Monthly Archives: January 2021

Biden Team Takes Over @POTUS And @WhiteHouse

USA Today reports: It’s official. Not only has Joe Biden been sworn in as America’s 46th president but his presidency has been confirmed on one of the nation‘s largest social media networks. Twitter has transferred the @POTUS and @WhiteHouse accounts from Donald Trump to Biden. Last week, Twitter outlined in a blog post how it would transfer the accounts from …

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Trump Pardoned Pirro’s Ex-Husband In His Final Hour

The Hill reports: President Trump in his final hour as commander in chief on Wednesday pardoned the ex-husband of Fox News host Jeanine Pirro. Trump granted a full pardon to Albert J. Pirro, Jr., a White House spokesperson said after the president landed in Florida. Albert Pirro, an attorney and lobbyist, was convicted in 2000 of conspiracy and tax evasion …

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LIVE VIDEO: The Inauguration Of Joseph R. Biden Jr.

The New York Times reports: Coverage will begin around 10 a.m. Eastern, with the swearing-in ceremony scheduled for later in the morning on the West Front of the Capitol in Washington. Kamala Harris will first be sworn in as vice president by Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Shortly before 12 p.m., Joseph R. Biden Jr. will then be sworn in as president …

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Locals Don’t Want Junior And Mistress As Neighbors

The Palm Beach Post reports: Donald Trump Jr. and his girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle are planning to spend millions of dollars on two luxurious waterfront homes in Admirals Cove, an exclusive gated community in Jupiter. But like Trump’s father is seeing in Palm Beach, some would-be neighbors in Admirals Cove also don’t want a Trump in their neighborhood. When word spread …

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17 Freshman GOP Reps Offer To Work With Biden

The Washington Post reports: A group of 17 House Republican freshmen, led by Rep. Beth Van Duyne (Tex.) wrote to Biden on Wednesday, congratulating him on his presidency and offering to work with him on issues where they can find common ground. “After two impeachments, lengthy inter-branch investigations, and, most recently, the horrific attack on our nation’s capital, it is …

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YouTube Extends Trump’s Ban, Cites Potential Violence

Mediaite reports: YouTube is extending its ban on outgoing President Donald Trump for another week, the company announced Tuesday. Videos already on the account are still visible, but the Google-owned company has prohibited new videos from being uploaded since Jan. 13. It will also continue to ban users from commenting on the videos. “In light of concerns about the ongoing …

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Melania Outsourced Thank You Notes To WH Staffers

CNN reports: First lady Melania Trump did not write her own “thank you” notes to the White House residence staff who have cared for her and her family for the last four years. The 80 or so staff who received the type written notes were under the assumption the first lady had written them herself. Instead, Trump tasked a lower-level …

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LIVE VIDEO: Biden Attends Mass With Top Lawmakers

Politico reports: Incoming White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday it was personally important to President-elect Joe Biden that a bipartisan delegation of congressional leaders join him at church on Inauguration Day morning. Psaki said Biden hopes it will signal “the beginning of a path forward” to national healing and political unity at the outset of his term. Senate …

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LIVE VIDEO: Trump Speaks At Departure Ceremony

USA Today reports: For his last presidential ceremony, Trump reportedly wants an ostentatious military parade and an official armed forces farewell as the commander-in-chief, as well as a large crowd of supporters, selected backers and current and former officials in his administration and their guests at a huge red-carpet affair. But latest reports indicate that Trump, who is facing an …

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Axios: Trump Wanted To Sue The Lincoln Project

Axios reports: The male voice in the TV ad boomed through the White House residence during “Fox & Friends” commercial breaks. Over and over and over. “The end is coming, Donald. … On Jan. 6, Mike Pence will put the nail in your political coffin.” The Lincoln Project, the anti-Trump PAC dedicated to pissing off the president with viral commercials, …

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Ingraham Turns On Pentagon: “Witch Hunt” [VIDEO]

Media Matters has the transcript: The Democrats are in a mood for another witch hunt, and the Pentagon is happy to oblige. They’d rather help the left turn the military into a PC patrol to be used against their fellow Americans, rather than defend the country from China and other external threats. Of course, we know the Democrats aren’t interested …

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Trump Revokes 5-Year Lobbying Ban For His Officials

The Associated Press reports: President Donald Trump, in one of his final acts of office, released current and former members of his administration from the terms of their ethics pledge, which included a five-year ban on lobbying their former agencies. The ethics pledge was outlined in one of Trump’s first executive orders, signed on Jan. 28, 2017, as part of …

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Biden Seeks Resignation Of Trump’s Surgeon General

The Washington Post reports: President-elect Joe Biden is expected to ask for the resignation of U.S. Surgeon General Jerome M. Adams after being sworn in Wednesday, ousting the nation’s top doctor in a symbolic break with his predecessor’s covid-19 response, said two people with knowledge of the decision. Adams, who was nominated by President Trump, was sworn in as surgeon …

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LIVE VIDEO: Trump Departs White House For Last Time

The Guardian reports: In his last few hours as president, Trump will fly to his private Mar-a-Lago resort and residence in Palm Beach, Florida, aboard the Air Force One jumbo jet for the last time in a presidential capacity, ensuring he and his wife Melania are almost 1,000 miles away from the White House and Capitol when Biden takes over. …

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WSJ: Trump Considering Launching “The Patriot Party”

The Wall Street Journal reports: President Trump has talked in recent days with associates about forming a new political party, according to people familiar with the matter, an effort to exert continued influence after he leaves the White House. Mr. Trump discussed the matter with several aides and other people close to him last week, the people said. The president …

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One Day More: Broadway Celebrates In Song [VIDEO]

Rolling Stone reports: James Corden links up with Broadway stars Joshua Grosso, Jillian Butler, Emily Bautista, Kyle Scatliffe, Shuler Hensley, Patti LuPone and Matt Lucas to celebrate only “One Day More” of outgoing president Trump in a Les Misérables parody that aired on Tuesday’s The Late Late Show. In the visual, Corden heads into work, happy to have his “last …

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Trump Pardons 143 Including Bannon And Broidy

The New York Times reports: President Trump has granted clemency to Stephen K. Bannon, the former White House chief strategist who was charged with defrauding political donors who supported building a border wall that Mr. Trump advocated, and Elliott Broidy, one of his top fund-raisers in 2016, among other people. Mr. Bannon was indicted and arrested in August by federal …

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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Variety reports: Alec Baldwin has flown the Twitter coop, announcing on Monday that he will leave the social media platform “for now.” “Twitter is like a party where everyone is screaming. Not much of a party,” he Tweeted. “Goodbye for now.” Baldwin’s departure from Twitter comes weeks after wife Hilaria Baldwin’s came under fire after the internet began questioning the …

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Lou Dobbs Rages: Biden Will Use Executive Orders To Bypass Congress Without A National Debate [VIDEO]

“The Biden administration has already declared our open borders will be welcoming of illegal immigrants, promising amnesty and no deportations of illegal immigrants under a Biden presidency. “The President-Elect will be in defiance, once he takes the oath of the Constitution, as he says he will act unilaterally, without a national debate or a vote in the House or the …

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Brewery Petitions Scotland Airport To Change Name

The Scotsman reports: With reports that Donald Trump may fly to Scotland after he leaves office, BrewDog have started a petition to rename Prestwick Airport ‘Joe Biden International’. The Scottish brewers BrewDog are known for their tongue in cheek antics, and have previously trolled Donald Trump by asking fans to name a beer inspired by him. But now, co-founder of …

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