Someone I met recently told me about his recent conversations with some senior McDonald’s Corporation officials who advised him that they intend to automate their over 14,000 US stores as rapidly as possible. Each store he was told typically has a crew of 13 to 15 employees now. When fully automated, each store will only need TWO. ...

The United States is facing one of the worst hurricane seasons it has had in decades. With the triple threat of hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and now Maria (with Jose on the way as well,) damage levels are already stacking into the billions. Even now, Puerto Rico’s power grid has been decimated, and thousands are in ...

This is a video of a press conference held during the Annual Legislative Conference of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. It would have seemed that the panel composed of three congresswomen and one non profit director was more than happy to serve the needs of foreigners who happen to be black over serving the needs of ...

  Last week I had the pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Marek Jan Chodakiewicz who is a professor of history and holds the Kosciuszko Chair of Polish Studies at the Institute of World Politics. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including Between Nazis and Soviets: Occupation Politics in Poland; Intermarium: The Land ...

Kevin Lynn Interviewed by Robert Stark of The Stark Truth

I had the distinct pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Ron Hira, associate professor of public policy at Howard University, author and expert on the H-1B visa program. His recent book, Outsourcing America, examines the economic and policy implications of the offshoring of high-skilled jobs. Dr. Hira has testified before Congress on offshoring and is ...

Ever since Donald Trump announced his presidential run in 2015, he has promised his supporters a “big, beautiful wall” stretching the border of the United States and Mexico, as a means to stop illegal immigrants from entering the country. He has recently called on the government to initially fund the wall, insisting that Mexico will ...

“President Donald Trump has decided to end the Obama-era program that grants work permits to undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country as children, according to two sources familiar with his thinking. Senior White House aides huddled Sunday afternoon to discuss the rollout of a decision likely to ignite a political firestorm — and fulfill ...

Over the weekend the employment numbers for August were released; 156,000 jobs added might be okay if we are grading on a curve, but we are not. Despite the hyperbole that accompanied the release, 156,000 jobs (a number that will no doubt be adjusted downward as were June and July) underscores that our economy is ...

It has become a more common sight every year. Husks of retail giants, the likes of Sears, Kmart, JC Penney, and Macy’s appear scattered across the landscape like Elephant Graveyards. Yet with every retail store shuttered, it seems that another comes to take its place. They do not reuse the skeleton of their fallen brethren, instead ...

On August 2nd, President Donald Trump unveiled a bold new immigration bill alongside Republican Senators Tom Cotton (Ark.) and David Perdue (Ga.) at the White House. The bill, known as the Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment Act or “RAISE,” proposes that the United States cut down on immigration by at least 50 percent by ...

Last week the Los Angeles Times covered a story on a neighborhood known as Boyle Heights in Los Angeles that is as alarming as it is ironic. The crux of the story entitled Vandal Targets Coffee Shop at Center of Anti-Gentrification Protests in Boyle Heights is an ongoing battle between a group of residents fighting ...

The city of Detroit, Michigan was once seen as a beacon of American industry for being the center of automotive production for the country. As our economy worsened, the “Motor City” felt the unfortunate effects of American outsourcing and downsizing. It has only recently begun showing the flicker of a recovery, as automotive companies like ...

This Monday we attended the “You’re Fired!” protest outside of the White House in Washington D.C. The action was organized by Sara Blackwell, President, Protect US Workers an organization dedicated to shedding light on the abuses of the H1-B Visa program. The protest included many voices from the tech industry that felt frustrated and silenced ...

An article was recently published in the Los Angeles Times titled “L.A. County Homelessness Soars.” According to the Times, the number of homeless persons surged from 34,000 in 2016 to nearly 58,000 today. We at IFSPP are disheartened by the plight of the homeless in Los Angeles, and strongly believe that something should be done ...

Last night I went to a showing of the documentary film, Pipeline Fighters and was impressed with Marino Colmano’s work. Although it primarily deals with fighting the construction of pipelines across a handful of Mid-Atlantic States, it is packed with valuable direct action tactics that could be of use to any concerned citizen and not ...

The IFSPP team spent some time in Dallas last week attending Earth Day Texas, a huge event that took place at the Fair Grounds. I wandered around with my camera and shot some video of folks that were displaying there. This video probably isn’t for the faint of heart, but hey, not taking care of ...

After years of reading the endless sob stories about immigrants in open border biased outlets like the Washington Post and other media that is biased in favor of open borders, I was heartened to finally read on the OP ED page of the April 16, 2017, Wall Street Journal, a post entitled “Opening Our Borders Would ...

Confusion reigns in DC starting at the top with the mayor as evidenced by the e-mail I just received from Her Honor, Muriel Bowser, dated March 23, 2017 (Vol.3, Issue 11) in which she sends several messages that when analyzed demonstrates a plethora of conflicting views which to me are both illegal and endanger citizen ...

Part of my daily routine includes reading a number of national publications in search of news items worthy of flagging for a comment or two.  But it gets harder to do each year as so many major media publications are constantly ignoring the big issues of our time, namely global warming and the burgeoning of ...

I don’t believe it is too big a stretch to say that news, leaks, tweets, and facebook posts on the topic of immigration are rushing at us faster than water through the Oroville Dam spillway. For someone, like myself who enjoys putting pen to ink on the topic, I have been stymied by the choices that jump ...

“. . . He got on in politics, not by knuckling to politicians, but by scorning and defying them, and when he found himself opposed in what he conceived to be sound and honest courses, not only by politicians but by sovereign people, he treated them to a massive dose of the same medicine.” H.L. Mencken ...

Can there be any doubt that the most surprising event of 2016 was the election of Donald J. Trump as President of the United States? Reactions have been breathtakingly diverse and troubling to more and more of us as Trump’s tweets get more omnipresent as he appears to loathe holding press conferences with any degree ...

I read with little to no amusement an article in Monday’s Los Angeles Times entitled, “L.A. Is The Bad Jobs Capital of The US.”   Wow! So knock me over with a feather! Truth be told, a blind man could have seen that one coming; Or, at least a blind man living in Los Angeles County. The ...

Several surveys of voters and likely voters conducted anywhere from a day to several months before last week’s election indicated that the economy was the number one issue occupying the minds of Americans. However, for the first time, in perhaps my lifetime, the topic of immigration weighed in as one of the top three issues ...

I watched into the wee hours of the morning, the most smashing upset in my 85 year lifetime, Donald J. Trump winning the Presidency!  For those of us who have been working for women’s reproductive rights for years, the threat of a Trump victory was frankly horrifying.  We can only pray that those rights in ...

At at a time when all we seem to be getting is news of how American skilled workers are being displaced by companies and organizations only too eager to replace them with low cost foreign guest workers, this is a story of workers fighting back and winning against these unscrupulous practices.  Last September University of ...

Prior to going out to that election night watch party, be sure to check out Leonardo DiCaprio’s documentary, “Before the Flood.” You have until midnight tonight to watch it for free on Youtube. Personally, after watching it, I decided to make DiCaprio my new hero. A mountain of movies, books, magazine articles, news stories and blogs ...

Twice a month I make it a point to go down to my local Barnes and Noble and peruse the magazine section. It’s a pricey habit but not one I am prepared to end soon as the trip always provides great fodder for future blogs. This month was no exception. Forbes put out a special edition ...

Last week while sitting in the back of a coffee shop, I overheard a young woman on her cel phone feverishly trying to explain to her new boss that she couldn’t make it in to work that morning. The reason was she had to appear before the magistrate as they were preparing to draw up ...