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  • Alarmists Bemoan Climate Research Funding Freeze

    02/15/2025 10:58:16 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 25 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 02/15/2025 | Thomas D Williams PHD
    Alarmists are crying to heaven for vengeance after President Trump slashed taxpayer funding of climate change research. The comically named Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) passed by Democrats in 2022 “directs hundreds of billions of dollars worth of investments to climate and environmental justice projects,” notes Grist, a green advocacy publication, and activists fear that the river of free money may dry up under Trump. “What it looks like to me is an absolute full-on brakes moment for any further climate advances at least in the short term,” said Gabriel Filippelli, the executive director of the Environmental Resilience Institute at Indiana...
  • Swalwell: Trump Shutting Down Government So Dems Shouldn’t Vote to Fund it

    02/14/2025 12:15:33 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 51 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 02/14/2025 | Pam Key
    Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) said on Friday in “MSNBC Reports” that President Donald Trump is already shutting down the government, so Democrats should not vote to fund it. Swalwell said, “What we have to do in Congress, you know, is the branch that funds government and that funds the Department of Justice is to put in place, you know, guardrails and protections against this and that funding is coming up, by the way, in just a couple of weeks.” Host Ali Vitali asked, “I’m glad that you asked about that funding, because there has been a lot of conversations about...
  • First ever female FDNY Deputy Chief promoted at ‘glass ceiling- shattering’ ceremony

    02/14/2025 11:54:03 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 56 replies
    NY Post ^ | 02/14/2025 | Hannah Fierick and Natalie O'Neill
    She’s puts the “blaze” in trailblazer! The first female FDNY Deputy Chief ever was promoted Friday, as top brass hailed her for “shattering the glass ceiling” in the male-dominated field. Battalion Chief Michele Fitzsimmons — a 24-year veteran who joined the Bravest a few months before 9/11— was named Deputy Chief of fire operations at a packed promotion ceremony in Queens. “I hope that other women who are in the department now can see themselves rising through the ranks,” Fitzsimmons, 55, told reporters after the event at at Queens College. “I also hope that young girls can see themselves as...
  • Thune: Michigan, Minnesota Senate seats likely pickup opportunities for GOP

    02/14/2025 11:28:38 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 23 replies
    The Hill ^ | 02/14/2025 | Caroline Vakil
    Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) suggested Friday that open Senate seats in Michigan and Minnesota could serve as potential pickup opportunities for Republicans in 2026. “I think they are,” Thune said during an interview on Fox News’s “America’s Newsroom,” when asked if both states served as possible pickups for the GOP. “I mean, those are open seats. Minnesota is arguably slightly harder than Michigan,” he continued. “Both are our states that we haven’t elected a Republican senator to from — in a long time. But I think that these are different times and people are looking for change in...
  • Exclusive: Trump Expected to Halt Federal Funding to Schools with COVID Vaccine Mandates

    02/14/2025 8:55:32 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 25 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 02/14/2025 | Nick Gilbertson
    President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Friday halting federal funds for schools and universities that require students to be vaccinated against coronavirus before they can attend classes in person, Breitbart News has learned. According to a White House document provided to Breitbart News, the expected order also applies to education service agencies, state education agencies, and local education agencies. The order would prohibit “federal funds from being used to support or subsidize an educational service agency, state education agency, local education agency, elementary school, secondary school, or institution of higher education that requires students to...
  • Grenell would consider run for California governor if Harris enters race

    02/14/2025 8:03:21 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 29 replies
    The Hill ^ | 02/14/2025 | Caroline Vakil
    Richard Grenell, President Trump’s “special missions” envoy and interim executive director of the Kennedy Center, left the door open to a run for California governor if former Vice President Harris decides to run for the job. “If Kamala Harris runs for governor — I believe that she has such baggage and hundreds of millions of dollars in educating the voters of how terrible she is — that it’s a new day in California, and that the Republican actually has a shot,” Grenell told reporters on Friday. “And I wouldn’t say no.” Grenell, who previously served during Trump’s first term in...
  • Saudi Arabia Says It Would Be Delighted to Host Trump-Putin Summit

    02/14/2025 7:20:13 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 8 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 02/14/2025 | Frances Martel
    The Foreign Ministry of Saudi Arabia confirmed on Friday it is interested in hosting a summit between President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in the near future after Trump floated the possibility. President Trump held a phone conversation with Putin on Wednesday in which the two agreed to meet in person on at least one occasion, followed by a phone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Both talks focused on plans to end the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began during former President Joe Biden’s term after Biden lifted Trump-era sanctions on a proposed pipeline connecting...
  • Father James Martin: ‘The Vatican Is Not a Walled City’

    02/14/2025 5:17:54 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 77 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 14 Feb 2025 | Thomas D Williams PHD
    ROME — Jesuit Father James Martin has struck back at the “internet,” launching the disingenuous and counter-factual claim the Vatican “is not a walled city.” Father Martin, a gay rights activist, was responding to critics who have pointed out the obvious irony involved in Pope Francis’ harsh criticisms against U.S. immigration policy while the Vatican itself is the only walled sovereign territory in the world. The massive, 40-foot-high walls surrounding Vatican City State were built by Pope Leo IV, after Islamic Saracen troops sacked Old St. Peter’s Basilica in 846 AD. The original wall encompassed the entire Vatican hill, surrounding...
  • Trump Hushes CNN’s Kaitlan Collins at White House: ‘We Haven’t Asked You to Speak’

    02/13/2025 6:44:00 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 53 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 02/13/2025 | Paul Bois
    President Donald Trump hushed CNN’s Kaitlan Collins when announcing his proposed tariff increases, charging that she spoke out of turn. “President, you won the White House, in part, because of high inflation. If your tariffs make prices go up-” she said as Trump immediately interjected. “Excuse me, we haven’t asked you to speak yet,” the president shot back. As the president unveiled the signed tariff plan before reporters, he then asked questions and skipped over Kaitlan Collins.
  • Jamie Raskin: GOP Is the ‘Corruption Party,’ Musk Is ‘the Agent’

    02/13/2025 6:38:29 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 42 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 13 Feb 2025 | Pam Key
    Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) claimed Thursday on CNN’s “The Situation Room” that the Republican Party has become the “corruption party” with Elon Musk being the leading agent. Raskin said, “Whoever is left within the vague hemisphere of Trump world who believes in the rule of law will not be able to last because they put corruption first. They are the corruption party at this point. You know, they wiped out the inspectors general. They fired 17 of them illegally without notifying Congress. They have to come to us 30 days before they have to specifically set forth the rationale for...
  • Left-Wing Protesters Disrupt Confirmation Hearing for Education Secretary Nominee Linda McMahon

    02/13/2025 1:58:19 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 56 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 02/13/2025 | Katherine Hamilton
    The confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump’s Education Secretary nominee Linda McMahon on Thursday was interrupted several times by raging protesters who screamed about transgenderism and other left-wing causes. A person familiar with the situation told the Hill the interruptions were from people affiliated with the National Education Association (NEA), which is the largest teachers’ union in the country. The NEA is staunchly opposed to school choice, and the organization has a history of funneling millions of dollars into far-left politics. The head of the organization notably raked in more than $500,000 in pay and showered liberal causes with money,...
  • Biden Education Sec. Cardona: We’re Going from a Democracy to a Monarchy

    02/13/2025 11:37:39 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 37 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 02/13/2025 | Pam Key
    Former Biden Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said Thursday on MSNBC’s “Ana Cabrera Reports” that the United States had gone from a democracy to a monarchy under the Trump administration. Cabrera said, “Let’s talk about what we know of that’s happening inside your old building. CNBC reports that Elon Musk’s DOGE team has taken over some of the departments highest officials offices. In fact, they describe it as what’s happening in there rearranging furniture, setting up white noise machines to muffle their voices. DOGE says it’s already terminated roughly $900 million worth of contracts, writing on social media that it’s terminated...
  • Jeffries says Republicans ‘walked away’ from spending talks

    02/13/2025 10:45:30 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 18 replies
    The Hill ^ | 02/13/2025 | Mike Lillis
    House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that the bipartisan talks aimed at preventing a government shutdown have ended — at least temporarily — and accused GOP leaders in the lower chamber of abandoning the discussions. “House Republicans have made a decision to walk away from the four-corners discussions that involved House Democrats, Senate Democrats and Senate Republicans related to funding the government in a manner that meets the needs of the American people,” Jeffries said during a press briefing in the Capitol. The assertion was a sharp contradiction from the comments coming from the top appropriators in both...
  • Obama-Era Ivanpah Solar Plant, ‘World’s Largest Barbecue,’ to Close After Billions in Loan Guarantees

    02/13/2025 8:37:42 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 52 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 02/13/2025 | Joel B. Pollak
    The controversial Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System in California’s Mojave desert is going to close 14 years early despite $1.6 billion in loan guarantees from the Department of Energy under President Barack Obama. The Ivanpah facility works by using mirrors that concentrate sunlight on a central boiling tower, which then heats water to move turbines. It has been criticized for incinerating birds and other animals within the reflecting zone. Ivanpah has become a familiar sight on the road between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, and in the airspace above, with its blinding light visible for miles.
  • Fetterman urges Trump to rescind ban on transgender troops

    02/13/2025 6:06:13 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 115 replies
    The Hill ^ | 02/13/2025 | Alexander Bolton
    Sen. John Fetterman (Pa.), the maverick Democrat who has praised President Trump at times, on Thursday condemned the Trump administration’s decision to bar transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military and called for a reversal of the policy. “I am unapologetically pro-military — I believe in a strong, lethal military. But I am also unapologetically pro the LGBTQ community,” Fetterman said in a video posted to X. “I am calling on President Trump to rescind this executive order — to allow and honor the inherent dignity of our service members regardless of what their race is, what their gender...
  • Mitch McConnell Votes with Democrats Against Tulsi Gabbard’s DNI Confirmation

    02/12/2025 10:50:43 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 46 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 02/12/2025 | Wendell Husebo
    Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) voted on Wednesday with Democrat colleagues against confirming Tulsi Gabbard as the Director of National Intelligence. McConnell’s vote underscores his repeated opposition to President Donald Trump and his America First policies. He previously voted against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s confirmation in January. McConnell was the only Republican to vote “no” on Trump’s nomination. Every Democrat voted “no.” Despite Democrat and McConnell’s opposition, the Senate confirmed Gabbard’s nomination by a vote of 52-48.
  • Instant Regret: Oregon Democrat Maxine Dexter Shouts ‘We Have to F=^*&* Trump’

    02/12/2025 8:03:30 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 42 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 02/12/2024 | Simon Kent
    Democratic Oregon Rep. Maxine Dexter screamed out during a rally Monday the party faithful need to “*&*&” President Donald Trump. The Daily Caller reports the obscenity came as the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) gathered on Capitol Hill and rallied “to save the civil service” and oppose Trump’s push to reduce the size of the federal government’s workforce through the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Dexter was seen at the podium addressing protesters before calling out Trump and teasing her supporters to not “tell her children” before she spoke. “I’ve been told I have 30 seconds, so I am...
  • Disney Executives Worried as Soaring Prices Drive Families Away from Theme Parks

    02/11/2025 1:01:44 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 52 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 02/11/2025 | David Ng
    Executives at the Walt Disney Company are reportedly worried that soaring prices are alienating families from its theme parks, with internal surveys showing a decline in guests who are planning return visits to Walt Disney World and Disneyland. The price of attending a Disney park has skyrocketed in recent years, with the typical price of a four-day stay inside the park rising by $1000 between 2019 and 2024, a new study conducted by The Wall Street Journal showed. The vast majority of that increase — nearly 80 percent — comes from new charges for services that were once free. This...
  • Experts Warn About Drugs Including Ozempic Leaving Patients Blind

    02/11/2025 12:37:41 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 47 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 02/11/2025 | Amy Furr
    A popular and controversial drug used for weight loss is among others that could potentially have extremely serious side effects. According to multiple studies, patients taking drugs such as Ozempic may experience conditions that cause inflammation and the blockage of blood flow to their eyes. That could result in severe and possibly irreversible vision loss, the Daily Mail reported Monday. “Now, researchers have detailed nine new reports of US patients who went blind after taking semaglutide or tirzepatide, the active ingredients in Ozempic and Mounjaro, respectively,” the article continued: The researchers wrote in JAMA Ophthalmology last month that it’s not...
  • Raskin: ‘People Have Actually Been Talking About Impeaching President Elon Musk’

    02/11/2025 11:43:59 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 43 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 02/11/2025 | Pam Key
    Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) claimed Sunday on MSNBC’s “The Weekend” that some of his colleagues “have actually been talking about impeaching President Elon Musk.” Co-host Alicia Menendez said, “What’s interesting to me is the Nobody Elected Elon Musk Act that you and your colleagues are putting forward. It’s one of several pieces of legislation promoted by Democrats to try to hold Elon Musk accountable. Here’s the question, have any of your Republican colleagues showed any interest in joining you in this effort toward accountability?”