Category Archives: GOP

Liberals Seem Surprised That Private Sector Guy Acts Like Government Is The Private Sector

Love Trump or loathe him, he’s looking at this whole “government sector” thing like he would the private sector, just like you’d expect a guy who has worked in the private sector his whole life. And, things like massively defying the head of the organization has consequences. President Trump fired his acting attorney general after […]

Washington Post: Say, We Should Treat Trump With Professionalism, Not Partisanship

Fred Hiatt, the Washington Post editorial page editor, has an idea, but, that boat has already sailed, and may not ever make it back to port Trump considers the media his enemy. We shouldn’t treat him as ours. Our answer must be professionalism, not partisanship. It is not unprecedented for a White House to view […]

DHS To Continue Enforcing Trump’s Ban On Travel From Several Countries

Trump passed his so-called ban on Muslims, and a judge jumped in (The Hill) A federal judge in New York has issued an emergency stay temporarily halting the removal of individuals detained after President Trump issued an order to ban immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. The move appears to mark the […]

Rand Paul Introduces His Ocare Replacement Plan

Republicans are starting to release their plans to replace the deplorable Obamacare. Senators Bill Cassidy and Susan Collins introduced a very squishy plan. We’re awaiting plans from Paul Ryan and President Trump. And there were plenty bandied about during the Obama years. Which will win out? (Yahoo Business) Sen. Rand Paul introduced the Obamacare Replacement […]

Executive Order Targets Sanctuary Cities

Trump signed many executive orders today, one of them being on sanctuary cities (CNN) The executive orders also seek to end sanctuary cities and the practice of releasing undocumented immigrants detained by federal officials before trial. White House press secretary Sean Spicer said the executive action directed at sanctuary cities would strip grant funding for […]

Team Trump Has Supposedly Told EPA To Remove ‘Climate Change’ Pages

Another anonyously sourced article proclaiming that Team Trump has done something, and it totally means doom Trump administration tells EPA to cut climate page from website: sources U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has instructed the Environmental Protection Agency to remove the climate change page from its website, two agency employees told Reuters, the latest move […]

Trump’s Supposed To Order Border Wall And Temporarily Curtail Refugees Today

This is what Reuters and the NY Times are reporting. Will he? It’s all based on supposition, reading a Trump tweet, and anonymous sources Trump to Order Mexican Border Wall and Curtail Immigration President Trump on Wednesday will order the construction of a Mexican border wall — the first in a series of actions this […]

Suddenly, The Permanent Campaign Is Problematic Because Trump

Politicians are in permanent campaign, and have been for quite some time. Certainly, Mr. Obama did this, even after his 2nd presidential election, and he wasn’t just campaigning for other Democrats (most of them who really didn’t want him around), but as if he was going to run for a 3rd term. Now, though, many […]

Trump Signs Obamacare Order Potentially Gutting The Mandate

One of Mr. Trump’s first acts as President was to sign an order on Obamacare (The Hill) President Trump on Friday signed an executive order directing federal agencies to “ease the burden of ObamaCare.” The order did not direct any specific actions, instead giving broad authority to the Department of Health and Human Services and other agencies […]

Sore Losers Call Trump A Sore Winner Or Something

Ever since the election results came in, Democrats have been the ultimate sore losers, and the Washington Post’s Dana Milbank has been a participant. He’s attempted to mansplain the woman card to Kellyanne Conway. He’s whined numerous times about Russia. He’s stated that the election was rigged. He’s essentially been a sore loser. Now we […]

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