President Donald Trump has been doing a lot of bragging about the stock market rally lately. How does it measure up? By some measures, the rally that took place during Mr. Trump’s first 30 calendar days in office has been the largest since 1945. Since inauguration day on Jan. 20 through Friday, the Dow industrials climbed more than 4%.
Source: ‘Trump Bump’ for Dow Industrials Is Biggest Post-Inaugural Move Since FDR – MoneyBeat – WSJ
We might not agree on phone etiquette, or what to put on the radio – but there’s one thing older and younger generations agree on. Millennials (born between 1980 and 1994) are the most narcissistic – according to a study that consulted both millennials and their grandparents’ generations, But there is one thing they disagree on: the extent of their narcissism. Older generations think millennials’ narcissism goes beyond what millennials themselves will admit.
Source: Millennials are the most narcissistic generation ever | indy100
Along with Attorney General Bob Ferguson, Gov. Jay Inslee has enjoyed multiple victory laps after the state’s legal wins in a lawsuit to block Trump’s executive order halting travel from seven mostly Muslim nations that have been identified as terrorist potential threats.
Source: Jay Inslee for president? Governor’s profile is on the rise | The Seattle Times
NAPLES, Fla. – An elementary school teacher in Collier County, Florida was reassigned to administrative duties over a Facebook post during the “Day Without Immigrants” protest last Thursday. Parkside Elementary School computer lab instructor Veronica Fleming linked to a Chicago Tribune story about the nationwide protest and offered her take on the situation. “The funny part about immigrants staying home is the rest of us who pay for them are here at work like we’ve always been. Looks like less mouths to feed today. Have fun while you still can. So glad to hear about massive deportation. Let’s make America
Source: Teacher ‘reassigned’ after praising Trump action on immigration | EAGnews.org
Lawmakers plan to request a congressional investigation of a $418 million U.S. weapons sale to Kenya approved by the Obama administration.
Source: EXCLUSIVE: Lawmakers to Request Probe of $418M Arms Sale to Kenya on Obamas Last Day
Stunning stuff from a member of the president’s own party.
Source: John McCain just systematically dismantled Donald Trump’s entire worldview – The Washington Post
“This change that the president put in place, signed off by the way by James Clapper on December 15, 2016, signed off by Loretta Lynch the Attorney General January 3, 2017, they decide that now 16 agencies can get the raw data and what that does is almost creates a shadow government.”
Source: Jay Sekulow: Obama Should Be “Held Accountable” For The “Soft Coup” Against Trump | Zero Hedge
By any historical and constitutional standard, “the people” elected Donald Trump and endorsed his program of nation-state populist reform. Yet over the last few weeks America has been in the throes of an unprecedented revolt. Not of the people against the government — that happened last year — but of the government against the people. What this says about the state of American democracy, and what it portends for the future, is incredibly disturbing.
Source: Donald Trump & Washington — How Bureaucrats are Undermining Voters | National Review
As liberal protesters step up confrontations with Republican lawmakers, leaders of the original Tea Party movement that wrote the book on those tactics are reassembling their political army – dispatching activists to push a conservative agenda that includes tax reform and dismantling ObamaCare.
Source: Conservative activists to mobilize amid anti-Trump protests | Fox News