The Morning Report — 1/29/25

Good morning kids. Surprise, surprise, as Donald Trump literally kicks off the most dynamic, action-packed first week of any presidency that I can ever recall, he's making all the right wrong heads explode because he is doing exactly what he promised – which is exactly what the majority of sane, normal Americans voted him into office to do. And he's doing it while all the entrenched and embedded criminals in and out of government can do is try to derail and sabotage his cabinet picks, who are in the main on board and eager to remove the fangs and claws of the Deep State from our collective jugular. The sliming and smearing of Pete Hegseth has failed, and so now it's Tulsi Gabbard's and RFK Jr's turns to be demeaned, degraded and slandered.

Then there's the attacks on Scott Bessent, Trump'a recently confirmed Treasury Secretary. Wholly unsurprising is the fact that despite becoming the highest ranking openly homosexual to ever be confirmed by the Senate (Yeah, he outranks Mayor Buttcheeks) the Homosexual/Tranny lobby has yet to say anything. remember Identity politics is never about identity. It's about politics. I guess he's not authentically gay or something. Must be a homo equivalent of Gay blackface or something. But I digress.

Because the real story broke late yesterday:

A Massachusetts resident has been taken into custody at the U.S. Capitol after allegedly intending to assassinate Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, according to court documents. Ryan Michael “Reily” English approached Capitol Police on Monday afternoon, voluntarily surrendering himself and stating his possession of weapons, including Molotov cocktails and a knife.English reportedly had planned to target Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and House Speaker Mike Johnson. However, his focus shifted to Bessent after learning about the Senate’s vote on Bessent’s nomination as Treasury Secretary. English’s arrest occurred approximately three hours before Bessent’s appointment was confirmed. . . In the affidavit filed in federal court, English claimed he considered attacking Bessent by throwing Molotov cocktails or stabbing him if an opportunity arose. The affidavit outlined the discovery of two Molotov cocktails, constructed from vodka bottles and cloth wicks soaked in hand sanitizer, and additional weapons during a search conducted by officers. . .

Wow, how positively Jihadist of him!I say that because wait, there's more! And while it's more about the #1 with a bullet (heh) issue, the securing of our border, there's a bit of a twist that relates to the aforementioned Bessent story so let's see if you can spot it. (Fred Rogers voice) Sure, I knew you could!

The two individuals suspected in the shooting death of a U.S. Border Patrol officer near the Canadian border in Vermont last week are believed to be tied to a transgender militant group. Teresa “Milo” Youngblut and Felix “Ophelia” Baukholt were stopped by the Border Patrol officer along Interstate 91 in Coventry, Vermont, with the officer and Baukholt—a German national—subsequently dying from wounds received in a shootout. The revelation is raising concerns about a possible trans terror cell operating domestically in the U.S.Surveillance on the pair began when staff at a motel in Lyndonville, Vermont., reported their suspicious behavior, noting tactical clothing and weapons. Law enforcement asserts that Baukholt was armed during the confrontation and was fatally shot after attempting to use his weapon. . .

. . . Felix Baukholt, a German national, was living in the U.S. on an H-1B visa. Baukholt, described by acquaintances as a youth math prodigy, worked as a quantitative trader in New York after graduating from the University of Waterloo in Canada. Meanwhile, Youngblut—identifying with neo-pronouns—has been charged with using a deadly weapon and discharging a firearm during the assault that killed agent David Maland, an Air Force veteran. Being treated at a medical facility in New Hampshire, Youngblut awaits her initial court appearance scheduled for January 27.

Terrific, German transexual terrorists! or Tourists if you use Arafat's elocution. I can just picture the scene in the Fuhrer-Bunker "Steiner will Tuck and transition!!!"

Psaki-psircling back to the desperate attempts to derail Trump's appointees, in light of all of the above, I find this story particularly revolting on a number of levels:

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) on Monday pushed an anonymous smear about Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director nominee Kash Patel just days ahead of his confirmation hearing on Thursday.

Durbin, in a letter sent to Trump administration officials dated January 27, 2025, said he received “highly credible information” that Patel “broke protocol” regarding hostage rescues when he commented to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) “without authorization” about a successful hostage rescue during the first Trump administration in October 2020.

Durbin claimed the rescue of two Americans who had been held captive by Iranian-backed Houthi militants was still in progress when Patel commented to the newspaper. Durbin claimed that the WSJ published comments from Patel at 10:55 a.m. ET, several hours before the hostages were in confirmed custody of the U.S.

Funny, I don't remember hearing this bastard say peep when John Kerry was secretly traveling to Paris to engage in back channel wheeling and dealing with the Iranians during Trump's first term, when he was no longer Secretary of State.

And in light of assassination attempts on Trump, as well as acts of terrorism motivated by politics and ideology such as the mass shootings at Christian schools by Transexuals, Dick Durbin has yet to be called to account for his known and direct connection and communications with one James Hodgkinson, a Bernie Sanders supporter and a near mass assassin who critically wounded Steve Scalise while spraying him and his GOP colleagues at a softball field in 2017.

In the spirit of bipartisanship, let's get Joe Scarborough to grill Durbin, since Joe himself is to the best of my knowledge has a whiff of suspicion about him...Yeah, his 28 -year-old intern keels over in his office from a supposed undiagnosed heart ailment and strikes her head on his desk and dies. Happens every day, Mika!

All of this is the Deep State doing whatever it can to try and outlast Trump, and once again lord over us with an iron fist.

It has been a time of lies. And not just any lies. Not the white lies, the fibs, the minimal impact ones of transitory hurt feelings, spared feelings, or boosted egos. No, these lies are the far-reaching, life-changing kind, vicious lies that destroy good people, innocent people. These are the kind of lies that are blasted from the proverbial mountain top, the kind of lies so egregious it makes Moses’s top ten list. These lies may be outright fabrications, mischaracterizations, or lethal lies formed from truths cut and altered and then pasted together to give the lies the sound and feel of truth. Since there are multiple sides to the truth, the lies may masquerade as one of those sides. But lying is not a side. The middle ground between lies and truth is a lie. And no lie would be complete without the liars hypocritically projecting their own offenses, including dishonesty, onto the maligned. . .

. . . In this era of lies, liars are awarded honors, given prizes, granted presidential medals, or promoted to prestigious positions. As for the truth, the price of truth becomes so hyperinflationary, having to be paid with sacrifices so draconian — cancelled careers, ostracism, bankruptcy, prison — only the very rich with the steeliest spines and the most golden of hearts are able to afford truth. Truth is at the core of what is interesting, what is funny, what is art, what is sensible, what is wise, and what is right. Losing truth means losing all of that. In classic Capraesque fashion, an unlikely hero in the form of a blustering billionaire came along. This master salesman and self-promoting alleged narcissist somehow seems to be about the only one around with enough common sense and compassion and courage to pardon pariahs, speak the consequential truths, and open up the American First Amendment frontiers to enable truth and its byproducts to flourish.

Both the dystopian nightmare of Kafka and the American dream of Capra unexpectedly came to America. Their competing visions were prophetic more than fictional. In the 2024 election they clashed. Capra won. It’s a wonderful election. America is being fitted with wings where the iron fists of the state had been tightening its grip. As long as we continue to speak truth, as thoughtfully and courageously as much as we can, and guard those truth-telling and truth-seeking angels, America will get to keep those wings.

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• English reportedly had planned to target Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and House Speaker Mike Johnson. However, his focus shifted to Bessent after learning about the Senate’s vote on Bessent’s nomination as Treasury Secretary. English’s arrest occurred approximately three hours before Bessent’s appointment was confirmed.
  Man With Molotovs Arrested on Capitol Hill in Murder Plot Against Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

• The presence of government in Americans' lives has only grown over the years.
  An Entity Unto Itself: How Big Gov’t Distorts Its Role
  
• Lloyd Billingsley: Return of the Russia Hoax and the battle for the CIA.
  Return of the Russia Hoax and the battle for the CIA.

"BIDEN/HARRIS BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
• During the briefing, the DHS secretary, wearing bulletproof tactical gear, thanked “the brave officers involved.”
  DHS Secretary Hits New York to Get ‘Dirtbags Off the Streets’
  
• 'I know the last administration didn't see it that way,' Leavitt tells reporters
  BEASTMODE: WH Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Says All Illegal Immigrants Are Criminals (Because They're Illegal Immigrants)
  
• Investigate, and weed out the miscreants by firing for cause.
  Whistleblower: Multiple FBI Agents Called in Sick With the ‘Blue Flu’ to Avoid Helping ICE Round Up Criminal Illegal Aliens in Chicago
  
• New York City residents in Hispanic and black communities that supported President Trump in huge numbers in the 2024 election hailed Tuesday’s local immigration raids that nabbed scores of suspected heinous criminals.
  NYC minority communities cheer ICE raids that rounded up violent criminal migrants: ‘Get them the hell off the street!’
  
• Cesar Polanco, 59, was paroled by the Massachusetts penal system because authorities claimed he “showed remorse” for murdering his wife in front of his then five-year-old son. The Dominican national was released from MCI-Norfolk prison, but instead of walking free like he thought he would, Immigration and Customs Enforcement was there to meet him and take him into custody for deportation.
  ICE Takes Murderer into Custody After Massachusetts Paroles Him from Prison (Chain him to Liz Warren's cherokee cankles - jjs)
  
• Amid widespread ICE raids targeting undocumented immigrants with criminal records, Democratic New York City council member Robert Holden voiced support for ICE’s crackdown and accused fellow Democrats of “plotting against Trump” and actively seeking to hinder law enforcement efforts. Holden further criticized his colleagues for their lack of support in promoting safer streets and reducing crimes.
  ‘You Shouldn’t Be In Office’: Dem Calls For Felony Charges Against Officials Who Are ‘Plotting Against’ ICE Raids

  LOS ANGELES WILDFIRES

• this reporter, a Pacific Palisades resident, walked out in protest. In discussing the event beforehand with organizers, they admitted that the participants in the meeting, from both the Palisades Fire and the Eaton Fire in Altadena, had been handpicked, and said that questions would not be allowed from members of the audience.
  Meeting with Karen Bass to Help Victims of L.A. Fires Begins with Attack on ICE
  
• Trump’s executive order highlights how CEQA’s red tape fuels California wildfires, pushing for reforms to restore balance and prioritize safety over bureaucracy.
  President Trump Can Restore Sanity to California’s Environmental Policies

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

• Netanyahu’s visit comes as Trump works to negotiate for the release of the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza
  Netanyahu Will Be First Foreign Leader Hosted At Trump White House
  
• “Thank you President Trump for keeping your promise to give Israel the tools it needs to defend itself...
  Netanyahu thanks Trump for lifting Biden's arms embargo on Israel
  
• “An obscene spectacle.”
  How Hamas Exploited the Hostages Right to the End
  
• Ban receives US support
  'Tainted by Terror': Israel Bans UNRWA From Operating in Its Territory
  
• Daniel Greenfield: Everything we send to Gaza is used to carry out terrorism.
  Shot: Trump Admin Pulls $50M in Terror Condoms for Gaza
  
• Daniel Greenfield Part Deux: And billions in reconstruction costs for "Palestinian" nation-building.
  Chaser: Hamas Deal Puts U.S. Boots on the Ground
  
• A lesson learned from the Biden betrayal.
  Israel Reduces Its Dependence on American Munitions

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

• The two individuals suspected in the shooting death of a U.S. Border Patrol officer near the Canadian border in Vermont last week are believed to be tied to a transgender militant group. Teresa “Milo” Youngblut and Felix “Ophelia” Baukholt were stopped by the Border Patrol officer along Interstate 91 in Coventry, Vermont, with the officer and Baukholt—a German national—subsequently dying from wounds received in a shootout. The revelation is raising concerns about a possible trans terror cell operating domestically in the U.S.
  Border Patrol Officer’s Killing by Transgender Duo Was Possible Act of Terrorism.

• Enrique Tarrio was convicted of seditious conspiracy though he was not in D.C. at the time of the breach.
  Former Proud Boy Leader, Who Was Facing Decades Behind Bars, Speaks Out After Trump J6 Pardon
  
• Robert Zimmerman: "What these petty tyrants are now discovering is that the law does matter, and that breaking the law carries real consequences."
  Pushback: The left discovers it doesn’t have the right to break the law
  
• Thankfully, there is an immediately effective first step that will help.
  Dismantling The Administrative State Is A Critical Task Requiring Great Effort

  BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS

• These pardons are part of a series of unprecedented acts that raise crucial questions about Biden’s legitimacy, transparency and his legacy.
  Biden's final pardons tell a damning story

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

• The prosecutors who worked on special counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump were those in the line of fire, as the DOJ said they cannot trust them.
  Drain the Swamp: Trump DOJ Fires Prosecutors Who Targeted Him
  
• Margot Cleveland: Judge Cannon’s order not only ruled against the DOJ but eviscerated the department for its litigation strategy.
  Judge Cannon Body Slams Biden DOJ’s Last-Ditch Lawfare Effort

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

• "According to recent polling from Gallup, Americans' trust in mass media has fallen to a record low."
  Trump Admin Welcomes ‘New Media’ Into White House Press Corps
  
• I’ve heard stories over the years of how the press has cozied up to Democrat administrations. During the year or so in which I covered the Biden Whore House, I saw firsthand how the press turned a blind eye to the president’s condition, coddled the administration, and outright fell short of holding the people in power accountable. The legacy media failed. And everyone knows it, especially President Trump and his team. That became evident as Leavitt discussed plans to shake up the briefing room and provide unprecedented access to independent media.
  After 4 Years Of Failure, White House Press Corps Does Complete 180 Under Trump

• CJ Pearson, who is the black co-chair of the GOP Youth Advisory Council, found the cover especially objectionable.
  Far-left NY Mag Caught Cropping Black People Out of ‘All White’ Trump Party

• President Donald Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris after campaigning heavily on addressing the immigration crisis created under her and former President Joe Biden’s administration. Cuomo, on “CUOMO,” said Ocasio-Cortez’s recent comments on X about Trump’s ultimately successful Sunday standoff with Colombia over deportation flights and her record in Congress demonstrate just how out of touch she is with the American public.
  ‘Trying Too Hard, Lady’: Chris Cuomo Says AOC’s Immigration Stance Makes Her ‘Perfect Proof Of Why Democrats Lost’
  
• Robert Spencer: Cillizza wrote on X Monday: “I screwed up. Back in May 2020, I wrote how Anthony Fauci had ‘crushed’ Donald Trump's lab-leak theory for how Covid-19 originated The CIA said over the weekend that they now believed the virus leaked from a lab.” 
  Former CNN ‘Journalist’ Makes a Stunning Admission About Believing Fauci Over Trump
  
• Guidelines for fostering fair-minded AI models without stifling innovation or free expression
  How Trump Should Address Bias in Artificial Intelligence
  
• While Google users in the United States will see the Gulf of America name, those in Mexico will continue to see “Gulf of Mexico,” which is how that country refers to the body of water.
  Google to Follow Suit in 'Gulf of America' Name Change Once Maps Become Official
  
• ...“What MSNBC and CNN did…they just refused to tell their audience that Trump had a real chance and that was a lie that I think even the left couldn’t stand, which is why they’re tuning out. … [T]his lie hurt them. They weren’t prepared for it, and I think that’s one of the reasons why…CNN last week, despite the wildfires, despite Joe Biden’s goodbye message, and all the stuff going on with Trump as he was entering office on Monday, CNN…the week before the Inauguration…could not achieve 500,000 average primetime viewers.”
  Fake News Collapse: CNN Couldn’t Pull 500K Average Viewers During the Busiest News Week of the Year

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• After four years spent denying that inflation was a problem, Democrats are suddenly screaming at President Donald Trump for not having lowered the price of eggs already.
  Desperate Dems Throw Eggs At Trump
  
• Enforcing Robinson-Patman won’t lower grocery prices—it’ll just let regulators pick winners while consumers pay more.
  Bedoya’s Passionate Appeal for More Federal Power
  
• Despite the howls of outrage and already-launched lawsuits from the left, Team Trump’s pause on federal spending on most grants, loans and more is a wise, perhaps necessary, move to ensure Americans’ tax dollars are well spent and to keep up the battle against Bidenflation.
  Trump’s federal grant freeze is great news for America’s taxpayers

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

• Trump's day one executive order blocked Biden's approval of contentious wind project
  Small Idaho Town Feels Immediate Impact From Trump's Energy Order

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

• The Pentagon kicked out 8,400 soldiers between 2021-2023.
  Trump Reinstates Service Members Discharged for Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine

  SECOND AMENDMENT

• In sum, the NFA is a gun control law which was passed in response to gun violence carried out by mobsters and gangsters during the prohibition era, a gun control which hangs over the heads of every law-abiding citizen who wants to buy the firearms or accessories under NFA purview at this time.
  Rep. Eric Burlison: NFA Must Go, It Is ‘Government Overreach’

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• The news comes as the Supreme Court of the US (SCOTUS) accepted the case of Mahmoud v Taylor -- legal action arising out of Maryland, and a matter that not only draws attention to the problems of public school systems pushing LGBTQ cultural Marxism on kids, but the greater problems of public schooling.
  SCOTUS to Decide If Parents Can Opt Kids Out of LGBTQ Public School Lessons
  
• Congress can shut down extremist international studies centers with a pen stroke.
  Federal Funding Shouldn’t Be Going to Woke University Programs

  ABORTION

• After a roughly nine-year legal battle, the state negotiated a settlement with Daleiden and Merritt in exchange for a “no contest” plea on a single video recording charge. The “no contest” plea will be entered into judgment as a misdemeanor in six to 12 months and then converted into a “not guilty” plea before being dismissed and expunged, according to CMP. Seven of the 14 video recording charges initially brought in this case had already been dismissed, the organization noted. Other litigation regarding the constitutionality of state video recording laws like the one in California is ongoing.
  California to Dismiss Case Against Journalists Who Exposed Abortion Industry’s Fetal Body Parts Practices

  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY

• Trump's Treasury secretary became the highest-ranking openly gay official to be confirmed by the Senate
  LGBT Groups Silent About Scott Bessent's Historic Confirmation (So, there's a homo equivalent of blackface? - jjs)
  
• When more than 77 million Americans delivered resounding victories for Republicans in the 2024 election, they gave the GOP a mandate to implement an America First agenda that serves the interests of the people. So, why are GOP lawmakers in so-called “red states” working overtime to deny their voters’ wishes?
  From Florida To Texas, ‘Red State’ Republicans Are Subverting America First Priorities Across The Country
  
• It’s not clear if the controversial mayor was trying to break up the fight during the board meeting or join it.
  Dolton Dictator involved in chaotic brawl with angry activist, her boyfriend after she’s called a ‘bitch’ during board meeting

• Durbin, in a letter sent to Trump administration officials dated January 27, 2025, said he received “highly credible information” that Patel “broke protocol” regarding hostage rescues when he commented to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) “without authorization” about a successful hostage rescue during the first Trump administration in October 2020.
  Credibly Accused Political Terrorist-linked Dick Durbin Pushes Anonymous Smear that Kash Patel ‘Broke Protocol’ When Commenting on a Hostage Rescue

  MORE CONFIRMATION HEARING MADNESS

• GOP voters should not have to wait around and guess whether Republican senators will support the appointees of a Republican president.
  Republican Sabotage Of Trump’s Bold Cabinet Picks Subverts The Will Of Those Who Voted For Him
  
• “He is a ghost of the party’s past.”
  The Democrats’ RFK Dilemma
  
• Standing out like a sore thumb among the dozens of left-of-center groups hoping to derail Kennedy’s confirmation is a conservative advocacy group founded by former Vice President Mike Pence.
  Federalist Society’s Leonard Leo Assists Mike Pence Effort to Torpedo RFK Jr.’s HHS Nomination (and these are the schmucks who advise on judicial nominees?! - jjs)
  
• The Times will accuse DNI nominee Tulsi Gabbard of meeting with then-Lebanese Hezbollah Supreme Leader Hassan Nasrallah in 2017.
  NYT Uses Anonymous Terrorist Sources For Latest Deep State Hit On Tulsi Gabbard
  
• While Gabbard is one of three of Trump’s cabinet nominees undergoing contentious confirmation hearings this week, her differences with the way the Intelligence community operates are based primarily on policies.
  Will Tulsi Gabbard’s Confirmation Vote for DNI Take Place in Secret?

  POLITICS

• Glenn Reynolds: In Inman Majors’ excellent novel “The Millionaires,” a political consultant observes that there are only two campaign themes: “Bright New Day,” and “Back to Basics.”  It says something about the poor quality of Democratic governance that Trump can declare a Bright New Day simply by returning to basics — racial equality, an orderly border, a competent military.
  Trump is following through with unprecedented and swift action to begin his presidency – which has reset the national mood

• President Donald Trump won Michigan in the 2024 presidential election, and Republicans now have a chance to add another Senate seat to their majority. (RELATED: Sen. Gary Peters Praises Chinese Government As Coronavirus Continues To Spread)
  Michigan Democrat Gary Peters Not Seeking Reelection, Leaving Key Senate Seat Open (Carpetbagger > carpet-munchers Nessel and Benson? - jjs)
  
• Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) announced he won’t seek a third term in 2026, opening a seat in a potential battleground state.
  Report: Mayor Buttplug Pondering Michigan Senate Run After Gary Peters Retirement
  
• Already in her second term, she's taking a more national role, bringing class back to the role, yes, but also demanding accountability from the American people...
  First Lady Melania Trump starts second White House term in beast mode
  
• What if I told you the most sensible person in Washington, DC, is a tattooed Democrat from Pennsylvania who shows up to work in a sloppy black hoodie? Two years ago, I would have laughed at such a suggestion.
  Three cheers for John Fetterman refusing to blindly toe the Dems’ — and Sunny Hostin & Co’s — party line

  THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"

• Three Ukrainian vloggers offer a clearer picture of the situation in the wartime state.
  How Trump is Already Cleaning up Ukraine

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• The decision appears to be triggered by staffers attempting to get in the way of President Donald Trump’s orders, according to Acting USAID Administrator Jason Gray, who said in an email cited by Politico that they “identified several actions within USAID that appear to be designed to circumvent the president’s executive orders and the mandate from the American people.”
  The Swamp Purge Continues: 60 Senior USAID Staffers Placed on Leave
  
• In the immortal words of an old Sefton family friend: "Send Them All to the Mikva" - jjs
  'Equity and Environmental Justice,' 'LGBTQI+ Inclusive Development Policy,' and 'Latinx Politics': Inside the Battle Between Political and Career Staffers at the State Department and USAID

• Earlier this month, Trump declared that Greenland is essential to the security of the United States a...
  Denmark beefs up Arctic military spending by $2.1 billion, EU threatens to send troops after US pressure
  
• Sometimes a break-up is necessary to improve a relationship.
  Trump ‘Would Consider’ Returning U.S. to World Health Organization
  
• Robert Spencer: A glorious thing to see.
  Argentina’s Milei Keeps Walloping Davos Leftists with Reality
  
• John Stossel: "Argentina still has a long way to go," says Vasquez, "that's why Milei recently said, what's coming is the 'deep chainsaw.'" Can we get a deep chainsaw in the United States? Our government keeps spending more than it takes in. We're on a path to bankruptcy. It's why I hope Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency will make Milei-style cuts in the United States. Musk has noticed what Milei did, saying, "He's making all the right moves." Milei's success not only shows that cuts are possible, but that when they are explained intelligently, they are popular. After Milei cut government, his approval rating rose 6 points
  The Chainsaw President!

  DRONE HYSTERIA, MYSTERIA

• White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) authorized the drones to fly for “research” and were “not the enemy.” A brief panic ensued among the public and lawmakers over the mysterious drones in December, which was aggravated by hobbyists flying their own over the area, according to the White House.
  Mysterious Drones Spotted Over New Jersey Were Authorized To Fly By Feds, White House Says

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• “The Secretary informed General Milley today that he is revoking the authorization for his security detail and suspending his security clearance as well. The Secretary has also directed the DoD IG to conduct an inquiry into the facts and circumstances surrounding Gen Milley’s conduct so that the Secretary may determine whether it is appropriate to reopen his military grade review determination,” Pentagon spokesman John Ullyot told Breitbart News in a statement.
  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Pulls Mark Milley’s Security Detail, Suspends Clearance, and Orders Review into His Conduct (Meh, Vanilli has layers of fat and garter belts to shield him - jjs)

• “The United States military has a clear mission: to protect the American people and our homeland as the world’s most lethal and effective fighting force,” Trump wrote. “Success in this existential mission requires a singular focus on developing the requisite warrior ethos, and the pursuit of military excellence cannot be diluted to accommodate political agendas or other ideologies harmful to unit cohesion.”
  Trump Signs Orders Restoring Integrity And Lethality To America’s Military

• The former Principal Deputy Director of DNI, Stacey Dixon, was picked by the Trump transition team to be acting DNI, according to Politico last week. Dixon was replaced by Lora Shiao to serve as acting DNI, according to the agency.
  Trump Admin Ousts Left-Wing Biden Appointee Stacey Dixon From Key Intel Position Ahead Of Gabbard Hearings
  
• That’s what you get when merit doesn’t matter and incompetence and ass-kissing fails upward.
  A Schlichter prescription for military reform
  
• It was assumed that America had a massive lead in the AI industry.
  Did China Just Drink Our Milkshake?

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• One of the many challenges of the Trump administration will be to balance legitimate concerns and questions of bureaucrats and staff members with obstructionism disguised as compliance. 
  Navigating the maze of malicious compliance

  FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY

• The high school converted the female bathroom to 'all gender' in the name of 'equity'
  EXCLUSIVE: Trump Admin Investigating Denver High School Over ‘All Gender’ Bathroom
  
• "This dangerous trend will be a stain on our Nation's history, and it must end."
  Trump Signs Executive Order Protecting Kids From Irreversible Gender Transition Procedures
  
• Progressive clergy Vs. Trump on immutable biological reality.
  Transgender Cult Replacing True Religion

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• Robert Spencer:And so leftists, driven round the bend by Trump, are consulting the priests of their secular religion, only to find them just as depressed: “Many reports suggest an increase in people seeking therapy and counseling. Mental health professionals are also seeking help for their own heightened anxiety and emotional challenges in the aftermath of the presidential election and the heightened demand for their services. Crisis lines have seen an increase in callers.”
  Leftists are So Upset About Trump That Even the Shrinks Need Shrinks
  
• “We… urge Costco to end all unlawful discrimination imposed by the company through diversity, equity, and inclusion (‘DEI’) policies,” the attorneys general write. They add: “Although Costco’s motto is ‘do the right thing,’ it appears that the company is doing the wrong thing—clinging to DEI policies that courts and businesses have rejected as illegal.”
  Costco Doubles Down on DEI, But Republicans Aren’t Sitting Around for Once…
  
• Anthony Mackie, the not-so-fresh, no-so-new face of Captain America, told a press crowd in Rome this week, "To me, Captain America represents a lot of different things and I don't think the term, 'America,' should be one of them."
  Woke Captain America Says Captain America Doesn't Represent America
  
• Christian Toto: Netflix's Trans musical part of larger cultural trend tied to awards season
  ‘Emilia Perez’ – 13 Nominations. No Oscar Bounce?
  
• America in 2025 echoes 1980—a pivotal moment for leadership, as Trump mirrors Reagan and the Church seeks its next John Paul II to confront global challenges.
  The World Needs a Modern John Paul II

  HITHER & YON

• In 2024, both the dystopian nightmare of Kafka and the American dream of Capra unexpectedly came to America; their competing visions were prophetic more than fictional.
  Capra Defeats Kafka

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