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Elon Musk says Department of Education no longer ‘exists,’ per MSNBC

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Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson 🇺🇸 LISTEN TO THAT CROWD when they showed President Trump during the National Anthem at the Super Bowl in New Orleans. From George 5:35 PM · Feb 9, 2025

This is remarkable. Truly alarming, quite stunning and a clear example of how corrupt the FBI agency is.There was a very disturbing article in the Los Angeles Times, warning criminal aliens of a pending ICE operation sweep that was coming to the LA area. The source for the advanced tip-off were indicated within the reporting to be FBI officials in Washington DC.Today, it appears that Dept of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is confirming the leak came from the FBI as she says, “The FBI is so corrupt. We will work with any and every agency to stop leaks and...

CBN.com – “We went bar-hopping, and I started doing two shots of Beam and a shot of Budweiser. I started to get ripped, and we went to the go go bar down the street and smoked a couple of joints. I left the go go bar and was doing 85 miles an hour down the road. I went to take a turn, and I don’t know if I yelled Jesus or God. I yelled something out, and the bike turned and catapulted. I almost went over a power line and landed on my feet. I fell back and had no...

If you spent much of last month shivering in the United States, you were not alone. A preliminary look at temperature data shows that the U.S. is likely to have experienced its coldest January average mean temperature since at least 2011, with records going back to 1895. Climate Central's preliminary report for January showed that 166 out of 191 analyzed cities (87 percent) were cooler than normal. That included Alaska, where the warmest city, Fairbanks, was an astounding 14.6 degrees Fahrenheit above normal. They put the January departure from the historical average number for the nation at minus 2.9 F....

James Carville suggested there could be a "plant" in progressive Democratic politics during his podcast on Thursday to see how many "stupid things" the party could embrace while discussing the Democratic National Committee (DNC) chair race. The political consultant read a description of former DNC Chair Jamie Harrison's announcement during the elections that they must be "gender balanced." Harrison said during the election process, "Our rules specify that when we have a non-binary candidate or officer, the non-binary individual is counted as neither male nor female, and the remaining six offices must be gender balanced with the results of the...

Why is the hard anti-American left so angry at Elon Musk? They’ve been unmasked. He and his warriors at DOGE have found them out. For years, they’ve been getting paid with your money, a billion dollars a week of American tax dollars, and laughing at you as the United States faces a fiscal deficit and as you’ve pinched your pennies hoping to survive the Democrat Party’s 20 percent inflation, as their leftist allies were living large . That’s why Democrats are so angry. They’ve been discovered. We see the hate and madness in their eyes directed at us for seeing...

Jasper is six years old, and we live in Southern California, which meant that in the course of the preceding week he and his twin brother had encountered Sonoran-style tacos, Lebanese kebabs, Vietnamese spring rolls, and several iterations of pizza. It is customary for first-time visitors in Los Angeles to remark on the multicultural multitude of the city’s restaurant landscape, but only when you live here do you realize (as did the late California food critic Jonathan Gold) that the scope of its globe-hopping is immeasurable, that you can roll along miles and miles of boulevards such as Pico and...

@WatcherGuru JUST IN: President Trump says Elon Musk's DOGE may have found fraud in treasuries.

Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal was “just plain out ethnic cleansing and genocide.” Partial transcript as follows: MARGARET BRENNAN: Right, an allegation we heard earlier in the program. I want to ask you about something President Trump said this week alongside the Israeli Prime Minister. It took many by surprise. Take a listen. DONALD TRUMP: The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it too. We’ll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other...

Went to Mass. Most political homily from the deacon I've ever heard. We've cancelled USAID, we don't help the hungry, we don't welcome the refugee. A dig at Vance, without naming him, in that we are not supposed to have primary duty and love to family, then community, church, country, humanity - subsidiarity. No, the stranger is our family. I approached him after mass, I said his homily was uncharitable to those who in good faith and careful thought had formed different political conclusions. He denied the homily was political, it was about the Gospel. "Read the Gospel." So if...

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a brainchild of our newly inaugurated President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, stands as a beacon of hope for those of us who have long clamored for a government that not only adheres to the Constitution but also promotes the financial prudence that our nation desperately requires. Yet there’s a notable absence that needs remedy: that of Ron Paul. For decades, the former congressman has been the unwavering voice of fiscal conservatism, liberty, and government accountability. His influence in the liberty movement is undeniable, and his principles have resonated with millions, myself included. That...

Strikes Hamas’s weapons depot in Syria and eliminates key Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon. Conducts counterterrorism raids in Nablus, destroying explosives and arresting suspects. Meanwhile, hostages Eli Sharabi, Or Levy, and Ohad Ben Ami have returned home in poor condition after 491 days in captivity. Eli’s tragic story has shaken the nation, as Hamas’s cruel tactics are condemned worldwide. Other Key Updates: Netanyahu sends delegation to Doha to discuss Phase B of the hostage deal. Trump renews maximum pressure on Iran, vowing to block its nuclear ambitions.

Dropping bombshells is always better than dropping literal bombs. But President Donald Trump’s pronouncement that “the U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip” may be too close for comfort. Standing next to Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump laid out his new plan to take possession of the 140-square-mile strip of land, clear out the tens of millions of tons of debris caused by the 15-month Israel–Hamas war, and economically develop it through nation-building. “We’ll own it. And be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous, unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site. Level the site, and get rid...

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More than a dozen ill-prepared migrants, including five children, were caught trying to illegally cross into Canada in below-freezing weather that could have claimed their lives, officials said. Alberta police intercepted four adults and five children from Venezuela who were trudging their suitcases through the snow in bone-chilling temperatures of minus-22 degrees Fahrenheit, The Guardian reports. Canadian Police Assistant Commissioner Lisa Moreland told reporters the group was found struggling in the snow and “incredibly cold” weather, which put their lives at risk. A second group of migrants — made up of six adults from Jordan, Sudan, Chad, and Mauritius —...

WASHINGTON — A different kind of gridlock is headed to a key section of the nation’s capital. DC Councilman Charles Allen (D-Ward 6) on Sunday warned his constituents in the Navy Yard area to brace for “major congestion” starting Monday, when thousands of naval employees begin returning to in-person work there. “Requiring all in-person work without helping agencies plan = mess,” Allen wrote on X. “16,000+ employees all report in person. Expecting 8-10,000 cars, but have 4,473 parking spots. “Avoid area if you can.” Allen cited data from a memo he apparently received, though it’s not entirely clear from where...

The family of a man who was crushed to death in a freak accident fear they may never find out what caused the pop-up urinal he was working on to drop suddenly. Maintenance engineer Kevin Holding, 60, was killed when working in Soho on 27 January 2023. His inquest heard it took two hours for a crane to arrive to lift the urinal off him. Pop-up loos were introduced in central London in 2002 to discourage street urination. During the day, they are stored below the pavement and at night they rise hydraulically. Mr Holding, from Beckenham in south-east London,...