Domestic Issues

During eight years as President, George W. Bush certainly saw some weird things. However, even he was taken back by some of the statements Trump made during his inauguration.  According to New York Magazine, three separate sources  claim to overhear former President Bush say “That was some weird shit” after leaving the ceremony. Bush attended the ceremony with his wife ...

1/20/2017 Donald Trump is sworn in as the nations 45th President.  Following is his inauguration speech.

In a stunning act of defiance, 69 Democratic Congressmen and Congresswomen have stated they will not attend President-elect Trump’s inauguration.  Trump has promised he can build bridges, but apparently he has a lot of work to do if he wants to bring Washington together. The list: Alabama (1) Rep. Terri A. Sewell (AL) Arizona (2) Rep. Ruben Gallego (AZ) Rep. ...

While Staing that he will not be attending President-elect Trump’s inauguration, Congressman John Lewis also called into question whether Trump deserved to be president. The Democratic from Georgia stated on “Meet The Press” that he believed Russia’s hacking helped Trump in the 2016 race making Trump an illegitimate president.  “I think the Russians participated in helping this man get elected, and ...

Ex-British Secret Agent Christopher Steele, considered credible by US intelligence agencies, recently disclosed that Russian contacts claim to have incriminating evidence against Donald Trump. The evidence includes alleged video of Trump spending time with Moscow prostitutes, and enjoying in lewd sex acts by the prostitutes including “golden showers”.  Trump has denied the accusations, and has called it “fake news”.  He ...

01/07/2017 The Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Friday released its declassified report on Russia’s efforts to influence the outcome of the 2016 election. The report (Trump Russian Interference Report) comes a day after top intelligence officials, including Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and National Security Agency Director Michael Rogers, testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee on ...

1/3/2017 Trump called out his fellow Republicans for proposing to curb the powers of the independent ethics panel as their first move of the year.  Monday night, House Republicans voted 119-74 during a closed-door meeting in favor of Virginia Rep. Bob Goodlatte’s proposal, which would place the independent Office of Congressional Ethics under the control of those very lawmakers.  The ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s sons Eric and Donald Jr. have launched a nonprofit group that is selling access to their father as well as hunting trips with themselves as part of an inauguration fundraising party.  The Trump sons are listed as directors for the Opening Day Foundation, a nonprofit formed in Texas last week, according to its certificate of formation. The ...

  Claiming the costs are out of control, President Elect Trump tweeted that he might cancel future plans to buy two new Air Force Ones from Boeing.  The current estimated cost for two presidential 747’s is $4.2 billion dollars, or $2.1 billion per plane.  In reality, the actual final cost of the project for two Boeing 747’s had not been ...

12/05/2016 After making jobs a hot topic in Indiana during the campaign, President elect Trump announced a plan to save 1,100 jobs at the Carrier manufacturing plant in Indiana.  The jobs were scheduled to be filled in Monterrey Mexico, where the minimum wage is $3.90/hr.  Carrier is owned by parent company United Technologies.  The plant makes parts for heating and ...