02a U.S. Politics – Conservative

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Against the will of the rank-and-file members of the Florida GOP, the people who gave the party its overwhelming majorities in the legislature and Governor’s office, the Florida RINO GOP is leading a revolt through the creation of a bill allegedly intended to help Trump’s Deportation agenda.

Governor Ron DeSantis said of the bill, “The Legislature’s bill is a bait-and-switch tactic trying to create the illusion of an illegal immigration crack down, when it does anything but. It is an insult to name such a weak bill after President Trump, who has been so strong on this issue.”

He added, “By giving enforcement power to the agricultural arm of state government, it ensures that enforcement never actually occurs. In short, it puts the fox in charge of the hen house.”

Florida Legislature Goes Full ‘RINO,’ Turns on DeSantis with ‘Bait-and-Switch’ Move– www.westernjournal.com
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For the past six or seven years, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been a conservative stalwart in the Sunshine State, and the Republican-controlled state legislature has begrudgingly followed his lead.

But like so many other Republican states, Florida has a deeply entrenched uni party establishment, despite the fact that DeSantis has turned Florida from purple to ruby red, at least with respect to voting patterns.

Most recently, DeSantis called a special session of the legislature to back President Donald Trump’s immigration and mass deportation efforts. Rather than passing helpful immigration policies, the Florida Republican establishment gaveled out on Monday and started their own special session in an attempt to gut immigration enforcement in the state.

In a bill called the TRUMP Act, they named Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson as the chief immigration officer in Florida, and perhaps even worse, they failed to pass a meaningful duty for local and state law enforcement to help with immigration enforcement.

“By giving enforcement power to the agricultural arm of state government, it ensures that enforcement never actually occurs,” DeSantis said on social media. “In short, it puts the fox in charge of the hen house.”

DeSantis added that the move to appoint Simpson as the chief immigration officer “unconstitutionally removes authority to enforce the law from the governor to a lower-level cabinet agency.” He warned that the stakeholders in that agency “often oppose enforcement measures.”

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“The Legislature’s bill is a bait-and-switch tactic trying to create the illusion of an illegal immigration crack down, when it does anything but,” he continued. “It is an insult to name such a weak bill after President Trump, who has been so strong on this issue.”

The nerve that these lawmakers had to name their watered-down bill the TRUMP Act indeed showed they were signaling to voters that they are handling immigration when in reality they are trying to do the opposite.

Daniel Horowitz, a commentator with The Blaze, added that such efforts are “why so many Republican voters have become jaded with the party.”

Rather than executing on the immigration agenda Florida voters so clearly want, Florida Republican Senate President Ben Albritton is “working with the open borders lobby to undermine the best opportunity to end illegal immigration once and for all,” Horowitz cautioned.

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The TRUMP Act bizarrely had a provision to create “more beds” for criminal illegal aliens, prompting DeSantis aide Christina Pushaw to respond.

“Why does it sound like these legislators’ priority is to ensure Florida pays for more beds to comfortably house illegal aliens here?” she asked. “We voted for MASS DEPORTATIONS.”

Lake County Republican Commissioner Anthony Sabatini likewise rebuked the Florida state legislature. He warned that the proposal is a “FAKE immigration bill” that watered down the DeSantis agenda to “nearly nothing” and put “pro-illegal immigration” Simpson in charge of enforcement.

Though we do not see the Republican establishment rear its ugly head as visibly in Florida relative to other red states, the swamp still needs to be drained in Tallahassee.

The latest showdown in Florida is a reminder that the Democrats are not always the problem.

Sometimes the establishment Republicans are actually the enemy.

Even worse, rather than directly opposing the conservative agenda, those sorts of Republicans coat their subversion in a veneer of conservatism in cynical attempts to fool voters.

That means conservatives in Florida, and the rest of the country, must remain vigilant.

 

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Adrian Peeler, who was convicted of murdering a child witness to a crime, will be freed on July 16, 2025, thanks to former President Joe Biden commuting his sentence. Peeler was convicted of murdering 8-year-old Leroy “B.J.” Brown and his mother, Karen Clarke. The case led to the creation of Connecticut’s Witness Protection Program.

Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), who was the state AG at the time, said of the commutation “It seems to me that someone dropped the ball here to let his person get released. This was a really vicious murder that changed our laws. It also highlights how we need to take a look at the pardon system to see how it can be improved.”

Connecticut House Republican leader Vincent Candelora was less generous in his response, saying, “Former President Biden’s clemency for Adrian Peeler is a disgusting miscarriage of justice. Peeler’s conviction tied to brutal murders that prompted the creation of Connecticut’s witness protection program makes any leniency — federal or otherwise — utterly indefensible. This reckless act by Joe Biden dismisses the pain of the victims’ families and erodes public trust in the principles of justice. Such a careless decision at the close of his term should generate outrage here and throughout the nation.”

Biden gave clemency to child-murdering drug dealer who shot 8-year-old witness to death in CT | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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The brutal killing led to the creation of Connecticut’s witness protection program.

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.

Adrian Peeler was sentenced to 25 years on state charges of conspiring to murder Clarke and her son and 35 years on federal drug trafficking charges, which were ordered to be serviced concurrently. Peeler completed the state murder conspiracy sentence in December 2021 and was transferred to federal custody. Peeler’s federal sentence was reduced to 15 years. Peeler, without the commutation, would have been released in October 2033.

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Border patrol and cartel members allegedly exchanged fire outside of Fronton. Texas along the border of Mexico. The gunfire was exchanged after the Border patrol picked up a suspected human smuggling pack approaching the border. There were no injuries reported. There were no border crossings.

Cartel Fires On U.S. Border Patrol Agents In Major Escalation– trendingpoliticsnews.com
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A volatile stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border near Fronton, Texas, has once again become the scene of cartel-related chaos. According to Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin, suspected cartel members engaged in a violent incident during what authorities believe was a human smuggling operation.

Just yards from U.S. soil, cartel gunmen armed with rifles patrol the riverbanks, visibly unchallenged on the Mexican side. In some cases, these armed operatives have aimed AK-47s at Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) helicopters. Rival cartels are even seen warring with each other, with Texas DPS thermal drone footage capturing combatants throwing explosives in their fight for control over smuggling routes.

The state of Texas has taken aggressive measures to counteract cartel influence in the area. In October, Texas declared Fronton Island state property and launched a bold initiative to clear and secure it. Crews bulldozed the brush, deployed razor wire, and fortified the territory, turning what was once dense cover for cartel activity into an open, 171-acre barren landscape. The state also stationed Texas troopers and National Guard soldiers to patrol the area, fully armed and prepared to prevent illegal crossings.

“Here on the US side of the river you can see what Texas has done with Fronten Island. They have completely cleared it out, they’ve deployed razor wire and there is now nowhere for these cartel gunmen to hide if they want to cross here illegally,” Melugin reported during his on-the-ground segment.

Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre refused to commit to rolling back the current leftist ruling party’s non-binary gender codification despite acknowledging there are only two genders.

He responded to a reporter questioning what he would do through government to settle the matter, “… as far as I’m concerned, we should have a government that just minds its own damn business and leaves people alone to make their own personal decisions. That’s the kind of government I’m willing to run.”

Poilievre declines to promise government action against gender ideology if elected– www.lifesitenews.com
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OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre told a reporter that he is aware of “only two genders,” but he stopped short on promising a Conservative government would take action to stop the spread of extreme forms of gender ideology that claims there are many genders.

In an interview on CTV TV News on January 22, Poilievre said, “No, I’m not aware of any other genders than men and women.”

“I mean, if you have any other you want me to consider, you’re welcome to tell me right now,” he added.

His response came after the CTV reporter asked him if he would do something similar to what U.S. President Donald Trump did on his first day in office. Trump signed an Executive Order proclaiming that the policy of the United States is that there are only two sexes, male and female, as per biological reality.

The reporter pressed Poilievre on whether his future potential government would do something like President Trump did to recognize only two genders, man and woman.

Poilievre responded with a somewhat muddled answer, saying, “I’m only aware of two, but I mean if you have, if you come up with another list, then you’re welcome to do that.”

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Matthew W. Huttle, 42, was one of the 1,500 plus J6 Prisoners to be pardoned by President Donald J Trump. Huttle was killed during what started as a routine traffic stop. According to the Jasper County Sheriff’s office, “An altercation took place between the suspect (Huttle) and the officer, which resulted in the officer firing his weapon and fatally wounding the suspect.”

Questions Raised After Pardoned J6 Protester Fatally Shot During Traffic Stop – PJ Media– pjmedia.com
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Matthew W. Huttle, a 42-year-old J6 protester who was pardoned by President Donald Trump last week, was fatally shot by an Indiana police officer during a traffic stop near the Pulaski County line, reports FOX32 Chicago.

The incident has sparked outrage and suspicion among those who view Huttle’s death as part of a larger pattern of targeting Trump supporters and J6 protesters.

According to local law enforcement, Huttle resisted arrest during the traffic stop, leading to an altercation in which the officer fired his weapon, killing him.

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Tensions between Mexico and the U.S. are expected to escalate over the coming months as a Mexico’s Marxist President is confronted by an actual American President, as opposed to a leftist one (like Biden). Trump set the tone by officially renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. The Mexican president, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, responded by claiming all of America, producing a map labelling American territory as “Mexican America.” The move did little to ingratiate herself or Mexico with the American people.

Mexico’s efforts to undermine our constitution by suing gun manufacturers, by aiding and abetting invaders of our American republic, and now its bold claim of all of America are also setting the groundwork for a potential American invasion of Mexican territory as it continues to fail to stop the cartels from assaulting Americans. Trump has responded to this threat by declaring cartels terrorist organizations.

BREAKING: Google to change Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America on all maps | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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“We have a longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources.”

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.

Shock Poll Shows Massive Rightward Shift in Los Angeles in Wake of Fires – RedState– redstate.com
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In the wake of the Los Angeles fires and revelations that fire hydrants weren’t working and a key reservoir had been empty for a year, a new poll shows that Los Angeles voters are more open to Republican leadership than they have been in more than a generation – and that LA Mayor Karen Bass’ tenure is in jeopardy.

The poll, conducted among likely voters in Los Angeles County between January 19 and 22, revealed that only 37 percent of respondents approve of Bass’ job performance related to wildfire response. Pollsters also asked respondents who they’d vote for, if the mayoral election were held today, in a hypothetical rematch between Bass and her 2022 opponent, businessman Rick Caruso, and only 36 percent said they’d vote for her again. It definitely looks like Bass won’t retain her job; while it’s true that voters have notoriously short memories, Bass is going to face at least one radical lefty in addition to two more moderate choices (rumors at this point are that LA City Councilwoman Traci Park and Caruso will also run), so Bass doesn’t really have a lane.

Hegseth gives Joint Chiefs chairman nod of approval after previous criticism– www.washingtonexaminer.com
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a tacit acknowledgment of support for Gen. Charles Q. Brown, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, despite criticism of him prior to his appointment to the position.

Brown met Hegseth outside the Pentagon’s river entrance on Monday morning for the secretary’s first official arrival to the building and briefly spoke to reporters. When asked if Hegseth believes Brown should be fired, he said, “I’m standing with him right now [and] look forward to working with him.”

In November, before President Donald Trump tapped Hegseth to lead the Department of Defense, the former Fox News personality said on a podcast, “First of all, you gotta fire the chairman of the Joint Chiefs.”

During Hegseth’s confirmation hearing, he said “every single senior officer” will undergo a review “based on meritocracy, standards, lethality, and commitment to lawful orders they will be given.”

‘This is a shift.’ Hegseth sets about executing Trump’s orders to radically ‘reorient’ the Pentagon– www.washingtonexaminer.com
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THIS IS NOT THE WAY BUSINESS HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST’: Watching Pete Hegseth’s arrival for his first full day at the Pentagon, you had to wonder what was going through the mind of Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Charles Q. Brown, whose face remained expressionless and eyes fixed unblinkingly on the former Army National Guard major as he stood on the River Entrance steps expressing his unabashed enthusiasm for President Donald Trump’s orders to change the culture of priorities of the U.S. military.

“It’s an honor to salute smartly, as I did as a junior officer and now as the secretary of defense, to ensure these orders are complied with rapidly and quickly,” Hegseth told reporters, “We are reorienting. This is a shift. This is not the way business has been done in the past.”

BREAKING: Scott Bessent CONFIRMED as Treasury Secretary | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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The Senate voted 68-29 on Monday, to confirm Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary.

The Senate voted 68-29 on Monday to confirm Scott Bessent as Treasury secretary under President Donald Trump’s administration.

Bessent, a seasoned investor and with some controversial ties to Soros Fund Management, was selected by President Trump and thus will have a role in shaping U.S. international economic policy. His confirmation comes as the administration focuses on renegotiating trade deals seen as unfair by the administrion, and addressing global economic challenges, including the ongoing tariffs and financial tensions with trading partners.

Trump Signs Order to ‘Immediately’ Begin Construction of an Iron Dome for America – RedState– redstate.com
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Somewhere, Ronald Reagan might be enjoying a nice laugh.

On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for the “immediate” construction of an Iron Dome missile defense system to protect America from hostile outside threats.

Newly minted Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had hinted that the order was coming down the pike as he headed into his first full day in office.

“The lawful orders of the president of the United States will be executed inside this Defense Department swiftly and without excuse. We will be no better friend to our allies, and no stronger adversary to those who want to test us and try us so,” Hegseth told reporters.

Trump to Crack Down on Transgender Inmates as New Prisons Chief Named– slaynews.com
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President Donald Trump is poised to enforce a crackdown on transgender inmates to ensure that men are not placed in female-only facilities.

Trump’s administration has just named a new interim director to lead the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP).

The move paves the way for plans to mandate that inmates must only be housed in facilities that match their biological sex.

William W. Lothrop was tapped as the new BOP director.

Lothrop was appointed after Colette Peters resigned on Inauguration Day.

Colombian Leaders Demand Impeachment, Embarrassed by Socialist President’s Trump Feud– www.breitbart.com
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Politicians across the political spectrum in Colombia panned far-left President Gustavo Petro’s short-lived “trade war” with President Donald Trump and are calling for his impeachment and urging Congress to investigate his actions.

Petro prompted a brief diplomatic crisis on Sunday following his abrupt refusal to accept a U.S. deportation flight of Colombian migrants under grounds that the United States treats “Colombian migrants as criminals.”

President Trump responded to Petro’s actions by announcing he would impose a series of sanctions and tariffs on Colombia. Petro responded to Trump by delivering one of his characteristically long, incoherent Twitter rants, which have become a common occurrence under his administration.

Trump Takes On Cartels In Border Fight– thefederalist.com
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Cleaning up the mess that the Biden administration left at America’s borders isn’t merely going to take changes in policy. It’s going to require a commitment to war. And a multi-front war at that.

President Joe Biden and the leftist machine over the past four years were complicit in the outright invasion of the United States, planting combatants bent on killing Americans and destroying the country by any means necessary.

Officials are warning of roadside explosives found on roadways around Tamaulipas, Mexico, just across the border from Brownsville, Texas. The bombs reportedly are the work of drug cartels, according to multiple media outlets.

U.K. teen who stabbed three little girls to death is sentenced to 52 years in prison – Standing for Freedom Center– www.standingforfreedom.com
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New details have been released about the gruesome attack on a dance class for young girls in Southport, U.K., as well as the catastrophic failures of government officials to stop the attack despite numerous signs that the assailant was a threat.

Axel Rudakubana, the now 18-year-old who attacked the Taylor Swift-themed dance class in July, was sentenced on January 23 to at least 52 years in prison after he pled guilty to the murder of 3 young girls — Bebe King, 6, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, 9 — as well as the attempted murder of 10 others.

Now that he has been sentenced, more information and court records have been released regarding the attack and the signs the government ignored indicating that Rudakubana, a first generation migrant, was planning to commit such an act.

AI company proposes merger with TikTok giving US 50% stake– www.washingtonexaminer.com
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Startup Perplexity AI made its second bid to buy TikTok, this time with a proposal to have the U.S. government own 50% of the platform.

Lawmakers have long opposed TikTok’s algorithm since its parent company, ByteDance, is Chinese-owned. A ban went into effect as expected on Jan. 19, but the app was back online hours after TikTok stopped service in the United States.

The latest proposal was reported by a source who said they were unauthorized to speak on it publicly, per the Associated Press. Perplexity AI is suggesting an initial public offering of at least $300 billion in its second try to win over the platform.

The startup made an offer on Jan. 18 before the app temporarily went dark, but TikTok did not accept.

Visa, Mastercard ‘Directly Handling the Proceeds’ of Child Sexual Abuse Material: Official Docs | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com
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A whistleblower asserted that Visa and Mastercard failed to prevent the laundering of funds related to child sexual abuse material and sex trafficking on the pornography website OnlyFans.

Reuters reported on Friday that the whistleblower, who works as a “senior compliance expert in the credit card and banking industries,” submitted a complaint in January 2023 with the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, also known as FinCEN.

That report was previously undisclosed.

The whistleblower asserted that the two credit card behemoths were aware that users were paying for illegal content on OnlyFans since 2021 or earlier.

He accused them of “turning a blind eye to flows of illicit revenue.”

The complaint was also filed with the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice.

Major Study Confirms Covid ‘Vaccines’ Change People’s Personalities, Emotions– slaynews.com
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An alarming study has provoked major new concerns about mRNA “vaccines” after researchers confirmed that Covid injections change the personalities of those who receive them.

The shocking study into Covid mRNA “vaccines” has sent shockwaves through the scientific community.

Leading researchers in South Korea confirmed that the injections are altering human behavior.

The troubling study found that people’s emotions, personalities, feelings, fears, stress levels, mental well-being, and general outlook changed after they were injected with the “vaccine.”

Top Oncologist Sounds Alarm: mRNA ‘Vaccines’ Are ‘Driving’ Turbo Cancer Surge– slaynews.com
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A world-renowned oncologist has called for a global ban on Covid injections and “all mRNA vaccines” after discovering that the shots are “driving” the surge in turbo cancers.

The warning was issued by Dr. Angus Dalgleish, a professor of oncology at the prestigious University of London, St. George’s.

Dalgleish is best known for his pioneering contributions to HIV/AIDS research.

The celebrated medical expert raised the alarm during a new interview with the Vaccine Safety Research Foundation (VSRF).

VSFR founder Steve Kirsch asked Dalgleish about the potential future use of mRNA technology.

Dr. Dalgleish did not hold back:

“You should never use gene therapy on anything that’s not a terminal cancer in my field…

“The fact that mRNA can integrate, even if it doesn’t most of the time, makes it unjustifiable to use on young people, especially children.”

Catholic Charities Lies to Illegals to Aid Them Against ICE – PJ Media– pjmedia.com
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Catholic Charities Milwaukee is outrageously advising illegal aliens on refusing to comply with ICE, demanding rights they do not have, lying about U.S. laws, requesting help from foreign officials in undermining immigration law enforcement, and more.

The infamous video in question begins with a woman, Barb Graham, introducing herself as “an attorney at Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee in the Refugee and Immigration Services Program.” She claims to be helping illegal aliens to understand their “rights” if ICE comes to arrest them. “All people living in the United States, including people who are undocumented, have certain rights under the United States Constitution,” she asserts.

This is simply false.

NICE: Trump Administration Fires Biden’s Porn Czar and Ends His ‘Book Ban’ Office– lidblog.com
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Want another reason that Trump 2.0 is the best thing to happen to the U.S. in decades? Check out the latest Biden abomination he nuked.

Back in 2023, when the left was racing to protect kiddy porn in school libraries and keep these books on the shelves, Biden set up the office of “book ban coordinator” and installed Matt Nosanchuk, a radical, leftist, gay activist, loon to run it.

But last Friday, the newly ensconced Trump administration fired Nosanchuk and ended his dangerous, porn-pushing department.

Per the Department of Education:

U.S. Department of Education Ends Biden’s Book Ban Hoax

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today announced that it has dismissed 11 complaints related to so-called “book bans.” The complaints alleged that local school districts’ removal of age-inappropriate, sexually explicit, or obscene materials from their school libraries created a hostile environment for students – a meritless claim premised upon a dubious legal theory. Effective Jan. 24, 2025, OCR has rescinded all department guidance issued under the theory that a school district’s removal of age-inappropriate books from its libraries may violate civil rights laws. OCR is also dismissing six additional pending allegations of book banning and will no longer employ a “book ban coordinator” to investigate local school districts and parents working to protect students from obscene content.

“By dismissing these complaints and eliminating the position and authorities of a so-called ‘book ban coordinator,’ the department is beginning the process of restoring the fundamental rights of parents to direct their children’s education,” said Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor. “The department adheres to the deeply rooted American principle that local control over public education best allows parents and teachers alike to assess the educational needs of their children and communities. Parents and school boards have broad discretion to fulfill that important responsibility. These decisions will no longer be second-guessed by the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education.”

 

Supreme Court to Hear Case Regarding Public Funding for Private Religious School– slaynews.com
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The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to tackle several big cases this term.

It comes as President Donald Trump begins the work to rebuild America to the level of greatness it experienced under his first term in office.

According to the Associated Press, the high court will soon weigh approval for the nation’s first publicly funded religious private school, which would be constructed in Oklahoma.

The Supreme Court agreed to take the case after an “Oklahoma Supreme Court decision that invalidated a state board’s approval of an application by the Catholic Church in Oklahoma to open a charter school,” the AP noted.

The fact that the Supreme Court agreed to take the case is good news for those in favor of the school.

Federalist Society’s Leonard Leo Assists Mike Pence Effort to Torpedo RFK Jr.’s HHS Nomination › American Greatness– amgreatness.com
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As Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s confirmation hearing approaches, more than 80 organizations have voiced opposition to his nomination to head Health and Human Services (HHS)— groups like the NAACP, the National Organization for Women, Indivisible, and Advocates for Trans Equality.

Standing out like a sore thumb among the dozens of left-of-center groups hoping to derail Kennedy’s confirmation is a conservative advocacy group founded by former Vice President Mike Pence.

Pence’s group, Advancing American Freedom (AAF), was founded in April 2021, and advocates for “conservative values and policy proposals.” The group’s opposition to RFK Jr.’s nomination is  reportedly driven by his vaccine views, his alleged “checkered past,” and his libertarian views on drug legalization and abortion.

The environmental lawyer and vaccine safety activist ran for president in 2023/2024, first as a Democrat, then as an Independent, but eventually suspended his campaign when his presidential bid failed to gain traction. On August 23, 2024, Kennedy announced he and his V.P. pick Nicole Shanahan would back the Trump Campaign, unifying on key issues like the Ukraine war, chronic disease epidemic,  free speech, and removing corporate influence out of government.

Colombian Leaders Embarrassed by President Petro After Backing Down from Trump Threats– townhall.com
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Colombian political leaders are calling for the impeachment of President Gustavo Petro, citing his recent public feud with President Donald Trump as a source of national embarrassment. Critics argue that Petro’s short-lived “trade war” with Trump damaged Colombia’s international reputation, particularly in its relations with the United States. The controversy stemmed from Petro refusing deportation flights from the U.S., which resulted in Trump threatening the nation with harsh tariffs. Petro then tried to turn the table on Trump and threaten him with a 50 percent tariff on U.S. goods.

 

“YOU’RE FIRED!” – President Trump Announces Removal Of 1,000+ Biden Appointees– wltreport.com
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President Trump announced the firing of over a thousand appointees from the Biden administration.

“Our first day in the White House is not over yet! My Presidential Personnel Office is actively in the process of identifying and removing over a thousand Presidential Appointees from the previous Administration, who are not aligned with our vision to Make America Great Again,” Trump said.

“Let this serve as Official Notice of Dismissal for these 4 individuals, with many more, coming soon: Jose Andres from the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition, Mark Milley from the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, Brian Hook from the Wilson Center for Scholars, and Keisha Lance Bottoms from the President’s Export Council—YOU’RE FIRED!” he added.

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Meanwhile, the 47th president also culled former diplomat Brian Hook from the Wilson Center for Scholars and former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms from the President’s Export Council in his late night purge.

Separately, Trump also ordered federal workers to return to the office five days a week and weakened job protections for civil servants on Monday — the first salvoes in his campaign to gut the federal bureaucracy.

Trump’s allies have said the return-to-work mandate and the stripping of civil service protections – widely known as “Schedule F” – is intended to help the president replace long-serving government workers with loyalists.

Trump Just Gave the Fire Victims in LA a Long Overdue Present That Will Change Everything– www.westernjournal.com
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Among President Donald Trump’s first executive orders issued on Monday was one directing that a plan be implemented to deliver more water from northern California to the central and southern parts of the state.

He argued lack of water was a reason the California wildfires did such damage.

Trump recounted in his Jan. 20 order — titled “Putting People over Fish: Stopping Radical Environmentalism to Provide Water to Southern California” and directed to the Secretaries of Commerce and the Interior Departments — “During my first term, the State of California, at the direction of its Governor [Gavin Newsom], filed a lawsuit to stop my Administration from implementing improvements to California’s water infrastructure. My Administration’s plan would have allowed enormous amounts of water to flow from the snow melt and rainwater in rivers in Northern California to beneficial use in the Central Valley and Southern California.”

“This catastrophic halt was allegedly in protection of the Delta smelt and other species of fish. Today, this enormous water supply flows wastefully into the Pacific Ocean,” he added.

Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, is accusing the U.S. Supreme Court of ignoring clear evidence the Federal government was directly censoring Americans through social media platforms like Facebook. Zuckerberg told podcaster and MMA fight analyst Joe Rogan “I don’t think that the pushing for social media companies to censor stuff was legal.”

The Supreme Court had an opportunity to do its constitutional duty in the Murthy v. Missouri case but punted its responsibility. Now, President Donald J Trump has ended the threat to the American republic from within its own institutions in the guise of “protecting” Americans from “misinformation” through his executive order ending all government censorship media programs.

Zuckerberg Confirms SCOTUS Ignored Proof Of Fed Censorship– thefederalist.com
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Following Mark Zuckerberg’s putative mea culpa for having made Meta complicit in the largest censorship regime in American history, and his vow to restore free expression on his platforms, the CEO made perhaps his most consequential statement of all in an interview with Joe Rogan.

There, after describing the pressure campaign the Biden administration waged against his company to suppress disfavored speech, primarily regarding Covid-19, Zuckerberg told Rogan: “I don’t think that the pushing for social media companies to censor stuff was legal.”

The Meta CEO’s silence as this very issue was being litigated all the way up to the Supreme Court was as deafening then as it is maddening now. But in making this assertion, he has inadvertently highlighted one of the Roberts Court’s gravest derelictions of duty — one that emphasizes the necessity of vigorous executive and legislative actions in defense of our rights, actions like those promised by the Trump administration and some in Congress.

The dereliction of duty came in the Supreme Court’s punting of the case of Murthy v. Missouri, previously known as Missouri v. Biden.

Trump announces America’s withdrawal from World Health Organization– www.theblaze.com
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President Donald Trump announced America’s withdrawal from the scandal-plagued World Health Organization late in his first term, citing the organization’s poor response to COVID-19, its apparent
willingness to help the communist Chinese regime cover up the spread of the virus, and its refusal to adopt urgently needed reforms.

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set to go into effect on July 6, 2021, but former President Joe Biden swooped in to keep America’s membership in the globalist outfit up to date.

Biden is gone, and Trump’s withdrawal plan is back.

Chip Roy Files Bill to Repeal FACE Law Biden Used to Put Pro-Life Americans in Prison– www.lifenews.com
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As pro-life activists await pardons from President Donald Trump, a key Republican member of Congress is introducing legislation targeting the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.

Republican Texas Rep. Chip Roy introduced a bill Tuesday to repeal the FACE Act, which “prohibits threats of force, obstruction and property damage intended to interfere with reproductive health care services.”

“Now that we have a Republican trifecta in the House, Senate, and White House, Congress should move quickly to repeal this law and ensure that no future president can weaponize it against pro-lifers ever again,” Roy said in a statement.

“Free Americans should never live in fear of their government targeting them because of their beliefs,” Roy has said. “Yet, Biden’s Department of Justice has brazenly weaponized the FACE Act against normal, everyday Americans across the political spectrum, simply because they are pro-life.”

“Our Constitution separates power between the federal government and the states for a reason, and we ignore that safeguard at our own peril,” he added. “The FACE Act is an unconstitutional federal takeover of state police powers; it must be repealed.”

The bill comes as 21 pro-life advocates like Bevelyn Williams await a prdon from President Trump.

Pope Francis praises ‘profound’ Buddhist religious revival in Mongolia without mentioning Christ– www.lifesitenews.com
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“By reviving traditional spiritual practices and integrating them into the nation’s development, Mongolia has reclaimed its rich religious heritage,” said Francis in reference to Buddhism, which is by far the majority religion in the country. The religious practice does not acknowledge God as Creator, let alone Jesus Christ.

During the reign of communism in the country from 1924 to 1992, Buddhism was brutally repressed, along with other religions in the country, and experienced a resurgence after the collapse of the Soviet Union in late 1991.

Francis has often met with Buddhists and praised their religion without calling them to convert to Catholicism, thereby neglecting what the Church has historically recognized is an essential part of true ecumenism, since it is a dogma that there is “no salvation outside the Church.” Christ Jesus said, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” (John 14:6)