Had the president not issued this executive order (and lacking congressional action on federal pay), federal workers would have received a 2.1 percent across-the-board pay increase, as well as a 25 percent increase in locality-based pay. A 2.1 percent across-the-board increase would have cost roughly $5 billion in 2019 while the locality-based increase would have cost a reported $26 billion.
Gen Z Is Forgoing College to Attend Trade Schools and This Is Bad News for the Left
source: RedState
So ingrained is the idea of the importance of college in our culture to our prosperity that we’ve sidelined the very idea of skilled labor as a legitimate option, and even somewhat consider it beneath us. Generation Z, however, is not making that mistake. As a result, more and more are moving away from the highrise office and looking more seriously at learning how to be an electrician or plumber.
CNN Plays Shutdown Sob Stories
source: NewsBusters
It's not hard to imagine federal workers are concerned about the length of the current shutdown. But CNN's New Day Saturday really larded up the airwaves with Twitter sob stories, and then let a federal employee union leader claim one worker can't afford a tombstone for his wife now.
The 7 Top Liberals You Wish Would Go Away
source: RedState
Includes Michael Moore, Alyssa Milano, Hillary Clinton and #1 David Hogg.
10 Hollywood Has-Beens Who Spent 2018 Obsessed with Trump
source: PJ Media
Includes Mark Hamill, Bette Midler, Jason Alexander and #1 Kathy Griffin.
6 Republican Women to Watch in 2019
source: The Daily Caller
Includes Liz Cheney, Elise Stefanik and Kristi Noem.
Cultural Losers of 2018
source: CNS News
Includes feminist comedians like Samantha Bee, “Murphy Brown” and leftist film director Michael Moore whose movie “Fahrenheit 11/9” bombed at the box office.
Abortion Leading Cause of Global Deaths in 2018
source: Breitbart
As of December 31, 2018, there have been some 41.9 million abortions performed in the course of the year, the reference site Worldometers revealed. By contrast, 8.2 million people died from cancer in 2018, 5 million from smoking, and 1.7 million died of HIV/AIDS.
Americans Forced to the Back of the Bus in Favor of Illegal Immigrants
source: Spero News
If the public had any idea of how much more of their paychecks they could take home if they weren’t covering the costs for people who aren’t even supposed to be in the country, they’d kick every Democrat out of office. In California, for example, there have been estimates of upwards of $23 billion last year alone spent on illegal aliens in the state.
Mitt Romney Becomes an Insufferable NeverTrump Senator-Elect
source: Big League Politics
Utah’s incoming senator Mitt Romney fills the position that everyone knew he was going to fill: NeverTrump “Republican” that the mainstream media can point to in their attacks on President Donald Trump.
Mitt Romney Attacks Trump for Moving to End Our Forever Wars
source: Infowars
Mitt Romney never spoke out against President Obama after losing his presidential race against him in 2012 but he has attacked President Trump incessantly over the last two years. Romney’s latest attack, released just two days before he’s scheduled to take office on Thursday, accused Trump of being an immoral person for moving to end one of our many forever wars.
The Hate Trump Press and the “Smear du Jour”
source: Bill O’Reilly
The “hate Trump” press, which is most of it, knows blood has been drawn and can be counted on to keep up the “smear du jour” with the intent of getting Trump deposed. There is no seeking the truth involved here. Corporate decisions have been made: Trump has to go.
Trump Using American Capitalism to Help the Poor
source: Townhall
It appears that in 2018, because of the Trump tax cuts and deregulation, the U.S. economy will have its first year of 3 percent growth in over a decade. Black unemployment, 5.9 percent, and white unemployment, 3.4 percent, are at historic lows. And the gap between black and white unemployment has dramatically shrunk, showing that blacks are, in an unprecedented way, participating in the economic recovery.
The Train Wreck Called “The Women’s March”
source: The Washington Times
The Women’s March, which still has a national and some local marches and rallies planned on Jan. 19, has become about identity politics, the antithesis of advancing women’s rights, and the impact is finally being felt.
The Most Ridiculous Government Waste of 2018
source: The Western Journal
Includes studies of the sexual habits of quails and daydreaming.
Media Disliked General McChrystal Until He Started Bashing Trump
source: LifeZette
Though the sacked general received considerable blowback from the public and the press following his sharp criticism of Obama and his administration back in 2010, many on the Left have welcomed McChrystal’s putdowns of the current commander-in-chief with open arms.
The Left Wants to Ban Devout Christians from Holding Office
source: Todd Starnes
For the second time in two years a judicial nominee for the US Court system has faced scrutiny from a California senator over their Catholic faith. Senator Kamala Harris interrogated district court nominee Brian Buescher over his membership in the “extreme” Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fraternal organization that engages in charitable work.





