Conservative Article Reference List

Below are links with summaries of primarily Conservative, Libertarian-leaning articles and/or blog posts that I have found to be enlightening with all that is happening in America and worldwide.

Scan the list and read what catches your eye; for some, just reading the headlines and summaries should provide enough insight into the article’s content.

(Some articles may appear to be outlandish, but are also believable so I leave it to readers to decide for themselves and many things we considered to be conspiracy theories in the past are now turning out to be true.)

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December 22, 2024

American Thinker: Trump and Musk Demolish the Obama Hallucinatory Permission Structure – The big story this week is how 𝕏 worked to dramatically change the American legislative process – The platform undeniably played a historic and significant role in defeating a bloated Continuing Resolution by utilizing the forum to make it possible for everyone to read what was in it before the vote was taken.

American Thinker: Deporting Millions of Criminal Aliens Won’t Be as Hard as the Left Suggests – The U.S. has lots of leverage for getting such tasks done. – Here are four Leftist myths I will debunk. – 1. Deporting Criminal Aliens with Existing Orders of Deportation Would Cost Way Too Much – 2. We don’t know who to deport – 3. We’ll Violate the Civil Rights Guaranteed Under the Constitution to Even Already-Deported Criminal Aliens 4. Countries Won’t Take Back Their Deported Citizens…

Breitbart: The Trump Transition Team Looks to Pull The U.S. out of W.H.O. ‘On Day One’ – The U.S. is the W.H.O.’s largest single donor, providing about 16 percent of its budget, which in 2024 stood at U.S.$6.83 billion. – It has previously been criticized by conservative voices for its extraordinary drain on U.S. taxpayer funds, while Trump has called it a slave to China’s global ambitions.

Breitbart: Donald Trump threatened to retake the Panama Canal if Panama continues to “rip off” the United States with “exorbitant” transit fees. – Trump, “The United States is the Number One user of the Canal, with over 70 percent of all transits heading to, or from, U.S. ports.”

New York Sun: The Obama Doctrine Is Dead, Amid Broader Transformation of the Middle East After October 7th – Israel’s response to the massacre shows that power and strength, rather than capitulation and mollification, work in the Middle East. – Hamas, perhaps the most immediate threat to both Jewish and Arab lives in the region, is largely eradicated. – Israel’s success against the latter helped send Bashar Assad, a real-world genocidal dictator, into Russian exile…

The Center Square: Prices rose over 20% under Joe Biden’s administration – While the rate of inflation has slowed, that doesn’t mean prices have decreased. – They continue rising, albeit slower than earlier in his term. – The price of groceries rose faster than overall inflation, increasing more than 22% since Biden took office.

Resist The Mainstream: Lara Trump, prominent Republican figure and daughter-in-law of former President Donald Trump, announced she would not pursue Marco Rubio‘s U.S. Senate seat following Rubio’s nomination for Secretary of State. – Her enthusiasm for public service remains evident, as she suggests she may be eyeing other political opportunities in the future.

December 21, 2024

Daily Wire: Iran Is Reportedly Hiring Children To Carry Out Terror Attacks Against Jews In Europe – Iran seeks to have proxies recruit and hire the children because they want a level of plausible deniability. – Nordic nations, in particular, were especially vulnerable because “they have traditionally been open societies with minimal policing and high trust.”…

Daily Wire: The U.S. military launched airstrikes against terrorist targets belonging to Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen. – The statement from U.S. Central Command comes after the Houthis have launched hundreds of attacks on merchant and naval vessels operating in and around the Red Sea for more than a year.

One America News: Biden Signs Stopgap Funding Bill Into Law – On Saturday, Biden signed a short version of the spending bill. – Earlier this week, the original short-term bill was released with 1,547 pages that include disaster aid and many policy provisions.

American Thinker: Joe Biden left families of the last Afghanistan casualties waiting on the tarmac for three hours while he napped – Biden’s reported nap took place during a “dignified transfer” ceremony when the president and First Lady Jill Biden were to welcome the caskets of the fallen soldiers at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.

Resist The Mainstream: Trump Transferred His Truth Social Holdings To A Trust Amid Ethical Scrutiny – Trump transferred almost $4 billion of his Truth Social parent company shares to his trust in a surprise move – A spokesperson for Trump stated that the former president has made efforts to step back from his extensive real estate interests while engaged in public service…

Resist The Mainstream: Ana Kasparian, co-host of the progressive online news show “The Young Turks,” has voiced her strong disapproval regarding the potential candidacy of Vice President Kamala Harris for the governorship of California. – She emphasized that California “cannot survive another incompetent Democrat” leading it, underscoring her belief that Harris’s candidacy would not be beneficial.

One America News: Trump Announces Chad Mizelle As Chief Of Staff At The DOJ – Mizelle is set to work alongside Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi. – Mizelle worked for the Gibson Dunn law firm before serving in several positions in the first Trump administration.

One America News: Trump Nominates Mark Burnett, Creator Of ‘The Apprentice,’ As Special Envoy To U.K. – “With a distinguished career in television production and business, Mark brings a unique blend of diplomatic acumen and international recognition to this important role.”

Updates For This Date Are Above This Note

American Thinker: Terror strikes a Christmas market in Germany, yet again – Up to 11 dead and 80 injured after the perpetrator from Saudi Arabia drove a car at high speed into a Christmas Market crowd. – This is another example of why those who do not protect their external borders will instead have to protect every folk festival, every party, every public building, every school and kindergarten… and sadly still lose in the end.

Hassan Sajwani: – It is insane to even process that Saudi Arabia previously requested multiple times to extradite the perpetrator of the car attack in Germany, and German authorities and Europe ignored them!

Breitbart: Ukraine brought the war into the heart of Russia Saturday morning with drone attacks that local authorities said damaged residential buildings in the city of Kazan in the Tatarstan region, over 600 miles from the front line. – Flights were halted at Kazan’s airport, and all mass gatherings were canceled on Saturday and Sunday. – Local authorities said there were no casualties.

Zero Hedge: Donald Trump is expected to continue sending military aid to Ukraine, despite mocking Zelensky for being the “greatest salesman on earth” while on the campaign trail. – He is reportedly trying to calm fears of an immediate US withdrawal of support, and this is connected to an expected Trump policy for NATO member states to increase defense spending to 5% of their GDP.

Washington Examiner: Congress passed a stopgap spending bill to extend government funding into early next year, sending the bill to President Joe Biden’s desk in time to avert a government shutdown late on Friday evening. – The Office of Management and Budget said normal government operations could continue after it became clear the Senate was about to vote the package through. – Less than an hour later, the Senate voted 85-11 to pass the package.

Daily Wire: The Biden-Harris administration on Friday officially withdrew a proposed Title IX rule that would have forced all publicly-funded schools to largely allow males to participate in female sports if the athletes “identify” as female. – The administration admitted that the decision to withdraw was because of public backlash and the numerous lawsuits that were sparked by the gender rule change.

Populist Times: Matt Gaetz Threatens to Rejoin Congress, Publish Taxpayer-Funded Sexual Harassment Settlements, then Resign Again. – Gaetz explained that his previous resignation only affected his election to the 118th Congress. This allows him to join the 119th Congress, get sworn in, participate in selecting the Speaker, and expose the taxpayer-funded #MeToo settlements…

Breitbart: Joe Biden is reportedly considering commuting the sentences of “most if not all” of the 40 men who are currently on the Federal Death Row List. – Charleston church mass shooter Dylan Roof and Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are both on the Federal list…

American Thinker: The Democrat’s Trump vs. Musk Feud Strategy – These swamp dwellers are desperate and in a quandary as to how they can derail this Trump train. – The D.C. swamp could render DOGE irrelevant by preemptively mending its ways, but it won’t because its existence is based on corruption as well as government excesses, and they know they cannot misuse agencies to target Trump this time around.

Townhall: 60 Minutes’ Leslie Stahl, Who Told Trump Hunter’s Laptop Can’t Be Verified, Is Now Afraid Her Industry Might Be Dead – The fact that the legacy media is getting owned by Trump will remain a constant, and that is why it is on life support. – Let’s do our best to pull the plug on it in the next four years.

American Thinker: The Growing Oregon Secession Movement – When 80% of your counties want to secede, it is only a question of time before they secede. – The Greater Idaho movement has risen out of the frustration and proven belief that Eastern Oregon has no representation in the State Capitol in Salem. – Each time the state of Oregon proves that rural residents do not have a voice, the secession monster gets fed more and grows larger and louder…

Powerline: The Week in Pictures: Droning On and On – The drone swarm has only intensified over the last week. – And that’s just in New Jersey. On Capitol Hill, the spending drones have suddenly hit some electronic interference in the form of Elon Musk

December 20, 2024

Daily Signal: The House Passes Spending Bill Without Debt Limit Raise – The continuing resolution was passed under suspension of the rules, which requires a two-thirds majority of the lower chamber. – With the Senate’s approval and President Joe Biden’s signature, the government shutdown scheduled to kick in at Friday’s end will be averted.

Slay News: House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul Says The Mysterious Drones Were Sent by China to Spy on Americans – “I was with the NASA administrator, Bill Nelson, who said that the drones had been reported over military sites, military bases. – “I would not think those are friendly,” McCaul said. “I would think those are adversarial.”

Slay News: Donald Trump has filed an amicus brief to “immediately” stop the lame-duck Biden administration’s sale of border wall materials, asserting the action is “possibly criminal.” – He submitted the filing late Thursday in support of a legal effort by Texas and Missouri. – The outgoing Biden administration is rushing to sell off the materials before Trump takes off January 20th.

Resist The Mainstream: Elon Musk Accuses Democrats of ‘Lying’ Over Claims He and Republicans Cut Funding for Pediatric Cancer Research – It turns out the cancer research funding in question was tied to a stand-alone bill that passed in the Republican-controlled House but got held up in the Democrat-controlled Senate.

Hot Air: The Media Admits Trump Is Current President – Ask a Republican, a Democrat, or any media maven, and they all agree that Joe Biden is politically irrelevant. – We have already seen that world leaders are treating Trump as the president, but you would expect the current President to be doing something to assure the world that he is still in charge…

Front Page: Biden Freed Men Who Scammed $5 Billion With Over 1 Million Victims – Some people lost their life savings while others lost their dreams in a $900 million fraud that was described as one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history and left behind 1 million victims. – Zeek CEO Paul Burks, who made millions from the scheme, was convicted of wire and mail fraud and sentenced to 14 years in prison in the first year of the Trump administration…

Slay News: Speculation Erupts as Both Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Abruptly Cancel Their Plans and Rush Back To The White House – Given the lack of reasons given and the late hour for their moves, speculation and hearsay are running rampant across social media. – One common, albeit currently unsubstantiated, thread is that this is a prelude to an invocation of the 25th Amendment, the doctrine for presidential succession…

Western Journal: Johnson’s 2nd Funding Bill Bites Dust, So Americans May Still Get Gov’t Shutdown for Christmas – The bill was defeated 174-235. – Essentially, all House Democrats opposed the plan; 38 Republicans sided with them. – Elon Musk, “A super fair & simple bill was put to a vote, and only 2 Democrats in Congress were in favor. Therefore, responsibility for the shutdown rests squarely on the shoulders of @RepJeffries.”

Breitbart: A Russian ballistic missile attack on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, early Friday killed at least one person and injured nine others, officials said. – Moscow claimed it was in response to a Ukrainian strike on Russian soil using American-made weapons.

Geller Report: An Islamic Terror Attempt Foiled – FBI Arrested A Muslim Terrorist in A Mass Casualty Attack Against Israeli Consulate in New York. – Abdullah Ezzeldin Taha Mohamed Hassan is an Egyptian national living in Falls Church, Virginia, who instructed an FBI informant to carry out the attack, according to a criminal complaint filed on Monday. – Hassan ran several social media accounts that supported ISIS, al-Qaeda, and Hamas and advocated violence against Jews…

American Conservative: Biden administration Pentagon spokesman Major General Patrick Ryder told reporters on Thursday that there are approximately 2,000 U.S. soldiers in Syria. – This is more than double the number deployed there than had earlier been announced.

The Federalist: Court Records Blow Holes In The New York Times’s Latest Anti-Hegseth Smear – Court records and documents obtained by The Federalist show there’s far more to the story than the Times lets on. – The hit piece targeted Hegseth’s security guard, John Jacob Hasenbein, a former Army Special Forces master sergeant. – Hasenbein retired from active duty and was honorably discharged in October 2021, according to his DD214 and other documents obtained by The Federalist…

American Thinker: Is Barack Obama Guilty of Mass Murder and Treason? – As Obama slowly fades from the landscape, let’s consider how he has helped to destroy Western civilization, especially the United States of America. – He did this via his fealty to Iran, which allowed unchecked, deadly drug trafficking into America while giving Iran the time, space, and funds to develop its nuclear weapons…

American Greatness: Trump Wins And the Censorship Begins – The legacy media has lost all ability to influence the public. – With Trump’s win, a concerted effort to censor alternative media and citizen journalists will most certainly intensify. – Traditional Broadcasting was replaced with “wish casting.” – The alphabet news outlets provided Kamala Harris with “78% positive coverage while pummeling Donald Trump with 85% negative coverage.”…

Breitbart: On Friday, the Biden Administration announced federal student loans for another 55,000 workers will be canceled through an existing program known as Public Service Loan Forgiveness. – Biden’s departing administration is nothing if not busy as desks are cleaned out and preparations for final departure made.

Zero Hedge: The US Companies That Receive The Most Government Subsidies – Visual Capitalist’s graphic shows Boeing leading the pack with $15.5 Billion, followed by Intel, Ford, GM, Micron, Amazon, Alcoa…

December 19, 2024

Slay News: Vladimir Putin has stated that he’s “ready” to enter into “negotiations” with President Donald Trump regarding a ceasefire and possible end of Russia’s war with Ukraine. – Putin revealed his desire for a “conversation” with Trump on Thursday during his lengthy annual year-end press conference.

Fox News: A revised Trump-backed spending bill went down in flames as a shutdown looms – The deadline to avert a partial government shutdown is the end of the day Friday. – Like the initial bill, the new iteration extended the government funding deadline through March 14 while also suspending the debt limit for two years until January 2027, still keeping it in Trump’s term but delaying that fight until after the 2026 Congressional midterm elections.

Western Journal: The Seven Most Idiotic Things RINOs Hid in the Original Continuing Resolution – #1. The CR included a hefty pay raise for members of Congress – #2. It expanded federal healthcare benefits – #3. It called for opening a new NFL stadium in Washington, D.C. – #4. It renewed the “Anti-Conservative” Global Engagement Center established during the final year of President Barack Obama’s administration, a “key node of the censorship industrial complex.”…

Breitbart Business Digest: Shutting Down the Government Costs the Economy Almost Nothing – A Shutdown Until the Next Congress Would Be Short and Costless – The effects on the economy would be so slight as to not matter. – A political cynic might even take note of the fact that the economic drag would occur almost exclusively during the lame-duck period of Joe Biden’s presidency…

Western Journal: The Cover-Up of Biden’s Mental Decline Is Worse Than Previously Thought – The cover-up began at the beginning of the 2020 presidential campaign and continues today. – Early on, Joe Biden seldom met with lawmakers and cabinet members and was kept safely insulated behind a “wall” of senior White House advisers who often acted as his surrogates. – This system was in place during the most consequential events of the past four years…

American Spectator: The Brilliance of Trump’s New Campaign To Sue Fake News – Trump’s legal action against the media is not about revenge, payback, or getting even, but rather to get justice. – The only way a public figure can win a defamation suit is by proving that the defamer (1) absolutely knew or absolutely should have known the report was a lie or (2) it was published with reckless disregard for the truth. – In America, no person in our time has been lied about and defamed more than Donald Trump…

Epoch Times: Florida Officials Say The Federal Government Has ‘Stonewalled’ Their Investigation Into Would-Be Trump Assassin Wesley Routh – Prosecutors discovered a Routh note that was left with an acquaintance admitting he wanted to assassinate Trump because he wanted to withdraw the US from the Iran nuclear deal that was signed by the Obama administration. – ‘We fully expect that the federal roadblocks will be removed once Trump takes office,’ Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said.

Washington Free Beacon: Lawyers Say Fani Willis’s Case Against Trump Is Toast After The Appeals Court Ruling That Removed Her From The Case – The court disqualified Willis and the rest of the district attorney’s office, citing the “significant appearance of impropriety” because of the Democrat’s romantic relationship with a special prosecutor on the case – Other prosecutors unlikely to relitigate case that Trump’s attorney says ‘should have never been brought.’

Epoch Times: The FAA Has Issued A Temporary Flight Ban on Drones In Multiple Regions Across New Jersey – The ban was made amid heightened concerns over drones seen flying across the state in recent weeks. – The ban will end on Jan. 17, 2025. – “No unmanned aircraft system operations are authorized in selected areas except as described.

James O’Keefe: Biden’s Under Secretary for Policy Confesses Trump’s Win Is “Traumatic” and a “Crushing Blow” to the Biden Administration and Reveals Biden’s Mental Decline ‘Accelerated 12 to 24 Months’ into His Presidency – Under Secretary Robert Silvers admitted there were times where “he’s in there, and it’s just a blank.” – “Biden just can’t get the words out.”

Resist The Mainstream: The White House deliberately concealed Joe Biden’s cognitive decline throughout his entire presidency. – The administration took extensive steps to manage the president’s health concerns, from hiring a vocal coach to downplaying his cognitive struggles. – There was an ongoing effort to hide Biden’s decline, which included appointing other officials to handle tasks typically overseen by the president, canceling meetings on his “bad days,” and even avoiding calls with other political leaders.

Slay News: An Expert Warns of A Supposed‘ Disease X Bioweapons’ Threat to Disrupt The Transfer of Power to Trump – Dr. Martin argues that H5N1, also known as “Bird Flu,” will be the “phony viral model” used as a catalyst to launch a new round of mRNA vaccines. – Martin was responding to recent comments by Big Pharma vaccine scientist Dr. Peter Hotez, who made the suspiciously specific prediction earlier this month, gloating that multiple deadly virus outbreaks will “come crashing down on the Trump administration” as soon as he’s sworn back into office.

American Thinker: Biden Wanted to Save Assad – Biden hired the same Obama team, essentially representing “Obama’s third term.” – They included Robert Malley as the “Iran Envoy” (since removed for ‘mishandling classified documents’), Jake Sullivan, Obama’s National Security Advisor, Anthony Blinken, now Secretary of State, and Pentagon spokesman John Kirby. – All of which are solid Iran-firsters…

American Thinker: Joe Biden’s Immoral Reasons for Fixating on Ukraine – Beyond the obvious political issues, don’t dismiss personal intentions. – Where is the money going? – Why have no legitimate efforts for peace been put forward from our side? – Why is there no formal or effective Congressional oversight? – I make a philosophical hypothesis here: that Joe Biden did and does our War in Ukraine, all of it because he reasons an imperative to act: to protect himself.

American Thinker: Proof that the Biden DOJ is not only corrupt but is pure evil – Americans have learned from the horrific Biden administration that certain institutions operate as any mafia or crime family organization does. – Biden’s DOJ is still arresting and charging people who were in D.C. on January 6, 2021. – They are charged by far-left prosecutors, tried before far-left judges and D.C. juries convict them almost without deliberation…

The Federalist: The Crumbled Omnibus Carcass Is A Mess Of Speaker Johnson’s Own Making – The scam 1,500-page stopgap measure included a pay hike for Congress and a provision allowing members to opt out of Obamacare. – The massive house-of-cards measure Johnson countenanced collapsed Wednesday amid scathing criticism from conservatives and an incoming president who urged Republicans to get “SMART and Tough” with Democrats.

Washington Examiner – Three candidates who could replace Mike Johnson as the speaker hit another roadblock with failed Continuing Resolution – The three candidates who have been floated as possible replacements in order of likelihood include House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, Representative Byron Donalds, and Jim Jordon…

The Daily Fetched: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says Donald Trump is “serious about draining the swamp,” adding that Republicans should not be afraid of a Government shutdown. – “The next election is two years away. – We had two shutdowns in 1995 and became the first reelected House GOP majority since 1928.”

The Federalist: The Inspector General Report Reveals The FBI Could Still Be Spying On Congress And Leaking To Help Democrats – The IG report provides yet another disturbing example of an FBI and DOJ that have abused their powers in chilling ways. – One need not think hard about how a corrupt national security apparatus could use the predicate of an illegal leak to spy on political foes.

Washington Examiner: The Georgia Court of Appeals decided Thursday to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the election interference case she brought last year against President-elect Donald Trump. – The state appellate court ruled in an order that a lower court had “erred by failing to disqualify DA Willis” after Trump and several co-defendants uncovered a previously undisclosed relationship Willis had with special prosecutor Nathan Wade.

Townhall: Trump Eviscerates Fani Willis After News She’s Been Kicked Off His Case – Trump slammed the entire case, saying it should be dismissed. – He lashed out at Willis for engaging in “corrupt” behavior and demanded an apology for himself and others who have been caught up in the proceedings.

American Thinker: Eight Injustices To Be Redressed against Donald Trump – The nefarious forces behind Jack Smith saw to it that the grossly politicized District Court for the District of Columbia should serve as the base of operations for their leftist commando raid on the rule of law. – It is abundantly clear that Jack Smith’s outrageous lawfare cases against Trump will not be ignored by the incoming Trump administration. – There needs to be serious DOJ scrutiny of Smith’s actions.

Washington Free Beacon: Two weeks after President-elect Donald Trump’s November election victory, the Biden-Harris State Department issued an internal diplomatic cable that touted sweeping diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives across the agency, including dedicated “reflection rooms” and “all-gender restrooms” at American embassies abroad.

Victor Davis Hanson: Dronomania – Drone swarms over American cities spark frustration as a distrustful public suspects the Biden administration knows more than it admits. – In its characteristic stonewalling, the Biden administration has only fueled speculations and occasional conspiracy theories. – Anytime there is a scandal or embarrassment on Team Biden’s watch, it wheels out megaphones that ignore inquiries…

The Daily Fetched: Trudeau Submits to Trump And Offers $1.3 Billion in Border Security After Tariff Threats – The new border plan includes Detecting and disrupting the fentanyl trade, New tools for law enforcement, Enhancing operational coordination, Increased information sharing, and Minimizing unnecessary border volumes.

Zero Hedge: Stephanopoulos Was Repeatedly Told Not To Say ‘Rape’ In The Trump Interview That Cost Disney $16 Million – This new perspective about Stephanopoulos’ apparent brazen violation of the sound advice given to him by his producer would have severely undercut Disney’s ability to defeat Trump’s defamation claim had they not settled.

Zero Hedge: All-time worst presidential loser Kamala Harris is set to make $20 million from a book deal and may sign an exclusive contract with Netflix. – The Daily Mail notes that the source told them, “Virtually the moment Kamala lost to Trump, the offers began pouring in from the publishing world for her to do the definitive book on the interactions between Joe and Kamala during the administration.

Center For Immigration Studies: Two New Reports Show A Huge Pool of Untapped Labor in The U.S. – The primary report documents a six-decade-long increase in the number and share of working-age U.S.-born men who are not in the labor force, neither working nor looking for work. – Those who are not in the labor force are not counted as unemployed if they have not looked for work in the prior four weeks. – Relying on immigrant workers has allowed us to ignore this decades-long decline…

Tablet Magazine: Barack Obama’s Omnipotent Thought Machine and How It Was Destroyed – Barack Obama’s Iran Deal seemed to actively undermine the core assumptions of U.S. security architecture in the Middle East, whose goals were to ensure the steady flow of Middle Eastern oil to global markets while keeping U.S. troops out of the region – After some thought, I began to see Obama’s plans for the Middle East not simply as a geopolitical maneuver, but as a device to remake the Democrat Party...

December 18, 2024

The Daily Signal: Musk Mobilizes the Masses – Elon posted a photo of the 1,500-page spending bill in Congress with this question: “Ever seen a bigger piece of pork?” – Scores of Musk posts and reposts quickly followed, sending members of Congress scrambling. – Then Donald Trump declared his opposition, and within hours, House Speaker Mike Johnson pulled the bill.

Western Journal: January 6th Bombshell, Trump Didn’t Merely Offer Military to Protect Capitol, He Outright Ordered It, But His Order Was Disobeyed – Trump’s acting defense secretary at the time, Christopher Miller, defied Trump’s specific orders. – This finding paints a scathing picture of Nancy Pelosi’s “select” committee and former Representative Liz Cheney’s role in the kangaroo “select” committee hearings…

Western Journal: Trump Sends A Strong Warning ‘To All Senate Republicans’ Regarding Biden’s Nominations – Don’t play nice with Biden’s last-minute lame-duck administration nominations at the end of Congress. – “I won the biggest mandate in 129 years. I will make my appointments of Very Qualified People in January when I am sworn in.” – The Democrats are trying to blunt Trump’s agenda before he takes office.

One America News: Trump Warns Cheney of Dire Consequences Amid Witness Tampering Allegations in January 6th Probe – Trump, “Liz Cheney could be in a lot of trouble based on the evidence obtained by the subcommittee, which states that ‘numerous federal laws were likely broken by Liz Cheney, and these violations should be investigated by the FBI.”

Western Journal: The Drones Are In the UK Too – On Tuesday, the U.K.’s Daily Mail reported that last month, high-speed drones began buzzing around a U.S. airbase in eastern England, reportedly the site of a nuclear arsenal and that federal officials, including the FBI, have known about the broader drone threat to U.S. military installations for more than a year.

American Thinker: During his tenure in the House of Representatives, Matt Gaetz was a firebrand in the name of conservative politics. – What he forgot is that there is no one more vindictive than a politician who is blocked from getting what he or she wants. – That may explain why the House Ethics Committee has decided to go ahead and release its report on Gaetz. – Gaetz claims he was denied due process, and if so, this is an utterly sleazy, dishonorable, and vindictive act.

American Spectator: Time to End Bullet Train Boondoggle – Senator Ted Cruz and Representative Sam Graves sent a letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg noting, “Voters were promised” the “project would cost the state $33 billion and be completed by 2020” but the state “has not completed a single segment of the system, the total estimated cost has ballooned to $128 billion and counting, and there is no expected completion date.”…

Epoch Times: Federal Reserve Cuts Interest Rates by a Quarter-Point And Signals Fewer Cuts For Next Year – Policymakers expect two half-point rate cuts in 2025, signaling a more conservative approach to loosening monetary policy. – They also forecast another 50 basis points worth of rate cuts in 2026.

Epoch Times: The Senate Passed The $895 Billion Defense Authorization Bill – It now moves the bill to President Joe Biden’s desk for his signature – While lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have signaled support for increased troop pay and benefits, other provisions in the bill have divided lawmakers over culture-war battle lines, as the latest version did away with several of the culture-war riders the Republican-led House included in an earlier draft of the bill…

Daily Wire: Rafael Grossi, Head Of the International Atomic Energy Agency, “Iran Is At ‘Practically The Same Level As Nuclear-Armed States’ – “Iran now has enough fissile material to make more than a dozen nuclear weapons.” – “Iran has enough highly enriched uranium alone to build four nuclear bombs, making it the only nonnuclear-weapon country to be producing 60% near-weapons-grade fissile material…

Zero Hedge: Finland, One of NATO’s two newest members, is urging caution as some European leaders are considering a negotiated end to the Ukraine war, which would involve sending Western peacekeeping forces. – Finland’s President Alexander Stubb issued a warning Tuesday before a defense cooperation summit in Tallinn, saying, “We should not get ahead of ourselves” on the issue of a future peacekeeping mission. – The incoming Trump administration is reportedly keen on the idea.

The Federalist: Mike Johnson’s Latest Spending Scheme Proves He’s Democrats’ Useful Idiot – The gargantuan bill contains numerous unnecessary provisions. – Among the most alarming is a one-year extension of the State Department’s Global Engagement Center that “funded the development of censorship tools” that work to silence (primarily conservative) speech online and “used ‘government employees to act as sales reps pitching censorship products to Big Tech…

Tucker Carlson Interview With Tom Homan, Trump’s New Border Czar – Which government has killed more Americans, Iran or Mexico? – Other Topics Include His Detailed Plan to Fix the Border – How to End the Cartel Drug Empire – Biden Auctioning Off the Border Wall – The Corruption of Alejandro Mayorkas – The Drone Sightings – The Number Of Deportations Coming…

Gateway Pundit: ‘The View’ Co-Host Alyssa Farah Griffin Coached A Federal Witness – Farah was the go-between for Liz Cheney and Hutchinson – Loudermilk’s report pertains to the conduct of Liz Cheney. – The Oversight Committee report alleges that Cheney personally coached the committee’s so-called “star witness,” Cassidy Hutchinson, to alter her testimony—without Hutchinson’s attorney present. – Now we know why the sham committee deleted their communications from the public.

Issues & Insights: Biden’s Legacy As Worst President In History Is Now Sealed – Since the election, he first pardoned Hunter for all known and unknown crimes, then commuted 1,500 sentences and pardoned 39 others, some of which even raised hackles among the mainstream media. – He is auctioning off unused pieces of Trump’s border wall, which will cost taxpayers twice, and now the administration is on a spending spree before Trump takes over…

New York Sun: Congresswoman Victoria Spartz says she will no longer caucus with her party or sit on committees because congressional leadership is not serious about governing, and she wants to focus on writing legislation to implement President Trump’s DOGE agenda. – Just don’t waste my time,” she says of her decision, calling Congress and the committee system, “Just drama. Circus. It’s about presentation and Money.”

Front Page: The Biden Administration Rushes Out A Rule Making It Easier for Foreign Workers to Take American Jobs – The new final H-1B rule streamlines the approvals process along with other changes. – It ‘streamlines’ the pipeline to turn foreign students into H-1B workers and will make it difficult for the new Trump administration to block approval of H-1B renewals…

Zero Hedge: Trump Formally Wins Electoral College Vote – Trump officially secured 312 electoral votes, while Harris won 226. – Presidential electors across the country convened at their respective state capitols to cast their electoral ballots and formalize Trump’s victory. – Electoral votes for the election were allocated to states based on the 2020 Census, with each state’s electoral votes equivalent to their number of House representatives and two senators representing their states.

Zero Hedge: America was reminded once again Tuesday that the country dodged a bullet in the form of one Kamala Harris. – Speaking to students, recent graduates, volunteers, and apprentices at Prince George’s Community College in Maryland, Harris pulled another word salad out of her arsenal, prompting the young people in the crowd to start laughing at her.

American Thinker: Derek Chauvin Files State Appeal to Overturn Conviction – I’ve written frequently about the fact that both the medical examiner and the prosecutor were wrong in their contentions about George Floyd’s cause of death. – I’ve asserted since the beginning that the reasonable cause of Floyd’s death was sudden death from cardiac arrest brought on by excitement, agitation, exertion, and severe heart disease, all of which were aggravated by intoxication with fentanyl and methamphetamine…

American Thinker: Donald Trump Takes on the Media – In reality, the media is the Democrat party, the equivalent of a department within the Democrat party and the propaganda wing for Democrats. – Stephanopoulos didn’t mention the settlement in the recent edition of “This Week,” nor did he apologize to avoid ridicule. – Democrat politicians and the legacy media always have identical opinions on every issue…

December 17, 2024

Western Journal: Congressional leaders have struck an agreement on a massive year-end catch-all spending bill before leaving Washington for Christmas break to push the government funding deadline to March 14 and deliver more than $100 billion in emergency aid for disaster relief. – The move has some conservatives fuming.

Breitbart: Congress Gives Itself a Raise With Its Last-Minute, 1,547-Page Spending Deal – According to the New York Times, individual members could be reimbursed up to about $34,000 in the first year via the so-called “Member Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) which is effectively a pay raise. – This is not the first time in recent memory Congress has taken advantage of a last-minute lame-duck spending bill to benefit itself…

Just The News: The latest report in Chairman Barry Loudermilk’s probe of the work of the January 6 Select Committee highlights how the heavily partisan panel failed to achieve one of its claimed main objectives: to review and improve Capitol security. – Instead, it diverted its resources to manufacturing a narrative against former President Donald Trump.

Resist The Mainstream: The House Committee on Administration Subcommittee on Oversight has called for an investigation into Liz Cheney for potential criminal charges related to her actions during the January 6 Select Committee’s investigation. – The report, compiled by Chairman Barry Loudermilk, raises significant concerns about Cheney’s conduct on the committee, particularly her communication with Cassidy Hutchinson, a key witness who testified about President-elect Donald Trump’s actions on the day of the Capitol riot

New York Post: Michael Goodwin: The left-wing media created their crisis and now have to pay the price for repeatedly attacking Donald Trump – Only 1/3 say they have some or a great deal of confidence in mainstream media reports, according to an October Gallup survey. – Ann Selzer poll was released three days before the election, showing Kamala Harris leading Trump by three points, then Trump won Iowa by 13 points. – Now Trump is suing, claiming election interference…

Resist The Mainstream: Belleville Mayor Michael Melham raised concerns over a possible connection between a series of mysterious drone sightings and missing radioactive material in Essex County, New Jersey. – Melham suggested that the drones might be searching for something specific, potentially the radioactive material that had gone missing earlier this month.

CBS News: 14 suspects were detained after a home invasion and kidnapping in Colorado – This is the same apartment complex at the center of a viral video that showed suspects terrorizing residents in September. – “We are not going to rest until we verify that every individual involved is in custody,” said Chamberlain. – “Based on the actions that I saw, based on how this event unfolded, this is 100% gang activity.”…

Epoch Times: The Head of Russia’s Nuclear Defense Forces, Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, Was Killed In Moscow By A Bomb Hidden In A Nearby Motor Scooter – Earlier this week, Ukraine’s security services charged Igor Kirillov with the use of banned chemical weapons against Ukrainian troops. – On Dec. 16, Kirillov, 54, was sentenced in absentia by a Ukrainian court over Russia’s alleged use of banned chemical weapons during the conflict with Ukraine…

Epoch Times: Democrat Senators Dick Durbin, Brian Schatz, and Peter Welch proposed a constitutional amendment on Dec. 16th that would abolish the Electoral College, with presidential elections determined by the popular vote. – This would mean overturning Article II of the Constitution, which establishes the Electoral College, which directs states to appoint electors to cast votes for president and vice president.

Center For Immigration Studies: A Bit More Than Half Of Known Illegal Aliens Reside in Sanctuary Jurisdictions – When Trump’s people begin their efforts to deport them in January, they will need to overcome “sanctuary jurisdictions” that do not fully cooperate with ICE. – This table combines the Center’s list of sanctuary jurisdictions with our illegal immigrant population estimates, and California leads the pack by an astonishing percentage…

Slay News: Republican Senator Eric Schmitt revealed that Kash Patel has now garnered enough support in the Senate to be confirmed as FBI director. – Patel’s confirmation would place a Trump loyalist in charge of an agency that has spent years targeting the Democrats’ opponents. – During Trump’s first presidential term, Patel played a prominent role in uncovering the FBI’s surveillance abuses against Trump’s 2016 campaign.

American Thinker: Using the Wrap-up Smear on Pete Hegseth – In 2017, Nancy Pelosi famously described the method by which Democrats smear and slander someone to bring them down in a tactic she famously called “the wrap-up smear” – Democrats leak a lie [smear] to the media, the complicit media goes along and willingly writes an article so that later, Democrats can point to the article and say, ‘see, it must be true because it’s in the news.’” – Now, they are using it on Hegseth…

Breitbart: 120+ Retired Generals And Admirals Sign A Letter Supporting Pete Hegseth – They pointed to Hegseth’s very public passion for the military and his record in Iraq and Afghanistan. They argued he is the “warrior” the U.S. needs to lead its military. – They also noted Trump selected Hegseth from a list of other talented and qualified individuals because of his willingness to fight on…

The Federalist: Three Russia Hoax Bombshells Are Hidden In The IG Report On DOJ Surveillance Of Congress – These revelations show why the DOJ needs massive reform in the next administration. – 1: A Democrat Whistleblower Identified Schiff and Swalwell As Leakers – #2: A Top Democrat Staffer Was Caught Communicating With Three Reporters Who Published the Classified Info He Had Access To – #3: The DOJ Spied On Both Republicans As Democrats When Investigating Democrat Leaks…

Just The News: The House Administration Oversight Subcommittee just released an interim report on the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. – It concluded the attack was preventable and also asked for an investigation into former Rep. Liz Cheney for criminally tampering with a witness during the Democrat-led congressional inquiry into the tragedy.

Geller Report: The Biden Admin paid Reuters over $300 million in government contracts. – Eleven different Biden government agencies targeted Elon’s businesses. – All 11 agencies paid millions to Reuters. – Reuters then won the Pulitzer Prize for “their work on Elon Musk and misconduct at his businesses” – Reuters has received over 1.56 billion dollars in US government contracts. – Does Reuters’ relationship with government agencies taint its news coverage of government actions?

Daily Wire: Feds Look To Hire Up To 1,200 New DEI Bureaucrats Before Trump Takes Office – Thirty-three DEI jobs were quickly posted in the 10 days following Trump’s election – The bureaucracy is scrambling to fill even high-level jobs, just underneath the ranks of “political appointees,” before the Trump administration takes over. – The jobs have annual salaries of up to $310,000 and could add up to total salary payouts of $160 million a year…

American Thinker: Why President Trump is still being legally harassed – We need to know who is controlling Judge Merchan and the judiciary at this point because it appears to be more than just political revenge – Merchan tries to sound resolute, but he’s not acting independently, he’s following directions, and letting himself be used as an instrument of political blackmail against an incoming president…

Breitbart: Governors in Mexico’s northern border states began making preparations for Donald Trump’s planned mass deportation operations. – Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum told the governors to expect to receive migrants removed from the United States in February.- Between the Remain in Mexico program and the returns under Title 42, Mexican border states saw thousands returned daily, but now they deal with only a trickle.

American Thinker: A Half Century of Miseducation – While the “experts” debate, American kids continue to move through the public school industry, advanced more for social promotion than mastery of skills. – While the pandemic school closing affected scores, America’s mediocre scores have been stagnant since 1995. That’s thirty years ago. – So the problem is not just the pandemic; it’s the Department of Education.

American Thinker: The Biden administration seeks to punish oil companies – Biden’s Solicitor General is pushing the Supreme Court to allow states to mandate oil companies to pay “the costs of supposed global climate change.” – Prelogar is also urging SCOTUS to “allow Democrat states to pursue lawsuits against such companies.” – Fines and reparations? In a more just world, those would be levied against the governments that try to punish the very entities that have done us the most good.

Breitbart: Trump Takes on Pharmacy Benefit Managers, ‘We’re Going to Knock Out the Middleman’ – One of the biggest reasons for high prescription prices is Big Insurance PBMs. – Three giant PBM middlemen, CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, and OptumRx—control about 80% of the entire PBM market and administer drug benefits for over 270 million Americans…

Breitbart: Donald Trump praised Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, as “a very rational guy” and said his administration would not revoke the polio vaccine. – The matter arose during a press conference at Mar-a-Lago when a reporter asked Trump if he wanted Kennedy Jr. “to revoke any vaccines?”

American Thinker: Demand an End to Corruption – U.S. government spending at the federal, state, and local levels is almost $12 trillion per year. – Various estimates put fraud in operations and contracts at 10–15%, amounting to some $1.2–1.8 trillion per year. – Across the world, we are waking up to the fact that the globalists have been systematically and ruthlessly undermining all attempts at conservative reform. – And enough is enough…

Breitbart: British magazine The Economist admitted in a profile of Director of National Intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard there is “no evidence” to Democrat claims she is a “Russian asset.” – A December 13 article read, Democrats have taken to calling Ms Gabbard, aged 43, a Russian asset. – There is no evidence for this, yet the charge, however baseless, underlines their discomfort with her nomination.

California Globe: The Governor’s Lie That Won’t Die – Without question, new quarterly government (QCEW) data shows that California has lost thousands of jobs since the Governor’s $20 fast food minimum wage law was signed into law. – The data doesn’t lie, but for six months, Newsom’s team has been working overtime to deny the obvious. – Let me walk you through it…

California Globe: A Devious New California Law Prohibits Libraries from ‘Banning’ Pornographic Library Books – What is being taught as sex ed to California school children ironically cannot be discussed on television or radio. – The FCC’s Obscene, Indecent, and Profane Broadcasts rules state, “Federal law prohibits obscene, indecent and profane content from being broadcast on the radio or TV.”

Washington Free Beacon: China Is Halting Critical Mineral Exports to the US – An Idaho mine contains some of the nation’s largest known deposits of the rare mineral antimony, which is among those affected by China’s export restrictions. – But after a staggering 14 years, the federal government has yet to give the Idaho project the green light to begin production.

New York Post: The Shooter at The Abundant Life Christian School in Wisconsin Has Been Identified as 15-year-old Natalie ‘Samantha’ Rupnow. – The teenage student and teacher were pronounced dead at the scene, while another teacher and five more students were wounded. – An alleged manifesto espousing angry, hateful views is circulating online that some social media users claim belonged to Rupnow — but Barnes said police have not yet been able to confirm that document.

December 16, 2024

Breitbart: Israel is reportedly preparing massive retaliation against the Houthis in Yemen, Iran’s last major terrorist proxy army, after the rebel group fired another ballistic missile Monday that triggered air raid sirens in central Israel. – While the missile was intercepted outside the country. – The Jerusalem Post reported that pieces of shrapnel hit an apartment in Jerusalem, but there were no deaths or injuries reported.

Breitbart: Donald Trump will take office on January 20th, and Biden has some initiatives he wants to finish before it’s too late. – The actions include mandating land protections, delivering more clemencies, furthering artificial intelligence, and transferring student debt to taxpayers. – Some of them Trump will not be able to reverse, while other initiatives may be deconstructed.

Daily Signal: ABC News Publishes False Information About Trump’s Education Nominee Saying She Has No Formal Education Training – While receiving a bachelor’s degree in French at East Carolina University, McMahon earned a teaching certificate. – This information has been available publicly for years.

Western Journal: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Considers Dramatic Resignation as Situation Spirals ‘Out of Control’ – Trudeau is on the ropes after Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland resigned on Monday. – 60 Liberals MPs will sign a letter calling on Trudeau to resign, which equates to nearly 40% of the entire party.

Western Journal: Trump Says Biden Administration Is Keeping a Big Secret About Drone Sightings and ‘Something Strange Is Going On’ – “For some reason, they don’t want to comment. – I think they’d be better off saying what it is,” he said. “Our military knows, and our president knows, and for some reason, they want to keep people in suspense.”

Breitbart: The U.S. Postal Service’s multibillion-dollar program to purchase electric mail delivery trucks is severely delayed, another bungled EV program to further tarnish Joe Biden’s presidency. – The USPS received only 93 vehicles from Oshkosh as of November. – This falls far short of the 3,000 trucks that were expected by this point in the rollout. – The delays are attributed to various manufacturing difficulties that Oshkosh failed to disclose…

Gateway Pundit: The Vatican on the Brink of Bankruptcy Resulting From A Dramatic Decline in Global Donations Due To Pope Francis’ Progressive Reforms – Further compounding the crisis, tourism, a critical income stream, has not rebounded to pre-pandemic levels, with visitor numbers to the Vatican Museums and St. Peter’s Basilica below previous levels.

One America News: At Least 3 Are Dead, Including The Juvenile Suspect, and 6 Injured In The Abundant Life Christian School Shooting In Madison, Wisconsin. – Authorities say officers are now working to clear the school, and multiple main roads in the vicinity have been closed as they ask people to avoid the area. – This is a developing story. Check back for updates via oann.com/alerts.

James O’Keefe: In an eye-opening interview on 𝕏, Henry Appel, an advisor at the NSC, offered a candid and troubling perspective on Joe Biden’s current health and mental state. – Appel acknowledged Biden’s communication struggles, stating bluntly, “Joe Biden is, like, dead.” – “Not literally, but can’t say a simple sentence.” – “We’re concerned about Trump’s team coming after us,” hinting at tensions between the outgoing and incoming administrations…

Reuters: President-elect Donald Trump, with SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son at his side, announced on Monday that SoftBank would invest $100 billion in the U.S. over the next four years in what would be a boost to the U.S. economy. – Trump said the investment will create 100,000 jobs focused on artificial intelligence and related infrastructure, with the money to be deployed before the end of Trump’s term.

Zero Hedge: Congress Scrambles To Avoid A Friday To Avert Yet Another Government Shutdown with a Game Of Kick-The-Can, Via A Continuing Resolution. – The latest snag is a fight over economic assistance for farmers as part of a one-year extension to the farm bill that was supposed to be a straightforward swap. – But Johnson slammed the brakes, wary of touching IRA funds and ruffling feathers with President-elect Donald Trump…

Geller Report: The UN has filed paperwork in an American court to secure legal immunity for UN employees who participated in the Oct. 7th massacre of Israelis. – The Biden DOJ is reportedly backing the bid by the UN, so they are essentially helping terrorists receive immunity. – This is what the UN, the international community, and the Western media support when they side with Hamas, Gaza’s Health Ministry, and UNRWA.

Geller Report: The UN is in panic mode after Israel released videos from Gaza’s security cameras showing Hamas employees of UNRWA torturing civilians to death. – Among the prisoners killed were many innocent gay people, journalists, protesters, Christians, and anyone suspected of spying or leaving Islam (ex-Muslims).

Zero Hedge: An Overnight Israeli Strike In Syria Was So Large It Caused An Earthquake – The strike in Damascus and the coastal city of Tartous, near where a Russian naval base is located, unleashed a fireball and mushroom cloud so large it led to quick speculation it could have been a tactical nuke (which widespread reports are denying). – Other sites that were bombed overnight were radar and air defense systems outside of Damascus, around the Qaisioun mountain, which dominates the background of the capital…

Zero Hedge: Terrible Timing As The German Government Collapses Just One Week After The French Implosion – Germany and France, traditionally the two most influential countries in the European Union, are mired in debates over how best to revive their struggling economies, breach growing social divides, ease voter anxieties over immigration and buttress national defense…

New York Post: The prisoner CNN helped free from a secret facility in Syria was a notorious member of Bashar al-Assad’s forces known to torture those who refused to pay him off, according to a shocking local fact check. – The network went viral last week with footage of the startled prisoner being led from the prison by journalist Clarissa Ward, who called it “one of the most extraordinary moments I have witnessed” in her 20 years of reporting.

Slay News: A Texas Official Exposes The Reason Behind Biden’s Push to Sell Off The Remaining Border Wall Supplies – Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, “This was a Biden ruse to gain favor with the radical Left open border crowd, showing Biden was fighting President Trump to the bitter end,” Patrick observed. – He added, “Rest assured, if they sell any panels that make economic sense, we will buy them and give them to President Trump when he takes office.”

Slay News: An Ex-CIA Chief Endorses Tulsi Gabbard for DNI Confirmation – Gabbard hasn’t seen as much resistance as Gaetz and Hegseth, but she is still in some of their sites. – Bernard Hudson, a Harvard fellow and 28-year CIA veteran who oversaw the agency’s war on terrorism, said: “She has the right experience, temperament, and professional integrity to restore faith in America’s intelligence community.

Victor Davis Hanson: Are the Years of Madness Ending? – Never in U.S. history has a president-elect been welcomed as the real president before his January 20 inauguration. – Never has a president so deserved to be removed by the 25th Amendment or through impeachment and conviction. – Never has a presidential family so brazenly profited by selling its influence to foreign interests. – Never has it used the powers of the FBI and DOJ to cover up its crimes…

American Thinker: The Top Five Presidential Public Relations Crises of 2024 – Trump getting shot, followed by defiance, rather than cowering. – The disastrous Biden-Trump debate. – Lawfare, leading to Trump being convicted on roughly three dozen felony charges in New York State court. – Biden’s almost non-stop vacation through the latter half of 2024. – Biden’s tone-deaf pardoning of his son, Hunter…

American Thinker: Pete Hegseth Is A Home Run for Secretary of Defense – Without Hegseth’s intervention, railroaded Army 1st Lieutenant Clint Lorance would still be imprisoned at Leavenworth today. – Instead, Clint graduated from law school, passed the bar exam, and is dedicating his life to defending others wronged accused by a woke military justice system.

Real Clear Politics: The Military Is Not Inclusive, It Is Exclusive – Federal District Judge Richard Bennett recently ruled that the U.S. Naval Academy’s race-conscious admissions policy did not violate the Supreme Court’s recent decision to curtail affirmative action. – The diversity we need in our military lies in our backgrounds and what we bring to the fight, not whether we are black or white or anything in between. – Unfortunately, our leaders continue to focus on inclusivity…

Jonathan Turley: I Was Defamed And Then Ghosted By AI – For more than a year, people who tried to research my name online using ChatGPT were met with an immediate error warning. – The common thread appears to be the false stories generated about myself and others by ChatGPT. – OpenAI can move individuals into a type of online purgatory for no other reason than that its AI generated a false story whose subject had the temerity to object to something they don’t like. – This is an example of the largely unchecked power of these systems and the relatively uncharted waters ahead…

Jonathan Turley: What ABC’s apology to Trump reveals about the media landscape. – Like most mainstream media, ABC is known for its unrelenting attacks on Trump and favorable coverage of his opponents. – The network’s iconic show, “The View,” has become an unhinged, partisan rave session against Trump, Republicans, and the majority of American voters. – Among many controversies, ABC News was attacked by many for its handling of the Trump debate with Vice President Kamala Harris and its biased “fact-checking.”…

American Thinker: The FBI On January 6th – The OIG FBI report last week revealed that at least 26 FBI Confidential Human Sources were present at the Capitol on January 6, 2021. – The OIG was able to interview people within the FBI who cooperated and did not speak to any third parties, former FBI employees, or other involved agencies. – Due to the limitations imposed on the OIG in an investigation like this. – If the office found 26, there were likely more…

Breitbart: Trump’s Return Leaves ‘Exhausted’ Establishment Journalists Scared, and Fearful – Peter Baker, “Everybody’s exhausted, and he hasn’t even taken office yet.” – Baker knows that Trump will very soon be back in office and won’t back down from the mainstream media, which he detests and sees as ruled by liberal-leaning reporters, editors, and publishers…

American Conservative: Shootout in DOGE City – How will Elon and Vivek seek change? – In an op-ed laying out their strategy, the duo said they would link administrative reductions, regulatory rescissions, and cost savings. – To start with, using the controversial Schedule F, they hope to do away with the unofficial lifetime employment most civil servants enjoy. – Attrition is another tool, by Trump invoking a hiring freeze…

American Thinker: Trump is Flushing the Expert Class Down the Toilet – From COVID to defense, to medicine, to intelligence, the expert class has shown itself to be anything but expert or truthful. – Almost 100 former national security officials signed a letter “urging the Senate to ‘carefully evaluate’ whether Gabbard is ‘equipped’ for the position. – Yet, 50 former senior intelligence officials said the Hunter Biden laptop story had all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.”…

Breitbart: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was given special leave Monday to delay testimony Tuesday in his trial because of special circumstances, leading to speculation about a possible strike on Iran or a hostage deal with Hamas. – Netanyahu has been testifying in his defense in a trial whose central allegation is that he sought improved media coverage from a constantly hostile press. – His testimony, thus far, has made the charges seem as spurious as critics suggested.

Breitbart: Israel Pushes Back on Cindy McCain, Noting that 847 WFP Trucks, Not Just ‘Two,’ Entered Gaza in November – “Not the two or three trucks that Cindy McCain talked about, but 847 World Food Program trucks were coordinated into Gaza.” – Indeed, over the last week alone, 1,316 humanitarian aid trucks, including food, water, medical supplies, and shelter, entered Gaza.”

American Thinker: Reaping the Harvest of Seeds Sown – Fossil fuel power capacity must be available at a moment’s notice to ramp up and compensate for vacillations in renewables’ ability to meet demand. – The current approach of retiring fossil fuel plants and not replacing them is suicidal. – Unless fossil fuel operators are subsidized, they have no incentive to invest in fossil fuel plants.

New York Sun: The Senate Is Poised To Pass A Social Security Reform Bill That Could Hasten the Trust Fund’s Bankruptcy and Cut Benefits to Many Recipients – The Social Security Fairness Act repeals the Government Pension Offset that was put into place in the 1980s as a way of stopping public union members from “double-dipping” into the SS trust fund.

Slay News: SCOTUS To Hear A Case Against California’s Stricter Vehicle Emissions Regulations – California has been granted waivers by the EPA under the Clean Air Act that enable it to adopt vehicle emissions standards more stringent than federal levels. – Seventeen states led by Republican governors, alongside various business factions, initiated a lawsuit challenging the EPA’s waiver decision…

December 15, 2024

The Center Square: The US military may be ground zero for the war on woke – The American Accountability Foundation released a list of 20 officers who Hegseth should fire. – During his Joe Rogan interview, Trump shared how military leaders in DC told him that destroying ISIS quickly wasn’t possible – B when he visited military leaders on the ground, commanders told him it was doable, but people in DC had tied their hands…

One America News: Kathy Hochul Says The Feds Are Set To Deploy A High-Tech System For Drone Detection In New York – Drones have been spotted flying over the East Coast, focusing heavily on New Jersey. – The state has logged at least 3,000 sightings in December alone. – The situation has sparked frustration among New Jersey’s local and state officials, particularly after the Biden administration’s national security adviser dismissed the incidents as nothing to worry about...

American Thinker: Protecting American Waterways – For over a century, the Jones Act has required that goods transported between U.S. ports are carried on ships that are American-built, American-owned, and American-crewed. – During the campaign, Trump was the only candidate who stood firmly in support of the Jones Act, recognizing its value to American workers and industries…

Liberty Daily: After ABC Was Ordered to Pay Trump $15, George Stephanopoulos Deleted His 𝕏 Account – The political gaslighter had been very active on the platform but was heavily ridiculed for his actions and the judgment against him. No word if he’ll be going to Bluesky, the leftist alternative to 𝕏, but for now, his social media is silent.

December 14, 2024

PJ Media: It Turns Out That Biden Never Considered the ‘Specifics’ of the 1500 Clemency Cases He Commuted – A “Massachusetts woman on Biden’s clemency list was sentenced for ‘lethal’ fentanyl trafficking conspiracy.” – “Former Dixon Comptroller Rita Crundwell stole $53 million from the little town, a crime so notorious that a documentary was made.” – The “Cash for Kids” judge in Pennsylvania who wrongly sent dozens of minors to a for-profit prison and got kickbacks for it…

Breitbart: Hamas Inflated Gaza Death Figures By Including Natural Deaths and Cancer Patients – Also, Men were listed as women to inflate female fatalities. – Adults were registered as children. – A disproportionate of deaths were fighting-age men. – They included natural deaths in their reporting. – There was media underreporting of combatant deaths…

Just The News: Not one to stand on ceremony, Trump invites world leaders, not their messengers, to His Inauguration – The most notable head of state likely to be at the capitol on Inauguration Day is Benjamin Netanyahu – Almost sure to come is Argentinian President Javier Milei and Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s prime minister. – It is doubtful that Chinese leader Xi Jinping or Russia’s Vladimir Putin will attend.

Fox News: George Stephanopoulos and ABC apologize to Trump, are forced to pay $15 million to settle defamation suit – ABC News will pay $15 million as a charitable contribution to a Trump presidential foundation and museum – Trump filed a defamation suit against Stephanopoulos after he asserted that Trump was found “liable for rape” in a civil case during a contentious interview with Representative Nancy Mace last March.

Breitbart: Donald Trump has selected former Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell to serve as the Presidential Envoy for Special Missions. – Trump highlighted Grenell’s previous roles during Trump’s first term, such as his role as former US Ambassador to Germany, and added that Grenell would “continue to fight for Peace through Strength, and always put AMERICA FIRST.”

Breitbart: Trump Appoints Truth Social CEO Devin Nunes to Serve as Chairman of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board – Trump, “Devin will draw on his experience as former Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee” to provide me with independent assessments of the effectiveness and propriety of the U.S. Intelligence Community’s activities.”

Townhall: A Bombshell Report Claims That Biden’s Education Department Spent $1 Billion on DEI – Researchers found that $490 million was spent on DEI hiring efforts, $343 million on DEI programming, and $170 million on DEI-related mental health resources.

American Thinker: 20+ Obvious Questions about January 6 Trump Appointees Should Be Asking – Even before Donald Trump ascends to the presidency on January 20, his appointees should be asking these questions. – For what entity was Ray Epps working, and under what terms? – Who planted the pipe bombs outside the DNC, near the RNC headquarters? – Why did Harris allow hundreds of J6ers to be prosecuted for threatening her designated space at the Capitol when she wasn’t at the Capitol?…

American Thinker: The Case for Kash Patel As FBI Director – Compare him to Christopher Wray, and the difference is starkly in his favor. – Patel spent fifteen years as both a federal defender and a federal prosecutor, the latter on serious national security matters. – He was also the National Security Adviser to the House Committee on Intelligence, where he confronted widely touted partisan hoaxes, had the wisdom to see through them, and showed the courage to speak out against the Deep State and the media…

American Thinker: DEI’s Dead End Street – The Left prides itself in being the proponent of equality of outcome, especially for those other than the white race, straight sexual proclivity, and/or people with physical/mental inability. – Nowhere in the U.S. Constitution or Bill of Rights is equality of outcome promised to Americans. – The American Dream has long held that opportunity upstages outcome in what our nation should promise its citizens…

Breitbart: House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Representative Adam Smith – “There is no question, no dispute that drones are flying over and close to military installations,” and according to a briefing he got on Thursday, “there were several drone sightings, and specifically over Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey.” – “There have been visual sightings they have acknowledged.”

Powerline: The Week in Pictures, Drones, and More Than a Penny – So unidentified objects are flying over New Jersey? – Oh, aerial drones—not the drones of the mainstream media.

December 13, 2024

Conservative Brief: President-elect Donald Trump revealed this week that he plans to use the beginning hours of his presidency to pardon people convicted of participating in the events at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, begin deportations of illegal immigrants, and increase oil production. – During an interview with Time magazine, Trump said the pardons would go to “nonviolent” people at the Capitol.

The Daily Wire: President-elect Donald Trump is reportedly weighing different options, including military options, for how to confront and destroy the threat of nuclear weapons being produced by the Islamic Republic of Iran. – The Wall Street Journal reported that military strikes against nuclear facilities are now under serious consideration by the incoming president.

Townhall: The FBI Spied on Kash Patel – While Kash Patel was interviewing FBI officials about their overreach in the issuing of illegal spy warrants on Trump campaign officials, namely Carter Page, little did he know the bureau was also spying on him. – The DOJ Inspector General has a 100-page report detailing how the FBI collected his personal information while gagging Google and Apple from notifying Mr. Patel and anyone else on their target list.

Breitbart: President-elect Donald Trump joined the conversation on the ongoing sightings of mysterious unidentified drones – Mystery Drone sightings all over the Country.” – “Can this be happening without our government’s knowledge?” – I don’t think so! – Let the public know, and now.” – Otherwise, shoot them down!!!

Zero Hedge: Russian Forces Are Positioned To Take The Key City Of Pokrovsk As Ukrainian Manpower Falters – They have now taken Kurakhove and cut off supply routes coming from Pokrovsk to a large portion of the front line. – Some reports indicate that Ukrainian troops trying to leave Kurakhove may be cut off, setting the stage for Pokrovsk to be enveloped from the south.

Breitbart: Joe Biden commuted the sentence of a woman who was sentenced to 15 years in prison over conspiring to manufacture and distribute an altered and more potent version of fentanyl. – Former journalist Wendy Hechtman and her husband, Ken, along with two other people, were so charged “in a three-count indictment.”

Washington Examiner: Before he leaves office, Joe Biden is set to allow California to ban the production of new gas-powered vehicles after 2035. – “California has imposed the most ridiculous car regulations anywhere in the world, with mandates to move to all-electric cars,” Trump said. “I will terminate that.”

Just The News: Trump calls for ending Daylight Saving Time – Donald Trump, “The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn’t! – “Daylight Saving Time is inconvenient and very costly to our Nation.”

Townhall: Nancy Pelosi is recovering at a hospital in Luxembourg. – It was first reported she suffered an undisclosed injury while on a congressional delegation, and the injury was severe enough that Pelosi would miss the rest of the trip’s events. – We know it is a serious injury: She tripped going down some steps, fell, and fractured her hip.

FAR: The DOJ Inspector General Report On January 6th, Updated – The FBI had 26 confidential human sources at the Capitol on January 6th. – This included four who entered the Capitol building and 13 who entered the “restricted area” around the Capitol. – None of these FBI CHSs were authorized to enter the Capitol or a restricted area or to otherwise break the law on January 6…

Breitbart: Massive Overnight Airstrikes Target Ukrainian Infrastructure, Russia Says Retaliation Was For ATACMS Attacks – Ukrainian defenses shot down 81 missiles, including 11 cruise missiles that were intercepted by F-16 warplanes provided by Western allies earlier this year, Zelenskyy said…

American Greatness: Could the Fall of Assad Be a Precursor to the Fall of the Mullahs in Tehran? – The fall of the Assad government in Syria was swift, and the geopolitical landscape in the Middle East is likely to change. – Much of what can be taken away from the fall of the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad can be traced back to the outset of the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas…

Townhall: Time Magazine Asked Trump What He Thought Was Kamala’s Worst Error in the 2024 Race, And His Response Was Epic. – Question: Speaking of Kamala Harris, what do you think were her worst mistakes in the campaign? – Trump, “Taking the assignment, number one, because you have to know what you’re good at.

Daily Caller: Former U.S. Marine Daniel Penny accepted Vice President-elect J.D. Vance’s invitation Friday to be his guest at the upcoming Army-Navy game over the weekend. – A jury found Penny not guilty of criminally negligent homicide on Monday relating to the death of Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old homeless man with numerous arrests, who the now-former defendant held in a chokehold to protect surrounding passengers on a New York City subway in May 2023.

American Conservative: A Governing Majority, If You Can Keep It – Trump has assembled a Republican coalition that, if maintained, can usher in a period of generational strength. – When an assassin attempted to kill Trump on July 13, it only cemented the idea in voters’ minds that Trump’s detractors would do anything to stop him from becoming president. – The media’s increasingly unhinged narratives about Trump became more difficult to justify at a time when voters struggled to put food on the table…

The Federalist: Leftist ProPublica’s Failed Hit Piece Claiming Hegseth Was Shut Out Of West Point Just Made Pete Hegseth Defense Secretary – ProPublica reporters gave Hegseth just one hour to reply to their false premise. – Before their smear job went out, Hegseth provided a copy of his West Point acceptance letter, blowing up ProPublica’s game. – Interestingly, ProPublica didn’t go after the Tim Walz stolen valor story with the same zeal…

Epoch Times: West Point Apologizes And Confirms It Accepted Trump Nominee Pete Hegseth to the Academy – The academy had falsely said that Hegseth did not even apply to the school. – “Hegseth was offered acceptance to West Point as a prospective member of the Class of 2003 but chose not to attend.” – “The academy takes this situation seriously and apologizes for this administrative error.”

The Federalist: Indiana GOP Senator Todd Young Invites A Primary Challenge By Refusing To Back Pete Hegseth – If Hoosiers want Hegseth confirmed as the next defense secretary, they need to give Young the Joni Ernst treatment. – When pressed on why he declined to commit to supporting Hegseth’s nomination despite previously voting to confirm Biden-appointed Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Young Communications Director Matt Lahr did not provide a direct answer.

American Thinker: Excerpts From The Democrat To English Phrase Book – Women’s Healthcare: Abortion. – “I was born into a middle-class family:” I don’t want to answer this question. – “You can keep your doctor:” You can’t keep your doctor. – Revenue enhancement: Tax increase. – Budget cut: A slightly reduced increase in the budget. – Conspiracy theorist: Truth teller…

Zero Hedge: Which Countries Are Putting Tariffs On China’s Tech? – Countries worldwide have been increasingly imposing tariffs on China’s tech industry to address concerns over economic dependence, national security, and market fairness. – These actions reflect a broader trend of escalating trade measures affecting the global tech landscape. – The US and Canada lead the pack in the EV arena…

Zero Hedge: Mounting Boeing Delays Suggest Trump Won’t Fly In New Air Force One – Boeing warned earlier this year that supply chain snarls, persistent inflation, and workforce challenges have impacted the construction timeline of two new Air Force One aircraft.- In 2023, the Biden administration decided to reverse Trump’s decision to switch to a red, white, and blue scheme, from the current white with two shades of blue, a design that dates back to the Kennedy administration.

The Daily Wire: Texas Lt. Governor Dam Patrick Vows, “We Will Buy Every Piece Of The Border Wall Biden Is Selling And Give It To Trump.” – “Trump made clear during his campaign that he intends to finish construction of the border wall, making use of the materials that have remained untouched at the border…” – “If the material brought to the border during his first term is sold off, it will significantly delay any progress on one of Trump’s flagship campaign promises”…

December 12, 2024

The Daily Wire: The Biden Administration Is Racing To Sell Off Border Wall Parts Before Trump Takes Office – Video shows trucks hauling wall materials off the border to a government auction site, where a massive amount of wall is waiting to be sold. – They are taking it from three stations: Nogales, Tucson, and Three Points.”- ‘The goal is to move all of it off the border before Christmas…

Just The News: The Number of immigrants with Temporary Protected Status under The Biden Administration jumped 240% since 2021. – Its massive expansion use has drawn criticisms suggesting it has worsened the migrant crisis and granted illegal immigrants de facto amnesty. – More than a million immigrants have been granted TPS, data shows.

Resist The Mainstream: Trump Says He Won’t ‘Do Business’ With Countries That Refuse to Take Back Illegal Immigrants – In an interview with Time Magazine, Trump reiterated his commitment to fulfilling campaign promises aimed at addressing the immigration crisis, including imposing tariffs on uncooperative nations.

Townhall: According to National Security Council Spokesman John Kirby, the “drones” people are seeing and reporting are manned planes, and there is no reason for alarm. – However, witnesses and local law enforcement have described the flying objects in a much different way. – Earlier in the day, New Jersey Assemblyman Brian Bergen, a former U.S. Army Apache helicopter pilot, spoke to CNN and said he is “sick” of the kind of rhetoric Kirby espoused from the White House…

Fox Business News: Amazon plans to make a $1 million donation to Trump’s inaugural fund, and Jeff Bezos will visit Mar-a-Lago – Amazon will also stream the inauguration on Prime Video, the company confirmed, which will amount to an in-kind donation valued at another $1 million.

Washington Free Beacon: In Parting Blow to Energy Industry, The Biden-Harris Administration Backs Lawsuits that Aim to Hold Oil and Gas Producers Liable for Global Warming – The administration sides with blue states seeking to dismantle the fossil fuel industry. – “What this looks like is liberal dark money groups getting their way under President Biden despite past Department of Justice precedent,” said Alliance for Consumers executive director O.H. Skinner.

The Daily Fetched: Democratic Representative Jasmine Crockett acknowledged that her party lost the election to Donald Trump because Americans are going to platforms like X to get uncensored news. – Crockett attributed the defeats to her party’s failure to effectively engage with voters who rely on non-traditional news platforms for information. – She then noted the chasm between traditional and non-traditional media audiences…

International Business Times: Euthanasia Is Now The Cause Of 5% Of The Deaths In Canada – Most recipients, 96%, were older adults with a median age of 77 – Since the establishment of Canada’s Medical Assistance In Dying (MAID) law in 2016, more than 60,000 people have used euthanasia to die.

New York Post: Former stripper, convicted killer Crystal Mangum finally confesses to lying about being raped by Duke lacrosse players in 2006 – Mangum, 46, said she made up the allegation because she “wanted validation from people and not from God.”

FAR: Breaking! The DOJ Inspector General Report On January 6th shows that the FBI had 26 confidential human sources at the Capitol on January 6th. – This included four who entered the Capitol building and 13 who entered the “restricted area” around the Capitol.

Breitbart: Donald Trump just can’t stop winning. – This morning, he will ring the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange after being named TIME Magazine’s “Person of the Year.” – Trump was named the magazine’s Person of the Year in 2016 when he was first elected to the White House…

Slay News: In news that will likely strike fear in the hearts of Democrats, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has donated a whopping $1 million to Donald Trump’s inaugural fund. – Stephen Miller, appointed deputy chief of staff for Trump’s second term, revealed that Zuckerberg expressed newfound support for Trump during their recent meeting and he is optimistic about the coming Trump presidency.

Just The News: President-elect Donald Trump recently invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend his inauguration on January 20, according to Trump transition spokesperson Karoline Leavitt, but it is unclear at this point if Xi is planning to attend. – Leavitt described the invitation on Fox News as Trump “creating an open dialogue with leaders of countries that are not just our allies but our adversaries and our competitors too.

Washington Examiner: Trump ‘vehemently’ disagrees with Biden allowing Ukrainian strikes deep in Russian territory using US-provided weapons. – Trump called the decision a “very big mistake” during his interview with Time magazine released on Thursday, “It’s crazy what’s taking place.”…

New York Post: Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people convicted of nonviolent crimes in the biggest single-day act of clemency. – The commutations announced Thursday are for people who have served out home confinement sentences for at least one year after they were released. – Prisons were uniquely bad for spreading the virus, and some inmates were released in part to stop the spread. – More are expected before he leaves office.

Red State: The House Releases A Shocking Report on The Trump Assassination Attempts – ‘You Shot Six Times, At Five Feet Away, And Missed?’ – The Secret Service is a broken organization. A shameful performance by Director Kimberly Cheatle at a congressional hearing and the juvenile “I’m a public servant” rant by Acting Director Ronald Rowe last week are just the most visible indicators of an organization that is just not capable of carrying out its mission of protecting the president.

The Daily Fetched: The largest-ever surge in illegal immigration occurred under Joe Biden‘s watch, according to the left-leaning New York Times. – The conclusion was based on an analysis of government data and confirms what Donald Trump has been warning about for the past four years. – The report said that between 2021 and 2023, the total net migration into the U.S. was 2.4 million.

American Thinker: The Worst Presidents in American History – Over the decades, there has been voluminous speculation over who was the worst. – That distinction now belongs to Barack Obama and Joe Biden. – Obama was the most anti-American and radical president in American history, followed by Joe Biden, the most venal and corrupt president in American history. – This attached-at-the-hip duo did more damage to the US and its founding principles than any presidents in American history.

Tom Klingenstein: What MAGA Means – The political battle between the Left and Right is best understood as an existential fight over what America is or will be. – Obama explicitly stated that his goal was to “fundamentally transform the United States of America.” – Achieving it required a cultivation of American shame and regret. – But Democrats remained blind to the implications of “Make America Great Again,” a mantra that announced a resounding counter-revolution…

Victor Davis Hanson: The Evaporation of the Obama Mystique – Obama has long been rumored as the catalyst for the 2020 Biden nomination—and thereafter played the whispering puppeteer behind the subsequent lost Biden administration years. – Obama’s behind-the-scenes political maneuvering culminated in a failed Biden presidency that ultimately led to a significant Democratic electoral defeat and rejection of his political legacy.

American Spectator: Biden Picked His Cabinet Based on DEI, And That Didn’t Work Out Well For Him? – Ultimately, the selection of the most racially diverse Cabinet ever did not lead to a desirable outcome for Biden. A major shift to the right among minority groups, a growing recognition that DEI is toxic and unfair, and electoral defeat soon followed. – President-elect Donald Trump has strongly rejected Biden’s woke DEI strategy…

John Daniel Davidson: John Bolton’s Cheap Shots At Kash Patel Are A Sign Of Panic In Washington – Bolton isn’t opposing Patel for being unqualified or lacking good character but rather because he wants to thwart Trump’s reform agenda. – Bolton, the perfect specimen of a DC swamp creature if ever there was one, relies on false statements and outlandish innuendo to argue that Patel is somehow unfit to take the place of outgoing FBI director Christopher Wray…

American Thinker: The Challenges Facing DOGE – Abstract spending cuts are widely supported in theory, but when they become specific, everything changes, and the pigs begin to squeal. – Trump could not have chosen two better leaders for this task than Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, which gives us reason to be cautiously optimistic about some amount of success. – The real action will be behind the scenes and directed at individual senators, congressmen, judges, and other officials…

California Globe: The U.S. Supreme Court appears poised, after the hearing in United States v. Skrmetti last week, to uphold Tennessee’s ban on medical care designed to change a minor’s gender. – Based upon questions asked at the hearing, the ruling will likely be based, at least in part, on the fact that European countries have enacted similar bans after studies showed the harm of such treatments outweighs the benefits.

American Thinker: Mainstream Journalism’s Cruel Dilemma – If modern journalism continues to see its role as deciding which facts the public shouldn’t see for fear of hurting Democrats, its credibility has yet to hit rock bottom. – Fewer than 33% of respondents to Gallup’s poll now say they trust the media’s reporting “a great deal” or a “fair amount.” – It’s a poll the Gallup organization has been taking since the early 1970s when the number was 70%.

FAR: Pat Condell, A Crisis Of Free Speech – I urge you to listen very carefully to his every word because the subject matter he discusses regarding U.K. citizens we have been facing increasingly in America since Joe Biden took office. – Thankfully, Donald Trump was elected as our new President on November 5th.

Washington Examiner: Good Riddance To FBI Director Wray – He came into office promising transparency, candor, competence, depoliticization, and systemic reform. – He has produced none of it, acting instead as an obfuscator and excuse-maker, as if his job is to be the FBI’s corner-cutting defense attorney. – On case after case and on institutional FBI culture more broadly, Wray has covered for the bureau rather than dutifully serving the public…

America First Report: Global Food Prices Are Entering Very Dangerous Territory – Here in the United States, the cost of living is eviscerating the middle class. – Last week, it was reported that global food prices had risen to “the highest level in 19 months.” – Insane global weather patterns are having a dramatic impact on the production of some of our most important staples, and as a result, prices are rapidly trending higher…

Zero Hedge: Janet Yellen Is “Sorry” – “I am concerned about fiscal sustainability, and I am sorry that we haven’t made more progress,” she said – Yellen has personally presided over a gargantuan $15.2 trillion increase in US debt, or about 42% of all US debt ever issued! No one other government official can make even a remotely similar claim.

Zero Hedge: A U.S. appeals court on Dec. 11 struck down a Nasdaq rule requiring companies listed on the stock exchange to have “diverse representation” on their boards. – It required companies to have at least two “diverse board members,” including “at least one director who self-identifies as a female” and at least one who “self-identifies as Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, Asian, Native American or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, two or more races or ethnicities, or as LGBTQ+.”

Slay News: SCOTUS unanimously upheld the authority of the government to revoke visas for fraudulent marriages. – The high court found that such decisions fall within the discretion of DHS and cannot be reviewed by courts.

December 11, 2024

American Thinker: How is it we know more about Luigi Mangione than we do about Thomas Crooks? – One might think there is some sort of coverup taking place. – We know nothing about the strange ad Crooks made for Blackrock or the 18 burner phones in his backpack. – We don’t know who he was talking to on the phone, as seen in a video before he launched his assassination bid. – If he had a manifesto, it has not been disclosed. – What are they hiding?…

Townhall: FBI Director Christopher Wray Resigned – He accepted the inevitable and did not even put up a fight. – He announced today that he will be stepping down in January as the FBI Director following President-elect Donald J. Trump’s immense displeasure with how the agency has been run under his tenure.

Western Journal: Trump Announces Massive Plan to Hyper Charge US Economy And Job Market – Trump, “Any person or company investing ONE BILLION DOLLARS, OR MORE, in the United States of America, will receive fully expedited approvals and permits, including, but in no way limited to, all Environmental approvals”

Breitbart: The Pentagon Denies A GOP Lawmaker’s Claim that An Iranian ‘Mothership’ Is Launching Mysterious Drones Off The Coast Of New Jersey – When asked what the Pentagon was doing “to address” the issue of drone sightings, Sabrina Singh said there was “no evidence” that the drones were “coming from a foreign entity” or adversary. – She added that the drones were not United States military drones.

Breitbart: The Center for Strategic and International Studies report this week revealed the four eavesdropping facilities in Cuba may be utilized by China to conduct espionage on the United States. – “These sites have undergone observable upgrades in recent years, even as Cuba has faced increasingly dire economic prospects that have drawn it closer to China,” CSIS stated.

Hot Air: ActBlue Is a Scam – The platform is designed specifically to enable fraud, which presumably is the opposite of what it should be designed to do. – There’s been lots of coverage of how much more money Harris spent than Trump, but that is only part of the story. – What was truly shocking about Harris’ fundraising was how FAST they raised the money, and ActBlue is a massive part of that story…

Resist The Mainstream: As the dangerous Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua extends its reach across the U.S., authorities have confirmed its presence in North Dakota, one of the nation’s least populated states. – The expansion of the deadly gang was confirmed with the arrest of suspected member Henry Theis in West Fargo, North Dakota – Henry Theis had confessed to being part of a group of hackers using a virus to “jackpot” ATMs, stealing large sums of money.

Epoch Times: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, “The Syrian People Will Decide Their Country’s Future.” – “All nations should pledge to support an inclusive and transparent process and refrain from external interference.” – “The United States will recognize and fully support a future Syria government that results from this process.”

New York Post: Republican Representative Jeff Van Drew claimed Wednesday that the mystery drones over New Jersey are likely from Iran, and they’re being launched by a mothership parked off the East Coast. – He cited confidential sources during an appearance on Fox News Wednesday morning. – “These drones should be shot down,” he said, adding that “the military is on full alert with this.”

Breitbart: Inflation Accelerated in November – Prices rose at the fastest pace in four months, the second consecutive month of accelerating inflation. – The consumer price index rose 2.7% from a year earlier, according to the Department of Labor. – Core inflation, a metric that excludes volatile food and energy prices, climbed 3.3% over the previous 12 months.

Breitbart: Pete Hegseth Turned His Confirmation Fight Around in 7 Days – Wednesday, December 4th, Hegseth began fighting back. – He told reporters he had no plans to withdraw his nomination and that Trump was with him “all the way.” – On the Megyn Kelly Show podcast, he addressed in detail every single “anonymous” allegation leveled at him. – Then Hegseth’s former coworkers, friends, and supporters began rallying behind him, with several dozens going on the record to dispute the allegations…

Resist The Mainstream: Pete Hegseth Gets Well-Timed Boost Amid Defense Secretary Confirmation Process as Dozens of Veterans Who Served With Him Signal Their Backing – A powerful letter signed by veterans who served directly with Hegseth in various combat zones and military installations has emerged, praising his leadership qualities…

Townhall: This Is Who Was Feeding Parts of the Matt Gaetz Ethics Report to the Media – Gaetz’s nomination was still seen as viable, and there were too many Democrat eyes who’d seen the pages. – One Democrat appeared to be the point source for the leaks, Representative Susan Wild (D-PA), who was absent at the panel’s meeting last week after it was discovered that she was the leak.

American Thinker: What is a Democrat, anyway? – Democrats have shown beyond a doubt that their party is the farthest thing from being democratic, so conservatives should refer to it as the ‘Democrat Party.’ – The Democrat party no longer believes in democracy, in the Constitution, or about individual citizens. – It’s a big mistake to let Democrats get away with giving themselves a name that is the polar opposite of who and what they are…

Slay News: Melania Trump Was ‘Shocked and Dismayed’ over Financial Institutions ‘Debanking’ Her Family – “Debanking” is where a bank refuses services to customers on ideological grounds and is becoming a common practice. – These institutions are squeezing out clients based on religion, gun ownership, and other views. – For example, Florida’s Banks United, where President Trump held anywhere between $5.1 million and $25.2 million in money market funds, canceled his accounts…

Breitbart: Only Two in 10 Americans Approve of Hunter Biden’s Pardon – The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll notes the displeasure corresponds to the bi-partisan uproar the move sparked in Washington, DC. – The poll also found some four in 10 Democrats approve of the pardon, while about three in 10 disapprove, and about one-quarter did not have an opinion or did not know enough to say…

The Daily Wire: Fingerprints Found At Scene Of The United Healthcare CEO Assassination Match Luigi Mangione – This is the first forensic evidence reported that directly ties Mangione to the crime scene.

Epoch Times: Mass Deportations Will Start in Chicago, According To Trump’s Border Czar Tom Homan – Several Democrat officials have condemned the plan, including Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker. – While Trump’s deportation effort faces opposition from Illinois and some other blue states, Republican-led ones like Texas have promised to lend a helping hand…

Zero Hedge: This Is Who Owns The US Debt – U.S. gross debt increased from $34.4 trillion at the end of 2023 to $36.1 trillion as of December 2024, with some experts calling it unsustainable. – The Federal Reserve System owns $5.2 Trillion, amounting to 15% – Mutual Funds own $3.7 Trillion/11% – Depositor Institutions $1.6 Trillion/5%, followed by State and Local Governments…

American Thinker: The Real Issues in the Transgender Debate – There are three main issues, but this one is the most important. – The ethics of transgender treatments, irrespective of the philosophical and scientific rationale for the treatments. – Is it ethical to destroy normal body parts and functions with drugs and surgery in service to their goals?…

Washington Free Beacon: Anti-Semitism, DEI, and Skyrocketing Costs Are Among The Challenges Facing Incoming Education Secretary Linda McMahon – McMahon ‘will inherit a role that’ll feel a lot like cleaning up a bankrupt, dysfunctional Fortune 500 company,’ one expert says. – Over the past four years, colleges and universities have violated the civil rights of Jewish students. Transgender ideology has proliferated, threatening women’s sports, and DEI has increasingly trumped merit in the hiring and accreditation processes…

Washington Free Beacon: Ex-CCP Officials Funneled Millions to US Universities And Nonprofits To Promote Green Energy – The Energy Foundation wired grants to Harvard College, the University of California, Berkeley, the University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of Maryland, all of which promote far-left climate policies. – It also funneled monies to the Rocky Mountain Institute, the International Council on Clean Transportation, and others…

Center For Immigration Studies: A Look Behind the Curtain at One H-1B Body Shop – About two-thirds of the firm’s US-based employees were from India. – American workers were twice as likely to have their employment “terminated” as were their counterparts on visas. – For Black and Hispanic or Latino workers, the annual rates of such terminations were about three times higher than for Indian nationals…

American Greatness: Rescuing California Requires Challenging Crony Environmentalism – California’s high cost of living is driven by Democrat policies that prioritize environmentalism and government expansion, as well as harming businesses and households while failing to address affordability. – The reason this system isn’t successfully challenged and broken is because surrounding this core coalition are commercial and nonprofit special interests that benefit from the status quo…

December 10, 2024

Epoch Times: The Final House Report On The Trump Assassination Attempts Says The Butler Shooting Was ‘Preventable’ – While the task force said it received enough intel to conclude that the first incident was “preventable,” lawmakers noted in their final report that several federal law enforcement agencies, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Secret Service failed to produce requested documents relevant to their inquiry.

Vigilant News: Shocking New Details Emerge About Trump’s Would-Be Assassin At Mar-A-Lago – Ryan Routh had 4,000 terabytes of data capacity in his possession, which is equivalent to 16,000 iPhones. – He had at least 18 cell phones, three computers, three tablets, five external storage drives, and an unknown number of online accounts. – So why does one person, supposedly acting alone and in financial trouble, need all of this? – Something isn’t adding up here. – Who else was involved?

Geller Report: Just Days After Trump’s Victory, The Biden-Harris administration waived sanctions on Iran, thus providing Tehran access to upward of $10 billion in once-frozen funds – Iran is the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism. – So ask yourselves, what were the Democrats hoping to achieve with this terror funding? What do these destroyers want to happen?

Slay News: Karine Jean-Pierre Falsely Claims Poll Shows ‘64% of American People Agree’ with Hunter Biden Pardon – “So, we get a sense of where the American people are on this. – “Obviously, it’s one poll, but it gives you a little bit of insight. – “64% is nothing to sneeze at,” Jean-Pierre asserted, according to the press briefing’s transcript.

Breitbart: DHS Chief Alejandro Mayorkas Announces A Jobs Privilege For Migrants – On Tuesday, Mayorkas announced a final rule from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services that will allow millions of migrants, many of whom have been released into the U.S. interior by the Biden administration, to keep their work permits for up to 540 days when they seek a renewal.

Breitbart: Optimism among small-business owners in the US reached its highest level in more than three years last month, driven by anticipation of economic policies expected to favor growth under Donald Trump’s return to the presidency. – The NFIB reported that its Small Business Optimism Index surged by 8 points in November to 101.7, its highest reading since June 2021.

Resist The Mainstream: Kamala Harris’ campaign is facing serious allegations from black staffers who claim they were subject to “outright racial discrimination” and mistreatment during her campaign. – These allegations were first reported by The New York Times in an article titled “How Alarmed Harris Staffers Went Rogue to Reach Black and Latino Voters.”

Washington Free Beacon: With Biden on His Way Out, The GOP-Led House Ramps Up Funding for Joint Military Projects With Israel – The US spent roughly $50 million on anti-tunneling projects it conducted with the IDF last year. – That spending is set to increase to $80 million for fiscal year 2025. – Another $47 million will fund U.S.-Israel collaboration on emerging defense technologies, including directed energy weapons, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence…

One America News: Kimberly Guilfoyle, a former Fox News personality and prosecutor, was selected by Donald Trump on Tuesday as his choice to serve as the U.S. ambassador to Greece. – Guilfoyle, 55, was previously married to Governor Gavin Newsom and CEO Eric Villency, a businessman who has designed high-tech workout bicycles for Peloton and SoulCycle. – Her most recent relationship was an engagement to Donald Trump Jr.

One America News: Matt Gaetz Is Joining The OAN Primetime Lineup – “The Matt Gaetz Show” Premieres January 2025 – In addition to his brand-new talk show, Gaetz will co-host a weekly podcast with Dan Ball, host of “Real America with Dan Ball.”

Breitbart: New Jersey Republican state Senator Jon Bramnick has called for a “limited state of emergency banning all drones” in response to sightings of mysterious unidentified drones. – “The State of New Jersey should issue a limited state of emergency banning all drones until the public receives an explanation regarding these multiple sightings,” Bramnick declared.

American Thinker: Chaos for Syria – Many dark days are ahead for Syria, the region, and perhaps the United States. – After Asaad’s ouster, the competing factions vying for power are significant and varied. – Now, expect Syria to host a contested, likely violent process among rebel factions, each seeking their territorial and political interests. – Perhaps elections will eventually take place, but it is hard to know…

Geller Report: UNRWA is a terrorist cell. – The IDF captured documents revealing Hamas terrorists were teachers in UNRWA schools in Gaza and used civilian facilities for military purposes. – At least 24 employees of UNRWA in Gaza were Hamas terrorists, with some as commanders in the military wing of Hamas. – The UN is trying to censor and silence Israel from revealing its terrorist activity…

The Daily Fetched: FBI Director Christopher Wray is planning to resign before Donald Trump’s Inauguration to avoid the embarrassment of being fired. – The moves signal another shift in leadership for an agency that has been the center of controversies over the past several years. – Wray’s decision to step down was likely prompted by Senator Charles Grassley’s scathing letter earlier this week…

Washington Examiner: Congress is on track to end as our least productive in the modern era – Lawmakers in the House and Senate introduced nearly 19,000 bills since convening on Jan. 3, 2023. – Yet, only 137 have become public laws, according to data gathered by the National Archives. – That is less than a 1% success rate, and the total is the lowest since at least 1951…

Resist The Mainstream: A Swatting Call Targeting Marjorie Taylor Green Results In Fatal Car Accident By A Responding Officer, With An Innocent Bystander Killed. – Her residence was subjected to a bomb threat, conveyed through an email received by the Rome Police Department’s assistant chief that resulted in an immediate dispatch to her home in response to the threat.

American Thinker: The Wrap-Up Smear Redux – By the time Democrat lies are exposed, irreparable damage to the target has been done. – Nancy Pelosi described it thusly, “It’s called a wrap-up smear. – You make up something. – Then you have the press write about it. – And then you say, everybody is writing about this claim.”…

Fox News: New York AG Letitia James said she will not drop the civil fraud case against Donald Trump as she waits for the appeal court decision, arguing presidents are not immune from civil litigation. – Trump was ordered to pay a $454 million civil fraud judgment in James’ lawsuit against him. – There was no real crime, as the banks accepted the appraisals, and the loans were paid on time…

Zero Hedge: The State Department said they are “substantially likely” to shut down their $100M Global Engagement Center, which was exposed in early 2023 to have been funding a “disinformation” tracking group that worked to pressure advertisers to demonetize outlets it accuses of spreading “disinformation. – However, they’re just “realigning” the “Center’s staff and funding by moving Department offices and bureaus for foreign information manipulation.”

American Thinker: Trump’s second term is shaping up to be different from his first – The first thing you see is decisive picks that imply loyalty to a cause, not just to Trump personally. – Trump promises to fix An out-of-control budget process that delivers continuing resolutions instead of actual budgets. – An inconsistent foreign policy frequently at odds with well-thought-out national priorities, as well as… – The result will be a better America…

Townhall: A House Democrat Says There Could Be ‘Huge Bipartisan Cooperation’ With DOGE on One Issue – Representative Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) said, “Let’s look at what Musk did with SpaceX.” – “Why can’t we do that with other parts of the five primes (top defense contractors) To reduce costs? – I think when it comes to defense, getting better defense for our value and cutting costs, there can be huge bipartisan cooperation.”…

Zero Hedge: The House of Representatives is set to vote this week on an annual defense bill, which includes $3 billion to remove Chinese telecom equipment from American wireless networks. – On Nov. 26, FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel urged Congress to provide the additional funding, revealing that 126 carriers in the United States face a $3.08 billion shortfall to replace the insecure technology.

Front Page Magazine: Federal Government Are Renaming DEI Positions To Fool The Trump Administration – They are also scrubbing their Facebook and X accounts for any negative posts about Trump.” – Some agencies have moved to reclassify jobs with titles that could clash with Trump’s agenda, especially those promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, boosting environmental justice and fighting the effects of climate change…

Zero Hedge: Justice Ketanji Brown will soon fulfill her childhood dream of appearing in a Broadway musical. – Interestingly, the particular musical she’s chosen, “& Juliet,” is a tawdry pro-transgender show, so I think we can now guess how Jackson will vote on Tennessee’s “no ‘gender-affirming’ care on minors” law.

Slay News: Queensland Health Minister Tim Nicholls announced that hundreds of Deadly Virus Samples Have Been Reported ‘Missing’ from A Biolab, And Scientists Warn They Could Be ‘Weaponized.’ These include nearly 100 vials of Hendra virus, two vials of hantavirus, and 223 vials of lyssavirus. All three viruses are extremely deadly for humans. According to officials, the samples went missing in 2021; however, investigators only confirmed the breach in August 2023.

The Federalist: Merrick Garland Is The Worst Attorney General In American History – Even Joe Biden, who nominated Garland, appears to have caught onto the fact that Garland’s DOJ is infected with partisan corruption. – Biden’s more correct than he knows. – Raw politics, indeed, has rotted the nation’s highest law enforcement agency. – Thanks to Garland, Americans are rapidly losing confidence in the DOJ and its shock troops in the FBI…

Washington Examiner: The “Never Trump” Lincoln Project paid millions in 2024 to companies owned by its leaders – “A group of people pretending to be conservatives 10 years ago set up a grift operation mostly funded by lifelong Democrats to attack conservatives,” said Wade Miller, executive director of the Center for Renewing America, a conservative think tank. “If you blindly looked at their public communications, you’d think they were Black Lives Matter.”…

Just The News: Long before Congress became alarmed over as many as 320,000 unaccompanied minor children from the border crisis, the Department of Homeland Security prepared a briefing memo in the summer of 2021 starkly warning Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas that federal authorities were ill-equipped to deal with a surge of young immigrants or reunite them with their parents…

December 9, 2024

Epoch Times: Attorneys For Ryan Wesley Routh Have Requested A Delay Of His Trump Assassination Attempt Trial – They claim that “Discovery delays and the extraordinary volume of discovery have made the current trial schedule incompatible” with his due process rights…

New York Post: Luigi Mangione, the prime suspect in the fatal shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, may have spiraled after ‘traumatic’ back surgery – He was captured in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday after he was spotted eating at a McDonald’s by an employee. – Mangione, an Ivy League graduate from a prominent Maryland real estate family, was found carrying a ghost gun, masks, and rambling writings linking him to the ambush killing…

Western Journal: NBC Anchor Kristen Welker Was Caught Deceptively Altering the 14th Amendment in Trump Interview – Welker left out a key portion of the Fourteenth Amendment when she challenged President-elect Donald Trump on his plans to end so-called birthright citizenship. – The purpose of the 14th Amendment had nothing to do with the citizenship of immigrants, let alone the citizenship of the children of illegal aliens. – Its purpose was to extend citizenship to people newly freed from slavery…

Western Journal: GOP Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa announced Monday that she will now be supporting Pete Hegseth through the confirmation process to become the next secretary of defense. – Ernst had been perhaps the most prominent Republican holdout in backing President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee. – “As I support Pete through this process, I look forward to a hearing based on truth, not anonymous sources,” the senator added…

The Free Press: Daniel Penny’s Innocence And the Shame Of Alvin Bragg – A just verdict for Daniel Penny does not erase the cynical, wrongheaded, and unwarranted prosecution. – Neely was arrested 42 times between 2013 and 2021. – Other subway riders at the scene reported feeling terrorized as Neely said he was “ready to die.” -Also, there were legitimate questions as to whether the chokehold Penny held him was his cause of death…

Breitbart: Colorado Democrats are celebrating a new law that will go into effect on January 1 that will extend free Medicaid coverage to illegal migrants who are pregnant as well as migrant children. – Dubbed “Cover All Coloradans,” the program opens up state Medicaid funding for prenatal and postpartum care, physical, dental, vision, and mental health care for children, with an initial price tag of up to $51 million in costs to Colorado taxpayers…

The Center Square: A UCLA student sues a top gender doctor for transitioning her at 12 years old – Doctors should not have prescribed Kaya Clementine Breen, a female, with “irreversibly damaging” puberty blockers at age 12, cross-sex hormones at age 13, and a double mastectomy at age 14. – The complaint says Breen has a “complex, multi-faceted array of mental health symptoms” and is “a survivor of multiple instances of sexual abuse as a child and adolescent” that was “never explored, addressed, or discussed by [the gender doctors] in the course of her “treatment.”

One America News: Daniel Penny Ha Been Acquitted In The Subway Chokehold Death Of Jordan Neely – The acquittal comes after jurors heard from more than 40 witnesses, including passengers who described Neely’s terrifying outburst on the train before Penny approached him from behind and took him down at the Broadway-Lafayette station. – One subway passenger testified she was “scared shitless” hearing Neely ranting about being “willing to die and go to jail.”…

Fox News: A suspect has been detained in the manhunt for United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killer – Luigi Mangione, who was detained at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pa., has been identified as the suspect believed to have shot and killed Thompson last Wednesday in New York City. – He was born and raised in Maryland and has ties to San Francisco, California, with his last known address in Honolulu, Hawaii. – A manifesto was found on him after his arrest…

Breitbart: The Israel Defense Forces launched hundreds of attacks on Syrian heavy weaponry and suspected chemical weapons facilities in the 24 hours since the fall of the Assad regime. – Israel soon moved troops into the demilitarized zone between Israel and Syria, on Syrian territory, to deter Syrian rebels from attacking. – It also occupied the peak of Mount Hermon, the highest in the region, on Syrian territory…

Zero Hedge: Russia Comments On Fate Of Its Military Bases In Syria – It is not clear whether the two key bases of Khmeimim and Tartus will keep Russian troops and assets stationed there. – Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has addressed the speculation and rumors. – For now, it appears the Russian military still oversees these bases, and they are not currently under direct threat. Peskov said their future presence will depend on the new leaders of Syria.

Washington Free Beacon: In a war with China, the United States would expend its stock of advanced missiles and bombs in less than a month and run out of some critical weapons in a matter of days, according to a war games simulation conducted by the House Select Committee on China. – America’s cache of long-range anti-ship missiles is critical to defending Taiwan in a sea battle in the case of a Chinese invasion…

Victor Davis Hanson: Joe Biden’s Paranoid Pardons and Leftist Morality – This unprecedented pardon is not aberrant but rather is characteristic of the left’s recent contempt for the rule of law. – Biden exempted Hunter from a series of much-discussed past criminal activities and provided further pardons for any federal criminal exposure occurring over the last ten years, yet to turn up. – The real agenda behind the Hunter pardon and possible future Biden family pardons to come involves Joe Biden himself…

American Thinker: How Trump Can Leverage the Hunter Biden Pardon – Politically speaking, if Biden issues further preemptive pardons, it would be a huge assist to the Trump transition team. – According to Pew Research, nearly 80% of Americans no longer trust the federal government to do the right thing. – President-Elect Trump ran on a promise to attack government corruption, and he has nominated people to leadership positions to ruthlessly do just that…

John Daniel Davidson: Pete Hegseth’s Nomination Is A Hill Trump Should Die On – If a handful of Senate Republicans can sink Hegseth, they will spend the next four years undermining and obstructing Trump’s entire agenda. – Trump needs to send them a message that such obstruction won’t be tolerated in his second term. – Trump needs to make them understand that if they oppose his nominees, they’ll be putting their political careers in jeopardy…

The Daily Fetched: Hundreds of veterans have signed a letter titled “American Veterans for Tulsi Gabbard” in support of the former Democrat’s role as Director of National Intelligence. – The letter emphasizes Gabbard’s military service, defending American interests, and dedication to veterans’ health. – Notable signatories included General Michael Flynn, former acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller, along with Representatives Eli Crane and Brian Mast…

The Populist Times: Trump To End Birthright Citizenship On Day One – Provided in the 14th Amendment, the provision grants citizenship to children born in the U.S. regardless of their parent’s immigration status. – However, the amendment was added in 1868 after the Civil War to allow children of slaves to become U.S. citizens – not the children of illegal aliens. – It explicitly targets individuals “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States and exempts diplomats’ children, so there are already exceptions.

Townhall: Trump Announced More White House And State Department Picks On Sunday – Michael Anton will serve as Director of Policy Planning at the State Department. – Michael Needham will serve as Counselor of the Department of State. – Trump nominated Christopher Landau to serve as Deputy Secretary of State. – Also, Trump reaffirmed that one of his attorneys, Alina Habba, will be Counselor to the president.

Zero Hedge: A new resolution introduced by Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) would limit newly appointed justices to 18 years on the bench and lead to a new opening roughly every two years. – To become effective, a constitutional amendment would have to be passed, requiring a two-thirds majority of both houses of Congress and ratification by three-quarters of the states.

Zero Hedge: California’s AG Rob Bonta Asks Residents To Report Any State Agency That Assists Federal Immigration Authorities – Senate Bill 54, known as the California Values Act, blocks state and local agencies from using resources to assist immigration enforcement by arresting, detaining, detecting, interrogating, or investigating individuals suspected of entering the country illegally.

American Thinker: Why Are The Democrats Appeasing the Capitol Police Cop Who Killed Ashli Babbitt? – It’s a bizarre and infuriating saga, from a woman’s murder to her killer’s promotion. – It is undeniable that Byrd shot and killed an unarmed woman of a different race and then received special treatment. – How Lt. Byrd came to be there in the role of incident commander is something of a mystery, as Byrd had a career-long record of reckless behavior…

Powerline: The Bell Tolls For The FBI – A week ago, Matt Taibbi posted the column “The bell finally tolls for the FBI” behind the paywall at Racket News. – The column reviewed a fair share of recent history to argue for the need to reconstruct the FBI and made this compelling case for Trump nominee Kash Patel as FBI director…

American Thinker: The Transgender SCOTUS Case Means ‘Do No Harm’ Is Now On Trial – What are the actual procedures behind the euphemistic and misleading name of supposed ‘gender-affirming care,’ and how will the Supreme Court rule? – This description of these treatments may sound harsh, but it’s the truth. – It is this ghoulish process of mutilating the bodies of mentally ill children that the Tennessee Legislature overwhelmingly rejected and banned under the law…

Zero Hedge: Leading Inflation Indicators Suggest ‘Price Growth’ Is Becoming Entrenched – The rates market is unusually in agreement with the Federal Reserve in the overall outlook for policy. – But with inflation-leading indicators showing price growth is becoming entrenched, we are more likely heading back to a period when market expectations for rates become greater than the Fed’s.

American Thinker: Mass Immigration and Socialist Sanctuaries – The lawless behavior of various Democrat towns, counties, and states is outright secessionist, so something must be done. – The mass migrations being experienced by the US have been and still are being employed by the Biden/Harris administration as a tool to change America into a socialist entity, an effort that entails eliminating or severely curtailing the Judeo-Christian foundations of the West…

American Conservative: Whither the Department of Education? – Some conservatives want to cut it entirely; others have more radical ideas. – The DOE administers various entitlement and grant programs, passing down federal funds to local schools and the states. – That those funds are often contingent on schools following various social justice dictates, such as Title IX on discrimination in school sports and activities by sex, is where the rub lies…

Breitbart: RNC co-chair Lara Trump is stepping down from her party role as she considers replacing Florida Senator Marco Rubio, whom President-elect Trump picked for secretary of state. – Lara, “It is something I would seriously consider.” – “Yeah, I would 100 percent consider it.” – Now she said she felt she’d accomplished her goals, adding fellow chair Michael Whatley will remain on as RNC chair.

December 8, 2024

Gateway Pundit: Syria’s Toppled Ruler Bashar al Assad and His Family Arrive in Moscow, And Russia Grants Them Asylum – A Russian source said: ‘Assad and his family members have arrived in Moscow. – Russia, for humanitarian reasons, has granted them asylum’.”

Zero Hedge: Damascus Now Ruled By ‘Al Qaeda In Suits’ As Assad Lands In Moscow – Will the country hopelessly fracture as did Iraq and Libya for years after their strongman leaders were overthrown? – Will there be mass reprisal killings? – Will Christians, Alawites, and Shia be subject to mass persecution and extermination?…

Epoch Times: Netanyahu Says Israeli Forces Secured A Buffer Zone in The Golan Heights Area After Syria’s Assad Was Toppled – “The reason Israel seized the territory is that we have to take action against possible threats caused by the power vacuum left by the Assad regime’s collapse,” the Israeli leader said Sunday.

Military.com: Trump Calls for Immediate Ceasefire in Ukraine and Says a US Withdrawal From NATO is Possible – Trump, “Zelenskyy and Ukraine would like to make a deal and stop the madness,” Trump wrote on social media. – Then, in a television interview that aired Sunday, he also said he would be open to reducing military aid to Ukraine and pulling the United States out of NATO.

Fox News: GOP Senator calls out NBC for ‘selectively omitting key words’ from 14th Amendment in Trump interview – Trump said he intends to end birthright citizenship, calling the policy ‘ridiculous’ during ‘Meet the Press’ interview. – Senator Mike Lee, “All persons born … in the United States, *and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,* shall be citizens of the United States.” – “Those words matter,” he added.

One America News: On Sunday, Trump told NBC’s Kristen Welker that people on the January 6th committee belong in jail and he plans to pardon the demonstrators on his forest day. – Trump, “I’m going to look at everything.” – “We’ll look at individual cases, but I’m going to be acting very quickly.” – “I’m looking forward to doing it on the first day, as these people have been there, how long is it? Three, four years,” Trump said.

Redstate: Trump Named The Fierce Attorney Who Defended Him in Multiple Cases As ‘Counselor to the President’ – Trump, “Alina Habba has been a tireless advocate for Justice, a fierce Defender of the Rule of Law, and an invaluable Advisor to my Campaign and Transition Team.” – “She has been unwavering in her loyalty and unmatched in her resolve”…

The Populist Times: Why Democrats Are Pushing The Most Liberal SCOTUS Justice, Sonia Sotomayor, to Resign Before Trump’s Inauguration and Who They Want To Replace Her With – Should Sotomayor, 70, remain in office for the remaining two months, she would retire after Trump takes office, and the returning president could replace her with his Conservative choice. – Sotomayor’s possible replacement includes D.C. Circuit Judge J. Michelle Childs, an Obama appointee.

New York Post: It is the Daniel Penny jurors’ duty now to reject kangaroo-court injustice – The DA’s latest move tells you that his issue is seeking and getting more power to persecute his targets. – Under clear New York law, DAs must choose the charges before trial; they don’t get to change their minds once they learn what the jury will likely buy.

Victor Davis Hanson: Hunter Biden ‘Blackmailed’ His Father To Get The Pardon – Many are speculating that there’s much more behind the scenes than meets the eye. – During a recent podcast, Hanson said he believes Hunter could have leveraged his father into issuing the pardon by threatening to expose his involvement in past crimes. – House investigators have been investigating whether the Bidens were running a bribery and influence peddling scheme in Ukraine, China, and elsewhere.

Zero Hedge: Democracy Is Dead As A Coup Against Right Wing Movements Is Underway In Europe – They’ve had a taste of near total power, and though they claim to be the patron saints of Democracy, they are openly adopting authoritarian ideals to keep that power. – The lawfare tactics utilized against Donald Trump were unprecedented but ultimately failed. – In Europe, though, leftists are finding more success…

Western Journal: Trump Responds after Rebels Overtake Syria, Ousting Longtime Dictator Assad – “Assad is gone.” – “He has fled his country.” – “His protector, Russia, Russia, Russia, led by Vladimir Putin, was no longer interested in protecting him.” – “There was no reason for Russia to be there in the first place.” – “They lost all interest in Syria because of Ukraine…

Breitbart: Hamas is reportedly telling other Palestinian terrorist groups to identify all Israeli hostages in their hands, in the first sign of real movement toward a hostage deal in months. – President-elect Donald Trump warned earlier this month that there will be “ALL HELL TO PAY” if Hamas does not release the remaining 100 Israeli hostages, including several Americans...

Breitbart: Trump Calls for An ‘Immediate Ceasefire’ in Ukraine, Saying Kyiv ‘Wants a Deal’ After His Talks with Zelensky – Even with his inauguration over a month away, the president-elect has been active in making diplomatic efforts to fulfill his pledge of ending the war in Ukraine, which is quickly approaching its third anniversary.

Zero Hedge: A rumor has been circulating in diplomatic circles in the Ukrainian capital for two weeks that if a ceasefire occurs, the West will convince Zelensky to “exile” himself to the U.K., and presidential elections will be held in Ukraine. –
European peacekeeping forces, mainly troops from Great Britain and France, would then be deployed in Ukraine. Kyiv could also count on “rapid” accession to the European Union and aid for the country’s post-war reconstruction.

The Daily Fetched: Democrats are lobbying Joe Biden to get as many illegal migrants into the US as possible before President-elect Donald Trump enters the White House in January. – Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), and Alex Padilla (D-CA) demanded Biden ward large groups of illegal aliens with immigration benefits before he leaves office.

American Thinker: The Thread Unraveling The Biden Regime – Whether it’s the laptop labeled a “hoax” by more than 50 intelligence officials or Hunter’s role at Burisma, Ukraine, and the Russian interference charade, his involvement has been the common denominator in scandal after scandal. – The pardon issued by “the Big Guy” isn’t just a get-out-of-jail-free card for Hunter; it’s a desperate attempt to prevent further unraveling of unlawful Biden family activities…

American Thinker: Sharia As A Weapon Against the West – Given the recent upsurge in antisemitic violence, it is reasonable to ask whether fear of Islam is truly irrational. – The global rise of antisemitism, particularly in Canada, is fueled by the expanding influence of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) Sharia-driven agenda, which seeks to suppress dissent, restrict freedom of expression, and ultimately advance the Islamization of Western societies…

Epoch Times: Speaker Johnson Is Confident in Hegseth’s Confirmation, Saying, ‘Momentum Is Moving the Right Way’ – Johnson voiced optimism about Pete Hegseth’s nomination for Pentagon chief, highlighting growing Senate backing despite ongoing allegations from unnamed sources…

December 7, 2024

One America News: President-elect Donald Trump traveled to France on Saturday for the reopening ceremony of the Notre Dame Cathedral. – Trump met with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris, where the leaders reportedly engaged in discussions that highlighted the bilateral relationship between the United States and France. – Later, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy joined the talks…

Washington Examiner: The DOD announced another $1 billion in long-term aid to Ukraine on Saturday, as a Pentagon fund designed to support the war effort is running dry. – The Pentagon said the new aid package includes $988 million from the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, a fund that had a little over $2 billion left before the announcement. – Also included in the aid package are drones and munitions for the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems.

Zero Hedge: As Pete Hegseth, Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense, runs the gauntlet of the nomination process, amid a cornucopia of media amplified unsubstantiated accusations against him, Megyn Kelly warns that the political establishment, both Democrats and Republicans, are attempting to derail Trump’s second term before it has even begun by targeting his cabinet picks. – Kelly warned that if Hegseth falls as Matt Gaetz did, then RFK Jr., Tulsi Gabbard, and anyone else Trump picks will likely be next.

PJ Media: The Political Castration of Joni Ernst – Recently, Joni Ernst has emerged as the face of the Republican opposition to President-elect Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth. – She stood in judgment of his candidacy and said she found him lacking and strongly suggested that Hegseth was unworthy of being secretary of defense. – This is the same Joni Ernst who voted in favor of Lloyd Austin, President Biden’s selection for secretary of defense…

The Populist Times: The November Jobs Report Shows That All Net Job Growth in the Past Year Has Gone to Foreign-born Workers – Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that American-born workers are being displaced by foreign-born workers. – Over the past year, the employment rate for American-born workers fell by 1.1 million while foreigners gained 400,000 jobs...

FAR: 10 Pearl Harbor Facts – 1. The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in an attempt to prevent the United States Pacific fleet from interfering in their planned invasions into Southeast Asia. – 3. The assault on Pearl Harbor lasted for more than 2 hours, destroying 188 airplanes and killing 2,402 American soldiers with another 1,282 servicemen wounded. – Around five battleships were sunk, damaging several dozens of other vessels…

American Greatness: Pete Hegseth, He Who Dares, Wins – When Pete Hegseth is confirmed as Secretary of Defense, he will be a forceful agent of change for the betterment of the United States of America. – I have seen him interviewed on television and went to Washington, D.C., to meet him and the team. He was humble, direct, and smart. It was clear to me that he was policy-driven and capable…

American Greatness: Ukraine: Bleeding an Ally – NATO’s rationale of “bleeding Russia’s military” through prolonged aid to Ukraine turns allies into expendable pawns, undermines moral credibility, and ignores the devastating human cost. – To bleed the Russian military, one must also bleed the Ukrainian people. – The Ukrainians and the rest of the world know it.

American Thinker: The Trump effect – In the private sector, animal spirits are frolicking – Clearly, markets are anticipating less regulation, fewer taxes, fewer fines, less DEI, less ESG, less bureaucracy, less judicial interference, and fewer restrictions on corporate buybacks. – Conversely, they are expecting more drilling, more American manufacturing, more DOGE, more crypto, more mergers, more corporate profits, and more animal spirits.

American Thinker: The Biden Administration Has Betrayed Veterans – Biden withdrew a perk that disabled veterans or those who were on active duty during specified times have enjoyed since WWII. In exchange for the risks they take, they get preference when it comes to civil service hiring, but no longer. Biden doesn’t support the military, and they know it. – Exit polls show that 65% of veterans voted for Trump. – These are neither Biden-friendly nor Democrat-friendly people.

Zero Hedge: The Dollar Is Set To Retest Its 2022 High – “We expect the USD rally to continue into Q1 2025 and potentially persist through the first half, bringing the USD into a new and higher range relative to the past two years.” – At an extreme, though not our base case, this could see the DXY re-test the 2022 high around 115.”

Powerline: The Week in Pictures: Pardon Me? – The only surprise about the Hunter Biden pardon is that anyone was surprised—outside the mainstream media, which had treated “my word as a Biden” as though it was ever serious.

Breitbart: Nigel Farage will “absolutely” become Britain’s next prime minister, Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf predicted as a poll showed the populist party overtaking the governing Labour Party for the first time. – The poll comes on the back of two major defections from the Tories, starting with ex-Conservative cabinet minister Dame Andrea Jenkyns, who declared last week that her former party was “beyond salvage.”

December 6, 2024

Zero Hedge: The War-Whores Of The Military-Industrial Complex Are Lighting The World On Fire – The Biden administration has triggered another proxy war for Donald Trump to deal with when he becomes president next month. – Syria is just the latest case of U.S. meddling, and the timing could not be more suspicious...

The Daily Mail: Biden will leave office as the ‘worst president’ in modern history, according to voter responses in this devastating poll – When 1006 registered voters were asked to rank the last nine presidents in order, from best to worst, Biden came at the very bottom of the table, making him the worst in 47 years. – James Johnson, cofounder of J.L. Partners, which conducted the poll, called it a ‘diabolical’ result for Biden.

Powerline: The Senate Map – The dominant fact of 21st-century political life is the Great Sort–Americans separating themselves into increasingly distinct camps, red and blue, by state. – This is the Senate map following the 2000 election, and it looks like a galaxy long, long ago and far, far away…

The Center Square: After Trump threatened Mexico, their authorities made the largest fentanyl bust in history – Key cartel operatives were busted, and weapons were seized. – As part of the operation, five foreign nationals were arrested on sexual exploitation charges, allegedly part of “a group dedicated to drug dealing and human trafficking…

The Federalist: Known Democrat Propagandists Like NBC News’ Kristen Welker Don’t Deserve Trump’s Time – Trump should tell Welker (and every other Leftist press propaganda pusher like her) that she’s permanently fired from interviewing him. – Her most egregious behavior in an interview was on full display when she interrupted Trump’s true statement about Democrats’ abortion through birth aimed to deny it on the Blue party’s behalf.

Epoch Times: The House of Representatives Overwhelmingly Passed The ‘Crucial Communism Teaching Act’ – The legislation seeks to educate American youth on the dangers of communist and totalitarian ideologies by allowing survivors to tell their stories firsthand. – “Communism is one of the most destructive political ideologies the world has ever seen,” Representative Elvira Salazar said when reintroducing the bill earlier this year.

American Spectator: Gavin Newsom Breaks With Biden to Set Up His Presidential Run – Newsom said he is “disappointed” with Biden’s decision to pardon his son Hunter Biden. – Newsom’s disavowal of the president’s action begins to remedy the major mistake he made over the past year: siding with Biden over and over again, and vocally so, even as it became increasingly clear that Biden was not remotely up to the task of the presidency and had no prayer of being elected.

One America News: After the 12-person jury could not come to a unanimous decision regarding Daniel Penny’s case for the second time, the judge overseeing the trial agreed to drop the manslaughter charge. – Judge Wiley agreed to the prosecution’s request and dropped the manslaughter charge. – The jury will now deliberate the second charge against the former Marine of negligent homicide, which carries a prison sentence of up to four years.

Breitbart: White House Lawyers Are Studying Preemptive Pardons—In the last several weeks, Democrats and media allies have urged Biden to pardon many of his comrades, including Mark Milley, Christopher Wray, Justice Department lawyers, Joe Biden himself, the whole Biden family, Liz Cheney, Nancy Pelosi, and Adam Kinzinger, among others.

Wall Street Journal Opinion: What Biden’s Lawfare Has Wrought – Having already abused the rule of law, Biden would abuse the pardon power if he issues any more preemptive pardons. – The pardon that President Biden signed Sunday forgives Hunter for every federal crime he might have committed over a decade. – Democrats are fearful of payback when Donald Trump retakes power on Jan. 20, and Mr. Biden wants to shield Hunter from future investigation.

American Conservative: The Hidden Logic of Trump’s National Security Picks – Trump seems to be a moderating influence on hawks and a resolving influence on restrainers. – In the national security realm, Trump has promised the American people “peace through strength” and found widespread support for this formula, which may hark back to the golden era of Ronald Reagan. And that’s one consistent theme among all of his foreign policy choices, who come from a variety of backgrounds…

Gateway Pundit: The National Police Association has given Kash Patel its full-fledged support for FBI Director in an endorsement, urging the Senate to confirm him. – “Kash Patel’s extensive career in national security, law enforcement, and public service has demonstrated his unwavering commitment to upholding the rule of law, defending justice, and protecting the American people,”… their new press release states.

American Spectator: The Borking of Pete Hegseth – The art of the smear campaign that started with Robert Bork. – Indeed, the “Get Bork” campaign did have a major effect. What was not foreseen on the day was that the campaign against Bork would set the pattern for campaigns against not only future Republican nominees for the Court but for Cabinet positions as well…

Gateway Pundit: Washington, D.C., is bracing for an unprecedented show of support as over 100 Navy SEALs prepare to descend on the nation’s capital, standing in solidarity with President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth. – Hegseth, a decorated Army combat veteran and prominent conservative voice, has faced relentless media attacks in recent weeks…

Breitbart: Donald Trump is committed to Hegseth for Secretary Of Defense despite the ongoing smear campaign from the establishment media. – Trump, “Pete Hegseth is doing very well.” – “His support is strong and deep, much more so than the Fake News would have you believe.”

American Spectator: The Old Game Continues Among the Worst GOP Senators – It started with Matt Gaetz, the original nominee for attorney general in the new Trump administration. – We’re going to get character assassinations and sex scandals concerning Donald Trump’s presidential appointees, and sanctimonious chin-wagging from “thoughtful” and “prudent” members of the Senate GOP caucus as they simp for the discredited Propaganda Press and their pals at the Democrat National Committee…

American Thinker: ‘Cutesy Time Is Over’ – The last four years have seen the progressive movement culminate in full-blown totalitarian Marxism as evidenced by these eleven examples: The rigging of elections and election systems. – The weaponization of “justice.” – Censorship. – Abuse by the bureaucratic state. – The bastardization of science, designed to serve political ends. – Racism cloaked as anti-racism. – Attack on faith, families, and children… – No more quisling, go-along-to-get-along Republicans because Donald Trump won a mandate to lead.

Slay News: Corporate Media Is Outraged Over Trump’s Threat To Shake Up The White House Briefing Room – Historically, the first row of the Briefing Room has been occupied by NBC, CBS, ABC, and Fox, as well as The AP, CNN, and Reuters. – The second row is occupied by seats from other larger outlets, including The WSJ, CBS News Radio, NPR, The NYT, The WP, and Bloomberg. – There have been rumors that podcasters, internet personalities, and non-leftist media could replace major outlets and television networks in the room’s front rows…

American Thinker: Reagan Revolution 2.0: Burying Communism for Good – The time has come for the new Trump team to think about big ideas for a brighter future for mankind. – The strains of collectivist control of the economy were in the cards in the last election, and if they had won, they would be crowing about how we’re all commies now. – Thankfully, they lost, and they lost “bigly,” given the long odds with the national socialist media and every leftist celebrity on their side…

American Thinker: Citizens are pushing back against globalist control in a ‘great awakening’ – If the pushback were limited to red cities or red states, it’d be a “dog bites man” story, but we’re increasingly seeing people in deep-blue environs publicly opposing their Leftist overlords. – Worldwide, people want a return to sanity on matters of finances, immigration, and cultural values, and they’re making their voices heard. – Let’s pray that it continues as peacefully as possible…

American Thinker: The most popular boys’ name in England and Wales these days sounds a cultural death knell for the UK – Muhammad is now the most popular name for baby boys in England and Wales, toppling Noah in the official rankings. – Great Britain’s Muslim population is already so sizable that the nation is just a few years away from a full Muslim takeover.

New York Post: DNA test results could be mere days away in evidence connected to the shooter who gunned down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. – DNA samples being processed were taken from a water bottle believed to have been dropped by the masked gunman after he fled, as well as bullets from the scene. – A Starbucks coffee cup that the shooter potentially used is also being processed.

Townhall: President Biden’s decision to pardon his son is not sitting well with the American people. – According to a new survey from pollster Scott Rasmussen’s Napolitan News Service, 62% oppose the pardon, which includes 41% who strongly oppose the move, while only 30% support it.

Epoch Times: The Judge Directs The Jury to Keep Deliberating in The Daniel Penny Trial After Jurors Say They’re Deadlocked – After three days of deliberation, jurors told the judge they couldn’t reach a unanimous decision on the manslaughter charge. – Penny was charged with manslaughter in the second degree and criminally negligent homicide in last year’s subway choking death of Jordan Neely.

Reuters: A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday upheld a law requiring Chinese-based ByteDance to divest itself of TikTok in the United States by early next year or face a ban. – The decision is a win for the DOJ and opponents of the Chinese-owned app. – The ruling now increases the possibility of an unprecedented ban in just six weeks on a social media app used by 170 million Americans.

Zero Hedge: Blue Cross Blue Shield Reverses Controversial Policy Change In Wake Of CEO Murder – The reaction to the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is a perfect illustration of society’s discontent with the avarice of corporatism, particularly in sectors like healthcare and insurance, where business as usual for the industries normalizes predatory practices. – When they announced their new anesthesia coverage policy, Anthem was met with vociferous outrage from policyholders, medical professionals, and public officials alike…

California Globe: Since the passage of AB 1228 in September 2023, California’s privately-owned fast food restaurants have lost 6,166 jobs. – Over the same period the previous year, before the passage of AB 1228 (September 2022 through June 2023), California gained 17,528 private sector fast food jobs. – In November, UC Berkeley’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment was exposed for bias in downplaying the obvious devastating effects of California’s $20 minimum wage on the state’s fast food industry…

December 5, 2024

Epoch Times: The NYPD Released New Photos of ‘The Person of Interest’ in United Healthcare CEO Shooting – ‘All indications are that it was a premeditated, targeted attack,’ the NYPD said. – The person, who appears to be male, is seen without a mask and smiling., but it’s not clear where the photos were captured.

New York Post: The Trump assassination attempt hearing goes off the rails as a shouting match erupts between the acting Secret Service director and GOP Representative Pat Fallon. – Rowe was set off by Fallon, who lambasted him for taking nine days to visit the Butler, Pa., site of the first attempted assassination, despite being deputy director.

Daily Signal: News – Seven Takeaways From The Final Hearing of The Task Force Investigating The Trump Assassination Attempt – 1. ‘Accountability Is Supposedly Occurring’ – 2. ‘You’re Out of Line’ … ‘Don’t You Bully Me’ – 3. ‘Why Aren’t People Saying Anything?’ – 4. ‘Apathy or Complacency’ – 5. ‘Information That This Committee Does Not Have’…

Tipp Insights: Biden’s Unprecedented Blanket Pardon Destroys His Legacy And Proves Trump Was Wrongly Impeached Over Ukraine – The King of Lawfare Unleashes Weak Justice While Turning on His Administration DOJ – Even the federal judge overseeing Hunter’s tax trial in the Central District of California was critical of Biden. US District Judge Mark Scarsi wrote: “The Constitution provides the President with broad authority to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, but nowhere does the Constitution give the President the authority to rewrite history.”

Slay News: George Washington University law professor John Turley said Thursday that Willis’s 2020 “election interference” case against Trump has been derailed by Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney. – On Monday, McBurney ordered Willis to hand over any communications records she has with Special Counsel Jack Smith. – She must also hand over any communications with the Democrats’ anti-Trump House January 6 Select Committee. – Willis was given five business days to surrender the records, according to a court order.

Epoch Times: Trump Names Former PayPal COO David Sacks as ‘White House AI and Crypto Czar’ – Trump described Sacks as a key figure in shaping the future of American innovation and competitiveness. – Trump, “David will focus on making America the clear global leader in both areas and will safeguard Free Speech online and steer us away from Big Tech bias and censorship.”

Western Journal: The New GOP Leadership Announces Dramatic Changes to Senate Workdays For 2025 – Under Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer, they were in session for just 102 days. – New Majority Leader Senator John Thune’s schedule was released on Thursday, showing his plan increased that to 180 days in session.

Daily Signal: What a New Report Reveals About Where Federal Employees Work – The DOGE Caucus notes that fewer than one out of every ten federal employees (6%) work in an office full-time. – “If you exclude security guards & maintenance personnel, the number of government workers who show up in person and do 40 hours of work a week is closer to 1%!”

Western Journal: Elon and Vivek’s First DOGE Move Leaves 94% of Fed Workers in Deep Trouble – Republican Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa has proposed the REMOTE Act, which will monitor bureaucrats’ computer use and require agencies to report on the downside of telework. – The bill would require that agencies review how much work remote federal employees do, including the “average number of logins made” by every federal worker and the amount of time spent on the federal network.

The Center Square: Federal data shows that California lost 4,256 fast food jobs since the $20 wage took effect, while other states have grown. – According to Revenue Management Solutions, a company that analyzes restaurant transactions to optimize menu pricing, California menu prices in June were up 7.5% year-over-year, but foot traffic is down 5.9%. Meanwhile, nationwide menu prices were up 3.1%, with foot traffic down 3.6% compared to the year prior.

Fox Business News: The LA Times owner announces a planned AI-powered ‘bias meter’ for stories and columns – “Whether it be news or opinion, you will have a bias meter so somebody could understand as they read it that the source of the article has some level of bias. – Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong added that readers could then “press a button and get both sides of that same story, based on that story, and then give comments.”

New York Post: Tensions flared as Republicans on the bipartisan task force investigating the assassination attempts against Donald Trump grilled acting Secret Service director Ronald Rowe during the panel’s final hearing, which devolved into a fiery screaming match. – Rowe was set off by Representative Pat Fallon, who lambasted him for taking nine days to visit the Butler, PA, site of the first attempted assassination, despite being deputy director…

Geller Report: The Biden Regime Weighing Preemptive Pardons for Adam Schiff, Dr. Fauci, Liz Cheney, and Other Trump Saboteurs – The proposed pardon list is yet another confession, like Hunter’s pardon. – None of the traitors of the proposed pardon have been convicted of any crime. – So what is Biden pardoning them of? – If they didn’t commit crimes, there would be nothing to pardon. – It must be that their crimes are known by the ruling regime because their highly illegal acts were done to support the ruling regime.

Victor Davis Hanson: What The Trump Nominees Have Not Done And Will Not Do – The current crew, not their proposed Trump replacements, prompted the “sick and tired” American people to demand a different type of people. – Many of Trump’s picks are well outside the usual Washington, DC/New York political, media, and corporate nexus. – But that is precisely the point: to insert reformers into a bloated, incompetent, and weaponized government they are not part of that did things like this…

Breitbart: Trump Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth is shoring up support from Republican senators amid a concerted smear campaign against him based on years-old allegations from anonymous sources funneled through establishment media outlets. – Senators who previously signaled doubts about him changed their tune on Wednesday, such as Senator Lindsay Graham…

American Thinker: Get A Load Of Fani Now – It’s been a bad few weeks for the people out to get Trump. – The stars are not aligning for Jack Smith, Alvin Bragg, and now Fani Willis. – Check the latest from Georgia: A judge ordered Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to release all communications with Jack Smith and the House January 6 Committee…

American Thinker: Mainstream media is in the driver’s seat and rooting for deep-state pardons – Their ratings and credibility are still tumbling, but they are pushing for Biden to issue rumored preemptive pardons. – As they say, and have also said eight years ago, anything to make the incoming president’s job harder. Anything to hold on to their sway against liberty. Never mind morality, duty, or honor!…

American Thinker: President Biden’s Pathetic Public Life – What happened to all the news about Joe Biden’s complete deterioration, has he gotten better? – The president’s sniffing of the hair of women and young girls is no longer mentioned, nor are there references to his gentle touching of girls and women’s arms or shoulders. – The question of mental competency to handle his position as POTUS is systematically avoided by both Democrats and Republicans…

Front Page: If we were a serious country, the fact that Chinese hackers used backdoors to break into our entire telecommunications system and that the United States government and our top talent can’t seem to get them out would be a huge ongoing story. – So, it is no big deal that China pulled off its most comprehensive hack yet with no solution in sight. – Government officials simply recommend we encrypt everything because the situation is hopeless.

The Populist Times: Vaccine Researcher Peter Hotez Warns Multiple Viruses Will Strike America After Trump Takes Office – “We have some big picture stuff coming down the pike starting on January 21st,” Hotez told MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace, giving a precise date when this will happen. – His top-of-the-list stuff of nightmares includes a “New Coronavirus” variant and other respiratory diseases such as SARs, Pertussis, or Whooping cough.

Cal Matters: ICE is looking to establish a new detention center in Blue California, and the state probably can’t stop it – Advocates say an expansion of detention space would give Trump a runway to carry out more mass deportations in California. Immigrants in counties with more detention space are more likely to be arrested and detained, according to research by advocacy groups.

New York Post: The message on bullets fired by United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s assassin bears an eerie link to a book condemning insurance companies. – The NYPD is investigating the possible message, which appears to include the words “deny,” “depose,” and “defend” engraved on live rounds and shell casings left behind by the masked assassin after he shot Thompson, 50, several times at about 6:46 a.m. before fleeing.

The Daily Signal: Arizona Couple Callahan-DuMont and her husband began to “transition” boy when he was toddler age, at over 1 year old. – “Violet told us when she was one and a half,” Callahan-DuMont told The Daily Signal. – “She’s been telling us she was a girl since she could speak.”

December 4, 2024

One America News: House Speaker Mike Johnson rejected passing an additional $24 billion in aid to Ukraine on Wednesday, explaining that he would instead wait for incoming President-elect Donald Trump’s decision on the matter. – The request came after the White House’s Office of Management and Budget requested additional Ukrainian aid from Congress…

Zero Hedge: China’s Retaliatory Move on US Export Controls – China has banned shipments of several critical minerals and metals to the US. These materials, essential for semiconductor manufacturing and military applications, include gallium, germanium, antimony, and super-hard materials. – Beijing also announced tighter export controls on graphite, further escalating the ongoing trade and technology conflict.

Revolver: Mike Benz, executive director of the Foundation for Online Freedom, recently appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience, and what he revealed is jaw-dropping. – He laid out exactly where this censorship industrial complex first took root, and it’s Ukraine. – Burisma was seen as an instrument of statecraft by the US State Department to economically bankrupt Russia and to militarily shut down Russia’s war machine as part of the larger play…

Just The News: House Democrats pressured The U.S. Capitol Police to provide special financial assistance and even a promotion to the officer who fatally shot unarmed protester Ashli Babbitt on January 6 – This resulted in tens of thousands of dollars in taxpayer and charitable assistance not provided to other officers, according to internal emails. – Representative Tim Ryan, “He is very upset about how he is being treated. He wants us to figure this out and now.”…

Western Journal: Biden’s Pardon May Have Already Backfired as Trump’s Legal Team Uses It in New Court Filing – In the introduction to their 80-page motion to dismiss, attorneys Todd Blanche and Emil Bove quoted directly from Biden’s Sunday pardon announcement, which said his son Hunter had been “selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted,” and ” treated differently.”…

American Spectator: Seth Hegseth’s On-The-Record Defenders Crush The Baseless Drinking Claims Made By “Nameless Sources” – So, ten sources say that Hegseth has a drinking problem that he could not control even while broadcasting from Fox’s Rockefeller Center headquarters, yet not one of them stood up to be counted by name! – These 15 current or former Fox News colleagues of Hegseth say they never saw him intoxicated on air or on the set. – All 15 stood with Hegseth, did so publicly, and identified themselves by name.

The Federalist: Senator Joni Ernst has been leading an “aggressive” personal jihad against Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, according to multiple sources within Trump’s world with direct knowledge of her outreach. – “She’s waging a campaign to replace Pete with herself,” a Trump source familiar with her phone calls with Trump said.

Breitbart: The Unholy RINO Alliance Targeting Pete Hegseth Will Go for Tulsi, RFK, and Kash Patel Next – Breitbart Editor-In-Chief, Alex Marlow, “Once they feel like the media can run this coup, this Kavanaugh playbook and take out Hegseth, then they’re going next for Tulsi Gabbard, they’ll go for some Republican saying she’s not Republican enough, they’ll go for Robert Kennedy, they’ll find something nutty he said about his brain worms or something, then, all of a sudden, we’re going to get the Deep State Cabinet they want again.”

Western Journal: Trump Pulls Back His Nomination for DEA Pick After Finding Out ‘What He Said to My Pastors and Other Supporters’ – Chad Chronister did not withdraw his bid to head the DEA. – Chronister came under intense scrutiny after it was pointed out that the Florida sheriff once arrested a pastor for holding church services at the height of COVID-19-related lockdowns.

Populist Times: Trump Announces New Nominations Including Army and NASA – Trump designated Army combat veteran Daniel P. Driscoll to be his Army Secretary. – Trump appointed Peter Navarro to be his top trade advisor. Navarro was jailed by the DOJ for misdemeanor contempt of Congress because he refused to betray Trump and testify before the January 6th committee. – Other selections include…

Western Journal: The ‘YMCA’ Song Writer And Singer Is Ready to Sue Every Media Outlet in America Over Their Lies About Trump And The Song To “Shame” Trump – He will begin suing every news organization that refers to the song as a “gay anthem.” – The lyrics were based on what Willis knew about the YMCA facilities in urban areas at the time. – They provided access to “swimming, basketball, track, and cheap food and cheap rooms.”

Breitbart: Tucker Carlson Returned to Moscow to Interview Russia’s Foreign Minister – Perhaps the key theme in Carlson’s remarks is the importance of communication, both in the sense of allowing journalists to do their jobs to shine a light on all players in the Ukraine drama, but also in preventing nuclear war itself by keeping the U.S. and Russia talking to each other. – Kyiv slapped down the suggestion they’d talk to Carlson, implying he was a Russian asset. – Yet today, Carlson said the limiting factor in such a conversation with Zelensky was not the Ukrainian government but rather the United States.

Zero Hedge: Visualizing Ukraine’s Collapsing Front Lines Amid The Steady Russian Onslaught – Russian forces have been advancing far more quickly in the Donetsk region in recent weeks than they did for the whole of last year, according to the Institute for the Study of War, whose rapidly changing map shows the state of play on the front line.

Breitbart: The NATO Chief Warns Trump of ‘Dire Threats’ to U.S. over Peace Deal in Ukraine – The new globalist NATO boss said that he impressed upon Trump during a Mar-a-Lago meeting last month that adversarial nations such as China, Iran, and North Korea may seize upon a peace deal as a sign of weakness from Washington. – Rutte went on to assert that global conflicts are becoming increasingly “connected,” pointing to Russian aid to Iran and, thereby, its terrorist proxies such as Hamas and Hezbollah.

Issues & Insights: The Winning Has Already Begun – Donald Trump won’t be president for almost two months, and already we are feeling the effects of his election win. – Consumers are more confident, manufacturers more optimistic, investors more bullish, and even Trump’s favorability rating broke through 50%, a rarity since he first announced his candidacy in 2015…

Slay News: A CNN Pollster Found That Americans’ Trust in The FBI Has Plunged Over The Last Ten Years – Polling in 2014 found a large majority had faith in the FBI doing a good or excellent job, about 59%. – That figure dropped to 57% in 2019. – The number fell again to 50% in 2022 and plunged to a shocking 41% in 2024.

Wall Street Journal: President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday picked conservative lawyer Paul Atkins to run the Securities and Exchange Commission, choosing a regulatory skeptic who will be expected to cut red tape and rein in the agency’s enforcement division. – Atkins served as a Republican member of the SEC during the Bush administration, when he sometimes opposed regulations he argued were unnecessarily burdensome. – The former SEC commissioner is expected to ease oversight, including on cryptocurrency firms

Gateway Pundit: Joe Biden’s Parting Gift to DC Bureaucrats – The Biden Regime Granted Protections and Secures Permanent Telework for 42,000 Social Security Bureaucrats Until AFTER President Trump Leaves Office. – The Trump transition team did not provide a direct comment on the new union contract.

Wall Street Journal: Donald Trump Mulls Replacing Pete Hegseth With Florida Governor Ron DeSantis As The Former Fox News Host Faces Mounting Scrutiny Over Allegations About His Personal Life – Trump allies increasingly think Hegseth may not survive further scrutiny, according to people close to the president-elect’s team, which considers the next 48 hours to be crucial to his fate.

Geller Report: A Superior Court in Georgia on Tuesday found Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis in default, ordering her to provide records that Judicial Watch requested related to her communications with Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office or the January 6. – Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis must forfeit all communications with Special Counsel Jack Smith and House Democrats’ Jan. 6 Committee.

Gateway Pundit: Elon Musk revisited the Social Security problem on X Tuesday when he shared Senator Mike Lee’s thread on this subject. – In 1935, the American people were told, “Pay into this system, and it’ll be YOUR money for retirement.” – Later, the government, in essence, said, “Oh no, this isn’t YOUR money at all. This is a TAX, so we can do whatever we want with it.” – Once “your money” is in the government’s hands, Spoiler Alert: it’s not managed like your IRA or 401k. – It goes into the “Social Security Trust Fund,” which is routinely raided for whatever the current Congress deems “necessary.”…

Zero Hedge: New York City Mayor Eric Adams no longer cares what leftists think about him opposing mass illegal immigration into the city, saying he will work with the incoming Trump administration on mass deportations and urging that he doesn’t care if he’s ‘canceled’ for it. – Adams, “I reached out to [Trump], and I shared that I would like to sit down and speak with him to hear what his ideas…

Gateway Pundit: The suspects in a Chicago, Illinois house party shooting Monday, which killed three and injured five, have been confirmed to be Venezuelan and likely illegal aliens. – Venezuelan Tren De Aragua gang members–the same group taking over apartment complexes, terrorizing residents, and demanding “rent” payments in Aurora, Colorado, have also overrun the sanctuary city of Chicago.

American Thinker: A Democrat Delaware judge just stole tens of billions of dollars from Elon Musk – Back in 2018, Musk negotiated an unusual pay package with Tesla. He agreed that he would work for the company without taking a salary, but instead, he would receive 12 tranches of stock options. – For Musk to achieve his full compensation, the company’s value would have to increase from $50 billion in 2018 to an eventual $650 billion. – The company is currently valued at $1.13 trillion, so what was her logic?…

The Daily Fetched: Meta/Facebook Finally Admits to Censoring Conservatives After Zuckerberg Met With Trump – Nick Clegg, who serves as Meta’s president of global affairs, acknowledged the company’s “errors” in content moderation, admitting the current system destroys free speech while emphasizing the need for enhanced precision and accuracy for future moderation. – During a recent press briefing, Clegg said it was regretful that the company rigorously removed COVID-19 pandemic-related posts and censored important information from the public.

Washington Examiner: Senate Democrats weigh whether President Joe Biden should use his final moments of power to issue preemptive pardons to shield those who could receive political retribution from President-elect Donald Trump. – The conversations come against the backdrop of Trump’s rhetoric on the campaign trail regarding what he calls, “enemies from within.”

Just The News: The final House race has been called a Democrat win, and the GOP now has a 220-to-215-seat majority – Democrat Adam Gray won the seat in the state’s 13th congressional district by less than 200 votes after almost a month of counting votes.

Fox News: The LPGA Tour on Wednesday updated its gender-eligibility policy, which will go into effect at the start of the 2025 season. – The organization said in a news release that male players who have gone through male puberty are barred from competing in the LPGA Tour, Epson Tour, Ladies European Tour, and all other elite LPGA competitions.

December 3, 2024

Zero Hedge: Open Borders Have Created A Terror Attack Time Bomb In The US – At least 400,000 known criminals crossed the border illegally during Joe Biden’s presidency, and 13,000 of those immigrants were convicted murderers. What we don’t know, however, is how many terror suspects and foreign agents also entered the US in the past four years. – The DHS releases limited data, but with wide open borders and the Biden WH running interference, there’s no way to know how many slipped through.

Center Square: A leading member of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet says that Canada will bolster its border security after meeting with Donald Trump’s Commerce Secretary nominee, Howard Lutnick. – Canadian Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc made the comments to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation after Trump threatened broad 25% tariffs against Canada and Mexico if they do not help stop the flow of illegal immigrants into the U.S.

Washington Free Beacon: Hunter Biden will no longer be able to invoke his Fifth Amendment right to silence if he is called to testify before Congress after accepting a presidential pardon from his father, according to two former House general counsels. – The legal argument could give Republicans an opening to subpoena Hunter Biden and elicit new information about his family’s knowledge or involvement in his lobbying and foreign business ventures.

American Thinker: Will Joe’s Presidential Pardon Save Hunter Biden? – This was no ordinary pardon, as it stretches back conveniently to just before Hunter Biden joined the Burisma board and extended through December 1, 2024, a timeline so broad that even Hunter might have struggled to list all the offenses it covered. – DOJ guidelines require that pardon applicants demonstrate rehabilitation, show acceptance of responsibility, and have completed their sentence, standards Hunter could not possibly meet…

MEDIA Ite: Trump’s FBI Director Pick Kash Patel’s 60 Name List Of ‘Deep State’ Enemies – Lloyd Austin, Bill Barr, John Bolton, Joe Biden, John Brennan, Hillary Clinton, James Comey, Merrick Garland, Kamala Harris, Lois Lerner, Loretta Lynch, Andrew McCabe, Bruce & Nellie Ohr, Lisa Page, John Podesta, and the list goes on… – According to Patel, other “corrupt actors” who aren’t named could include Eric Swalwell, Adam Schiff, Paul Ryan, and the author of the Trump-Russia Steele Dossier, Christopher Steele

The Daily Signal: The DOJ filed a reply Tuesday supporting its motion for a gag order against Dr. Eithan Haim, a surgeon indicted by the Biden-Harris administration after he blew the whistle on sex-change procedures for minors. – Burke Law Group, “The prosecutors in the case are doubling down on their shameless effort to ask the court to censor us and our client.”

Epoch Times: Donald Trump filed a motion requesting that NY Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan dismiss his NY criminal case and verdicts against him. – “Wrongly continuing proceedings in this failed lawfare case disrupts President Trump’s transition efforts and his preparations to wield the full Article II executive power authorized by the Constitution – Courts have already granted special counsel Jack Smith’s request to dismiss his federal cases against the president-elect, based in Florida and Washington. –

Epoch Times: Chad Chronister, Hillsborough County Sheriff in Florida, withdrew his bid to become head of the DEA days after being nominated by Donald Trump for the role. – Chronister stated that he made the decision after considering the “gravity of this very important responsibility” and that he has more to do in his current law enforcement role.

Epoch Times: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol Declares Martial Law – A member of the country’s People Power party said martial law was necessary because his political opposition, which controls South Korea’s national assembly, had paralyzed government work. – The South Korean president further accused his political opposition of sympathizing with North Korea.

Zero Hedge: As Many As 200,000 Ukrainian Soldiers Have Deserted – Ukrainian officials and soldiers told the AP that “Facing every imaginable shortage, tens of thousands of Ukrainian troops, tired and bereft, have walked away from combat and front-line positions to slide into anonymity.” – The report adds, “Entire units have abandoned their posts…

Western Journal: The Biden Administration Squeezes in ‘Significant New Military Assistance for Ukraine’ Before Trump Takes Over – It is sending $725 million worth of military equipment to Ukraine. – The new round of aid uses Biden’s drawdown authority, which means Ukraine gets weapons already in the possession of America’s armed forces.

Real Clear Defense: Yes, the President Can Deploy Troops To Enforce US Immigration Law – The issue hinges on two 19th-century laws: the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 and the Insurrection Act of 1807. – When properly understood, both allow the President to use active-duty military forces to support the deportation of illegal immigrants.

John Daniel Davidson: Hunter Biden’s Pardon Is All About Protecting Joe Biden, Not His Son, Hunter – By pardoning his son for more than a decade of potential crimes, the president is protecting himself above all. – After all, President Biden is the one at the center of the influence-peddling and bribery schemes that Hunter ran while Biden was vice president…

Slay News: Special Counsel Moves to Block Dismissal of Hunter Biden Indictment – “The Government does not challenge that the defendant has been the recipient of an act of mercy,” Weiss said in the filing. – “That does not mean the grand jury’s decision to charge him, based on a finding of probable cause, should be wiped away because the defendant falsely claimed that the charges were the result of some improper motive or selective prosecution.”

The Daily Fetched: The NGO That Sparked Trump’s Impeachment Received A Massive Taxpayer Subsidy – The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, comprised of journalists in six countries and co-founded by entrepreneur Drew Sullivan, received a whopping 52% of the funds from the U.S. federal government. – It also appears that US taxpayers funded the OCCRP’s investigation into former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s political work in Ukraine.

Geller Report: In Trump’s first term, Jews were declared to be a minority group protected by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. – Just weeks away from his second term, Trump laid down the law in a speech he gave at a rally against antisemitism in DC. – “American universities that fail to combat antisemitism on their campuses should expect severe repercussions, including the loss of accreditation and federal research contracts.”…

Zero Hedge: Leftist “news” channel MSNBC is facing a ratings crisis, with some of its advertiser-coveted viewership dropping to a two-decade low, according to Nielsen data. – During the week of Nov. 6, MSNBC averaged just 38,000 viewers among adults 25-54, its lowest-rated non-holiday weekday since July 19, 2004.

American Thinker: The ‘Woke’ Awakening – The list of companies and individuals dialing back from and/or disavowing DEI- and CRT-related initiatives has taken a sharp uptick, with Walmart the latest to join the list. – Now, with President Trump’s decisive victory, it is as though a once-silent majority feels unmuzzled concerning DEI and CRT…

American Thinker: Will Big Food Be The Next Big Tobacco? – Among Americans, but particularly among children, obesity is endemic. – Kennedy’s primary target is ultra-processed foods, which are chockful of sugars, salt, and saturated fats — though, worse, are additives, chemicals, and preservatives…

December 2, 2024

Western Journal: Two US Navy Destroyers Come Under Attack While Escorting American Ships – U.S. Navy destroyers USS Stockdale and the USS O’Kane successfully defeated a range of Houthi-launched weapons while transiting the Gulf of Aden, Nov. 30 — Dec. – The destroyers were escorting three U.S. owned and operated flagged merchant vessels…

Front Page: Biden’s Lebanon Ceasefire Already Fell Apart, lasting approximately four days. – During that time, Hezbollah began advancing back to its old positions, setting up rocket launchers, fortifying, and preparing to launch new attacks, all in violation of the ceasefire. – Israel responded by taking out the incoming forces, and Hezbollah is back to firing rockets into Israel. – So much for the ceasefire.

Washington Free Beacon: Trump Warns Hamas To Return All Hostages by Inauguration Day or Get ‘Hit Harder Than Anybody Has Been Hit’ – Trump’s message came just hours after Israel confirmed that an American citizen who was believed to be held hostage in Gaza, Omer Maxim Neutra, was killed by Hamas during the Oct. 7 terror attack. One-hundred-one hostages remain in Hamas captivity, including at least seven American citizens, three of whom are believed to be dead.

Wall Street Journal Opinion: A Lame Duck Can Still Swim – Joe Biden has only seven weeks left in office but is still pushing his agenda. – His DOJ and FTC continue to prevent mergers. = His State Department is imposing sanctions on Israeli citizens. – He is still nominating judges for lifetime appointments, and he has just pardoned his son Hunter for a host of misdeeds…

Fox News: Karine Jean-Pierre faces press grilling after Biden pardons his son Hunter – KPG previously insisted 6 times that Biden had no plans to pardon Hunter – This time, she maintained that Hunter was targeted “because his last name was Biden and because he was the president’s son.”

American Spectator: The Biden Corruption – It is a well-documented historical fact that presidential historians have consistently rated Buchanan, the 15th president, and Harding, the 29th, as two of the worst presidents in American history. – An investigation into Biden family activities was held by the Republican-controlled House Oversight Committee. – The Biden family business model is built on Joe Biden’s political career and connections…

Just The News: An influential retired FBI leader says agents back Kash Patel as the next director, ‘He’s the right fix.’ – After President Biden pardoned his son because of the “politicization” of the FBI, Kash Patel’s nomination may very well justify Team Trump’s approach to cleaning house at the revered agency that allowed “politics to usurp crime fighting,” says a former FBI Special Agent and Supervisor Jeff Danik.

Slay News: Lame-duck President Joe Biden’s administration has announced that the key coal-producing Wyoming’s Powder River Basin has been blocked from conducting any new mining to comply with the Democrat’s globalist green agenda. – The mining block impacts a region producing nearly half of America’s coal supply. – However, it could be short-lived as President Donald Trump prepares to make U.S. energy dominance a key focus of his incoming administration.

Center Square: The federal government has the authority to deport foreign nationals in the U.S. illegally over the objection of local authorities, a panel of three judges on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled. – The 29-page ruling was written by Judge Daniel Bress, with judges Michael Hawkins and Richard Clinton concurring.

Washington Examiner: The Supreme Court will soon hear arguments in a landmark case that could set a pivotal precedent on states’ authority to regulate transgender hormone therapy procedures for minors. – At the heart of the set for oral arguments, Wednesday is whether Tennessee’s Senate Bill 1, a law barring puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries for minors, violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.

New York Post: Elon Musk gloats as X “Community Notes” fact-check an old Biden tweet that ‘no one is above the law’ after his Hunter pardon – “By pardoning his son Hunter, not merely for a single crime, but for actual or potential crimes he may or may not have created over eleven years, Joe Biden has made clear that some people are, in fact, above the law.”

Zero Hedge: Democrats Are In Disarray Over Joe’s Hunter Pardon As Their ‘Rule Of Law’ Narrative Implodes – Hunter was simply the Biden family bag-man: In 2013-2014, the US orchestrated a violent coup that toppled Ukraine’s democratically elected government, ousting of President Yanukovych. – April 16, 2014: VP Biden meets with Devon Archer at the White House. – April 21, 2014: VP Biden visits Ukraine and becomes U.S. policy face. – April 22, 2014: Archer joins Burisma’s board. – April 28, 2014: British officials seized $23M from Burisma’s owner. – May 12, 2014: Hunter Biden joins Burisma’s board, and both were paid millions…

Slay News: Joe Biden Pardoned Hunter to Save Himself – As soon as the news was announced, speculation raged as to what made Biden change his mind. – According to Jack Posobiec, a White House insider has alleged that Hunter Biden forced his father to issue a pardon by giving him an ultimatum. – Jack Posobiec, “Over Thanksgiving, Hunter told his father about a book he was writing that would go public disclosing everything.”

The Federalist: After Hunter’s Pardon, It’s Time To Prosecute The Rest Of The Biden Crime Family – If the Bidens want to escape legal accountability for their pay-for-play operation, Joe had better be ready to pardon the whole family because other family members also received a piece of the pie.

American Wire: ‘Absolute sh*t bag’ – Hunter Biden allegedly owes a California family $300K in back rent – It’s kind of a scary family to go after. – The family could not access the property because Biden changed the locks and had the Secret Service guarding him at the property.

Front Page: The Media Will Never Stop Covering for Biden – Much like Biden’s senility, the only problem with Biden’s corruption is he got caught. – The problem is not that Joe Biden all but admitted to the accusations of foreign influence peddling with that 11-year pardon, it’s that Republicans have noticed and that this damages Democrats in general.

The Federalist: Joe Biden Tries To Justify Hunter Pardon By Peddling Another Round Of Lies – Americans would be much more understanding of the pardon had Joe just played the fatherly love card instead of treating us as a bunch of dullards ready to accept his latest lie. – Joe Biden’s claim of justification for the pardon that his son was “selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted” runs up against reality…

American Thinker: Kash Patel is exactly the right man for today’s FBI – FBI Associate Director Mark Fell, playing the role of Deep Throat, took down a duly elected President of the United States, Richard Nixon. – Comey and his gang tried to do the same thing to President Trump, but they couldn’t pull it off. – Now Trump is back, and he’s loaded for bear.

Epoch Times: Tracking Every Trump Cabinet Pick – The president-elect is confirming Cabinet members a week after winning the 2024 presidential election. – All twenty-four cabinet positions have been announced, with eight of them being women.

American Conservative: Trump’s Coming Immigration Showdown – Blue states are preparing to confront the federal government over enforcing American immigration laws. – Their anti-populist Democratic effort will rely on the work of hundreds of lawyers being recruited to combat Trump policies. Advocacy groups are workshopping cases and recruiting potential plaintiffs to challenge expected regulations, laws, and administrative actions.

Breitbart: Two migrants with violent criminal records were included among a host of migrants removed by ICE during the Thanksgiving holiday week. – According to ICE, the violent offenders were wanted in their home countries for murder and attempted murder in Honduras and Ecuador. – The pair of violent offenders were among hundreds removed during the holiday weekend.

American Thinker: Regarding Birthright Citizenship, The 14th Amendment Does Not Apply to Illegal Aliens – Once one understands English common law, the intention behind the 14th Amendment, and subsequent case authority, it’s not even close.

Victor Davis Hanson: Yes, Mexico Knows Exactly What It Is Doing – Mexico understands that an open border, the destruction of U.S. immigration law, illegal immigration, and the emigration of millions of its citizens to America are entirely in its best interests. – Mexico would face insolvency if it did not receive its current $63 billion in U.S. remittances, largely sent by its people who crossed into the U.S. illegally. – An additional lever would perhaps be to slap a tax on all remittances sent from the U.S. to Mexico…

American Thinker: The other huge budget deficit is at the Fed! – How is it possible for the Federal Reserve to owe the government $210 billion? – The blame is not just on Powell. The incompetence at the Fed began in 2010 when Ben Bernanke was Fed chair. – Bernanke’s predecessor, Alan Greenspan, had done a good job of keeping the economy on an even keel. – When Powell’s current term ends in May 2026, Trump will have the opportunity to replace him with someone competent…

Breitbart: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) declared Monday that American-Israeli hostage Omer Neutra, who was thought to have been taken alive to Gaza, was killed during the October 7 terror attack and his body abducted by Hamas. – Omer, who was 21 years old when he was killed, immigrated to Israel and joined the IDF as a “lone solder,” a term referring to those who join the military without any immediate family in Israel.

Slay News: Major Car Manufacturer Nissan Is On ‘Brink of Collapse,’ With Thousands Of Jobs At Risk – The Japanese auto firm that employs 17,000 people in the US and tens of thousands more around the world has embarked on a huge cost-cutting program. – Many of Nissan’s rivals have pushed ahead more successfully with popular hybrid cars. – CEO Uchida told reporters: “We weren’t able to foresee that hybrid electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids would be so popular.”

New York Sun: California’s Attorney General Wants Holiday Shoppers To Report Stores Lacking ‘Gender-Neutral’ Toy Options – Even the editorial board of the Los Angeles Times says the legislation ‘represents nannyish overreach. – As of January 1, 2024, large retail department stores that sell childcare items or toys must maintain a gender-neutral section for these items,” California AG Rob Bonta’s office said in a recent memo.

FAR: California Fleein’ (Beach Boys Parody) – I’ve lived here my entire life and have sadly observed why what was once referred to as the “Golden State” deserves a new title as “The Turd Capitol Of America.”

December 1, 2024

Western Journal: Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter Biden after the first son was convicted in two separate federal cases earlier this year. – The pardon applies to offenses against the U.S. that Hunter Biden “has committed or may have committed” from Jan. 1, 2014, to Dec. 1, 2024.

Western Journal: Here Are Six Times Karine Jean-Pierre Said President Biden Wouldn’t Pardon His Son Hunter – President Biden officially pardoned his son Sunday night.

Western Journal: Trump asks about the ‘J-6 Hostages’ in response to Biden’s pardon of Hunter – “Does the Pardon given by Joe to Hunter include the J-6 Hostages, who have now been imprisoned for years?” Trump wrote. “Such an abuse and miscarriage of Justice!” – The Trump transition team also reacted to the pardon for Hunter Biden.

American Thinker: The Kash Patel nomination is making all the right people very nervous – This is a brilliant nomination for people who believe in truth, justice, and the American way. – Kash has made clear that his goal is to shut down the FBI as it exists today and return the good agents to work on actual federal crimes rather than persecuting the Democrat party’s ideological enemies.

The Daily Fetched: Donald Trump’s s nominee to head up the FCC, Brendan Carr, had outlined plans to crush the “censorship cartel” and rein in biased media networks and social media giants. – Carr, who currently serves as the senior Republican on the commission, has endorsed a series of plans to reign in the biased use of public broadcasting licenses by left-leaning major networks.

American Spectator: The Indefatigable California Vote Factory – Manufactured mail-in votes cost the GOP at least three House seats. – It is likely answer is that Democrat vote counters in Merced, Stanislaus, San Joaquin, and Orange counties mined their caches of defective ballots and “fixed” enough to put their candidates over the top. – California is a universal mail-in state where Voter ID is illegal, and every person listed on its voter rolls is automatically sent a postage-paid ballot.

Breitbart: Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen fired another ballistic missile at Israel on Sunday morning, in a gesture of defiance against President-elect Donald Trump and despite a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. – IDF stated, “Following the sirens that sounded between 06:21-06:22 in the areas of the Shfela, Lakhish, and the Yarkon, one projectile launched from Yemen was intercepted by the IAF [Israeli Air Force] before its crossing into Israeli territory.”

Breitbart: Vladimir Putin approved budget plans, raising Russia’s 2025 military spending to record levels as Moscow seeks to prevail in the war in Ukraine. – Around 32.5% of the budget posted on a government website Sunday has been allocated for national defense, amounting to 13.5 trillion rubles (over $145 billion), up from a reported 28.3% this year.

Zero Hedge: The Mainstream Media Admits Zelensky Is More Unpopular Than Ever After Nearly 3 Years Of War – Just 16% would vote to re-elect him for a second term, according to an opinion poll of 1,200 Ukrainians published this week by the Social Monitoring Centre in Kyiv. – The poll, the most comprehensive study of electoral preferences since the invasion began in 2022, also found that about 60% would prefer Zelensky not even stand for re-election.

Just The News: Kash Patel’s Prescription For An Ailing FBI, Accountability And House Cleaning – Patel, “The folks in power at the FBI and the intelligence community making these leadership decisions are terrified that their corruption, not the Bidens, and certainly not Donald Trump, but their corruption in government in senior positions will be exposed and subject to law enforcement.”…

Townhall: Meet Trump’s DEA Pick – In addition to selecting Kash Patel to head the FBI, he also selected Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister to be the next administrator for the Drug Enforcement Administration. – The DEA is part of the DOJ. It has approximately 10,000 employees and is tasked with enforcing America’s drug laws. – Among its major edicts has been addressing the opioid crisis.

InfoWars: “How Many FBI Agents Were Present for J6?” – Kash Patel will finally reveal how many FBI agents were present at the Capitol, according to Representative Mike Collins – This week, Ray Epps lost a defamation battle against Fox News, which labeled him an undercover agent. – Since the events at the Capitol on 6 January 2021, there has been intense interest in the possibility that agents provocateurs were at the Capitol, guiding protesters to enter the building and encouraging them to commit vandalism and violence.

American Greatness: What is the Administrative State? – Simply stated, ‘The administrative state’ is that quota of political power that covertly fills the vacuum left by the failure of the legislative branch to discharge its obligations. – No longer are the people sovereign. The bureaucracy is. – The administrative state violates any number of Constitutional norms, not least its being a sort of “fourth branch” of government when the Constitution provides for only three…

Front Page: Trump’s Mandate is Being Stolen in California – It’s 26 days since the election, and 90,000 ballots are still to be counted. – Beyond flipping House seats, California Democrats are trying to flip the popular vote so that they can argue that Trump doesn’t have a mandate.

American Thinker: Control The Food And Control The MAHA – Abandon food production to globalist profiteers, then all is lost, as there is no MAHA and no MAGA. – What good is liberty without health? – The merging of the Kennedy platform with Trump’s offered Americans a dual vision, not just for economic growth and safer streets, but safer meals and a shift toward reducing illness, especially for children…

Washington Examiner: Four big deadlines in 2025 that will put Congress and Trump on a collision course – 1. Debt Ceiling – 2. Sequestration Cuts – 3. The Trump Tax Cuts – 4. The Obamacare subsidies…

Washington Examiner: Trump can axe entrenched DEI frameworks during his first week back in the White House – The fight against ‘wokeness’ is only just starting – Day 1 executive orders and agency overhaul – A shoulder tap on corporate America – Reforms in education and beyond – Litigation as a policy tool…

Washington Free Beacon: Hong Kong Hero And Troublemaker – How Jimmy Lai Became a Billionaire, Hong Kong’s Greatest Dissident, and China’s Most Feared Critic. – The thuggish CCP viewed Lai as a unique and unusual threat given his wealth, ownership of a media company, deep Catholic faith, and commitment to democracy and free enterprise. – Lai’s downfall began in 2014 when he was one of the pro-democracy leaders arrested during the Umbrella Movement, a mass protest against the CCP’s interference in how Hong Kong elects its chief executive…

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