President Trump is considering declaring a national emergency to help get the border wall funding, Ocasio-Cortez says she wants America to be more socialist like Sweden- but it’s not a socialist country, and more.

Border Funding/ Government Shutdown:
President Trump is using Democrats own words and voting record against them when it comes to supporting a border. 

• Trump cites unlikely allies Clinton, Obama amid border wall showdown. (Fox News)

• I agree with President Obama 100%! pic.twitter.com/PI3aW1Zh5Q

  — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 23, 2018

President Trump is talking about ditching a concrete wall at the border for a steel one. 

• White House asks Congress for $5.7 billion for ‘steel barrier’ (Politico)

President Trump could declare a national emergency to get the funding he needs for the border wall.

• Trump considers declaring national emergency to build border wall. (Washington Times)
• Trump says he could declare a ‘national emergency’ to build the wall, but it might not be that easy. (Business Insider)

Marijuana:
The legalization of recreational marijuana has impacted the marijuana industry in California. 

• Thanks to Heavy Taxes and Regulations, California’s Legal Cannabis Sales Fell After Recreational Stores Opened (Reason)
• Of Death And Weed On ‘Murder Mountain’ (Forbes)
• Murder Mountain. (Netflix)

Today Missouri will start taking applications for dispensaries, manufacturing and cultivation licenses for medical marijuana. 

• Missouri lawmakers have filed 10 marijuana bills since Amendment 2 passed. Here’s a roundup. (News-Leader)

Elizabeth Warren:
Elizabeth Warren is trying to do some damage control when it comes to her Native American heritage.

• Elizabeth Warren in Iowa: ‘I am not a person of color’. (CNN)

Racism:
The NAACP believes that signs about earthquakes in Portland near old brick buildings are about racism- not about safety. 

• NAACP blames ‘white supremacy’ for Portland earthquake signs. (Washington Times)

Socialism:
Ocasio-Cortez said she wants America to be more socialist like Sweden… but Sweden isn’t socialist! 

• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she wants her socialist policies to be modeled on Sweden and Norway. (Daily Mail)
• John Stossel: Sweden isn’t a socialist country. (NWF Daily News)

Sweden actually has more economic freedom than the United States. 

• • 2018 Economic Freedom Index.

Sexism:
Men in the UK, the US and Australia all discriminate more against men than women 

• Men ‘face MORE discrimination than women’: Global study claims males receive the raw end of the deal with harsher punishments for the same crime, compulsory military service and more deaths at work. (Daily Mail)

Supreme Court:
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is missing arguments after her recent surgery 

• Ginsburg missing Supreme Court arguments for 1st time. (AP)