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Disgraced Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo explained why he believed the Democrats lost the election and gave a warning to Democrats going ahead to stop the skid.

Cuomo made the comments while being interviewed by journalist Mark Halperin on the “2WAY Tonight” show.

‘What we did talk about was bizarre to these people! It was not about gender change operations for criminals! That’s not where they were at!’

“The first thing the Democratic Party has to realize is when you’re in a hole, stop digging,” Cuomo said. “I think we really have to come to grips with what happened here, and I don’t think that happens overnight.”

He said that some were arguing that the party didn’t go left enough, but he disagreed with that estimation and argued against it.

“That believe it or not, is going to have to be litigated. And it’s shocking to me that anyone could maintain that position after the election. But that is going to have to be sorted through. Because you’re gonna have the extreme left saying the problem was that we were not left enough. As bizarre as that appears to be,” said Cuomo.

“What happened is, in this election people had two bad choices,” he continued. “And President Trump was the better of two bad choices.”

He went to say that Democrats were “disconnected” from “reality” because of their hatred for Trump.

“We were so blinded by our hate for Trump and assume that everybody was gonna see that we were right and that he was bad and we were so consumed with making the negative on Trump, we never made the positive case for the Democratic party. And what the Democrats would do for you,” Cuomo continued.

“Government is about doing for you. I also don’t think it was clear what the Biden administration had done for you. You weren’t convinced that that administration worked for you so there was a double burden on Harris to make the case we were working for you, we did actually accomplish something, and we have a plan for your future. We didn’t do that!” he added.

“And what we did talk about was bizarre to these people! It was not about gender change operations for criminals! That’s not where they were at!” Cuomo concluded. “And we had this elitist arrogant extremist left that dictated an agenda that predominated the campaign, and i think that was the root cause of what happened.”

Cuomo stepped down from his governorship in 2021 after numerous accusations of sexual harassment. His interlocutor, Halperin, was similarly fired from SNBC in 2017 after several accusations of sexual harassment.

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Oprah Winfrey denied reports that she was paid off by the Harris-Walz campaign for her endorsement but admitted that her production company received $1 million to pay for other costs.

‘I was not paid a dime. My time and energy was my way of supporting the campaign.’

Vice President Kamala Harris has been hammered by critics on the left after spending a billion dollars on her campaign and losing badly to President-elect Donald Trump. The campaign reportedly ended up with nearly $20 million in debt.

Among the expenditures made was a $1 million given to Oprah Winfrey’s company, Harpo Productions.

“Usually I am reluctant to respond to rumors in general, but these days I realize that if you don’t stop a lie, it just gets bigger,” she wrote. “I was not paid a dime. My time and energy was my way of supporting the campaign.”

She went on to say that she did not take a “personal fee” for the appearance, but her company was asked to supply the set, which included lights, cameras, microphones, and chairs for the set.

“However, the people who worked on that production needed to be paid. And were,” she said. “End of story.”

Her accounting was confirmed by a spokesperson for Harpo Productions who spoke to Variety.

“The campaign paid for the production costs of ‘Unite for America,’ a live-streaming event that took place Sept. 19 outside Detroit, Mich.,” said the spokesperson. “Oprah Winfrey was at no point during the campaign paid a personal fee, nor did she receive a fee from Harpo.”

The campaign also paid $500k to the nonprofit founded by activist Al Sharpton just before Harris appeared on a video with Sharpton in which he praised her and attacked Trump. Sharpton reportedly got paid $650k by the organization in 2021.

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It hasn’t even been a full week since Donald Trump won the election, but that hasn’t stopped him from already following through on one of his biggest campaign promises: border security.

“I am pleased to announce that the Former ICE Director, and stalwart on Border Control, Tom Homan, will be joining the Trump Administration, in charge of our Nation’s Borders (‘The Border Czar’), including, but not limited to, the Southern Border, the Northern Border, all Maritime, and Aviation Security,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.

“I’ve known Tom for a long time, and there is nobody better at policing and controlling our Borders. Likewise, Tom Homan will be in charge of all Deportation of Illegal Aliens back to their country of Origin. Congratulations to Tom. I have no doubt that he will do a fantastic, and long awaited for, job,” Trump concluded.

Sara Gonzales of “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered” is thrilled, especially considering Homan has a proven track record of being quite impressive in the past.

“He was already in charge of ICE under Donald Trump, he did a tremendous job, takes this very seriously, has dedicated many years of his life to public service,” Gonzales says, noting that a recent speech of his at the Republican National Convention was incredibly comforting.

Homan began explaining everything Kamala Harris and Joe Biden did and didn’t do to prevent the immigration crisis, before sharing what the consequences were.

“Now we have a record illegal migration, a record number of women and children being sex trafficked, a record number of Americans dying from fentanyl, a record number of known suspected terrorists sneaking across our border, and here’s what you need to know. This isn’t mismanagement, this isn’t incompetence. This is by design, and it’s a choice. It’s national suicide,” Homan said in his powerful speech.

“I got a message, as a guy who spent 34 years deporting illegal aliens. I got a message to the millions of illegal aliens that Joe Biden’s releasing into our country in violation of federal law: You better start packing now,” Homan finished.

“This is what making America great again looks like,” Gonzales says.

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Congress is voting on a pair of Social Security bills that will address the benefit structure of the program, but only one is favored among hardline conservatives.

Congress has the choice between H.R. 82, known as the Social Security Fairness Act, and H.R. 5342, known as the Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act. Both would address the windfall elimination provision and government pension offset, which adjust Social Security benefits for employees based on whether their jobs paid into the system.

There is also concern about the potential backlash for moving a bill this consequential through a discharge petition, which deprives congressmen of the opportunity to amend or debate a bill before voting on it.

H.R. 82 would get rid of the WEP and GPO altogether while H.R. 5342 would amend them. As a result, some conservatives like Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas have objected to H.R. 82 and favored H.R. 5342, citing fiscal concerns.

By eliminating both provisions, H.R. 82 would add nearly $200 billion to the federal deficit over the next decade, according to a cost estimate from the Congressional Budget Office.

“This bill irresponsibly eliminates Social Security’s WEP and Government Pension Offset, which means some retirees already covered by government pensions could receive an unfair windfall from Social Security at the expense of other retirees,” Roy told Blaze News in an exclusive statement. “The Congressional Budget Office estimates H.R. 82 would cost taxpayers a whopping $200 billion and will accelerate Social Security’s insolvency – threatening benefits for every American currently paying into the system and those currently receiving benefits.”

On the other hand, H.R. 5342 will make a smaller contribution to the national debt, which is now approaching $36 trillion.

“H.R. 5342 will cost somewhere from [$25-30 billion] over 10 years and will not hasten Social Security’s insolvency,” a spokesman from Roy’s office told Blaze News in an exclusive statement.

“Many of America’s police, firefighters, teachers, and other public servants have unfairly seen their Social Security benefits reduced because of the poorly crafted WEP, despite many of these individuals paying into Social Security while working other jobs,” Roy told Blaze News in an exclusive statement.

“H.R. 5342, which I have co-sponsored since coming to Congress in 2019, would have responsibly addressed the problems stemming from WEP without accelerating Social Security’s insolvency,” Roy continued. “It was designed to replace the unfair, slipshod WEP with a new and carefully considered benefit formula to ensure these Americans get the benefits they deserve. At the same time, it would have provided monthly rebates to current beneficiaries to offset the impacts of the WEP.”

There is also concern about the potential backlash for moving a bill this consequential through a discharge petition, which deprives congressmen of the opportunity to amend or debate a bill before voting on it.

“Just imagine if we did this to jam through something like, say, congressional stock trading next Congress,” Roy’s spokesman told Blaze News.

“If we want this program to be there – if we want our country to be there – for future generations, we need to make choices that do right by people with what they have earned, and to do that with a clear-eyed view of our fiscal challenges,” Roy told Blaze News in an exclusive statement. “That is why Congress has a duty to responsibly and fairly protect Social Security benefits for all Americans both today and tomorrow. That is what I voted for today.”

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As Republicans, our core values are often tested in the crucible of tragedy and adversity. It is in these moments that true leaders emerge, demonstrating through action a steadfast commitment to the principles we hold dear. Senator Rick Scott (R-Fla.) is one such leader. His decisive actions following the Parkland tragedy not only brought about meaningful change but also cemented my deep respect and friendship. He has my enthusiastic support to be the next Senate majority leader.

I met Rick Scott after the devastating shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where my 14-year-old daughter Alaina was killed. As Florida’s governor, Scott faced a challenge that would define his legacy. While others offered empty rhetoric, Scott took action. He worked tirelessly to secure the passage of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act, a testament to what Republican leadership can achieve with courage and resolve.

His track record speaks volumes, and his leadership is exactly what the Senate needs as we continue the fight to keep America great.

Many critics of Scott’s bid for Senate majority leader point to his support for the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Public Safety Act, particularly its inclusion of a “red flag” provision and the restriction on long gun sales to individuals under 21. To those critics, I remind them of the political landscape in 2018. At that time, the Florida Legislature did not have the Republican supermajority it enjoys today. While Republicans controlled both chambers, votes from the opposition were essential to pass any school safety legislation.

The stakes were high, with immense pressure from the left to push gun control as the only solution to targeted school attacks. While most Republicans were willing to move forward with legislation, some likely felt the intense public pressure and thought it safer to let the session end and do nothing.

Because of Rick Scott’s leadership, he was able to unite a coalition of legislators, law enforcement, educators, mental health professionals, and families of victims. I saw Rick lead amid the chaos, bringing together individuals who had never collaborated before to pass meaningful legislation.

The Marjory Stoneman Douglas Public Safety Act implemented significant safety and mental health measures without the extreme infringement on the Second Amendment that many called for. It was a balanced approach in an era when extremes often overshadow practical solutions. Six years later, this legislation has arguably made Florida schools the safest in the nation. Scott’s ability to navigate this contentious debate shows that protecting our children and safeguarding our freedoms are not mutually exclusive goals.

To be clear, I oppose two provisions in the legislation that I hope will be changed. Florida’s “red flag” law should be repealed, and I believe that if you’re old enough to serve your country, you’re old enough to purchase any firearm.

I have come to know Rick Scott personally, especially during the painful days and weeks after the Parkland atrocity. His genuine concern for and dedication to the victims and their families were evident. Rick reached out, listened, and took to heart the stories of those who had lost loved ones. Our friendship has given me a firsthand view of his empathy, commitment, and unwavering resolve to stand up for what is right. Every time I speak with Senator Scott, he asks about my family by name and has followed their lives for the past six years.

Looking ahead, the challenges facing our nation demand the kind of steadfast, experienced leadership that Rick Scott embodies. We need a leader who not only advocates for conservative policies but also understands the mechanics of government needed to enact them. Rick’s record in Florida — from economic policies that spurred job growth and tax cuts to educational reforms — demonstrates his ability to lead with a fiercely conservative vision that aligns with our values.

He knows how to move legislation forward and will be crucial in ensuring that the legislative agenda of the incoming Trump administration gets passed. As with the post-Parkland school safety legislation, we have an urgent window of opportunity to secure the Trump agenda. The Senate needs a leader who can get the job done.

As Senate majority leader, Rick Scott will push for fiscal responsibility, champion conservative values, and work tirelessly to ensure that America remains a land of opportunity for all its citizens.

In times of trial and uncertainty, character and proven leadership matter. Rick Scott has shown both, time and again. In the most painful season of my life, I witnessed up close his compassion, dedication, and effectiveness. I am confident in his ability to lead the Senate with the same vigor and integrity he has shown throughout his career.

I’m calling all Republicans to rally behind Rick Scott: a leader not just for today but for a brighter Republican future. His track record speaks volumes, and his leadership is exactly what the Senate needs as we continue the fight to keep America great.

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MSNBC host Joy Reid remained on her far-left warpath following Vice President Kamala Harris’ resounding loss to now President-elect Donald Trump last week, sharing some bad news with “white progressive women.”

Reid hopped on TikTok Saturday and said, “I just wanna give some free advice to the white progressives, particularly white progressive women, who may be thinking about marching against the Trump victory, maybe putting back on the P-word hats and doing that thing. I would just say probably don’t send any of those invites to any black women you know. I’m just gonna tell you right now they’re not coming.”

‘Yeah,’ one commenter wrote to Reid. ‘I’m going to be busy vacuuming my ceiling.’

Reid continued: “Like, I’m pretty sure black women have resigned from the ‘Save America’ coalition, ‘Save Democracy’ coalition, and definitely the ‘Save the Democratic Party’ coalition. I think that’s probably not happening; I would just keep those invites maybe among your own friends ’cause I don’t think they’re coming. … I think black women are now [focused] on the [goals of] save black women, prioritize black men, and prioritize black communities, black businesses, and … the black spaces. But save America, save the Democratic Party? Yeah, I don’t think that’s happening.”

Indeed, Reid on election night complained that “white women” failed to come through for Harris in the battleground state of North Carolina — merely one of Harris’ numerous crushing losses in the electoral vote tally.

“Black voters came through for Kamala Harris; white women voters did not,” Reid lamented last week. “That is what appears happened in that state.” She went on to say that the Harris campaign wasn’t able to “flip enough white women” even though women in North Carolina “lost their reproductive rights.”

She added during MSNBC’s broadcast, “That message obviously was not enough to get enough white women to vote for Vice President Harris, a fellow woman, this will be the second opportunity that white women in this country have had to change the way that they interact with the patriarchy.”

How are observers reacting?

In the comments underneath Reid’s TikTok video, it appears other black women are agreeing — some rather hilariously — with her prediction that they’ll be sitting out future activism for Democrats:

“Yeah,” one commenter wrote to Reid. “I’m going to be busy vacuuming my ceiling.””I can’t I’mm washing my hair, it’s gonna take 4yrs,” another user announced.”I’m tired!” another commenter shared. “I’m watching 227 reruns that day…””Facts! On a 4 year PTO…” another user stated.”Thank you,” another commenter said. “I’m tired of fighting for others. I have no fight in me right now.”

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Today was supposed to be the day I promised myself and so many others that I would make my stand before the selectively weaponized and corrupt Department of Justice and Washington, D.C., court system. Having had three and a half years to prepare for this day, I’d determined in my own mind — perhaps naïvely — that I’d be able to have my own “Mr. Smith goes to Washington” moment and make my stand.

My case is a case of selective prosecution, not just against me but also against all those January 6 defendants who have been treated far more harshly than those who behaved equally or did far more violence and property damage — in this town — in the summer of 2020, on January 20, 2017, and even more recently in the pro-Palestinian demonstrations this year.

My trial would be nothing more than a shaming exercise.

Even though I was not accused of violence against law enforcement or any property damage, many saw my case as an example of glaring selective prosecution and a violation of my First Amendment right to be outspoken about my thoughts and opinions on January 6 before and after my arrival at the Capitol.

Yet while I was documenting the protest and riotous behavior of some for roughly two hours, I behaved as professionally as any other reporter or photojournalist on the scene, including some 80 to 100 media persons of all types who also knowingly entered restricted spaces without permission from law enforcement.

But the court would not allow the defense I hoped to begin today at trial. The court has denied my right to show selective prosecution by also denying our discovery request regarding how the government determined it was unnecessary to charge those other 80 to 100 media persons who also clearly, provably, and without permission from law enforcement breached exterior barricades clearly marked with “CLOSED AREA” signs and then accompanied both violent and peaceful protesters through broken windows and doors.

Because of these last-minute rejections by the court during my pretrial hearing last Wednesday, I instructed my attorneys to notify the Justice Department and the court of my intention to change my plea to “guilty” on all four misdemeanor charges.

As one of my attorneys stated, my trial would be nothing more than a shaming exercise. Apart from the fact that any J6 trial in this courthouse is a no-win scenario, today, I chose to deny the government the opportunity to put me through that senseless, waste-of-time shaming exercise.

The government also withdrew its plea deal offer, which, had I taken it earlier in this process, would have let me plead guilty to the single glorified trespassing charge but also would have required me to waive my right to appeal. Unfortunately, the federal courts do not have a “no contest” option, and because the court refused our request for continuance, we did not have time to seek an “Alford plea,” which would have allowed me to maintain my innocence in the appeals process.

In taking this action today, I not only deny the government its shaming exercise, but I also preserve my right to appeal should President Trump not come through on his campaign promise to pardon all nonviolent January 6 defendants.

Nevertheless, I will continue fighting this weaponized judicial system in the court of public opinion and in the halls of Congress in the coming months and years … for as long as necessary.

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Former Vice President Mike Pence said that he hoped President-elect Donald Trump does not pardon the Jan. 6 rioters who assaulted police at the U.S. Capitol after the 2020 election.

‘By God’s grace, we did our duty to support and defend the Constitution of the United States.’

Pence made the comments while a guest speaker at the Dispatch’s Summit 2024 on Tuesday.

“I don’t think the president should pardon anyone who assaulted a police officer at the United States Capitol on January 6,” said Pence, according to social media reports from The Dispatch X account.

“Karen and I are literally praying that President-Elect Trump and Vice President-Elect Vance will stand on the commitments that they will make when they raise their right hands on that day,” he added. “And with God’s grace and the support of the American people, I believe they will.”

Pence also praised Trump over reports about appointments to his administration.

“They reflect a caliber of competence and experience, particularly in the realm of national security, that gives me great confidence that that will continue to stay the course and embrace our role as leader of the free world,” he said.

In the 46 months since the rioting at the Capitol, the Justice Department says 1,561 people have been criminally charged in federal court, and about 590 were charged with assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers. 18 were charged with seditious conspiracy, 88 were charged with destruction of government property, and 67 were charged with theft of government property.

Trump has said that he would free the “hostages being wrongfully imprisoned” but later clarified that to mean only the “innocent” ones and admitted that others got “out of control.”

When asked about his actions on that day, Pence was very clear in his response.

“At the end of the day, I’ll always believe that, by God’s grace, we did our duty to support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America,” said Pence.

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Pat Gray was initially concerned when over the weekend an “unnamed source” suggested that Trump was already beginning to distance himself from RFK Jr., who was said to be poised to “make America healthy again.”

However, Donald Trump Jr.’s recent appearance on “The Megyn Kelly Show” suggests otherwise.

“Would RFK Jr. have an actual Cabinet position now that the Republicans are going to control the Senate, as opposed to being a non-confirmed czar-type guy?” Kelly asked.

“We definitely do want to honor the promise that we made, make sure that he’s involved in whatever capacity sort of he wants,” Don. Jr. stated, adding that he believes Kennedy would “do an incredible job on the stuff as it relates to health.”

“I love what RFK can do to health. I have five young kids; I want to make sure I’m not poisoning them when they have a meal,” he told Kelly, who nodded in agreement.

“I’d love to let him go wild on some of these things, or at least shed some light so the American public understands exactly why we are where we are, exactly why we’re so fat, exactly why we’re so unhealthy, and why it seems like so many people are trying to keep us that way rather than let us be healthy,” he explained.

He also confirmed the administration’s plans to include Elon Musk, whom he called “the Einstein of our era,” in matters related to the Department of Government Efficiency.

“I’m going to make sure that the people that surround my father are both loyal to him and competent. … I think this time around we actually know who those people are; we’re going to bring in a lot of people from outside,” Trump Jr. told Kelly.

“So it sounds like both Elon and Robert Kennedy will definitely be a part of this administration,” says Keith Malinak.

“What we hoped would happen is in fact happening,” says Pat.

To hear more of the conversation, watch the clip above.

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A comedienne on “Saturday Night Live” revealed that tech billionaire Elon Musk was the host who made her cry because he was really mean about her sketch proposal.

Chloe Fineman posted a video in which she recounted the story and said she decided to reveal the information after Musk complained about the impression made of him on the show. Prior to her admission, another cast member had said an unnamed host had made several cast members cry.

‘I was like damn my SNL appearance is going to be so f***ing unfunny that it will make a crackhead sober!!’

Fineman posted the video on social media and then deleted it hours later.

“Guess what? You made I, Chloe Fineman, burst into tears because I stayed up late writing a sketch. I was so excited. I came in, I asked if you had any questions, and you stared at me like you were firing me from Tesla and were like, ‘It’s not funny,'” she said.

“I waited for you to be like, ‘Ha ha, JK.’ No. Then you started pawing through my script, like, flipping each page being like, ‘I didn’t laugh. I didn’t laugh once, not one time,'” she added.

She went on to say the sketch made the show, and it did well despite Musk’s misgivings.

“I actually had a really good time, and I thought you were really funny in it, but, you know, have a little manners here, sir!” Fineman continued.

Although she deleted the video, it was copied and circulated on social media.

Musk’s appearance on “SNL” was praised by some, but some of the cast members refused to appear with him based on vague criticisms of his support for right-wing causes. He has since become far more open about his politics and supported President-elect Donald Trump in the election.

The billionaire responded in a message on X, the platform he owns.

“Frankly, it was only on the Thursday before the Saturday that ANY of the sketches generated laughs. I was worried,” he explained. “I was like damn my SNL appearance is going to be so f***ing unfunny that it will make a crackhead sober!! But then it worked out in the end.”

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Donald Trump is wasting no time in laying out an ambitious agenda for his next term. We are seeing a flurry of policy announcements, cabinet appointments, and strategic moves that show he’s not just making campaign promises — he’s setting the stage for significant change.

For the first time in decades, we may have a president-elect who is dead serious about taking on the entrenched powers of Washington, D.C., priming the next four years to be one of the most transformative periods in modern American history.

This is about restoring the Constitution, reversing the damage done by years of progressive policies, and returning America to its founding principles.

One of Trump’s most radical promises since winning the election is to shut down the Department of Education. For years, we’ve watched our schools become hijacked by progressive ideologues pushing leftist agendas while driving up tuition costs to astronomical levels. Trump’s promise to overhaul the education system isn’t just about budget cuts; it’s about returning the power to parents and local communities to educate their children — where it belongs.

What I find most striking about Trump’s education policy is his pledge to go after the accreditation systems that have let left-wing universities run unchecked for decades. He’s not just targeting bloated administrative costs or ideological indoctrination — he’s going for the root.

By firing radical accreditors and setting new standards for higher education, Trump is aiming to reclaim our colleges from the grip of Marxist ideologues, who are churning out leftist political activists rather than free-thinking, educated young adults. This change will have ripple effects generationally.

Trump made it clear that these aren’t just campaign promises. These policies are what he plans to implement right out of the gate. He’s preparing America and the swamp for a fundamental reset: to reduce government overreach and let states, local school boards, and most importantly, parents, have the most say over how children should be educated.

Think back to the early days of Barack Obama’s presidency, when he passed the massive stimulus plan that was over 2,000 pages long. At the time, it was clear to me that the stimulus package was more about a fundamental transformation of America than about economic recovery. Obama’s team members knew exactly what they wanted to do, and they did it without telling us.

What we’re seeing now with Trump is the same level of planning — except in the opposite direction. This is about restoring the Constitution, reversing the damage done by years of progressive policies, and returning America to its founding principles.

Such strong action against the deep state has a lot of conservatives wondering: “Is this really going to happen?” Reagan talked about shutting down the Department of Education, but it never came to fruition. I get the skepticism. But this time, it feels different. This isn’t the Trump of 2016, who made big promises but had to navigate a swamp full of hostile forces in Washington.

This is Trump 2.0 — perhaps even Trump 3.0. He’s learned from his first term, has appointed the right people to his cabinet, and moreover, he understands the urgency of his agenda. He has made a clear plan for his first 100 days to get things done, and unlike in 2016, he has a Republican-controlled Congress to help push his policies over the finish line.

Trump is ushering forth a return to the Constitution, a reassertion of state rights, and a reaffirmation of what it means to be American. He has made it clear that he’s serious about this, and now he has the cabinet and Congress to make it happen. Let’s hold him to it and watch closely as the first 100 days unfold.

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On the day his Jan. 6 trial was set to begin in Washington, D.C., Blaze Media journalist Steve Baker pleaded guilty to the four misdemeanor charges against him, saying he would not be put through the “shaming exercise” of a trial with a near-certain outcome.

“I made the decision specifically to avoid the shaming exercise of the trial,” Baker said outside the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse after his change-of-plea hearing on Tuesday. “I’ve watched enough of these trials, as you know, from the media room and in the courtrooms to know that that’s exactly what these are.”

U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper set a sentencing hearing for March 6, 2025, but seemed to predict that it would be interdicted by a presidential pardon.

Baker, who covered the Jan. 6 protests and riots for his blog, the Pragmatic Constitutionalist, had intended to use a selective-prosecution defense because only politically conservative journalists have been prosecuted by the U.S. Department of Justice on Jan. 6 charges.

‘That doesn’t mean as part of a plea he has to say, “I intended to do this.”‘

However, Cooper walled him off from that defense and denied his request for evidence in discovery on the dozens of journalists who were not prosecuted for being at and inside the Capitol on Jan. 6. Cooper likewise denied Baker’s last-minute motion to postpone the trial due to the re-election of former President Donald J. Trump and the likelihood of Jan. 6 pardons.

Baker said he originally planned to take his case to trial, but the hard-line stance taken by Judge Cooper at his Nov. 6 pretrial hearing convinced him that a trial was not worth it.

“It is really a risk I was willing to take, but after the election last Tuesday and then after my pretrial hearing last Wednesday, which was the very next day, I realized right then and there that the court’s inflexibility was going to persist through a trial,” Baker said. “I said, and that’s when I informed my attorneys, ‘I’m not doing it.’”

Baker expressed frustration at the lack of evidence in his case and the government’s reliance on statements he made after the protests to allege his so-called state of mind at the Capitol.

Blaze Media journalist Steve Baker was prevented from using a selective-prosecution defense by US District Judge Christopher Cooper.

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“They make accusations that are not supported by the video that they provided to us in discovery,” Baker said. “At one point, [attorney Bill Shipley] called me up and said, ‘I think they’re trying to send a signal that they want you to go to trial and do this thing because the videos they’re sending show you doing nothing more than being a journalist in the building that day,’ which is exactly what I did.”

Defense attorney Bill Shipley said Baker’s change of plea is not tantamount to a confession.

“You don’t have to make a confession. We just have to acknowledge that there’s evidence that the government has that they will use to show intent, and we are not today contesting that evidence,” Shipley said. “But that doesn’t mean as part of a plea he has to say, ‘I intended to do this.’”

Baker has said he felt the DOJ was going after him for things he said on and after Jan. 6 and because his coverage as an independent journalist and later an investigative reporter for Blaze Media has caused the government embarrassment.

Baker said Judge Cooper lit into him for things he has written about District of Columbia judges and the DOJ, claiming he impugned the work of the criminal justice system.

“He then went into a long and passionate defense of how fair they have been,” Baker told Blaze News. “All of the judges, all of the courts have worked so hard to make sure all of the Jan. 6 defendants got a fair trial.”

Shipley said the defense gave prosecutors 61 names of journalists who entered the restricted space of the Capitol but were never charged with any crime. Baker said he has a longer list of more than 90 journalists, podcasters, social media influencers, bloggers, stringers, and freelancers who were at the Capitol.

Defense attorneys William Shipley (left) and Edward Tarpley Jr. appear with Blaze Media journalist Steve Baker at a press conference after Baker pleaded guilty to four Jan. 6 misdemeanors.Rebeka Zeljko/Blaze News

“There’s only been three or four of us who have been tried, charged, convicted, or pled guilty — and every one of us are voices on the right side of the political ledger,” Baker said.

Because there is not a “no contest” plea in federal criminal court and using an Alford plea requires approval of the attorney general, Baker ended up simply pleading guilty. In an Alford plea, a defendant does not admit to crimes charged but accepts being sentenced for them.

“I wasn’t going to get approval for anything like that [Alford plea],” Baker said. “And so the bottom line is that the mischaracterization of the statement of facts is what I’m talking about, and I pled guilty to their assertions today to avoid the shaming process of going through one of these trials because that’s exactly what they are. I have witnessed them because, as I said before, they lie.”

Baker said if President-elect Donald J. Trump follows through with his campaign pledge to pardon Jan. 6 defendants, “Then I’m very confident that I’m at the top of the list.”

Baker said Judge Cooper seemed to acknowledge that pardons will be forthcoming from the White House. The judge decided to give the monologue he usually reserves for sentencing hearings because, “It’s not likely I’m going to see you in March.’”

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A junior hockey player was suspended for five games for referring to an opposing player as a Mennonite and therefore violating the league’s rules on provocation.

20-year-old Landon Sim of the London Knights was issued the five-game suspension for “marginalizing” an opponent on both “religious and cultural grounds,” the Ontario Hockey League found.

The OHL is in the Canadian Hockey League, which is comprised of several leagues across Canada (Western, Ontario, and Quebec) and is considered the top-tier of junior hockey in the world.

On November 6, Sim was ejected with a game misconduct for his violation during a 5-1 win against the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds.

“He used the word ‘Mennonite,'” Sim’s agent, Andrew Maloney, said, according to the London Free Press. “He was insulted by a player on the other team, just regular back-and-forth banter. Landon used the word toward him. I think it was just something he said without knowledge behind it,” the agent added.

Maloney also called Sim’s remarks “wrong and inappropriate” as well as a teachable moment, among other platitudes.

The OHL commissioner told the London, Ontario, outlet that a player may not use certain language to provoke another player, citing a series of prohibited language that includes: “Race, age, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, marital status or disability.”

“This is a violation of the league’s code of conduct and it carries with it a minimum suspension of five games,” OHL commissioner Bryan Crawford said.

Sim’s agent did not argue for his client on a free speech basis but rather that there should be “layers” to the type of discipline a player receives depending on the language they use.

“A player called a kid a monkey and got the same number of games (as Sim). Last season, a player told a kid he should go kill himself and got the same amount of games. There has to be layers to this rule. It’s not a bad rule, but when it’s interpreted in a one-size-fits-all category, it doesn’t work,” Maloney attempted to explain.

Landon Sim was drafted in the 6th round of the 2022 NHL Entry Draft by the St. Louis Blues.Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images

This is actually Sim’s second suspension related to mean words in 2024.

In May, Sim was suspended five games for calling then-Saginaw Spirit captain Braden Hache a word that allegedly implied he was “soft.”

Former OHL commissioner David Branch said at the time the remark was “an inappropriate comment under our diversity program,” despite the league being seemingly too fearful to identify what the word was.

In response, Sim’s agent claimed at the time that “there is no due process in the league.”

All OHL players and staff are reportedly subjected to mandatory diversity policy training before each season.

Sim was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft and has eight points the first 10 games of the 2024-2025 OHL season.

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Every leftist’s nightmare has come true. That is, Donald Trump has won the presidency, and their lives will likely get better because of it.

The devastating loss has Democrats now claiming that the 2024 election has been stolen, as they point out that it appears 20 million voters came out of nowhere in the 2020 election for Joe Biden and have now disappeared.

“PolitiFact even points out, ‘No, 20 million Democratic votes didn’t disappear, and there’s no evidence the 2024 election was stolen,’” Stu Burguiere of “Stu Does America” comments.

“It’s fascinating to watch all of them now do what they accused us of doing all of this time. We were the election deniers for four years, now they can deny the election, and no one seems to care whatsoever,” he continues.

A survey found that more than half of Harris voters have considered leaving the country after Trump’s win, though 44% of them would like to move but probably won’t. Five percent say they will definitely move and another 5% say they probably will.

“If the reason why you’re worried about potentially moving is because of a federal abortion ban, you could just leave when you need the abortion. These people are not that bright,” Burguiere says. “Go fly somewhere else, and you can escape the little ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ country we have for you here.”

Leftists are taking Trump’s win so poorly that they’re even canceling classes at their prestigious universities like Harvard, Penn, and Columbia.

The dean of Harvard reportedly told students to let themselves “feel a bunch of emotions about how this is going to impact us in the future and listen to other people and how they feel about it, too.”

“Now, of course, you can’t listen to all other people ‘cause some of them might like it, so don’t listen to those people. But listen to other people who also have b****es and complaints about the election results and the democracy they hold so dear,” Burguiere says.

A Yale psychiatrist is also urging MSNBC viewers to shun Trump voting family members over the holidays. Dr. Amanda Calhoun told viewers that there is a “societal push that if someone is in your family, they are entitled to your time, and I think the answer is absolutely not.”

“If you are going through a situation where you have family members or you have close friends who you know have voted in ways that are against you, that are against your livelihood, then it’s completely fine to not be around those people and to tell them why,” Calhoun said.

“There’s only one actual response to that. It is one word long, and it is ‘good,’” Burguiere says.

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A new report is casting light on where more than $1 billion in campaign funds went after Vice President Kamala Harris lost the election.

The disclosure was included in campaign finance records reviewed by the Free Beacon, which showed that the Harris-Walz campaign made two payments of $250,000 to the National Action Network, one on Sept. 5 and another on Oct. 1.

Sharpton founded the NAN in 1991 and was paid about $650,000 by the nonprofit group in 2021.

Two days after the second donation, Sharpton aired a video of Harris on his show wishing him a happy birthday.

And about three weeks later, the 70-year-old activist aired an interview with Harris tailored to meet the narratives of her campaign. He praised her “extraordinary historic campaign” and asked her if men who were opposed to her campaign were “misogynistic.” He also describe then-candidate Donald Trump as “hostile and erratic.”

The Beacon noted that in neither video did Sharpton divulge to his audience that the Harris campaign had given his organization half a million dollars.

Sharpton founded the NAN in 1991 and was paid about $650,000 by the nonprofit group in 2021.

The report also documented $5.4 million in donations the Harris campaign made to Latino and black advocacy groups, including $2 million to the National Urban League, $150,000 to the Black Economic Alliance, and $150,000 to the Black Church PAC.

Liberals have demanded to know how the Harris campaign could have spent more than a billion dollars in the election only to lose the electoral vote as well as the popular vote to President-elect Donald Trump. Many Democratic leaders have filed into a circular firing squad to blame each other and avoid taking responsibility for the historic debacle.

The Beacon said neither MSNBC or the National Action Network responded to requests for comment about the story.

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Days prior to the 2020 presidential election, former Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Mark Milley telephoned his communist Chinese counterpart, General Li Zuocheng. Milley reportedly reassured Zuocheng that he would provide him with actionable warnings should his commander in chief, then President Donald Trump, decide to attack, thereby nullifying the strategic advantage of a possible American surprise attack for the benefit of an adversarial nation.

According to Bob Woodward and Robert Costa’s book “Peril,” Milley also
plotted in secret to deprive the American president of his ability to swiftly defend the nation with nuclear weapons, telling senior military officials in charge of the National Military Command Center not to follow orders unless he personally gave the green light.

It appears Pentagon officials are once again figuring out ways of undermining Trump, possibly at the nation’s expense.

Defense officials recently
told CNN that elements of the Department of Defense have been holding informal discussions about how they might respond to Trump orders they find objectionable, such as the firing of redundant bureaucrats or the domestic deployment of troops.

‘There is huge risk in disobeying a president’s order.’

“We are all preparing and planning for the worst-case scenario, but the reality is that we don’t know how this is going to play out yet,” said one defense official.

Among the concerns reportedly entertained by would-be obstructors is that Trump might deploy active-duty forces to help Customs and Border Protection — something military officials were happy to do when President Joe Biden took office. It appears the difference is that Trump might use the forces effectively.

One former senior DOD official noted that unlike the military, law enforcement agencies “don’t have the manpower, they don’t have the helicopters, the trucks, the expeditionary capabilities” that are likely necessary to execute Trump’s mass deportation plan. While using the military to make good on Trump’s campaign promise is sensible, “it is a big deal,” suggested the official.

Sending troops into American cities is hardly unprecedented. For instance, President George H.W. Bush
invoked the Insurrection Act during the 1992 Los Angeles race riots and tasked federal troops with restoring order.

‘We will clean out all of the corrupt actors.’

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin
issued a memo following Trump’s landslide victory, directing the military to “make a calm, orderly, and professional transition to the incoming Trump administration.”

Austin also made a point of specifying that the military must obey “lawful” orders.

“The U.S military will stand ready to carry out the policy choices of its next Commander in Chief,” wrote Austin, “and to obey all lawful orders from its civilian chain of command.”

“Troops are compelled by law to disobey unlawful orders,” one defense official told CNN. “But the question is what happens then — do we see resignations from senior military leaders? Or would they view that as abandoning their people?”

Kori Schake of the American Enterprise Institute made clear to Reuters that there is a big difference between lawful orders and orders believed to be immoral.

“There is a widespread public misperception that the military can choose not to obey immoral orders. And that’s actually not true,”
said Schake.

Rachel VanLandingham, a former Air Force attorney,
told the Washington Post, “They will follow President Trump’s orders, particularly because the president can lawfully order domestic use of the military in a wide variety of situations.”

“There is huge risk in disobeying a president’s order and seemingly little risk in obeying it,” added VanLandingham.

The other big concern that insiders are reportedly “gaming out” is that Trump might trim the fat as promised, at least where government bloat is concerned.

Trump plans to reissue his 2020
executive order establishing the Schedule F employment category for federal employees, making it easier to remove insubordinate and useless bureaucrats from an estimated pool of 50,000 eligible candidates.

“I will wield that power very aggressively,” Trump
vowed in a March 2023 video. “We will clean out all of the corrupt actors in our national security and intelligence apparatus, and there are plenty of them.”

Vice President-elect JD Vance
told Tucker Carlson ahead of Election Day, “If the people in your own government aren’t obeying you, you have got to get rid of them and replace them with people who are responsive to what the president’s trying to do.”

While Biden
announced a rule earlier this year aimed at further shielding federal bureaucrats from being ousted under a framework resembling Schedule F, one defense official told CNN that “there are still ways a new administration could work around these protections.”

“My email has been inundated on this topic,” said an unnamed defense official. “Definitely going to be a busy couple months.”

Blaze News reached out to the DOD’s press operations office for comment but did not receive a response by deadline.

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Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts recently made a push to use “every minute” of the legislative session between now and President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration to confirm dozens of federal judges. Here is what Republican Senate leadership hopefuls had to say.

Republican Sens. Rick Scott of Florida, John Thune of South Dakota, and John Cornyn of Texas are all vying to replace Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who announced earlier this year that he would retire as the GOP leader following the election.

When asked if they would allow Warren’s Hail Mary confirmation blitz to go through the Senate, Scott had the most blunt response of the three senators.

After Trump won the election and Republicans secured their Senate majority, flipping Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Montana, Warren posted about a “path forward” on social media, which included her pitch to cram last-minute federal confirmations.

“And Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer must use every minute of the end-of-year legislative session to confirm federal judges and key regulators—none of whom can be removed by the next President,” Warren said.

Republican leadership hopefuls provided varying responses to Warren’s attempts to circumvent the incoming GOP government.

When asked if they would allow Warren’s Hail Mary confirmation blitz to go through the Senate, Scott had the most blunt response of the three senators.

“Absolutely not,” Scott told Blaze News.

Cornyn’s response was less direct. When Blaze News reached out to his office for a comment, we were pointed to a quote Cornyn gave the New York Times back in September.

When the NYT asked about an end-of-year sprint from Democrats to confirm federal judges, Cornyn said, “I’ll believe it when I see it.”

“I don’t see a lot of time for judges and I don’t see why we would make it easy for them,” Cornyn continued.

Thune, who has been critical of Trump over the years, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Blaze News.

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A signal picked up by three observatories in 2023 has finally been decoded. The message left scientific teams with more questions than answers.

In May 2023, observatories captured a signal containing an alien-like message, and the raw data was uploaded to the internet for all to comb through.

Ken Chaffin and his daughter Keli obtained the data and worked on decoding the message. While Keli said she initially had no plans to join the effort, she quickly became mesmerized once she realized its scope.

The duo then worked for nearly a year, reportedly spending thousands of hours experimenting with various ideas and math simulations to figure it out. They uncovered a visualization of what appears to be five amino acids, but it is unclear what they represent. The visual is only displayed for about one-tenth of a second, but outlets have presented it as a video on loop, which may have caused some confusion.

“The original image that looks like a star map has always given me the appearance of biological life-forms,” Keli Chaffin said in an email to CNN. “[A] lot of members have seen a mouse, a starfish, or an elephant.”

Despite the message coming from outer space and being described by outlets as alien-like, it certainly originated from mankind.

The signal came from the SETI Institute in California, which, in 2023, decided to simulate the scenario of receiving a coded message from aliens or an unknown source in space. The signal was realistically sent from Mars to Earth by the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, a satellite that measures methane and atmospheric gases around Mars.

The message traveled through space for a reported 16 minutes before being captured by the Allen Telescope Array in Northern California, the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, and the Medicina Radio Astronomical Station near Bologna, Italy.

The raw data had to be extracted from a purposeful entanglement of other data from the Mars spacecraft, and it took about 10 days to download and convert it into a visual format.

‘I had no idea what the message would show or say.’

“I knew I had the skills to decode the message,” Ken Chaffin said, stating that he has decades of work with the cellular automata computation model.

Cellular automata is a grid of cells in a checkerboard pattern that can show any number of patterns depending on which cells are “on” or “off.” Depending on the grid’s rules, it can depict static patterns, repeating patterns, or patterns that appear to be moving across the grid.

The Chaffins ran what they saw on the “star map” as cellular automata simulations and eventually generated the image of the amino acids.

“I had no idea what the message would show or say,” Ken Chaffin added. “I suspected that it might have something to do with life.”

He said it became clear once he saw the image that it was amino acids, recognizing them from chemistry class.

Chaffin has theorized that the message could represent hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen being transported through space to later be assembled into a life; a very interesting message were it actually from nonhumans.

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Anti-censorship measures are something Donald Trump promised during his campaign, and he’s already proving good on his word. In a recent video, President-elect Trump outlined his plan to “shatter the left-wing censorship regime.”

It’s thorough, bold, and effective — so much so that Glenn Beck says it’s “the most amazing thing [he’s] heard any president ever say.”

In the nearly seven minute-long video, Trump stated his intentions to:

1. End government collusion with companies and individuals for censorship purposes.

“Within hours of my inauguration, I will sign an executive order banning any federal department or agency from colluding with any organization, business, or person to censor, limit, categorize, or impede the lawful speech of American citizens,” he said.

He also vowed to “ban federal money from being used to label domestic speech as mis- or disinformation” and “begin the process of identifying and firing every federal bureaucrat who has engaged in domestic censorship directly or indirectly.”

2. Investigate and prosecute the digital censorship cabal.

“I will order the Department of Justice to investigate all parties involved in the new online censorship regime, which is absolutely destructive and terrible, and to aggressively prosecute any and all crimes identified,” he declared.

To prevent the destruction of evidence, Trump declared his intentions to “[urge] House Republicans to immediately send preservation letters … to the Biden administration, the Biden campaign, and every Silicon Valley tech giant ordering them not to destroy evidence of censorship.”

3. Revise Section 230 of the Communications Act.

“Upon my inauguration as president, I will ask Congress to send a bill to my desk revising section 230 to get big online platforms out of censorship business. From now on, digital platforms should only qualify for immunity protection under Section 230 if they meet high standards of neutrality, transparency, fairness, and non-discrimination,” Trump stated.

4. Do away with “mis- and disinformation.”

“We need to break up the entire toxic censorship industry that has arisen under the false guise of tackling so-called mis- and disinformation,” Trump said, before expressing his intentions to halt federal funding for all “nonprofits and academic programs that support this authoritarian project, including penalizing U.S. universities that have engaged in censorship or election interference by withholding “federal research dollars and federal student loan support for a period of five years and maybe more.”

“We should also enact new laws laying out clear criminal penalties for federal bureaucrats who partner with private entities to do an end run around the Constitution and deprive Americans of their First, Fourth, and Fifth Amendment rights,” he added.

He then proposed banning “any employee of the FBI, CIA, NSA, DNI, DHS, or DOD” from taking a job at any major tech platform in possession of “vast quantities of U.S. user data” for a period of “7 years.”

5. Develop a “digital Bill of Rights.”

“The time has finally come for Congress to pass a digital Bill of Rights; this should include a right to digital due process. In other words, government officials should need a court order to take down online content,” Trump stated.

“Furthermore, when users of big online platforms have their content or accounts removed, throttled, shadow-banned, or otherwise restricted, no matter what name they use, they should have the right to be informed that it’s happening, the right to a specific explanation of the reason why, and the right to a timely appeal.”

On top of that, “all users over the age of 18 should have the right to opt out of content moderation and curation entirely and receive an unmanipulated stream of information if they so choose.”

Trump concluded his five-step anti-censorship plan with the statement: “When I am president, this whole rotten system of censorship and information control will be ripped out of the system at large. There won’t be anything left. By restoring free speech, we will begin to reclaim our democracy and save our nation.”

To hear Glenn’s response to and analysis of Trump’s anti-censorship plan, watch the clip above.

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The FEMA hurricane relief supervisor who was fired after being accused of ordering workers to skip pro-Trump houses has spoken out in her defense and is considering legal recourse.

Marn’i Washington was fired from the Federal Emergency Management Agency after a report documented that she had told relief workers to avoid homes with signs supporting President-elect Donald Trump in Lake Placid, Florida.

“When we got there we were told to discriminate against people. It’s almost unbelievable to think that somebody in the federal government would think that’s okay,” said one of the workers to the Daily Wire.

‘The political hostility that was encountered by my team, they just so happened to have the Trump campaign signage.’

Washington went public to accuse FEMA of lying about the incident and claiming to be a scapegoat for wider practices.

“I have information that proves FEMA is lying,” said the 38-year-old to the Daily Mail.

“FEMA preaches avoidance first, and then de-escalation. This is not isolated. This is a colossal event of avoidance,” said Washington in a podcast. “Not just in the state of Florida. You will find avoidance in the Carolinas.”

Washington said that the avoidance doctrine was in response to hostility from some residents who opposed FEMA.

“If you look at the record, there is what you call a community trend. … The political hostility that was encountered by my team, they just so happened to have the Trump campaign signage,” she said.

“If we are noticing on, for example, Mary Street, and we’re greeted with unwelcomed arms or people are coming out with guns blazing, screaming at us, then that’s a street we need to avoid altogether,” she added.

She claimed that she didn’t even vote in the election because she was so busy with her relief work.

“Not all Floridians have been unpleasant, but for the most part, the ones that are very passionate about their disdain for FEMA,” Washington said, “they have no problem expressing it.”

She said she had been on other relief missions where Biden-Harris supporters had expressed hostility to FEMA, and she had employed the same de-escalation techniques with them.

At one point during the hurricane relief mission, FEMA had temporarily suspended efforts following reports that armed militia members were “hunting” FEMA workers over rumors about seized land spreading on social media. Police arrested one man, who was accused of threatening to shoot and kill workers.

FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell said that Washington’s actions were in “clear violation of FEMA’s core values and principles to help people regardless of their political affiliation.”

Here’s part of the interview with Washington:

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