Domestic Issues

7/21/2017 President Trump wants to build a wall to keep foreigners out, unless they want to work for him at Mar-a-Lago. During the White House’s “Made in America” initiative this week to promote American jobs and products, President Donald Trump’s businesses have again taken steps to hire foreign workers.  Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club and his golf course in Jupiter, Florida, filed documents to ...

7/21/2017 Embattled White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer tendered his resignation to President Trump today.  It was rumored that Spicer resigned after learning of Trump’s appointment of Anthony Scaramucci as the new White House Communications Director.  It was reported by the New York Times that during a conversation with Trump, Spicer “vehemently disagreed” with the decision to hire Scaramucci.  It ...

7/20/2017 Donald Trump, during an interview with the "failing" New York Times, said "Sessions should have never recused himself, and if he was going to recuse himself, he should have told me before he took the job and I would have picked somebody else."  He went on "How do you take a job and then recuse yourself? If he would ...

7/19/2017 Tuesday the House voted to pass a Republican-backed bill delaying implementation of Obama-era reductions in smog-causing air pollutants.  The bill will delay the implementation of 2015 air pollution standards issued by the EPA for eight years.  The bill will also make other changes that will weaken the Clean Air Act, including reviewing air-quality standards every ten years, instead of ...

07/16/2017 In a bit of hypocrisy, President Trump today kicked off “Made in America Week” which is meant to promote US manufacturing.  What many people found ironic is that Trump, and his daughter Ivanka, have few of the products they sell in the United States, actually made in the United States.  The Washington Post has reported that Ivanka Trump relies ...

7/14/2017 The Trump administration proved today that either they can’t be trusted with sensitive personal information, or they are sending a message to those who complain about their policies with a big F*** Y**. Recently, the Trump panel investigating voter fraud requested that the states provide sensitive voter information for analysis.  44 states refused to do so, either in whole ...

7/12/2017 Donald Trump Jr. today released emails proving his desire to receive damaging information on Hillary Clinton from sources inside the Russian government.  It is against Federal Election Law for candidates or their campaign representatives to get something of value from a foreign national.  The Jr. Trump released the emails shortly being notified by the New York Times that they ...

When the pressure begins to mount, it’s sometimes wise to consult a lawyer.  In the case of the Trump Administration, it seems everybody is hiring a lawyer.  It’s so bad, even the lawyers are hiring lawyers.  Many of the attorneys hired by administration staff specialize in criminal defense. Donald Trump has so many lawyers, it’s hard to keep track of ...

 7/2/2017 One of the Justice Department’s top corporate crime experts has resigned from the Justice Department, stating she cannot enforce ethics laws against companies while her own bosses in the Trump administration have been engaging in conduct that she would never tolerate in outside corporations. Hui Chen, a former Pfizer and Microsoft lawyer who also was a federal prosecutor, had been the ...

7/1/2017 Forty four states have refused to fully cooperate with the Trump administration's request to provide voter registration information.  The reasons primarily revolve around voter confidentiality issues, and state laws prohibiting the sharing of such information.  At least one state makes some of the information available, but charges a fee to provide the information.  Dismayed by the reaction, Trump questioned ...