"We can financially break them. Their coffers are already drying up. And even if they get a short bump among their devoted Dems, that number is dwindling. Peace."
Love it, VeBee, Victor Davis Hanson always tells it like it is The American people have spoken and they won’t be silenced by liberal elites trying to undermine our democracy Time for liberals to accept the will of the people and stop trying to use the courts to push their socialist agenda – Stop Socialist Tyranny
During Bill Clinton’s presidency (1993–2001), the federal government reduced its workforce by approximately 380,000 jobs, primarily through the Reinventing Government Initiative led by Vice President Al Gore. This initiative aimed to streamline government operations and make them more efficient. The majority of the reductions came from the Department of Defense due to post-Cold War military downsizing. By the end of Clinton’s second term, the federal civilian workforce was at its lowest level since the 1960s. – And the CLinton’s robbed America of HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
And those Federal workers who choose not to accept the buyout offered but listen instead to the rantings of Senators Kaine and Warner telling them to remain because the buyout is illegal, I say this: Never EVER bet against Donald Trump. You will be one of those summarily fired.
You should refer to DOGE as USDS or “United States DOGE Service because that is what it actually is and that is the acronym for it. USDS or United States Digital Service was started by Barrack Obama in 2014. Trump and Musk kept the funding, kept the acronym but refocused it’s mission from IT activity to find the receipts activity (it is fully funded and tied into every major agency already) Congress appropriated funds for it in the annual budget and it is bullet proof for legal. Congress can’t stop it without having to re-write dozens of laws. By the time they did it the temporary deadline would expire and Musk would be done so they are trapped by their own creation.
Great framing of the structure and sunset of the program! Unlike senators, congress and career bureaucrat gatekeepers, the need calls it’s own end date! When candidates for office do the same, my respect and trust will follow. Until then, to COIN a phrase: DOGE on!
"As the curtain closes on the Biden administration, former Democratic donor turned MAGA supporter Lindy Li has become a veritable whistleblower on the dysfunction and corruption that plagued her former party during the 2024 election.
"In her recent appearance on "The Shawn Ryan Show," Li didn’t hold back. We previously reported how she claimed that after Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance last June, Hunter Biden had “commandeered the White House,” influencing crucial decisions from the inside.
"But it gets even juicier than that. We’ve all suspected that Joe Biden was getting doped up before public events. But, according to Li, it was definitely happening.
“ 'I do know that he likely took something before the State of the Union,” she said. “I was wondering because I was there for that, and he seemed sharp at the beginning, and then kind of went downhill towards the end.”
"We all noticed that.
“Were there any rumors of him getting doped up? Adderall?” Shawn Ryan asked.
“ 'Oh, there are plenty of rumors, but I'm here to give you the facts,” she said. “Like, everything I've said to you so far has been proven, or I've seen it with my own two eyes. I've never seen him get doped up, but there were plenty of rumors that he would get doped up before every major event.”
"Li continued, “For example, after the debate, he went to North Carolina. It was basically a life-or-death moment for his campaign. He had to prove that he was still ready to continue his race. The rumor was that he took something. The night after the debate, he basically self-destructed before the eyes of the whole world. So the next day, he had to prove that he could still keep going, and that’s what we were told—that he got some sort of injection or whatever before he went on stage in North Carolina. But I wasn’t there to see that, and I can’t say for sure.”
"The transformation that followed left observers baffled. She captured this bizarre enigma well, stating Biden behaved “like PeeWee Herman in one moment and then be like Mahatma Gandhi the next.” A fitting metaphor for a presidency that swung wildly between incoherence and misplaced gravitas.
"Li further suggested that former President Barack Obama was effectively calling the shots through a network of Biden’s old associates, taking control of the administration while it floundered. If that’s not a shadow presidency, what is? Li pointedly said, “It was for sure Obama’s third term,” showing just how intertwined the two legacies had become." . . .
Texas has waged a charm offensive on companies touting its low taxes and limited regulation.
The Lone Star State has also established new business courts to tackle corporate disputes, a factor that many companies find attractive about incorporating in Delaware.
Realtor.com CEO Damian Eales said he was also attracted by Texas' expanding housing stock, low cost of living and growing talent pool off workers.
A few of the comments to this news:
Texas is full. Wish these companies (and people) would stay in their own state and work to change their state’s leadership .
"This needs to be a major wake up call to blue states that their high levels of regulations, taxes, cost of living, homelessness and crime isn’t working and that people and businesses have choices and...See more
"Fine but Don’t bring your California voting ways to texas.
"The administration has given intelligence chiefs a 45-day deadline to develop a comprehensive plan for releasing additional archives related to the assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr., suggesting a broader commitment to historical transparency."
"Nearly 2,400 new documents related to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination have surfaced following Donald Trump’s executive order demanding complete transparency.
"The FBI’s discovery of approximately 14,000 pages of previously undisclosed materials has sent shockwaves through both political circles and the historical research community.
"Trump’s recent executive order, signed upon his return to the White House in late January, mandated the immediate release of all remaining classified documents pertaining to the 1963 assassination.
"The FBI’s revelation of these additional materials on Friday has ignited a firestorm of speculation and controversy among Kennedy scholars, apparent conspiracy theorists and Trump administration officials alike.
"Jefferson Morley, a leading expert on the Kennedy assassination, emphasized the significance of this development in his statement to Axios: “This is huge. It shows the FBI is taking this seriously.”
"Musk has not ended the media bias but he stamped an expiration date on it. The media will obey the marching orders from the deep state until publishers realize the Trump Train is here and the gravy train ain’t coming back."
"Thanks to DOGE, I learned the media’s coverage of Trump’s two presidencies was not based on talking points but on marching orders from the deep state. Musk traded in his Tesla for a DOGE Ram and we all found out the federal government gives millions to media outlets.
"The old saw holds that he who pays the piper calls the tune.
"That tune sure ain’t the Star-Spangled Banner.
"The deep state sold Russiagate and all sorts of other crackpot conspiracy theories to the American people through state-paid media outlets such as NYT, AP and BBC. Politico alone received $8.2 million from the government last year through special subscriptions that begin at $10,000 each.
"Last Tuesday, Trump stopped the payments and a few hours later, Politico failed to meet its payroll. The news outlet denied, denied and denied that there was a connection. It was an implausible denial. In politics, there are no such things as coincidences.
"The subscription payments to Politico were not the only ones under fire. Social media accounts also shared screenshots of payments to the Associated Press and the New York Times. Musk called the New York Times “government-funded media” after reposting screenshots of subscriptions the government bought from the outlet.
"BBC Media Action, an international charity that supports and trains local journalists and outlets around the world, received funds from USAID that totaled about 8% of the charity’s income in 2023-24. The charity is “completely separate from BBC News,” it has said, and does not produce news itself." . . .
"We’re not “exiling” anyone; we’re making dreams come true for impoverished families. It’s an act of love and friendship. We’re giving them what they want."
White liberals LOVE the Palestinian people. Whenever anything about Israel or the Middle East pops up in the news, white liberals say the exact same thing as Mrs. Lovejoy, only replacing “children” with “Palestinians”:
"For Trump’s plan to work, the Palestinians would need to be physically relocated from Gaza. Which can certainly be done: History is rife with examples of populations being moved. Some of the darkest, ugliest pages in our history books are replete with examples.
"And that’s the problem: The PR fallout would be devastating.
"The optics of forcibly displacing civilians from their ancestral homeland, stripping them of their possessions, and marching men, women, and children at gunpoint would have highly unpredictable outcomes, especially in an Age of TikTok. Worst case scenario, it could trigger an explosion of radical Islamic opposition that topples regimes, ends peace agreements, and leads to global terrorism.
"Nobody is entirely sure how the fabled “Arab Street” would react, but clearly, the consequences of misreading it would be devastating. As a risk-reward proposition, it could be a very dangerous wager.
"But if it’s mainly a PR problem, then there ought to be a PR solution.
"Here’s our challenge: How do we change the Mid East narrative away from forcibly exiling the poor Palestinians civilians to one of hopeful, excited Palestinian families grinning from ear-to-ear, eagerly awaiting a wonderful future because they GET to leave?
"And it’s simple: Have a lotto.
"To get the ball rolling, we need 5 thousand new apartments built along the beach or in a city somewhere in Jordan, Egypt, or elsewhere. The apartments should be lovely; we’d want beautiful “artistic renderings” of happy families living together in paradise.
"Build ‘em ASAP.
"Then offer these beautiful new apartments to the Palestinian people. Give ‘em away for free (or at a ridiculous discount). And put the sign-up sheet in the middle of town at noon under some kind of lotto system… and GO!" . . .
Watchtower Society PR would work wonders in this effort; it's ubiquitous in their literature.
. . ."The replies and quoted reposts are chock full of those sharing that they have submitted their own whistleblower complaints, against Democrats, to spam the system. Others reminded how Schumer himself has threatened conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices, as he did with Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh in 2020, if they did not vote the way he wanted to on an abortion-related case. The Department of Justice (DOJ) for the second Trump term has since opened an investigation into Schumer for such comments."
Mollie Hemingway and others went into overdrive with Schumer's opening:
“The facts of the case are clear: The mayor never used his official position for personal benefit. Nor did he have any role in violating campaign finance laws. Despite a lot of fanfare and sensational claims, ultimately there was no evidence presented that he broke any laws, ever. The witnesses that were promised never materialized. The additional charges that were threatened never came. Now, thankfully, the mayor and New York can put this unfortunate and misguided prosecution behind them.”
"But the calls went unheeded and put Adams, who once called himself the “Biden of Brooklyn,” forever out of the former president’s good graces."
"The Justice Department ordered Manhattan prosecutors Monday to dismiss the historic bribery case against Mayor Eric Adams — siding with Hizzoner that the charges under the Biden administration were politically motivated and hampered his ability to combat the migrant crisis in New York City, The Post has confirmed.
""The new DOJ under President Trump instructed the Southern District of New York to dismiss the case without prejudice, meaning charges could be refiled in the future, sources said.
" 'You are directed, as authorized by the Attorney General, to dismiss the pending charges” against Adams, Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove wrote in a letter obtained by The Post.
"The letter notes “independent reasons” as to why Adams’ case was being tossed — including that the case was retribution for him speaking out against the Biden administration for its handling of the migrant crisis.
“ 'It cannot be ignored that Mayor Adams criticized the prior Administration’s immigration policies before the charges were filed, and the former US Attorney’s public actions created appearances of impropriety…” . . .
"The horrific state of released Israeli hostages conjures up images of concentration camp survivors while Hamas accuses Israel of ceasefire violations."
On US campuses, guess which of these three is the enemy. TD
"If President Donald Trump needed more reason to pursue his “take over” Gaza pipedream, Hamas pulled through again over the weekend. On Saturday, Feb. 8, Israeli hostages Eli Sharabi (52), Or Levy (34), and Ohad Ben Ami (56) were released as part of the ceasefire agreement with Israel showing visible signs of physical and mental abuse and evidence of starvation in clear violation of the Geneva Convention on the treatment of prisoners. Their empty stares and frail bodies looked as if they were straight from the 1945 Nazi concentration camp liberations.
"Following the same publicity stunt from the hostage release on Jan. 25, Sharabi, Levy, and Ben Ami — the first males released in “phase one” of the current agreement — were handed over to the Red Cross after publicly exhibited on a curated stage in the central Gazan city Deir al-Balah.
But whereas the last hostages released exuded confidence and poise, shaming Hamas and turning what should have been their humiliation into a victory, the three men on Saturday were hard to watch. They looked grossly malnourished with haggard faces, crushed spirits, and visibly unstable on their feet, shuffling their steps and needing help getting in and out of the SUVs. (RELATED: Israeli Hostages Turn Humiliation into Victory)
"Sharabi and Ben Ami mounted the stage dressed in brown prison uniforms that seemed to swallow their skeletal frames. Levy, barely recognizable, and while not serving in the IDF, was dressed in military olive drab as Hamas considers any Israeli under the age of 50 a soldier. They were made to speak into microphones before the crowd about how well they were treated in captivity and stressed the urgent need for more hostage-prisoner exchanges. Many Israeli news outlets refused to air the speeches, knowing full well it was scripted propaganda. The depressing scene sparked immediate outrage across Israel. “He looks terrible,” Ben Ami’s mother said. “He is 57, but he looks ten years older …. he looked like a skeleton.” . . .
"In the past year, many Jews were considering fleeing Belgium because of virulent anti-Semitism, coming from the rapidly growing Muslim migrant population."
Israel Hayom "After nearly eight months of political deadlock and exhausting negotiations, Belgium is finally on the verge of forming a new government. The new coalition, composed of five parties, leans toward the right. When it comes to Israel, this marks a real transformation.
The previous government was one of the most hostile to Israel in Europe, but the new coalition agreement effectively sets a more pro-Israel stance. Now there there will be no unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state, and Hezbollah will be designated as a terrorist organization."
. . ."Another significant move, which will likely be welcomed in Jerusalem, is Belgium’s decision to classify Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, banning all ties with the group, including its political wing. The coalition agreement also affirms Belgium’s firm opposition to Iran’s nuclear program.
"In recent years, Belgium has become a hotbed for pro-Palestinian movements, some of which have openly supported Hamas. Under the previous government, there was a sense that Brussels had neither the will nor the ability to curb anti-Israel incitement in public spaces."
It certainly seems the schoolyard bullies of the world want to steal the Jews' lunch money and lock them in their lockers. TD
"From Mao Zedong to Joseph Stalin, from “gender-affirming care” to open borders, from Che Guevara to Joe Biden, from abortion to DIE, progressivism maims and murders innocent people."
"According to Natalia Mittelstadt’s new report at Just the News, a number of air traffic controllers (ATC) are blaming the Federal Aviation Administration’s “hiring practices” and an “immunity program” for recent tragedies, but particularly, the midair collision that occurred over the Potomac River and took the lives of 67 people.
"It’s already been covered that DIE played a significant role in the crash concerning the abilities (or lack thereof) of pilot Rebecca Lobach, who was reportedly warned multiple times about her flight path, and was a progressive activist who apparently spent more time goofing off in the Joe Biden White House than working on maintaining a perishable skill like aviating. Considering the lack of transparency surrounding Lobach’s involvement and the fact that the helicopter’s advanced tracking system was turned off at the time of the crash, some are even wondering if the crash wasn’t an accident but a homicidal outburst from a mentally ill LGBTQ individual. If so, it’s entirely consistent.
"But now, Mittelstadt reports on a new DIE angle to the tragedy. First, FAA hiring practices, which were deliberately slowed to a “freeze” because FAA brass determined there were “too many white people” employed by the agency, and they needed time to figure out how to get around potential racial discrimination accusations when barring the whites to favor racial minorities.
"Secondly, Mittelstadt highlights an “immunity program” known as the Air Traffic Safety Action Program (ATSAP) which promises “no punitive or disciplinary actions” for any errors reported—from what I gather, ATSAP seems to be a safe space to report yourself and others for mistakes made on the job that would have otherwise gone unnoticed and unidentified. An experienced air traffic controller revealed that ATSAP makes it so there is “no way to decertify controllers who can’t be retrained” Sounds perfectly “goverment” if you ask me." . . .
"At the same time, a lawsuit that has long flown under the radar provides a glimpse into just how far the agency is willing to go to achieve those goals, even at the expense of skills-based tests for air traffic controllers." . . .
Monica Showalter. . ."Things like this, where the army fights the navy, are exactly what happen in a night-haunted tinpot dictatorship.
"If what Noem says is right, this is an amazing breach of professionalism at the FBI, leaking news of raids to the press in order to undermine another federal agency.
"It's almost impossible to believe it's true, but here we are, one federal agency accusing another one of using the press to knock down the other guy. Other than to support Democrats, and perhaps make President Trump look weak and ineffective on immigration, it's hard to say why they would be doing this. Is it one kid, or the full management suite on the top floor?
"Yes, the FBI is famous for "leaking like a wet brown bag," as I once read in a Ross Thomas novel. Andrew McCabe lost his job at the top tier of the FBI for this, and James Comey engaged in it with alacrity, laundering his leaks through his Columbia University professor pal, who then went to the press. He actually admitted it, like there was nothing wrong.
"But this is a new era now, and they ought to be on their best behavior if they know what's good for them. At least one of them there is doing the opposite, and there have been inexplicable leaks to the press: . . ."
WEAPONIZATION: The FBI is leaking details of ICE raids to the media and the anti-deportation NGOs. The FBI is a very damaged agency. @Kash_Patel can't get confirmed soon enough. The FBI is serious need of reform. pic.twitter.com/pABwl60Sxk
“ 'We think it’s coming from inside,” he said, speaking to Sean Hannity on Fox News on Tuesday, referring to leaks to the media about recent ICEraids in Colorado.
"Homan also blamed the FBI for leaked information about a large, upcoming raid in California that’s expected to happen before the end of the month, saying, “some of the information we are receiving tends towards the FBI.” . . .
"The California leak, Secretary Noem, she’s correct. Some of the information we’re receiving tends to lead toward the FBI." . . .
. . ."We’re arresting, giving the Venezuela gang a heads up so we can’t arrest them. You’re putting officers’ lives at risk. It’s only a matter of time. If we walk into a place where there’s going to be a bad guy, he doesn’t care. He’s going to be sitting and waiting for the officer to show up and ambush them."
