WEP & GPO repeal, Schedule F among issues facing Congress

Debate over Social Security benefit blackouts for certain federal, state and local government employees, it never ends. A recent hearing once again considered what to do about Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Offset Pension. One observer who listened closely, the staff vice president at the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, John Hatton. He gives the Federal Drive with Tom Temin an update. Interview Transcript:  Tom Temin   And John the beat goes on with respect to the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset for Social Security…

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Jill Biden’s Momentous Choice

This weekend, first lady Jill Biden has a momentous choice to make. Does she encourage her husband to overlook his personal well-being, recover from last week’s debate debacle, and keep up the campaign until November? Or does she persuade him to step aside, and yield the nomination to someone else? Biden isn’t the only first lady to face a choice like this one. As their wartime husbands undertook reelection campaigns, both Eleanor Roosevelt and Lady Bird Johnson faced difficult decisions, and they came to very different conclusions. Roosevelt supported her…

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RIP: 13 Men, Women, and Children Whose Lives Were Cut Short by Illegal Immigrants in Past Year

Over the past 12 months, illegal aliens have been arrested in connection with the deaths of at least 13 Americans. Seven of those victims were minors. “The simple fact is that every crime committed by an illegal alien is one committed by an individual who should not have been at large in the country in the first place,” House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Mark Green told The Daily Signal.  “While the Left likes to hide behind flawed studies and incomplete data on illegal alien crime, families across our country…

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TRIGGER WARNING: RFK Jr. Poses With Deceased Dog

WARNING: VANITY FAIR ARTICLE LINKS TO DISTURBING IMAGE WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, MoveOn Political Action condemned Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vile display of disrespect and cruelty that was detailed in a shocking Vanity Fair piece. The article details a trip RFK Jr. took to Korea, where he posed with the carcass of a barbecued dog for a photo that he circulated to friends as recently as last year. An excerpt from the Vanity Fair piece is below: “The picture’s intent seems to have been comedic—Kennedy and his companion are pantomiming—but…

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