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WATCH: Failed politician Stacey Abrams says Trump is a "Grand Ayatollah" with "mystical power." "Elections are not real."

Donald Trump to Achieve the Largest Cut in Federal Workforce in 80 Years US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, onWill Oliver/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Lowell Cauffiel22 Aug 2025194 3:12 In what is being called the largest single-year cut in civilian federal employment since World War II, 2025 will end with 300,000 fewer workers employed by the United States government. New Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Scott Kupor told several news outlets, most recently the New York Times, that the federal workforce will drop from 2.4 million to 2.1 million employees,...

After arguing that Washington DC crime rates were not excessive, Democrats were outraged that the increase in federal law-enforcement efforts in the city has significantly reduced crime. "Since national guard troops and federal law-enforcement officers began patrolling the streets crime has sharply declined," President Trump declared. "This last week was the first week without a homicide in as long as anyone can remember. Carjackings decreased by 83%, robberies by 46%, and overall violent crime is down 22%. I'm thinking that a similar approach for other high-crime cities would be effective." DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb claimed "the deployment of more...

In Brazil a senator banned from social media...appearing in a live... Iran will resume talks with the UK, France and Germany... Iran's defense minister speaking of new surprise weapons... President Trump speaking at the White House today about Israeli hostages...concerned reaction from a hostage family group... The Houthi movement in Yemen claiming attacks on Israel... Three people wounded...Ukrainian drone attack in Russia's Volgograd... Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth firing the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency... Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from federal custody... An Israeli air attack on southern Lebanon tonight... President Donald Trump announcing...US government now owns 10 percent of...

Top O' the Briefing Happy Friday, dear Kruiser Morning Briefing friends. The Sine Qua Non Sequitur is participating in an Ayahuasca cheese-rolling "Weekend of Discovery" somewhere in Great Britain. In yesterday's Briefing we took a broad look at the current moribund state of the once-formidable Democratic Party. The contributing factors that have brought the Democrats to this point are many, but one really stands out — the mind-numbing mediocrity of its major players. We've often discussed the fact that the Democrats are out of ideas and have nothing to offer the disaffected voters who they've been pushing away for over...

Melugin, the DHS notified Kilmar Abrego Garcia that ICE may deport him to Uganda “no earlier than 72 hours from now.” Kilmar Abrego Garcia was an illegal alien residing in Maryland when he was deported to his home country of El Salvador earlier this year and placed in the notorious CECOT prison, however, radical left-wing judges ordered him to be returned to the US. Abrego Garcia was previously ordered deported by an immigration judge but he was not to be sent to his home country of El Salvador so now the Trump Administration is likely going to send him to...

BIG NEWS: The United States of America now owns 10% of Intel, one of our great American technology companies. This historic agreement strengthens U.S. leadership in semiconductors, which will both grow our economy and help secure America’s technological edge. Thanks to Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan for striking a deal that’s fair to Intel and fair to the American People.

Texas has a long and proud tradition of rising to defend our homes, our freedom, and our communities. I’m running for Attorney General to carry on that legacy… unafraid to fight, unafraid to win, and unafraid to defend Texas at every turn.

OCEANSIDE, CA — A family's beach trip ended in disaster after they were cited by a state official for building a sand castle together without prior authorization from the California Coastal Commission. Witnesses said that the Wilson family had just put the finishing touches on a cool little sand castle when an officer approached to notify them that his department had received a complaint from the California Coastal Commission. According to sources, the officer first approached the eight-year-old Wilson boy to question him about having the proper permits. "Hey, that's a cool sand castle, kid," the officer reportedly said as...

Q. How can you tell that the new Cracker Barrel logo is a classic woke catastrophe? A. When even the Morning Joe crew mocks it. You might think that the show would applaud the redesign. After all, it eliminates the image of an old, white, Southern male—and you know what, in liberal minds, those guys stand for! But no! On today's show, Jonathan Lemire led off the discussion by sardonically saying, "Let's be clear. It's now Cracker Barrel with no sign of a barrel." That got the panel, Eugene Robinson in particular, laughing [see screencap.] Katty Kay tried at first...

The FBI raided the D.C.-area home of former Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton on Friday. According to the New York Post’s Caitlin Doornbos, who initially broke the story, “Federal agents went to Bolton’s house in Bethesda, Md., at 7 a.m. in an investigation ordered by FBI Director Kash Patel, a Trump administration official told The Post.” Per Fox News, agency officials were later spotted at Bolton’s Washington, D.C. office “removing boxes and Bolton was seen in the lobby.”

While the raid was happening, a tweet appeared on Bolton’s X page. Interestingly, the post did not concern the raid at all but focused on the Ukraine-Russia war. The tweet was sent at 7:32 AM ET. As TGP readers know, the FBI entered Bolton’s Maryland home about half an hour earlier at 7 A.M ET. Bolton stated that Russia’s ultimate goal was to make Ukraine entirely a part of Russia and said the peace talks would prove futile. Moreover, he said that Trump would only hold further meetings because he wants the Nobel Peace Prize rather than a sincere desire...

... The “problem” with this is that forensic document experts have determined that the Hawaiian “Birth Certificate” of Obama is an amateurish forgery. It is a pieced-together computer-generated document for which the identity of another person born in Honolulu on or about the same date (August 4, 1961) was used, constituting the crimes of Identity Theft and Forgery. I URGE THAT EVERYONE WHO HAS AN INTEREST IN LAW AND ORDER AND OUR U.S. CONSTITUTION SHOULD READ THIS EXCELLENT ARTICLE WHICH APPARENTLY IS BEING REJECTED BY THE FBI AS A FOIA REQUEST. ... continue reading at: https://www.thepostemail.com/2025/08/22/no-government-investigation-of-obama-birth-certificate/

It's a very strange reaction by Politico's senior editor Michael Schaffer to the federal takeover of the Washington, D.C. police force. In fact you could categorize that reaction as disappointment as you can see in his Thursday piece expressing amazement as to "Why Washington Residents Aren’t Flooding the Streets to Protest Trump."As if to emphasize that disappointment, the subtitle chimes in with this frustrating (for Schaffer) observation: "DC is built for protests. But after Trump’s takeover, they aren’t happening."Where, oh where are the mass protests against the federal takeover of the DC police? Let us take a journey with poor...

VIDEOMORE Karmatic Kickback! John Bolton who was all in enthusiastic over the FBI raid on President Trump's Mar-a-Lago home just had his own home raided by the FBI searching for classified documents. One wonders if Bolton, while standing outside his home clad only in his underpants during the FBI search, had flashbacks to his own gloating over the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago.

Rep. Eric Swalwell’s latest attack on President Donald Trump has backfired after he shared a post on X, ripping the president for his federal takeover of Washington, D.C., police and the deployment of National Guard troops. “It’s been 10 days since Trump militarized DC. Crime is on the rise. Trump owns it,” the post reads. But despite his claims, video clips have been circulating showing law enforcement taking criminals off the streets in large numbers, with many of them being illegal aliens, according to Twitchy. Watch: VIDEO AT LINK..................... The report also took a swipe at Swalwell, reminding him that...

Sometime around noon today the “elbow’s up” team is expected to publicly take a knee. In the interim President Trump takes questions from media about ongoing events. WATCH:

President Donald Trump’s deputies are using federal databases for “continuous vetting” of roughly 55 million foreigners who have visas to visit or live in the United States. “We review all available information as part of our vetting, including law enforcement or immigration records or any other information that comes to light after visa issuance, indicating a potential ineligibility under the INA [ Immigration and Nationality Act],” said a statement from the Department of State. The statement did not say how many visa holders might be vetted each year. But it does suggest that Trump’s integration of federal tax, healthcare, criminal,...

Trump now realizes that he can't manage an end to the war. It's out of his hands. So what he's very subtly doing, and you saw all sorts of evidence of it yesterday, is pushing the responsibility for the war and for dealing with Putin onto the ha into onto into the hands of the Europeans uh and the Ukrainians who again are working very closely together. So, I think there's a fundamental change taking place..."

On June 21, 2024, Governor DeSantis of Florida signed HB87, restoring the right of people to protect themselves, their pets, and their homes against aggressive black bears. The law went into effect on July 1, 2024.From July to December 2024, FWC recorded four instances where people killed bears, but were not charged because of the new law. There were seven situations where people were charged with illegal kills. In 2021, during the same period, there were 17 illegal kills recorded; in 2022, there were seven illegal kills recorded during the same period. In 2023, there were seven illegal kills recorded...