Posts on Friday, December 20, 2024
As President Biden's term comes to an end, he is reportedly considering commuting the sentences of most, if not all, of the 40 men on the federal government’s death row.
The Wall Street Journal, citing sources familiar with the matter, reported that the move would frustrate President-elect Trump's plan to streamline executions as he takes office in January.
Attorney General Merrick Garland, who oversees federal prisons, recommended that Biden commute all but a handful of egregious sentences, the sources said.
The outlet reported that possible exceptions could include Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the 2013 Boston Marathon bomber who killed three and wounded more than 250; Robert Bowers,
Departing President Joe Biden’s administration is nothing if not busy as desks are cleaned out and preparations for final departure made. On Friday it announced federal student loans for another 55,000 workers will be canceled through an existing program known as Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
Biden has now canceled an unprecedented $180 billion in federal student loans through existing programs during his term in office, covering 4.9 million Americans. The total cost for Biden’s latest act of Christmas charity will come in at $4.28 billion, courtesy of U.S. taxpayers, the bulk of whom previously questioned just how fair such acts are when workers are left to fund the munificence.
The Biden Administration quietly withdrew a proposed rule change to Title IX that would have clarified the eligibility of transgender athletes in school sports. The rule, which had sparked significant debate, was intended to ensure that schools could adopt policies on transgender participation while balancing fairness in women's sports.
The Department of Education released a docket on Friday claiming that the initial intent of the Biden Administration’s proposal was to "propose a regulatory standard under Title IX that would govern a recipient’s adoption or application of sex-related criteria that would limit or deny a student’s eligibility to participate on a male or female athletic team consistent with their gender identity.”
At least 2 dead and dozens injured after
car plows into German Christmas market,
authorities say replies
car plows into German Christmas market,
authorities say replies
At least two people are dead and dozens are injured after a car plowed into a crowd at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg, according to local authorities.
At least 68 people were injured in the Magdeburg Christmas market attack, including 15 people with serious injuries, according to a statement posted on the city of Magdeburg’s Facebook page.
An adult and toddler were killed in the attack and the suspected driver has been arrested, the regional Prime Minister of Saxony-Anhalt, Reiner Haseloff, said in a televised statement.
Footage from social media, verified by CNN, shows the gruesome
The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) moved to restrict and remove information from its website after a report revealed its full-throated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.
Last week, Do No Harm, an organization committed to de-politicizing medicine, published an exhaustive report detailing how the AAMC wielded its influence and prestige to push DEI and other leftist policies. The AAMC facilitates much of medical education in the United States and administers the MCAT, the test students take to get into medical school.
After the Do No Harm report dropped, the AAMC this week pulled information from its website
The worst thing any government can do is to fail to act on its promises. Across the world, there are governments of all stripes suffering for doing just that.
In Britain, the Labour government is already sinking in the opinion polls because it promised things it hasn’t been able to do. And it has also done things it promised not to do — like raising taxes.
It´s the same in Germany, Italy and other European countries, where governments promised to deport illegal asylum seekers and have so far failed to get almost anyone out of their countries.
But before the Trump administration has even taken office, there is a political problem
Scott Jennings Offers Strong Words on
Democrats' Absurd Claim That Elon Musk
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Democrats' Absurd Claim That Elon Musk
Is a 'Shadow President' replies
Democrats have come up with the wild new conspiracy theory that Elon Musk is actually the co-president and calling the shots, as opposed to President-elect Donald Trump. This is all because he dared to use his platform of X to amplify his opposition and that of the American people to the over 1,500 page spending bill that had been released on Tuesday night and has since failed. CNN also discussed such a theory on Thursday, with Scott Jennings weighing in on multiple programs.
The House passed a government spending bill Friday evening to avoid a government shutdown set to ensue at midnight.
The continuing resolution (CR) that was passed extends government funding until March and provides over $100 billion dollars in relief funds to hurricane victims, farmers and more.
The 118-page bill passed with bipartisan support, 366 - 34, after Johnson negotiated with his Democratic counterpart Hakeem Jeffries over the details in multiple conversations on Friday. The bill will now head to the Senate for approval.
In the weeks before the 2016 Trump Electoral College victory, Donald Trump was polling between 35 and 40 percent.
He would average only about 41% approval over his tumultuous four-year tenure.
No one knows what lies ahead over the next four years. But for now, Trump already polls well over 50% approval.
His inauguration in a few weeks will likely not resemble Trump's 2016 ceremony. In the 2016-7 transition, Democratic-affiliated interests ran commercials urging electors to become "faithless," and thus illegally to reject their states' popular votes and instead elect the loser, Hillary Clinton.
Massive demonstrations met Trump on Inauguration Day.
Marc Andreessen is a very successful Silicon Valley venture capitalist. In picking and investing in early-stage tech companies such as Twitter and Facebook years ago, you could say he swims with the sharks, and swims very well. His firm has over $45 billion under management. He was recently the subject of a wide-ranging interview by Bari Weise, the intrepid founder of The Free Press.
The hottest thing in Silicon Valley these days is AI – the acronym for Artificial Intelligence.
Elite universities have been so thoroughly captured by the left that they are no longer capable of reforming themselves to offer an ideologically balanced and intellectually diverse education. [Snip] If universities are determined to have faculty that are ideological monoliths, they can find students and private donors who are willing to indulge this indoctrination and pay for it themselves. These institutions are not entitled to a dime of taxpayer money,...if these universities are unable to survive on their own. New universities will arise, and others that can meet the Sodom and Gomorrah test will reform themselves to offer an intellectually diverse and ideologically balanced education.
Hollywood actor Neal McDonough, who’s long been outspoken about his Christian faith and known for his roles in Minority Report and Yellowstone, revealed that Hollywood has undergone a cultural shift and now wants to make more faith-based films.
McDonough, who previously said that his unwillingness to do sex scenes cost him movie roles, appeared on The Blaze with Glenn Beck where he discussed the shift in Hollywood.
“Do you think they can learn? Because I’ve talked to enough people where they just really don’t understand it,” said Beck. McDonough said he saw “a breakdown of all the studios of what they’re looking for” and was amazed to
America’s greatest presidents were sometimes treated like punching bags in office — insulted and vilified by opponents. President Biden has endured the same undeserved treatment. But I expect that, like other great presidents, history will judge him more accurately.
Biden has been a historically transformative president. His landmark domestic accomplishments are comparable to Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal and Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society.
A 2023 survey of 154 political scientists and other presidential experts ranked Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt and George Washington as America’s three greatest presidents, in that order. Biden ranked No. 14. Donald Trump, who will become president again
Hamilton County, situated just north of Indianapolis, has been home to a sports megaplex for the past decade that fundamentally changed not only a tiny rural town but also a cultural mindset in the region. [Snip] As youth sports continue to increase, churches are seeing a decrease in members and Sunday worshippers. [Snip] Practices, games, and tournaments are eating up a large portion of a family’s time together. And when stressed and overbooked families are looking at their weekly schedules, it is often Sunday worship and midweek church activities that don’t make the cut.
I was going to begin my headline with "Comedy Gold," but it would have made it too long.
On MSNBC's Wednesday episode of "Morning Joe," one of the failing network's super-failing shows, left-wing New Republic editor Michael Tomasky — demonstrably annoyed by President-elect Donald Trump's decisive election win over Vice President Kamala Harris — hilariously trotted out what he believes is the reason Trump overcame multiple hurdles to win back the presidency. In the process, Tomasky inadvertently threw the left-wing media under the bus.
In Tomasky's TDS-riddled mind, "right-wing" media is responsible for Trump's popularity. The left-winger singled out Fox News founder Rupert Murdoch, calling out the media tycoon for
Sears has closed its final store in Washington, leaving it operating in only four states across the US.
The department store, which was once the largest in the country, closed an outlet in the Southcenter Mall in Tukwila, Washington, on December 15.
In the weeks leading up to its closure, the store, which had been there for three decades, hosted discount sales for shoppers. Its closure means that Sears only has eight stores remaining across California, Florida, Massachusetts and Texas.
Locals expressed their sadness at the store closing its doors.
President Biden was so mentally fatigued that he skipped out on a phone call from the chair of the powerful House Armed Services Committee ahead of the US’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, according to a report.
Biden, the oldest president in US history, was incredibly hard to reach — even for lawmakers in his own party — as his aides attempted to keep Biden’s evident mental and physical decline under tight wraps, a bombshell report from the Wall Street Journal revealed.
That inaccessibility proved to be immensely consequential for one of the administration’s biggest snafus that would mar the remainder of Biden’s presidency.
This week, the GOP-led U.S. House Judiciary's Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government held a hearing on "Revisiting the Implications of the FACE Act," a Clinton-era law that prohibits anyone from physically obstructing access to "reproductive health services." Subcommittee members convened Wednesday to further examine the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act's unequal, politicized application against pro-life activists.
One such defendant, pro-life leader Paul Vaughn, the president of Personhood Tennessee, appeared before the congressional subcommittee to testify about his harrowing experience being prosecuted by the Biden-Harris administration's U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
Republicans won the Minnesota House after a judge ruled that Democrat state representative-elect Curtis Johnson “did not meet the residency requirements and is not eligible to serve as the representative for Minnesota House District 40B.”
“Curtis Johnson is enjoined from taking the oath of office and from acting as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives for House District 40B,” the judge wrote.
The judge’s decision comes as the Minnesota House of Representatives is tied at 67-67.
Johnson’s Republican opponent, Paul Wikstrum, filed a lawsuit
We dodged a bullet.
Failed Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz still doesn’t understand why he lost the 2024 election.
Since his crushing loss against Trump, Tim Walz has gone to friendly media outlets wondering why he lost.
One theory? Americans voted for Trump because they want a less inclusive, more negative vision. Watch: (X Video) On Friday morning, Tim Walz posted a video of himself opening an action figure of himself sent by elitist, out-of-touch ‘comedian’ and late night host Jimmy Kimmel.
They are still confused and, understandably, a little angry in the centre of Essen, though the mood is very much calmer than it was a few days ago. [SNIP] As I stand here, amid the oom-pah music, the fairy lights and the little stalls selling hot chocolate, hefty sausages, toys, candles and all the ephemera you would expect at a traditional German Christmas market, I can see why.
For in mid-afternoon on Sunday December 8, this snug ambiance – what the Germans like to call 'Gemütlichkeit' -- was suddenly disrupted by chants of 'Allahu Akbar'.
Kamala Harris suddenly cancels Los Angeles
trip to remain in D.C. after Biden decline bombshell replies
trip to remain in D.C. after Biden decline bombshell replies
The Vice President’s office said Harris would not travel to California on Thursday as planned and would instead remain in the capital. [Snip] The sudden jettisoning of Harris’ holiday prompted widespread speculation on social media that Biden could be in poor health. Her announcement came hours after a bombshell Wall Street Journal investigation exposed how frail the president has been throughout the last four years. [Snip] Harris staying in Washington is likely due to the uncertainty of whether the House of Representatives can pass a stopgap continuing resolution bill to fund the government.
President-elect Donald Trump filed an amicus brief late Thursday in support of a legal effort by Texas and Missouri to "immediately" stop the Biden administration’s sale of border wall materials, saying the action is "possibly criminal." [Snip] "The Court should issue an order directing the Defendants to immediately stop any ongoing sale of border-barrier materials to private parties pending the Court’s review of Defendant’s conduct, and the Court should swiftly conduct a searching examination of the Government’s conduct, by formal discovery if necessary, to examine the Government’s compliance with the law, the Constitution, and the Court’s injunction," Trump’s amicus brief states.
The Wall Street Journal has an article delving into the efforts to cover up Biden’s mental state. But the article raises as many questions as it answers. I won’t dwell on the umpteenth revelations that Biden had bad days, that he had trouble remembering lines or figuring out where he was supposed to go.
While preparing last year for his interview with Robert K. Hur, the special counsel who investigated Biden’s handling of classified documents, the president couldn’t recall lines that his team discussed with him. At events, aides often repeated instructions to him, such as where to enter or exit a stage, that would be obvious to the average person…
In an epic exchange on CNN, Senior Political Commentator Scott Jennings delivered a brutal reality check to Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and the Democrats, cutting through their rhetoric with precision. The moment came after Jayapal launched into a tirade blaming Elon Musk and Donald Trump for the looming government shutdown.
“We already had a bill,” she said. “We negotiated it. Mike Johnson agreed to it. And because, as you said, Elon Musk, a billionaire, tweeted about it — President Musk tweeted about it — these Republicans tried to go around their own caucus, all the work that's been done, and they are in charge of shutting down the government. Now,
President Joe Biden is transferring more student loan debt onto American taxpayers with only weeks left until he departs the Oval Office.
The Biden administration announced Friday that it is giving $4.28 billion of student debt relief to almost 55,000 more public service workers including teachers, nurses, and law enforcement officials.
“From Day One of my Administration, I promised to make sure that higher education is a ticket to the middle class, not a barrier to opportunity,” Biden said in a statement. “Because of our actions, millions of people across the country now have the breathing room
As Barack 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.
The Obama Administration killed hundreds of thousands of Americans by allowing the Iran-founded and funded terrorist organization Hezbollah to operate in the Western Hemisphere, where it built a narco-terror network that shipped illegal drugs into this country. The Middle Eastern threat is now below our southern border, something obvious as far back as 2011
Stop the Presses! Shutdown Biden’s midnight
regulations by letting the government
shutdown ASAP replies
regulations by letting the government
shutdown ASAP replies
In 2023, the Biden administration published over 90,000 pages in the Federal Register (“FR”). [snip] In fact, since election day last month, the Biden administration has published nearly 16,000 pages in the FR. [snip] The question is — why let it get that far? If the government shuts down, so does the Federal Register, which could prevent hundreds of additional rules from being finalized or proposed. This is a truly historic opportunity for Trump, DOGE, and the Republicans.
These are President Joe Biden's stumbles and mistakes that should have been a clue to his rapidly declining mental health - after bombshell report revealed how Democrat insiders and cheerleaders hid his condition from the public.
The Biden Administration launched an extensive, deliberate and years-long cover-up in attempt to hide his ailing mental state, a new explosive investigation by The Wall Street Journal has exposed.
The bombshell report revealed how Biden's team hired a vocal coach, put other officials into roles usually occupied by the president, scrapped meetings on his 'bad days', and kept him at arm's length from his own Cabinet members.
Former Cook County Prosecutor Kim Foxx is no longer authorized to practice law in Illinois after she failed to keep her license current.
According to the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARCD), Foxx is "unauthorized to practice law as [the] attorney has not demonstrated required MCLE [Minimum Continuing Legal Education] compliance."
Her license to practice law was suspended on Dec. 1. The liberal prosecutor told WGN-TV that the suspension was a "clerical error," saying that she had "more than enough credits."
The date of the suspension came after Foxx's successor, Eileen O'Neill Burke, began her role as Cook County's top cop.
O'Neill Burke as elected last month after Foxx decided not to
The Pentagon’s annual Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China report, released on Wednesday, found that China is making progress toward its goal of military modernization despite persistent corruption problems.
The report warned China has almost tripled its nuclear arsenal since 2020. According to the Pentagon, China now has over 600 operational nuclear warheads. The official U.S. estimate in 2020 was in the “low 200s.” China’s nuclear arsenal remains far smaller than those of the United States and Russia, which have over 5,500 warheads each. The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) estimated 5,580 warheads for Russia and 5,044 for the U.S. in 2024.
House Speaker Mike Johnson revealed a spending bill to keep the government open—and conservatives rebelled. It was scuttled for another version, essentially a clean continuing resolution that provides disaster relief aid, extends the farm bill, and increases the debt ceiling by two years. Conservatives are still not happy, and Democrats lambasted the bill as MAGA extremism before going on unhinged diatribes against Elon Musk. Thirty-eight Republicans voted with Democrats to kill the bill, which places DC on shutdown watch. The government closes at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, which means Congress, known for screwing things up, has a day to pass something to avert disaster. It likely won’t happen
What do a $15 million settlement with ABC News, a Washington, D.C., waitress getting fired, and the Los Angeles Times planning to include a bias meter in its news stories have in common?
They are all welcome signs that the nation is embracing normalcy once again – something that Joe Biden was allegedly going to restore after Donald Trump’s supposedly chaotic years.
Trump’s first term was chaotic, but not because of what he did so much as the four-year hysteria unleashed by his opponents.
Biden, on the other hand, brought true chaos. A tainted election, foreign wars, open borders, runaway inflation,
The United States Marine Corps’ (USMC) annual “Toys for Tots” drive has delivered nearly 25 million gifts to over 10 million underprivileged children across the country this year as Christmas approaches.
Retired USMC Lt. Gen. James B. Laster, the CEO of the Toys for Tots foundation, revealed the impressive numbers in a statement Tuesday after retailer Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings announced that it had raised over $1.1 million for the gift-giving program. “In 2024, the Marine Toys for Tots Program reached unprecedented milestones, delivering nearly 25 million toys, books, and gifts to over 10 million disadvantaged children across the Nation.
On Thursday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” Lara Trump discussed what she believes should be the most important issues for Congress and what she’d focus on if she was in the Senate.
Trump said that people “want strong borders. They want things that are going to make this economy better. They want to get out of these endless wars that we have around the world. … Rebuild our military, peace through strength.” “The Alex Marlow Show,” hosted by Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow, is a weekday podcast produced by Breitbart News and Salem Podcast Network.
A House Republican measure to avert a government shutdown went up in flames Thursday in a 174 to 235 vote after a near-solid bloc of Democrats and 38 Republicans voted against the stopgap, which had been championed by President-elect Donald Trump.
Twenty lawmakers did not cast a vote on the spending patch. Only two Democrats — Reps. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.) and Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) — voted in favor of it. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) voted present.
Chaos erupted on the House floor as Democrats shouted at Republican Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna while the House of Representatives voted on a new, Trump-approved continuing resolution.
Speaker Johnson’s original CR failed after President Trump and Elon Musk raised concerns about policies on Wednesday night.
President Trump announced a “SUCCESS in Washington” Thursday evening after the House scrapped its continuing resolution (CR) bill to fund the government until March 14 and came to an agreement on a new bill that Trump described as “VITAL to the America First Agenda.”
Americans used to be afraid of government shutdowns, and a few still are.
Ever worried about catching flak, it's almost a given that they bend the knee to Democrats and give them what they want. This is a hangover from the Clinton years when Bill Clinton could look into the camera with his scolding eyes and blame Republicans for every bad thing, and people bought the spin because the Pravda Media kept repeating it.
Republicans learned a lesson, but the wrong one. What they should have figured out is that the Democrats and the media would attack them no matter what, so they should just go