Alternet: ‘Looking a lot worse’: Republicans at a loss trying to sell Trump’s tax plan to voters

Republicans in Congress are running into a brick wall when trying to pitch a 10-year extension of President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts to their constituents back home.

That’s according to a Friday article in Politico, which reported that senators are coming up short when trying to convince voters of the benefits of tax cuts that are expected to blow a $4.6 trillion hole in the budget. Senate Republicans running for reelection in next year’s midterms are particularly concerned about how to win over home state voters to another decade of tax cuts that have been widely criticized as being “skewed to the rich.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/looking-a-lot-worse-republicans-at-a-loss-trying-to-sell-trump-s-tax-plan-to-voters/ar-AA1E4xNy

Mediaite: Feds Arrest Former Judge Accused of Sheltering Gang Member at Home

A former New Mexico judge and his wife were arrested on Thursday after being accused of sheltering a Tren de Aragua gang member at their home.

Local news captured the raid and arrest of former Dona Ana County Magistrate Judge Joel Cano and his wife Nancy Cano, who were charged with tampering with evidence and conspiracy to tamper, respectively.

In footage posted by KFOX14 News, Mr. and Mrs. Cano could be seen in handcuffs next to agents from both the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Good sound bite, charges will probably be tossed!

Note that Cristhian Ortega Lopez is a SUSPECTED Tren de Aragua gang member. It’s never been proven in court.

And secondly, despite King Donald’s massive overreach with his foreign terrorist nonsense, it is not illegal to be a member of a gang per se. There is no such thing as guilt by association in the U.S. The “freedom of assembly” is specifically guaranteed by the First Amendment. A gang member can only be arrested for specific crimes that he or she has committed.