The Morning Report — 1/9/25

Good morning kids. Whether it's a burning cross on a lawn, or burning cities (either from BLM/Antifa molotov cocktails or the ideologically-driven incompetence that's now burning LA to the ground) or immolating sleeping subway riders, the match that set them off were all struck by Democrat/Leftists.

DEMOCRATS — Now they have become DEATH, the destroyer of worlds. All of the misery, the suffering, needless death, destruction, dislocation and waste of blood, treasure, economic and most crucially human potential since the founding of this nation until the present moment is directly the fault of, or have been made exponentially worse by Leftists, Socialists, Progressives and their political epicenter in the Democrat party. An ocean of blood and tears over the past 200-plus years has been spilled and continues to flow because of them.

And it's not because they are merely wrong and/or have good intentions. No, It is all for their evil eternal quest for absolute power. I defy anyone to try and refute that because it simply cannot be refuted.

And with that preamble, I give you the shambling, corrupt, amoral, soulless humanoid atrocity known as Bernie Sanders:

“80,000 people told to evacuate. Blazes 0% contained. Eight months since the area has seen rain. The scale of damage and loss is unimaginable,” the senator began before blaming the devastation not on poor fire management but on climate change. . . Sanders made no mention of the fact that Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) — who was not in LA but on a trip to Ghana when the blaze took off — cut roughly $20 million from the city’s budget for fire services. Perhaps what is more, she proposed even higher cuts.

In a way, this self-gassing, criminal commie scumbag is sort of correct. For sure the climate in California has indeed changed. In a mere two generations, he and his ilk have lain waste to what used to be the world's 6th largest economy, and made what was a shining paradise and beacon of freedom, free enterprise, promise and unlimited potential into a literal flaming communist hell on earth. One merely has to look at Cuba or Zimbabwe to see where this nation was headed, and may yet head if Donald Trump's miraculous RE-re-election is merely a speed bump on the road to hell and not the slamming on of the brakes and the throwing of the machine into reverse at flank speed.

Anecdotally, from a friend who lives on the West Side of LA, which could go up next. . . he said that the water bombers and other aircraft that dispense fire retardants were grounded, not because of what was reported as dangerously high winds but so that Joey Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants could fly in and hold a press conference at a fire station with Governor Noose 'em so he could belch out how wonderful the government response has been.

President-elect Trump nailed it.

“Governor Gavin Newscum refused to sign the water restoration declaration put before him that would have allowed millions of gallons of water, from excess rain and snow melt from the North, to flow daily into many parts of California, including the areas that are currently burning in a virtually apocalyptic way,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social Wednesday.

“He wanted to protect an essentially worthless fish called a smelt, by giving it less water (it didn’t work!), but didn’t care about the people of California. Now the ultimate price is being paid,” Trump added.

The president-elect said he will “demand that this incompetent governor allow beautiful, clean, fresh water to FLOW INTO CALIFORNIA! He is the blame for this.”

"Newscum." Trump himself or someone on his team must lurk here! The salient point is that the Red Green commies, along with preventing the damming of certain rivers as well as construction of reservoirs that would have collected rainwater and snow melt to be used in case of wildfires and also to avoid the expense of relying completely on the water from the Colorado River. But no, we have to protect the Delta Smelt, the and the Snail Darter. On top of this, California many years ago banned the controlled burning of dead sections of forest which would have mitigated if not prevented wildfires over the past 20 or so years, especially the Malibu wildfires of '93 that I remember when I lived in LA back then. All to prevent the release of evil Carbon. We got Carbon in the atmosphere now out the wahzoo, eh Greenies? In any case, Carbon is life. Meh, it's like banging your head against a wall to try and tell them.

You'll also see from the links that all kinds of firefighting equipment was sent to Ukraine! And that Karen Bass in her wisdom cut millions of dollars of funding from the LAFD. All while partying with the Mugu scammers in Ghana!

Ah yes, DEI strikes again, Dissolution Evil and Incineration!

It's not all bad news for the 64% of Los Angeles County who voted for Kamala Harris in the 2024 election. As they flee the brutal wildfires in terror, watching everything they own turn to toast, they can take comfort in knowing that their Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) -- which is powerless to stop the inferno -- overfloweth with sweet diversity, as planned.

The Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Bureau will focus on building and fostering a Department committed to engaging the voices and respecting the humanity of all its members, reflected in how it handles recruitment and hiring, workplace conduct, retention, and promotion. The DEI Bureau will be up and running and fully staffed by January 2023. It will be led by Deputy Chief Stephen Gutierrez, the Department’s first Chief Equity Officer. Thank God. I'm sure Californians would hate to be pulled out of a burning house by a fire department rife with filthy "toxic masculinity" and sorely lacking men in panties.

Marxism hates many things, including beauty, private property, success, self-sufficient people, and that "racist" meritocracy. 
If nothing else, LA can burn with pride knowing the feckless fire chief checks a box...

... The fire engulfing L.A. shouldn't be a surprise. Every institution, whether it's our airlines, a basketball team, or a fire department, will crumble once the DEI animals spread through them like cancer. And the LAFD is one of those institutions taken over by Marxists.

And then there's this item that no doubt will make your head explode:

Despite the widespread devastation left behind in the wake of Hurricane Helene, Buncombe County, North Carolina property owners were expected to cough up their property taxes earlier this week.

Midnight on Monday Jan 6 was the deadline for property owners to pay their taxes as Public Information Officer Stacy Woods told residents, “North Carolina law does not permit property tax waivers or exceptions for natural disasters, including hurricane Helene.”

The thought of collecting taxes on property that has been destroyed or that no longer exists, is shocking to residents who are still in the process of recovering from the unprecedented destruction caused by the storm.

. . . Meanwhile, the question remains as to whether the county will move to seize properties from residents for non-payment of taxes, as allowed by law.

I'm going to take a wild guess and state Buncombe County NC likely went 100% for Trump in the past three elections and that Los Angeles County CA DID NOT.

Wow, I stand corrected, per this from commenter The Lower Depths:

11 Buncombe County NC voted against Trump all three elections. In fact, since it's full of upscale trendies (there's a college town there, I think?), it's one of the few places in the whole country where Dims are better off now than they were in 2008.

Dim percentages by election in Buncombe:

2004 - 49%
2008 - 56%
2012 - 55%
2016 - 54%
2020 - 60%
2024 - 61%

And yet FEMA still leaves them to twist in the wind. Were it not for the Amish community that came in to help with providing/building shelter, Appalachia would be much worse off.

How much do you want to bet that Gavin New-world-order-some is not going to demand the payment of taxes for destroyed homes. That is, unless the State's IRS can determine the voter registration political affiliation of the affected residents. And they can and likely will.

After all, what better pretext to seize property and turn it into housing for migrants or other regime supporters. Let's see if Pelosi ups her positions in Blackrock and Vanguard. Remember again that California's state coffers are in the red by multiple billions. And I do NOT think The incoming Trump administration is going to give a shit that the LA Times will run the headline "Trump to LA: DROP DEAD."

Frankly, maybe a bail out, and a rebuilding plan but on TRUMP's terms might be a shrewd move politically.

All that said, as we all knew at the time of the hurricane, FEMA apparatchiks specifically were directed not to provide assistance to any homes that had Trump signs on their lawns or that they likely knew or correctly assumed were registered GOP families or pro-Trump.

As I have good friends and some acquaintances and a cousin in two of the affected areas, their politics is irrelevant to me. I want to know they are safe and sound. Compare and contrast with the actions of the junta in the wake of Helene.

Lefty Angelenos, pucker up because you can kiss Trump's ass in Macy's window as he is not going to abandon you. While I do not want money thrown around willy nilly, like a high speed rail boondoggle. But some form of rebuilding plan is both the moral and politically astute thing to do. All done without the graft, wastage and bullshit regulatory garbage, especially the environmental madness that added fuel to these fires, literally and figuratively.

Prayers for strength, courage and above all safety to all affected and for the firefighters on the front line.

Have a good day.

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• Kennedy’s tenure could mark the beginning of the end for an industry that has bled Americans dry through patent abuse, price gouging, and relentless advertising.
  RFK vs Big Pharma is the battle that will define America's future
  
• Outstanding documentary aboutTrump attorney, and political persecutee John Eastman
  Can a justice system that punishes individuals more harshly based on their beliefs truly be considered just, or has it devolved into a tool for ideological enforcement rather than a guardian of equal rights?
  
• Victor Davis HansonEurope may soon quietly rejoice that Biden is gone, Trump is back, and they have a strong, loyal, and rowdy friend rather than a simpering enabler.
  America and Europe Can Hang Together—Or Hang Separately 

LOS ANGELES WILDFIRES
• Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass spent Tuesday in Africa as part of a taxpayer-funded delegation attending the inauguration of John Dramani Mahama as Ghana’s president. The Democrat was there as her city battled wildfires and thousands of residents fled for their lives.
  Democrat L.A. Mayor Karen Bass in Africa as Her City Burns
  
• When questioned about her response to the fire by a Sky News reporter on Wednesday, Bass appeared stonefaced and remained silent for nearly two minutes.
  Watch: LA Mayor Karen Bass Silent when Questioned on Wildfire Incompetence
  
• The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD) and several other departments across the United States sent supposedly “surplus” equipment, including fire engines and ambulances, to Ukraine over the past several years. According to critics, this has left the first responders in the U.S. depleted in the face of natural disasters, including the catastrophic floods in North Carolina and Tennessee, as well as the massive wildfires currently engulfing some of Los Angeles’s largest suburbs.In 2022, the LACoFD announced it was sending surplus “hoses, nozzles, turnouts, helmets, body armor, and other associated personal protective equipment” to Ukraine to aid first responders amid the Russian invasion. Additionally, fire engines from Kern County, in central California, were donated to Ukraine—possibly limiting the ability to rush units from other parts of the state to Los Angeles to help combat the current conflagrations, which have seen thousands of acres and homes burned.
  CA, Struggling With Massive Wildfires, Sent ‘Surplus’ Firefighting Equipment to Ukraine.
  
• “I mean when you have a system — but it’s not dissimilar from what we’ve seen in other extraordinarily large-scale fires, whether it be pipe, electricity, or whether it just be the complete overwhelm of the system,” Newsom rambled on.
  Gov. Newsom passes the buck to ‘local folks’ when asked about hydrants running out of water during Pacific Palisades fire
  
• “Our governor has been obsessed with holding a special session to ‘Trump-proof’ CA, when he should be focused on FIRE-PROOFING our communities."
  California Assemblyman Explains How State Has Mismanaged Fire Prevention Policies As Wildfires Rage
  
• "This is an absolute mismanagement by the city," Rick Caruso said.
  ‘There’s Nothing They Can Do’: Firefighters Stymied As L.A. Hydrants Run Dry
  
• The source of the fires is not yet known, but in the past, they have been sparked by any number of natural and human causes. Lighting strikes have kicked off conflagrations, though this does not appear to be the case in this instance. More often than not, wildfires begin because of either an incident of arson—including illegal immigrants starting a campfire or simply flicking a cigarette into the dried brush—or because of high winds down a power line. . . The conflagration has been primarily fueled by a months-long drought and powerful Santa Ana winds coming off the mountains to the east, exacerbated by the recent atmospheric bomb cyclone that brought snow to the Great Plains and the northeastern United States. However, state mismanagement may have greatly exacerbated the situation.
  The California Wildfires: What Causes Them and Why Are They Happening?
  
• ...for fire services for the current fiscal year — and proposed even higher cuts.
  Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Cut Fire Budget by Nearly $20 Million
  
• "You're going to be caught, you're going to be arrested, and you're going to be prosecuted."
  L.A. County Sheriff: Multiple Looting Arrests Already Made In Homes Evacuated For Palisades Fire
  
• “He wanted to protect an essentially worthless fish called a smelt, by giving it less water (it didn’t work!), but didn’t care about the people of California. Now the ultimate price is being paid,” Trump added.
  Trump Blames ‘Governor Newscum’ For Nightmare Firestorm in Southern California
  
• Christian Toto: 'Loveline' star tried to join city's bravest but was sent to back of the line
  Adam Carolla’s DEI Firefighter Story Goes Viral
  
• Marxism hates many things, including beauty, private property, success, self-sufficient people, and that "racist" meritocracy.  If nothing else, LA can burn with pride knowing the feckless fire chief checks a box:
  Step Aside Starter Log, Nothing Burns Hotter Than DEI
  
• “80,000 people told to evacuate. Blazes 0% contained. Eight months since the area has seen rain. The scale of damage and loss is unimaginable,” the senator began before blaming the devastation not on poor fire management but on climate change.
  Self-Gassing Commie Criminal Scumbag Bernie Sanders Blames Raging California Wildfires on Climate Change Yeah, the California climate changed from freedom to communism in 2 generations - jjs

  NEW YEARS EVE NEW ORLEANS ISLAMIC TERROR [BIRM] ATTACK

• Lloyd Billingsley: How the FBI shields terrorists and fails to protect Americans.
  Federal Benefactors of Islam

  "From Ocean's 11 to OH-SHITS ELEVENTY!" In VEGAS

• Shawn Ryan’s podcast raises questions about the man whose rented Tesla exploded in Las Vegas.
  Who Was (Is?) Matthew Livelsberger?

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• Daniel Greenfield: 250,000 votes of rape victims vs 4 million Muslim bloc votes. No contest.
  UK Parliament Votes 364 to 111 Against Muslim Rape Gang Investigation
  
• The UK’s legacy parties of government, Labour and the Conservatives, continued to bicker bitterly over who is to blame for the decades-long scandal of industrial-scale child rape by migrant heritage gangs. Yet Tory leader Kemi Badenoch made an important point in a clash in Parliament on Wednesday, underlining the case for a fresh national inquiry into child sex grooming gangs.
  Full Extent of UK Child Rape Grooming Gangs Still Unknown, Warns Badenoch as Starmer Seeks to Block Inquiry

  ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS/Hezbollah . . . AND BIDEN

• 'We may not recognize you, but you sure as hell will recognize what happens when you target America or its allies,' says Brian Mast
  'Illegitimate Body': House Set To Pass Sanctions on Anti-Israel ICC This Week
  
• The proposal—published by the Misgav Institute for National Security and Zionist Strategy, a think tank in Jerusalem, and picked up by Hebrew media—is an audacious answer to Israel's most pressing national security question: Will Trump support an attack on Iran's nuclear program? Few, if any, Israeli leaders have publicly doubted that Trump will support an attack on Iran, but many of the country's national security analysts have. Even among analysts, however, few have gone as far as Michael and Siboni in calling for Israel to go it alone.
  Former Israeli Military Officials Float Audacious Plan To Strike Iran in Final Days of Biden [so-called quote-unquote] Presidency

• Ziyadne, a 53-year-old father of 19, was killed after Hamas terrorists abducted him and three of his children on Oct. 7, 2023. The IDF also said it located findings related to Ziyadne's son Hamza that raise "serious concerns for his life." Two of Ziyadne's other children, Bilal and Aisha, were released on Nov. 30, 2023, after spending more than 50 days in Hamas captivity, the Times of Israel reported.
  IDF Recovers Body of Hostage Youssef Ziyadne in Gaza

  sCIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

• Law enforcement shut down the area and called in the bomb squad.
  Capitol Police Arrest Man Claiming To Have ‘Napalm’ At Grant Memorial
  
• President Trump should pardon everyone who has been jailed or charged over the event.
  Pardon them all
  
• The Democrats' Marxist equity agenda was costly and prioritized dismantling American exceptionalism over national security and economic prosperity.
  Taxpayers Paid $3 Billion for Radical DEI Kickbacks Under Biden
  
• The launch site is located in Boca Chica, TX.
  FBI Investigating Threats Against SpaceX Launch Site

• Rivera said, “You know, I’m an old man now. I’ve been a boxer all my life. I’ve given it up because of my frailty. But I would come back to punch Stephen Miller in the nose because he is the most hideous in terms of his policy. I don’t know the guy personally. In terms of his policy, he is absolutely draconian. He’s the definition of it. He doesn’t want to resolve the issue. He wants to scapegoat certain people that will in his mind it would resound favorably to President Trump.”
  Geraldo Rivera: I Would Punch Stephen Miller in the Nose over ‘Draconian’ Immigration Policy

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• A recent spike in subway violence has critics, including a top transit labor leader, to complain that the system is too dangerous for New Yorkers to be forced underground due to the congestion pricing plan.
  KARMA RUNS OVER DOGMA! Congestion pricing advocate attacked at NYC subway station — as new $9 toll pushes people into mass transit

  "BIDEN/HARRIS BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY

• United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) intends to refund the $580 application fee to the roughly 94,000 individuals who paid in hopes of benefiting from the administration’s Keeping Families Together program, according to CBS News. The program, had it not been deemed unlawful, offered a pathway to citizenship for potentially hundreds of thousands of illegal migrants living in the U.S. who are married to American citizens.
  Biden Junta To Dole Out Millions In Refunds To Illegal Migrants Who Applied For Failed Amnesty Program

  SHAMPEACHMENTS, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION

• A New York appeals court on Tuesday denied Trump’s request to cancel his Jan. 10 sentencing hearing. Dershowitz predicted that concerns about “fairness and due process” in Trump’s trial would lead the more liberal justices on the Supreme Court to eventually join a ruling in Trump’s favor.
  Dershowitz Predicts Supreme Court ‘Liberals’ Will ‘Go Along’ With Halting Lawfare Against Trump
  
• The filing is in response to an emergency motion by two of Trump’s former co-defendants to keep the report from reaching the public.
  Garland Wants to Release Report on Trump Election Interference Case
  
• Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and special counsel Jack Smith secured indictments of Trump over his efforts to challenge the results of the 2020 election and his legal team’s use of slates of “alternate electors.” Dershowitz said the historical use of alternate electors, including in the 1960 presidential election, made it hard to explain how that was a crime.
  Alan Dershowitz Says Al Gore Used Same ‘Alternate Electors’ Theory That Trump Was Indicted For

  FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH

• 'It's devastating when you're labeled a criminal all over the world,' plaintiff Zachary Young says
  Jake Tapper Never Apologized for 'Devastating' Report That Falsely Accused Navy Vet of Operating in 'Black Market,' Testimony Reveals
  
• A federal appellate court has put an end to the FCC’s attempt to impose common-carrier rules on broadband Internet providers.
  Net Neutrality May Finally Be Dead—Good Riddance
  
• The Left’s high priestess of political drama has spoken again. 
  Is Rachel Maddow Just Plain Stupid?
  
• “Fact-checkers claim they had no idea the company was going to end their partnerships and are scrambling to figure out the financial implications of the move,” the technology-and-culture publication wrote Tuesday on X.com, introducing an article titled “Meta’s Fact-Checking Partners Say They Were ‘Blindsided’ by Decision to Axe Them.”
  WIRED Magazine Mocked for Fretting Over Fired Facebook Fact-Checkers’ Finances
  
• "The PolitiFact team found out this morning at the same time as everyone else."
  Facebook Fact-Checkers Freak Out, Call Emergency Meeting After Zuckerberg Pulls Funding

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• Despite the deceleration in hiring, there is little evidence to suggest that layoffs are increasing. Data released by the Labor Department on Wednesday showed that initial claims for unemployment benefits fell to 201,000 for the week ending Jan. 4, well below the 215,000 projected by economists. The figure is the lowest since February 2024, underscoring the labor market’s resilience.
  ADP Says Private Sector Job Growth Slowed In December
  
• Under Democrat leadership, the city’s minimum wage law kicked the hourly wage up to $20.67 for 2025 – a move that seems to have kicked out plenty of businesses in the first week of the new year.
  Newly Closed For New Year : Seattle Minimum Wage Increase Results In Biz Closures

  RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM

• Certainly, nothing says “reducing inflation” like spending hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to bulldoze trees in order to save the planet.
  400+ Acres Of MI Forest To Be Cleared For Solar Panels To Help Meet ‘Climate Goal’
  
• This story kind of proves that leftist politicians and activists can never stay bribed. Bezos for years has cozied up to the left with major donations to leftist organizations, including many many environmental groups. But when he finally gets ready to launch they are still ready and willing to make his life difficult.
  blue-origin-fined-by-the-florida-department-of-environmental-protection-for-using-its-launch-deluge-system

  AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE+Fauci-created CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS

• Daniel Greenfield:No one, not one major elected official or health official, was ever held responsible or paid a price for their actions during the pandemic. Most actually came out of it pretty well. Even Gov. Cuomo only lost his seat because of dubious claims of sexual harassment, and appears likely to stage a comeback. The public debate over the pandemic became segmented in ways that made it impossible to discuss what happened in nursing homes. The only people who cared were the ones who had lost loved ones. (PCAOC = Protect Cuomo At All Costs! - jjs)
  The DOJ Spent More Time Investigating the Investigation of Pandemic Nursing Home Deaths Than the Deaths Themselves

  SECOND AMENDMENT

• In a statement announcing the legislation, Congressman Burlison denounced the ATF as an “unconstitutional agency.”
  Report: Republicans Push to Abolish ATF (iMHO, every agency created from 1934 onwards can be thought of as unconstitutional - jjs)

  ABORTION

• Sam's Club and Kroger both confirmed they do not sell widely-used abortion pill mifepristone
  Major Retailers Confirm They Are Not Selling Abortion Drug Despite Democrat Pressure
  
• The Robbinsdale Clinic, located near Minneapolis, has been sold to an internet company that will now replace the killing center with a new data center. 
  GOOD RIDDANCE! Oldest Abortion Business in MN Shut Down, To Be Demolished

  THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH AND 2024 SHENANIGANS

• The temporary stay, issued Tuesday after a 4-2 vote (Riggs was recused), granted a Monday request from Griffin to stop the Democrat-run NCSBE from certifying the election, which was scheduled for Friday.
  North Carolina Supreme Court Blocks Elections Board From Certifying Democrat As Winner For High Court Seat
  
• Latest complaint follows Trump complaint alleging newspaper and pollster engaged in ‘brazen election interference.’
  Stunningly Wrong Iowa Pollster, Des Moines Register Face Another Fraud Lawsuit

  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY

• Receiving a preemptive pardon would indicate an admission of guilt, although some Democrats claim a preemptive pardon would only be intended to block President-elect Donald Trump from cleaning up Washington.
  Joe Biden Confirms He Is Weighing Liz Cheney, Anthony Fauci Preemptive Pardons
  
• “Today, the FBI arrested Thomas Clasby for allegedly padding his paycheck in a big way, using tens of thousands of dollars belonging to the city’s coffers as his own personal slush fund.”
  Mass. official used taxpayer money meant for seniors on music studio recordings, 153 pounds of bourbon steak tips, framed portrait: feds

  POLITICS

• I look at Biden and am reminded of one of the most tragic and enduring moments in movie history. It's courtesy of Marlon Brando as failed boxer Terry Malloy in Elia Kazan's "On the Waterfront." After witnessing the murder of a fellow longshoreman by a local mobster, Terry is forcefully reminded by his brother Charlie (Rod Steiger) to keep his mouth shut. It's at that moment that Terry realizes he threw his life away when he was throwing fights for the Mob. You can almost hear Biden mumble, "I coulda beat Trump. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am."
  Biden Finally Sits Down for Another Interview, Really Shouldn't Have
  
• Trump isn’t interested in making America great again for 48 months. He means to course correct the U.S.
  Trump’s Incredibly High Stakes

  THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"

• Ukraine has been developing its arsenal of domestically produced long-range missiles and drones capable of reaching deep behind the front line as it faces restrictions on the range that its military can fire its Western-supplied missiles into Russia.
  Ukraine Says it Has Bombed a Major Fuel Depot Inside Russia

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• Musk’s recent comments regarding groomer rapists in Britain are not his first. The South African-American billionaire and space exploration innovator posed the question of whether groups of Muslim men were still preying on British girls in August on his X (formerly Twitter) social media platform. At least one victim of the gangs responded in the affirmative.
  Britain Threatens to Cut Security Ties With U.S. Unless Trump Dumps Musk.

• A survey from YouGov found that the anti-mass migration AfD party has risen by two points over the previous poll to 21 per cent support, putting the party firmly in second place ahead of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD), which fell by two points to just 16 per cent, Welt reports.
  German Anti-Mass Migration AfD Party Surges in Polls Ahead of Election
  
• Abedini was indicted by the US Department of Justice "for conspiring with Mahdi Mohammad Sadeghi, a dual US-Iranian national, to illegally procure electronic components from American companies for use by the IRGC."
  Iran demands prisoner swap after arresting Italian journalist Cecilia Sala
  
• Trudeau leaves office an unpopular figure as Canadians seethe over the cost of living, crime and disorder, the fallout of mass immigration, and more.
  Trudeau Leaves A Legacy Of Failure And Electoral Discontent In Canada 
  
• Under President Javier Milei, the South American country’s turnaround bolsters the case for free-market economics.
  Things Are Looking Up for Argentina
  
• ‘If we don’t get this right, Chinese socialism will be on the ascendancy throughout the world.’
  How Trump Can Deter Red China From Ransacking Taiwan
  
• The Japanese government has now identified a Chinese hacker group — dubbed “MirrorFace” and likely working with government support and direction — as the source of 210 attacks from 2019 to 2024.
  Japan identifies a Chinese hacker group as the source of 210 attacks since 2019

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• The former employee, Kat Dugan, worked at CVA for eight months while Hegseth served as CEO of the organization, and has sent messages to former CVA colleagues urging them to contact the Senate Armed Services Committee and assuring them they can do so anonymously. She has also provided closed-door testimony to the committee, according to correspondence obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.
  Source Behind Hegseth Claims Is Disgruntled Former Employee
  
• Among President Trump’s promises during the 2024 campaign was to “medically discharge” transgender men and women from the U.S. military. But would Americans support such a move? A plurality of voters say no, revealing a deep political split over the issue, the latest I&I/TIPP Poll shows.
  American Voters Sharply Split Over Trump’s Proposed Transgender Ban In Military: I&I/TIPP Poll

• American naval glory earned on the high seas in the earliest days of our republic is a legacy that is being threatened by a bureaucracy incapable of fixing itself.
  The Sinking of the USS Agility

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• Despite the widespread devastation left behind in the wake of Hurricane Helene, Buncombe County, North Carolina property owners were expected to cough up their property taxes earlier this week. Midnight on Monday Jan 6 was the deadline for property owners to pay their taxes as Public Information Officer Stacy Woods told residents, “North Carolina law does not permit property tax waivers or exceptions for natural disasters, including hurricane Helene.”
  Buncombe County, NC Storm Victims Still Owe Property Taxes on Destroyed Homes

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• Medical freedom advocates are documenting emerging ties between ‘medical assistance in dying’ and organ harvesting.
  Canadian Doctors Suggest Harvesting Organs From Euthanasia Patients Before They’re Dead
  
• Biden’s FDA is pushing regulation lower nicotine levels in cigarettes, which would end up banning most kinds.
  Biden Junta Continues War on Cigarettes to the Bitter End

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• Though I know through various sources that Oman has been trying to encourage American rocket startups to consider this location, no deals have been made because of the State Department’s strict ITAR rules that are designed to prevent hostile nations from stealing American technology. The location however is a good one, and other Middle Eastern Arab nations might begin to consider it for their own rocket programs.Oman plans three more suborbital launches in ’25 from its proposed spaceport site

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• The Human Rights Campaign embodies all the intolerance they claim to fight.
  The Radical Intolerance Behind Woke Corporate Activism
  
• Within days, Disney was rocked by scandals at ABC News (The View) and ESPN (Sugar Bowl coverage), becoming a slow-motion train wreck.
  The Fall of the House of Mouse

  HITHER & YON

• The Bay of Pigs would have turned out differently with Nixon in the Oval Office.
  The man who spotted Castro

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