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Japan Prime Minister Shinto Abe says he’s resigning due to health reasons

S&P 500’s stunning summer rally points to best August since 1986

U.S consumer spending increased more than expected in July

Michelle Obama: White people have treated me like I don’t exist

Biden snags ‘Keep America Great’ domain in latest act of Trump trolling

Fed’s Harker says he would be OK with inflation creeping past 2.5%

Far-left lunatics attack Rand Paul and others leaving Trump speech

Kenosha, Wisconsin: Teenager Kyle Rittenhouse charged with murder

Pelosi says Dems will release Trump’s tax returns if they win White House

Hurricane Laura leaves damage in Louisiana and weakens into tropical depression

Russian nuclear submarine surfaces near Alaska, alarming American fishing vessels

FNC’s Wallace: Trump’s speech ‘surprisingly flat, far too long’


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Did Warren get her campaign wrong in Iowa?

Delta, American will suspend China flights as coronavirus outbreak spreads

Poll: Amy pops to third in Iowa

Rand Paul reveals impeachment question censored by John Roberts

Stacey Abrams says she will be president by 2040

Amazon joins trillion dollar club again after knockout earnings report

Starr: Beware the revenge impeachment ...

Brexit day: Sadiq Khan ‘heartbroken’ that Britain is finally leaving the EU

Pompeo, in Ukraine, denies charges central to Trump’s impeachment trial

Consumer sentiment ticks up as unemployment remains around 50-year lows

Dershowitz quits trial ...

Mike Pompeo: Communist China is ‘central threat of our time’

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Trump’s impeachment defense team to include Kenneth Starr, Alan Dershowitz

Job openings slide by more than half a million as the labor market tightens

Maddow ratings soar ...

AOC: People my age are scared to have children because of climate crisis

Biden: Tech’s liability shield ‘should be revoked’ immediately

US housing starts soar 16.9% in December to a 13-year high

‘You’re a bunch of dopes and babies’: Inside Trump’s stunning tirade against generals ...

Rand Paul: ‘I think the Bidens are as corrupt as the day is long’

Top Iran leader: Trump is a ‘clown’ who will betray Iranians

The US is running a $1 trillion deficit, but politicians and investors don’t see a problem

What happens when the Fed stops pumping?

Seven times the GAO found the Obama administration violated federal law

28th Amendment

Article One of the Constitution gives Congress the exclusive right to declare war. The House of Representatives voted on Thursday to require the president (namely Trump) to defer to Congress before taking any belligerent actions toward a country like Iran ... and 3 Republicans, including Rep. Matt Gaetz from Florida voted with the Democrats.

Now I can understand why loyal Republicans, including Gaetz and Senators Mike Lee and Rand Paul, would jealously guard the powers given to Congress by the Constitution ... and I sympathize with them. However, we need to be more realistic about this Constitutional power.

The difference, dear reader, boils down to timing. When the Constitution was written, wars tended to develop slowly ... over weeks and maybe months. Today, wars are far more precipitous and can develop over hours and minutes ... soon to be seconds and microseconds ... not enough time for the House to debate any needed war resolution. Pragmatism rears its ugly head.

Therefore, rather than tying the executive branch’s hands when it comes to war powers, it seems rational to amend our Constitution to acknowledge this foreshortening of how our president must react in real time to kinetic threats. I won’t suggest the language of this 28th Amendment here ... after all that is why we elect “lawmakers.” No?

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Democrats unveil 2 articles of impeachment against Trump

House Democrats and White House have a deal to move forward with USMCA trade deal

President to participate in Senate trial ...

Report: Over 40 Virginia counties now Second Amendment sanctuaries

Rand Paul: Ban Congress from seeking members’, journalists’ phone data

Larry Kudlow says Dec. 15 tariffs are “still on the table’ after reports of possible delay

Florida congressman 22nd Republican to announce retirement ...

Norte: Whitewashed IG Report still exposes James Comey as a dirty cop

Bernie lands big progressive endorsement, besting Warren

The Fed will stay in hibernation until at least summer, CNBC survey

Government deficit spikes another 12% ...

Graham: FBI ran ‘criminal enterprise’ ...

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Bad blood: Rand Paul moves to block a Liz Cheney Senate run

Trump heads to UN with a list of deals he’s yet to close

Iran preps war ...

Pope Francis: Money is the Devil’s doing

Trump wants ‘diplomatic solution’ with Iran, Pompeo says

Democrat Adam Schiff says Trump’s Ukraine call could justify impeachment

Trade regulators approve APPLE trade exemptions ...

Hollywood joins climate strike: Kids will lead us

Iran wants West to leave Persian Gulf

Suspected drone activity diverts flights coming into Dubai, airport authorities

EU’s Juncker convinced Brexit will happen ...

Iran’s General Salami boasts ‘hidden’ military powers

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Trump’s intel pick collaborated with a fierce Russia foe

Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants to dramatically rewrite the rules for negotiating trade deals

USA to borrow $1.23 trillion in ‘19 ...  Second year in row ...

Omar promotes Tweet fantasizing about violence against Rand Paul

Trump’s Baltimore tirade expands to include Sanders, Sharpton

Facebook warns investors that Libra digital currency may never see the light of day

Study: 28% of delivery drivers have eaten your food ...

Donald Trump taunts Nancy Pelosi and ‘failing’ San Francisco

DOJ restricts asylum claims based on family relations

Earnings calls ‘painting a picture of an economy hampered by trade uncertainty’

Chicagoland weekend: 9 killed, 39 wounded ...

Poll: Majority of Americans reject cash reparations for slavery

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Democrats say White House offer on budget deal has ‘nonstarters’

Fed’s Rosengren is not on board for rate cut: ‘I think we should wait’

Omar vows to be a ‘nightmare’ for Trump ...

Cruz: ‘Only fitting’ Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ pays for border wall

Trump: Sen. Rand Paul to help with Iran negotiations

Week ahead: Both Q2 earnings and GDP expected to show sluggish growth, as investors await rate cut

Ex-Brooklyn man busted as high-ranking ISIS sniper ...

Beto: ‘Don’t be a fu*kstick’ could be my new campaign slogan

Iran says it has seized British oil tanker ... and a second one!

Trump says he will call Swedish PM about locked up rapper A$AP Rocky after call from Kanye West

Sanders campaign workers demand $15 hourly pay ...

Taiwan considers dozens of requests for asylum from Hong Kong protesters

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Democrats not willing to totally snub ‘deplorable’ Trump

After a great start to earnings season, overall profits are no longer expected to decline

Little changes at border amid confusion over Trump asylum rules ...

Tommy Robinson sentenced to nine months in prison

2,100 more troops headed to the U.S.-Mexican border, Pentagon says

The economic signs are moving against  the expected Fed’s rate cut: ‘It just doesn’t smell right’

USA tries to muster flotilla as Iran suspected of seizing tanker ... Britain sends third warship to Gulf

Biden: ‘If you like your private insurance, you can keep it’

Rand Paul angles to become Trump’s emissary to Iran

Foreign purchases of American homes plunge 36% as Chinese buyers flee the market

Tech giants on defense at antitrust hearing ...

Impeachment resolution fails ‘bigly’  332 to 95 ...

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White House Obamacare reversal made over Cabinet objections

Optimism about economy dips but Americans still feel It is in good shape under Trump: CNBC survey

DOJ: Mueller ‘details’ in weeks ...

Rand Paul: ‘Absolutely’ subpoena Obama officials over Spygate

Poll: Voters prefer popular vote over Electoral College

Tech companies haven’t been this negative about a quarter for six years

Smollett beats rap, Prosecutor feels heat, Rahm calls ‘whitewash’

... Trump: Phony investigation started ‘very high up’ in the Obama administration

House fails to override Trump’s veto on border emergency

Green New Deal fizzles in Senate as Dems accuse GOP of putting on ‘stunt’ vote

Report: Wikipedia editors paid to protect political, tech, media figures

DHS releases 24K border crossers, illegal aliens into U.S. in two weeks

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Kristjen Nielsen digs in after surviving Trump’s wrath

China is offering lower tariffs on some US products as trade deal inches closer

Tornadoes rip through South ... At least 23 dead in Alabama ...

Clinton: ‘Racist and white supremacist views are lined up’ at the WH

Rand Paul to oppose Trump on national emergency

The week ahead: Jobs report needs to silence rising worries about the economy

House opens obstruction probe

Elizabeth Warren: Mike Pence is not a ‘decent’ man

Hickemlooper launches presidential campaign

Tesla to unveil Model Y SUV on March 14

Paper: Socialism’s millennial fans don’t even know what it is ...

Green Peace co-founder: AOC’s Green New Deal — ‘pompous little twit’

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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

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Why Trump has spared Pelosi from his personal vitriol -- so far

Apple's China struggles highlight US companies' trade war vulnerabilities

Romney downloads on Trump ...

Rand [Paul] hits Mitt: 'Big government' Republican who 'never liked Reagan'

How women took over the military-industrial complex

Tesla shares tumble 9% as company misses Wall Street vehicle delivery estimates, cuts prices

Ocasio-Cortez bashes 'bad economics' of Dem's budget rules ...

Mark Zuckerberg's 2019 resolution: More censorship on Facebook

American, arrested in Russia as a spy, was there for a wedding

The Fed is losing its ability to control interest rates, the former Senate banking committee chief says

Former NY Times editor rips Trump coverage as biased ...

TX sheriff blames unsecured border for deaths of 49 migrants in 2019

Hip Shooters

There seems to be a growing cadre of cowboys that shoot from the hip. This "ready, fire, aim" trend is discordant to many and does introduce more risk into  commerce and information flows. Here is a short list of these caballeros:

Donald J. Trump

Dom Lemon

Elon Musk

Michael Avaneti

Kim Jong-un

Jim Acosta

James Comey

Rudy Giuliani

Maxine Waters

Rand Paul

Joe Scarborough

Omarosa Newman

I guess this list is getting longer than I thought ... and it could go on a lot more. It's  looking more and more like the OK corral.

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Hell hath no fury like Omarosa scorned

'Rudely trampling on international trade rules ': Chinese media beat drum against US

Plane stolen by 'suicidal' employee crashes near Seattle ...

Report: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally made decision to ban Alex Jones

Trump connects with Rand [Paul] 'at gut level'

US budget deficit increase 21%, on track for biggest gap in six years

REPORT: 2 killed, 307 wounded in clashes along Gaza border ...

U.S. Navy will keep challenging China in South China Sea

Puerto Rico concedes hurricane Maria caused more than 1,400 deaths

Roger Stone ex-aide held in contempt in Mueller probe

Cost of living rises at fastest rate in decade ...

Planned Parenthood launches six-figure ad campaign to block Kavanaugh

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'That was not the deal': McCarthy, Ryan renege on immigration vow

Trump turns up the heat on trade: 'Tariffs are the greatest!'

Israel downs Syrian warplane ...

Gallup: Trump hits his highest approval ever

Will Trump pull a North Korea on Iran?

General Motors jumps into peer-to-peer car sharing

The fires of Athens ... Raging inferno ..'Biblical disaster' ...

... Rand Paul: We shouldn't reveal secrets to people who call our president 'treasonous'

When public transportation infrastructure earns a D-, the economy suffers

Iran threatens 'countermeasures' if the US blocks its oil exports

Long, slow, painful death of the NY Daily News ...

Toronto shooting suspect identifies as Faisal Hussain

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Trump defiant after rare mea culpa on Russia

Trump: 'No,' Russia is not targeting the United States

[Alexandria] Cortez calls for occupation of airports, ICE offices ...

San Francisco opens non-citizen voting

Cuomo leads Nixon by 36 points in latest Quinapiac poll

Trump says defending tiny NATO ally Montenegro could result in World War Iii

California Supreme Court blocks measure that would divide state in 3 ...

House funds 200 miles of border wall in 2019

Poll: Corruption message gaining traction against GOP

Millennials watt retire by 61, but most have nothing saved

Rand Paul: 'Brennan most biased, bigoted CIA director' ever ...

Paul Ryan confronts Trump: 'Russia is not our ally'

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Obama issues new warning against 'strongman politics'

Powell: 'Rising chorus of concern' from business over tariffs

Russia celebrates: 'West has frailed' ...

Chinese state media: No fear of Trump-Putin ''forming an alliance' against China

Trump's step towards Putin seals a new world order

Key Republican Orrin Hatch threatens to check Trump's tariff policy

Elon Musk's latest outburst raises doubts on leadership ...

... 'American patriot": Australian PM backs POTUS ...

Rand [Paul] sees lots to like about Trump's presser with Putin

Blue states file suit against the U.S. over tax deduction limitations

Poll: 73% of Dems want fresh face in 2020 ...

... Morning Joe: 'Pitin has something over Trump' ...

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Trump.: EU is one of the United States' biggest foes

Israeli and Gaza militants agree to end fierce flare up of fighting

France dominates World Cup finals ...

Left-wing ANTIFA terrorists angry over 'unmasking' laws

Goody says he won't support Rosenstein impeachment

UK PM May says Donald Trump told her to sue EU over Brexit

Hillary begins speech: 'I'm so tired, I can barely stand' ...

Source: NATO members not living up to Afghanistan troop commitments

Rand Paul on Russian election meddling: 'We all do it'

Trump's SCOTUS nominee thinks ISPs have First Amendment rights, which could hurt privacy laws

Musk attacks hero diver of Thai rescue ...

NAACP lawyer: 'Insane' that Trump can appoint SCOTUS Justice

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'I'd like to kill 'em': GOP takes on Trump's tariffs

Home prices make the biggest jump in four years

Socialist Dems say Bernie too right wing ...

POTUS: E.U. as bad as China on trade, only smaller

As deadline looms, Trump officials struggle to reunite migrant families

Billionaire Richard Branson: America should give out free cash to fix income inequality

Man arrested for threatening to chop Rand Paul, family with ax ...

Nunes: Won't be threatened by Dems -- they're the ones with blood on their hands

Poll: Majority wants next justice to support abortion rights

Companies buying back their own shares is the only thing keeping the market afloat right now

Oprah: Running for president would kill me ...

Nicaragua: 200+ protesters killed since April