President Donald Trump’s wide-ranging second State of the Union address last Tuesday night was his first before a divided Congress. 

10 Christian reactions to Trump's State of the Union address

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Franklin Graham - Rev. Graham, the son of the late evangelist Billy Graham and president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.

“Thank you Mr. President for covering the priorities of our nation so clearly in tonight’s State of the Union address,” Graham wrote.  “It is my prayer that all Americans would support working together in a bipartisan way to solve the problems we face. It’s not about Republican and Democrat — it’s about doing what is right. Thank you for defending freedom and affirming that America will never be a socialist country.”

Jerry Falwell Jr - Rev. Falwell, the president of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia

“Best State of the Union speech in my lifetime delivered by the best @POTUS  since George Washington and it’s not even over yet!” Falwell wrote. “God bless @realDonaldTrump!”

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By Samuel Smith, CP Reporter

The breakfast was chaired by Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., and Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del. Following remarks by Donald Trump, the two men surrounded the President and prayed over him.

“Father, thank you for the way that you do provide for us, we pray that you would pour your overwhelming blessing and wisdom on the President, on the Vice President, on his cabinet, and his team,” prayed Sen. Lankford.

“This morning we especially pray for President Trump, and we ask that your wisdom, blessing, and peace would be on his family as they serve us, and that today you would touch his heart,” prayed Sen. Coons.

Read it all @ Pray For Our President

By Leah MarieAnn Klett, Christian Post Reporter

"Occupational licensing laws kill about 2.8 million U.S. jobs every year. Occupational licensing laws cause U.S. consumers to be overcharged by about $203 billion every year. It is basically legalized price gouging created by the government."

Thursday’s first-ever "Florida Deregathon," is a state-sponsored summit aimed at identifying and eliminating "unnecessary regulations" that hurt small businesses and licensed trade workers. 

Gov. Ron DeSantis will host the all-day event at Valencia College in Orlando.

He will be joined by Lt . Gov. Jeanette Nuñez, Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) Secretary Halsey Beshears and representatives from 23 professional licensing boards. According to the agenda, each of the licensing boards will suggest proposed changes to licensing laws affecting their occupations that can be "immediately" implemented by lawmakers after the state Legislature convenes March 5.

"Florida is one of the most attractive states in the nation to do business, but unnecessary government regulations create a burden upon our businesses, both small and large," DeSantis wrote. Nearly 30 percent of the workforce in Florida requires some type of occupational license, the fourth-highest percentage among all states and the highest in the Southeast.

"Aggressive and appropriate deregulation is a top priority of my administration," DeSantis wrote. "Aside from hurting our businesses, harmful regulations are costly, stifle competition and limit our labor pool. I look forward to working with the boards to see what can be done to keep Florida on a trajectory toward continued prosperity."

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By John Haughey - Watchdog.org

(CNSNews.com) - The Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics said the economy added 304,000 jobs last month, higher than analysts were expecting. The labor force participation rate increased a tenth of a point to 63.2 percent -- the highest it's been on President Trump's watch.

Wages continued rising last month: In January, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 3 cents to $27.56, following a 10-cent gain in December. Over the year, average hourly earnings have increased by 85 cents, or 3.2 percent.

U.S. Stocks Post Best January in 30 Years
The Wall Street Journal

The strong U.S. economy fueled stocks to their best January performance in 30 years, Amrith Ramkumar reports. On top of that, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 both closed with their biggest monthly gains of any month in more than 3 years, “lifted by renewed confidence that the U.S. economy will keep powering ahead.”

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UPDATED ON: FEBRUARY 1, 2019 / 11:58 PM / CBS NEWS

CBS News uncovered a page from Northam's yearbook at the Virginia Military Institute which had nicknames listed underneath his name. One of them was "Coonman," a racial slur.

A reporter from CBS News affiliate News 3, Brendan Ponton, went to the Eastern Virginia Medical School library in Norfolk Friday afternoon and found the page on which the photo appears.

Several political figures have called on Northam to step down, including NAACP President Derrick Johnson and 2020 presidential candidates Cory Booker, Julián Castro, Kamala Harris and Kirsten Gillibrand.

Northam's predecessor, former Gov. Terry McAuliffe, tweeted "it's Ralph to step down, and for the Commonwealth to move forward."

Democratic New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, the vice chair of the Democratic Governors Association who is set to take over in 2020, called on Northam to resign Friday night on MSNBC.

"I don't see the governor's got any other choice other than to step aside," Murphy said.

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VA GOV 'SORRY' 

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BLACKFACE OR KKK?

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(Big League Politics) – Public records reveal Virginia Governor Ralph Northam, who endorsed infanticide as a form of abortion on Wednesday, received almost $2 million in campaign contributions from Planned Parenthood.

Research reveals nearly $2 million in campaign contributions from the taxpayer funded pro-abortion group Planned Parenthood sent to Northam, who endorsed a bill that would allow new mothers to determine whether they wanted to keep a child after delivery, essentially legalizing infanticide.

January 31, 2019

President Trump would not have to change his policies to capture 40 to 50 percent of the Latino vote (which is quite different from “Latino” spokespeople on television and the Jorge Ramos crowd)

Open borders falls most heavily on the Latino communities. Schools cannot easily offer advanced placement and competitive courses when huge influxes of non-citizens without English facility enroll in mass. Social services become swamped with thousands of arrivals from impoverished Central America and southern Mexico that impair the quality of attention for U.S. citizens. 

Unspoken but also alarming is that the new waves of illegal aliens are largely from Central America, and do commensurately resonate Latino solidarity within Mexican-American communities who see sanctuary cities as green-lighting crime so often aimed at themselves.

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 Brandon Judd, right, president of the National Border Patrol Council, talks about border security after making a surprise visit to the press briefing room of the White House in Washington on Jan. 3, 2019. Judd and President Donald Trump share an ominous view of the southern border and a certainty that a wall along the boundary is urgently needed to stop what they’ve described as a humanitarian crisis. Judd, a 21-year veteran of the U.S. Border Patrol, has helped to validate Trump’s fiery immigration rhetoric and affirm the president’s conviction the border with Mexico is a frequently lawless place.

Every negotiation needs an implacable advocate ... and whether it's organic or she's fully onboard with the president ... the effect is the same. Ann is playing her part perfectly.

Coulter: Who Benefits from Immigration? Not You!

Readers of my columns know that I have made the point that America's immigration policies benefit only three groups of people .. 

1) rich Americans with a lot of employees

2) the immigrants themselves

3) their grandmothers back in Chiapas.

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