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Did you know that 85% of the federal workforce works from home and only have to come in one day a month? On any given day, only 17% of the federal workforce is in a federal office building working. Many hold other jobs. It's one giant looting operation and US taxpayers are their mark. DOGE is coming.

The decentralised social media platform has seen a large uptick in users since the US election. Millions of users have joined the social media platform Bluesky in the wake of the US presidential election. Several academics, journalists, left-leaning politicians, and celebrities have said they would join the platform that used to be backed by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. The platform said over the weekend that it was adding one million users in a day, with its total number of users now at 19 million. What is Bluesky? Bluesky is a decentralised social media platform that was founded as a...

n the aftermath of Kamala Harris’s loss, many pundits and politicians are turning to a familiar scapegoat. Critics like Adam Jentleson, a former aide to senators Harry Reid and John Fetterman, claim that “woke” advocacy groups made Democrats adopt extreme policies and drove voters away from the Democratic Party, sealing Donald Trump’s victory. But the truth is simpler—and more uncomfortable for the Democratic establishment. Despite the noise, voters didn’t reject Harris because of leftist rhetoric or activist slogans.

The president approved Ukraine’s use of long-range missiles inside Russia, but that decision, among others, may soon be reversed.President Biden will begin what is likely to be his last summit with global leaders as commander in chief on Monday, pushing for even stronger support of Ukraine despite the looming uncertainty of how president-elect Donald J. Trump might undo his efforts.Just before the Group of 20 summit began in Rio de Janeiro, Mr. Biden authorized the first use of U.S.-supplied long-range missiles by Ukraine for strikes inside Russia, U.S. officials said.The decision, a major change in U.S. policy, was made in...

A popular teacher at Chino High School is in trouble after his angry reaction to one of his students wearing a Trump hat went viral on social media from the show: "I bet that kid walked in there had that magga hat all right I bet you was smiling all the kids is like L manist was wearing a mega hat today Trump Won last night he came that smiling yeah I think he I bet you it's white too all that White Privilege going hey ke I bet you know that teacher was a lefty"

Former Biden White House press secretary MSNBC host Jen Psaki said Sunday on “Inside” that after their election loss, Democrats should double down on supporting transgender rights because laws limiting transgender athletes in women’s sports is “right-wing propaganda.” Partial transcript as follows: There’s obviously a lot of soul searching right now going on within the Democratic Party and that’s a good thing. But what I worry about is that in the course of all that soul-searching, some Democrats might reach the wrong sweeping conclusions. And there are a lot of issues that fall into that bucket. But one in particular...

A £21million diamond known as the Idol's Eye is being fought over in London by arguing Qatari royals.Multi-billionaires the Al-Thanis are at war over the 70.21 carat blue-tinged jewel, once reportedly the eye of a temple idol in Benghazi, Libya. It was kept in the London home of late Qatari culture minister Sheikh Saoud bin Mohammed Ali Al-Thani and is currently held by a firm owned by a foundation, where his widow Amna and children are beneficiaries. But super-rich cousin London-based art collector Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah Al-Thani is in a High Court tug-of-war over ownership of the gem....

The sudden loss of Liz Boardman, a cherished mother, has left her family grappling with heartache and uncertainty. Her vibrant spirit is remembered by all who knew her.A heartbroken family has been left searching for answers after an 'amazing' mum of four died suddenly while on holiday in Egypt. Liz Boardman, 40, was vacationing in the beautiful Red Sea coast city of Hurghada when she passed away on November 10. She had jetted off for the week-long trip to the five-star Sunrise Garden Beach Resort with her partner, Alan, and three youngest sons - aged seven, ten and 14 -...

If you find yourself dreading the weekend and wishing you could work a double shift every day, you might be Infosys founder Narayama Murthy’s dream employee.Hvaing already spoken out against the supposedly workshy youth of today, who protested against working long hours, the Indian tech boss has revealed he doesn’t “believe in work-life balance”, and that he won’t budge in his thinking.Murthy went on to hit out against the very concept of weekends, claiming the idea was a mistake, and that Indian citizens need to work longer hours.Facing India’s challenges When asked by CNBC-TV18 if his past controversial comments on...

In Namibia, a certain politician named after the former German leader, Adolf Hitler has been elected as a local councilor for the governing Swapo party. Adolf Hitler Uunona was eleceted with 85% of the votes in the regional vote to emerge the winner in Ompundja, a small town in the far north of the country. Hitler confirmed that his father gave him the name after the German Nazi leader and probably wasn’t aware of his ideologies. Hitler, 54, is among the popular politicians in the Soutwest region of the country from his firm stand as an anti-apartheid activist. Interviewed by...

Republican Senate candidate Eric Hovde announced that he is conceding in the Wisconsin Senate race after previously questioning the results. Decision Desk HQ/The Hill declared incumbent Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D) the race’s winner more than a week ago, with Baldwin taking 49.4 percent of the vote to Hovde’s 48.5 percent and over 28,000 votes separating them. “The results from election night were disappointing, particularly in light of the last-minute absentee ballots that were dropped in Milwaukee at 4 a.m. flipping the outcome,” Hovde said in a six-minute video on X posted Monday. “I have heard from numerous supporters urging me...

President-elect Donald Trump confirmed Monday he would declare a “national emergency” to deport illegal migrants using “military assets” once he steps back into office early next year. Trump made the statement on Truth Social, responding “TRUE!!!” to a post from Judicial Watch’s Tom Fitton citing reports he would do so. “GOOD NEWS: Reports are the incoming @RealDonaldTrump administration prepared to declare a national emergency and will use military assets to reverse the Biden invasion through a mass deportation program,” Fitton wrote on the social media platform. Trump has vowed to enact the largest deportation in history, starting when he takes...

Home-builder confidence rose in November, as they expect President-elect Donald Trump’s victory to usher in regulatory relief and pave the way for more construction. Sentiment rose for the third month in a row, as builders grew more confident in their ability to sell newly built homes. The National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) monthly confidence index rose 3 points, to 46 points in November, the industry group said on Monday. The November figure exceeded expectations on Wall Street. The NAHB index is also at the highest level since April. A year ago, the index stood at 34. Home builders were...

Iranian officials signaled they might be willing to return to nuclear negotiations under the second Trump administration after meeting with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Rafael Grossi in Tehran last week. At a press conference on Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said Grossi’s visit was “fruitful and good,” resulting in some “good agreements” with the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency. Baqaei said some “ambiguities and questions” were covered during talks with Grossi – an allusion to the IAEA director’s longstanding complaints about Iranian non-compliance with inspection requirements. Grossi warned ahead of his visit to Tehran that time was...

Tensions are mounting in Washington as rumors circulate that President-elect Donald Trump is considering appointing Kash Patel, a loyalist and former aide during his previous administration, as the next Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Patel is rumored to be in consideration for the head of the FBI. GOP Sources have also independently confirmed this to The Gateway Pundit. Kash Patel’s impressive qualifications include several high-ranking positions in the intelligence and defense communities under President Trump. While running counter-terrorism for President Trump, the president oriented counter-terrorism efforts to wipe out ISIS senior leadership and other key operatives. He further...

A bullet failed to silence her, now Malala Yousafzai is lending her voice to the women of Afghanistan. In just a few years since the Taliban retook control of the country, women's rights have been eroded to the point where even singing is banned. ... The speed of change in Afghanistan, if not the brutality, has surprised Malala, who since that near-fatal shooting in 2012 has campaigned for equality. "I never imagined that the rights of women would be compromised so easily," .. "A lot of girls are finding themselves in a very hopeless, depressing situation where they do not...

BREAKING News: Trump has sent word to the Senate Majority Leader Thune that if the Senate doesn't confirm AG Gaetz, he will appoint him using the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, which allows for temporary appointments for up to 210 days, with a possible 210-day extension. This individual would not require Senate confirmation.

Texas Democrats were already 1 million voters behind Republicans before the first ballot was cast in the 2024 election cycle, and for all the high hopes of finally catching lightning in a bottle Nov. 5, after a three-decade drought in statewide elections, those dreams had probably been dashed eight months earlier. That's the analysis of political consultant and data diver Derek Ryan, who plowed through demographics and past voting habits of 99.8% of the 11,340,202 Texans who cast a ballot for president. "The November election was probably decided back in March," Ryan said in an email blast to people who...

Many ethnic groups moved rightward in the 2024 election, and Native Americans are among them. Seventeen counties with majority-Native American populations swung toward President-elect Donald Trump by ten or more percentage points. Just as with black and Hispanic voters, Native Americans had concerns that extended beyond the identity politics and left-wing virtue signaling of Democrats and the Kamala Harris campaign. Nationally, a whopping 65 percent of Native American voters went for Trump.

Democrat mega-donor Alex Soros has hailed the reported decision by outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden to allow Ukraine to use American-made long-range missiles to strike targets within Russia. On Sunday, legacy media outlets such as the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal reported — citing unnamed U.S. officials — that with just two months left in his term, President Biden had reversed course and signed off on Kyiv using Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missiles to strike targets within Russia. Previously, the 81-year-old Democrat had been wary of making such a decision over widespread concerns that long-range...