Trump Picks Another Goldman Sachs Executive

Despite railing against Goldman Sachs loudly and frequently during the campaign, President-elect Trump has turned to three Goldman Sachs executives to fill posts in his administration.

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Macy’s Ends Support for Planned Parenthood

Macy's joins with ATT, Coke, Ford, and Xerox in cutting financial suport to abortion-provider Planned Parenthood. Will other companies follow?

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Trump Picks Okla. Attorney General to Lead EPA: Big Win for Climate Realists, Constitutionalists

With the nomination of Scott Pruitt, Oklahoma's fighting attorney general, to head up the EPA, conservatives have real hope that Trump has hit a home run.

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Sheriff David Clarke Reportedly Considered for Homeland Security Chief

David Clarke, sheriff of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin — a strong advocate for the right to keep and bear arms — is reportedly under consideration by President-elect Trump to join his administration.

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CNN Reporter: U.S. Women Should Wear Headscarves in Solidarity With Muslim Women

Alisyn Camerota of CNN recently did a feature story on the early-morning broadcast of New Day lamenting the alleged maltreatment of Muslim women in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s election. The central narrative of the feature was that since the murders by the Muslim husband and wife killers in San Bernardino, California, Muslim women wearing traditional headscarves have been targeted for harassment; therefore, she suggested, U.S. women should don headscarves in order to show their "solidarity" with Muslim women.

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Al Gore Meets With Trump on "Climate Change"

Will Trump change his mind and embrace the theory that human activity is causing the earth to heat — based on the views of former Vice President Al Gore, and also his own daughter Ivanka, who wants to make global climate change her "signature issue"?

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Alcoholic Euthanized in the Netherlands — Where Is This Going?

In the Netherlands, the government will kill you at your request, if you are an alcoholic. Perhaps officials believe it is cheaper than paying for rehab.

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