Michael Cohen testifies before House Oversight Committee. How can we take this guy seriously at this point? Drops litany of accusations against Trump: Racist, Cheat, Fraud, Con-Man. But saw no direct evidence of Russian Collusion — which is what this entire thing was supposed to be about. Cohen blames the “intoxication of Trump Tower” for his own bad decisions. Lied to Congress. A story from our vacation. Rental car debacle. Hertz was terrible, but Enterprise did a great job. Trump walks out of North Korean Summit in Hanoi, Vietnam — but still seemingly optimistic about future. “Much rather do it right than do it fast.”

Even Bill de Blasio couldn’t stand by and accept Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s explanation of NYC’s tax break for Amazon. A lot of teachable nuggets in this. Government v Private Sector. The fallout over Trump’s declaration of a national emergency. Slippery slope? Can vs should. Out until next week.

Trump will sign legislation concerning border security that Congress negotiated. But he will also declare it a national emergency. What happens next? Legal challenges? Congressional attempt to override declaration? Supreme Court? What constitutes an emergency? Some examples. Violent crimes committed by criminal illegal aliens. Conflating issues. Our government isn’t responsible for deaths caused by cardiovascular disease, but it does bear responsibility for deaths caused by criminal illegal aliens when it doesn’t take legitimate steps to stop or at least impede illegal immigration. Book claims female secret service agents don’t want to be assigned to Joe Biden because of his skinny dipping!

Crazy nonsense coming from radical politicians. Political posturing. Senator Menendez (D-NJ) threatens to call Capital Police for asking him questions in a public place about the Green New Deal. Robert (Beto) O’Rourke stands behind fencing at a rally where he said, “Walls end lives.” No reports of any life ending because of Beto’s fences. Cory Spartacus and his war on meat. Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) says Mitch McConnell is sabotaging his Green New Deal legislation by calling it to a vote. Pure sophistry. Trump appears poised to sign border security compromise legislation. Reviewing some of his other options, courtesy of our friends at CNN. A listener asks about tax refunds and Trump’s tax reform.

MSNBC reports that both Republicans and Democrats serving on the Senate Intelligence Committee agree that there is no direct evidence of collusion between Trump and Russia. This couldn’t be scripted any better than this. This is huge - and maybe the media should cover it as incessantly as they did the Russian Collusion narrative. Congress’ negotiated border deal. What will Trump do? Two ways of looking at this. I think Trump supporters should be prepared to accept this as the best starting point. Ted Cruz suggests using $14 billion in assets seized from El Chapo to fund wall. This would be poetic justice.

Reports that Congress has negotiated a deal on the border. Initial reports indicate that approximately 25% of Trump's requests have been made. What next? Will it pass Congress? Will Trump veto? For radical Democrats, this isn’t about securing the border; it’s about an open border. Cutting resources for those who are supposed to be enforcing immigration laws. (Of course, they really want to abolish ICE.) Limited barriers. Limited enforcement. Democrat Presidential candidates race to the Left. Bernie Sanders has been lost in a sea of Bernie Sanders. George Washington letter cites Providence (God) as an integral part of the ratification of the Constitution. Can buy this baby for $140K.

Government is set to shut down again on Friday. Both sides cannot find agreement - again. Democrat leaders see a shutdown as a political winner. What will Trump do? Time to declare national emergency? Green New Deal debacle. Claiming RNC hacked document, posted fake. While some added sections to the document, AOC’s team still distanced themselves from actual parts of the document. Deceit is alive & well. Fake news. Phony social media accounts (some that aren’t even Russian!). Fact checkers cannot be trusted. Why would anyone violate the trust of their audience/base?

This is not the way it is supposed to go. Trump’s State of the Union Address approved of by 74% of Americans. But he really didn’t say anything differently than he had before. So why did his message resonate with Americans this time? The real takeaway. Democrats race to crazy. Elizabeth Warren’s embarrassing campaign launch. Top 3 Democrats in Virginia immersed in scandal. Democrat candidates embrace Socialism, open borders. New Green Deal. Radical, transformational. The Left no longer pretends they reject Socialism; now they fully embrace it. New Bill of Rights? Fundamental misunderstanding of rights.

Join me in wishing the Hippie Lib a Happy Birthday. Breaking down Trump’s State of the Union Address. Oh, and Stacey Abrams’ rebuttal - which in a word was atrocious. State of the Union is good - and here’s why. Trump properly positions the issues & lays out some important next steps. Border security steps are completely obvious - and Trump is right. Time for Congress to act on the issues they’ve ignored for years. And both parties are guilty. But divided government is a legitimate problem.

The Governor Northam Circus gets worse. Sexual assault allegations made against Lt Governor Fairfax. Good ole Washington Post defends it’s (ahem) reporting. Do we believe the woman who made the accusations? Compare & contrast the way the allegations of Kavanaugh were covered. State of the Union tonight. What should we expect? What happens after the address? Stacey Abrams and the socialist rebuttal.