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Bizarro World: The Comic Book Version and the Real Thing
Once upon a time, in comic book land, there was a planet called Bizarro World, a strange place where up was down and down was up and beauty was ugly and ugly was beauty. In one installment, a salesman was doing a brisk business selling "Bizarro Bonds," hawking them to potential customers with this pitch: "Guaranteed to lose money for you."
The Latest: Obama: Working with artist on a portrait a ‘joy’
Speaking at the painting's unveiling ceremony Monday at the National Portrait Gallery, Obama said he normally hates posing, saying he gets impatient and starts "looking at my watch." The former president, who personally chose Wiley, said the artist listened carefully to his suggestions and then ignored most of them.
Trump wants to eliminate federal funding for popular D.C. tuition aid program
President Trump's budget plan calls for cutting all federal money to a college tuition aid program for D.C. residents. President Trump wants to cut all federal funding to a tuition aid initiative that helps D.C. residents attend college, putting the future of the popular D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant in jeopardy.
The Latest: Trump’s 2019 budget slashes EPA funding
Trump's proposed 2019 budget calls for slashing funding for the Environmental Protection Agency by more than one third, including ending the Climate Change Research and Partnership Programs. The president's budget would also make deep cuts to funding for cleaning up the nation's most polluted sites, even as EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt says that's one of his top priorities.
Trump: ‘US won’t be taken advantage of’
AS details of Donald Trump's "biggest" budget plan were released, the president has vowed to stop other countries "getting away with murder" in trade deals with the US. WSJ's Gerald F. Seib explains why the budget deficit is set to top $1 trillion this year, thanks to tax cuts and increases in military and nonmilitary spending.
President Trump says it’s up to Dems to protect ‘Dreamers’
President Donald Trump says it's up to Democrats to decide whether to extend protections for young immigrants living in the country illegally. Trump is ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, which lets young immigrants known as "Dreamers" temporarily live and work in the U.S. On Monday, Trump said he never wanted to tie budget talks to the Dreamers debate and now that the budget has been proposed, "we start very serious DACA talks today."
Trump plan would study sale of federal utility’s assets
President Donald Trump's infrastructure plan suggests studying whether the nation's largest public utility should sell its transmission assets, which Tennessee Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander calls "a looney idea" with "zero chance of becoming law."
Obamas’ official portraits are unveiled; prepare for foliage
Former President Barack Obama stands in front of his official portrait by Artist Kehinde Wiley at its unveiling at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, Monday, Feb. 12, 2018, in Washington. Former President Barack Obama stands in front of his official portrait by Artist Kehinde Wiley at its unveiling at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, Monday, Feb. 12, 2018, in Washington.
Democrats eye state Senate control, House upset in Minnesota
Minnesota voters were choosing successors Monday for two legislators who resigned amid sexual harassment allegations, as Democrats sought to remain in striking distance of taking back the state Senate and add a solidly Republican state House seat to their list of upsets leading up to the midterms. The rare Monday special elections were triggered by the resignations of GOP Rep. Tony Cornish and Democratic Sen. Dan Schoen late last year after they were accused by several women of sexual harassment.
The Dumb Controversy over the Schiff Memoby Andrew C. McCarthy The…
Substantively, the Schiff memo is unlikely to do Democrats much good, since the Nunes memo's principal allegations have been corroborated - namely: The Obama administration used the unverified Steele dossier to get a FISA warrant on former Trump-campaign adviser Carter Page and did not tell the FISA court that the dossier was a Clinton-campaign product. Democrats nevertheless appear to have laid a trap to try to goad Republicans into objecting to their memo.
Your Views: And the winners of this year’s fun/unfun awards are…
Fun: A proposed bill that forces congressmen to pay their own sexual harassment settlements. Rep. Pat Meehan of Pennsylvania and Michigan Rep. John Conyers paid settlements with tax payer money.
Republican Party of PA endorses Lou Barletta for US Senate
Lou Barletta is running against Senator Bob Casey for the US Senate. This weekend, he received the endorsement of the Republican Party of Pennsylvania.
Understanding the Media’s Ugly Weekendby David French When it comes…
Two is a travesty. But what about three, then four, then five? What if some of them adopt a seemingly celebratory tone as they recount alleged diplomatic triumphs over Vice President Mike Pence? That was this weekend - article after article, tweet after tweet.
Trump wants NASA out of space station by 2025, businesses in Source: AP
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Trump’s $4.4 trillion budget moves deficit sharply higher
President Donald Trump unveiled a $4.4 trillion budget for next year that heralds an era of $1 trillion-plus federal deficits and - unlike the plan he released last year - never comes close to promising a balanced ledger even after 10 years. The growing deficits reflect, in great part, the impact of last year's tax overhaul, which is projected to cause federal tax revenue to drop.
Twitter bans ‘pro-white’ politician for racist tweet
Paul Nehlen, a fringe challenger of House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and whose anti-Semitic tweets caused a stir in recent months, drew criticism again this week after tweeting an image of actress Meghan Markle photoshopped with the face of Cheddar Man, the dark-skinned man believed to be the first modern Briton. Twitter suspended Nehlen's account after he shared an image of Prince Harry standing next to Markle, a biracial American he is set to marry in May. Along with the image was this tweet: "Honey does this tie make my face look pale?" Start your day with the news you need from the Bay Area and beyond.
You cana t make this stuff up
When we were growing up our folks encouraged us to use our imaginations. We made boxes into forts, a playing card hitting the spokes of a bike made it a motorcycle, and we could create worlds in our minds that were fun.
Trump heralds ‘big week’ for long-awaited US infrastructure plan
The administration's plan is centred on using federal money to leverage local and state tax dollars to fix US infrastructure, such as roads, ports and airports. US president Donald Trump has launched a "big week" for his long-awaited infrastructure plan, which envisions boosting spending by 1.5 trillion dollars over a decade to rebuild roads, ports and airports.
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