“Commonsense Solutions”

Really one of my numerous pet peeve phrases. What should we do? Enact commonsense solutions! What are they? Well the commonsense ones! What are they? The ones I support! Because everything I support is common sense, of course, not like things those clowns to the left and those jokers to the right support! Incremental! Cautious! Commonsense! Faux-centrism will destroy us all.

Rush Limbaugh Is More Progressive on Immigration Than Anyone on Capitol Hill. Seriously.

Who would have thunk it but when it comes to immigration, the king of conservative talk radio, Rush Limbaugh , might have become the most progressive voice in America today. Limbaugh has done more than any human alive over the last two decades to kill any immigration bill that smacked of "amnesty."

VIDEO: Justice Department Investigating ‘Process’ to…

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Sunday that the Justice Department is investigating whether the FBI submitted accurate information about the infamous Steele dossier in order to obtain a surveillance warrant against former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. "Are you, sir, investigating the fact that the FBI used the dossier to get a wiretap against Trump associates and they did not tell the FISA court that the Democrats and Hillary Clinton paid for the dossier?" Maria Bartiromo, the host of Fox's Sunday Morning Futures, asked Sessions.

President Trump supports improving gun background checks

The White House says President Donald Trump supports efforts to improve the federal gun background check system after a school shooting in Florida that left 17 dead. Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Monday that the president had spoken to Sen. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, about a bipartisan bill designed to strengthen the FBI database of prohibited gun buyers.

Trump backs effort to improve gun background checks: White House

President Donald Trump spoke to Senator John Cornyn about gun legislation on Friday, two days after a shooting at a Florida school killed 17 people, and supports efforts to improve the federal background check system, the White House said on Monday. Trump spoke to Cornyn, a Republican, about the bi-partisan bill he and Democratic Senator Chris Murphy introduced to improve federal compliance with criminal background checks, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said in a statement.

Another Trump Campaign Aide Set To Plead Guilty

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Rick Gates, a former Trump campaign aide who was also a close associate of former Mueller campaign director Paul Manafort, is set to plead guilty and become a cooperating witness in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian interference in the election and possible connections between the Trump campaign and Russian officials, making him the third former Trump campaign associate to plead guilty in an investigation has yet to reach its first anniversary: A former top aide to Donald Trump's presidential campaign will plead guilty to fraud-related charges within days - and has made clear to prosecutors that he would testify against Paul Manafort, the lawyer-lobbyist who once managed the campaign.

President Trump Lashes Out at Oprah and Russia Investigation in Tweet Storm as Nation Mourns

As the nation mourned, President Donald Trump kept largely silent about the Florida school shooting victims and the escalating gun control debate, instead raging at the FBI for what he perceived to be a fixation on the Russia investigation at the cost of failing to deter the attack. From the privacy of Mar-a-Lago, Trump vented about the investigation in a marathon series of tweets over the weekend.

Trump Backs Effort to Improve Gun Background Checks

President Donald Trump spoke to Senator John Cornyn about gun legislation on Friday, two days after a shooting at a Florida school killed 17 people, and supports efforts to improve the federal background check system, the White House said on Monday. Trump spoke to Cornyn, a Republican, about the bi-partisan bill he and Democratic Senator Chris Murphy introduced to improve federal compliance with criminal background checks, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said in a statement.

Congress Sets Sights on Federal Cryptocurrency Rules

Jolted by the global investment craze over bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, U.S. lawmakers are moving to consider new rules that could impose stricter federal oversight on the emerging asset class, several top lawmakers told Reuters. Bipartisan momentum is growing in the Senate and House of Representatives for action to address the risks posed by virtual currencies to investors and the financial system, they said.

Few states let courts take guns from people deemed a threat

The warnings around Nikolas Cruz seemed to flash like neon signs: expelled from school, fighting with classmates, a fascination with weapons and hurting animals, disturbing images and comments posted to social media, previous mental health treatment. In Florida, that wasn't enough for relatives, authorities or his schools to request a judicial order barring him from possessing guns.