There have been some very troubling and concerning events during the last two weeks. For example, on March 15, there was a very high-security, highly classified briefing held by FBI Director James Comey with Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Sen. Chuck Grassley. Grassley is the Republican and Feinstein is the Democrat. This briefing was held in a specially compartmented facility to…
The GOP Tries To Trash The CBO
Today, March 13, 2017, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its analysis of the GOP American Health Care Act. In its analysis, the CBO concluded, among other things the GOP finds very annoying, that in 2018, 14 million Americans would lose their health insurance. Ironically, Trump, in January, said that the “repeal and replace” solution provided by the GOP, would…
DHS Concludes Trump’s Travel/Immigration Ban Of No Value
There are three connected stories here. All three of these stories concern the Department of Homeland Security’s conclusion after examining all available information that the travel and immigration ban proposed by Trump provides no significant value in terms of national security. ….. One is that the Trump administration asked the Department of Homeland Security to prepare a report that concluded…
A Couple Things About Trump’s Travel and Immigration Ban
A couple of things are sticking in my mind about Trump’s travel and immigration ban, which is currently on hold pending judicial review. First, Trump rolled out this ban via an Executive Order several weeks ago and he told us that it was very urgent that the ban be put into place because those of us in the United States…
Trump Demonstrates His Divisiveness
For the last month, I have “given Trump a chance.” I have waited for him and his administration to do anything encouraging. I am still waiting. And I have no more patience. He has proven his administration to be corrupt: White House Chief of Staff Priebus interfered with FBI action, the White House told the DHS to…
Trump’s Immigration Actions Are Only A Distraction
Could Trump — or anyone — explain to me how deporting every illegal alien in this country, or even 50% of those people, is going to improve any aspect of my life? I am honestly trying to see how or if all Trump’s immigration activity is anything but an enormous distraction from the real actions Trump and his Cabinet are…
Trump’s New Deportation Rules — February 21, 2017
Just a couple of things that spring immediately to mind after reading about Trump’s new deportation rules for people in the United States illegally: 1) What will become of the millions of children who have been born in the US to the immigrants here illegally? Since the children — having been born here in the United States — are citizens…
Trump Spreads His Own Fake News
Honestly, we can’t make this stuff up. At his “campaign event” rally in Melbourne, Florida, on February 18, 2017, Trump claimed that something awful had happened the previous day in Sweden. Specifically, he said, “We’ve got to keep our country safe,” Trump said at a rally on Saturday. “You look at what’s happening in Germany, you look at what’s happening last night…
Trump Signs Law Permitting Waste Dumping By Mining Companies
On Feb. 16, Trump signed legislation rolling back a rule established by the Obama administration that prohibited mining companies from dumping their waste into streams and rivers. The Office of Surface Mining’s Stream Protection Rule was designed to protect waterways from coal mining waste. The rule was finalized in December 2016. Apparently, to the GOP members of the legislature and…
Can We Take A Break From Winning, Trump?
It’s only been four weeks and I’m tired of all the winning. Trump, you said we Americans would get tired of winning, and you were right. Can you give us a break from the winning, for just a little while? I don’t think our country can take much more of all this winning.