Immigration

Although this blog itself is fake news, click the links for real news.

President John McCain signed an executive order regarding immigration today. Although the 2010 Arizona law S.B.1070 had been struck down in the Supreme Court, McCain ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to reach out to local law enforcement as allies. "The Supreme Court has ruled that immigration is the province of the federal government, but it did not say that we could not work hand in hand with local law enforcement to tighten our borders," President McCain said.

The war on ISIL continues to chug along. President McCain has yet to make any striking changes from Obama's strategy in the Middle East conflict, other than to increase the troop levels slightly. Iraqi and US forces are currently fighting to retake Mosul. Iran has been hit by strong sanctions from the international community, and President McCain has yet to send in ground troops.

In response to President McCain's initiative to respond to former Secretary Clinton's concerns about using two cell phones, the panel which was assigned to look into the problem made a recommendation: Build a secure cell phone operating system that people actually wanted to use. President McCain has reached out to the tech community to ask what is and is not possible, and has so far gotten warm responses from Apple, Google, Blackberry, and, surprisingly, Facebook. President McCain has asked that each company submit a product quickly which could meet the government's needs.

It may be worthwhile at this point to take a look at President McCain's growing cabinet, and at his yet to be approved Supreme Court nominee.

• Secretary of State Douglas Lute, former ambassador to NATO
• Secretary of the Treasury James Dimon, former CEO of JP Morgan Chase Bank, probably McCain's most controversial cabinet pick.
• Secretary of Defense Robert Schumaker, a retired US Navy Admiral
• Attourney General Herbert Slatery, former Attorney General of Tennessee, who publicly disavowed his former office's actions against trans* people
• Secretary of Energy Jinane Abounadi, a former MIT physicist
• Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Sandy Baruah, a business woman from Detroit who headed the Small Business Association under George W. Bush
• Justice Neil Gorsuch continues to await confirmation to the Supreme Court. Though he is eminently qualified for the job, Democrats in congress continue to threaten filibustering any nominee to the left of Merick Garland.

Starting to Pull Together

The events in this blog are almost all real, but the people involved have been moved around, and so has the media focus.

President John McCain sharply censured representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) this week for proposing a bill to eliminate the EPA. President McCain has proposed numerous changes to the EPA, including advising his Secretary of Energy, Jinane Abounadi, to eliminate or replace the four Power Marketing Administrations.

North Korea tested a ballistic missile this week, which landed 300 miles East, off the coast of Japan. Given China's veto power in the UN Security Council and general support for North Korea, President McCain has leaned heavily on his good relationship with China, and it appears that a UN resolution to do something about it is imminent. South Korea is expanding their anti-missile defense program, THAAD, in response to the test.

President McCain has ordered an intensification of combat in Syria to oust Syrian President Basshar al-Assad, as well as ISIL. Russian President Vladimir Putin, a supporter of Syrian President Assad, spoke out against the US aggression.

In the vice presidential mansion, Vice President Lindsay Graham has started taken on the responsibility of fixing the VA. The problems at the VA are legendary, from the long wait times to the corruption and lying. He is trying to create a better system for selecting leaders to the VA, and is expanding an existing voucher program to allow veterans to use public hospitals if the VA is not able to meet their needs in a timely manner.

President McCain presided over the first military casualty of his presidency last week, during a raid in Yemen. Though the raid succeeded in its mission to acquire intelligence on the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, a Navy Seal died in an hour-long firefight with Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, and a high-tech US aircraft had to be destroyed so that the rebels could not repair and reverse-engineer it. President McCain held a military funeral this week for "Ryan" Owens, the SEAL who died, and used the opportunity to remind Americans that this would not be the last American to die on his watch. The solemnity with which President McCain took his first presidential casualty was heartening.

On a lighter note, President McCain's mother celebrated her 105th birthday this week. Here is a picture of the small, low-key celebration. President McCain stepped away from the public for a few quiet hours with his mother and family.

An Iran Crisis

This blog is fiction

Sorry about posting so late, but I needed to scrap everything I had written and rewrite this blog after I found out about Iran's test of a ballistic missile. I knew, reading this, that this would be the top story for the next week, and boy was I right. President McCain has already imposed sanctions, and is gearing up for war.

Given that much of McCain's domestic policy is stalled, including his nomination of appellate court judge Gorsuch, his attempts to reform to the supreme court and the repeal of ObamaCare, McCain finally gets to fulfill a campaign promise from his 2008 campaign for the presidency to bomb Iran. In a week when little else has happened politically due to Washington gridlock, this is just the kick that the McCain administration needed.

In other news, President McCain called out our ally, Romania, for reducing penalties for corruption. President McCain spoke with president Turnbull of Australia, and discussed how to improve upon our already strong relationship and alliance. He is also in talks with Mexican president Pena Nieto to strengthen economic ties with Mexico.

On the Russia front, President McCain is currently negotiating with world leaders about Russia's annexation of Crimea, Ukraine, calling this a bad deal. He has already begun sending guns to our NATO ally Ukraine, and has ordered the joint chiefs to draw up plans to bring United States troops to bear in the region.

The commission on the security issue which former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton brought to the forefront has been delayed, saying that they will need at least another week to write up their conclusions.

One win this week for the White House, announced at the National Prayer Breakfast, President McCain signed an executive order making it easier for translators who helped the United States in Iraq and Afghanistan achieve refugee status. These brave men and women helped our troops, and served our country. Now they get to come live here. This is a win that a lot of American have been praying for.