Media collusion

You know that beautiful story the president shared at the State of the Union address Tuesday? You know, the one about the cop who adopted the baby of a heroin addict 8 months pregnant?

The story made my day.

On the other hand, the New York Times was livid that Trump didn’t acknowledge the plight of the drug addict. Seriously. Donald Trump can do nothing right with the mainstream media.

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“Make America mediocre again”

A shocking number of people watched President Trump’s State of the Union address.

He didn’t just set rating records, he smashed them to smithereens. The old record for cable television was 6.5 million viewers; Trump pulled 11.7 million viewers.

Even more, his speech garnered high marks…

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A State of Disunion: the good, the bad, and the ugly

President Trump’s State of the Union address last night was pretty decent.

Yes, it was overblown. He succumbed to the usual temptation to list one initiative after the other he wants to accomplish, a litany that makes one weary at the 61st minute, and Trump went on close to 80 minutes.

I was struck, though, by some good, some bad, and some ugly elements of the evening…

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