Monthly Archives: January 2025

Vance: Diversity “Puts Stresses” On Existing Employees

“Something the president said that I think bears reemphasizing, which is that when you don’t have the best standards in who you’re hiring, it means, on the one hand, you’re not getting the best people in government, but on the other hand, it puts stresses on the people who are already there. “And I think that is a core part …

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Rioter: No Regrets For Sitting At “Bitch” Pelosi’s Desk

“Myself and over 1,600 other J6ers showed up that day for Trump because he asked us to be there, and as a point in our country, I’m hoping that that was one of the reasons that the rest of America woke up and saw the corruption and destruction that was happening to our country. “As hard as it’s been, as …

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NYT: Paramount In Talks To Settle Trump’s CBS Lawsuit

The New York Times reports: When Donald J. Trump sued CBS for $10 billion days before the 2024 election, accusing the company of deceptively editing a “60 Minutes” interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, many legal experts dismissed the litigation as a far-fetched attempt to punish an out-of-favor news outlet. Now Mr. Trump is back in the White House, and …

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Trump Issues Order Blaming Biden Admin For Crash

Axios reports: President Trump ordered a review of all federal aviation hiring and safety decisions in response to Wednesday night’s deadly air collision near Washington. The order shows Trump is doubling down on his claim, without evidence, that DEI policies were a factor in the crash. His memo explicitly mentions “diversity equity and inclusion,” and reflects how anti-DEI efforts are …

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US Census Bureau Director Robert Santos To Resign

NPR reports: The director of the U.S. Census Bureau, Robert Santos, announced Thursday he is resigning, giving President Trump an early opportunity to nominate a new political appointee to lead the agency. The decision by Santos, who started as the bureau’s director in 2022, cuts short a five-year appointment during key preparations for the 2030 census. The next constitutionally required …

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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Variety reports: The title character of “Emilia Pérez” is not a good person. Her lawyer, Rita (Zoe Saldaña), thinks she can become one, agreeing to facilitate a notorious cartel leader’s gender transition in part because “Changing the body changes the soul / Changing the soul changes society / Changing society changes everything.” But the ensuing story thoroughly disproves Rita’s thesis; …

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Burgum Confirmed As Interior Secretary In 79-18 Vote

The North Dakota Monitor reports: The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to confirm former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to lead the Department of Interior. During his confirmation hearing, Burgum emphasized a commitment to advancing U.S. energy production in President Donald Trump’s administration. The Senate confirmed Burgum on a bipartisan vote of 79-18, with support from North Dakota Sens. John Hoeven …

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DOJ Pride Group Shutters As “Protection To Members”

NBC News reports: DOJ Pride, an LGBTQ employee resource group at the Department of Justice, has shut down more than a week after President Donald Trump signed an executive order seeking to root out all diversity, equity and inclusion measures from the federal government. The group “ceased to operate effective immediately,” the group’s board said in an email sent to …

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Trump On Plan To Visit The Plane Crash Site: “What’s The Site? The Water? You Want Me To Go Swimming?”

REPORTER: Have you spoken to any of the families of the victims of the plane crash? TRUMP: I don’t want to comment on that. REPORTER: Do you have a plan to go visit the site? TRUMP: What’s the site? The water? You want me to go swimming? REPORTER: Or to meet with the responders down there? TRUMP: I don’t have …

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Musk: “Biden’s FAA Hiring Practices Endangered Public”

First, there’s this little reminder: The administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, Michael Whitaker, resigned from his position on January 20 after repeated demands from Elon Musk that he quit, leaving the agency without a Senate-confirmed leader during a major crisis in the wake of the D.C. plane crash. Musk called for Whitaker’s resignation in September after the FAA chief …

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Cultist UFC Fighter: “Hitler Was A Good Guy Because He Kicked Out Greedy Jews And Burned The Queer Books”

“I honestly think that Hitler was a good guy — based upon my own research, not my public education indoctrination. I really do think before Hitler got on meth, he was a guy to go fishing with. He fought for his country. He wanted to purify it by kicking the greedy Jews out that were destroying his country and turning …

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FL House Speaker: DeSantis Wants His Own “Mini ICE”

“That’s the reason why we did this proposal. He (DeSantis) is not going to work with ICE. He wants a little mini-version of ICE. He wants his own state guard with his own bureaucrats picking up the illegal aliens and shipping them off to another portion of the world, wherever it is that they originate from. That’s not working in …

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NYT: Staffing In DC Control Tower Was “Not Normal”

The New York Times reports: Staffing at the air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan National Airport was “not normal for the time of day and volume of traffic,” according to an internal preliminary Federal Aviation Administration safety report about the collision. The controller who was handling helicopters in the airport’s vicinity Wednesday night was also instructing planes that were …

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Court Lifts Ban On Handgun Sales To Those Under 21

Reuters reports: A decades-old U.S. government ban on federally licensed firearms dealers selling handguns to adults under the age of 21 is unconstitutional, a U.S. appeals court held on Thursday, citing recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings expanding gun rights. The ruling by the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals marked the first time a federal appeals court has …

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Walsh: Ban Lawmakers Who Take Antidepressants

“Now, usually you expect that in a confirmation hearing that the worst thing that can happen is the — is that the nominee says something disqualifying. “But in this case, the senator said something disqualifying. Because let me be extremely clear about this — if you need psychiatric drugs in order to function, then you are not fit to serve …

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Trump Admin May Move To End NYC Congestion Tolls

The New York Times reports: The Trump administration is considering a move to halt New York City’s congestion pricing program, according to multiple people with knowledge of the matter. The Department of Transportation is discussing whether to withdraw a key federal authorization that the tolling plan received from the Biden administration last year. Such a move would almost certainly touch …

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Patel Refuses To Say That Biden Won 2020 Election

CBS News reports: A senator at Kash Patel’s confirmation hearing to be F.B.I. director pressed him to articulate a simple truth: Joseph R. Biden won the 2020 election. Under three minutes of questioning from Senator Peter Welch, a Vermont Democrat, Mr. Patel conceded only that Mr. Biden was “certified” as the president. “Can you say the words ‘Joe Biden won …

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FCC Chair Orders Probe Into PBS And NPR Stations

The New York Times reports: Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, informed NPR and PBS this week that he had ordered an investigation into the practice of their member stations airing sponsorships. Mr. Carr told Katherine Maher, NPR’s chief executive, and Paula Kerger, PBS’s chief executive, about the investigation in a letter on Wednesday. Mr. Carr, who …

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1960s Pop Icon Marianne Faithfull Dies At Age 78

The Guardian reports: Marianne Faithfull, whose six-decade career marked her out as one of the UK’s most versatile and characterful singer-songwriters, has died aged 78. A spokesperson said: “It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of the singer, songwriter and actress Marianne Faithfull. “Marianne passed away peacefully in London today, in the company of her loving family. …

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State TV Host: Trump Just Acted As “Consoler-In-Chief”

“I want to start with something that the president said about his third or fourth paragraph. This was a dark and excruciating night in our nation’s capital and in our nation’s history and a tragedy of terrible proportions. As one nation we grieve for every precious soul that has been taken from us so suddenly and we are a country …

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