Actually, Pelosi owns the shut down now because she is refusing even to meet with POTUS Trump to discuss the president’s border wall funding, which is something she has voted for in the past. And isn’t it odd that she’s suddenly concerned about security for the president’s SOTU address, but isn’t at all concerned about security along the US-Mexico border?

Nevertheless, it’s obvious this is nothing but a cheap political stunt. To even suggest that the president, at any time and under any circumstance, would not be adequately protected is absurd. But apparently some focus group told her to make the case because it would resonate with the Democrats’ far-Left, Trump-hating base. As for her security argument, she’s the only one making it; the agencies responsible for the president’s security — DHS and its subordinate entity, the Secret Service — have pushed back hard against her claim.

This is simply a political standoff demonstrating that Congress has lost all civility and is incapable of managing the country going forward. There is no reversal in sight and we simply cascade in this death spiral into 2032. Perhaps now we can see that indeed the United States will cease to exist as we know it after 2032. The USA will be prone to separatist movements as well after 2024. That appears to be the target for absolute political disintegration.

The damage the Democrats have caused is truly undermining government. This confrontation as was the one they staged against Kavanaugh, has forever changed how government functions. The Democrats have crossed the line and in the process brought down the entire establishment. If the Democrats won the White House, then the Republicans would resort to the same type of tactics. In the future they too will smear people the Democrats put up for a position and they will refuse to fund the government unless they get their way.

This is what I mean that we have crossed the line and there is no civility remaining. Government will no longer be capable of managing anything.

The 2018 Democratic victory in the midterms brought new Marxist arrivals to the House of Representatives who are interpreting the elections as an endorsement of socialist policies. They dropped all the pretenses — no liberals, no progressives — they are proud Marxist-Leninists driven by the ideology and committed to converting this country into the United Socialist States of America.

Fifty-five years ago, in 1964, Ronald Reagan gave a speech on behalf of presidential candidate Barry Goldwater that would become known as “A Time for Choosing.” His ardent warning of the advance of socialism in the United States resonates even more today:

"You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the first step into a thousand years of darkness. If we fail, at least let our children and our children’s children say of us we justified our brief moment here. We did all that could be done."

Did we?

“I’ve always been fascinated, attracted to the subject of androgyny,” says Camille Paglia, a left-wing feminist who’s hardly conservative or anything resembling “transphobic.” “But the more I explored it, I realized that historically the movement towards androgyny occurs in late phases of culture as a civilization is starting to unravel. And the people who live in such late phases of culture – whether it’s the Hellenistic era, whether it’s the Roman Empire – feel they’re very sophisticated, very cosmopolitan.”

“But from the perspective of historical distance, you can see it’s a culture that no longer believes in itself,” she adds. What this all suggests is that America is on the verge of a complete and total collapse – as is the rest of the Western world that’s adopted the LGBT agenda as a normal part of society. It’s no longer a matter of if, but when.

The German chancellor went on to tell her fellow Christian Democratic Union (CDU) members in a speech in Rostock, in Merkel’s home state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, that the EU should consider sweeping aside its “very strict export rules” because “anyone who develops an airplane with us would also like to know whether they can sell the plane with us.”

The comments come after Merkel expressed support for French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron’s call for the European Union to have its own army to protect itself from a number of external threats, including the United States — comments which were condemned by US President Donald Trump as “very insulting.”

In filling that vacuum in Syria, expect the Russians, the Iranians and the Turks to rush in or stay in. They have kept their eyes on the prize; to them, it’s not just about Syria but the whole region. Many will vie to fill the wider vacuum, but it won’t be the Europeans… Europe must also understand the consequences of yielding significant Western influence in the region.

...More Russian territorial influence means less European territorial influence. More Chinese trade crowds out European trade. Iranian ideological expansion displaces Arab cultural norms. All mean “less Europe,” and certainly more instability.

...America’s departure will not be leaving the region to itself, but to a free-for-all for others. And to put it bluntly, the others may not (and probably do not) share the vision or values of the European experiment. If Europe is unwilling to “up its game” when the Americans withdraw, then it may find the only thing worse than US hegemony is everything else.

Trump hunkered down in the White House, telling interviewers that he hadn’t emerged in months, forgetting for a moment his frequent trips. He’s up to his neck in the crisis resulting from the government shutdown, continuing with his promises to build his wall on the Mexican border.  But the latest crisis is only a symptom. The deluge of headlines in recent days included the following.

The FBI investigation into Trump began right after he was sworn in two years ago, on suspicions he was a spy or acting on Russia's behalf. There was a report he was considering an American withdrawal from NATO, an idea whose very mention sends shivers down the spines of strategic experts, Democrats and Republicans alike. There was also news of a secret plan initiated by the national security adviser, John Bolton, for attacking targets in Iran.

From Israel’s perspective, Trump’s Middle East policies will be affected by two interconnected factors: progress by Special Counsel Robert Mueller and the balance of power between the United States and Russia. The shattering of norms in Washington may get worse with the Democratic-led House of Representatives promoting further embarrassing investigations into Trump. It seems that, under pressure, the president will act even more erratically than during his first two years in office.

Trump’s future is a big unknown factor in this equation. The Israeli political arena, with an election coming up on April 9, followed by what looks like a corruption indictment against the prime minister, doesn’t herald much stability or certainty.

If the story is true and backed by evidence — BuzzFeed cited "two federal law enforcement officials involved in an investigation of the matter" who in turn said their account was based on witness testimony, Trump organization emails, and text messages — then two things are now apparent: First, Congress will have no choice but to commence impeachment proceedings, and soon. Second, America might be on the cusp of something bigger and scarier than a mere constitutional crisis. We're about to risk a full-blown civil crisis.

Political calculations will wither in the face of concrete evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors by the president. That doesn't mean the danger is lessened, however. It's possible we have not yet seen the president at his most rabble-rousing extreme, and that's a terrifying prospect. Even more terrifying is that we don't know how that anger might play out in the streets and communities of America. Keeping the peace may well become a challenge.

"Again, this year we are called to pray so that all Christians may once again be a single family, according to God's will 'so that they may all be one'" he said. Pointing out that "ecumenism is not something optional," he said it aims "to develop a common and consistent witness that promotes true justice and support for the weakest through responses that are concrete, appropriate and effective".

The annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is a time in which Christians are reminded of Jesus' prayer for His disciples that "they may be one so that the world may believe" (John 17.21). It is an occasion for Christians of different denominations to come together to pray for their unity and participate in special ecumenical celebrations and prayer services.

The leading political advisor added: “For instance, a US-UK trade deal would be a huge success and boost both economies. I don’t understand why big businesses are so concerned about a no deal, because a no deal would allow for business growth. Look at Europe. We have rioting in France, it’s crazy town. It has double-digit unemployment." He added: “The Brexit decision to leave the EU was Britain throwing a lifeboat off the EU titanic.”

“The EU is a sinking entity with very low growth and high unemployment. Brexit is a way to avoid the EU dragging Britain’s economy down with it.” Mr Gardiner also described a second referendum as a “slap on the face” to the 17.4 million British people who voted to leave the EU. There are growing calls for Britain to request an extension to Article 50, in order to delay leaving the EU.

At the same time, Europeans are on edge about their economies with fears that some of the EU’s biggest economies, including Germany and Italy, could slip into recession this year. This has sparked concern for the upcoming European Parliamentary elections at the end of May.