Secretary of State Marco Rubio unveiled plans to restructure and potentially abolish the U.S. Agency for International Development on Monday.
In a release late in the day, the White House documented why. For decades the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has been unaccountable to taxpayers while it has funneled massive sums of money to often ridiculous – and in many cases, malicious – pet projects of entrenched bureaucrats with next-to-no oversight.
Melania Trump strikes a business look in her official portrait, unveiled by the Office of the First Lady shortly after noon today. The black and white image, by Belgian photographer Régine Mahaux, was captured in the Yellow Oval Room one day after Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 47th president. The First Lady, 54, rests her hands on a reflective table with the Washington Monument behind her.
Highly intelligent, accomplished by her own efforts, personally gracious, sophisticated, authentic, and stunningly beautiful, Melania Trump honors the nation as America’s First Lady.
Late Friday afternoon, January 24, the US Supreme Court approved hearing the St. Isidore Catholic virtual charter school case, Statewide Charter School Board vs. Drummond.
The case contains several constitutional review questions with significant, national implications, including:
Updated Editorial: From the New Republic to local leftist sycophants at the failing Tulsa World, traditional media are showing deliberate ignorance in attacking President Donald J. Trump. They fail to note that disgraced-former-President Joe Biden, in his last few minutes, proved that the Democrat Party nationally and in each state (including Oklahoma) is a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO).
If Preemptive Pardons (which Biden swore he would never issue) don’t prove the point, ask yourself what was the product the Biden Family sold to “earn” their millions in wealth over decades? The answer is influence. No other product has been identified by the family. They were always that arragroant.
This story originally appeared at WattsUpWithThat.com with the title, “Why California Wildfires are NOT Climate Driven: A Historical and Meteorological Perspective“
The tragic wildfires currently raging in Los Angeles have reignited the predictable chorus blaming climate change for natural disasters. As articles from outlets like Axios, Newsweek, and the BBC demonstrate, there’s a growing tendency to tie every fire, flood, or storm to climate change. However, a closer look at history, meteorology, and land management reveals that these claims are often oversimplified by low-information journalists, and fail to address more immediate, actionable causes.
