Politics

Will be leaving for Missouri soon for a speech on tax cuts and tax reform - so badly needed!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2017

Having in recent weeks boosted his estimate for government shutdown odds to even, or 50%, in a note overnight from Goldman's Jan Hatzius, the bank's chief economists writes that due to the human tragedy from Hurricane Harvey, the odds of a shutdown have been again reduced, back to Goldman's original estimate of 33%.

One day after the latest North Korean missile launch, which was followed by a warning in the state-owned KCNA that more Pacific launches would follow, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said a U.S. Navy destroyer in the Pacific shot down a medium-range ballistic missile during a test off Hawai on Wednesday.

Destroyer USS John Paul Jones intercepts the target with an SM-6 missile. (Missile Defense Agency photo)

Yesterday, the Washington Post surprised readers by turning against black-clad “Antifa” protesters who violently assaulted no fewer than five conservative demonstrators at a rally in Berkeley, Calif. on Sunday. Previously, the US capital’s paper of record and its mainstream media cohorts had focused their scorn on violence committed by conservative protesters, particularly in the aftermath of the tragic car-attack in Charlottesville, Va. earlier this month.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/video/c/embed/d98fccf4-8bc4-11e7-9c53-6a169beb0953

Authored by Adam Garrie via TheDuran.com,

What was once mission difficult is now mission impossible - at least for the foreseeable future...

Donald Trump has yet again stated that he seeks to have good or even “great” relations with Russia. Speaking beside Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, Trump stated,

“I hope that we do have good relations with Russia. I say it loud and clear, I’ve been saying it for years: I think it’s a good thing if we have great relationships, or at least good relationships with Russia.