As incoming President Donald Trump takes office, many Democrats are focused on attempting to spike the confirmations of appointees to his cabinet. One pick in particular who will likely not have smooth sailing in Senate confirmation hearings is Treasury Secretary pick Steve Mnuchin. Mnuchin’s alleged role in the 2008 collapse of California mortgage lender IndyMac … Continue reading “Did Trump Treasury Pick Steve Mnuchin Cause a Mortgage Lender’s Collapse, or Was It Democrat Chuck Schumer?”

In anticipation of Trump’s formal start of the presidency, Republicans in Congress pushed a bill that can get things rolling on an Obamacare repeal. The bill had plenty of articles, but there are two that are the most important for this discussion. On one part, they reshaped funding allocation that will give Obamacare reform an … Continue reading “Fissures in the Democratic Party Threaten to Break Them in Two”

Last Friday, Donald Trump becomes the 45th president of the Unites States. The question now is, what are his immediate and long-range goals? What does he have complete control over and what will he have to depend on a Republican majority House and Senate? Our next President has left little to the imagination when it … Continue reading “What Lies Immediately Ahead for President Trump?”

Once again, news outlets are full of noise against Donald Trump. Leading up to his inauguration today, the narrative centered around the “noble” efforts of Democrats to boycott and even outright protest Trump’s official ascension to power. This next step towards assaulting the president as a person and politician is a clear sign of how … Continue reading “Trump vs Obama: Inauguration”

A heinous crime has been committed in Chicago as a gang of four young African-American youths — two male and two female — kidnapped and tortured a mentally handicapped white teenager from the streets one of America’s most dangerous cities roughly a week ago. Making the incident worse than the racial aspects of the case … Continue reading “The Media Twists the Truth in a Horrible Chicago Torture Story”

Compared with the situation eight years ago before President Obama took office, America is much worse off now in any number of ways. Here is a brief enumeration of several of them: The Economy For many people, the economic numbers for the U.S. tell most of the story of the Obama administration: the national debt … Continue reading “Obama by the Numbers: Is America Better Off Now than When Obama took Office?”

As the presidential term of Barack Obama counts down to its last two days, the outgoing president has decided to make life somewhat difficult for incoming President Trump, despite a post-election promise to make the transition process “smooth and efficient.” Just two days after Trump won the recent presidential election, the Republican candidate met with … Continue reading “The Obama-Trump Transition Did Not Proceed Smoothly”

The Alt-Right, what is it, who is it, and where did it come from? Unfortunately, for a lot of commentators who get a whole lot of air time wringing their hands about the Alt-Right and what it is- this is actually a pretty easy question to answer- if that is, you ask someone who’s been … Continue reading “What the Alt-Right Movement Taught Donald Trump”

For progressives and liberals, “green energy” is a rallying cry that until now has been mostly unstoppable public relations-wise in the battle against the causes of so-called “climate change.” However, along the way of adopting green energy policies, a vast array of crooks, con artists and liars has come out of the woodwork to scam … Continue reading “Green Energy Scams in the UK”

Of all the tragedies of Barack Obama’s administration, perhaps none is as heartbreaking as Syria. This five-year-old conflict has been perpetuated by the United States at a tremendous cost in human lives, mostly Syrian, but also Kurdish, Turkish and Iraqi. Over 400,000 civilians have died in the struggle between the Syrian government and the “rebel … Continue reading “Obama’s Legacy in Syria Will Haunt Him”