The Left tried to derail the nomination and confirmation of President Trump’s Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. Now, credible threats force the Department of Education to have a security detail provided by the U.S. Marshals for DeVos, which costs taxpayers close to $1 million a month. The Marshals said that they do not have […]
The status quo is no longer the status quo, per the actions of the Trump administration. Often, reporters would accompany cabinet members as they travel abroad for summits and meetings with other foreign leaders. Now, that long-held protocol is no more, at least for the new Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Tillerson did not take […]
Acosta is the current president of the Florida International University law school and will replace Andrew Puzder, who withdrew from the confirmation process after the Left’s outcry about his business background and an accusation of spousal abuse during his divorce proceedings. USA Today noted the following about Acosta: Acosta, the first Latino Trump has picked for […]
Our friend Mary Chastain at Legal Insurrection found out that CNN reported four GOP senators were planning on withholding their vote for Donald Trump’s Labor Secretary Pick Andrew Puzder. However, after she did some digging, she found out that the four GOP senators (Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine, Johnny Isakson of Georgia, and South Carolina’s […]
Betsy DeVos, a pro-school choice advocate and philanthropist, has been confirmed by Senate vote to become the next Department of Education secretary to fill President Donald Trump’s cabinet. Vice President Mike Pence cast the tie-breaking vote to confirm DeVos. .@VP Pence breaks tie. U.S. Senate confirms #BetsyDeVos to be Secretary of Education, 51-50. https://t.co/xgthuQB51c #BREAKING […]
NBC News, hardly a neutral news source, highlights the liberal Democrats’ focus on stopping philanthropist and school choice advocate Betsy DeVos from becoming the Department of Education secretary in Donald Trump’s cabinet. The article does not mention DeVos’s rebuttal to socialist Vermont U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, where she reminded him that nothing in life is […]
The Washington Post’s PowerPost piece outlined how the Democrats in the Senate can stall, but not stop, the confirmations of Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees, despite the protests of Democratic Party-aligned protesters at Capitol Hill. The following paragraphs from the article outlines the quandary that the Senate Democrats face in trying to stop Trump’s cabinet nominees […]
Scott Pruitt, the Oklahoma State Attorney General, is appearing before the Senate as Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). A known climate change skeptic, Pruitt disagreed with the oft-used and debunked liberal narrative that an overwhelming majority of scientists agree on the human effects on climate change. CNN highlighted his skepticism, […]
ABC News was able to sit in the Democratic National Committee’s ‘war room’ on fact-checking Trump’s cabinet nominees and had a written article and video to show it. The question remains, don’t you wonder if the liberal media was able to get into the GOP war room while Obama’s cabinet nominees were testifying before Congress?
From a CNN op-ed: The poster child for this approach is Sen. Cory Booker who, in a dramatic breach with tradition, will testify against Sessions’ confirmation because of the latter’s “deeply troubling views.” Which is weird, given that just last year Booker worked with Sessions to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the Selma civil […]