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One of the very sad stories this week was stunning racialist hate the Democratic National Committee Chair Candidates expressed at a public forum. Meeting to discuss what went wrong in 2016, they continued with identity politics while ignoring policy differences on issues that matter to the majority of voters.

The candidates blamed a particular scapegoat for the party’s poor showing in November: Political consultancies owned by white people. They praised the riotous group Black Lives Matter.  Continue reading →

In the 1940s, Jan Ting’s parents faced a difficult path to American citizenship following a U.S. immigration ban on Chinese workers that lasted 61 years.

Today, Ting is a law professor at Temple University—after serving as a top immigration official under President George H.W. Bush. Ting is also a strong opponent of sanctuary cities that shield illegal immigrants from deportation. That includes Philadelphia, where Temple University is located.

“I think that it is wrong, I think it endangers public safety, I think it endangers our law enforcement officers, and it’s just short-sighted,” he says. Continue reading →

President Trump signed executive orders Wednesday authorizing the construction of a U.S.-Mexico border wall and targeting sanctuary cities, following through on campaign promises during the 2016 campaign. The orders cover a range of immigration enforcement measures.

“We’ve been talking about this from the beginning,” Trump said, as he signed the border measure during a visit to the Department of Homeland Security. Continue reading →

Valerie and Laura Jarrett

Analysis:  Continuing a long association with and promotion of partisan propagandists, cable channel CNN has hired Laura Jarrett, daughter of senior Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett, to report on the Dept. of Justice in the Trump administration. Continue reading →

Sen. James Lankford (R-OK)

Senator Lankford discussed President Trump’s Inauguration speech with Brian Williams on MSNBC today saying it didn’t sound like any speech he has ever heard.

Lasting “resolutions” to long standing issues, Lankford suggests, is critical and action rather than “conversations” among politicians the objective of the 45th President Donald J. Trump.