Domestic Issues

8/24/2017 Former Missouri GOP senator John Danforth called President Trump “the most divisive president in our history” and warned Republicans not to let him tarnish the GOP’s image. “Trump is always eager to tell people that they don’t belong here, whether it’s Mexicans, Muslims, transgender people or another group. His message is, “You are not one of us’,” wrote Danforth in ...

8/25/2017 President Donald Trump on Friday pardoned former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was convicted of criminal contempt for ignoring a judge’s order not to detain suspected undocumented immigrants. A judge ruled on July 31 that Arpaio committed a crime by disobeying a court order to stop detaining suspected undocumented immigrants.  In 2013, a judge found Arpaio and his deputies had ...

8/24/2017 The President’s Mar-a-Lago resort is paying the price when the President makes idiotic comments. Trump’s most recent comments in regards to the Charlottsville riots have caused at least 15 charities to cancel their plans to host events at the Florida resort. On Sunday the Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society announced it too would be moving its upcoming event ...

8/24/2017 The former Director of National Intelligence viewed president Trumps behavior as “scary and disturbing”.  He went on to say he thought Trump could be a threat to national security and his access to nuclear codes. James Clapper has served many presidents, ranging from Kennedy to Obama, and has unique insights as to the inner workings of the White House, ...

8/20/2017 President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump will not attend the annual Kennedy Center Honors in December, the White House announced Saturday morning. “The President and First Lady have decided not to participate in this year’s activities to allow the honorees to celebrate without any political distraction,” a statement from the White House read. The decision came after ...

8/20/2017 The Trump administration has decided to disband the federal advisory panel for the National Climate Assessment, a group aimed at helping policymakers and private-sector officials incorporate the government’s climate analysis into long-term planning. The charter for the 15-person Advisory Committee for the Sustained National Climate Assessment — which includes academics as well as local officials and corporate representatives — expires Sunday. On ...

8/16/2017 President Trump formed advisory councils early in his administration.  Some of America’s top business leaders were members of the councils, eager to offer advice on forming policy to foster American growth, creating jobs and rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure. Unfortunately, many of the members have had a difficult time supporting Trump’s positions on everything from the environment to his statements ...

8/15/2017 The Justice Department has demanded a web-hosting service hand over the IP addresses of more than 1.3 million visitors to a web site that organized protests of President Trump’s inauguration. Additionally, it requested contact information, email and photos of thousands of people. The DOJ filed the motion July 20 against disruptj20.org, a self-described group of activists who planned “mass protests to shut down the inauguration ...

8/9/2017 Vice News reported today that, twice a day since the beginning of the Trump administration, a special folder is prepared for the president to stroke his ego. The first document is prepared around 9:30 a.m. and the follow-up, around 4:30 p.m. Former Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and former Press Secretary Sean Spicer both wanted the privilege of delivering ...

Fearing the Trump administration would bury the report, a group of federal scientists leaked a draft of a sweeping climate change report to the press.  The 543 page report, produced by hundreds of scientists in 13 federal agencies, contradicts President Trump’s beliefs that global warming is a hoax.  The report (normally) must be approved by the White House before it is ...