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D.C. Veterans Affairs medical director fired after IG findings released
The D.C. VA medical director has been fired after an inspector-general report released Wednesday alleged facility employees were creating “unnecessary risk” for patients by not properly cleaning medical equipment.
Stars & Stripes has the story:
Quickly after the report came out, VA officials relieved the Washington hospital’s medical director and named an interim director, Charles Faselis.
VA Inspector General Michael Missal released the findings, though the investigation began only late last month and is ongoing – a move that is unusual for the office. It states that 18 of 25 sterile storage areas for medical supplies were dirty, ...
Top Republicans calling on DOJ to reopen investigation into former IRS executive Lois Lerner
Two Republican congressmen are demanding authorities at the Department of Justice reopen the investigation into former IRS executive Lois Lerner, who oversaw IRS employees during the height of the scandal surrounding agency targeting of Americans for their political beliefs.
The Washington Times has the details:
Ms. Lerner was cleared after an investigation by the Obama administration but Reps. Kevin Brady and Peter Roskam, respectively the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee and the panel’s tax policy subcommittee, say there are plenty of questions with how that probe was run, and said that a new look by the Trump administration’s ...
Call or Fax your elected officials
Today is Melt the Wires Wednesday, and we need to all make a few calls to our elected officials. You may also want to check out these fax services to fax your Senators and Representative; left wing activists are certainly making use of faxes and sending tens of thousands of them to Republican members of Congress.
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These left wing activists have been calling their elected officials since almost the day after the election, trying to stop President Trump’s agenda before he even got started. They’ve tried to derail all of President Trump’s cabinet nominees, hoping to make “the phones ring off the ...
Show up locally for Gorsuch!
Today is Take it to the Streets Thursday! This means that we need to be out and about in our communities, visible, and taking our message about Neil Gorsuch directly to our fellow citizens! Details for today’s action are below.
Do you remember when we began the fight against Obamacare? Remember the sign waving events that happened in all of our communities week after week? Remember the rallies? When I think about what “showing up” looks like, that’s what I see.
Make Calls for Gorsuch!
It’s Wednesday, and that means it is time for us melt the phone lines! Left wing activists have been calling their elected officials since almost the day after the election, trying to stop President Trump’s agenda before he even got started. They’ve tried to derail all of President Trump’s cabinet nominees1, hoping to make “the phones ring off the hook.” Now their attention has turned to Neil Gorsuch, President Trump’s pick for the Supreme Court.
Youth organization: So-called youth-misery index increased 36 percent under President Obama
Young America’s Foundation, a conservative nonprofit dedicated to educating young people about American civic engagement, says its Youth Misery Index – calculated using youth-unemployment, student-loan and national-debt-per-capita numbers – increased 36 percent during President Obama’s tenure.
Young America’s Foundation has the full report:
Young Americans, a generation that provided critical support to the President in 2008 and 2012, have slogged through the last eight years and will be chained to its impact on their futures for years to come.
The youth unemployment rate is almost 15 percent and the average student in the class of ...
California lawmakers pushing waiver application that would allow illegal immigrants to purchase Obamacare
State lawmakers in California are scrambling to get approval on a waiver that would permit illegal immigrants in California to purchase Obamacare health insurance.
The Washington Times has the story:
California first made its request, known as a “1332 waiver,” earlier this year. But the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services sent the application back as incomplete in mid-November.
[Democrat State Sen. Ricardo] Lara said they resubmitted their proposal last week and are hoping for a final expedited review before Mr. Trump, who has taken a harder stance on illegal immigrants, takes office.
Authored by Sen. Ron Wyden, Oregon Democrat, ...