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President Donald Trump is moving forward with plans to sell off multiple federal properties in Northern California, including the Nancy Pelosi Federal Building and a historic structure at 50 United Nations Plaza, ABC 7 reported. The administration argues that offloading the buildings will reduce maintenance costs, and it is opting to lease office space for federal workers instead. However, critics see the move as political retaliation. “It’s another example of how he is coming after Democrats. He’s coming after California, and it’s all about payback,” said former Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif. She also questioned the financial logic behind the plan,...

Elon Musk and DOGE have now started their efforts to crack down on arguably the most hated agency in the entire country, causing liberals to lose it all over again. Reuters reported that Gavin Kliger, a key staffer working with Elon Musk in his efforts to downsize the federal government, entered IRS headquarters on Thursday to investigate the corrupt agency’s operations. Sources told Reuters that Kliger had been meeting with multiple senior executives at the agency to learn more. One can only imagine what nasty stuff Kliger and the rest of DOGE will discover. It’s a safe bet that documented...

Mass Firings Have Started At Several Federal Agencies Mass firings have commenced across several federal agencies as part of President Donald Trump's initiative to significantly reduce the federal workforce. According to Newsweek, the Department of Education, the Small Business Administration, the U.S. General Services Administration, and the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) are among the affected agencies. These actions follow a federal judge's decision to allow the administration's deferred resignation program to proceed, with about 75,000 employees accepting the offer to leave their jobs while still being paid through September. The firings primarily target probationary employees, who lack the...

Mississippi-born bluesman K.C. Douglas (1912-1975), recorded in Oakland, California during a 1952 field trip. The song, Mercury Blues, was much covered by later generations of blues performers.K.C. Douglas - Mercury Blues (1952) | 2:20lupine22 | 6.93K subscribers | 150,154 views | January 29, 2011

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The White House audience today broke out in applause when President Trump announced the United States was withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accord. What a wonderful day for the American worker! President Trump told the White House audience: I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris.

Friday, May 23, 2014 Friday Afternoon Roundup - #LikeABoss Posted by Daniel Greenfield @ the Sultan Knish blog When everyone is talking about your boss’ incompetence, it’s time for a #LikeABoss hashtag. ALSO LIKE #LIKEABOSS 1,600 Americans died chasing a political slogan that existed only in the heads of his speechwriters. In 2009, the CIA determined that there were at most 100 Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. Next year his own CIA director admitted that there were at most 50-100 Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. That same year 499 Americans were killed in Afghanistan. Obama Lost the War on Al Qaeda, While...