Ferris voters take back the city

As election results began to come in Saturday, an acquaintance was heard to say he had been praying for God to direct the hearts of voters to once and for all seat a righteous government for Ferris. God must have been listening.

An open letter to President Trump

I am an immigrant, a small business owner, a Millennial, a Christian, a Black woman, a mother. And I am a Trump supporter. I am thrilled that you are the Commander in Chief, and I appreciate the positive changes you have already made whether or not you get the credit or not.

How well Biden (or any Democrat) might do against Trump won’t be determined by polls

Pollsters love to do general election matchup polls early in the process to figure out which candidates would fare the best against a sitting incumbent president like Donald Trump. The idea is to give primary voters of one party or another an idea of which candidate is the most “electable.

Unemployment claims lowest since 1969

The U.S. Labor Department reports that for the third week in a row, unemployment claims have hit low levels not seen since September of 1969 and that the less volatile four-week moving average has reached lows last achieved in November of 1969.

Sri Lanka – We can’t rest

Eight hundred people were either killed or injured by a terrorist group two weekends ago in Sri Lanka. A holy weekend and place of worship became a grisly, heinous massive murder scene. What must America do in lieu of another massive world attack? We can’t stop. We can’t rest.

COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (May 2, 2019)

COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (April 25, 2019)

Informants leaking classified info are at great personal risk

When you get right down to it, the only reason the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) was ever adopted in 1978 in the first place was after disclosures by reporter Seymour Hersh in the New York Times on Dec. 22, 1974 of a highly classified domestic spying operation.

Jobs report signals steady economy in first quarter

Why was I eagerly anticipating at the Labor Department job report for March? Job reports are boring and they are usually more of a trailing indicator of the nation’s economic direction as the last thing that employers do is lay off employees when heading into tougher times.

Border Patrol says apprehensions in the Rio Grande Valley have already surpassed all of 2018

Less than seven months into the fiscal year, the number of undocumented immigrants who have been apprehended or turned themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley has already surpassed last year’s total, the agency said Monday.