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Labor unions aren't dying a natural death; similarly to the ACA, they have been killed off, starting with Taft-Hartley, and suffering death by a thousand cuts.

Shall we list the donors to the Clinton foundation who are sharia law misogynists, Walter?

BTW, what happened to all that charity money??

At least nine people in Trump’s orbit had contact with Russians during campaign and transition

Another mass shooting in the US by a dude in a ballistic vest and one of those3 cool semi-automatic rifles designed to blow apart the heads and torsos of people attending Sunday service. Fantastic! Let the bells of freedom right loud!

The “Fat Leonard” corruption investigation has expanded to include more than 60 admirals and hundreds of other U.S. Navy officers under scrutiny for their contacts with a defense contractor in Asia who systematically bribed sailors with sex, liquor and other temptations, according to the Navy.

Most of the admirals are suspected of attending extravagant feasts at Asia’s best restaurants paid for by Leonard Glenn Francis, a Singapore-based maritime tycoon who made an illicit fortune supplying Navy vessels in ports from Vladivostok, Russia to Brisbane, Australia. Francis also was renowned for hosting alcohol-soaked, after-dinner parties, which often featured imported prostitutes and sometimes lasted for days, according to federal court records.

The congressman who said he “would love to invalidate” the Endangered Species Act is closing in on his goal.

Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah) recently shepherded five bills out of the Natural Resources Committee he chairs that would dismantle the law piece by piece. Many Republicans on the panel say the proposals are necessary changes that would modernize the 1973 law. Democrats and conservationists say the bills would whittle away the law’s ability to save wildlife from extinction.

Si tu mens, on a bonne raison de ne pas croire ce que tu dis. J'ai raison de croire que tu te dispute seulement pour le plaisir d'un argument, et non pas parceque tu sais or bien te soucies au sujet.

Donald Trump's commerce secretary says there is "nothing improper" about his business links to Russian figures who are currently under US sanctions.
Wilbur Ross was accused of misleading senators after leaked documents showed his interests in a firm in which some shareholders have ties to the Kremlin.
He told the BBC that the US had not sanctioned the company, Sibur, so "there's nothing wrong with that".
Mr Ross also denied he had failed to disclose the information.
Earlier, Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal called the revelations of the Kremlin links "inexcusable".

If Gillespie prevails, Trump will, for all these reasons, be very, very happy. Independents and Democrats who are thinking of staying home should ponder whether they really want to put a big smile on the face of a president who is busily tearing apart political norms and undermining a legitimate investigation into his campaign.

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Yet very, very few present GOPers in the House or the Senate are doing anything visible to curb or even criticize the administration because it is giving the movement conservatives and corporate interests pretty much everything they've long wanted.

Agreed. And the effects on our economy are so far very beneficial for nearly everyone. GDP growth rates are up from their previous levels; unemployment is decreasing. Next we need some wage growth and a reversal of the depressed work force participation rate, inherited from the previous administration. In each area there is already detectable optimism and expectation of continued beneficial changes.

Just, not due to any actual actions Trump or the GOP have taken. They certainly haven't passed any bills that would lead to such a result.

I think this is a great example of the 'animal spirit's theory that drives Republican thought.

Take a look at the trajectory of numerous government economic indices, including unemployment, job creation and quarterly GDP growth. They all point to a change beginning this year.