The Russian investigation needs to be more bipartisan

We all knew that Trump's administration was going to be different in many ways, however, most of us could not anticipate the stark difference from the other administrations.  Since the inception of the Trump's presidency, his administration has been embroiled in many scandals. Yet, one scandal has lingered on longer than the rest and that is the Russian Scandal. During the primary and the general election, there were rumors that many of Trump's top campaign members were in constant contact with Russian diplomats.  Then there were the reports that Trump had financial ties to Russia and according to the reports that was the main reason why he refused to release his tax returns. When Trump was confronted with such accusations he was quick to categorize them as "lies" or "fake news". While trying to discredit the Russian rumors, Donald Trump continued to praise Vladimir Putin on many occasions throughout the campaign trail and publicly discussed his desire to meet Putin. In the final days of the election, Donald Trump even invited Russia to hack the E-mails of the presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

After Trump was elected to be the next president a former M.I.6 agent compiled a dossier on Trump and his relationship with Russia where the agent claimed that Russia had, "been cultivating, supporting, and assisting," Donald Trump for years. Around the same time, Trump began to attack the U.S. intelligence agencies and he intensified his attacks on the media. Within days Michael Flynn had to resign due to overwhelming evidence that he had been in contact with Russian officials and that he had bribed by foreign nations. After all these scandals and multiple sources confirming or at the very least supporting such rumors, I find it insulting that some Republicans continue to take this controversy lightly. For all, we know the President of the United States could be a spy and a puppet of Russia. To make matters worse he is not alone, multiple members of the administration have admitted to having constant contact with Russian officials. So it turns out that all these "lies" or "fake news" as Trump calls them are actually very real and true. What I want to happen next is for Congress to stop politicizing this issue and to work with the Justice Department and the intelligence agencies to get to the bottom of this. This controversy is bigger than any person or any party and we need to take this scandal very seriously because the fate of our country is at stake.

Critic on Obamacare Repeal

I just read a Townhall blog post by Guy Benson titled, "Krauthammer to GOP on Obamacare Repeal: 'Pick a Damn Plan' and Unite, or You'll Fail," were Benson recites Philip Klein's column, that it is time for the Republican Party to come up with a plan. In this post, Benson sounds the alarm to the GOP that if they fail to unite to replace Obamacare or what he calls "the failing law," Republicans will most likely be unsuccessful. He believes that a bad health care plan is better than the "crumbling status quo." Now I understand Benson's reasoning behind such a suggestion, however, we are not talking about any ordinary policy. The repeal and replacement of Obamacare has the potential of affecting millions of lives and deciding the fate of thousands of individuals who depend on it. Benson and people like Philip Klein are more concern with how the Republican Party may be perceived, than the impact the policies may have on the average American. Benson continues by quoting Charles Krauthammer," Conservatives are going to eventually find themselves in a similar spot — contemplating whether to support a plan they'd now consider Obamacare Lite in order to avoid preserving Obamacare Heavy." Benson claims that Krauthammer is essentially imploring the Republicans to act, yet nothing in the passage suggest what Benson is claiming. Later in his post, Benson suggest that the new replacement must have many aspects of Obamacare, like protecting people with pre-existing conditions, provide financial assistance to obtain coverage, and so on.  I personally find such a suggestion ludicrous, since conservatives continue to claim that Obamacare is a disaster and the attributes conservatives most disliked of Obamacare are needed to provide insurance to individuals with pre-existing conditions. Guy Benson overall wrote a decent post. His post was obviously biased but not too much to insult the reader, however, I am not surprised of him leaning to the right since his intended audience is conservatives.