Month: March 2019

President Donald J. Trump has signed an executive order that demands that colleges and universities adhere to free speech requirements, or they risk losing their federal funding. “The president strongly supports free speech,” a senior administration official told reporters during a briefing before the signing of the order. “American institutions of higher education should support open intellectually engaging debate, which is critical to creating the next generation of successful leaders and thinkers.” During the signing ceremony, Trump said, “We’re here to take historic action to defend American students and American…

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According to a new poll released on March 18, half of Americans share President Trump’s view that special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russian investigation is a “witch hunt.” The USA Today/Suffolk University survey found that 50 percent of those questioned agree that the probe is a politically motivated “witch hunt,” while 47 percent disagree. Another 3 percent said they were undecided. In his usual style, President Trump responded to the results of the poll on Twitter, saying, “Wow! A Suffolk/USA Today Poll, just out, states, ‘50% of Americans AGREE that Robert…

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While Vice President, Joe Biden, has yet to “officially” join the race, President Trump has already tossed a few choice words at his would be opponent. President Trump called Biden “another low I.Q. individual,” when the former Veep accidentally admitted in a speech that he was planning on entering the Democratic presidential race. Among a bunch of other scathing tweets Trump put out recently, the president said, “Joe Biden got tongue tied over the weekend when he was unable to properly deliver a very simple line about his decision to…

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John Dowd, a former defense attorney for President Trump, has accused the judge in the Paul Manafort case of “hysterical overreach.” Speaking to the conservative outlet, the Washington Times, Dowd said, “What a travesty. Special Counsel Robert Mueller was appointed with a prime objective of finding collusion between the Trump campaign and Moscow.” Manafort, Trump’s former campaign manager, was convicted of crooked business dealings and tax fraud, neither of which had anything whatsoever to do with Russia. However, that did not stop US District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson, from…

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The controversy over the sentencing of Paul Manafort has raised the perennial problem in the dishing out of justice – how to make the system fairer and more uniform. Most justice is meted out locally. The cultural and political standards of specific communities can differ widely – and create both the appearance and reality of unfairness. We saw this in the extreme during the days of slavery and southern segregation when Democrat judges imposed the harshest sentences on Negroes just because they were. Racial inequities are still found in our…

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It would seem that one of the most pressing questions of the day is whether President Trump can be re-elected in 2020. Presidential candidate-in-waiting Joe Biden suggests that if the Democrats overplay their hand – especially the impeachment card – Trump could get re-elected. Former GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan has recently indicated that it is possible Trump could lose the 2020 election. Yes, folks. It’s True. It is possible Trump could be re-elected or he could be defeated. It is also POSSIBLE that trump could be impeached and removed…

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