Tag Archives: administrative state

Pruitt names high school graduate Cathy Stepp to head the EPA’s Great Lakes Region, where she’ll be responsible for 85% of our nation’s fresh water reserves

By Mark | December 26, 2017

Kakistocracy is defined as “a system of government which is run by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens.” Above is a photo of Cathy Stepp. Until deciding to run for elected office in Wisconsin back in the early 2000s, she ran a residential construction company with her husband. She has no scientific credentials. […]

Posted in Environment, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged anti-environment, Betsy DeVos, Cathy Stepp, clean air, clean water, Department of Education, Department of Energy, DNR, Donald Trump, Enbridge Line 5, environmental catastrophe, environmental protection, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Flint, global climate change, global warming denial, Great Lakes, Illinois, Indiana, Kakistocracy, Kerry Schumann, League of Conservation Voters, Michigan, Minnesota, natural resources, Ohio, pollution, public health, Rick Perry, Scott Pruitt, Scott Walker, Steve Bannon, water quality, Wisconsin | 6 Comments

The hijacking of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

By Mark | November 27, 2017

There’s so much I want to talk about right now… the failed attempt on the part of Project Veritas to trick the Washington Post into running a fake story about Roy Moore’s fondness for child rape; the fact that our President couldn’t help but make a racist joke today while honoring Navajo ‘code talkers’ for […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Barbara Lee, big banks, CFPB, Citibank, code talkers, consumer protection, David Sirota, deregulation, Dodd-Frank, Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, finance, financial crisis, financial reform, health care, higher education, Ian Millhiser, Laurence Tribe, Leandra English, Mick Mulvaney, Navajo, net neutrality, racism, regulation, Richard Cordray, Santander, tax reform, Timothy Kelly, Wall Street deregulation, Washington Post | 6 Comments

An unshackled Steve Bannon grabs Breitbart like a jagged, broken beer bottle, and begins lunging at his perceived enemies

By Mark | August 21, 2017

When Steve Bannon was fired this past Friday, after serving eight month’s as the President’s chief strategist, Trump tried to put a positive spin on it, suggesting that Bannon was destined for bigger and better things as private citizen, unshackled from the constraints of Washington, and once again able to take on the “fake news” […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Afghanistan, beer bottles, Blackwater, Bob Mercer, Breitbart News, Camp David, Charlottesville, David Duke, Eric Prince, fake news, globalist, H.R. McMaster, Ivanka Trump, Javanaka, racism, Steve Bannon, white nationalism, white nationalist | 136 Comments

DeVos’s choice to run the Department of Education’s Civil Rights Office once claimed discrimination for being white

By Mark | April 16, 2017

A few days ago, right before the Easter holiday, when no one was paying attention, Betsy DeVos, our public education hating Secretary of Education, announced that she’d be bringing on a 39-year-old attorney by the name of Candice Jackson to be her deputy assistant secretary in the Office for Civil Rights. Here, if you’re unfamiliar […]