret Trump campaign materials with a Russian intelligence operative.  Attorneys for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort inadvertently revealed Tuesday that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team has evidence Manafort shared polling data with a Russian intelligence agent and later lied to the Special Counsel about it. The revelation came after Manafort’s lawyers failed to properly redact a court filing Tuesday. Manafort’s lawyers were responding to the Special Counsel’s claim that Manafort broke his September 2018 plea agreement by...

A Review Of The 8 Witches Robert Mueller Has Snagged So Far That sure is a lot of witches! News of Paul Manafort’s decision to end his legal defense and begin cooperating with Special Counsel Robert Mueller radiated through Washington Friday. Manafort’s cooperation agreement is the latest and most high profile win for the Special Counsel who continues to be undefeated in all legal proceedings in the Russia investigation. And since we already know President Trump’s response will be to call the entire investigation “witch hunt,” we thought it would be helpful to do a review of all the...