Tag Archives: Jobs

Trading Immigrants for a Wall, Fire and Fury

Saturday, January 6, 2018

The Wall for Hostages: The Trump administration has presented Congress with a list of immigration demands, including $18 billion to build the President’s southern border wall in exchange for protecting the undocumented immigrants known as “dreamers,” who were brought to …

“Vote for Roy Moore,” Hurricane Deaths

Saturday, December 9, 2017

Get Out the Vote: President Trump was in Pensacola, Fla. last night for a rally that was really a campaign stop for Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore without actually going to Alabama. Pensacola shares the local television market with Mobile, …

Put a Plug in It, Our Man Flynn

Saturday, August 5, 2017

Jeff the Plumber: Under pressure from the President who’s called him “weak” on the issue, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a crackdown on information leaks from government sources to the press. Hours later, the NY Times posted a story saying …

Trump Meets Putin, Mile High Brawl

Saturday, July 8, 2017

Foreign Affairs:  President Trump in a private meeting yesterday spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin about hacking the US election and Putin denied it, according to the administration. How hard Trump pushed it, we don’t know. In a briefing in …

Judge Blocks Trump, “What is She Doing?”

Saturday, February 4, 2017

The Travel Ban: A federal judge in Seattle has temporarily blocked President Trump’s ban on travel and immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries. Airlines that had been refusing to board valid visa holders from the seven countries were told last …

Trump Talks to Taiwan, Unemployment Low

Saturday, December 3, 2016

In Transition: In a break with 37 years of US diplomatic policy, President-elect Donald Trump spoke on the telephone yesterday with the president of Taiwan. The US cut off formal relations with the island of Taiwan when it formally recognized …

The Crude Candidate, US Accuses Russia

Saturday, October 8, 2016

American Crude: The Washington Post yesterday released a 2005 recording of Donald Trump having a sexually crude conversation with television host Billy Bush about hitting on women, even while he was married to his current wife, Melania. He also talks …

Spectacle and Circus, Gavel Falls on Judge

Saturday, May 7, 2016

Political Fun House: Now that former reality show host Donald Trump is in reality the Presumptive Republican Presidential Nominee, President Obama yesterday asked journalists to take The Donald seriously. “This is not entertainment. This is not a reality show,” Obama …

Taiwan Quake, New Hampshire Battle

Saturday, February 6, 2016

Quake: A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck in Taiwan last night, causing widespread destruction and killing at least 11 people. A 17-story building collapsed in the southern city of Tainan. Water was cut off to 400,000 people and the high-speed rail …

Woman Accuses Hastert, Triple Crown Run

Saturday, June 6, 2015

Mr. Speaker: A Montana woman told ABC News yesterday that her brother was sexually abused by former House Speaker Dennis Hastert back in the 1970s when the retired politician was a wrestling coach at a suburban Chicago high school. Jolene …