During the Obama era, many taxpayers had to trim back discretionary expenses for luxury items, like gym memberships.
However, some of our government bureaucrats enjoyed those perks…using our tax dollars. A detailed audit of expenditures for 2016 revealed that the EPA’s money management was polluted by improper purchases.
Environmental Protection Agency employees used...
As President Trump prepares for his first Congressional address tomorrow night, speculation about his budget priorities looms.
According to the New York Times, Trump will ask Congress to dramatically increase defense spending while gutting bloated agencies like the EPA.
Offering no explanation, the White House excluded CNN, Buzzfeed, the LA Times, the New York Times, and several foreign outlets from its informal press gaggle Friday. Fox and other network outlets were permitted attendance, as were larger right-learning outlets like the Washington Times and One America News Network.
Naturally, excluded outlets...
The Trump administration has notified the Supreme Court, in a pending case, that it is withdrawing the transgender bathroom mandate ordered by the Obama administration.
The notice is here. (full embed at bottom of post.)
Bryan analyzed the issues in the Supreme Court case last October,
On today’s Fox News Sunday, Rush Limbaugh said that “embeds” by former President Obama and Hillary Clinton in the “deep state”—the permanent bureaucracy—are “absolutely” behind the leaks about ties between the Russians and the Trump campaign.
Rush added that “the left, which is run by Obama and Hillary and the hierarchy of the Democrat...
Every year, President Obama filled out a NCAA bracket on ESPN.
President Trump will not continue his predecessor’s tradition.
President Trump used his press conference to skewer the national press corps Thursday.
He lectured the media on their ratings — suggesting they’d fare better with consumers if they pared back the “hatred” and just presented the news. Trump coached them on the types of questions they should ask, joked about classified...
The feds hauled in a record $1,084,840,000,000 in taxes in the first quarter of this fiscal year, reports CNS. That amounts to about seven grand per worker.
More than $300 billion was collected in January alone.
This is some Grade A trolling right here.
A poll conducted by Emerson College found Americans are more confident in the current administration’s truthfulness than the media.
From The Hill:
The Trump administration is more trusted than the news media among voters, according to a new Emerson College poll.
The administration is considered truthful by...
A few days after his inauguration, President Donald Trump signed executive orders moving the approval process for the Keystone and Dakota Access pipelines forward.
A week later, the then acting secretary of the Army instructed federal officials to issue the easement necessary to build a controversial segment of the Dakota...
Yesterday, President Trump signed three new executive actions: reshuffling the Principals Committee of the National Security Council (NSC), restricting administration officials from lobbying, and calling for a comprehensive plan to defeat ISIS.
The first memorandum removes the Director of National Intelligence (Dan Coats has yet to be confirmed,
Democrats are going after Trump’s pick for Education Secretary Betsy DeVos because she made financial contributions to FIRE, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.
FIRE is an outstanding non-partisan organization which defends free speech and due process, among other things, for college students and faculty. Democrats have picked...
Several right-leaning non-profit organizations have come together to urge the waning Obama administration to abstain from “midnight litigation”.
Any litigation instigated by the outgoing administration won’t be shelved simply because a new regime takes control. Congress has no authority over such litigiousness either.
The Obama administration has made a habit of legislating through...
Trump’s Campaign Manager, Kellyanne Conway will join the Trump administration in a new role — Counselor to the President.
Conway turned down an offer to function as Press Secretary but will work closely with that individual who will be announced soon. As counselor to the president, Conway will still have a hand...
In her final interview as First Lady, Michelle Obama pledged her support to the incoming Trump administration.
Mrs. Obama’s final interview was with Oprah.
Because of course.
Tuesday, Kanye West met with president-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower.
Trump said there were “just friends” and that they’ve “known each other a long time.” When asked what their meeting entailed, Trump said “life”.
Mega gazillionaire, tech innovator, and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates sat down for lengthy interview with CNBC Tuesday.
The majority of the interview focused on Gates’ latest clean energy initiatives — all privately funded through his private investment fund, stocked with fellow gazillionaire innovators.
“I think this administration likes a good deal,”...
