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A union representing staffers at the Democratic National Committee released an angry statement excoriating the DNC firing staffers with little notice and no severance pay despite raising a billion dollars in the election.

The DNC Staff Union posted the statement about the layoffs from Wednesday and made demands of the DNC in expectation of further layoffs after the astounding election losses.

‘DNC leadership refuses to disclose to the DNC Staff Union the full extent of these layoffs and whether additional cuts are planned.’

“The Democratic National Committee is facing the fallout of callous and short-sighted mismanagement by senior leadership,” the statement read. “Starting Wednesday night, permanent employees were notified of their termination, effective Friday and with no severance pay. DNC leadership refuses to disclose to the DNC Staff Union the full extent of these layoffs and whether additional cuts are planned. These cuts go far beyond typical campaign turnover and impact employees who were previously told their positions would be retained after the election.”

The union went on to criticize the DNC for raising more than a billion dollars for the campaign before firing employees.

“Despite record-breaking fundraising, the DNC failed to provide any financial support to those who have tirelessly served the Democratic Party and its mission,” it said in part.

“The DNC staff is proud of the values that our party stands for,” the statement continued. “We want to make it clear, however, that the principles we champion on the national stage have been disregarded in our own workplace. The process of regaining the trust of the American people must start with living our party’s values.”

The union demanded that the DNC leadership align its actions with its principles by offering severance pay and addressing the staff “honestly and transparency.”

The Harris-Walz campaign has been under intense scrutiny after some reports indicated the campaign had ended in nearly $20 million worth of debt after spending more than a billion dollars on lavish parties just to lose control of two branches of government.

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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Monday that Democrats could not count ballots that were undated or misdated in their recount for one of the state’s U.S. Senate seats.

Sen. Bob Casey, the Democratic incumbent, refused to concede the election and pressed for a recount despite numerous news outlets declaring Republican challenger Dave McCormick the winner. The official margin of victory narrowly falls within the 0.5% cutoff for a recount, though many have called on Casey to concede to save taxpayers money and based on the long-shot odds of a challenge.

‘The Pennsylvania Supreme Court rightfully struck down the flagrantly lawless campaign by Bob Casey and his scumbag lawyer, Marc Elias, to undermine the will of the voters and steal a Senate seat.’

“Senator-Elect McCormick’s lead is insurmountable, which the AP made clear,” said McCormick’s communications director, Elizabeth Gregory. “A recount will be a waste of time & taxpayer money, but it is Casey’s prerogative. McCormick knows what it’s like to lose an election & is sure Senator Casey will eventually reach the right conclusion.”

Critics were even more outraged when Democratic officials in some counties began counting undated or misdated ballots in their recount, an apparent violation of Pennsylvania election law.

The court quoted a 2023 election law in its decision.

“The Election Code commands absentee and mail-in electors to date the declaration that appears upon ballot return envelopes, and failure to comply with that command renders a ballot invalid as a matter of Pennsylvania law,” the section read.

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley denounced Democrats after the ruling.

“Following our latest RNC lawsuit, today the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled yet again that undated ballots CANNOT BE COUNTED. No more excuses. Election officials in Bucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia, and other counties have absolutely no choice but to reject illegal ballots,” wrote Whatley on X.

“We will hold them to it. Protect The Vote!” he concluded.

The National Committee of Senate Republicans was far more acerbic in its fiery response.

“The Pennsylvania Supreme Court rightfully struck down the flagrantly lawless campaign by Bob Casey and his scumbag lawyer, Marc Elias, to undermine the will of the voters and steal a Senate seat weeks after the election was called,” the organization wrote on social media. “[Pennsylvania Gov.] Josh Shapiro, [Sen.] John Fetterman, and national Democrats must call on Casey to concede and stop undermining faith in our elections.”

Bucks County Commissioner Diane Marseglia, one of the commissioners who reportedly voted to continue counting the ballots, did not respond to Blaze News’ request for comment.

Republicans elected Sen. John Thune of South Dakota on Wednesday as their majority leader when they take control of the Senate in January.

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Virtually all of Trump’s cabinet picks have resulted in the left throwing a fit, but no one has sparked more controversy than former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz, who is poised to replace Merrick Garland as attorney general should the Senate confirm him.

Besides being unapologetically brash and outspoken against the establishment, Gaetz is ruffling feathers because he’s had some serious allegations filed against him, the most notable being accusations of sex trafficking.

However, no indictments have followed, meaning that the scandal has either been buried intentionally or the accusations are false and this entire ordeal is a smear campaign.

Liz Wheeler is leaning towards the latter.

“We are going to untangle exactly who is behind the accusations against Matt Gaetz,” she says. “When you hear the whole story written out in a timeline of exactly what happened, when it happened, it is quite a phenomenal story.”

“Whenever [Gaetz] is mentioned in the mainstream media, for example, he’s always mentioned as being under ethics review by the U.S. House or having faced sex trafficking allegations,” she points out.

It’s important to establish that “people in Washington D.C. don’t like Matt Gaetz,” partially because “he was kind of a playboy,” partially because “he’s kind of obnoxious,” but most importantly because he’s been “a fighter for Trump” since 2016, she explains, adding that immediately following his election to Congress, Gaetz began butting heads with establishment GOPers.

“What happens in Washington, D.C., when you’re disliked by the establishment is that makes you a target,” Liz explains.

And that seems to be exactly what happened to him.

In 2020, the FBI suddenly started investigating Matt Gaetz for “allegedly having a relationship with a minor — a 17-year-old girl — … and paying for her to travel over state lines.”

“If an allegation like this is true, then that’s the definition of sex trafficking,” says Liz. “So that’s where the sex trafficking allegations come into play.”

However, the person who enlightened the FBI to Gaetz’ alleged crimes is a scandal in and of himself.

The accuser’s name is Joel Greenberg, and he’s a former Florida tax collector who was indicted on 33 criminal accounts, including sex trafficking, theft, stalking, and cryptocurrency fraud, among others. Greenberg alleged that he was friends with Matt Gaetz.

Following Greenberg’s accusations, the Department of Justice began investigating Gaetz for a period of two years.

While the investigation was going on, “Gaetz said that he and his dad were the victims or were targeted for extortion.”

And he was correct — a businessman named Stephen Alford indeed tried to extort Don Gaetz for $25 million in exchange for making the investigation against his son “go away.”

“Gaetz and his dad instead cooperated with the local FBI office, and it resulted in Alford’s arrest, and he pled guilty to extortion,” says Liz.

Fast forward to later in 2022, and Biden’s DOJ announced it would not bring any charges against Matt Gaetz. The investigation was closed because both Greenberg and the 17-year-old girl Gaetz allegedly trafficked were found to be “non-credible.”

“In other words, they were such bad liars that even the Biden Department of Justice thought, ‘There’s no way that these two could be believable,”’ says Liz. “This is the Biden Department of Justice — the Biden Department of Justice that invents things in order to target their political enemy. … There was so much nothing to these allegations that even the Biden DOJ dropped them.”

But there’s another layer to the story.

Back in 2021, an ethics investigation was opened on Matt Gaetz but was soon paused when the DOJ began its investigation into the sex trafficking allegations.

Then, in 2022, before former speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy was elected, certain GOPers demanded a “series of reforms,” one of them being “that any single member of the House of Representatives could motion to vacate the chair.”

“Well, that fight was led by Matt Gaetz,” says Liz. Kevin McCarthy, who was ousted and replaced by Mike Johnson in 2023 as a result of the policy Gaetz championed, “hates Matt Gaetz.”

Prior to his removal, “the McCarthy-led House revived the ethics investigation.”

“In October 2023, Matt Gaetz motioned to vacate the chair, and McCarthy became the first speaker in U.S. history to be ousted,” says Liz.

“Kevin McCarthy claims that Matt Gaetz did this to squash the ethics investigation into him. Gaetz claims it’s because McCarthy was failing to uphold his promises, and now here we are in 2024. Matt Gaetz is nominated by president-elect Trump to be attorney general of the Department of Justice of the United States of America,” Liz explains.

The nomination led to Gaetz resigning from Congress, meaning that he can no longer be investigated by the Ethics Committee. Further, any reports it may possess “cannot be released publicly” now.

Liz calls the scandals surrounding Gaetz “personal, petty, political grievances”; “a character assassination of the worst kind”; and a “smear campaign from the depths of hell.”

To hear more of her commentary, watch the episode above.

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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was caught lying about illegal immigration under the Biden and Trump administrations by PolitiFact.

Pelosi was arguing with journalist Lulu Garcia-Navarro about whether immigration was a factor in the Democrats’ astounding election losses when she claimed that fewer illegal aliens were allowed into the country under President Joe Biden than during the first term for President-elect Donald Trump.

‘It’s wrong to say illegal immigration, which reached historic highs under Biden, is lower overall than it was during Trump’s first term.’

The former speaker tried to twist immigration into the category of a “cultural issue” when Garcia-Navarro contradicted her.

“When the candidate for president is saying that these people coming in are murderers, rapists, thieves and all the rest of that. He made that a cultural issue,” Pelosi said.

“I don’t think we were clear enough by saying fewer people came in under President Biden than came under Donald Trump,” she added.

PolitiFact rated the claim false.

“Illegal immigration under Biden has dropped significantly in the past four months, reaching levels lower than President-elect Donald Trump’s last few months in office,” it wrote. “But it’s wrong to say illegal immigration, which reached historic highs under Biden, is lower overall than it was during Trump’s first term.”

The fact-checker reported that Pelosi’s office did not respond to their requests for comment, but an aide to the congresswoman tried to explain to the Washington Post that she was speaking about deportation data.

“That data shows that Biden’s administration repatriated more people than Trump did, but that’s not what Pelosi said in the interview,” PolitiFact retorted.

The article went on to cite specific statistics that showed illegal entries into the U.S. skyrocketed under Biden as compared to Trump.

Under Biden, Border Patrol agents encountered migrants trying to enter the U.S.7.2 million times; under Trump, officials encountered migrants 1.8 million times. Encounters don’t mean people were let in, and there’s no data for how many people who were encountered are now living in the U.S. But the numbers of people released to await court hearings don’t corroborate Pelosi’s statement, either. There were about 313,000 under Trump compared with 3.6 million under Biden.

“We rate Pelosi’s statement False,” PolitiFact concluded.

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Donald Trump’s victory made one thing crystal clear: Generation X is sick and tired of the left, and Gavin McInnes of “Get Off My Lawn” has some suspicions as to why that is.

“We had ‘Caddy Shack’ and we had ‘Blazing Saddles,’ so we remember when things were fun and funny. I think, unfortunately, Millennials didn’t experience that kind of no-holds-barred language,” McInnes tells Jill Savage and Matthew Peterson of “Blaze News Tonight.”

“We played their game of being politically correct and watching what we say, and it was really un-fun, and it sucked. And now we have Trump’s DA or Trump’s lawyer saying, ‘Hey Tish, we’re going to put your fat a** in jail,’” he says, adding, “It makes me feel at home. I’m no longer homesick for the glory days of comedy.”

And the past four years of being shackled by made-up woke rules have only led more Americans to feel the same way.

“I think that having four years of Biden was the best thing that could possibly happen to us as MAGA extremists, because it did two things. It showed America what life is going to be like under this bureaucracy, this Marxist war on meritocracy. So they saw how bad things can get when the Kamala camp is in charge,” McInnes explains.

“And it gave Trump a chance to sort of regroup and realize that hiring neocons like John Bolton, hiring trans lovers like General Milley, hiring his son-in-law and his daughter, he was screwing up. It was a real learning curve those first four years,” he continues, noting that this is why the break was so good for him.

Not only has the Biden-Harris administration gotten weaker as Trump has grown stronger, but the mainstream media has started to fall apart as alternative media has become the source many Americans trust instead for their information.

“I think you’re going to see the Blaze, Daily Wire, even weird outcasts like Censored.TV become numbers-wise the mainstream. I mean, we see that with Joe Rogan and his podcast. He’s supposed to be the outcast and he’s getting millions, tens of millions more eyeballs than MSM,” McInnes says.

“Hard times create strong men,” he says, adding, “They’ve hammered us so hard, that we’re just stronger and better.”

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Critics of Democratic socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York called her out for scrubbing her preferred pronouns from her profile, but she is denying any political motivation for the decision.

Among those who pointed out the change was the popular Libs of TikTok account, which posted a screenshot of her account with the “she/her” designation and a later screenshot without them.

‘The whole “story” of removing pronouns after the election is fake.’

Some took it to mean that Ocasio-Cortez was quietly pulling back from supporting the extremist LGBTQ+ agenda after the disastrous election results. Others mocked her for appearing to betray the cause.

On Saturday, she denied the allegations in a post on social media and offered another explanation.

“The whole ‘story’ of removing pronouns after the election is fake. It happened a long time ago after the SCOTUS Twitter ruling meant I had to add the ‘personal acct’ disclosure,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote.

“There weren’t enough chars so I had to swap the end. You can run the timeline to see for yourself,” she added.

The controversy only further highlighted recent criticism from the left that Ocasio-Cortez was slowly moving away from the far left and trying to join the centrist establishment of the party in order to seek more power and influence. In October, the Democratic Socialists of America said they were planning to vote on censuring her because she hadn’t been sufficiently anti-Israel in her congressional voting record.

Some have also blamed the spectacular loss for the Democrats in the election on transgender issues that peeled away support from moderate and centrist voters.

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The medical examiner of Manhattan testified last week she was certain Daniel Penny was the sole cause of Jordan Neely’s death after watching video of the incident, even though Neely had drugs in his system.

Dr. Cynthia Harris, who performed his autopsy, told jurors she did not wait for the toxicology report to declare his cause and manner of death being asphyxiation, not cardiac arrest, the New York Post reported. Harris said she would stand by that ruling even if Neely had enough drugs in his system “to put down an elephant.”

‘I wasn’t trying to kill the guy. I was just trying to de-escalate the situation.’

Harris had originally listed Neely’s cause of death as being “inconclusive.” She said she changed the cause after watching the video, deciding Neely’s death was caused by “asphyxia” since the video showed Neely being choked and “dying” while Penny’s arm was wrapped around his neck.

“After watching it, I had no further questions about how he was dead,” Harris testified, because “there are no alternative reasonable explanations.”

The toxicology report confirmed Neely had used the synthetic marijuana drug K2 prior to making threats on a NYC subway car in May 2023. Prosecutors have told the jury that while it was understandable for Penny to restrain Neely at first, he went too far by not letting him go after passengers left the car.

“I wasn’t trying to kill the guy. I was just trying to de-escalate the situation,” Penny said in a videotaped interrogation that was shown to jurors.

The controversy around the incident and Alvin Bragg’s office deciding to pursue charges resulted in Eric Gonzalez, who helped Penny restrain Neely, testifying that he lied when he was initially interviewed by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office as a suspect in Neely’s death. Gonzalez said he lied out of fear of being “pinned for” Neely’s death, telling the DA’s office he arrived on the scene earlier than he actually did and claiming that Neely had hit him. Neely was not accused of making physical contact with anyone prior to Penny restraining him.

Penny’s defense is expected to call its own witnesses this week with the prosecution wrapping up a long list of witnesses.

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Spirit Airlines, the budget airline beleaguered by gunfire in Haiti and incidents of violence involving passengers and staff alike, has now filed for bankruptcy.

In a letter issued Monday and addressed to “All Spirit Guests,” Spirit admitted that it had filed for Chapter 11 in hopes of restructuring its debts. The letter called the move “a proactive step … to position the company for success” and claimed it should be completed sometime in the first quarter of 2025.

The letter also indicated that the Chapter 11 filing had been “prearranged.”

Spirit’s standing as a publicly traded company is likely to change. Spirit told the Business Journals that it expects to be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange sometime soon.

According to the New York Post, the financial situation at the airline is quite dire. Spirit has already lost $2.5 billion in the last four years and within the next year will have to make debt payments totaling more than $1 billion.

In 2022, Spirit tried to merge with another airline. Frontier first attempted a merger but was soon afterward outbid by JetBlue.

The merger with JetBlue never took place either after the Biden-Harris Department of Justice intervened in March, claiming it would cause ticket prices to skyrocket. A federal judge later sided with the DOJ, and the two companies dropped the merger two months later, the Post reported.

In an effort to restructure its finances, Spirit bondholders have now offered $350 million in equity investments that will allow the company to “complete a deleveraging transaction to equitize $795 million of funded debt,” the Jacksonville Business Journal reported.

Bondholders have likewise offered an additional $300 million in debtor-in-possession financing, the outlet added.

Spirit did not go into such details in the letter. Instead, it promised that its agreement with bondholders will “reduce [the company’s] total debt, provide increased financial flexibility, position Spirit for long-term success and accelerate investments providing Guests with enhanced travel experiences and greater value.”

The letter did indicate that the customer experience likely won’t change much despite the major financial shifts behind the scenes. Customers may still purchase tickets and use credit or loyalty points as normal. Its rewards program and credit-card terms likewise remain in place.

Employee wages and benefits will also be unaffected by the Chapter 11 process, according to a website with further information about the case.

However, Spirit’s corporate standing is likely to change. Spirit told the Jacksonville Business Journal that it expects to be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange sometime soon. Once that happens, its stock shares will “have no value as part of Spirit’s restructuring,” the outlet reported.

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A bullet hit a Southwest Airlines plane near the cockpit as the flight was taxiing for takeoff at Dallas Love Field on Friday night, KXAS-TV reported.

An airport spokesperson told the station the gunfire forced an evacuation of the flight, and KXAS added that Dallas Police are looking for whoever pulled the trigger.

‘The fact that it hit so very close to the cockpit seems too much of a coincidence.’

Flight 2494 was struck around 8:30 p.m., KXAS said, citing the Federal Aviation Administration, which added that the plane — which was taxiing for takeoff to Indianapolis — returned to the gate where passengers deplaned.

Police told the station they responded to a shooting call around 9:48 p.m., and no one was hurt.

The runway was temporarily closed Friday night while police conducted their investigation, KXAS added.

A Southwest spokesperson told the station the plane was removed from service.

Police said they’re leading the investigation, KXAS reported, adding an FBI airport liaison agent has been assigned to work with police “and other federal partners as deemed necessary.”

‘A rattle outside of the plane’

The station spoke to Shannon and Jamie Lee who were aboard the flight with two of their children; the couple told KXAS everything seemed normal until they heard the pilot on the loudspeaker.

“He said there’s a rattle outside of the plane, and they needed to return back to the gate,” Jamie Lee recalled to the station.

The couple told KXAS the pilot said the plane needed to be checked to determine if it was functional — then added that the front of the plane was damaged, and everyone would have to deplane.

The Lees told the station everyone was calm.

“We had no idea that something happened,” Shannon Lee told KXAS. “We thought Southwest had missed something in an inspection or something, you know … a normal mechanical issue.”

The couple and their two sons didn’t find out about the gunfire until they landed in Indianapolis around 2:30 a.m. and encountered a news crew, the station station said.

“I had my son with me. He was sitting in the window seat. … And we were just in row 13. So, we were pretty close to the cockpit,” Shannon Lee added to KXAS.

While the Lees told the station they’re grateful for the way Southwest handled the initial sharing of information with passengers, they believe they should have been told what happened before getting on another flight.

“I was surprised that they had shut the runway, not really knowing if there were potentially other shots being fired or where the shot could have even come from,” Jamie Lee told KXAS.

Had they known the plane was shot at, the couple told the station they likely would have gone home that night and delayed their flight another day — or flown out of DFW International Airport instead.

“You have to give people a choice, whether they want to put their safety at risk a second time in one night,” Shannon Lee told KXAS.

The Lees added to the station that they want to find out what investigators uncover and what safety improvements may result before walking away from one of their favorite airports and airlines.

“We fly quite a bit … and … our kids fly on their own,” Shannon Lee told KXAS. “So, it is concerning.”

The station said Southwest sent the Lees an email apology as well as a voucher toward a future flight.

‘Holy cow’

Armen Kurdian — a retired Navy captain and Naval flight officer — told KXAS his “first thought is like, ‘Holy cow, somebody just shot a gun, and it hit a commercial aircraft!”

Kurdian added to the station that investigators will start by figuring out where the bullet came from: “So, what was the orientation of the aircraft when it was actually hit? How deep did the bullet penetrate? That’ll tell you what its speed was. And that’ll give you an idea of the range from which it was fired.”

Kurdian added to KXAS they’ll also be looking into whether or not the shot was intentional: “The fact that it hit so very close to the cockpit seems too much of a coincidence. The odds of that happening, I think, got to be really, really high.”

He also told the station that the damage could be wide-ranging — from something small like an inoperative light switch to something bigger, such as the GPS system not working.

“Now, if [the bullet] hits something more vital, say like a hydraulic system, then the pilots would be alerted rather quickly that there would be … a pressure drop in the hydraulic system,” Kurdian added to KXAS.

He noted to the station that such airliners have a lot of backup systems, and it’s likely a bullet to the cockpit would not have caused a crash — but the whole ordeal presents a security vulnerability.

“Did this put an idea into, say, a non-state or a state actor as, ‘Oh, maybe this is something we can do to disrupt air travel’?” Kurdian wondered to KXAS.

He added to the station that it would be wise for the airport and other agencies to look into safety measures.

“So, does it mean random sweeps outside of the airport while flight operations are going on?” Kurdian asked the KXAS. “Does it mean that there [are] going to be more physical barricades or basically physical barriers — not just fences but things that you actually can’t see through, concrete — around the airport?”

You can view a video report here about the incident.

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Donald Trump has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be his secretary of health and human services — and Glenn Beck of “The Glenn Beck Program” couldn’t be more thrilled, though he does have some suggestions.

“I want him to dismantle the money going back and forth from the drug companies, the revolving door,” Glenn tells head researcher Jason Buttrill and Stu Burguiere of “Stu Does America.”

Why? Glenn explains that this is because the system is corrupt and currently has little to nothing to do with America’s health and much more to do with the pockets of large corporations.

“The food company goes to their group of known and trusted scientists and says, ‘We need a study that shows yellow number five is safe,’ and they’re like, ‘Oh, we’re going to do that study, it’s going to be fair and balanced and totally on the up and up,’” Glenn says.

“You seem skeptical,” Stu comments, joking.

“A little bit, just like I am with studies that are paid for by the people who are going to benefit from that study. It’s not neutral. The FDA then is given that study after it comes back and says, ‘Yellow number five is fine,’” Glenn continues.

The FDA then approves the ingredient, but not without significant cost.

“Half of the money from the FDA, half of their budget comes from food and pharmaceutical companies,” Glenn says.

“Let’s say if you stopped that, you’d cut the FDA in half,” Stu comments.

“Yes,” Glenn responds. “I want less input from the FDA, and I want an end to the revolving door and the obvious corruption that’s coming from money.”

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President-elect Donald Trump confirmed on Monday his plan to declare a national emergency and use military assets to implement his sweeping mass deportation plan.

Earlier this month, Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton told his X followers, “Reports are the incoming @RealDonaldTrump administration prepared to declare a national emergency and will use military assets to reverse the [President Joe] Biden invasion through a mass deportation program.”

‘Game on.’

On Monday, Trump responded to Fitton’s post on Truth Social, writing, “TRUE!!!”

Trump has repeatedly stated that sealing the border and putting an end to the current administration’s migrant invasion is one of his highest priorities. He has pledged to “carry out the largest deportation operation in American history.”

As part of that mass deportation strategy, Trump plans to complete the border wall and move “massive portions of Federal Law Enforcement to Immigration Enforcement,” which includes shifting thousands of troops from their current overseas stations to the southern border.

The Republican Party platform on Trump’s website reads, “We will deploy the U.S. Navy to impose a full Fentanyl Blockade on the waters of our Region—boarding and inspecting ships to look for fentanyl and fentanyl precursors.”

Trump also plans to bring back his “Remain in Mexico” policy, end sanctuary jurisdictions, and increase penalties for illegal crossings and overstaying visas.

Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-Calif.) stated Friday that the Congressional Hispanic Caucus is gearing up to challenge Trump’s mass deportation plans, claiming that it would “have a negative impact on the U.S. economy.”

Tom Homan, tapped as Trump’s incoming “border czar,” responded to Barragán’s declaration during a “Fox News Live” Saturday interview.

“Game on,” he replied. “Shame on her. She ought to resign her seat at the House because [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] is enforcing laws that Congress enacted.”

Homan has vowed to send more ICE officers to sanctuary jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration officials.

“If they’re not gonna help us, then we’ll just double the manpower in those cities. They don’t want ICE agents in their neighborhoods, but they don’t let ICE agents in the jail. They don’t understand, if you let us in the jail, that’d be less agents in your neighborhood,” Homan told the news outlet.

“I wish they’d sit down and talk and help with us. But if they don’t help, get the hell out of the way, because we’re going to do this job with or without you,” Homan added.

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The 745-mile underwater internet cable linking NATO allies Finland and Germany was apparently severed in the Baltic Sea Monday morning, sparking concerns about possible sabotage.

The cybersecurity and telecoms network company Cinia said in a statement that a “fault” was initially detected in its C-Lion1 submarine cable — the only undersea cable connecting Finland to Central Europe — just after 4 a.m. on Monday, killing the services provided over the line.

According to Cinia, it could take anywhere from five to 15 days for cable repairs and to get a clearer sense of what precisely is responsible.

Telia Lietuva AB, one of the Baltic states’ biggest telecommunication companies, told Bloomberg that the incident took place just hours after an undersea cable linking Lithuania to Sweden’s Gotland island, nearly 33 feet away from the Finnish line, was cut.

Their allusion to Russian aggression prompted some to speculate that Moscow may have severed the line — possibly in a similar manner to how senior Ukrainian military officers and businessmen allegedly sapped the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines in September 2022.

Elina Valtonen, the Finnish minister of foreign affairs, and her German counterpart, Annalena Baerbock, said in a joint statement, “We are deeply concerned about the severed undersea cable connecting Finland and Germany in the Baltic Sea. The fact that such an incident immediately raises suspicions of intentional damage speaks volumes about the volatility of our times.”

After noting that an investigation into the incident is underway, the duo stressed that “European security is not only under threat from Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, but also from hybrid warfare by malicious actors. Safeguarding our shared critical infrastructure is vital to our security and the resilience of our societies.”

Their allusion to Russian aggression prompted some to speculate that Moscow may have severed the line — possibly in a similar manner to how senior Ukrainian military officers and businessmen allegedly sapped the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines in September 2022.

A line-cutting in the area would have been risky business for the Russians given that just days before the malfunction, NATO allies took part in an anti-submarine warfare exercise in the Baltic Sea and likely had some assets in the area.

“The Baltic Sea is a challenging operational environment. The local expertise of our regional Allies facilitates success here and rehearsing command and control ensures the effective use of assets,” Royal Danish Navy Commodore Thomas Stig Rasmussen said of the maritime exercises that ran from Nov. 11-14. “Training together in Swedish waters offers Allies an important opportunity to enhance interoperability, which is the key to success in real life operations. Our new Allies in Sweden and Finland have redefined how NATO approaches maritime security in the region.”

When pressed on whether the Finnish cable showed signs of sabotage, Cinia CEO Ari-Jussi Knaapila indicated there was “no way to assess the reason right now.”

“We can say that such damage doesn’t happen without some kind of external impact,” Knaapila told Bloomberg, citing ship anchors and bottom trawling as possible causes.

Knaapila ruled out seismic activity and suggested sabotage has not been eliminated as a possibility.

Ship anchors have done serious damage to undersea cables in recent years. On Oct. 8, 2023, two telecom cables and a rupture to a Baltic Sea gas pipeline were caused by the Hong Kong-flagged cargo vessel Newnew Polar Bear. After months of investigation and finger-pointing, Beijing finally admitted the error in August.

Samuli Bergström, communications chief of the Finnish transport and communications agency, told Deutsche Welle, “The reasons are under investigation. Disturbances occur from time to time and there can be various reasons. For example, they are susceptible to weather and damage caused by shipping. The essential thing is that the problems are identified and corrective measures are taken.”

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Actor William Shatner said that he simply could not understand why Americans didn’t elect Vice President Kamala Harris even though she checked off the right demographic boxes.

Shatner made the comments while speaking with Bill Maher on an episode of Maher’s “Club Random Podcast,” which was published Sunday.

‘That’s not a candidate. … That’s identity politics. That’s one of the Democrats’ problems.’

“I don’t know why the Democrats lost. I don’t understand why the Democrats lost!” a befuddled Shatner said.

Maher tried to explain that there were many reasons for the election results but focused on President Joe Biden’s insistence on staying as the candidate until it was too late.

“That I understand,” said Shatner. “But inflation? Prices have come down; the economy is good. I don’t know why they voted against her, against the party.”

“Basically,” Maher responded, “She was not a great candidate, let’s be honest.”

“Why isn’t she a great candidate?” Shatner interrupted. “She combined several trends of thought here: black, woman.”

“That’s not — that’s not a candidate,” Maher replied. “That’s identity politics. That’s one of the Democrats’ problems.”

Video of the exchange was posted to social media where it garnered millions of views.

Maher went on to opine that Democrats could have won the election if they had changed their strategy.

“The Democrats could have won this election in a walk, I think,” he said. “Not a walk, but I think they could have won it — if Biden got out earlier, [if] they had a true primary season to find the best candidate, not just one whose turn was it — who, by the way, before they anointed her, nobody was sort of on the page that she was very good at being a candidate.”

Shatner is a Canadian citizen and thereby could not vote in the U.S. election.

The podcast in full can be viewed on YouTube.

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Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania came out squarely against former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calilf.) over the devastating losses for Democrats in the 2024 election.

Fetterman made the comments in an interview with Politico after he was asked whether President Joe Biden should have dropped out of the race after his disastrous debate with President-elect Donald Trump.

‘Scolding harder or clutching the pearls harder, that’s never going to work for Democrats.’

“People like [Nancy] Pelosi, she really tried to — what’s the word I’m looking for? — she embraced this ‘she’s the godmother, she’s the enforcer.’ And now she’s blaming Biden,” said Fetterman.

“Well, you can’t have it both ways. You got what you wanted,” he added, referring to Biden’s ouster and the installment of Kamala Harris, “and now you’re still blaming Biden.”

Democrats have broken into various warring factions, blaming each other for their failure to retake the House of Representatives, for losing the Senate, and for getting stomped by Trump in the presidential race. Pelosi has claimed that Biden should not immediately have endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris and suggested that decision led to her ignominious defeat.

“I think it’s really ironic that you have a woman at age 84, and she is still hanging on. Why not give a younger generation an opportunity to occupy that seat?” he added.

He went on to defend Trump supporters from accusations from Harris and other Democrats that they are “fascists” because of their political beliefs.

“I love people that are absolutely going to vote for Trump. They’re not fascists. They’re not those things. I think if you go to the tickle switch, use those kinds of terms, then it’s kind of hard to walk back on those things,” he continued.

“That’s kind of a word that really isn’t part of the vernacular for voters. Scolding harder or clutching the pearls harder, that’s never going to work for Democrats,” Fetterman concluded.

Other Democratic luminaries who have scolded Pelosi for blaming Biden include Whoopi Goldberg and Ana Navarro of “The View.”

“Why, Nancy, why? I find this so unproductive, so nasty, so unnecessary. She wants to make sure people know it wasn’t her,” said Navarro. “I think it’s really unseemly.”

Here’s more from Fetterman:

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A concealed-carrying motorist opened fire at a male who approached him allegedly with his hand under his shirt during a road rage incident in Illinois over the weekend.

Urbana Police said they responded at 4:30 p.m. Saturday to the intersection of Busey Avenue and Park Street.

The female driver was armed with a baseball bat, police said, adding that her male passenger approached the lone male driver.

Police said a male and female in one car got into a verbal dispute with a male driving alone in another car.

The lone male drove past the male and female, police said, adding that the male and female followed the lone male.

The lone male pulled into a hospital emergency room parking lot and then exited on Park Street in order to create distance between himself and the male and female following him, police said.

The car occupied by the male and female continued west on University Avenue, turned north on Busey Avenue, and stopped at Park Street, police said, adding that they exited their vehicle as the lone male reached the intersection.

The female driver was armed with a baseball bat, police said, adding that her male passenger approached the lone male driver.

Police said the lone male driver indicated that the other male had his hand underneath his shirt as if he were carrying a weapon.

Police said the lone male driver — a concealed-carry permit holder — from his vehicle drew a legally concealed gun and fired several rounds striking the other male.

Police said the lone male called 911 to report the incident.

The wounded male was transported to a local hospital where he underwent surgery and was in intensive care, police said.

Police said the incident is under investigation, and no arrests had been made.

Police added that those with information about the case can call 217-384-2320 and make arrangements if they wish to discuss the information privately. Those wishing to remain anonymous can submit tips to Crime Stoppers by phone at 217-373-TIPS, online at 373tips.com, or through the “P3 Tips” mobile app.

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Republican challenger Eric Hovde conceded the race to Democratic incumbent Sen. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin on Monday.

Hovde lost to the two-term incumbent by less than a percent, the AP called on November 6. Given the slim margins of the race, Hovde did not concede the race until over a week later.

‘What is disheartening are the tactics used against me in this race.’

“Nine months ago, I entered the race for the U.S. Senate because I love our country and I am deeply concerned about its direction,” Hovde said in a video posted to X.

“The results from election night were disappointing, particularly in light of the last-minute absentee ballots that were dropped in Milwaukee at 4 a.m., flipping the outcome,” Hovde said.

“I have heard from numerous supporters urging me to challenge the election results,” Hovde said. “However, without a detailed review of all the ballots and their legitimacy, which will be difficult to obtain in the courts, the request for a recount would serve no purpose because you will just be recounting the same ballots regardless of their integrity. As a result, and my desire to not add to the political strife through a contentious recount, I decided to concede the election.”

Although Hovde ultimately conceded, he pointed to several tactics Democrats used that he said worked to “deceive” and “mislead” voters. Notably, Democratic operatives emboldened libertarian candidate Phillip Anderson and America First candidate Thomas Leager, who collectively drew in over 70,000 votes.

“I am proud that we received more than 1.64 million votes, more than any Republican in Wisconsin history aside from President Trump’s total on Tuesday night,” Hovde said. “Furthermore, if not for Democratic operatives placing a phony America First candidate on the ballot to deceive voters and siphon off over 28,000 votes, I would have won this race.”

“Democratic operatives also supported a libertarian candidate through mail and other sources without his knowledge to strip votes away from me,” Hovde continued. “Are these actions to deceive and mislead voters strengthening and protecting our democracy? Any fair-minded person would say no.”

Hovde also described several “disheartening” tactics used against him in the race. Hovde detailed the protests that took place outside his home before he even entered the race, mentioned “phony” lawsuits launched against his companies, and the millions of dollars’ worth of ads that made “false claims” about him.

“Senator Baldwin’s campaign focused on getting voters to hate me,” Hovde said.

“Sadly, our current political system is broken,” Hovde continued. “Instead of candidates debating issues and addressing voters concerns, campaigns are now about raising money, often from special interest groups, and launching attack ads with no basis in truth.”

Hovde closed his message by thanking his supporters and outlining his plan to move forward.

“After running from morning to night for nine months and leaving it all on the field, I will take a much-needed break, then return to my businesses and foundation and find other ways to make a positive impact,” Hovde said. “One thing is certain. I will always fight for the country and state that I love and work to restore the American dream. Thank you.”

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott and the Public Utility Commission of Texas have identified 61 possible sites across the state for new nuclear reactors.

A recently-released state report on Advanced Nuclear Energy is hoping to bring in over $50 billion in new economic output to Texas, along with $27 billion in income for Texas workers.

Governor Abbott announced the state’s new plan, saying the plants would enhance the “reliability” of the state grid and provide “affordable, dispatchable power” to residents.

“Texas is the energy capital of the world, and we are ready to be No. 1 in advanced nuclear power,” the governor added.

The Nuclear Energy Institute defines advanced nuclear reactors as smaller, more efficient reactors that are safer to build and protect than the previous generation of reactors. Underground and underwater housing can be used for advanced reactors to greater endure natural disasters.

Advanced nuclear designs have been used for the newly popular small modular reactors being built privately across the country by the likes of Amazon, Microsoft, and Oracle. States like Virginia and Maryland have become popular sites for SMRs and self-sustaining commercial campuses.

Texas is already home to two nuclear plants that generate over five gigawatts of electricity, which makes up about 10% of the state’s grid.

The state report alleged that the two plants have already displayed “resilience during extreme weather.”

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Of the 61 possible nuclear sites identified, 21 of them are closed or closing coal sites. The report stated that replacing the coal sites, which are typically seen as bad for the environment, would be just one puzzle piece in overcoming strong environmental regulatory hurdles.

In order to garner approval for the plant builds, energy officials suggested appointing a Nuclear Permitting Officer to facilitate “tailored assistance to companies seeking to build advanced nuclear reactor operations in the state.”

The report pinpointed a possible $700 million in costs leading up to the building of advanced nuclear reactors, using estimations based on public funding that has been awarded in other states.

This included $60 million to retain and attract supply chain companies and another $350 million for design and development of small nuclear reactors.

About $100 million was awarded across Kentucky, North Carolina, and Wyoming for permitting and studies, along with $40 million in South Carolina for support of nuclear workforce development.

While these costs are similar to what other companies have been spending on small modular reactors across the country, those are typically used to power a company’s campus and/or data centers. This means that reactors meant to power the public at large would likely come at twice the cost, especially considering how much government oversight and appointed positions the state report has recommended.

For example, computer technology company Oracle announced in early September its intention to build a 1-gigawatt data center campus powered by three small modular reactors.

Therefore, about 15 small modular reactors would be required to match the five gigawatts of power (10% of the grid) put out by Texas’ two existing plants.

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Last week, Blaze News covered a story about a FEMA supervisor named Marn’i Washington who was fired due to a released report accusing her of ordering relief agents under her authority to avoid homes with Trump signs in Lake Placid, Florida.

According to Washington, however, she was merely the scapegoat for FEMA’s broader discriminatory policies.

“FEMA preaches avoidance first, and then de-escalation. This is not isolated. This is a colossal event of avoidance. Not just in the state of Florida. You will find avoidance in the Carolinas,” Washington said on a podcast, during which she explained that FEMA at large tends to avoid homes with Trump signs for fear of aggression.

Jill Savage and Blaze News editor in chief Matthew Peterson invite Rachel Bovard, vice president of Conservative Partnership Institute, on the show to discuss the situation.

“Is this problem bigger than just one employee at FEMA?” Jill asks.

“This is the way the government has been operating for the last four years,” says Bovard. FEMA has “taken direction from the president of the United States, who stood in front of Independence Hall two years ago and said, ‘Anyone who supports Donald Trump is an extremist.”’

“All of the ideologues in the bureaucracy were activated to essentially make that statement by the president their government policy,” she explains. “When you think about the mission that FEMA is supposed to represent, they are supposed to be there to help Americans at the worst point in their lives, and here we have that agency … putting partisan politics ahead of it all.”

Matthew Peterson calls the event one of many examples of “how bad things have become.”

However, now that Trump will return to the White House bolstered by his bold Cabinet picks, the future looks hopeful.

“I’d love to know your thoughts on the picks so far,” he tells Bovard.

“I think institutional Washington is losing their minds, but I actually think [Matt Gaetz] is the perfect answer to Merrick Garland,” who “turned the Department of Justice into an arm of the president’s political terror,” says Bovard.

“[Garland] put Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro — two people who served in Trump’s administration — in jail; he aggressively pursued peaceful pro-life protesters; he ignored the disorder in the streets and used taxpayer-funded resources to harass and prosecute and terrorize peaceful J6 protesters to the ends of the Earth. … Those actions need to be answered with a sledgehammer, and I really do kind of feel like Matt Gaetz is maybe the perfect person to do that.”

Before Gaetz can get to work as Trump’s attorney general, however, he first has to be confirmed by the Senate that just elected John Thune as its new majority leader.

“What does the pick of John Thune tell you about where the Senate does want to go?” asks Jill.

Bovard is a bit concerned when it comes to Thune.

“John Thune, I should point out, voted to confirm Merrick Garland,” as did other Republican senators, including Mitch McConnell, John Cornyn, Thom Tillis, and Susan Collins — “all of the people you now see pearl-clutching about Matt Gaetz,” Bovard explains.

She hopes they will confirm Gaetz in order to “atone for their sins of confirming Merrick Garland.”

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The highly anticipated “Gladiator II,” starring Denzel Washington in the role of Macrinus hits theaters this Friday.

One person who isn’t excited about the sequel, however, is Jason Whitlock.

His disappointment stems not from the movie itself but rather from what Washington decided to reveal about his role in the film.

“I actually kissed a man in the film but they took it out, they cut it, I think they got chicken. I kissed a guy full on the lips and I guess they weren’t ready for that yet. I killed him about five minutes later. It’s ‘Gladiator.’ It’s the kiss of death,” he said.

Shemeka Michelle, who joins Jason on the program, expresses her confusion.

“Over the course of his career, he never did a sex scene or any type of strong kissing out of respect for his wife, … yet you go and kiss a man,” she says, adding that Washington could have easily given his “kiss of death” on the cheek.

“They have to pledge allegiance to the alphabet mafia. … In some form or fashion, they always have to let you know, ‘I don’t hate the gays’ or ‘I don’t hate the trans. I’m really a friend,’” she tells Jason.

“I think there is a right of passage in Hollywood and in the music and entertainment industry that you have to promote that lifestyle,” Jason agrees. “You can’t reach that level of stardom in Hollywood without going through that right of passage.”

As for Washington’s profession of Christianity, Whitlock says he’s skeptical now.

“He’s gone his whole career and had a pretty rock-solid reputation, had presented himself as some sort of Christian. I had always questioned it, and now I have the proof,” he says.

Washington could have said, “Hey, you know what? I know that’s a big movie, but I’m good. I’m worth 200 million, 300 million, 400 million — whatever. I’m good. I’ve had enough. I’m not going to kiss a man,” Jason sighs.

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Big-name brands have ended their advertising boycott against Elon Musk’s X after approximately a year of refusing to support the platform.

Comcast, Discovery, Disney, IBM, Lionsgate Entertainment, and Warner Bros. have resumed their ad spending on X, with Musk thanking CEO Linda Yaccarino for her work on bringing the companies back onto his platform.

“Just want to say that we super appreciate major brands resuming advertising on our platform!” Musk wrote. “Thanks [Linda Yaccarino] and the whole X team for your hard work in restoring confidence in our platform and ensuring that advertising content only appears where advertisers want it shown.”

In November 2023, the brands mentioned above (along with Apple) dialed back their ad campaigns after claims their branding appeared next to “anti-Semetic content” and “hate speech,” AdWeek reported.

‘The censorship apparatus is coming to an end.’

Without the major companies, brands like Karma Shopping and Canles Shoes became the top ad-buyers on X. Overall, ad revenue dropped by a reported 98% year over year, but Musk remained principled in his cause.

“I’ll say what I want to say, and if the consequence of that is losing money, so be it,” Musk told CNBC at the time.

Political commentator Ian Miles Cheong called the boycott a failed effort “the moment Donald Trump won the election.”

“The censorship apparatus is coming to an end, and the advertisers know it. Beyond that, advertisers can undoubtedly see the strength of X, and depriving themselves of profits for the sake of sticking it to Elon clearly doesn’t work,” Cheong added.

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The new report comes after claims in September that there would be a mass exodus of advertisers from the platform over concerns of “extreme content” that could damage brand images.

However, that was after X announced a lawsuit against major advertisers in August, following a House Judiciary Committee report that pointed to an illegal boycott against the company.

The World Federation of Advertisers, which represents some of the world’s largest companies and advertisers, was accused of directly organizing boycotts and targeting disfavored platforms, content creators, and news organizations in an effort to demonetize them.

BlazeTV host James Poulos said the smoke surrounding the advertising conflict was cleared once the nature of the report was revealed.

“Rather than mild-mannered normies afraid of controversial content on X, advertisers operate as a cartel of far-left propagandists, reaping profits from taxpayers on government contracts while conspiring to silence free speech at odds with their radical ideologies.”

Concurrently, many left-wing celebrities are announcing plans to leave X. This includes MSNBC’s Joy Reid, who said she doesn’t want to support the platform, and ex-CNN host Don Lemon, who claimed he disagrees with the new terms of service.

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