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That hostile Democratic caucus will be staring right back at Trump as he gives his speech, depriving him of the adoration he gets from restorative crowds of Make America Great Again fans at campaign rallies. He will call for "an end to the politics of resistance and retribution," his counselor Kellyanne Conway told reporters on Monday. However sincere he is on working with Democrats to cut the cost of prescription drugs or to repair infrastructure, a few searing lines on the border wall may be all that most people remember. The President is adamant that he has a great story to tell. And no one, not even boom time Presidents such as Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan had a job-creating record to tout in a State of the Union address to match Trump's -- even if critics chafe at rising inequality. Trump goes into the State of the Union address in his third year with the lowest approval rating of any President of the last 60 years apart from Reagan, though the Gipper did win a landslide the following year. Encapsulating Trump's self-made box on immigration, a staggering 78% of conservative Republicans think Trump should shutter the government again to get wall funding -- even though the shutdown was a political disaster for him. Perhaps the President, in unifier mode, will offer the speaker an olive branch despite calling her "very bad for our country" in a Super Bowl interview. He could, perhaps offer a path to citizenship for DACA recipients that Democrats really want, which could spur calls for wall funding in return. "The issue with immigration has been that he proposes some ideas that could possibly have bipartisan support then puts some things on the table that are just not going to be workable across the aisle," she said.

Although sports betting still dominates, bookies are increasingly eager to get into the political betting market and salivating over the prospect of taking odds on how many times Mr. Trump calls Sen. Elizabeth Warren “Pocahontas” or mentions her infamous ancestry test in a hypothetical 2020 presidential debate. Dave Mason, the BetOnline.ag sportsbook brand manager, said the market has been growing over the years. Scott Cooley, a spokesman for BetDSI, said the presidential election surpassed the Super Bowl that year. While political gambling for money is generally illegal in the U.S., that hasn’t always been the case. That can make oddsmakers more accurate than polls in some cases. There are ways to put money on politics legally. They get to bet on, among other things, how many times Mr. Trump would refer to the “wall,” “crooked Hillary” or “small hands” in debates. “His actions make it easy to create newsworthy prop bets and futures markets,” Mr. Cooley said. “There is not a lot of scientific data [on political betting], where the Super Bowl spread is tried and tested,” Mr. Mason said. “It is more coming up with stuff, throwing it against the wall and seeing what sticks.” The Washington Times welcomes your comments on Spot.im, our third-party provider.

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Massachusetts conservatives say the feverish piling-on that the MAGA hat-wearing teenagers in Washington, D.C. experienced is what they routinely face whenever they dare to show President Trump garb or bumper stickers in public — their right to political free speech is shouted down with taunts, foul language and even threats here in the Bay State. The hostility is really unrelenting — and it is going to get worse as the presidential race starts up,” said Tom Mountain of Newton, a Republican Party committee member who weighs whether to wear his Trump jacket and opts not to sport a bumper sticker. “It’s too risky. The costs outweigh the benefits of making a political statement — it’s really a very sad state of affairs.” On Friday, a video of a confrontation between teenagers wearing Make America Great Again hats and a Native American protester lit up social media, with many in the media, as well as commentators and pols on both sides jumping to conclusions and quickly excoriating the teens. “We’re so used to it,” said Mountain, who said he wouldn’t give one of his elderly relatives a MAGA hat because he’d worry about angry liberals getting in the older man’s face. “Now they celebrate diversity of everything except thought.” Dwyer added, “We’re happy warriors, we’re behind enemy lines — it’s all good.” It is a free speech problem, said Harvey Silverglate, a Boston civil rights attorney. “I find the combination of intolerance and jumping to conclusions to be very disturbing,” said Silverglate, a liberal who is no fan of the president. He doesn’t support Trump either, but said efforts to bully Trump supporters are very troubling. “Anybody in America is entitled to wear any hat they want — you should feel safe to share you political views,” Dershowitz said. But threatening you or shouting you down — that’s not in the tradition of the First Amendment.” A spokeswoman for Attorney General Maura Healey — a Democrat who has been a vocal critic of Trump — said, “Harassment of any kind is unacceptable.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Six former and current White House staffers were reprimanded Friday for posting political tweets, such as the campaign slogan "Make America Great Again" and "MAGA," on Twitter accounts they use for government business. The U.S. Office of Special Counsel sent warning letters to the six warning them that their tweets violated the Hatch Act, which restricts political activities of federal employees working in the executive branch. The special counsel's office sent a five-page summary of its findings to CREW on Friday. In his tweet, he included a link to an RNC webpage that outlined RNC research on what Trump accomplished in his first 500 days in office. Alyssa Farah, press secretary for Vice President Mike Pence, violated the Hatch Act when she used her official "@VPPressSec" Twitter account to post two messages that included "#MAGA." One in May 2018 said: "This is what #MAGA looks like: Under @POTUS TRUMP, the unemployment rate is the lowest it's been in 17 years." MAGA is short for Make America Great Again. The four others cited for violations were: Madeleine Westerhout, executive assistant to the president; Jacob Wood, deputy communications director of the Office of Management and Budget; Jessica Ditto, White House deputy director of communications; and Helen Aguirre Ferre, former special assistant to the president and director of media affairs. This isn't the first time that Trump administration officials have run afoul of the Hatch Act. CREW filed a complaint in that case too, and Scavino was warned if he engages in such activity in the future, the office will consider it a "willful and knowing violation of the law."

WASHINGTON (AP) — Six former and current White House staffers were reprimanded Friday for posting political tweets, such as the campaign slogan "Make America Great Again" and "MAGA," on Twitter accounts they use for government business. The U.S. Office of Special Counsel sent warning letters to the six warning them that their tweets violated the Hatch Act, which restricts political activities of federal employees working in the executive branch. The special counsel's office sent a five-page summary of its findings to CREW on Friday. In his tweet, he included a link to an RNC webpage that outlined RNC research on what Trump accomplished in his first 500 days in office. Alyssa Farah, press secretary for Vice President Mike Pence, violated the Hatch Act when she used her official "@VPPressSec" Twitter account to post two messages that included "#MAGA." One in May 2018 said: "This is what #MAGA looks like: Under @POTUS TRUMP, the unemployment rate is the lowest it's been in 17 years." MAGA is short for Make America Great Again. The four others cited for violations were: Madeleine Westerhout, executive assistant to the president; Jacob Wood, deputy communications director of the Office of Management and Budget; Jessica Ditto, White House deputy director of communications; and Helen Aguirre Ferre, former special assistant to the president and director of media affairs. This isn't the first time that Trump administration officials have run afoul of the Hatch Act. CREW filed a complaint in that case too, and Scavino was warned if he engages in such activity in the future, the office will consider it a "willful and knowing violation of the law."

(AP) — This week's midterm elections spawned bitter rancor across the nation, as Republican President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats continue sniping at each other in Washington and candidates from Georgia to Arizona are now fighting in court over races that were to be settled Tuesday. But on Thursday in the tiny southern Delaware hamlet of Georgetown, the electoral winners and losers shook hands and embraced one another in a show of goodwill known as Return Day, with nary a frown on any face. It's a time-honored, post-campaign ritual to settle their partisan differences, at least for the moment, a temporary healing that participants say might offer a useful example for the entire country. On Return Day, Sussex County residents traditionally "return" to their county seat to hear local election results, as they first did more than 200 years ago. "What we need is enlightened leadership, compassionate leadership, leaders who believe in the Golden Rule, treat other people the way we want to be treated," said Carper, who walked the Return Day parade route with his, wife, Martha, with a smiling Arlett close behind. That's because he was only reading results for Sussex County, a Republican stronghold in a deeply blue state. On Return Day, balloting in Delaware's two other counties is ignored. "Why only Sussex? Because down here, that's all that matters," Lawson explained to newcomers in the crowd. But more than anything, Return Day is about having a good time.

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Kanye West says he's "distancing" himself from politics. Run by Conservative commentator Candace Owens it encourages black Americans to quit the Democratic party. It seems Kanye West intends to step away from politics altogether now. Report Writing to his 28.7 million followers the musician said: "I support creating jobs and opportunities for people who need them the most. Apparently he meant to write "amend". And his performance on the American comedy show Saturday Night Live a few weeks ago sparked outrage and amusement in equal measure. "So many times I talk to a white person and [they] say, 'How could you like Trump, he's racist?'" Kanye West has been very upfront about his support for President Trump. Kanye West ended this latest series of messages saying: "I believe in love and compassion for people seeking asylum and parents who are fighting to protect their children from violence and war." Follow Newsbeat on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

Josh Holmes, Matt Bennett and Brian Brenberg debate the president's campaign blitz and battle with Sen. Elizabeth Warren over her heritage. FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking news as well as political…