Pro-Trump Pundits Sour On Sessions

JD Fri, 07/21/2017 - 08:39

Some of President Trump’s strongest supporters in the media have lost faith in Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Trump tore into Sessions in an interview with The New York Times Wednesday, expressing regret for choosing him as attorney general. The White House said on Thursday that Trump still has confidence in Sessions, but noted that firing Sessions would be within Trump’s authority as president.

FUTURE OF GLOBALIZATION ‘SHAKEN’ BY TRUMP VICTORY, NATIONALIST ‘POLITICAL EARTHQUAKES’

JD Fri, 07/21/2017 - 08:37

President Donald Trump’s 2016 victory and other nationalist “political earthquakes” have put globalization advocates on the defensive while even convincing some economists who once believed in globalization like a religion to change their minds, Nikil Saval writes after having attended this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos.

US Postal Service Breaks Election Laws To Support Hillary, Media Silent

JD Fri, 07/21/2017 - 08:35

The big three networks ignored a report Wednesday uncovering violations of federal law committed by the U.S. Postal Service, which pressured managers to approve time off for employees to campaign for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other Democrats.

Food Stamp Use Falls to Lowest Level in Seven Years

JD Fri, 07/21/2017 - 08:31

USDA statistics on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation showed that 42,609,852 people in the U.S. took part in the food stamp program in fiscal year (FY) 2017, the lowest level it has been since 2010 when 40,302,000 people enrolled in the program.

Food stamp usage has been on a steady decline after 2013, when enrollment in the government program swelled to 47.6 million, the highest amount it has ever been since the program’s inception.

DEEP STATE BROADENS ‘RUSSIA COLLUSION’ ATTACK TO INCLUDE TILLERSON, EXXON-MOBIL

JD Thu, 07/20/2017 - 21:00

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, July 20, key elements of the “Deep State,” specifically bureaucrats yet loyal to President Obama deeply entrenched with the Treasury Department, levied a $2 million fine on ExxonMobil, accusing the company of violating Ukraine-Related Sanctions (31 C.F.R. part 589) during Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s tenure as chairman and CEO of the company.

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