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Ahead of Tuesday night's Joint Address to Congress by President Donald Trump, numerous Democrat U.S. senators have released videos of themselves blasting the commander in chief, apparently using identical scripts.
The videos commence with a clip from Trump, stating: "When I win, I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One."
And the Democrats all respond with: "Sh** that ain't true. That's what you just heard. Since Day One of Donald Trump's presidency, prices are not down, they're up. Inflation is getting worse, not better. The price of groceries, gas, housing eggs, of essentials. It's not getting better, it's getting worse."
Online journalist Collin Rugg is among those noticing the phenomenon, stating: "Senator Tim Kaine and Senator Mark Kelly join the list of Democrat Senators who all released the same message at the same time. Puppets."
Rugg later added: "I'm just wondering how no one at any point thought to themselves: Maybe this is not a good idea because it will look like we were all given the same script…"
DOGE leader Elon Musk also reacted to the clips, stating, "They are all actors reading a script" and "Who is writing the words that the puppets speak? That's the real question."
Musk is even offering a free Tesla Cybertruck to the person who can prove the author, saying: "Now we're up to 22 Dem senators all doing the same cringe video simultaneously! I will buy a Cybertruck for anyone can provide proof of who wrote this particular piece of propaganda. First person to post proof in the replies to this post gets the truck!"
Actor and director Kevin Sorbo wondered aloud: "Do they not realize that we can see these?!"
Others commented:
"A bunch of Ron Burgundys."
"Remember, Democrats always assume American citizens are idiots."
"Yet we're the ones in a cult???!! Dear lord."
The parroted scripts are reminiscent of a recent compilation of many TV news broadcasts voicing the same verbiage word for word.
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Democrats since before President Donald Trump was elected a second time have claimed that his very presence in the presidential race was a constitutional crisis.
After all, their talking points portrayed him as a "Hitler" who was setting himself up for a lifetime tenancy in the White House, how he would be a "dictator," how he would destroy "democracy."
Then after he took office their rhetoric ratcheted up, as he was doing things that the Constitution allows the president to do, but they didn't like, like cracking down on illegal alien criminals, the flow of illegal drugs into America, the rampant waste fraud and corruption in the federal government.
Now, there is a real constitutional crisis, according to a new report in the Federalist, but it's not because of something Trump did; it's because of what a judge did in response to Trump's Constitution-authorized management of the executive branch.
It was Judge Amy Jackson, one of Barack Obama's choices for the federal bench, who ordered multiple individuals in the executive branch to "recognize" Hampton Dellinger as "Special Counsel of the Office of Special Counsel" and not "obstruct" his job.
It sets up the possibility of a constitutional crisis because Trump, in ordering Dellinger dismissed, was within the authorities the Constitution grants him, the report said.
"Consider the scenario: Donald Trump calls Hampton Dellinger, telling him 'I'm firing you again.' The president then directs other officials — not the named defendants — to process Dellinger's termination papers, to prevent Dellinger's access to federal property or his former office, and to disconnect Dellinger's cell phone and computer access," the report explained.
"As Judge Berman Jackson recognized in her accompanying 67-page opinion, federal courts lack the power to enjoin the president of the United States. So, the Obama appointee could not — and thus did not — order Trump to recognize Dellinger as the special counsel, enjoin him from firing Dellinger again, or otherwise prohibit Trump from doing anything to obstruct or interfere in Dellinger's performance of his duties. Instead, she entered that command against the five defendants in the case."
Her orders are for five people only, so that means "Trump could easily sidestep them to out Dellinger as the special counsel."
The report noted that's unlikely to happen as the Supreme Court is expected to step in.
"But the fact that scenario could play out, launching a revolving door of new defendants ordered by a federal judge to ignore the staffing decisions of the president of the United States, reveals the danger that efforts over the last month to obtain a coup by court order represents to our constitutional republic," the report said.
The facts are that Article II of the Constitution gives the president executive power.
"American voters elected Donald Trump president, giving him the executive power and the authority to delegate it, or not delegate it, as he believes appropriate. The Constitution provides some checks to that authority, for instance by requiring 'the Advice and Consent of the Senate' for certain appointments, such as 'Officers of the United States.' In contrast, Article II's silence concerning removal, 'confers upon the President an absolute and unqualified removal authority.'"
Jackson claimed Trump couldn't remove Dellinger because Congress allocated to him a five-year term.
But the Supreme Court previously has ruled that such congressional provisions cannot violate the actual words of the Constitution, in multiple previous cases.
In fact, the report said, Joe Biden in 2021 fired the head of the Social Security Administration without cause.
Two members of the Supreme Court already have pointed out that it's interference in the president's command of the executive branch for a judge to order the administration to recognize and work with someone who was fired.
Trump's lawyers already have argued that the order "manifestly violates the Constitution."
The report explains that Jackson's orders "represent a clear and intolerable interference in the president's executive authority."
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Industrial Policy for the United States: Winning the Competition for Good Jobs and High-Value Industries is economist Ian Fletcher's latest published work with co-author Marc Fasteau, vice-chairman of the Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA). This new book follows up on Ian Fletcher's excellent 2011 book Free Trade Doesn't Work: What Should Replace it and Why.
Industrial policy is defined in the book as "the deliberate governmental support of industries," such as the management of exchange rates, research and development (R&D) tax breaks, tariffs, export controls, and government-funded technological research.
Authors Ian Fletcher and Marc Fasteau rightly claim that "the free market can't do everything" but also that America does not need and should not seek government authority over all industrial policies. However, we do need a "coherent set of policies " that includes crucial items like "expansion of domestic programs designed to support manufacturing, especially to support the creation and commercialization of innovation."
That said, here is my summation of the pertinent points of this 800-plus-page book:
From the start, the original 13 colonies were not laissez-faire in dealing with foreign trade and the domestic economy, despite the thinking of free trade advocates saying so to justify their unalterable thinking. One of the first legislative acts of Congress in 1789 was a tariff on imports.
Not long after President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, America's industrial policy saw the U.S. economy growing by serving primarily its own market. As steel magnate Andrew Carnegie said in 1890, "Even if every part of the United States were blockaded today, and remained so for ten years, the people of the United States would suffer only some inconveniences."
Fast-forward to World War II's industrial policy. America had a large industrial base that allowed our army to be fully mechanized. The U.S. government oversaw $2.1 trillion in armaments (in 2020 dollars) between 1940 and 1945, and this industrial capacity dictated most of World War II's timetable.
The resulting postwar economy showed that the U.S. comprised 50 percent of the world's economy. The government's realized ability to drive gains in productivity and innovation from our industrial policy became evident. The shipyards of industrialist Henry J. Kaiser, adopting innovative mass-marketing techniques employed by the auto industry, which was formerly directed to produce armaments for the war, reduced build time for cargo-carrying ships like the Liberty Ship to 42 days from 130.
Despite the newfound success of America's industrial policy, many presidents after World War II passed on anything resembling this prior success in the future.
President Truman said, "…our workingmen no longer need to fear, as they were justified in the past, the competition of foreign workers."
President John F. Kennedy said it was an "Atlantic responsibility" to open our markets to "the developing countries of Africa, Asia, and Latin America" to "help assure them of a favorable climate of freedom and growth."
President Lyndon Johnson was against any sort of protectionism, whose tradition was a Southern free trader.
President Ronald Reagan, although he did apply import tariffs in certain areas – most notably to protect Harley Davidson – was much more focused on getting "the government off the back of business" and free market measures like corporate and income tax cuts, reductions in capital gains taxes, R&D tax credits, and rolling back various regulations.
President George H.W. Bush negotiated the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which President Bill Clinton famously signed into law.
President Barack Obama negotiated the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement. Even Hillary Clinton, after referring to it as the "gold standard" of trade agreements, was forced to oppose it when she ran for president against Donald Trump, who killed it on day one after being elected. President Obama did, however, impose Chinese tariffs on a volume of trade that equaled about seven billion dollars a year. The categories included wind towers, tires, various types of steel pipe, steel cylinders, lawn trimmers, and kitchen shelving.
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"Truth is stranger than fiction."
That's how DOGE leader Elon Musk is reacting to a stunning video showing a Democrat congressman panic when confronted by a journalist asking probing questions.
The reporter is Nick Sortor, and the congressman is U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell of California, perhaps most infamous for his alleged relationship with a Chinese spy.
Sortor posted the video on X, stating:
"Eric Swalwell PANICS when I ask about his Chinese spy girlfriend Fang Fang, and whether that's a bigger 'national security threat' than Elon Musk.
"I sat next to a drunk Swalwell at dinner for 90 minutes. He was IMMEDIATELY compromised by a group of lobbyists he'd JUST MET, spilling intimate details about his job and asking for HELP CHEATING ON HIS WIFE.
"MASSIVE national security threat. This guy should have his clearances revoked.
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"Swalwell spent his dinner bragging about 'ORGlES' on Capitol Hill, telling them he's bored of his wife and "only wants to f*** tens."
"Worse, he spoke about ABUSlNG his power on the House Intel Committee (which he's since been booted off of), saying he pushed to SUBPOENA Ivanka Trump because she's 'hot as f***'
"THIS GUY MUST BE REMOVED FROM THE HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE. He CANNOT keep his freaking mouth shut.
"After I began questioning him, Swalwell jumped back into the group of lobbyists to hide from me, but I pressed on.
"Dude looked absolutely TERRIFIED and 100% guilty. He knows he's been caught.
"And big shoutout to @LauraLoomer for assisting me with digging into this clown while I was focusing on listening in!"
Investigative journalist Laura Loomer responded to the video, saying: I'd say that's 2 hours of my life I won't get back that were put to incredibly good use last night.
I knew that would make him squirm. @RepSwalwell is the real national security threat. He should resign from Congress."
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A Democrat member of Congress has blasted Americans, perhaps even the ones who voted for her, for being lost in "stupidity" and for being really, just "idiots."
"I am at the point where it has become really hard to have an intellectual debate with any of these people because the level of stupidity that they are displaying every single day is frankly, embarrassing," said Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. "Not just in Congress, but as Americans.
"And the fact that these people are allowed to say just the most ridiculous things tells you that the dumbing of the United States has arrived, because how else do we get a Trump presidency again?"
She was being interviewed by Mehdi Hasan about a recommendation from Texas Congressman Brandon Gill to deport her.
She, in fact, long has promoted her allegiance to her home, Somalia, and has been involved in a long list of scandals during her time in Congress.
Real Clear Politics documented the full exchange.:
MEHDI HASAN, ZETEO: You and I have discussed people attacking you in the past, but you have this new freshman Congressional Representative, this lawmaker Brandon Gill, Republican who tweeted out that video of you and wrote America would be a better place if Ilhan Omar were deported back to Somalia. I mean I thought I'd seen everything, and I've seen a lot of attacks on you. But now you have a Republican colleague, dare I say, in the House saying to deport an American citizen, an American lawmaker, and an elected representative. How do you deal with that?"
"REP. ILHAN OMAR: These people are just idiots — I really am at the point where it has become really hard to have an intellectual debate with any of these people because the level of stupidity that they are displaying every single day is frankly, embarrassing. Not just in Congress but as Americans, and the fact that these people are allowed to say just the most ridiculous things tells you that the dumbing of the United States has arrived, because how else do we get a Trump presidency again?"
She also, in suggesting that people not be allowed to say even "stupid" things, hearkened back to the failed censorship agenda of the Joe Biden administration, when millions of taxpayer dollars were spent to silence Americans when Democrats considered their comments "misinformation" and such.
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President Donald Trump's inspection of all of American government to root out wasteful spending, fraud and even criminal behavior has resulted in confirmation from the Department of Energy that its officials have eliminated $124 million in "wasteful" spending.
That was what was being spent on "ridiculously expensive" subscriptions and more.
A report from Fox News explained that department spokesman Ben Dietderich told the network in an interview that the total of $124 million included, "millions of dollars of DEI contracts to ridiculously expensive multi-million-dollar Politico news subscriptions" and other nonessential line items.
He pointed out, "We are just getting started."
Some identified expenditures already have been obligated, so there will be an "immediate" savings of about $65 million.
But there will be "more to come in the coming months and years," he said.
"President Trump and Secretary [Chris] Wright are fully committed to making government more accountable, efficient, and restoring proper stewardship of the American taxpayer's dollars."
He said the cuts so far come from "needless expenditures."
He charged that the corrections are coming after Joe Biden's failed leadership.
"The previous administration was not a responsible steward of taxpayer dollars: In just four years, the Biden administration expanded the Department of Energy's federal workforce by more than 20% – adding more than 3,000 federal employee positions," he said. "In the last year alone, the Biden administration increased the size of the Energy Department federal workforce with 1,000 new employees. Delivering on President Trump's mandate supported by more than 77 million Americans, the Energy Department began last week dismissing a portion of recently hired federal employees classified in the federal government as 'probationary employees.'"
Wright also said, according to the report, that the Biden administration's Green New Deal is in the process of being "killed off" as Trump's plan is to lower energy and oil costs for Americans.
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If politicians are known by the company they keep, things are looking a little precarious for U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.
It's because he's been keeping company with Chinese Communist Party officials, including those "actively seeking to weaken American from within."
That's according to a Fox News report which explained Michael Sobolik, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, warned, "It sends mixed signals when politicians talk about countering the CCP one day then break bread with them the next.
Images of Schumer, a far left politician who now leads the minority Democrats in the Senate and has faced calls for an investigation over his threat to two members of the U.S. Supreme Court if they didn't rule the way he wanted them to on abortion, have been appearing on social media as well as on Chinese sites.
Fox reported Schumer "has been repeatedly photographed this month" sharing stages with CCP Consul General Chen Li, who then posted images online.
Chen Li, known for publicly denying China's alleged genocide against the Uyghur population, posted, "Thrilled to join thousands at the [Brooklyn] Lantern Festival Parade!" The posting included a photo of him standing with Schumer.
Schumer previously was the target of criticism for his association with Chen's predecessor at the consulate, Huang Ping, "who also denied the Uyghur genocide and has promoted CCP propaganda in the past," the report explained.
Huang left his post last year after being named in a criminal indictment against Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's former deputy chief of staff, Linda Sun, the report said.
Huang has called the CCP a "great" party and is listed as PRC Official-1 in the indictment.
Chen's denials of China's alleged genocide conflicts with condemnations from multiple governments around the world, as well as one from the United Nations.
The report said, "The CCP has long claimed its 're-education camps' are voluntary and work only to stamp out extremism, but the leaked documents and photos have shown the camps are far from voluntary."
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Americans are happier with their government than they have been for a really, really, long time but that fact is being suppressed by the "liberal media" because members of that industry hope "to slow the support for President Donald Trump and his second-term agenda."
That's the verdict from Washington Examiner's columnist Paul Bedard, who explained that Americans now "have the best outlook for the nation they have ever had, a remarkable turnaround so far kept secret by much of the media and Washington," which is hoping to undermine Trump.
He reported the results are from Rasmussen Reports pollster Mark Mitchell who explained to the Washington Secrets column that for the last week, "likely voters who believe the country is headed in the right direction have been about even with those who believe it is headed in the wrong direction."
Then last week "right direction" came in a point higher than "wrong." And Trump's approval soared to 54%.
"Trump approval hit 54%, net plus-10, and on Thursday, right direction tied the out all-time high. But here's what's crazy. Right direction exceeded wrong track by 1 point, which has never happened in our polling, ever," Mitchell explained.
That, he said, is "pretty much as good as it gets."
The report noted that just as Joe Biden was preparing to exit the White House, the wrong direction was at 61%, and to right direction 30%.
"And in its poll released Monday, likely voters picked Trump as the 'best' president of all recent presidents. He was judged 'best' by 34%, followed by former President Barack Obama at 32%," the report said. "But he was also judged the 'worst' by the highest share," revealing the deep extent of division in the country after four years of Biden.
Instead of reporting on the results, however, "the liberal media have instead spun out negative stories about his Department of Government Efficiency and international strongarm efforts that have, so far, worked to cut waste and led to de-escalation in world hot spots."
Mitchell described the atmosphere among the deep state in Washington.
"It turns out people like where Trump and Elon Musk are going, and now people in D.C. are panicking, searching for terms like defense lawyer, extradition, and immunity."
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DAYTONA BEACH, Florida – President Donald Trump became the runaway star of the famous Daytona 500 NASCAR race on Sunday.
"The biggest applause we heard all day long was when they put Donald Trump's face on the big screen," a Fox TV announcer said. "The crowd went crazy."
The president flew on Air Force One from Palm Beach International Airport up to what's marketed as "the world's most famous beach" to attend the annual race.
Trump talked with the drivers, and saluted them saying, "They have a lot of courage doing this … they have a lot of guts."
He also posed for photos with his granddaughter Carolina, the daughter of Eric and Lara Trump, and even took her in his presidential limousine known as "The Beast" around the track before the commencement of action.
The president said in a pre-race message:
"From the roar of the engines on the track to the echo of 'The Star-Spangled Banner' soaring through the stands, the Daytona 500 is a timeless tribute to the speed, strength, and unyielding spirit that make America great. That spirit is what will fuel America's Golden Age, and if we harness it, the future is truly ours.
"Since the very beginning, NASCAR has carried forth a proud tradition of honoring our heroic Service members for their unwavering courage. While fans from around the world gather today at Daytona International Speedway, we extend our unending gratitude to the selfless men and women in uniform who risk their lives to keep us safe.
"When the engines start or the checkered flag waves, and all 500 thrilling miles in between, our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, Coast Guardsmen, and Guardians stand ready to defend cherished traditions like this – and for that, we are truly thankful."
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A member of the Democrats' contingent in Congress stunningly has openly voiced the party's demand for the censorship of American people.
That censorship reached a peak under the Joe Biden administration, when his staff members berated and bullied multiple online social media platforms into censoring ideas they disliked.
It perhaps culminated when the FBI got involved in election interference, demanding publications during the 2020 election suppress scandalous information about the Biden family's overseas influence peddling operations because it was Russian disinformation.
Only it wasn't. It was all accurate. And a survey suggested that alone changed the outcome of that presidential vote.
Now it is Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., who has gone public with her demands
"Look, lemme tell you something, I'll take a bit of umbrage here, I'll speak on behalf of my colleagues," she said. "I think I can say we are all willing to work with anyone who's serious about doing the work of censoring the American people and advancing progress. But they are not serious."
A report at BizPacReview explained how Pressley "proudly revealed the very core of the progressive agenda, in turn admitting to how far the left will go to maintain power."
Online commenters pointed out how Pressley clearly doesn't understand the Constitution she has sworn to uphold.
Another commenter said, "If they can't control speech, they can't control the country. With free speech their lies, gaslighting and propaganda is exposed. They're going to do everything to silence opposition. Any politician who advocates stomping on rights should automatically be removed from office."
"'Censoring the American people and advancing progress?' Don't you love it when the Dems tell you exactly who they are?" said another.
And, "Free speech is the enemy to the radical left."