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Mueller Asking Witnesses If Trump Helped

Release Hacked Dem Emails, Report Says

by Alberto Luperon

Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his team are looking into how much President Donald Trump knew about the hacked Democrat emails... according to an NBC report. Investigators are reportedly asking witnesses as to whether the president knew those messages were stolen before this was publicly known, and if he played a role in the release of those messages by WikiLeaks. Witnesses are being asked if Trump knew the emails were going to be published, and why he has taken positions that benefit Russia. Sources in this story are described as “multiple people familiar with the probe.” Mueller’s team is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election, and that involves whether the Trump campaign colluded in these efforts. U.S. intelligence officials said in a report declassified in January 2017 that the Kremlin directed cyber attack efforts to help Trump win the race. This involved hacking emails from the Democratic National Committee and liar-Clinton campaign chairman  John Podesta. The president has repeatedly dismissed the allegation of ties between Moscow and his campaign, calling this a “witch hunt” by Democrats... Mueller you are going in the wrong direction.   https://lawandcrime.com/politics/mueller-asking-witnesses-if-trump-helped-release-hacked-dem-emails-report-says/ 

Trump Rips Sessions' 

'Disgraceful' Probe of FISA 

by Bill Hoffmann

{ newsmax.com } ~ President Donald Trump has lobbed an angry blast at Jeff Sessions... accusing the attorney general of dragging his feet in launching an investigation into "potentially massive FISA abuse." On Tuesday, Sessions announced that the Justice Department will investigate potential abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The probe comes after Trump last year accused the liar-nObama administration officials of misusing FISA regulations to illegally spy on his presidential transition team.  Trump's new Twitter missive indicates that the commander in chief wants much faster action on the matter... https://www.newsmax.com/politics/trump-sessions-fisa-probe/2018/02/28/id/845941/?ns_mail_uid=29878495&ns_mail_job=1781254_02282018&s=al&dkt_nbr=0105023g1kqv 

Tariffs on Steel Will Hurt 

Steel-Using Industries in the US

by Tori Whiting

In January, the Department of Commerce delivered a report to the president on the effects of steel imports on U.S. national security... That report went public earlier this month. In the report, the Commerce Department made a series of recommendations to restrict imports. Those recommendations ranged from imposing tariffs of up to 53 percent to establishing global quotas based on 2017 import levels. The 262-page report focused almost exclusively on integrated steel mills, which represent only one-third of domestic steel production. It failed to mention the adverse effects of tariffs on steel-using industries in the U.S...

http://dailysignal.com/2018/02/27/tariffs-steel-will-hurt-steel-using-industries-us/?utm_source=TDS_Email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CapitolBell&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTjJNNU5tSmhaRFJpTTJFNCIsInQiOiJrU2F2NU04YXFHU1crQWd4VTNjQnFSZENGeU94cU5HUnBERmlrQmJjNGRReXd0V2pWMEdhdGt4QnNTODFncWpZNmZOMnhpYWVhNHd0YWl4d0FqRUxcL0tnWmh3eUt2MHk2ckVjU1p0U1wvbWZhY083UTBJaEt1eWgxaGZ0Vkd3VUpFIn0%3D

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NAFTA Watch – USTR Robert Lighthizer

Interview With Laura Ingraham…

by sundance

{ theconservativetreehouse.com } ~ It’s challenging to discuss the basic ‘fatal flaw’ within a modern NAFTA in a short discussion segment; however... Ambassador Lighthizer, Secretary Ross and the newly positioned Peter Navarro have a strong position for withdrawal. The essential problem with NAFTA is an evolution that took place over time.  In its current form NAFTA became an exploited doorway into the coveted U.S. market.  Asian economic interests, large multinational corporations, invested in Mexico and Canada as a way to work around any direct trade deals with the U.S. By shipping parts to Mexico and/or Canada; and by deploying satellite manufacturing and assembly facilities in Canada and/or Mexico; China, Asia and to a lesser extent EU corporations exploited a loophole.  Through a process of building, assembling or manufacturing their products in Mexico/Canada those foreign corporations can skirt U.S. trade tariffs and direct U.S. trade agreements.  The finished foreign products entered the U.S. under NAFTA rules...  https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/02/27/nafta-watch-ustr-robert-lighthizer-interview-with-laura-ingraham/

VIDEO:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDsxN24mJBE

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A gas tax hike is worth considering 

by Aparna Mathur and Cody Kallen

President Trump has shown a willingness to increase the U.S. gas tax by 25 cents... to fund new infrastructure spending, according to recent reports. The current federal gas tax is 18.4 cents per gallon, and including state and local taxes brings the total to 49.4 cents per gallon. By some estimates, gas and diesel taxes account for more than 90 percent of all U.S. revenues from environmental taxes, defined as those levied on specific physical products with proven negative environmental externalities. In general, an optimal environmental tax should be set to match the marginal external damage caused by the pollutant. In the case of gasoline, the marginal external costs include the effects of pollution and climate change, as well as road congestion, noise, accidents and pavement damage. According to economists Ian Parry and Kenneth Small, the efficient tax for these externalities would be approximately $1 per gallon...  http://www.aei.org/publication/a-gas-tax-hike-is-worth-considering/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTURKalkyTmlOMlV5TWpoaiIsInQiOiJoeVZpSHh6c1NsMFVTajhUaXRaZGp6ZDBSTTlzMGhIRytSOE0xMldzQ3dcL2NvMU5LVENCcks4UlpYdHV4SVhOMnFwVmhCQ2lQYVdPYituV3ZKQ0QzeHNpMG5BZEpDa01FS2YyY1wvRjJ6STBBM1FVS1NYOHVLaitnKzl4SEo4ZGV6In0%3D 

by Michelle Malkin 
{ townhall.com } ~ Where are all the grown-ups in times of crisis and grief? Don't bother searching America's prestigious law schools.

Two adult men, occupying lofty perches as law professors, argued this week that the voting age in the U.S. should be lowered to 16 because some high school survivors of the Parkland, Florida, shooting who want gun control "are proving how important it is to include young people's voices in political debate."

That was the assertion of University of Kentucky law professor Joshua Douglas on CNN.com. He praised some student leaders at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who've been making the rounds on TV, shouting at President Trump, Republicans in Congress and the NRA "to demand change" -- which Douglas defines obtusely as "meaningful gun control," whatever that means.

Because these children are apparently doing a better job at broadcasting his own ineffectual political views, Douglas asserts, "we should include them more directly in our democratic process" by enfranchising them now.

Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe similarly tweeted, "Teens between 14 and 18 have far better BS detectors, on average, than 'adults' 18 and older." On what basis does distinguished Professor Tribe make such a claim? On a foundation of pure, steaming BS.

Undaunted, gun control advocate Tribe urged: "Wouldn't it be great if the voting age were lowered to 16? Just a pipe dream, I know, but . . . #Children'sCrusade?"

This is unadulterated silliness. It's hashtag hokum from a pair of pandering left-wing profs exploiting a new round of Democratic youth props. I have called this rhetorical fallacy "argumentum ad filium:" If politicians appeal to the children, it's unassailably good and true.

This is not compassion, but abdication. America is not a juvenilocracy. It is a constitutional republic. There is a reason we don't elect high school sophomores and juniors to public office or allow them to cast ballots. There are many, many reasons, actually.

Pubescents are fueled by hormones and dopamine and pizza and Sonic shakes. They're fickle and fragile and fierce and forgetful. They hate you. They love you. They need you. They ignore you. They know everything. They know nothing. All in the span of 10 seconds. I know. I have two of them.

If you're lucky, they've only Googled "Should I eat Tide pods?" or "What happens if I snort Ramen powder?" and not actually attempted the latest social media stunt challenges.

But that's what kids do. Because they're kids.

Many may be exceptionally smart, passionate and articulate beyond their years, but they do not possess any semblance of wisdom because they have not lived those years. Their knowledge of history, law and public policy is severely limited Common Core certainly hasn't helped. And their moral agency and cognitive abilities are far from fully developed.

Most are in no position to change the world when they can't even remember to change their own bedsheets.

Yet, Tribe relishes the opportunity to hide behind the young Parkland activists headed to CNN's propaganda town halls and Washington, D.C.: "NRA will meet more than its match in these amazing kids," he gleefully cheered. "It'll meet its master and will be brought to heel. At long last."

President liar-nObama employed this very same kiddie human shield strategy to ram his federal health care takeover through Capitol Hill and down our throats. Immigration and education lobbyists use it, too. Their cynicism is unbounded. Human prop-a-palooza infantilizes public discourse and renders measured, mature dissent impossible. Those who question the logic, efficacy and wisdom of the latest left-wing "children's crusade" face accusations of "hating" the children. Refusing to acquiesce to their tears and protests is tantamount to letting them die.

Showing resilience and resolve in the face of horrific adversity deserves the highest praise and attention. Juvenile victim status, however, does not warrant absolute moral authority or the unfettered powers in the political arena that ideologically stunted law professors are so eager to bestow upon them.

It's fine to listen, but do not let the children lead.