Thursday, January 23, 2025

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.”. . .

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"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. 

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Wednesday, January 22, 2025

California Fires Updates: Wednesday, Jan. 22

 Breaking: New wildfire reported in Los Angeles County on Jan. 22



California fires live updates: Los Angeles County fires death toll rises to 28 - ABC News   . . ."A new wildfire was reported today at 1:46 a.m. in Los Angeles County. The wildfire has been burning on private land. At this time, there is no data on the containment status of the fire and the cause has yet to be determined. " 
California Fires Updates: Wednesday, Jan. 22   . . ."Thousands of firefighters have been battling wildfires across 45 square miles of densely populated Los Angeles County. The two largest fires, the Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades and the Eaton Fire near Pasadena, remain active." . . .

The Los Angeles wildfires have exposed the incompetence, neglect, and lack of preparation of progressive Democrat leadership — just like Hurricane Katrina did in New Orleans.   . . . "You’ll forgive me if my frame of reference is a little local for the taste of much of our readership, but ever since the images started coming out of those fires spreading all over Southern California and piling up the billions of dollars in lost homes and businesses, I haven’t been able to shake the comparisons to what happened in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans some 20 years ago.
"You’ve got to admit the analogy is substantial. In New Orleans, the infrastructure failure was poorly made and shoddily maintained levees, while in California it’s the intentional neglect of the reservoirs and water capture infrastructure in an area that is constantly water starved and prone to wildfires in the first place.
"Then you have an out-to-lunch governor. Louisiana had Kathleen Blanco, who was instantly overwhelmed by the organizational challenge of a hurricane response. California’s Gavin Newsom is certainly that, but he’s also badly out of touch and has no understanding of the dynamics of an emergency situation, either.
"There’s the analogy of the mayor. Karen Bass was in Ghana when the fires first broke out, and when she returned, it was clear Los Angeles’s emergency management wouldn’t really profit from her presence. That isn’t so different from the performance of New Orleans’s Ray Nagin, who camped out in a suite at the Hyatt Regency Hotel next door to the Superdome and ran up a massive food and drink tab while doing rambling interviews with CNN as his constituents turned into a mishmash of refugees and looters.
"George W. Bush was castigated as an out-of-touch president as the levees broke after Katrina, and perhaps that was true. Bush probably deserved the media opprobrium he got for staring out the window of Air Force One as it flew over the Katrina floodwaters in New Orleans, but that shouldn’t have been half as destructive a set of optics as Joe Biden interrupting a briefing on the Los Angeles fires to announce that he’s now a great grandfather." . . .

That last bit was a taste of Barack Obama or Sean Hannity: "no matter the story, here's something about me."

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Must-See: Rep. Tim Burchett Absolutely Bodies Smug Jim Acosta Live On-Air, and Then Does It Again

 Bonchie  

. . ."There were several exchanges in which Burchett left Acosta fuming, and naturally, the topic of the day was January 6th because CNN is intent on going down with that ship." . . .


"Jim Acosta will soon be relegated to CNN's after-midnight block, but in the meantime, he's ensuring everyone knows why he was banished. 

"Infamous for accosting a female staffer during the first Trump administration while fighting over a microphone (a microcosm of his career if there ever was one), Acosta was pulled off the White House circuit during the Biden years to host a daytime television show. It's gone about as well as you'd expect, with the "journalist" routinely placing third place in the ratings battle among the big three networks. Ever the trooper, though, that hasn't stopped him from being as insufferable as humanly possible.

"On Wednesday, Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) found himself battling Acosta and ended up rhetorically bodying him in the process. As an aside, I still do not understand why any Republican goes on CNN when all its doing is helping make the left-wing network money, but that's a discussion for another day. " . . .

OUCH. @TimBurchett absolutely bodies CNN's Jim Acosta as the network losing to Spongebob reruns....

. . ."ACOSTA: And I just want to ask you, if any of these people who were released from prison, if any of them commit crimes in the future, should Donald Trump take personal responsibility for that?

"BURCHETT: No more than Joe Biden should take personal responsibility for the 14 million people, for Laken Riley losing her life because he didn't have enough guts to enforce the law and back Americans.

"ACOSTA: I'm not talking about Joe Biden.

"BURCHETT: Well, you should be." . . .Full article...   


Jim Acosta Ridiculed for Ridiculous Live on Air Stunt He Pulled in Attempt to Keep His Job

   . . ."As could be expected, commenters on X found that contention was laughable. For example, Glenn Greenwald wrote, “This nakedly partisan b**** really does think he’s the Conscience of America.” He added, “Never seen a more self-important, sanctimonious blow hard in my entire life. And no, I’ll never get over the fact that he wrote a book bought by dumb liberals where he depicted himself as endangered.” . . .

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The Long Awaited Hostage Transfer

 Phyllis Chesler


"First, Hamas delayed the hostage release, delayed disclosing the names of who was being released. More psychological torture? Does this delay rise to the level of breaking the "cease fire"?

"Second, as Hamas is sending the first three female hostages back to Israel, they are out there in force, fully masked and armed. They are still terrorizing the hostages on their way out to freedom.

"Third, none of the Gazan men and boys who are mobbing and blocking and slowing down the Red Cross ambulance which is holding the three Israeli female hostages on their back to Israel, look emaciated. No one seems to have been starved or genocidally exterminated. They are all holding up their cellphone cameras. The streets are chaotic.

"Fourth, Still, the IDF is planning for every eventuality even as the Israeli government is collecting and transferring Gazan Arab terrorists from Israeli jails. Men with a great deal of blood on their hands; men who will commit mass murders again and again; men who will be living in Yehuda and Shomron, East Jerusalem, and possibly in Gaza. What is wrong with this picture?

"Fifth, let's take careful note of how well fed, housed, educated, and medically serviced these barbarian terrorists have been in Israeli hands.

"Sixth, Israelis are, even now, in the streets, demonstrating both for and againt this deal.

"Seventh--the Red Cross never once visited the Israeli hostages. I have nothing to say about such an egregious omission.

"Eighth, I cannot begin to imagine the torture these three women must have suffered nor can anyone predict what they will need to recover "well enough" to rejoin their former lives.

"By the way, the IDF had to rescue a corpse from 2014, a corpse that Hamas refused to hand over.

"More to come."

Why Am I So Sad on This Day of All Days?   

. . ."Here is the naked proof, but one example, of whom Israel and all infidels are dealing. After these three young women have already spent 471 days hovering between life and death in dark tunnels beneath the earth--the sadists had not had enough. They needed to remind the women and the world of who they are. Barbarian fascists, a greater threat to world peace than any Western right-winger could ever be." . . .

. . ."I've just watched masked, armed, Hamas barbarians storm the departing Red Cross Vehicle in which three female Israeli hostages were being transported out of captivity. With guns and hoarse cries of, "Kill the Jews," these sadistic fiends banged on the windows, jumped on the car roof, surrounded the car/van, blocked it from moving." . . .

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For Pardoned J6 Defendants From PA, A New Nightmare Might Be Looming

Matt Vespa 

 "[Philadelphia DA] Larry Krasner dropped charges against Philly rioters from the Riots of May- June 2020, October 2020, and August 2023"

"President Donald J. Trump pardoned or commuted the sentences of some 1,500 January 6 defendants. They’ve been released from prison for engaging in a little riot, which, contrary to liberal fake news, did not result in the deaths of any police officers. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick wasn’t killed in the melees—he died of natural causes. The only person who died was protester Ashli Babbitt. 

"Yet, for those defendants pardoned who live in Pennsylvania, a new legal threat might be looming with Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, who is mulling filing state charges. There will be challenges vis-à-vis double jeopardy, but Krasner is reportedly sold on the opinion that “you can have a state prosecution for conduct that was not fully encompassed in the federal prosecution.” 

George Soros’s Prosecutors [including Larry Krasner] Wage War on Law and Order | The Heritage Foundation   

"Before he was elected in 2017, Krasner was a career criminal defense attorney who sued the Philadelphia Police Department repeatedly. In his first run for District Attorney, Krasner received $1.7 million from Soros-funded groups—90% of his campaign cash. For his 2021 re-election campaign, Krasner received a combined $1,259,000 from Soros-funded groups." . . .

 . . ."Krasner fired 31 career homicide and violent crime prosecutors immediately upon taking office. He replaced them with public defenders and defense-oriented criminal attorneys and ordered them to decline to prosecute most drug cases, charge lower gradations of crimes, offer sweetheart plea deals, require shorter probation and parole periods, and more. Sound familiar?" 

House Votes to Impeach Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner | Pennsylvania House Republican Caucus  

National chain employers are shuttering Philadelphia stores due to retail theft/security/safety.  Krasner uses his office to crusade against what he considers “social injustices,” such as bail reform and reduced sentencing. However, his campaign comes at the expense of victims and lost lives.

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That Elon Musk Nazi salute continues


The Elon Musk Nazi Salute Story Got More Interesting   "The liberal media is going to obsess about this for days, aren’t they? Elon Musk gave a heart gesture to the audience at the Trump inaugural rally on Monday, and the Left, predictably, thought this was a Nazi salute. It’s not; luckily, the story is losing legs because it’s untrue." . . .

"Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has been especially triggered by this moment, which no one cares about. The Anti-Defamation League also said this wasn’t a Nazi salute."

Libs of TikTok
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A Bishop Insults Trump

Rajan Laad   

"The rest of Rev. Budde's statement made her sound like an MSNBC contributor. She mentioned 400 years of systemic racism and white supremacy. She aligned the church 'with those seeking justice for the death of George Floyd.' Although there was an explicit mention of supporting peaceful protests, her lack of condemnation of the burning of the church or the rioting, looting, and violence made it clear where she stood." . . .

          NOW - Scott Jennings Nukes Woke 'Bishop' for Hijacking Trump's Prayer Service

"Just yesterday, at an inaugural prayer service sermon, an Episcopal bishop addressed President Donald Trump directly and urged him to “have mercy upon” illegal immigrants and LGBTQ+ children.

"The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, said the following during the concluding moments of her sermon.

"Millions have put their trust in you. And as you told the nation yesterday, you have felt the providential hand of a loving God."

“In the Name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now.”  

“There are gay, lesbian, and transgender children in Democratic, Republican, and independent families. Some who fear for their lives.”

“The people who pick our crops and clean our office buildings, who labor in poultry farms and meat-packing plants, who wash the dishes after we eat in restaurants and work the night shifts in hospitals. They may not be citizens, or have the proper documentation, but the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals.”

“Our God teaches us that we are to be merciful to the stranger, for we were all once strangers in this land.”  

"So, what does one make of this?

"The bishop had no right to abuse her position in the church and hijack a prayer service with a political message. By mentioning only working-class illegal migrants, she is attempting to imply that this is about class and that Trump is persecuting the less fortunate. It also reveals her outlook when she assumes that illegal aliens can only be dishwashers and such. But illegal aliens could be wealthy and hold white-collar jobs. They could be the kind who overstay their visas." . . . Full article...

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!" . . .

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Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Charm and grace in the White House

 


Melania Trump: Enigmatic and fiercely independent first lady is back   . . ."Prof Vigil says one of the biggest challenges that Mrs Trump faced in her first term was her political inexperience as well as a revolving door of staff, who were equally inexperienced and at times disloyal.
"But Mrs Trump kept quietly busy regardless, Prof Vigil adds, advocating for issues like children’s welfare through her Be Best campaign against online bullying.
" 'She was forced to defend that campaign given her own husband's aggressive use of social media, telling CBS in 2016 that how he conducted himself online got him in trouble - and boosted his followers.
"She also advocated for children affected by the opioid crisis, and has since started a foundation that raises education funds for children in foster care.

Melania Trump - White House Historical Association  "Melanija Knavs (Melania Knauss) was born on April 26, 1970, in Novo Mesto, Slovenia (the former Yugoslavia) to parents Viktor and Amalija Knavs.
"As a young woman, Melania studied design before pausing her studies to pursue a modeling career abroad. She became a successful fashion model, appearing in television advertisements, fashion magazines, and billboards. She came to the United States during the 1990s and continued her modeling career. On January 22, 2005, she married businessman and real estate mogul Donald J. Trump at the Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach, Florida. The following year, the couple welcomed their son, Barron.
"When Donald J. Trump was elected president in 2016, Melania Trump became the second first lady born outside of the United States (the first being Louisa Catherine Adams) and the only first lady to become a naturalized U.S. citizen (2006)." . . .

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The Full List of President Donald Trump’s Executive Orders on Day One

Joel B. Pollak  "President Donald Trump signed 118 executive orders, actions, and memoranda on January 20, 2025, within hours of taking the Oath of Office." . . .

"More such executive orders are expected in the days to come, as Trump is expected to issue over 200 executive orders, actions, and memoranda — as suggested by The Agenda: What Trump Should Do in His First 100 Days."

Broc Smith toon added

  1. Rescinding 78 executive orders by President Joe Biden. Revocations include:
  • Biden’s order to make “equity,” rather than “equality,” the focus of federal policy;
  • Biden’s order to include illegal aliens in the Census;
  • Biden’s order to impose coronavirus mandates and restrictions;
  • Biden’s order to allow transgender individuals to serve in the military;
  • Biden’s order to ban private prisons;
  • Biden’s order to prioritize climate change; to ease immigration enforcement;
  • Biden’s order to revoke sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC);
  • Biden’s order to establish a court-packing commission to make the Supreme Court permanently liberal;
  • Biden’s order to prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in federal hiring;
  • Biden’s order to restrict offshore oil and gas development;
  • Biden’s order to impose sanctions on Israelis linked to the political right;
  • Biden’s order to rescind Cuba’s designation as a state sponsor of terrorism; and
  • Biden’s order to revoke many of Trump’s executive orders from his first term.
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President Trump Will Pardon 1,500 Jan 6 Political Prisoners and Commute Sentences of 6 Tonight—Tells Reporter Who Questioned His Actions “Go stand over there with your friends”

 The Gateway Pundit

"January 6th political prisoners have been languishing in prisons across America for the past four years, many without a trial. Many of them never had a criminal record, many never committed a single act of violence, including on January 6, 2021, and most of them have had their lives destroyed by the Democrat Party machine’s punishing injustice system.

 

Proud Boys Leader Enrique Tarrio RELEASED With Full Pardon From 22 Year Sentence! List of 14 Commutations Released by President Trump – All Other Related Convictions Granted “Full, Complete and Unconditional Pardons”




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There are Trump's pardons and then there are Biden's pardons

Schiff’s shocking words to Joy Reid haunt him after Biden ‘preemptive pardon’… "Joe Biden was handing out preemptive pardons to some of the Swamp’s creepiest and slimiest characters. From Fauci to Milley, Cheney to Kinzinger, and plenty of ghouls in between including the one we’re focusing on today: Adam Schiff.

"Schiff happily accepted the blanket pardon—but why? If he did nothing wrong, why would he need one?

"That’s the question that is coming back to haunt Schiff, even as we speak.

"After all, it was Schiff who showed up on Joy Reid’s low-rated show to discuss these preemptive pardons, and how innocent people don’t need them." . . .

"Schiff once claimed that these types of pardons were “presidential abuse” and needed to be stopped. But, of course, Schiff isn’t raising a fuss over Biden’s preemptive pardons. Because, as we all know, it’s always (D)ifferent for (D)ems." . . .


Office of the Pardon Attorney | Pardons Granted by President Joseph Biden (2021-Present)   Office of the Pardon Attorney    Here's a spread sheet for you.

Much more on the Trump-Schiff conflict during Trump's first term


Biden issues pre-emptive pardons for siblings, Fauci and 6 Jan riot committee   . . ."As he prepared to leave the White House, Biden also commuted the life sentence of indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was serving a life sentence for the 1975 murder of two FBI agents. Peltier will transition to house arrest, Biden said in a statement.

"On Monday morning, a Trump spokesperson called Biden's pre-emptive pardons "the greatest attack on America's justice system in history".

" 'With the stroke of a pen, he [Biden] unilaterally shielded a group of political cronies from the scales of justice," Taylor Budowich, Trump's incoming deputy chief of staff for communications and personnel said in a post on X.

Liz Cheney Slams Trump’s Inaugural Speech After Biden Hands Her Preemptive Pardon

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Root causes of the #WalkAway movement

The #WalkAway Campaign I Patriots Fighting for America I Home

"#WalkAway Mission: Encourage others to #WalkAway from the Democrat Party through the restoration of the people's voice, a return to our founding principles, and support of politicians who personify #WalkAway values. 

Long disappointed in the Democrat Party, the Biden Democrat Party was the final straw for so many including the founders of this movement, Brandon Straka and Cait Corrigan. TD



"Truth!
We tolerated President Obama for 8 years and kept quiet. Here is my issue with the whole, “let us all be a United States again” that we heard from President Biden. For the last 4+ years, the Democrats have gone and scorched earth. You have salted the fields and now you want to grow crops. The problem is 75+ million of us have memories longer than a hamster.
We remember the women’s march (vagina hats 😂 and all) the day after inauguration.
We remember the 4 years of attacks and impeachments.
We remember “not our president” and the “Resistance…”
We remember Maxine Walters telling followers to harass us in restaurants.
We remember the Presidents spokesperson being kicked out a restaurant.
We remember hundreds of Trump supporters physically attacked.
We remember Trump supporters getting Doxed, and fired from jobs.
We remember riots, and looting.
We remember “a comedian” holding up the President’s severed head.
We remember a play in Central park paid with public funding, showing the killing of President Trump.
We remember Robert de Niro yelling “F" Trump” at the Tony’s and getting a standing ovation.
We remember Nancy Pelosi tearing up the State of the Union Address.
We remember the total in the tank move on the mainstream media.
We remember the non-stop and live fact checking on our President and his supporters.
We remember non-stop in your face lies and open cover-ups from the media.
We remember the President and his staff being spied on.
We remember five Senators shot on a ballfield.
We remember every so-called comedy show turn into nothing but Trump hate fest.
We remember 95% negative coverage in the news.
We remember the state governors asking and getting everything they ask for and then blaming Trump for their problems.
We remember a Trump top aid verbally assaulted in two DC restaurants.
We remember people banging on the Supreme Court doors.
We remember that we were called every name in the book for supporting President Trump.
We remember that Hollywood said they would leave after Trump was elected but they stayed.
We remember being called Nazis
We remember being called Deplorables
We remember being called Fascists
We remember our sitting President calling us "garbage" and Kamala (and the media) trying to tell us to "get past it because Biden doesn't matter anymore"
This list is endless, but you get the idea. My friends will be my friends, but a party that has been on the attack for 4 long years does not get a free pass with me.
I will never give the Democrats a break for all the trouble they’ve caused. They’ve dug a very very deep hole and it’s going to take a very long time for them to crawl out of it." 

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