*Stolen from Stephen Green
Talk about a new year! NYT praises Trump...
Stranger than fiction.
Kellyanne Conway: Lead sentence@NYT: a wave of optimism has swept over American business...translating into sort of investment that bolsters economic growth, boosts both job creation & wages. The Trump Effect: Business, Anticipating Less Regulation, Loosens Purse Strings
Yes, this is real.
The Fake News Consensus is: “Trump Hasn’t Done Anything.” Oh really? Let’s review.
Economy
President Trump Cuts More US Debt for Longer Period of Time Than Any President http://archive.is/lJk4Z
Q3 GDP up 3% http://archive.is/nmj90
Government spending as percentage of GDP down http://archive.is/2sG4k
US trade deficit narrows- exports hit 2-1/2-year high http://archive.is/Ulytn
U.S. has record 6 million job openings, 6.8 million Americans looking for jobs http://archive.is/TQrnw
USA’s small business confidence is spurring a hiring and spending spree https://archive.is/vQAi6
Wages rising faster than prices https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdfhttps://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
Consumer confidence hits 125.9 in October vs expectation of 121 http://archive.is/8ivKy
U.S. Consumer Sentiment Rose in August https://archive.is/JXY9o
Economy Is Beating Forecasts Again http://archive.is/Dhhs9
63.1%: Participation Rate Reaches Trump-Era High http://archive.is/4KYyH
Fewest Jobless Claims Since 1973 http://archive.is/ulfiI
Summer Youth Unemployment Falls, Lowest Since 1969 http://archive.is/t2RHr
Black Unemployment, Lowest in 17 Years http://archive.is/uf5OQ
Manufacturing Expands at Fastest Pace in 13 Years http://archive.is/1kE5U
Summer employers hired American, raised wages amid Trump visa squeeze http://archive.is/dZVZc
Recover Finally Trickling Down to Least-Educated Workers https://archive.is/7dwNo
Median Incomes Climbing- First Time Since 2007 https://archive.is/TyB3d
U.S. Job Satisfaction Highest Level Since 2005 http://archive.is/h8D7W
1.5 Million Fewer Americans on Food Stamps Under Trump http://archive.is/IAxTW
Net worth for households and non-profit groups rose 1.8%, to $96.2t http://archive.is/pRixH
U.S. New-Home Sales Highest Since 2007 http://archive.is/U5wCa
US durable goods orders rose 2.2% http://archive.is/hW7ZZ
Dow posting first eight-quarter winning streak in 20 years http://archive.is/pRr0w
Surging stock market powers U.S. wealth to $96.2t http://archive.is/EcBpD
DHS
Workers install final panel in upgrade of border fence http://archive.is/MzAgi
Army Corps starts pre-construction work on border wall http://archive.is/EvfL0
Trump Admin Preparing Texas Wildlife Refuge for First Border Wall Segment http://archive.is/AcC8G
Bill allocates $1.6 billion for Trump’s border wall http://archive.is/ja3c3
The Next Test for Border Wall Prototypes? Sledgehammers http://archive.is/IfYUJ
Feds taking over Texas National Guard mission along border https://archive.is/l6SOc
Border Patrol Morale at Highest Level https://archive.is/VPOqo
Crossing The Border Illegally Is Harder Than It’s Been In 50 Years http://archive.is/Uyjh1
Memo reveals ICE officers have free rein https://archive.is/yfFzM
US agency raids Indian IT firms https://archive.is/hIL4p
Silicon Valley Staffing Firm Charged in H1B Fraud https://archive.is/sTj7G
Raids to target teenaged suspected gang members https://archive.is/7aXF6
80% jump in illegal targets https://archive.is/g77SY
New crackdown on ‘so-called’ sanctuary cities https://archive.is/6WZGh
ICE chief wants smuggling charges on leaders of sanctuary cities https://archive.is/7rlwN
Denver To ICE: Stop Arresting Illegal Immigrants At Courthouse. ICE To Denver: Not A Chance. http://archive.is/IyFdk
ICE raids targeting families net 650 arrests http://archive.is/XOJk1
17 Texas sheriffs approved to partner w/ICE https://archive.is/RvlXW
ICE crackdown scaring some families back to Mexico https://archive.is/fqhUK
Raids turn Oregon city into ghost town https://archive.is/yzW35
Deportation Orders Up 30% https://archive.is/gBdnN
Deportations From the Interior up 34% http://archive.is/hQJ3K
‘Extreme Vetting’ for some green cards http://archive.is/qakPP
DACA Renewals Drop 21% http://archive.is/IHvpi
Justice Department Makes Crucial Reforms To Immigration Courts http://archive.is/3GK66
DOJ
Charges: Sex traffickers took hundreds from Thailand to US http://archive.is/BhsEV
Sex Trafficking Arrests Soar Under Trump; MSM Completely Ignores http://archive.is/VQesR
Jeff Sessions Declares Fight Against Elite Pedophiles A Top Priority http://archive.is/NiDB9
238 arrested in sweep of suspected child sex predators http://archive.is/Gu0Sg
US Marshalls Seek Unregistered Sex Offenders, Arrest 12 http://archive.is/HmsMn
84 kids rescued, 120 human traffickers arrested in FBI sting http://archive.is/cS2VE
Justice Department announces takedown of AlphaBay, the largest dark web market http://archive.is/b4yvi
Jeff Sessions announces new crackdown on ‘so-called’ sanctuary cities https://archive.is/6WZGh
The Department of Justice Stands by Texas’s Voter ID Law http://archive.is/pGLvQ
The U.S. attorney general is bringing back the harshest sentences for low-level drug offenses http://archive.is/bEu3F
Sessions reassures senators: No pot crackdown imminent https://archive.is/BHBC6
Jeff Sessions: 400 medical professionals charged in largest health care fraud takedown http://archive.is/Jc3Ge
DOJ indicts pharmaceutical CEO on opioid fraud and racketeering http://archive.is/LCXwm
Big increase in cocaine seizures https://archive.is/XaYos/869bea02b5c9d172084e1b37c108ba64cf8c11d4.jpg
Sessions’s New Civil-Forfeiture Rules http://archive.is/5C5if
Four charged with leaks from Trump administration as attorney general vows crackdown https://archive.is/8AIzT
DOJ Halts Operation Chokepoint, Which Targeted Firearm Dealers http://archive.is/bDDcZ
Sessions says U.S. will intervene in campus free speech cases http://archive.is/UaxaE
DOJ files suit against company for not hiring Americans http://archive.is/tWFCS
3,800 Gang Members Charged in Operation Spanning United States and Central America http://archive.is/CQm9U
Interior
Day One: Secretary Zinke Signs for Orders to Expand Access to Public Lands https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/day-one-secretary-zinke-signs-orders-expand-access-public-lands
Zinke Signs Secretarial Order To Streamline Process For Federal Onshore Oil And Gas Leasing Permits https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/zinke-signs-secretarial-order-streamline-process-federal-onshore-oil-and-gas-leasing
Secretary Zinke Announces Boost to Wetland, Waterfowl Conservation, Access to Public Lands Through Conservation Grants, Federal Duck Stamp Funds https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/secretary-zinke-announces-boost-wetland-waterfowl-conservation-access-public-lands
Secretary Zinke signs Secretarial Order to Support Sportsmen & Enhance Wildlife Conservation https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/secretary-zinke-signs-secretarial-order-support-sportsmen-enhance-wildlife
Ryan Zinke plans overhaul because Interior Department employees ‘not loyal’ http://archive.is/ikehT
A Vision for American Energy Dominance https://youtu.be/hkEwzNC8l-U
EDUCATION
Campus Rape Policies Get a New Look as the Accused Get DeVos’s Ear http://archive.is/G1Zv7
DeVos’ meetings with ‘men’s rights’ groups over campus sex assault spark controversy http://archive.is/l0v1w
Betsy DeVos Is Right: Sexual Assault Policy Is Broken http://archive.is/wY3kY
DeVos to Replace Obama-Era Sexual Assault Guidelines https://archive.is/FZnX7
Betsy DeVos announces huge overhaul of federal student loan system http://archive.is/mhtCM
Trump to pull feds out of K-12 education http://archive.is/0s0IU
Executive Order on Enforcing Statutory Prohibitions on Federal Control of Education https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/04/26/presidential-executive-order-enforcing-statutory-prohibitions-federal
Education Secretary DeVos says Common Core no longer an issue for schools http://archive.is/FBE2g
DeVos rescinds 72 guidance documents outlining rights for disabled students http://archive.is/qsX6s
DeVos offers buyouts to shrink Education Department workforce http://archive.is/XnK1H
HUD
Ben Carson Finds $500 Billion (Billion!) In Errors During Audit Of Obama HUD http://archive.is/N1jUD
HUD poised to end Obama’s illegal Section 8 housing grant scheme https://archive.is/PdTXj
OMB
Mulvaney: Obama Administration Had ‘Secret List’ of Regulations http://archive.is/gw49C
Trump budget chief touts progress in rolling back regulations http://archive.is/y0ghK
Mick Mulvaney: Tax reform proposal coming ‘very early in the fall’ http://archive.is/7ZMkf
Mulvaney: Obama Administration Had ‘Secret List’ of Regulations http://archive.is/gw49C
Trump Cut Regulations 32% http://archive.is/nxp5W
Mick Mulvaney on the Budget, Congressional Scorekeepers and Staying Frugal http://archive.is/YKi1D
Research and Development Priorities https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/omb/memoranda/2017/m-17-30.pdf
DOE
Rick Perry and the “Texas Approach” to Renewable Energy and Infrastructure http://archive.is/XjtQb
Rick Perry’s Plans for US Energy Dominance http://archive.is/zQqjE
Trump approves US-Mexico pipeline: ‘That’ll go right under the wall’ http://archive.is/QfMLv
Oil starts gushing through controversial Dakota Access Pipeline https://archive.is/N2ACk
Announces $6.9 Million for Research on Rare Earth Elements from Coal and Coal Byproducts https://energy.gov/articles/doe-announces-69-million-research-rare-earth-elements-coal-and-coal-byproducts
Perry wants DOE to support small modular nuclear reactors http://www.elp.com/articles/2017/06/perry-wants-doe-to-support-small-modular-nuclear-reactors.html
Senate subcommittee approves $38.4B to fund ARPA-E, DOE programs in 2018 http://archive.is/Hd0fW
U.S. coal exports soar, in boost to Trump energy agenda, data shows https://archive.is/RcG3d
By the way, the U.S. has become the world’s dominant energy superpower http://archive.is/V6jZ5
Rick Perry’s “baseload” study released, offers a lifeline to coal, nuclear http://archive.is/1p5U8
Trump Admin Proposes The Biggest Change To Electric Grid In Decades http://archive.is/FWs5C
Coal Production Up 7.8% http://archive.is/vWmgq
State
Tillerson to shutter war crimes focused State Dept. office: report http://archive.is/hVIoM
It’s a bloodbath at the State Department http://archive.is/nBiti
Tillerson Tightens Limits on Filling State Department Jobs http://archive.is/YiKBN
Report: Trump plans to cut foreign aid, merge State and USAID http://archive.is/mTpEv
Rex Tillerson, Mediating Gulf Dispute, Signs Antiterrorism Pact With Qatar http://archive.is/myVs0
Rex Tillerson blasts China for hiring slaves from North Korean government http://archive.is/D7Vn4
Tillerson to back up Trump efforts to bolster Eastern Europe against Russia http://archive.is/HG7h8
Tillerson on North Korea: Military action is ‘an option’ http://archive.is/dhGHi
Trump to stop travel from countries that refuse to help Homeland Security http://archive.is/O26Lz
New Order Indefinitely Bars Almost All Travel From Seven Countries http://archive.is/7JKRT
Trump cuts Obama’s refugee target in half, takes more Christians than Muslims http://archive.is/4HPSi
Fewest Monthly Refugee Arrivals in August Since 2002 http://archive.is/TyRvd
Trump Administration Announces ‘Extreme Vetting’ Plans http://archive.is/d4bgo
VA
Trump Signs Bill to Extend Veterans Choice Program http://archive.is/sYxBD
Trump Administration Streamlines Veteran Medical Records http://archive.is/7c8aH
White House to launch veterans’ complaint hotline http://archive.is/okVdM
President Donald J. Trump visits VA and signs executive order ‘Improving Accountability and Whistleblower Protection at the Department of Veterans Affairs’ http://archive.is/X58FI
VA fires more than 500 feds under Trump, even before new accountability law https://archive.is/XZqlb
Trump signs VA accountability act into law, promises better care for veterans http://archive.is/iEDPe
VA expands telehealth access http://archive.is/7zvUf
How the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act of 2017 may drive civil service reform http://archive.is/sga85
Trump signs ‘Forever GI Bill,’ boosting aid to student vets http://archive.is/IDg0u
Trump Signs Bill to Streamline VA Disability Claims Appeals Process http://archive.is/A0KYi
Trump to announce new refugee admissions cap, stronger vetting rules as ban expires http://archive.is/eQosd
Commerce
U.S. Banks to Get Greater China Access (GS, MS) http://archive.is/YDmMw
Trade agreement clears way for Moody’s, Fitch and S&P to rate onshore bonds http://archive.is/gFk2F
China, U.S. reach trade agreement on beef, poultry and natural gas http://archive.is/5kxIF
China buys more U.S. coal, sends North Korea http://archive.is/reqXe
China opens rice market for US exports for first time ever http://archive.is/R9LSx
First U.S. Natural Gas Shipped to Poland http://archive.is/9L9mH
Trump slaps tariffs on Canadian lumber imports http://archive.is/sGxmO
U.S. makes final finding rebar exports from Taiwan http://archive.is/0uUAZ
United States and Mexico finalize sugar trade deal http://archive.is/XV3PV
Trump orders probe of China’s intellectual property practices http://archive.is/q6NNR
Crude oil shipment from Texas opens new vistas in India-U.S. ties http://archive.is/gPaNm
Argentina agrees to allow first U.S. pork imports in 25 years http://archive.is/twmqa
DOD
Mattis: ‘Annihilation Tactics’ Being Used Against ISIS http://archive.is/oP9gV
ISIS leader ‘admits DEFEAT in Iraq and orders militants to flee or kill themselves in suicide attacks’ http://archive.is/OvFtY
ANALYSIS: ISIS facing knockout punch in Raqqa after losing Mosul http://archive.is/HfNsR
Mattis decides to withhold U.S. cash from key Pakistani military fund http://archive.is/6yDkL
US, Gulf countries form new group to stem flow of terror financing http://archive.is/Y2JES
James Mattis threatens to ‘moderate’ US backing for Nato over budgets http://archive.is/j1V4u
NATO weighs new counterterrorism post following Trump’s demands http://archive.is/DQvhF
U.S. Cyber Command will be elevated to a “Unified Combatant Command” http://archive.is/BerzT
SBA
SBA Administrator McMahon leading agency by ‘effective and efficient’ example https://federalnewsradio.com/management/2017/05/sba-administrator-mcmahon-leading-agency-by-effective-and-efficient-example/
U.S. Small Business Administration opens assistance center http://archive.is/hAbM4
SBA chief Linda McMahon talks loan process, role in youth jobs during Baltimore visit (Video) http://archive.is/Dt41D
DOT
Trump Lays Out Plan to Privatize Air Traffic Control System http://archive.is/4h1o5
President Trump Announces “Massive Permit Reform” Push http://archive.is/JgxUu
Trump Signs Order Rolling Back Environmental Rules on Infrastructure http://archive.is/zMpjW
UN
Haley Tells Congress US Assuming More Assertive Role at UN http://archive.is/2fbGk
Nikki Haley defends Trump’s doctrine of diplomatic chaos http://archive.is/tmnYm
Haley cheers cuts to UN peacekeeping: ‘We’re only getting started’ http://archive.is/NtGfT
UN Security Council unanimously imposed new sanctions on North Korea http://archive.is/ASkQI
Treasury
Tax reform shocker: the White House actually has a plan http://archive.is/wEkcX
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Just Laid Out a Pathway for Social Security Benefits to Be Cut http://archive.is/FqPau
Trump sides with Mnuchin on debt ceiling strategy http://archive.is/HmsIy
Treasury to call for rolling back banking regulations http://archive.is/3ZI53
U.S. wants free but fair and balanced trade: Mnuchin http://archive.is/VVoBL
HHS
Tom Price: CBO’s health insurance projections are significantly off http://archive.is/GkWTU
HHS analysis finds Cruz amendment lowers premiums, boosts enrollment http://archive.is/s1UMS
The Trump administration is using Obamacare marketing dollars to attack Obamacare http://archive.is/gVegx
HHS to Rescind Birth Control Mandate in Obamacare https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/05/04/presidential-executive-order-promoting-free-speech-and-religious-liberty
Trump clears way for ObamaCare ‘alternatives’ http://archive.is/6hJ9m
Trump will end health care cost-sharing subsidies http://archive.is/hZfY3
EPA
President Trump’s executive order will undo Obama’s Clean Power Plan rule http://archive.is/6dOZh
EPA’s Pruitt moves to roll back over 30 environmental regulations in record time http://archive.is/H4msB
Statement by President Trump on the Paris Climate Accord https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/06/01/statement-president-trump-paris-climate-accord
Trump’s EPA To Repeal Obama’s ‘Waters Of The US’ Rule http://archive.is/8SPGh
EPA chief says administration to roll back Obama’s clean power plan http://archive.is/RhYW1
EPA to block scientists who get agency funding from serving as advisers http://archive.is/UJy3G
IF YOU START WITH THE AXIOM THAT TRUMP IS A MANIAC WHO WILL GET US INTO A NUCLEAR WAR, THEN EVERYTHING IS EVIDENCE THAT TRUMP IS A MANIAC WHO WILL GET US INTO A NUCLEAR WAR:
NYT: “Trump’s Harsh Language on North Korea Has Little Precedent, Experts Say.”
“Little Precedent” ≠ no precedent, and, in fact, the “little precedent” is — in the historical scheme, very big.
First, there was President Harry S. Truman, in 1945, demanding that the Japanese surrender or “they may expect a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth.”
Second, there was Bill Clinton, in 1993:
… during a speech in the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea that if Pyongyang ever used nuclear weapons, “it would be the end of their country.”
President Trump seated next to painting of "The Hammer of the Turks".
tt may be seen as a remarkable coincidence, therefore, that of all the rooms and of all the paintings, they chose to sit President Trump besides a portrait of one of Poland’s best-known warrior kings. King Jan (John) III Sobieski is today remembered and celebrated in Poland, and elsewhere in Central Europe, for his pivotal role at the Battle of Vienna in September 1683.
Banner of excellent blog "Gates of Vienna".
I thought this was from The Onion -- a kind of gentle poke at over-the-top pearl-clutching hair-on-fire news coverage of everything Trump. But no. It's the real deal. Screen shot below with chyron. CNN covers Time's report of Trump After Hours --