America is about to “celebrate” the one-year anniversary of the start of Trump’s trade war. On January 22, 2018, the man with more business failures than successes — including four bankruptcies — began his assault on the U.S. economy by…
If you’re a regular reader and/or listener of The Strident Conservative, you know that I occasionally refer to George Orwell and his novel 1984 to describe much of what is happening in America today. In fact, I recently shared a…
Members of Congress returned to work yesterday — work being a relative word — and were immediately broadsided by some bad economic news. General Motors announced that it will cut approximately 14,000 workers and close 5 plants (3 in North…
One of the casualties in Trump’s trade war has been and continues to be American agriculture. That’s why the Deal-Maker-in-Chief manipulated the books a few months ago to find $12 billion of our money to “help” farmers and ranchers hurt…
While establishment politicians in Washington are never not campaigning, Labor Day is typically considered the unofficial launch of campaign season. This means we should prepare to be fed a boatload of bombastic balderdash praising the GOP despite nearly two years…
As we learned in the article I wrote yesterday, the GOP-controlled House of Representatives is about to embark on its annual August recess — a time when politicians who haven’t done their job campaign at taxpayer’s expense begging to keep…
Believe it or not, we are only one week away from the August recess for the GOP-controlled House of Representatives. Recess . . . Washington-speak for thirty days of taxpayer-funded campaigning ahead of the November election. Besides, it’s required by…
