American genius

By: Vic Eldred  •  Op/Ed  •  105 Comments  •  5 Likes  •  2 years ago

“Musk did not specify if he would aim to deliver $2 trillion in savings in a single year, or over a longer period, but many US public finance...”

Link: Can Elon Musk cut $2 trillion from US government spending?Elon Musk is not just an entrepreneur; he is a genius and now he has a role in fixing the federal government. In the past he was known as the man leading the way with electric cars, generating billions of dollars selling...

Opinion/Guest column: MCAS repeal wrong lesson for students

Via: Vic Eldred  •  Op/Ed  •  8 Comments  •  5 Likes  •  2 years ago

“The decision to abandon this standard reflects a growing trend across the country to lower the bar on accountability in education — a shift that...”

Earlier this month, Massachusetts took a significant step backward in its commitment to education and student success by repealing the requirement for high school students to pass the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System to earn their diplomas.   The decision to abandon this standard...

Houthis Came Close to Hitting U.S. Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier with a Missile

Via: Vic Eldred  •  We the People  •  4 Comments  •  3 Likes  •  2 years ago

“In a close call, a Houthi missile came within 200 meters of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower earlier this year, according to a report in CTC Sentinel....”

Restoring the Trump economy

By: Vic Eldred  •  Op/Ed  •  201 Comments  •  7 Likes  •  2 years ago

““I will make the Trump tax cuts the largest tax cut in history,” the former president said earlier this year at the Black Conservative Federation’s...”

Link to quote: Here’s what Trump has promised to do in a second termIn 2017 amid massive resistance, a faux investigation and the impossible plan to repeal & replace Obamacare, President Trump managed to get a tax cut passed as well as implementing some fair-trade deals to protect union...

Trump wants to end 'wokeness' in education. He has vowed to use federal money as leverage

Via: Vic Eldred  •  News & Politics  •  110 Comments  •  5 Likes  •  2 years ago

“Colleges rely more heavily on federal money, especially the grants and loans the government gives students to pay for tuition.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's vision for education revolves around a single goal: to rid America’s schools of perceived “ wokeness ” and “left-wing indoctrination.” The president-elect wants to keep transgender athletes out of girls’ sports. He wants to forbid classroom lessons on gender...

An unforced error

By: Vic Eldred  •  Op/Ed  •  138 Comments  •  5 Likes  •  2 years ago

“Susan Collins, a moderate Republican from Maine, expressed relief that the Senate had the ability to block Gaetz. “I was shocked by the...”

The President-elect made his first mistake yesterday, but it may turn out to be a blessing in disguise. Trump had his life made miserable by Biden's DOJ and the natural reaction may have been to appoint someone who would hold that same DOJ accountable, namely Rep Matt Gaetz. Gaetz was himself the...

The Department of Government Efficiency

By: Vic Eldred  •  Op/Ed  •  54 Comments  •  6 Likes  •  2 years ago

““I look forward to Elon and Vivek making changes to the Federal Bureaucracy with an eye on efficiency and, at the same time, making life better for...”

Link to quote: Donald Trump Taps Elon Musk And Vivek Ramaswamy To Lead “Department Of Government Efficiency”It is not yet clear if the President-elect will actually create a department to make government more efficient or simply assigning a commission to find waste and hopefully bias within the...

Inside House Dems' 11th-hour plot to sabotage Trump's agenda

Via: Vic Eldred  •  News & Politics  •  87 Comments  •  5 Likes  •  2 years ago

House Democrats are strategizing ways to put a damper on the Trump administration's sweeping plans while their party still retains some control in Washington, Axios has learned. Why it matters: Many Democrats fear that full GOP control of Congress – an increasingly likely prospect – will allow...

Hitting the ground running

By: Vic Eldred  •  Op/Ed  •  65 Comments  •  4 Likes  •  2 years ago

“In the past 24 hours, Trump has selected Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York to serve as his ambassador to the United Nations, Tom Homan as the new...”

Link to quote: Trump expected to name Sen. Marco Rubio as Secretary of State: report | Fox NewsWith Republicans now poised to win the House it appears that Donald Trump will be able to put forward his legislative agenda. Three items on the list are free of the need of a 60 vote majority in the US...

FEMA official who allegedly told workers to avoid Florida homes with Trump signs fired

Via: Vic Eldred  •  News & Politics  •  18 Comments  •  3 Likes  •  2 years ago

“Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis seethed that the former FEMA employee’s directive was a clear display of the Biden-Harris administration’s...”

The Federal Emergency Management Agency supervisor accused of ordering her subordinates to skip Florida homes with Trump campaign signs has been fired. Marn’i Washington was sacked for telling disaster relief workers in Lake Placid, Fla., to “not go to homes with yard signs supporting...