The Morning Report — 2/5/25

Good morning kids. Now that the light has been turned on in the kitchen so to speak, President Donald Trump is not only dousing everything with Plutonium-infused RAID, and the cockroaches who were once doing the multi-trillion dollar mambo to "hey baba-rebop" as per the old Robert Klein routine, but they are shrieking in anger and terror. Hopefully they'll go legs up any second now and can be swept up and disposed a la the garbage trucks in Soylent Green, to be turned into Soylent Marxist insect meat and force-fed to the Greta Thunbergs of this world, until they choke on it.

Considering our budget over the past couple decades has soared into the trillions, the fact that USAID was allocated merely billions each year still is significant in that all the money, minus whatever was skimmed off the top to wet the beaks of the Democrats, went to a veritable rogues gallery of anti-American, anti-Western crackpot, terroristic thugocracies, kleptocrats and tyrants that have shed rivers o blood of their own people and us in the process. Those who are shrieking loudest are both in on the grift and hate this country as much if not more than the scum getting the dough-rey-mi. And this is just USAID, wait until the DOge axe really starts being wielded at the rest of the bureaucracy.

And speaking of cockroaches shrieking out their death rattle, this will warm the cockles of your heart:

The reaction of some U.S. Agency of International Development (USAID) employees when the Dept. of Government Efficiency (DOGE) came to their Washington D.C. office last week is raising more questions about the shadowy agency.

Contractor Kristina Drye, who is employed at USAID described to ABC News a scene reminiscent of the kind of mad scramble historically witnessed when a corrupt government has fallen and officials are desperately trying to get rid of evidence of wrongdoing.

Drye described USAID employees taking down pride flags and removing books that she felt might be “incriminating” as well as how “no one was talking” as DOGE team members began their review of the operations of the agency that sends billions of taxpayer dollars abroad for a variety of reasons ranging from disaster relief to funding regime change.

She described her concerns over DOGE setting up automatic transcription of USAID employee Google meets and how, over the weekend, she lost access to work computer.

USAID’s Director of Security John Voorhees and his deputy Brian McGill were both placed on administrative leave after denying system access to DOGE employees who were eventually able to gain access to the secure systems in order to conduct their analysis.

Such actions seem out of place considering that USAID employees and managers have had since early November to anticipate the incoming Trump administration and the anticipated arrival of DOGE.

Hiding flags and books and attempting to prevent access to the systems that track secretive government payments lend more strength to the concerns about fraud expressed by Elon Musk than they do to claims that USAID is operating with full transparency and accountability.

President Trump ordered a 90 day pause in foreign development assistance via USAID while the DOGE team reviews that agency’s efficiencies and consistency with the new administration’s foreign policy objectives.

I hope Pam Bondi and Discipline will follow the money and prosecute with extreme prejudice wherever it leads, now that she has been confirmed as the new AG!!

The other Yuuuge story this morning is what President Trump said during his meting with Bibi Netanyahu regarding Gaza. Ho Lee Fook!

Trump said he would deploy US troops to the territory “if it’s necessary” and that he imagined “the world’s people” occupying an “international unbelievable place” that would be regarded as “the Riviera of the Middle East,” with some Palestinians permitted to resettle there.

Netanyahu all but endorsed the idea, saying: “I think it’s something that could change history and it’s worthwhile really pursuing this avenue.”

The Israeli leader said “[Trump] sees a different future for that piece of land that has been the focus of so much terrorism, so many attacks against us, so many trials and so many tribulations. 

“He has a different idea, and I think it’s worth paying attention to this.” Trump, who frequently denounces prior US military interventions in the Middle East, did not lay out a timeline for either the proposed US occupation or the relocation of Gaza’s residents, but he presented the overall plan as a well-considered “strong recommendation” to bring peace to the region.

“I’ve studied this very closely over a lot of months, and I’ve seen it from every different angle,” Trump said.

. . . Egyptian and Jordanian leaders have already rejected Trump’s request that they take in Gazans. But Trump claimed Tuesday that he believes Amman and Cairo will agree to do it, and that Gazans would be thrilled to relocate.

“Gaza is a hellhole right now,” he said. “It was before the bombing started, frankly, and we’re going to give people a chance to live in a beautiful community that’s safe and secure, and I think you’re going to see tremendous outpouring of support.”

The president made a series of escalating remarks about Gaza throughout the day Tuesday, and said in the Oval Office before the press conference that he thought residents “wouldn’t want to go back” after being relocated.“I do see a long-term ownership position,” Trump said at the press conference when asked about the potential US takeover. “Everybody I’ve spoken to loves the idea of the United States owning that piece of land, developing and creating thousands of jobs with something that will be magnificent, in a really magnificent area that nobody would know.”

First of all. the notion of deploying US Troops here is insane. No, just flat out no. Even if this idea of remaking Gaza into a new Riviera had a snowball's chance in hell of sucess (which it doesn't) US boots on the ground is a line in the sand of a region already soaked in American blood, particularly in Beirut which at one point was a Middle Eastern Riviera until the same ideology turned it into Gaza 25 years ago.

While I appreciate Trump's support for Israel, and that it's good to both think out of the box if for no other reason than to force people to see things they may not want to, and to force the hand of your opponents. That said, this is all well and good on President Trump. But the real problem is, as we all should know by now is ISLAM itself.

Unless and until the majority of Muslims openly reject the main tenets of their so-called religion, that is the submission and or death of unbelievers, particularly Jews, then while we may have gained some time and some measure of security, I'm afraid the past 1,500 years or so of history means we will have more innocent blood spilled in the name of Mohammedanism.

With the exception of pre-Jimmy Carter Iran, the Arab and broader Muslim world despite being awash in petrodollars, have spent the past 77 years primarily focused on one thing, eradicating the State of Israel and then going on to finish the work of Adolf Hitler by killing every Jew on the planet as is their prime directive stated in pretty calligraphy.

The best perhaps we can hope for, if/when the dust settles in Gaza and its residents return is the permanent removal of their terrorist/Islamist/Anti-Semitic government. Elections have consequences and remember it's Gazans that keep voting for the terrorists and Jew-haters. Purple thumbs and/or Dominion voting machines notwithstanding. And that's because they do not want to live side by side with Israel. Kudos to Trump for calling out the complete delusional failure of Peace Process Incorporated.

To mangle the lyrics of Rogers and Hammerstein, "Call Me a cockeyed Pessimist,' or perhaps realist. Again, I give credit to Trump for at least putting this out there and taking a blowtorch to the abject failures of Foggy Bottom in its support of the irredentism of the fake "Palestinians" and their enablers around the world and here.

This is who you have to deal with . . .

Hamas tortured and executed terrorists within its ranks who allegedly had gay sex, shocking documents show — as sources added some male Israeli victims of the Oct. 7 massacre were raped in captivity.

The Iranian proxy terror group had a running list of recruits who were found to have failed Hamas’ “morality checks” by having same-sex relations — and they heavily paid the price, according to documents recovered by the Israel Defense Forces and shared with The Post.

The documents reveal the “crimes” that were allegedly committed by 94 Hamas recruits — lumping together “homosexual conversations,” “flirting with girls without a legal relationship” and “sodomy” in with serious allegations of child rape and torture.

This has kind of a Colonel Kurtzian hypocritical splendor to it, all things considered, no? Continuing...

It is unclear what happened to the recruits identified as “unacceptable” to Hamas, but homosexuality is illegal in Gaza and can result in years of prison — and even death. Such was the case with former Hamas commander Mahmoud Ishtiwi, who was executed in 2016 after he was accused of having gay sex. Ishtiwi’s confession and apparent testimony of the brutal treatment he received was included in the documents shared with The Post.

"Qom fly with me, off the Tehran Hilton roof."

To mangle the lyrics of Rogers and Hammerstein, "Call Me a cockeyed Pessimist,' or perhaps realist.

Nation building begins at home: How about forcing all the Democrats to leave California. Or to prevent them from infecting normal America, abolish their party, remove them from government and turn to restoring its former lustre. And talk of California seceding is once again making news. Meh, cut the shithole coastal cities loose and we get to keep the farmlands, forests, watershed and at least one port. The rest can go Gaza itself.

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• Contractor Kristina Drye, who is employed at USAID described to ABC News a scene reminiscent of the kind of mad scramble historically witnessed when a corrupt government has fallen and officials are desperately trying to get rid of evidence of wrongdoing. Drye described USAID employees taking down pride flags and removing books that she felt might be “incriminating” as well as how “no one was talking” as DOGE team members began their review of the operations of the agency that sends billions of taxpayer dollars abroad for a variety of reasons ranging from disaster relief to funding regime change. She described her concerns over DOGE setting up automatic transcription of USAID employee Google meets and how, over the weekend, she lost access to work computer.
  USAID Employee Describes Scramble When DOGE Team Showed Up Last Week
  
• Glenn Reynolds: Philosopher Eric Hoffer once wrote, “Nothing is so unsettling to a social order as the presence of a mass of scribes without suitable employment and an acknowledged status.” As President Trump, Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency get on with their business of trimming waste, fraud, abuse and graft from the federal budget — a business that is vitally important, given the government’s parlous financial outlook — they need to keep this in mind.
  Smashing the ‘rice bowls’ — how elites are lashing out at Trump and Musk’s reforms
  
• Another progressive court policy decision at war with separation of powers.
  Montana Supreme Court Declares State Constitutional Right to ‘Stable Climate System’

"BIDEN/HARRIS BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
• Contrary to what they’re hearing in their Tallahassee echo chamber, the Florida GOP establishment’s immigration bill isn’t fooling anyone.
  Nobody Is Buying The Garbage Immigration Bill Florida Republicans Are Selling
  
• “I started crying with happiness,” said Carlos Suezo—a 54-year-old illegal immigrant from Honduras—after being released from a U.S. prison into ICE custody and promptly deported to Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Suezo had one month remaining on a six-month prison term for unlawfully entering the country after being deported in 2017 following his arrest for a gun crime. President Trump has prioritized the removal of illegal immigrants who are currently being held in the U.S. prison system.
  Win-Win: Criminal Migrants Thank Trump for Deportation.
  
• Church groups grew massively with government funding for the controversial immigrant and refugee programs that Trump is now cutting.
  How the Catholic Church Became a Champion of Biden’s Open Borders
  
• To be un-Christian, deportation would have to be unjust, unmerciful, or both — and none of those are the case.
  Why It’s Absolutely Christian To Swiftly Deport All Illegal Migrants
  
• This is how tariffs work.
  ‘El Ricky’ arrested and spy planes fly over the border
  
• President Trump has made clear he believes the border crisis poses a grave threat to U.S. national security and is acting accordingly.
  The case for militarizing the border

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

• Robert Spencer: And refuses to repeat failed policies.
  Trump Says U.S. Will ‘Own’ Gaza
  
• The announcement came as a surprise alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, evidently also catching some people off guard and causing them to become enraged. A crowd outside the White House said they would resist Trump’s announcement, while members of the media and far-left content creators posted snide remarks on X. “We will continue to resist for every inch of Palestine. Let Donald Trump know that the ceasefire is only the beginning,” the crowd shouted. Leftist users on X were quick to spread conspiracy theories and suggest Trump would be starting a war in Gaza
  Far-Left, Media Freak Out over Trump’s Announcement of U.S. Taking over Gaza
  
• The Iranian proxy terror group had a running list of recruits who were found to have failed Hamas’ “morality checks” by having same-sex relations — and they heavily paid the price, according to documents recovered by the Israel Defense Forces and shared with The Post. (Butt, Butt Queers for "Palestine?!" - "Qom fly with me, off the Tehran Hilton roof - jjs)
  Secret Hamas docs reveal torture, execution of gay terrorists — while some male Oct. 7 Israeli victims were raped in captivity
  
• President Trump’s commitment to Israel and the Jewish people was evident right from the start.
  Ignoring the Real Threat of Islamofascism
  
• Daniel Greenfield: Politicians and the media don't oppose forcible resettlement. They just support terrorism.
  Gaza’s Jewish Population was ‘Resettled’ Twice
  
• 'They'll be resettled in areas where they can live a beautiful life and not be worried about dying every day'
  Trump Says He Wants To Permanently Relocate All Gazans In Meeting With Netanyahu 
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• The Department of Justice (DOJ) first announced the effort Monday as part of a new “Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism” that will “root out anti-Semitic harassment in schools and on college campuses,” a press release says. The Department of Education (DOE) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) then announced it would probe five universities and four unnamed medical schools on behalf of the task force.
  Trump Admin Investigates Alleged ‘Jew Hatred,’ ‘Support For Terrorist Organizations’ At 9 Universities
  
• For the second time, a federal court has rejected an anti-Zionist faculty group’s lawsuit against the University of Pennsylvania, alleging “a new form of McCarthyism” violated their academic freedom at the school.
  Court Tosses Faculty for Justice in Palestine “McCarthyism” Lawsuit Against UPenn
  
• Proof that last year’s pro-Hamas conference was no fluke.
  Yahya Sinwar and PFLP Terrorists Promoted at Florida Muslim Conference

  DC AIRLINER/COPTER COLLISION, and Philly Air Crash AFTERMATH

• Only a complete overhaul of the entire air traffic control system will suffice.
  Memo To Trump: FAA’s Failings Are Much Deeper Than DEI

  LOS ANGELES WILDFIRES

• Democrats rejected Republican-proposed amendments to prevent any of the money from being used to defend criminal illegal aliens.
  California Democrats Pass $50 Million to Fight Trump, Defend Illegal Alien Criminals; Seek Billions in Fire Aid
  
• "Three fires that broke out in San Diego last week started in homeless encampments, the San Diego Metro Arson Strike Team (MAST) confirmed to NBC 7 on Thursday. “Those fires were the Friars Fire in Mission Valley, the Center Fire in Rancho Bernardo and the Gilman Fire in La Jolla, according to MAST Capt. Pat Buckley.”
  California Fires Caused by Homeless Skyrocket, 3 More Confirmed in San Diego

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

• The Trump administration’s second term should be called the “Shock And Awe Tour.” The first time around, it was undisputable how unprepared they were for the deep state machine, but this time is different. In less than 20 days, the team Trump has assembled has overwhelmed the entrenched bureaucrats by shutting down the cash cow that helped them fund wildly anti-American policies at home and abroad.
  Trump Struck A Killing Blow To Heart Of Democrat Deep State Machine
  
• President Donald Trump signed an executive order Jan. 20 imposing a freeze on new regulations. House Republicans, meanwhile, say they plan to support legislation that would place additional controls on government regulations. Axon Enterprise CEO Rick Smith, entrepreneur Magatte Wade and Hoover Institution Research Fellow Dr. Patrick McLaughlin are scheduled to testify at the Feb. 11 hearing. (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Joni Ernst Takes Another Crack At Evicting Bureaucrats From Washington)
  EXCLUSIVE: Jim Jordan Readies His Committee For Another Showdown Against Administrative State
  
• The PwC program openly lists race-based eligibility criteria for would-be applicants, excluding whites and Asians
  Consulting Giant Bans Whites And Asians From Career Advancement Seminar
  
• [Fekete kurva, seggfej, kutya-szar] Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas told CNN host Laura Coates she was “tired” of “white tears” Monday night during a rant targeting President Donald Trump, Department of Government Efficiency chair Elon Musk and “mediocre white boys.”
  Dem Rep’s Minutes-Long Tirade About ‘Mediocre White Boys’ Somehow Veers Into ICE, Black Colleges

  
  DANIEL PENNY ACQUITTED

• Daniel Penny landed a cushy job at a powerhouse Silicon Valley venture capital firm less than two months after he was acquitted in the subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely. The Marine veteran was hired by Andreesen Horowitz to work in Manhattan as a deal partner on the firm’s American Dynamism team, which invests in government and defense tech, according to the company’s website. Penny was lauded for his “courage” in an internal memo sent to all employees Tuesday afternoon.
  Daniel Penny lands job at powerhouse venture capital firm Andreesen Horowitz less than 2 months after acquittal in Jordan Neely’s death: ‘Acted with courage’

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

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

• Taxpayer-funded radio stations are barred from ‘airing commercials or other promotional announcements on behalf of for-profit entities’
  Has Brendan Carr Finally Figured Out How To Stop NPR?
  
• The World Economic Forum has big plans to stifle the world’s freedom. But America stands in the way.
  Will the Global Elites’ War on Free Speech Succeed? (Hit Switzerland with Tariffs and treat the WEF like Teen de Aragua and MS-13 - jjs)

• Opinionists at major news outlets have begun whining about their newsrooms’ inability to keep up with the increased flow of Trump’s executive orders, newsworthy comments, and changes within federal agencies.
  Establishment Media Whine Donald Trump Is Flooding the Zone: ‘Nightmare over and over Again’
  
• President Trump was elected to oversee the executive branch. The FBI falls under his purview, and nobody who works there should feel exempt from whatever scrutiny he chooses to apply. But CNN’s Jake Tapper on Monday spoke as if this were a violent assault on innocent children.
  Here’s How The Media Are Lying Right Now: FBI Questionnaire Edition

• The Verge reports that U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta has denied Apple’s emergency request to halt the Google Search monopoly trial. The trial, which could potentially dismantle the search exclusivity deal between Google and Apple reportedly worth up to $18 billion a year, is set to move forward without Apple’s involvement.
  Apple Hits a Brick Wall with Desperate Attempt to Intervene in Google Search Monopoly Trial
  
• Christian Toto: Spotify superstar strikes back against book alleging he misled VP Harris
  Joe Rogan Exposes Team Kamala, Legacy Media

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• Trump will likely speak to Chinese President Xi Jinping later on Tuesday.
  China Hits U.S. With Retaliatory Tariffs After Canada, Mexico Cave To Trump
  
• “Core inflation did not increase as a result of the 2018 tariffs on Chinese goods.”
  Trump’s Three-Pronged Tariff Strategy

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

• Zeldin is affectionately known in America First activist circles as “the Legend of Zeldin,” a play on the name of the classic video game the Legend of Zelda. He earned the nickname when he was a rank-and-file GOP U.S. House member from New York, when he was serving on the House Intelligence Committee and tearing up its then-chairman Democrat Adam Schiff’s plot to impeach President Donald Trump in his first term.
  Exclusive — ‘Powering the Great American Comeback’: The Legend of Zeldin Comes to the EPA
  
• The new EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is also upsetting Democratic Senators and climate justice warriors.
  Over 1,000 EPA Employees Upset Over Warning They Face Possible Dismissal
  
• Interior Secretary Burgum orders review of Biden's oil lease cancellations
  Trump Admin Reopens Millions of Acres for Oil Drilling in Rollback of Biden Climate Agenda
  
• A massive Obama-era solar power plant is on the path to shutting down as President Donald Trump works to unwind federal green energy initiatives.
  'Financial Boondoggle and Environmental Disaster': Billion-Dollar Solar Project, Once a Green Energy Symbol, Moves Toward Closure
  
• Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch slammed the Kier Starmer Labour government's approach, accusing them of “adding even more burdens on farmers" who are already going through hardship.
  UK seeks to slash domestic farms, risk food production by converting land to woodland, wild habitats
  
• The examples are being brought to light as Democrats are fiercely fighting to protect USAID from the Trump Administration’s efforts to stop the federal government enormous waste of taxpayers’ money.
  Eight USAID Grants Spent More Than a Half-Billion Taxpayer Dollars on ESG/DEI
  
• The sad fact, though, is that the weather propaganda has worked, and a majority of Americans still accept the manifest illogic of “climate change.”
  Cold Winters Mean Global Warming? In What World?
  
• We no longer can afford our Disneyfied ideals about nature.
  The Green Paradigm is Shifting Fast

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• American children scored poorly, yet again, on the latest nationwide test; school choice is a way to right our sinking ship.
  The National Assessment of Educational Regress

  ABORTION

• Gov. Mike Braun directed state agencies to continue releasing records that document abortionist malfeasance, ending a pro-lifer lawsuit.
  Pro-Lifers Settle Lawsuit Against Indiana After New GOP Governor Releases Abortion Records

  
  THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH AND 2024 SHENANIGANS

• Democrats’ promise that winning a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat will guarantee a House win in 2026 is shameless and corrupt. Conservatives need to recognize it for what it is and stop it before it’s too late.
  How Democrats Plan To Use Wisconsin’s Supreme Court Election To Rig The 2026 Midterms

  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY

• USAID had a budget of about $50 billion in 2023, the last year for which full figures are available. While $50 billion is a drop in the bucket — it's less than 1% of federal spending — it has an outsized effect. That's billions of dollars going every year to left-wing causes (some of them dressed up as RINOs) that are too unpopular to gain private support.It's largely NGOs, armed with your tax dollars, funding the migrant invasion, pushing gender confusion on a global scale, etc.If Bill Kristol or whoever is behind organizations like Hopewell can raise funds privately, that's their business. But the parade of public tax dollars to private causes has to stop. 
  The Dirty Truth Behind Bill Kristol's 'Private' Funding
  
• Even more troubling, at least one former IRI employee was actively involved in the Democratic Party’s Russia hoax and cooperated with the Mueller investigation, which was largely reliant on the discredited Steele Dossier. Sam Patten, a former IRI staffer, pled guilty in 2018 to federal charges that he failed to register as a foreign agent and subsequently provided materials to federal investigators that allegedly tied the Trump campaign to Ukrainian oligarch Konstantin Kilimnik. The latter was accused of being involved in Russian efforts to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election.While the Mueller investigation paints Kilimnik as Russian intelligence asset, the truth appears murkier. Kilimnik also worked for IRI for nearly a decade, received a visa to travel to the U.S. from the State Department in 2016, and was revealed to be a source for the U.S. Embassy in Kiev, suggesting the Ukrainian oligarch may have been a U.S. intelligence asset.
  Deep State-Aligned International ‘Republican’ Group Has Received Millions From USAID and Open Borders NGOs.
  
• Schumer had attended the rally alongside various members of Congress to oppose Trump giving billionaire ally Elon Musk access to the federal government, namely, the U.S. Treasury.
  Chuck Schumer [the Cuck Schemer] Goes Full Cringe in Anti-Trump ‘We Will Win’ Chant

  
  MORE CONFIRMATION HEARING MADNESS

• The era of Bondi and Discipline is here! - jjs
  Senate Confirms Pam Bondi as Attorney General with Bipartisan Support, 54-46
  
• Republican Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy, a medical doctor, had questioned Kennedy strongly about his views on vaccines in both the Senate Finance and the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) committee hearings. Despite saying he “struggled” with the nomination, Cassidy ultimately voted to advance Kennedy to the Senate floor.
  RFK Jr. Nomination For HHS Secretary Advances Out Of Senate Committee
  
• “I will support Tulsi’s nomination and look forward to working with her to protect our national security.”
  Gabbard Wins Over Key Votes, Within One Vote Of Advancing Toward Senate Confirmation
  
• Kennedy, Kash, and Gabbard are the needed change agents that the Senate GOP must make sure to get through the confirmation process.
  Gabbard, RFK, and Patel's confirmations are essential for Trump's mandate

  POLITICS

• Chuck Schemer just gave President Trump a huge endorsement.
  When Democrats say you’re ‘screwing up,’ time to double down
  
• Political control of the vital swing state is almost entirely up for grabs in 2026.
  Michigan’s Next Elections Could Determine The Direction Of National Politics
  
• The people who pride themselves and falsely portray themselves as ‘liberals’ while they have no interest in true liberty are simply going to double down on defeat.
  Good news: The far Left still hasn’t realized why they are losing
  
• Here are three snapshots of a party wallowing in denial: When the eight candidates running to head the Democrat National Committee were asked if they believed “racism and misogyny” were factors in Kamala Harris’ defeat, all eight raised their hands.  When congressional Dems gathered outside the headquarters of the rogue USAID agency that Trump plans to shrink or close, one of their lead speakers was the antisemitic terror defender and America-hating Rep. Ilhan [Bro-Fo] Omar.  Then there’s New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, who said Saturday he was hiding an illegal immigrant in his house and challenged ICE, saying “good luck to the feds coming in to try to get her.”  I’ve long believed Trump has a gift for driving his opponents over the edge.
  Michael Goodwin: Dems wallow in denial and do the dumbest things – proving they haven’t learned a thing from Trump’s win
  
• California’s latest secession push is a delusional stunt driven by contradictions, but Trump’s growing support proves that voters may be waking up to reality. (So long as we retain the farmland, forests and watershed, the cities can become Haiti on the Pacific - jjs
  California’s Secessionist Delusions Are Back

  THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"

• America must end its involvement in Ukraine’s war, focus on its own security, and abandon Biden’s moral crusade before it drains U.S. strength in a fight that isn’t ours to win.
  Blessed are the Peacemakers! 
  
• This Trump Doctrine is the realpolitik of the 21st century—a world where economic leverage is as vital as military power.
  Ukraine’s Rare Earth and Realpolitik

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• Trump … signed executive orders withdrawing the U.S. from the United Nations Human Rights Council, defunding the terror-linked United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), ordering a review of U.S. involvement in the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, and a review of U.S. ties to the United Nations generally. Trump also signed an executive order restoring his “maximum pressure” policy on Iran, which he said he did reluctantly, citing Iran’s efforts to develop a nuclear weapon.
  Trump Signs Sweeping Executive Orders Pulling Out of Several UN Bodies

• The Hill sets out Vance will travel to the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit in France and the Munich Security Conference in Germany, citing the Washington Post as a source. The announcement came after U.S. President Donald Trump hinted the European Union (EU) could be next to face tariffs, after he slapped 25 percent levies on goods from Mexico and Canada along with an additional 10 percent tax on imports from China.
  JD Vance Bound for Europe in First Foreign Venture
  
• The Israeli Prime Minister is the first world leader to visit the White House during Trump’s second term
  What To Know About Trump’s Meeting With Netanyahu
  
• Inside the chess game between Trump and the Mullahs.
  The Islamic Republic’s Next Move
  
• Executive order is reportedly aimed at 'driving Iran's oil exports to zero'
  Trump To Restore 'Maximum Pressure' Campaign on Iran, Which Raked in $140 Billion During Period of Lax Sanctions Enforcement Under Biden

• According to Le Figaro, this brings the total number of people with valid residence permits in the country to over 4.3 million, a new high for France. Migrants from Algeria, a former French colony, were the highest-represented group, with nearly 650,000 residence permits.
  Legal Immigration Hits Record High in France as Populists Call for National Referendum
  
• The U.S. is the WHO’s largest contributor, providing funding through both assessed contributions and voluntary donations.
  'We must find ways to help ourselves if the US leaves': Kenya prepares for end to WHO funds after US leaves program
  
• “No matter how large you are, you cannot control external events. However, you can position yourself to respond to them in the best possible way. That is what we can now achieve after leaving the EU.”
  EU Negotiator Says Brexit Britain Better Placed to do Trump Deals Than ‘Slow EU.’
  
• Trump’s Greenland concept was never absurd — it was strategic. On the grand chessboard of global power, geography is destiny. The Arctic, once a frozen afterthought, is now the front line of strategic competition and cooperation. At its heart lies Greenland — the world’s largest island, with immense untapped potential and irreplaceable geopolitical significance.
  Ronald Lauder Op-ed: I’m a Greenland investor — these 3 paths can make it America’s next frontier

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• The U.S. carried out another strike on ISIS over the weekend in Africa.
  Joint U.S.-Iraqi Operation Kills Multiple ISIS Terrorists In New Strike

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• Thanks to Donald Trump and Elon Musk, the entire federal leviathan is undergoing a full MRI scan. 
  DOGE Walks Among Us
  
• The improper payments underscore President Donald Trump’s vow to clean up the administrative state and his support of DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) and of Elon Musk’s audit of the federal government to cut waste, fraud, and abuse.
  Report: Biden Junta Made Improper Payments Totaling $236 Billion in 2023
  
• This is Enron-level accounting, and we've been tolerating it for decades
  Democrats Panic After Their Horrifying Money Laundering Scheme Was Revealed
  
  
• The buyout window remains open until Thursday, so the final tally of acceptances is likely to increase. “We expect more to come. If you see what’s happening at USAID, it’s just one piece of the puzzle,” the unnamed official told Axios, referring to the radical overhaul of the United States Agency for International Development. USAID is being effectively dismantled and having its functions absorbed into the U.S. State Department. The Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) determined it was unsalvageable.
  Trump ‘Buyout’ Offer Has Already Cut Federal Bureaucracy by 20,000.

  
  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• The same group of politicians that have done nothing about the exploding obesity rate,  our declining health, and chronic childhood diseases are defending Big Pharma while screaming at the guy who’s actually trying to reverse those trends. 
  Our Broken Healthcare System

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• SpaceX placed the entire Worldview constellation in orbit over three launches. The first stage on today’s launch completed its fourth flight, landing back at Cape Canaveral, while the rocket’s two fairing halves completed their 21st and 23rd flights respectively. This was also SpaceX’s second launch today.
  SpaceX launches two high resolution Earth imaging reconnaissance satellites
  
  
• Astronomers using Hubble identified eight visible rings, more than previously detected by any telescope in any galaxy, and confirmed a ninth using data from the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii. Previous observations of other galaxies show a maximum of two or three rings.
  Astronomers find galaxy with nine rings (Ballantine times3 - jjs)

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

• The president is expected to sign the order on Wednesday to coincide with National Girls and Women in Sports Day, according to The Hill.
  Trump to Sign Executive Order Banning Trans Athletes from Women’s Sports

• When it comes to protecting children from the dangers of radical gender ideology including mutilation and sterilization, enforcement is key.
  After Trump EO, Hospitals Push Gender Dysphoria While Claiming No Trans Surgeries On Kids
  
• “I probably will be primaried,” he admitted to CNN. “And that’s great. That just proves my point: you can’t speak a sentence that’s out of line and not get backlash from the left. But that’s OK. This is a democracy.” Well, I guess he changed his mind. Last month, when he had a chance to put his money where his mouth is, he chose his political career over the well-being of his own daughters. That's right: Moulton voted against the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, which bans biological males from competing in girls' school sports by amending the Education Amendments of 1972 to uphold that, under Title IX, sex is determined strictly by one's biology.
  Mass. Congressman Chose His Career Over His Daughters' Safety
  
• Daniel Greenfield: The final feminism should be a liberation from feminism.
  Sixth Wave Feminism

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• Shareholders accuse target of "misuse of investor funds to serve political and social goals."
  Target Faces Shareholder Lawsuit Over Pride Campaign, DEI Initiative Fallout
  
• Last week, it was reported that former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg axed his “he/him” pronouns from his social media accounts. The discovery came amid speculation that Buttigieg may run to become the Democrat nominee for Michigan’s 2026 Senate seat, which came about after Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., announced he will not be seeking reelection.
  If Leftists Believe DEI Radicalism Is So Popular, Why Are They Whitewashing Their Support For It?
  
• Robert Spencer: Revolt of the insane.
  Meta Staffers Enraged Over Removal of Tampons from Men’s Rooms
  
• Thad McCotter: Trump taps Voight, Gibson, and Stallone as Hollywood envoys, aiming to revive the industry and boost conservative voices, but skepticism looms over its impact and reception.
  Wishing upon the Stars?: President Trump’s ‘Special Ambassadors’ to Hollywood

  HITHER & YON

• Manfred said in a statement that Hoberg exercised “extremely poor judgement” by sharing his betting accounts with friends. He further stressed that Hoberg’s deletion of past messages during the investigation granted the “appearance of impropriety.”
  Major League Baseball Fires Umpire for Violating Gambling Rules

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