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Massive Cuts at Health Department

Friday, March 28, 2025

YOU’LL FEEL A LITTLE PINCH: Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that he’s shedding an additional 10,000 employees from Health and Human Services in addition to the 10,000 who have already retired and accepted buyouts at the urging of the Trump …

Nothing to See Here

Thursday, March 27, 2025

THE WORST WING: Following denials by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth that he shared secret military information about attacks in Yemen on an unsecured chat line, The Atlantic published the text chain that was accidentally shared with their editor.   Editor Jeffrey …

Lies, Denial, and Blame

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

THE WORST WING: Caught in the egregious error of discussing classified information on an unsecured chat line, Donald Trump’s national security team followed the tactics of their leader; they lied, denied, and blamed other people.   Prior to the March 15th US …

Secrets and Lies

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

THE CLOWN CAR: In act of amateurism and incompetence in the Trump administration, 18 top officials that included Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth texted about the recent plans attacking Houthi rebels in Yemen and accidentally included the editor of …

Judge Demands Answers

Saturday, March 22, 2025

STANDOFF: The Trump administration continues on its collision course with a federal judge without actually crashing.   Federal Judge James Boasberg in Washington is still pushing for answers from the Trump administration about its deportation of hundreds of suspected Venezuelan gang members to El …

Trump Orders Closure of Education Dept.

Friday, March 21, 2025

EDUKAYSHUN: President Trump, who once said he loves the uneducated, yesterday signed an order to dismantle the federal Department of Education which has long been a target of conservatives.   The order with the Orwellian title “Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, …

Chief Justice Rebukes Trump

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

WAG THE FINGER: In an almost unheard of rebuke of a sitting president by a Chief Justice, John Roberts reprimanded Donald Trump for saying that a federal judge who ruled against the administration in a deportation case should be impeached.    “Impeachment …

Justice Dept. Defies Judge

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

STONEWALLING: Justice Department lawyers yesterday stonewalled a judge asking questions about the deportation of suspected Salvadoran gang members over the weekend in defiance of his order to stop and turn around any planes that were in the air. DOJ lawyer Abhishek Kambli …

40 Dead in Weekend Tornadoes

Monday, March 17, 2025

FATAL WINDS: As many as 40 people were killed in tornados and wind storms over the weekend that swept from Arizona and Michigan to Georgia and the Carolinas.   As the system moved east at least seven states from Florida to Western …

Trump Political Rant at Justice Department

Saturday, March 15, 2025

WICKED: President Trump delivered a rare political speech at the Justice Department yesterday railing on about the prosecutions against him, the Ukraine war, and  even the price of eggs.   In an hourlong speech, Trump denounced by name the lawyers and former prosecutors …