bill barr sasse writes the notion that one ville aesd plea could shield a whole class of potential co-conspirators of uncertain size and tenty from legal liability would if treated as enforceable pioneer a new model. on the heels of dayton, ohio, senate minority leader chuck schumer is planning to ask the president to redirect $5 billion to gun initiatives. it s unlikely president trump will divert funds from his long-promised border wall but schumer s view is designed to this, the dual scourges of gun violence and violent white supremacist extremism in this country are a national security threat plain and simple. and it s time the trump administration and republicans in congress started treating them as such.