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That’s Not How Constitutional Amendments Work

January 18, 2025 Amendments, That's, work, Constitutional0 comment

Presidents typically spend their final days in the White House taking care of odds and ends: issuing pardons, signing some last executive orders, thanking staff. Joe Biden is doing all of those things—and also trying to change the Constitution on his way out the door. This morning, Biden declared on X that “the Equal Rights Amendment is now the law of the land.” Well, there you have it: The Constitution has a 28th amendment, and women’s rights have been enshrined across the country. Or not. Biden can’t change the Constitution,…

Time for Trump-Hating Hollywood Lefties to Make Good on Vow to Leave the Country

January 18, 2025 Time, GOOD, country, leave, Hollywood, TrumpHating, Lefties0 comment

Cher has a new autobiography, “The Memoir,” which runs just over 400 pages, but apparently, that’s only half the story. We know that because the subtitle of the book, published in mid-November, is “Part 1.” “Part 2”—due out in mid-November 2025, but already available online for preorder by Cher’s biggest fans—presumably will be equally hefty. Why else would there be a second volume coming? The pop diva, 78, apparently is trying to give fellow chanteuse Barbra Streisand, 82, who in November 2023 came out with an autobiography of her own,…

How Does the U.S. Cabinet Work? What To Expect From Trump’s Cabinet Picks

January 18, 2025 U.S., from, work, Expect, Cabinet, Picks, trumps0 comment

Trump has quickly chosen the people he wants to govern beside him with his Cabinet picks. Some patterns have emerged in those picks. One is that many of his picks have Ivy League backgrounds. Another is that many of them have openly denied the results of the 2020 election. While Trump’s picks may seem unconventional and scary, why do they matter? Here’s what the Cabinet does and why it matters in your daily life. What Does the U.S. Cabinet Do? The Cabinet is made up of 15 leaders of…

Biden in late push to boost Indo-Pacific ties sends three pacts to Congress

January 14, 2025 Late, IndoPacific, pacts, Congress, Biden, Push, ties, three, boost, sends0 comment

The Biden administration is seeking to shore up ties with countries in the Indo-Pacific in its waning days in office by sending to Congress three key agreements that would cement relations with critical allies and partners in a region increasingly dominated by China. The Washington Times stories: White House

The so-called budget is only the start of a lot of hard work

January 14, 2025 Start, socalled, budget, Hard, Only, work0 comment

The top-line budget agreement Congress worked out last weekend doesn’t mean the work is done. Members still have to work out the agency-by-agency allocations and whatever policy riders each side can stomach. David Berteau, president and CEO of the Professional Services Council, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to give the industry view. Interview transcript: Tom Temin: And this is really going much further than the NDAA with its Title 800 procurement reforms year after year. This is kind of a big, important bill, isn’t it, David? David Berteau: It’s…

Pete Hegseth Declines to Answer

January 14, 2025 Answer, Declines, Pete, Hegseth0 comment

Pete Hegseth, President-Elect Donald Trump’s choice for secretary of defense, was initially considered one of his most endangered nominees. But after the MAGA movement organized a campaign to threaten Republicans who expressed reservations about Hegseth’s fitness, criticism dried up quickly. “We gave the Senate an attitude adjustment,” Mike Davis, a Republican operative known for his florid threats to lock up Trump’s political targets, told Politico. That attitude adjustment was on vivid display in Hegseth’s confirmation hearing today before the Armed Services Committee. During the proceedings, the Republican majority displayed no…