Category Archives: government

DeSantis Pitches Moving NASA Headquarters to Florida

Posted on January 11, 2025 by TTG

While lauding a new partnership among Florida universities and Kennedy Space Center, Gov. Ron DeSantis shoehorned in a pitch to have NASA headquarters leave the nation’s capital in favor of the Sunshine State. “There is an interest in moving the … Continue reading →

Posted in government, Space, TTG | 6 Comments

The federal debt limit suddenly reappears on January 2, 2025, but it is no Happy New Year. The limit is already reached and the game is on to raise it.

Posted on December 31, 2024 by willmann

By Robert Willmann There’s no business like show business. The United States Congress passed a law signed on 21 December 2024 to “appropriate money” to keep the federal government operating without being shut down until 14 March 2025. Misleadingly called … Continue reading →

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A new manifest destiny?

Posted on December 27, 2024 by TTG

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — First it was Canada, then the Panama Canal. Now, Donald Trump again wants Greenland. The president-elect is renewing unsuccessful calls he made during his first term for the U.S. to buy Greenland from Denmark, adding to the list of allied countries with … Continue reading →

Posted in government, Policy, TTG | 63 Comments

FBI missed ‘basic step’ when gathering intel in the lead-up to Jan. 6, DOJ watchdog finds

Posted on December 13, 2024 by TTG

WASHINGTON — The FBI failed to take the “basic step” of canvassing its field offices for intelligence ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to a long-awaited Justice Department’s inspector general report released Thursday. FBI … Continue reading →

Posted in government, Politics, TTG | 15 Comments

The drones over New Jersey

Posted on December 11, 2024 by TTG

Reports of drone sightings in New Jersey have rattled Garden State residents in recent days, with Gov. Phil Murphy (D) saying on Monday that he is taking them “deadly seriously.” The local FBI field office in Newark last week said … Continue reading →

Posted in government, Technology, TTG | 58 Comments

A U.S. Government employee is arrested in Cambodia for leaking the two documents describing Israeli military activity before it would attack Iran

Posted on November 13, 2024 by willmann

By Robert Willmann As has been widely reported today, Asif William Rahman was arrested in Cambodia and charged with leaking the two documents that were published on the Internet which described preparations by the Israeli military before it would attack … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Affairs, government, Intelligence, Israel, Justice | Tagged , | 2 Comments

Dow surges by 1,300 points as Trump is reelected

Posted on November 6, 2024 by TTG

New York CNN — US stocks rose sharply Wednesday morning following a decisive and consequential victory for former President Donald Trump in Tuesday’s US presidential election. The Dow soared 1,309 points, or 3% in morning trading, reaching a new high. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Affairs, government, Politics, TTG | 70 Comments

The 2024 federal fiscal year ended. $35.46 trillion in debt. A $1.83 trillion deficit. $1.13 trillion in gross interest payments. The presidential candidates are silent.

Posted on November 4, 2024 by willmann

By Robert Willmann Like Mother Nature, mathematics is impartial. The financial or fiscal year of the U.S. government starts on 1 October and ends on 30 September of the following year, with its name being the year of the last … Continue reading →

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Newspapers say that NY City Mayor Eric Adams is charged in a sealed federal criminal indictment

Posted on September 25, 2024 by willmann

By Robert Willmann Activity before a federal grand jury is to be hush-hush, according to Rule 6 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure [1]— 6(e)(2)(B) Unless these rules provide otherwise, the following persons must not disclose a matter occurring … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Affairs, government, Justice, Media, Politics | Tagged , | 12 Comments

“Without immigrants, America’s job growth would have stalled”

Posted on September 24, 2024 by TTG

Beth Casella’s family has been making things out of metal in Dayton, Ohio, for more than half a century. FC Industries — the company started by her grandfather, Frank — has grown into an $85 million local manufacturing business, churning … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Affairs, government, Policy, Politics, The economy, TTG | 91 Comments