Also on foreign policy: Trump has said the U.S.might "go it alone" on North Korea if China is uncooperative. Which is vague nonsense that implies he forgot about South Korea.

If you think anybody associated with Trump foreign policy isn't going to kill many innocent people…

Democrats officially have enough votes to filibuster Gorsuch. There's some talk that McConnell may not have the votes for the nuclear option, although no Republican has said they would oppose it, just that it's a big move they're not sure of.

Yeah, I guess the people that already blame Democrats for everything will pin that on them to, but I don't see how anybody else would look at it and blame the party of power.

A government shutdown is more likely than not. Trump checks out of budget talks with his "CUT EVERYTHING" budget, and Paul Ryan appears to be actively opposed to bipartisanship . Combine this with the Freedom Caucus openly feuding with party leadership, nothing is getting done.

Anyway, the idea of school choice is another example of misguided "government as business" ideology. Very few parents have the time and logistical resources to effectively "shop around" for schools, and there's no evidence that competition makes schools better. The free market cannot educate a populace.

Betsy DeVos has defended school choice by comparing it to the choice between Lyft and Uber.

Also, that's two tie breaking votes in under three months—how often do other VPs cast votes?

I mean, Ryan just saw firsthand what a clusterfuck party line governance is—why would he want more of that?

Trump is now openly attacking the Freedom Caucus, threatening to primary them out in 2018. He made this threat via Twitter, and a caucus member tweeted back that "the swap drained Donald Trump." So, the President is starting Twitter beef with members of his own party.

The U.N. is concerned about anti-protest laws in the United States http://www.aljazeera.com/ne…

Also, the Energy Department will no longer use the phrase "climate change" as part of Trump war on the environment.

The Senate has begun their own investigation into Russia's role in the election. It can't go worse than the House investigation is going, at the least.

The Russia investigation is going off the rails. It seems Nunes met with his source for his claim that Trump was caught in incidental surveillance at the White House. Nunes is not revealing his source, and still has not shared his information, which he says had to viewed at the White House for security reasons, with…

Gorsuchs odds of being confirmed are narrowing. Democrats are again discussing a filibuster, and it's not clear McConnell has the votes for a 'nuclear option' retaliation.

I doubt he'll have any kind of working relationship with Democrats. He's already burned that bridge, and he's going to rebuild it with tax reform, which is inevitably tied to his insane budget cuts.

There is a talking point going around that it's good they didn't pass a bad bill. Which I guess is true, but why was Trump backing a bad bill? This is like saying you're genius for not successfully killing somebody, because you get less time for attempted murder.

They sent that alert out on Sunday, after pictures of him hanging out at a golf course had already surfaced on Saturday. His official story is that he was holding meetings at his country club. The White House has not specified who he was meeting with.

Typo in a tablet.

Apparently, what happened there was: the Freedom Caucus laid out their concern about the tax credits, premiums, etc., then Trump says "forget about the little shit" and starts talking about how humiliating it would be if the bill fails. I guess " I don't care about your concerns, now shut up, you're making me look bad…