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It's the accent and the background music. Plus the anchor's vocal cadence and presentation. And the way she repeats over and over: "Donald Trump, America's 47th President" - which makes this broadcast of this most historic of events my favorite. Save it for the archives!

“The damage he is about to inflict on our institutions the next 2 years will be irreparable,” Wendell Pierce writesFollowing Donald Trump’s reelection on Tuesday night, those who voted against him in Hollywood both mourned and raged on Wednesday morning, worrying for the future of the country. In some cases, like that of “Dead to Me” star Christina Applegate, confusion reigned over everything else, as she encouraged anyone who voted for Trump to unfollow her.“Why? Give me your reasons why????? My child is sobbing because her rights as a woman may be taken away,” she wrote. “Why?And if you disagree...

The former president sees loyalty as a key criterion as he considers a mix of familiar faces and new allies for top positions. -snip- the State Department leadership is likely to be determined from among three contenders: former National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien, Senator Bill Hagerty of Tennessee, and Senator Marco Rubio of Florida. -snip- Former US Ambassador Richard Grenell, who served as Trump's envoy to Germany, has emerged as a leading candidate for national security advisor. The defense secretary position has drawn three prominent candidates: former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Representative Mike Waltz of Florida, and Senator Tom...

An 87-year-old quest to find Amelia Earhart's missing plane looked like it had finally come to an end earlier this year.Following an extensive expedition, explorers at South Carolina firm Deep Sea Vision said they'd found an 'aircraft-shaped object' in the same region of the Pacific where the legendary aviator vanished in 1937.However, a second expedition now reveals the object is not an aircraft at all, but simply a bunch of rocks.Tony Romeo, founder of Deep Sea Vision, said in a statement: 'This outcome isn't what we hoped for...'Deep Sea Vision set off on its initial search in September 2023 in...

ALL CASES AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP MUST EITHER BE DROPPED BY PROSECUTORS OR DISMISSED BY THE RELEVANT COURTS For half a century, it has been the position of Democrat and Republican administrations, that the DOJ cannot indict a sitting president. This position has been justified for a myriad of reasons, all of which come down to the fact, that the president is the head of the executive branch, and unelected prosecutors, juries, and judges cannot exercise a power that makes it impossible for a president to carry out his constitutional duties while defending his liberty and reputation in a courtroom. To...

The Minnesota House DFL majority that voted to enshrine unlimited abortion and to repeal protection for born-alive infants paid a price at the ballot box yesterday, pointing to the unpopularity of these extreme positions among the state’s voters. Republicans overcame a 6-seat DFL majority to leave the House split 67-67, with two districts with razor-thin DFL leads facing recounts. “Minnesotans want compassionate laws that support both moms and babies. That’s not what we’ve gotten from DFL lawmakers, and all the pro-abortion messaging in this election can’t cover up what they’ve done,” said Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life Co-Executive Director Cathy...

I will have more to say about everything soon, but I’m going to put aside my normal rule about not making predictions to make some (knowing I might be wrong….): 1. As I wrote a few days ago on http://foxnews.com, the Democratic Party, lacking clear agreement about why Trump won and lacking an obvious once-in-a-generation talent to lead them back, is going to be at Trump’s mercy for a good long while. 2. Trump’s government will be filled with a lot of senior officials who will reassure Wall Street, foreign capitals, and a lot of Trump haters (at least the...

We have been here before. We’ve had heartbreaking losses. We know setbacks. We didn’t give up then and we will not give up now. We will never stop fighting to protect the lives of the unborn and their mothers. As long as the pro-abortion industry marches toward profit over lives, the pro-life community will stand in the way and stand up for women and babies. Arizona will come to regret passing Prop 139 – when girls and women lose their doctors and safeguards, when parents get shut out, when a staggering number of unborn lives end before they even begin,...

One MP for the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party was pictured wearing a baseball cap with Trump's 'Make America Great Again' slogan on it. Donald Trump built strong ties with the PiS government during his last term, and was congratulated by PiS-allied Polish President Andrzej Duda, writing on Twitter/X: 'Congratulations, Mr President! You made it happen!'

President-Elect Donald Trump’s campaign released a statement confirming that Vice President Kamala Harris has conceded the presidential election and called Trump. In a statement released by the Trump campaign, its communications director Steven Cheung confirmed that Trump and Harris “spoke by phone” on Wednesday and that Harris “congratulated him on his historic victory.” “President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris spoke by phone earlier today where she congratulated him on his historic victory,” Cheung wrote. “President Trump acknowledged Vice President Harris on her strength, professionalism, and tenacity throughout the campaign, and both leaders agreed on the importance of...

We’ve known for months that there is no love lost between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his now former Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant. But this year, there have been reports of stand-up rows and shouting matches between the two men over Israel’s war strategy. Gallant has vastly more military experience than Netanyahu. He began his career as a navy commando in 1977 and rose to be a major general in Israel’s Southern Command, overseeing two wars in Gaza between 2005 and 2010. The suspicion is that Gallant’s military superiority and respect from within the armed forces grated with his...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Agri-Business; End to Sex Slavery; Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (1 John 5:14)Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

A new report highlighted a growing number of Americans, and particularly Californians, who are planning to move overseas because they are “fed up” with the divisiveness of US politics. The Los Angeles Times spoke to global migration experts who’ve documented a spike in the number of Americans seeking to move out of the country since 2020, with many of them being California residents. The number of requests this election year has already exceeded last year, global firm Henley & Partners said. The consultant company helps clients obtain residency and citizenship in other countries and said that about 80% of their...

Marshall Owens posted this earluer and it brought a great memory I want to share: In the early 1980s I was a young journalism student and reporter attending college in Lake Charles, LA. While there, I happened to score one of the best interviews of my life, after I heard Charlie Daniels on a radio interview before his concert. I called around and found out he and his band were staying at a local hotel. I called his room and left a message saying I was from Tennessee, but working for the college newspaper here, and how I would be...

I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to MSNBC’s chief race hustler, Joy Reid, for her comments after it became clear on Election Day that America would be spared a Kamala Harris presidency. See, as a Black man, I did not vote for Harris, as did many others with my shade of melanin. For this unforgivable affront, Democrats have been demonizing people like me since even before the election, when polling showed that a sizeable portion of Black men would rather eat Harris’ bathtub-washed collard greens than pull the lever for this tyrant. But during the broadcast, Reid gave...

Paul and Musk hint at joining Trump’s administration, merging libertarian principles with tech-driven efficiency. Former Texas Representative Ron Paul, a long-time advocate for limited government and free-market principles, could potentially play a role in a future Trump administration. Paul, known for his criticism of federal policies such as the Federal Reserve, mass surveillance, and the military-industrial complex, has expressed openness to the idea. Responding to Tesla CEO Elon Musk on social media platform X, Paul said he would be “happy to talk” with Musk about joining a potential Department of Government Efficiency. Musk recently posted that he would welcome Paul’s...

Republicans have won control of the U.S. Senate (44-52), retaking the chamber for the first time in four years. It gives the GOP a major power center in Washington and a lead role in confirming the next president’s Cabinet, as well as any Supreme Court justice if there is a vacancy. Control over the House of Representatives is still up for grabs. 186 Democrats - 201 Republicans

Thanks Jim. It was gratifying to hear Charlie Kirk play Rush Limbaugh's bumper music today. Jim Robinson deserves the laurels of a victor as well, as a pioneer of the alternative information infrastructure that's doing this.

Time to right some wrongs. 1. All those new IRS agents are now going to be walking a border patrol. Any of them that tries to let illegals in will be prosecuted just as they planned to do to ordinary citizens that didn’t fork over their life savings to the Biden Regime. 2. All unlawfully detained citizens from the January 6th protest will be instantly released, given a full pardon, and have all of their legal bills, lost wages, and compensation for pain and suffering taken from the funds of the DNC accounts. 3. Both kangaroo court impeachments will be...

After Donald J. Trump rose like a Phoenix from its ashes and conquered a legendary victory in the US Presidential election, all the world’s attention has focused on him. That includes the two belligerent Slavic nations of Russia and Ukraine. Since the campaign Trump’s positions on this war have been scrutinized, with the MAGA leader saying that the war wouldn’t have started under his presidency, but only through the weakness and stupidity of Joe Biden’s administration from hell. Trump also said he would put an end to the war very quickly, using the hyperbolic ‘in 24 hours’ – a comment...