Social Issues

With opening comments barely underway, several protesters have already been escorted out of Senator Jeff Sessions' confirmation hearing. 

The first interruption came from these lovely gentemen who, dressed in KKK garb, shouted "White people don't get arrested...white people own this country" as they were quickly escorted by police off the premises.

"You can't arrest me, I'm white.  White people don't get arrested.  What do we have to do, wait for the inauguration?"

 

As the Jeff Sessions confirmation hearing continues, Trump's nominee for attorney general said that he would recuse himself from any potential future investigations or probes involving Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while working as secretary of state, as well as any questions about her family’s philanthropic foundation.

A marathon of Senate confirmation hearings gets kicked off today starting with Jeff Sessions (R - Alabama), Trump's pick for Attorney General, beginning at 9:30AM EST.  Sessions is certain to face fierce opposition from liberals who will undoubtedly bring up his "racially insensitive" comments from the 1980s and grill him on his views regarding voter I.D. laws and immigration.

Submitted by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com,

One Word: Corruption

One Idea: Public Unions

One Person: House Speaker Mike Madigan 

On Saturday, union servitude came to an end in Kentucky: State Kills Prevailing Wages, Passes Right-to-Work

Many Americans looking forward to Trump's promise of tax cuts from his administration are going to get a rude awakening when they get their first paychecks of 2017.  While Trump has vowed to cut marginal income tax rates for individuals and corporations, the social security tax levied on the nation's top earners is set to soar in 2017 for top earners.