Posts on Friday, March 28, 2025
Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki asserted Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration should not ‘treat everyone like they are stupid” after spending her tenure claiming former President Joe Biden was mentally healthy.
Psaki told “Morning Joe” panelists that the administration is gaslighting the American people as if they are “morons” when it comes to the leaked Signal messages detailing a planned attack on the Houthis in Yemen. National Security adviser Mike Waltz inadvertently added The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg to the chat, where he has since published screenshots of internal discussions about the military’s planned attack, which was carried out on March 15.
Columbia University interim president
steps down amid clash with Trump admin
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steps down amid clash with Trump admin
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Interim Columbia University President Katrina Armstrong has stepped down amidst a clash with the Trump administration over federal funding.
"Dr. Armstrong accepted the role of interim president at a time of great uncertainty for the University and worked tirelessly to promote the interests of our community," said David J. Greenwald, chair of the board of trustees, said in a news release late Friday. "Katrina has always given her heart and soul to Columbia. We appreciate her service and look forward to her continued contributions to the University."
Fox News also confirmed that board of trustees co-chair Claire Shipman has been appointed as the acting university president until the board
The Father of our Country, in his youth , wrote a book in which he extensively detailed over a hundred rules of manners and courtesy and decorum he thought were necessary for young people to learn and abide by. The book was Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation and one looks at the title, especially the last phrase of it, with a sad realization of how quaintly archaic those words sound in today’s caudron of crudity. Adam Smith said long ago “There is a great deal of ruin in a nation”
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) has fast become one of America’s best members of Congress thanks to his near-impeccable voting record and hilarious put-downs of woke liberal anchors during adversarial interviews. He once again went viral on Friday after a liberal tried to ambush him on the streets of D.C. regarding a classic inside-the-beltway story that no ordinary American cares about. (Snip) A youthful leftist, likely either employed by the Democratic National Committee or Media Matters, decided to ambush Burchett while on the streets of Washington DC Thursday afternoon to ask him a stupid question about the made-up media scandal.
I reported earlier on some of the delusional takes that failed vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz had during a town hall in Texas. Why is he having a town hall in Texas — unless he's already starting a run for 2028? He appears to be trying to become the male "face" of the Democratic Party and nothing could be better...for the Republicans, (Snip) "I've been saying this. I think we need a shadow government so when all these things come up, every single day, we've got an alternate press conference telling the truth about what things are happening," Walz said to cheers.
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Friday that the Trump administration had granted permission to West Virginia to ban the use of federal food assistance dollars to buy soft drinks. At an event in Martinsburg, WV, RFK Jr. gave West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrissey a first-of-its-kind waiver to permit the ban and had a message for the rest of the country: “Apply for a waiver to my agency, and we’re going to give it to you.”
“Taxpayer dollars should be targeted toward nutritious foods,” Gov. Patrick Morrisey said at a lectern emblazoned with a “MAHA Starts Here” sign.
'Dilbert' Creator Scott Adams Suggests
Hilarious New Department to Handle Fake
Concerns of Democrats replies
Hilarious New Department to Handle Fake
Concerns of Democrats replies
The closer comedy is to reality, the funnier it is.
So when "Dilbert" creator Scott Adams suggested in jest during a recent episode of his podcast that President Donald Trump should create a new department to handle the ridiculous concerns, complaints, and scaremongering of the Democrat Party, the idea was pretty funny.
When Adams suggested a name for the new pretend department, it was downright hilarious.
Here's Adams:
So now that we know that the big problem was the imaginary concern of what could have happened but didn't happen, I've suggested that Trump should create a Department of Imaginary Concerns, and it would be only to handle Democrat complaints.
BANGKOK (AP) — Two violent earthquakes rocked Southeast Asia on Friday, causing buildings in the Thai capital Bangkok to sway and collapse and prompting evacuations across the city, as well as in neighboring Myanmar. Bangkok police say a high-rise building under construction collapsed when a 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit the Thai capital midday on Friday, and possible casualties are not yet known.
A dramatic video circulated on social media showed the multi-story building with a crane on top collapsing into a cloud of dust, while onlookers screamed and ran.
A handful of cowardly Republican senators anonymously whined to Jewish Insider about Vice President J.D. Vance’s America First foreign policy viewpoints, coughing up a dying gasp of the war-obsessed GOP establishment.
The neocon senators glommed onto Vance’s skepticism of immediately taking military action against the Houthis in Yemen disrupting trade in the Suez Canal, despite saying he was “willing” to support it and then ultimately did. Vance expressed concern that the action would be difficult to justify to the American public, which elected him and President Donald Trump in part to stop endless wars and at least justify military action in terms of American interests.
Exclusive — Sen. Mike Lee: We Must Ensure
Only U.S. Citizens Are Voting in Federal Elections replies
Only U.S. Citizens Are Voting in Federal Elections replies
Congress must ensure only U.S. citizens are voting in federal elections, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily, announcing he is introducing a “beefed up” version of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act this year.
Host Mike Slater asked Lee about his SAVE Act, which essentially expands proof-of-citizenship requirements to vote in federal elections.
“We talked with [Rep.] Chip [Roy] a couple times about it, but President Trump signed his executive order yesterday, and he’s calling for proof of citizenship,” Slater said.
“Great. Voter ID. Great. One day voting and paper ballots. Do you agree with all four of these?
Yet another federal judge has blocked a portion of one of President Donald Trump’s executive orders, arguing that his directive to terminate government contracts with all diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs is a “coercive threat.”
Judge Matthew F. Kennelly of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois signed a memorandum opinion and order on Thursday in favor of a Chicago-based nonprofit that promotes “diversity, equity, and inclusion within the skilled trades industry.”
The organization, Chicago Women in Trades (CWIT), receives roughly 40 percent of its annual budget from the federal government, according to the document.
In a 46-page civil lawsuit filed in February,
LONDON (AP) – King Charles III was briefly hospitalized for observation on Thursday after experiencing “temporary side effects” related to a scheduled cancer treatment, Buckingham Palace said in a statement.
His engagements for Thursday afternoon and Friday were canceled.
“His majesty has now returned to Clarence House and as a precautionary measure, acting on medical advice, tomorrow’s diary program will also be rescheduled,” the palace said. “His majesty would like to send his apologies to all those who may be inconvenienced or disappointed as a result.”
The king’s health has been closely watched ever since early last year when he announced that he had been diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer.
An eastern Washington school board is pleading for urgent federal intervention to force the state to comply with the Trump administration’s policy on transgender athletes.
In a complaint filed this week with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, the Kennewick School Board said it’s in a bind: Either comply with state law and jeopardize federal funding, or follow President Donald Trump and risk punishment from the state.
“The Kennewick School Board is committed to ensuring the protection of biological female athletics, maintaining ‘all-female’ locker rooms separate from male locker rooms, and prioritizing the privacy rights of our students,” the complaint reads. “However, we find ourselves caught between conflicting directives
As of this week, eight-wheeled armored fighting vehicles known as Strykers have been deployed to the border for the first time in more than a decade as part of the Pentagon’s support of Customs and Border Protection.
Fox News got the exclusive first look at these vehicles and how the U.S. is using them.
According to Border Patrol, two are now stationed in the El Paso sector, with more Strykers expected to be deployed to other areas along the border in the next few weeks.
One of the Strykers is positioned to give a bird’s-eye view over Juárez, Mexico, a major smuggling corridor known for its high number of "gotaways,"
A federal appeals court on Friday enabled Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to resume efforts to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
In a win for the Trump administration, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily lifted a lower ruling that found Musk was exercising enough independent authority to require Senate confirmation under the Constitution’s Appointments Clause.“While defendants’ role and actions related to USAID are not conventional, unconventional does not necessarily equal unconstitutional,” U.S. Circuit Judge Marvin Quattlebaum wrote.
An Israeli biotech firm says it is nearing human trials for a breakthrough drug that could extend human lifespan by up to 30 percent by targeting the age-regulating protein SIRT-6, which the company says would also improve brain function, organ health, and overall vitality.
On Friday, Israeli news site N12 reported that Tel Aviv-based Sirtlab is preparing to launch clinical trials on a drug designed to stimulate SIRT-6, a protein associated with youth, vitality, and disease resistance. The treatment could be available within three years, pending successful trials and regulatory approval.
During his CNN appearances this week, Scott Jennings has certainly weighed in on "Signalgate," given how much Democrats and their allies in the media insist on harping on it so much. Conversations about "accountability" took place, and from the Biden-Harris administration's own top aides, which Jennings was having none of. As fill-in host John Berman asked if an inspector general review over Signalgate would be enough, Neera Tanden, who served as a senior advisor and staff secretary to then-President Joe Biden, insisted it was "absolutely not" enough.
Denmark on Friday found itself in President Donald Trump’s crosshairs. Trump appears to be honing in on what his administration is now arguing is a failure by Copenhagen to protect Greenland from Russian and Chinese aggression. [Snip] Vance said that Russia and China have been largely running unchecked in the area and "encroaching" on Greenland without proper protection from Denmark. [Snip] "When the President says we've got to have Greenland, he's saying this island is not safe,... A lot of people are making a play. ...Yes, the people of Greenland are going to have self-determination,..."We hope that they choose to partner with the United States.”
'Stunning and Brave': Nancy Pelosi Gives
a Disturbing Answer When Asked About Anti-Tesla Violence replies
a Disturbing Answer When Asked About Anti-Tesla Violence replies
Not surprisingly, Democrats who repeatedly told us amid the lawfare campaign they waged against Donald Trump that "no one is above the law" seem not to hold the same view when it comes to the suspected domestic terrorists who are firing gunshots, committing arson, and planting incendiary devices at Tesla dealerships and charging stations across the country. As we reported Thursday, Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) is Exhibit A on this behavior, bizarrely proclaiming on Tuesday after the FBI announced an investigative Tesla task force that the Trump administration was engaging in "political weaponization of the DOJ" and "lawfare" because t
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia handed President Donald Trump a major victory on Friday. The issue at hand was whether fired members of the National Labor Relations Board and Merit System Protections Board would remain fired while the legal process continues. In a 2-1 vote, the appeals court found that overruling the firings of Cathy Harris and Gwynne Wilcox would cause irreparable harm by depriving Trump of his constitutionally vested authority as president.
A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., cleared the way for President Trump to fire members of the National Labor Relations Board and Merit Systems Protection Board after district courts had earlier blocked their removals and ordered them reinstated. A three-judge panel of judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit divided 2-1 in agreeing to halt the lower court orders that voided Mr. Trump's firings of Gwynne Wilcox from the National Labor Relations Board and Cathy Harris from the Merit Systems Protection Board while legal proceedings move forward. Wilcox and Harris had argued that their firings violated federal laws that limited their removals
The brazen “migrant influencer” who infamously flashed around wads of US government cash handouts and encouraged other illegal border crossers to squat in American homes has finally been deported back to Venezuela — after causing uproar on the flight back.
Leonel Moreno, who encouraged illegal migrants to “invade abandoned houses” in sick TikToks, was sent back to the narco state this week, after President Trump resumed deportation flights to the country.
Venezuela’s Minister of Interior, Justice and Peace, Diosdado Cabello, said Moreno was “welcome” back, however, the freeloading migrant caused disruptions on the flight and upset his fellow passengers.
Vice President JD Vance got a hearty welcome from American troops stationed in Greenland, who chanted “USA! USA! USA!” as he took a podium during his visit there Friday.
(X) Vance arrived with Second Lady Usha Vance earlier in the day to the Pituffik Space Base, a U.S. Space Force base on the northwest coast of Greenland. (X Video) He told U.S. troops deployed at the base, “I want to bring a message from President Trump. He’s grateful for your service, grateful for what you do up here, and just wanted me to tell you that he’s proud of you.”
Mississippi Abolishes State Income Tax
in Historic Win for Working Families and
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in Historic Win for Working Families and
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Mississippi has officially abolished its state income tax, positioning itself as a leader in the movement for economic freedom and limited government.
Republican Governor Tate Reeves signed the legislation into law Friday, declaring it a “generational victory” and a bold new chapter for working families, entrepreneurs, and freedom-loving Americans across the South.
“We did it, Mississippi!” Reeves wrote in a triumphant post on X. “We just eliminated the income tax!”
While Washington continues to suffocate the American people with taxes, inflation, and runaway spending, Mississippi is doing the opposite —
Five Senate Democrats are heading to Guantanamo Bay—not to demand justice for Americans terrorized by violent foreign gangs, but to protest the detention of members of the notorious Tren de Aragua cartel, a brutal criminal enterprise originating in Venezuela with ties to trafficking, extortion, and murder.
The delegation includes Sens. Jack Reed (D-RI), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Gary Peters (D-MI), Alex Padilla (D-CA), and self-proclaimed Independent Angus King of Maine, who caucuses with Democrats. The trip was led under the guise of “congressional oversight.”
Staff at the Federal Trade Commission have been instructed to no longer refer to the agency as “independent” in complaints, according to an email obtained by The Verge. “Moving forward, when describing the Commission as the Plaintiff in a Complaint, please track the below edit,” Bureau of Consumer Protection Director Christopher Mufarrige said in a March 21st email. The email was sent to the bureau’s associate and regional directors, and copied to deputy directors of the unit. “The FTC is 'an agency' of the United States Government created by the FTC Act.” It’s the latest sign that Republican leadership at the FTC is not pushing back against President Donald Trump
Tune in for Part 2 of the Elon Musk interview on "Special Report," Friday at 6 p.m. ET on Fox News Channel. [Snip] According to Musk, the rise in vandalism and attacks on Teslas stems from criticism of his leadership at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a federal agency that has cut millions in funding for government programs and reduced the number of federal jobs. He claims that rhetoric from Democratic leaders, especially those opposed to DOGE and his involvement, has fueled anger against Tesla and its supporters. "They are being fed propaganda by the far left, and they believe it," Musk said.
In 2003, I witnessed the end of an era as a junior employee of Levi’s when the company closed its last factories in America.
We had held out as long as we could. The market had shifted rapidly since NAFTA went into effect in January 1994, and even more so when China locked in most-favored-nation status in 2001.
Consumer prices were dropping because of cheap labor — forced labor, in the case of China — and our jeans were expensive by comparison. Consumers said they valued the quality of our US-made products. But they weren’t willing to pay more for it. We were losing market share rapidly.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., scolded NPR CEO Katherine Maher over her past statements during Wednesday’s fiery DOGE subcommittee hearing on alleged biased content on public media.
After opening statements, Greene blasted Maher, who testified along with PBS CEO Paula Kerger and two other witnesses, for her previous job of overseeing Wikipedia, saying it’s a "platform that doesn’t tell the truth." Greene then read personal statements that Maher previously made on social media so the "public can understand" her views.
Greene noted Maher has called President Donald Trump a "deranged, racist sociopath," has said America is "addicted to White supremacy" —
Trump holds 'extremely productive call'
with Canadian prime minister: 'We agree
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with Canadian prime minister: 'We agree
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President Donald Trump said he held an "extremely productive call" with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday.
"I just finished speaking with Prime Minister Mark Carney, of Canada. It was an extremely productive call, we agree on many things, and will be meeting immediately after Canada’s upcoming Election to work on elements of Politics, Business, and all other factors, that will end up being great for both the United States of America and Canada," Trump wrote on this Truth Social account.
It was the first time the two leaders have spoken. On Thursday, Carney said the "old relationship" with the United States "is over" while vowing to engage
Earlier this month, as we covered, Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) put his foot down that he was voting against the continuing resolution (CR), though it still passed. He even fundraised off of his stance. The move cemented Ossoff's status as a top target for the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC). It's also resulted in an ethics complaint from the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT). On Friday morning, in a letter shared exclusively with Townhall, Kendra Arnold, the executive director for FACT, sent a request to Sens. James Lankford (R-OK) and Chris Coons (D-DE), the chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics.
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to review a restraining order that temporarily blocks its use of an 18th century wartime immigration law to immediately deport Venezuelan nationals, including alleged members of the gang Tren de Aragua, from U.S. soil.
In the filing, lawyers for the Trump administration said that the lower court's orders have "rebuffed" Trump's immigration agenda, including its ability "to protect the Nation against foreign terrorist organizations and risk debilitating effects for delicate foreign negotiations."
The request for Supreme Court intervention comes shortly after the DC. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 on Wednesday to uphold a lower court's decision that temporarily blocked
The US delegation’s planned visit to Greenland — led by Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance — has captured the imagination of top political officials and tech billionaires alike, even as Prime Minister Mute Egede slammed the trip as being “highly aggressive.”
While recent excitement about the vast, frigid island has puzzled me, Silicon Valley sources (who take credit for the idea of buying Greenland) view it as deeply tied to America’s ambitions in space and information technology — especially concerning AI. They also see it as a critical “play for the future,” as one source put it.
Notable tech figures have shown varying degrees of support.
Earlier this month Democrat warmonger Senator Mark Kelly posted a long thread on X on how he supported Ukraine and its losing war against Russia.
Kelly should have kept these unbelievably ignorant comments to himself.
Elon Musk quickly jumped in and called Kelly a traitor. (XI Post & X) Bret Baier was clearly taken back by the comments and brought it up during his interview with Musk on Thursday night.
Musk unloaded.
Bret Baier: You posted that he was a traitor. Why do that?
Trump Administration Investigates California
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The Trump administration is investigating the State of California over a law signed by Gavin Newsom last year that bars school districts from adopting policies requiring schools to notify parents if children want to change genders.
As Breitbart News reported last July, Newsom signed the law after several conservative school districts enacted policies requiring schools to notify parents. The issue arose out of concern that schools were encouraging students to change their genders, and were hiding those transitions from parents, ostensibly because of students’ privacy rights.
4 sheriff’s deputies from same Texas
department die by suicide in just a few
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department die by suicide in just a few
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Four current and former sheriff’s deputies from Harris County Sheriff’s Department in Houston, Texas have died by suicide since February — including three in a span of one week, according to authorities.
In the first saddening incident, retired Deputy Long Nguyen died by suicide on Feb. 6, according to local ABC 13.
Weeks later, Deputy Christina Kohler, 37, who was found dead on March 13 after being declared missing for over a week, the station reported.
Three days later, the body of former Deputy Maria Vasquez was discovered, with the Houston Medical Examiner ruling the death as self-inflicted. Vasquez had retired from the force in December 2024.
President Trump signed an executive order Thursday seeking to restore truth to American history through an overhaul of the Smithsonian.
The order, titled "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History," slams the Biden administration for ushering in an era of "corrosive ideology" in recent years and seeks to unfurl "divisive, race-centered" themes plaguing the institution. "Once widely respected as a symbol of American excellence and a global icon of cultural achievement, the Smithsonian Institution has, in recent years, come under the influence of a divisive, race-centered ideology," the order reads. "This shift has promoted narratives that portray
We reported that Bill Maher was going to meet with President Donald Trump through the intercession of Kid Rock setting it up.
That's fascinating because while Maher has made steps on the road toward sanity and called out the left on many issues, the one thing that has always held him back was his severe Trump Derangement Syndrome. It's a big thing if even he is able to step to the middle and take the plunge to actually talk to and listen to the other side. ow he just told Chris Cuomo that it's going to be a dinner and why he decided to do it.
Warning for graphic language:
Watch: Jon Stewart Gets a Brutal Lesson
on Government Red Tape in the Biden Era
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on Government Red Tape in the Biden Era
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Jon Stewart got a harsh lesson on government inefficiency in a now-viral video in which journalist Ezra Klein carefully explained the grueling process of applying for funding under former President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan. The pair spoke in particular about a $42 billion national program to invest in broadband under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which Biden signed into law in November 2021.
Klein points out that well over three years after the fact, the results were just shy of spectacular. A massive $42 billion program was launched, and nary a person was connected to the Internet.
"By the end of 2024, three (of 56 states
Rochester leaders scolded local cops for violating their sanctuary city policies after they responded to a request for backup from Border Patrol agents conducting a traffic stop.
Border Patrol asked for emergency police assistance on Monday after pulling over a van with an estimated eight people inside.
Rochester cops responded to the scene with lights and sirens, ordered the suspects out of the vehicle and helped put them in handcuffs, according to local WABC affiliate WHAM.
It was not immediately known why the van was stopped.
But the completely routine police response was enough to raise the ire of Democratic Rochester Mayor Malik Evans, who held a press conference on the incident Wednesday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened to “finish off” Ukrainian troops on Friday — after the warmonger ordered strikes on an Ukrainian energy facility in a brazen violation of the US-backed partial cease-fire.
Moscow forces attacked the outpost in Kherson Thursday, breaching the precarious deal calling for a halt to military action in the Black Sea and a pause in long-range attacks on energy infrastructure.
Putin, who had said that Moscow would end its strikes on Ukrainian energy targets, called on his troops to continue pushing forward into Ukraine and even step up their attacks.
New York City's waste reduction efforts will commence a new phase next week, as the city's sanitation agency will begin enforcing a law-mandated composting program with fines.
Starting April 1, residents will have to separate food waste from trash or risk receiving a $25 fine from the Department of Sanitation. While mandatory composting became effecting in October 2024, the law passed by City Council established a warning period until April 2025.
What are the food separation rules?
Sanitation officials say they have deliberately kept the rules simple for residents. All food, yard and food-soiled paper waste must be set out in a bin on recycling day.
What should be separated?
Education materials developed by
Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers a speech to the nation notifying the Canadian people that the era of an economic and military collaborative relationship between the United States and Canada is over.
As the majority of Canadians cheer, the Prime Minister said that Canada as a free independent and sovereign nation will now embrace its connections to the United Kingdon and European Union and seek to replace their national dependency on the United States by severing ties in North America and entering a new era of close relations with Great Britain and Europe.
Tesla has become a lightning rod for violent attacks and vandalism in the months since CEO Elon Musk joined the Trump administration. Now, people who disagree with Musk’s role in politics are hoping to channel their emotions into something peaceful: a day of mass nonviolent protests at Tesla locations nationwide. More than 200 protests are scheduled to take place Saturday during what organizers are calling a global day of action, part of a campaign called “Tesla Takedown.” The organizers are hoping to damage Musk’s political standing by hurting the sales and stock price of the electric-car maker, the foundation of
Lawmakers and union members gathered on the Minnesota State Capitol steps on Thursday to speak out against Gov. Tim Walz’s plan for thousands of state employees to return to the office. Walz sent out a memo on Tuesday notifying government employees that starting on June 1, at least half of their shifts will have to be in person. The policy would affect about 15,000 of 40,000 state workers. “Workers are angry. Workers are threatening to quit over this,” said Rep. Luke Frederick, DFL-Mankato. “In conversations with the agencies, there’s questions about how even to implement this, about whether there’s even
Real Election Reform At Last?
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Lost amid a flash flood of recent news, President Donald Trump’s executive order to make American elections more fair and less likely to be corrupted by ideology-driven election officials is possibly a game-changer. If Trump’s order withstands the inevitable onslaught of legal and political challenges it will face, it will make a huge difference in future elections.
The ink had barely dried on Trump’s reform than the New York Times, setting the tone for the national media, ran this headline: “Trump Is Trying to Gain More Power Over Elections. Is His Effort Legal?”
So what does Trump’s order, dubbed
On Friday morning, Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Second Lady Usha Vance, will be traveling to Greenland, as Townhall has been previewing this week. Brief though their trip may be, it will be crucial to national security, and the security of the Arctic region, as they'll visit with American Guardians at the Pituffik Space Base on the island’s northwest coast.
Such a visit will involve a briefing on Article security issues, while the Vances meet with U.S. servicemembers at the Department of Defense's northernmost installation. The base is operated by the United States Space Force’s 821st Space Base Group.
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” Attorney General Pam Bondi urged Congress to stay in session to confirm all of President Donald Trump’s nominees.
Host Laura Ingraham asked, [relevant exchange begins around 4:20] “[W]hat is your message tonight to Congress, specifically members of the U.S. Senate and House, but who — Republicans and Democrats, who like to leave town on Thursday night, tonight? And they leave and they’re going to be gone for two weeks in April, when you still have a lot of key people not in top positions. What is your message to them tonight?”
Las Vegas police arrested Paul Kim, 36, related to his “targeted attack” on a Tesla center.
Per Fox News reporter Bill Melugin: Las Vegas Metro Police say a search of Tesla firebombing suspect Paul Kim’s social media shows him with potential communist & pro-Palestine affiliations. They say they have a DNA match and showed video of him using a rifle to shoot out surveillance cameras before attack. (X) According to police, Paul Kim used Molotov cocktails and firearms during his attack on the Tesla center last Tuesday morning.
Kim was charged with third-degree arson, shooting a gun into an abandoned structure/vehicle, destruction of real property, and possession of a flammable device.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio was asked on Thursday to explain why a Tufts student from Turkey had her visa revoked and is now slated for deportation.
His answer could not have been more perfect.
Rubio calmly explained to the assembled journalists that coming to the United States to study at a college or university is a privilege and not a right, and that if people come here to destroy, harass, and take over college buildings, they will be sent packing.
He uses the analogy of inviting someone into your home. If a guest began vandalizing and destroying your home, you would eject that person.
During a House Oversight Committee hearing on Wednesday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Chairwoman of the Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE) Subcommittee, revealed perhaps the most outrageous cost for taxpayers courtesy of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
Greene’s subcommittee held a hearing Wednesday with testimony by National Public Radio (NPR) CEO Katherine Maher and PBS CEO Paula Kerger as the Committee seeks to defund the far-left state propaganda stations.
During the hearing, Greene played a clip of a drag queen featured on PBS’s programming for children as young as three years old, singing and indoctrinating the young viewers.
The Paris Climate Agreement was flawed; doomed to fail from its inception. It is long past time for all parties to it and the media to acknowledge this fact.
The mainstream media have bemoaned the Paris Agreement’s fate since Donald Trump’s reelection. Trump took the United States out of the Paris Agreement during his first term, and vowed to do so again after President Biden put America back into the agreement. While Trump withdrawing the United States from the Paris Agreement was a visible and public rebuke of the pact, undermining its “effectiveness,” in point of fact, the agreement was dead even before the ink of the last signature
One evening about twenty years ago, at the height of my shortwave radio zeal, I was sitting at my desk tuning in Deutsche Welle’s (DW) English broadcast. That night, the well-known German public radio service was airing a program on the use of data from the Dachau Hypothermia Experiments, data they said would be used in modern medical research. I was shocked. It felt like a shadowy figure from a damp corner of a Nazi death camp had crept through the airwaves into my safe little radio cubby.
I think a lot of people are fond of "Star Trek" in its many iterations over the years.
But it's hard to top the original version.
So, when William Shatner became the oldest person to go into space in 2021, at 90 years old, with Blue Origin, it was an incredibly cool thing. While others were playing around with the weightlessness in the short flight, Shatner was captivated by the sight of space, and seemed very touched. Someone asked him recently about Elon Musk and going to Mars. Shatner then got a lot of attention by saying that the future is bright, and he believes Musk "represents the future."
During an interview aired on Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” DOGE’s Elon Musk said that the department tries to keep Congress “as informed as possible” on what it’s doing “But the law does say that money needs to be spent correctly. It should not be spent fraudulently or wastefully. It’s not contrary to Congress to avoid waste and fraud. It is consistent with the law and consistent with Congress.”
Host Bret Baier asked, [relevant exchange begins around 5:00] “[T]he process still involves Congress, right, at some level?”
Musk answered, “We try to keep Congress as informed as possible. But the law does say that money
After launching investigations into the diversity, equity and inclusion policies and practices of Comcast and Verizon, the Federal Communications Commission is setting its sights on Disney next.
FCC chairman Brendan Carr told Punchbowl News he’s putting the “finishing touches” on a letter to the ABC parent company. He declined to reveal which specific DEI initiatives he was concerned with, but said the letter would outline similar concerns raised with Comcast and Verizon and “whether they’re engaged in any of this sort of DEI discrimination that could run afoul of our EEO rules or potentially our public interest standard.”
“We’re going to get to the bottom of everything that is ongoing
Want to get Academia's attention? A president has three options, all within his executive authority:
Cut off grants and other federal research monies
Aggressive use of Title VI, VII, and IX investigations to ensure proper compliance
Sever income streams from abroad via visa management
You could add "tax endowments" to that list, but that would require Congress to act. As Donald Trump is demonstrating, a president can use the three steps above to make universities and colleges know he's serious about cleaning up campus unrest, especially that fomented by terrorist organizations abroad. According to Axios' Marc Caputo, Trump has already begun planning Step 3:
The Trump administration is discussing plans
Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head Elon Musk and seven members of the team shed light on the department's cost-cutting mission in an exclusive sit-down interview with "Special Report" Thursday. [Snip] Musk, along with DOGE members Steve Davis, Joe Gebbia, Aram Moghaddassi, Brad Smith, Anthony Armstrong, Tom Krause and Tyler Hassen, added a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the department’s work from the Internal Revenue Source to the Interior Department to Social Security. "This is a revolution. And I think it might be the biggest revolution in government since the original revolution. But at the end of the day, America's going to be in much better shape," he said.