Domestic Issues

Hoping for cheers, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos instead got jeers and boos at her commencement speech at Bethune-Cookman University.  As soon as she began to speak, the crowd erupted in boos that lasted for more than five minutes, and many of the students turned their back on DeVos in protest. An unpopular and baffling choice as a commencement speaker, the ...

President Trump set off a political firestorm on Tuesday by firing FBI Director James Comey.  Only one other FBI Director has ever been fired by a President. The letter of termination references recommendations from both the Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.  Administration staff, including V.P. Pence, Adviser Kellyanne Conway, and Assistant White House Press Secretary ...

Despite being advised by President Obama, and former Attorney General Sally Yates that disgraced former General Michael Flynn should not hold the post of National Security Adviser, President Trump kept him in his position for an additional 18 days.  Trump released Flynn only after it became public that Flynn had lied to Vice President elect Pence in regards to his ...

Republican House members again boarded buses for a trip to the White House to celebrate the passing of the ACHA (Trumpcare) Friday.  After failing to garner enough votes in late March, Republicans were able to circle the wagons and pass the American Health Care Act.  After a rough first 100 days which saw few victories, Trump was finally able to ...

No US President has ever called for the shutdown of their own government, until now.  In another inexplicable first, Donald Trump called for the September shutdown of the US government. Apparently unhappy that he needs to work with others, Trump tweeted the following this morning: The reason for the plan negotiated between the Republicans and Democrats is that we need ...

5/1/2017 During an interview with John Dickerson of CBS, the President was discussing his relationship with President Obama, and his claim that Obama was “sick and bad”.  When Dickerson pressed Trump on his comments and asked the President if he stood by them, he replied “I don’t stand by anything”.  Apparently the President admitted that he can not stand by ...

On March 31st, President Trump proclaimed April as National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.  Nobody thought the best way to kick off National Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention Month would be to praise somebody accused of sexual harassment.  But that is exactly what President Trump did  this week, taking time to defend his friend Bill O’Reilly from Fox News. ...

Financial and Medical information, Social Security numbers, Web browsing history, and your Children’s information are among the types of private consumer information that Congress voted on Tuesday to allow your internet service provider (ISP) to sell to the highest bidder without your permission, prompting outrage from privacy watchdogs.  Trump signed the bill into law on April 3rd. The House action, which ...

In what can only be considered a horrific blow to the new administration, House Speaker Paul Ryan pulled President Trump’s healthcare bill from the floor just before the vote was to occur.  Since no vote was taken, it is impossible to determine exactly how large of a defeat it would have been, with estimates ranging from five to thirty votes. ...

03/23/2017 03/22/2017 President Donald Trump’s approval rating has fallen to 37% — a new low, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released Wednesday. Most of his decline is due voters who are considered his “base”.  Among Republicans, Trump’a approval rating sank from 91% to 81%, with similar declines among male, and white voters. “Most alarming for President Donald Trump, ...