BREAKING: The State Department has issued a “Worldwide Caution” to all US citizens just hours after President Trump announced his decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, sparking fears of violent protests across the Middle East.
President Trump slurred several of his words in blessing the “United Schtates". Now we have to wonder if: A) He has Dentures B) He is mentally unstable C) He is on drugs D) He is as nervous as hell about Mueller's investigation E) ALL OF THE ABOVE #DentureDonald #DementiaDonald
Adam Schiff says that if Trump Jr. continues to refuse to answer questions about his call with his father re: the Trump Tower meeting, then he will push for the committee to subpoena Trump Jr. and try to compel him to testify about it. https://t.co/I641j65uYY
All politicians exaggerate the benefits of their policies, and some Republicans have made unconvincing claims about the rewards of tax cuts for decades. However, in the 1980s the party undertook a robust debate over the merits of supply-side economics, and in the 2000s George W. Bush’s own economists cautioned against over-rosy growth forecasts. This time, most Republican senators simply brushed off the official projection that the bill’s effects would contradict their sunny promises. In addition, they attacked the independent forecasters whom they have previously championed as a valuable restraint on self-serving politicians. And to minimise scrutiny, they rushed the bill through barely a day after the forecast was released. Perhaps, after the failure of health-care reform, they were desperate for a significant legislative achievement. https://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21732116-if-politicians-sever-their-arguments-reality-economic-policy-will-only-get-worse-worry A lack of consistency makes Republicans seem unprincipled. They have spent the past decade claiming that the national debt is among their main concerns. In 2009 they opposed President Barack Obama’s fiscal stimulus, arguing that it was unaffordable. Yet it cost less than today’s tax bill would. It passed when unemployment was over 8% and interest rates were stuck near zero. Today unemployment is 4.1% and rates have started rising because the Federal Reserve is worried about inflation. The Fed will probably raise rates faster after the tax bill, limiting the boost to economic growth.
Video of Roy Moore in 1997, arguing that kids commit drive-by shooting because they are taught evolution in school: "They're acting like animals because we've taught they come from animals." https://t.co/80vblZF7R0 via @chrismassie #ThursdayThoughts
Growing up in private evangelical Christian schools, Bishop saw the world in extremes, good and evil, heaven and hell. She was taught that to dance was to sin, that gay people were child molesters and that mental illness was a function of satanic influence. Teachers at her schools talked about slavery as black immigration, and instructors called environmentalists “hippie witches.”
Donald Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos have openly championed such programs and have encouraged states to embrace school choice, arguing that voucher programs give parents an alternative to low-performing public schools. Currently 14 states and the District of Columbia have voucher programs, and 17 have tax credit programs. DeVos has made it a top priority to push a federal school choice initiative.
With taxpayers footing the bill for religious private schools, the separation of church and state, a cornerstone of American democracy, becomes a murky line. So how did it come to be that taxpayers are footing the bill for an evangelical education?
