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Trump nominates Jan. 6 defense attorney for top prosecutor role in DC

President Donald Trump announced on social media Monday that he would be nominating interim U.S. Attorney for D.C. Ed Martin to head the office after Martin took the helm shortly after Trump's inauguration.

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EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin to Employees Working Remotely: 'It's Time to Return to the Office'

It is time to return to work in person, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin said in an update on Tuesday, piggybacking on the Trump administration's greater effort to end remote work for federal employees.

The post EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin to Employees Working Remotely: ‘It’s Time to Return to the Office’ appeared first on Breitbart.

Stephen A. Smith Blasts Dems 'Weak' 2028 Presidential Bench: 'They Suck!'

For someone who says he's not running for the Democratic nomination in 2028, ESPN host Stephen A. Smith spends a lot of time discussing the Democratic nominees in 2028.

The post Stephen A. Smith Blasts Dems ‘Weak’ 2028 Presidential Bench: ‘They Suck!’ appeared first on Breitbart.

Sports Agents: Caitlin Clark Will Never Be Paid What She's Worth

WNBA star Caitlin Clark is one of the biggest female athletes in the nation, but she will never get paid what she is really worth.

The post Sports Agents: Caitlin Clark Will Never Be Paid What She’s Worth appeared first on Breitbart.

Media Elites Call for Boycott of Donald Trump in Support of AP's Speech Codes

Media elites are defending the Associated Press's feud with the White House over maintaining far-left speech code and have called for a national boycott of covering President Donald Trump.

The post Media Elites Call for Boycott of Donald Trump in Support of AP’s Speech Codes appeared first on Breitbart.

CNN Ignores Its Own Plane Expert As It Accuses Trump Of Firing Plane Experts

On Tuesday’s edition of CNN’s Inside Politics, aviation correspondent Pete Muntean told host Dana Bash that it appeared the Delta Airlines flight that crashed in Toronto on Monday did so due to a landing gear malfunction. He also noted how there is no common thread linking it with other recent plane crashes, but that didn’t stop Bash and her assembled panel from noticing “this happening against the backdrop of massive cuts across the federal government, including at the FAA.” Additionally, as CNN ignored its own aviation expert, it wondered if voters would blame Donald Trump and Elon Musk for firing aviation experts at the FAA amid multiple plane crash stories. Bash began with the dreaded “but,” claiming “I'm back here with our fantastic panel. Let's broaden it out a little bit to talk about what is going on here in Washington. As he said, there's no thread between all of those except the obvious, which is that planes are crashing, which is frightening, but this is happening against the backdrop of massive cuts across the federal government, including at the FAA.”     After Bash rattled off some numbers, senior political analyst Nia-Malika Henderson replied, “So far, at least, if you, kind of, look at how Americans, Trump voters in particular, are reacting so far, this is something that they haven't really been affected by… But so far, these cuts, because they are directed at federal workers, who the right has been expert at demonizing, as lazy as working from home, as costing too much, because they have been demonized, a lot of Americans say ‘too bad, so sad,’ that they're that they're being axed. We'll see how long that lasts. We'll see if there is any trickle-down effect for average Americans.” Bash then read a tweet from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, “I just want to read what Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the Senate, said. ‘I'm thankful that everyone in the flight incident in Toronto that took off from Minneapolis is safe, but we keep seeing these incidents day after day. Meanwhile, Trump's doing massive layoffs at the FAA, including safety specialists, and making our skies less and less safe. Democrats are fighting to protect the flying public.’” If CNN had a consistent standard of fact-checking, Bash would’ve recalled Muntean’s comments about the landing gear, but instead Wall Street Journal congressional reporter Olivia Beavers predicted, “It sounds like we're going to have Democrats very quickly blaming, if there's anything with investigations pointing that the president's cuts, the DOGE cuts, led to the FAA having problems with flights, but it's going to be broader than that.” Next, Politico White House and foreign policy correspondent Eli Stokols recalled how some Democrats have privately told him, “'Look, could the Department of Education be shrunk down? Has there been some bureaucracy creep over the years? Yes. But it's the way that they're going about doing it, and it's empowering Elon Musk and a bunch of 20-something tech bros to go in and sort of, before they even know what's what, just slashing systems.’”      He then declared, “It's when that is the story on one hand. And then there are other things playing out. You go to the store, there's no eggs in the fridge. You know, you see planes crashing left and right… You know, at some point people may connect the dots, and they may come to blame this administration, this government, if they have just bulldozed their way through government, taken out a lot of expertise because people don't really know what government does or is until it's doing something for them or until it's not there.”  If voters do start to make that conclusion, will CNN roll out Daniel Dale to inform them that such conclusions are unjustified? Based on Tuesday’s show, probably not. Here is a transcript for the February 18 show: CNN Inside Politics with Dana Bash 2/18/2025 12:22 PM ET DANA BASH: Pete thank you. We're extremely lucky to have you with us. Explain everything to us. Talk to you soon. I'm back here with our fantastic panel. Let's broaden it out a little bit to talk about what is going on here in Washington. As he said, there's no thread between all of those except the obvious, which is that planes are crashing, which is frightening, but this is happening against the backdrop of massive cuts across the federal government, including at the FAA. I'm just going to put some up on the screen. Hundreds of FAA employees have been laid off as part of Elon Musk going through all the federal agencies. And then beyond the FAA, we have 10 percent of the CDC workforce, 3,400 at the U.S. Forest Service, 2,200 and the Interior Department 2,000 at the Department of Energy, 1,000 at the VA. NIA-MALIKA HENDERSON: Yeah. Listen. And so far, at least, if you, kind of, look at how Americans, Trump voters in particular, are reacting so far, this is something that they haven't really been affected by. You do hear from some GOP senators who are in some of these states where they're, you know, public parks, for instance, for instance, raising some alarms. But so far, these cuts, because they are directed at federal workers, who the right has been expert at demonizing, as lazy as working from home, as costing too much, because they have been demonized, a lot of Americans say “too bad, so sad,” that they're that they're being axed. We'll see how long that lasts. We'll see if there is any trickle-down effect for average Americans. BASH: I just want to read what Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the Senate, said. “I'm thankful that everyone in the flight incident in Toronto that took off from Minneapolis is safe, but we keep seeing these incidents day after day. Meanwhile, Trump's doing massive layoffs at the FAA, including safety specialists, and making our skies less and less safe. Democrats are fighting to protect the flying public.” OLIVIA BEAVERS: It sounds like we're going to have Democrats very quickly blaming, if there's anything with investigations pointing that the president's cuts, the DOGE cuts, led to the FAA having problems with flights, but it's going to be broader than that. … ELI STOKOLS: Republicans like the Trump White House, they like how this is going. There's almost a sense, like we're baiting Democrats into going out and having protests, defending bigger government. I mean, they think the politics, in the main, you know, are favoring them. But I think that, I mean, and I have talked to a couple very senior Democrats who have said privately, “look, could the Department of Education be shrunk down? Has there been some bureaucracy creep over the years? Yes. But it's the way that they're going about doing it, and it's empowering Elon Musk and a bunch of 20-something tech bros to go in and sort of, before they even know what's what, just slashing systems." It's when that is the story on one hand. And then there are other things playing out. You go to the store, there's no eggs in the fridge. You know, you see planes crashing left and right. You hear about a bird flu and you hear, on the other hand, about scientists being fired at NIH. You know, at some point people may connect the dots, and they may come to blame this administration, this government, if they have just bulldozed their way through government, taken out a lot of expertise because people don't really know what government does or is until it's doing something for them or until it's not there.

Head of FDA Food Division Resigns in Protest of Mass Firings at HHS – White House Responds

Jim Jones / FDA

Jim Jones, head of the FDA’s food division resigned in protest of the Trump Administration’s mass firings.

Jones reportedly resigned on Monday after the Trump Administration fired thousands of employees in the HHS.

Scoop: Jim Jones has resigned as FDA deputy commissioner for human foods.

The move comes after the Trump administration over the weekend fired thousands of employees across HHS, including many within FDA’s foods program.https://t.co/HPZBDDVtyA

— Helena Bottemiller Evich (@hbottemiller) February 17, 2025

“I was looking forward to working to pursue the department’s agenda of improving the health of Americans by reducing diet-related chronic disease and risks from chemicals in food,” Jones said in his resignation letter, according to Bloomberg News.

Jones said that because of the mass firings it would be “fruitless for me to continue in this role.”

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt responded to Jim Jones’ resignation.

“President Trump is only interested in the best and most qualified people who are also willing to implement his America First Agenda on behalf of the American people,” Karoline Leavitt said in a statement, according to NBC News. “It’s not for everyone, and that’s okay.”

More from NBC News:

Jim Jones, head of the food division at the Food and Drug Administration, has resigned, according to a source familiar with the matter. The division is tasked with ensuring that the country’s food supply is safe, overseeing inspections and recalls.

Jones’ resignation comes after the Trump administration last week cut thousands of federal workers, including some who worked at the FDA. The source didn’t provide a reason for Jones’ resignation.

It’s unclear whether Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was sworn in Thursday, has an immediate replacement for Jones. Kennedy met with HHS staff Tuesday morning as part of a welcome ceremony, according to a second source.

Jones stepped in to lead the FDA’s food division in 2023, after three decades at the Environmental Protection Agency.

The post Head of FDA Food Division Resigns in Protest of Mass Firings at HHS – White House Responds appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

Intel shares pop 11% on report Broadcom and Taiwan Semi could break up company

Intel shares rallied 11% on Tuesday on a report that deals from Broadcom and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing could break up the company

Mortgage Predictions: What's Affecting Rates the Week of Feb. 17-23

Despite economic and political uncertainty, mortgage rates seem to be stuck close to 7%.

NEW: Chief Justice Roberts Orders Fired Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger to Respond to Trump Emergency Appeal to Supreme Court

Portrait of Hampton Dellinger, Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy under Joe Biden/ Wikimedia Commons

On Tuesday Chief Justice Roberts ordered fired Biden holdover Hampton Dellinger to respond to the Trump Administration’s application to the Supreme Court.

Hampton Dellinger must respond by Wednesday.

President Trump on Sunday filed an emergency appeal with the US Supreme Court after corrupt Obama judge Amy Berman Jackson reinstated Hampton Dellinger as head of the Office of Special Counsel.

2/2 https://t.co/bcmPgOfmxf Given that TROs are rarely appealable this confirms how extreme court’s order was and important separation of powers issue.

— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) February 18, 2025

President Trump fired Hampton Dellinger, Special Counsel of the Office of Special Counsel (not to be confused with a special counsel hired as a federal prosecutor) a couple of weeks ago.

Trump appointed Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins to take over Dellinger’s job as the Special Counsel.

Shortly after the firing, Judge Amy Berman Jackson sided with Hampton Dellinger, issued an administrative stay, and allowed him to keep his job.

“Trump must allow Dellinger to continue to have “access” to the agency’s resources and cannot “recognize the authority of any other person as Special Counsel” while the order remains in effect, Jackson wrote,” according to Politico.

Amy Berman Jackson entered an administrative stay rather than a TRO which made appealing her decision tricky.

The Trump Justice Department immediately appealed Judge Jackson’s administrative stay anyway.

The DC District Circuit Court of Appeals last week dismissed Trump’s appeal of Judge Jackson’s administrative stay and kicked Dellinger’s firing back to Amy Berman Jackson.

Amy Berman Jackson granted a longer extension to fired Biden holdover Hampton Dellinger so Trump took the fight to the Supreme Court.

Justice Roberts gave Hampton Dellinger until Wednesday to respond to Trump’s application for stay of Judge Jackson’s reinstatement order.

The post NEW: Chief Justice Roberts Orders Fired Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger to Respond to Trump Emergency Appeal to Supreme Court appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

Best Internet Providers in Lakeland, Florida

Our CNET experts have narrowed down the top picks for internet providers in Lakeland.

MSNBC Host Left Stunned When He Learns How Much Social Security Has Made in “Improper Payments” Over Eight Years (VIDEO)

MSNBC anchor Jose Diaz Balart, left, is shocked when he learns a disturbing truth about Social Security waste. ( screenshot).

MSNBC viewers are not used to hearing the cold truth about politics and government waste from the network. It turns out neither are some of MSNBC’s anchors.

As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Elon Musk’s DOGE team late Sunday night unearthed jaw-dropping irregularity from the U.S. Social Security database. Over 25 million Americans registered aged 100 and older, with some purportedly older than the U.S. Constitution itself.

“According to the Social Security database, these are the numbers of people in each age bucket with the ‘death’ field set to FALSE. Maybe Twilight is real, and there are a lot of vampires collecting Social Security,” Musk quipped.

More stunning news has emerged from cable television’s most left-wing network.

During a Tuesday segment on “Jose Diaz-Balart Reports,” a reporter revealed that an inspector general audit last year showed that the Social Security Administration had made tens of billions of improper payments over the last eight years.

“There was an inspector general audit last year,” the reporter began before a screenshot of SSA waste appeared on the screen, “that showed over an eight-year period that the Social Security Administration made almost $72 billion in improper payments, a little less than 1% of payments in that period.”

The audit the reporter was referring to came from an August 2024 report detailing that these overpayments occurred from FYs 2015 through 2022. $23 billion still remains unrecovered.

Unsurprisingly, the reporter tried to play down the findings while also trying to debunk DOGE, noting that most of the improper payments were simply from SSA paying too much.

“Now, the report also says most of these improper payments were overpayments, not payments to deceased people or people who didn’t qualify to receive these payments, he added. “At the same time, Jose, this effort by DOGE is to go through this agency like every other and try to weed out waste and fraud.”

Hearing this damning information regarding SS waste and fraud left Diaz-Balart shocked.

WATCH:

MSNBC: The Social Security Administration made ~$72 billion in improper payments over an eight-year period, according to an Inspector General audit.@jdbalart: “$72 billion — and that’s without a comprehensive search! I mean, that’s significant.” pic.twitter.com/9D621F29Zf

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) February 18, 2025

“Yeah, and also $72 BILLION! And that’s without a comprehensive search,” he exclaimed. “That’s significant.”

One can only imagine how much more waste DOGE will find when they fully investigate the SSA. After all, Elon Musk has already uncovered $100 billion in improper payments from Medicare and Medicaid via a simple search on X.

The post MSNBC Host Left Stunned When He Learns How Much Social Security Has Made in “Improper Payments” Over Eight Years (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

Dem Congressman Likens J.D. Vance’s Munich Speech to Hitler — Claims Rhetoric Could Be Used to ‘Justify The Holocaust’ (VIDEO)

By: Ben Kew

A Democratic Congressman has compared J.D. Vance’s speech at the Munich Security Conference to Adolf Hitler.

Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachussetts said that the rhetoric Vice President Vance used at the conference was reminiscient of Nazi Germany.

“He was talking about ‘the enemy within.’ This is some of the same language that Hitler used to justify the Holocaust,” Moulton said during an appearance on MSNBC on Monday.

He went on to describe the speech as “out of touch” with public opinion and accused him of selling out the people of Ukraine.

“I think many of us Americans just felt totally embarrassed as VP Vance delivered really not a speech but a condescending lecture about the fundamental tenets of democracy to our European allies, and what was most remarkable is just how hypocritical this speech was,” the Massachusetts Democrat continued.

Moulton also slammed Vance for meeting with members of the conservative Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, claiming he went to “the old Nazi Party headquarters in Munich to meet with the leader of the modern-day Neo-Nazi party in Germany.”

Watch the clip below:

VP VANCE’S MUNICH SPEECH WAS DANGEROUS.

Congressman Seth Moulton who is on the Armed Services Committee, also attended the Munich Security Conference and was present for Vance’s speech.
This is his WARNING :

REP. SETH MOULTON (D-MA): “The utter hypocrisy was… pic.twitter.com/7IuH0WsZHD

— Bobbi Blue (@BobbiBlueRay) February 18, 2025

During his speech last week, which was widely praised by conservatives and patriots on both sides of the Atlantic, Vance called out the staggering authoritarianism of some of Europe’s leading countries, such as Germany and the United Kingdom, particularly concerning the issue of freedom of speech.

“What I worry about is the threat from within,” Vance said during the address.

”The retreat of Europe from some of its most fundamental values: values shared with the United States of America.”

“Free speech, I fear, is in retreat and in the interests of comedy, my friends, but also in the interest of truth, I will admit that sometimes the loudest voices for censorship have come not from within Europe, but from within my own country, where the prior administration threatened and bullied social media companies to censor so-called misinformation,” he added.

ICYMI: Here’s Vice President J.D. Vance’s Full Speech on Free Speech and Tyrannical Censorship That Sent European Elites Into a Total Meltdown at the Munich Security Conference (FULL TRANSCRIPT)

Despite horrifying left-wing European leaders, the speech will likely go down as a historic moment in which Europe was forced to confront its slide into authoritarianism.

National elections will be held in Germany this weekend, with the Alternative for Germany party soaring in the polls.

The outcome of this election could determine the fate of not just Germany but Europe as a whole.

The post Dem Congressman Likens J.D. Vance’s Munich Speech to Hitler — Claims Rhetoric Could Be Used to ‘Justify The Holocaust’ (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

Huawei's Accordion-Inspired Trifold Phone Is Now Available Globally

The Mate XT Ultimate Design bends twice, creating three distinct sections. But here's the bad news: It's not coming to the US anytime soon.

Fox News' Heir Vows to Radically Change Network

A recent court ruling and family in-fighting will likely leave Rupert Murdoch's Fox News empire in control his left-leaning children who have vowed to radically change the network, according to press reports out last week.

Fox News' Heir Vows to Radically Change Network

A recent court ruling and family in-fighting will likely leave Rupert Murdoch's Fox News empire in control his left-leaning children who have vowed to radically change the network, according to press reports out last week.

Milei Faces Crypto Scandal Crisis in Argentina

Argentine President Javier Milei is embroiled in a cryptocurrency scandal after his brief promotion of a memecoin that collapsed in value triggered allegations of fraud.

The Bibas Family’s Slaughter and Israel’s Torment

Once the country’s grief is replaced with embittered resolve, how will Israel respond?

A woman carries placards with pictures of Ariel, Kfir and Shiri Bibas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, February 1, 2025.

Trump Lauds Military After Top Terror Target Killed

President Donald Trump praised U.S. forces for killing an al-Qaida proxy leader in Syria during the weekend.

Trump Lauds Military After Top Terror Target Killed

President Donald Trump praised U.S. forces for killing an al-Qaida proxy leader in Syria during the weekend.

N.Y. Top Court Upholds Probe Into Cuomo $5M COVID Book Deal

New York's top court said the state's ethics commission can continue its investigation into former Gov. Andrew Cuomo's $5 million deal to write a book about COVID-19.

N.Y. Top Court Upholds Probe Into Cuomo $5M COVID Book Deal

New York's top court said the state's ethics commission can continue its investigation into former Gov. Andrew Cuomo's $5 million deal to write a book about COVID-19.

Ukraine Is Not the Bad Guy

If the goal is peace in Europe, the Trump administration’s talks with Russia are off to a bad start.

Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during an interview with Reuters, in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 7, 2025.

Black Small Business Owners: 'DEI Isn't for Us'

Casey Cooper knew the odds were stacked against her as a Black woman when she entered the long-haul trucking industry, a male-dominated field. She grew her business for 11 years, long-hauling products from her home state of Virginia to Florida before landing her first...

Trump Admin Warns US Schools on DEI Practices

Craig Trainor, acting assistant secretary for civil rights at the Education Department, informed U.S. colleges and universities Tuesday that government funding will be chopped if they continue to apply diversity, equity, and inclusion practices.

Trump Admin Warns US Schools on DEI Practices

Craig Trainor, acting assistant secretary for civil rights at the Education Department, informed U.S. colleges and universities Tuesday that government funding will be chopped if they continue to apply diversity, equity, and inclusion practices.

WH Nixes DEI Considerations in Federal Contracting Rules

Federal agencies have been told to stop considering a company's diversity, equity and inclusion practices when deciding whether to procure its goods or services, according to a General Services Administration announcement on Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal has reported.

AOC Calls Out Homan, ICE: 'Fight These Cowards'

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., shot back at border czar Tom Homan after he called her stupid in what has devolved into a war of hyperbolic words.

AOC Calls Out Homan, ICE: 'Fight These Cowards'

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., shot back at border czar Tom Homan after he called her stupid in what has devolved into a war of hyperbolic words.

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If you are caring for an aging parent, these essentials can help make your home safer and provide a stable environment.

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NY Post: Ashley St. Clair Felt 'Jilted and Terrified' by Elon Musk's Absence Before Going Public

Ashley St. Clair, the conservative influencer who publicly announced that Elon Musk is the father of her infant son, feels "jilted and terrified" after the billionaire refused to come to her aid when reporters began investigating their relationship, according to a close friend.

The post NY Post: Ashley St. Clair Felt ‘Jilted and Terrified’ by Elon Musk’s Absence Before Going Public appeared first on Breitbart.

Exclusive — Secretary Rollins: USDA Exploring ‘Federal Solution’ to Stopping China from Purchasing U.S. Farmland

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins told Breitbart News exclusively on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration is exploring ways for the federal government to stop China from purchasing American farmland.

The post Exclusive — Secretary Rollins: USDA Exploring ‘Federal Solution’ to Stopping China from Purchasing U.S. Farmland appeared first on Breitbart.

REPORTS: CIA Flying Surveillance Drones over Cartels in Mexico

Multiple news outlets report that the CIA is now stepping up drone flights over Mexico. The currently unarmed flights are said to be searching for fentanyl labs run by Mexican cartels designated by President Donald Trump as Foreign Terrorist Organizations.

The post REPORTS: CIA Flying Surveillance Drones over Cartels in Mexico appeared first on Breitbart.

'Wicked' Star Cynthia Erivo to Play Jesus in 'Jesus Christ Superstar' at Hollywood Bowl

Oscar-nominated "Wicked" star Cynthia Erivo will play Jesus in a production of the musical Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles this summer.

The post ‘Wicked’ Star Cynthia Erivo to Play Jesus in ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ at Hollywood Bowl appeared first on Breitbart.

Battleground Democrat Jon Ossoff in 2021 Voted for Anti-White Farming Program Trump DOJ Says Violates Constitution

Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA), a battleground Democrat up for reelection in 2026, in 2021 voted for the $1.9 trillion Biden coronavirus aid bill that has a loan forgiveness provision that discriminated against white farmers.

The post Battleground Democrat Jon Ossoff in 2021 Voted for Anti-White Farming Program Trump DOJ Says Violates Constitution appeared first on Breitbart.

Greece Claims Migrant Surge Tied to Middle East Conflicts as over 100 Illegals Detained

Authorities in Greece said Tuesday they detained 107 migrants in two separate operations near the island of Crete, as an official attributed an increase in people trying to cross the eastern Mediterranean to conflicts in the Middle East.

The post Greece Claims Migrant Surge Tied to Middle East Conflicts as over 100 Illegals Detained appeared first on Breitbart.

Breitbart News Daily Podcast Ep. 711: Breitbart’s Oliver Lane on the Upcoming European Elections

Breitbart’s London Bureau Chief Oliver Lane discusses the upcoming elections in Germany and Romania as well as Europe’s reaction to Vice President JD Vance’s speech in Munich.

The post Breitbart News Daily Podcast Ep. 711: Breitbart’s Oliver Lane on the Upcoming European Elections appeared first on Breitbart.

DOGE Discovers $4.7 Trillion of Treasury Payments 'Almost Impossible' to Trace

The Treasury Department sent $4.7 trillion dollars of payments without a code that links a Treasury payment to a budget line item, DOGE announced Monday, making the payments "almost impossible" to trace. 

The post DOGE Discovers $4.7 Trillion of Treasury Payments ‘Almost Impossible’ to Trace appeared first on Breitbart.

Video: Dramatic Footage Shows Delta Plane Crashing and Flipping over in Toronto

Dramatic video footage has emerged showing a Delta Air Lines jet, flying in snowy conditions, overturning and landing upside down and burning on the tarmac at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday afternoon, with all 80 onboard surviving.

The post Video: Dramatic Footage Shows Delta Plane Crashing and Flipping over in Toronto appeared first on Breitbart.

OnlyFans Model Who Slept with 600 Men in 2024 Says She Is Ready to Settle Down, Find Love

OnlyFans model Annie Knight -- who reportedly slept with more than 600 men in 2024 and plans to "get railed" by another 1,000 men in 2025 -- says she is now looking to "settle down" and "find love."

The post OnlyFans Model Who Slept with 600 Men in 2024 Says She Is Ready to Settle Down, Find Love appeared first on Breitbart.

DOGE Seeks Public's Help Identifying Government Waste, Sets Up over Two Dozen Affiliates

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is looking for help identifying government waste, setting up more than two dozen affiliates to help organize the mass effort to audit the federal government after years of unchecked waste, fraud, and abuse.

The post DOGE Seeks Public’s Help Identifying Government Waste, Sets Up over Two Dozen Affiliates appeared first on Breitbart.

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CONNECTING THE DOTS: Mapping Alex Soros’s Growing Dominance in Washington

Finding links to the Soros family in the Joe Biden White House should come as no surprise. In addition to George’s decades-long meddling in our politics, he spent tens of millions backing Biden and other Democrats in 2020, and Alex got in on the action too, throwing $700,000 at the would-be worst president of the 21st century. As documented in the book The Man Behind the Curtain: Inside the Secret Network for George Soros (2022), George planted his seeds of influence in the Biden White House even before Biden took office.  During the transition, the incoming Biden administration assembled “Transition Review Teams” that included people tasked with understanding the operations of specific government agencies to help the administration “hit the ground running on day one.” Seventeen picks for those teams either worked directly for his Open Society Foundations (OSF) or other Soros-funded organizations.  Through that, Soros was able to exert influence on the transition teams ranging from the State Department to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, United States Mission to the United Nations, Department of Defense, Department of Labor, Department of the Interior, Department of the Treasury, Federal Reserve, Banking and Securities Regulators, National Security Council, Office of the US Trade Representative and Department of Veterans Affairs. Clearly, he was well diversified.  Naturally, a handful of Soros’s lackeys made their way into the Biden White House. A month after Biden’s victory, OSF President Patrick Gaspard (more on him later) stepped down from his role and began lobbying labor leaders to support him becoming Biden’s labor secretary. Interestingly, Gaspard was still being quoted in internal docs days after stepping down. Perhaps due to the optics of picking someone so directly linked to the Man Behind the Curtain, Biden ended up nominating Boston Mayor Marty Walsh.  Neera Tanden was president of the Soros-backed Center for American Progress before becoming senior adviser to the President in May 2021 — and was previously nominated to head the Office of Budget and Management but had to withdraw as her past tweets came back to haunt her.  Ron Klain, who served on the board of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, was Biden’s first White House Chief of Staff.  One less recognizable name was Sam Berger, who was a former “VP for Democracy and Government Reform” at the Center for American Progress, and became Biden’s Director of Strategic Operations and Policy for his COVID-19 response team.  Within the Biden White House, the Soros flag was planted. Both for George and for Alex, who clearly was exerting massive influence before the empire was officially handed off to him in 2023.  While this didn’t start making headlines until the final year of the Biden presidency, Alex racked up thirty visits to the White House, making visits every single year. There were few visits in 2021, but they ramped up in 2022, signaling a potential true “start date” for when Alex began directing things off camera.  The meetings came under scrutiny as Fox News and the New York Post exposed them, leaving millions wondering, “What exactly was Alex there to discuss?’ That’s what we decided to find out – and there was no shortage of material to speculate on. While it’s impossible to prove causality, there sure were a lot of coincidences. Indeed, if there was no correlation between Alex’s visits and political events, it would beg the obvious question of what exactly the purpose of the meetings was. Are we to believe they were just making small talk? That’s certainly what Alex would prefer. Kenyan “Corruption” and a Meeting With the Big Guy  Alex Soros weaved his way into serious influence at the center of power in American politics: the White House. The most notable Alex Soros meetings we uncovered in our research were with none other than President Joe Biden himself (of which there were two), and one happened to be around the time that major foreign policy events were unfolding. At 10:22 am EDT on May 23, 2024, Biden gave remarks alongside Kenyan President William Ruto on the South Lawn, where one of the main subjects was the two presidents’ mutual fixation on fighting so-called climate change, one of Alex Soros’s key political obsessions. Just after Biden’s remarks with Ruto on May 23, 2024, White House visitor logs have Soros personally visiting with Biden at 6:15 pm the same day. Soros would also post Instagram photos documenting his attendance at the state dinner that day at the White House in honor of Ruto with Open Society Foundations President Binaifer Nowrojee.           View this post on Instagram                       A post shared by Alexander Soros, PhD (@alexsoros) Alex Soros once iterated that one of his goals was to make climate change radicalism the 21st century’s civil rights movement. “I also think that if environmental defenders become the Rosa Parks’ and the Caesar Chavezes [sic] of the environmental movement, the movement will gain unprecedented traction,” Soros told Mongabay magazine on October. 27, 2016. We see this script play out in the Biden-Ruto meeting. One of the big highlights of the Biden-Ruto meeting, as was praised by the Soros-funded organization E3G, was the “two released a fact sheet with initiatives across a range of topics from democracy to trade, including an array of projects under ‘Shared Climate Solutions.’” If that wasn’t telling enough, E3G noted how Biden was prepared to use the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), which has recently become a subject of major scandal due to massive levels of improper payments of taxpayer dollars doled out to a number of leftist pet projects, to accomplish his climate vision for Kenya: The White House also named specific climate projects in Kenya, including investments in hydropower and EV startups, promoting private and public clean energy adoption and increasing conservation. Utilizing USAID, the Development Finance Corporation, and a $60 million grant from the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the Biden Administration has put real weight behind the partnership with Kenya. According to the American Presidency Project, on the same day of Ruto’s state visit, “The U.S. Department of Energy and Kenyan Ministry of Energy announced their intent to sign a [Memorandum of Understanding] in June in Nairobi intended to enhance bilateral collaboration and partnership in the development of clean energy, carbon management technologies, and decarbonization strategies.”  What made Soros’s visit with Biden on the same day more than just a coincidental stroke of serendipity was the fact that the Soros empire has been heavily invested in Kenyan politics for decades. The Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa (OSIEA) opened its doors in Nairobi in 2005, where it’s headquartered, and where Biden’s DOE and the Kenyan Ministry of Energy would conveniently also sign their mutual MOU. From 2022-2024, Open Society Foundations noted that OSIEA and its affiliate regional organizations “merged into the global structure of Open Society Foundations.” The significance of Ruto’s state visit was underscored by the fact that it was the first visit to the U.S. by an African leader in over 15 years. Subsequently, Biden would also designate Kenya a non-NATO ally. Ruto fawned over Biden about the supposed importance of building global partnerships to fight climate change, which is a euphemism for imposing heavy regulations on fossil fuels. “[W]e will have the opportunity to discuss and to have a conversation about building global partnership and leadership around the issues that pose challenges regionally, globally, and in countries like Kenya and many others: challenges of climate change, challenges of insecurity, challenges around debt distress,” Ruto told Biden.  In November 2023, TIME magazine named Ruto as one of four Africans on its “climate leaders” list. In September, according to the BBC, Ruto “hosted the first ever Africa Climate Summit in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, which ended in a joint declaration demanding that major polluters commit more resources to help poorer nations.” Alex himself shares this Marxist view. On November 18, 2021, Soros linked to a Project Syndicate article by Soros ally Jeffrey Sachs that called for taxing “high-income” countries at $5 per ton of CO2 and directing the funds to ‘low-income’ and ‘lower-middle-income’ countries. “#COP26 dropped the ball on climate financing to stem loss and damage from the climate emergency. @jeffdsachs offers a compelling solution,” Soros captioned his tweet on the article.  Ruto isn’t shy about showcasing his extremism on the eco-activist front either. “In October 2023, he called for the eviction of people living in the 380,000-hectare Mau Forest,” BBC reported.  “While some environmentalists hailed the move as critical to safeguarding the forest, some human rights lawyers said the government illegally evicted the Ogiek indigenous community which has inhabited the land for generations to profit from carbon offsetting schemes.”  This kind of activism runs parallel with Alex’s brand, given the Soros empire’s dedication to bullying businesses away from fossil fuels through radical environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies. In addition, just six days after Soros met with Biden during Ruto’s state visit, Open Society Foundations released a report on how one of its grantee’s initiatives — Global Media Index for Africa — sought to shed “light on the global news media reporting on Africa,” indicating “a need to significantly improve coverage on Africa in terms of more progressive narratives.”  “Kenya” was used as one of the case studies in the index used to analyze how positively news stories were covering political “transition” in the country, with the overall goal to supposedly nuke the otherwise accurate perception that Africa overall is a continent in perpetual crisis “characterized by wars, famine, poverty, disease, and corruption.” The implication, in effect, was that Biden and Soros both shared a mutual interest in actively promoting their mutual ally Ruto’s image as some kind of saintly hero of leftist utopianism on climate change and other things.  How can we infer this? Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) wrote in an October 1, 2024, item for Foreign Policy magazine that declared Ruto returned home from his state visit with Biden “facing nationwide protests over a proposed bill to raise taxes” to pay down debt his government “accumulated mostly through deals with China that were riddled with dubious terms and kickback arrangements.” “The protests were largely led by Kenya’s youth, who recognized that there’s one thing preventing their country from reaching its full potential: corruption,” as Murphy noted. “Kenya’s former auditor general estimated that around half of the country’s debt can likely be attributed to corruption. It’s no wonder that Kenyans are angry.” Go figure.  Did Alex Soros discuss his foundation's interest in the Kenya question during his visit with Biden the same day as his meeting with Ruto, who was on the verge of a political crisis caused by his government’s reported corruption? Coincidence? Maybe, or maybe not.  Climate Coincidences As we documented, climate change has been *the* issue for Alex Soros, once a member of the advisory board of Soros-backed eco-extremist group Global Witness. Global Witness, in their words, focuses on “[n]atural resource-related conflict and corruption and associated environmental and human rights abuses.” Global Witness boasts that it works to “hold companies and governments to account for their destruction of the environment, their disregard for the planet and their failure to protect” human rights. Part of its anti-fossil fuel vendetta includes campaigns to “tackle the spread of division, hate and disinformation on digital platforms.” This is another way of admitting that it fights to get Big Tech platforms like Facebook, X (formerly Twitter) and YouTube to censor speech according to what Global Witness determines should and should not be allowed.  After founding his Alexander Soros Foundation in 2012 while in college, Global Witness’s inaugural award was the ASF Award for Environmental and Human Rights Activism. In 2017, environmentalist groups were the biggest beneficiaries of funds from his groups.  On his personal website, AlexSoros.com (which now redirects to the OSF), the first article he lists as having ever published (back in 2014) was on environmental activists in Peru protecting the Amazon rainforest, which Alex himself has visited.  So then it should come to no surprise that climate-related policy announcements correlated with more of Alex’s White House visits than any other. In fact, nearly two-thirds of all Alex’s meetings surrounded an environmental-related announcement or policy change from the Biden administration. Just take a look for yourself below: It wasn’t just Alex, either. While the Soros empire maintained its most direct influence through him, his pawns were also out there. In 2023, the New York Post highlighted how past or present leaders at the OSF had racked up 33 private meetings in under two years. Tom Perriello, the executive director of the OSF-U.S., accounted for the majority (17) of the meetings, having met with the chief of staff for the White House’s Office of Political Strategy and Outreach, Associate Director of Strategic Outreach — and even had a sitdown with John Podesta. He met most with Kimberly Lang when she was a National Security Advisor executive assistant.  The aforementioned non-Labor Secretary Patrick Gaspard made ten visits, one of which was with White House Deputy Chief of Staff Jen O’Malley Dillon. He ended up at the Center for American Progress, a favorite of the Sorosistas in the White House.    Fast forward to 2024, Soros-backed digital strategist Tara McGowan racked up nearly 20 White House visits just by April. In the 2024 election cycle, the Alex-led Open Society Foundation donated $15 million to Courier Newsroom, which she founded. Courier, which operates 11 “local news” outlets primarily in swing states, does not disclose its political alignment directly in its political stories and coverage. McGowan, in a 2019 internal memo, explicitly outlined how Courier’s role was to help Democrats get elected. After Joe Biden's apparent senility became impossible for even the media to ignore following his first and only debate with President Donald Trump, we were all left to wonder who really was in charge all those years. It certainly wasn’t Joe. Matt Palumbo is the content manager at Bongino Report. In addition, he is the author of The Man Behind the Curtain: Inside the Secret Network of George Soros (2022), Dumb and Dumber: How Cuomo and de Blasio Ruined New York (2021), Debunk This!: Shattering Liberal Lies (2019), and Spygate: The Attempted Sabotage of Donald J. Trump (2018).  Joseph Vazquez is the MRC Business Associate Editor for the News Analysis Division.  https://www.instagram.com/alexsoros/p/C9gVyhWRuED/?img_index=1 https://gov.alaska.gov/biden-administration-disregards-congress-attempts-to-cancel-anwr-leases/ https://wildlife.org/biden-cancels-controversial-oil-and-gas-leases-in-the-arctic/ https://x.com/AlexanderSoros/status/1639075393285263360?mx=2 https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/02/10/remarks-by-president-biden-and-president-lula-da-silva-of-brazil-before-bilateral-meeting/ https://www.riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/brazil/after-acts-in-brasilia-soros-ngo-wants-lula-da-silva-to-lead-global-alliance/ https://tinyurl.com/4wf8f65x https://twitter.com/AlexanderSoros/status/1579864794907414528 https://twitter.com/AlexanderSoros/status/1453740489069395975  

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A top DOJ official involved in Hunter Biden’s case was removed from his post.

Trump’s Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove informed Bradley Weinsheimer that he was removed as associate deputy attorney general.

Weinsheimer worked along side anti-Trump Deep State hack former Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco and ran interference on the Hunter Biden case.

A report from The New York Post suggested Weinsheimer repeatedly went over Special Counsel David Weiss and was actually in charge of the Hunter Biden tax fraud case.

According to Bloomberg Law, Weinsheimer served in the DOJ for more than 30 years. He was told to take another position in the immigration enforcement division or be fired.

Bloomberg Law reported:

Delegating such weighty tasks to political aides — both first-time DOJ employees — without a career official’s involvement is a dramatic departure from past practice.

Previous versions of the delegation order assigned many of the same powers to a career associate deputy attorney general. That person’s involvement helped insulate thorny matters affecting the department’s integrity from partisan influence and ensured that the experience of the most senior non-political official was brought to bear, former DOJ officials said.

But the most recent holder of that post, Bradley Weinsheimer, was removed from the job, several people familiar with the decision told Bloomberg Law. News reports first circulated on Weinsheimer’s demotion Jan. 27, the same day as Bove’s signature line on the order.

Transferring Weinsheimer’s portfolio to far less experienced political aides can make the department vulnerable to controversies akin to Bove’s handling of the New York Mayor Eric Adams dismissal, the former officials said.

Weinsheimer had been at the department for three decades, and his predecessors had substantial DOJ experience as well.

More good news from Trump's DOJ.

Blomberg confirms that associate deputy AG Bradley Weinsheimer, considered Lisa Monaco's right-hand man, has been removed from his post. A 30+-year veteran of the DOJ, Weinsheimer was given the option of moving to a new immigration enforcement…

— Julie Kelly (@julie_kelly2) February 18, 2025

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More Bad News for Zelensky — U.S.A.-Russia Peace Deal Demands Ukraine Hold New Election: Report

Secretary Marco Rubio, with from left, U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, attend a meeting together at Diriyah Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, February 18, 2025. (Official State Department photo by Freddie Everett)

U.S. and Russian officials have reportedly agreed on a framework that could see the end of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, but at a potentially steep price for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

According to U.S. State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce, the meeting culminated in an agreement to form “high-level teams,” led by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, to draft a peace agreement, as reported earlier by The Gateway Pundit.

The U.S. delegation also includes National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and Special Envoy Ambassador Steve Witkoff.

According to Sergey Lagodinsky, a German lawyer and a Member of the European Parliament, wrote on X:

According to my sources: the proposal by Trump consists of 3 stages:

1) a ceasefire
2) ELECTIONS in Ukraine
3) signing of a final agreement.

BREAKING: According to my sources: the proposal by #Trump consists of 3 stages:

1) a ceasefire
2) ELECTIONS in Ukraine
3) signing of a final agreement.

This is complete fulfillment of all #Putin desires.

Especially the election part is a gift by Trump to Putin. Putin…

— Sergey Lagodinsky (@SLagodinsky) February 18, 2025

This sentiment was echoed by Fox News reporter Jacqui Heinrich, stating:

The US and Russia are proposing a three-stage peace plan, according to multiple foreign diplomatic sources close to the talks in Saudi Arabia. The plan includes a ceasefire, elections in Ukraine, then signing of a final agreement.

Multiple foreign diplomatic sources tell FOX the US and Russia consider holding new elections in Ukraine to be a key condition for the success of the settlement process. This piece is certain to stir controversy, as Russia does not hold true elections and the Ukrainians balk at the prospect of installing a pro-Russia puppet president.

A US source familiar with the negotiations softens this claim – telling me people are “floating” the elections piece – and “it may be part of future talks, but not today.”

Ukraine also disputes the notion that Zelenskyy’s popularity is too low to win reelection, even without Russian interference, citing his refusal to sign anything in Munich.

Multiple foreign diplomatic sources provided this readout from the Ukrainian side: “Putin assesses the probability of electing a puppet president as quite high and is also convinced that any candidate other than the current President of Ukraine will be more flexible and ready for negotiations and concessions. In turn, D. Trump is ready to accept any election result, including the possibility of election of a pro-Russian puppet. D. Trump and V. Putin consider the chances of the current President of Ukraine being re-elected as low.”

NEWS w/ @NanaSajaia – US/Russia 3 stage peace proposal would force new Ukraine elections: foreign diplomatic sources

The US and Russia are proposing a three-stage peace plan, according to multiple foreign diplomatic sources close to the talks in Saudi Arabia. The plan includes…

— Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) February 18, 2025

Spokesperson Tammy Bruce released the following statement after the meeting:

Secretary of State Marco Rubio met withRussian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov today as a follow up to President Donald Trump’s conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 12. Secretary Rubio was joined by National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and Special Envoy Ambassador Steve Witkoff, the team chosen by President Trump to reestablish the bilateral relationship. Foreign Minister Lavrov was joined by Russian Aide to the President Yuri Ushakov.

President Trump wants to stop the killing; the United States wants peace and is using its strength in the world to bring countries together.  President Trump is the only leader in the world who can get Ukraine and Russia to agree to that.

We agreed to:

  • Establish a consultation mechanism to address irritants to our bilateral relationship with the objective of taking steps necessary to normalize the operation of our respective diplomatic missions.
  • Appoint respective high-level teams to begin working on a path to ending the conflict in Ukraine as soon as possible in a way that is enduring, sustainable, and acceptable to all sides.
  • Lay the groundwork for future cooperation on matters of mutual geopolitical interest and historic economic and investment opportunities which will emerge from a successful end to the conflict in Ukraine.
  • The parties to today’s meetings pledge to remain engaged to make sure the process moves forward in a timely and productive manner.

One phone call followed by one meeting is not sufficient to establish enduring peace. We must take action, and today we took an important step forward.

We would like to thank the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for hosting under the leadership of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud.

WATCH:

Secretary of State Marco Rubio outlines three points on U.S. and Russia discussions to end the war in Ukraine after a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Saudi Arabia:

1 – Reestablish diplomatic facilities in each respective country.
2 – Appoint a high level… pic.twitter.com/tFQ04RqLKf

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) February 18, 2025

It can be recalled Volodymyr Zelensky canceled the elections in Ukraine.

This comes after, in May 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed into law No. 7172-1 that will ban opposition parties and seize their property. The law targets opposition parties if they deny the armed aggression against Ukraine.

Zelenskyy also closed all of the TV stations and consolidated them into one state-run channel.

In December 2022, after banning all TV platforms in Ukraine into one state broadcast, jailing political rivals, and restricting political parties, Zelensky banned the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

In a related development, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy has canceled his upcoming trip to Saudi Arabia, choosing instead to return to Kyiv from Ankara.

NEWS: Zelenskyy CANCELLING trip to Saudi Arabia following US/Russia talks

A source with the direct knowledge tells @NanaSajaia Zelenskyy will now return to Kyiv from Ankara, Turkey.

He is on a previously planned trip – was in UAE yesterday, Turkey today, and was scheduled to…

— Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) February 18, 2025

On Sunday, Ukrainian president Zelensky sat down with far-left ABC News reporter Kristen Welker.

This comes after a Saturday when Zelensky could not stop ranting about the upcoming peace talks in Saudi Arabia.

Zelensky on Saturday told reporters it would be more dangerous if President Trump speaks with Putin first before he speaks with Ukraine.

“I will never accept any decisions between the United States and Russia about Ukraine. Never. Our people—never. Our adults and children, everybody—it can’t be so. This is a war in Ukraine against us, and it’s our human losses,” said Zelensky.

Meanwhile, globalists convened a panicked meeting in Paris amid fears that Trump might bring an end to the war in Ukraine.

This comes after the Trump administration has decisively barred Europe’s elitist cabal from participating in crucial peace negotiations

Today in Paris we reaffirmed that Ukraine deserves peace through strength.

Peace respectful of its independance, sovereignty, territorial integrity, with strong security guarantees.

Europe carries its full share of the military assistance to Ukraine.

At the same time we need… pic.twitter.com/xdAnkeWr4v

— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) February 17, 2025

Ready and willing. That’s my take from today’s meeting in Paris. Europe is ready and willing to step up. To lead in providing security guarantees for Ukraine. Ready and willing to invest a lot more in our security. The details will need to be decided but the commitment is clear. pic.twitter.com/Y4ClrX94Qe

— Mark Rutte (@SecGenNATO) February 17, 2025

️ WATCH: Keir Starmer’s address to the nation after meeting with European leaders in Paris for an emergency summit on Ukraine

“Ukraine must have a secure future, Europe must have a secure future, Britain must have a secure future, and democratic values must prevail” pic.twitter.com/KuHOJsr5JH

— Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) February 17, 2025

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DNC Vice Chair David Hogg Slammed for Tone Deaf Criticism of Trump’s Daytona 500 Appearance

In early February, Democrats elected online activist David Hogg as the vice chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC).

Only days after the election, some Democrat strategists already began questioning elevating Hogg to a prominent role.

In just his first two weeks, Hogg has become embroiled in controversy after allegations that he is using the DNC platform to solicit donations for his own PAC.

Now, Hogg is being slammed for his tone-deaf criticism of President Trump’s weekend appearance at the Daytona 500.

On Sunday, President Trump and Air Force One did a flyover above the race track. He then addressed the drivers on the radio as his limousine paced the field to start the race.

pic.twitter.com/cCRMFmbjyG

— FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) February 16, 2025

Watching regular folks that Democrats like to smear as “flyover” folks enthusiastically cheer the commander-in-chief was apparently too much for Hogg, and he turned to social media to do what Democrats reflexively do: look down their noses at the American people.

According to Hogg, spending time with the American people at a beloved annual event is more of a stunt than sticking to dinners with millionaires or laying on a beach not interacting with a single person during a “Weekend at Bernie’s” cosplay.

Driving in circles for a multi million dollar publicity stunt while claiming you care so much about “efficiency” as thousands are illegally fired from their jobs and prices continue to climb is the perfect symbolism for the Trump admin.

pic.twitter.com/Etdh7TxAuv

— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) February 17, 2025

Pretty sure the new Vice DNC Chair currently under investigation for funneling money to his PAC should shut his little cunt mouth.

— The Older Millennial (@teameffujoe) February 18, 2025

David, you wouldn’t know efficiency if it smacked you in the face. Trump and DOGE are cutting actual waste, meanwhile, you’re crying over bureaucrats losing their cushy jobs while Americans struggle under Biden’s economy. Sit this one out, kid.

— MAG1775 (@Mar50cC5O) February 17, 2025

Crooked Joe Biden and Jill, Ed.D., arrive in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, for a week in the sun at taxpayers’ expense.

Biden has spent 570 days — nearly 40% of his entire presidency — on vacation. pic.twitter.com/xYxYi4LHHU

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) December 26, 2024

Your President couldn’t ride his bike across the street without falling.

My President does laps at Daytona.

We are not the same.

— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) February 16, 2025

Hogg is offended by the cost of an event for the President but is conveniently silent on the billions in tax dollars being wasted throughout the government, including the shocking scandal at USAID.

Vs the billions funneled by USAID. I’m OK with this.

— The Disrespected Trucker (@DisrespectedThe) February 17, 2025

 

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No, Musk Is Not Dismantling Democracy – He’s Cutting Spending and Eliminating Waste!

Elon Musk, the new sheriff in town. Photo courtesy of the Information Age

 

Musk is not dismantling democracy; he is cutting government spending and eliminating waste. He is also investigating corruption among politicians earning less than $200,000 per year yet possessing net worths in the millions. Why would anyone oppose that?

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has launched a comprehensive effort to reduce bureaucracy, eliminate wasteful spending, and modernize government operations. By streamlining processes and cutting unnecessary expenditures, DOGE aims to enhance efficiency across multiple federal agencies. One key initiative includes replacing outdated systems, such as manual sorting of retirement paperwork, with modernized solutions to improve effectiveness and reduce costs.

One of DOGE’s most significant actions targeted the Department of Education, immediately terminating over $370 million in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) grants, which funded programs such as anti-racism training for teachers and educational initiatives abroad. Additionally, DOGE implemented a $900 million budget cut to the agency responsible for tracking American students’ academic progress, significantly reducing operational expenses.

Advocates for dismantling the U.S. Department of Education argue that its elimination could enhance educational outcomes by returning control to state and local authorities, thereby fostering tailored approaches that better address regional needs. Established in 1979, the Department’s inception was intended to elevate national educational standards; however, critics point out that since its formation, the United States has experienced a decline in global education rankings. For instance, recent assessments reveal that American students’ reading and math proficiency has deteriorated, with eighth-grade reading scores reaching their lowest levels in decades. Proponents assert that decentralizing education governance would reduce bureaucratic inefficiencies and empower communities to implement effective, localized solutions, potentially reversing these negative trends.

DOGE took decisive action to eliminate the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), shutting down its website and social media accounts, terminating staff, and halting overseas development projects. This move effectively ceased USAID’s operations, significantly reducing federal spending on international aid programs. The agency has long faced criticism for inefficient spending and misallocated funds. Notable examples include $1.5 million for diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in Serbian workplaces and a $70,000 grant for a DEI-themed musical in Ireland. Additionally, USAID funded a $47,000 “transgender opera” in Colombia and a $32,000 “transgender comic book” in Peru—funding which could have been used for lifesaving aid in crisis zones. Other questionable expenditures include $6 million to boost Egypt’s already thriving tourism industry and $20 million to develop a Sesame Street program in Iraq. Furthermore, USAID awarded $110,000 to a Michigan-based charity with alleged ties to terrorist organizations in South Asia, raising concerns about oversight and accountability.

Another major cut involved the shutdown of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) headquarters in Washington, D.C. Reports indicated that windows were covered as internal discussions on budget reductions and restructuring took place. As the agency responsible for financial consumer protection, the CFPB underwent significant operational changes under DOGE’s directives, reflecting broader efforts to streamline government functions and reduce spending.

DOGE secured access to the Treasury Department’s federal payment system, which manages trillions in annual government expenditures. This initiative is part of a broader strategy to analyze and potentially restructure how federal funds are allocated and spent, ensuring greater efficiency and accountability.

DOGE’s cost-saving initiatives include eliminating redundant advisory boards across multiple agencies, saving an estimated $2.3 billion annually. Additionally, consolidating IT services within the federal government has streamlined data management, cutting cybersecurity costs by $1.5 billion. Another major effort involves renegotiating defense contracts, eliminating overpriced supplier agreements, and enforcing competitive bidding practices, leading to projected savings of over $10 billion.

Beyond cost-cutting, DOGE has intensified efforts to scrutinize congressional financial activities and expose conflicts of interest among high-ranking government officials. Elon Musk has questioned how certain representatives, despite earning middle-class salaries, have accumulated significant wealth. Investigations have uncovered cases where lawmakers made lucrative stock trades coinciding with legislative actions that benefited specific industries, raising concerns about potential insider trading violations. To address these issues, DOGE is working to implement stricter financial disclosure requirements and audit procedures, aiming to enhance transparency and accountability within the federal government.

DOGE’s initiatives signify a major shift in federal operations, focusing on reevaluating government efficiency, prioritizing spending, and tackling potential corruption. By emphasizing cost reduction, transparency, and accountability, these efforts aim to fundamentally reshape financial management across federal agencies.

The media and Twittersphere are working hard to convince Americans that Musk is dangerous, portraying his efforts to cut government waste and reduce costs as not only harmful but a threat to democracy. They repeatedly point out that Musk is not an elected official, yet of the millions of government officials, fewer than 1,000—including Congress and the president—are elected. The IRS, the Department of Education, and the head of the Federal Reserve are not elected either, yet their authority and legitimacy have never been questioned by the media. Those opposing Musk and Trump’s actions are either blinded by party loyalty rather than evaluating the policies themselves, afraid of what Musk might uncover, or worried about losing their cushy positions. In that case, they are exactly the kind of people who need to be investigated and removed.

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USAID Shutdown Upending Livelihoods for Nonprofit Workers, Farmers and Other Americans

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PBS: Trump’s ‘Gulf of America’ Ban Attacks 'Nonpartisan' AP’s ‘Freedom of the Press’

PBS’s regular Monday political conclave with Cook Political Report’s Amy Walter and NPR White House reporter Tamara Keith ran hotter than usual, with concerns about President Trump’s purported assault on the First Amendment fanning the fear flames, leading the panel to make ridiculous defenses of the non-partisan (!) Associated Press. Co-anchor Geoff Bennett solemnly intoned: Geoff Bennett: So, Amy, President Trump's tweet over the weekend, "He who saves his country does not violate any law," this wasn't some one-off statement by President Trump. It was emphasized by the White House's Twitter account -- X account -- making clear that this is now the official position of the administration, words that run counter to the way our system works, words that run counter to what our founders intended. What questions does this raise for you? Walter thought internal GOP rebellion might serve as a guardrail against Trump. Liberals expect Republicans to rebel, and discourage any talk of rebellion within Democrat ranks.  The conversation turned to the press’s favorite subject -- itself -- with Keith saying the Associated Press was “straight down the line,” not “a partisan news outlet in any way.” (NewsBusters has years of evidence suggesting otherwise.) Tamara Keith: The Associated Press is at the core of the pool -- that is, the group of reporters who have been following the president around wherever the president goes, going back to FDR. And the White House, by going after AP for an editorial choice, is going directly at the First Amendment. It is going directly at the freedom of the press. And it is not coincidental that they are going after AP. AP is extremely influential. They're also kind of straight down the line. They are not a partisan news outlet in any way. They do have the AP Style Guide, which is used as a basis for news organizations all over the country and all over the world to determine which words to capitalize and whether to call it the Gulf of Mexico or the Gulf of America…. Keith shrugged off capitalization decisions as a formality. But the AP style guide has made several shifts for ideological reasons. In the wake of 2020’s Black Lives Matter hysteria, it announced it would capitalize the word “black” when referring to black Americans (but not “white” when referring to white Americans). The reasoning: “AP’s style is now to capitalize Black in a racial, ethnic or cultural sense, conveying an essential and shared sense of history, identity and community among people who identify as Black, including those in the African diaspora and within Africa.” (Here's more on AP’s slanted Stylebook .) Bennett whined on behalf of PBS’s liberal base. Bennett: And there are viewers who will ask the question, why doesn't the press band together? Why don't they boycott press availabilities and really stick it to this White House and show them that the freedom of the press matters? Keith responded that the White House would love such a move because it could then fill the space with social media influencers, before unleashing this ridiculous defense of AP. Keith: And then the questions being asked will not be the tough questions that the American people deserve. ("Tough questions" like the softballs Keith served up to Joe Biden during his rare presidential press conferences?) Bennett: And this is a fight that this White House would want, to paint the press as opponents, rather than the neutral observers that we are and that we're supposed to be. “Neutral observers”? Cue up the laugh track! One can’t have a “Trump versus the press” story without mentioning the potential for a “chilling effect,” and Keith provided. Keith: They want this fight and they want the chilling effect that it could have on a press corps broadly. Speaking of an actual “chilling effect,” PBS’s colleagues at CBS News clearly approved of the German way of squelching online citizen dissent: Raids, arrests, and heavy fines in an infuriating piece on Sunday’s 60 Minutes. A transcript is available, click "Expand." PBS News Hour 2/17/25 7:40:25 p.m. (ET) Geoff Bennett: The Presidents' Day holiday marks nearly one month into President Donald Trump's second term, during which expanding executive power has emerged as a top priority of his. For that and the other political headlines, we turn now to our Politics Monday duo. That's Amy Walter of The Cook Political Report With Amy Walter and Tamara Keith of NPR. It's great to see you both. Amy Walter, The Cook Political Report: Good to see you. Geoff Bennett: So, Amy, President Trump's tweet over the weekend, "He who saves his country does not violate any law," this wasn't some one-off statement by President Trump. It was emphasized by the White House's Twitter account, X account, making clear that this is now the official position of the administration, words that run counter to the way our system works, words that run counter to what our founders intended. What questions does this raise for you?   Amy Walter: Well, it definitely raises questions on, what guardrails are going to be standing when the president actually does something that is not OK, that is actually illegal? And now we know much of the pushback is coming in the form of lawsuits. We have a ways to go before those make themselves clear, obviously one going to the Supreme Court more quickly. But I think at the end of the day, that looks like the most significant guardrail. The question about whether members of his own pary are going to step up, clearly, that hasn't happened yet. And I think the story that you ran before this with the farmers, it really — the pipeline from individuals to their members of Congress is more important right now than ever, that it has to come from members, not that they're getting pressure just from the White House, but that they're getting pressure from people at home who say, these things are actually impacting us. This is having an impact on our communities. Those calls coming in that pressure is the only other, besides the courts, guardrail that I can think of right now. Geoff Bennett: And, Tam, weigh in, because you cover this White House, obviously, and it's worth exploring and reiterating how we got here and why Donald Trump enjoys such latitude among elected Republicans. Tamara Keith, National Public Radio: Right. So he really rose from the ashes. He is a phoenix who rose from the ashes and he survived two impeachments. He survived an assassination and he survived numerous criminal prosecutions that didn't ultimately go anywhere, except in one case, and that one is — the sentencing was essentially put on hold. So he comes in also with the Supreme Court, a Supreme Court with a conservative supermajority that he is credited with putting there that has a more expansive view of presidential power than past courts. And President Trump and his administration in Trump 2.0 has a significantly more expansive view of executive power than they did the first time around. If the theme of the first Trump administration was that Trump was pushing up against norms, this time, he's pushing up against laws and the Constitution, like changing the 14th Amendment or saying you could just use an executive order to do away with birthright citizenship. That is a dramatic escalation of some of the things that Trump did the first time around. Geoff Bennett: He's clearly — he clearly feels emboldened. Tamara Keith: And he is. Amy Walter: Absolutely. And, to Tam's point, it's not just that they have seen, Republicans have seen this president survive things that none of them in their political lifetimes they could have imagined being able to survive, but he outperformed so many of them in this last election, that they are thinking to themselves, well, if he's actually more popular in my district than I am, he makes me question whether my political instincts are incorrect. Let's go with where he is. And the only — as I said, the only way that he believes that he does not have a mandate would be that either support for him among his own party starts to crater, support among the public gets much lower. Right now, we're not at that point, not even close to it. Geoff Bennett: Meantime, the Trump White House has indefinitely banned the Associated Press from the Oval Office and Air Force One for refusing to accept President Trump's renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. The AP makes the point that other countries don't recognize this change. The Associated Press has customers around the world, so it still uses the term Gulf of Mexico. Tam, I want to draw on your experience as the former president of the White House Correspondents Association, because the Associated Press is so foundational to White House coverage. Unwrap that for us and give us a sense of the implications here. Tamara Keith: Yes, the Associated Press is at the core of the pool, that is, the group of reporters who have been following the president around wherever the president goes going back to FDR. And the White House, by going after AP for an editorial choice, is going directly at the First Amendment. It is going directly at the freedom of the press. And it is not coincidental that they are going after AP. AP is extremely influential. They're also kind of straight down the line. They are not a partisan news outlet in any way. They do have the AP style guide, which is used as a basis for news organizations all over the country and all over the world to determine which words to capitalize and whether to call it the Gulf of Mexico or the Gulf of America. In the case of AP, they're saying Gulf of Mexico. But Trump changed it to the Gulf of America for Americans. Geoff Bennett: Amy? Amy Walter: Yes. And I think this is such an important point that Tam — basically outlining what it is the AP does. I don't think most people, even very well-informed people, understand this role. What they may be hearing is somebody from some news organization can't get into the White House Briefing Room. So what? There are 500 of them in there. Why does that matter? He — you can get in fights with individual news outlets all the time. This is meant to send definitely a message. And we have already seen a number of news organizations who Trump has gone after legally decide to settle or to give over the, in the case of CBS, the footage. So, it goes back to your point. He's getting everything that he wants. Why would he do something different? Geoff Bennett: And there are viewers who will ask the question, why doesn't the press band together? Why don't they boycott press availabilities and really stick it to this White House and show them that the freedom of the press matters? Tamara Keith: And maybe that could still happen. But, right now, if the press corps were to do that, the White House would say, thank you very much. We have people from Mike Lindell's network and from OAN and from other sort of Web-based… Amy Walter: Social media influencers. Tamara Keith: Social media influencers. Amy Walter: Yes. Tamara Keith: We have got 10,000 people who want to fill the Oval. And then the questions being asked will not be the tough questions that the American people deserve. Geoff Bennett: And this is a fight that this White House would want… Tamara Keith: They want… Geoff Bennett: … to paint the press as opponents, rather than the neutral observers that we are and that we're supposed to be. Tamara Keith: They want this fight and they want the chilling effect that it could have on a press corps broadly.

Fraud by Any Other Name at the EPA

The credit card statement contained an unfamiliar charge. I called the fraud department which canceled the payment and immediately sent me a new card. If only the federal government responded with similar alacrity. Instead, the reaction from the exposure and rooting out of fraud – mostly from Democrats – has been shouting profanities and demonstrating outside federal government buildings. Some who have ignored the Constitution for years while using federal judges to impose things voters would not tolerate are suddenly appealing to “constitutional order,” demanding Congress not do any cutting or elimination of fraud and waste. They rarely address the misspending, or who is responsible for it. That would include too many Republicans, as well as Democrats. Protesters now mock Elon Musk for using technologically gifted young people when they promoted and quoted the climate alarmist teenager Greta Thunberg and her speeches proclaiming doom for the planet if her demands were not immediately addressed. Some appear a lot smarter than the Members of Congress who are denouncing them for their youth. President Trump has directed every government agency to search for misspent money. The latest, but certainly not the last, comes from the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Lee Zeldin, who discovered $160 million the Biden administration sent to Canada for electric buses that were never built. Adding to the debacle – the company went bankrupt. Zeldin also canceled a $50 million “environmental justice grant” to an organization that believes “climate justice travels through a free Palestine.” Decoded: the elimination of Israel. An undercover video shows an EPA official bragging about, “throwing billions of dollars of gold bars off the Titanic” after Trump won the election. These “gold bars” are how various government agencies (largely without congressional approval) sustain numerous left-wing groups. This is only the tip of the “melting” iceberg. Democrats are howling about the exposure of such things because, like the con artist, they are being exposed for many years of misspending our money and fear they are losing their grip on government (see the last election and poll numbers that indicate a majority backs the work of Musk and his DOGE squad). The New York Times is running interference for those who are trying to shift attention from the fraud and waste. A recent editorial claimed there was “no proof” in such allegations. A counter editorial in The Wall Street Journal obliterated that claim: “A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report last spring estimated the ‘federal government could lose between $233 billion and $521 billion annually to fraud.’ The federal auditor said ‘a government-wide approach is required to address it,’ and recommended that the Treasury ‘leverage data-analytics capabilities’ to stop questionable payments.’ That’s what DOGE is trying to do.” Ah, government accountability. If only. That’s a pretty wide fraud gap, but why should Congress and various government agencies care? It’s not their money they are spending. Republicans should not be left off the hook. Many are just as guilty as the Democrats they are now deriding because of all the pork they add to various bills without going through hearings that would justify – or not – such needless spending. The Pentagon is next for the DOGE auditors. Democrats have made it a target for years for overpriced and unnecessary weapons and equipment. They shouldn’t complain now about cuts, but probably will, because complaining, demonstrating and cursing are all they have. Let the protests continue and let Democrats’ favorability numbers continue to decline as the public backs a return to sunlight being the best disinfectant and the old Puritan ethic of “living within your means.”

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Secretary Rubio and Russia’s Lavrov Hold Negotiations for 4.5 Hours in Saudi Arabia – Historic Meeting Ushers in New Era of Collaboration, Economic and Diplomatic Engagement

History in the making: Rubio, Lavrov, and teams on the US-Russia negotiations in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

And so it happened that on the 18th of February in the year of Our Lord of 2025, the United States and the Russian top negotiators met in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for a 4-and-a-half-hour meeting that has restarted the bilateral diplomatic relations after the dark years of the Joe Biden regime.

As we get (limited) access to the content of the discussions, we are amazed at how childish the Ukrainian and European leaders were. Because, as children, they imagine the whole world revolves around them, as they seem incapable of grasping a larger reality.

The Rubio-Lavrov (and teams) talks were not about ending the war in Ukraine. That war is an important topic, for sure, but a detail in the macroscopic US-Russia bilateral relations that both Donald J. Trump and Vladimir Putin are interested in restoring and expanding.

AI-GHenerated image by Grok/ Saudi Crown Prince bin Salman between Trump and Putin.

Read: Saudi Arabia Confirms It Will Host Trump-Putin Summit – Zelensky Complains He Was Not Invited

Some of the issues upon which Lavrov and Rubio agreed:

• Create a consultation mechanism to overcome “irritants” in US-Russia relations.
• Appoint high-level teams to begin work on a Ukrainian settlement.
• Cooperate on issues of common geopolitical interests.
• Cooperate on economic opportunities that may arise after the end of the Ukrainian conflict.
• Take steps necessary to normalize the work of diplomatic missions.

US State Department:
“A call and meeting between Russia and the US are not enough for a ‘lasting peace’, but an important step forward was taken in Riyadh.”

AI-generated image by Grok.

Read: As Liberals and Globalists Tremble at the Thought of Normalization in US-Russia Relations, Trump and Putin Name Their High-Level Peace Negotiation Teams

For the Russians, there were the presence of Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Presidential aide Yuri Ushakov.
The US team consisted of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff.

The rebirth of US-Russia relations is right in front of our eyes.

I’ve written about how the MSM – shall we call them the USAID media? – has pivoted from their previous ‘it will never happen’ stance on the US-Russia talks.

Now, their narrative is ‘it’s taking too long’.

So, in this sense, Bloomberg is reporting that Presidents Trump and Putin are going to meet next week in Riyadh – but this has already been denied by the Kremlin, and everyone seems to agree it’s too soon to get all the issues ironed out before the top guys meet.

The winds of peace are blowing strong.

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OPEN COMMS: After Trump and Putin Talk, Secretary Rubio and Foreign Minister Lavrov Work on ‘Foreign Conflict Issues’ and To ‘Restore Mutually Respectful Interstate Dialogue’

 

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After DEI, What’s Next?

Ding dong, DEI is dead! But what will replace it?

Democrats will try to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to diversity, equity, and inclusion. But the Left cannot reverse the fatal wounds that President Donald Trump dealt this system of state-sponsored racism, as Fox News anchor Will Cain correctly describes it.

Fetishistic, twisted, and cruel programs such as these are now kaput:

  • PBS allocated $1.3 million to “allow indigenous journalists to challenge existing narratives about climate change.” Cecilia Loving, the network’s recently resigned senior vice president for DEI, launched “indigenous healing circles.” According to Josh Code of The Free Press, an internal 2023 presentation explained that “the vulnerability, intimacy, and trust developed through the safe container of circles supports our endorphin system, which in turn stimulates more trust.”
  • Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency unearthed $101 million in U.S. Department of Education DEI grants including one for “faculty workshops [titled] ‘Decolonizing the Curriculum.” Another aimed to “help students understand/interrogate the complex histories involved in oppression, and help students recognize areas of privilege and power on an individual and collective basis.”
  • A “vast DEI bureaucracy” within the U.S. military has promoted “race- and sex-based scapegoating and stereotyping,” reports Arizona State University’s Center for American Institutions.

Trump’s Jan. 21 executive order dispatched these racist shenanigans before a firing squad.

“Long-standing federal civil rights laws protect individual Americans from discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin,” Trump’s order began. “As President, I have a solemn duty to ensure that these laws are enforced for the benefit of all Americans.”

Trump then lamented that DEI policies “not only violate the text and spirit of our long-standing federal civil rights laws, they also undermine our national unity, as they deny, discredit, and undermine the traditional American values of hard work, excellence, and individual achievement in favor of an unlawful, corrosive, and pernicious identity-based spoils system.”

Also, Disney, Harley-Davidson, Walmart, and other companies are pounding private-sector nails into DEI’s casket.

So, what will replace DEI or, more accurately, outlive its demise? These small-government leaders are highly optimistic about what tomorrow will bring:

  • “After President Trump ended DEI policies in one fell swoop, the radical Left’s predictable meltdown ensued,” Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told me. “Now, they’re shamelessly fearmongering, telling Americans that President Trump and conservatives are attempting to strip them of their civil rights, openly discriminate based on race, and deny candidates based on their religion. This is all a lie. Conservatives are on the right side of history, and we should not be shy about pushing back on the Left’s lies and dishonest tactics. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is intact, respected, and upheld, and the removal of DEI policies furthers its goal of ensuring we have a society that does not judge individuals based on race, sex, religion, or anything other than merit, as it was intended to be.”
  • “Assuming Trump’s order to abolish DEI programs survives judicial challenges, the various civil rights acts Congress has passed will remain in force,” predicts Roger Pilon, the Cato Institute’s senior fellow in constitutional studies. “What will end is the discrimination those DEI programs entail—in the name of antidiscrimination.”
  • “The end of DEI heralds the return of meritocracy,” says Horace Cooper, a fellow cofounder of Project 21, the black-conservative network. “Smart blacks, browns, and whites need not fear they won’t be allowed to achieve. A merit-based society is far from the return of Jim Crow. Jim Crow specifically stood for the notion that talent had to take a back seat to race. It was immoral, yes, but it was also inefficient because it precluded on the basis of race individuals regardless of how capable they were. America’s Golden Age absolutely requires a full-throated embrace of merit. I, for one, welcome it!”
  • “The near disappearance of deliberate, invidious discrimination against legally protected classes gave rise to the DEI complex in the first place,” explains the Manhattan Institute’s Heather Mac Donald, author of the jaw-dropping jeremiad “When Race Trumps Merit.” “If actual, invidious discrimination were such a problem, the race hustlers would not have found a substitute for it. Real discrimination will remain illegal and actionable—if anyone can find it.”

Specifically, post-DEI, the Civil Right Act of 1964 will function, as will America’s entire antidiscrimination infrastructure—from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division to attorneys general’s offices in all 50 states to equal-employment agencies in city halls across America. Hundreds of public interest law firms and thousands of individual attorneys will remain all too eager to file private lawsuits on behalf of those who claim discrimination in workplaces, public schools, and government contracts.

If firefighters, police officers, or teachers do not get raises or promotions because their bosses hate blacks, despise Hispanics, cannot stand gays, or are terrified of women, those folks can sue for promotions, raises, back pay, and other forms of relief. DEI’s demise will not resurrect Jim Crow, unleash homophobes, or empower male chauvinists.

What will vanish are conference rooms full of “diversity consultants” who badger white people into feeling guilty about their pallor while telling blacks that their dark skin will cripple their progress and condemn them to poverty and injustice, because that’s how “the system” works. 

Coca-Cola’s DEI efforts urged employees to become “less white” by being “less oppressive,” “less arrogant,” and by making a “break with white solidarity.” The United Federation of Teachers announced a seminar on how to develop “resistance against the harmful effects of whiteness in our lives.” After a backlash erupted, the teachers union stood down. Seattle hosted a training program for “white city employees” to acknowledge their “complicity in the system of white supremacy.” The Seattle School Board declared that “math is a tool for oppression.”

Trump is burying this destructive nonsense.

As DEI is lowered into its grave, the civil rights protections secured by the Freedom Riders, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and other heroes of Black History Month will keep protecting genuine victims of actual discrimination, whenever they emerge.

Meanwhile, Americans can wish a fond “good riddance!” to DEI’s obsessive, relentless clawing at this country’s racial wounds, so that they never heal.

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PATRIOT PETE UNFILTERED: January 6 Hostage Peter Schwartz Kept in Prison Despite WINNING His Appeal

There are many stories about January 6 that fall by the wayside. Some January 6 defendants got extensive media coverage, especially in the immediate aftermath of January 6, but this is not representative of the overall body.

Most defendants have remained nameless, faceless hostages. Real Americans have been rendered as caricatures as a way of pigeonholing them and glossing over the real experiences of that complicated day.

PATRIOT PETE

Peter Schwartz is many things, but an insurrectionist is not one of them. Schwartz served in the United States Army Reserve in his younger years. He ended up living a life on the road as a successful traveling welder and metallurgist. He’s a talented artist, a life-long biker, and a born-again Christian deeply interested is eschatology.

Pete Schwartz is an expert welder.

On January 6, Pete and his then-wife had gone to DC to hear their first Trump speech. Going to the Capitol building was an afterthought. After arriving, Schwartz was attacked by malicious and incompetent Capitol and Metro PD officers. I and every other defendant have long asserted that the “insurrection” was in truth just a protest that escalated into a riot – a riot incited by excessive force and police brutality against a peaceful crowd.

** Please donate to the Schwartz recovery fund here.

In the chaos that ensued, Pete picked up a spray cannister suspiciously left out by police. (Strangely, after Pete grabs a cannister, another individual originally heading to that same location appears to panic upon realizing he didn’t get to it first, raising suspicions this was planted for crisis actors.) This mace formed the basis of the false “assault” charge against Pete. Pete carried the cannister to protect himself and his wife during the panic on the West Terrace. None of the officers alleged to have been sprayed alleged injuries from Pete nor could they recall witnessing him committing crimes. So unsurprisingly the testimony of these officers was disregarded by prosecutors to save their narrative of Schwartz as a violent insurrectionist.

We found this in the jail using a shitty quality video on a propaganda tablet. I recorded a lower quality video I snuck out of the jail so I could use it to find the original, courtesy of the propagandists at MSNBC. #J6 #Fedsurrection pic.twitter.com/dtiC5zNcWV

— Tim Hale – Criminally Funny J6er (@LouisofMonmouth) January 28, 2024

Pete spent roughly 40 minutes at the Capitol on January 6. Afterward he was turned in to the FBI by his then-coworker, Cody Canary. Despite disagreeing on politics, Pete generously drove Canary to work every day, and Canary’s own statements to the FBI even assert he and Pete were friends.

Imagine your coworker and friend drove you to and from work every day and you repayed him by turning him in to the FBI for January 6 because you disagree over politics. Pete Schwartz is serving a 14 year sentence. On the bright side, this rat got fired for snitching on Pete. pic.twitter.com/6qie5RSAko

— Tim Hale – Criminally Funny J6er (@LouisofMonmouth) December 29, 2024

This miserable kind of betrayal is sadly not new to January 6 defendants who have been turned in by family, friends, coworkers, neighbors, etc. As part of the DOJ’s “shock and awe” campaign, Pete’s home was raided by 30 officers and armored vehicles. Pete’s phone was illegally seized and accessed, and he was kept in detention for days, all without a proper warrant. Pete would even have “ghost court hearings” in which the government kept Pete without bail by asserting he had bond hearings that never in fact happened.

Like many of us picked up by the feds after January 6, Pete would be bounced around the country by the US Marshals in what is dubbed “diesel therapy”. Moving from jail to jail, Pete would eventually link up with other January 6 hostages such as Jorden Mink, Julian Khater, Shane Jenkins, and Thomas Webster.

Pete was entrapped like the rest of us who went to the Capitol. After being held hostage for months on end, Pete’s marriage collapsed, his original lawyers failed time and again to secure his release from pretrial detention, and he came under intense media scrutiny portraying him as a career criminal based on largely old and petty offenses decades in the past.

I met Schwartz in the DC Gulag in early 2021. While Pete was firm in his beliefs and his boundaries, he was by no means a monster. As a Christian I was able to bond with him over a shared faith, and even as a Catholic I was able to enjoy good-spirited debates with Pete (a Protestant). As a conservative I was able to bond with him over shared cultural values and constitutional ideals. As a comedian I was able to bond with him over a shared sense of humor, often competing to draw the funniest cartoons and memes alongside others like Jessica Watkins.

Pete Schwartz is a devout Christian

Pete led Bible studies, protected genuine J6 patriots from informants and Antifa infiltrators, and never wavered in his convictions in the entire time we were in the Gulag together. Many people allow themselves to be shaped by their oppression or change who they are in captivity. Pete never changed and that was always proof to me that he was a genuine person.

** Please donate to the Schwartz recovery fund here.

DUE PROCESS DENIED

In an open letter to the American public and partisan Judge Amit Mehta Pete listed numerous constitutional and civil rights violations. Mehta was not moved by these pleas to uphold the Constitution and Bill of Rights. Pete didn’t let his situation stop him. He would speak out whenever possible thanks to the Gateway, Cowboy Logic, etc. He wrote letters to members of Congress, including former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Congressman Troy Nehls, all of which went without response. And he still fought on.

The bias of Pete’s jury was palpable. Juror #8 famously flipped him off. During the “voir dire” hearings (jury selection), 69 of 70 jurors, or 98.57%, of Pete’s jury pool were Democrats. Jurors were unhinged and acted hysterically during the trial, randomly accusing Pete and his codefendants of giving “death stares”. The emotional constitution of the jurors was seemingly so weak that one woman ran out of the jury box in the middle of trial after seeing video of an Metro PD Officer being harmed in the Lower West Terrace Tunnel. Pete and his codefendants were all found guilty on all counts.

The bad news would only get worse with time. In order to make an example of Schwartz for speaking out, Judge Mehta sentenced him to over 14 years in federal prison. That’s more than murderers in the DC jail received. At his lowest point, Pete wept, not for himself, but for his elderly parents. Pete had received the longest prison sentence of any January 6 defendant at that point. I remember being in prison myself and seeing the headlines about Pete’s sentence on a television, and my stomach sank in horror that he might never see his parents again. And the narratives about him being a dangerous criminal and Trump supporter were vomited out by the media nonstop.

** Please donate to the Schwartz recovery fund here.

BAD TO WORSE

And after all the abuse Pete endured in the DC Gulag, such as spending months on end in solitary confinement, or having a guard mace him in the eyes for seeking relief over raw sewage in his cell, Schwartz finally left DC’s Department of Corrections and made his way to the federal Bureau of Prisons. And it only got worse.

Upon being transferred from the DC Gulag to federal prison, to serve his insane 14-year sentence, Pete was placed in the most dangerous maximum-security prisons in America. A casual day could see a prison guard stabbed hundreds of times.

Immediately upon winding up in a new prison, Pete was attacked and forced into physical confrontations. Schwartz lost privileges for self-defense for a year, including losing access to phone calls. I remained in contact with his mother after getting out of prison myself. Pete was reduced to communicating via letter, half of which would be thrown out by the Bureau of Prisons.

Amazingly, and disturbingly, Pete’s conviction was OVERTURNED in the Appellate Court – and he was still kept in prison. Pete was ultimately released after winning his appeal, but only once President Trump retook office. Pete was not informed he had finally won his case, and the prison system refused to allow his attorney to give him the good news. Pete sat in prison after his conviction was invalidated over the rampant civil rights abused he faced following his arrest.

The narrative that Pete was a monster, a criminal, an insurrection? Didn’t matter. Lying reporters, malicious prosecutors, biased jurors, partisan judges? Didn’t work. A horrific 14-year sentence and years of wrongful imprisonment? Didn’t break him. Peter Schwartz didn’t just survive the full force and fury of a weaponized justice system – he WON. After over 2 years of separation, I was finally able to communicate with Pete again. After reconnecting, Pete agreed to an interview with me. For an hour and a half we covered topics like the gross smear campaign against him by the press, the abuses he faced at the hands of law enforcement, the corruption of the justice system, the psyop we lived through within the DC Gulag, and the path from prison to freedom:

Now that the January 6 defendants are no longer subject to probation or supervised release, we can speak freely with each other. The patriots who languished behind bars in the DC Gulag have been hastily reconnecting. With each day, more and more sign on to tell their story. What really happened on January 6, how they were smeared by the feds and media, and what they suffered through while locked up, and much more.

My phone has been on fire today as I reconnected with many of the men I was incarcerated with after January 6. And I’m now prepared to unveil a project that has been simmering in my head some time.

For 3 years after January 6, as I and other J6 political prisoners languished… pic.twitter.com/mForP3n8Ky

— Tim Hale – Criminally Funny J6er (@LouisofMonmouth) December 26, 2024

These interviews, along with hundreds of pages of primary documents, will form the basis for a multi-volume history series, Artifice and Betrayal: The History of the DC Gulag. Now that their voices have been restored, the defendants will be the ones to write the authoritative history of January 6 and the lawfare that followed, not the prosecutors and media.

When closing out our interview, I asked Pete what he most felt the public needed to understand. His answer was reasonable in light of the character assassination he’s faced:

How corrupt the media is, and that they’ve portrayed so many things wrongly that people don’t know what to believe. That’s why people believe I’m somebody different than I am. That’s why they believe different things about ridiculous stuff. All these lies that get told in the media – people are steadily taking it all in but I just wish people could understand to learn HOW to take this all in. – Pete in January 6 Unfiltered

Sure enough, as of the completion of our interview and the writing of this article, CBS propagandists have been harassing Pete and those close to him. CBS has admitted it plans to run a hit-piece on him leveling accusations against him cobbled together from anyone who would stab him in the back, undoubtedly to revive the bad press Schwartz has already endured for four years now.

The narrative of Pete as a violent, criminal redneck went hand in hand with his 14-year sentence. He was a punching bag in the press for years, even recently being cited in Congressional hearings on Kash Patel’s potential FBI directorship by U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin. With his victory in the Appellate Court, and his release by President Trump from his captivity, fake news media outlets and politicians are desperate to salvage their narratives:

Even after being released, the persecution from radical leftists continues. CBS tracked down the prosecutor in a 7-year-old petty case and put high pressure on them to drag the case back up and reprosecute me in an attempt to get me thrown in jail.

When the attempts to get me thrown in jail failed, they began harassing numerous people who know me, trying to con them into conning me into doing an interview with them. After numerous rebuffed attempts from my friends and family, in a move of desperation, they pleaded with my Kentucky State Representative to talk me into it. They were slightly more forthcoming with him, and told him that they were getting somebody who claimed to be victimized by me to go on the interview.

With the amount of stalking, desperation, and harassment they have put me through, I am fairly confident that they’ve paid somebody to slander me. I have reported 2 different people from CBS to the police a few days ago and will be pursuing legal action against them if necessary.

SURVIVING FREEDOM

Schwartz has in the past attempted to raise funds in the hopes of being able to survive off it after beating his case. Judge Amit Mehta however punished him for this at sentencing, claiming it showed he had no remorse for his actions (actions he didn’t commit). Now Pete is back to square one. Pete is still looking for work due to not being provided valid identification after being released from prison. Pete needs help, and while some have been fair to him in their coverage, it’s clear that the attacks upon his character by the leftist press haven’t paused despite his vindication under the law.

I got dropped into a world that I don’t recognize. I’ve been out coming up on a month. Every time I go to the store, I’m in shock. I’m not back to work yet, the prices are crazy… Everything’s happening very fast. It’s a tough time for me now. I’m still trying to adjust from coming out of a maximum-security prison to a world where people just sometimes say hi and they don’t want nothing from you and not trying to harm you, you know. It’s a long, hard adjustment. – Pete in January 6 Unfiltered

January 6 led to Pete losing his marriage, his career, his home, and everything in-between. He needs help to survive a very uncertain future. If you’d be so inclined, please consider helping Pete’s recovery fund HERE.

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WATCH: Horrifying Moment Delta Plane Crashes, Erupts Into Fireball on Snowy Toronto Runway Captured on Video

Delta plane crash in Toronto

The horrifying moment a Delta plane crash-landed and flipped upside down in Canada was captured on video.

A Delta plane crash-landed on a snowy runway at Toronto Pearson Airport in Canada on Monday afternoon.

The flight arrived from Minneapolis when it crashed, landed, and flipped upside down. At least 15 people were injured, including one child.

Delta plane crash lands in Toronto/ screen image

Dashcam video shows the plane coming in for a hard landing before flipping upside down and turning into a fireball.

All 80 people aboard survived. At least 18 people were injured, 3 critically, including one child.

The plane crash is still under investigation.

Video captured by Instagram @CaptainChris:

Clearist footage showing the crash moment of Delta – Endevoir Air CRJ-900 Flight DL4819 from Minneapolis (MSP) to Toronto (YYZ) with registration N932XJ.
We will share the reports as soon as available. pic.twitter.com/4XRAdJt3c0

— aircraftmaintenancengineer (@airmainengineer) February 18, 2025

More updates from Fox News:

Air traffic control audio released after the crash depicts officials describing how the plane was “ups-side-down and burning” on the tarmac.

Delta Air Lines said “18 customers with injuries” had been transported to area hospitals. At least three people suffered critical but not life-threatening injuries, a spokesperson for the paramedic service that was on scene told Fox News Digital.

In the airline’s most recent update, which was provided at 10:33 p.m. ET, Delta said that “no fatalities have been reported and some of the customers initially transported to area hospitals have been released.”

Two patients were taken by air ambulance to two different trauma centers – Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center and St. Michael’s Hospital – in Toronto. A child, about four years old, was transported to The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation, as officials are expected to provide an update to the media early Tuesday.

“The Transportation Safety Board of Canada will be in charge of the investigation and will provide any updates,” the FAA said.

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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Demolishes Pete Buttigieg With a Perfect Reply After Buttigieg Slyly Tries to Blame the Trump Administration for Recent Airline Disasters

Credit: Sean Duffy/Facebook

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg bit off far more than he could chew after trying to troll the Trump Administration on airline safety when his successor dropped the hammer on him in response.

As TGP readers know, the corporate media and Democrats have sought to blame recent plane crashes on President Trump and Elon Musk after conveniently giving Joe Biden a complete pass on the numerous aviation disasters that happened under his watch. The same thing happened regarding the latest plane crash in Toronto.

Leftists have also conveniently ignored how DEI initiatives going back to the Obama regime have led to a massive air traffic control shortage because so many white males were rejected.

Despite these facts, Mayor Pete on Monday decided to try to dunk on the Trump Administration by slyly inferring they bore the entire blame for these disasters thanks to recent FAA firings.

“The flying public needs answers,” Buttigieg wrote. “How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?”

The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?

— Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) February 17, 2025

However, current Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy refused to let this defamation spread across the web without revealing the person really responsible for the dire state of aviation safety in America: Buttigieg himself.

“Mayor Pete failed for four years to address the air traffic controller shortage and upgrade our outdated, World War II-era air traffic control system,” Duffy wrote. “In less than four weeks, we have already begun the process and are engaging the smartest minds in the entire world.”

The Transportation Secretary then dropped some more cold, hard facts for those still buying into the narrative that Trump and DOGE are responsible for the plane crashes.

“Here’s the truth: the FAA alone has a staggering 45,000 employees,” Duffy explained. “Less than 400 were let go, and they were all probationary, meaning they had been hired less than a year ago. Zero air traffic controllers and critical safety personnel were let go.”

Duffy concluded by delivering another brutal reminder to the public regarding Mayor Pete’s abysmal record as DOT secretary when he was not AWOL or on paternity leave.

“Mayor Pete chose to use this amazing department—that is so critical to America’s success—as a slush fund for the green new scam and environmental justice nonsense. Not to mention that over 90% of the workforce under his leadership were working from home – including him,” Duffy wrote. “The building was empty!”

“When we finally get a full accounting of his mismanagement, I look forward to hearing from him. “In the meantime, I will not rest until I return the Department of Transportation and its incredible employees to its mission of efficiency and safety.”

Mayor Pete failed for four years to address the air traffic controller shortage and upgrade our outdated, World War II-era air traffic control system. In less than four weeks, we have already begun the process and are engaging the smartest minds in the entire world.

Here’s the… https://t.co/LCL1dswC2T

— Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy) February 18, 2025

This was an absolutely perfect response from Duffy that not only exposed Mayor Pete’s failures, which led to the crisis, but also demolished a false liberal narrative in the process. The Trump Administration and airline travelers should be in good hands with Duffy for the next four years.

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DOGE Announces $55 Billion in Savings

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Native American Activist Peltier Freed From Prison

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Vatican Extends Pope Francis’ Hospital Stay, Citing ‘Complex’ Health Issue

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Paquita la del Barrio, Pioneering Traditional Mexican Songstress, Dies at 77

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Marco Rubio Talks Defense Cooperation, Gaza with Saudi Crown Prince

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Netanyahu: Six Live Hostages Coming Saturday, Four Dead Ones Thursday

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Tuesday that Hamas has agreed to release the six remaining live hostages on Saturday from the first phase of the ceasefire agreement -- and four dead hostages on Thursday.

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CA Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara Tired of Being 'White Mansplained' About His Job

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GOP Senator Kennedy Torches Sheryl Crow: ‘If She Ever Had a Clever Thought, It Died Alone and Afraid’

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Dem Rep. Auchincloss: Social Security Admin. Workers Should Come Back to Office

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Report: Brazilian Drug Gangs See Massive Profits from Ozempic

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Carville: NY Gov. Hochul a 'Dolt' for Not Removing NYC Mayor Adams

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Democratic strategist James Carville said Monday on MSNBC's "The Beat" that Governor Kathy Hochul (D-NY) s a "dolt" for not removing Mayor Eric Adams from his position as mayor of New York City.

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Oliver Smears Musk As 'One Of The Worst White Guys South Africa Has Ever Produced'

HBO’s John Oliver kicked off the 2025 season of Last Week Tonight on Sunday by recapping the first four weeks of Donald Trump’s return to the White House that included a bit on Elon Musk and DOGE. Oliver would label Musk as “one of the worst white guys South Africa has ever produced” while ignoring questions about whether South Africa really needs or deserves aid. On Monday, Oliver joined CBS’s Stephen Colbert on The Late Show to urge people to keep protesting because, according to him, even a message of “[bleep] this [bleep]” can help. After playing a news clip of a South African woman explaining she was turned away from a clinic due to the funding freeze, Oliver declared, “Yeah, it's awful. And it's somehow made even worse by the ‘We value you’ message on the shuttered window, which they should probably now change to ‘We value you, but unfortunately we can't help you, thanks to one of the worst white guys South Africa has ever produced, parentheses, which is really saying something.’” Oliver continued, “Now, after blowback to all this, the Trump Administration announced that they'd given limited waivers for some lifesaving programs, but unfortunately, thanks to the sheer confusion over who is even eligible, the waivers have not resulted in the resumption of many vital programs, and that is what they don't seem to get about shutting down work like this.”     He further added, “Even if the faucets get turned back on completely, which they almost certainly won't, huge damage will still have been done. For instance, USAID funds things like antiretroviral treatments that prevent HIV being transmitted to babies before, during, and after birth. As one agency employee put it just a few days into the pause, already, ‘At a minimum, 300 babies that wouldn't have had HIV, now do.’" While it was nice Oliver finally admitted that babies before birth are still babies, what is not nice is that in 2024, USAID sent South Africa roughly $320 million. At the same time, the South African government has spent 95 million rand, or $5.1 million, defaming our ally Israel at the International Court of Justice. If somebody has their priorities messed up in this situation, it isn’t Musk.  On Monday, Colbert recalled, “Five years ago, five years ago to the end of the first Trump administration, we talked about things that, you know, got you through it like the tough news cycles, not somebody who has to do a show about it, but, you know, just as a citizen of the country. Things that—” Oliver interrupted to portray opposition to Trump as a matter of simple decency, “As an actual human, partially-functioning human.” Colbert quickly agreed and continued, “Exactly, things that gave your soul some vigor, they kept you going. Some of them last time were the protests at the airports after the Muslim ban, that was a big one.” Oliver replied by longing for “The Resistance” days of yore: I will say that there was a really interesting quote that we used from one of the lawyers inside the DOJ who was fighting some of the travel bans at the time. He said that seeing people occupy those airports, seeing them protest was really useful to him in terms of energizing him and making people feel like they were acting on behalf of the people's will, and he said activism outside our building helped with the activism inside of it, and I think that's important to remember: you can send a message and not have to wait just to vote. It's valuable to send messages even if that message is [bleep] this [bleep]. That's sometimes, it's sometimes the strongest message to send. Maybe Oliver can take that message to the South African government and tell them that it doesn’t make sense to expect Uncle Sam to keep funneling money to a government that seeks to undermine his foreign policy objectives. Here is a transcript for the February 16 and 17 shows: HBO Last Week Tonight 2/16/2025 11:30 PM ET JOHN OLIVER: Yeah, it's awful. And it's somehow made even worse by the "We value you" message on the shuttered window, which they should probably now change to "We value you, but unfortunately we can't help you, thanks to one of the worst white guys South Africa has ever produced, parentheses, which is really saying something."  Now, after blowback to all this, the Trump Administration announced that they'd given limited waivers for some lifesaving programs, but unfortunately, thanks to the sheer confusion over who is even eligible, the waivers have not resulted in the resumption of many vital programs, and that is what they don't seem to get about shutting down work like this.  Even if the faucets get turned back on completely, which they almost certainly won't, huge damage will still have been done. For instance, USAID funds things like antiretroviral treatments that prevent HIV being transmitted to babies before, during, and after birth. As one agency employee put it just a few days into the pause, already, "At a minimum, 300 babies that wouldn't have had HIV, now do." *** CBS The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2/18/2025 12:09 AM ET STEPHEN COLBERT: Five years ago, five years ago to the end of the first Trump administration, we talked about things that, you know, got you through it like the tough news cycles, not somebody who has to do a show about it, but, you know, just as a citizen of the country. Things that— JOHN OLIVER: As an actual human, partially-functioning human. COLBERT: Exactly, things that gave your soul some vigor— OLIVER: Yes. COLBERT: -- they kept you going. Some of them last time were the protests at the airports after the Muslim ban, that was a big one. OLIVER: Yes, that is true. And I think in creating the show last week, what we tried to do was contextualize the feelings that people have right now and I think what we hit on was the fact there was understandably some eye-rolling of the kind of resistance of 2016. I will say that there was a really interesting quote that we used from one of the lawyers inside the DOJ who was fighting some of the travel bans at the time. He said that seeing people occupy those airports, seeing them protest was really useful to him in terms of energizing him and making people feel like they were acting on behalf of the people's will, and he said activism outside our building helped with the activism inside of it, and I think that's important to remember: you can send a message and not have to wait just to vote. It's valuable to send messages even if that message is [bleep] this [bleep]. That's sometimes, it's sometimes the strongest message to send.

Deep State Revolt: Head of DOJ’s Criminal Division in Washington, DC Resigns in Protest Over Trump Directive to Investigate Biden-Era Contract and Freeze Assets

The top federal prosecutor overseeing criminal cases at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C., has abruptly resigned, claiming that Trump-appointed officials insisted she investigate a government contract awarded during Joe Biden’s administration and take decisive action to freeze the recipient’s assets.

Denise Cheung, the office’s now-former criminal chief, submitted her resignation on Tuesday in a letter to interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin.

“When I started as an AUSA, I took an oath of office to support and defend the Constitution, and I have executed this duty faithfully during my tenure, which has spanned through numerous Administrations,” Cheung wrote in her email obtained by far-left CNN.

“I know that all of the AUSAs in the office continue to honor their oaths on a daily basis, just as I know that you have always conducted yourself with the utmost integrity.”

Far-left The New York Times reported, citing sources close to the situation, that Cheung stepped down in protest just a day after President Trump announced his nominee for U.S. Attorney, Ed Martin.

According to Reuters:

The top federal prosecutor who supervised criminal cases at the Washington D.C. U.S. Attorney’s office resigned on Tuesday, citing what she described as an improper demand by Trump-appointed officials to launch a criminal probe and pursue an asset freeze.

In a letter to the interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin reviewed by Reuters, the office’s criminal chief Denise Cheung wrote that President Donald Trump’s administration had ordered her to investigate a government contract awarded during Joe Biden’s administration and pursue a freeze of the recipient’s assets.

Acting US Attorney for DC, Ed Martin, a staunch defender of constitutional rights, has been outspoken about the necessity of undoing the politically motivated January 6 prosecutions pushed by the previous administration.

Cheung, who had been with the DOJ for years, reportedly opposed Martin’s efforts to reassess the use of felony obstruction charges against January 6 defendants—a charge that the Supreme Court recently overturned.

Rather than uphold justice, Cheung appears to have chosen to walk away rather than be part of an effort to rectify the government’s politically motivated prosecution of Trump supporters.

The Gateway Pundit previously reported that acting US Attorney for DC, Ed Martin, initiated an inquiry into former US Attorney Matthew Graves’ prosecutions of more than 1,500 January 6 protestors.

Ed Martin is specifically probing Graves’ abuse of the 1512(c)(2) obstruction charge.

Editor’s note: This story has been updated with additional information.

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WILD DISCOVERY: Musk’s DOGE Team Finds SS Beneficiaries OLDER Than America | Elijah Schaffer’s Top 5 (VIDEO)

 Welcome to The Gateway Pundit’s Week-in-Review with Elijah Schaffer, where he covers the top 5 stories throughout the last 24 hours. 

ARTICLE 1: Elon Musk’s DOGE Team Uncovers Over 25 Million People Ages 100+ in Social Security Database, Some Older Than the Constitution: “There are a Lot of Vampires Collecting Social Security”

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Endorsement Incoming? Trump Shares Poll Showing Rep. Byron Donalds Way Up in Race for Florida Governorship

By: Ben Kew
Byron Donalds / Real Time With Bill Maher

Donald Trump has indicated he may be ready to endorse Rep. Byron Donalds as the next governor of Florida.

Posting on Truth Social, Trump shared a poll from Victory Polling showing that Donalds is way out in front of fellow Republican primary candidates in the race for Florida’s governorship.

According to Victory Insights, Donalds is currently commanding 31 percent support in a hypothetical Republican primary.

Other candidates including Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nunez, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez are lagging behind on four, three and one percent respectively.

A new @VictoryPolling survey shows @ByronDonalds far ahead of all other contenders in a hypothetical primary for Florida Governor.

31% – Byron Donalds
4% – Jeanette Nuñez
3% – Wilton Simpson
1% – Francis Suarez

Read the full report: https://t.co/2MS9MwKk2o

(850 LV, 1/26-27/25) pic.twitter.com/Jb9dSRCvxc

— Victory Insights (@VictoryPolling) January 29, 2025

Trump also shared an image showing some of the individuals who have already endorsed Donalds’ candidacy, despite the fact he has not formally announced.

Among them include White House AI and crypto tzar David Sacks, billionaire businessman Marc Andreessen and Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent.

While not foolproof, an endorsement from the president is very likely to tip the race in favor of Donalds should he decide to run.

A rising star with the GOP, Donalds was first elected to Congress in 2020 having previously worked in finance before a stint in the Florida House of Representatives.

A staunch America First conservative, he has been a vocal supporter of Trump and was even touted as a possible running mate.

Last month, he told Fox News that he plans to have an “America First” bill on Trump’s desk by April.

“I think the job right now is specifically in the House is putting together the overall package,” Donalds said.

“There is gonna have to be some reforms, there is gonna have to be some cuts and so when you put all that stuff together with border security which is gonna be essential to all of this just like tax policy, we can deliver it, it’s just working through the finer points,” he added.

Rep Byron Donalds on House Republicans’ Plan to Have an ‘America First’ Bill on Trump’s Desk by April (VIDEO)

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“What Are You Trying to Hide, Norm? Any of That Money Happen to Reach Your Pockets?” – Elon Musk Calls Out Norm Eisen – Hatchet Man of the Shadow Government to Overthrow Trump – What’s He Hiding?

Norm Eisen and Barack Obama, close friends and associates

Norm Eisen is the hatchet man in the current shadow government to take down US President Trump.  Eisen is also the acclaimed expert on ‘color revolutions, ‘ a system used by US intel to overthrow undesirable regimes or unwanted political movements. Eisen and top Democrats and intel experts used this model to take the US election from President Trump in 2020.

Following the 2020 election, Eisen and others famously for bragging about using color revolution tactics to rid President Trump from the White House.

On Saturday, Norm Eisen posted a tweet on X bragging about how he was taking Elon Musk and Doge to court to “impose consequences” for their efforts to cut fraud and spending in the US government.

Eisen accuses Elon Musk of having an office in the White House, no supervising official — as if President Trump is AWOL?

Eisen hid the plaintiffs’ names and addresses in his lawsuit.

In response to the legal threats by Eisen, Elon Musk responded, “What are you trying to hide, Norm? Any of that money happen to reach your pockets or your organizations?”

What are you trying to hide, Norm?

Any of that money happen to reach your pockets or your organizations?

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 17, 2025

Wouldn’t that be something if American taxpayers were paying this dirty creep to overthrow our own elections!?

Investigative reporter Jeff Carlson then added this background in a tweet on Eisen and his deep roots in lawfare against Trump and Republicans.

Most are aware of Norm Eisen but not everyone is aware of just how pervasive Eisen (and his legal attacks) have been – and how he’s weaved his way through all the major events of the last eight years.

After Ben Wittes first invoked the use of Lawfare against Trump (a month before the 2016 election), Eisen responded by ramping up his legal efforts at Brookings – and soon became the effective outside legal counsel for Mueller’s special counsel investigation. Eisen even developed specific legal strategies for Mueller to use.

Before Mueller’s report was even released Eisen shifted seamlessly to impeachment counsel for House Dems – where he drafted ten different articles of impeachment against Trump. All of which were written a month before Pelosi announced an official impeachment inquiry into Trump.

Eisen continued his work – re-aligning with CREW (he was co-founder). Eisen also participated in and directed pre-election wargames that mysteriously predicted the election outcome with eerie precision.

Eisen was also working with another longtime collaborator, Michael Podhorzer, on Dem efforts in the 2020 election. Podhorzer has been called the Architect of the 2020 election.

Eisen then moved on to seemingly direct all the legal cases against Trump. Eisen appears to have written (on background) many of the drafts for Fani Willis – and developed many of the strategic attacks for Jack Smith.

It’s not us saying this. Eisen’s published multiple volumes on each section I’ve mentioned through Brookings Institute whee he’s a senior fellow.

Eisen’s also directly tied in – and working with – Mary McCord and her lawfare group at Georgetown. They reportedly meet weekly by phone – and their group includes all the msnbc legal talking heads.

A known area of specific focus is restricting Trump’s use of the Insurrection Act to quell violent protests & riots.

Eisen also has a new working group called State Democracy Defenders Action acting in conjunction with his lawfare partners and most of the media’s legal talking heads. And it looks like they’re trying to push a Color Revolution in response to Trump’s new presidency.

Eisen has recently been bragging on MSNBC about his role in getting an activist judge to temporarily rule against DOGE.

So beyond the obvious questions surrounding Eisen, who has been paying for all these legal attacks?

Elon Musk responded to Carlson:
“Good qustion”

Good question

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 17, 2025

This ought to get more interesting in the days ahead.

How many of the far left organizations tearing this country apart and targeting our citizens were being funded by taxpayer dollars and how much money did Eisen take?

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