Headlines

Appeals Court rejects Democrats’ emoluments suit against Trump

Pence defends deficit spending under Trump as necessary for economic growth

Biden goes missing [in NH] ... Jill speaks to 10 people ...

Report: WH considers removing Vindman

U.S. employers add a strong 225k jobs, unemployment up to 3.6%

Wall Street’s top economist, Ed Hyman, sees 0% GDP growth this quarter in China due to coronavirus

Citizen journalists covering [China virus] outbreak go missing ...

8 Americans confirmed with coronavirus on cruise ship ...

Yang fires dozens of staffers after Iowa debacle

Post-tax cut job gains weren’t quite as great as initially thought

63.4% Labor Force Participation Rate at Trump-era high ...

Revealed: FBI had multiple informants on Trump campaign

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‘I’m worried’: Allies fear NRA has lost its power in Washington

Trump's tax cut not giving the US economy the boost it needs

Rice cookers close NYC subway ... Bomb prank? Test? ... NYPD hunts for suspect ...

Tlaib boycotts own grandmother to spite Trump

Trump scores partial win on asylum ban as court narrows injunction

Trump called the CEOs of the biggest US banks on Wednesday as the stock market plunged

Chinese, Russian warplanes in skies near SKorea ...

MSNBC: Trump supporters can’t find Greenland on the map

Blindsided: Why does Beijing keep getting Hong Kong wrong?

Fed may not have enough firepower to prevent a recession

Apple, EU set for showdown over record tax bill ...

Cathay Pacific CEO resigns due to Hong Kong airport protests

Headlines

GOP breaks toward Kavanaugh vote with key Republicans undecided

Tesla's Musk pulled the plug on a settlement with the SEC at the last minute

Tax cut 2.0 seems ending in a whimper ...

Ramirez's Yale classmates reject Kavanaugh accusations

Trump thrilled at Kavanaugh defiance

American Bar Association calls for an FBI investigation into Kavanaugh allegations

[Senate] Committee Republicans' addresses, phone numbers splashed on WIKIPEDIA ...

South Korean and Japanese leaders clash over 'comfort women' at U.N.

Co-founder of form behind Trump dossier rejects House GOP request for interview

Italy boosts deficit target, defying the EU and rattling world markets

Mortgage rates hit seven year high ...

Feinstein's office recommended accuser's lawyer

Headlines

Does the white working class really vote against its own interests?

FBI obtained search warrant for former sheriff Dave Clarke

Hippy dream [pot] now a billion dollar industry ...

2018 on: POTUS says 'no more' aid to Pakistan

Tax cut on booze triggers more fears of abuse, drunken driving

At least 12 killed in Iran protests, state TV says

Report: US gives Israel go-ahead to kill powerful Iranian general

Planned Parenthood closed 32 facilities in 2017

Graham: Iran protests show Obama failed

Pope: Forget life's useless luggage, empty chatter

Anti-Beijing protesters march in Hong Kong

WaPo's Tumulty: 'Climate change refers to unpredictable weathers patterns' ...

Tax Cut

Republicans are high-fiving each other while Democrats are besides themselves ... claiming that the opponents are stealing from the U.S. Treasury. This first big legislative win for the Republicans looks like it will boost economic growth ... possibly dramatically. Is it perfect? No ... carried interest still exists, the highest bracket has been reduced, and there are plenty of cutouts designed to get the necessary Republican votes. But the sausage making is done and, overall, this bill will likely do the job.

And, if and when it does, quite a few of the Democrats who kowtowed to Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer and voted "nyet," may wish they can take a Mulligan ... particularly if they are on the ballot next year. If they realize that they are out on a limb being sawed off by their ideology, we might then get some cooperation toward fixing the remainder of the problems that B.H.O. never minded to either remedy or even pay attention to.

To paraphrase Uncle Wiggly, if the deep-state lollipop vendors don't force Trump to step down and disown all his deputies ... and if the cotton-candy Earth doesn't get a fatal fever ... or if the pecan-pie stock market doesn't swoon into the arms of Bernie Sanders ... then Trump might just pull a "beautiful" bunch of establishment Rinos over the finish line next November.

Tax cuts can cut both ways ...