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The tax cut provides candidates on both sides of the aisle with useful rhetoric. A Republican can talk about the supposed bigger paychecks and deductions for the middle class (though I see no workers dancing in the streets today because their paychecks have changed by a significant amount). A...

Justice Gorsuch Joins Supreme Court's Liberals to Strike Down Deportation Law Gorsuch voted against Trump in this case. I remain confident that if Trump brings an unconstitutional argument to the Supreme Court, Gorsuch will so find.

Or withdrawing the need to testify under oath that he has never been to Prauge, now that evidence to the contrary may exist. Whether that evidence exists or not, Cohen is is serious legal trouble and the feds have his records and tapes. It's important to remember that at this point, the New York...

Did Trump not know this when he hired that pro-Special Counsel law firm to represent him? Or did he know it and nevertheless trusts this firm to be professional and objective? Can lawyers who support the Special Counsel and contribute money to Democratic candidates be trusted to fairly and...

Be careful about assuming that just because someone is a Democrat he or she thinks in a certain way or has certain motives. I know it's easy intellectual shorthand to label people and make partisan assumptions but doing so can often lead you to wrong conclusions. For example, consider a female...

Future developments may prove me wrong but I don't think much will come out of yesterday's revelation that Cohen said Hannity is one of his clients and Hannity denied any such relationship. With his denial, Hannity waived any attorney/client privilege that may have otherwise existed between the...

During and after the 2016 campaign, I paid little attention to Comey's and had no opinion about him one way or another. Now that he's very much in the news, I am paying attention and have formed an opinion of him; and it's negative. Comey may have been a good lawman and dedicated public servant...

The rage tweeting has already been done. The press will do everything they can to provoke additional responses, stir the pot and draw viewer attention for as long as possible. It could be quickly neutralized if Mr. Trump and his team developed a dignified response and cite it when Comey book...

I said above that I thought the Comey book would have little effect. That's if Trump is content to let it pass without drawing attention to it. If Trump and his aids continue to lash out against the book, the Comey book story will persist far longer than it otherwise would. If Trump declared the...

It is reported that Trump plans to pardon Scooter Libby. Many think this is to send a signal to key witnesses in the investigations. Whatever Trump's reasons may be, there is an aspect of pardons that is worth keeping in mind. If Cohen, Flynn, Manafort and/or others are pardoned, they admit...

Based on what little I've heard about the Comey book, I don't see it having much effect. Nothing significant was newly revealed. Few minds will change after the book is widely read and discussed. The discussion of the book, pro and con, will fill a few hours of cable TV talk and that will be...

Trump can fire Sessions anytime he wants to, for any reason or for no reason. Why has he not done so?

I do not think so and recent developments support my view. First, it's worth noting that Muller is a Republican who, even now, is highly praised by certain high-ranking Republicans. While other Republicans are critical, it's difficult to make a logical case against Muller on simple partisanship...

Observations: 1. The shoe is on the other foot. In the past, Attorney Michael Cohen had the luxury of being Trump's loyal pit bull because he and Trump had the power to make their opponents' lives miserable. Now, Trump is president and accountable to the rule of law under powers he never before...

I think not. I believe Trump will be impeached before he has a chance to run for a second term.

On June 12, 2107, I posted the following regarding Trump and the U.S. Constitution emoluments clause: And Today, "Judge rules suit against Trump over foreign gifts can move forward" (Fox News) The question of standing has been resolved in favor of the plaintiffs. More litigation will...

For any politician, the longer you are in office, the more opponents you develop. That's because it's impossible to maintain positions on the issues that the majority agrees with all the time. As developments play out and bills are passed or defeated, the number of people a politician offends...

Yet another example of how Trump picks the best people.

Trump said yesterday the U.S. plans to impose 25 percent tariffs on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum. How much steel and aluminum will go into your next truck? How much of a price increase will you pay because of these tariffs? As these tariffs push your truck price higher, how much more...

A while back, I predicted that the Republicans who have the power to do so will vote to impeach Trump. One of the preconditions for that to happen is the erosion of the Trump base. While there has always been minor crumbling around the edges, erosion now seems to be accelerating. Anecdotal...