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TRUMP APPROVES SENATE REOPEN BILL

LOS ANGELES (OC).–President Donald Trump gave his approval to the 60-vote Senate bill that reopens the federal government after a 40-day shutdown that watched Democrats and Republicans play a dangerous game of chicken, refusing to blink first.  But for all the...

DEMOCRAT KNIVES OUT TO END SHUTDOWN

LOS ANGELES (OC).–Eight independently-minded Democrats joined Republicans in the U.S. Senate to end the 30-day government shutdown started Oct. 1 when Democrats stood up to Republicans after months of Republican rule in the House and Senate.  Democrats looked...

FAKE NEWS DEFENDS SEN. ADAM SCHIFF

LOS ANGELES (OC).–Showing its fake news credentials for all to see, the Hill newspaper defended Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) saying he’s the victim of a Department of Justice [DOJ] witch hunt all part of President Donald Trump’s retribution tour.  How can any...

TRUMP IMPLORES GOP TO KILL FILIBUSTER

LOS ANGELES (OC0.–President Donald Trump showed how out-of-step with Senate Republicans, urging them in the strongest possible terms to end the filibuster or the supermajority 60 vote majority to pass any legislation.  Republicans know if Democrats get power...

CONGRESS PARALYZED IN GRIDLOCK

LOS ANGELES (OC).–Since the government shut down Oct. 1, Congress, under its Article One powers, seems utterly paralyzed to stop what’s become the most self-destructive government act in U.S. history. Democrats, the minority party in the House and Senate,...

SNAP BENEFITS STILL IN LIMBO

LOS ANGELES (OC).–Fallout from the Oct. 1 government shutdown continues to wreak havoc around the country, exposing for all to see the 42 million or 12% of Amerricans dependent on government largess in what’s known as the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance...

TRUMP SUCKED INTO DEMOCRAT NARRATIVE

LOS ANGELES (OC).–President Donald Trump doesn’t know what hit him with an off-year election that saw California Gov. Gavin Newsom win Prop 50 redistricting practically guaranteeing that Republicans will lose control of the House next year.  Whatever Trump says...

COMEY’S DOJ CASE HANGS BY A THREAD

LOS ANGELES (OC).–Showing that the law is all about technicalities, Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick chastised Department of Justice Prosecutor Lindsey Halligan for not producing sufficient evidence in the reciprocal discovery process in the case of...

TRUMP REBUKED IN OFF-YEAR ELECTION

LOS ANGELES (OC).–President Donald Trump was given a clear message in yesterday’s off-year election with Democrats picking up seats in key races especially in Virginia and New Jersey plus winning redistricting, Prop 50, in California.  Taken together voters...

END TO GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IN SIGHT

LOS ANGELES (OC).–Quietly behind closed doors on Capitol Hill, a group of centrist Democrats and Republicans work on a compromise to reopen the government, now breaking the infamous 35-day record set during the first Trump administration.  Today “Enough is...