Sessions Update - Mid Terms Update 3 - Trump Era

Sky News - Live Reporting: Reports in its 8.01pm post the resignation letter of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the letter states the following, " At your request, I am submitting my resignation. "

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The Oval Office must know be tempted to sack the Special Prosecutor, the Republicans hold the Senate, one doubts that ANY will actually defend the Special Prosecutor, also they know that the Republican Party is know the Trump Party, they will be looking forward to their own re-election.   The two Republican moderates in the Senate will have less power as the Republicans have increased their number, it could lead to an interesting clash between the House and Senate.   It will be interesting to watch the moves of POTUS over the next few days. 

POTUS on the Mid Terms - Update 2 - Trump Era

BBC News: Reports " US President Donald Trump has hailed "tremendous success" in the mid-term elections after a night of mixed results for his Republican party...The Republicans are on course to increase their representation from 51 to 54 in the 100-seat Senate upper chamber.  "

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The President was as combative as ever, having a go at the liberal press, that will go down well with the Republican base.   The base will be overjoyed that the Republicans have kept the Senate, they can carry on to appoint Conservative Judges, and could get another Supreme Court pick.   The Attorney General Jeff Sessions has already gotten the CHOP, then POTUS will pick a AG who will do as he is told when it comes to the Special Prosecutor.    The President can be expected to move to foreign policy in his last two years of the first term, the Democrats will block his domestic agenda, on the international front the Oval Office has more power.    On the Democratic side it will be interesting to see how new Speaker Pelosi deals with the fact that her hard liberal base will want to impeach Trump while those just elected will be looking at 2020, they will want to show that they have done something for two years, just going after Trump will not cut it in moderate States.   Thus we shall see how good a deal maker POTUS  is when faced with a divided government. 

The 2018 Mid Term Results - Update - Trump Era

RealClearPolitics: Reports on the results of the 2018 Mid Term results.   The Democrats have taken the House with 220 Seats while the Republicans have held the Senate by 52, there are two outstanding results that could also go Republican, giving them 54 Seats.  

Lets Get Real:

It was a LONG NIGHT, but the results followed expectations, even the Republicans gaining more Seats than expected.   The results showed two Americas, there are VERY red States and blue States.   POTUS got his vote out in these States thus the better than expected results for the Republicans in the Senate.   In the Blue States Middle Class women with a a degrees sent a rebuke to the White House,  thus some of the unexpected gains by the Democrats.   The Trump White House can expected investigations from the Democrats, even the threat of impeachment.   This could work for POTUS, he could say that he is working on the agenda of the American people while the Democrats are feeding their base.   The race of 2020 started last night, it will be interesting to see who the contenders are, will HRC run again, one has doubts, it is a BIG FIELD.   The Democrats need some younger, female and from a ethnic background, that should appeal to voters who voted Democratic in 2018.    One has doubts that any real Republicans will run against Trump, in less the Special Prosecutor finds something really damaging.    The the fun of divided Government starts today, that is healthy for US democracy. 

Brexit Update - May Era

Re: Brexit talks are always at a critical point, before they are not critical, on Sunday there were reports that a DEAL had been done, but later No. 10 played it down.  The Cabinet meet tomorrow!

Guardian: Reports " May to face cabinet after Varadkar stands firm on Brexit backstop..Taoiseach’s position could mean UK being tied to EU customs union in long term  "

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The EU might have to place pressure on Ireland to back down, from reports it seems that the EU has made concessions, it does not want a no deal Brexit.  The EU has used Ireland to get what it wants out of the talks, the Irish might really think that they count!! If the UK and the EU can get a deal, then Ireland will have to go along, the EU has given Ireland enough money, the Irish owe the EU and the UK. Let's get this EU deal finished, even this geeky blogger is getting tired with the talks. 

Trump and Iran - Trump Era

Sky News: Reports " US vows to be 'relentless' in pressuring Iran after vow to break sanctions..Hassan Rouhani compared Donald Trump to former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein as his military kicked off air defence war games.  "

Lets Get Real:

The 2018 Mid Terms could have an interesting reaction in the field of foreign policy, if the Democrats take the House, they will try to block or roll back the Trump Agenda, thus the Trump Oval might move to foreign policy, that has been the practice in the past.   The Oval Office has more room to ACT in foreign policy and does not need the approval of Congress to ACT.  An American President can go to war without the okay from Congress, the War Powers Act states that a President after a limited time must ask for Congressional support, as in money, but in that time the Oval is in charge.   The Trump Oval might decide to take on Iran, force the Democrats in the House to oppose, make it an issue for 2020.  As someone once said, everything is political. 

Mid Terms 2018 - Update - Trump Era

BBC News: Reports " Race-baiting allegations have mired the homestretch of the US mid-term elections, turning it into one of the ugliest campaigns in recent times.  "

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IF the polls are right then the Democrats will take the House, while the Republicans keep the Senate.   In looking at 2020 this might be good for POUTS.  This blog is not interested in what you want to hear, from either liberals or conservatives, it gives you its best review of outcomes.   A Democratic House will have tons of investigations in to the Trump White House, if the Republicans can keep the Senate then they can block most, nearly all Democratic actions, the Democrats will part of the Government machine, they will have to justify their actions and policy , the Democratic nominee in 2020 will have to support a Democratic House.  Thus the fun starts after the election. 

Doctor Who Review - The Tsuranga Conundrum

Doctor Who News: Reports " Doctor Who: The Tsuranga Conundrum was watched by 6.12 million viewers, a share of 29.5% of the total TV audience, according to unofficial overnight figures.  "

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This was another great Doctor Who episode, there was a lot of running, the enemy was rather a cute creature who eat everything for food, not people.   The Doctor was challenged at the start of the story for being selfish, ( Good to see the writers challenge the Doctor, did one sense sexual friction between the doomed nurse and the Doctor ).   The companions were given good material, Graham and his step grandson had a few buddy moments with a ( spoiler ) man.  When the Doctor asked one of the companions for a number between 0 and 100, the answer was 51, not good, it was the limit for a bomb.  The new cast and characters work well together, the Doctor does not need to be in every scene, in the past the Doctors had to do most of the heavy work.   At the end the Doctor and a General had to save the day, the Doctor showed her ego when it was mentioned she had a few chapters on heros, she came back and said it was a volume.     Thus excellent show by the regular cast and guest stars, who were given meaty roles.  The one down side is the news that there will be no Christmas special, this Whovian not happy!!