PBC News & Comment: Dems Fight For Dreamers as Govt. Shutdown Nears
After last-minute meeting with Trump, Schumer reports “no deal” as GOP hypocrites dangle CHIP extension and try to blame Democrats….--both sides posture and bluff, but Dems hold firm on DACA—whoever picked January 19 deadline has deflated Trump’s one-year celebration at Mar-a-Lago
--poll shows public blames Republicans for impending shutdown by 20 points
--Supreme Court takes up Trump Travel Ban 3.0 and blocks lower court ruling that ordered new Congressional district lines in North Carolina
--fresh data confirm that 2016 and 2017 were hottest years on record