I find some recent Ukraine moves of Trump’s potentially alarming. Are we looking at an example of Trump’s mutable opening negotiation positions, meant to make Putin think he’s with him all the way, but expected to change? Or is Trump … Continue reading →
And yet apparently it was considered just fine: The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said on Feb. 17 that a total of $4.7 trillion worth of payments from the Treasury Department are almost impossible to trace because of missing account … Continue reading →
PALANTIR CEO ALEX KARP DELIVERS PAINFUL TRUTH TO DEMOCRATS 'Fighting against Elon Musk and DOGE is political suicide.'pic.twitter.com/heRJlnZ4hj — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) February 18, 2025 The most simple and obvious reason is that it is Democrats who profit most … Continue reading →
This is one of the approaches of the left and the MSM – to highlight the plight of laid-off government workers. For example: 60 Minutes gave laid-off employees a platform, allowing them to cry about paychecks and other difficulties they … Continue reading →
Here’s the announcement, which came yesterday: And on trade, I have decided, for purposes of fairness, that I will charge a reciprocal tariff, meaning whatever countries charge the United States of America, we will charge them. No more, no less. … Continue reading →
I can’t keep up – there’s too much news breaking every day. But I try. This seems important. Some of it isn’t due to payments to people perpetrating fraud, but some definitely is. At the very least, we seem to … Continue reading →
Or perhaps more than a penny is earned by this move of Trump’s: resident Trump announced Sunday that he asked the Treasury Department to stop producing pennies, calling the 1-cent coin wasteful. He said in a Truth Social post that … Continue reading →
Wow. No wonder Democrats are so incensed at Musk and his Musketeers and their efforts to expose the nuts and bolts of who receives USAID money. It turns out that Politico – the site that broke the story of the … Continue reading →
I remember first hearing about USAID – the United States Agency for International Development – back in the 1960s. But I have no recollection of the context or the specific topic. Now that the Trump administration has focused on the … Continue reading →
Well, well, well. I get busy for a day and evening with things that aren’t related to obsessively reading the news – and look what happens with Trump’s tariff brinksmanship. From Justin Trudeau of Canada: I just had a good … Continue reading →
[I’ve published this UPDATE.] Of all the things Trump has done since his inauguration, the large tariffs on Canada and Mexico are the ones that bother me the most. I’ve read many articles both pro and con – it’s much … Continue reading →
As could be predicted, a federal judge in DC freezes the freeze (or is it unfreezes the freeze?): A federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump’s plan to freeze federal aid minutes before it was set to go into effect late … Continue reading →