What could possibly make Lisa Murkowski a Republican?

"Yes, You're a DEMOCRAT: Lisa Murkowski Makes EXCUSES for Her No Vote on Hegseth and WOW THAT Was Dumb"   "Senator Lisa Murkowski is a no vote Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense. Keep in mind she voted YES for Lloyd Austin who is responsible for arming the Taliban with American weaponry as you read her lengthy post of excuses for why she's voting no." . . .

Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) oppose the nomination.  "We hope the Senate confirms Pete Hegseth.

"President Trump chose him to lead the Pentagon, and it is vital that the administration’s chosen candidate has the chance to set its defense agenda.

"Hegseth’s military background and focus on realigning our forces with their primary mission—protecting the United States—could boost morale and strengthen recruitment.

"Hegseth appears ready to bring a clear sense of purpose to the job.

"He wants to make sure our armed forces are truly prepared for every threat, and we believe that kind of leadership could help rebuild trust between the troops and the White House.

"We hope the Senate will move forward and finalize his confirmation.

The Bottom Line 

"Pete Hegseth’s nomination is hanging in the balance, with two key Republican senators against him.

"The decision will ultimately rest on whether enough GOP members decide his vision and experience are what the country needs right now." . . .

Remember, @SenatorCollins and @lisamurkowski were the only 2 Senate

Republicans to vote for the dude on the left and vote against the dude on the right. https://t.co/cUP83Zte1C

— 🇺🇸 Mike Davis 🇺🇸 (@mrddmia) January 23, 2025

"Worth noting that Sen. Murkowski backed many Biden nominees, including ones most Republicans opposed. "Murkowski also supported Deb Haaland's nomination to run the Dept. of the Interior in 2021. Once confirmed, Haaland proceeded to consistently target Alaska's ability to develop its natural resources." 

In Shocking, Completely Unexpected Twist, Karine Jean-Pierre Blames Racism for Her Failures

RedState 

. . ."Jean-Pierre was awful at her job because she was awful at her job. There was no other reason she received criticism. She was not uniquely held back by extenuating circumstances. She was a dishonest hack who lied repeatedly to the public, and for that, she will be remembered as the most inept person to ever lead a White House briefing." 

"In perhaps the most shocking, least expected twist of the last decade, Karine Jean-Pierre, the first "black, queer, immigrant" to hold the role of White House press secretary, has figured out why she faced so much criticism on the job. You didn't guess it because it's a move that no one could have foreseen, but she's...playing the race card. 

"Vanity Fair is out with a new profile of Jean-Pierre (written by Jean-Pierre herself) because I guess they think Americans are dying for more information on the worst press secretary in presidential history. In it, she claims she faced unique hardships because of her race, sexual orientation, and immigration history. She also claimed that "Society doesn’t allow women of color to be vulnerable at work."

"The disconnect from reality is hard to fathom. Jean-Pierre received more deference in her position than anyone who held it before her. The press handled her with kid gloves despite her lying to their faces multiple times, most importantly about Joe Biden's severe cognitive decline. Instead of ripping her apart, they lauded her as the "first black press secretary" and the "first openly queer press secretary," as if honestly delivering information about a presidential administration is affected by what race they are or who they sleep with. 

"Anytime any reporter dared to step out of line and offer up a hard question, they were accused of disrespect driven by racism and sexism. Meanwhile, Jean-Pierre was so bad at her job that she would often simply read pre-scripted answers from a binder during press briefings, usually obfuscating from the issue at hand in the process. Does anyone think Sean Spicier could have gotten away with that during the first Trump administration? Or do you think the legacy media might have found that unacceptable and disrespectful?" . . . 

The "Race lady", Joy Reid of MSNBC will stand by you ahd give you comfort. TD

MSNBC Host May Regret This Melt Down Live On TV During Trump's Oath

Clinton Jaws  Trump denunciation was what made MSNBC wealthy; Biden's rein was a downgrade for this odious television show, but they should prosper again with the restoration of Donald Trump to the Presidency. TD

"Melania was waiting for the people to get back to their seats, then the justice started way too early before Melania was even at Trump's side"

Comments to 

this post about the "race lady", Joy Reid.

13 hours of MSNBC could cause irreparable harm. Be careful! 

She is so full of Hate ...Like Al is a reverend ..

CNN's Jim Acosta 'getting hosed' as network mulls moving anti-Trump anchor to midnights, sources say

 Fox News  

"The Los Angeles Times similarly reported that If Acosta refuses to accept the midnight shift, "he may exit the network, according to people familiar with his thinking.' " This man was made for MSNBC and/or "The View".

"This is my angry journalist face"

"It was first reported in the Status newsletter last week that Acosta was pitched by CNN CEO Mark Thompson to move him from his one-hour slot at 10 a.m. ET to a two-hour slot beginning at midnight, a move that would "effectively exile Acosta to the Siberia of television news," as it was characterized.

"The report quickly sparked outrage among CNN's liberal fans, many saying such a move means the network is bending the knee to Trump. " . . .

Acosta first joined CNN in 2007, but his rise to stardom didn't occur until ten years later when he was assigned by his then-boss Jeff Zucker to be the network's resident reporter in the White House briefing room. He quickly became notorious for shouting questions at Trump's White House press secretaries and frequently going toe-to-toe with the president himself, developing a reputation for grandstanding and receiving a profile boost by Trump after being called "fake news."

He famously refused to give up the microphone in a 2018 press conference as he engaged in a contentious back-and-forth with Trump. The White House attempted to revoke Acosta's press pass following the dust-up, but his credentials were restored when CNN argued that it violated the First and Fifth Amendment rights of Acosta and the network.

It’s Climate Change’s Fault!

 

California’s governor Gavin Newsom has just seen his future presidential chances go up in flames.    "The massive fires burning his state can be linked directly to his lack of action. Trump tried to warn him, but apparently Newsom is like Biden—he is a radical environmentalist who will intentionally sacrifice citizens and their property to the alter of ‘climate change.’ Gavin refused to clean up detritus on forest floors and another major fire was predictable.

"Newsom and his far-left comrades have torn down dams and refused to build new reservoirs in 20 years. They allow water to drain into the coast in order to help swamps and a smelt—the latter being a small fish that is not on the endangered species list. When we lived in Washington State, there was plenty of smelt. Gavin cares more about fish than human beings. LA firefighting equipment was also sent to Ukraine. Ukraine also got another $500 million from President Biden because Ukraine always comes first.

"California citizens are gouged when it comes to taxes and they do not receive services in return. Many of California’s fire departments are more interested in DEI than dousing fires and when they do show up there is no water coming from fire hydrants. Where is all the taxpayer money going? To the homeless problem that gets worse the more Gavin throws money at it and illegal aliens who enjoy California’s sanctuary cities. More money is wasted on expensive rail systems that are never completed, which indicates kickbacks to corrupt politicians.

"Newsom is an arrogant globalist who considers himself above the law—even those laws he creates.. He insisted on masks, lockdowns, and social distancing during the Covid years, but he was shown at a party with many of his elite friends—laughing, eating, and drinking. No masks were present." . . .

Climate Change Now Gets Blamed For Everything | Investor's Business Daily

Climate Change: CNN this week published a huge story saying the source of the migrant caravan wasn't so much corrupt Central American governments, violence or lousy economic policies. It was climate change. This is just the latest attempt by environmentalists to blame any and all bad news — even acne and animal bites — on climate change. . . .

 Global Warming Ate My Homework: 100 Things Blamed on Global Warming

Late for a party? Miss a meeting? Forget to pay your rent? Blame climate change; everyone else is doing it. From an increase in severe acne to all societal collapses since the beginning of time, just about everything gone wrong in the world today can be attributed to climate change. Here’s a list of 100 storylines blaming climate change as the problem.

Saudi Arabia intends to invest $600 billion in US, crown prince says during call with Trump

The Associated Press  

The White House on Thursday issued a statement acknowledging the call, saying the two leaders “discussed efforts to bring stability to the Middle East, bolster regional security and combat terrorism.” 

"DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said Thursday the kingdom wants to invest $600 billion in the United States over the next four years, comments that came after President Donald Trump earlier put a price tag on returning to the kingdom as his first foreign trip.

"Trump’s 2017 trip to Saudi Arabia upended a tradition of U.S. presidents first heading to the United Kingdom as their first trip abroad. It also underscored his administration’s close ties to the rulers of the oil-rich Gulf states as his eponymous real estate company has pursued deals across the region as well.

"The comments from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, reported early Thursday by the state-run Saudi Press Agency, came in a phone call with Trump. It marked Trump’s first call with a foreign leader since his inauguration Monday.“The crown prince affirmed the kingdom’s intention to broaden its investments and trade with the United States over the next four years, in the amount of $600 billion, and potentially beyond that,” the report said.

"The readout did not elaborate on where those investments and trade could be placed. The U.S. in recent years has increasingly pulled away from relying on Saudi oil exports, which once was the bedrock of their relationship for decades. Saudi sovereign wealth funds have taken large stakes in American businesses while also looking at sports as well." . . .

Trump takes step to overhaul Delta water deliveries to farms, cities

CA Political Review

Toon added by TD

"President Donald Trump lost no time Monday in advancing his agenda for California’s water supply with a “presidential action” intended to send more Delta water south to millions of Southern Californians and San Joaquin Valley farms.

"The memo calls on the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Interior to develop a new plan within 90 days “to route more water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to other parts of the state for use by the people there who desperately need a reliable water supply.” 

"Entitled “Putting People Over Fish: Stopping Radical Environmentalism to Provide Water to Southern California,” Trump’s order calls for reinstating 2019 regulations drafted by his first administration.

"At stake are the rules that guide operation of the federal Central Valley Project and State Water Project, the two systems that deliver water from Northern California rivers to San Joaquin Valley farmers, Southern California residents and other water users in the southern half of the state.

"Because the two systems harm salmon and other protected fish, the regulations have been highly contentious and debated among federal and state officials, environmentalists, farm groups, tribes and scientists for decades. 

"Trump apparently is asking his agencies to override the latest version, years in the making, that the Biden administration, with the support of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration, announced in December.

"Karla Nemeth, director of the state Department of Water Resources, said returning to the earlier Trump rules “has the potential to harm Central Valley farms and Southern California communities that depend upon water delivered from the Delta, and it will do nothing to improve current water supplies in the Los Angeles basin.”

"She said the rules from the Biden and Newsom administrations are the product of a three-year, labor-intensive process “to balance the needs of tens of millions of Californians, businesses, and agriculture while protecting the environment.”

Click here to read the full article in CalMatters

Trump vows to overhaul Delta water deliveries to farms, cities. But his plan actually sent them less water than Biden plan  . . ."Entitled “Putting People Over Fish: Stopping Radical Environmentalism to Provide Water to Southern California,” Trump’s order calls for reinstating 2019 regulations drafted by his first administration.

"At stake are the rules that guide operation of the federal Central Valley Project and State Water Project, the two systems that deliver water from Northern California rivers to San Joaquin Valley farmers, Southern California residents and other water users in the southern half of the state.

"Because the two systems harm salmon and other protected fish, the regulations have been highly contentious and debated among federal and state officials, environmentalists, farm groups, tribes and scientists for decades. 

"Trump apparently is asking his agencies to override the latest version, years in the making, that the Biden administration, with the support of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration, announced in December." . . .

Melissa O'Connor   “Several dozen dams throughout California could store up to 107 billion more gallons of water if they underwent repairs to fix safety problems. But facing a staggering state deficit, the Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom have slashed funding for dam repair grants in half this year.”

When Will It Stop? Huge New Fire Explodes Near Los Angeles, Tens of Thousands Ordered to Evacuate

 Bob Hoge; RedState

   "Many are predicting these epic disasters spell the political end for the elegantly coiffed governor."

"If you can believe it, the catastrophic Palisades fire that ignited on January 7 and destroyed huge swaths of the beautiful Pacific Palisades area, leaving 11 dead, is still burning. It has burned over 23,400 acres, and according to the excellent app Watch Duty, it’s 70 percent contained.

"Meanwhile, the Eaton fire that torched Altadena and burned 14,021 acres, taking the lives of 17 people, is also still going, though it’s now listed at 95 percent contained.

"Are we out of the woods yet? Unfortunately, no, as yet another huge fire started Wednesday and is currently raging around Castaic Lake to the Northwest of downtown Los Angeles. It grew extraordinarily quickly, and it is now at 9,457 acres with only five percent containment. The crucial Interstate 5 had to be closed in both directions for a period, but it's currently open again.

"As with the other fires, the scenes are absolutely apocalyptic:" . . .

California is on Fire From Monterey to San Diego   . . . "Since my last update on the Greater Los Angeles Fires, a massive new wildfire has been burning out of control in an area a little north of Los Angeles.

That blaze is now called the Hughes Fire, and although it has not reached urban areas, authorities have issued an evacuation order for nearby communities, including roughly 18,000 people in the town of Castaic.

At about 10:45 a.m. on Wednesday, a huge column of smoke was spotted in the wilderness near Santa Clarita, California, prompting first responders to request four aircraft and 50 fire engines, according to the fire monitoring organization Watch Duty."...

Los Angeles and San Diego counties are on fire. This is what our lawmakers did today. https://t.co/94mjnPny07

— Elizabeth Barcohana (@E_Barcohana) January 22, 2025

UPDATED: 1:23; pm est: A disgrace at the National Cathedral

UPDATE: Dare we believe this Senator would do such a thing? ‘Yeah, it was a set up’: Information starts to surface over who was behind ‘nasty woke’ bishop at Trump service   "Oh, look at that - she’s a personal friend of incoming U.S. Congresswoman Kelly Morrison (D). Kelly, of course, is known as one of the chief architects of the nation’s most extreme abortion law, the PRO Act. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde even baptized Morrison’s daughter."

Dustin Grage: 

"Did Amy Klobuchar do this? There needs to be an investigation into who scheduled this “sermon” and this WOKE Leftwing activist to proselytize to the POTUS, VP and their families.., Amy Klobuchar was the Chairperson of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies.. she knows Budde from her time when she led the Episcopal Church in Minneapolis.. they know each other very well.."

A disgrace at the National Cathedral 

. . ."As we watched this ignominious display of sheer hubris and in-your-face arrogance, I wondered how many of the viewing audience thought as I did that what we just saw is the reason there will never be a rapprochement with the far left, as its members have utter contempt for every tradition and custom and code of civility upon which America is built.  With all due respect to the high place she holds in my church, I just must say: disgraceful!" . . .

Trump Treasury Sec Nominee Lights Up Woke Bishop With Scolding of His Own  . . ."She whipped up fear, claiming "gay, lesbian, and transgender children" are in danger from Trump, and some "fear for their lives." Trump is not endangering their lives. Yet, this might actually make them think that their lives are in danger from him. Meanwhile, it's the left pushing woke ideologies that truly endangers them. 

"Budde also reduced illegal aliens down to "the people who pick our crops, and clean our office buildings, who labor in poultry farms and meatpacking plants, who wash the dishes after we eat in restaurants, and work the night shifts in hospitals," and told Trump he should "have mercy." 

"Legal immigrant and new senator from Ohio, Bernie Moreno ripped this woke scolding by the Bishop, saying it was insulting to the people who came here legally, that she would try to lecture Trump this way. But he wasn't the only one." . . . 

UPDATE: SCOTT JENNINGS: THE PRAYER SERVICE TURNED INTO A TOTAL WOKE SPECTACLE

"These 'Wokescapelians'or 'Episcowokians' turned it into a circus.
"Donald Trump, I'm sure, regrets participating.
"The bishop politicized the church, and it was frankly a disgrace."
"Source: CNN… https://t.co/coQuqlGg0u pic.twitter.com/hqFMfLQJy9

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) January 22, 2025

Wikipedia:  . . ."As bishop, Budde oversaw the removal of the Washington National Cathedral's stained-glass panes honoring Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. In place of the old windows (donated in 1953 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy), new windows depicting the struggle for African Americans civil rights (entitled Now and Forever and executed by Kerry James Marshall) were installed.^[21][22]

In June 2020, amid the George Floyd protests in Washington, DC, Budde criticized the use of police and National Guard troops to forcibly clear protestors from Lafayette Square ahead of President Donald Trump's pose for a photo op in front of St. John's Church, enabling its use "as a backdrop for a message antithetical to the teachings of Jesus."^{[23][24][25][26]}

In August 2020, Budde offered the benediction at the closing of the second night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention.^[27]

Is the Obama Divorce Rumor Just a Rumor?

 American Spectator  

. . ."Barack wrote that Michell’s reaction to him sitting down with her to talk about running for president was to say, “God, Barack … When is it going to be enough?” Barack related that Michelle then got up, went to the bedroom, and closed the door. Their troubles continued. Barack wrote that throughout his time in office, he felt an “undercurrent of tension in her, subtle but constant.”. . .

https://rofcbybroc.com/

"The rumor that Barack and Michelle Obama are headed toward a divorce has begun to spread in recent weeks. Speculation picked up after Michelle Obama skipped out on attending Jimmy Carter’s funeral and became even more pronounced when the Obamas announced that Barack would attend President Donald Trump’s inauguration while Michelle would not.

"Today, that chatter got louder when former View co-host Meghan McCain and Puck senior political correspondent Tara Palmeri gave legitimacy to the rumor on McCain’s podcast, Citizen McCain With Meghan McCain.

" 'Fast and furious loud, I have been hearing this rumor that the Obamas are getting a divorce by reputable people,” said McCain. “I’m not talking about TMZ. I’m not talking about Perez Hilton — although I love him, he’s my friend. I’m talking about like very serious journalists telling me that they’re hearing that the Obama divorce rumors are true.”

"When McCain asked Palmeri if she had heard that as well, she responded: “Oh yeah! I mean I’ve certainly heard it for a while, even before Michelle said she wasn’t coming to the inauguration…. But yeah, we’ve heard that for a long time. Like I’ve just heard that they live separate lives.” She seconded McCain’s assertion that the rumor wasn’t coming just from tabloids: “[A] lot of the sources that I like am hearing this through, they’re very political. Like this isn’t like TMZ crap that’s telling me about it.”

"Palmeri is extremely well connected, as, prior to joining Puck, she was chief national correspondent for Politico and White House correspondent for ABC News. That lends greater weight to the idea that the divorce rumors are percolating in informed political circles rather than just in tabloids." . . .Full articla here.

Ellie Gardey Holmes is Reporter and Associate Editor at The American Spectator. She is the author of . She is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where she studied political science, philosophy, and journalism. Ellie has previously written for the Daily Caller, College Fix, and Irish Rover.