The Home Stretch: Five Big Numbers to Know From The Week in Politics -- August 17, 2018 Townhall, Aug 17, 2018, Guy Benson
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[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: [...]
The current Trump-GOP economic surge is building a rising tide that is lifting all boats. And lowering a lot of families' energy bills, too:
Utility companies in 48 out of 50 states and DC have taken action to pass their federal tax savings on to more than 87 million customers—so far. GEI found that “direct customer savings over a five-year period are significant—ranging from $101 million in Maine to more than $3.2 billion in California..."
[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. [...]
[350-plus] - Will hundreds of newsrooms participating in a coordinated effort, jointly editorializing against President Trump's anti-"fake news" rhetoric, move the needle on public opinion? And are Trump's words more of a threat than numerous, documented, literal physical assaults against journalists by hard Left agitators? I unpacked those questions on a Fox News podcast this week: [...]
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