“Liberals are freaking out about sanctuary cities,” said Twitter today, through the typed fingers of hundreds of Trump supporters. “Trump got the entire Democrat party to admit sanctuary cities are dangerous,” One America News host Jack Posobiec crowed. Act For America, a self-described “grassroots national security organisation” hoping to “make America safe again”, added that Democrats had said they “want illegal immigrants in our sanctuary cities” but responded with outrage when told by Trump, “OK, here they come!” “This was a great move,” added a Trump supporter whose tweets are still raking in the likes, “and why Trump is a smart businessman. Call their bluff… Well played Mr President.” Of course it plays well for Donald Trump to frame a liberal idea as hypocritical. They know that illegal immigrants are dangerous really, the argument goes. They just like to say they back open … [Read more...] about Opinion: This is what Donald Trump accidentally revealed during his threats to sanctuary cities
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Opinion: What Donald Trump got right in his State of the Union address
During a State of the Union in which Donald Trump at one point seemed to take personal credit for inspiring the record number of women now in Congress, most of whom ran in direct opposition to him, there was one woman whose tireless campaigning and pursuit of social justice played a pivotal role yet went unmentioned. When this speech is written up in the history books, they shouldn’t forget the name Kim Kardashian West. In May last year, Kardashian met with Trump and Jared Kushner in the Oval Office to lobby generally for prison reform, and specifically to call for the release of Alice Marie Johnson, a 63-year-old woman who was given a life sentence in 1996 for her involvement in a cocaine trafficking organisation in Memphis. Trump agreed to commute Johnson’s sentence, and today he invited her as one of his many stunt guests. Seated next to the looming Kushner, who always looks as if he’s caught in the midst of A Series of Unfortunate Events, Johnson wiped away tears … [Read more...] about Opinion: What Donald Trump got right in his State of the Union address
Find out what ‘Donald Trump’, a pork chop and a bag of condoms have in common in the East Midlands
A cardboard cut-out of Donald Trump, a pork chop, and a bag of condoms were among the 38 million items left behind on East Midlands Trains last year. Passengers on these trains are said to be the most forgetful in the country - according to a new survey which shows they are twice as likely to leave belongings behind compared to the national average. The research has been carried out by East Midlands Trains, which says that almost a fifth (15%) of its passengers admit to losing up to 50 items in the past 12 months alone. The train operator has now revealed a list of the weird and wonderful ‘forgotten items’ which have been left on board in the area. The list includes four pieces of priceless art, two 7ft surfboards, a life-size cut out of US president Donald Trump, a pork chop, a bag of condoms, false teeth, a prosthetic leg, a Star Trek costume, a 6ft inflatable cactus and enough instruments (45) to deck out half a symphony orchestra.More common items left behind in the … [Read more...] about Find out what ‘Donald Trump’, a pork chop and a bag of condoms have in common in the East Midlands
Donald Trump’s bragging blinds him to storm clouds ahead
Beware the ship’s captain who claims credit for the weather. That is precisely what Donald Trump has done, relentlessly so, since he assumed the presidency on a rising tide of good news about the US economy. These strong prevailing economic winds have helped blow the Republicans across the line today in the midterm elections to the Senate but they have not proved enough to enable them to retain control of Congress. As America went to the polls, the weather could not have been better for Trump. America created 250,000 jobs last month — far more than forecast — and the US jobless rate, at 3.7%, is the lowest since Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon and close to the point at which there is effectively full employment. Wages, meanwhile, are rising at the fastest lick in almost a decade, growing 3.1% in October. Scant surprise, then, that the statistics were greeted by a Trump tweet declaring: “Wow, these are incredible numbers. Keep it going, vote Republican.” … [Read more...] about Donald Trump’s bragging blinds him to storm clouds ahead
2018 midterm elections: Democrats who could challenge Donald Trump
Nicole Gaudiano USA TODAY Published 4:14 PM EST Nov 4, 2018 WASHINGTON – If Democrats have been a thorn in President Donald Trump’s side while in the minority, just wait. Some of his sharpest critics are among those in line to lead committees if Democrats win majority control of the House. They would have the power to issue subpoenas, call hearings and generally make Trump’s life miserable. Imagine the 3 a.m. tweets from Trump if Democrats use that power to probe whether he has financial ties to Russia and financial conflicts of interest or to subpoena the tax returns he’s been reluctant to disclose. All of that would come on top of special counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing investigation into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia to influence the 2016 presidential campaign. Democrats have campaigned on lowering the cost of health care and prescription drugs, infrastructure improvements and cleaning up corruption in Washington. Their … [Read more...] about 2018 midterm elections: Democrats who could challenge Donald Trump