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Nearly 1 million Americans have already voted

Coronavirus live updates: Positivity rates top 25% in some Midwest states, small businesses create succession plans

Delaware State University denies Biden's claim he attended school

New YorkTimes: We have Trump’s tax returns

Trump ex-campaign boss hospitalized after threats to hurt self

The U.S. is ‘not in a good place’ as daily coronavirus cases grow beyond 40,000, Fauci says

Biden refuses to answer if he’d pack the Supreme Court

Blumenthal: I won’t meet with Barrett

Poll: Democrats have slight edge heading into Barrett confirmation battle

Trump offers no proof as he claims he’s paid millions in taxes and has little debt

NY Times investigation into Trump taxes finds no Russian links or illegality

CO Secretary of State encourages non-citizens to register to vote


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Pelosi fiercely defends impeachment inquiry as Trump blows up

Dow plunges more than 500 points as big tech shares lead the decline

What happened to Trump’s boast of 4%, 5% or even 6% economic growth?

Nancy Pelosi: Democrats launched ‘inquiry’ not ‘outright impeachment’

Trump set to hit EU with tariffs on $7.5B of goods after Airbus ruling

Bernie Sanders undergoes procedure for artery blockage, cancels events until further notice

Americans spend more on taxes than food, clothing, health-care — combined!

Poll: Trump re-election support unmoved by impeachment inquiry

Support for impeaching Trump hits new high

At half of US colleges most students go on to earn less than $28,000 a year

Greece struggles to survive as migrant arrivals soar ...

Private payrolls beat expectations with 135:000 jobs in September

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Kamala Harris goes after Trump on immigration

Trump tells Putin: Don’t meddle in US elections

Biden stammers as Kamala eats him alive! ‘That little girl was me’

Chuck Todd spoke more words at second debate than 7 Democrats

‘Everyone hates this place’: Border bill tears apart Democrat caucus

Kamala Harris attacks Joe Biden’s record on busing, working with segregationists

Dems vow health care for all illegals

‘Hell no’ Ocasio-Cortez opposes Pelosi’s decision to pass Senate [border] bill

Bernie Sanders admits he will raise middle-class taxes

Russia’s Vladimir Putin says liberalism has ‘outlived its purpose’

Supreme blow to Trump ... ‘Contrives’ question on census ... Roberts sides with Libs ...

Report: Biden’s campaign freaking out about poor first debate

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Inside Trump’s year-long attempt to stymie the Russia investigation

Amazon is shutting down its China marketplace business. Here’s why it has struggled

President cracks term limit joke after big win ...

Deep State Clapper: ‘Passive collusion’ with Russia swung election for Trump

Mueller paints damning picture of dysfunctional Trump White House

Judge upholds New York City’s mandatory measles vaccination order

White House lawyer refuses order to fire Special Counsel ...

U.S. Coast Guard seizes 8 tons of drugs in international waters

The obstruction case against Trump that Barr tried to hide

Donald Trump on Mueller’s appointment: ‘This is the end of my presidency. I’m f—d’

Poll: 68% say paid same or MORE in taxes ...

Appeals court upholds California ‘sanctuary state’ bill

On His Plate

President Trump has had to address so very many items that his predecessors chose to ignore. Here are just a few of the unsavory things he found on his plate on inauguration day:

- North Korean nuclear threat

- Grossly unfair trade relations with China and the EU

- Broken immigration laws, law enforcement and policies

- Run-away big tech and its insidious invasion of our privacy

- An untamed ISIS caliphate in Iraq and Syria

- Venezuelan economic and social decay

- Sluggish economic growth driven by bad tax laws and over regulation

- NAFTA’s  hollowing out of American industrial base (inc. steel and aluminum)

- NATO financial and forces slackers

- American armed forces reconstruction

- Activists US judicial system (inc. Supreme Court)

- Iranian nuclear threat and its sponsorship of worldwide terrorism

- A grossly biased American media

- Russian and Chinese worldwide hegemonic mischief making

- And many, many more ...

And, all the while, Trump, as he was addressing this unappetizing fare, was being spit on by the Deep State, the media ... and the Mueller Russian investigation.

Headlines

Trump bets on North Korea to break his losing streak

Why California’s new solar mandate could cost new homeowners up to $10,000

The wolf who cried MAGA ... could get 3 years in prison for filing false report ...

Stephen Miller predicts ‘hundreds of miles’ of border wall by 2020

How does a straight white male Democrat run for president?

A big change in accounting will pit $3 trillion in liabilities on corporate balance sheets

Amazon pays no income takes ... $11 billion in profits ...$100 million rebate!

Networks refuse to cover ‘no Russian collusion’ report

Trump threatens to release ISIS prisoners if EU doesn’t take them

Anthony Weiner released from prison, now in federal reentry program

Senate panel to investigate meetings between Russians, Obama officials ...

[Iran] ...claims U.S. sabotaging Tehran space program

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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

Stubborn Mule

Donald J. Trump is a very stubborn man. It was likely this mulishness as a child that caused his parents to ship him off to military school for discipline. Yes, at military school, he acquired discipline but he was still obstinate ... because it served hm well there. He left the New York Military Acadamy as its top officer.

Then, against his father's advice, he went into the construction business in Manhattan, the toughest venue for builders. I suspect that again his bullheadedness also served him well ... along with his deal making and attention to detail. I also suspect most of his opponents eventually gave in to his stubbornness and let him have his way. This led to fame, wealth, two divorces and, eventually, the presidency.

Now, as president, Trump is exhibiting much more spine than most of his predecessors. He has run into other mules who imagine that they are his parents ... John McCain, Jim Comey, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck  Schumer, Bob Mueller, Bernie Sanders, etc., Jim Acosta and much of the rest of the national media. And, on the international front, there are other rockheads ... Putin, Xi, Erdogan, Merkel, Kim, etc. So, Trump's metal is being severely and constantly tested at all levels. And those who support him in these contests are a sparse legion. He is being tested as never before.

But he has already won a few shrirmishes ... tax cuts,  new NAFTA, regulatory reform, NATO reform, economic growth, monetary policy, global warming policy, economic growth, etc. Yet his detractors are still on the offensive. Their silliness over border security is a perfect example. His opposition on this issue is purely political and unAmerican ... and cannot help his opponents long term (after the shutdown is forgotten).

Most of Trump's critics want him to relent on many of his policies. However, his policies are patriotic and against the myriad special interests in America. He is clearly a populist and a nationalist -- winning strategies as witnessed by how some of his 2020 opponents are beginning to shade their platforms in his direction.

All we can hope is that he keeps his spine for the next two years. If he does, despite being a mule, he will continue winning with the majority of his countrymen.

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McCarthy hits hard at Dems after winning minority leader post

Here are Warren Buffet's 10 biggest holdings now, half of which are banks

Caravan jumps border fence, no troops ...

State Dept: Iran spends $1 billion a year on terrorism

White House dumps senior official after clash with Melania Trump

Stormy Daniels' attorney Michael Avaneti arrested for alleged felony domestic violence

Feds collect record taxes in October ...

22 buses with 900 migrants near U.S. border

Nelson will likely come up short in his recount barrel against Scott

White House curtails Trump trade advisor Navarro's public role as Kudlow rip s him for China comments

China tech factory conditions spawn suicides ...

Trump calls Jerry Brown to offer support against California wildfires

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Yet, Jane Fonda lives on ...

Republicans: Sessions gone after midterms

Fed's James Bullard saus he would 'stand pat' on rates for rest of the year

Buchanan: We're in for a hellish year ...

Liberal South African think tank: Trump is right about land reform

Treasury blocks efforts to get around  blue states' cap on state, local tax deductions

U.S. business equipment orders point to firm investment

Hurricane Hawaii ... Up to 40" of rain

Half million Afghan refugees  leave Iran as economy crumbles

'He's unraveling': Why Cohem's betraya terrifies Trump

Jeff Sessions fires back at Trump, says DOJ will remain independent

Bernie accuses DISNEY of dodging fair pay ... Blasts Bezos ...

Netanyahu welcomes airlines' decision not o fly to Iran

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North and South Korean leaders will meet in Pyongyang next month

Omarosa reveals recording she made of President Trump the day after she was fired

Rudy: Comey lied about Trump metering ... No interview after Sept. 1 ...

Nunes: Clinton campaign colluded with 'nearly ever' top official ar DOJ, FBI

Democrats say 'no thanks' to de Blasio PAC money

What's wrong for Turkey?  Its economy is 'in the midst of a perfect storm'

Feds collect record taxes; still run $683.9B deficit ...

Democratic Socialists defeated in Hawaii Dem primary

Counterprotesters dramatically outnumber white supremicissts at [DC] rally

Saudi Arabia cuts oil production in July despite agreement to hike output

More Americans defaulting on credit cards ...

[Linsey] Graham; 'Investigations against Trump were corrupt to the core'

Bowling for Greatness

Nothing ventured, nothing gained -- Old Saw

President Trump is determined to bring the U.S. back from the brink. For the last 40 years this country has tried to lift up the rest of the underdeveloped world, particularly China, out of poverty into prosperity. We have succeeded ... possibly too well. Although this strategy was not a zero-sum game, Pat Buchanan was right that NAFTA would cause a "giant sucking sound" as jobs went south into Mexico. China has also  benefited enormously ... to the point where, if things don't change, it is poised to become the world's dominant economy before 2030!

Enter stage right, Donald Trump.  Unlike his shrinking-violet predecessors, this president is willing to take risks -- trade risks, economic risks, military risks, diplomatic risks, coalition risks, political risks -- all to reverse the decline that this country has clearly suffered.  He has identified this country's sluggish growth as being a consequence of our deference to the rest of the world on most fronts ... particularly the fact that the anticipated customer growth  in those countries, which have benefited from our pump priming, has not happened. Now the time is up ... and it is America's turn to return to our natural economic greatness.

Trump is willing to risk war with North Korea and Iran to defang these bad actors. He is wiling to risk trade wars with the EU, China, Mexico, Korea, Canada and Japan in order to restore America's industrial might. He is willing to risk the wrath of our liberal media to correct our insane immigration policies, tax structure, divisive race relations, weakened military, destructive environmental regulations, activist judiciary system and bloated bureaucracy. He is leading our country out of the liberal lethargy in which both political parties have allowed us to wallow.

Trump is a risk taker ... and, so far, things generally seem to be paying off. His detractors keep predicting disaster for all his ventures. But, although not all his bowling has yet yielded strikes, President Trump has mot thrown a real gutter ball.

Love Affair

Democrat Manifesto

The Democrat party has moved far left in the last decade ... to a point that would be unrecognizable to the party of JFK or even Bill Clinton. It's as though George Soros has tattooed his manifesto on the donkey's rump. However, not all recent Blue candidates are using this manifesto as their platform because the smarter ones realize that it is a loser. But, once elected if elected, Nancy Pelosi tells them how to vote.

The question becomes then, how much of this Democrat manifesto will be visible in the next presidential election and maybe even in this Fall's midterm elections? But be mot mistaken, this is the guts of their agenda. So let's get on to what this manifesto contains:

- Single-payer healthcare
- World government
- Destroy the U.S. coal industry
- Increase third-world migration into America
- Higher income taxes (to redistribute wealth)
- Sanctuary cities and states
- "Strategic patience"  (passive foreign policy)
- Open national borders
- Nuclear disarmament or at least unilateral reduction
- Crony capitalism
- Promoting Black Lives Matter and ANTIFA
- Mote government transfer payments (welfare)
- Fewer illicit drug laws and lesser punishments ("sentencing reform")
- Facilitation of illegal voting
- Weaker military
- Removing Civil War (and other historic) statues
- Free higher education
- Diversity quotas and more "inclusion" of hyphenated Americans
- Nullifying the Second Amendment
-Taxpayer funded abortion and birth control
- Free but not necessarily fair (multilateral) trade
- Carbon taxes and much tighter emissions standards
- "Green" energy production at the expense of  fossil fuels
- More government regulations
- LBGTQ and transgender rights advocacy
- Suppression of "offensive" speech

This list is not by a long shot comprehensive ... and they are not all excessively malignant ... but. taken as a whole, they would "fundamentally transform" this country ... if we survive at all.

Style

In figure skating's long programs there are two major scoring criteria -- "technical merit" or degree of difficulty of the tricks and "presentation" or style -- the costume, correct back arch, graceful arm movements, skater's synchronization to the music, etc.

Judging President Trump's performance this way gives him high marks on technical merit -- tax reform, deregulation, economic growth, defeating ISIS, employment growth, reforming and restoring international alliances, pushing back on our enemies, immigration law enforcement, restoring a conservative tone to our judicial system, starting to rationalize our healthcare insurance system, etc. But it is on the style front where he receives the most demerits. In fact, many of his critics would prefer to judge him solely on style ... and do.  He is petulant, He is self aggrandizing. He demeans his enemies ruthlessly. He is a sexual predator. He is impulsive.

Trump's governance is in stark contrast with his predecessor's ... which was primarily style with few heavy lifts ... most of which, when attempted at all (immigration policies, Obamacare, Iran nuclear deal, restoring robust economic growth, North Korea containment, Paris climate accord, improved race relations, TPP, etc.), were mismashed ... not even a single Salchow. It was Obama's smooth style that won him his fans.

Or to use the Texas slight (and muddle this metaphor), he was all hat and no cattle. Style-less Trump is, in my opinion, all cattle and no hat. If I can't have both, I'll take technical merit over style.

MAGA Trump

Is Trump often childish? Sure. Does he taunt him enemies mercilessly? Of course ... often uncomfortably. Does he relate his version of the truth independent of what the media and the Left believe? Too often. Is he an orator? No, he lowers his voice when he should raise it for emphasis and his hand  gestures ate too routine. Dos he repeat himself? Like an echo chamber. Is he compulsive? Yup, yup. Does he look like a president? He has funny hair and too-long ties. Was he a sexual predator? If you take the Billy Bush tape literally, yes. Is he a narcissist and egomaniac? Yes. Has he paid his taxes over the years?  To me, this is up to the IRS to decide. Does he have most of the national media in his corner? Duh!

So why do I and millions of other Americans support this flawed man with clear eyes? Simple, because of his policies and because  his performance agrees with what we believe needs to be done. On immigration, on trade, on terrorism, on limiting government and government regulation, on national defense and hegonomy, on economic growth, on tax reform, on draining the political swamp that is Washington, on all these things and more ... most of which Democrats seem to eschew.

What's the difference between these two radically different stances? Clearly, Trump's opponents mostly dislike his superficials, whereas his supporters look beyond these flaws, believing that this man will MAGA.

BTW, Oprah has few of Trump's flaws ... but also supports few of his political mandates (at least those which we know now about), yet the Left already has her nominated for 2020. Is this the right political strategy? Well, it did work in 2008 ... but somehow I doubt it will again?

Headlines

All from Internet news sites. Guess which from The Daily Caller?

U.S. officials fear North Korea will greet Trump with missile test

North Korea cries over sanctions, begs world to save them from destruction

Spain issues arrest warrant for Catalan leader ...

[David] Brooks on Brazile DNC allegations: 'Our elites really do stink'

Neighbor charged with assaulting [Senator] Rand Paul

US mission to Somalia orders American staff to leave Mogadishu

Republicans quietly revise tax bill to INCREASE rates over time ...

Saudi Arabia intercepts missile targeting main airport

New U.S. climate report at odds with Trump policy

Saudi Arabia ousts ministers, arrests princes and former officials in anti-corruption sting

Mueller braces for challenges to his authority

Surge Bannon on illegal immigration: Globalist corporations want cheap labor, Left wants cheap votes

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All from Internet news sites. Guess which ones from Politico?

Mueller teams up with New York attorney general in Manafort probe

The state option: Mueller could be looking to get around Trump's pardon power

Americans spend more on taxes than food, clothing combined

Exclusive: Trump urged to nationalize America's only rare earth [metal] mine

Federal judge blocks Texas immigration law

Poll: Half of America believes media is as bad as white supremacists

Kansas City serial killer: 'Kill all white people' ...

Jerry Springer: 'Considering Ohio gubernatorial run'

Prosecutors: Menendez bribery scheme went on for years

LA replaces Columbus Day with 'Indigenous People's Day'

Weekend: Militarization of Hamptons; counterterrorism forces petrolling parties

Over two million [Muslim] pilgrims begin hajj

Taxing Times

Democrats never seem to see a new tax or a tax hike that they don't like. Take a quick gander at the tax mine field that President Obama laid down for Americans during his reign (mostly tied to Obamacare) ... see: Americans for Tax Reform Listing. Many of these 21 new taxes actually hit the middle class ... violating a pledge that Obama made before he was first elected.

Now, as to be expected, there are also taxes in the Obamacare mishmash that are graduated ... progressive if you will ... meaning that wealthy people will be understandably harder hit. And now comes the expected Democrat demagoguery (note the same first letters) surrounding the Republicans in the Senate's effort to scuttle Obamacare. The Dems are pounding the table saying that this Obamacare repeal will give huge tax breaks to the wealthy. And Warren Buffet, on cue, echoes this refrain ... see: Fortune Magazine Story.

Duh! Do I need to point out the obvious? If Obamacare is eliminated ... along with its repertoire of taxes ... then those taxes meant to soak the rich also go away ... so Upchuck Schumer is technically right ... but still is a big fat demagogue in the process. Are Republican healthcare reformers expected to keep these vestigial taxes as memorials to the disaster that was Obamacare? This would be like the smile that persists after the Cheshire cat has disappeared.

If Warren Buffet wants to pay more taxes, then I am sure that this can be arranged during the next big Republican government overhaul ... the coming tax reform process.