I agree with all that except maybe women signing up for the draft.

Jobs in the US armed forces run about 10:1 for support vs combat ops. the ratio changes a little depending on how one calculates support and combat ops, but even at a more conservative 6:1 support to combat, there are tons of jobs within the armed forces that can be done without getting anywhere near the bad end of a rifle(or bazooka, or howitzer, or ...).

This is not an indictment of women serving in combat ops jobs, just that if a gender-free draft were implemented, the women could certainly request a support billet, but they still would need to serve, just like the men. My time in uniform provided ample evaluation of women in uniform. By and large, I found them more capable than the equivalent rank, and training to the men I worked with.

If the ERA wants a truly gender neutral world, then I would say the draft is part of the deal.

What’s chickenshit about it?  The rules are pretty much what they should be.

You have to pick which hills you’re willing to die on. This wasn’t one of them. Swat away the fly and move on.

I gave my take already. Close the press office. Trump goes off regularly on the press being the enemy of the people, so stand up and do something rather than a slew of meaningless tweets. 2017 Trump moved the Israel embassy in the face of world-wide condemnation. All he does now is tweet like a whiny basement dwelling lib. I had some respect when he pulled the pass, and the press pretty much all condemned the pres and escalated it. Fine - you want escalation? Everyone is banned. Go to the visitor entrance just like the rest of the public, no one is stopping you from reporting, but there is no constitutional requirement that says the pres must have a press office. Let the press report the work of the admin from the street, no one will stop you. I doubt Washington, or Jefferson had a press office in the WH of the time.

Socialist/globalists will go to any length to get what they do not deserve by merit. Lenin, Marx, Stalin killed millions along the way to the perfect socialist state. About 70 years of failure, two generations of north Asia suffered for their dream of utopia. The do-not-haves will always find a way to justify taking what is 'right' for themselves without contribution.

The WORST judicial activism ever. The prez has always had absolute power over immigration, and border security. I'm no fan of anarchy, but if Trump obeys this order, we are doomed. Might as well not have a 3rd branch of govt at all.

https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/20/judge-blocks-trump-asylum-rules/

The judge is wrong on so many counts. Not only that the asylum seekers(economic invaders) have no standing, there are a dozen other reasons this judge is way out of line. Trump must ignore this one finally.

WH folds.

https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/19/white-house-backs-down-acosta-new-rules-reporters/

What a chickenshit way to go. I like the 2016 Trump with balls of steel. The 2018 Trump, not so much. The swamp is now up past his knees, and rising. There will be no draining.

TX AG actually arrests some people for voter fraud.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/11/nine-more-people-arrested-for-voter-fraud-in-texas/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=mixi&utm_campaign=tgp

In the larger context, this is only a few people, but at least they are being diligent. Wonder about FL and AZ though.

FTR, the new gun law here in Vermont (new as of this year) mandates universal background checks and requires all purchases to be through a licensed firearms dealer, bans bump stocks and high capacity magazines, and imposes a minimum age of 21 to purchase. The over 21 restriction can be gotten around if the person has passed a hunters safety course. There is also a "red flag" provision to confiscate with a court order if someone is deemed a threat.

The law does nothing to limit constitutional carry, as long as the weapon is obtained legally.

I would like to question these two themes above. First para lists a group of requirements that are as I see a priori to owning and bearing a gun. If Joe Bagodonuts wants to sell a used six shooter to Jane Norapes, then that sale has to go through a licensed gun dealer? Also, restrictions on age, type, and capacity sound like infringements to me. How does that square with the second statement that the law does nothing to limit keep and bear?

The restrictions listed sound exactly like the infringement the 2A was intended to deny. the 2A doesn't say 'shall not be infringed much' or 'shall not reasonably be infringed'. There is no qualifier in the statement.

ahem,,,

https://www.yahoo.com/news/cnn-objects-white-house-effort-140715937.html

Close the damn press office. Let them sit in a corridor in the East wing, and stew.