thephan wrote:Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) has put forward a provision that would halt funding for Mueller’s probe six months after the amendment’s passage and prohibit Mueller from investigating matters that occurred before June 2015

TenuredVulture wrote:Pretty sure he announced his campaign for Presidency in NOLA.

And we’ll give him this: He didn’t flinch at the tough questions that LNP readers forwarded to us challenging his support for the GOP House plan that would have repealed and replaced the Affordable Care Act.

Smucker said he has no plans to hold an in-person town hall any time soon.

We appreciate that he meets with individuals and groups of constituents in his office. We also give him full marks for meeting with our editorial board for an hourlong, live-streamed discussion, during which he answered several difficult questions.

And we understand his reluctance to hold a town hall that will be, in his words, just “a room of folks yelling at one another.”

But we do hope that, at some point, Smucker will hold an in-person town hall.

USA TODAY‏ @USATODAY
#BREAKING Mattis freezes transgender policy; allows troops to continue serving, pending study

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis late Tuesday announced that transgender troops will be allowed to continue serving in the military pending the results of a study by experts.

The announcement follows an order from President Trump — first announced in a tweet — declaring that transgender service members can no longer serve in the military, effectively reversing an Obama administration policy. The order also affects the Department of Homeland Security, which houses the Coast Guard.

"Once the panel reports its recommendations and following my consultation with the secretary of Homeland Security, I will provide my advice to the president concerning implementation of his policy direction," Mattis said in the statement. "In the interim, current policy with respect to currently serving members will remain in place."

Mattis' move buys time for the Pentagon to determine how and if it will allow thousands of transgender troops to continue to serve, whether they will receive medical treatment, or how they will be discharged.

Meanwhile, this whole Fake News idea that Obama screwed up with Hurricane Katrina isn't actually a new thing. In fact, a 2013 poll showed that a third of Louisiana Republicans blamed Obama for the government's failed response to Katrina.

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