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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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Tennis Channel analyst Jon Wertheim has apologized for remarks he made while allegedly engaging in behind-the-scenes banter that wasn’t meant to air.

During the hot-mic moment, Wertheim was adjusting his camera as the channel showed hosts sitting at their desk with Wertheim on an adjacent screen. As the hosts were reviewing their notes and getting last-minute hair adjustments, Wertheim said, “What do you think I am … Barbora Krejcikova?”

Seemingly making fun of himself, Wertheim was referencing No. 10-ranked Czech tennis player Barbora Krejcikova before her upcoming match against No. 5-ranked Qinwen Zheng of China at the Dow Tennis Classic.

Wertheim continued in the clip, posted to X, mocking Krejcikova’s appearance:

“Look at the forehead when Krejicikova and Zheng take the court … eight-head,” he added.

Krejcikova took to her X account two days later to remark on the lack of professionalism on the part of Wertheim, claiming there is a need for increased respect in sports media.

“You might have heard about the recent comments made on Tennis Channel during the WTA Finals coverage that focused on my appearance rather than my performance,” she began. “As an athlete who has dedicated herself to this sport, it was disappointing to see this type of unprofessional commentary.”

“This isn’t the first time something like this is happening in sports world,” the 28-year-old continued. “I’ve often chosen not to speak up, but I believe it’s time to address the need for respect and professionalism in sports media. These moments distract from the true essence of sport and the dedication all athletes bring to the field.”

The athlete added she has a deep love for her sport and wants to see it represented honorably.

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‘I am not the victim here.’

Nearly six hours after Krejcikova posted her statement, Wertheim issued his own apology in the early hours of the morning.

Wertheim called his own comments “deeply regrettable,” while still acknowledging them. He then claimed he immediately reached out to Krejcikova and apologized, offering an explanation:

“I joined the show by zoom. In rehearsal we were shown a graphic of a player who had just competed. It showed her at an angle that exaggerated her forehead. A few moments later, I was told to frame up my zoom. I looked at the low camera angle and joked that it made my forehead resemble the photo of the player in question.”

Wertheim noted that someone in the control room engaged in banter with him, and the exchange inadvertently made it to air “without context.”

“I am not the victim here,” Wertheim added. “It was neither professional nor charitable nor reflective of the person I strive to be. I am accountable. I own this. I am sorry.”

— (@)

Fans in Wertheim’s replies were confused as to why the issue was brought up by the tennis player days after the fact, especially given that Wertheim claimed he “immediately” reached out to her to apologize.

Nonetheless, the Tennis Channel released a statement revealing it had “immediately” and “indefinitely” suspended Wertheim from on-air appearances.

“The network also apologized to the player, Barbora Krejcikova, as did Jon,” the statement read.

A public relations representative also called Wertheim a valued member of the channel’s family who unfortunately did not meet the company’s “standard of respectfulness” in that moment.

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The man responsible for the giant “Vote for Trump” sign that recently lit up the sky in Upstate New York is now considering a run for federal office.

It’s no secret that Anthony Constantino, CEO of Sticker Mule, supports President-elect Donald Trump. Not only did Constantino create a Trump-related PAC, but he also ordered a 100-foot “Vote for Trump” sign to be constructed atop a Sticker Mule facility in Amsterdam, a city of some 18,000 residents about 35 miles northwest of Albany.

‘President Trump is a unity president, and I’ll do whatever I can to help him make America great for everyone.’

Now that Constantino and more than 75 million other Americans have gotten their wish and Trump has won re-election, Constantino is thinking about how he can best serve his president and his country going forward. With Trump tapping New York Rep. Elise Stefanik (R) as ambassador to the United Nations, Constantino is now mulling a run for the seat Stefanik will vacate after a decade in office, should she be confirmed.

“I am strongly considering running for the NY-21 Congressional seat. Thank you!” he tweeted Monday night.

Constantino went into greater detail about the possible run on an appearance on Monday’s episode of “The StoneZONE” hosted by longtime Trump ally Roger Stone.

“I want to do whatever is most impactful in the world, what’s best for the country, and it seems like this might be it,” Constantino said.

According to the Post Millennial, Constantino and Stefanik went to high school together, and he has long supported her work. He has also already begun gathering a team to consider the next steps in the process.

“President Trump is a unity president, and I’ll do whatever I can to help him make America great for everyone. If that’s in Congress, I’ll fight hard to win big and continue winning after I’m elected,” Constantino said in a statement to the Post Millennial.

So far, Constantino seems to have one friend in his corner. In a statement to the Post Millennial, Stone said Constantino “has what it takes.”

“He built his company from the ground up, creating thousands of jobs. He stood up for President Trump in the face of certain backlash. We need smart and courageous people who aren’t career politicians like him in Washington now more than ever.”

A month ago, Constantino appeared on “The Glenn Beck Program,” telling Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck that Trump “did tremendous things for the country” in his first term, especially regarding free speech.

“Nobody wants to have duct tape put on their mouth. Nobody wants the right to speech taken away,” Constantino said.

Free speech was just one of many reasons that Constantino, a registered Democrat, constructed the Trump sign on his building.

“I’m trying to end this epidemic of anti-Trump hate that’s been bad, really, for both sides,” he explained to Beck. “People got to be able to be comfortable to say they like President Trump.”

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New York Judge Juan Merchan has postponed deciding whether to uphold or dismiss the criminal conviction against President-elect Donald Trump. Merchan was scheduled to make his ruling on Tuesday but has agreed to freeze the case until November 19.

In the New York case, Trump was found guilty by a jury on all 34 counts of falsifying business records. His sentencing is slated for November 26.

‘It’s time for the judge to recognize reality and to dismiss this case.’

According to court filings, Trump’s legal team requested the stay and an eventual dismissal of the conviction.

Trump’s lawyers have argued that the case and convictions should be thrown out based on the United States Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity.

Trump’s attorney Emil Bove contended, “The stay, and dismissal, are necessary to avoid unconstitutional impediments to President Trump’s ability to govern,” the court filings showed.

Prosecutor Matthew Colangelo agreed with the stay, stating that “these are unprecedented circumstances” and the defense’s arguments “require careful consideration.”

Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung stated that Trump’s presidential victory last week was “an overwhelming mandate to Make America Great Again.”

“It is now abundantly clear that Americans want an immediate end to the weaponization of our justice system, including this case, which should have never been filed, so we can, as President Trump said in his historic victory speech, unify our country and work together for the betterment of our nation,” Cheung stated.

George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley reacted to Merchan’s decision to delay the ruling, telling Fox News, “The Trump team did succeed in getting this delay. What they don’t want is an indefinite status. They don’t want this just to be lingering.”

He explained that Trump’s legal team “will be arguing in the next week that it’s time for the judge to recognize reality and to dismiss this case.”

The other pending cases against Trump are also falling apart following his election.

Special counsel Jack Smith, who was tasked with overseeing the two federal cases against Trump, has since requested to vacate all deadlines in one of the cases. A federal judge previously dismissed Smith’s other federal case. The Georgia criminal case against Trump has been tied up in an appeals court.

However, despite the election outcome, New York Attorney General Letitia James has vowed to continue her lawfare against Trump.

Mike Davis, founder of the Article III Project, told Benny Johnson, “Let me just say this to Big Tish James, the New York Attorney General. I dare you. I dare you to try to continue your lawfare against President Trump in his second term.”

“Because listen here, sweetheart: We’re not messing around this time. And we will put your fat ass in prison for conspiracy against rights,” he continued. “And I promise you that. So think long and hard before you want to violate President Trump’s constitutional rights or any other American’s constitutional rights. It’s not going to happen again.”

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Democratic incumbent Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania has not yet conceded the race to Republican challenger Dave McCormick, despite multiple outlets calling the race in the GOP’s favor.

McCormick was announced as the winner on Thursday by outlets like Politico and the Associated Press, as well as many local publications, confirming his narrow victory. Pennsylvania was one of four seats that were flipped by Republicans, as well as seats in Ohio, West Virginia, and Montana.

Despite the widely acknowledged McCormick win, Casey has refused to admit defeat.

“I have dedicated my life to making sure Pennsylvanians’ voices are heard, whether on the floor of the Senate or in a free and fair election,” Casey said in a post on X following the election results. “It has been made clear there are more than 100,000 votes still to be counted. Pennsylvania is where our democratic process was born.”

‘What happened to all the demands that our leaders accept the outcome of the elections?’

“We must allow that process to play out and ensure that every vote that is eligible to be counted will be counted,” Casey continued. “That is what Pennsylvania deserves.”

Every social media post on his campaign account since then has been about continuing to count the ballots, even though McCormick was already declared the victor.

“Our Commonwealth ran a free and fair election, and we are still waiting on the final results,” Casey said in a Monday post on X. “Our election officials will continue counting ballots and ensure that Pennsylvanians’ voices are heard.”

Casey was not the only Senate Democrat to take issue with McCormick’s election. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer initially withheld McCormick’s invitation to the Senate orientation, prompting a critical response from his Republican colleagues.

“Schumer is not allowing [McCormick] to participate in Senate orientation this week because Casey refuses to concede the race,” Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida said in a Sunday post on X. “What happened to all the demands that our leaders accept the outcome of the elections?”

“Sen. Schumer is refusing to allow [McCormick] to participate in Senate orientation next week even though the race has been called,” Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri said in a post on X. “Chuck is an ‘election denier’ and this is an ‘assault on our democracy.'”

Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah also floated the idea of escorting McCormick to the Capitol alongside other GOP Senators. Since then, Schumer has extended the invitation to McCormick, who attended Senate orientation Tuesday.

At the time of this writing, Casey has still not conceded the race.

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Yet another southern California high school teacher lashed out in a classroom after President-elect Donald Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris last week.

KTTV-TV reported that the “popular teacher” at Chino High School could be in hot water following his furious reaction toward a student who wore a Trump hat the day after the election.

‘Can you send security up, please? … I have a boy who has a Trump hat on, and I’m not gonna tolerate it today, bye bye.’

Corey DeAngelis, senior fellow at the American Culture Project, posted snippets of the teacher’s outbursts on X.

“A child molester, huh?” the teacher said on one video clip. “Vote for that freaking rapist … I’m sorry, guys. I’m sorry. I have a daughter, I have three nieces, and he’d rape them, and people are voting for him. Christians are voting for him. Bunch of losers. Fake Christians.”

The teacher said in another clip, “I’m pissed, people voting for a freaking rapist, and I’m pissed off” before adding, “I don’t care, fire the hell out of me. I’m fighting for my daughter, my nieces, their rights.”

The teacher is heard in another clip hollering to “turn it off and … go back to your freaking seat now! Go!” Immediately afterward, the teacher is heard speaking — presumably on a phone or intercom, “Can you send security up, please? … I have a boy who has a Trump hat on, and I’m not gonna tolerate it today, bye bye.”

In that same clip, the teacher then appears to speak to a student: “I don’t care if you have a Harris hat or a Trump hat, you’re outta here. You know better. Tell [Principal John] Miller, ‘I should have the right to vote for a rapist and a child molester,’ go for it, go for it. I don’t give a F!”

In another clip — in which he seems to be out of breath — the teacher snaps at another student, “Excuse me! What’s wrong with me?” When the student appears to ask what the other student’s hat said, the teacher replies, “Trump. The rapist. Even Trumpers don’t deny it; they just vote for him … gonna get rid of 20 million immigrants … You know who should get out? You know who owns this land? … Native Americans …”

How did the school board president react?

Chino Valley Unified School District board president Sonja Shaw told KTTV the video is real, that it’s “unacceptable,” and that other school districts are having the same issue.

Shaw added to the station that while the school has a dress code, it refers to indecent exposure and hate language — and that a Trump hat “is not out of code.”

“We had many students wearing T-shirts supporting both sides of the political debate in several schools without issue,” Shaw added to KTTV.

The board president added to the station that she can’t speak to what may happen to the unnamed teacher, but Shaw also said “if this teacher unfortunately has to be the example of what not to do, we need to move forward … and bring our kids together. Respecting each other, be it political issues or anything else.”

KTTV reported that the teacher — who has been at the school for years without incident — hasn’t responded to the station’s attempts to speak with him.

Parent Oscar Avila told KTTV: “God knows what this teacher could be capable of doing in a fit of rage. You cannot scream at a kid, call someone names over a political issue. That’s wrong. I don’t mind kids being corrected, but in the proper way — not over some political stuff.”

You can view a video report here about the incident.

Anything else?

Blaze News on Monday reported that a teacher at a different southern California public high school — Valley View High School in Moreno Valley — went on a profane rant in his Advanced Placement world history class against Trump the day after the election and was placed on administrative leave.

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Stand-up comedian Tony Hinchcliffe refused to apologize for jokes he made about Puerto Rico and many others in his routine at a Donald Trump rally.

Hinchcliffe, who made countless headlines after joking about Puerto Rico being an “island of garbage” at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally late last month, addressed the media outrage in a video posted on Monday.

An episode of Hinchcliffe’s incredibly popular podcast “Kill Tony” was filmed the night after his controversial pre-election appearance. The comedian prefaced it with comments about the backlash.

Hinchcliffe explained that the premise for his rally joke had a basis in reality.

“I don’t know if you guys know this. In my speech on free speech, I referenced Puerto Rico, which currently has a landfill problem in which all of their landfills are filled to the brim. I guess I’m the only person that knew about this, unfortunately.”

Hinchcliffe is right. Well before he made the remarks, environmental websites were bringing up the issue of the island’s landfill space, saying the country would soon be at capacity for garbage.

The latest piece came from the St. Kitts and Nevis Observer, which said that the comedian’s jokes aside, the island’s infrastructure is under considerable strain, as many of its landfills are over capacity.

‘That’s what I do. I go hard, and that’s never going to change.’

Hinchcliffe made it clear that his joke was indeed just a joke and added that he loves Puerto Ricans and believes them to be “very smart people.”

“They’re street-smart, and they’re smart enough to know when they’re being used as political fodder, and right now that is happening,” Hinchcliffe said at the time.

Taking a page out of UFC legend Conor McGregor’s book, Hinchcliffe added that he wanted to apologize to “nobody.”

“I apologize to absolutely nobody. Not to the Puerto Ricans, not to the whites, not to the blacks, not to the Palestinians, not to the Jews, and not to my own mother, who I made fun of during the set,” the comedian said.

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Hinchcliffe said he noticed there were no headlines regarding his jokes about his own mother but later admitted that maybe the presidential venue wasn’t the best place to deliver his material.

However, the 40-year-old said he doesn’t plan on easing up with his jokes.

“That’s what I do. I go hard, and that’s never going to change.”

After the fallout from the rally, several prominent personalities defended Trump and the jokes.

Armin Mizani, the mayor of Keller, Texas, who is Puerto Rican, referred to the ordeal as simply a “bad joke by a comedian” that shouldn’t overshadow what Trump could do for Americans.

Puerto Rican NFL player Jon Feliciano said, “The only Puerto Ricans that are mad about Tony Hinchcliffe’s joke, are mad because it helps push their agenda.”

— (@)

Even left-wing Comedy Central host Jon Stewart defended Hinchcliffe, showing that comedy can be bipartisan.

“Obviously, in retrospect, having a roast comedian come to a political rally a week before Election Day and roasting a key demographic … probably not the best decision by the campaign politically, but to be fair, the guy’s just really doing what he does,” Stewart explained.

“I find that guy very funny. I’m sorry, I don’t know what to tell you,” he told his audience.

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Liberals were fragile before Trump’s win, and they’re even more fragile now. So fragile, in fact, that some Christians are asking Trump supporters to temper their celebrations in order to spare the left’s feelings.

“Christians, Whether your candidate wins or loses, there will still be hurting people who need you to give them hope and be a sober and thoughtful advocate for them. Don’t let the outcome defeat you or compel you to pretend the battle is won. Avoid bitterness and triumphalism,” political strategist Justin Giboney wrote in a post on X.

While Allie Beth Stuckey of “Relatable” agrees that we should avoid bitterness or pretending that the spiritual battle has been won, she thinks this messaging is attempting to make voters feel guilty “for being happy and rejoicing.”

And Giboney wasn’t the only one trying to steer Christians from celebration.

“Presidential election results. Having delivered us from one evil, God now tests us with another. ‘The Lord your God is testing you, to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.’ Deuteronomy 13:3,” Pastor John Piper wrote in a post on X.

“I don’t think these cryptic messages are all that helpful, and he wrote an article back in 2020 which he recently reposted arguing that yes, abortion is evil, but Trump’s personality is equally as evil and is also a curse to our nation,” Stuckey explains. “Pastor John, they are not the same thing.”

“The other person’s policies, which affect our children, our grandchildren, our neighbors, the most vulnerable among us, were far more wicked and disorderly,” she continues. “I think some Christians think that moral relativism is courage, and it’s not. It’s actually a form of confusion and cowardice.”

“Certainly, I don’t think that John Piper is a coward, but I do think that his interpretations of the election in this current political moment is lacking wisdom,” she adds.

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Harris booster Lenard McKelvey — the radio personality who calls himself “Charlamagne tha God” — revealed on the
Monday episode of “The Breakfast Club” radio show that the left need indulge transvestites’ delusions only if they are political allies.

In the show’s “Donkey of the Day” segment, McKelvey focused his ire on male former Olympian Caitlyn Jenner over his decision to vote for President-elect Donald Trump.

“Now, if there’s one thing this election taught me, is people really do vote their interest, and their interest is not attached to their identity,” said McKelvey.

The woke co-host alluded to Trump’s popularity among a voter bloc Democrats have long taken for granted: Hispanics.
According to CNN exit polls, 46% of all Hispanics and 55% of Hispanic men voted for Trump.

Conflating Hispanic-Americans with illegal aliens, McKelvey insinuated that Latino voters who voted for Trump did so at the risk of deportation.

“Okay, most Latino men say they chose Trump because of economy and jobs. Never mind the fact, okay, that Grandma may get sent back to her place of origin,” said McKelvey.

After lumping law-abiding Hispanic-Americans in with foreign nationals who have flouted U.S. immigration laws, McKelvey suggested that Jenner similarly voted against his supposed identity.

‘I can’t stop seeing Caitlyn as a rich, white male.’

“That is also how I feel about Caitlyn, because Caitlyn is trans, but she is a huge Donald Trump supporter,” said the co-host.

“She said not only does she support Trump, she wants to work in his administration. Okay?” continued McKelvey. “Caitlyn posted a
picture of herself, Trump, his granddaughter Kai, and Elon Musk with the caption, ‘Hope is back in America. These two men will single-handedly save western civilization and that starts with a strong United States of America. I am here and at your service and forever indebted to your sacrifice for this country. Let’s Make America Great Again!'”

McKelvey joked that Jenner “wants his next gender reassignment surgery sponsored by SpaceX” and “wants his testicles replaced for Teslas.”

After transitioning from using female pronouns to male pronouns in reference to Jenner, McKelvey insinuated that the incoming Trump administration will be hostile to transvestites like the former athlete.

Trump vowed in February 2023 to “stop the chemical, physical, and emotional mutilation of our youth because no serious country should be telling its children that they were born with the wrong gender.”

To this end, Trump
indicated that he will:

undo the Biden-Harris administration’s “cruel policies on so-called ‘gender-affirming care'”;
bar federal agencies from promoting the concept of gender transition;
impress upon Congress the need to defund efforts to promote or subsidize sex changes;
ask lawmakers to pass legislation establishing that the only genders recognized by the U.S. government are male and female;
help pass a law saving children from sex-change mutilation in all 50 states; and
have his Department of Justice investigate the pharmaceutical industry and various hospitals to determine whether they “deliberately covered up horrific long-term side effects of sex transitions in order to get rich.”

The Republican president’s agenda does not appear to contain anything that might interfere with Jenner’s lifestyle or rights as an American. Nevertheless, McKelvey suggested, “Caitlyn Jenner, as a transgender you just look like a devil-damned fool glazing Trump and Elon the way you are after hearing stuff like that.”

The woke co-host suggested his was not wholly an identitarian mindset, but suggested it still did not make sense to him for a transvestite to “support someone that is absolutely trying to erase your existence.”

McKelvey, his rant far from finished, revealed that by failing to vote for Kamala Harris, Jenner magically became a white man again.

“At the end of the day, Caitlyn, you can change the top layer, but you was who you was before you got here, and what you are is a rich, white male,” said the woke co-host. “And that’s why I keep saying ‘him’ when I shouldn’t be, but I can’t stop seeing Caitlyn as a rich, white male, and that identity, pun intended, trumps all.”

‘Democrats and so-called “allies” are just hypocritical scum.’

After McKelvey committed the supposed cardinal offense of what leftists call “misgendering,” “The Breakfast Club” played an advertisement for QuickBooks, accounting software owned by the
DEI-captive company Intuit, which is apparently big on LGBT activism.

Other leftists such as Kyle Kulinski have
signaled agreement with McKelvey’s suggestion that leftist speech codes apply only when discussing cross-dressers who vote Democrat.

Meanwhile, Jenner shared a message from YouTuber David Freiheit, known under his online pseudonym “Viva Frei, who
wrote, “You know what’s funny: @Caitlyn_Jenner wouldn’t mind being ‘misgendered’ because Caitlyn is not a virtue-signalling snowflake. And even Caitlyn doesn’t believe that boys should be allowed to compete in girls sports because Caitlyn is not a delusional idiot.

“But thank you for confirming that Democrats and so-called ‘allies’ are just hypocritical scum who only defend minorities when they can exploit them for political profit @KyleKulinski,” added Freiheit.

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Steve Baker’s trial was scheduled to begin Tuesday at the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse in Washington, D.C., but anyone expecting high legal drama was left disappointed. After last week’s election, playing along with the farce would have been a waste of everyone’s time and taxpayers’ money.

In a fairer world, federal prosecutors would have pondered the recent headlines and taken a sensible step back. That’s what special counsel Jack Smith did with his crusade against Donald Trump, who, Lord willing, will take the oath of office again on January 20.

Do the right thing, Mr. President, and do it without delay.

“The Government respectfully requests that the Court vacate the remaining deadlines in the pretrial schedule to afford the Government time to assess this unprecedented circumstance and determine the appropriate course going forward consistent with Department of Justice policy,” Smith wrote last week. A district court judge readily agreed.

Baker’s attorney, William Shipley, filed a motion on Sunday to delay his trial and revisit the case in February, citing Smith and the Justice Department’s new stance.

“To deny this motion, in the face of the Justice Department’s official position,” Shipley argued, “would run contrary to the interests of justice and likely subject the defendant to criminal convictions for no purpose other than expediency.”

Judge Christopher Cooper on Monday denied the motion, the “interests of justice” be damned.

So Baker pled guilty Tuesday morning to all four misdemeanor counts against him. A trial would have been, in the words of one of his attorneys, “nothing more than a shaming exercise” in a court where the outcome is all but guaranteed.

Baker is scheduled to be sentenced on March 6 — two months after Congress is supposed to certify Donald Trump’s election. If that isn’t divine providence, nothing is.

Promises made …

Trump made a great many promises during the campaign for the election, which he won by a landslide, including a vow to pardon the January 6 political prisoners. “Oh, absolutely, I would,” Trump said in July. “If they’re innocent, I would pardon them.”

Note the caveat if they are innocent. More than 1,500 people have been arrested in connection with the Capitol protest, which devolved into a riot that left hundreds of police and protesters injured. Hundreds have been found guilty and sentenced. But not all the people who have faced criminal prosecution and prison time are angels or heroes. Some of them committed assault and vandalized property. They needed to be held accountable.

But the vast majority of the J6 cases involve nonviolent offenses, amounting to little more than trespassing. Note that not one person has been charged with insurrection for “the insurrection.”

Baker, a Blaze Media investigative journalist, was arrested in March and charged with the government’s four go-to misdemeanors: knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority; disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds; disorderly conduct in a capitol building; and parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a capitol building.

Last month, the government offered Baker a deal: plead guilty to “knowingly entering or remaining,” pay a hefty fine, and waive his right to appeal. He passed.

Why did the Justice Department wait three years to indict Baker anyway? He committed no violence. He didn’t fight with police or even argue with them. He was there as an independent journalist covering a story — along with anywhere from 80 to 100 other bloggers, writers, reporters, and videographers who similarly lacked official credentials. He walked through an open door into the building and calmly recorded the scene. Afterward, he wrote about what he heard and saw and cooperated fully with the FBI. He’s been perfectly transparent.

He’s also been critical of the U.S. Capitol Police and the Justice Department’s response to the events of January 6 and the weaponization of law against political dissenters. Federal prosecutors had little to say to Baker before Blaze Media began publishing his investigations, which we’ve collected under “The Truth About January 6.” Maybe that had something to do with it.

Promises to keep

The full story of what happened on January 6, 2021, has yet to be told. The House of Representatives’ farcical one-sided select committee sought to cement a narrative in which a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol at the behest of the president and tried to steal the election by preventing Congress from certifying the electoral vote. It’s a tale so stupid only Liz Cheney and Bennie Thompson could believe it.

Lingering questions nearly four years on lend themselves to conspiracy theories, which could be easily dispelled with a full and bipartisan accounting. Maybe we can get a better idea of how many federal agents were in the crowd. We might learn whether some of those agents were sent to be provocateurs or if they were on hand simply to observe and report. Perhaps with Donald Trump back in the White House and Republicans in control of the House and Senate, we might get some added sunlight.

But before the reckoning, the January 6 defendants need a resolution. Trump promised pardons and clemency, and he needs to deliver on day one. He would set the tone for the next two years, demonstrating with the stroke of a pen that this time will be different. The administrative state would be on notice that their days of abusing of power with impunity are over.

Pardon Steve Baker so he can continue his vital work. Pardon the nonviolent protesters and take a second look at the other cases, such as the Proud Boys’ and Oath Keepers’ “seditious conspiracy” trials. And, for the sake of their grieving families, posthumously pardon Matthew Perna, Nejourde “Jord” Meacham, Mark Aungst, and Christopher Georgia, all of whom committed suicide in the face of weaponized prosecution.

Do the right thing, Mr. President, and do it without delay.

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Donald Trump’s presidential victory last week has instilled a much-needed sense of hope among border and immigration agents.

Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers told Fox News Digital that morale within the agencies has completely turned around since Trump won. They also applauded the president-elect’s decision to name Tom Homan as the incoming “border czar,” noting that he is widely respected among agents.

‘There are a lot of agents that had originally said that they would retire if President Trump did not win. …They’re going to hold back on their retirement because they want to serve under this administration again.’

A Massachusetts ICE officer told the news outlet, “It’s a total 180. Troops are finally feeling like the sun is coming out after a very long storm.”

“People are fired up to have support,” the ICE officer continued. “It’s amazing because we all became so numb. I don’t think we realized how bad until we finally have hope again. Everyone is so happy about Homan’s return.”

A New York ICE officer stated that morale within the law enforcement agency is “super high, especially with the Homan news, too.”

An Arizona Border Patrol agent told Fox News Digital that they are now “ecstatic to go to work,” adding that morale within the CBP is “even higher than the first time he [Trump] won.”

A senior ICE official told the news outlet, “I feel that people know now they will get to do the work they signed up to do and that they want to do.”

“They know they can get the bad guys now. Public safety threats, national security threats, gang members, here we come,” the official said.

National Border Patrol Council President Paul Perez also confirmed the uptick in agents’ enthusiasm, stating that “morale is through the roof.”

“We’ve received hundreds of calls, texts, emails just saying how happy the agents are,” Perez stated.

Just last month, several CBP agents warned about a potential staffing crisis in the event that Vice President Kamala Harris won the November presidential election, Blaze News previously reported. They told the New York Post that many officers would likely opt to retire, with one agent calling the last four years under the Biden-Harris administration’s leadership “hell.”

One Border Patrol officer told the Post, “Lots of guys who can retire will go. If Trump wins, they’ll stay.”

Perez explained that many of the agents who had planned to retire have decided to remain since Trump’s win.

He said, “There are a lot of agents that had originally said that they would retire if President Trump did not win. And now those same agents are saying they’re going to hold back on their retirement because they want to serve under this administration again, because they know exactly how it was during this first administration, and they know this one’s going to be even better.”

A Texas border agent repeated similar remarks to Fox News Digital, stating, “People who were going to retire are not and everyone is happy.”

However, a California Border Patrol officer told the news outlet that agents are “hopeful but the give-ups are still trickling in.”

“Nothing will change until Tom Homan takes the leash off us,” the officer remarked.

Trump has vowed to “strengthen ICE” by “increas[ing] penalties for illegal entry and overstaying Visas, and reinstat[ing] ‘Remain in Mexico’ and other Policies that helped reduce Illegal Immigration by historic lows in President Trump’s first term.”

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A concealed-carrying motorcyclist fatally shot an alleged road-rage driver who charged at him with a hammer in Maryland last week, police said.

Anne Arundel County police said the 22-year-old motorcyclist was traveling near Maryland Route 10 and Furnace Branch Road around 8:20 p.m. Thursday when he noticed another vehicle tailgating him and driving erratically, WBAL-TV reported.

Police said the motorcyclist has a Maryland concealed handgun carry permit and that he remained at the scene, WBAL reported.

“I heard a pop. I thought it sounded like gunfire. Ten to 15 minutes later, started having police and everything show up,” Hyung Chang — owner of Against Our Odds Vape Shop in Glen Burnie — told WBAL.

Police said 51-year-old Scott David Guhse of Glen Burnie pulled alongside the motorcyclist and shouted at him, and the pair nearly collided, the station reported.

“At a certain point, he was sort of forced off the road, and then stopped,” Anne Arundel County police spokesman Justin Mulcahy told the station. “He ultimately had to lay down his bike.”

Guhse and the motorcyclist came to a stop on East Furnace Branch Road at Margate Drive where Guhse allegedly charged toward the motorcyclist with a hammer, police told WBAL.

The motorcyclist told police he drew his handgun and shot Guhse, the station said, adding that fire officials said Guhse died at the scene.

Police said the motorcyclist has a Maryland concealed handgun carry permit and that he remained at the scene, WBAL reported.

Mulcahy told the station officials are trying to piece things together; police told WBAL that the incident is being investigated as an assault and homicide.

Those with information should call police at 410-222-4731, or the Anne Arundel County police tip line at 410-222-4700, or Metro Crime Stoppers at 866-7LOCKUP, the station said.

“It’s unfortunate,” vape shop owner Chang told the station, adding that at least once a month along the road he sees “people popping off, screaming at each other. People have to learn to tone things down a little bit and not take things so personal.”

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A United States Postal Service mail carrier in Colorado and one of her acquaintances have been accused of intercepting mail-in ballots in the lead-up to the 2024 election and then casting them fraudulently.

In late October, officials in Mesa County in Western Colorado began receiving complaints from some Grand Valley residents who claimed they never received their mail-in ballots, yet these same ballots had apparently already been submitted and then rejected because of a signature mismatch.

The 21st District Attorney’s Office formally opened an investigation into the complaints on October 21.

Investigators then discovered that ballots were missing from mailbox clusters but that there had been no sign of forced entry, suggesting an inside job. They also learned that several complainants lived within a half-mile of one another and that on October 12, Vicki Lyn Stuart, a 64-year-old mail carrier, had substituted for the regular carrier on a mail route in the area.

On October 24, Stuart allegedly told investigators that she had merely cross-referenced the names on the mail-in ballots with the names on the mailboxes. If they names did not match, she allegedly marked them “return to sender.”

She estimated she marked about 20 ballots in that way and assured investigators that “there was no chance her DNA would be on the inside of any of the envelopes,” an affidavit said. She denied any involvement in a voter fraud scheme.

The USPS later informed investigators that such cross-referencing goes against protocol and that mail carriers are required to deliver ballots regardless of name matches “as they may not know for certain if someone is living at a particular address or not,” the affidavit said.

‘I am proud our security measures are effective.’

It is unclear what led investigators to contact Sally Jane Maxedon, 59, about the incident, but they spoke with her on Election Day.

Initially, Maxedon allegedly admitted that she “falsely completed voting ballots which did not belong to her,” the affidavit said. She then reportedly spun a wild tale involving a male Colorado Bureau of Investigation agent, a truck, and a mall parking lot. She even drew investigators a map.

Eventually though, Maxedon allegedly confessed that she and Stuart are friends and that they had recently concocted a scheme to “test” the signature verification of mail-in ballots. According to the affidavit, their goal was “to determine if the signature verification process would detect if the forged signatures were not those of the known voter signatures on file.”

Maxedon allegedly claimed that Stuart began stealing the ballots and handing them over to her to be completed.

So far, officials have identified at least 16 victims but believe there could be 20 or more. Of the ballots the women allegedly submitted, at least nine were removed because of suspected fraud, while at least three were processed and counted.

“Once signatures are checked, the ballot is pulled independently from the envelope and it’s put into the (counting) process,” Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold said at a press conference.

On the day after the election, both Maxedon and Stuart were arrested. They each face more than a dozen felony charges related to forgery, identity theft, and attempt to influence a public servant.

USPS later confirmed to Rocky Mountain PBS that Stuart is an employee and that she has since been placed on “emergency, non-duty status.”

Whether the victims were ever able to cast a ballot in the election is unclear.

Mesa County clerk and recorder Bobbie Gross indicated that the unearthed alleged scheme proves that the system works.

“I am deeply grateful for the diligence and thorough efforts of the District Attorney’s Office in addressing this matter. I am proud our security measures are effective, and we will remain vigilant to safeguard the integrity of our elections,” Gross said in a statement, according to Rocky Mountain PBS.

Oddly enough, the Colorado Sun used the incident of alleged voter fraud to slam those who dare to raise questions about election integrity, noting that Stuart is a registered Republican and that the allegedly fraudulent ballots represent only a tiny fraction of the vote totals in the county.

“Mesa County is a Republican-dominated part of the state” that has “been central to election conspiracies peddled by conservatives in recent years,” the outlet wrote.

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Leftist social media influencer Dean Withers committed the ultimate sin in the eyes of his comrades. That is, he said the “f-slur” and the N-word.

“Screenshots of me saying the f-slur in 2022 and the N-word in 2019 have been doing their rounds here on X,” Withers wrote in a tweet posted to X. “First I would like to confirm that both of these screenshots are 110% real.”

“I am putting this announcement out not only to hold myself accountable but hoping you guys will hold me accountable as well. Collectively, society should hold all accountable who hold harmful ideologies or use such language; regardless of follower count, political affiliation, or perceived ‘power,’” he continued.

Withers also took his apology to a recent podcast episode of “One Night with Steiny,” where Emily Wilson of “Emily Saves America” was also a guest.

“I’ve openly talked about how I have used slurs in my past, for you know, like a year, because I think that is a very important point for education,” Withers said. “The point is we can change the socialization of the youth. The point is that if I can benefit and change my perspective in my worldview to be more beneficial to those around me because of this education, so can other people.”

Wilson couldn’t contain her laughter and was called out by the podcast host for laughing.

“This has nothing to do with you, why I think it’s funny,” Wilson replied. “I’m sure you’re being sincere, it’s just like, I feel like I’ve seen so many of these apology videos, and it’s just so funny to me ‘cause it’s like, ‘OK, I got canceled. Now, here’s the script.’”

“You’re just bending the knee to these people that are trying to cancel you,” she added.

Wilson went on “Prime Time with Alex Stein” to discuss her viral moment with Alex Stein and Charleston White — and they couldn’t have agreed more with her response.

“He’s a weenie for that,” White says.

“You have no idea how bad it was off camera,” Wilson agrees. “I said ‘gay,’ and he was like, ‘Can we not allow her to, like, talk like this?’ And I’m like, ‘Why are you behaving like this? You are a grown adult.’”

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Mike Tyson was confidently quiet during a strange sit down interview with upcoming opponent Jake Paul, telling the 27-year-old that he is going to crush his dreams of a having the biggest night of his life.

Both opponents took an unorthodox position of sitting on backwards chairs as they fielded questions in a face-to-face interview just days ahead of their November 15 showdown on Netflix.

Tyson, appearing the most calm and confident he has been ahead of the fight, made several frighteningly calm statements reminiscent of his championship days.

When Paul was asked what it would do for his career and legacy to knock out Tyson, the former YouTuber replied, “Obviously, it would be the biggest moment in all of boxing history on Friday night when I put this man to sleep.”

With a creepy smile, Tyson turned to the host, “He dreams a lot.”

“This is not going to come true, young man,” Tyson added.

Paul explained that he is “indeed” scared that Tyson could knock him out and has felt the fear while watching videos of Tyson train.

“My mom is messaging … she can’t even watch Tyson punch. She won’t watch it ’cause it scares her,” Paul said.

Inversely, Tyson was asked what it would say about him if he loses to the less-experienced fighter.

“Well, I’m not going to lose. I can’t even fathom losing. I can’t imagine it. He’s not going to win,” the 58-year-old resonded. “I think he thinks this is going to be an easy night, this is not going to be an easy night.”

‘I’ll feed him to my falcon.’

The strange interview continued, and after Paul told a producer to “shut the f*** up,” he presented an obscure gift to Tyson.

“This is a pigeon from Southeast Asia, very expensive, but I wanted you to have this,” Paul said as he put the caged bird between them.

“Thank you, Jake,” Tyson replied before analyzing the pigeon.

Tyson, who is known to care for coops of pigeons, then referred to the bird as a “low-budget pedigree” before adding that it was obvious that “no one loved him.”

“I’ll feed him to my falcon,” Tyson decided.

“We paid thousands of dollars for that,” Paul reiterated.

When the interview ended, Tyson admitted there was no way he could take the pigeon with him and that he would never actually feed the bird to his falcon.

Tyson’s training has become increasingly impressive as cameras have followed him leading up to the fight. In one video that went viral online, the fighter seemingly knocked out a sparring partner, sending him falling through the ropes.

Tyson has recently stated that he takes a lot of hallucinogens and even admitted he may be high on mushrooms during the fight.

“If I’m not on mushrooms maybe I’ll be on … residue of mushrooms. I won’t be on mushrooms but on the residue of mushrooms!”

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Now that Donald Trump will return to the White House as the 47th president of the United States, Elon Musk thinks “it’s going to be a bright future.”

And he has several inventions he’s excited to roll out now that Democrats and their plans to control every aspect of society have been thwarted.

One of those inventions is the Tesla Cybercab — a futuristic-looking robotaxi that is fully autonomous. Unlike other Tesla models, the Cybercab has no steering wheel, no pedals, and no charging plug, as it charges inductively. According to Musk, the Cybercab is supposedly safer than regular vehicles and offers the opportunity to “turn parking lots into parks.”

Dave Rubin plays a clip of Musk pitching his Cybercab, as well as other inventions he’s excited about.

“All of these things are possible,” says Dave in reference to Musk’s new ideas, “but they won’t be possible if you have an overreaching government that is trying to control everyone.”

To learn more about the Cybercab and other Musk inventions, watch the clip above.

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Keen observers noticed something amiss about a Biden-Harris Department of Defense social media post Monday commemorating Veterans Day.

In a now-deleted post on
Instagram and X, the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office — whose very existence centers on the F-35 fighter jet — shared an image of an aircraft with the caption, “Today, and every day, we thank all Veterans and those currently serving for their service and sacrifice.”

The trouble with the F-35 JPO’s post was not the wording but rather the image. Not only was the aircraft pictured not American, it belongs to an adversarial, communist nation that some living veterans commemorated on Monday fought against in Korea.

Military.com
noted that instead of the F-35’s single Pratt & Whitney F135 turbofan engine, the vehicle depicted in the post had twin engines. On closer examination, it appears as though the F-35 JPO actually posted an image of communist China’s J-35 stealth fighter aircraft, the People’s Liberation Army Air Force’s F-35 knockoff.

‘You can’t make this stuff up.’

The backlash was immediate.

Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.)
wrote, “WTAF?”

“Biden Administration: showcasing Chinese military equipment on Veterans Day,”
wrote Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah).

One commentator on Instagram
noted, “‘Mom I want an F-35 from the JPO!’ ‘no son, we have F-35s at home!’ *the F-36s at home*”

“Embarrassing,” wrote another user. “Please take this down. We don’t want a Chinese J-35 supported by our F-35 JPO office.”

Conservative filmmaker Robby Starbuck
tweeted, “You can’t make this stuff up. Wow.”

Former Salomon Brothers and Citigroup investment banker John LeFevre
wrote, “China stole the IP for the F-35 and then mocked us by naming theirs the J-35. Today, the Biden administration celebrated Veteran’s Day by posting a picture of the Chinese knockoff.”

The F-35 JPO, which
touts itself as the “DoD’s focal point for defining next gen strike aircraft weapons systems,” deleted the post, then shared images and video of real F-35 jets.

Blaze News has reached out to the F-35 JPO for comment.

While embarrassing, the F-35 JPO’s blunder was not the first time the Biden-Harris DOD evidenced difficulty discerning friend from foe.

Stars and Stripes
reported that the U.S. Pacific Fleet tweeted then deleted a Fourth of July message last year depicting a service member saluting silhouettes of a Russian Kashin-class destroyer and Russian Sukhoi-27 fighter jets.

The Naval Criminal Investigative Service similarly mistook an adversary’s ship for its own,
celebrating the U.S. Navy’s 246th birthday in 2021 with an image of a Russian Kirov-class battle cruiser.

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After three years with CNN, host Chris Wallace announced Monday evening that he will not renew his seven-figure contract with the network. Instead, he revealed his plans to step away from traditional broadcast television and pursue a new media venture.

Before working for CNN, Wallace spent 18 years at Fox News.

‘Mainstays of old-fashioned outlets run for the exits.’

Wallace told the Daily Beast about his interest in following the path of Joe Rogan and Charlamagne tha God by launching a podcast or aligning with an independent streaming platform, which he described as “where the action seems to be.”

“I don’t flatter myself to think I will have that sort of reach,” he added, referring to the two famous podcasters.

“This is the first time in 55 years I’ve been between jobs,” Wallace said. “I am actually excited and liberated by that.”

He noted that he has yet to determine the best streaming format for him.

“Not knowing is part of the challenge. I’m waiting to see what comes over the transom. It might be something that I haven’t thought of at all,” he told the Daily Beast.

Wallace’s decision to leave CNN, announced just a week after the presidential election, appears to be yet another sign of the rapidly declining influence of corporate media outlets.

Wallace stated that he had “nothing but positive things to say” about CNN, which had wanted to renew his contract. Mark Thompson, the network’s CEO and chairman, called Wallace “one of the most respected political journalists.”

Many expressed skepticism about Wallace’s ability to attract a sufficiently large audience for a successful podcasting career.

Even the Daily Beast noted that “most successful streamers or independent broadcasters to emerge from traditional television have so far been almost exclusively on the right.”

The news outlet reported that former Fox News hosts Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly have found success in podcasting, whereas CNN’s Don Lemon has struggled to gain traction with his independent show.

In response to Wallace’s exit, Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk said, “Legacy news outlets are losing viewers, but even more important, they’re losing their power to set narratives. Trump’s 2024 landslide could very well be the death knell for the MSM [mainstream media] as mainstays of old-fashioned outlets run for the exits.”

Conservative filmmaker Robby Starbuck also echoed the sentiment.

“Chris Wallace greatly overestimates the public interest in what he has to say. The old media dynamic was that you could choose between a few news channels. The new media allows you to choose who you find interesting. He’s gonna find out the hard way that it’s not Chris Wallace,” Starbuck wrote.

Podcast host Shawn Farash also responded to Wallace’s announcement.

“The issue is unlike Joe Rogan and Tucker Carlson, Chris Wallace has the personality of stale bread and will not generate much of an audience or loyal following,” Farash said.

Army veteran and political commentator Rob Smith had a similar take.

“At 77, Chris Wallace Leaves Fading CNN To Become…A Podcaster? You’re Boring! Nobody Cares!” Smith wrote on X.

Smith said he thinks the move will end Wallace’s career, noting that he should have stayed with CNN.

“New media does not work for everybody. You can see Don Lemon flailing in new media now because nobody really cares what he has to say, because he never really took the time to develop any kind of personality or worldview,” Smith explained. “It just does not work in this era.”

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President-elect Donald Trump announced Monday that he will appoint former New York Rep. Lee Zeldin (R) to run the Environmental Protection Agency. With Zeldin at the helm, the EPA will likely drop its climate alarmist outlook, maintain meaningful environmental standards, and get out of the way of American innovation.

“Lee, with a very strong legal background, has been a true fighter for America First policies,” Trump
said in a statement. “He will ensure fair and swift deregulatory decisions that will be enacted in a way to unleash the power of American businesses, while at the same time maintaining the highest environmental standards, including the cleanest air and water on the planet.”

Trump noted further that Zeldin will “set new standards on environmental review and maintenance that will allow the United States to grow in a healthy and well-structured way.”

Zeldin, who came within seven points of winning the 2022 New York gubernatorial race,
noted, “It is an honor to join President Trump’s Cabinet as EPA Administrator. We will restore US Energy dominance, revitalize our auto industry to bring back American jobs, and make the US the global leader of AI. We will do so while protecting access to clean air and water.”

‘This administration is leaving a truly unprecedented legacy.’

As EPA administrator, Zeldin will be positioned to help execute Trump’s Agenda47, which
calls for the end to “all Joe Biden policies that distort energy markets, limit consumer choice, and drive up costs on consumers, including insane wind subsidies, and DoE and EPA regulations that prevent Americans from buying incandescent lightbulbs, gas stoves, quality dishwashers and shower heads, and much more.”

Trump has vowed to work to ensure America has the lowest energy cost of any industrial nation, to terminate President Joe Biden’s electric vehicle mandate, and to resume focusing on concrete environmental issues as opposed to the abstract threat of anthropogenic climate change.

Zeldin has a record to beat: In Trump’s first term, the Republican administration axed nearly 100 regulations, primarily at the EPA, and dropped climate alarmism like a bad habit, going so far as to scrap the agency’s web page on climate change — enraging climate activists and other leftists.

“This is a very aggressive attempt to rewrite our laws and reinterpret the meaning of environmental protections,” Hana Vizcarra, a staff attorney at Harvard’s Environmental and Energy Law Program,
told the New York times after Trump’s first term. “This administration is leaving a truly unprecedented legacy.”

Zeldin, poised to help Trump undo another Democratic administration’s handiwork,
told Fox News Monday, “One of the biggest issues for so many Americans was the economy, and the president was talking about unleashing economic prosperity. Through the EPA, we have the ability to pursue energy dominance, to be able to make the United States the artificial intelligence capital of the world, to bring back American jobs to the auto industry, and so much more.”

Ben Jealous, executive director of the Sierra Club, the activist outfit that
launched over 300 lawsuits against the first Trump administration in hopes of preventing it from executing the people’s will, said in a statement Monday, “Naming an unqualified, anti-American worker who opposes efforts to safeguard our clean air and water lays bare Donald Trump’s intentions to, once again, sell our health, our communities, our jobs, and our future out to corporate polluters.”

Jealous and other alarmists tend to gloss over the former congressman’s long-standing support for various conservation efforts.

Politico
noted that Zeldin has supported geographical watershed programs, including cleanup in the Great Lakes, as well as clamping down on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as “forever chemicals.” Zeldin also co-sponsored the Carbon Capture Improvement Act to advance carbon capture technology.

Myron Ebell, who led Trump’s EPA transition team in 2016,
told E&ENews, “I think he has all the ability and political savvy to be a great deregulator.”

“I think he’s capable of mastering the technical side of it, but he also will be a great advocate in public for what they’re trying to do,” added Ebell.

Former Trump EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler congratulated Zeldin,
suggesting, “He will do a great job tackling the regulatory overreach while protecting our air and water.”

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.)
tweeted, “Lee Zeldin is a swamp drainer! Perfect choice for EPA.”

In the first 100 days, Zeldin
indicated the EPA will “advance America First policies” and roll back “regulations that the left wing of this country have been advocating through regulatory power that ends up causing businesses to go in the wrong direction.”

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