Trump defied the laws of politics. Now he’s trying to break the laws of economic gravity. – CNN

Trump defied the laws of politics. Now he’s trying to break the laws of economic gravity.  CNN President Donald Trump came to office breaking the laws of US politics, knocking over Democrats’ blue wall in the Rust Belt and remaking the GOP in his own nationalist image. He basically spent 2016 saying there was a different political reality than the one politicians and most voters knew, and it turned out he had a point. There’s a similar alternate reality emerging where it comes to the President’s use of tariffs, first against…

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Ocasio-Cortez: Republicans Are Trying to Turn U.S. Into “Far-Right Christian Theocracy” – Slate

Ocasio-Cortez: Republicans Are Trying to Turn U.S. Into “Far-Right Christian Theocracy”  Slate Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accused Republicans in Congress of trying to turn the United States into a “far-right Christian theocracy.” The lawmaker from … “us republicans” – Google News

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