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4 days ago | golocalprov.com | Mark Curtis

We are nearing the 100th day since President Donald Trump has been back in office. He continues to be the focus of the international tariff debate, and whether the economy has enough growth to allow more income tax cuts. The president’s legal challenges continue, with some wins and some setbacks.

1 week ago | golocalprov.com | Rob Horowitz

Continuing to bulldoze his way through the post-Watergate norms and procedures designed to keep the president’s “personal and political interests” from unduly influencing decisions on individual criminal and civil matters, President Trump ordered the Justice Department to investigate two officials from his first term on Friday. He did so without offering a better reason than they said and did things he didn’t like.

1 week ago | golocalprov.com | Robert Whitcomb

“Another Sunday morning comes And I resume the standing Sabbath Of the woods, where the finest blooms GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLAST Of time return, and where no path Is worn but wears its makers out….” From “Sabbaths,’’ by Wendell Berry (born 1934), American novelist, poet, essayist, and farmer The whole poem is in here: “Democracy is the fig leaf of elitism.’’ - Florence King (1936-2016), American novelist, essayist, and columnist “If you were to...

1 week ago | golocalprov.com | Gary Sasse

In addition to the chaos surrounding President Trump’s rollout of his tariff plans and the adverse market reactions, there may also be constitutional issues that will need to be addressed. On April 2, the President imposed extensive new tariffs on our nation’s trading partners. These presidential “diktats” plunged markets into tailspins and enhanced the likelihood of a recession. One week later, Mr. Trump announced a 90-day pause on reciprocal tariff levies except for China.

2 weeks ago | golocalprov.com | Rob Horowitz

President Trump unveiled his sweeping, disastrous tariffs this past Wednesday with the same dishonest, flim-flammery that he used to bamboozle people into signing up for Trump University: a chart with phony numbers based on trade deficits--not the tariffs that other nations' put on our exports --and a made-up tariff history that would earn him an F in a high school history class.