Posts on Wednesday, November 13, 2024
A therapist who treats illegal immigrants says her phone has been ringing off the hook since President-elect Donald Trump was declared the winner in the November election.
Muriel Casamayor, a licensed therapist who works with immigrants living in the U.S. legally and illegally, claims she hears daily from people who are horrified by Trump’s pledge to embark on the largest deportation program in the country’s history, according to local San Diego outlet KPBS. The president-elect had long pledged to conduct mass deportations, and the GOP made it part of their official platform ahead of its convention in July.
“There’s a lot of fear, a lot of uncertainty, a lot of anxiety,”
Republicans have secured a majority in the US House of Representatives, extending their hold on the lower chamber and delivering a governing trifecta in Washington that could give Donald Trump sweeping power to enact his legislative agenda.
The Associated Press determined on Wednesday evening that Republicans had won at least 218 seats in the 435-member House after a victory in Arizona, a call that came more than a week after polls closed across the US. The call ensures Republicans will continue to have a large say in key matters such as government funding, debt ceiling negotiations and foreign aid, and it spells an end to Democrats’ hopes that the lower chamber
MSNBC legal analyst Andrew Weissmann said Wednesday on “Deadline” that President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) as his attorney general marks the United States’ entry into “pure George Orwell 1984 land.”
Host Nicolle Wallace said, “On Monday, he made the announcement that he would turn to recess appointments. It’s obvious that this trio of Fox News anchors, Matt Gaetz, whose biggest war in Washington is with Kevin McCarthy, and Tulsi Gabbard, was what the recess appointment was all about.”
Weissmann said, “Yeah, I sort of had two reactions to this announcement, and one is very similar to yours,
GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz resigned from the House Wednesday, Speaker Mike Johnson announced, the same day that Donald Trump announced that he had tapped the Florida firebrand to be his attorney general. “He issued his resignation letter effective immediately from Congress. That caught us by surprise a little bit,” Johnson told reporters during a press conference on Wednesday night. Dozens of GOP lawmakers indicated that leadership had told them about Gaetz’s resignation before Johnson made the announcement. Many were excitedly spreading the news, glad to be rid of the architect of Kevin McCarthy’s speakership ouster. Gaetz didn’t attend the GOP’s
Big-name libs advocate cutting off relatives
who voted for Trump — and it’s downright un-American replies
who voted for Trump — and it’s downright un-American replies
It’s time to make your echo chamber great again.
In 2024, that means curating your world to exclude those who voted for the 45th and, now, 47th president, Donald J. Trump.
Especially if those voters are close friends or family members — slap the ban on them. Just say no to sharing a plate of Thanksgiving yams with your Trump-supporting aunt, even if she voted for Obama twice and Hillary in 2016.
It’s the doctor’s orders!
Last Friday, MSNBC’s resident Chicken Little, Joy “Democracy is Falling” Reid, welcomed to her show Yale psychiatrist Dr. Amanda Calhoun — who dished out a prescription for festering bitterness and loneliness.
ABC News executives are reportedly actively searching for a conservative, pro-Trump voice to join the panel on The View after its woke stars all backed Vice President Kamala Harris for president.
The talk show - co-hosted by liberals Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin and Sara Haines as well as Republican Trump critics Ana Navarro and Alyssa Farah Griffin - featured the vice president in an episode just one month ahead of the election.
Then, just one day after Trump's victory, the panelists dressed in all black as if they were attending a funeral.
President Trump on Wednesday announced nomination of GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz for US Attorney General.
“It is my Great Honor to announce that Congressman Matt Gaetz, of Florida, is hereby nominated to be The Attorney General of the United States. Matt is a deeply gifted and tenacious attorney, trained at the William & Mary College of Law, who has distinguished himself in Congress through his focus on achieving desperately needed reform at the Department of Justice. Few issues in America are more important than ending the partisan Weaponization of our Justice System. Matt will end Weaponized Government, protect our Borders,
Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) said Wednesday on CNN’s “The Lead” that President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) as his attorney general was a “red-alert moment for American democracy.”
Murphy said, “I was walking off the Senate floor just moments ago when the news was announced. You could literally hear the jaws dropping to the floor of Republican senators who are now going to be in a position to stand up to Donald Trump in a way that they have been unwilling to.”
He continued, “Matt Gaetz is dangerously unqualified. That’s not the worst of it. Gaetz has been Trump’s chief defender when it comes to Trump’s assault on democracy.
A Democrat insider admits the real reason Kamala Harris never sat down with Joe Rogan is because it would've upset her progressive staffers.
Donald Trump's appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience was a huge hit and has been credited for his ability to win over young voters.
When Rogan asked Kamala Harris to join him on the podcast, he revealed she 'only wanted to do an hour,' ultimately refusing to appear over scheduling conflicts. Jennifer Palmieri, a liberal strategist and former senior advisor to Harris's husband Doug Emhoff, said it would've upset her far left campaign workers.
Incoming first lady Melania Trump plans to split her time between New York, Florida and DC during President-elect Donald Trump’s second term in office — “so she can be the hands-on mother to Barron that she is,” a source told The Post Wednesday.
“Melania will be the first lady, but only on her terms,” the Mar-a-Lago insider said. “She’ll do the big events. But no ladies’ tea and no — or very few — interviews.”
“She views winning as the main show, and the rest she’ll do as she pleases,” the source continued. “She’s really in the driver’s seat as to her duties at the White House.
Donald Trump and Joe Biden's friendly
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White House encounter left everyone saying
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President-elect Donald Trump returned to the White House on Wednesday for a surprisingly cordial fireside chat with President Joe Biden that sparked a wild theory.
'Welcome. Welcome back,' Biden said to Trump, referring to him as the 'president-elect' and 'former president,' and promising to work with his bitter political rival for a smooth transition of power.
The two leaders met in the Oval Office, shaking hands and adopting a very different tone than each showed on the campaign trial.
Biden's broad grin had everyone saying the same thing on social media - that he 'voted for Trump.'
Rep. Matt Gaetz is immediately stepping down from his position in the U.S. House of Representatives.
It comes just hours after Donald Trump announced Gaetz as his pick to be Attorney General.
The move to resign from Congress comes as a shock after it became clear Gaetz could have issues clearing Senate confirmation to lead the Department of Justice. But a report from Punchbowl News reveals that the House Ethics Committee was set to vote on releasing a report on his conduct on Friday. But if Gaetz is no longer a member of Congress, the panel loses its jurisdiction over him.
Wednesday on CNN, network contributor Scott Jennings reacted to what some are describing as President-elect Donald Trump’s “unexpected” cabinet appointments.
According to Jennings, the picks showed that Trump was not in a “mood” to negotiate with Washington, D.C., about who would serve in his Cabinet. “Are you not entertained?” Jennings said. “I mean, his is the most entertaining transition I’ve ever seen. I was as surprised as Paula because it was not a name we have seen. We have seen some reporting, a lot of different names, frankly a lot of sort of well-heeled Washington legal types that were on the list. So, I’m as surprised as anyone.”
The actress playing the title role in Disney’s upcoming live-action “Snow White” reboot posted a lengthy anti-Trump rant on Instagram in response to the election results.
Actress Rachel Zegler wrote, “May Trump supporters and Trump voters and Trump himself never know peace.”
In the post, she complained that her infant daughter may never get to have an abortion.
“I find myself speechless in the midst of this. Another four years of hatred, leaning us towards a world I do not want to live in. Leaning us towards a world that will be hard to raise my daughter in.
Returning First Lady Melania Trump slammed Jill Biden in an interview with a French news outlet.
The interview went viral after news broke that she would not meet the current First Lady during her husband’s trip to the White House.
Mrs.Trump revealed that Jill Biden called her after the assassination attempt on Donald J. Trump in October but wonders if her “concern was genuine,” given the inflammatory way she had been speaking of him on the campaign trail.
“I do question, however, whether Jill’s concern was genuine, as a few days prior she referred to my husband as ‘evil’ and a ‘liar,’” she told French outlet Paris Match.
On Tuesday evening, President-elect Donald Trump shook up Washington by announcing that he would nominate Fox News host Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense. “Pete is a graduate of Princeton University and has a graduate degree from Harvard University,” Trump said in the announcement. “He is an Army combat veteran who did tours in Guantanamo Bay, Iraq, and Afghanistan. For his actions on the battlefield, he was decorated with two Bronze Stars.” During his years as co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend, Hegseth has focused extensively on military and veterans affairs. This year, he wrote a bestselling book, War on Warriors, in which he decried the new woke military.*
Bill on school bathroom use by transgender
students clears Ohio Legislature, heads
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students clears Ohio Legislature, heads
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The Ohio Senate on Wednesday approved a ban on transgender students using bathrooms that fit their gender identities and sent the measure to Republican Gov. Mike DeWine.
The Republican-backed bill applies to public K-12 schools and institutions of higher education. It requires the schools to designate separate bathrooms, locker rooms and overnight accommodations “for the exclusive use” of either males and females, based on one's gender assigned at or near birth, in both school buildings and facilities used for a school-sponsored event. The legislation would not apply to school employees, emergencies or people helping young children or those with disabilities.
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are tasked with cutting down the $6,750,000,000,000 the federal government spent in 2024 under their new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
The group will work outside of the government to “dismantle bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures and restructure federal agencies,” according to a statement from President-elect Donald Trump. John Hart, CEO of watchdog Open the Books, which monitors fiscal waste, told The Post they will curb “spending that has been on autopilot where there’s no real thought or purpose behind it.”
Finding areas to cut isn’t hard — many jaw dropping examples are admitted in the government’s own reports.
Cue the Democrat-media complex freakouts!
Leftist tears have been flowing mightily ever since Trump shocked the world by winning every single swing state in last Tuesday's electoral rout.
But those tears turned into waterfalls after Trump tapped Army veteran and Fox News host Pete Hegseth to clean out the Augean stables at the bloated, woke-addled Pentagon.
When I saw [news of Hegseth's nomination], I thought the AP must have been hacked,' wailed former failed CNN host Don Lemon. 'But Pete Hegseth? The morning, weekend host on Fox News? Come on.'
Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman said: 'Being a serviceman does not make you qualified to lead the Department of Defense
Lunchables are being removed from school lunch menus across the U.S. after just a year of them being included in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) after they tested positive for lead and other harmful materials.
The pre-packaged snacks, manufactured by Kraft Heinz and marketed under the Oscar Mayer brand, were introduced to public schools during the 2023-2024 school year, TODAY reported. Kraft Heinz public relations representative Jenna Thornton told the outlet last March that the schools would receive “a specialized recipe that incorporates more protein and whole grains to keep kids powered throughout the day, reduced saturated fat and sodium, and an increased serving size.”
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., was selected to lead the Republican Conference again during a closed-door vote on Wednesday.
The vote was unanimous, two sources in the room told Fox News Digital, despite conservatives threatening to protest Johnson getting full support.
The internal election was delayed by roughly an hour and a half as Johnson met with his GOP critics to "hash it out," two other sources told Fox News.
It comes after President-elect Trump addressed House Republicans earlier in the day and said he was "100%" behind Johnson, multiple sources in the room told Fox News Digital.
The FBI has seized the CEO of Polymarket's phone and electronics after the election-betting platform successfully forecast Donald Trump's win.
Shayne Coplan, 26, was targeted at his Soho home during a dawn raid on Wednesday, sources told the New York Post.
The insider blasted the seizure as 'grand political theater at its worst'.
'They could have asked his lawyer for any of these things. Instead, they staged a so-called raid so they can leak it to the media and use it for obvious political reasons,' the source said.
Coplan was reportedly not arrested or given a reason for the raid, but it is thought to be linked to his accurate predictions.
After four years of Biden-Harris, US truckers are ecstatic about President Trump’s victory. They’re eager for the economy, and their businesses, to recover and thrive.
Seventy percent of all US freight moves by truck. Thanks to our great highways and efficient truckers, we can enjoy pineapples in winter and get fresh eggs and milk, no matter how far from a farm we live. Under Joe-Kamal, food prices hit record highs. But in normal conditions, food and consumer products stay affordable because stores depend on fast, reliable deliveries, reducing the need to hold excessive inventory. This cuts costs on real estate, rent, insurance, and labor—savings that are passed along to consumers.
The left is melting down over President-elect Donald Trump's choice of Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense.
As I reported earlier, Sen. Elizabeth Warren attacked him as "unqualified," perhaps not even understanding he was a decorated veteran with a 20-year military background. But she claimed authority to say that since she "leads" a military personnel panel in the Senate and her brothers served. So you know the Democrats are going to try to fight Hegseth's approval. But Warren got buried by people in response on X.
Warren wasn't the only one losing her mind. Some in the defense world were upset and Scott Jennings took down the critics on CNN.
Folks on the left are losing their minds over President-elect Donald Trump picking Fox News host Pete Hegseth as his Secretary of Defense.
Of course, they're concentrating on the "Fox News" part — which is really frosting them — without bothering to look at the rest of Hegseth's resume. Perhaps one of the worst responses was this clueless tweet from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). [Tweet]
It sounded like she didn't have any idea of Hegseth's military background since she claimed she respects "every one of our service members."
Warren is not respecting Hegseth when she attacks him this way. Hegseth got a B.A. from Princeton
President-elect Donald Trump has been busy announcing appointments to his future Cabinet and to his White House staff, and whether you love all his picks or don’t, it’s nevertheless been high-quality entertainment to watch the reaction to them on social media. The naming of Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense has so far caused the most liberal tears, but the announcement that Trump is choosing Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz as his attorney general is sure to cause many leftist heads to explode.
So far, I don’t see that many progressive meltdowns—they’re probably too busy crying in the bathroom—but more are sure to come.
In an interview on Tuesday, former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos responded to President-elect Donald Trump's plan to eliminate the Department of Education.
DeVos made the remarks in an interview with Fox News.
"President Trump will need to partner with Congress to actually get that done, but there are many steps that can be taken to re-empower states and local communities and importantly, families," DeVos said in the interview about for former president's plan and give power back to the states.
"The bureaucrats at the Department of Education aren't doing the job. They haven't done the job for more than four decades to close achievement gaps, they've only widened," she added.
On Tuesday night, as Matt covered, President-elect Donald Trump announced that he had selected Pete Hegseth to serve as his Secretary of Defense. The reaction was swift and severe at times, with some denigrating Hegseth's service by focusing more so on his current role as a Fox News host. Perhaps the most shameful take came from the DNC War Room, which not only went with such a tactic, but also went after Trump by resurrecting thoroughly debunked claims about him and his regard for veterans.
"Donald Trump should focus more on our military and less on Fox News. Pete Hegseth isn’t just unfit – he’s dangerous:
Juan Merchan, the Biden-donor judge who oversaw the show trial conviction of former President Donald Trump in the Manhattan lawfare case agreed to delay proceedings until after the left-wing Manhattan district attorney’s office decides how to proceed now that Trump is president-elect.
Matthew Colangelo, who was formerly the No. 3 in President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice but was then hired to help “jump-start” the lawfare trial against Trump, said in a letter to Judge Juan Merchan on Sunday that his team needed more time to determine how to proceed after Trump’s electoral landslide.
Outgoing Majority Leader Chuck Schumer took to the Senate floor Wednesday and called for bipartisanship after falsely claiming the 2024 elections were "close."
"To my Republican colleagues: I offer a word of caution in good faith. Take care not to misread the will of the people and do not abandon the need for bipartisanship. After winning an election, the temptation may be to go to the extreme," Schumer said. "It's consistently backfired on the party in power." [Tweet, video]
A reminder of Schumer's hardline, partisan behavior in recent years. [Tweets, video]
Former Democratic Congresswoman, Democratic National Committee Chair and Lieutenant Colonel Tulsi Gabbard has been nominated as the next Director of National Intelligence.
"I am pleased to announce that former Congresswoman, Lieutenant Colonel Tulsi Gabbard, will serve as Director of National Intelligence (DNI). For over two decades, Tulsi has fought for our Country and the Freedoms of all Americans. As a former Candidate for the Democrat Presidential Nomination, she has broad support in both Parties - She is now a proud Republican! I know Tulsi will bring the fearless spirit that has defined her illustrious career to our Intelligence Community, championing our Constitutional Rights, and securing Peace through Strength.
On election night, GOP Senate candidate Eric Hovde of Wisconsin led the vote count well into the middle of the night, then Sen. Tammy Baldwin benefited from a ballot dump at 4 a.m., where she received nearly an unprecedented share of the vote.
Hovde, who has been silent about the election results since last week, posted a video to X, revealing that he's been informed of precincts in Milwaukee that reported impossible turnout rates, and now he's considering his options about what to do about it.
He explained that he waited to comment until he could gather sufficient information,
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.— President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday said he will nominate Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida to serve as his attorney general, putting a loyalist in the role of the nation’s top prosecutor.
In selecting the congressman, Trump passed over some of the more established attorneys whose names had been mentioned as being contenders for the job.
“Matt will end Weaponized Government, protect our Borders, dismantle Criminal Organizations and restore Americans’ badly-shattered Faith and Confidence in the Justice Department,” Trump said in a statement.
This is a developing story.
President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday said he will nominate Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida to serve as U.S. attorney general.
Trump wrote on Truth Social that Gaetz "has distinguished himself in Congress through his focus on achieving desperately needed reform at the Department of Justice." Gaetz replied on X, "It will be an honor to serve as President Trump's Attorney General!"
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is reportedly doing “terrible” after President-elect Donald Trump’s victory and Republicans taking the Senate and retaining the House majority.
CNN’s Manu Raju asked the 84-year-old California lawmaker how she is doing, to which she replied, “Terrible.” (X) Pelosi’s apparent dour mood comes one week after Trump’s historic comeback victory, sweeping all seven swing states as well as winning the popular vote.
“THANK YOU GOD!” Trump said in an all caps post, this week, walking through his stunning victory stats.
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Sen. Marco Rubio to serve as his Secretary of State.
"It is my Great Honor to announce that Senator Marco Rubio, of Florida, is hereby nominated to be The United States Secretary of State. Marco is a Highly Respected Leader, and a very powerful Voice for Freedom," Trump said in a statement. "He will be a strong Advocate for our Nation, a true friend to our Allies, and a fearless Warrior who will never back down to our adversaries."
This story is breaking. Please check back for updates.
She's been thrown off CNN for calling it a 'hostile environment,' reamed out journalists for negative coverage, and at the tender age of 27 is already a veteran of a Trump administration.
Now Karoline Leavitt is in pole position to be Donald Trump's White House press secretary after his election victory.
Multiple figures in Trump world said the young mom had impressed the former president and was favorite to become the public face of a future administration. 'She talks to everybody, not just Fox News, but goes on TV and takes incoming, which is a big part of the job, and then she hits back and is a very, very effective messenger,'
President-elect Donald Trump told The Post Wednesday that he and President Biden “both really enjoyed seeing each other” when they sat down for a historic post-election get-together in the Oval Office.
“You know, it’s been a long, it’s been a long slog,” the 78-year-old said during a phone interview as he left Washington. “It’s been a lot of work on both sides and he did a very good job with respect to campaigning and everything else. We really had a really good meeting.” (Photo)
Trump said the transition is going “very smoothly.” (Photo) Donald Trump, Joe Biden 4
Trump says he and Biden discussed the war in Ukraine
Hollywood star Jamie Lee Curtis, who endorsed Kamala Harris’ unsuccessful bid for the White House, is the latest left-wing elite to quit X/Twitter following President-elect Donald Trump’s resounding victory on election day.
Jamie Lee Curtis appears to have nuked her X account early Wednesday. The actress posted a screenshot of the deactivated account to her Instagram profile. (X) Curtis didn’t provide a reason for quitting X. Instead, in her Instagram post, the actress quoted from the Serenity poem. “God, grant me the serenity to accept things I cannot change. Courage to change things I can. And the wisdom to know the difference,” she wrote.
President Trump on Wednesday announced senior his White House Staff of all stars.
Dan Scavino will return to the White House as an Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff.
Stephen Miller will return to the White House as Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Advisor.
James Blair will serve as Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Legislative, Political and Public Affairs. Taylor Budowich will serve as Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications and Personnel. (X)
It didn’t start with this year’s hurricanes: Team Biden’s weaponization of FEMA — discriminating against the “wrong” disaster victims — goes back years.
And it’s not all on lower-level bureaucrats: The orders came from the top.
Yes, FEMA axed Marn’i Washington in the face of damning evidence she told subordinates to skip outreach to homes with pro-Trump signs after Hurricane Milton, which led to at least 20 homes getting skipped in October and early November. But Washington says she was just adhering to agency policy, and her supervisor OK’d her order: It was no “isolated” incident, as Biden’s FEMA folks claim.
Judge recuses himself in Arizona fake
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elector case after urging response to
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A judge recused himself Tuesday from presiding over Arizona’s fake electors case after an email surfaced in which he told fellow judges to speak out against attacks on Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign for the presidency.
In the Aug. 29 email, Maricopa County Judge Bruce Cohen lamented that he didn’t speak out when Harris was called a “DEI hire,” believes that white men must speak out against unfair treatment of women, and raised a historical lesson from the Holocaust about the need to speak up when people are attacked. Cohen didn’t specify who made the comment regarding Harris.
A bizarre left wing conspiracy theory has falsely claimed that Elon Musk's Starlink satellites were used to 'steal' the US presidency for Trump.
Claims are circulating across social media that 20million votes in the election have 'disappeared' and that Musk's satellites were used to interfere with vote-counting machines.
The allegations are unsubstantiated with no evidence being produced to support the claims with many voting machines in the US typically not being able to connect to the internet to prevent election interference.
Meanwhile, allegations that millions of votes are missing is likely due to slow voting in large states such as California
After what the Democrats have done to this country for the past four years, I really can't help but enjoy seeing them freak out over Trump's victory, his administration picks, and the realization that this country is about to undergo a massive course correction.
Van Jones gave us a glimpse into the miserable state of the Democratic Party during a recent appearance on CNN. His meltdown was a mix of exasperation, self-pity, and, at times, dark humor, but his frustration was undeniable.
And I loved every second of it.
“I’m miserable,” Jones declared bluntly. “What do you want me to say? This is terrible.”
Real-estate-mogul-turned-President-reelect Donald Trump is no stranger to picking up a fixer-upper and fixing it up, but nobody — and I mean nobody — has ever faced the renovation job Trump does when he returns to the White House.
Let's look at the worst three.
Since 2009 the Department Formerly Known as Justice has been infested with growing numbers of rats. Political consultant (and Trump 45 hand) Mark Paoletta warned on X today that "Career DOJ lawyers must be fully committed to implementing President Trump’s policies or they should leave or be fired."
"Why do I keep raising this?" he continued.
[Now we must focus on the very important chairmanships of the senate committees that John Thune will decide.]
In the first ballot the results were: Thune 23, Cornyn 15, Scott 13.
Scott was removed and the Senators went to the second ballot between Thune and Cornyn.
As expected, the Scott coalition split 50/50. Thune picked up 6 votes from Scott’s group. Cornyn picked up 7 votes from Scott’s group.
Final Vote: John Thune 29, John Cornyn 24.snip)If we want to change the dynamic, we must repeal the 17th amendment and return to the original constitutional construct: Senators appointed to represent the interests of each state, by State Legislature.
The future president of the United States has announced a “new era” for the nation. I propose 10 goals that will make the next Trump administration as solid as the beginning of Metallica’s Load.
Return to Freedom
During the Biden administration, many things were lost: unity, prosperity, and the ability to navigate the world stage, among others. However, the main victim was freedom. Freedom is at the core of the American identity. Trump has the opportunity to revive the core tenet of America’s character and, as Reagan said, be “the keepers of the flame of liberty.” It is an opportunity to encourage people to pursue their dreams
Since the dawn of time, man has gazed to the heavens and wondered, “What would be, like, the most epic troll of all time? Cuz that’d be wicked cool!”
History is rife with trolling examples, both good and bad. In the bad category is a triumphant Hitler posing in front of the Eiffel Tower, shortly after France folded like an accordion. Those black and white photos were powerful pieces of wartime propaganda.
Politically, the most famous one is probably a wide-smiling Harry Truman holding the newspaper that erroneously proclaimed, “Dewey Defeats Truman.” That headline ran in the Chicago Daily Tribune, which must’ve been a mixed blessing for the publisher:
Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) has been elected Senate majority leader, setting the stage for him to replace retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who has held the top Senate GOP leadership job for the past 18 years.
Thune has served as Senate Republican whip, the No. 2-ranking position in the Senate GOP leadership, since 2019, and largely managed operation of the Senate floor since McConnell suffered a concussion from a fall in 2023.
Thune beat Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) by a vote of 25 to 24, according to two sources familiar.
On Wednesday, Republican senators selected Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-SD) as their new leader for the 119th Congress. Republicans have not picked a new leader in 18 years, but Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) revealed earlier this year that he was stepping aside from the role after noticeably experiencing health issues. The process kicked off at 9:30am, but the first round of voting didn't take place until around 11:30am. Thune beat out Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), who also challenged McConnell in 2022, and Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), who previously held Thune's role.
Diesel motorhome sales are set to be halted in several states at the start of next year due to a new climate rule from California being enacted, according to RVtravel.
Motorhome sales are being prevented in California, Washington, Oregon, New York, Massachusetts and New Jersey if the vehicles do not meet certain emission requirements based on regulations from the California Air Resources Board (CARB), according to RVtravel. CARB amended its Advanced Clean Truck regulations on Oct. 24, which require all vehicles over 8,500 pounds to produce zero emissions.
Britain’s top left-wing newspaper, The Guardian, has announced it will no longer post on Elon Musk’s X social media platform over “far-right conspiracy theories and racism” and Musk’s decision to campaign for Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election.
The international pushback against Elon Musk following Donald Trump’s victory last week went into full swing on Wednesday, with The Guardian quitting the X platform, claiming that its “resources could be better used promoting our journalism elsewhere.” In a blog post pinned to its X profile, which boasts nearly 11 million followers, the left-wing establishment paper wrote: “We think that the benefits of being on X are now outweighed by the negatives.”
A Dutch court on Tuesday dismissed a landmark climate ruling against Shell, after the oil giant was ordered to drastically reduce its global carbon emissions back in 2021.
The outcome, which comes during the opening days of the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan, marks the latest twist in a precedent-setting case that could have far-reaching implications for the future of climate litigation. The appeals court in The Hague said that while Shell is required to reduce its carbon emissions, it could not determine the extent of these cuts. The case against Shell, therefore, was dismissed entirely.
Kids Need Freedom
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I often report on fake "crises" pushed by media.
Here's one that may be real:
Kids are anxious.
In my new video, Lenore Skenazy, founder of the non-profit Let Grow, says it's because today's parents rarely allow their kids to experience the joys of independence.
Skenazy once let her 9-year-old ride the New York City subway on his own. For that, the media labeled her "America's worst mom." (Snip)
But in real life, what Skenazy allowed isn't so risky. Her son told me, "I know how to get around." Nothing bad happened to him, and he gained the confidence that comes with taking care of yourself.
A CIA official has been charged with leaking highly classified US documents about Israel’s potential plan to strike back against Iran over a missile attack.
Asif W. Rahman, who worked overseas for the agency and held a top secret security clearance, was arrested by the FBI in Cambodia on Tuesday over the leaks, the New York Times reported.
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The official was charged with leaking highly classified documents about Israel’s plans to strike Iran.
His arrest comes after the top secret materials started circulating online last month detailing Israel’s apparent intention to retaliate after Iran launched a barrage of missiles back on Oct. 1.
This election offers plenty of lessons for those listening to the voices of the voters – but will the politicians listen?
First, conservatives and moderates took their country back. Only about 25% of the voters classify themselves as liberal compared to 75% who are moderate and conservative. Out went progressive DAs, marijuana referendums, and ranked voting efforts (except in D.C.). Moderates and conservatives are done with being ruled by the 25 percent.
Middle class economics mattered
Trump won a majority of the working- and middle-class voters, while Harris won only those making under $30,000 and those earning over $100,000 a year.
Special counsel Jack Smith reportedly plans to retire before President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January, denying the incoming president a chance to fire him.
Smith, who oversaw the federal criminal cases against Trump related to the 78-year-old’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election and the hoarding of classified documents, is wrapping up his work ahead of the 47th president’s inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025, the New York Times reported.
Smith’s plan is to get ahead of Trump’s promise to “fire” the special counsel within “two seconds” after being sworn in, sources told the outlet.
Trump ally Alina Habba says she would
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‘very seriously’ consider serving
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Alina Habba, a top ally and former lawyer for President-elect Donald Trump, revealed Tuesday that she would “very seriously” consider an opportunity to serve as his White House press secretary.
Habba, 40, was asked multiple times by Fox News host Sean Hannity about a report suggesting that she is “the favorite” for the role and did not rule out the possibility of serving in the incoming administration.
“I leave it to the president and the three people that are on my board of directors — that’s Luke, Chloe and Parker, my children. Everybody will know in time,” she said.
Look back into European history for a troubling spectre of a political doctrine that has hijacked our national governing.
The doctrine of “monarchical absolutism” asserted that kings derived their authority from God and could not be held accountable for their actions. Thus, those governing were “above” the governed; they were the “Elite” to which the everyday laws did not apply; their existence was in a sphere totally different than any others. The governing enjoyed privilege, wealth, conveniences, and latitudes that were forbidden to the “ruled common man.”
How Dumb Can Government Get?
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If you ever doubted life was absurd, you only need to look at the types of decisions bureaucracies make.
We live in a world where food wrappers have warnings on them telling you not to eat, ladders are plastered with warnings so numerous that you can barely see the aluminum underneath, and packages of nuts have warnings that tell you that this bag of almonds contains nuts.
In the spirit of this stupidity, I present to you this gem of a news story: Costco is being forced to recall packages of butter that do not warn purchasers that the butter contains milk. They even have given instructions
Special counsel Jack Smith, whose two federal prosecutions against Donald Trump are winding down in the wake of his target’s presidential election victory, plans on relinquishing his appointment by the time the president-elect is inaugurated in January.
Smith intends to finish his work and leave before Trump can fulfill his promise of firing the federal prosecutor “within two seconds” of taking office, anonymous sources told the New York Times. The timeline of his departure is unclear, considering his work targeting the former president has not been made public in a report yet.
Watching Gov. Hochul stumble from one blunder to another, I’m reminded of Casey Stengel’s exasperated question about the hapless 1962 Mets: “Can’t anybody here play this game?”
As it was with the Mets, the answer in Hochul’s case is a resounding no.
More than three years after she took office, the accidental governor is still afraid to take off the training wheels.
She’s not running Albany.
Albany is running her.
The Legislature, far-left activists and the bureaucracy are in charge. The state and city are in obvious decline, but she hasn’t delivered a single reform big enough to make a real difference.
High crime, public disorder, the migrant explosion,
Until the Daily Wire uncovered concrete evidence that the Federal Emergency Management Administration was telling relief workers to avoid Trump-supporting homes, the press was happy to take FEMA’s word and debunk accusations of political favoritism.
Now that the FEMA employee at the center of the current scandal is saying that she’s a scapegoat and that the problem is far deeper and wider, will the mainstream press ignore this too?
In the wake of Hurricanes Helene and Milton, FEMA came under attack for its seemingly sluggish response to devastation in heavily Republican areas of the Southeast.
Poppycock, responded the press, regurgitating talking points from the agency.
Trump's Promising Health Agenda
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The Left is hysterical over the prospect of a Trump administration in charge of the nation's health policy.
But life expectancy in the U.S. peaked in 2014 and has been shrinking nearly every year since then, an indicator that Americans' health is declining. This despite the trillions spent covering the uninsured. Expanding insurance is not the panacea it was promised to be. A shakeup is needed.
Here's what should be on the Trump agenda:
1. Focus on Healthy Eating to Combat Chronic Diseases
President-elect Donald Trump's controversial health advisor, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is targeting unhealthy eating, particularly processed foods.
Witness in Daniel Penny trial lied about
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his involvement — and proves no good
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Since the Daniel Penny trial kicked off, witness after witness has described the abject terror they felt while riding the uptown F train as unhinged homeless man Jordan Neely entered the car, snarling and threatening straphangers.
One teen testified that she was so frightened she thought she’d pass out.
An older woman was “scared s–tless.” A 29-year-old man said he was “pretty terrified.”
All testified that they’d never before experienced that type of acute panic while riding the train.
But on Tuesday, one was visibly petrified to be in that courtroom, with protesters outside and multiple Neely supporters inside.
Scared to be on the stand.
President-elect Donald Trump has wasted no time staffing his incoming administration, announcing a flurry of picks in the last few days alone. With intense jockeying going on at the highest levels of MAGA world, and a slate of cabinet picks yet to be announced, here’s a look at who’s been picked so far. JD Vance will be the first millennial vice president.
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JD Vance will be America’s millennial vice president and the second youngest VP in history.
He was serving his first term as senator from Ohio when Trump tapped him to be his running mate.
In a recent episode of her podcast, Megyn Kelly said that it’s just a matter of time before MSNBC gives Joy Reid the boot. Megyn also mentions progressive MSNBC contributor Elie Mystal and refers to him and Reid as racists.
Megyn’s comments are not just hyperbole. Recent reports indicate that ratings at MSNBC are in total collapse.
Joy Reid has always been hateful in her coverage of Trump and other Republicans, but in the months leading up to the 2024 election, she really ripped off her mask and showed herself for who she truly is and it’s ugly.
Here’s a partial transcript via Real Clear Politics:
Multiple outlets say, based largely on claims from CNN via anonymous sources, that President-elect Donald Trump intends to nominate South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as his Homeland Security secretary. While Noem is certainly skilled at promoting herself, she doesn’t have the courage required for this role.[snip] Noem has an undeserved reputation for courage because she was the only governor not to shut down her state in the name of Covid. But that reputation is completely undeserved. The truth is, she attempted to get the power to shut down South Dakota, but the state legislature refused to give it to her.
Fox News personality and Army National Guard member Peter Hegseth’s latest book slamming the military’s embrace of “woke” ideologies helped secure his nomination for secretary of defense by President-elect Donald Trump.
Trump shocked political observers Tuesday night by tapping the “Fox & Friends Weekend” co-host – a vocal Trump supporter and advocate for exiling military leadership who enforce diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives – to serve as defense secretary.
Hegseth, who has served tours of duty in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay as an infantry officer, is the author of “The War on Warriors,” a best-selling book in which the Trump nominee blames the “woke military” for the recruiting crisis
With Donald Trump’s return to the Oval Office just over two months away, America is once again open for business.
Anthony Pratt, an Australian businessman whose company Pratt Industries is worth an estimated $35 billion USD, confirmed that he had been granted permanent residency in the United States.
“Over the past 30 years we have invested to build 70 factories in America, creating 12,000 well-paying American manufacturing jobs,” he wrote on LinkedIn.
“I will remain Chairman of Visy Australia, and will be returning to Australia on a regular basis,” he continued.
President-elect Donald J. Trump is sending signals to the military brass. They’re going back to protecting our country, killing our enemies, and enhancing our national security. The era of woke nonsense and sensitivity training is over. The Wall Street Journal first reported on Trump’s plans for the Pentagon, alluding to the “chilling” effect it could have on the officer corps, but the president-elect has a mandate and should use it. The reported executive order would create a “warrior board” of retired generals and other senior personnel who would review the leadership qualities of the officers in question. There’s no re-election effort lingering overhead either, so don’t be shocked if
Teamsters President Sean O’Brien suggested that Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California and Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York should “step aside” following Vice President Kamala Harris’ defeat in the presidential election.
The union announced in September it would make no endorsement in the election, even though President-elect Donald Trump received overwhelming support in electronic and phone surveys of the rank-and-file members of the Teamsters. O’Brien said he stood by that decision when asked by “Your World” host Neil Cavuto.
Ratings-challenged CNN is reportedly set for a major bloodbath — with boss Mark Thompson expected to lay off high-priced on-air talent as part of wide-ranging layoffs.
The cable network — which lagged behind rivals MSNBC and Fox News during last week’s Election Night coverage — will implement “layoffs that will impact hundreds of employees across the organization,” according to Puck News.
Thompson, who took over last year after the ouster of Chris Licht, will cull personnel from CNN’s television production teams whose “talents won’t necessarily be needed in the new digital-first landscape,” the outlet added.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, whose country is hosting the COP29 climate summit this week, lashed out at Western media and climate activists on Tuesday for criticizing his country’s oil and gas industries.
Aliyev said oil and gas were a “gift from God,” fossil fuels cannot be eliminated entirely, and climate extremists have subjected Azerbaijan to a “well-orchestrated campaign of slander and blackmail.”
Aliyev said all of these things during his keynote address to the COP29 conference, enraging many of the attendees, even though he said he was committed to a gradual transition away from carbon-emitting energy production.
MSNBC had a pretty good night last Tuesday, beating CNN in the election night ratings for the first time. But since then, the network's ratings have dropped off a cliff. As one dejected viewer explained, she just can't take any more MSNBC claptrap without some explanation of why they got this so wrong.
If you’re like me, you haven’t turned on the news since last Tuesday when Donald Trump won the election. Personally, I can’t bear to listen to another minute of wisdom from Joy Reid, my friend Lawrence O’Donnell or the admirable Rachel Maddow. I can’t hear Anderson Cooper, or Abby Phillip. Can’t abide getting the lowdown
The Elon and Vivek Show
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Trump’s nominations are coming thick and fast, and among the more interesting is his selection of Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead a new Department of Government Efficiency:
Despite the name, Trump clarified in a statement that the Musk-Ramaswamy effort would “provide advice and guidance from outside of Government” in tandem with the White House and its Office of Management & Budget “to drive large scale structural reform, and create an entrepreneurial approach to Government never seen before.”
So I take it there won’t be an actual department, it will just be Elon and Vivek and maybe some aides.
One of the biggest winners of the 2024 election was Scott Jennings. The folksy columnist and former George W. Bush staffer was a dominant force in his role as CNN's token Republican, regularly holding his own in one-on-five debates with Democrats and journalists who support Democrats.
As a normal American, Jennings often seemed out of place on CNN, mostly because he wasn't afraid to criticize Democrats but also because of his insightful commentary and because he never lost his cool—or his sense of humor—when his remarks were inevitably met with incredulous screeching. When Jennings wasn't calling out his onscreen