There is a movement whereby students don't attend traditional schools and earn report cards. The alternative to traditional learning is called, "proficiency based grading." It disseminates authority for grades to a computer program rather than a teacher. It is a set of qualifying MODULES that a student needs to reach 70 percent proficiency to move to the next module.
Maine was gung-ho with this stuff until parents started raising a fuss about understanding what their children were learning and how they received grades. The company involved in the Maine experiment is "JumpRope" (click here). The coordinator for the program is unable to explain the program because he doesn't exactly understand it either.
Perhaps the Education Secretary should have a degree in education.
January 9, 2019
By Kelley Bouchard
South Portland — The city’s public schools (click here) will change parts of a controversial proficiency-based grading system that has drawn strong criticism from parents, students and teachers here and across Maine.
Superintendent Ken Kunin announced the pending changes last weekend in an email to the high school community that followed increasing complaints and emotional testimony at a recent school board meeting.
The district will drop a 1-4 grading system at South Portland High School that replaced a traditional A-F grading system four years ago. The current grading system was part of the district’s incomplete move toward issuing proficiency-based diplomas, a state mandate passed in 2012 that the Legislature dropped last year.
School staff members have been reviewing the 1-4 grading system for the past several months, prompted by concerns about its accuracy, fairness, unexplainable calculations, complex reporting requirements and lack of nuance in reflecting individual students’ abilities, especially college-bound seniors....
...On its website, JumpRope says Power Law grading “is based on research on cognitive development” and “more closely represents true student learning progress. However, it is more difficult for students to understand or teachers to predict because the formula is very complex.”...
...School board Chairman Dick Matthews said he can’t explain the grading system and he’s tired of trying.
“It’s just not working for us,” Matthews said. “I welcome the change.”...
...The district pays $26,000 a year for JumpRope’s “learning management system,” Kunin said. Whether it will continue to use JumpRope remains to be seen. The district will be seeking a grading system that works for teachers, students and parents, he said....
The way the US Department of Education explains "proficiency based learning" is that it personalizes education. Another name for this mess is "competency based learning" whereby each student moves at their own pace.
...By enabling students to master skills at their own pace, (click here) competency-based learning systems help to save both time and money. Depending on the strategy pursued, competency-based systems also create multiple pathways to graduation, make better use of technology, support new staffing patterns that utilize teacher skills and interests differently, take advantage of learning opportunities outside of school hours and walls, and help identify opportunities to target interventions to meet the specific learning needs of students. Each of these presents an opportunity to achieve greater efficiency and increase productivity....
...Big Picture Learning School – This model seeks to provide a personalized learning experience that challenges and supports students, engages families in the learning process, and encourages students to take ownership over their own education. Each student works with an academic advisor and their parents to develop an individual learning plan that addresses their needs, skills, and interests....
Wednesday, January 09, 2019
The government shutdown serves McConnell's purpose.
McConnell watched Republicans leave the party in 2018 and continue to leave the party and join the Democrats in countering Trump's erratic behavior with foreign leaders and in deregulating the federal government which oversees issues with clean air and water. Let's say, McConnell, is willing to admit he is happy with Kavanaugh and would like to repeat it. McConnell doesn't want to lose the US Senate in 2020. He knows in order to win back the Republicans he lost in 2018, he needs a different presidential candidate. How exactly does he go about doing that? If Trump is willing to self-destruct as he is doing now, McConnell has his answer.
January 8, 2019
By Perry Bacon, Jr.
...The most obvious path (click here) that could lead to a strong Trump challenger would be paved by some new development. For example, Trump could take a policy step that deeply offends a core part of the GOP base. If he picked a pro-abortion-rights nominee for the Supreme Court, for instance, he could alienate evangelical Christian conservatives, a huge bloc within the Republican Party and one that currently strongly supports Trump.
By Perry Bacon, Jr.
...The most obvious path (click here) that could lead to a strong Trump challenger would be paved by some new development. For example, Trump could take a policy step that deeply offends a core part of the GOP base. If he picked a pro-abortion-rights nominee for the Supreme Court, for instance, he could alienate evangelical Christian conservatives, a huge bloc within the Republican Party and one that currently strongly supports Trump.
I don’t expect Trump to do this — he has largely stuck to conservative orthodoxy in his first two years in office. I do not consider removing troops from Syria or even Afghanistan (as the president is considering doing) to be moves that would cause an impasse between the GOP base and Trump. There is little evidence that GOP voters (as opposed to congressional Republicans) are bothered by those moves.
But although he has largely embraced mainstream Republican policies, Trump remains unpredictable, and for that reason I think it is possible, if very unlikely, that Trump could end up taking a step that annoys rank-and-file GOP voters....
Airlines need to think about taking on the pay to TSA workers in order to continue to fly if this goes on much longer.
The airlines need to assess their ability to carry out the role of TSA to ensure their passengers' safety. Trump is obviously not interested in funding the government. I can't believe TSA isn't considered vital personnel.
Federal employees are soon to face their future and whether the stalemated Republicans will actually resolve this problem with Trump. If federal employees begin to leave their jobs, there won't be replacements without a paycheck attached to it.
The US House and US Senate need to go into reconciliation and then override the veto. There cannot be any more negotiations with the President, so the path forward has to be a resolution that includes a veto override.
January 9. 2019
...The some 51,000 TSA officers have been working (click here) without an idea of when their next paycheck would arrive since the shutdown began on Dec. 22.
Airport representatives and air traffic controllers are fretting about the prolonged closure.
"Federal staffing and other resource shortfalls brought on by this shutdown threaten existing and new air service to communities across the country, harming air travelers, businesses, and regional economies all over America," the Airport Council International trade group wrote in Jan. 8 letter to Trump, Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. "A true national crisis would develop if we cripple the U.S. aviation system in this manner."...
Federal employees are soon to face their future and whether the stalemated Republicans will actually resolve this problem with Trump. If federal employees begin to leave their jobs, there won't be replacements without a paycheck attached to it.
The US House and US Senate need to go into reconciliation and then override the veto. There cannot be any more negotiations with the President, so the path forward has to be a resolution that includes a veto override.
January 9. 2019
...The some 51,000 TSA officers have been working (click here) without an idea of when their next paycheck would arrive since the shutdown began on Dec. 22.
Airport representatives and air traffic controllers are fretting about the prolonged closure.
"Federal staffing and other resource shortfalls brought on by this shutdown threaten existing and new air service to communities across the country, harming air travelers, businesses, and regional economies all over America," the Airport Council International trade group wrote in Jan. 8 letter to Trump, Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. "A true national crisis would develop if we cripple the U.S. aviation system in this manner."...
"My way or the highway" is not a presidential temperment.
Trump has no temperament to be president. He is unable to meet with allies, seeks dictators to keep company with and now he is unable to stay in a room with the WINNING opposing party. He is not a person the American people can count on to carry out the business of the government. He is scaring people, but, not in the way he believes he is.
Something has to be done about him and it will take both the US House and US Senate to bring function back to the country. There really is no choice. He is not doing his job.
January 9, 2019
By Nicholas Fandos and Michael Tackett
Washington — President Trump (click here) slammed his hand on a table and stormed out of a White House meeting with congressional leaders on Wednesday after Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California said she would not fund a wall along the southern border, dramatically escalating the confrontation over the government shutdown.
Stunned Democrats emerged from the White House meeting declaring that Mr. Trump had thrown a “temper tantrum.” The president’s allies accused Democrats of refusing to negotiate. Then he tweeted that the meeting was “a total waste of time.”...
Something has to be done about him and it will take both the US House and US Senate to bring function back to the country. There really is no choice. He is not doing his job.
January 9, 2019
By Nicholas Fandos and Michael Tackett
Washington — President Trump (click here) slammed his hand on a table and stormed out of a White House meeting with congressional leaders on Wednesday after Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California said she would not fund a wall along the southern border, dramatically escalating the confrontation over the government shutdown.
Stunned Democrats emerged from the White House meeting declaring that Mr. Trump had thrown a “temper tantrum.” The president’s allies accused Democrats of refusing to negotiate. Then he tweeted that the meeting was “a total waste of time.”...
The Republicans moveD the goal posts again.
First, the GOP stated they would give Trump $5 billion, Trump demanded $5.6 and shut down the government. Now, the GOP wants $5.7 billion and add $100 million.
The GOP forgets how this became an election issue. It wasn't about migrants, it was to stomp environmentalists that opposed a wall due to the harm of the land and species. Every inch of border wall was viewed by zealots as a victory for capitalism.
The zealots. like Trump, enjoy the power affiliated with a sovereign border, the cheering to complete a wall never ended. Excuse me, but, preventing a drink of water for bison is not worth $5.7 billion.
George W. Bush started this mess and Texas is a chronic obstruction to finishing any border fence for the next two decades. The legal challenges in Texas, yes Texas, will continue for 15 to 20 years.
This wall or fence or whatever is nothing more than political football that is disabling a sector of our government and is proving to hobble THE USA'S FREE TRADE ECONOMY.
There is no crisis at the southern border with the exception of species seeking habitat. Humans coming to the USA for asylum are received by many religious charities to assist their survival; there is yet a non-profit stationed at the border to assist species to survive. Who would bother? There are gun-toting vigilantes out there.
The GOP forgets how this became an election issue. It wasn't about migrants, it was to stomp environmentalists that opposed a wall due to the harm of the land and species. Every inch of border wall was viewed by zealots as a victory for capitalism.
The zealots. like Trump, enjoy the power affiliated with a sovereign border, the cheering to complete a wall never ended. Excuse me, but, preventing a drink of water for bison is not worth $5.7 billion.
George W. Bush started this mess and Texas is a chronic obstruction to finishing any border fence for the next two decades. The legal challenges in Texas, yes Texas, will continue for 15 to 20 years.
This wall or fence or whatever is nothing more than political football that is disabling a sector of our government and is proving to hobble THE USA'S FREE TRADE ECONOMY.
There is no crisis at the southern border with the exception of species seeking habitat. Humans coming to the USA for asylum are received by many religious charities to assist their survival; there is yet a non-profit stationed at the border to assist species to survive. Who would bother? There are gun-toting vigilantes out there.
They come as a group and now they leave as a group.
Put more Border Patrols and Courts to work and the problem will fix itself. The issue with border crossers is about PROCESSING which begins with apprehension. The only way to apprehend the border crossers is to put more people on the USA southern border.
This issue with drugs, which Trump conflates with border crossers, is about corruption. Those are two different worlds.
April 18, 2014
June 3, 2018
This issue with drugs, which Trump conflates with border crossers, is about corruption. Those are two different worlds.
April 18, 2014
By Julian Robinson
Immigrants suspected of being in the country illegally (click here) sit in a group after US Border Patrol agents detained at least 80 people who had been living in a makeshift encampment in suburban McAllen, Texas. A patrol officer stands guard while those arrested are asked to sit on the ground
This is the moment a makeshift encampment, set up by immigrants desperate for a new life in the US, is dramatically raided by border police.
Sleeping on pieces of cardboard, more than 80 immigrants were hiding in camouflaged tents and huts in a suburban part of Texas near its border with Mexico.
Surviving on little food and water for at least a week, the men had found an undeveloped patch of scrub near an abandoned tennis club at McAllen.
But their bid to enter the country came to an end when Border Patrol officers swooped. A short time later, Border Patrol arrested 132 immigrants found in two buildings on a property in Alton, about eight miles west of McAllen.
Guides are believed to lead the immigrants across the Rio Grande in smaller groups and then mass them in so-called stash houses on the Texas side of the border until their transportation can be arranged for the next leg of their journey.
One of those arrested, Alfredo Espinoza Rivera, said he had left El Salvador about six weeks earlier, paying $7,000 to a smuggler. The 37-year-old said he was trying to reach his father, a U.S. citizen, in Los Angeles....
By Fernanado Ramirez
A recently leaked image (click here) shows dozens of immigrants in orange jumpsuits, their hands and feet shackled, undergoing a "mass trial" in Pecos, Texas, a small town roughly 70 miles southwest of Odessa.
Rapid fire trials like the one seen in the image are not an anomaly, but few Americans know what the controversial practice looks like since photographing federal court proceedings is forbidden....
Whatever happened to "Border Wizard?"
The Federal Highway (click here) Administration's Office of Freight Management and Operations, in cooperation with the Border Station Partnership Council (BSPC), has developed an analytical tool to assist in the coordination of improvements to border ports of entry. The Border Crossing Simulation Model (Border Wizard) is now in use. Border Wizard can simulate all federal inspection activities at any land border station to determine infrastructure, facility, and operational needs to ensure safe and secure operations. This article describes Border Wizard and its uses.
Back in 2001, that fateful year of LEGAL IMMIGRANTS that took flying lessons, the USA developed an analytical tool to determine how to best distribute border security assets. What does "Border Wizard" have to say about the southern border and it's function?
...In 2001, (click here) FHWA's Office of Freight Management and Operations, supported by Battelle and the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), undertook an on-site review of seven ports-of-entry that handle over 60 percent of U.S. truck trade among the three NAFTA nations. Linked with research now under way to simulate border-crossing activity using a model called "Border Wizard," these site reviews will enable FHWA to make informed recommendations about crossing improvements. The results also will help the agency to engage with other federal, state, and local jurisdictions in constructive dialogue about how, together, all can improve the performance, security, and mobility of commerce at these important international locations....
Just as a point of interest, the truck traffic coming north through the Ports of Entry has dropped significantly since 2017 because the number of trucks going south has dropped off significantly. There is no way for the products south of the USA border to come north if there aren't enough trucks going south to transport.
Who is bringing drug cratel members into the USA and are those trucks receiving programming by "Board Wizard" to allow easier passage of drug cartel members and products?
...Unfortunately, average travel time does not tell the whole story, as at several crossings, many trucks took significantly longer to transit the seven ports-of-entry. Hence, a 95th percentile time measurement also was calculated, providing information about the time that it took 95 percent of the surveyed trucks to travel the study distance. A comparison of average travel time with the 95th percentile time finds that a number of truck trips could in fact take far longer than the average. For example, while average travel time for all seven inbound crossings was 26.8 minutes, the 95th percentile time for these was over 70 minutes.
Not surprisingly, the number of inspection and processing booths open at each port-of-entry at any given time had a significant influence on the variability of travel time and delay. There was a definite relationship between the number of booths open, the travel demand, and the travel time through the crossing. Decisions on how many to open at any given time are apparently not made purely with mobility or crossing times in mind and are not always made by the transportation agencies.
Before September 11, 2001, U.S.-Canadian ports-of-entry generally processed inbound trucks with less delay, and with less variability, than did U.S.-Mexican ports-of-entry. Southern crossings generally handle more traffic, but with generally more variability across the day in the travel times required for crossing. (The exception to this pattern was the Blue Water Bridge port-of-entry at Port Huron, Michigan). As noted, concerns about drug traffic and illegal immigration apparently contribute to extended inspection times at the southern border. However, other influences on travel time and delay are less self- evident and may need further consideration. Procedures or policies that reduce time at the northern ports-of-entry might be exportable to the southern border....
Marijuana is more easily found crossing the USA southern border because it is shipped in large quantities, however, other drugs such as heroin are smuggled in with smaller qualities and are not necessarily found during inspections of trucks. Why hasn't the methodology changed to stop the heroine as well as marijuana?
Also, ending the shipments of marijuana into the USA is more important with the new development of legalized marijuana. Ulitmately, the cartels could impact the new burgeoning legalized businesses if illegal marijuana is within that market.
Back in 2001, that fateful year of LEGAL IMMIGRANTS that took flying lessons, the USA developed an analytical tool to determine how to best distribute border security assets. What does "Border Wizard" have to say about the southern border and it's function?
...In 2001, (click here) FHWA's Office of Freight Management and Operations, supported by Battelle and the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), undertook an on-site review of seven ports-of-entry that handle over 60 percent of U.S. truck trade among the three NAFTA nations. Linked with research now under way to simulate border-crossing activity using a model called "Border Wizard," these site reviews will enable FHWA to make informed recommendations about crossing improvements. The results also will help the agency to engage with other federal, state, and local jurisdictions in constructive dialogue about how, together, all can improve the performance, security, and mobility of commerce at these important international locations....
Just as a point of interest, the truck traffic coming north through the Ports of Entry has dropped significantly since 2017 because the number of trucks going south has dropped off significantly. There is no way for the products south of the USA border to come north if there aren't enough trucks going south to transport.
Who is bringing drug cratel members into the USA and are those trucks receiving programming by "Board Wizard" to allow easier passage of drug cartel members and products?
...Unfortunately, average travel time does not tell the whole story, as at several crossings, many trucks took significantly longer to transit the seven ports-of-entry. Hence, a 95th percentile time measurement also was calculated, providing information about the time that it took 95 percent of the surveyed trucks to travel the study distance. A comparison of average travel time with the 95th percentile time finds that a number of truck trips could in fact take far longer than the average. For example, while average travel time for all seven inbound crossings was 26.8 minutes, the 95th percentile time for these was over 70 minutes.
Not surprisingly, the number of inspection and processing booths open at each port-of-entry at any given time had a significant influence on the variability of travel time and delay. There was a definite relationship between the number of booths open, the travel demand, and the travel time through the crossing. Decisions on how many to open at any given time are apparently not made purely with mobility or crossing times in mind and are not always made by the transportation agencies.
Before September 11, 2001, U.S.-Canadian ports-of-entry generally processed inbound trucks with less delay, and with less variability, than did U.S.-Mexican ports-of-entry. Southern crossings generally handle more traffic, but with generally more variability across the day in the travel times required for crossing. (The exception to this pattern was the Blue Water Bridge port-of-entry at Port Huron, Michigan). As noted, concerns about drug traffic and illegal immigration apparently contribute to extended inspection times at the southern border. However, other influences on travel time and delay are less self- evident and may need further consideration. Procedures or policies that reduce time at the northern ports-of-entry might be exportable to the southern border....
Marijuana is more easily found crossing the USA southern border because it is shipped in large quantities, however, other drugs such as heroin are smuggled in with smaller qualities and are not necessarily found during inspections of trucks. Why hasn't the methodology changed to stop the heroine as well as marijuana?
Also, ending the shipments of marijuana into the USA is more important with the new development of legalized marijuana. Ulitmately, the cartels could impact the new burgeoning legalized businesses if illegal marijuana is within that market.
Trump is lying about the USA southern border.
January 8, 2019
Tucson — As President Donald Trump (click here) pushes Congress to set aside more money to build additional barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border, he frequently, and falsely, claims that his promised wall would help stem the flow of illegal narcotics into the country.
But data from his own administration repeatedly show that a rising number of smuggled drugs, especially more potent ones like heroin and cocaine, are increasingly seized at legal ports of entry, which are not impacted by a wall.
During a press conference Friday in the White House Rose Garden, Trump went so far as to claim that "drugs are pouring into this country," but that "they don’t go through the ports of entry."
"When they do, they sometimes get caught.”
Trump's comment conflicts with the numbers compiled by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the agency responsible for enforcing the nation's laws along the U.S.-Mexico border....
How is it that people without power or money are successfully detained to a judicial hearing while Sinaloa Cartel members are free to conduct business as usual in the USA?
This study is dated, but, IT PROVES that illegal border crossers do not get a free pass if they have a criminal history. Asylum seekers receive preferential treatment, but, those coming to the USA with criminal backgrounds are and have been detained.
The Border Patrol is doing it's job, what is the issue?
By Joe Hagan and Albert Palloni
...The most detailed recent study (click here) of criminal justice processing decisions involving immigrants was undertaken in El Paso and San Diego by Pennell et al. (1989). This study found in both cities that illegal aliens made up the largest proportion of immigrants prosecuted, and that these illegal aliens were much less likely than others to be released from jail prior to trial. For example, in El Paso only 14 percent of illegal immigrants compared with over 50 percent of all others were able to "bailout" prior to trial. This difference may be associated with the fact that the Immigration and Naturalization Service can place "holds" on illegal immigrants, that illegal aliens are financially less able to post bail, and that illegal immigrants are less likely to have the community ties that often are required for early release. When accused persons are unable to obtain release they may have greater difficulty generating resources to defend themselves in court, leaving them more vulnerable to conviction, and ultimately to imprisonment....
How is it that people without power or money are successfully detained to a judicial hearing while Sinaloa Cartel members are free to conduct business as usual in the USA?
This study is dated, but, IT PROVES that illegal border crossers do not get a free pass if they have a criminal history. Asylum seekers receive preferential treatment, but, those coming to the USA with criminal backgrounds are and have been detained.
The Border Patrol is doing it's job, what is the issue?
By Joe Hagan and Albert Palloni
...The most detailed recent study (click here) of criminal justice processing decisions involving immigrants was undertaken in El Paso and San Diego by Pennell et al. (1989). This study found in both cities that illegal aliens made up the largest proportion of immigrants prosecuted, and that these illegal aliens were much less likely than others to be released from jail prior to trial. For example, in El Paso only 14 percent of illegal immigrants compared with over 50 percent of all others were able to "bailout" prior to trial. This difference may be associated with the fact that the Immigration and Naturalization Service can place "holds" on illegal immigrants, that illegal aliens are financially less able to post bail, and that illegal immigrants are less likely to have the community ties that often are required for early release. When accused persons are unable to obtain release they may have greater difficulty generating resources to defend themselves in court, leaving them more vulnerable to conviction, and ultimately to imprisonment....
Trump's government shutdown over a stupid border wall is hurting the USA economy and not just government workers.
Craft Breweries have become an economic dynamo with it's popularity reflected under President Obama. It has gone from an obscure back street hangout to one of the country's most expansive economic boom.
The Craft Breweries of the USA now have farmers growing Hops as a crop; that was unheard of just a few years ago. To think this industry is starting to worry because the government is shut down over a stupid border wall is significant. Gee, do you think government workers actually perform important tasks to keep the economy moving?
If Donald Trump continues to abuse power and disaffect the USA he has to at least be censured to remove power from him that disrupts issues of economic viability.
January 9, 2019
By Joe Lawlor
Owners of craft breweries in Maine (click here) are worried that sales could go flat during the federal government shutdown because the agency that processes licenses and approves labels for out-of-state beer sales has been closed since the shutdown began 2½ weeks ago.
In York, an expansion of SoMe Brewing Co. – to add York Beach Beer Co. – has been halted because of the shutdown. New breweries and expansions need licensing approval by the federal Tax and Trade Bureau, which is closed, and SoMe’s expansion license was under consideration when the agency went on hiatus Dec. 22.
“We are losing a considerable amount of money,” said David Rowland, co-owner of SoMe Brewing. Rowland said he applied for the license shortly after Thanksgiving and expected to be open by now. Even when the government reopens, he has no idea how long it will take before his application is processed....
The Craft Breweries of the USA now have farmers growing Hops as a crop; that was unheard of just a few years ago. To think this industry is starting to worry because the government is shut down over a stupid border wall is significant. Gee, do you think government workers actually perform important tasks to keep the economy moving?
If Donald Trump continues to abuse power and disaffect the USA he has to at least be censured to remove power from him that disrupts issues of economic viability.
January 9, 2019
By Joe Lawlor
Owners of craft breweries in Maine (click here) are worried that sales could go flat during the federal government shutdown because the agency that processes licenses and approves labels for out-of-state beer sales has been closed since the shutdown began 2½ weeks ago.
In York, an expansion of SoMe Brewing Co. – to add York Beach Beer Co. – has been halted because of the shutdown. New breweries and expansions need licensing approval by the federal Tax and Trade Bureau, which is closed, and SoMe’s expansion license was under consideration when the agency went on hiatus Dec. 22.
“We are losing a considerable amount of money,” said David Rowland, co-owner of SoMe Brewing. Rowland said he applied for the license shortly after Thanksgiving and expected to be open by now. Even when the government reopens, he has no idea how long it will take before his application is processed....
Demonized!
The most trusted and trustworthy member of the Department of Justice has to put himself first at some point in his career.
Assistant Attorney General Rod Rosenstein should have been made Attorney General after Sessions resigned, but, Rosenstein is too dedicated to the truth and rule of law. Trump doesn't want an honest man in the AG spot, he wants a loyalist and someone Trump can control.
Assistant AG has to lose it's luster regardless of its prestige when it is obvious this is as far as he goes. There is nothing saying at some point in the future the American people will see him in the AG spot, but, I think Rosenstein has been insulted enough. And he is getting all the tough assignments. The closer to the truth any attorney gets to Trump and his family the more flack he or she will receive to inhibit a full and successful investigation.
Right now the USA has the most wanted crime boss on trial, namely El Chapo and his minions are still running around the country with impunity. The chronic turmoil under Trump of the Department of Justice can't even bring the Sinaloa Cartel under control. I can only imagine the frustration within the DOJ under this president and Rosenstein is the one taking all the political heat.
If Rod Rosenstein leaves, who will Trump have to kick around and demonize then? I can see his point. If Trump's favorite political target is no longer at the DOJ and he continues to demonize the department, sooner or later someone has to do something about Trump.
Rosenstein is a good man. He will be profoundly missed.
January 4, 2018
By Morgan Gstalter
A government watchdog (click here) group filed a complaint with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Friday, calling on the Justice Department to investigate White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump’s alleged conflicts of interest.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) argues that the president’s elder daughter has violated federal conflict-of-interest laws by participating in a tax program despite her husband’s financial ties....
Assistant Attorney General Rod Rosenstein should have been made Attorney General after Sessions resigned, but, Rosenstein is too dedicated to the truth and rule of law. Trump doesn't want an honest man in the AG spot, he wants a loyalist and someone Trump can control.
Assistant AG has to lose it's luster regardless of its prestige when it is obvious this is as far as he goes. There is nothing saying at some point in the future the American people will see him in the AG spot, but, I think Rosenstein has been insulted enough. And he is getting all the tough assignments. The closer to the truth any attorney gets to Trump and his family the more flack he or she will receive to inhibit a full and successful investigation.
Right now the USA has the most wanted crime boss on trial, namely El Chapo and his minions are still running around the country with impunity. The chronic turmoil under Trump of the Department of Justice can't even bring the Sinaloa Cartel under control. I can only imagine the frustration within the DOJ under this president and Rosenstein is the one taking all the political heat.
If Rod Rosenstein leaves, who will Trump have to kick around and demonize then? I can see his point. If Trump's favorite political target is no longer at the DOJ and he continues to demonize the department, sooner or later someone has to do something about Trump.
Rosenstein is a good man. He will be profoundly missed.
January 4, 2018By Morgan Gstalter
A government watchdog (click here) group filed a complaint with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Friday, calling on the Justice Department to investigate White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump’s alleged conflicts of interest.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) argues that the president’s elder daughter has violated federal conflict-of-interest laws by participating in a tax program despite her husband’s financial ties....
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