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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced late Saturday night that in addition to the National Guardsmen — who were being deployed to restore order in Los Angeles — he was placing active duty U.S. Marines at nearby Camp Pendleton on high alert. Hegseth’s announcement, made via a post on X, came just hours after it was reported that President Donald Trump was invoking the Insurrection Act of 1807 in order to deploy a number of National Guard troops as protesters clashed violently with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents across the Los Angeles area. “The violent mob assaults on ICE and Federal...

Donald Trump warned Elon Musk on Saturday that he faces “very serious consequences” if he funds Democratic candidates following the pair’s epic public bust-up this week. The warning, delivered in an interview with NBC News scheduled to broadcast on Sunday, follows days of feuding and threats after Musk called Republicans’ budget legislation an “abomination”. Trump told interviewer Kristen Welker his relationship with the tech mogul was over and warned Musk against choosing to fund Democrats after spending close to $300m in support of Trump’s re-election last year. “If he does, he’ll have to pay the consequences for that,” Trump told...

Elon Musk posted a poll on X on Thursday asking followers whether they support the idea of a new political party to take on the Republicans and Democrats. Why it matters: The richest man in the world is publicly feuding with the most powerful man in America, whom he spent record-setting sums to elect. We're about to find out what Musk is prepared to do about it. Driving the news: Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday that he was "disappointed in Elon" for coming out against his "Big Beautiful Bill." Trump speculated it was because the bill...

More than 30% of Democrat voters support Pete Buttigieg as their preferred candidate for the 2028 presidential race, according to a new national poll, positioning him ahead of prominent party figures such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and former Vice President Kamala Harris, Breitbart reported. A new AtlasIntel poll has found that the former transportation secretary leads the field of potential Democratic candidates for the 2028 presidential election, garnering support from 31.5 percent of Democratic-identifying respondents. The survey, conducted from May 21-27 polled 3,469 adults across the United States. The margin of error was not provided. Ocasio-Cortez received the second-highest...

On January 7, 2019 Gavin Newsom became the governor of California. In November of that year President Trump urged Newsom to make a greater effort to prepare the state to deal with its frequent wildfires and warned that "if California doesn't get their act together there will be a disaster of major proportions. Don't expect the federal government to bail you out." Armed with an AP "fact check" pooh-poohing Trump's warning, Newsom disregarded the risk. Though voters had approved $2.7 billion in bonds to increase the state's water storage capacity back in 2014, none of this money was invested in...

The historic "special relationship" between the United States and the United Kingdom is being threatened by Elon Musk's open criticism of the UK government's toleration of "Asian grooming gangs." The scandal has been underway for decades as Muslims have been treating infidel youngsters as the sex slaves the Quran says they should be. Girls as young as 12 years old are enticed by gifts of candy, food, taxi rides, and drugs. They are gang-raped until they are "too old"--usually around 18 years of age--and then discarded. Current Prime Minister Keir Starmer headed the Crown Prosecution Service during most of this...

The US House of Representatives passed the Laken Riley Bill. The 216 Republicans present were joined by 48 Democrats in voting for the bill. All the opposing 159 votes were cast by Democrats. The legislation requires the Department of Homeland Security to detain illegal immigrants who have committed crimes other than illegally entering the country. Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn) argued for the bill, saying "the tragic and preventable murder of Laken Riley serves as a stark reminder of the consequences of failed leadership. The Laken Riley Act is a direct step toward ensuring that criminal illegal aliens are swiftly...

German Vice Chancellor and Economy Minister Robert Habeck called "incoming President Donald Trump's expectation that we will devote 5% of our GDP to our own national defense is unrealistic. Look, prior to 1945 we spent far more than 5% on our defense, but were still battered into submission by the combined might of Russia and the US. For the next 45 years Germany was occupied by foreign troops--Russia because it hoped to eventually dominate us and the Americans because they didn't want Germany to be absorbed into a communist empire." "So, why should we spend anything on our own defense?"...

As President Biden prepares to vacate the White House accolades are pouring in for his performance. Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) asserted "he will go down as the greatest president we ever had. You know, I was the one who secured the Democratic nomination for him in 2020. That was one of the greatest accomplishments of my career. I think President Biden himself would admit he isn't a great orator, but he sure was a great doer of things while in office." "He did the big things that Trump would never have done," the Congressman pointed out. "He saved the nation...

True to his Party's belief that crises are opportunities to advance the interests of Democrats, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif) has used the state's wildfire disaster to launch a campaign website. "So far there has been a lot of finger pointing about who's to blame for the magnitude of the fire damage being done in our state," Newsom complained. "What is needed is an honest assessment of the facts. We're calling on folks to help out by donating funds to ensure that those of us who have been diligently governing the state do not suffer undeserved blame." The Governor insisted that...

California legislators are authorizing $50 million of taxpayer funds to help resist efforts by the incoming Trump Administration to deport persons who entered the United States illegally. State Sen. Budget Committee Chair Scott Wiener (D-San Fran) said "California faces two massive challenges. First, horrifically destructive wildfires in Los Angeles have rendered thousands of residents homeless. Second, an incoming federal administration has vowed to deport immigrant Angelenos." "Clearly, we lack the funds to do much about the damage that the fires have done," Wiener admitted. "However, the fires are a only a local problem of a transitory nature. The deportations that...

In an interview on CBS's "Sixty Minutes," outgoing FBI Director Christopher Wray admitted that "China has penetrated America's water treatment plants, electric grid, and other critical civilian infrastructure, and is lying 'in wait' for an opportunity to cyberattack at a time and place of its choosing." Most Americans have been led to believe that the FBI is a crackerjack outfit that is protecting the country against subversion. At least, that is the story promulgated by the mainstream media, TV shows, and movies. If the Chinese have subverted America during his watch why does Wray seem so relaxed now that he...

A polar vortex sent a wave of very cold air over much of the US for the next few days. This includes Washington, DC. By inauguration day below freezing temperatures were expected near the Capitol where the ceremony is traditionally held. This forecast persuaded President-Elect Donald Trump to move the ceremony indoors. "On such a joyous occasion I don't want to see people have to run a guantlet of cold and snow just to be present at this historic moment," Trump said. "Expecting the tens of thousands of law enforcers, first responders, police K9s and horses, and hundreds of thousands...

Now, after billions of people around the world have been injected with Pfizer's covid vaccines, the company has released a list of the "side effects" of its product which includes: blood thrombosis, acute kidney injury, acute flaccid myelitis, positive antisperm antibodies, brainstem embolism, brainstem thrombosis, cardiac arrest, heart failure, cardiac ventricular thrombosis, cardiogenic shock, central nervous system vasculitis, neonatal death, deep vein thrombosis, brainstem encephalitis, hemorrhagic encephalitis, frontal lobe epilepsy, foaming at the mouth, epileptic psychosis, facial paralysis, fetal distress syndrome, gastrointestinal amyloidosis, hashimoto's encephalopathy, hepatic vascular thrombosis, herpes zoster reactivation, hepatitis immune-mediated, interstitial lung disease, jugular vein embolism, juvenile...

Newly pardoned Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif) lashed out at President Trump's pardons for 1500 individuals convicted for their participation in the alleged insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, calling them "obscene and grotesque. Our democracy hung by as thread that day as a mob of MAGA extremists trespassed into the Capitol building forcing 100s of frightened members of Congress, myself included, to flee in fear for our lives." Newly pardoned Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md), condemned "the unjust release of domestic terrorists who tried to overthrow our government is despicable. If it weren't for the shooting of one...

President Trump used his authority to strip the security clearances of those who can't be trusted from the 51 former US intelligence officials who signed a letter warning that Hunter Biden's laptop was a Russian disinformation campaign. The 51 said "our national security experience made us deeply suspicious that the Russian government played a significant role in this case." As a matter of fact, there was no evidence that Russia was in any way connected with Hunter's laptop. The FBI had already verified it was really Hunter's laptop in 2019, although this information was not publicly revealed until after Joe...

During the presidential election campaign, the progressive-leaning organization Sixteen Thirty Fund (1630) gave money to Retire Career Politicians (RCP) so it could support Robert F. Kennedy, jr.'s campaign for president. Oddly, the money continued to flow even after RFK had dropped out of the race. Now, 1630 is giving money to Protect Our Care (POC) which is running the Stop RFK War Room effort to keep Kennedy from becoming Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). A spokesperson for 1630 explained "it's all about thwarting Trump. Surveys showed that as a candidate, Kennedy was taking more votes...

The first victory in President Trump's battle to deport criminal aliens was achieved by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid in Boston. The focus was on apprehending persons who illegally entered the US who are also criminals--gang members, murder suspects, and those with prior convictions. Over 300 arrests were made. A later raid in New York City netted pedophiles, gang members, and a suspected terrorist. Over 500 arrests were made. A planned raid in Chicago was preceded by an ABC News Chicago broadcast offering illegal immigrants advice on how to evade detection and arrest by ICE agents. Acting deputy...

Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ) says "we will buy as much mifepristone as we can get our hands on so every woman who needs a chemically-induced abortion can get it. As the Supreme Court ruled, each state can craft whatever policy on abortion it wants to. I believe every woman is entitled to obtain this drug at no cost to herself regardless of where she lives. So, our state's policy will be to serve as the last hope for women living in places that have more restrictive policies." "Though the 1873 Comstock Act prohibits the mailing of anything that could cause...

On Wednesday, January 29 an Army Helicopter collided with an American Airlines plane trying land at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Within a few hours of the crash, Rep. Norma Torres (D-Calif) was able to determine that "President Trump bears the full weight of responsibility for this tragedy. The fact that this crash came so quickly following the Senate's confirmation of the appointment of Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense is a telling sign that Trump's cabinet nominees are dreadfully unqualified for the jobs to which they are being appointed." "I am sorry to say that this tragedy is...