Government Shutdowns: The Same Old Soap Opera
Government Shutdowns: The Same Old Soap Opera
Spoiler alert: Everyone gets paid in the end.
Cue the violins, America: it’s “government shutdown season” again. Right on schedule, like pumpkin spice lattes or bad holiday commercials, the headlines scream that federal workers will be “sent home without pay” and that the Republic teeters on the brink of collapse. Reporters dust off the B-roll of locked doors and darkened hallways in federal buildings. Lawmakers scowl at each other across podiums. Everyone pretends the sky is falling. ...READ MORE...
White House freezes $18 billion in New York City infrastructure funding
White House budget director Russell Vought said Wednesday that the Trump administration was putting on hold billions of dollars of funding for infrastructure projects in New York City, hours after the federal government shut down. ...WATCH HERE...
Social Media and the Freedom of Speech
The second Trump administration has been breaking records from its first hour, accomplishing more in its first six months than most administrations accomplish in their entire terms. But there’s one piece of unfinished business that needs to be prioritized before it’s forgotten again – and before it’s too late. ...READ MORE...
Nearer to Shore
The wind hissed and howled. Waves crashed.
It was January, 1906. The S.S. Valencia was being tossed upon the ice-cold Pacific like a rubber ducky.
Two days earlier, the ship had set out from San Francisco to Seattle. It was a bad trip. ...READ MORE...
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