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Cheating in the open
By: Vic Eldred • Op/Ed • 49 Comments • 7 Likes • 12 hours ago
““I think we all know that precedent by a court doesn’t matter anymore in this country, and people violate laws any time they want,” Ellis-Marseglia...”
A Democratic election official in Pennsylvania defied a court order and sought to have about 600 illegal ballots in defiance of state Supreme Court rulings. Her name is Diane Ellis-Marseglia and she is a Bucks County Commissioner. She was one of two commissioners trying to aid Democratic Sen. Bob...
The Nuclear Option
By: Vic Eldred • Op/Ed • 31 Comments • 6 Likes • 14 hours ago
“If the long-range missiles are used from the territory of Ukraine against the Russian territory, it will mean that they are controlled by American...”
Link to quote: Putin lowers the threshold for using his nuclear arsenal after Biden's arms decision for Ukraine | AP NewsIn a major change and an escalation, Joe Biden, after an election, has lifted a ban on Ukraine using U.S. long-range missiles to strike targets deep inside Russia. Biden is...
Securing the border
By: Vic Eldred • Op/Ed • 206 Comments • 9 Likes • yesterday
““We’re going to have to seal up those borders and we’re going to have to let people come into our country. We want people to come back in, but we...”
Link to quote: Illegal migrants rush to cross border before Trump takes office and institutes crack downThe last time Donald Trump was President, the US had a "zero-tolerance" policy that allowed authorities to deport adults who crossed the border illegally. In January 2019, the Trump...
American genius
By: Vic Eldred • Op/Ed • 105 Comments • 5 Likes • 3 days 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 • 5 days 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...
Restoring the Trump economy
By: Vic Eldred • Op/Ed • 201 Comments • 7 Likes • 2 days 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 • yesterday
“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 • 6 days 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 • one week 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...