Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events MORE THAN once, President Trump has enticed Democrats and some moderate Republicans – and risked infuriating hard-liners in his base – by expressing an openness to overhauling the nation’s dysfunctional immigration system. He did so again in a session at the White House with television news anchors Tuesday, saying he’d consider a compromise that included legal status for millions of undocumented immigrants, and then wondering aloud whether he should float the idea to Congress in his speech that night.
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Together divided
Building “A” at the Mariposa County Fairgrounds was overflowing with concerned constituents Feb. 21 as Representative Tom McClintock faced a large crowd. McClintock generated a similar turnout in Sonora the following night with the Union Democrat reporting Sonora High School’s 569-seat auditorium was filled to capacity with another several hundred left outside.
Thursday, March 2, 2017: Marijuana oversight, Trump’s immigration…
The Feb. 22 Washington Post article that appeared in the BDN online about the discovery of seven Earth-like planets circling Trappist-1 made me think that we’re looking for life in all the wrong places. Indeed, the discovery of planetary systems is wonderful news, yet the one God and creator – Jesus Christ – stooped to our planet to seek us.
Democrats don’t learn from history
Last Saturday, the Democratic National Committee’s 447 members gathered in Atlanta to elect a new national chairman from a field of seven candidates. Tom Perez, secretary of labor under President Obama, also has ties to the Clinton organization and had the backing of such political luminaries as Joe Biden and Eric Holder.
The stars are only present in darkness
“A democratic and free society in which all persons will live together in harmony and with equal opportunities … is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.” These were the last chilling words of Nelson Mandela’s three-hour speech before hundreds at his criminal trial proceeding in the Pretoria Supreme Court of South Africa on April 20, 1964.
Pike Dems keep up the action against Trump
To the Editor: A group of our club went to the Scranton Toomey No-Show Town Hall and were on local print and TV media. Now we have six actions for Drumpf’s sixth week: 1. Oppose PA Senate Bill 10. It will penalize every county in Pennsylvania if they do not hold a released prisoner for 48 hours after their official release date pending clearance from U.S. Immigration, Customs, and Enforcement.
Why Trumpa s Presidency Isna t the Worst Thing Ever
I remember the ease with which my friend said the words: ‘I don’t see the point in voting’. To her, the system seemed eternally rigged in favour of two parties, rich sponsors and people older and wiser than us, and the futility of this meant scribbling an ‘x’ onto a piece of paper had no meaning.
Refugees at the border causing concern
As much as there has been considerable attention on how the new American administration may impact Canada from an economic perspective, overlooked thus far has been the impact to Canada on illegal refugee entry. As you may be aware, in parts of Manitoba and Quebec, there has been a significant increase of refugees illegally crossing into Canada creating considerable concern about the overall integrity of Canada’s immigration and refugee system.
Japan’s Senkaku challenge
At a time of shifting power dynamics in Asia, Japan faces pressing security challenges. Of the 400 remote islands that serve as markers for determining Japan’s territorial waters, only about 50 are inhabited.
Liberalism’s Fake Sense of Morality
Liberals constantly stake a claim to some religion-free moral high ground, which is laughable considering liberalism’s ideology is immoral at its core. Since November of last year, leftists have been too blinded by inane hatred for Trump to see the irony.
CPAC 2017: Making Peace With Trump, Taking Aim at Congress
This year’s Conservative Political Action Conference could have been titled President Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Don . For the first time in years, most of America’s premier conservatives gathered to find themselves the proverbial dog who chased and caught the car.
DAPL Resistance: The Real Story
The Trump administration last week extinguished Dakota Access Pipeline protesters when they proved only willing to torch and trash the earth; culture; children and animals they claimed to be defending. Pounding drums and donning feathered headdresses, they claimed to be “indigenous.”
Trump’s alt-right ambassadors must be resisted
US President Donald Trump walks to the Oval Office after returning to the White House in Washington D.C. Photo: Yin Bogu/Xinhua Donald Trump, through Joel Pollak as ambassador, will attempt to export the alt-right’s “civilisation of death” agenda, writes Ahmed Haroon Jazbhay. Speculation is rife that US President Donald Trump aims to send South African-born Joel Pollak as his ambassador to the country.
What popular tax breaks are at risk if GOP overhauls taxes?
When Republicans say they want to lower taxes and get rid of loopholes to make up the lost revenue, they’re talking about eliminating some very popular tax breaks enjoyed by millions of people. That’s why making big changes to tax laws is so hard – and why it hasn’t been done for 30 years.
Congress returns, with health care, Supreme Court on agenda
Congress returns to Washington this week to confront dramatic decisions on health care and the Supreme Court that may help determine the course of Donald Trump’s presidency. First, the president will have his say, in his maiden speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night.
Sessions’ tough on crime talk could lead to fuller prisons
The federal prison population is on the decline, but a new attorney general who talks tough on drugs and crime and already has indicated a looming need for private prison cells seems poised to usher in a reversal of that trend. Jeff Sessions, a former federal prosecutor sworn in this month as the country’s chief law enforcement officer, signaled at his confirmation hearing – and during private meetings in his first days on the job – that he sees a central role for the federal government in combating drug addiction and violence as well as in strict enforcement of immigration laws.
Is Trump building a blueprint for mass deportation?
But it appears inevitable that many more undocumented immigrants will be swept up by the Trump administration’s more aggressive enforcement. The groups at risk of deportation have been expanded dramatically by President Donald Trump’s Jan. 25 executive orders and the enforcement memos issued last week by the Department of Homeland Security .
‘Deep state’ is real – ‘alt right’ is fake
As outlined in Foreign Policy, the concept of the deep state is nothing new. But the Trump presidency may serve as the galvanizing force that links some of the formal established Democratic opposition forces, including MoveOn.org, government unions and Black Lives Matter with the informal deep-state cadre of disgruntled liberal bureaucrats, the hostile mainstream media and the usual suspects on the left.
Kan. Senate needs help to remember its true purpose
With the swing of her gavel, Senate President Susan Wagle, R-Wichita, launched the Kansas Senate into the 2015 legislative session on Monday.
RH Line calls published Feb. 25, 2017
“Fort Collins’ objections to building the Glade Reservoir sound like the microcosm of what’s happened in California the last few decades.
The myth of the passive president: Rich Lowry
President Donald Trump gives the impression of having done everything in his first month in the White House — except think about Congress. A couple of months ago, there were congressional Republicans reluctantly on the Trump train who would have welcomed such neglect.
U.S. Rep. Jordan shows congressional colleagues how it’s doneJordan…
The nation has seen a lot of Republican congressmen on the run this week as protesters across the nation have shown up at town hall meetings to loudly question representatives on things like health care and environmental policy. The town hall events, eerily reminiscent of the meetings faced by Democratic representatives in 2009 which spawned the Tea Party movement, have provoked criticism of the protesters, even from the White House, with claims that the events are being overrun by paid protesters.
In some a democracies,a reporters face danger
On Friday, February 17, President Donald Trump called the media “the enemy of the American people.” Are such words just typical for a frustrated chief executive having a bad week, or do these critiques have consequences? Defense Secretary James Mattis, the most popular person in the Trump Administration, disagreed with the statement that the press is the enemy of the American people.
Sound Off for February 25, 2017
Hey all you developers and contractors! I saw some green in North Columbus yesterday! Better get your concrete mixers busy and do something about it before it spreads! Donald Drumpf opens his mouth and shoots out a tweet. Clean up on Aisle 7! Then he blames the media for his own ignorance.
Trump making good on promises to coal miners
Reducing harmful regulations and bringing back blue-collar jobs were major themes of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. Now he is following through on those pledges.
Editorial: Don’t kill a species-saving law
A bald eagle sits perched in a tree this week near the St. Joseph River in South Bend, Ind. In the late 20th century, the bald eagle was on the brink of extirpation in the contiguous United States.
Albas: Prime Minister’s comments have encouraged illegal entry to Canada
As much as there has been considerable attention on how the new American administration may impact Canada from an economic perspective, overlooked thus far has been the impact to Canada on illegal refugee entry. As you may be aware in parts of Manitoba and Quebec there has been a significant increase of refugees illegally crossing into Canada creating considerable concern on the overall integrity of Canada’s immigration and refugee system.
For nationa s sake, Trump and intelligence community must get along
The White House disarray we’ve witnessed of late can’t be good for national security.
On illegal immigration, Trump plan sloppy as a drive-by shooting | Moran
Most Americans oppose his plans to build a wall at the Mexican border, and most want undocumented immigrants to have a path to citizenship. Trump voters disagree.
Grilli: Democrats now rely on the Republican strategies they once decried
During the presidency of Barack Obama , it was a common liberal trope to decry Republicans’ actions “obstructionist.” One would often hear that no president in the history of presidents ever had to face such obstruction to their agenda in the two houses of Congress, as if compromise were not only virtuous, but an obligatory action of government.
Day editor got it wrong on Republicans dealing on budget
To continue reading up to 10 premium articles, you must register , or sign up and take advantage of this exclusive offer: The Day’s editorial page editor allowed Republican lawmakers 11 days to come up with a $40 billion budget response to the tax and spending plan laid out by Gov. Malloy Feb. 8. It took the Malloy’s bureaucratic budget experts presumably all fall and into the winter to create a universally disliked proposal – most Democrats not living in Hartford, New Haven and Bridgeport don’t support it either – that shovels much of the state’s looming $3.6 billion deficit onto to towns and cities and builds in concessions from state employees.
Does this N.J. congressman have the political will to explore Trump-Russia link? | Editorial
It would seem obligatory – patriotic, even – for our elected officials to weigh in on the Trump Administration’s novel approach to foreign relations. But the one congressional representative from New Jersey in position to help illuminate the electorate and steer the country through the labyrinth ahead is curiously mute.
Francis Wilkinson, Bloomberg View: Trump right to consider saving Dreamers in immigration orders
President Trump hinted at his news conference last week that he may yet unveil a surprise on the fate of “Dreamers” – the undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children. If it truly favors Dreamers, it could be a shrewd move.
Limited gun rights
In my letter about guns published in the Feb. 16 Herald, one sentence was garbled such that the logic of my point about the legal right to possess weapons in public was severely distorted.
Thomas Friedman: Israeli-Palestinian conflict isn’t improving
First you were tested by a rival – Russia – and utterly failed to appreciate the corrosive impact on our democracy of your indulgence of Russia’s hacking our election. And on Wednesday you’re going to be tested by a friend – Israel – and its prime minister, Bibi Netanyahu.
Grassley works to ensure government accountability
U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley has a long record of working hard to make sure that federal government programs accomplish the purposes for which they were created. The Iowa Republican is among the Senate’s most diligent watchdogs of bureaucrats at work.
Orange County (Calif.) Register: Shifting to ‘blue collar’ focus could work for Democrats
The reason American politics is so unsettled right now goes well beyond Donald Trump. It also involves the state of the major parties.
My office can help with federal agencies
As we continue to make our way through the first few months of the new Congress, I want to make sure you know about the services my office can provide to the constituents of Ohio’s 15th Congressional District. With an office in Washington, D.C. and offices across the district in Lancaster, Wilmington, and Hilliard, Ohio, my staff and I are here to assist you and ensure you receive the highest quality of constituent service.
Bob Barr: Enough with the – vetting’
Of the many words to describe Donald Trump, “measured” and “precise” are not among them.
BELLWETHER Will French voters elect a female Donald Trump?
The far-right French leader Marine Le Pen gestures during a talk with Ziad Hawat, mayor of Byblos, Lebanon, during a visit to Beirut on Feb. 19. France will choose a new president this spring, in a two-stage election process that for decades has come down to a choice between left-leaning Socialists and a right-of-center party that recently changed its name to Les Rpublicains . This year, however, a third candidate has put the direction of the country very much in doubt.