Blog Heap of Links for the day 24 October 2018

…On this day in 1931 the George Washington Bridge opened to public traffic. The initial toll was set at 50 cents in either direction for passenger cars. That is equivalent to $8.30 today.

…the army of foreign nationals looking to crash our borders, after a 24-hour pause (or so they say) to memorialize one of their brave, honored dead... who croaked after falling off a truck (wait, aren't they all on foot? /sarc) is continuing ever-northward. The administration has been absolutely unequivocal in stating that no one from this rabble will be allowed to enter the country. …

…As Trump nears the two-year mark of his historic election and conducts political rallies around the country, during which he talks up his wins in hopes it will energize Republican voters, the administration has counted up 289 accomplishments in 18 categories, capped by the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.

They include 173 major wins, such as adding more than 4 million jobs, and another 116 smaller victories, some with outsize importance, such as the 83 percent one-year increase in arrests of MS-13 gang members.…