TRUMP POLL BUMP A new Monmouth University poll saw President Trump’s approval rating jump 10 percentage points (from 32% to 42%) over the last month. And the poll said that Democrats only held a 2-point advantage for the generic ballot for the House. Last month, Democrats had a 15-point generic lead. The growing economy and the new tax plan were cited as reasons for the change in the poll numbers. http://cvote.it/2FwwHy4
RELEASE THE MEMO President Trump reportedly told Rep. Jeff Duncan, R-SC, that he supported releasing the memo “one hundred percent.” The memo allegedly details abuse of the government’s surveillance program. http://cvote.it/2FxRWzM
SENATE 2018 Vice President Mike Pence goes on the attack against Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of WV. “When the time came to repeal & replace the disaster of Obamacare, Joe voted NO. When we empowered West Virginia to defund Planned Parenthood, Joe voted NO. And when it comes to securing our Southern border, Joe said, “I’m not voting for the wall, either.” http://cvote.it/2FzbYtG
QUOTE OF THE DAY “We have a human trafficking crisis in our state and in this city and in our country because people are willing to purchase women, young women, and treat them like commodities. There is a market for it. Why is there? Because our culture has completely lost its way. The sexual revolution has led to exploitation of women on a scale that we would never have imagined, never have imagined.” U.S. Senate candidate Josh Hawley, R-MO. (The liberals, of course, freaked out at the comment.) http://cvote.it/2Fz49nS
TRAIN WITH CONGRESSMEN CRASHES An Amtrak train collided with a truck in western Virginia, killing one and injuring another in the truck. The train was transporting Congressional Republicans on the way to a retreat. When the accident occurred, lawmakers who were medical doctors rushed to the scene. http://cvote.it/2FydJqY
MANCHIN SITS DOWN At least two times during the State of the Union address, Sen. Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat, appeared ready to stand up and applaud President Trump — but then decided to slink back into his seat. http://cvote.it/2Fzveai
TOO RESTRICTING? A member of the Pontifical Academy for Life raised some eyebrows when he seemed to suggest that the Church’s term “intrinsically evil” was outdated. http://cvote.it/2FyKEMe
DARK FRONTIER Pornography is always evil. But a new face-recognition app could make things even worse by replacing the faces of pornographic actors with the faces of celebrities or even ordinary people — causing potentially even more harm and humiliation. http://cvote.it/2FBqAst
FERTILITY APP UNDER FIRE You would think that champions of “women’s reproductive rights” would welcome a European smartphone app which tracks a woman’s fertility. But instead the app has come under a smear campaign. http://cvote.it/2FBe4t9
SAINT OF THE DAY Saint Ansgar was a Benedictine missionary who spent his life trying to convert northern Europe. http://cvote.it/dailysaint
DAILY MASS READINGS “Lord, you are exalted over all.” (1 Chr 29:12) – http://cvote.it/Daily-Readings
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