Are You Now or Have You Ever Been: While the Justice Department tries to gin up a good reason for putting a citizenship question on the 2020 census form, President Trump is considering installing the question by executive order, The NY Times reports. …

Make America Trump: President Trump turned Washington’s 4thof July celebration into a 2020 political campaign event using Army tanks and armored vehicles as a backdrop of power and members of the military as a cheering section.   Trump avoided his usual barbs …

The 4th of Trump: The National Park Service is robbing its maintenance budget of $2.5 million to help pay for President Trump’s July 4thextravaganza today in Washington. The Trump administration is refusing to say how much the whole deal is costing, …

Law Review:House Democrats yesterday sued the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service for access to President Trump’s tax returns, taking to the courts  a demand that Trump and the administration have repeatedly dismissed as illegitimate.  The case may ultimately go …

Potemkin Village:A delegation of Democratic lawmakers said that the Texas immigrant holding facilities they visited were cleaned up in advance to make them look more acceptable. They said the people in custody described how women had been held in rooms without …

China Syndrome: Violent protesters in Hong Kong today smashed the glass walls on the façade of the legislature building and have taken control of  the chambers. The police had threatened to use force if the crowd entered the building.    Most of the …

Over the Line:President Trump stepped across the Korean de-militarized zone today and shook hands with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. Trump became the first sitting President to set foot in North Korea.   The two men agreed to continue talks between …

“Fake news is a great term, isn’t it? You don’t have this problem in Russia, but we do.”

Debatable: Beto O’Rourke translated himself into Spanish, Tulsi Gabbard touted her military record, and Jay Inslee focused on climate change last night in Miami as 10 Democratic candidates for president did their damnest to distinguish themselves from the pack.   Led by …

Pointless: Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani described the latest round of economic sanctions as pointless and called the White House “mentally retarded.”  “Today, the Americans have become desperate and confused,” he added. “This has made them take unusual measures and talk nonsense.”  The new …