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EXCLUSIVE: Congressional Republicans To Unveil Bill Stripping National Education Association’s Federal Charter
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Education, Featured, Labor & Unions, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Congressional Republicans will unveil a bill Wednesday aimed at revoking the federal charter of the National Education Association (NEA), the largest labor union in the United States, the Daily Caller has learned. Republicans Rep. Mark Harris of North Carolina and Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee will introduce the National Education Association […]
AG Secretary Rollins is Still Working for the Kochs, not Trump
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Immigration, Labor & Unions, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Kelleigh Nelson “In the last five years, he has advertised in local newspapers and accepted more than a dozen unemployed applicants from the state’s job agency. Even when the average rate on his fields was $20 an hour, the U.S.-born workers lost interest, fast. “We’ve never had one come back after lunch.” — Bob […]
Senate Passes Trump’s ‘Beautiful’ Bill After Holdout Supplies Critical Vote
/in Budget and Finance, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Featured, Immigration, Labor & Unions, Politics, Regulation, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller The Senate approved President Donald Trump’s landmark bill largely along party lines Tuesday morning after senators took dozens of votes on amendments and procedural motions in a marathon session that lasted more than 24 hours. Senators voted 51 to 50 with Republican Sens. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Rand Paul of […]
Dozens of Illegal Aliens Working at Meat Processing Plant with Stolen IDs Screened with E-Verify
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Featured, Immigration, Labor & Unions, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy Judicial Watch Years after Judicial Watch reported that the government’s system to verify if employees are authorized to work legally in the United States approved hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants, federal authorities have uncovered widespread identity theft at a meat processing plant that used the defective tool to screen 100% of its staff. A recent […]
‘Next’: Schumer Dodges Simple Question About Medicaid For Illegal Immigrants
/in Commentary, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Healthcare, Immigration, Labor & Unions, National Security, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer sidestepped a question about whether he supported states giving illegal migrants taxpayer-funded health insurance at a press conference Wednesday. The House-passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act included a provision to penalize 14 states and the District of Columbia who enroll illegal immigrants in state health insurance programs by […]
Critics of the Big Beautiful Bill ‘Are Going to Be Wrong,’ Johnson Warns
/in Budget and Finance, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Labor & Unions, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council For months, the bright lights have been on the House, capturing the made-for-TV drama of the Republicans’ Houdini-like wins. And while people have come to appreciate House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) as a sort of consensus whisperer, no one is quite sure what to make of his Senate counterpart. But now […]
Trump Announces Major Job-Creating Deal That Biden Blocked On His Way Out The Door
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Labor & Unions, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller President Donald Trump endorsed a “planned partnership” Friday between U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel, claiming the deal between the two steel giants will constitute the largest economic investment in Pennsylvania’s history. The president’s decision to greenlight a partnership between the Japanese steel company and its American rival producer caps off a […]
SCOTUS Hands Trump Victory On Firing Democrat Appointees From Federal Boards
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Labor & Unions, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday allowed for President Donald Trump’s emergency request to dismiss Democrat members of both the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) to stay. During his first two months in office, Trump removed Democrat NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox and Democrat MSPB […]
EXCLUSIVE: Massive Telecom Merger Champions Workers In A Way Biden Admin Never Could, FCC Chair Says
/in Budget and Finance, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Energy, Labor & Unions, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) greenlit Verizon’s $20 billion acquisition of Frontier Communications on Friday — but only after Chairman Brendan Carr insisted on a slate of labor protections he said there was “no way” the Biden administration would have pursued. The deal requires Verizon to adopt sweeping reforms benefitting tower climbers, trench […]
American Manufacturers Overwhelmed With Orders After Trump’s Tariff Crackdown On China
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Featured, Labor & Unions, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller American manufacturers are seeing a surge in demand as President Donald Trump’s tariffs force companies to reconsider doing business in China. Trump’s tariffs, including a 145% levy on Chinese goods, are causing American-made products to be more competitive in the market. As a result, many small and medium manufacturers are experiencing a surge in demand […]
‘Cost A Lot Of People Their Jobs’: JD Vance Slams Biden Admin For Deciding Products Would No Longer Be Made In America
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Energy, Labor & Unions, National Security, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Vice President JD Vance on Thursday slammed former President Joe Biden’s administration during a speech at Nucor Steel Berkeley for deciding that products would be made overseas instead of in the United States. Vance said that over the last few decades, political leaders forgot about the “core part of American national […]
EXCLUSIVE: JD Vance To Tout First 100 Days At USA Steel Plant
/in Budget and Finance, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Featured, Labor & Unions, National Security, Politics, Regulation, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Vice President JD Vance will mark the administration’s first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s second term with a factory tour of the U.S.’s largest manufacturer of steel, the Daily Caller has learned. Vance, alongside EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, will travel to Huger, South Carolina, on Thursday to visit a Nucor […]
228,000 Jobs Added in March Far Exceeding Expectations
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Featured, Labor & Unions, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report The U.S. economy added 228,000 jobs in March, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), with the unemployment rate remaining at 3.5%. The estimate was 120,000. There is so much good news that the dying legacy media ignores. Stop listening to them! And this is just the beginning. Trump’s economic […]
EXCLUSIVE: Musk Quietly Inserts DOGE Across Federal Agencies In Move That Could Uproot $162,000,000,000 Govt Industry
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Government Transparency, Gun Rights, Labor & Unions, National Security, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller As federal employees launched protests of entrepreneur Elon Musk’s disruption of federal agencies last week, the Office of Personnel Management quietly released a memo shoring up the formal structure of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). An OPM memo dated Feb. 4 seeks the redesignation of chief information officers across the government from […]
DEEP STATE GEARING UP: Nearly Half of Federal Employees in the Swamp Plan to Resist Trump, Poll Finds
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Labor & Unions, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Signal A surprising number of federal government employees admit they are gearing up to act like a deep state, opposing the incoming second administration of Donald Trump. Most Americans, even many of the elites who voted for Vice President Kamala Harris, are willing to support Trump’s administration, according to an RMG Research survey commissioned […]
DHS secretary announces ‘jobs giveaway’ for newly arrived migrants with work permits
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Immigration, Labor & Unions, National Security, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy Jihad Watch What about Americans seeking jobs? America doesn’t need to be supporting jobless illegals. Americans also need jobs. Responsible governments control migration, properly vet migrants, and put the needs of their home country first. Biden is doing none of those things. Instead, his administration is rewarding multitudes of unvetted foreign illegals, with criminals and […]
‘He Has The Political Mandate’: Companies Scramble To Respond To Trump’s ‘Beautiful’ Tariff Hikes
/in Budget and Finance, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Labor & Unions, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Companies are scrambling to respond to President-elect Donald Trump’s “beautiful” tariff proposals that his administration may seek to enact early in his second term. Proactive steps that companies are taking to evade anticipated price increases include stockpiling inventory in U.S. warehouses and weighing whether they need to completely eliminate China from […]
AGENDA 47: The Plan to Dismantle the Deep State
/in Budget and Finance, Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, Energy, Environment, Government Transparency, Gun Rights, Healthcare, Immigration, Labor & Unions, National Security, Politics, Regulation, Science, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Dr. Richard M. Swier, LTC U.S. Army (Ret.) Agenda 47 is the 20 point plan to dismantle and destroy the deep state while at the same time rebuilding America into a free nation once again. Agenda 47 restores and strengthens our Constitutional Republic, returns power to the people and makes Americans healthy, happy and […]
An Open Letter from over 200 Homeland Security Professionals
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Featured, Healthcare, Immigration, Labor & Unions, National Security, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy Lyle J. Rapacki, Ph.D. Please read the below Open Letter to America signed by over 200 retired Homeland Security Professionals. The majority of those who signed this letter were in senior leadership positions prior to their retirement. The first-hand experience and years of service for each signer is remarkable. None of these signers were […]
Trump Within Striking Distance Of Harris In State GOP Hasn’t Won Since New Millennium
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Immigration, Labor & Unions, National Security, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Former President Donald Trump has closed within striking range of Vice President Kamala Harris in New Hampshire, a state the GOP hasn’t claimed in a presidential race since 2000. A new Emerson College Polling/WHDH poll, conducted Oct. 21-23, shows Harris with a narrow lead of just three points over Trump, garnering support […]
‘Nervous As Hell’: Bewildered Walz Emerges From Media Quarantine Only To Get Shelled By Vance
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Immigration, Labor & Unions, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller After hardly speaking to the media since becoming Democrats’ Vice Presidential nominee, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz stumbled and gaffed through his highly anticipated debate against Senator JD Vance. Vance and Walz faced off Monday on CBS News in what appears to be the last debate of the 2024 election cycle. Vance, […]
DOCKWORKERS STRIKE: ‘We Will Cripple You…and you have no idea what that means. Nobody does.’
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Labor & Unions, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report In yet another epic failure of the Harris-Biden regime, tens of thousands of dock workers at ports along the East and Gulf coasts walked off the job at midnight on Tuesday, a massive strike that brings billions of dollars in trade to a dead stop. The International Longshoremen’s Association launched the […]
ROOKE: Looming October Surprise Could Wipe Out Kamala’s Campaign
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Featured, Labor & Unions, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Vice President Kamala Harris is facing a crisis that could end her White House chances. Harris has billed herself (unsuccessfully) as the candidate most in tune with blue-collar workers despite one of the nation’s largest labor unions declining to endorse her. Now, she is facing a maritime strike that could put a full stop to […]
‘Sleeping Giant’: U.S. Could Be Inches Away From Another Economic Crisis As Massive Port Strike Looms
/in Budget and Finance, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Labor & Unions, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Ten of thousands of dockworkers could go on strike on Oct. 1 in a move that experts say could wreak havoc on American supply chains and reignite the rapid inflation seen in the early years of the Biden-Harris administration. The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) — which represents more than 85,000 workers […]
Trump Floats Massive Tariffs On John Deere If Manufacturing Shifts To Mexico
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Labor & Unions, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Former President Donald Trump issued a warning Monday about imposing 200% tariffs on John Deere products if the company relocates its manufacturing operations to Mexico. Trump engaged with local farmers and manufacturers during an event in Smithton, Pennsylvania, about the impact of China’s economic policies on the U.S. economy, according to The Associated […]
Harris Honeymoon Fizzles Out As Trump Leads In Sun Belt Battlegrounds
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Featured, Healthcare, Immigration, Labor & Unions, National Security, Politics, Regulation, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Former President Donald Trump has gained ground and is leading Vice President Kamala Harris in key Sun Belt states, according to a New York Times/Siena poll from Monday. Trump gained in Arizona and is now leading Harris by five points with the two candidates polling at 50% and 45% among likely […]
How the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Distorting America’s Economic Reality — Part 2
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Labor & Unions, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy Karen Schoen Fed Chairman Powell just lowered interest rates 50 basis points or 1/2% in an effort to stimulate the economy. It is his feeling that inflation has cooled, But has it ? Prices are still to high for Mr. and Mrs. American. What will this do for inflation? Prices will probably go up […]
Teamsters Union Won’t Endorse Harris after Members Back Trump
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Gun Rights, Immigration, Labor & Unions, National Security, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council For the first time in decades, one of the nation’s largest and most influential labor unions is refusing to endorse a Democrat for president. Representing nearly one-and-a-half million American workers, the Teamsters Union announced late Wednesday that it would not be endorsing either Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump in […]
Reports Warn Exponential Immigration Reshaping U.S. Labor Force
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Labor & Unions, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council Unprecedented levels of immigration are reshaping the foundation of the U.S. economy, the American labor force, according to a recent analysis. Writing for The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, economics reporter Paul Kiernan stated, “Immigrants are swelling the population and changing the makeup of the U.S. labor force in ways that are […]
JOBS REPORT SHOCK: Native-born American Workers LOST 1.3 Million Jobs in August. Foreign-Born GAINED 630k.
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Immigration, Labor & Unions, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report Employment among foreign-born workers has increased 4.4 million since pre-pandemic (and is back on trend) while jobs among native-born Americans have fallen 833k over that same time – Americans left in the dustbin… Who would vote for this catastrophic regime? Illegals. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR The Employment […]