President Trump Channels King Richard III With Ego-Driven War Mongering

August 12, 2017 Oletta Branstiter

by Oletta Branstiter Schoolyard Bullies The U.S. President and the North Korean President are engaging in a playground competition to compare the size of their respective “missiles”, endangering the entire globe. Did we expect anything less? In his usual style, Trump tweeted a threat to Kim Jong Un: Military solutions are now fully in place,locked and loaded,should North Korea act unwisely. Hopefully Kim Jong Un will find another path! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 11, 2017 When confronted by media for the bombastic tone, the Commander-in-Chief doubled down by…

Leaky Trump Syndrome – The President’s Bad News Continues Into August

August 3, 2017 Oletta Branstiter

by Oletta Branstiter Quotes “Even the President of Mexico called me. Their southern border, they said very few people are coming because they know they’re not going to get to our border, which is the ultimate compliment.” “I got a call from the head of the Boy Scouts saying it was the greatest speech that was ever made to them, and they were very thankful.” Lies After bragging that both the President of Mexico and the head of the Boy Scouts organization had made calls to praise him, President…

Revolution Through Education – Trading the Institution of Schooling for the Inspiration of Learning

August 2, 2017 Oletta Branstiter

by Oletta Branstiter A New Secretary of Education The nomination of Betsy DeVos for Secretary of Education caught many by surprise. Candidate Donald Trump had included the Department of Education in his wish list of cuts during his efforts to prove his Republican bona fides. Some Conservatives, who were otherwise turned off by his personality and lack of Constitutional knowledge were encouraged by his promises to reduce the role of government in their daily lives. Instead of dismantling the extra-Constitutional tax-funded money pits, former Democrat President Trump opted to nominate…

President Trump Manufactured Adoption Story as Cover for Russian Meetings

August 1, 2017 Oletta Branstiter

by Oletta Branstiter While President Trump was attending the G-20 Summit in Germany on July 7-8, information was leaking about his son’s June 2016 meeting with Natalia Veselnitskaya, presumed to be a lawyer connected with the Russian government. At the time, this story was being promoted by many in the media as a “nothing burger”. In fact, White House advisers agreed with Donald Trump Jr. to release a transparent and truthful statement to get ahead of the story repeatedly defined as “innocuous”. Instead, President Trump vetoed that idea. Instead,…

Senator Lindsey Graham Moves to Restrict President Trump’s Power to Fire Special Counsel Mueller

July 28, 2017 Oletta Branstiter

By Oletta Branstiter Following days of increasingly negative tweets by President Trump expressing his displeasure with Attorney General Jeff Sessions, former Presidential candidate and Republican Senator from South Carolina Lindsey Graham put his proverbial foot down yesterday by declaring publicly, “As a human being, I think he should show respect for Jeff Sessions as a person. Jeff Sessions was the most loyal supporter of Donald Trump. A rock-solid conservative. The reason I like him so much is I often disagree with him, but I’d never believe he was a man…

Federalism Trumps Nationalism In A Republic – States & Their Representatives Must Retain Sovereignty

July 22, 2017July 22, 2017 Oletta Branstiter

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by Oletta Branstiter Conservatives have been assailing the trend of populism since Donald Trump entered the 2016 election. As the Trump administration continues to reveal more rings in its circus, those who respect the rule of law can’t help but lament that Nationalism has been substituted for Federalism. This past week included increasingly troubling revelations about the number of previously undisclosed participants in a meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer presumably representing the Putin regime. The spectacle of a President throwing cabinet members under the bus made headlines as well. In…

The Art Of The Deal – President Trump Rewrites the Constitution During Poland Visit

July 7, 2017 Oletta Branstiter

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by Oletta Branstiter Trump tries to perform the Art Of The Deal on the fly in Poland and gets schooled by Polish President on the Polish Constitution I didn’t watch every one of candidate Trump’s rallies during the campaign, so I may have missed this chant: “What do we want? An autocrat! When do we want it? Now!” Apparently, Donald Trump thinks he was elected to rule our nation like a CEO, blissfully unaware that our Constitutional Republic prohibits Presidents from making private business deals. In the midst of an…

As The Trump Tweets Continue – The Challenges From A Parent’s Perspective

July 3, 2017 Danielle Pechette-Graham

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by Danielle Pechette-Graham Trump Tweets – There’s No End To Them The Trump Tweets continue unabated. Ever since the President of the United States of America took to Twitter to personally attack the hosts, Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, of MSNBC’s show “Morning Joe” it has dominated the news and social media. Outside of the small core group of rabid Trump supporters, the majority of the country who has spoken out has come out against the Presidents behavior. However, far too many in the GOP, the party of “principles and…

Republicans, You’ve Been Trumped – The Foundations of Conservatism are Being Washed Away

July 3, 2017July 14, 2017 Oletta Branstiter

by Oletta Branstiter Reality TV President – Not A Conservative After a week of extra-special buffoonery, our President seems to be using his social media bully pulpit to scream, “How d’ya like me now?!” as his apologists continue to make excuses for him. Conservative Constitutionalist candidates like Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Scott Walker and Ted Cruz scared the crap out of the RINOs during the primary Presidential election of 2016. When the choice came down to the statesman and law expert Ted Cruz or the egotistical demagogue, the majority of…

Why Does the Trump Administration Want Your Voter Registration Data?

July 1, 2017 Oletta Branstiter

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by Oletta Branstiter So far, 27 states have rebelled against the demand by the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, formed by President Trump, to provide state voter registration data for every voter in the nation. Secretaries of State received the directive on Wednesday, June 28. According to The Hill: The letter, signed by commission vice chairman and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R), asked for names, addresses, birth dates and party affiliations of registered voters in each state. It also sought felony convictions, military statuses, the last four…