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Posted at 5:30 pm on July 3, 2017 by Susan Wright White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is pushing to jack up taxes on the wealthy, in order to pay for serious tax cuts for middle and working-class Americans. It sounds great, until you remember this was supposed to be a Republican administration, and Republicans don’t tend to see punishing success as a viable way of growing the economy. From Axios: Meanwhile, Gary Cohn and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are goi

Posted at 7:00 pm on July 3, 2017 by Jennifer Van Laar A controversial gun confiscation bill was taken up – and passed – in Oregon’s House Rules Committee today with only 87 minutes’ notice, during a holiday weekend. The bill, SB 719, was filed by Sen. Brian Boquist and is one of Ceasefire Oregon and the Bloomberg Minion Complex’s legislative goals.

Posted at 8:25 pm on July 3, 2017 by streiff As you know, in Great Britain a 10-month old baby, Charlie Gard, has been condemned to death by a panel of doctors (can we call this a “death panel” without progressives messing themselves?) even though the parents have raised nearly $2 million dollars to move him to the United States for an experimental therapy.

Posted at 8:56 pm on July 3, 2017 by streiff I’ve posted several times on what the Trump administration is doing to cut down on illegals coming to the United States. While Trump has revoked the “catch and release” policy of the Obama administration and has started actively arresting and deporting illegals who had been considered safe under Obama, the biggest accomplishment is cutting down the supply side of the demand.

Posted at 9:31 pm on July 3, 2017 by streiff One of the last in a litany of shameful acts committed by the Obama administration was allowing the passage of of UNSC Resolution 2334 on December 23, 2016. In a unique act of perfidy, the Obama administration allowed a one-sided resolution to be passed condemning Israel for activities inside of settlements that are recognized as being Israeli territory in any Two State solution.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) will sign off on a compromise bill that would end the state government shutdown in time to open state parks and beaches for the Fourth of July, NJ.com reported Monday night. Sources told NJ.com that Christie will approve a revised bill dealing with control of Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield that sparked the shutdown. State Senate and Assembly leaders were scheduled to give more details about the deal at 10 p.m.

The Department of Justice asked a federal judge in Hawaii to deny the state’s request for clarification on President Trump’s travel ban Monday, saying any order limiting the scope of the travel restrictions should be considered by the Supreme Court. Hawaii is challenging the administration’s enforcement of the ban, which finally went into effect on Thursday after being bogged down by legal challenges for months. Visa applicants from specific countries must now prove a “bonda fide” familial relationship to be accepted.

A legal group filed a complaint Monday asking the Justice Department to investigate whether Kris Kobach, the vice chairman of President Trump's voter fraud panel, violated federal law when his 2018 campaign for Kansas governor highlighted his role on the commission. Trump created the panel in May with an executive order after making the baseless claim that there were millions illegally casted votes for his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton.  The panel sent letters last week to the 50 secretaries of state across the country requesting information about voters, with many refusing

President Trump took to Twitter Monday night to hit North Korea over the country conducting another ballistic missile test. “North Korea has just launched another missile. Does this guy have anything better to do with his life?