Episode 1015 – America Is Becoming Great Again!

The NFL has a big week in front of them as the Super Bowl approaches.

Democrats are bring out the same old playbook against Elon Musk and Doge after the shuttering of USAID.

And Donald Trump may have another big move coming.

News

Here is some news:

  • Pam Bondi has been confirmed as attorney general. The vote was 54 to 46.
  • The Central Intelligence Agency, in what officials reportedly claimed was an effort to bring the agency in line with Trump’s agenda, offered buyouts to its entire staff on Tuesday.
    • So far, 20,000 former employees have taken the offer to be paid and receive full benefits until the end of September in return for resigning.
  • President Donald Trump is reportedly set to attend Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans on Sunday, which would make him the first president to attend America’s biggest sporting event while in office.
  • The NFL has reportedly sent the word to remove the messaging “End Racism” from the end zones for Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans on Sunday.
  • President Donald Trump reacted on Tuesday to the news that former President Joe Biden was going to Hollywood after signing with the Creative Artists Agency (CAA), a mega talent and sports agency.
    • “You gotta be kidding. He signed on with a talent agency? I think he’s got bigger problems than that. I really do. I think he’s got much bigger problems than that. But I wish him well.”
  • Elon Musk keeps pissing off the Democrats. Let the lawfare begin!
    • There are calls for him to be arrested, for whatever reason.
    • There have been calls to have him testify in front of the House Oversight Committee.
    • Then, there’s Maxine Waters:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1886905402761126389

This is unhinged and makes no sense.

  • And, in our last story, Trump made a big announcement:

The positives:

  • Keeps us dead center in the Middle East. Something we lost in Afghanistan.
  • Can build military bases, ports and airports.
  • Will put fear into the terrorists.
  • Will eliminate Hamas.
  • Can change the culture.
  • Will lead to a Palestinian state.
  • Will be a deterrent to terrorists from attacking Israel.
  • Will rid the “bad guy” tag on Israel. The U.S. will handle it.

Negatives:

  • Troops will be on the ground.
  • Even with Hamas gone, terrorists will roam.
  • It will be expensive.
  • The Israeli people, maybe even Netanyahu, may not be to warm on the idea.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/level-it-trump-says-us-take-over-gaza-strip-rebuild?intcmp=tw_fnc
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/04/judge-blocks-trumps-executive-order-on-transgender-prisoners-00202521
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-confirms-pam-bondi-u-s-attorney-general
https://www.dailywire.com/news/nfl-to-remove-end-racism-message-in-super-bowl-end-zones-report

Dumbass of the Day

Please Make It Happen

From the Post Millennial:

President Donald Trump made dozens of campaign promises that he’s been tackling one executive order at a time, and next up is the Department of Education. The DOE, which has been a thorn in the sides of parents and education activists alike, is only able to be shut down by Congress, but that restriction hasn’t stopped Trump since he took office on January 20.

President Trump reiterated that his top objective for Department of Education secretary nominee Linda McMahon is for her to bring about the elimination of the position altogether.

“I told Linda — ‘Linda, I hope you do a great job and put yourself out of a job. I want her to put herself out of a job [in the] Education Department.”

https://nypost.com/2025/02/04/us-news/president-trump-lays-out-goal-for-education-secretary-i-want-her-to-put-herself-out-of-a-job/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social
https://thepostmillennial.com/trump-preps-order-to-end-department-of-education-report

Just Stupid!

According to the New York Post:

New York Attorney General Letitia James warned local hospitals Monday that they will be in violation of state discrimination laws if they comply with President Trump’s executive order aimed at outlawing sex-change procedures for minors. 

“Regardless of the availability of federal funding, we write to further remind you of your obligations to comply with New York State laws, including those that prohibit discrimination against individuals based on their membership in a protected class, such as sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, national origin, citizenship or immigration status, military status, disability, or marital status,” James wrote in a letter to New York health care facilities.

“Electing to refuse services to a class of individuals based on their protected status, such as withholding the availability of services from transgender individuals based on their gender identity or their diagnosis of gender dysphoria, while offering such services to cisgender individuals, is discrimination under New York law,” she added. 

https://nypost.com/2025/02/03/us-news/ny-ag-letitia-james-tells-hospitals-to-continue-sex-change-procedures-for-minors-despite-trumps-executive-order

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Episode 1014 – Don’t Talk About It, Do It!

The list goes on of countries that have caved to Donald Trump. We need to add Canada to that list.

The Mexican drug cartels are upping the ante against border patrol.

And let’s have a conversation about the new and deadly cult called Zizians.

News

Here is some news:

  • President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a temporary deal Monday evening to halt the imposition of 25% tariffs on each other’s imports for 30 days while a final border security pact gets hashed out.
    • That initiative, Trudeau said, includes “reinforcing the border with new choppers, technology and personnel, enhanced coordination with our American partners, and increased resources to stop the flow of fentanyl. Nearly 10,000 frontline personnel are and will be working on protecting the border.”
    • “In addition, Canada is making new commitments to appoint a Fentanyl Czar, we will list cartels as terrorists, ensure 24/7 eyes on the border, launch a Canada- U.S. [sic] Joint Strike Force to combat organized crime, fentanyl and money laundering. I have also signed a new intelligence directive on organized crime and fentanyl and we will be backing it with $200 million.”
  • The oil producer Chevron used the term “Gulf of America” in its fourth-quarter earnings statement that was released last week.
    • The complete news release from the energy giant stated that it “started up several key projects in the Gulf of America” during quarter four. These projects consisted of the “deepwater Anchor project,” where Chevron employees “began water injection to boost production from the Jack/St. Malo and Tahiti fields, and started production from the Whale semi-submersible platform.”
  • US Attorney Ed Martin confirmed on Monday that Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employees are being targeted in “violation of the law.”
    • “Our initial review of the evidence presented to us indicates that certain individuals and/or groups have committed acts that appear to violate the law in targeting DOGE employees,” Martin wrote. “We are in contact with FBI and other law-enforcement partners to proceed rapidly. We also have our prosecutors preparing.”
    • While Martin did not provide any names of individuals or groups, he did say that arrests were incoming.
  • Mexican drug cartels are ordering their members to attack US Border Patrol agents with kamikaze drones and other explosives in a desperate bid to thwart the crackdown at the border, according to an internal memo obtained by The Post.
    • An official security alert was sent out, stating: “On February 1, 2025, the El Paso Sector Intelligence and Operations Center (EPT-IOC) received information advising that Mexican cartel leaders have authorized the deployment of drones equipped with explosives to be used against US Border Patrol agents and US military personal currently working along the border with Mexico.”

https://nypost.com/2025/02/03/us-news/canada-announces-us-tariffs-on-hold-for-30-days-after-justin-trudeau-holds-good-phone-call-with-president-trump
https://thepostmillennial.com/oil-giant-chevron-uses-gulf-of-america-in-fourth-quarter-earnings-release
https://thepostmillennial.com/us-attorney-ed-martin-confirms-doge-employees-are-being-targeted-in-violation-of-the-law
https://nypost.com/2025/02/03/us-news/mexican-cartels-order-suicide-drone-attacks-on-border-patrol/

The Good

The Dumbass of the Day

What a Shock

According to the New York Post:

The murder of a US Border Patrol agent near the Canadian border appears to be linked to a radical leftist trans militant cult accused of killings across the country.

Around a week before the Jan. 20 attack, federal law enforcement had been surveilling German national Felix “Ophelia” Bauckholt and University of Washington student Teresa “Milo” Consuelo Youngblut.

Staff at a Lyndonville, Vermont, motel alerted authorities about seeing the duo with a firearm and black tactical clothing.

When law enforcement visited them, the pair claimed to be looking at property in the area and promptly checked out of the motel on Jan. 14, according to court documents.

Then, on Inauguration Day, Border Patrol Agent David Maland stopped their car in Coventry, Vermont.

Youngblut allegedly shot at Maland, who was killed, and border agents returned fire, killing Bauckholt. Youngblut is in custody.

Authorities now say the guns used by Youngblut and Bauckholt are owned by a person of interest in other murders — and connected to a mysterious cult of transgender “geniuses” who follow a trans leader named Jack LaSota, also known by the alias “Ziz.”

Bauckholt was a biological male who identified as trans and used feminine pronouns. He was an award-winning youth math genius from Freiburg, Germany, who later graduated from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.

Around 2021, he was hired as a quantitative trader at Tower Research Capital in New York. It is believed Baukholt was in the US on an H-1B visa. The Department of Justice says he was armed in the car and tried to aim his firearm before being shot dead.

Youngblut, who is accused of firing the surprise shots that killed Air Force veteran Maland, was injured by return fire.

Youngblut is a biological female who identifies as trans and lists having neo-pronouns as “xe/xem/xyrs” on social media. Youngblut was a University of Washington student studying computer science.

Youngblut graduated from the prestigious and woke north Seattle private institution Lakeside School, which Bill Gates also attended.

Youngblut’s family had reported her missing to Seattle police in May 2024. Her family said she was in a controlling relationship and cut off contact, according to the police report. Her social media account on BlueSky shows she followed some Antifa-aligned far-left accounts.

In November 2024, Youngblut filed a marriage application with a 22-year-old fellow Lakeside alumnus named Maximilian Bentley Snyder.

Last week, Snyder, an “any pronouns” computer science whiz from a wealthy Seattle family, was arrested in Vallejo, Calif., for the murder of an elderly key witness set to testify in an upcoming attempted murder trial against alleged members of the trans extremist group.

The arrest has revealed previously hidden close associations between Youngblut, Bauckholt and a cult linked now to four killings.

That group, the “Zizians,” are highly educated trans vegan “rationalists” who hold fringe, esoteric ideological beliefs about transhumanism and animal rights.

Their leader, Jack “Ziz” LaSota, is a biological male who identifies as a woman. He also used the name Andrea Phelps, and is accused of influencing followers to kill. LaSota’s archived prolific blog writings ramble about the use of violence and radical anarchist tactics to achieve various ends.

LaSota has a warrant for an arrest in Delaware County, Pa., after skipping out on court hearings on an open criminal case. His supporters say he died in 2022, but that appears to be based on a fake online obituary to try to escape the law.

A source with knowledge says LaSota was living with Bauckholt and other members of the group in an Airbnb rental in Chapel Hill, NC, since 2023.

A Jan. 27 motion by federal prosecutors to deny Youngblut bail strongly suggests links with the group.

“Her [Youngblut] associations with other individuals suspected of violent acts also warrants caution,” prosecutor Matthew Lasher wrote in a court filing.

“The individual who purchased the firearms the defendant and Bauckholt possessed on January 20, 2025, is a person of interest in a dual-homicide investigation in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.”

That person of interest is bioinformatics researcher Michelle Jacqueline Zajko, according to the ATF.

Zajko is the trans nonbinary adult child of Rita and Richard Zajko, an elderly couple found killed in mysterious and unsolved circumstances in Delaware County in early 2023. Zajko’s past archived blog posts show close associations with “Ziz.”

According to public records in reporting by Vermont news site vtdigger, Zajko had purchased a plot of land in rural Vermont close to where the deadly shootout occurred. Members of the “Ziz” group are known to live in communes in box trucks.

Zajko has not been charged with any crime.

A dispute over a former Bay-area “Ziz” commune is at the center of the murder case against Snyder, the Seattle man who applied for a marriage license with Youngblut.

In November 2022, 82-year-old Curtis Lind narrowly survived an assassination attempt by three members of the “Ziz” group who were squatting on his property in Solano County, Calif.

They impaled him with a sword and repeatedly stabbed him. Lind shot two of the assailants, killing Amir “Emma” Borhanian. He lost an eye in the attack and spent a month in the hospital.

Two other alleged members of the cult, Suri Dao and Alexander “Somni” Leatham, both transgender, have a trial in April for the attempted murder of Lind, causing the death of their comrade and other felonies. Both of them have tried to escape from custody and face other charges.

But that trial may be in jeopardy with the sole witness, Lind, murdered — allegedly by Snyder.

The Solano District Attorney’s Office accuses Snyder of lying in wait for Lind and then slitting his throat.

“The victim was a witness to a crime who the defendant intentionally killed for the purpose of preventing his testimony in a criminal proceeding,” the DA alleges.

Snyder’s last transaction on Venmo last year was noted for “Milo,” the trans name of his fiance.

Without naming LaSota, the court filing strongly suggests he is the linchpin among all the suspects and persons of interest.

After the shooting of the border agent, a bomb squad investigated Bauckholt and Youngblut’s Toyota Prius hatchback.

Investigators found two pistols, ammunition clips, night-vision goggles, two full-face respirators, a ballistic helmet, 48 rounds of hollow-point ammunition, shooting range targets, interstate lodging information, two-way radios and a dozen electronic devices, some of which were wrapped in foil.

At their Airbnb rentals in North Carolina, where they lived before going to Vermont, the property owner says Youngblut parked a new box truck on his property, where they spent much of their time during the day, along with other individuals in black clothing.

Some trans activists online are pressuring people not to talk to authorities or journalists, and are cheering the killings.

After it was announced that the elderly witness was murdered earlier this month, one X account that has expressed support of the Vallejo, Calif., trans defendants wrote: “Ladies and gentlemen, we got him.”

Andy Ngo is a senior editor at the Post Millennial and author of the New York Times bestseller “Unmasked: Inside Antifa’s Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy.”

https://nypost.com/2025/01/30/us-news/killing-of-border-patrol-agent-appears-linked-to-zizian-radical-leftist-trans-cult

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Episode 1013 – Donald Trump Does Not Hate Mexicans!

The United States just ended the shortest trade war in American history with total victory.

The Department of Governmental Efficiency gets rid of a worthless bureaucracy and they’re just getting started.

And, no, Donald Trump doesn’t hate Mexicans.

Some News

Here is some news:

  • Trump ordered 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, with a lesser 10% tariff hike on Canadian energy imports. Trump also ordered a 10% additional tariff on Chinese goods. In return, Canada and Mexico announced their own 25% tariffs on a slate of U.S. goods.
    • Canada and Mexico announced tariffs against the United States on Saturday in retaliation for a slate of new import duties President Donald Trump ordered against the U.S. neighbors and China.
    • “the decades long RIPOFF OF AMERICA, both with regard to TRADE, CRIME, AND POISONOUS DRUGS that are allowed to so freely flow into AMERICA. THOSE DAYS ARE OVER!”
    • Canada and Mexico are at a stark disadvantage in the brewing trade war with the United States, with their combined gross domestic product equaling about a seventh of the United States’. The United States also receives a significant majority of the exports from both countries, roughly three-quarters, according to The Wall Street Journal.
  • The border crossings have really dropped! Let’s let Tom Homan, head of ICE, tell us how much of a drop:
  • According to State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce, Rubio informed Mulino that President Donald Trump has made a preliminary determination that the Chinese Communist Party’s “position of influence and control” over the Panama Canal is a violation of the Treaty Concerning the Permanent Neutrality and Operation of the Panama Canal.
    • “Secretary Rubio made clear that this status quo is unacceptable and that absent immediate changes, it would require the United States to take measures necessary to protect its rights under the Treaty,” the statement said.
    • Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino said on Sunday afternoon that his country will be withdrawing from communist China’s predatory Belt and Road Initiative after meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
  • The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has chosen leftist activist David Hogg to serve in one of its top roles.
    • Over the weekend, DNC members picked Hogg to serve as vice chair alongside Artie Blanco and Malcolm Kenyatta. They also elected Ken Martin, a longtime leader of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, to become chairman.
    • Hogg became a high-profile gun control proponent after surviving the 2018 Parkland high school shooting in Florida in which 17 people were killed.
  • ABC 6 Action News reported that the plane was a “small plane,” although no specifics were given about the number of people on board or the type of aircraft.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-homan-reveals-staggering-drop-in-illegal-border-crossings
https://www.dailywire.com/news/marco-rubio-gives-panama-ultimatum-over-chinese-influence-on-canal
https://www.dailywire.com/news/panamas-president-says-nation-will-end-economic-deal-with-china-after-rubio-visit
https://www.dailywire.com/news/dnc-elects-david-hogg-to-top-role-heres-a-look-at-some-of-his-insane-statements
https://www.dailywire.com/news/plane-crashes-into-philadelphia-neighborhood-multiple-homes-on-fire

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Episode 1012 – Are We That Lost as a Society?

A terrible plane crash occurs in Washington DC. This could change the way flying is done.

Donald Trump signs a couple important Executive Orders.

And it’s sad when we have to point out that something is immoral.

News

Here is some news:

  • Authorities said Thursday morning they believe there are no survivors after an Army helicopter collided with an American Airlines flight near Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C., and crashed into the Potomac River late Wednesday night. 
    • 64 dead on the jet, 3 dead on the helicopter.
  • President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday prohibiting federal funding for schools teaching “radical, anti-American ideologies” including Critical Race Theory and gender ideology.
  • On Wednesday, Lee Zeldin received Senate confirmation to become administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the latest of President Donald Trump‘s second-term nominees to get approval from the upper chamber of Congress.
  • President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order directing the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security to prepare the Guantanamo Bay detention camp to hold as many as 30,000 criminal illegal aliens.
  • On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed into law the “Laken Riley Act,” a bill that requires federal officials to arrest non-U.S. nationals accused of violent and theft-related crimes in the United States.
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delayed the release of Palestinian terrorists following Hamas’s dangerous spectacle of releasing Israeli hostages into a mob earlier today. 

Yes, It’s Cheating

According to the New York Post:

These days, occasional porn consumption is considered by many to be a common part of a “healthy” sex life in relationships. But new data have revealed many Aussies consider it “cheating.”

Research into attitudes toward OnlyFans, a booming platform used by millions of adult content creators, shows 56 percent of women believe that if a partner has subscribed to a porn star’s channel, it is “definitely cheating.”

However, only 38 percent of men agree, with 48 percent of men stating it depends on the type of interactions involved, compared to 36 percent of women.

Meanwhile, just 9 percent of women and 15 percent of men thought it was “normal” for those in relationships to interact with OnlyFans stars and watch their content.

https://nypost.com/2025/01/26/lifestyle/couples-divided-over-whether-this-popular-sex-act-is-cheating/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

No, and They Shouldn’t Be in a Store

According to the New York Times:

New Yorkers might soon be able to use their paid sick leave to take their pets to the veterinarian or to be with them during surgery, if the City Council passes a bill that was introduced on Wednesday.

The bill, by Councilman Shaun Abreu, a Manhattan Democrat, would amend the Earned Safe and Sick Time Act so that paid sick leave, which employees can take to care for themselves or family members, can also be used for both household pets and service animals.

Mr. Abreu said the bill was intended to help address the city’s mental health crisis. “I think that one of the simplest ways to support mental health is by encouraging pet ownership,” Mr. Abreu said, adding, “Keeping our pets healthy keeps us healthy.”

He pointed to research that shows that owning a pet can reduce cortisol, a stress-related hormone. Having a dog, for example, can also force people to engage in physical activity, which can in turn have positive effects on depression and social isolation, he said.

The legislation comes at a time when roughly two-thirds of American homes report having at least one pet, according to the American Pet Products Association, an industry group. Americans spent $147 billion on their pets in 2023, which includes the costs of veterinary care and over-the-counter medicine, according to the group.

Few places have laws like the one Mr. Abreu hopes to pass. In Emeryville, Calif., people can use their paid sick leave to care for a guide dog, signal dog or service dog that belongs to the employee or a family member.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/nyregion/new-york-sick-leave-pets.html

Oops!

According to the New York Post:

It’s the Hunt for Red Fart-ober.

The UK’s Royal Navy launched a frantic search for phantom Russians off the coast after picking up two mysterious sounds in the ocean — only to conclude that the noises came from a gassy whale, an official told The Sun.

Naval officials feared one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s drone subs had dropped a listening device onto the ocean floor between two islands in Scotland and let rip on an investigation.

The two toots were detected about 100 miles from where the UK’s doomsday subs are based.

“We have been analyzing the sounds and now believe it was a marine mammal. A whale,” the official told the British newspaper.

The sound, first described by analysts as a man-made noise, had never before been picked up on the sensors — leading the navy to confuse Das Boof for Das Boot, according to the report.

It also sparked fears that Russia’s deep-sea research unit, known as GUGI, was trying to record acoustic signatures of the British subs to make them easier to track.

The locations of the Royal Navy’s Astute-class attack subs and Vanguard-class ballistic missile submarines are among the UK’s most closely guarded military secrets. They are designed to move through the sea with nary a squeak.

While it was determined the flatulence was the cause of the false alarm, officials said they take all threats seriously.

https://nypost.com/2025/01/26/world-news/uk-navy-mistook-farting-whale-for-russians-trying-to-track-their-subs

Already Been Ruled On

According to the New York Post:

A coalition of Quaker groups filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Monday seeking to block immigration authorities from raiding houses of worship in search of criminal migrants. 

The lawsuit, filed in the US district court of Maryland, argues that the Trump administration’s reversal of federal policy barring immigration raids in churches violates the religious group’s First Amendment rights. 

“A diversity of worshippers is an essential component of the Quaker value of ‘experience[ing] God in a broader, more encompassing way,’ as ‘one’s life experience affects how one hears the spirit and what conclusions one might draw,’” reads the lawsuit brought by five Quaker groups and the left-wing Democracy Forward Foundation.

“Deterring immigrants from worshipping in-person with a Quaker meeting would therefore directly interfere with Plaintiffs’ religious exercise by lessening their ‘ability to hear God and what God is trying to tell [them],’” the filing continues. 

Former acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Benjamine Huffman issued a directive last week rescinding the Biden administration’s guidelines for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) enforcement actions that prevent law enforcement in or near so-called “sensitive” areas, such as churches, schools, hospitals and public demonstrations.

The plaintiffs in the case –  Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, New England Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, Adelphi Friends Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends and Richmond Friends Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends – are being represented in the case by the Democracy Forward Foundation. 

https://nypost.com/2025/01/27/us-news/quakers-argue-trump-immigration-crackdown-interferes-with-their-ability-to-hear-and-receive-messages-from-god-lawsuit

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Episode 1011 – A New Sheriff is in Town!

Karoline Leavitt, the new press secretary, had her first press conference and knocked it out of the park.

We finally know where those drones over New Jersey came from.

And Lyft is getting sued because a driver refused to ruin his new car carrying a rotund passenger. Let’s talk about this.

She Knocked It Out of the Park

https://twitter.com/i/status/1884313712984563894

This Seems Like a Big Deal

You’ve Got to be Kidding

https://twitter.com/i/status/1884257651359727809

“Lyft unequivocally condemns all forms of discrimination—we believe in a community where everyone is treated with equal respect and mutual kindness. Our community guidelines and terms of service explicitly prohibit harassment or discrimination.”

https://twitter.com/i/status/1884262403522863254

https://nypost.com/2025/01/28/us-news/rapper-dank-demoss-sues-lyft-after-driver-said-she-couldnt-fit-in-his-car
https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2025/01/28/lyft-responds-after-detroit-woman-files-lawsuit-alleging-driver-denied-her-ride-because-she-was-too-big/

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Episode 1010 – It Looks Like Big Tech in Onboard!

Could Google decide to embrace Trump’s policies?

One of Joe Biden’s commutations has turned out to be a big mistake.

And China may assist in helping the United States develop and important technology.

News

Here is some news:

  • Google on Monday posted to X that they would be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico on all their maps to the Gulf of America after President Donald Trump issued an executive order making the change. They will also be using the new name Mount McKinley instead of Denali.
    • “We’ve received a few questions about naming within Google Maps. We have a longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources,” the tech giant said on X.
  • Less than 600 people crossed illegally into the U.S. from Mexico on Sunday – a stunningly low number since President Donald Trump took office.
    • Sources tell Fox News that not a single one of the nine sectors received more than 200 crossings on Jan. 26, and the number of daily encounters only reached 582 in total. The Del Rio sector – which is the same sector that would sustain over 4,000 crossings per day during the height of the border crisis in December 2023 – only recorded 60 crossings.
    • For comparison, the daily number of border encounters during the final days of the Biden White House teetered between 1,200 to 1,400 per day. 
  • President Donald Trump on Monday said Microsoft was in talks to acquire TikTok, shortly after the social media app went dark last week. He further suggested that he would like to see a bidding war over the popular platform. 
  • In Joe Biden’s last days in the White House, he issued another round of commutations for prisoners, totaling nearly 2,500 people. Among the list of those whose sentences were commuted was that of Adrian Peeler, a man who was convicted in the 1999 murder of an 8-year-old boy and his mother. 
    • Peeler was included on a list of inmates whose prison sentences will now expire on July 16, 2025, with $10,000 being taken off their fine or restitution amounts, if applicable. 
    • According to the Hartford Courant, Peeler was convicted for the January 1999 shooting death of 8-year-old Leroy “B.J.” Brown and his mother Karen Clarke. He reportedly conducted the killings on orders from his older brother Russell Peeler, who was a partner in their Bridgeport drug gang. Prosecutors said at the time that Russell was about to be tried for killing Clarke’s boyfriend, Rudolf Snead, who was a rival drug dealer in the Connecticut city, and the brothers wanted to eliminate B.J. as a witness against Russell. The 8-year-old had told police that he and another boy were sitting in Snead’s car and saw Russell Peeler shoot Snead in a 1997 drive-by-attack, of which he survived.
  • On Inauguration Day, the shocking news that a US Border Patrol officer had been shot dead near the Canadian border in Vermont in an incident involving a now-deceased foreign national was overshadowed by coverage of Donald Trump’s events in the nation’s capital. Air Force Veteran and border agent David Maland
    • One week later, a 21-year-old Washington woman was charged over the deadly incident, but little has been reported about her and her deceased accomplice, a German man.
    • Around a week before the Jan. 20 attack, federal law enforcement had been surveilling German man Felix “Ophelia” Baukholt and Seattle woman Teresa “Milo” Consuelo Youngblut, after staff at a Lyndonville, Vt. motel reported seeing them with black tactical clothing, weapons and protective militia-style equipment.
  • DeepSeek is the new Chinese AI application.
    • It is like Chat GPT (which is open source).
    • It collects all user data.
    • It uses a cheaper, less complex chip. Most American AI uses NVIDIA chips.

https://thepostmillennial.com/google-to-change-gulf-of-mexico-to-gulf-of-america-on-all-maps
https://www.foxnews.com/us/border-agents-record-shockingly-low-number-illegal-crossings-one-week-second-trump-presidency
https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/trump-says-microsoft-talks-acquire-tiktok
https://thepostmillennial.com/biden-gave-clemency-to-child-murdering-drug-dealer-who-shot-8-year-old-witness-to-death
https://thepostmillennial.com/andy-ngo-reports-trans-terror-trans-duo-revealed-as-suspects-in-killing-of-a-vermont-border-patrol-officer

Dumbass of the Day

Not So Dumb

I Hope He Wins

According to the Daily Wire:

Emilia Pérez” star Karla Sofía Gascón became the first trans-identifying person in history to be nominated for an Academy Award as the committee announced the nominees on Thursday morning.

 Gascón, 52, is a biological man who will be up for the Oscar for Best Actress alongside Cynthia Erivo (“Wicked”), Mikey Madison (“Anora”), Demi Moore (“The Substance”), and Fernanda Torres (“I’m Still Here”).

Previously, Gascón jointly won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress alongside the movie’s other co-stars, becoming the first trans-identifying star to win the prize. The “Emilia Pérez” headliner also got a Best Actress nomination at the Golden Globes but lost out to Demi Moore for her role in “The Substance.”

Despite controversy surrounding the film, “Emilia Pérez” received the most nominations at this year’s Oscars with 13. 

“Emilia Pérez” is also nominated for Best Picture, Best Director (Jacques Audiard), Best Supporting Actress (Zoe Saldaña), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Original Song (“El Mal” and “Mi Camino”), Best Film Editing, and Best International Feature.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/karla-sofia-gascon-becomes-first-trans-identifying-man-up-for-best-actress-oscar
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trans-advocates-cant-stand-pro-trans-golden-globe-winner-emilia-perez-heres-why
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karla_Sof%C3%ADa_Gasc%C3%B3n

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Episode 1009 – The Hammer Has Dropped!

The hammer has fallen on illegal aliens and it is glorious. Let’s talk about it.

The Train Is Leaving the Station

Here’s what is happening:

  • Federal agents took nearly 50 illegal immigrants into custody early Sunday during an operation targeting the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA)’s networks in Colorado. 

https://www.foxnews.com/us/dea-busts-drug-traffickers-makeshift-nightclub-takes-50-illegal-aliens-custody

FAFO!

Here’s what Trump said he’s do:

  • Emergency 25% tariffs on all goods coming into the United States. In one week, the 25% tariffs will be raised to 50%.
  • A Travel Ban and immediate Visa Revocations on the Colombian Government Officials, and all Allies and Supporters.
  • Visa Sanctions on all Party Members, Family Members, and Supporters of the Colombian Government.
  • Enhanced Customs and Border Protection Inspections of all Colombian Nationals and Cargo on national security grounds.
    IEEPA Treasury, Banking and Financial Sanctions to be fully imposed.

According to The Hill:

Colombia will send its presidential plane to Honduras to pick up Colombians after the country refused to accept migrant deportation flights from the United States, causing President Trump to enact tariffs and other retaliatory measures on Sunday.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has arranged for the presidential plane to facilitate the “dignified return of Colombian nationals who were to arrive in the country today in the morning hours, coming in from deportation flights,” read a statement released on Sunday.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/colombian-leader-quickly-caves-after-trump-threats-offers-presidential-plane-deportation-flights
https://www.dailywire.com/news/colombias-president-reverses-course-following-u-s-retaliation-after-it-blocked-deportation-flights?topStoryPosition=1
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5107740-colombia-presidential-plane-honduras-us-deportation-flights/

Another Big Problem…My Church

Who’s of Thunk It?

According to Fox News:

Foot traffic has dropped significantly in Chicago’s predominantly Latino community, Little Village, also known as the “Mexico of the Midwest,” according to a Fox 32 Chicago report, as fears of deportation have heightened since President Donald Trump took office Monday. 

“They have seen way less foot traffic, way less customers than they usually see,” Jennifer Aguilar, executive director of the Little Village Chamber of Commerce, said about the district to Fox 32. “Weekends are huge here in Little Village, and the amount of people that were out this weekend was significantly lower than usual.”

Considered Chicago’s second-busiest retail corridor, Little Village spans two miles long and is lined with nearly 500 businesses, including stores, restaurants and nightlife venues in the southwestern part of the city. 

According to Michael Rodriguez, an alderman for the 22nd ward, which includes Little Village, the once-bustling community isn’t empty due to just the cold weather. Rodriquez said to the local station that people are in fear of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducting large raids in the Mexican-American neighborhood.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/busy-chicago-district-known-mexico-midwest-turns-ghost-town-fears-ice-raids-loom?intcmp=tw_fnc

Dumbasses of the Day

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Episode 1008 – RIP to DEI!

The government has decided that legal terms are still legal terms even if they are not considered “inclusive”.

The Laken Riley Act has passed to the chagrin of Democrats. I guess Dems want to keep murderers in the country.

And RIP to DEI.

Some News

Here is some news:

  • Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will change their terminology to resume the use of the term “alien” and drop the term “noncitizen,” a new memo indicates.
    • The move marks a stark departure from the Biden administration’s decision to use “more inclusive” terms when discussing immigration. Even the word “assimilation” was dropped in favor of “civic integration.”
  • On Wednesday, the GOP-led House passed a beefed-up version of the “Laken Riley Act,” legislation that would require federal officials to arrest non-citizens who are charged with crimes in the United States.
    • The tally was 263-156. Forty-six Democrats joined with Republicans in voting for the bill, which will now be sent to President Donald Trump to sign into law. 
    • As originally written, the bill directs the secretary of Homeland Security to detain illegal immigrants charged with, convicted of, or who admit to theft-related crimes.
    • The list was expanded with one Senate amendment that added “the assault of a law enforcement officer offense, or any crime that results in death or serious bodily injury to another person.”

AOC doesn’t like this bill:

  • Senate Democrats blocked on Wednesday legislation that aims to protect babies born alive in botched abortions.
    • By a 52-47 vote along party lines, the Republican-led upper chamber failed to invoke cloture on the “Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.”
    • A two-thirds majority was needed for consideration of the legislation to commence.
    • “Senate Democrats just voted to block the Born-Alive Act. This isn’t complicated: babies who survive a failed abortion deserve medical care. It’s truly unbelievable that protecting these precious lives is a partisan issue. I’ll never stop fighting for the voiceless,” Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) said in a post to X.
    • The Senate Judiciary Democrats account on X argued that Republicans were “pushing an unnecessary messaging bill today. It’s already law: any child born in America regardless of circumstance is afforded equal protection.” The account added: “The so-called ‘Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act’ would only harm doctors and women.”
  • U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on Wednesday that it was rescinding the policy requiring legal immigrants to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in order to further the process.
    • “Effective January 22, 2025, USCIS waives any and all requirements that applicants for adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident present documentation on their Form I-693, Report of Immigration Medical Examination and Vaccination Record, that they received the COVID-19 vaccination,” the announcement read.
  • In 2021, at the end of his first term, President Trump implemented a limit of 15,000 incoming refugees with restrictions on refugees from countries such as Somalia, Syria, and Yemen, but soon after that, in April 2021, former President Biden threw those restrictions out and raised the limit to 62,500 per year, later raising that number to 125,000 per year.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/ice-to-resume-use-of-term-alien-and-drop-noncitizen-for-foreign-nationals
https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-passes-revamped-laken-riley-act-sends-bill-to-trump
https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-dems-block-born-alive-abortion-survivors-protection-act
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-slashes-covid-vax-requirement-for-legal-immigrants

It’s Time for DEI to D-I-E

According to the BBC:

President Donald Trump has ordered that all US government staff working on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) schemes be put on immediate paid administrative leave.

The White House confirmed that all federal DEI workers had to be put on leave by 17:00 EST (22:00 GMT) on Wednesday, before the offices and programmes in question were shut down.

In an executive order issued on Tuesday, Trump also called for an end to the “dangerous, demeaning and immoral” programmes.

It is unclear how many people are affected by the order, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), which represents 800,000 federal workers, said.

DEI programmes aim to promote participation in workplaces by people from a range of backgrounds.

Their backers say they address historical underrepresentation and discrimination against certain groups including racial minorities, but critics say such programmes can themselves be discriminatory.

On Tuesday, a memo was sent from the US Office of Personnel Management to the heads of government agencies, instructing them to place DEI employees on leave.

The memo had a number of requests, including the removal of public websites for DEI offices.

By Thursday, federal agencies must compile a list of DEI offices and workers. By 31 January, agencies must submit “a written plan” for executing lay-offs in DEI offices.

Trump’s executive order, meanwhile, took aim at what it called the “illegal” policies of DEI and DEIA (diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility), framing them as being in opposition to US law.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgj288ywj23o

This is How to Do It

According to the New York Post:

The Pentagon will begin deploying as many as 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the southern border in the coming days, U.S. officials said Wednesday, putting in motion plans President Donald Trump laid out in executive orders shortly after he took office to crack down on immigration.

Acting Defense Secretary Robert Salesses was expected to sign the deployment orders on Wednesday, but it wasn’t yet clear which troops or units will go, and the total could fluctuate. It remains to be seen if they will end up doing law enforcement, which would put American troops in a dramatically different role for the first time in decades.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the announcement has not yet been made.

The active duty forces would join the roughly 2,500 U.S. National Guard and Reserve forces already there. There are currently no active duty troops working along the border.

The troops are expected to be used to support border patrol agents, with logistics, transportation and construction of barriers. They have done similar duties in the past, when both Trump and former President Joe Biden sent active duty troops to the border.

Troops are prohibited by law from doing law enforcement duties under the Posse Comitatus Act, but that may change. Trump has directed through executive order that the incoming secretary of defense and incoming homeland security chief report back within 90 days if they think an 1807 law called the Insurrection Act should be invoked. That would allow those troops to be used in civilian law enforcement on U.S. soil.

https://nypost.com/2025/01/22/us-news/pentagon-sending-as-many-as-1-5k-active-duty-troops-to-secure-us-mexico-border/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social

You’re Kidding?!

How Labeling Cartels ‘Terrorists’ Could Hurt the U.S. Economy by Maria Abi-Habib and Simon Romero.

According to the New York Times:

President Trump’s executive order designating Mexican cartels and other criminal organizations as foreign terrorists could force some American companies to forgo doing business in Mexico rather than risk U.S. sanctions, according to former government officials and analysts — an outcome that could have a major effect on both countries given their deep economic interdependence.

The executive order, which Mr. Trump signed on Monday, is intended to apply maximum pressure on Mexico to rein in its dangerous drug trade. The designation, more generally, also gives his administration more power to impose economic penalties and travel restrictions, and potentially even to take military action in foreign countries.

Yet, disentangling cartel operations from U.S. interests in Mexico could be immensely complicated. Mexico is the United States’ largest trade partner of goods, and many American companies have manufacturing operations there.

Even more complicated, these criminal networks have extended their operations far beyond drug trafficking and human smuggling. They are now embedded in a wide swath of the legal economy, from avocado farming to the country’s billion-dollar tourism industry, making it hard to be absolutely sure that American companies are isolated from cartel activities.

The foreign terrorist designation could lead to severe penalties — including substantial fines, asset seizures and criminal charges — on companies and individuals found to be paying ransom or extortion payments. U.S. companies could also be ensnared by standard payments made to Mexican companies that a cartel controls without the American companies’ knowledge.

Some extortion payments, even if made under duress, could be considered “material support” to cartels, said Pablo Zárate, senior managing director at FTI Consulting, an American firm that released a report laying out some of the risks of the terrorist designation.

Former U.S. officials and analysts pointed out that it would be nearly impossible to identify which business may employ or be affiliated with cartel members given the tens of thousands of people involved and operating in various industries, including the hotel and agriculture sectors. Cartels use the legal economy to launder money, which could mean that unwitting employees working at a resort or an avocado packing company could technically be on the cartel payroll but not know it.

As a result, companies in the risk-averse American financial sector may simply refuse to wire money to a Mexican factory, for example, to facilitate cross-border production and trade, or to wire money between personal accounts.

Banks could ultimately decide to avoid entire sectors perceived as high risk, said Fabian Teichmann, a Swiss lawyer and expert on terrorist financing. Mr. Teichmann singled out Mexico’s avocado trade, where cartels have drastically expanded their operations, as one area that could come under greater scrutiny.

Other types of financial institutions that facilitate payments between the United States and Mexico could also be affected, such as Venmo or PayPal, which Mr. Trump’s close confidante Elon Musk helped found.

The terrorist label could also push big parts of Mexico’s economy further into the shadows, where cash is used instead of electronically traceable transactions, making it harder for investigators to examine the cartels’ financial structures, Mr. Teichmann said.

The multinational banana producer Chiquita Brands was found liable in 2024 for killings by a Colombian right-wing paramilitary group that was designated as a terrorist organization. Chiquita Brands said that it had been extorted by the paramilitary group and forced to make payments to protect its Colombian employees. Plaintiffs, however, argued that the company had paid the paramilitary group to run out residents to buy land at depressed values.

The terrorist designation would also hurt American companies that are firmly north of the border but rely on Mexican labor. The designation is so broad and vague that ranches in Texas or farms in California could be swept up by the penalties if their employees send remittances to family members in Mexico who are involved in organized crime.

If money transfer companies like Western Union also stop transactions to Mexico over worries about properly vetting Mexican clients, it could affect the remittances the country relies on. That would be devastating for the Mexican economy, which received $63.3 billion in remittances in 2023, nearly 5 percent of the country’s gross domestic product.

The foreign terrorist designation could also pave the way for the United States to deploy forces inside Mexico against criminal organizations without the Mexican government’s consent, as it did in Afghanistan and Syria.

But Afghanistan was occupied by the United States, and Syria’s government lost control over much of its territory in recent years. That gave Washington some cover under international law for the American military to deploy troops and launch special-forces operations to kill or capture terrorist leaders in those countries.

Mexico, however, has built up cooperation with the United States for over 30 years to counter the cartels. Mexico could threaten to halt cooperation if the United States is seen to be violating Mexico’s sovereignty. When the U.S. federal prosecutors office arrested Mexico’s former defense secretary during Mr. Trump’s first administration, the Mexican government halted all cooperation with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

On Tuesday, President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico issued a stern warning to Mr. Trump during her daily news conference. “We will always defend our sovereignty,” Ms. Sheinbaum said. “We all want to fight the drug cartels, that is obvious. So what should we do? We have to coordinate efforts; we have to collaborate,” she said.

“May they know that the president of the republic will always defend Mexico above all else,” the Mexican president added.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/world/americas/mexico-cartel-terrorists-trade.html

Why Not?

According to CBS News:

Billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has a new target in its sights for trimming federal spending: the U.S. penny. 

In Tuesday X post, Musk’s DOGE wrote that the U.S. spends about 3 cents to mint each penny, which, of course, is only valued at 1 cent. 

“The penny costs over 3 cents to make and cost U.S. taxpayers over $179 million in FY2023,” DOGE wrote. “The Mint produced over 4.5 billion pennies in FY2023, around 40% of the 11.4 billion coins for circulation produced.”

In pointing out the penny’s costliness, DOGE is taking aim at an issue that has sparked debate for years, although the price of manufacturing the cent has only grown over the past several years. In 2016, for instance, the U.S. was spending about 1.5 cents to mint each penny, or less than half of its current manufacturing cost. 

Still, the cent’s $179 million in costs represents mere metaphorical pennies when it comes to DOGE’s mandate to cut federal spending. President Donald Trump has said DOGE will provide recommendations to “slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures and restructure federal agencies.” Musk has said the group will aim to trim $500 billion in annual federal spending.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elon-musk-doge-trump-federal-spending-penny-179-million/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=721486515

Yeah, It Wasn’t a Mistake

According to Fox News:

Massachusetts must pay the federal government $2.1 billion over the next 10 years to resolve a debt after the state under former GOP Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration mistakenly used federal pandemic funds to cover unemployment benefits.

Current Gov. Maura Healey, a Democrat, and her deputies released details on Monday of a settlement they reached with the outgoing Biden administration last week in which the state will repay most of the money it owed because of the error, the State House News Service reported.

In 2023, Healey announced that her administration uncovered that the prior administration improperly used about $2.5 billion in federal pandemic relief funds to cover unemployment benefits that should have been funded by the state.

The total liability exceeded $3 billion, including fees and interest, according to Healey’s office. Negotiations with the U.S. Department of Labor dropped the total owed to $2.1 billion over the next decade.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/massachusetts-must-pay-feds-2-1b-after-mistakenly-using-pandemic-funds-cover-unemployment-benefits?intcmp=tw_fnc

He’s Got the Right Idea

According to the New York Post:

https://nypost.com/2025/01/21/us-news/qanon-shaman-pardoned-by-trump-plans-to-buy-guns-to-celebrate/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nypost&utm_source=twitter

https://www.inquirer.com/health/men-cuddling-group-healing-trauma-mental-health-20190325.html

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Episode 1007 – A Great Move by the New President!

Donald Trump is making in roads into the tech field. This will prove to be a great move.

Leftism refuses to join with Donald Trump, even during a prayer service.

And The View is making up excuses for FORMER President Joe Biden pardoning his family. I wonder if they would show the same compassion for the January 6th political prisoners?

Great Move

According to the Wall Street Journal:

Three of the world’s most prominent tech companies are pledging they will pour as much as half a trillion dollars into building artificial-intelligence infrastructure in the U.S., in the latest high-profile initiative timed with the start of the Trump administration.

OpenAI, SoftBankOracle and other partners will start a joint venture called Stargate to build the infrastructure. The companies are committing $100 billion to the venture and planning to invest up to $500 billion over the next four years. Its first project will be in Texas. 

The $100 billion sum includes some previously announced projects by the tech companies involved, people familiar with the matter said. 

The deal is massive even by Silicon Valley standards and underscores the extent to which tech companies and government officials are betting on artificial intelligence as the future of the American economy. It shows how much tech executives want to broadcast their enthusiasm at the start of the new administration.

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman, SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son and Oracle Chairman and Chief Technology Officer Larry Ellison went to the White House to announce the deal Tuesday, the second day of the second Trump administration. 

https://www.wsj.com/tech/tech-leaders-pledge-up-to-500-billion-in-ai-investment-in-u-s-da506cd4?st=cKsR82

Dumbass of the Day

Here Come the Excuses

This is a Good Thing

According to the Associated Press:

Attorneys general from 22 states sued Tuesday to block President Donald Trump’s move to end a century-old immigration practice known as birthright citizenship guaranteeing that U.S.-born children are citizens regardless of their parents’ status.

Trump’s roughly 700-word executive order, issued late Monday, amounts to a fulfillment of something he’s talked about during the presidential campaign. But whether it succeeds is far from certain amid what is likely to be a lengthy legal battle over the president’s immigration policies and a constitutional right to citizenship.

The Democratic attorneys general and immigrant rights advocates say the question of birthright citizenship is settled law and that while presidents have broad authority, they are not kings.

“The president cannot, with a stroke of a pen, write the 14th Amendment out of existence, period,” New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin said.

The White House said it’s ready to face the states in court and called the lawsuits “nothing more than an extension of the Left’s resistance.”

https://apnews.com/article/birthright-citizenship-trump-executive-order-immigrants-fc7dd75ba1fb0a10f56b2a85b92dbe53?taid=678febbe749f2f0001051928&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter

This Is Not a Religion

According to Fox News:

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance looked visibly irritated during the national prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday when the sermon took a political turn. 

Among the faith leaders who spoke was Right Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde, who had been a vocal critic of Trump and the U.S. government following George Floyd’s death. 

On Trump’s first full day back in office, Budde, of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, delivered a sermon focused on “unity,” but her remarks grew pointed when she brought up immigrants and LGBTQ youth. 

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/reverend-asks-trump-have-mercy-immigrants-lgbtq-children-who-fear-lives

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Episode 1006 – Biden Has Been Swept Out of Office!

Joe Biden is out, but he decides to throw out one final f- you.

And Donald Trump issues about 200 executive orders yesterday. Let’s go over them.

Joe Biden’s Last F- You

According to Politico:

As one of his final acts in office, President Joe Biden pardoned several members of his family.

The White House announced the pardons in a last batch of clemency decisions just minutes before Donald Trump took the oath of office, saying they were intended to prevent “baseless and politically motivated investigations” against his family.

Biden had already issued a sweeping pardon in December for his son Hunter, who was facing sentencing in two criminal cases. The pardons for his other family members, signed Sunday, were similarly sweeping and covered all of their “nonviolent” actions dating back to 2014.

The pardon, which includes the president’s siblings James Biden, Francis Biden and Valerie Biden Owens, as well as brother-in-law John Owens and sister-in-law Sara Jones Biden, is one of the most extraordinary — and directly personal — clemency actions ever taken by an outgoing president. Biden attributed the decision to fear that his family would be targeted by the Trump administration and said their acceptance should not be “misconstrued as an admission of guilt for any offense.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/20/biden-pardons-family-members-00199331

Just Beautiful

https://twitter.com/i/status/1881398740441038997

https://www.dailywire.com/news/carrie-underwood-performs-america-the-beautiful-a-cappella-when-music-fails-at-trump-inauguration

Dumbass of the Day

https://twitter.com/i/status/1881585823239573565

https://twitter.com/i/status/1881547272556777647

The Executive Orders

Here is a list of Executive Orders by Trump yesterday. The list is from Libs of TikTok:

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/trump-executive-orders-list-gender-birthright-citizenship-immigration-tiktok/6115671

I Don’t Know About This

According to the Daily Wire:

TikTok said on Sunday that it was restoring service after it briefly went offline on Saturday in response to a new U.S. law that forces its parent company, ByteDance, to be completely divested from TikTok or else be banned in the U.S.

“In agreement with our service providers, TikTok is in the process of restoring service,” TikTok said in a statement. “We thank President Trump for providing the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will face no penalties providing TikTok to over 170 million Americans and allowing over 7 million small businesses to thrive.”

TikTok claimed that the issue was about “the First Amendment” and “arbitrary censorship” when, in reality, it’s about the company harvesting the data of Americans that can be used to weaponize algorithms to impact how Americans think and behave in line with interests of communist China.

The statement comes after Trump, who led the charge to ban TikTok during his first term in office, posted on social media that he was asking companies to let TikTok stay online.

Trump said that he wants the United States to own 50% of TikTok and said that allowing China to still own the other half would not be a problem.

I don’t know about this. It seems to me we are missing some information. Elon Musk also said he supports TikTok, which is concerning. Or something else is happening behind the scenes.

AOC is reading the tea leaves. She thinks because Elon Musk supports Donald Trump, Mark Zuckerberg isn’t using fact checkers and the legacy media is swirling down the toilet, it is those dastardly Republicans that are taking over social media and destroying everything.

She was in a foul mood (probably fueled by a few glasses of boxed Chablis) and decided to rant on Instagram:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1881078240045064542

That’s not what the message said, but, hey, why let facts get in the way.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/tiktok-restores-service-without-change-after-trump-statement-of-support
https://www.foxnews.com/media/tiktok-influencers-mourn-platform-break-down-tears-supreme-court-ruling

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