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As voters went to the polls Nov. 5 — many motivated by the weaponization of government by the Biden-Harris administration against its political foes — the U.S. Department of Justice announced that the FBI made its 1,561st Jan. 6 arrest.

In its 46-month statistical update, the DOJ also said only one defendant received a sentence reduction based on the landmark 2024 Supreme Court ruling in Fischer v. United States. On June 28, the high court greatly restricted use of the controversial 20-year obstruction of an official proceeding felony charge in Jan. 6 cases.

‘All defendants charged in the January 6 prosecution have been charged with some form of trespass or disorderly conduct.’

According to the new report, the FBI made 296 Jan. 6 arrests during the first 10 months of 2024, a 23% increase. Since Nov. 6, 2023, the FBI has arrested 359 people, a 30% increase. Arrests are up 73% since November 6, 2022, the DOJ reported.

Of the 979 defendants who have pleaded guilty in Jan. 6 cases, 32% were for felony charges and 68% were for misdemeanors, the report said.

Of those who pleaded guilty to felonies, 169 were for assaulting law enforcement, 127 for obstructing law enforcement during a civil disorder, and 69 for assaulting law enforcement with a deadly or dangerous weapon, the DOJ report said.

Of the 1,028 defendants who have had their cases fully adjudicated, 63% were sentenced to incarceration; 14% were allowed to serve their sentences in home detention.

More than 200 defendants have been found guilty in contested trials, including 10 for seditious conspiracy.

District of Columbia juries have found every Jan. 6 defendant sent before them guilty of at least some of the charges. Several defendants were fully acquitted in bench trials. Another 40 defendants were found guilty based on an agreed-upon set of facts, the report said.

The most common charge against Jan. 6 defendants is for entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, a misdemeanor. Use of the charge was recently upheld 2-1 by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

The DOJ no longer reports the number of defendants charged with entering and remaining. The monthly report now simply says, “All defendants charged in the January 6 prosecution have been charged with some form of trespass or disorderly conduct, in violation of federal criminal codes.”

U.S. Marine Corps veteran Michael Fitzgerald of Janesville, Wisconsin, is being prosecuted by the DOJ despite suffering from terminal colon cancer. Read his story here.

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The most recent tally — reported in August 2024 — said 1,417 defendants were charged with entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds.

The DOJ has charged more than 355 individuals with corruptly obstructing, influencing, or impeding an official proceeding, a 20-year felony. Prosecutors have accounted for only 259 of these defendants in its monthly report since July 2024.

In the Fischer ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court largely curtailed the DOJ’s unprecedented, novel use of the white-collar crime statute 18 U.S. Code 1512(c)(2) in Jan. 6 cases.

The DOJ said it has dropped the 1512(c)(2) charge against 96 of the 126 defendants who had cases pending at the time of the Supreme Court ruling. Prosecutors “will continue to pursue the charge for approximately 13 defendants and continues to assess the remaining defendants,” the report said.

Of the 133 defendants whose cases were fully adjudicated before the Fischer ruling, the DOJ didn’t oppose dismissing the 1512(c)(2) charge in 54 cases, the report said.

Only one defendant has had a sentence reduction due to the Fischer ruling, the report said. In a number of resentencing hearings, judges have granted upward departures from federal sentencing guidelines to offset any benefit from dismissal of the 1512(c)(2) charge.

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Washington state Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal didn’t mince words when she admitted her complete hypocrisy over changing Senate rules after the devastating election for Democrats.

Far-left Democrats have called for senators to get rid of the filibuster rule in order to allow a simple majority to pass legislation instead of having to secure some support from the opposing party. Critics on the right and others cautioned against lowering standards for bipartisanship in Congress.

‘Clearly not enough voters knew what Democrats were gonna do to make their lives better.’

Jayapal was asked by Jennifer Bendery of the Huffington Post whether she still supported changing the filibuster rule after President-elect Donald Trump chalked up historic gains in the election.

“Am I championing getting rid of the filibuster now when the [GOP] has the trifecta? No. But had we had the trifecta, I would have been,” she responded.

Trump has been declared the electoral vote victor and will likely be declared the popular vote winner. Republicans have regained control the U.S. Senate while getting closer to increasing control of the House of Representatives.

“If we had had control of the trifecta and gotten rid of the filibuster to pass minimum wage, to pass paid sick leave,” Jayapal continued, “things that are passing on ballot measures that are so popular… then I think we would have built some trust with the American people.”

She didn’t even pretend to acknowledge the brazen hypocrisy of her position on the filibuster.

Jayapal added that it would have been justified for Democrats to get rid of the filibuster “because we have to show that the government can deliver.”

Jayapal also offered her explanation for the devastating election losses for Democrats.

“Clearly not enough voters knew what Democrats were gonna do to make their lives better,” she replied, “particularly poor and working class Americans across this country.”

She went to say Democrats were eager to mount an effort to defeat Trump’s appointments, which she said were extreme.

“I think we’re gonna continue to see a number of people that have disturbing histories being appointed to many of these positions,” Jayapal added. “We’re gonna have to figure out how we fight that best.”

Jayapal is the chair of the Progressive Caucus in Congress.

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A masked male was caught on video allegedly trying to kidnap a 6-year-old boy while the victim was holding his father’s hand on a sidewalk in Brooklyn over the weekend.

WABC-TV reported that the 28-year-old male was seen on surveillance videos yanking the boy so hard while he held on to his father’s hand that the victim’s feet came off the ground — but the the dad and son continued to hold hands tight.

‘I don’t think it was a hate crime, but it was scary.’

The father is seen on the clip quickly turning around and shoving the culprit, and the incident appears to end at that point.

You can view a video report here about the incident, which includes a pair of surveillance clips showing the suspect grabbing the child.

The incident occurred in front of multiple cameras on a block of Kingston Avenue in Crown Heights around 3:30 p.m. Saturday while the father and son were on their way to a Sabbath gathering, WABC said.

Incredibly, the boy’s mother told the station that the suspect is actually their neighbor.

What’s more, the couple noted to WABC that they’ve seen the suspect before and said he’s never said or done anything unusual.

“He’d always hold the door, he always was nice,” the mother added to the station.

The mother also told WABC she’s heard from neighbors that something else was going on with the suspect, and he’d had a bad day.

She added to the station that while members of the Jewish community in the neighborhood already are on edge with a citywide increase in anti-Semitic incidents since October 7 of last year, the mother doesn’t believe it was a hate crime.

“I don’t think it was a hate crime, but it was scary,” she told WABC. “It was like a scary incident. When you live in New York, you don’t expect someone to attack a six-year-old and take him away from his parents.”

The mother noted to the station that she’s proud of her husband and son for the way they held on to each other and didn’t let go.

She added to WABC that her boy will be getting therapy, and her family is hoping justice is served in court.

The station said Stephen Sowe is charged with attempted kidnapping, harassment, and endangering the welfare of a child.

Anything else?

In mid-October, a male was charged with a hate crime after he allegedly hollered, “I’m gonna kill you f***ing Jews!” during Yom Kippur in a predominantly Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn. Police said Muhammad Hashim’s alleged outburst was directed at a 43-year-old man in Borough Park, according to the New York Post.

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One group Democrats can always count on to show their support for even the most radical candidates and policies is celebrities.

And this election season was no different. From Taylor Swift and Beyonce to Jimmy Kimmel and psycho Mark Hamill, Kamala Harris’ list of celebrity endorsements was long.

As it turns out, however, nobody cared.

Taylor Swift’s cringey Instagram post where she praised Harris and Walz and threw a jab at JD Vance was for naught. Beyonce’s “As a mother, I demand the right to kill children” speech at Harris’ Houston rally was for naught. In fact, every Harris celebrity endorsement was for naught because Donald Trump won in a landslide victory. Americans didn’t care what celebrities had to say.

Dave Rubin plays Megyn Kelly’s hilarious message for celebrities following the epic red sweep that just changed the trajectory for the nation.

“One of the big losers? The celeb crowd,” she began. “Beyonce? Loser. Oprah? Huge loser. J.Lo? … Loser!”

“We would like to know what happened between you and Ben Affleck, what happened between you and P. Diddy, exactly what you’re doing to your butt, and how you keep your skin so glowy. That will end the list of things we care about,” Kelly said regarding Jennifer Lopez.

Her message for Swift was even more brutal.

“Taylor Swift, sorry you effed around and found out. You do not have unlimited influence. The young girls love you because you sing songs about men who break up with you, and they can all relate to that. No one gives two s**** about your political opinion, so you should take it and stuff it,” she lambasted, adding that Swift’s next song should be called “Stuff It.”

Kelly also roasted Julia Roberts for narrating a Harris-Walz ad centered around a woman who secretly votes opposite of her husband’s political views.

Calling Roberts a “husband stealer,” Kelly said, “Maybe don’t be the voice of the ad in which we talk about women betraying their husbands.”

“Of course she’s right,” says Dave. “We’ve had it with the celebrities; we don’t care about these people. You want to talk about your skin regimen or your Botox or whatever, fine, fine. But stop bludgeoning us with your bulls*** because you’ve been to parties with child molesters.”

To hear more of Kelly’s epic celebrity roast, watch the clip above.

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Leasing’s a great way to save on costs, but sometimes even the most unsentimental motorists find themselves catching feelings — and wanting to settle down.

If this is you, you may want to consider buying out your lease — especially if you have low miles and want a new(ish) car without committing to a huge monthly payment

But imagine you can get a good deal on your lease and the residual value is lower than expected. Leasing could let you avoid getting locked into a car until you know it fits your lifestyle.

Here’s how to determine whether a lease buyout is the right financial move for you.

When should you lease before buying?

A lease buyout is a good idea if you are ready to drive a vehicle long-term rather than going ahead with a new lease. If you want lower initial payments before committing to a car loan, leasing with the intent to purchase could be a good option.

It is not the right choice if you are the type of driver who always wants the latest model.

To decide whether to lease or buy, add the total cost of leasing a car, including upfront fees, to the car’s projected residual value at the end of the lease.

Then compare that number to the car’s sale price plus all fees and factor that over the life of the car loan. See which number is lower.

Sometimes, leasing and then buying is more expensive than buying outright. This is especially true if you exceed the dealer’s mileage limits or the residual value at the end of the lease is much higher than anticipated.

But imagine you can get a good deal on your lease and the residual value is lower than expected. Leasing could let you avoid getting locked into a car until you know it fits your lifestyle.

Before choosing the make and model of your potential lease, weigh your typical driving habits.

How long do you want to drive the car?

If you hope to buy or lease the newest model in fewer than two years, it doesn’t make sense to lease and then purchase the vehicle. It’s difficult to know whether your car’s residual value will increase or decrease over the lease term.

But if it decreases and you decide to keep the car for a short period, you’ll likely owe more than the car is worth, and the money will have to come out-of-pocket to swap it out.

How many miles do you typically drive a year?

Leases come with annual mileage limits. Typically 10,000, 12,000, or 15,000 miles. If you exceed those limits, purchasing your vehicle after the lease might save you from excess mileage fees. But be sure that those fees outweigh the price you’ll pay to purchase the vehicle.

Will you truly save money?

Compare a new monthly vehicle payment to a lease payment. Also, factor in:

The purchase priceThe security depositThe acquisition feeDocumentation fees

If you would pay more while leasing to buy, it might be smarter to buy the vehicle outright rather than leasing it first.

How to buy out a car lease

1. Weigh your financing options

Get at least three different auto loan rates for a car purchase or a lease before signing off. The more offers you have in front of you, the better your chance of receiving a good deal.

It can also help you determine whether leasing a different vehicle or buying the car you’ve been driving will be more affordable over time. Shopping for a lease buyout loan should be approached with securing a traditional loan.

Consider getting the vehicle checked before deciding to go through with a buyout. Depending on how long you have had the lease, you may be under the factory warranty and get necessary repairs cheaply. You shouldn’t purchase the vehicle if it is in poor condition, but be prepared to cover excessive wear and tear with fees charged by the dealer.

2. Negotiate the price

Often, companies have a no-negotiations rule for the purchase price of a lease buyout, leaving little opportunity for haggling. Still, it can’t hurt to raise the subject. Ask the seller to consider a few concessions, like:

Waiving the purchase-option feeOffering purchase incentivesDiscounted financing

Experts point to the purchase-option fee as a sticking point many sellers are willing to take off the table.

3. Weigh the costs

Only go ahead if you are getting a great deal on both the lease and the payoff amount. If it would be cheaper to buy your car upfront or if you think you’ll want the car for a long time, skip the lease. Just buy a car directly instead.

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Donald Trump has released a 10-point plan to dismantle the deep state during his second presidential term, and it’s everything Americans have been asking for.

“Here’s my plan to dismantle the deep state and reclaim our democracy from Washington corruption once and for all,” Trump began in his statement. “First, I will immediately reissue my 2020 executive order restoring the president’s authority to remove rogue bureaucrats and I will wield that power very aggressively.”

“Second, we will clean out all of the corrupt actors in our national security and intelligence apparatus,” he continued, explaining that “faceless bureaucrats will never again be able to target and persecute conservatives, Christians, or the left’s political enemies.”

Trump’s third point is to “reform FISA courts” as they’re “so corrupt that the judges seemingly do not care when they are lied to in warrant applications.”

“Fourth, to expose the hoaxes and abuses of power that have been tearing our country apart,” Trump said, noting that he’ll do this by establishing a real “Truth and Reconciliation Commission” that will “declassify and publish all documents on deep state spying, censorship, and corruption.”

In his fifth point, he explained that his administration will launch “a major crackdown on government leakers who collude with the fake news to deliberately weave false narratives and to subvert our government and our democracy,” and his sixth point focused on making inspector generals “independent and physically separated from the departments they oversee.”

“Seventh, I will ask Congress to establish an independent auditing system to continually monitor our intelligence agencies to ensure they are not spying on our citizens or running disinformation campaigns against the American people,” he continued.

Trump also hit on moving “parts of the sprawling federal bureaucracy to new locations outside of the Washington swamp” in his eighth point and banning federal bureaucrats from “taking jobs at the companies they deal with and that they regulate” in his ninth point.

In his last point, Trump explained that he plans on pushing a constitutional amendment to “impose term limits on members of Congress.”

Glenn Beck of “The Glenn Beck Program” is thrilled with Trump’s plan.

“What is possibly objectionable about that? Everybody wants term limits, and he’s going for a constitutional amendment. Everybody wants it except for the people in Congress,” Glenn says.

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Actor Ben Affleck said that Hollywood needed to change how it worked in order to better align incentives for actors and the rest of the business.

Part of that criticism is that actors take a big paycheck instead of creative control in order to protect against the threat of cancel culture and other pitfalls of the industry.

‘I’m one errant remark away from being canceled, or I’m one movie bomb away from never working again.’

In an interview with Deadline, Affleck explained how his venture with his buddy Matt Damon tries to realign incentives to improve the entertainment product being offered to audiences.

“Part of what we’ve proposed to artists when they take on a greater responsibility around the movie is that you then get afforded a broader latitude and freedom to tell your story, but it only works when you have people that are really dedicated to it and bring real passion. When you have that, our belief is you’re going to get the best possible results creatively. You’ll have people that, from both a commercial and creative standpoint, care about what an audience experiences.”

Affleck and Damon founded Artists Equity to let actors invest in the projects they’re acting in so that they have a greater stake in their success and participate more in the development process.

“We’re all subject to this sort of insecurity in this business. Whether we’re actors or directors or writers, the phone could stop ringing for us,” said Affleck.

“I don’t know when this might go away,” he explained. “I’m one errant remark away from being canceled, or I’m one movie bomb away from never working again, and I’ve got a family and so forth. Naturally, people seek to do what’s in their best interest.”

He cited his own movie, “Gigli,” as an example of when he made millions as an actor despite the movie doing very very poorly at the box office.

“I got a big cash payday for that,” he said. “Well, it doesn’t feel right in retrospect because they lost money. It wasn’t the biggest money-losing movie in history even though it was the most famous bomb in history, perhaps. Nonetheless, that doesn’t sit right with me.”

Ironically, Affleck made headlines a decade ago when he vehemently attacked author Sam Harris for offering a criticism of Islam that was politically incorrect and violated Affleck’s tender sensibilities.

The viral video of Affleck’s enthusiastic support of Islamic cancel culture can be viewed on ABC News’ YouTube channel.

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The American people have spoken. Donald Trump’s landslide victory in the Electoral College and popular vote has delivered a clear mandate for transformative change. Now, Senate Republicans need a leader who can work seamlessly with Trump’s expanded coalition of visionary leaders. That leader is Florida’s Rick Scott.

The political landscape has fundamentally shifted. Trump’s victory has drawn an unprecedented alliance of talent and innovation: Tech leader Elon Musk, former Democrats Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard, populist champion JD Vance, and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy have all joined the America First movement. This diverse coalition of problem-solvers needs a Senate leader who shares their bold approach to governance and willingness to challenge conventional wisdom. Scott embodies these qualities.

The next Senate Republican leader must be able to translate Trump’s mandate into legislative reality.

As a former Florida governor and current senator, Rick Scott has shown the executive experience and political courage that this new era demands. His track record speaks for itself: He turned a $3.6 billion deficit into a surplus, cut taxes 100 times, and created 1.7 million new jobs. Like many in Trump’s coalition, Scott brings real-world business experience to government, having built one of America’s largest health care companies from scratch.

Scott’s proposed “Rescue America” plan demonstrates his understanding of what Trump’s expanded base values — the need for fundamental reform of our institutions. While establishment figures recoiled, Scott recognized that an honest conversation about unsustainable government spending and institutional reform aligns with what the American people voted for in this historic election.

Critics argue Scott is “too bold” to lead effectively. But Trump’s landslide victory and this unprecedented coalition show that Americans are ready for bold leadership. Scott’s record proves he can govern pragmatically while advancing transformative priorities. Like Musk’s approach to innovation or Ramaswamy’s challenge to corporate orthodoxy, Scott brings fresh thinking to entrenched institutions.

Rick Scott’s journey from humble beginnings to business success to political leadership embodies the American dream that Trump’s coalition aims to restore. His rise from growing up in public housing to the Senate demonstrates his understanding of the value of individual initiative and the role limited government plays in creating opportunity.

Scott’s ability to work with diverse coalitions while holding firm to core principles makes him particularly suited for this moment. Just as Trump has united figures as different as JD Vance and RFK Jr. in the pursuit of American renewal, Scott has shown he can build alliances while standing strong for conservative values. His business background aligns with Musk’s and Ramaswamy’s entrepreneurial spirit, while his willingness to challenge the establishment resonates with the independent streaks of Gabbard and Kennedy.

The next Senate Republican leader must translate Trump’s mandate into legislative reality. Scott has consistently demonstrated his readiness to take on the establishment, whether by challenging Mitch McConnell’s leadership or opposing massive, behind-the-scenes omnibus spending bills. This kind of backbone is essential to work effectively with Trump’s coalition of change agents.

Looking forward, the Senate needs leadership that can harness the energy and ideas of these new allies. Scott’s detailed policy proposals reflect his commitment to structural reform — the kind Musk advocates in tech, Kennedy promotes in health freedom, Gabbard supports in foreign policy, and Ramaswamy pushes in corporate governance. In his media appearances, Scott consistently and effectively argues for bold reform while countering Democratic opposition.

The challenges America faces demand fresh thinking and bold leadership. The current strategy of reactive opposition and strategic retreats isn’t working. The American people have decisively rejected it. Rick Scott offers a different model: principled leadership unafraid to disrupt the status quo.

The choice for Senate Republicans isn’t just about leadership style; it’s about whether the party will rise to this historic moment. The American people have delivered a clear mandate for change, and Trump has assembled a team of innovators and reformers. Choosing Scott would signal that Senate Republicans are prepared to act on this mandate rather than clinging to failed approaches of the past.

The time for cautious leadership is over. Scott has demonstrated the vision, courage, and capability to work with Trump’s coalition to bring the change Americans voted for on Nov. 5. Now the question is whether his colleagues are ready to meet this moment with the bold leadership it demands.

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Leftists this holiday season should feel free to stay away from family and friends who voted for President-elect Donald Trump in order to take care of their “mental health,” a Yale psychiatry resident told MSNBC host Joy Reid on Friday.

Reid asked Dr. Amanda Calhoun, “How do you interact with people who you know voted for this? If you are an LGBTQ person and know someone in your family voted essentially against your rights, or you’re a woman knowing this man was calling people the B-word. [Vice President-elect] JD Vance was literally calling Kamala Harris ‘the trash’ and said we’re going to take out ‘the trash.’ I know a lot of black women were incredibly triggered by that.”

‘And if you feel like you need to establish boundaries with people, whether they’re your family or not, I think you should very much be entitled to do so.’

Reid continued, “And if you then meet somebody, and you know they voted for the people who called you trash, or if you’re Puerto Rican … and you know someone voted that way, do you recommend just from a psychological standpoint being around them? We got the holidays coming up.”

Calhoun replied that there is a “societal” expectation that “if somebody is your family that they are entitled to your time. And I think the answer is absolutely not. So if you are going to a situation where you have family members, where you have close friends who you know have voted in ways that are against you — like what you said, against your livelihood — and it’s completely fine to not be around those people and to tell them why. You know, to say, ‘I have a problem with the way that you voted because it went against my very livelihood, and I’m not gonna be around you this holiday. I need to take some space for me.'”

Calhoun added that she doesn’t believe anyone should be forced “to be around people just because they’re your family. … And if you feel like you need to establish boundaries with people, whether they’re your family or not, I think you should very much be entitled to do so. And I think it may be essential for your mental health.”

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As Donald Trump prepares to take his place as president of the United States for the second time, liberals are freaking out. And rightfully so, as their rejection of common sense on a policy level is about to come to an end.

Trump calls this a “mandate to bring common sense back to the country,” which he plans to kick off by making the border safe and secure and initiating mass deportations of illegal immigrants who squeezed through the border when it was open.

Trump even called New York City Mayor Eric Adams, and while the details of their conversation are unknown, Adams has reportedly already revoked illegal immigrants’ food cards.

“He’s just racking up W’s,” Sara Gonzales of “Sara Gonzales Unfiltered” comments. “He’s not even in office yet.”

But that’s not all. Almost immediately after Trump’s win, Hamas called for a ceasefire.

“Hamas just saw that he won and Hamas was like, ‘All right, OK, ceasefire, we give, oh s**t, we don’t want to deal with Donald Trump,’” Gonzales says, adding, “The same thing happened with the Ukraine-Russia war.”

“Just the day after his landslide victory, Putin congratulated Donald Trump,” she continues, “He said Donald Trump’s remarks on ending the war deserved attention. Because finally, we have a president who’s talking about ending the war rather than continuing it and just funneling our money until they don’t need it anymore.”

It’s not just Trump’s eagerness to solve the problems the Biden-Harris administration created that’s impressive but how quickly he’s making changes despite not being in office yet.

“He hasn’t been in office for almost four years, he hasn’t set foot back in the White House yet, and he’s already elevated the first woman to chief of staff, he’s making mass deportation a top priority, he’s warning against the weaponization of the DOJ, and he’s already begun the process of ending wars on multiple fronts,” Gonzales explains.

“I’m sure you guys can tell in my eyes, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel,” she continues, adding, “We’re not living in total darkness anymore. The demons have been put on notice.”

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The women of “The View” are very upset with former House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California after the Democratic leader criticized President Joe Biden for the Democrats’ catastrophic election loss.

Pelosi said that Harris might have been more successful as a candidate had Biden dropped out sooner, a common criticism among some Democrats.

‘We will never know if the results had been different if there had been an open primary.’

Whoopi Goldberg voiced her agreement when Ana Navarro expressed her disdain for Pelosi’s comments.

“Why, Nancy, why? I find this so unproductive, so nasty, so unnecessary. She wants to make sure people know it wasn’t her. She has no blame in this,” said Navarro.

“I said Biden should have gotten out earlier. I said there shouldn’t have been a primary. Don’t blame me,” she said in Pelosi’s voice. “I think it’s really unseemly.”

Pelosi had said Harris might have been able to take her case to the public earlier if Biden had not waited so long to drop out of the campaign.

“Look, we will never know if the result would have been different had Biden stepped off earlier,” Navarro said. “We will never know if the results would have been different if he had stayed in. We will never know if the results had been different if there had been an open primary.”

Navarro went on to call on Biden to pardon his son Hunter Biden because President-elect Donald Trump had announced his intention to pardon some of the Jan. 6 rioters.

Trump won the electoral college contest and looks to be well on his way toward winning the popular vote as well. The U.S. Senate will go to Republicans and the House of Representatives may also be controlled in the next session, barring a miraculous turn-around in voting.

Democrats have been attacking each other and the voters in an attempt to explain how Trump could make historic gains in nearly every part of the country despite their vitriolic attacks. Some have blamed black and Hispanic voters, others blame Vice President Kamala Harris herself while many say racism and sexism are the culprits.

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An estimated 2.2 million civilian federal workers serve at the pleasure of the president, despite only 4,000 being designated as political appointees. Donald Trump’s first priority as he prepares to retake office must be to establish that he can fire any of them. Whether they hold political appointments, Senate-confirmed positions, or civil service roles, all federal employees are subject to the president’s authority to terminate their employment. This includes workers in any department or so-called “independent” agency. If a congressional statute conflicts with his authority to fire someone, that statute is unconstitutional and must yield to the president’s plenary firing authority.

Ironically, Trump’s biggest failure in his first term was his reluctance to say his famous line, “You’re fired!” To succeed in a second term, he must remove anyone who does not share his campaign vision. His primary promises are to reduce inflation and eliminate the deep state. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is already challenging both promises, presenting Trump with an early test of his resolve.

‘If any power whatsoever is in its nature Executive, it is the power of appointing, overseeing, and controlling those who execute the laws.’

When a Politico reporter on Thursday asked Powell if he would comply if Trump asked for his resignation, Powell responded flatly, “No.” When pressed on whether he is legally required to resign, he tersely repeated, “No,” asserting his belief that no legal basis exists for firing him.

Legally, Powell has no foundation to stay in his post if the president fires him, which Trump must do. While the legislature dominates in setting public policy and the federal budget, the president decides who serves in executive positions. The Senate can confirm high officers and may refuse to confirm a new appointee after the president removes someone senators support. However, the Senate cannot force the president to keep any personnel he wishes to dismiss, even if it passes a law granting tenure to that individual, as in the case of Powell, whose term doesn’t expire until 2026.

The Supreme Court ruled in Ex Parte Hennen (1839) that the president’s power to appoint executive officials includes the power to remove them. This authority was upheld in Myers v. United States (1926) in a 70-page opinion by the chief justice, former President William Howard Taft. If a president can appoint anyone to head an agency within reason, Congress cannot restrict him to choosing or retaining any specific individual.

Some argue that the Federal Reserve must remain independent, but that is a political stance, not a legal one. Constitutionally, there are only three branches of government. Since the Fed is neither legislative nor judicial, its governors are subject to the president’s authority to remove them.

Congress can defund or abolish an office and refuse to confirm the president’s nominee, but it cannot impose a tenure law on the president. James Madison explained this separation of powers in a letter to Thomas Jefferson:

[Congressional tenure laws] overlook the important distinction between repealing or modifying the office and displacing the officer. The former is a legislative, the latter an Executive function; and even the former, if done with a view of re-establishing the office and letting in a new appointment, would be an indirect violation of the theory and policy of the Constitution.

For example, although Congress passed a law entitling the FBI director to a 10-year term, President Bill Clinton, at the recommendation of Attorney General Janet Reno, fired FBI Director William Sessions in 1993 during his sixth year in office.

No executive branch figure operates outside the president’s authority. If an individual is not subject to the president’s authority, that individual is, by definition, not part of the executive branch. Therefore, the president can fire any civil service worker within main agencies and terminate anyone serving in independent commissions, such as the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Election Commission, the Federal Communications Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Merit Systems Protection Board. Based on his campaign promises, Trump has an obligation to exercise this authority.

Although the Supreme Court once deviated from the originalist view espoused by Chief Justice Taft — in cases like Morrison v. Olson (1988) involving the independent counsel — that era has ended. The current Supreme Court is likely to support Trump’s power to fire executive officials. Just four years ago, the justices ruled 5-4 that the president has full authority to remove the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. With Amy Coney Barrett now on the court, Trump would likely have six votes in favor of a decision to fire someone like Powell.

The president may not be a king, but he is the CEO of the executive branch. As James Madison said in 1789, “If any power whatsoever is in its nature Executive, it is the power of appointing, overseeing, and controlling those who execute the laws.” It’s time to exercise that power to the fullest.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director, received $15 million in taxpayer money to cover the cost of his private security detail after stepping away from his government position and returning to private citizenship, according to documents obtained by independent journalist Jordan Schachtel and Open the Books.

The funds covered the cost of his 24/7 chauffeur, U.S. Marshals security detail, and their law enforcement equipment from January 2023 to September 2024, as stated in a memorandum of understanding between the U.S. Marshals Service and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services obtained via Freedom of Information Act requests, Open the Books reported.

‘I get so many threats.’

The document revealed that the contract was eligible for extension; it is unclear whether it has already been extended. The protection costs were distributed through HHS’ fund, according to the nonprofit organization.

The reported millions do not include costs associated with his personal security detail from April 2020 to December 2022, while he was still a government employee. Fauci retired in December 2022.

Fauci’s critics have slammed him for pushing draconian government restrictions in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. He was the highest-paid federal employee from 2019 to 2022, retiring with a record-breaking $480,654 annual salary. According to Open the Books, his pension is estimated at approximately $355,000 per year. Over his five and a half decades of government service, Fauci amassed a personal fortune of $11 million.

Last year, Fauci claimed that the costs to cover his security detail were necessary, citing alleged threats from the “extreme, radical right.”

“I get so many threats. Some of them are credible threats of violence against me and my family that I have to be walking around with federal marshals protecting me, which is completely crazy,” he told Newshub.

He concluded the interview by issuing a warning about the dangers of what he referred to as “disinformation.”

“I don’t want to make it seem so melodramatic, but it seems to erode the foundations of democracy because if you can’t believe the truth,” Fauci said. “If you look back historically on how governments have failed, and tyrannies ever have risen, it’s when people essentially take control over information, a lot of which is untrue. That’s a very scary situation.”

Open the Books reported that after his retirement, Fauci remained on the NIAID’s staff list, apparently in a no-show job to ensure he continued to receive his taxpayer-funded security detail.

Schachtel called the arrangement “unprecedented” and “clandestine.” He noted that he “could find no other cases of a former federal employee receiving this level of protection.”

The U.S. Marshals Service, a subagency of the Department of Justice, confirmed to the Daily Caller it “provided a protective detail for Dr. Anthony S. Fauci from January 2023 to August 2024,” one month short of Schachtel’s reporting.

HHS did not respond to the Daily Caller’s request for comment.

The reports about Fauci’s extensive security detail come after news that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was repeatedly denied Secret Service protection, and at least nine of President-elect Donald Trump’s requests for increased Secret Service protection were reportedly turned down.

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The Democrats know why Kamala Harris lost the presidential election in such decisive fashion to Donald Trump. They just don’t want to tell their most reliable and passionate voting bloc — black women.

So the Democrats are playing a game of misdirection and deflection. They’re lying in public.

Americans believe in free speech and reject government-backed racial discrimination.

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) blamed President Joe Biden for not exiting the race soon enough. Strategist James Carville blamed Kamala Harris for failing to answer a simple question on “The View” about how she would be different from her predecessor and boss. MSNBC host Joy Reid blamed white and Latino women for being jealous of black women. Reid’s colleague Rachel Maddow pointed her finger at voter suppression. CNN contributors David Axelrod and Van Jones blamed racism and sexism.

Countless other Democrats politely argued that Harris was a bad candidate.

It’s all a lie designed to avoid telling black women that their political party of choice is a satanic cult built on racist bullying and child sacrifice.

Tuesday’s election was a long-overdue repudiation of the Democrats’ 60-year strategy of framing whiteness as inherently evil and abortion as inherently good.

Democrats abandoned biblical morality in the 1960s, the American working class in the 1990s, defense of constitutional freedoms in the 2000s, and new ideas after the passing of the Affordable Care Act.

The Democratic Party has been reduced to a brand. By aggressively smearing all non-Democrats as anti-black bigots, the party of donkeys offers its supporters racial reputation protection. That’s pretty much it. Beyond the “right” to murder a baby in the womb, reputation insurance is the Democrats’ lone sales pitch in the post-Obama era.

Name the idea that defined Kamala Harris’ campaign. I’ll wait. Take your time. There isn’t one. She ran on the exact same idea that President Biden and Hillary Clinton ran on in 2016 and 2020.

The idea is: “I’m not Donald Trump, and Donald Trump is a racist.”

Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter, rebranding it as X, and corralling the rigged algorithms that unfairly framed conservative and evangelical thought as racist disrupted the Democrat business model. Musk offered a superior form of reputation protection.

He turned X into a wholesale store for free speech. He allowed conservatives and evangelicals to defend themselves, an act that was punished under Jack Dorsey’s rulership of Twitter.

Now no one has to pretend that Derek Chauvin played a bigger role in George Floyd’s death than the massive amount of fentanyl Floyd swallowed. Or pretend Michael Brown was shot down with his hands up while helping an old lady cross the street. On X, the media and celebrities are openly ridiculed for suggesting police are randomly and indiscriminately killing black men over speeding tickets.

Truth-tellers are free to call bulls**t.

And that’s what happened to Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party.

Thanks to Musk — and the COVID scamdemic — people abandoned their fear of being labeled racist, misogynistic, conspiracy theorists, homophobic, and transphobic. Disabused of fear, voters leaned into their convictions and values. Americans believe in free speech and reject government-backed racial discrimination.

DEI and its enforcer – censorship – were on the ballot. We voted them down.

During this election cycle, America’s ridiculous fixation on “making history” and “breaking glass ceilings” dissipated. Instead, we reckoned with the negative consequences and ramifications of Barack Obama’s history-making presidency. We thought eight years of Barack and Michelle would improve race relations. It had the reverse effect. Obama has revealed himself to be no different from Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, and Ben Crump. The former president amplified racial idolatry and weaponized it to usher in the LGBTQIA+ Alphabet Mafia agenda.

The Democrats need a new trick, not a new candidate.

White women voted for Trump because they have grown tired of co-signing the repugnant Democrat narrative that the sons they birth, nurture, and develop are mentally defective and inferior by skin color. They prioritize their own children above the right to use abortion as a contraceptive. They finally figured out that the argument that all white men are racist and evil and must be reprogrammed applies to their children. They’ve watched their kids befriend, date, marry, idolize, and socialize with black people and wondered what more they can do to disprove an outdated narrative. They stomached affirmative action standards that disadvantage their offspring. They’ve worked for black bosses. They voted for Barack Hussein Obama.

Their reward for embracing left-wing tolerance and inclusion is accepting that their lack of melanin makes them evil. It’s not much of a reward.

It’s amazing and dumbfounding that black elites and their worshippers can’t recognize what motivated white women and men. It’s the exact fuel that powered the civil rights movement. No one wants to be a second-class citizen in America based on skin color.

The black puppets of the Democratic Party sit on cable news shows and cheer on illegal immigrants marching across our border. While living in predominantly white neighborhoods, black elites celebrate the “browning” of America and the end of so-called white supremacy. They’re shocked that legal Latino citizens voted for Donald Trump. Democrats can’t believe their racial idolatry mass psychosis failed to produce the same election results as the COVID pandemic.

Why can’t they see it?

Because the Democratic Party is secular. Secularism and secular people are unwise. They’re book-smart. They lack discernment and common sense. Their overreliance on “science” renders them foolish and blind. On MSNBC last week Joy Reid commented on Kamala Harris’ ability to attract secular voters. It’s the one demographic in which Harris outperformed President Biden: non-believers, particularly non-believers in Jesus Christ. Her push for child sacrifice through abortion netted her gains with people hostile to Christianity.

Unbeknownst to the experts, the Democratic Party’s hostility to religious values has sparked a religious awakening. The attack on children — abortion, transgenderism, drag queens at schools — has made self-aware Americans rediscover the value in Christian culture.

Calling white people racist has lost its power of persuasion. Calling black conservatives sellouts, Uncle Toms, and coons has lost its power of persuasion.

Someone needs to break the news to black women, the puppets of the Democratic Party, the women who have convinced themselves that child-murder, anti-white racism, and LGBTQIA+ affirmation are the keys to saving America and justifiable actions within Christianity.

They’re not saving America. They’re the descendants of the same group of women who died in the jungle with Jim Jones in a similar, hostile-to-Christianity cult.

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Spirit Airlines said that a plane attempting to land in Haiti was diverted to the Dominican Republican after it was hit by gunfire and one person was injured.

‘We have suspended our service at Port-au-Prince (PAP) and Cap-Haitien (CAP) pending further evaluation.’

The budget airline said Flight 951 had departed on Monday from Fort Lauderdale and was to land at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, but it instead landed in Santiago after being struck several times by gunfire.

One of the bullets grazed a flight attendant, who sustained minor injuries. The plane also sustained damage consistent with gunfire, according to the airline.

None of the passengers were injured, and the flight attendant was evaluated by medical personnel. Other flights into Haiti were grounded.

“The safety of our Guests and Team Members is our top priority, and we have suspended our service at Port-au-Prince (PAP) and Cap-Haitien (CAP) pending further evaluation,” read a statement from the airline.

Haiti has been rocked by a civil war after the government fell and violent criminal gangs battled for control of the island nation. Haitian refugees absorbed into the U.S. became an emotional talking point in the November election as President-elect Donald Trump criticized the lax immigration policies of the Biden administration.

Images and video of the damage to the plane can be viewed at the New York Post channel on YouTube.

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Democratic strategist James Carville revealed the exact moment that he believes Vice President Kamala Harris lost the 2024 presidential election.

Speaking to Tim Miller on “The Bulwark Podcast” on Saturday, Carville said Kamala’s campaign was doomed after she froze up during an interview on “The View.”

‘That’s the money question. That’s the one you want. … And you freeze!’

“I think if this campaign is reducible to one moment, we are in a 65% wrong-track country,” Carville said. “The country wants something different. And she’s asked, as is so often the case, in a friendly audience, on ‘The View.'”

Carville noted that one question asked by “The View” host Sunny Hostin derailed the Harris campaign.

“But when we go back, and history unearths this, it’s going to be right there on ‘The View.’ And I think her name was Sunny Hostin … asked the question, and that’s the most devastating answer you could imagine,” Carville said.

Carville stated, “‘How would you be different than Biden?’ That’s the one question that you exist to answer, all right? That is it. That’s the money question. That’s the one you want. That’s the one that everybody wants to know the answer to. And you freeze! You literally freeze and say, ‘Well, I can’t think of anything.’”

As “Blaze News Tonight” previously reported, Harris responded to the question by saying: “There is not a thing that comes to mind. I’ve been a part of most of the decisions that have had impact, the work that we have done.”

Carville claimed that the Democrats had a “united party” because Harris was endorsed by former Republican Vice President Dick Cheney and Democratic socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.

Carville added, “By the way, she had every advantage. We had a united party, from Dick Cheney to AOC, everybody was, whatever you want to do is fine.”

Carville said that Harris had more resources than President-elect Donald Trump but stressed that “since the dawn of time,” no amount of resources or technology has overcome the lack of a reason to vote for a political candidate.

“We had more people on the ground,” Carville continued. “We had more volunteers. We had more money, all right? We had more surrogates, but we didn’t have a reason.”

“You cannot not have a reason and beat it with technology, or beat it with volunteers, or do that,” Carville continued. “The overall message here, Tim: A reason, and she didn’t give us a reason.”

Carville also slammed President Joe Biden for staying in the race for so long.

“If we would have had this process, we’d have had gone through it, and we would have had this mega level of talent that exists, and all of these people would have been different. It would have been energetic. It would have created a sense of real excitement,” Carville stated. “Biden, he just blocked all that from happening.”

Carville blasted the Democrats for their messaging.

“If the country wants something different, you try to give the country something different,” he said. “We are just not going to give in to them. But maybe the odiousness of [President-elect] Trump combined with the Dobbs decision, we can overcome it. Well, we didn’t overcome it.”

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a far-left New York Democratic U.S. representative, asked her social media followers over the weekend why some of them chose to split their ticket, voting for both President-elect Donald Trump and down-ballot Democratic candidates.

In a landslide, Ocasio-Cortez won her re-election race for New York’s District 14 against Republican opponent Tina Forte last week. According to the Associated Press, Ocasio-Cortez clinched nearly 69% of the vote. Despite the Democratic candidate’s sweeping victory, District 14 also leaned toward Trump by one of the most significant margins in New York City.

‘Trump is authentic. Harris was grown in a lab. People can tell.’

“People who support both Trump & me OR voted Trump/Dem, tell us why,” Ocasio-Cortez asked her eight million Instagram followers.

The congresswoman shared some of the unexpected responses, and a few common themes emerged: Voters wanted a change candidate, appreciated Trump’s authenticity, and were unimpressed by Vice President Kamala Harris.

One respondent stated, “It’s real simple… trump and you care for the working class.”

Another respondent explained that they “wanted change,” so they voted for Trump and Democratic candidates for the remainder of the ballot “to put some brakes.”

Other followers explained that they lost trust in establishment candidates from both parties.

“I feel like Trump and you are both real,” one follower wrote.

“I feel that you both are outsiders compared to the rest of DC, and less ‘establishment,'” another individual responded.

A third person stated that “action & progress” are greater than “stagnation & excuses.”

“Both of you push boundaries and force growth,” the social media user added.

“You are focused on the real issues people care about,” another person wrote. “Similar to Trump populism in some ways.”

One respondent did not vote for Vice President Kamala Harris because Harris did not prioritize fixing the economy, adding that “when she talked [about] it she didn’t have a plan.”

Echoing this sentiment, another shared that Harris “wasn’t the choice of the people,” she “couldn’t interview,” and she had “no clear policies.”

Another contributor stated that Trump “speaks of war as something that is bad,” while the Democratic Party has become “the party that supports war.”

In response to Ocasio-Cortez’s poll, a senior Democratic aide on Capitol Hill told the New York Post, “If either party wants a sweep, they have to figure out how to harvest authenticity.”

“That’s who wins. Trump is authentic. Harris was grown in a lab. People can tell,” the source added, noting that the Democrats had a lot of messaging misses with voters.

“The Democratic Party wrote the symphony of Donald Trump — they even conducted it,” the source continued. “All he had to do was take a bow.”

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Democrat governors have come out since Donald Trump’s presidential victory to declare they will resist the incoming administration on issues they deem to be out of bounds.

Their declarations come as President-elect Trump has promised to carry out his massive deportation operation on day one of his administration. The deportation operation is in response to the border crisis that was created by the policies of the Biden-Harris administration.

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey was one of the first to indicate she will do everything in her power to prevent Trump from deporting illegal immigrants from her state.

“Every tool in the toolbox has got to be used to protect our citizens, our residents, and protect our states and certainly to hold the line on democracy and the rule of law as a basic principle,” she added.

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker also weighed in.

“[To] women seeking reproductive health care. Immigrants searching to work hard for a better life. LGBTQ Americans looking for welcome and protection. And people with disabilities whose civil and human rights are under attack. Over the years ahead, we’ll do more than just protect against the possible reversion to an agenda that threatens to take us backward,” Pritzker said, according to NBC Chicago.

‘If you’re not going to help us, get the hell out of the way, because we’re going to do it.’

“To anyone who intends to come take away the freedom and opportunity and dignity of Illinoisans, I would remind you that a happy warrior is still a warrior. You come for my people, you come through me,” he added.

California Governor Gavin Newsom convened a special session in the state legislature to “safeguard California values and fundamental rights” before Trump takes office next year.

“The special session will focus on bolstering California legal resources to protect civil rights, reproductive freedom, climate action, and immigrant families,” the statement said.

“The freedoms we hold dear in California are under attack — and we won’t sit idle. California has faced this challenge before, and we know how to respond. We are prepared, and we will do everything necessary to ensure Californians have the support and resources they need to thrive,” Newsom explained.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced she is going to work with Attorney General Letitia James to “protect the fundamental freedoms of New Yorkers in preparation for President-Elect Donald Trump’s second term” and “to address potential federal legal threats to reproductive freedom, gun safety laws, and other key issues.”

In response to the governors’ declarations, incoming border czar Tom Homan told Fox News on Monday, “I’ve seen some of these Democrat governors say they’re going to stand in the way [of deportations] and make it hard for us. A suggestion: If you’re not going to help us, get the hell out of the way, because we’re going to do it.”

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The red sweep that secured the White House, the Senate, and the House last week was a mandate from the American people: Enough is enough.

While it was ultimately voters and the goodness of God that made this possible, there are a few individuals who deserve credit for the vital role they played in Trump’s epic victory.

One of these people is Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.

“I don’t know what we would have done without you, Charlie. I mean you really turned the vote out,” Glenn Beck tells Kirk, who says his motivation came from “this spirit of paranoia” that they might “do another COVID” or “come up with another sneak attack.”

However, now he knows that “God is not done with this land.”

“I know it sounds generic, but the American people withstood the most intense propaganda political hurricane of American history,” he tells Glenn, pointing to the left “calling us Nazis and fascists and saying that Donald Trump was going to put people in camps.”

“The American people weighed their options, despite Kamala Harris outspending Trump three or four times to one, and made the right choice,” he says.

As far as Kirk’s personal role in the election, he says he had two goals: “to lose by less with younger voters” and “create the most sophisticated, low propensity, get-out-the-vote turnout machine in modern political history for the right.”

Kirk tells Glenn that when he would attend Trump rallies and talk to attendees, he realized there were “millions of people that were Trump supporters that were not Trump voters.” However, he knew that we would need a massive voter turnout, especially in the battleground states, if Trump were to return to the White House.

“So we hired well over 1,000 full-time people — it’s the greatest ground force that’s ever been done — we raised tens of millions of dollars (praise God) from our donors, and we pitched them on this, saying, ‘Hey, the road to the White House is going to be going through these states; we know that we’re going to need to first register a ton of voters, build relationships in communities, and then drive a machine over a 30-day period to get Donald Trump across the finish line,”’ Kirk explains.

“In Wisconsin, I can tell you that if it wasn’t for our effort, Donald Trump would have fallen short. We chased an excess of over 70,000 low propensity voters in Wisconsin. Donald Trump won by 28,000 votes,” he adds. “Basically what we did is we took this movement that Donald Trump created, that Donald Trump led, and we added machinery to the movement, and we were able to successfully turn Trump supporters into Trump voters.”

To hear more about Kirk’s efforts to beat Democrats at their own game, watch the clip above.

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Plant closures in Europe. Layoffs in America. Plunging sales everywhere.

The auto industry is in trouble — and we could all end up suffering the consequences.

EV woes have hit Ford as well. Later this month, the carmaker will suspend operations at its F-150 Lightning EV plant for the rest of year.

Let’s start with Volkswagen. The company stands proud as the biggest carmaker in Europe, and it has never closed a factory in its home country of Germany.

Until now.

Punch buggy blues

At the end of October, the company asked workers to take a 10% pay cut as part of an ongoing campaign to cut costs across the VW Group. Industry insiders fear that domestic plant closures — the first in the company’s 87-year history — could be next, with up to three German factories shutting down, costing more than 100,000 jobs.

“Management is absolutely serious about all this. This is not saber-rattling in the collective bargaining round,” warned Volkswagen works council head Daniela Cavallo in a speech to employees.

These cuts would reduce the number of domestic plants to seven and cut the workforce by a third.

The plants that do stay open would also endure cost-cutting measures, according to a separate report, with downsizing and wage freezes on the table.

VW aims to save about €10 billion (roughly $10.8 billion USD) by 2026.

Thomas Schaefer, the head of the Volkswagen brand, has previously noted that German factories are operating at between 25% and 50% above targeted costs. This is largely due to Europe’s high energy costs, which German carmakers say are four times higher than in China and the United States.

Compounding this problem are increased competition from Chinese brands and a lack of demand for electric cars.

Volkswagen hasn’t commented on the report, and it hasn’t announced plant closures or layoffs yet.

Previously, Volkswagen had considered buying Audi’s struggling EV plant in Brussels. Those plans changed, and with no other suitable buyers on the horizon, the plant may close its doors for good.

The outlook isn’t much sunnier stateside, either.

GM feels the heat

General Motors is laying off some 1,000 software workers globally, 600 of whom are employed at its tech center in Warren, Michigan.

In a memo to workers obtained by Automotive News, GM said the cuts were to enable it to “move faster, pivot when needed, and prioritize investing in what will have the greatest impact.”

This is certainly a pivot from the last several years, in which GM has been expanding its software team to help with its electrification and autonomous efforts. The company had predicted that those services could generate $25 billion in revenue by 2030.

While General Motors has claimed that these cuts target “software and service” employees, that’s not exactly true. The layoffs come from GM’s Ultium division, which is the sub-EV company GM created to differentiate it from its gasoline engine department.

I can confirm that Ultium has let go a number of thermal engineers without warning. Thermal engineers, as you might guess, are crucial to thermal management: keeping EV batteries, power electronic systems, and motors from overheating.

Is this a sign that GM is no longer all-in on electric and is drastically reducing R&D on future EVs?

Sure looks like it.

Ford’s loser Lightning

EV woes have hit Ford as well. Later this month, the carmaker will suspend operations at its F-150 Lightning EV plant for the rest of year.

The highly touted electric pickup loses the company $40,000 on each vehicle sold. Hardly sustainable, especially given that Ford’s Q3 net income is down 26%, and cost issues have caused it to drop its full-year adjusted earnings projection to around $10 billion.

Mercedes: Bust in class

The luxury car market isn’t what it used to be, either.

Mercedes Benz has cut production on its S-Class line in response to declining sales: down 13% in China, 19% in the U.S., and 27% in Europe. The high-end vehicles have been rolling off the company’s cutting-edge Factory 56 assembly line in Germany since 2020 — always in at least two shifts.

Now, for the first time since Mercedes opened what it touts as the most modern car factory in the world, one shift will suffice.

The plant also builds the electric EQS as well as Maybach and AMG models. Mercedes will refresh the S-Class next year, so demand could pick back up with a new model.

Ram tough

Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares has been heaping scorn on his previous U.S. management team and no wonder: Third-quarter sales in North America were a disaster, falling 20%, and down 17% for the year.

That’s bad news for iconic American brands Jeep, RAM, Dodge, and Chrysler — and it has investors heading for the exits.

But times are tough all over for the car conglomerate. Sales in Europe fell 17%, with even Maserati relegated to the slow lane with a stunning 60% drop.

Business isn’t much better in China, India, and Asia Pacific, where sales fell 30%.

Border run

And in a move that is sure to infuriate the UAW, Tavares plans to move production of Ram’s full-size 1500 pickup truck from the U.S. to its Saltillo, Mexico, plant, which already produces Ram heavy-duty pickups and vans.

While Mexico offers lower labor costs, no doubt the move is also to prevent the UAW from choking off production during any future strike. We think that’s the same reason Ford moved part of its heavy-duty truck production to Canada. It’s a game of chess, and both Ford and Stellantis are working to escape checkmate.

For more on the ongoing car industry crisis, check out my video below:

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