Military Parades Are a Waste of Time and Money
I don't like them. I have an aversion, as a point of fact, to any and all military drill and ceremony aside from that performed at military funerals.
Category Archives: US Politics
The Death of Newsweek
Newsweek is in the news-raided by the police last month as part of a probe into the owners' shady finances, then subjected to a crude purge on Monday, when the owners sacked the editors and reporters who tried to write about the scandal. This was the cinematic coda to a decade of collapse.
Pence’s approach to troubles in White House: He wasn’t there
In this Feb. 1, 2018, photo, Vice President Mike Pence addresses the Republican National Committee Winter Meeting in Washington. Credit Pence with good timing when it comes to trying to avoid political messes.
Era of trillion-dollar budget deficits is making a comeback
In this Jan. 21, 2018, file photo, lights illuminate the U.S. Capitol on second day of the federal shutdown as lawmakers negotiate behind closed doors in Washington. The era of trillion-dollar budget deficits is about make a comeback _ and a brewing budget deal hastened the arrival.
Q&A: Will Congress remain in stalemate over immigration?
In this Sept. 6, 2017 file photo, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., accompanied by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, and others members of the House and Senate Democrats, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Shutdown Part 2?
Groundhog Day may have been last week - Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, predicting six more weeks of winter - but it will be celebrated in spirit again this week as Congress deals with what seems to now be the monthly threat of a government shutdown. Republicans and Democrats continue their dance of despair as they pontificate over important issues and propagate one short-term solution after another regarding their basic duty to fund the government.
Student hopes for unions fading
Graduate teaching assistants at private universities had high hopes 18 months ago when a federal labor board ruled that they had a right to collective bargaining, but after the election of President Donald Trump, some schools are taking another shot at halting the burgeoning unionization movement. Columbia University announced in a university-wide email Tuesday that the school wouldn't bargain with the graduate students who voted more than 2 to 1 for union representation, and would instead appeal to a federal court.
Supreme Court justices call for civility: ‘Let’s stop this nonsense’
President Trump's call for unity and bipartisanship during his State of the Union on Tuesday wasn't the only appeal for a break from the hyper-partisan atmosphere that has engulfed Washington, D.C. Along with the president, justices on the Supreme Court on at least two separate and unrelated occasions in as many weeks spoke to the need for civility. Justice Neil Gorsuch, Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court, during a speech at Stockton University in New Jersey last week, and again by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who sits on the opposite side of the ideological spectrum from Gorsuch, in two different events.
What to expect from the Jerome Powell era at the Federal Reserve
Jerome Powell won't run the Federal Reserve too differently than Janet Yellen would have. But, because he is not her and was not President Barack Obama's nominee, he will start a four-year term as Fed chairman Monday while she begins as a think tanker at the Brookings Institution.
Intelligence community worried about Nunes memo’s potential ripple effects
President Richard Nixon's unprecedented misuse of federal resources to spy on political and activist groups 40 years ago prompted the creation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act , which requires federal agencies to obtain warrants for investigations involving U.S. citizens. Signed into law in 1978, FISA was created in an effort inject accountability into the act of federal spying on American citizens after past abuses.
The Kansas City Sunday Night Link Stand
Sunday night and we review some of the top local stories inspired by angel Candice and her enduring international model hotness. Take a peek at some of the highlights whilst local newsies can't stop blathering about the snow: The authorities are investigating after a shooting victim showed up at a local hospital.
Former Justice Department official: Republican memo is a politically motivateda
A former deputy assistant attorney general who oversaw surveillance requests under President George W. Bush said the memo released by Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee alleging abuses of government spying powers is "politically motivated" and "amateurish." "It's politically motivated, it's sort of amateurish, it's very short, and it leads to more questions than it answers," Matt Olsen, an ABC News contributor who previously served under Bush in the Justice Department's National Security Division, told ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos in a panel discussion on This Week Sunday.
Special election in deep-red Pennsylvania district could be bellwether for midterms
A special election next month in a Pennsylvania district that went big for President Donald Trump in 2016 could provide early signs of whether Democrats can retake the House in November - or whether Trump supporters can help keep Republicans in power. The deep-red 18th Congressional District in the southwest corner of the state voted for Trump over his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, by double digits in 2016.
2 editorials Tribune editorial: Give us the tax debate, legislators35m ago
The Utah Legislature has begun this session, as it often does, with a promise of minimal government and a reality of inserting itself into other people's business. But legislative leaders may have reached their Waterloo with House Bill 175 creating a Joint Committee on Governmental Oversight.
What Hillary Clinton-Media Collusion? THIS Hillary Clinton-Media Collusion
On November 21, 2016, Michael Sainato at the New York Observer presented an overwhelming number of examples of 2015-2016 collusion between the press and the Hillary Clinton campaign. It serves as a definitive rebuttal of any claim that the press wasn't in the tank for Mrs. Clinton.
Let’s Be Honest: It’s President Hannity And Doocy
One of the things of which Donald Trump reassured his supporters during his campaign rallies was that he--by virtue of being high profile and rich--knew all the best people, so that he could get things done that weren't being addressed by all those Washington insiders. Even without Michael Wolff's book, it's been increasingly apparent that Donald Trump was more heavily influenced by what he was watching on Fox News than actual intelligence coming in from the multitudes of intelligence agencies available to the president.
Some Republican lawmakers distances themselves from Trump on memo
President Donald Trump was wrong to assert that a GOP-produced classified memo on FBI surveillance powers cleared him in the Russia probe, Democratic and Republican lawmakers said Sunday. They expressed hope that special counsel Robert Mueller's work would continue without interference.
Former state Sen. Sam Cataldo of Farmington is dead
Sam Cataldo was a Farmington Republican who gave up his seat in 2016 to run for the Executive Council.
Yellen disappointed not to get a second term as Fed chair
Janet Yellen said she was disappointed that President Donald Trump didn't offer her a second term as Federal Reserve chair, but supports her central bank successor, Jerome Powell, who takes over on Monday. Powell, a Fed board member since 2012, is "thoughtful, balanced, dedicated to public service.
Unhinged Trump 2020 Adviser Refuses To Give Obama Credit For Black…
Bruce Levell, an adviser to Donald Trump's 2020 campaign, told MSNBC on Sunday that President Barack Obama should not get credit for jobs created during his administration because Trump is the real "Yes We Can" president. During an interview with Levell, MSNBC host Alex Witt noted that Trump has recently taken credit for record-low black unemployment, a trend which started under Obama.