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This isnt getting anywhere near the same amount of oxygen in the news cycle as the Net Neutrality story, but it certainly should be.

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) under the tenure of Barack Obama was busy handing out all sorts of goodies to the unions which finance most Democratic political campaigns. One particular burr under the collective, conservative saddle was a new reinterpretation of rules regarding the obligations of larger corporations who authorize the operation of franchises under their name. I wrote about this back in 2015 when the rule was originally finalized and it was a deplorable situation. The NLRB was basically trying to hold parent companies responsible for acting as the HR departments for all of their privately owned and managed franchises and subcontractors. This was an obvious backdoor for collective bargaining agreements and the biggest targets of the Democrats on this front were in the fast food industry. (McDonalds actually only owns about 30% of the restaurants you see. The rest are franchised.)

Now, with some new, Trump appointed blood at the NLRB, that rule has been reversed. (NLRB website)

In a 3-2 decision (link is external), the National Labor Relations Board today overruled the Boards 2015 decision in Browning-Ferris Industries, 362 NLRB No. 186 (2015) (Browning-Ferris), and returned to the preBrowning Ferris standard that governed joint-employer liability.

In all future and pending cases, two or more entities will be deemed joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) if there is proof that one entity has exercised control over essential employment terms of another entitys employees (rather than merely having reserved the right to exercise control) and has done so directly and immediately (rather than indirectly) in a manner that is not limited and routine.

This sounds like some dry legalese which could put some readers into a coma, but the distinction being drawn here is important. The phrase Joint Employer is critical here. When a subcontractor or franchise owner agrees to have the parent company exercise direct, immediate control over their personnel policies (rather than simply issuing guidelines which are left up to the smaller unit to implement and enforce) then the parent company is a true joint employer. In such cases, workers may wish to collectively bargain with the parent company or hold them accountable for labor law violations.

But when the subcontractors are left to manage their own HR affairs or the franchise owner is basically just renting out the brand name of the company, those conditions do not and should not apply. The NLRB has now wisely conceded this point. Of course, the description youll get of this story at the New York Times takes a decidedly different tone.

The ruling changes the standard for holding a company responsible for labor law violations that occur at another company, like a contractor or franchisee, with which it has a relationship.

The doctrine also governs whether such a corporation would have to bargain with workers at a franchise if they unionized, or whether only the owners of the franchise would have to do so.

While most labor law experts expected the labor board, which gained a Republican majority only in late September, to overturn the boards so-called joint-employer decision from 2015, the speed of the change came as a surprise to many.

Frankly, its shocking, said Wilma B. Liebman, a former Democratic appointee on the board who once served as its chairwoman.

Oh, yes. It must be shocking indeed that the NLRB would ask the business owners who are actually employing the workers and are directly responsible for them to deal with labor law enforcement or collective bargaining. And theyre additionally shocked at how quickly it happened. Quickly? Trump has been in office for almost a full year. It took some time to get new appointments in place, but frankly, Im personally shocked that it took this long.

As I mentioned above, this distortion of the rules under the Obama administration was primarily a sop to the unions who have been trying to go after the fast food industry for decades. In 2014 the NLRB sanctioned McDonalds for the actions of a few franchises who they claimed had punished people who protested fast food restaurants. This effort later morphed into the Fight for 15 movement which has always targeted McDonalds and the other big fast food chains. (Its also why theyre now moving more and more to automation and simply eliminating jobs.)

Its good to see the NLRB exercising some common sense. If you have a problem with your employer, take it up with your employer. Not with the company that they may be renting your services out to or simply paying for permission to uses their brand name.

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The Trump administration is removing climate change from a list of national security threats.

For years, this was the policy of the Obama administration, to include climate change as a national security threat.

From The Federalist:

The Trump administration will reverse course from previous Obama administration policy, eliminating climate change from a list of national security threats. The National Security Strategy to be released on Monday will emphasize the importance of balancing energy security with economic development and environmental protection, according to a source who has seen the document and shared excerpts of a late draft.

Climate policies will continue to shape the global energy system, a draft of the National Security Strategy slated to be released on Monday said. U.S. leadership is indispensable to countering an anti-growth, energy agenda that is detrimental to U.S. economic and energy security interests. Given future global energy demand, much of the developing world will require fossil fuels, as well as other forms of energy, to power their economies and lift their people out of poverty.

This matches President Trumps vision, sometimes shared using his trademark hyperbole, that the United States needs to emphasize national security and economic growth over climate change.

During his successful campaign, Trump mocked Obamas placement of climate change in the context of national security. Heres a sample of his approach from a campaign speech in Hilton Head, South Carolina, in late 2015.

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The election of Donald Trump as the 45th president saw illegal immigration drop from the Obama era administrations policy of welcome everyone legal or not.

However, in the last few months, the surge of illegal alien invaders through the borders of the united States has surged back to the levels experienced under the Obama administration, possibly due in part to the continued DACA amnesty talks.

According to The Washington Times, data indicated that gains President Trump made early on in his tenure have worn off.

Illegal immigration across the Southwest border has surged back to Obama-era levels, according to the latest data released Friday that suggests the gains President Trump made early in his tenure have worn off.

Nearly 40,000 illegal immigrants were nabbed attempting to jump the border in November, which was up about 12 percent compared to October, and more than twice the monthly numbers from March and April, when Mr. Trump touted his early accomplishments.

Perhaps just as worrisome for officials is the rise in families traveling together, which surged 45 percent last month, and unaccompanied minors traveling without parents, which rose 26 percent in November.

Department of Homeland Security spokesman, Tyler Q. Houlton, stated things have improved over the worst years of Obama under President Trump, but more needs to be done. And, that action has to come from Capitol Hill.

The administration is working tirelessly to secure the border, enhance interior enforcement and establish a merit-based immigration system. But we need Congress to act immediately to close immigration loopholes, fund the border wall, terminate outdated visa programs and provide the necessary tools for DHS officials to carry out their mission, Mr. Houlton said.

Securing the border has to be the first priority.

This includes more than funding the wall; it means building the wall.

Along with the wall, continual monitoring by agents stationed on the wall is required.

Moreover, government needs to allow agents to do their duty when encountering illegal alien invaders, which could mean use of force should violators fail to heed warnings and instructions.

Clearing out illegal alien invaders inside the border is paramount to deterring others.

Regardless of whether their home countries want to take these individuals back or not is irrelevant.

If the illegal alien holds citizenship in that country, that is where the illegal alien belongs.

A tough stance against these criminals has to be taken to prevent more individuals from suffering the fate of Kate Steinle.

Lets face it. Its a terrible miscarriage of justice when the men who took the life of Kate Steinle gets acquitted of murder and manslaughter charges and a man who places bacon on the steps of a mosque gets 15 years.

Closing immigration loopholes as well as ceasing outdated visa programs is another step in the right direction.

Our immigration law should end allowances for anchor babies, chain immigration, and leniency for employers hiring illegal alien invaders.

Most visa programs should be ended since many entrants into the republic overstay their visa. While this may not seem fair, life isnt fair.

It is because of the criminal actions of a few that an overhaul is badly needed.

And, corporations should be hiring American citizens over foreign workers who may work for less.

Providing tools for government agents charged with protecting our borders is paramount to our security and vital to protecting against invasion. This would include knowing where individuals who enter the republic under a visa program are located, making sure these individuals leave when their visa expires, and deporting them rapidly when caught, denying them from entering again under any circumstances.

Most importantly, our schools and universities need to cease indoctrination and degrees in gender studies, womens studies, transgender dance, and a number of fluff degrees, returning to preparing young adults for a productive role in society instead of violent, non-critical thinking social justice warriors who do nothing but disturb the peace.

All of this requires funding from the taxpayers. While we hear that the government has no money, the government continues to pay out foreign aid, use taxpayer money to pay off sexual harassment claims against Congressional members, mismanage Veterans Administration funds, waste money on witch hunt investigations, fund the United Nations and NATO, and funds to spy on and provide constant surveillance of American citizens.

Theres a host of other wasteful spending in Washington, DC that could be curbed if members of both chambers actually represented the people and the States. Unfortunately, these corrupt politicians would rather waste money and time to impeach Donald Trump, protect the Clinton crime family and their cohorts, and combat the fallacious climate change to the tune of less than one degree Celsius over the next 100 years.

To many, there seems to be plenty of money to be found in Washington, DC to protect the republic from invasion once wasteful spending is eliminated.

Other issues that have contributed to the surge in illegal alien invasion are cartels learning to exploit legal and policy loopholes, according to CBP officials.

Policy and legality should be the same if an individual does not enter through legal channels, the individual doesnt stay.

Moreover, there should be no type of refugee program in this republic or any other.

While there are individuals who need asylum, those requirements should not extend to war torn areas, nations with corrupt governments, or cartel-run governments.

These proposals may seem harsh, but, it is only because of the severity of the problem created by decades of Congressional folly that harsh measures are necessary.

This is not to say that persecuted sects of people, such as Jews and Christians in certain countries in the Middle East, should not be accepted into the republic.

On the contrary, these groups are definitely deserving of asylum since an ideology centered on murder, slavery, misogyny, sexual abuse and terrorism threatens their very existence.

With criminals, corrupt politicians, and individuals supporting terrorist organizations occupying much of the legislature and government agencies, citizens are likely to see an increase in the pushback against President Trumps policies to secure the republic from illegal alien invasion, wasting more of the taxpayer money on witch hunts instead of doing the business of the republic.

Citizens know that Democrats, leftists, progressives, Communists, Socialists, Marxists, and liberals are the enemy; however, Republicans are not friends of constitutionalists.

In fact, establishment Republicans and RINOs are just as much of the enemy as the others.

Adding in the Obama holdovers to this mix makes government the enemy to the people as well as the republic.

Unless this dangerous group of people are ousted and replaced with constitutionalists, the republic will become more foreign to all, appealing to the worst elements of those seeking entry into our borders.

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One of most respected conservative thinkers and political commentators is Charles Krauthammer. Look what he has to say about Iran ransom scandal!

In 2008, a young, fresh-faced African American junior senator promised the American public that if he was elected President of the United States, he would have the most transparent administration in history. Well, he has failed miserably on that promise, and noted TV pundit Charles Krauthammer just provided another recent example.

Speaking about the $400 million payment to Iran in exchange for the released prisoners, Krauthammer said: They had to print the money here, ship it over to Switzerland, turn it into Swiss Francs and Euros, and then ship it over to Iran.

For those of you with a legal background, does this process look familiar to you? If not, then let me fill you in with a little help from Krauthammers further comments on the issue:

Speaking about the $400 million payment to Iran in exchange for the released prisoners, Krauthammer said: They had to print the money here, ship it over to Switzerland, turn it into Swiss Francs and Euros, and then ship it over to Iran.

For those of you with a legal background, does this process look familiar to you? If not, then let me fill you in with a little help from Krauthammers further comments on the issue:

If a private company had done this, this is called money laundering. The CEO would be in jail right now.Krauthammer was reacting to a Wall Street Journal report saying that the Justice Department objected to the State Departments decision to do this.

Of course, the Justice Department objected, Krauthammer said. It was illegal.

Something is very fishy regarding this deal, and it isnt just Krauthammer who feels this way either. Forbes details the process where the money was first electronically transferred to Europe in February, converted to Francs, and then clandestinely shipped via aircraft to Iran. Just one day after that, four Americans were released from Iranian prisons.

While the mullahs and military leaders in Iran are calling this money exactly what it is, a ransom. Obama is claiming something different. He says the $400 million payment was part of a $1.7 billion negotiated settlement from an aborted arms deal in 1979.

Finally, many are beginning to compare this to Iran-Contra, which almost derailed Ronald Reagans administration. However, for an administration that has continued to devalue the American public, such as Obamas, this is just another day at the office.

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The Obama White House was not good at a lot of things, and that includes website design. They were not known for creating websites efficiently or cheaply. Anyone with good memories of insurance exchanges know this for a fact. It seems that the very waste of resources that occurs to other web portals as well. The Trump administration is certainly going to be the ones saving us. We have just learned that they will be saving $3,000,000 by getting rid of the current design of Whitehouse.gov. They will be releasing a new and much improved version.

The Washington Examinerreported thatthe new White House webpage will be released this Friday.

The redesign of the official White House website was all a part of amonths long reconstruction process that aimed to bring the Trump administrations digital presence up to current standards,one official explained to theWashington Examiner.

The official was also quoted saying,The old site was a good temporary measure that allowed us to use what the previous administration had built, but it wasnt where it needed to be in terms of providing people with content they can easily access.

It seems as though the Obama administration could have learned a thing or two about web design from the Trump administration. Too bad for them its a little late for that. Trump is going to revamp the entire White House website and put Obama and his administration to shame.

The official went on,It adapts the U.S. web design standards and uses a style that is clean, simple and presidential.

The improvements on the website include in-depth policy updates. These search tools will allow users to filter content on the page better. The look will be much cleaner.

These search tools on the website will be costing 60 percent less than what they used to cost.

The official explained,We will save taxpayers almost $3 million per year as a result of the redesigned site.The president is focused on making smart use of taxpayer dollars and we thought that the previous site was, frankly, costing far too much.

When it comes to savings, the numbers are pretty serious. Security and maintenance ate up a huge part of the budget on the old website. The source explained that it cost $6 million every single year.

The official also added,We are now saving more than 60 percent of that number per year.

While three million dollars doesnt sound like too much for the federal government, but when it comes to websites that are funded by hard working American taxpayers, saving 60 percent really is a big deal. All of that money every single year adds up.

The Trump administration keeps on proving that they are working hard to improve things for the American people. Its about time that the Left stop hating on Trump so much so that they realize just how much he is really doing for the people of our country. The Trump administration has really proven themselves in the short time since Trumps inauguration. I, for one, cant wait to see what the next seven years of Trump have in store!

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