Is it a move to update the flag or to erase a historical figure? Our nation’s first president has graced the state flag of Washington since 1923, but now Democratic lawmakers want to remove the founding father and replace him with something more suitable to the Evergreen State. House Bill 1938 would create a committee…
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The US Debt Clock claims that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has found approximately $120 billion in savings. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent estimated that the Elon Musk-headed task force has saved taxpayers more than $50 billion in one month. Legacy media outlets claim these figures are exaggerated and that the tally so far is…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered his nation’s greatest April Fool’s Joke six years ago. Ottawa implemented a federal carbon tax on April 1, 2019, as part of a nationwide effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by slapping a price on carbon pollution. Now, data has confirmed the program neither reduced the nation’s emissions nor…
Heading into the November presidential election, the mantra of the Republican Party was “drill, baby, drill.” One month into the new administration, President Donald Trump’s catchphrase could be “cut, baby, cut.” So far, the White House is attempting to gut various aspects of the federal government. Over on Capitol Hill, lawmakers are already working on…
Trump refuses to back down on campaign promise of a massive deportation. Despite best promises and herculean efforts, mass illegal immigrant deportations are not keeping up with President Trump’s expectations. The solution may be to divert funds from the Department of Defense and hire civilian contractors to pick up the workload in housing, crewing return…
When will the two sides engage in peace talks? The hands of the Russia-Ukraine war clock have ticked past 1,000 days. President Donald Trump is determined to end the conflict and stop the carnage. The Biden administration and Ukraine’s European neighbors were helpless in bringing the Russian invaders and their victims in Ukraine to the…
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Elon Musk’s waste finding warriors search out the low-hanging fruit first. The waste warriors of DOGE were at the Pentagon’s door on Tuesday (Feb. 18). The foray into finding worthy targets of waste, fraud, and abuse started with a request for lists of the Defense Department’s probationary employees. The thinking behind identifying the military’s employees…
It will be an uphill battle to finally end J. Edgar Hoover’s toxic legacy. Kash Patel, like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard, threatens not just to disrupt the status quo but to fundamentally change the agency he now leads and, perhaps, the country. Kashyap Pramod Vinod Patel was confirmed as the FBI director…
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Plus, higher for longer and stagflation fears. Are President Donald Trump’s tariffs already paying dividends? The White House has scored some early victories as tariff threats might be bolstering domestic demand and creating jobs. But while it might be premature for the administration to hang a “mission accomplished” banner on the trade agenda, the president…
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The Army is being accused of taking food out of soldiers’ mouths. A recent report by Military.com showed that more than $151 million was taken from the Basic Allowance for Substance (BAS) payments for food costs but was spent elsewhere. This comes at a time when inflation is high and the cost of eggs could…
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The answer may surprise you. For those who follow Second Amendment issues closely, the fact that The New York Times published a relatively positive front-page article on Monday (Feb. 17) about the changing face of gun ownership came as a bit of a shock. The Gray Lady’s story asserted more people on the left are…
President Donald Trump’s immigration upheaval has led to scrutinizing student visas, especially work programs like Optional Practical Training (OPT) and Curricular Practical Training (CPT), which allow hundreds of thousands of international students to bypass immigration laws and potentially displace American workers. Though the programs can be valuable for foreign students to gain work experience, the…
