Notations On Our World (Special Edition): On @POTUS Watch as @realDonaldTrump to Speak @Heritage

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Our team jsd  received this at our Virtual Studios which we are releasing immediately on our @POTUS Watch:

In my 44 years with The Heritage Foundation, this is certainly one of the more notable announcements I’ve made. It is my honor to announce that President Donald Trump will address Heritage members at our annual President’s Club Meeting on Tuesday, October 17 at 7:30 pm Eastern. I invite you to listen to President Trump’s message and participate in the conversation by tuning in live here --https://secured.heritage.org/watch-pres-trump/. You don't want to miss it! When you use this link you’ll also get a chance to comment on the speech and share your thoughts on how we can make America great again. Heritage has been instrumental in providing the Trump administration with sound policies and experts who now serve in key government positions. The Trump Administration has drawn from Heritage's plans to balance the budget, cut wasteful government programs and agencies, strengthen our national security, fix our broken immigration system, protect religious liberty and the dignity of life, and provide tax relief to Americans.  You can watch President Trump’s address on Tuesday, October 17 at 7:30 pm Eastern by clicking on this link -- https://secured.heritage.org/watch-pres-trump/ This will be a memorable day for Heritage. Onward! Ed Feulner President P.S. As I prepare for the event, I’d love to hear from you. If you could ask President Trump a question, what would you ask? Ask here -- https://secured.heritage.org/watch-pres-trump/ I look forward to reading your response.

Notations On Our World (Special W-End Edition): On the #IranDeal....

Late last night, our team released this to our Facebook Wall that we wanted to also report on here as we assess what is truly a very challenging World before us as we await the ramifications of President Trump's decisions on a multitude of fronts:




This is as the Washington Examiner noted Saturday on how The Trump Administration continues to be behind in political appointments at the Pentagon which is also very troubling:

Top Pentagon posts are 70 percent vacant as confirmations continue to lag The slow pace of confirming Trump administration nominees shows no signs of abating at the Pentagon as mid-October rolls around, and 70 percent of its top posts remain unfilled. Just 17 of the 57 Pentagon positions that require Senate confirmation have been filled by President Trump's appointees. That figure has barely budged in two months, leaving the military without a spectrum of leaders who can put the administration's stamp on policy. Read the full story here.

Notations From the Grid (Special W-End Edition): On @POTUS Watch.......

On this weekend, we wanted to share some profound and insightful perspective courtesy of Seth Meyers:

We also present this alternative view on President Trump:

This afternoon, Trump announced that he won’t certify the Iran nuclear deal. This won’t unravel the deal, but what it will do, John Feffer argues, is send a dangerous message to the world that it can’t count on the U.S. to be a responsible member of the international community. Meanwhile, the U.S. is currently bombing at least six countries. With Trump adding an extra element of instability, it’s more important now than ever for the peace movement to step up. Phyllis Bennis offers how. Here at home, this administration’s anti-immigrant sentiment would have you thinking we’re living in a crime-ravaged dystopia. Their latest boogeyman is MS-13. But don’t be fooled, Michael Paarlberg says in the Washington Post, this is just xenophobic fear-mongering that creates more danger than it prevents. What should you actually be afraid of? Trump’s tax plan. Josh Hoxie explains its impact in just three figures. Take it from our associate fellow who worked on the 1986 tax reform — this plan is even more regressive than Reagan’s. And finally, IPS spent a year surveying 500 women of color in Detroit on their feelings about the city’s economic revival and compiling them in our newest report — I Dream Detroit. The report found that women of color in the city have a revolutionary fervor for solving deep-rooted problems. The report profiles 20 of these solutionary women — from Minnie Davis who works to improve the high school graduation rate of boys of color, to Kiki Louya who brings quality, healthy food to Detroiters without them having to cross 8 Mile to get it. Read their stories and more here.

Detroit's Revival Can't Happen Without Women of Color Read the full report here.

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