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President Trump on Saturday stripped the security clearances of 8 ‘antagonists’ who have targeted him for ruin – including at least two of the Deep State lawyers representing the FBI officials suing to block the DOJ from releasing names of officials involved in January 6 cases. Last Tuesday, two groups of FBI agents anonymously filed a lawsuit to block the Justice Department from accessing their names. President Trump stripped security clearances of Norm Eisen, the key architect behind the color revolution and 180 lawsuits against Trump – and Mark Zaid, the Deep State lawyer who represented Trump impeachment ‘whistleblower’ Eric...

March 28, 1928, Warsaw, Poland—died May 26, 2017, Falls Church, Virginia) was a U.S. international relations scholar and national security adviser in the administration of President Jimmy Carter who played key roles in negotiating the SALT II nuclear weapons treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union and in U.S. efforts to sustain the rule of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, the shah of Iran.

Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that President Donald Trump was attempting to seize control of power for “corrupt purposes.” Partial transcript as follows: RADDATZ: You have used incredibly strong language. A Constitutional crisis. Grossly unconstitutional. Pretty alarming language. MURPHY: Yes, listen, I think this is the most serious Constitutional crisis the country has faced, certainly, since Watergate. The president is attempting to seize control of power and for corrupt purposes. The president wants to be able to decide how and where money is spent so that he can reward his political friends, he can punish...

The party that claims to want to "defend democracy" has decided to abandon the struggle in New York. New York state Democrats are going to pass a bill that allows Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul to delay scheduling special elections until November. Current law requires Hochul to schedule a special election 90 days after a vacancy is declared. The nomination of former Rep. Elise Stefanik to be UN ambassador will create a vacancy in her deep red district once the Senate confirms her nomination. Once the bill passes (Democrats have large majorities in both Houses), Hochul could deny citizens of New...

NBC News’ chief foreign affairs Andrea Mitchell said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that there was an international backlash developing against President Donald Trump’s agenda. Host Kristen Welker said, “We just talked to the Trump national security adviser amid questions about Gaza, whether he plans to try to make Canada the 51st state and of course, all of these cuts that we’re seeing. How do you see the Trump doctrine right now?” Mitchell said, “It appears to the world as might makes right in Panama, Canada. You can argue that this is an opening bid but we’ve seen in...

Video of interviewTranscript here is a sample Dr. Kathleen Hicks (40:43): Audits and waste, fraud and abuse are not the same thing. So let’s decompose these pieces for a moment. Jon Stewart (40:49): Then please educate me on what the difference is. Dr. Kathleen Hicks (40:50): Sure. So an audit is exactly what you just described. Jon Stewart (40:52): Yes. Dr. Kathleen Hicks (40:52): Which is do I know what was delivered to which place? Jon Stewart (40:55): Right. Dr. Kathleen Hicks (40:56): The ability to pass an audit or the fact that the DOD has not passed on audit...

With most describing him as "tough," "energetic," "focused" and "effective" — and as doing what he'd promised during his campaign — President Trump has started his term with net positive marks from Americans overall. Many say he's doing more than they expected — and of those who say this, most like what they see. Very few think he's doing less. His partisans and his voters, in particular, say he's got the right amount of focus on matters like ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs and deporting those who are in the country illegally. His deportation policy finds majority approval overall...

Recent immigration enforcement activity in NYC has some residents and business owners noticing their streets are eerily quiet, with one store manager stating area where she's works hasn't felt this desolate since 2020... Discussing the illegal immigrants working in NYC, illegal employers, crime, and how the 'gangs' were profiting from the exploitation.

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn) went on MSNBC's All In to inform their nearly 100 viewers that "our country is reaching a tipping point where democracy will no longer be attainable. It's what I would call a 'red alert' moment. Media like MSNBC are losing control of the narrative. Unqualified amateurs with blogs can reach as many people as your network can. We don't have a friendly government to send the FBI out to intimidate them like we did when Biden was president." "I see a real risk that a Capitol police officer might shoot an unarmed protester against deportations or...

[Catholic Caucus] Catholic Church leaders are running scaredWhat would happen if the Holy Father restated some salient items of Catholic dogma? First of all, I am thinking about this dogma: Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Suis. This is defined as follows: “We declare, say, define, and pronounce that it is absolutely necessary for the salvation of every human creature to be subject to the Roman Pontiff.” (Pope Boniface VIII, the Bull Unam Sanctam, 1302.) If Pope Francis repeated this, one can only guess at what might happen. At the very least he would utterly destroy 60 years of ecumenical dialogue and cause...

Dave Portnoy, founder of Barstool Sports, promoted a new meme coin called Jailstool yesterday, making its market cap surge by 119,000% in less than five hours, with its price up by 2.6 million percent in the past twenty-four hours. The token instantly became popular after Dave tweeted and held a late-night X Space with his 3.5 million followers.

As of 2025, Chelsea Clinton’s net worth is $70 million. She is the daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Hillary. Chelsea Inherited the majority of her wealth through a trust fund, which includes couple of expensive properties in Maui and millions in stock holdings. Chelsea Clinton receives an annually-recurring funding from USAID, allocated by Obama for her Foundation, which provides afternoon meals to children in Africa, India, and Bangladesh. However, as of today, the reported number of meals served stands at 11,886, implying an astonishing cost of $1,410 per meal.(snip) After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, USAID allocated more...

New Yorkers awoke Sunday to up to four inches of snow — with even more fallings in some parts of the tristate area. And even more could be on the way this coming week. Following a night of heavy snow, sleet and ice, New York City’s Central Park recorded 3.1 inches of snow by Sunday morning. That will likely stick around well into this coming week, as temperatures are set to remain chilly.

After nearly three weeks in the minority, Democrats have finally settled on a target to rally against: Elon Musk. The party and allied groups this week have shown up at the doors of agencies impacted by Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, held rallies and press conferences calling the president’s ally an “unelected billionaire,” and introduced legislation to push back on the administration’s efforts to eliminate agencies and force out federal employees. The coordinated effort comes after weeks of Democrats grappling with how to oppose the new administration after a bruising election in which President Donald Trump made gains with key...

President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are negotiating a tax package that a budget watchdog group estimated could cost anywhere from $5 trillion to $11.2 trillion over the next decade. A series of tax policy changes that Trump supports appear to have broad support among Republicans in Congress. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget has released a study that projects the cost of each item over a 10-year period. The possible tax changes are expected to be included in a budget reconciliation package, which allows the GOP to bypass the filibuster in the Senate, where they lack a 60-vote...

President Donald Trump has stripped security clearances from a number of left-wing lawmakers and officials, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and former Secretary of State Antony Blinken, among several others. Just hours after revoking President Biden’s security clearance and access to classified intelligence briefings, Trump has shifted his attention to one of the ex-president’s top underlings in former Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Just weeks before the 2020 election, Blinken circulated a bogus memo claiming that the infamous Hunter Biden laptop was a “Russian disinformation operation.” A total of 51 former intelligence officers...

The counties of San Francisco and Santa Clara in California in addition to King County, Washington, and the cities of Portland, Oregon, and New Haven, Connecticut, have sued the Trump administration alleging it has threatened and unlawfully targeted sanctuary jurisdictions, according to a lawsuit filed in the Northern District of California. The suit, filed Friday, cited President Donald Trump’s executive order directing federal funds be withheld “from jurisdictions that refuse to use their local resources to carry out his immigration agenda,” and a February 5 Department of Justice memo the suit alleges “threatens not only termination of funding but also...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hosts a Q&A at the town hall meeting at the Pentagon, Feb. 7, 2025.

A flag reading "Support your local ICE raids" has been spotted in California, referring to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to social media posts. Why It Matters California is grappling with how to counter some of President Trump's policies, especially his immigration agenda, which he has said will involve ICE raids and mass deportations. Immigration and mass deportations were a key component of Trump's 2024 campaign. Americans largely support the president's mass deportation plans, but disagree about how policies should be carried out. A poll by The New York Times and Ipsos conducted from January 2 to 10 found that...

Now that President Trump is back in the White House, it’s time to take a victory lap and remind every smug liberal that their so-called “34-time convicted felon” narrative was always a sham. We knew it. You knew it. And now, with the truth coming to light, even some of them are starting to wake up. Because here’s the reality: That entire case was a disgraceful political hit job, and the most blatant abuse of the justice system we’ve ever seen. The Biden DOJ never even bothered to hide their corruption. They weaponized the courts like a banana republic, hoping...