April 4, 2017
Good morning from Washington, where President Trump can't seem to do anything without inflaming radical opponents across the land. Chicago businessman Tony Saliba tells Ken McIntyre what it's like to be hoisted in effigy by anti-Trump agitators. From Ukraine, Nolan Peterson reports on Russian texting in hopes of demoralizing soldiers. Plus Jarrett Stepman on Trump versus the bureaucracy and two pieces on Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, who yesterday cleared a Senate committee: Fred Lucas reviews the judge's rulings on press freedom, and David Rosenthal comments on the case of the pretend burper.
Dozens of demonstrators marched and chanted, blocked the street and main entrance, and carried signs with messages directed at President Donald Trump, Chicago financier Tony Saliba, and The Heritage Foundation.
One analysis found that 95 percent of the political donations of $200 or more from employees of 14 federal agencies went to Hillary Clinton.
"Your comrades nearby already left their positions, so you should leave yours as well," one message read.
Neil Gorsuch has generally been a friend to journalists, siding with the media in libel cases, against government searches of reporter notes and computers, and placing a high bar for suing news organizations over privacy rights.
Following the incident, the boy's mother brought a civil rights lawsuit against school officials and the arresting officer alleging that the officer did not have probable cause to arrest the belching boy.
During Obama's tenure, customers rushed to buy firearms before the administration could follow through on its goal of placing tighter controls on the type and number of guns that could be sold.
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