Headlines

White House prepares to brief lawmakers on Iranian leader’s killing

Wall Street market analyst see ‘developing Iranian conflict’ leading to deeper market sell-off

Pelosi: House to vote on limiting Trump actions

Iran formally announces it will continue violating the nuclear deal

Julian Castro endorses Warren for president

Defense stocks double S&P 500’s return six months after Middle East turmoil, history shows

Judge Judy will join Bloomberg on trail ...

AOC: Biden and I would not be in the same party in any other country

John Bolton willing to testify in Trump’s impeachment trial

Donald Trump Jr. shows off rifle magazine that shows Hillary Clinton behind bars, crusader cross

More pump: Fed adds $76.5 million in overnight money to markets ...

Bloomberg: ‘Outrageous’ to call Soleimani death an ‘assasination’

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‘It simply isn’t our time’: Julien Castro ends his presidential bid

‘First five days’ indicator, which has a solid track record at predicting year, off to good start

Bernie cash blowout ... Tops Dem field

Trump: Iran will pay ‘Very BIG PRICE’ for embassy attack

Trump warns Turkey’s Erdogan against military intervention in Libya

Amazon threatens to fire employees who speak out on climate change

Florida poised to surpass New York in congressional seats ...

Pope Francis apologizes for slapping woman’s hand

‘The game has changed’ : Defense secretary warns of defensive strikes on Iranian group

People couldn’t wait to leave New Jersey in 2019

Fed pumps [liquidity by] $56.72 billion ...

Joe Biden urges coal miners to ‘learn’ to code

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Pelosi’s freshmen fracture amid GOP pressure

Fed Gov. Brainard: ‘Downside risks have definitely increased’ on the economy

McCabe: DOJ discussed removing Trump

Donald Trump watching for ‘landmines’ in compromise

Why is the Hispanic Caucus ignoring Julian Castro?

Broadcom co-founder charged with felony drug trafficking after Las Vegas hotel arrest

Feds collect record individual taxes ...

Poll: Media’s all-out assault on Trump only hurts trust in journalists

Political scandal threatens Trudeau’s second term

Trump demands California return $3.5 billion in funds after state’s ‘disaster’ bullet train project

Retail sales drop the most since ‘09 ...

Rand Paul: Trump won ‘big victory’ with border wall deal

Yet Another Double Standard

The Hatch Act expressly forbids federal employees from endorsing candidates for elective office. It seems that HUD Secretary Julian Castro violated this stricture when he endorsed Hellary Clinton for president. (Is this a surprise since he is being mentioned as a possible VP choice?!) See: My San Antonio Newspaper Story.

The question I have is this: If it is illegal for the HUD Secretary to engage in such politicking, why is it also not illegal for our president to fly to North Carolina with Hellary on Air Force One to do exactly the same thing? See: CBS News Story.

Double standards are for little people ...

A Platform Too Far

The Republican Presidential Platform was criticized for endorsing a "radical" no-exception stand on right to life (which Mitt Romney doesn't support).  However, the Democrat Platform was approved yesterday in Charlotte and it contains lots of radical (is there a stronger word?) planks that cut across the grain of American traditionalism.  It no longer mentions God.  It endorses taxpayer-funded late-term abortions.  It no longer avers that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.  It unequivocally supports gay marriage.  It endorses the Dream Act on immigration.  See: Incomplete AP Story.  Only this time I suspect Obama enthusiastically stands behind all the planks of this belly-rubbing Democrat Platform.

Top this with the speaker lineup in Charlotte -- former President Jimmy Carter, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, La Raza champion Julian Castro, turncoat Charlie Crist, "give me my birth control" Sandra Fluke and that American Indian, Elizabeth Warren.  Is it any wonder that many "moderate" Democrats are distancing themselves from this convention.  Where is Hillary?  Where is Andrew Cuomo?  Where is Erskin Bowles?  Even Rahm Emanuel has flown the coop.  And, what was supposed to be the crescendo of this convention -- Obama's acceptance speech in front of 74,000 hysterical fans -- appears to be being diminished, see: Breitbart Story.