Domestic Issues

6/28/2017 “He would endorse communism if Trump decided to implement the policies of ‘The Communist Manifesto,’” Ann Coulter wrote about Sean Hannity.  “Sean Hannity, bless his heart, has the zeal of the late Trump convert,” Coulter wrote in a blog post. Hannity, one of Fox News’ most popular nighttime personalities since Bill O’Reilly was fired for sexual harrasment, has been a vigorous ...

6/28/2017 Secretary of State Rex Tillerson may be reaching the end of his rope with the Trump administration.  Politico reported Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s frustrations with the White House have been building for months. Last Friday, they exploded. From Politico Unhappy that Johnny DeStefano, the head of the presidential personnel office, has continued to torpedo proposed nominees to senior State ...

6/28/2017 Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, filed as a foreign agent today. The filing revealed that Manafort’s firm, DMP International, received $17.1 million between 2012 and 2014 from the Party of Regions, the pro-Russian former ruling party in Ukraine. Manafort resigned from Trump’s campaign when it was reported he had received undisclosed cash payments for his work in ...

6/23/2017 President Trump today signed the Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017 , which in part, is designed to speed up the process to discipline employees for misconduct and put more decision-making power in the hands of Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin.  The act is in response to the 2014 VA scandals involving long wait times for medical care and ...

6/23/2017 The New York Times claimed today that President Trump told at least one lie every day during his first 40 days in office.  The Times took a full page to publish all of the lies (they were aware of) that Trump has made since his inauguration.   In the article, the Times noted how some of the lies contradicted ...

6/22/2017 After more than five weeks of not revealing whether he had made tapes or not, President Trump today came clean and tweeted that he did not.  On May 12th, Trump had insinuated that he may have had made tapes of conversations he had with then FBI Director James Comey.  Over the next five weeks, neither Trump nor his Press ...

6/18/2017 On Wednesday, The Washington Post reported that the special counsel overseeing the Russia investigation is widening its probe to include possible obstruction violations by President Trump. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team is interviewing a number of intelligence officials who are known to had conversations with Trump about the Russia investigation.  Upon learning the news, Trump again Tweeted his apparent frustration. ...

6/11/2017 Washington, D.C. and Maryland’s Attorney General’s filed suit against President Trump Monday alleging he violated the Constitution by accepting millions of dollars in payments and benefits from foreign governments since becoming president in January.  The lawsuit claims Trump violated two anti-corruption provisions in the Constitution regarding emoluments that prohibit the president from earning profits from businesses he owns, controls ...

6/9/2017 President Trump met with top Republican lawmakers on Tuesday, and suggested adding solar panels to the wall with Mexico.  The idea is that the electricity generated could be sold to pay for construction and maintenance of the wall, which has yet to receive funding. Experts differ if the project would make economic sense, with one projecting the solar panels ...

6/8/2017 Former FBI Director James Comey testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee today, reiterating many of the things stated in his prepared statement.  Following Mr. Comey’s testimony, President Trump stated that he feels “complete vindication” from accusations that have made against him. Despite so many false statements and lies, total and complete vindication…and WOW, Comey is a leaker! — Donald ...