© Getty Images President Trump on Tuesday appeared to suggest lawmakers should turn their focus to strengthening background checks for gun purchases in the wake of the deadly mass shooting at a Florida high school last week. “Whether we are Republican or Democrat, we must now focus on strengthening Background Checks!” Trump tweeted. Trump also…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON – Associated Press – Tuesday, February 20, 2018 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – South Florida students lobbying lawmakers for a ban on assault rifles after a school shooting that left 17 dead found Tuesday that it isn’t easy changing the minds of Republicans who have for decades fought to expand gun rights, rather than…

By – Associated Press – Tuesday, February 20, 2018 RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – The U.S. Supreme Court is ending North Carolina’s fight for a say in the operations and ownership of four hydroelectric dams under the theory the state has owned the riverbed since statehood and the country’s independence. The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied North…

Kentucky Democrats on Tuesday reclaimed a rural district in the state House of Representatives that went heavily for President Trump in 2016. Linda Belcher (D), a former state legislator who lost her seat in the Trump landslide in Kentucky, reclaimed the Bullitt County district by a more than two-to-one margin, defeating her GOP opponent Rebecca Johnson 68 percent to 32 percent. The Democrat had…

Like I need another headache.  I’m thinking of relaunching this site just to piss off some snake-in-the-grass Democrats.  Hmm. #BernieWouldHaveWon

It’s been so long since I’ve blogged, I can’t remember my passwords.  Only for this site.  Sigh.  So, I guess until WordPress gets around to emailing me back – this is what you get.

Butterfield calls DeVos “the least qualified of all the Cabinet so far;” WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) last night released a  statement after the Senate voted 51-50, to confirm Betsy DeVos of Michigan as the United States Secretary of Education: “Among a historically unqualified cabinet, Betsy DeVos was the least qualified nominee.  Not…