Donald Trump waves as he arrives to speak in Tupelo, Mississippi, in November.
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The US stumbled into the holiday season with a sense of unravelling, as a large chunk of the federal government ground to a halt, the stock market crashed and the last independently minded, globally respected, major figure left in the administration announced he could no longer work with the president.
The defense secretary, James Mattis, handed in his resignation on Thursday, over Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to pull US troops out of Syria. On Saturday another senior official joined the White House exodus. Brett McGurk, the special envoy for the global coalition to defeat Isis and the US official closest to America’s Kurdish allies in the region, was reported to have handed in his resignation on Friday.
That night, senators flew back to Washington from as far away as Hawaii for emergency talks aimed at finding a compromise on Trump’s […]
Amazing times we live in. The anniversary of Apollo 8, 12/21/68, and we can’t even launch people to the International Space Station but we have 2 billion on facebook and the best video games yet.
Merry Christmas and may God/Goddess bless you all!
Why not call the wall what it really is, Trump’s Iron Curtain.
So according to the Pez we HAVE $6bn for a wall… an “unsolicited ” raise for “defense”… but $0 for health, highways, safety, medical care, rule of law… clean air, water, food…please remember, this is not “his” $: this is $taxes we have each worked hard for…
Line item budget for big ticket items any/everyone?? BEST to all.