Facts please.

I think it is perfectly fine if Speaker Pelosi cites security as an issue with the State of the Union address since Trump's government shutdown. We already know the hearings for nominee to the Attorney General's office was changed because of security issues due to the government shutdown. So, the idea the problem with security running over into other official capacities under the Capital Dome is more than reasonable.

I would suggest that Speaker Pelosi make public the assessment that brought her to that conclusion. We did not see proof from Trump or the US Senate stating why security was an issue with the Senate hearing for the Attorney General office, so perhaps the Speaker will have greater respect for the American people and allow them to understand why there is a delay in the State of the Union address.

That is all the American people want is clarity in these particular problems because otherwise the Republicans treat it like a football and turn it into rhetoric to score points for elections. Americans need to understand the facts and that is what President Obama always brought to his speeches. He brought facts and the American people responded in kind to his requests.

This is not difficult. It is based in truth and honest. The American people want a strong voice from their government about any issue that manifests based in truth, honesty and justice.

January 16, 2019
By Ramesh Ponnuru

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (click here) is rescinding her invitation to President Trump to give the State of the Union address on January 29. She says he should not give it until the shutdown is over, or should deliver it in writing. The president can give the same speech if he wants to — but he will have to give it in a less traditional venue.

The House Republicans’ campaign committee has sent out an email grouping Pelosi’s decision with other Democrats’ expressions of hostility to the Senate, the Electoral College, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. But the Senate and the Electoral College are part of our Constitution, and ICE is necessary to carry out an important government function. An annual presidential speech to Congress is neither. If the shutdown results in the end of this tradition begun by Woodrow Wilson, something good will have come of it....

How many knew the shutdown would effect the USA economy?

Yep, that is what I thought. Everyone who walks upright and a few who don't, knew that the government shutdown would effect the USA economy. That makes Trump the president that can't get a clue.

January 16, 2019
By Chris Riotta

As Democrats and Republicans clash (click here) over Donald Trump’s demands for $5.7bn in funding for a southern border wall, the president's Council of Economic Advisers has acknowledged the government shutdown will have a far worse impact on economic growth than anticipated.

The agency — which advises the president on matters of economic policy — revealed in its latest analysis the shutdown could force the US economy to contract, meaning a drop in national output, along with declines in real personal income and industrial production.

The loss in economic growth will nearly double what the council had predicted in its original estimates. The shut down is currently in its 26th day....

Evidently, everything Trump purports are lies. Why did he victimize a young man with a hopeful future?

Trump has no morals what so ever. This was a great moment for those young men and AGAIN he makes it about himself. Did Trevor Lawrence have to learn that politicians can't be trusted? 

January 15, 2019

By Jacob Bogage

No, Trevor Lawrence never said the following: (click here)

“President Trump got all our favorite foods, it was the best meal we ever had. Then we go see the coastal elite media trashing it for not being organic vegan. We’re football players, not bloggers. This was a perfect blue collar party.”...

...But Tuesday afternoon, the fake quote attributed to Lawrence spread on social media. Pasted below a photo of Lawrence celebrating Clemson’s national championship victory over Alabama, with the headline of “Clemson QB speaks out to defend America,” it circulated mostly in far-right circles on Twitter.... 

...Lawrence refuted the image in a tweet, saying he never made those remarks and the trip to the White House was “awesome.”