SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:54 P.M. ET:

TAX PLAN READY – FROM THE WASHINGTON TIMES:  President Trump said Sunday night that his tax cut plan is completed and will result in “the largest tax cut in the history of our country.”  “We have a tax plan that is totally finalized,” Mr. Trump told reporters. “This is a plan for the middle class and for companies so they can bring back jobs.”  Republican House and Senate negotiators and the administration are expected to roll out the details of the tax relief plan this week, with Mr. Trump scheduled to travel to Indiana on Wednesday to promote it.  This is it.  If Trump and the GOP cannot pass a new tax plan, with a major tax cut for the middle class, we may see the launch of a new political party.  I think it's that serious. 

I'M SURE WE FEEL HER PAIN – FROM THE TELEGRAPH:    Chelsea Manning, a former American soldier jailed for leaking troves of classified information, said on Monday that she was banned from entering Canada due to criminal convictions in the United States.  Manning had tried to cross at the official border office at Lacolle, Quebec, on Friday.  On Monday, she posted a letter from Canadian immigration officials to her Twitter account that said she was not admitted because she was convicted of offences deemed equivalent to treason in Canada. "So, I guess Canada has permanently banned me? Denied entry b/c of convictions similar to "treason" offence," she wrote.   Yeah, Chelsea, rough break. But not as rough as the fear many Americans feel because you put their lives at risk.  Actions have consequences.

EVEN DALLAS TAKES A KNEE – FROM CONSERVATIVE TREEHOUSE:  The Dallas Cowboys, together with team owner Jerry Jones, take a collective knee at the start of the Monday Night Football game to display their unity with… well, something probably.  Stick a fork in the financial future of the NFL, it’s done; finished.  The only thing that was saving the NFL from full organizational collapse was the advent of Fantasy Football Leagues and the subsequent betting and fan-based league play therein.  Never underestimate the inability of any business organization to inoculate itself with idiot resistant policies once they enter the arena of identity politics.  It has always been thus.  In fairness, Jones did the knee thing before the national anthem.  The team did not disrupt the Star-Spangled Banner. 

September 25,  2017