Headlines

How Mayor Pete started to look presidential

House Democrats give the IRS until April 23 to hand over Trump’s tax returns

Capitol custodial staff report sexual harassment from lawmakers ...

Ilhan Omar is a game changer for Democrats — and not in a good way

Trump, Kim tease third North Korean summit

The trucking industry is desperate for drivers — autonomous vehicles can help

‘No religion’ now as popular as Catholicism

Chicago mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot says she will welcome illegals

Italy warns against foreign military intervention in Libya

Jeff Bezos warns Amazon will have ‘multibillion dollar failures’

5.2 mag quake shakes Hawaii ...

Migrants break border gate, force their way into Mexico

Quotable Quote

'[You] can't charge person with murder when [he] only got parking ticket' -- Sharon Stone, commenting on how all sexual harassment is now treated the same.

Headlines

DOJ asks Supreme Court to rule on Trump's right to end DACA

US could topple Russia and Saudi Arabia as world's largest oil producer this year, IEA says

Stock market 31% gain during Trump -- best since FDR!

... 'Entire Mueller investigation is a lie, built on a foundation of corruption' ...

Hungary has arrest warrant out for ex-Trump aide Gorka

Trump's approval is the lowest for any president one year into his term, WSJ/NBC poll says

3.6 million 'DREAMERS' in USA ...

Report: Schumer won't negotiate immigration unless Tom Cotton is excluded ...

Trump contradicts Kelly, says border wall stance 'never changed'

Donald Trump is the only person in Washington who doesn't seem worried about a shutdown

Paper: Sexual harassment, assault rifle at UN ...

Poll: 64% agree with work requirement for Medicaid ...

In a Nutshell

CNBC has done a good job summarizing all the winners and losers in the GOP tax package which is expected to be enacted on Tuesday. Even though "carried interest" has not been eliminated, its holding period has been increased from one to three years to qualify -- small victory.

This reform was sausage making at its best ...

Anyhow, spend the halftime of the NFL game you are not going to watch today studying this information packed chart ... CNBC Synopsis. I think the stock market is telling us that this will not just be good for US companies ... but for our economy in general. It certainly will have consequences for the 2018 midterm elections ... possibly even more so than sexual harassment charges.

Headlines

Female House candidate withdraws over sexual harassment claim

Report: Lisa Bloom promised cash to Trump sexual harassment accusers

Trump to remove 'climate change' as a national security threat ...

Trump: 'It's a shame what's happened with the FBI'

Trump: [Roy] Moore should concede

Facebook just admitted that using Facebook can be bad for you

UNHAPPY KINGDOM: DisneyFox merger likely to cost 5.000-10.000 people jobs ...

Adam Schiff Twitter meltdown: Worries Russian probe will end too soon ...

Democrats want to know why Justice Department released FBI texts

Far right party to enter Austrian government after coalition deal

WH: Western Wall has to be part of Israel ...

Trump boom: NY Fed projects 4% [GNP] growth

Off the Mark

Facetious hat?

Mark Halperin is my favorite liberal journalist. But, it seems that he too has been caught up in the latest societal pogrom as five women have accused him of sexual harassment ... and he has been sacked at MSNBC ... see: CNN Story

Why is he my favorite? Because about two years ago he was asked on Morning Joe what he thought of President Obama. He said, after being assured his answer would be bleeped, that Obama was "a dick" He obviously wasn't bleeped ... and was then suspended for just a few weeks.

A Bear Hug

Megyn Kelly has leveled her public-relations bazooka at her boss, the head of the Fox News Network ... Roger Ailes, clearly in order to bring him down. What did Ailes do to deserve this fusillade? He gave her a peck on the cheek and a bear hug ten years ago ... and this, to Ms. Kelly, was sexual harassment. Of course Megyn Kelly has risen through the ranks at Fox News during the interim period ... praising Roger Ailes all the while for his mentoring ... to the point where she is now a multi-millionaire media star with a prime-time program on Fox.

I have written in the past about Megyn Kelly ... about how her severe mien and whiskey voice has struck me as a would-be dominatrix ... see: A Foxy Question. My instincts about this woman seem to match Donald Trump's who clearly didn't and doesn't like her ... although, in typical Trump fashion, he tripped clumsily over his tongue during the presidential debate that she co-hosted.

Now apparently as many as 50 of Fox's superstars, Bill O'Reilly, Greta Van Susteren, Sean Hannity, etc. have threatened to leave Fox if Ailes goes ... see: American News Story.

SCOOP: Today on the Boston talk radio show, The Kuhner Report, the rumor was revealed that the Trump family is ready to fund a new cable network ("balanced and fair" Wolf News?) and hire this whole group who are threatening to leave Fox. Wouldn't it be an interesting twist of fate tf Ms. Kelly's traitorous payback of Ailes spawned this competing network. She would then be maybe the last standing star at Fox ... a once proud cable network with no more viewers!

And then who might Cruella Kelly dominate?

As Expected ...

Herman Cain has now been predictably accused of sexual harassment ... see: Politico.  I wonder if this has anything to do with a pubic hair on a Coke can?

(For those of you too young to understand this reference, here is the connection: Anita Hill's Accusation.)