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National Emergencies and the Long-Lost Legislative Veto (National Review)
When the subject of the president’s potential declaration of a national emergency arose during our recording of The McCarthy Report on Wednesday, Rich Lowry rightly chuckled in mock amazement when I observed that there was a difference between what should happen and what will happen. He’s right — isn’t there always?
We were discussing the position ardently held by several smart commentators, not least our friend David French, that such a declaration would be illegal: the manufacture of an emergency in order to justify — or, if you prefer, as a pretext for — repurposing Defense Department funds for the construction of physical barriers (are we still calling it “the wall”?) along the southern border. [Read More]
Sarah Sanders, other Republicans slam Democrats for ‘partying on the beach’ amid shutdown (FOX News)
Republican leaders slammed Democrats on Sunday following reports that around 30 Democratic members of Congress traveled to Puerto Rico this weekend to meet with lobbyists and see a special performance of the hit Broadway show “Hamilton.”
While the Democrats also planned on attending the Congressional Hispanic Caucus BOLD PAC gathering in San Juan and met with Puerto Rican officials to discuss ongoing cleanup efforts from Hurricane Maria, Republicans were angered over images of their Democratic colleagues enjoying the island’s beaches as the partial government shutdown entered its third week. [Read More]
Sen. Mark Warner: Trump has ‘parroted’ Vladimir Putin (The Washington Times)
Sen. Mark Warner said Sunday that President Trump has “parroted” Russian policies in the first two years of his presidency.
His comments come after The New York Times reported that the FBI opened a counterintelligence investigation into the president after he fired FBI Director James B. Comey, looking into whether Mr. Trump was working on behalf of Russian interests and obstructing justice.
In addition, The Washington Post reported that the president has prevented other administration officials from being privy to his conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin. [Read More]
The Southern Poverty Law Center is the latest far-left organization to quietly cut ties with the Women’s March, following revelations — in both Tablet and The New York Times — that senior Women’s March leaders openly expressed anti-Semitic sentiments in early organizational meetings, and affiliated with the anti-Semitic, anti-LGBT, and anti-women’s rights organization, the Nation of Islam. [Read More]
Rep. Ralph Norman: Border security is a fight we must not lose (Washington Examiner)
Let me be clear: Like most of you, I support legal, lawful immigration. We value those who seek our nation in pursuit of their dreams. Separately, we want to protect others who have nowhere else to turn in the face of persecution.
While most immigrants obviously come to the United States with goodwill, the crime and drug statistics related to illegal immigration are staggering. Human trafficking has risen dramatically in recent years. Hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of deadly narcotics are seized on the border each year by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, including cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has arrested more than 300,000 illegal immigrants in the last two years, including: [Read More]
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