Trump interviews Rep. McCaul, who believes in a pathway to citizenship, for DHS

This looks more and more everyday like a marriage with conservatives which will remain unconsummated.

No pussy for you, Mr. Trump.

Story here.

Middle class revolution on hold, but CNBC commenter calls for military coup

Rick Newman says the middle class revolution is on hold here, but apparently spends less time reading the comments sections than he says:

"[A] populist threat to the plutocrats ... is years or even decades away. ... These days, all you have to do is read the blogs and follow the right Twitter ... accounts. If you do, you’ll encounter plenty of angst — but not much revolutionary zeal."

Oh really?

I've never seen anything on CNBC, of all places, like what I saw there this morning, here:

"There is only one entity that can stop the madness. ... There may be no option in the very near future but for the military to assume responsibility of running the country on behalf of the people and for the well being of the country. You must make it abundantly clear to the people (after you have commandered the MSM) that this is being done to preserve what was intended by the founding fathers - a free and just society that abides by the rule of law under all circumstances and does not change or abuse the law for convenience. For you military lawyers you would be wise to bone up on your Constitutional Law because if the Supremes do not play ball then they too must be unappointed. You are saying; 'but this would be treason'. Is it? When your Congress, President and Intelligence agencies arguably commit treason on a virtually continual basis who is exactly on the 'right' side. The time is quickly approaching where the glorification of Wall Street and the elitist classes that depend upon their treachery must end. How many more hard working Americans must have their potential prosperity irrepairably and irreversibly damaged by Wall Street's malfeasance before affirmative action is taken? Courage is one of the main tenets of the millitary ethos - prove it when the time comes."

Cutting Paychecks of 535 Members of Congress by 10% is Silly

Do the math:

$174,000 per year

10% of which = $17,400

x 535 members of Congress = less than $10 million.

That'll really hurt the plutocrats like John Kerry and Darrell Issa.

$10 million dollars goes into a $3.5 trillion budget 350,000 times for crying out loud. It's like taking a long piss in the Pacific ocean. NO ONE WILL NOTICE!

Get serious! Cut an entire Cabinet level department or two, starting with Education.

Story here.

Rule By The Rich: Do They Really Need Their Salaries of $3.83 Million?

2009's top congressional millionaires consist of ten senators and twelve representatives, in order from top to bottom as follows:

1. Sen. John Kerry, D-MA, $188.6 million

2. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-CA, $160.1 million

3. Rep. Jane Harman, D-CA, $152.3 million

4. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-WV, $83.7 million

5. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-TX, $73.8 million

6. Sen. Mark Warner, D-VA, $70.2 million

7. Rep. Jared Polis, D-CO, $56.5 million

8. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-FL, $53.5 million

9. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-NJ, $49.7 million

10. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-CA, $46.1 million

11. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-FL, $31.1 million

12. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, $21.7 million

13. Sen. Jim Risch, R-ID, $20.1 million

14. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-NJ, $19.9 million

15. Rep. Gary Miller, R-CA, $19.4 million

16. Sen. Bob Corker, R-TN, $18.3 million

17. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-MO, $15.7 million

18. Rep. Kenny Marchant, R-TX, $15.6 million

19. Rep. Nita Lowey, D-NY, $15 million

20. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-NY, $14.1 million

21. Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-ME, $12.6 million

22. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-TN, $12.1 million.

Altogether they represent wealth of $1.15 billion. Twelve are Democrats, seven of whom are in the top ten and six of whom are in the senate, worth $744.7 million. Ten are Republicans, worth $405.4 million,  three of whom are in the top ten and four of whom are in the senate.

TheHill.com has the complete story here and here, published annually.