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November 15, 2024 in National Security & Highlights, News

Speaker Johnson wants a cover-up.

Gaetz's Ethics report unveiled serious allegations including accusations of sexual misconduct, sex trafficking, drug use, accepting inappropriate gifts, and obstruction, among many other issues. As the Committee was on the…
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November 15, 2024 in National Security & Highlights, News

Gaetz! The Situation is Not Looking Pretty

Expect Senators to ask hard questions:  Sex trafficking?  'Not a usual question in a Senate hearing.  Expect more hard questions on more very serious subjects. Ryan Nobles, Julie Tsirkin, Frank Thorp V and Kate…
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November 14, 2024 in National Security & Highlights, News

Gaetz as Attorney General? Washington is shocked!!!

John Bolton, former U.N. ambassador and national security adviser, said it best, " “It must be the worst nomination for a Cabinet secretary in American history. I think this is…
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November 14, 2024

Worry. Worry. Usually I write about elections …

November 4, 2024

Connect the DOTS. And the VOTES!

November 2, 2024

From the National Farmers Union

October 30, 2024

Wind at Harris’s Back heading toward Tuesday

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Rural Living & Agriculture

November 2, 2024 in National Security & Highlights, Rural Living & Agriculture

Congressional Integrity Project

SPOTLIGHT:  FARM BILL ... It has expired.   Ag Committee Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson spent an entire year traveling across the U.S., promising the Committee would pass the bill on time. …
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October 29, 2024 in News, Rural Living & Agriculture

North to South Migration — Will it affect the election?

When voters move from one state to another, they take their politics with them. For Senator Jon Tester and Montana, this means that new residents moved to Montana during the…
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October 25, 2024 in News, Rural Living & Agriculture

Are you ready for it? Trump’s Plan Bankrupts Social Security in 6 years!

Let's get serious.  It is the rare retired person that can take Trump's plan, a 35% cut in his/her Social Security.   Harris'plan does far better, but there will still need…
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Infrastructure

August 27, 2024 in Infrastructure, News

EPA to the rescue — $500 million to help nonprofit lenders

Kentucky looks to the future. Like everyone else, Appalachia needs to transition to solar panels and money-saving energy retrofits, and the federal government is helping. "A new initiative, the Green…
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August 2, 2024 in Infrastructure, News

SC: Federal Grant for High Speed Internet Changes Lives

"When Mathew Nelson opened Chattooga River Lodge and Campground in the Appalachian foothills in 2020, visitors asked him if they could log onto the TV to play Netflix shows or…
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May 13, 2024 in Infrastructure, News

Oil Policy Up for Purchase?

We call this scary ... an immoral way to make policy.  Agree or disagree about the federal subsidies the oil industry enjoys.  Those subsidies come about because a Congress majority…
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Health & Education

October 28, 2024 in Health & Education, News

Biden Apologizes for U.S. Abuse of Indian Children

The abuse of Indian children began in the early 1800s and continued into the 1960s.  Children were forced to go to boarding schools where they were forced away from their…
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October 21, 2024 in Health & Education, News

Feed the Kids

School lunch and feeding America's hungry are major markets for American farmers. We congratulate Governor Walz on standing strong to ensure that America's kids don't go hungry. "One of Tim…
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October 7, 2024 in Health & Education, News

JUST THE FACTS – Rumors Prevent Rescues in North Carolina

"Emergency officials responding to the Hurricane Helene disaster in Western North Carolina say false rumors on social media impede their efforts to help tens of thousands of people in need."…
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National Security

November 15, 2024 in National Security & Highlights, News

Speaker Johnson wants a cover-up.

Gaetz's Ethics report unveiled serious allegations including accusations of sexual misconduct, sex trafficking, drug use, accepting inappropriate gifts, and obstruction, among many other issues. As the Committee was on the…
Read More
November 15, 2024 in National Security & Highlights, News

Gaetz! The Situation is Not Looking Pretty

Expect Senators to ask hard questions:  Sex trafficking?  'Not a usual question in a Senate hearing.  Expect more hard questions on more very serious subjects. Ryan Nobles, Julie Tsirkin, Frank Thorp V and Kate…
Read More
November 14, 2024 in National Security & Highlights, News

Gaetz as Attorney General? Washington is shocked!!!

John Bolton, former U.N. ambassador and national security adviser, said it best, " “It must be the worst nomination for a Cabinet secretary in American history. I think this is…
Read More