September 20, 2017 – 10:33 am
It looks like this may actually happen (The Hill)Â The Trump administration and Republican leaders in Congress are going all-in on a last-ditch effort to replace ObamaCare. Earlier this month, the GOP effort was all but dead as Republican leaders pivoted to tax reform. But the health-care legislation has picked up a significant amount of […]
September 18, 2017 – 7:50 am
Realistically, the only way to reform the United Nations is to disband the body and start over, but, we know that won’t happen (The Hill) The Trump administration on Sunday emphasized reform will be on the agenda when President Trump heads to the United Nations for the first time this week. Senior level officials previewed […]
September 17, 2017 – 7:51 am
One has to wonder if it was a wise decision to run a story using an EU energy official as the source with the headline Trump Administration Won’t Withdraw from Paris Climate Deal Trump administration officials said Saturday the U.S. wouldn’t pull out of the Paris Agreement, offering to re-engage in the international deal to […]
September 16, 2017 – 7:03 am
One does have to wonder how much Mr. Trump and the GOP will end up giving up to the Democrats to strike a deal on the Dreamers legal status, especially since many in the Republican Party are simpatico with the idea of providing amnesty to start with. Paul Ryan has talked about their being a […]
September 14, 2017 – 9:07 am
What actually just happened? (Daily Caller) Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi say President Donald Trump agreed to legalize recipients of the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program without a border wall. “We had a very productive meeting at the White House with the President. The discussion focused on […]
September 4, 2017 – 6:58 am
Of course, read with a grain of salt, as this is using the typical anonymous sources (Politico) President Donald Trump has decided to end the Obama-era program that grants work permits to undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country as children, according to two sources familiar with his thinking. Senior White House aides huddled Sunday […]
September 2, 2017 – 7:10 am
What’s the point of electing Republicans if they won’t keep their campaign promises? What’s the point in electing Republicans as the law and order party if they won’t uphold the law? GOP leaders join clamor to retain ‘dreamers’ program for immigrants House Speaker Paul D. Ryan and other Republicans on Friday urged President Trump not […]
August 28, 2017 – 7:56 am
The media and Democrats are having a tough time finding a way to bash Mr. Trump and his response to Hurricane Harvey. Of course, if you take a peek through the Twitter timelines of a lot of Democrats, you’ll find zero mention of the storm About the only ones I’ve found are those from Texas […]
August 23, 2017 – 7:38 am
Seriously, who would have thought that the NY Times Editorial Board would come out and slam Mr. Trump? Mr. Trump on Afghanistan: More of the Same; No End in Sight If there is a compelling case to be made for deepening the United States military involvement in Afghanistan, where the 16-year-old war has already lasted […]
August 18, 2017 – 7:56 am
Say what you want, the “fear” that Trump and his people are stoking in the illegal alien crowd is working (The Monitor) The number of undocumented immigrants deported during the first half of 2017 fell 14 percent from a year earlier as fewer people tried to illegally enter the United States on the southern border, […]
