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Trump names Stephen Miller, Dan Scavino to senior White House staff
Today - Dan Scavino and Stephen Miller are among four new cabinet picks announced by the Trump-Vance transition team....
Trump to appoint Stephen Miller as his deputy chief of staff for policy
Today - (NaturalNews) President-elect Donald Trump isÂsetÂto name Stephen Miller, his top immigration advisor during his first term, as the deputy chief of staff for......
‘Best In Class’: Trump Picks Stephen Miller For Top Policy Position
Today - President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that Stephen Miller would be returning to the White House to be his Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Advisor. Miller, who was a top policy advisor and speechwriter for Trump during his first term, recently worked as senior advisor to Trump’s campaign and the president of ...
Trump announces four advisers joining administration as senior staff
Today - President-elect Donald Trump promoted four close allies from his campaign to serve as senior staff members in his second administration. Dan Scavino, Stephen Miller, Hames Blair, and Taylor Budowich will join the Trump White House as assistants to the president after he is inaugurated in January 2025. KEY DATES FOR THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION "Dan, Stephen, James, [...]
Trump Announces 4 Critical White House Positions.
Today - President-elect Donald J. Trump has announced several new appointments to fill out his White House's senior staff. Dan Scavino, Stephen Miller, James Blair, and Taylor Budowich will each serve as Deputy Chief of Staff, working under Trump's White House Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles."Dan, Stephen, James, and Taylor were 'best in class' advisors on my winning campaign, and......
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PERSONNEL CHOICES, First Edition -- You Can't Tell the Players without a Scorecard
Today - DONALD J. TRUMPPresident, Commander-in-ChiefJ.D. VANCEVice-President, President of the SenateSUZIE WILES Chief of Staff WILLIAM MCGINLEY White House Counsel STEPHEN MILLER Deputy Chief of Staff MICHAEL WALTZ National Security AdvisorPETE HEGSETHSec. of DefenceMARCO RUBIOSec. of StateELISE STEFANIKAmb. to United NationsMIKE HUCKABEEAmb. to IsraelSTEVE WITKOFF Middle East Envoy KRISTI NOEMSec. of Homeland SecurityTOM HOMAN Border CzarJOHN RATCLIFFE CIA Director...
Neighbour's fury after developer caused '£20k of damage' but offered just £1,000 in compensation
Today - A couple have been left fuming a building developer caused £20,000 of damage and offered them just £1,000 in compensation.Lynda and Stephen Winston's dream house on the outskirts of York became the victim of a building site with damage to their property skyrocketing. The vibrations from the work by their home led to nearly 150 cracks emerging across the entire house.The couple are pointing the finger at Miller Homes who were developing properties in Langley Gate, York.......
Mica Miller: Covering A Heartbreaking Story
Today - A roundtable conversation with the reporters on the front lines of this unfolding saga...
Trump Taps Kristi Noem to Lead DHS Signaling Tough Stance on Border Security
Today - President-elect Donald Trump is making waves once again, and this time, it's with the selection of South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem to helm the Department of Homeland Security. Noem's appointment is sure to raise eyebrows among those who favor open borders and unrestrained immigration policies. With hardline immigration advocates like Stephen Miller and Tom Homan [...] ...
The exact moment Stephen Colbert’s idiocy blew up in his face
Today - The exact moment Stephen Colbert’s idiocy blew up in his face
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PERSONNEL CHOICES, Second Edition -- You Can't Tell the Players without a Pictorial Scorecard
Today - DONALD J. TRUMPPresident, Commander-in-ChiefJ.D. VANCEVice-President, President of the SenateSUZIE WILES Chief of Staff WILLIAM McGINLEY White House Counsel STEPHEN MILLER Deputy Chief of Staff MICHAEL WALTZ National Security AdvisorPETE HEGSETHSec. of DefenceMARCO RUBIOSec. of StateELISE STEFANIKAmb. to United NationsMIKE HUCKABEEAmb. to IsraelSTEVE WITKOFF Middle East Envoy KRISTI NOEMSec. of Homeland SecurityTOM HOMAN Border CzarJOHN RATCLIFFE CIA Director NEW SINCE FIRST REPORTELON MUSKCo-Sec. of Govt. Efficiency VIVEK RAMASWAMY Co-Sec. of Govt. Efficiency SCOTT BESSENT Sec. of Treasury LEE ZELDIN EPA Administrator TULSI GABBARD Dir. of National Intelligence MATT GAETZ Attorney General......
Trump Picks Noem for DHS, Zeldin for EPA. Miller Returns, Green Beret Waltz Will Be National Security Advisor.
Today - President-elect Donald Trump continued naming Cabinet nominees and hiring staff officials this week, having most recently named Tom Homan, former acting director of Immigration and......
Trumps Picks Noem for DHS, Zeldin for EPA. Miller Returns, Green Beret Waltz Will Be National Security Advisor
Today - President-elect Donald Trump continued naming Cabinet nominees and hiring staff officials this week, having most recently named Tom Homan, former acting director of Immigration and......
On panel, Bret Stephens, Nathan Diament mull implications of Trump win for Jews, Israel
Today - One week after Donald Trump’s decisive victory over Vice President Kamala Harris — and Republicans winning control of both the Senate and the House — about 200 people packed the Upper East Side’s Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun on Tuesday evening to hear New York Times columnist Bret Stephens and Nathan Diament, executive director of the Orthodox......
First Take star and Stephen A. Smith stand-in claims ‘my blood pressure is high’ as he sounds alarm on New York Knicks
Today - First Take star and Stephen A. Smith stand-in claims ‘my blood pressure is high’ as he sounds alarm on New York Knicks
JUST IN: Kari Lake’s Husband Files Motion to Dismiss RINO Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer’s Defamation Lawsuit After He Destroyed Evidence, Refused to Comply With Discovery – FILING AND DEPOSITION INCLUDED
Today - JUST IN: Kari Lake’s Husband Files Motion to Dismiss RINO Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer’s Defamation Lawsuit After He Destroyed Evidence, Refused to Comply With Discovery – FILING AND DEPOSITION INCLUDED
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Trump Is Filling Up His Cabinet. Here’s What We Know About Wiles, Stefanik, Miller, and Homan
Today - A disappointing feature of Donald Trump’s first presidency was the number of people in his Cabinet who were working against him. He publicly admitted this......
The Morning Briefing: As Team Trump 47 Takes Shape, Lefties Lose What's Left of Their Minds
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BREAKING: Trump announces senior White House staff
Today - "Dan, Stephen, James, and Taylor were 'best in class' advisors on my winning campaign, and I know they will honorably serve the American people in the White House."......
‘Outright hostility’ to UK-Chagos deal in incoming Trump cabinet, says Farage
Today - The UK Government announced its decision to relinquish sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius last month....
Emily Blunt wants John Krasinski’s ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ cover to be made into wallpaper for their home
Today - Late Tuesday night, the movie director was named People Magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" for 2024 during “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.”...
Our dream home was left with £20,000 of damage and 149 cracks in the walls after developer started building more houses next door
Today - Lynda and Stephen Winston say their once dream home has been turned into an ugly building site after developers started building more houses next door to them....
Thank God No One Was Able to 'Save' the GOP From Donald Trump
Today - The most tedious refrain to emerge from the verbal vomit spewed by the Never Trump grift nonces was the idea that the Republican Party needed to be "saved" from Donald Trump. Throughout the 2024 election cycle, the professional concern trolls at The New York Times and The Washington Post repeated variations of the idea as if they were being paid by the mention.......
NY Judge Won’t Postpone Bannon’s ‘We Build the Wall’ Trial… For Now.
Today - New York Judge April Newbauer declined to immediately postpone former Trump White House chief strategist and War Room host Stephen K. Bannon's fraud trial. The trial stems from an online campaign to raise funds to build the border wall. Bannon's attorneys are seeking to move the trial to January.However, in her ruling, Judge Newbauer did......
‘It’s utter tosh!’ Barrister says ‘get rid’ of non-crime hate incidents as backlash grows over Allison Pearson investigation
Today - A barrister has hit out after journalist Allison Pearson was visited by police officers to investigate a social media post from over a year ago and encouraged Labour to "get ride" of the law. Speaking to GB News, Barrister Steven Barrett said: "I mean, this is utter tosh. It's complete subjectivity. "A man called Harry Miller took took the College of Policing to court over this, and won quite extensively because judges don't like this. "Because, like me, they just they don't like bad law, which is what all this rubbish is.......
Judge rips alleged teen gunman fueled by ‘hatred’ in shooting of 7-year-old NYC girl: ‘Shocks the conscience’
Today - A Manhattan judge on Wednesday ripped into one of two reputed teen gangbangers accused of shooting a 7-year-old girl on Harlem street - saying the brazen act "shocks the conscience of anyone living in New York." True Womack, 17, was denied bail by Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Stephen Antignani on attempted murder and other charges...
The Pentagon's Grim Reaper Cometh
Today - All in all, I have been delighted with the picks thus far offered up by President-Elect Donald Trump to staff his incoming administration. Whether it's Congressman Michael Waltz as National Security Advisor, Susie Wiles as his chief of staff, Florida Senator Marco Rubio as Secretary of State, John Ratcliffe at CIA, Elise Stefanik at the UN, Mike Huckabee as U.S. Ambassador to Israel, there's lots of great choices to go around.So much so, in fact, that even some of the voices in regime media, ones that said this would be the last election ever if Hitler-Nazi-Trump and the Republicans won, have begrudgingly acknowledged that some of these nominations aren't too bad. Jonathan Lemire of MSNBC and Politico, who spent the runnup to Election Day calling Donald Trump's rhetoric dangerous and racist, going out of his way to change the transcript of President Joe Biden calling half the country garbage, had to admit that there might indeed be some grown-ups in the room with Trump.It seemed at least for the last three or four days, there might not be the wall-to-wall contentious fights ahead we on the right anticipated.Then came the announcement from Donald Trump late Tuesday afternoon that he had chosen his nominee to be the next Secretary of Defense - Pete Hegseth.Once the texts started streaming in on my phone, I knew it was time to buckle up, because we were going to encounter unexpected turbulence. The Hegseth choice is certainly Donald Trump thinking outside of the box, which in and of itself is actually a good thing considering the sclerotic atmosphere at the Pentagon. But you can just hear what the complaints are going to be, right? He's a Fox News host. He's unqualified. He's too young. He hasn't run anything. He's not a thinker.The confirmation hearings are going to be nothing short of spectacular. This nomination will be the one scalp the Democrats in the Senate are going to try to claim. You can just see it coming. After spending some time last night reviewing the record and recordings of Pete Hegseth, I've come to the conclusion that Pete is going to do just fine - both in his confirmation hearing, and on the job as SecDef.The primary objection seems to be that he's a media guy, as though that's suddenly dispositive for not being qualified to go into government. I'm sure that same standard will be applied to the parade of Democrats that have established a conduit between government service and regime media. Here's just a few in recent years.Jay Carney left Time Magazine to go be Barack Obama's press secretary. Linda Douglass left her Washington correspondent job for ABC News to go work in the White House communications shop. Doug Frantz left the Washington Post and conveniently wound up in the State Department. Symone Sanders left her MSNBC anchor job to go work for Joe Biden's administration. Jill Zuckman left the Chicago Tribune to go work for the Transportation Department during the Obama years. Stephen Barr, also with the Washington Post, joined the Department of Labor. Tony Snow left Fox News to go be George W. Bush's press secretary. This is not the first time this has happened, and these examples are only in the direction of media to government. If you count the people from government that wind up on media as talking heads or anchors, the number of examples explode. The only reason Democrats are going to try to make hay out of Hegseth's most recent job as co-anchor of Fox and Friends Weekends is because it's on Fox News.The sin of omission in this argument, though, is that nowhere among the left's baying at the Moon is his military service both on active duty and in the Minnesota National Guard, including tours in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, as well as his work as executive director of both Concerned Vets For America and Vets For Freedom.And in fact, what the left doesn't realize they're doing by flailing away at Hegseth is they're slitting the throats of their own credibility. How many anchors on MSNBC and CNN this week are trying to reestablish their brand after getting caught gaslighting the country last week? Virtually all of them. What is their skill set again? As far as anchors are concerned, it's to read a teleprompter. If they're criticizing Hegseth as being unqualified for the Defense job because he's doing, *checks notes*, what they do every night, that's not the ball spiking they think it is.He's too young, regime media has already claimed. Even Donald Trump, according to Pete last week on the Shawn Ryan podcast, was concerned that Hegseth was too young for a cabinet job. Here he is talking about being the runner-up to Secretary of Veterans Affairs in Trump's first administration.Pete is 44-years-old. By comparison, the Late Donald Rumsfeld, veteran of two stints at DOD under Presidents Gerald Ford and George W. Bush, began his first tour at the age of 43. Age is not a factor here.As for allegedly not knowing anything, regime media and Democrats are overlooking a Bachelor's Hegseth he earned from Princeton, and a Master's from Harvard. He's also done think tank work in his past, affiliated with groups like Americans For Prosperity. He's no dummy.Hegseth, if confirmed, is going to be a disruptive force at the Department of Defense, something that building desperately needs. One of my close friends and colleagues on the radio is retired Army Col. Kurt Schlichter. He writes often over at our sister site,Townhall.com. Kurt and I have had conversations for years about what ails the Pentagon, and he has consistently told me that there's nothing that can't be fixed once you escort out all the flag officers and colonels in the building and start over. If you watch more of his interview with Shawn Ryan, you'll come to understand he is Kurt's brother from a different mother.On my Duane's World podcast, on my Aftershow podcasts I used to do for years in Hugh Hewitt's subscriber site,The Hughniverse, I've long pined for the next Republican administration, whomever was at the top of the ticket, to send people into all the federal agencies, but especially DOD, State, and the Department of Justice, with a scythe and clearcut the buildings like an old growth forest. Pete Hegseth promises to be the needed Grim Reaper for the Pentagon.Yeah, but what does Pete Hegseth know about the world? What are his thoughts on how to restructure the military? Is he an isolationist? Nope. He seems to see the world just as clearly as Secretary of State nominee Marco Rubio, National Security Advisor nominee Michael Waltz, and CIA Director nominee John Ratcliffe.Sounds like he sees China as the biggest threat we face, and that it's high time we retool the Defense Department to meet that rising challenge.So why did Donald Trump pick Hegseth? Why not someone with a little more executive experience? The reason Trump picked him became crystal clear when I went back and watched part of his address to CPAC in 2021.He understands clearly the problems most people concerned with Defense recognize - the sclerosis, the crumbled industrial base, the lack of readiness, the infection of wokeism, and he's bringing a 20-year warrior mentality to bear on those problems to eradicate it like the enemy it is.Hegseth is an exceptional communicator. Any problems we have currently with recruitment and/or retainment of military personnel will end when he assumes the office. He resonates the American military ethos that is so attractive to our country's best and brightest.As a good, good friend of mine in the national security world told me last night, the Hegseth pick will be one or the other. It'll either be absolutely brilliant, or it'll be a train wreck. I'm optimistic that it'll be the former, and I'll give you three reasons why.Andrew C. McCarthy, former assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, a staple on Fox News as one of their legal affairs contributors, and a go-to source for all things legal at National Review, offered up this endorsement of Pete Hegseth.......
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Trump appoints Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence: 'Fearless spirit'
Today - In a statement on Wednesday, President-elect Trump announced that he is appointing Tulsi Gabbard to serve as director of national intelligence in his new Cabinet.
Trump taps Matt Gaetz for attorney general | Fox News
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Trump names four advisers from campaign to new White House administration
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The Guardian, Don Lemon quit X in protest
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MERICA! Lee Greenwood DROPPING Smug A-Hole Accusing Him of Only Supporting Trump for Money Is GLORIOUS
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John Thune Invited His Anti-Trump Nephew To Give The Opening Prayer On The Senate Floor
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Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as defense secretary under Trump
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Huckabee Nominated for U.S. Ambassador to Israel
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Elizabeth Warren Tries To Trash Pete Hegseth, Gets A Quick Lesson On Who He Really Is
Yesterday - Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) tried to trash U.S. Army veteran Pete Hegseth — President-elect Donald Trump's choice for incoming Defense Secretary — but instead she got a quick lesson on who he really is. Warren took to X to voice her grievances with Hegseth — who, in addition to his military service, has spent a......
Incoming border czar tells illegal immigrants to 'self deport' ahead of Trump's term
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Conservatives Plot Challenge Against Johnson in Internal Speaker Elections
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Trump ally Alina Habba says she would 'very seriously' consider serving as his press secretary
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Special Counsel Jack Smith plans to resign, file report before Trump can fire him: report
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Today - The owner of the Los Angeles Times has fired his entire editorial board as he seeks to return the paper to its journalistic roots.
Biden snaps at Israeli reporter reporter in latest terse moment with media: ‘Think you can keep from getting hit in the head by a camera behind you?’
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FEMA worker accused of telling staff to skip hurricane-ravaged Trump homes claims it was common practice: ‘This is not isolated’
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Report: Trump Plans Barrage of Executive Orders on Day One
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Patricia Heaton unloads on media 'extremists' for fear-mongering over Trump win: 'Shame on you!' | Fox News
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MSNBC and CNN Ratings Tank After Trump Steamrolls Kamala Harris
Yesterday - MSNBC and CNN ratings tank after Trump win.......