Jan 4, 2019 ~ Trump boom continues - US employers added a stellar 312,000 jobs in December. [Trump Win, Economy]
Jan 2, 2019 ~ Trump boom is benefiting minorities more than white people - Black unemployment is not only at historic lows but the gap between the black and white unemployment rates is also at a historic low of 2.6% - gap averaged 6.4% during previous expansions. [Trump Win, Race, Economy]
Dec 31, 2018 ~ Trump enacts the Inpatient Prospective Payment System rule - starting January 1, Hospitals will have to post the price of services - The much needed transparency allows customers to comparison-shop. Will start to shame hospitals out of excessive hidden costs. [Trump Win, Health Care]
Dec 29, 2018 ~ Trump signed an EO creating the 'Opportunity and Revitalization Council' focused on lifting up impoverished urban neighborhoods. Ben Carson to lead it. Baltimore pastor Donte Hickman thanked Trump for 'investing to restore people as we rebuild properties in neglected communities' [Trump Win]
Dec 28, 2018 ~ Steve Moore, 'Look Who's Benefitting Most from the Trump Boom'. WSJ finds that poor and minorities have been benefit the most. 'worker wages were starting to rise above inflation and that the biggest percentage gains were showing up in the paychecks of the lowest income workers' [Trump Win, Economy]
Dec 28, 2018 ~ Michael Bastasch 'Trump Takes Steps To Prevent Catastrophic Forest Fires, Including More Logging'. 'Trump issued an executive order Friday to allow for active management of forest and rangelands, including thinning and removing debris from millions of acres of federal lands.' [Trump Win, Environment]
Dec 28, 2018 ~ DHS Secretary announces the new 'Wait in Mexico' policy for illegal immigrants, 'returned to Mexico for the duration of their immigration proceedings' 'They will not be able to disappear into the United States. They will have to wait for approval to come into the United States.' [Trump Win, Illegal Immigration]
Dec 27, 2018 ~ Betsy McCaughey, 'Trump is Making Health Insurance More Affordable. Allows 'short term plans' not allowed by Obamacare. 'These plans cost 80 percent less than Obamacare on average, according to eHealth, Inc.' Blue states like NY, NJ, CA outraged they can't take advantage. [California, Health Care, Obamacare, Regulations, Trump Win]
Dec 16, 2018 ~ Judge orders Stormy Daniels to pay Trump's entire $293,000 legal bill - After she extorted him for $125,000, she got greedy and tried to get more by suing him. But she lost completely and she now has to pay more than twice what she made extorting him. [Trump Win]
Dec 14, 2018 ~ Supreme Court declines to overturn lower court rulings for cases brought by three Environmentalist groups who claimed 'The Wall' violated environmental laws - Courts said no, Trump is allowed to build a border wall. [Trump Win, Environment, SCOTUS, Wall]
Dec 14, 2018 ~ After many weeks of rioting, Macron backs down on the very carbon taxes that the 'Paris Agreement' required of him - Recall Macron criticized Trump for pulling out of the Paris agreement - Trump wisely avoid Macron's disaster. [Trump Win, Climate Change]
Dec 1, 2018 ~ Trump is masterfully playing his hand dealing with the Migrant Caravan. He's mostly keeping them in Mexico while they wait using our economic leverage with Mexico to make that happen. Some are already going back. If he didn't to that, countless other caravans would keep arriving. [Trump Win, Illegal Immigration]
Dec 1, 2018 ~ Parisians are now rioting against the Paris climate accords - For several weeks in a row there have been riots against carbon taxes - 5000+ tear gas canisters, water cannons deployed - Trump wisely steered us clear of this disaster. [Trump Win, Climate Change]
Nov 30, 2018 ~ President Trump celebrates Steel Dynamics Inc investing $1.8B in a new Steel Mill. Will create 600 Jobs - Trump says 'Steel JOBS are coming back to America, just like I predicted'. [Trump Win, Economy]
Nov 18, 2018 ~ FIRST STEP Prison Reform Act is a major achievement for President Trump - fixes unreasonable sentences and allows discretion in mandatory minimums - provides for education and job training to help prisoners re-enter society. [Trump Win, Crime, First Step]
Nov 9, 2018 ~ President Trump enacts sensible rule which will require that migrants who wish to claim asylum do so at an official border crossing - current asylum overwhelmed with ineligible people. Now, sneaking in illegally will make you ineligible to claim asylum later. [Trump Win, Illegal Immigration]
Nov 6, 2018 ~ The United States is now the top oil producer in the world the Department of Energy reports. For the first time since 1973, the U.S. leads the world in oil production. Tremendous strides have been made in energy independence since 'Drill Baby Drill' was mocked by Obama and dems. [Trump Win, Energy]
Nov 6, 2018 ~ Trump 'Is The Women's Rights Champion' says Michelle Cretella, exec. director of the American College of Pediatricians. His new policy prevents 'female erasure' in sports etc. 'because he is preventing men from inserting themselves into the legal and cultural definition of women' [Trump Win, Trans, Trans Athletes]
Nov 3, 2018 ~ Trump secures the release of American Pastor Andrew Brunson who has been in a Turkish prison - Brunson's crime was helping people the govt declared were enemies - 'We helped everyone without showing any discrimination'. [Trump Win]
Nov 3, 2018 ~ Wages Rise at Fastest Rate in Nearly a Decade as Hiring Jumps - Unemployment rate held at a 49-year low in October; wages increased 3.1% - Unemployment rate continues to set new low records for minorities. [Trump Win, Economy]
Nov 2, 2018 ~ Unemployment rate hits a RECORD low for the 12th time under President Trump. 156,562,000 Americans Employed, 250K Jobs in Oct. Economy adding 1000 Manufacturing Jobs Per Day. Manufacturing coming roaring back. Obama in 2016 said Trump has no 'magic wand' to bring those jobs back. [Trump Win, Economy]
Nov 2, 2018 ~ African-American and Hispanic poverty rate is at an ALL TIME low as are their respective unemployment rates - 1.2 MILLION more black Americans are working under Trump than under Obama - 19.3 vs 18.1 million [Trump Win, Economy]
Nov 1, 2018 ~ Trump Administration clarifies that in Title IX, sex refers to biological gender. Will be based 'on a biological basis that is clear, grounded in science, objective and administrable'. This was necessary as with over 100 claimed 'genders', the word gender no longer has a meaning. [Trump Win, Trans]
Oct 24, 2018 ~ Trump signs SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act - bi-partisan, passed Senate 98-1 - aimed at Opioid Epidemic - makes medical treatment for opioid addiction more widely available while also cracking down on illicit drugs. [Trump Win, Health Care]
Oct 24, 2018 ~ Trump signs America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 - bi-partisan, passed Senate 99-1 - provides for water infrastructure improvements throughout the country including flood control, hydropower, etc. [Trump Win, Environment, Energy]
Oct 21, 2018 ~ After a rocky start, Ben Carson has quietly pushed a number of policy initiatives that could cement his legacy as one of Trump's most consequential cabinet members - attacking zoning ordinances that deprive the poor of affordable housing. [Trump Win]
Oct 20, 2018 ~ Trump brings Canada back in and negotiates a New NAFTA Deal with Mexico and Canada called USMCA - Even Schumer and left wing economists admit that it is a better deal than original NAFTA - 10 yr drug patent protection means Americans don't subsidize the world. [Trump Win, Economics, Trade]
Oct 20, 2018 ~ The Office of Management and Budget, OMB, released a report that found 'the Trump Administration's regulatory reform efforts have saved American families and businesses $23 billion in Fiscal Year 2018' [Trump Win, Regulations]
Oct 17, 2018 ~ Lawsuit accusing Ben Carson of dismantling Obama-era fair housing law dismissed - Carson reversed Obama-era reforms compelling communities to look around for 'anything that looks like discrimination' Carson called them 'failed socialist experiments' . [Trump Win]
Oct 16, 2018 ~ Judge dismisses Stormy Daniels' defamation lawsuit against Trump. Judge also orders Daniels to pay Trump's legal bills for the case which will be very hefty. There goes her original $125K extortion money and more. Ruling prevents further extortion. Total vindication for Trump. [Trump Win]
Oct 8, 2018 ~ Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed to the United States Supreme Court. Victory for due process, the presumption of innocence and the rejection of mob rule. The GOP used to fold like a cheap tent but has now found its backbone under President Trump. Dems fail in their baseless takedown. [Trump Win, Kavanaugh, SCOTUS, Due Process]
Oct 7, 2018 ~ White House pulls out of treaties with Iran and the Palestinians - UN Court of Justice issued an order for the US to lift sanctions on Iran antiquated 1955 'friendship treaty' - US pulls out - Pompeo says 'decades overdue' [Trump Win, Iran, Israel]
Oct 7, 2018 ~ GE announces a new $200 Billion investment in the US - creating more than 400 new manufacturing jobs - says 'The changes in rates and favorable tax treatment of investments in machinery and equipment play a big role'. [Trump Win, Economy]
Oct 7, 2018 ~ Amazon to Increase Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour - Very strong economy allows them to make this wage increase - wage growth has been very strong in Trump's economy especially in the lower 25% of wage earners. [Trump Win, Economy]
Oct 6, 2018 ~ Bret Stephens, Grateful Trump did 'not back down in the face of dangerous standard-setting- ferocious and even crass obstinacy has its uses in life, and never more so than in the face of sly moral bullying'- hammer vs. dagger [Trump Win, Kavanaugh]
Oct 5, 2018 ~ Unemployment Rate is at its lowest level since 1969 - Hispanic unemployment rate also hits a new all time low. [Trump Win, Economy]
Oct 4, 2018 ~ US weekly jobless claims fall to a now 49-year low! [Trump Win, Economy]
Sep 23, 2018 ~ Laffer curve proved again - With lower tax rates, income tax revenue went UP 9% which will bring in an $1T in additional taxes over 10 yrs. Democrats said tax cuts would increase the deficit. Cuts also led to wage & salary increases and other higher economic activity. [Trump Win, Tax Cuts, Economics]
Sep 22, 2018 ~ President Trump's reduction of federal regulations has saved taxpayers $1.3 billion this year, according to an American Action Forum report. [Trump Win, Regulations]
Sep 20, 2018 ~ Consumer confidence hits 18-year high - up 16% since the election [Trump Win, Economy]
Sep 19, 2018 ~ Trump Education Department under Betsy DeVos restores essential 'due process' back into the way colleges investigate and handle allegations of rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment. The elimination of due process has been a disaster but dems prefer kangaroo courts. [Trump Win, Education, College, Due Process]
Sep 16, 2018 ~ Trump Administration dismantles unconstitutional Operation Choke Point, OCP which blackmailed financial institutions to not do business with gun manufacturers - if they didn't cooperate with the Obama Admin, they would suffer regulatory consequences. [Trump Win, Regulations, Guns-Mass Shootings]
Sep 15, 2018 ~ Rich Lowry, 'The Blue-Collar Recovery' - Manufacturing, Mining and Logging are all up significantly under the first 18 months of Trump, whereas they were down during the last 18 months of Obama. [Trump Win, Economy, Rich Lowry]
Sep 11, 2018 ~ The Trump administration is closing PLO mission in Washington until they recognize Israel's right to exist - The Palestine Liberation Organization is the most successful Jewish-civilian-murdering organization of the past 60 years. [Trump Win, Israel]
Sep 8, 2018 ~ More than 120 utilities across the country are lowering rates for customers because of money saved by the GOP tax cuts according to atr.org. [Trump Win, Economy, Tax Cuts]
Sep 7, 2018 ~ Initial jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, hit a 50 year low! [Trump Win, Economy]
Sep 6, 2018 ~ Pentagon cancels $300 million in aid to Pakistan - They wanted our money but continued to aid and abet terrorists - previous administrations would have kept paying. [Trump Win, Foreign Aid, Terrorism]
Aug 27, 2018 ~ Trump negotiates 'United States Mexico Trade Agreement', the new improved NAFTA without Canada - puts the pressure on Canada to do a similar deal that is better for both countries. Trump shows tough negotiating skills leaving Canada out until they are willing to do a fair deal. [Trump Win, Economy, Trade]
Aug 25, 2018 ~ U.S. cuts more than $200 million in aid to the Palestinians under the direction of President Trump - It was long overdue to stop funding terrorists who accept no solution other than the destruction of Israel. [Trump Win, Israel, Terrorism]
Aug 25, 2018 ~ EPA Announces Trump Administration Replacement to Obama's Clean Power Plan called 'Affordable Clean Energy' - reduces burdensome regulations that would have greatly harmed the economy with no real environmental benefit. Still cuts emissions but gives more authority to the states. [Trump Win, Energy, Climate Change]