Are We Winning?
Posted By: Dreadnought, 2/25/2025 12:39:19 AM
Democrats believe that the Trump administration has overreached and is rapidly becoming unpopular. Thus, the New York Times headlines: “Republicans Face Angry Voters at Town Halls, Hinting at Broader Backlash.” After a monthlong honeymoon for the G.O.P. at the start of President Trump’s term, lawmakers are confronting a groundswell of fear and disaffection in districts around the country. Longtime Democratic consultant James Carville says that the Trump administration is in the “midst of a collapse” and will crumble in the next four to six weeks. He cites polling data in support of that optimistic (for his party) prediction. The Democrats think, in particular, that Elon Musk is unpopular
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Apple’s iPhone voice-to-text feature is sparking controversy after a viral TikTok video showed a user speaking the word "racist," which at first showed up as "Trump" before switching back to "racist."
Fox News Digital was able to replicate the issue multiple times. The voice-to-text dictation feature was observed briefly flashing "Trump" when a user said "racist" before it quickly changed back to "racist" – just like in the viral TikTok video.
However, "Trump" did not appear every time a user said "racist."
The voice-to-text feature also wrote words like "reinhold" and "you" when a user said "racist." Most of the time, the feature accurately wrote "racist."
The NSA spies on all of us but didn't know that their employees are using an official chat system to discuss their sexual perversions, swap stories about their transgender fantasies, their surgeries or plans for them, and "kink."
What great spies they are. They probably know what you ate for breakfast, but didn't know their own employees were doing this on official chatrooms during company time. I'm pretty sure that the agency is lying about not knowing because if that is the case they should fire all the top brass and their deputies and start over with something other than the DEI crowd.
Republicans in the House Judiciary Committee are claiming that a new disclosure reveals that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) leaked a larger amount of taxpayer data than previously admitted, and that information about President Donald Trump is among them. Concretely, the House Judiciary GOP said on X that the IRS admitted that the actual figure was over 405,000, compared to the "over 70,000" claimed last year when Rep. Jim Jordan began inquiring into the matter.
"The IRS's admission confirms the Committee's suspicion and recent reports that show the scope of the leak was much broader than what the Biden Administration's IRS initially led the public to believe," the publication adds,
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow said Monday on “The Rachel Maddow Show” that her network made a “bad mistake” firing host Joy Reid.
Maddow said, “Joy Reid’s show, the ReidOut ended tonight, and Joy is not taking a different job in the network. She is leaving the network altogether and that is very, very, very hard to take. I am 51 years old. I have been gainfully employed since I was 12 and I have had so many different kinds of jobs, you wouldn’t believe me if I told you. But in all of the jobs I have had in all of the years I have been alive,
On Monday, President Trump held a joint press conference with the President of France, Emmanuel Macron. Both national leaders spoke, and both answered (unscripted, unscreened) questions from the media present. The primary topic was the Russo-Ukrainian War.
Here are some highlights.
President Trump expressed, again, serious concern about the war between Ukraine and Russia:
This very day is the third anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine which would never have happened if I was president, that was not going to happen. The horrors of this gruesome and bloody war can scarcely be overestimated, hundreds of thousands of people, Russians and Ukrainians in particular, needlessly died. An entire generation of Ukrainian and Russian men
Are We Winning?
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Democrats believe that the Trump administration has overreached and is rapidly becoming unpopular. Thus, the New York Times headlines: “Republicans Face Angry Voters at Town Halls, Hinting at Broader Backlash.”
After a monthlong honeymoon for the G.O.P. at the start of President Trump’s term, lawmakers are confronting a groundswell of fear and disaffection in districts around the country.
Longtime Democratic consultant James Carville says that the Trump administration is in the “midst of a collapse” and will crumble in the next four to six weeks. He cites polling data in support of that optimistic (for his party) prediction. The Democrats think, in particular, that Elon Musk is unpopular
The George Pickett example might be apt, but not in the way that James Carville thinks. We'll get to the polls shortly, but for now let's just say that the Ragin' Cajun is getting high off his own supply. He might have read a recent Washington Post analysis highlighting a secondary outcome of an outlier poll, to which I'd advise Carville to check his sources.
Anyway ... chaser: This is why the idea that the Trump administration will collapse is absurd. First, Trump isn't even losing on the stays consistently. The first few forays threw up some roadblocks, but judges have relented on some of those now too.
We reported earlier on the disturbing news that chat logs of the NSA government messaging program for the intelligence community showed that NSA, CIA, and FBI personnel were discussing some concerning lurid topics including transgender sex subjects and "wide-ranging discussions of sex, kink, polyamory, and castration."
“All NSA employees sign agreements stating that publishing non-mission related material on Intelink is a usage violation and will result in disciplinary action.” The CIA has now responded to the reports. Director of Public Affairs for the CIA Liz Lyons said that the messages "allegedly involving a CIA official are unacceptable and have no place at the Agency.
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New York — Starbucks announced Monday it will lay off over 1,000 corporate workers and cut complex and unpopular drinks from its menu in an effort to turn around lagging sales and revamp the coffee chain.
Starbucks is cutting some Frappuccino blended drinks, Royal English Breakfast Latte and White Hot Chocolate as part of its effort to simplify operations and shrink its menu.
“These items aren’t commonly purchased, can be complex to make, or are like other beverages on our menu,” the company said in a release announcing the menu change. Starbucks is cutting 30% of its menu in an effort to simplify its processes.
Today’s election in Germany turned out as polls had predicted: the Christian Democrats, an ostensibly conservative party, had a 29% plurality; the Alternative for Germany, a genuinely conservative party, finished second with 21% of the vote; and the formerly ruling coalition was roundly repudiated, with Olaf Scholz’s SPD getting only 17%, while the Greens trailed with 12%.
At the Daily Economy, my friend and colleague, the economist John Phelan, predicted today’s result and attributed it to the futile pursuit of “Green Dreams.” See the original for many links:
The proximate cause of Sunday’s election is the collapse of the governing coalition
Tell me you're out of touch without telling me you're out of touch.
I wasn't planning on writing anything today as I'm knee-deep in a house cleaning project, but I took a little break to peruse the news and saw an article in the New York Times that had me wondering if I'd accidentally stumbled upon a satire site like the Babylon Bee. It was about how deporting illegal migrants would have a negative impact on the wealthy people who have homes in the Hamptons. You know, the real victims in all of this.
The article is entitled "They Help Make
The mostly even tempered Michael Smerconish rarely gets discombobulated to the extent of threatening to shut off his guest's mic. However that is exactly what happened on Saturday on his CNN show after he called the DOGE dividend plan created by his guest, James Fishback, a "Ponzi" scheme. When Fishback retorted by wondering where CNN was when the federal government promoted such "Ponzi" schemes as Ukraine War funding and $7000 per month payments to illegal migrants, a very defensive Smerconish went into mic shutoff threat territory. Before the mic shutoff threat, Smerconish went into nervous laughter seemingly in an attempt to override Fishback speaking
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Actress Jane Fonda won the SAG life achievement honor at the SAG Awards on Sunday night and used her speech to defend woke and encourage Hollywood to pursue an anti-Trump agenda.
While the world and broader culture has been seeking to leave woke behind, Jane Fonda came to its defense at the SAG Awards on Sunday night, defining it as simply giving “a damn about other people.” “What we, actors, create is empathy. Our job is to understand another human being so profoundly that we can touch their souls,” said Fonda. “And make no mistake, empathy is not weak or woke. By the way, woke just means
Starbucks is laying off workers and paring
back the menu as it tries to turn the
business around 29 replies
back the menu as it tries to turn the
business around 29 replies
New York — Starbucks announced Monday it will lay off over 1,000 corporate workers and cut complex and unpopular drinks from its menu in an effort to turn around lagging sales and revamp the coffee chain.
Starbucks is cutting some Frappuccino blended drinks, Royal English Breakfast Latte and White Hot Chocolate as part of its effort to simplify operations and shrink its menu.
“These items aren’t commonly purchased, can be complex to make, or are like other beverages on our menu,” the company said in a release announcing the menu change. Starbucks is cutting 30% of its menu in an effort to simplify its processes.
A senior Hamas official told the New York Times last week that he would not have supported the October 7, 2023, terror attack against Israel if he had known the outcome — the destruction of Hamas and the devastation of Gaza.
The Times reported Monday:
Mousa Abu Marzouk, the Qatar-based head of Hamas’s foreign relations office, said in an interview with The New York Times that he would not have supported the attack if he had known of the havoc it would wreak on Gaza. Knowing of the consequences, he said, would have made it “impossible” for him to back the assault
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow said Monday on “The Rachel Maddow Show” that her network made a “bad mistake” firing host Joy Reid.
Maddow said, “Joy Reid’s show, the ReidOut ended tonight, and Joy is not taking a different job in the network. She is leaving the network altogether and that is very, very, very hard to take. I am 51 years old. I have been gainfully employed since I was 12 and I have had so many different kinds of jobs, you wouldn’t believe me if I told you. But in all of the jobs I have had in all of the years I have been alive,
A 16-year-old boy let out a keening wail as he collapsed in court after being told he would be tried for murder as an adult and denied bail. Sean Simpson is charged with the shooting murder of 16-year-old Zaquavious Dawkins last month in Gastonia, North Carolina. The alleged teen killer broke down in court, sobbing and screaming as he learned he would not be released on bail and will have to face the law as an adult. Simpson began wiping his eyes as the judge could be heard saying 'hold without bond,' footage obtained by QueenCityNews shows.
Democrats are anxious to rebuild their party on the heels of President Trump’s victory in November. But they have a major problem as they try to refashion their brand: The money isn’t there. Democratic donors — from bundlers to small dollar donors — say they are still angry about the election results and uninspired by anything their side has put forward since then. (Snip) Much of the consternation among the donor community stems from the unprecedented 2024 election cycle, where many felt misled by the party and former President Biden’s reelection campaign. Until the Democratic debate in June, donors and
Pres. Joe Biden’s airport security agency opened up fast-track lines for illegal migrants in 2021, according to a Transportation Security Agency document released by President Donald Trump’s deputies.
The heretofore unreleased 2021 policy allowed illegal migrants to use a variety of “DHS-provided documents” to walk quickly through security checkpoints that held up many Americans.
These approved documents included various documents issued by DHS, such as warrants for arrests, “Notice to Appear” court appointments, and Alien Booking record documents.
The policy was unveiled by journalist Breanna Morello, who wrote, “These documents could be displayed electronically at TSA security checkpoints, meaning an illegal alien could present a photo or screenshot on their device,
There are leakers, and then there are leakers. Some leaking can be justified; whistleblowers to legitimately bad or evil practices by people in positions of authority is technically leaking of information, possibly even classified information, for instance.
On the other hand, on Monday, we learned that there may be some Trump-hating personnel at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) who are threatening to take classified intelligence information to foreign governments if their positions are threatened by the efforts of the Department of Government Efficiency — the DOGE.
There is a word for that. It's not a pretty one.
In an effort to comply with an executive order to downsize the federal workforce,
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Is there anyone out there who doesn’t know who Greg Gutfeld is?
He is the host of the highest rated late night talk show on Fox News at 10:00 p.m.
His format usually includes two guests and two regulars discussing recent current events with humor, very politically incorrect comments, and frequently blipped-out blue language.
He is way funnier than Bill Maher was when his Politically Incorrect show aired from New York but the most important thing about Gutfeld is the size of his audience and who is watching.
DOGE chief Elon Musk teased Monday that federal workers may receive a second email asking them to list their weekly accomplishments – and that failure to respond to it will result in “termination.”
The Tesla and SpaceX founder’s warning came hours after the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) notified human resource bosses across multiple agencies that responses to emails sent Saturday –demanding a list of five bullet points detailing what federal workers achieved in the previous five working days — were “voluntary” and that failure to respond would not be taken as a resignation, as Musk had claimed. (Photo) “The email request was utterly trivial, as the standard
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The “thing” is the awkward skill of being very unlikeable. Today, Ron DeSantis talked openly about the goal to install his wife, Casey, as the next Florida Governor. Um, hell no. WATCH: Video.
Former, "retired" CIA Director John Brennan issued a panicked warning over the weekend on corporate state media regarding newly confirmed FBI Director Kash Patel’s agenda. Very dark,” “unprecedented” — scary terms.
Speaking of which, Brennan is the former top CIA spook who rebranded himself as a journalist and then wasted no time in appearing on MSNBC in the very first days of the Brandon Reign of Terror to declare war on anyone remotely associated with the right, including “libertarians.”