Domestic Issues

Latest numbers from all polls 06/07/2017 -* Update*- Trump poll numbers continue to crash.  President Trump’s job approval rating has fallen to a new low, according to a poll released Wednesday.  The new Quinnipiac University poll finds Trump has a job approval rating of 34 percent, compared to 57 percent who disapprove of the way the president is handling his ...

06/07/2017 A day before he is scheduled to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Former FBI Director James Comey released the prepared statement he plans to offer the committee before being questioned. Contained in the prepared statement are detailed notes of nine instances where Comey and Trump interacted.  The discussions regarded reports that Russia held compromising information on Trump, Michael ...

5/30/2017 Is it appropriate for an ordinary American citizen to meet with Russian operatives and ask them to set up hidden communication channels with the Kremlin so that US intelligence can’t track the conversations?  That is exactly what Jared Kushner tried to do in December, before Donald Trump took office in January. Before Trump became President, and before Kushner had ...

5/25/2017 Not letting up in its’ investigation into potential criminal conduct in relation to Russia, the FBI has turned some of its focus towards Jared Kushner, Trump’s Adviser and son-in-law.  Kushner is known to have met with the Russians in Trump Tower during the election, and may have further knowledge as to how other staff, such as disgraced former General ...

5/26/2017 Former Speaker of the House and third in-line to the Presidency John Boehner, yesterday described just about everything about the Trump presidency a disaster.  The Ohio Republican said Trump has handled national security and foreign policy issues well, but added: “Everything else he’s done (in office) has been a complete disaster,” “He’s still learning how to be president,” Boehner ...

5/25/2017 President Trump’s hope of banning people from terror prone countries took another blow today, as the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 10-3 to uphold a lower courts decision that barred the travel ban. Trump’s first attempt was rejected by the courts as it included reference to Muslims.  The courts decided that barring immigrants based on their religion was ...

5/25/2017 In December, President Elect Trump gushed that Carrier was keeping 1,100 jobs at the Carrier plant in Indiana from going to Mexico.  Trump’s statements were a bit misleading, which has caused some to wonder if Trump lied to them. What Trump didn’t say was that, while Carrier planned to keep 1,100 jobs in Indiana, only about 730 of those ...

The non-partisan Congressional Budget Offiice today released its finding on Trumpcare, also known as the AHCA.  The final verdict is that 23 million fewer Americans will be covered by the plan in its’ current form.  The plan will also decrease the deficit by $119 billion over the next ten years.  Premiums are expected to go up 20% in 2018, 5% ...

5/23/2017 The level of cuts to medicaid surprised even most Republicans when Trump’s new budget proposal was released today. Medicaid provides coverage for more than 70 million Americans, primarily low income seniors, children, adults and people with disabilities. Flaws in common accounting practices were immediately exposed in the budget, and it isn’t exactly clear what the total amount of the ...

5/17/2017 The day following revelations that President Trump may have obstructed justice by requesting that an investigation concerning Michael Flynn be let go, Texas Representative Al Green took the house floor and called for Trump’s impeachment.  This set the record for the fastest time an official call has been made to impeach any President.  “This is about my position. This ...