Veteran advocacy leader defends Trump’s shake-ups at VA, calls for reform to support veterans

EXCLUSIVE: President Donald Trump‘s Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Doug Collins, has proposed a 15% workforce reduction with a goal of cutting 80,000 jobs at the VA.  Retired Lt. Col. Jim Whaley, CEO of Mission Roll Call, a veteran advocacy non-profit, said such VA reform is necessary to improve veterans’ lives across the United States.  Whaley … Read more

Veteran advocacy leader defends Trump’s shake-ups at VA, calls for reform to support veterans

EXCLUSIVE: President Donald Trump‘s Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Doug Collins, has proposed a 15% workforce reduction with a goal of cutting 80,000 jobs at the VA.  Retired Lt. Col. Jim Whaley, CEO of Mission Roll Call, a veteran advocacy non-profit, said such VA reform is necessary to improve veterans’ lives across the United States.  Whaley … Read more

Parody LinkedIn post of Elmo being ‘laid off’ goes viral

A parody account on LinkedIn is going viral after a post said Elmo was fired. “Unfortunately Elmo was recently laid off. Elmo worked at Sesame Street for 45 years. Elmo is sad,” the post says. While the post did not actually come from Elmo or “Sesame Street,” the message urges people to reach out to … Read more

Parody LinkedIn post of Elmo being ‘laid off’ goes viral

A parody account on LinkedIn is going viral after a post said Elmo was fired. “Unfortunately Elmo was recently laid off. Elmo worked at Sesame Street for 45 years. Elmo is sad,” the post says. While the post did not actually come from Elmo or “Sesame Street,” the message urges people to reach out to … Read more

Blue state Republicans threaten mutiny over state and local taxes in Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

Sparks are flying over taxes that primarily affect Republicans representing districts in Democrat-controlled states, sending tensions skyrocketing as GOP lawmakers negotiate President Donald Trump‘s “big, beautiful bill.” The fight more specifically is about state and local tax deductions, colloquially known as SALT.  Republican lawmakers representing high-cost-of-living areas outside big cities had been pushing leaders to … Read more