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Trump will be lucky if history rates him even close to Hoover. Panic & conflict will be his legacy. The stock market is the canary in the mine, among other warning signs.https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/23/us/politics/fed-chairman-trump-jerome-powell.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share …

Spy technology tools like facial recognition bring big brother nightmares even closer—making privacy protection imperative. ASAP the new Congress must act.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/facial-recognition-could-make-us-safer--and-less-free/2018/12/25/391ccd00-f994-11e8-8c9a-860ce2a8148f_story.html …

Tragedy knows no holidays— & Trump immigration officials must be held accountable for this one. CBP leaders assured us of strong new precautions. Too little, too late, evidently. Senate Judiciary Committee must get the facts, now.https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/25/us/guatemalan-boy-dies-border-patrol.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share …

Chaos. It’s great show business, which is why Trump loves it. But it’s ruinous for the economy & financial markets, national security, foreign policy, most everything that matters. Chaos corrodes democracy.https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/24/us/politics/trump-tweets-christmas-eve.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share …

Trump’s firing Mattis after he’s already resigned adds insult to injury—to him & all America’s military. They & our nation need & deserve better.https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/23/us/politics/trump-mattis.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share …

Unique among Trump departures, Secretary Mattis has (1) resigned, (2) on principle, (3) with deep impact, (4) without being disgraced, (5) having served with distinction. A sound record, in a sad dysfunctional administration. Thank you, General.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2018/12/21/loyal-soldier-reached-his-limit/ …

The new Congress offers a historic opportunity & new front in the fight for commonsense gun violence prevention—background checks, a red flag statute, & more. Courage!https://www.courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc-op-dionne-guns-1218-20181220-oaduvk7rpvbrrj7oqonhi74sxi-story.html …

Right wing press puppet Trump owns this Trump shutdown—a shameful tribute to his petulant rejection of unanimously approved bipartisan Senate solution that the House supported & his own VP said he would sign.https://thehill.com/policy/finance/422596-so-stupid-absurd-senate-dems-blast-shutdown-after-talks-falter …

More devastating damning evidence of Michigan State’s culpability in abuse: clean house & throw the book at them.https://www.courant.com/sports/hc-sp-gym-doctor-sexual-assault-20181221-20181221-wdkowavrnfc7bmoxtiuf3tacxq-story.html …

With $12.8B investment from Altria, Juul is officially part of Big Tobacco. Both peddle dangerous products & profit by luring people into a lifetime of addiction. FDA must stand tough & act decisively to ban flavored e-cigs & end the scourge of tobacco.https://nyti.ms/2A5Xvoz 

No policy, no strategy, no respect for national security experts or expertise—impetuous withdrawals first from Syria, now Afghanistan, endanger America.https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/20/us/politics/afghanistan-troop-withdrawal.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes …

Presidential free fall. Riding Amtrak back to the Senate vote, the only firm tracks seem to be the ones under the train. Bipartisan leadership must restore rational governing abandoned by an impetuous, petulant chief executive.https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-tailspin-under-siege-trump-propels-the-government-and-markets-into-crisis/2018/12/20/e30347e0-046b-11e9-b6a9-0aa5c2fcc9e4_story.html …