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  • Western Journal Founder Fired from Kennedy Center After CNN Prodded About His Christian Beliefs: 'I Refused to Recant'

    05/30/2025 6:08:27 AM PDT · by unlearner · 56 replies
    The Western Journal ^ | 5/29/2025 | Randy DeSoto
    CNN is taking credit for prompting the firing of The Western Journal founder and former owner Floyd Brown, who only a month ago had taken a senior position at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The piece by CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski describes Brown as a “far-right activist” who is a professing Christian and who has made statements in the past critical of the homosexual lifestyle and same-sex marriage. ... In February, President Donald Trump announced that he was naming Ric Grenell as interim director of the Kennedy Center. The president wrote on social media, “Ric shares my Vision for...
  • Venezuela Frees U.S. Air Force Veteran In Bid To Ease Tensions With United States

    05/21/2025 9:33:23 AM PDT · by Twotone · 1 replies
    The Daily Wire ^ | May 20, 2025 | Tim Pearce
    Venezuela released U.S. Air Force veteran Joseph St. Clair on Tuesday in a bid to ease tensions with the United States. St. Clair, 33, boarded a private chartered flight in Antigua and Barbuda and arrived in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, according to The Wall Street Journal. Richard Grenell, the U.S. envoy for special missions, oversaw the handoff between Venezuelan and U.S. authorities. Nine other Americans remain in Venezuelan custody. St. Clair and eight of the remaining prisoners were declared wrongfully detained by the U.S. State Department on March 3. The ninth is expected to be designated wrongfully detained soon, WSJ...
  • Ric Grenell Uncovers $26 Million in ‘Fake Revenue’ at Kennedy Center — Vows Criminal Charges for Biden Appointees

    05/20/2025 6:17:02 PM PDT · by bitt · 41 replies
    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com ^ | May. 20, 2025 | Ben Kew
    President Trump’s choice to run the Kennedy Center has said he has found $26 million in fraudulent revenue. Addressing several board members during a dinner in the White House’s State Dining Room, Grenell stated that a review of the center’s budgets from the past two years had uncovered what he described as “$26 million in phantom revenue—fake revenue.” “It’s criminal,” Grenell said. “We’re going to refer this to the U.S. attorney’s office here.” SHOCKING! Ric Grenell just revealed the new CFO of The Kennedy Center went through the 2024 & 2025 budgets and found $26 MILLION in PHANTOM REVENUE. FAKE...
  • Swamp Creature Swartz Slithers Out of DoJ - 30 Years of Fixing Cases From Sandy Berger to Scooter Libby to Paul Manafort

    03/19/2025 7:05:40 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 8 replies
    Jack’s Substack ^ | 17 Mar, 2025 | Jack Cashill
    Much to the chagrin of the media, Bruce Swartz, “globally renowned for representing the Justice Department in some of its most sensitive foreign dealings,” resigned rather than accept a demotion by President Trump. For 30 years, “careerist” Bruce Swartz quietly worked to advance Democratic interests on one hot button case after another, but if Special Presidential Envoy Ric Grenell has his way, Swartz will be prosecuted for intrigue few even know about. “Bruce Schwartz (sic) undermined Donald Trump and US foreign policy while he worked at DoJ,” Grenell tweeted on March 15. “I told him private information about negotiations (he...
  • Tren de Aragua's home country to accept regular deportation flights from US

    03/15/2025 9:37:12 AM PDT · by Twotone · 10 replies
    The Blaze ^ | March 13, 2025 | Julio Rosas
    Richard Grenell, who serves as President Trump's envoy for special missions, announced on Thursday that Venezuela will be accepting deportation flights from the United States on a regular basis. "I am pleased to announce that Venezuela has agreed to resume flights to pick up their citizens who broke U.S. Immigration Laws and entered the U.S. illegally. The flights will resume Friday," Grenell said on X. Venezuela had previously refused to accept deportation flights under the Biden-Harris administration, which created a bad situation, with hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans illegally entering the United States. Grenell previously visited the adversarial country to...
  • Bill O'Reilly Drops Tantalizing Tidbit on What Eric Adams Might Know About Letitia James and Alvin Bragg

    02/14/2025 8:37:45 AM PST · by PBRCat · 40 replies
    Red State ^ | February 14, 2025 | Nick Arama
    O'Reilly then went on to predict that California Gov. Gavin Newsom would be "next" on the list of officials being sued. “The big power is Newsom in California. Newsom’s next. Hey, Gavin, they’re coming for you!” O’Reilly said. That appears a completely logical conclusion based on the DOJ's actions so far and Newsom's recalcitrance on the issue of illegal immigration in his state. O'Reilly also predicted that in all this, "Pritzker is going to get destroyed" and Trump would "bring down" James and Bragg.
  • Trump’s Kennedy Center Takeover Will Reverberate in Hollywood

    02/13/2025 12:39:54 AM PST · by UMCRevMom@aol.com · 28 replies
    Time ^ | February 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM | Philip Elliott
    Over a matter of days, the President dismissed Kennedy Center board members appointed by Joe Biden to six-year terms, named himself the chairman of the governing body, and installed a loyalist, Richard Grenell, as its interim leader. On Wednesday, his total takeover of that institution seemed complete: a board entirely of Trump appointees unanimously made him the chairman, empowered, in effect, to police the artistic choices being made on the de facto national stage. “We will make The Kennedy Center a very special and exciting place!” Trump posted on his social media platform. The impact of this MAGA takeover of...
  • Will Trump have a chilling effect on Hollywood? Insiders say it’s already happening

    02/11/2025 11:52:25 AM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 42 replies
    Los Angeles Times ^ | Feb. 11, 2025 3 AM PT | Samantha Masunaga
    Eight years ago, Hollywood proudly donned the mantle of anti-Trump resistance.This time around, the industry’s reaction can best be summed up by the tale of two Trump films.Just two weeks before President Trump’s inauguration, Amazon Prime Video made a unexpected announcement — the company would release a documentary about Melania Trump, with the first lady serving as an executive producer.Meanwhile, another Trump-related movie — “The Apprentice” biopic that chronicles the current president’s rise to power decades ago — still has not secured a streaming deal, despite two Oscar nominations for lead actor (Sebastian Stan as Trump) and supporting actor (Jeremy...
  • President Trump to Fire Kennedy Center Chairman and Multiple Trustees, Appoint Himself Chairman – Announces “Golden Age in Arts and Culture”

    02/07/2025 5:23:17 PM PST · by SoConPubbie · 30 replies
    The Gateway Pundit ^ | Feb. 7, 2025 6:00 pm | Jordan Conradson
    President Trump, a true success as a businessman and entertainment mogul, announced on Friday additional plans to root out woke garbage and fix the arts and entertainment industry.“I have decided to immediately terminate multiple individuals from the Board of Trustees, including the Chairman, who do not share our Vision for a Golden Age in Arts and Culture,” the President announced on Truth Social.“We will soon announce a new Board, with an amazing Chairman, DONALD J. TRUMP!”He cited recent drag shows at the Kennedy Center “specifically targeting our youth,” declaring, “THIS WILL STOP.”President Trump has also promised to foster a “Golden...
  • Donald Trump Says He’ll Name Himself Chairman Of Kennedy Center And Oust Board Members

    02/07/2025 3:48:28 PM PST · by Beowulf9 · 65 replies
    https://www.yahoo.com ^ | Feb 7 2025 | Ted Johnson
    Donald Trump said that he will oust board members of the Kennedy Center, while naming himself as its new chairman. David Rubenstein is the current chairman of the center and agreed to stay in that role through 2026.
  • Ric Grenell Reveals Kennedy Center’s Financial Crisis – No Cash, No Reserves, Just Debt as Institution Dives into Financial Turmoil

    02/13/2025 11:06:35 AM PST · by Macho MAGA Man · 52 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | February 13, 2025 | Jim Hoft
    Interim executive director Ric Grenell has disclosed a dire financial state at the Kennedy Center, America’s leading performing arts venue. .... Snip.... Ric Grenell, upon taking his new role, shared alarming insights into the financial health of the institution. On X, he detailed, “I was briefed today by the CFO of the Kennedy Center on its financial situation. She told me there is ZERO cash on hand. And ZERO in reserves. And the deferred maintenance is a crisis.” He added, “For the past months they’ve been digging into the DEBT RESERVES. We must fix this great institution. The people working...
  • I am pleased to announce that Ric Grenell will serve as the Interim Executive Director of The Kennedy Center.

    02/10/2025 2:45:00 PM PST · by hardspunned · 47 replies
    I am pleased to announce that Ric Grenell will serve as the Interim Executive Director of The Kennedy Center. Ric shares my Vision for a GOLDEN AGE of American Arts and Culture, and will be overseeing the daily operations of the Center. NO MORE DRAG SHOWS, OR OTHER ANTI-AMERICAN PROPAGANDA — ONLY THE BEST. RIC, WELCOME TO SHOW BUSINESS!
  • Steve Soboroff Agrees to Work for Free, After $500,000 Salary Exposed

    02/09/2025 6:19:19 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 32 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 02/09/2025 | Joel B Pollack
    Los Angeles “Chief Recovery Officer” Steve Soboroff said Saturday night that he would work for free, after coming under fire for earning $500,000 for three months of work, even though his salary was to have been paid privately. Earlier in the day, as Breitbart News reported, Ambassador Ric Grenell, who is representing President Donald Trump in overseeing the recovery effort from last month’s devastating fires, criticized Soboroff harshly for his salary.
  • Ex-Green Beret claims he led foiled raid into Venezuela

    05/03/2020 9:48:55 PM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 46 replies
    AP ^ | 05 04 2020 | JOSHUA GOODMAN and SCOTT SMITH
    A former Green Beret has taken responsibility for what he claimed was a failed attack Sunday aimed at overthrowing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and that the socialist government said ended with eight dead. Jordan Goudreau’s comments in an interview with an exiled Venezuelan journalist capped a bizarre day that started with reports of a pre-dawn amphibious raid near the South American country’s heavily guarded capital. An AP investigation published Friday found that Goudreau had been working with a retired Venezuelan army general now facing U.S. narcotics charges to train dozens of deserting Venezuelan soldiers at secret camps inside neighboring Colombia....
  • Venezuela’s Maduro says 2 US ‘mercenaries’ were captured in failed raid attempt

    05/05/2020 4:10:40 AM PDT · by knighthawk · 28 replies
    Fox News ^ | May 05 2020 | Edmund DeMarche
    Nicolás Maduro, the embattled leader of Venezuela, said Monday that authorities in Caracas captured 13 “terrorists”—including two U.S. citizens-- in a failed invasion attempt that he said was no doubt orchestrated by the Trump administration. Maduro made a nationwide broadcast on state television and held up a pair of U.S. passports that he said were recovered. He read off the names and birthdays of the two Americans.
  • Donald Trump's special envoy slaps down NATO boss over pledge that Ukraine will be accepted into the alliance

    01/24/2025 3:08:09 PM PST · by McGruff · 23 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | Jan 23, 2025 | JOHN-PAUL FORD ROJAS
    Donald Trump’s special envoy yesterday publicly slapped down Nato’s chief over the idea that Ukraine could be admitted to the alliance. Richard Grenell told secretary-general Mark Rutte he would ‘run into a big buzz saw in America’ if, as Mr Rutte suggested, he tried to make it happen. The spat broke out during an annual Ukraine breakfast on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos. The event laid bare divisions between those in Mr Trump’s new administration who are pushing for early peace talks with Russia to end the war and others including European ministers who say Vladimir...
  • A Breathtaking First Week

    01/26/2025 4:38:56 AM PST · by MtnClimber · 28 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 26 Jan, 2025 | Clarice Feldman
    President Trump gets a thing or two done. In his first term in office, President Trump apparently thought he could operate as if the federal government were a corporation he headed as Chief Executive and Commander in Chief of the armed forces. He assumed those beneath him would give him honest counsel, would perform their assigned duties, and follow his directives. He learned otherwise. All the steps he took the first week after beginning his astonishing second term are those a wise CEO and commander in chief must take to do the job he promised and was elected to do....
  • Ric Grenell named Presidential Envoy for Special Missions

    12/14/2024 4:10:54 PM PST · by chrisinoc · 32 replies
    Truth Social ^ | December 14, 2024 | Donald J. Trump
    I am pleased to announce Richard Allen Grenell as our Presidential Envoy for Special Missions. Ric will work in some of the hottest spots around the World, including Venezuela and North Korea. In my First Term, Ric was the United States Ambassador to Germany, Acting Director of National Intelligence, and Presidential Envoy for Kosovo-Serbia Negotiations. Previously, he spent eight years inside the United Nations Security Council, working with North Korea, and developments in numerous other Countries. Ric has a B.A. from Evangel College and a M.P.A from Harvard. Ric will continue to fight for Peace through Strength, and always put...
  • Exclusive: Ex-intel chief urged Trump to fire FBI Director Wray in 2020

    08/09/2022 8:22:52 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 23 replies
    Just The News ^ | By John Solomon Updated: August 8, 2022 - 11:31pm
    Ric Grenell recounts when FBI agents admitted their bosses ordered political redactions to documents. Former acting Director of National Intelligence Ric Grenell is warning that the FBI is facing a "real crisis" from partisan tampering with investigations, revealing he actually urged then-President Donald Trump to fire Director Chris Wray back in 2020 when such concerns first became obvious. "I told President Trump we got to get rid of him," Grenell said Monday in an interview with Just the News on the John Solomon Reports podcast. "[Wray] was terrible. First of all, he didn't understand what was happening. He was so...
  • Ric Grenell exposes Jack Smith as the king of sleaze: Smith has no business prosecuting President Trump. He's got a disgraceful history of politicized prosecutions in Europe

    05/06/2024 7:36:05 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 10 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 05/05/2024 | Monica Showalter
    Ric Grenell, President Trump's former ambassador to Germany, and Director of National Intelligence, knows a thing or two about Jack Smith, having lived in Europe when Smith was active in prosecuting war crimes in The Hague. Now that Smith has been caught tampering with evidence in his case against President Trump, Grenell's put out a devastating series of tweets about Smith's history of dishonest behavior. Let’s be clear: Jack Smith is accused of tampering with evidence, manufacturing witnesses, bribery and corruption… And that’s in the investigation of the President of Kosovo 3 years ago when Jack Smith worked at The...