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Time for tariffs & treaties
By: Vic Eldred • Op/Ed • 47 Comments • 2 Likes • last year
“The time has come, my little friends, to talk of other things / Of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings" ... The Walrus (Alice in...”
After a hectic first few weeks of a few hundred Executive Orders, nominations & appointments, trips to two disaster areas, proclamations & press briefings and the signing into law of his first piece of legislation, President Trump is heading for what he calls "the summer White House": Mar...
Donald Trump's Approval Rating Is Soaring
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 50 Comments • 7 Likes • last year
“Quinnipiac University's poll from December 15, conducted among 924 registered U.S. voters, showed that Trump's favorability score was -9, with 41...”
Why It Matters Republicans are experiencing a surge in popularity nationwide, with Trump improving his margins in all but two states in last year's presidential election against then-Vice President Kamala Harris. The GOP now holds control of the Senate and the House, positioning Trump to advance...
U.N. warns escalation in Congo war with M23 rebels bringing "summary executions" and gang rapes - CBS News
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 16 Comments • 5 Likes • last year
“The U.N. voices concern over alleged atrocities as Rwandan-backed rebels reportedly advance after seizing the city of Goma in the Democratic...”
Kash on the line.
By: Vic Eldred • Op/Ed • 110 Comments • 5 Likes • last year
““I have no interest, no desire, and will not, If confirmed, go backwards,” Patel said. “There will be no politicization at the FBI. There will be...”
Yesterday Senate democrats used childlike tactics to try and get Kash Patel to promise not to investigate anyone that President Trump occasionally advocated to be investigated. Patel always had the correct answer: "I think if anyone commits a wrong in government service, the American public...
The week of controversial confirmation hearings
By: Vic Eldred • Op/Ed • 91 Comments • 5 Likes • last year
““I am not anti-vaccine,” Kennedy told the committee. He also said, “I support the measles vaccine. I support the polio vaccine. I will do nothing...”
Yesterday President Trump's nominee for HHS Secretary was scorched under tense questions from just about every Senate democrat on the committee and even a few Republicans. The democrats seemed to be using a coordinated strategy, as they often do. Yesterday it was to use quotes and transcripts...
Following the money
By: Vic Eldred • Op/Ed • 135 Comments • 4 Likes • last year
““The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer...”
President Trump placed a pause on grants and loans that was scheduled to take effect at 5 p.m. EST, one day after agencies were informed of the decision. It was to try and account for where the money was going and to prevent any of it from going to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism and Green...
Deepseek Trouble
By: Vic Eldred • Op/Ed • 52 Comments • 5 Likes • last year
““The models they built are fantastic, but they aren’t miracles either,” said Bernstein analyst Stacy Rasgon, who follows the semiconductor industry...”
Link to quote: What is DeepSeek, the Chinese AI company upending the stock market? | AP NewsThere is now a real challenge to US technology. A Chinese company, DeepSeek, has developed an A.I. system which matches the abilities of U.S. systems like ChatGPT, however the company says it uses fewer,...
Hundreds of US visa appointments canceled in Colombia following spat over deportation flights
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 1 Comments • 4 Likes • last year
“Meanwhile, the State Department said Sunday it would stop issuing visas to Colombian nationals until deportation flights resumed.”
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Visa appointments at the U.S. Embassy in Colombia were canceled Monday following a dispute over deportation flights from the U.S. that nearly turned into a costly trade war between the two countries. Dozens of Colombians arrived at the U.S. Embassy in Bogota and were...
Trump in overdrive
By: Vic Eldred • Op/Ed • 104 Comments • 7 Likes • last year
“We’re going to do things that people will be shocked at."”
Has it only been a week since Inauguration Day?What a week it has been for President Trump. He no sooner was sworn in than he was signing executive orders in stages, the first of which was to immediately rescind all of Joe Biden's EOs. He attended every ceremonial event and by midnight, as I was...
Trump tosses the book at Colombia
By: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 78 Comments • 5 Likes • last year
Colombia has decided that it will not accept U.S. military aircraft with migrants being deported.President Trump has responded:Colombia will now face tariffs of 25% on all Colombian goods coming into the United States and that may rise to 50% in one week.Colombian officials will be banned from...