03.06.2018
By Natalia Castro Within the last month, more than 160 million Americans opened their bank accounts to find that the recently passed Republican tax plan provided them with a more substantial paycheck and more economic mobility. But one area of the tax code appears to have had unintentional consequence of […]
03.05.2018
By Richard Manning As originally published at http://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/376476-trump-stop-this-foreign-takeover-of-us-tech-giant In our globalized world, national security threats take many forms, and one area of increasing concern is the attacks on U.S. companies who are instrumental in building the nuts and bolts of the modern Internet. America’s free market […]
03.05.2018
By Natalia Castro In a rare bipartisan push, the House of Representatives has voted to pass legislation making it more difficult for online users to engage in sex trafficking and empower victims to fight against web makers that facilitate inappropriate online content. However, this bill […]
03.02.2018
By Robert Romano “To go to court would have taken a long time. So you could do exactly what you’re saying, but take the guns first, go through due process second.” That was President Donald Trump at the White House on Feb. 28 , outlining a proposal to skip going to court when determining […]
03.02.2018
https://dailytorch.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/voter-fraud-cartoon.png C/O Legal Insurrection By Printus LeBlanc Multiple congressional committees and a Special Counsel have spent millions of taxpayer dollars to investigate foreign interference in the 2016 election and have come up with some memes from Russia. Meanwhile, recent reports from several states indicate there is real foreign […]
03.01.2018
By Robert Romano In the last continuing resolution, Congress increased baseline non-defense discretionary spending by $131 billion over the next two years. This was in exchange for $165 billion of new defense spending over that same period. But rather than add to the existing baseline budget on […]
03.01.2018
By Printus LeBlanc As the Trump administration looks for ways to fund infrastructure projects, the Economic Report to the President hinted at one of the options the administration may be looking at. Pages 184-186 highlight a program in Oregon that charges drivers based on the miles driven instead of being […]
02.28.2018
By Natalia Castro President Donald Trump must do primary the job of the executive under Article II of the Constitution — enforce the law. With increased pressure from the courts surrounding Trump’s immigration plans, he truly only has one option, enforce the law to the […]
02.28.2018
By Richard McCarty As originally published at http://ufcwmonitor.com/workers-defeat-ufcw/ In recent years, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) has experienced a number of setbacks. Since 2001, the union has lost over 100,000 members. In addition to declining membership, the union has experienced unwanted press attention over the […]