Month: January 2017

Republicans to civil servants: Do what we tell you or you’re fired

Posted by | Jan 5, 2017 | , |

House Republicans this week reinstated an arcane procedural rule that enables lawmakers to reach deep into the budget and slash the pay of an individual federal worker — down to a $1 — a move that threatens to upend the 130-year-old civil service….A majority of the House and the Senate would still have to approve any such amendment, but opponents and supporters agree that it puts agencies and the public on notice that their work is now vulnerable to the whims of elected officials.   Source: Republicans to civil servants: Do what we tell you or you’re...

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Chuck Schumer Answers Donald Trump’s ‘Clown’ Gibe

Posted by | Jan 5, 2017 | , , |

Time for the President to get off Twitter. WASHINGTON ― If President-elect Donald Trump wants to call Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) a “clown,” he can expect an answer from his famously loquacious fellow New Yorker. And Schumer was all too happy to offer one on Thursday when reporters asked about it at a news conference on Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), Trump’s nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services....

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Kaine: Why is Trump Putin’s ‘defense lawyer’? – CNNPolitics.com

Posted by | Jan 5, 2017 | , , |

We have a President Elect that sides with a known fugitive and a Russian Dictator over the USA Intelligence agencies. Why?  I think because it shows this wildly unpopular president only got in with massive support from Russia. What does he and Putin have going on to make them support each other so much? This is crap that if you saw it in a Movie you would never believe a president would act this way.  But this is a Real American Horror Story     Sen. Tim Kaine on Thursday criticized President-elect Donald Trump, alleging he is acting like Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “defense lawyer” and calling Trump’s conduct “suspicious.” Source: Kaine: Why is Trump Putin’s ‘defense lawyer’? –...

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Trump Still Has Not Released His Taxes

Trump Still Has Not Released His Taxes

Posted by | Jan 5, 2017 | |

“The fact that the president-elect refuses to release his tax returns is a tragic failure of transparency, and it needs to be corrected,” Wyden said in a press release. “With President-Elect Trump flouting bipartisan traditions of disclosure while engaging with foreign leaders at the highest level, it’s more important than ever to ensure that the Commander-in-Chief isn’t playing by a different set of rules.”...

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