On the campaign trail and soon after his surprising victory, the president outlined a series of pledges and promises that he said he would fulfill in his first one-hundred days in the Oval Office. How has he fared?
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Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Attempt To Withhold Funding From Sanctuary Cities
A Federal judge in California issued a ruling on Tuesday that blocked President Donald Trump’s attempt to withhold federal funding to ‘sanctuary cities.’ Obama appointee and major fundraiser William Orrick III granted the injunction sought jointly by Santa Clara and San Francisco, California.
Is Conservatarianism The Future Of The GOP? Part 2: Foreign Policy
This is the second of a three-part series on Conservatarianism, the blending of conservative and libertarian ideologies within the new Republican party. In the first part, Charles C.W. Cooke of National Review, author of The Conservatarian Manifesto, discussed the areas of agreement between the two sides. This section examines their major differences on the US role in the world.
Is Cash Still King? IMF Looks To De-Cash
A senior economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has published a working paper entitled “The Macroeconomics of De-Cashing.” In his twenty-six-page paper, Alexei Kireyev outlines what governments need to do to establish a cashless society and why it helps states to adopt such a world. This is essentially the blueprint for the war on cash, a battle that has certainly escalated in the last two years.
The Letters of Sasha J. Warrick #2: An SJW Tries To Explain Islamophobia
What would happen if a conservatarian actually asked for folks on the left to explain themselves? Another installment in LN’s hypothetical and hilarious series.
How The Left Ruined The Senate
The Republican maneuver in response to Schumer – changing Senate rules to assure confirmation of Neil Gorsuch to the high court – may well signal that the last vestiges of deliberative bipartisanship will soon disappear from the upper chamber.
Did Americans Elect A Family To The Presidency?
Jared Kushner is a man who, thus far, has avoided the limelight but – at some point – he will have to take responsibility for failures, or successes, in the policy areas now under his influence. The rise or fall of his fortunes as a close confidante of the president will tell us all we need to know about how Donald Trump will square America’s interests with his loyalty to family.
Sanctuary Cities — For Marijuana?
Immigration isn’t the only issue over which the state of California has set up a fight with the federal government. Marijuana, for both medical and recreational use, is legal in the state and a bill has been introduced to the assembly which would effectively prevent the enforcement of federal laws that criminalize the cultivation, sale, and use of the crop.
Neil Gorsuch And The Chevron Deference
The Chevron deference is the epitome of the idiom “you can’t fight city hall,” and why a judge who supports it is one worth confirming, or eliminating, depending on which side you support.