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The United States Chamber of Commerce is cheering the newly confirmed head of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Nigerian economist Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who has the backing of China. Okonjo-Iweala, who was opposed by the Trump administration for the top WTO spot, was supported by the Biden administration and received praise on Monday from China’s Commerce Ministry, which said they have “full confidence” in her appointment. Former U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer previously suggested that the Trump administration did not support Okonjo-Iweala because of her lack of experience with trade issues — the core function of the WTO.

The United States Chamber of Commerce’s chief political strategist has resigned from the business group after its endorsement of 23 House Democrats in swing districts across the country. Scott Reed, the Chamber’s longtime senior political strategist, has resigned, according to the New York Times‘ Maggie Haberman. “Scott Reed, who’s been the top political strategist at the US Chamber for years, tells me he has resigned, amid a perceived drift to the left at the Chamber on heels of nearly two dozen endorsements of House Dems,” Haberman posted online.

The DUmmies are once again proving how incredibly DUmb they are. Supposedly a web clown named anonymous released "secret" Chamber of Commerce files in a huge wikileaks type download consisting of thousands of documents. Of course, the DUmmies immediately suspected these documents were damning. WRONG! It turns out that the documents were not only innocuous but were already available to everybody on the Web. Don't believe me? Well, here is an update to the original POST about this document release in KOmmieLand:Anonymous posted this to their site anonnews.org On April 29th a person using the twitter account “@septscelles” released...

A White House effort to undermine conservative critics is generating a backlash on Capitol Hill — and not just from Republicans. “It’s a mistake,” said Rep. Jason Altmire, a moderate Democrat from western Pennsylvania. “I think it’s beneath the White House to get into a tit for tat with news organizations.” Altmire was talking about the Obama administration’s efforts to undercut Fox News. But he said his remarks applied just the same to White House efforts to marginalize the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a powerful business lobby targeted for its opposition to climate change legislation. “There’s no reason to gratuitously...

What LULAC won't do I was today (6/30/05) a visitor to the League of United Latin American Citizens National Convention in the State Convention Center/Peabody of Little Rock, Arkansas. My mom came from Nicaragua which gives me a permanent tan, so I was able to fit in. Among the many parties, job fairs, and speeches at the convention, there were also several Townhall discussions open to the public. One of these discussions was about the immigration policy of the United States, which I decided to drop in and see. The Moderator for the discussion was Angela Schnuerle, LLM(Legal advisor?) for...

Bushite betrayal of working America Posted: December 29, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 Creators Syndicate, Inc. On Christmas Eve, a story and column in the Washington Post caught the eye. For they tell much about the two Americas we are becoming under George Bush and a Democratic Party that has cut its roots to working America. The front-page story by Mike Allen describes a Bush initiative on "immigration reform." Seems that U.S. employers would post jobs and the wages that go with them on a Department of Labor website. If no Americans came forward to take the jobs, the...