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But the McLaughlin & Associates poll released this week reinforces the wisdom of that adage for any Republican who wants to avoid defeat in the 2018 primary season and in the general election that follows. The message of that McLaughlin poll could not be clearer or simpler for Republicans as they choose in the coming weeks between the agenda of President Trump and the agenda of the Beltway insiders: The base that brought you to the dance supports the Trump agenda.Dance with your base and win.Dance with the Beltway and lose. To be fair, elected Republicans face many practical pressures inside the Washington Beltway. And there are the Alinskyite Democrats and their leftist media threatening personal attacks, smears, and ruin for anyone who crosses their socialist agenda. Here are just a few highlights: Voting to increase the debt ceiling without new constraints on spending will make 62% of voters less likely to vote to re-elect a Member of Congress. Conservatives (70%) and Trump voters (67%) are less likely to support a Member of Congress who has failed to support President Trump’s efforts to vet immigrants more carefully, especially those from countries with a strong terrorist presence. Refusing to repeal the burdensome Obamacare mandates and taxes leaves 75% of conservatives, 68% of Trump voters, and 66% of Republicans overall less likely to vote to re-elect a Member of Congress. Trump’s agenda is their agenda. Elected officials who have not helped to carry out the Trump agenda will not only be going against President Trump; they will also be pitting themselves against the movement that elected him. But mainstream America is beginning to wonder why the results they are seeing do not match the rhetoric they heard during the campaign.Why is it that the Democrats can enact the socialist agenda but the Republicans cannot carry out the agenda of mainstream America?

President Trump's Democratic Alliance Will Be Short-Lived. The House and Senate have sent legislation to lift the debt limit and fund the government through December and to support Hurricane relief to President Trump, who is expected to sign it as soon in the next day or so. "The President is pleased Congress acted quickly to provide support to the victims of Hurricane Harvey," a White House official said. "This bill will also provide funding for any necessary relief following Hurricane Irma. By ensuring government funding for the next three months, it gives Americans the certainty they deserve and we look forward to finding a permanent solution in the months to come." As Hurricane Irma appears set to make devastating landfall in Florida, Congress will certainly need to do more on disaster funding by the end of the year, but conservative lawmakers are still struggling with balancing deficit worries with disaster relief. The five living former presidents join together for hurricane relief. Is it inevitable? Nothing is inevitable” — Trump to reporters Thursday on North Korea "Florida is as well prepared as you can be for something like this and we'll see what happens." — Trump Thursday on Hurricane Irma Bits and Bites White House Considering at Least Six for Fed Chair [Bloomberg] McCaul emerges as a leading candidate for DHS secretary [Politico] Sean Spicer to make his late night debut on Jimmy Kimmel [CNN] Here Are All the Senators Who Voted 'No' on Hurricane Harvey Relief [TIME] All living former presidents launch ad for Harvey relief [CBS] President Trump Says He's Open to Eliminating the Debt Ceiling [TIME] Read Betsy DeVos' Speech About Changing Obama-Era Policies on Campus Sexual Assault [TIME]

President Barack Obama's decision to protect so-called "dreamers" through executive means was fraught with danger. The votes are there to pass a bill to protect childhood arrivals, but it will require bipartisanship of the kind not seen often during the 115th Congress. And despite the ugly rhetoric on the right and the anti-immigrant fanaticism in the GOP base, there are enough Republicans who favor helping dreamers to get legislation through both houses. But Trump may have given House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell the perfect excuse to buck the extremists in their party. But this betrayal also gives Ryan and McConnell an opportunity to move forward on legislation that requires Democratic votes to pass. The biggest impediment to passing legislation to give childhood arrivals permanent resident status has been the reluctance of GOP leaders to bring a bill to the floor that the majority of their members do not support. The "Hastert rule" -- named for former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, who used it to maintain party discipline -- has kept immigration reform from coming to the House floor since 2013 when then-Speaker John Boehner decided to block any immigration reform bill that could not muster majority support among Republicans. President Trump has done his best to humiliate Republican leaders in Congress, so why do they owe him any degree of loyalty? If Congress hopes to accomplish anything in the next year and a half, McConnell and Ryan will have to carve out a path of their own. They can and should be asked to give back to the country by paying taxes and serving in the U.S. military -- but they won't be able to do those things without permanent resident status.

Even Star Trek: Discovery can't escape politics. Sci-fi fans are used to dealing with political and social issues in their science fiction. Star Trek: Discovery isn't shying away, though, but rather leaning into the skid. “The Klingons are going to help us really look at certain sides of ourselves and our country. It raises big questions: should we let people in? Do we want to change? Sometimes, they don’t want to take it. While the war in Star Trek: TOS focused on Cold War-era politics, today we face a lot of similar conflicts. “The thing about the war is it takes Starfleet and the Federation and forces them to examine their ideas and ethical rules of conflict and conduct,” Harberts says. “It provides a backdrop to how we want to be as a society and that analysis and self-reflection is new for Trek.

Republicans Boo White House Officials Over Trump's Debt Deal With Democrats. (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans hissed and booed senior Trump administration officials Friday as they pitched President Donald Trump's deal with Democrats to increase the nation's borrowing authority. "Vote for the debt ceiling for me," Treasury chief Steven Mnuchin pleaded with Republicans on Friday at a closed-door meeting at the Capitol, according to several lawmakers. Mnuchin is a banker and former hedge fund manager. "Ha. He was booed when he stepped up to speak, though at least one lawmaker said the booing was largely good-natured. Republicans were dumbfounded earlier this week when Trump agreed with Democratic leaders on a short-term deal to increase the debt ceiling as part of a larger package to provide emergency aid for Hurricanes Harvey and Irma and fund the government through Dec. 8. Rep. Dave Brat, R-Va., said Mnuchin's presentation in particular was not well-received by GOP lawmakers. Mulvaney defended the deal and Trump. All 90 votes in opposition came from Republicans.

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