Category: Politics

Commentary: The Years of Madness Are Ending

American Greatness
Joe Biden

Never in U.S. history has a president-elect been welcomed as the real president before his January 20 inauguration. And never has the incumbent president so willingly surrendered his last two months in office and all but abdicated—to the relief of his nation and the rest of the world.

One reason so many are welcoming Trump’s return is the universally desperate hope that his election spelled an end to a collective madness at home and its ripples abroad during the last four years. And why not?

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Analysis: The Constitution Does Not Grant Birthright Citizenship to the Children of Illegal Immigrants

Minnesota Sun Staff

Dozens of media outlets are reporting in unison that Donald Trump cannot stop the U.S. government from awarding birthright citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants. They claim this is the case because the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution requires it.

In reality, the legislative history of the 14th Amendment is clear that it only grants birthright citizenship to the children of people who are legally and permanently living in the United States. This does not apply to the children of illegal immigrants, temporary residents, visitors, or tourists.

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Texas Lt Gov Patrick Wants to Buy Construction Materials Auctioned by DHS, Donate Them to Trump

Just the News
Border Wall

Texas GOP Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says he want to buy border-construction material being auctioned by the Department of Homeland and give it to President-elect Donald Trump.

“Joe Biden is now hauling off the border wall that’s been lying down for years and he wants to auction it off starting at five dollars a piece,” Patrick told Fox News opinion-show host Laura Ingraham on Thursday. “Message to the White House right now: I will bid on all of that wall and we will buy it in Texas and we will give it to Donald Trump.”

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Commentary: The Evaporation of the Obama Mystique

American Greatness
Barack Obama, Hilary Clinton, Joe Biden

Barack Obama had long been rumored as the catalyst for the 2020 Biden nomination — and thereafter played the whispering puppeteer behind the subsequent lost Biden administration years.

As such he and his coterie proved the virtual architects of the Biden administration, one of the most unpopular and failed presidencies in American history.

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In ‘Person of the Year’ Interview Trump Told Time Magazine his Campaign ‘Hit the Nerve of the Country’

Just the News

Time magazine’s most recent edition in which President-elect Donald Trump is named Person of the Year also includes a lengthy interview with Trump in which he further outlines the early priorities of his second administration including pardoning some Jan. 6 defendants and enacting mass deportations.

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Commentary: The Wray Slayer

Julie Kelly

Confirming reports he planned to step down before Donald Trump’s inauguration next month, FBI Director Christopher Wray today announced he will retire at the official end of the Biden administration. Wray, appointed by then-President Trump in 2017, delivered the news during an all-hands-on-deck virtual meeting of more than 38,000 FBI employees.

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Trump Announces Kari Lake Will Be Next Voice of America Director

Just the News

President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday night announced that former Arizona GOP Senate nominee Kari Lake will be the next director of the U.S. government’s “Voice of America” (VOA) news agency.

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Microsoft Promotes Media Literacy as ‘Inoculation’ Against ‘Disinformation’

Foundation for Freedom Online

Microsoft has staked a claim in the growing field of “media literacy” and “digital literacy,” which aims to instruct members of the public – especially schoolchildren – in what types of digital media they ought to trust and distrust. As FFO has previously reported, media and digital literacy is the latest in a long string of pretexts by the ideologically biased censorship industry to prevent the public from accessing disfavored information sources.

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Commentary: DOGE’s Greatest Christmas Gift Is the Disassembly of the Government Mindset

ConservativeHQ
Donald Trump DOGE Christmas

All I want for Christmas is a DOGE!

While this isn’t a typical holiday request – more likely people would prefer a furry, friendly kind of animal who greets them at the door to a static, cold, unfeeling stack of program cancellation papers – this year, in 2024, The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is all the rage simply because the new non-government advisory board will bring something new and novel to the Washington swamp, an entity focused on cleaning up the gargantuan fiscal mess in the nation’s capital rather than bent on creating new complications.

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Disgraced Former Clinton Ally Anthony Weiner May Be Launching His Political Comeback

Daily Caller News Foundation
Anthony Weiner

Disgraced former Democratic New York Rep. Anthony Weiner may be gearing up for an attempted political comeback, according to New York City campaign records.

Weiner, formerly married to top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin, saw his political career and marriage implode in the wake of lurid sexting scandals, including one in which he sent explicit photographs to an underage woman that resulted in a jail sentence. Now, the registered sex offender appears to be laying the groundwork for a career resurgence, as the New York City Campaign Finance Board (NYCCFB) indicates that Weiner will run to represent New York City’s second district on the city council next year.

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House Dems Push to Oust Aging Committee Leaders Following Election Defeat

Daily Caller News Foundation
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez

The Democratic Party is shaking up its committee leadership in the House of Representatives following its crushing November election defeat.

Despite failing to take back a majority, Democrats have retained their top leadership in the House of Representatives, tapping House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, House Minority Whip Katherine Clark and Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar to stay on in their current roles. Meanwhile, the knives have come out at the committee level, with a slew of Democratic representatives launching bids against more senior panel members for top committee posts.

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Commentary: GOP Senate Needs to Show Up to Work and Block Biden Labor Board Chair Pick

The Daily Torch
Lauren McFerren, President Joe Biden

President Joe Biden is engaged in an end of presidency power play to keep Democrat control over the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) by pushing a renewal of current chair Lauren McFerran to another term. Senate Republicans should do everything in their power to stop this power play and allow newly elected President Donald Trump to name the next Chairperson. This means that they have to all show up to each lame duck Senate session to stop any funny business.

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‘EPIC!’: Matt Gaetz Lands New Primetime Gig on Conservative Network

Daily Caller News Foundation

Former Republican Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz is set to join the primetime lineup One America News Network (OAN) in January, the network announced Tuesday.

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Pressure Mounts for Support of Trump’s Cabinet Picks During Honeymoon as Fights Heat Up

Just the News

President-elect Donald Trump seems to finally be enjoying the honeymoon period he didn’t get after his 2016 victory, with Democrats publicly expressing willingness to work with him on key initiatives and public polling showing broad approval of his plans.

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Commentary: Nearly Four Years Later, No Letup in Jan. 6 Prosecutions, Possible Pardons or Not

RealClearWire
Biden and Garland

by Julie Kelley   Even as President-elect Donald Trump promised on Sunday to act “very quickly” on pardons for many of the protesters involved in the events of January 6, the Biden administration’s Justice Department is continuing to arrest and try people for actions that occurred almost four years ago while opposing…

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Commentary: The Things Trump Nominees Have Not Done—And Will Not Do

American Greatness
Trump Cabinet Members

Deflated by the resounding November defeat, the left now believes it can magically rebound by destroying Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees.

Many of Trump’s picks are well outside the usual Washington, DC/New York political, media, and corporate nexus.

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Commentary: Time to Dump Europe

The Daily Torch
NATO Headquarters

Events over the past months have exposed a very stark divide between the globalist, collectivist, “woke” authorities of Europe and the Make America Great Again (MAGA) patriot movement here in the United States. To be frank, it is almost as if the snide, effete elitists who control the nations of the European continent want to rub our noses in their horror show.

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Jim Clyburn Reveals He Told Biden’s Staff to Push President to Pardon Trump

Daily Caller News Foundation
Trump and Biden

Democratic South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn disclosed on Thursday that he has urged President Joe Biden’s staff to get him to issue a “preemptive” pardon for President-elect Donald Trump.

Clyburn, who helped save Biden in the 2020 primary with an endorsement, is one of several prominent Democrats to suggest that the president should pardon Trump following his pardon of his son Hunter on Sunday. The South Carolina representative, on NewsNation’s “The Hill,” said that while he has not yet spoken to Biden himself about the matter, he told the president’s staff that he should weigh issuing multiple “preemptive pardons,” including for Trump.

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National Police Association ‘Strongly Endorses’ Kash Patel for FBI Director

Just the News
Kash Patel

The National Police Association on Friday “strongly” endorsed Kash Patel, President-elect Trump’s nominee for FBI director, and urged the Senate to confirm him.

“We firmly believe that Kash Patel’s appointment as FBI Director will mark a pivotal moment for law enforcement and public safety across the United States. His leadership will bring a renewed focus on collaboration, ethical standards, and the relentless pursuit of justice,” the organization said in a statement.

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Trump Continues to Back Hegseth as Defense Secretary Nominee: ‘He Will Be a fantastic, High Energy’

Just the News
Pete Hegseth

President-elect Donald Trump on Friday expresses his continued support of Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth in trying to win Senate confirmation, amid allegations of sexual assault, alcohol abuse and financial mismanagement. 

“Pete Hegseth is doing very well,” Trump posted on social media, as his nominee, also a military veteran, meets with Republican senators on Capitol Hill to try to convince them he’s fit and qualified to lead the U.S. military. 

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Trump Reveals His Picks to Lead Two Major Immigration Enforcement Agencies

Daily Caller News Foundation

President-elect Donald Trump announced his nominations to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), two agencies that will be at the forefront of his ambitious immigration agenda.

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Trump Tells DOD Nominee Pete Hegseth to ‘Keep Fighting’, But Readies Alternatives

Just the News

President-elect Donald Trump has told Pete Hegseth, his nominee to lead the Pentagon, to continue pursuing support for his nomination, but is also reportedly planning other options should Hegseth fail to secure the votes to claim the job.

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Trump Taps Paul Atkins to Lead SEC

Just the News
Paul Atkins

President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that he had chosen Patomak Global Partners CEO Paul Atkins to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

“Paul is a proven leader for common sense regulations. He believes in the promise of robust, innovative capital markets that are responsive to the needs of Investors, & that provide capital to make our Economy the best in the World,” Trump posted. “He also recognizes that digital assets & other innovations are crucial to Making America Greater than Ever Before.”

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Trump Sends Clear Message to Big Tech with His Pick for Top DOJ Spot

Daily Caller News Foundation
Gail Slater

President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he will tap economic policy adviser to Vice President-elect J.D. Vance, Gail Slater, as assistant attorney general for the Antitrust Division at the Department of Justice (DOJ).

Before his second victory, Trump repeatedly called out Big Tech’s involvement in manipulating information behind the scenes, alleging that the companies have “systematically” colluded to advance a “censorship regime.” In an announcement on Truth Social, Trump stated the corporations have used their “market power to crack down on the rights of so many Americans” and “those of Little Tech.”

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‘Cutting Waste Is Not a Partisan Idea’: Trump’s DOGE Secures Support from Dem Lawmakers

Daily Caller News Foundation
Elon Musk and Donald Trump

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s plans to cut waste, fraud and abuse within the federal government’s nearly $7 trillion budget through President-elect Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is beginning to attract support from a notable group: Democratic lawmakers.

Democratic Florida Rep. Jared Moskowitz is the first Democratic lawmaker to join the House’s DOGE Caucus helmed by Republican Reps. Aaron Bean of Florida and Pete Sessions of Texas, according to a Tuesday press release.

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Axios’ Revisionist Claim About the ‘Myth’ of First Thanksgiving Based on Unverified Sources

James Agresti
The First Thanksgiving

On the day before Thanksgiving, Axios published an article titled “Thanksgiving’s Troubled History” by Russell Contreras, the “Justice and Race reporter at Axios.”

Citing “a new generation of historians,” Contreras declares that “Thanksgiving in the United States is based on a mythical feast between the Wampanoag people and Mayflower Pilgrims” and that “the holiday’s real story is mixed with national unity and racial exclusion.”

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Commentary: Trump’s Wild Bunch Is Ready for Action

RealClearWire
Donald Trump

If for no other reason than that it will elicit fear in the hearts of autocracy-phobics, I propose that Donald Trump’s second-term Cabinet be known as “The Wild Bunch.”

The name is best known as the title of Sam Peckinpah’s classic 1969 western featuring a colorful cast of aging outlaws – William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Edmond O’Brien, Warren Oates, and Ben Johnson – who give it their all as they battle bounty hunters, the Mexican Federal Army, and the passage of time in order to make their mark while they still have a chance.

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Wisconsin Judge Enforces Subpoena Against ActBlue, Opening New Front in Democrat Fund-Raising Probe

Just the News
ActBlue Fundraising app

For the first time, a Wisconsin court has approved a subpoena to the massive Democrat fund-raising platform ActBlue, saying it owes an explanation to a Republican whose email identity was used to make liberal donations he did not authorize.

“Something is not right,” Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge Brad D. Schimel declared as he approved a limited demand for documents and opened a new front into a widening fund-raising probe begun earlier this year by Congress and 19 attorneys general.

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Trump Taps Kash Patel to Lead FBI, Vows to Tackle Crime and Border Security

Christina Botteri

President-elect Donald Trump announced Kashyap “Kash” Patel will serve as the next Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Patel, a seasoned lawyer, investigator, and staunch advocate for the “America First” agenda, has built a career around exposing corruption and defending the principles of justice.

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Kimberly Gardner Was the Prototype for Soros Prosecutors, Then Ethics and Illegality Crashed Her Career

Just the News

When she was elected chief prosecutor in St. Louis in 2016 with the backing of far-left megadonor George Soros, Kimberly Gardner was the prototype for a new era of progressive lawfare: unabashedly liberal, the first black female to hold the job and eager to make her mark with headline-grabbing cases.

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House Speaker Announces DOGE Leaders Musk and Ramaswamy to Visit Capitol Hill Next Week

Just the News
Mike Johnson, Vivek Ramaswamy, Elon Musk

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday announced that Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk, who will lead President-elect Donald Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), will meet with Congress on Capitol Hill next week.

Trump tapped the pair for the roles earlier this month, after promising on the campaign trail to create a taskforce that would rein in government spending and corruption. The department is expected to “dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies.” 

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Commentary: The Potential End to the Open Borders and Cheap Foreign Labor Experiment

The Daily Torch
Farm Workers

It has been six decades since the Immigration Act of 1965 vastly opened up the ability to import cheap foreign labor at the expense of American workers, and it has been four years of the Biden Administration’s disastrous open borders experiment.

With the election of President Donald J. Trump, the American people are fiercely rejecting the destructive open borders mandate and beginning to rethink cheap foreign labor as a viable economic strategy.

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Lawmakers Press Google, Meta, Others on Addressing Deepfake Pornography

The Center Square
Google

A bipartisan group of 26 U.S. lawmakers have sent letters to seven major tech companies requesting updates on how the platforms plan to counter the growing prevalence of pornographic “deepfakes” on social media.

The number of artificially generated, sexually explicit impersonations of nonconsenting individuals increased by 550% from 2019 to 2023, with deepfake pornography now making up 98% of all deepfake videos online, the lawmakers cited in each of the seven letters addressed to Google, Apple, X, ByteDance, Snapchat, Microsoft and Meta.

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GOP Reps to Grill Top Biden Officials on Natural Gas Exports Pause

Daily Caller News Foundation
Oil Drilling

The House Oversight and Accountability Committee is bringing in top Biden administration energy officials for a Dec. 4 hearing on the administration’s decision to pause approvals for certain new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities.

Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Pat Fallon, a Republican from Texas, will be hosting the hearing, to which senior Department of Energy (DOE) official Brad Crabtree and top Biden climate adviser John Podesta have been invited. The hearing will be a continuation of oversight into one of the Biden administration’s most aggressive policy moves against conventional energy, and the lawmakers intend to inquire about allegations that the DOE effectively buried a 2023 draft study that would have undermined the justification for the pause before officially announcing the freeze in January 2024.

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‘She Cannot Be Trusted’: Dem Megadonor Says Harris Blowing Through Campaign War Chest ‘Disqualifies Her Forever’

Daily Caller News Foundation
Kamala Harris

Democratic megadonor John Morgan argued Monday that Vice President Kamala Harris’ exorbitant campaign spending should end her political career.

The Harris campaign and Democratic Party reportedly spent nearly $1.5 billion during her brief presidential bid, which she launched on July 21. Morgan, on “CUOMO,” said Harris’ campaign spending and loss suggest she has no “political future.”

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Commentary: This Election May Be the End of the Working-Class Alliance with Democrats

The Daily Torch
Donald Trump

The recent presidential election served as one of the strongest rejections of the globalist political regime advanced by the ruling elites in recent history. President Donald Trump’s sweeping victory against regime pick Kamala Harris was achieved through a coalition of working-class Americans that transcended race and gender and began to melt the rural-urban divide. 

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Legal Expert Lays Out Why Trump’s Legal Cases Will Not Return After He Leave Office in Four Years

Daily Caller News Foundation

CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig said Tuesday that the dismissed legal cases against President-elect Donald Trump will not return once he leaves office in January 2029.

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Center for Countering Digital Hate: Ending ‘Disinformation’ While Taking Aim at Musk, Conservatives

Just the News

On Nov. 4, one day prior to the 2024 presidential election, a headline on the increasingly left-leaning news aggregating site The Drudge Report screamed: “Misleading claims have been viewed more than 2 billion times on X.”

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Jack Smith Finally Ends a $90 Million Legal Assault on Trump, But Leaves Vexing DOJ Issue Unsettled

Just the News

Three special prosecutors and at least $90 million later, Donald Trump remains standing, unscathed and now free of any federal criminal charges. It’s a herculean feat certain to be written into the annals of legal and political history.

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Trump Lawyer Sought Contracts from Candidates, Cabinet Seeker While Advising President-Elect

Admin

One of Donald Trump’s closest advisers Boris Epshteyn solicited political candidates, a defense contractor and at least one potential Cabinet nominee for lucrative consulting contracts at the same time he was being paid by the Trump campaign and advising the President-elect on legal matters, nominations and political communications, according to interviews and documents reviewed by Just the News. One of those who was pitched by Epshteyn for both a consulting contract and an investment opportunity was Scott Bessent, the hedge fund manager named Friday night by Trump as his nominee for Treasury Secretary. Bessent rejected the overtures and eventually, when asked, reported concerns about them to the Trump transition team, including Vice President-elect J.D. Vance.

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GOP Lawmakers Call for Accountability on Federal Funding for Abortion Giants

The Daily Signal

A coalition of Republican lawmakers wants to investigate how much federal funding goes to abortion providers including Planned Parenthood.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, House Pro-Life Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Chris Smith, Rep. Robert Aderholt, and Rep. Claudia Tenney led a bicameral letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office requesting a report on federal funding for abortion providers between fiscal year 2022 and 2024.

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Trump Announces Flurry of Nominations, Including Housing Secretary, OMB, and CDC

Just the News

President-elect Donald Trump announced a series of crucial nominations on Friday night, including tapping NFL veteran Scott Turner as Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and Russ Vought to return as the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

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