Domestic Issues

3/17/2017 Over the past few days, multiple reports have been emerging that there is no evidence that President Obama, or any US intelligence agency, wiretapped Trump Tower, Donald Trump, or his campaign in any way. 3/5  Director of National Intelligence James Clapper – “For the part of the national security apparatus that I oversaw as DNI, there was no such wiretap ...

The numbers are wrong, claims Donald Trump.  In this quick video produced by the Huffington Post, Trump is all over the map when it comes to unemployment numbers.  Of course, after months and months of claiming that the unemployment numbers are fake and can’t be trusted, Trumps first month’s numbers came out on March 10th and they were good.  All ...

During his confirmation hearing, Sessions falsely told Congress that he “did not have communications with the Russians” during the 2016 presidential campaign, when in fact he did.  As a matter of fact, Sessions met with the Russian Ambassador in Session’s own office.  Accusations of perjury also stem from a written statement Sessions submitted in response to a question from Sen. ...

3/4/2017 Providing no evidence, President Trump today called President Obama “sick” and “low” for having his wires tapped in Trump Tower. Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my "wires tapped" in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 4, 2017 If true, this could be the biggest scandal to ...

President Trump killed a regulation that would have tightened gun background checks, signing a bill to undo one of Obama’s executive actions following the San Bernardino shootings in 2015.   The Obama administration rule required the Social Security Administration to submit records of mentally disabled people to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, the FBI database used to determine whether ...

2/18/2017 President Trump’s first choice to replace Michael Flynn has turned down the job.  Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn resigned in disgrace after it was learned that he lied to Vice president Pence regarding his contact with Russian operatives during the election.  Trump had hoped to hire Robert Harward, a former Navy SEAL and deputy commander of U.S. Central Command ...

2/24/2017 Former Navy SEAL and four-star Admiral, William McRaven, recently stated that Donald Trump’s description of the media as “the enemy of the American people,” is the “greatest threat to democracy” he’s ever seen.  McRaven was the Commander who oversaw the operation that killed Osama bin Laden. He knows a thing or two about threats to democracy. McRaven retired from the military in ...

President Trump’s pick to replace former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn turned down the job today.  Trump had offered the position to Robert Harward, a former navy SEAL and deputy commander of U.S. Central Command.  Harward, 60, had been widely reported as the favorite to replace former general Michael Flynn, who resigned Monday in disgrace after misleading Vice President Pence about the ...

The Trump organization just lost a class-action lawsuit over golf memberships, and now must pay 65 members almost 6 million dollars.  After hearing the claims of the members about how they were treated, many people may never join a Trump golf course. The sordid story revolves around the Trump National Jupiter Golf Club in Jupiter Florida.  In 2012, Trump bought ...

Newly sworn President Trump took issue with news reports about the number of people who attended his inauguration, complaining that the news media used photographs of “an empty field” to make it seem as if his inauguration did not draw many people.  Continuing his campaign theme regarding fake news, Trump said of the news media “We caught them in a beauty, ...