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‘Trust Has Been Breached’

February 2, 2026 Breached, been, trust0 comment

The state and local officials meeting with Tom Homan, who was put in charge of the federal immigration operation in Minnesota this week, have generally agreed that their encounters have been cordial and productive, a welcome change from the militaristic approach taken by his predecessor. Homan has also cast these discussions in a positive light, expressing optimism Thursday that “commonsense cooperation” on immigration enforcement in Minneapolis will allow him to draw down the thousands of agents that have flooded the city for the past two months. But beyond the pleasantries,…

‘It’s Never Been This Bad’

October 13, 2025 This, It's, been, Never, 'Bad0 comment

Since immigration-enforcement agents began their descent on Chicago, acting with seemingly unprecedented speed and ferocity, Evelyn Vargas and her colleagues at Organized Communities Against Deportation have been in a frenzy. They help run an emergency hotline that refers people who have been detained to immigration lawyers and directs their families to support services such as food pantries, emergency housing, and mental-health care. (On a single day last week, it took 800 calls.) And they oversee a team of 35 “rapid responders” who have been sprinting across the city to film…

Biden says staying in presidential race would have been a ‘distraction’

August 11, 2024 Staying, 'distraction', would, Presidential, Biden, says, Race, been0 comment

President Biden said he stepped down from the presidential race because staying in would negatively hurt his colleagues. The Washington Times stories: White House

Now that the debt ceiling debate has been settled, it’s back to business-as-usual for contractors…right?

June 6, 2023 settled, been, businessasusual, contractors…right, debate, debt, back, It's, Ceiling0 comment

The debt ceiling debate has absorbed many in Washington over the past few weeks, as well as those whose business prospects are directly tied to federal spending. Now that a deal is done, how are they feeling about it? To find out, Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with federal contracting expert Larry Allen. Interview Transcript: Larry Allen I think the good news is now that we have a debt ceiling agreement, that the rest of the fiscal year for fiscal year 23 should be pretty strong. Congress has appropriated a…

Attending an HBCU Has Always Been an Act of Courage

February 7, 2022 been, Always, attending, HBCU, courage0 comment

On Monday, campus life at at least seven historically Black colleges and universities was interrupted by bomb threats. School leaders alerted students, faculty, and staff. Law-enforcement officers swept the grounds. By midday, some campuses had issued an all-clear while others continued assessing the situation. This was the second time in January that several HBCUs—most of which were created after the Civil War to educate Black students, while the rest of the higher-education establishment refused to—received such threats. A day later, in the predawn hours of the first day of Black…

Truths, Ideals of MLK’s Message Have Been Lost to Wokeism

January 14, 2022 Lost, Message, been, Ideals, Truths, Wokeism, MLK’s0 comment

We celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday of January. This year, that’s Jan. 17. On Aug. 28, 1963, King delivered one of the great speeches in American history, popularly known as the “I Have a Dream” speech. It is a speech that must be dusted off and studied anew today, because it contains the very message that our nation sorely needs to hear and digest now. It’s a message that has been tragically lost and buried and replaced with great and destructive distortions. Two things…