The Epoch Times on Thursday interviewed me about my views on Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks. The only nominee I expressed reservations about was Matt Gaetz, Trump’s choice for attorney general. But the reason I offered was not quoted fully. I said that while I would certainly vote for Gaetz if I were a U.S. senator, I do not believe he is confirmable. Republican senators like Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska would likely oppose his nomination, alongside all Senate Democrats, who will likely vote as a bloc against most of Trump’s nominees.

Gaetz is a troublesome choice for several reasons, starting with allegations of sexual involvement with a 17-year-old girl. The House Ethics Committee has investigated the charge, but its findings have not yet been released. I recognize the double standard at play here. Legacy media defended individuals like Bill Clinton and concealed the appalling misconduct of Democratic donors such as Harvey Weinstein and Jeffrey Epstein for as long as possible.

The weaponization of federal agencies like the Justice Department and Secret Service against political dissenters will no longer be tolerated.

I also acknowledge that Biden’s administration resembled an intersectional exhibitionist show, featuring figures like Admiral Levine, Sam Brinton, and Mayor Pete Buttigieg. These appointments seemed to cater to the Democrats’ identitarian agenda. Notably, many “centrist” Republicans now criticizing Gaetz’s nomination had no problem voting for Biden’s ideologically driven Cabinet selections.

But we are not dealing here with a level playing field, and even conventional Republican outlets like National Review and the Wall Street Journal are railing against Gaetz’s nomination. I’m not sure that I see any way forward for the former Florida congressman. His sexual scandal, his effort to overthrow a Republican speaker of the House, and his flamboyant rhetoric will all be held against him if the confirmation process goes forward.

Let me clarify that, unlike the RINOs and neocons, I do not oppose Gaetz’s nomination because I want an attorney general the left will find inoffensive — someone modeled after Trump’s attorneys general during his first term. I recently heard Daniel Henninger of the Wall Street Journal lament the absence of a nominee with Bill Barr’s moderating influence.

This time, however, Trump appears to want someone in the role who will support him unequivocally. He is not looking for an attorney general who will flaunt nonpartisanship by distancing himself from a president despised by the legacy media. Joe Biden and Barack Obama appointed attorneys general who loyally served their interests and advanced their ideological agendas. Trump has every right to seek an attorney general who will do the same — while demonstrating a greater commitment to justice than those Democratic appointees showed.

Any of the three candidates previously on Trump’s short list would likely be more confirmable as attorney general than Gaetz. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, or former Deputy Attorney General Matthew Whitaker could effectively perform the duties assigned to Gaetz while generating less controversy as nominees.

Let me stress that my reason for opposing Gaetz’s nomination is most definitely not the one probably driving the Bushies and neocon Republicans. I don’t want a “bipartisan” attorney general who will try to get along with with the opposition as we pursue an aggressively liberal internationalist foreign policy. I am hopeful that anyone who becomes attorney general will actively investigate and prosecute those bad actors who abused their positions under the Obama-Biden-Garland administrations.

The D.C. swamp must be drained, and those “public servants” who have gone after the political opposition without just cause and who have threatened religious and social traditionalists should be treated accordingly. They should not only be dismissed from their positions but also prosecuted.

It is crucial to send a clear message to public administrators and Democratic Party leaders: The weaponization of federal agencies like the Justice Department and Secret Service against political dissenters and culturally traditional Americans will no longer be tolerated. Simply turning the page to focus on foreign policy or fiscal issues will not achieve the same impact. Least of all should we pretend that the systematic weaponization of administrative agencies, which has been ongoing since Obama’s presidency, never occurred. Ignoring this history will only embolden the Democrats to resume such practices as soon as they regain power.

This is why any prospective attorney general must not only be up to this task but also be confirmable. Unfortunately, Gaetz does not meet this criterion, which is why his nomination was ill advised. While it is commendable that he has vigorously defended President Trump against baseless, malicious accusations, that alone will not secure his confirmation.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Bill Gates has more money than most of us can even imagine. If he wanted, he could disappear to some remote paradise, live in absolute comfort, and never deal with any of us again.

But for the bespectacled billionaire, it’s never just been about money. It’s about power. The man has a god complex.

Would you really take health advice from someone who looks like he’d slip a disc opening a jar of pickles?

Sun scheme

His latest fixation involves blocking the sun. Yes, Gates, a man who looks like he hasn’t seen daylight in a decade, is backing a geoengineering project that would inject particles into the atmosphere to reflect solar rays, supposedly cooling the planet to reverse global warming.

It may sound like a science fiction plot — but it’s happening, and the implications are vast and unsettling. In short, a handful of tech moguls and venture-backed startups would be meddling with our planet’s climate on a scale that none of us voted for and none of us fully understand.

This method, known as stratospheric aerosol injection, aims to bounce sunlight back into space by dispersing particles in the upper atmosphere. But experts caution that the fallout could be devastating: unpredictable weather patterns, crop failures, droughts, and even shifts in hurricanes and disease patterns.

And, to make matters worse, it does nothing to tackle the greenhouse gas emissions. Instead, it’s a temporary Band-Aid, with the potential to send temperatures spiking if the project ever stops.

When billionaires like Gates throw their weight behind these grand schemes, there’s a troubling lack of oversight. Who ensures these experiments don’t lead to disaster? Who’s accountable if unintended consequences arise?

Without international regulations and transparency, we’re left to trust that a few wealthy individuals are acting in our best interests. But if history teaches us anything, it’s that powerful elites rarely — if ever — have our well-being in mind.

The gamble here isn’t just Gates’ money; it’s our future, our food, our planet’s ecosystems. Should Bill Gates be trusted with a project of this magnitude? Your gut says no — and you’d do well to trust it while you still can.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

The gut microbiome, an incredible ecosystem within us, plays a crucial role in digestion, immunity, mood regulation, and even cognitive function. Far more than a digestive aid, it’s so intertwined with our nervous system that it’s often called our “second brain.”

The gut-brain axis — a vast communication network involving the vagus nerve and complex chemical signals — links our gut directly to our mind, shaping everything from emotional health to behavior.

This fact is not lost on Mr. Gates.

His deep investment in microbiome research goes way beyond a philanthropic interest in improving health. Interestingly, Jeffrey Epstein, who met with Gates on numerous occasions, also contributed significant funds to gut microbiome research.

Gates’ heavy involvement in both food production and vaccine development isn’t coincidental. It’s part of a broader vision that merges the two worlds, a concept that becomes most evident when you look at initiatives like edible vaccines. This blending of food and medicine sounds revolutionary, promising a streamlined way to deliver health interventions. But it also brings unsettling questions.

Who controls this supply chain, and who decides which treatments are slipped into our food? Embedding medicine in our meals could just as easily make us sicker and more compliant. Maybe that’s the point.

Microbial malfeasance

In this interview with Bild, one of Germany’s largest media outlets, Gates spoke about the critical “relationship between the microbiome of mothers and the future of children.”

He warns that disruptions in both the intestinal and vaginal microbiomes can have severe outcomes. An imbalanced vaginal microbiome, he argues, is linked to stillbirths and premature births, while a disrupted intestinal microbiome can heighten susceptibility to diseases like HIV.

According to Gates, these imbalances drive malnutrition in children, not due to a lack of food but because chronic intestinal inflammation impairs growth and development.

Gates isn’t wrong to highlight the microbiome’s impact on health — but let’s not forget, he’s not a medical doctor (yes, they’re often wrong too). Still, should someone with no formal medical training be meddling in such delicate areas of health? Of course not. And take a look at the man — would you really take health advice from someone who looks like he’d slip a disc opening a jar of pickles?

In his Bild interview, Gates leaned hard into his devotion to putting children on the path to proper growth and long-term health. How noble.

Edible vaccines — an emerging focus for Gates — could become the bridge linking his vast investments in food production and vaccine development, merging nutrition and immunization into one potent tool.

Good for Gates, who’ll no doubt be one of the elites wielding this tool. The rest of us may regret not paying attention sooner.

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

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

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

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

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

The court quoted a 2023 election law in its decision.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PolitiFact rated the claim false.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Liz Wheeler is leaning towards the latter.

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

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

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

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

And that seems to be exactly what happened to him.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

But there’s another layer to the story.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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