Left Embraces Trump’s Ex-Lawyer Despite History of Deception

Plus: Retiring Republicans May Not Show Up to Vote, Threatening Wall Vote

Dec 18, 2018   Good morning from Washington, where suddenly President Trump's former personal lawyer is a paragon of virtue to the left. Jarrett Stepman begs to differ. Republican lawmakers who won't be back in the new year pose an obstacle to a border wall, reports Rachel del Guidice, who also  has an interview with the president's ambassador for religious freedom. Plus: Nolan Peterson on Ukraine's leap of faith, Thomas Jipping on unfilled openings on the bench, and Cal Thomas on the crusade to bring down the president.     Commentary Left Embraces Trump's Ex-Lawyer Despite History of Deception Prosecutors recommended a long sentence for Michael Cohen due to his "yearslong pattern of deception," which, given the "nature, multitude, and temporal span of criminal behavior," revealed a man whose "outlook on life was often to cheat." More News Retiring Republicans May Not Show Up to Vote, Threatening Border Wall Vote Republicans on their way out aren't necessarily coming back to Washington to give leadership their votes on the border wall. More Analysis By Democrats' Own Standard, We Have a Judicial Vacancy Crisis Today, 126 positions on the U.S. District Court and U.S. Court of Appeals are vacant. In fact, we're in the longest period of triple-digit vacancies in 25 years. More Analysis Podcast: Reforming Our Education System We talk to Rick Graber, president of the Bradley Foundation, who's working to reform higher education and K-12 education in America. Plus: Is "Baby, It's Cold Outside" still acceptable in 2018? More News Envoy Says Trump Willing to 'Stand Up and Push' for Global Religious Freedom "Nearly 80 percent [of those in the world] live in a religiously restrictive atmosphere, so they don't have freedom of religion," says Sam Brownback, Trump's international ambassador-at-large for religious freedom. More Special Feature Ukraine Steps Out of Russia's Religious Shadow "This day will go into history as a sacred day … the day of the final independence from Russia," says Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. More Commentary The Establishment's Full Fury Against Trump Is Now Unleashed Behavior that was tolerated, or overlooked, by previous presidents is now grounds for indictment and impeachment, says the establishment. More           The Daily Signal is brought to you by more than half a million members of The Heritage Foundation. Donate to The Daily Signal Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter How are we doing? We welcome your comments, suggestions, and story tips. Please reply to this email or send us a note at comments@dailysignal.com. The Daily Signal 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (800) 546-2843     Add morningbell@heritage.org to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as johnmhames@comcast.net. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, please click here to update your subscription.

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