Here’s the thing about our new president – Barack Obama ran his mouth about fundamentally transforming the United States, but it’s Donald Trump who is actually doing it. Making America great again is not simply about rolling back the calendar to some hazily-recalled, glorious yesterday; it’s about creating a new conservative paradigm of both strength and conflict that is absolutely grounded in the post-modern, new media present.
Day: January 30, 2017
Trouble in Trump Town
In the week-plus since Donald J. Trump was inaugurated the highly touted – if, oversold – “peaceful transfer of power” has been anything but. The President has flooded the zone by signing Executive Orders and Memoranda by the score, increased his rhetoric demonizing the media, demanded the National Park Service back him up on his ridiculous claims about the size the crowd at his inauguration ceremony, reorganized the National Security Council by adding Steve Bannon while subtracting the Chairman of the Pentagon’s Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Director of National Intelligence; and, continued to insist that 5 million people illegally voted for Hillary Clinton.
Answering 20 Questions Liberals Wanted to Ask a Conservative
Since Donald Trump became president, liberals have beenlet’s just say… EXTREMELY upset. On the other hand, even as someone who was not a fan of Trump, I have been very happy with his performance.
What to watch: Border wall windfall? Abbott and ‘Muslim Day’
Donald Trump has formally ordered up his border wall built and it could cost the federal government as much as $30 billion. Top Republicans in the Texas Legislature have for months speculated that walling off the U.S.-Mexico border could save the state money on having to use its own law enforcement personnel to help secure the area.
The Use of Borders
Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham raised forceful objections to president Donald Trump’s 120 day moratorium of refugee admissions to the US. “At this very moment, American troops are fighting side-by-side with our Iraqi partners to defeat ISIL.
Industry needs a longer leash
Among the headlines President Donald Trump made last week was one citing his executive order to clear obstacles standing in the way of the proposed Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines. That is a good start, many local residents may have reacted.
Starbucks to hire 10,000 refugees over next 5 years
Starbucks says it will hire 10,000 refugees over the next five years, a response to President Donald Trump’s indefinite suspension of Syrian refugees and temporary travel bans that apply to six other Muslim-majority nations. FILE- In this Dec. 7, 2016, file photo, Starbucks Chairman and CEO Howard Schultz speaks during the Starbucks 2016 Investor Day meeting in New York.
Feels Great. More, Please
Sunday at a press conference, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer fought back tears as he vowed to do everything he can to “overturn” President Donald Trump’s executive order that halted immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries into the United States. I am a freethinker who supports the American constitutional system of ordered liberty.
Smaller states rejoice as Amazon collects sales tax
Many online shoppers in the United States have for years had to pay state sales taxes whenever they buy goods from Amazon. But the Seattle e-commerce giant has dragged its feet on collecting sales taxes in small and sparsely populated states where it doesn’t have any distribution centers or corporate offices.
Hope native first black chief judge on 8th circuit court
A Hope, Ark., native is to become the first black chief judge of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Lavenski Smith, now of Little Rock, is to become chief judge of the St. Louis-based on March 11. He succeeds Judge William Jay Riley, whose seven-year term as chief judge is expiring.
Photos: Protests At O’Hare Continue In The Face Of Trump’s ‘Muslim Ban’
More than a thousand demonstrators flooded O’Hare International Airport for the second night in a row Sunday to protest President Donald Trump’s executive order banning refugees and others from several predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States. They were joined by local and state politicians alarmed by the federal ban.
Tsarnaev lawyer wants no part of appeal defense
The acclaimed anti-death penalty defender who opened her argument for sparing the life of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev with the shocking declaration, “It was him,” now wants off his case, telling a federal court his appeal “would benefit from a fresh look.” Attorney Judy Clarke’s legal acumen kept the likes of Olympic Park bomber Eric Rudolph and Unabomber Ted Kaczynski from facing execution before a jury sentenced Tsarnaev, 23, to die.
UK fledgling drone sector expands into new markets
Amazon made headlines just before Christmas with its first UK commercial drone delivery: a 13-minute flight to drop off a television-streaming stick and a bag of popcorn to a customer near Cambridge. When Adam Bailey set up XYZ Kingfisher, a building and land surveying business, three years ago there were about 150 active companies offering drone services.
Trump administration expected to keep cracking down on nursing home fraud
Fraud within the skilled nursing sector is expected to remain a focus of the Department of Justice under President Donald Trump, according to experts. Attorneys and former DOJ officials interviewed by Bloomberg BNA predicted that the new administration is likely to preserve several Obama-era policies in place.