by Publius President-elect Trump’s cabinet picks have dominated the news-cycle for weeks. His nominations include amazing people. Individuals such as General James “Warrior Monk” Mattis and Betsy DeVos will almost certainly prove to be great choices for their Departments. Unfortunately, not all of Trump’s picks are quite as good. Dr. Ben Carson as HUD Secretary and…
By Eric Lieberman Watch the Chicago Police Department press conference live below: The four black perpetrators who live streamed their torturing of a mentally handicapped man in Chicago could face up to 30 years in prison if convicted of more than just a hate crime. Hate crime charges were officially filed Thursday against Jordan Hill, Tesfaye Cooper, Brittany…
by Phillip Stucky President-elect Donald Trump told incoming Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer that he liked him much better than he liked Republican leadership in Congress, according to a Sunday report from the New York Post. The exchange occurred during a private phone call between the two leaders, but staffers with Schumer’s office failed to…
by Micah J. Fleck Republican strategist Kellyanne Conway’s husband George, who is himself a corporate lawyer based out of New York, is being considered for the position of solicitor general under Donald Trump. According to New York Daily News: George Conway, a longtime corporate New York lawyer and the husband of Kellyanne Conway, is on…
by Jonah Bennett Thirteen thousand troops will be on hand to provide security and support for GOP President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20. There will be 5,000 active-duty troops and 8,000 National Guard members from around the country at the inauguration, continuing a tradition that dates back to 1789, the first ever inauguration, according to…
By Emma Colton President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of the interior opposes selling federally-controlled lands back to the states, placing him at odds with some of his Republicans colleagues on the issue. Trump’s choice to run the Department of the Interior, Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke, opposes one of the Republican Party’s major planks: transferring public…
by Kevin Daley Breitbart News, the pro-Trump online media platform, published without edits or denotation, a press release from the Trump transition team Tuesday. The practice is highly unusual and considered unethical in the extreme by media experts. The press release, sent to reporters at 9:30 on Tuesday morning, aggregated praise from prominent Republicans, foreign…
by Kitty Testa It was less than a year ago that Mitt Romney castigated Donald Trump for—well—being Donald Trump. Last March, when Trump was shockingly leading the pack in the GOP primary, Romney gave a speech that consisted of a laundry list of reasons that Trump was unsuited to the presidency. Romney’s tirade was hyperbolic,…
by Micah J. Fleck President Obama assigned a special committee to gathering intelligence regarding the DNC hacks during the election season that was largely responsible for tarnishing Hillary Clinton’s image. That group of intelligence gatherers now has a conclusion: Russians did it. But not only that… They did it to the RNC, too. They just…
Blake Neff The New York Times claims that supporters of president-elect Donald Trump are seeking their own “safe spaces” on American campuses, despite an apparent lack of evidence. “On Campus, Trump Fans Say They Need ‘Safe Spaces’” reads the headline to a piece by NYT reporter Anemona Hartocollis. The term evokes the many “safe spaces”…