The Trump Administration
Tags
Protagonist/Antagonist
Missives direct from the 45th President of the United States, inaugurated on the National Day of Patriotic Devotion, the twentieth day of January, in the year of our Independence the two hundred and forty-first.
Actors
Joseph Michael Arpaio, former Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona. Accused of numerous types of police misconduct and racial profiling. Convicted of contempt of court.
Steve Bannon, currently the Chief Strategist for the Administration. Previously Bannon was executive chair of Breitbart News, a self-described 'platform for the alt-right'. —FIRED from White House 18 Aug 2017 —FIRED from Breitbart 9 Jan 2018
John Bolton, replaced McMaster
Jason Chaffetz, Chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; U.S. Representative for Utah's 3rd congressional district. —RESIGNED 30 June 2017
Trump's (former) personal lawyer –Sentenced to 3 years prison 12 December 2018
James Comey Jr., Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. —FIRED 9 May 2017
Kellyanne Conway, Counselor and spokeswoman for the Administration.
General Michael Flynn, retired U.S. Army Lt. General, National Security Advisor for the Administration. —RESIGNED 13 February 2017
Sebastian Lukács Gorka, so-called terrorism 'expert'. —FIRED 25 August 2017
Latest addition to Trump's legal team.
Donald Trump, Jr., eldest son of the President.
Jamal Khashoggi, journalist murdered by Saudi Arabian assassins in the Turkish embassy. —MURDERED 2 October 2018
John F. Kelly, White House Chief of Staff, previously Homeland Security Secretary. –RESIGNED 8 December 2018
Jared Kushner, son-in-law and senior advisor to the President, real-estate developer.
Paul Manafort Jr. , former campaign manager for the President.
John McCain III, U.S. Senator from Arizona. –DIED 25 August 2018
Addison Mitchell McConnell, U.S. Senator from Kentucky, current Senate Majority Leader.
H.R. McMaster, U.S. Army Lt. General, National Security Advisor for the Administration. —FIRED/RESIGNED 6 April 2017
Robert Mueller III, Special Counsel overseeing the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections; former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Mick Mulvaney, White House Chief of Staff.
Stephen Miller, Senior Advisor to the Preident.
Roy Stewart Moore, former Alabama state judge. Twice elected to and twice removed from the Alabama Supreme Court. Republican nominee for U.S. Senate —LOST ELECTION 12 Dec 2017
Devin Nunes, Chairman of the U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; U.S. Representative for California's 22nd congressional district. —"RECUSED" from Russia investigations, but still issuing subpoenas
Omarose Manigault Newman, former Apprentice contestant and Director of Communications for the Office of Public Liaison
Michael Pence, Vice President, former Governor of Indiana
Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State
Reinhold "Reince" Priebus, White House Chief of Staff. —FIRED/RESIGNED 28 July 2017
Directory of EPA FIRED/RESIGNED 5 July 2018
Rod Rosenstein, United States Deputy Attorney General.
Paul Ryan, Former Speaker of the U.S. House (until Jan 2019); U.S. Representative for Wisconsin's 1st congressional district
Anthony Scaramucci, a.k.a., the Mooch, White House Communications Director. —FIRED 31 July 2017
Jefferson Beauregard "Jeff" Sessions III, Attorney General, former U.S. Senator from Alabama. —FORCED TO RESIGN 7 November 2018
Sean Spicer, White House Press Secretary and Communications Director for the Administration. —RESIGNED 21 July 2017
Roger Stone, Nixon aficionado, ARRESTED 25 January 2019
Stormy Daniels
Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States. Notably not part of the current Administration.
Rex Tillerson, Secretary of State, former chairman and CEO of ExxonMobil. —FIRED 13 March 2018
Matthew Whitaker, acting Attorney General.
Fallout from the Woodward book.
Countries
Afghanistan
Our friends in the southern hemisphere, with whom we stand shoulder-to-shoulder in the fight against terrorism and <click>...
Our neighbour to the north. This tag is also used for anything relating to Hockey, Maple Syrup, and Tim Hortons.
Our largest trading partner.
Our other neighbor to the south.
The country that links Africa with the Middle East.
The European Union.
Our oldest ally.
Current leader of the free world.
Our closest ally in Asia.
Our neighbor to the south.
Any of the countries located in the Middle East, including (but not limited to), Israel, Iran, Iraq, Yemen.
Previously the most unstable dictatorship in the world.
Final home of Osama bin Laden.
Well, not exactly a separate country. It's actually part of the US. Yes, really.
Vladimir Putin and Vodka. And probably oil. And Collusion.
Saudi Arabia
Site of worst imagined terrorist attack in U.S. History.
Syria
The country.
The United Kingdom. Or Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales) and the northern bits of Ireland. Plus maybe some other areas like Jersey and Guernsey (cows!). It's all so confusing.
Topics
Previously we might have simply called these 'lies', but 'Alternative Facts' sounds so much more truthy.
Silly items relating to the discussion of Trump's hands and his over-reactions.
Complaining about Hillary.
The migrant caravan from Central America.
Preparations for the 2020 US Census.
It's the economy, stupid.
Public education in the U.S.
U.S. Elections, both past and future.
Our National Emergency.
Anything related to the environment, the EPA, climate change and extreme weather.
The conflicts of interest held by the various members of the Administration.
The role of guns in our schools and other public spaces.
Harvey. Irma.
Sexual harassment and the repercussions.
Hate crimes, racism, discrimination and terrorism.
The aftermath of the Affordable Care Act.
He truly does. And he shows it in so many ways...
Immigrants, immigration, DACA, ... (see also: TravelBan).
Impeachment.
Infrastructure.
Legal action relating to the Administration.
Leaks and Leakers.
The Op-Ed.
Rediculous and unpresidented attaks on the English language.
Mail bomber targetting non-Trump supporters.
Nunes' anti-FBI memo
Missiles, intercontinental and otherwise.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization - The military alliance between 29 North American and European countries.
Both historical and their modern-day equivalents.
Any sort of fisticuffs.
Any of the various official investigations into the connection between Russia and the Trump campaign or administration.
The Supreme Court of the United States.
Scientific facts and how to use them.
Shutting down the federal government.
Appropriations, budgets and other government finances
Relating to the release of The President's tax returns
Technology and cyber security.
The Trump Organization
Relating to the proposed border wall between the US and Mexico.
Trump's oddly prescient tweets about his future self and other throwbacks.
Economic activity with other countries
The ban on transgender individuals serving in the military
The ban (sorry 'not-really-a-ban') on immigrants from some Middle East countries.
Allegations (and sometimes actual occurrences) of voter and election fraud.
The ongoing battle against the fourth estate.
The tapping of wires (both real and imagined) and other methods of recording conversations.
Hunting the witches that walk amongst us. Oh, and SpyGate.
General Categories
General commentary about previous news items.
Deleted tweets.
Political limericks. Polimericks.
Minor 'news' that's not quite as newsworthy as things tagged with 'News'.
General news that doesn't fit into a more specific category.
Obvious satire. As opposed to what's actually happening in the government.
Tweets.
Editorial Tags
Things that are funny - either intentionally or not.
Like rain on your wedding day.
Describing events with a low probability of being true.