The Hollywood set started the new year thinking they had the perfect plan. After years of watching the ratings crater for their self-congratulatory award shows, they were probably sure this year would be different.
Both Democrats and Republicans claim to support enhanced border security and oppose the government shutdown. So why are we on the brink of our nation’s longest shutdown with no end in sight?
Faced with intractable opposition in the House and only lukewarm, mainly symbolic support in the Senate, President Trump has threatened to bypass Congress, declare a national state of emergency and build the wall on his own. Can he legally do this? In a word: No.
In my counseling, if every available means to potential reconciliation has been exhausted, I advise divorcing couples to concentrate on these four main things.
The reported resignation of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is long overdue and means the Justice Department is headed for badly needed reforms.
Fresh from her obscenity-laced tirade against President Trump, Michigan Democrat Rashida Tlaib put out what appeared to be an anti-Semitic tweet. She suggested that Senate Republicans were more loyal to Israel than America.
President Trump’s speech to the nation Tuesday night was a home run for anyone who believes we should build a border wall and protect America. He forcefully and carefully laid out compelling reasons for building the wall.
There is more public support for marijuana law reform than ever before. The latest polls show that more than 50 percent of people favor marijuana legalization while at the same time the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) believes marijuana should be decriminalized and regulated like alcohol and tobacco.
President Trump must not forget that the border wall was the original and driving force behind his supporters’ loyalty to him in the first place. And he must keep fighting for it.
The outcome of the first head-to-head television effort of the new Congress was decisive. President Trump clearly gained ground and Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer lost ground.
Few issues ignite a firestorm like the issue of immigration. Last night reaffirmed just how far apart our two political parties are on the fundamental principles underlying this debate.
President Trump did something Tuesday night that he has rarely done since taking office: He used the presidential bully pulpit to reach beyond his hardcore base of supporters to make his case to the American people as a whole.
After watching the dueling prime-time speeches last night, it was easy to come away with the idea that the dispute is simply over the president’s demand for wall funding and the partial government shutdown. As such, it should be easy for the president and Dems to cut a split-the-difference deal and move on to the next problem.
Michael Goodwin
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