Wasting precious little time, Trump returned from the evening's inaugural ceremonies and got straight to work in the Oval Office signing his first executive order to roll back portions of Obamacare. While details are scarce, per CNN, press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters the action was meant "to ease the burden of Obamacare as we transition from repeal and replace."
Submitted by Charles Hugh-Smith via OfTwoMinds blog,
It cannot be merely coincidental that the incomes and wealth of the top 5% have pulled away from the stagnating 95% in the 25 years dominated by neocon-neoliberalism.
Just hours after President Trump was sworn into office, amid Chuck Schumer's jabs over HUD, the Senate has confirmed retired Marine General James Mattis as defense secretary and retired Marine General John Kelly as homeland security secretary. They were both expected to be confirmed easily, and were, but Democrats promised fights over several other nominees.
Mattis was the first to be confirmed by a vote of 98 to 1... (as The Hill reports)
Pakistan has announced that it will use all the weapons at its disposal to defend the country and that includes nuclear weapons. Pakistani officials threatened to use nuclear weapons should India invade, following a statement by an Indian army chief saying they would attack Pakistan in the case of a terrorist incident.
Trump’s Declaration of War
Paul Craig Roberts
President Trump’s brief inaugural speech was a declaration of war against the entirety of the American Ruling Establishment. All of it.