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Perusing the news over the past few days reveals that reports regarding bugging and wiretap assertions by the new president are drawing more attention than just about everything else. And what seems to be becoming clear, is that he is far more aware of benefiting from the changing news-gathering habits of the voting pubic than is his opposition.   

Rather than employing traditional methods of communication with his loyal constituents, the president contacts them instantly himself via Twitter while making sure that web resources, such as breitbart.com, have access to information immediately.  

An example can be seen in an article by Toluse Olorunnipa, Jennifer Jacobs and Margaret Talev yesterday @bloomberg.com who write about the current wiretap situation: “Trump relied on conservative media sources, notably Breitbart News, to make his explosive statements on Twitter about Obama, a person familiar with the situation said. In officially stepping up their concerns, the White House again produced no evidence to back up allegations of illegal activities that Obama has denied.”

As far as the president’s methodology of maximizing use of communication technology to his advantage, some information was found that was published by alexa.com regarding top websites.

For “Top Sites in [the] United States,” Google ranked first in total viewership, followed by youtube.com in second with Facebook.com ranking third.

Among news sources specifically, CNN came first ranking 19th on the overall list. Then came Nytimes.com at 26 while Breitbart was number 35. Farther down were Washingtonpost.com at 42, Huffingtonpost.com at 45 and Foxnews.com trailing at 49.

Thus, the results show that in associating with Breitbart, the POTUS has once again picked the best available resource whereas they are the top conservative outlet.

Beyond breitbart.com other sites are listed as “related,“ including 1. dailycaller.com,  2. thehill.com, 3. politico.com,  4. washingtontimes.com and 5. foxnews.com. Other “links” include 1. google.com, 2. youtube.com, 3. facebook.com, 4. baidu.com and 5. yahoo.com. 

Meaning that, by interconnection and ease of access regarding the sites listed, the POTUS’s message reach a huge audience across the nation every time he “tweets” a message.

The significant impact can be seen in a release by Jerome Hudson @breitbart.com yesterday who wrote: “Given the establishment media’s focus on the “scandal” surrounding President Donald Trump and his administration’s contact with Russian officials, it is worth reminding Americans of the revelations involving Hillary Clinton and the Kremlin.

“1. Hillary Clinton approved the transfer of 20 percent of U.S. uranium to Russia and nine investors in the deal funneled $145 million to the Clinton Foundation. 

“While Hillary Clinton’s State Department was one of eight agencies to review and sign off on the transfer of 20 percent of U.S. uranium to Russia — then-Secretary of State Clinton herself was the only agency head whose family foundation received $145 million in donations from multiple people connected to the uranium deal, as reported by the New York Times.
 
“2. Bill Clinton bagged $500,000 for a Moscow speech paid for by a Kremlin-backed bank while Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State. 

“Former President Bill Clinton delivered a speech in Moscow and received a $500,000 speaking fee from a Russian government-connected bank, while his wife’s State Department was getting ready to sign off on the transfer of 20 percent of U.S. uranium to Russia. 

“And, in one case, a Russian investment bank connected to the deals paid money to Bill Clinton personally, through a half-million-dollar speaker’s fee,” reported the New Yorker.
 
“3. Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman’s Joule energy company bagged $35 million from Putin’s Rusnano. 

“Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta sat on the executive board of an energy company, Joule Unlimited, which received millions from a Putin-connected Russian government fund. Podesta also owned “75,000 common shares” in Joule Unlimited, which he had transferred to a holding company called Leonidio LLC. 

“Podesta also failed to fully disclose his position on Joule Unlimited’s board of directors and include it in his federal financial disclosures, as required by law, before he became President Obama’s senior adviser in January 2014. 

“4.  Clinton Foundation chatter with State Dept. on Uranium Deal with Russia. 

“Senior staffers inside Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign were warned by Clinton Foundation senior vice president Maura Pally that the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA), was asking the Department of Justice to investigate the State Department approval of the sale of American uranium assets to a Russian company.

“The chain of emails proved the regular interaction between members of the Clinton campaign and senior staff at the Clinton Foundation. 

“5. Hillary Clinton hid $2.35 million in secret donations from Ian Telfer, the head of Russia’s uranium company. 

“Ian Telfer, the head of the Russian government’s uranium company, Uranium One, made four foreign donations totaling $2.35 million to the Clinton Foundation, as the New York Times reported. 

“Uranium One’s chairman used his family foundation to make four donations totaling $2.35 million,” the Times reported. “Those contributions were not publicly disclosed by the Clintons, despite an agreement Mrs. Clinton had struck with the Obama White House to publicly identify all donors. Other people with ties to the company made donations as well.” 

All of which means that if the Democrats, including the former president, want to keep trying to sink Trump with innuendos, smears and accusations, they’d best be prepared to face the same from him.  Because as mentioned here yesterday, he’s not only good at quick, effective retaliation, he loves the battle and competition with no intention of losing either.    
 
That’s it for today folks. 

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