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Billionaire activist and 2020 Democrat Tom Steyer pledged to push for a $22 minimum wage if he wins the White House in November. Steyer made the pledge while campaigning in Winnsboro, South Carolina, on Sunday. His minimum wage standard is the highest so far of the Democratic presidential primary field. The federal minimum wage has sat at $7.25 for the past decade. Washington, D.C., and 29 states have set higher standards, however. Steyer’s wage floor is set much higher than what most politicians and activists are currently calling for. Former Vice President Joe Biden, former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete...

Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, February 10, 2020 A former government contractor was sentenced to 57 months in prison today for his role in carrying out a $3.7 million scheme to defraud at least 35 subcontractors located across the United States.Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott of the Eastern District of California, Special Agent in Charge David A. House of the Department of Interior Office of Inspector General’s (DOI-OIG) Western Region Office of Investigations, Special Agent in Charge Ray Park of the...

The first rule in retail politics is candidates shouldn’t insult potential voters. It should go without saying that candidates should also avoid threatening them with war. This happened. Literally a threat on American citizens with U.S. military might, invoked by a guy who once had access to the nuke codes. Former Vice President Biden did it, though. He told rally-goers in Hudson, N.H., just days before they cast their primary ballots, the government would lay waste to them with total warfare if they deemed to exercise their rights by owning semiautomatic rifles as a defense against a tyrannical government.“The fact...

TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:I am transmitting an alternative plan for pay adjustments for civilian Federal employees covered by the General Schedule and certain other pay systems in January 2021.Title 5, United States Code, authorizes me to implement alternative plans for pay adjustments for civilian Federal employees covered by the General Schedule and certain other pay systems if, because of “national emergency or serious economic conditions affecting the general welfare,” I view the increases that would otherwise take effect as inappropriate.Under current law, locality pay increases averaging 20.67 percent, costing $21 billion in the first year alone, would go into...

The trial may have ended Wednesday, but for some people, the hope lives on and the dream shall never die. Two of these groups are the House Democrat impeachment managers and CNN hosts -- and in an interview that aired Friday, the two had a meeting of the minds (such as they may be) in which the impeachment managers declared Trump really hadn't been acquitted, even though he had been just two days earlier. The seven members of the team sat down with Anderson Cooper on Friday and two arguments for the non-acquittalness of the acquittal: First, the trial hadn't...

State Dining Room11:11 A.M. ESTTHE PRESIDENT:  Wow.  Thank you.  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Thank you very much.  Thank you very much.  Thank you.  Thank you.  It’s a great honor to have you at the White House, a very special place.  Beautiful and so meaningful in so many ways.  And our country has never done better.  You’re all doing really well.  Every state is doing well.  I can say most every state in the room today is setting records.  And we’d like to think that the federal government has been helping you a lot.But it is wonderful being with you.  And we...

If Joe Biden were a 12 year old child, I’d think he had oppositional defiant disorder, because he seems unable to react calmly to any question that confronts him or which he doesn’t like. Biden has had a succession of confrontations with voters or media where he’s been short or nasty with them. He was at it again over the weekend in New Hampshire when questioned by a 21 year old female student, Madison Moore. After a New Hampshire voter asks @JoeBiden why they should trust he can turn his campaign around, he asks if she’s ever been to a...

The Los Angeles Chargers entered the offseason hoping to have a resolution on quarterback Philip Rivers prior to free agency. The team has now made that decision. On Monday, the Chargers announced that their longtime starting quarterback will enter free agency, ending his tenure with the organization after 16 seasons. "After stepping back a bit from last season, we reconnected with Philip and his representatives to look at how 2019 played out, assess our future goals, evaluate the current state of the roster and see if there was a path forward that made sense for both parties," general manager Tom...

New York's so-called "Green Light" law authorizing persons in the US illegally to obtain drivers' licenses has led the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to revoke expedited travel privileges for anyone using these licenses as identification for air travel. Ken Cuccinelli, acting deputy secretary of DHS explained that "the state's efforts to grant sanctuary to illegal immigrants by blocking us from verifying the license holder's identity prevents us from protecting air travelers from potential terrorist attacks carried out by persons having this document. Our only safe option is to deny all New York licensees access to sped up security screening...

“Beware of false prophets , which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.” Matthew 7:15 One of the great tricks the American Left seeks to play is bait and switch. This old con man trick lures the unsuspecting mark with an attractive label or description. Once they sell you the item, you realize that you didn’t get what was advertised. All too often a person deceived in this way ends up paying too much for a shoddy product. The Left’s bait and switch lure is the phrase “democratic socialism” and the trick is nothing new....

I debated posting because I don't have experience observing 79 year old women. I don't know what behavior is normal. I decided to observe House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after noticing an expression on her face that reminded me of the facial expression comic Imogene Coca used when she wanted to appear dopey. As I observed her behavior she seemed at times to behave as if she was unaware of where she was and that millions of people were watching her. I initially thought she might have been affected by alcohol or medication. After she childishly tore up the speech I...

Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, February 10, 2020   President’s Request Invests in Department of Justice Criminal Justice Priorities, Including Protecting our National Security, Countering Mass Violence, Reducing Violent Crime, Combatting Illegal Immigration, and Strengthening the Fight Against Illegal Opi President Trump’s FY 2021 Budget proposal totals $31.7 billion for the Department of Justice to support federal law enforcement and criminal justice priorities of our state, local, and tribal law enforcement partners.  The request represents a comprehensive investment in the Justice mission and includes investments to sustain and enhance our vital work to...

"I think we're living in a moment right now like no other," Klobuchar said. "Wherever you were on that impeachment hearing, I got to see some brave things happen. I got to see Mitt Romney take a vote that was really hard for him. And as he said, he couldn't do it any other way because of his oath. And I got to talk about that in Democratic audiences, and everyone would cheer for Mitt Romney in the last few days. And I think it shows how things are kind of upside-down in our country."

   ~  Monday, February 10, 2020 Remarks as Prepared for DeliveryWelcome and thank you for your interest in the FY 2021 President’s Budget Request for the Department of Justice. Our FY 2021 budget builds on three years of progress – progress in reducing violent crime, driving down opioid abuse, strengthening national security, and helping the vulnerable among us.  However, there is more work to be done, and I’m pleased this budget request will help us with our work ahead.  During the last two years of the prior administration, violent crime increased throughout the country.  Under President Trump, DOJ made prosecuting...

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Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, February 10, 2020   DOJ, ED, DHS, HHS team up to provide government-wide resources for local schools and educators The Trump Administration today launched the federal school safety clearinghouse website: SchoolSafety.gov. This website is a one-stop-shop of resources for Kindergarten through Grade 12 (K-12) administrators, educators, parents and law enforcement to use to prepare for and address various threats related to safety, security, and support in schools. President Trump established the Federal Commission on School Safety to review safety practices and make meaningful and actionable recommendations of best practices to keep...

Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden is calling for a "rational" gun ban in America, arguing that weapons such as AK-47s couldn't protect citizens from a tyrannical government.Former Vice President Biden said Sunday that he believes having a “rational policy” on guns means making sure that people can’t have “50 clips in a weapon.”

There are currently 42,729 confirmed cases worldwide, including 1013 fatalities.

President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump will visit India on February 24 – 25, 2020. The President and The First Lady will travel to New Delhi and Ahmedabad, which is in Prime Minister Modi’s home state of Gujarat and played such an important role in Mahatma Gandhi’s life and leadership of the Indian independence movement.

Over the last several decades, have we ever seen a year start as strangely as 2020 has? Global weather patterns have gone completely nuts, large earthquakes are popping off like firecrackers, it looks like the plague of locusts in Africa could soon develop into the worst in modern history, and a massive plague of bats is severely terrorizing parts of Australia. On top of all that, African Swine Fever is wiping out millions upon millions of pigs around the globe, the H1N1 Swine Flu is killing people in Taiwan, there have been H5N1 Bird Flu outbreaks in China and in...