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Am I the only one who's finds the daily whirlwind of controversy, accusations, counter-accusations, allegations, breathless reporting from anonymous sources, non-answers, implausible excuses, implausible spin, angry protests, and shameless behavior that makes up the Trump presidency increasingly . . . boring? Increasingly predictable?

This morning, Mike Allen of Axios opens his newsletter by reemphasizing that everything we've seen from the president and his family in the past few weeks is "not normal." No kidding. Normalcy departed around the time Scott Walker left the presidential race. Normalcy isn't coming back until the Trump presidency ends, and only God knows whether that will occur seven years from now or sometime sooner.

But we've lived with the abnormalcy for so long now, it may not seem all that new or surprising anymore. Heck, it's almost predictable.

At some point, either today or in the coming days, President Trump will tweet something that ...

July 13 2017

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Tomorrow's News Today Jim Geraghty Am I the only one who's finds the daily whirlwind of controversy, accusations, counter-accusations, allegations, breathless reporting from anonymous sources, non-answers, implausible excuses, implausible spin, angry protests, and shameless behavior that makes up the Trump presidency increasingly . . . boring? Increasingly predictable? This morning, Mike Allen of Axios opens his newsletter by reemphasizing that everything we've seen from the president and his family in the past few weeks is "not normal." No kidding. Normalcy departed around the time Scott Walker left the presidential race. Normalcy isn't coming back until the Trump presidency ends, and only God knows whether that will occur seven years from now or sometime sooner. But we've lived with the abnormalcy for so long now, it may not seem all that new or surprising anymore. Heck, it's almost predictable. At some point, either today or in the coming days, President Trump will tweet something that ... READ MORE Trump's Office of Civil Rights Is on the Right Path Elliot Kaufman The winds have shifted at the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights (OCR). Once captured by a small cadre of left-wing legal activists, the OCR is now under different leadership — and... West Can Neither Live with nor Take Out North Korean Nukes Victor Davis Hanson West Can Neither Live with nor Take Out North Korean Nukes ADVERTISEMENT Fixing the 'Rotting Carcass' Tax Code George Will Cynics are said to be people who are prematurely disappointed about the future. Such dyspepsia is encouraged by watching Republicans struggle to move on from the dog's breakfast they have made... No, You Don't 'Take the Meeting' David French Judging from conversations online and in person, the emerging Trump-friendly defense of Donald Trump Jr.'s decision to respond enthusiastically to an invitation to meet a "Russian government... Trump's VA Secretary Is Off to a Fast Start Jim Geraghty Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin, probably the most unlikely member of Trump's cabinet, is off to a quick start. Shulkin served as undersecretary of health at the VA during the... The Overvalued Dollar and the World Deflationary Malaise Sean Rushton The U.S. and many other major economies remain stuck in sluggish growth, despite bloated central-bank balance sheets and enormous debts accumulated by national governments. To get back to... ADVERTISEMENT Our Lost Constitution: The Willful Subversion of America's Founding Document Senator Mike Lee 'Defenders of the Constitution, this is a must-read book for you. Most Americans know that our federal government is far too big and far more authoritative than our founders ever intended, and this book shows you how that happened. Buy this book, give it to friends or relatives, and arm yourselves in the fight to restore our Constitution.' - Mark Levin LEARN MORE Running of the Bulls G20 Summit Protests ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 215 Lexington Ave., New York, NY, 10016, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.