1-26-2025

Confirmation Hearings prove some senators are idiots...

The Constitutionist Free Newsletter

It hasn’t been a week since Trump took office, yet the changes he has put in motion have come as a shock to many leftists.  It is like a Shock and Awe attack on the leftist cult, especially those employed by the federal government.  What? We have to actually go to our offices to work—if we still have a job?  

One upset woman posted on X that some people now would have to figure out commuting and child care.  She actually believes that working Americans, who do this all the time, will care.

Most of Trump’s actions were predictable, but his renaming a mountain and the gulf were surprises to me.  The executive order for these actions is titled “Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness,” the last three words of which explain much of  Trump’s executive philosophy.

Usually, renaming places takes a lot of work through various bureaucracies, those paperwork mazes that promise slow service to our new president. But that was foreseen, because in the Executive Order is this section:  (my emphasis)

Sec. 2.  Appointments to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.  (a)  Within seven days of the date of this order, each agency head with authority to appoint members to the Board on Geographic Names (Board) pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 364a, shall review their respective appointees and consider replacing those appointees in accordance with applicable law.

That is what you call an Executive Finesse.

The Confirmation hearings are the hotspot in today’s politics, but they are turning into a comedy show at the expense of the democrats.  They blatantly treat all the nominees with great disrespect, constantly interrupting them, not allowing good faith answers, then constructing frames and borders to limit their responses.  

Pam Bondi has done well in her question and answer periods.  When Senator Welch asked her “You have no intention of pursuing people on the basis of them being political opponents.”  She quickly answered, “No one will be prosecuted investigated, because they are a political opponent. That’s what we have seen for the last four years in this administration.”   

When Senator Schiff relentlessly questioned and interrupted her, she kept her ground.  She is one tough lady.

The Department of Justice is the one federal agency that the democrats fear, and they will fight her appointment with all their energy.  

In Biden’s first days he became a vandal president, stopping the pipeline, opening the borders, granting amnesty actions to many illegal immigrants, halting border security, and so on, despite his swearing an oath to our Constitution.  

Years ago I talked to Tony Snow (remember him?) on his radio show about our immigration problems.  I asked him what would we do if some countries denied the return of persons who crossed our borders illegally.  He had no answer; now we must come up with one for the Columbians who can’t go back to their home country because their President, Gustavo Petro, refuses to allow our transports to land there.  

Can you blame him? We hear that some nations sent their finest prisoners, political opponents and social problems to us; why would they want them back?   But Trump doesn’t want them more, so he responded with threats of travel bans and tariffs on goods, including coffee exports.  Ouch!

Now I read that Petro changed his mind, offering his own aircraft to fly the people back to Columbia, for now.  But there may be thousands of people involved in these moves; things can change in an instant.

By the way, I just read that Trump did the negotiating while playing golf and using a cell phone.

Do any of my readers have any ideas?  Someone wrote that we should have the illegal aliens stay in Biden’s and Pelosi’s mansions while they await travel. 

FAFO is an acronym for Fuck Around, Find Out.  

A republican congressman filed a Joint Resolution in Congress to allow presidents to serve more than two terms.  That would mean that Trump could be re-elected, but it also means that Obama could return.  

As it would require a constitutional amendment, it’s a near-impossible task, yet, with every president, there is some congress critter who proposes such a change. 

Prepare for another amazing week in government!

Steve