It’s not just ‘climate change’ regulations that will be effected, because the EPA has been using secret science to manufacture mission creep and “regulations for the sake of regulations” regulations all over the place (Daily Caller) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt will soon end his agency’s use of “secret science” to craft regulations. […]
Rand Paul’s speech on the Senate floor has annoyed many Republicans, and caused a brief shutdown. Perhaps these Republicans should have listened to the speech (Real Clear Politics) When the Democrats are in power, Republicans appear to be the conservative party. But when Republicans are in power, it seems there is no conservative party. You […]
Why are legal immigrants using public benefits in the first place? People who immigrate attempting citizenship are barred from using public benefits. They have to show that they can take care of themselves, that they won’t be a drain on government coffers (Reuters) The Trump administration is considering making it harder for foreigners living in […]
Nothing like giving unelected bureaucrats massive power that is unchecked by the duly elected lawmakers (The Hill) White House budget chief Mick Mulvaney said Thursday that the authority wielded by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) chief “should frighten people” days after he assumed the role of acting director. Mulvaney, who also serves as the […]
Virtually every single large company out there requires mandatory sexual harassment training. Now this could possibly be coming to Congress (AP) Rocked by allegations of sexual misconduct, the House is moving ahead on legislation to require anti-sexual harassment training for all members and their staffs. The vote comes amid a wave of accusations against lawmakers […]
According to the Democrat gun grabbers, we’re supposed to pass a whole raft of new “gun control” laws in order to stop gun violence which the Government will administer, yet, they can’t deal with the ones currently on the books FBI database for gun buyers missing millions of records The FBI’s background-check system is missing […]
This was one of the more egregious bits of corruption during the Obama years, where the EPA was tightly knit with environmental groups, who used “friendly lawsuits” to force regulatory change (Washington Times) The Trump administration on Monday took steps to end the highly controversial “sue and settle” practice that led directly to a host […]
Personally, I have no problems with Teslas. Nor any hybrid or fully electric vehicles (FEV). But, there is one thing we should all have a problem with Middle class bearing Tesla subsidy When the sale of its 200,000th vehicle occurs later this year, Tesla buyers will no longer be able to claim a $7,500-per-vehicle federal […]
When government gets to big, and, remember, regardless of your politics, this could end up being you (unless your name is Hillary Clinton) (Daily Caller) A 78-year-old man imprisoned for digging two ponds in Montana, one on federal land and the other on private property, without a permit has appealed his sentence, according to the […]
Regardless of whether you think Trump is taking a cleaver or a scalpel to the federal budget and federal programs, this is something that hasn’t been seen since the days of Reagan, and perhaps not even then. It is a massive expression of how Trump wants to deconstruct government Donald Trump Budget Slashes Funds for […]
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