Author: Stephanie Moffat

Jared Kushner’s Conflicts Are Massive According To New Report New Report Confirms That Jared Kushner’s Conflicts Of Interest Are Massive.  According to a new report by the Washington Post, despite promises to deconflict himself from his financial entanglements, Jared Kushner is keeping 90 percent of his real estate holdings. Kushner, who has taken on a senior role in his father in law’s Administration, has done little to remove the massive conflicts of interest he has due to a vast network of international real estate and finance interests. According to the Washington Post report, “The value of his retained real...

Flynn Takes The Fifth, Refuses To Comply With Senate Subpoena Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn will invoke his Fifth Amendment rights and not comply with a Senate Intelligence Committee subpoena, according to a report by the Associated Press. The Senate Intel Committee had subpoenaed Flynn as part of their investigation into Russian meddling and collusion between Donald Trump’s campaign and Russian officials. Through his lawyer, Flynn had previously offered to testify before Congress in exchange for immunity. Senate and House officials have said that they have no intention of giving Flynn immunity. Flynn had regular communications...

Trump Planning To Gut EPA Budget By 30 Percent Donald Trump is planning a massive cut to the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget that would effectively cripple the department’s ability to maintain programs that protect the environment. The anticipated budget cut of 35 percent, first reported by CNN, comes at the same time that Republicans are attempting to massively cut taxes for the wealthy. According to CNN, “Some of the biggest cuts would go to categorical grants for science and technology and environmental program and management spending, which would face 40% and 35% decreases, respectively. Some of the hardest-hit programs...

Republicans Are Planning Massive Assault On Programs For The Poor While Trump distracts country with treason, Republicans ready assault on the poor. Lost in the chaos of the Trump-Russia scandal is a story that has the potential to impact millions of America’s most vulnerable. House Republicans are considering major cuts to food stamp, welfare and veteran’s benefits programs. First Republicans in the House voted to take health care away from millions of low and middle-income Americans with their disastrous Obamacare repeal bill. Now they have their eyes on more programs that help the poor. According to the Politico, “Republicans...

Donald Trump Wants To Cut Of Obamacare Subsidy Payments Donald Trump’s latest attack on Obamacare could leave millions without insurance.  Donald Trump has told his advisers that he wants to stop paying Affordable Care Act insurer subsidies, according to a new report. The report which first appeared in Politico would be a huge blow to the nation’s insurance market potentially ripping care away from millions who receive insurance through Obamacare. Without funding from the government, the insurances exchanges would likely fall into chaos because insurers would raise premiums dramatically or just pull out of markets entirely. Trump’s advisers do...