The Home Stretch: Big Numbers to Know From the Week in Politics

The weekend’s on tap. In spite of the adjoining photograph, we’ve already had our say on Omarosa. Same with John Brennan (here’s one more take, for your consideration). Now, off we go…

[40,000] – The approximate number of employees at one firm who’ve now received bonuses, thanks to the GOP tax reform law. Every Congressional Democrat opposed the bill — with party leaders sneering at the “crumbs” from which workers are benefiting and rolling their eyes at exceptionally robust employment figures. Some politicians may not be impressed by any of this, but I’d bet most of these folks are:

[26] – As of yesterday, two more than two dozen Circuit Court judges have now been confirmed during the Trump era, far outpacing other recent presidents’ clips on this important front. We wrote about these developments earlier today, but as a follow-on, please enjoy this latest expression of impotent shouting from a top former spokesman for Hillary Clinton’s failed 2016 campaign:

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[Two] – That’s how many weeks it took after the Supreme Court handed down its 7-2 Masterpiece Cakeshop decision for Colorado’s Grand Wizards of Right Thinking (known to some as the “Civil Rights Commission”) to issue another authoritarian decree against the exact same small business. The High Court rebuked the commission for its heavy-handed approach to compelled speech, which was laden with anti-Christian animus. Undeterred — or even defiant and resolute to prove the Court’s point — these unaccountable, miniature autocrats have this time sided with an obvious troll, prompting yet another lawsuit. (Read more from “The Home Stretch: Big Numbers to Know From the Week in Politics” HERE)

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