Articles by Eleanor Stratton

The Australian Retirement Model Trump’s Considering: Mandatory Savings vs. American Choice

President Trump said Tuesday his administration is “looking very seriously” at adopting an Australian-style retirement system for America. “It’s a good plan. It’s worked out very well,” he told reporters at the White House. The Australian model – called “superannuation” –...

Can Donald Trump Undo Biden’s Autopen Measures?

Trump just announced that every document Biden signed with an autopen machine – pardons, executive orders, contracts, the whole stack – is “null, void, and of no further force or effect.” Not through a legal filing. Not through executive action. Through a Truth Social post that reads like a...

The Dual Citizenship Ban That Would Force Millions To Pick A Country

Senator Bernie Moreno wants every American with foreign citizenship to choose: Keep U.S. citizenship and renounce the other country, or keep the foreign citizenship and automatically lose American status. His “Exclusive Citizenship Act of 2025” gives dual citizens one year to decide. Those who...

Trump’s Lawyer-Turned-Prosecutor Just Lost In Court

A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Alina Habba – Trump’s former personal lawyer turned New Jersey U.S. Attorney – is unlawfully serving in that role. The unanimous decision from three judges said the administration’s appointment strategy would “effectively permit anyone to fill the...

Washington’s First Thanksgiving Wasn’t About Pilgrims

The pilgrims and Wampanoag shared a harvest meal in 1621. Nobody called it “Thanksgiving” for 220 years. The actual event was barely documented and quickly forgotten. The peace treaty they signed seven months earlier mattered far more historically – it lasted 50 years. America’s...

Ranked By Salary: The 10 Most Powerful Government Officials

The federal salary tables don’t usually make headlines, but they quietly reveal how the United States values its highest-level public servants. These numbers tell a story about power, responsibility, and how the government compensates the people who sit atop its three branches. From the...

The 5 Economic Differences Between Biden and Trump That Actually Changed Your Life

A family earning $75,000 could afford roughly the same lifestyle in 2020 as they could in 2017. That same family in 2025 needs about $91,000 to maintain what they had in 2021. The dollar amounts on their paychecks went up – but everything else went up faster. That gap explains American economic...

Ted Cruz Positions For 2028 Presidential Run By Attacking Tucker Carlson’s Foreign Policy Views

Senator Ted Cruz called Tucker Carlson “bat-crap crazy” and “a coward” in recent weeks. He accused him of antisemitism for platforming Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes. At the Republican Jewish Coalition in October, Cruz called Carlson “complicit in evil.” Carlson’s response to Axios...

The Constitutional Loophole That Paid Congress $20,000 While Air Traffic Controllers Missed Two Paychecks

Members of Congress earned approximately $20,000 each during the 43-day government shutdown. Their paychecks arrived on schedule every two weeks while air traffic controllers, TSA agents, and over a million federal workers went without pay. The Constitution guarantees it. Article I, Section 6:...

Trump Directs DOJ to Investigate Epstein’s Democratic Connections While Opposing Full File Release

President Trump announced Friday he’s ordering the Justice Department and FBI to investigate Jeffrey Epstein’s “involvement and relationship” with prominent Democrats, including former President Bill Clinton, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, and...

Trump’s Top Economic Advisor Says $2,000 Checks Are Possible

Kevin Hassett, director of Trump’s National Economic Council, told reporters Thursday there’s enough tariff revenue to cover the $2,000 checks the president proposed. “If you look at how much tariff revenue has been coming in, then there would actually be enough room to cover those checks and...

After 43 Days, Democrats Surrendered For A Promise Republicans Don’t Have To Keep

Republicans on the House floor erupted in cheers Wednesday night as the vote total crossed the threshold needed to pass. Democrats quietly exited the chamber. The final tally was 222-209. After 43 days – the longest government shutdown in American history – Congress sent a bill to President...

Late-Ballot Rule on the Brink: SCOTUS to Review Challenge on Counting Mail-in Ballots Received After Election Day

The Republican National Committee (RNC) has succeeded in getting the Supreme Court of the United States to review a major dispute over state laws that allow mail-in ballots to be counted if postmarked by Election Day but received days later . The case centers on whether such “grace period”...

Epstein’s Email Bombshell

Adelita Grijalva won her congressional election on September 23. House Speaker Mike Johnson finally swore her in Wednesday afternoon – 50 days after her election was certified. Not because of vote counting delays or certification problems. Because Johnson refused to administer the oath of office...

The 7 Constitutional Amendments That Almost Happened: What American’s Failed Changes Reveal About Power

The Equal Rights Amendment passed Congress in 1972 with overwhelming bipartisan support. It needed ratification from 38 states. Within five years, 35 states had ratified. Just three more states and women’s constitutional equality would have been guaranteed. Fifty-three years later, the ERA still...

Climate Lawyer Says the Quiet Part Out Loud: ‘It’s Really Just a Carbon Tax’

David Bookbinder used to be the lawyer representing Boulder, Colorado, in its climate lawsuit against ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy. He’s no longer actively involved in the case. Which apparently freed him up to say what the lawsuit is actually trying to accomplish. “Essentially, the tort...

How Trump’s $2000 Promise To American Taxpayers Works In Practice

President Trump announced on his social media platform that Americans can expect checks for $2,000, funded by “massive Tariff Income pouring into our Country from foreign countries.” The money would go to “low and middle income USA Citizens” – direct payments from trade policy revenue....

Supreme Court Blocks Order Requiring Full SNAP Funding During Government Shutdown

A federal judge gave the Trump administration 24 hours to send $4 billion to 42 million hungry Americans. The administration’s response wasn’t to comply – it was to race to the Supreme Court for permission to ignore him. By 9:30 PM Friday, the Supreme Court granted that permission. The...

Democrats Offer Compromise to End Shutdown. Republicans Call It ‘Political Terrorism.’

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer walked onto the floor Friday morning with what he called “a very simple compromise.” The government would reopen at current spending levels. Three bipartisan appropriations bills would pass. And expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies – the ones keeping...

Supreme Court Protects Gay Marriage

The Supreme Court issued one of its shortest decisions Monday morning. No explanation. No noted dissents. Just a single sentence declining to hear an appeal that asked them to overturn the constitutional right to same-sex marriage. Kim Davis – the Kentucky county clerk who went to jail in 2015...