The mysterious drone situation that started in New Jersey and now plaguing more areas in the Northeast and in various parts of the country is angering millions of Americans, including President-elect Donald Trump.

According to Breitbart, the incoming president finally broke his silence on the matter after weeks of activity that has led to multiple conspiracy theories and ideas as to what the drones are and where they're from. 

Trump slammed President Joe Biden and the U.S. government for not being more forthright with information about the drones.

He suggested that either the government release more information about their origins and intentions, or have them shot down immediately.

What did he say?

The public outrage over the lack of guidance and information about the thousands of drone sightings is growing by the hour as news spreads around the world.

Trump took to his Truth Social account to address the situation, slamming Biden's government for its very obvious lack of transparency on the matter.

"Mystery Drone sightings all over the Country,” Trump wrote in his post. “Can this really be happening without our government’s knowledge. I don’t think so! Let the public know, and now. Otherwise, shoot them down!!! DJT."

Breitbart noted:

Trump’s post comes as people have reportedly seen unidentified drones in the sky in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, and Maryland, among other states.

Lawmakers such as New Jersey state Sen. Jon Bramnick (R), Rep. Thomas Kean Jr. (R-NJ), and former Gov. Larry Hogan (R-MD) have called for the government to take action on the alleged drone sightings.

In an official FBI and DHS statement, the agencies claimed there is "no evidence at this time that the reported drone sightings pose a national security or public safety threat or have a foreign nexus."

Statement slammed

Social media users doubted the agencies are being truthful in their statement regarding the drones.

"So you have no clue what they drones are or where they came from, but you can definitively tell us what they AREN'T? Nobody is buying the BS anymore," one X user wrote.

Another X user wrote, "Since when is the US government unable to determine what is flying in its air space. The fact that you cannot tell us what it is makes it a national safety and security issue."

President-elect Donald Trump has already scored a massive, bipartisan initiative that most Americans can get behind.

According to the Daily Mail, Trump announced from Mar-a-Lago this week that he has directed Republicans to work across the aisle to, once and for all, abolish Daylight Savings Time (DST). 

The directive is his latest announcement in a long list of initiatives to make Americans' lives easier and safer.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Trump's pick for Secretary of State, has already authored a bill for permanent daylight time, which would end the practice of rolling the clocks back and having darkness fall in many areas of the country way too early.

What did he say?

Trump made the announcement on his Truth Social account, explaining why DST needs to be eliminated and how it could help the American people.

"The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn’t! Daylight Saving Time is inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation," Trump wrote.

The Daily Mail noted:

The sun sets Friday at 4:29 pm in New York. Had the nation stayed on daylight time, it would set at 5:30. (The sun rises at 7:13 am there on the 14th. Daylight time would have it rise an hour later).

Many Americans have expressed interest in the idea, saying they'd rather it be darker later in the morning than darker earlier at night during DST, which affects a sizeable portion of the country.

Florida Rep. Vern Buchanan, in 2023, highlighted the benefits of making DST permanent.

"There are enormous health and economic benefits to making daylight saving time permanent," he said at the time, adding that it reduces car crashes and lessens the number of cardiac arrests.

Social media reacts

Many across social media weighed in on the matter, expressing interest in the idea but also carving out exceptions for states like Florida and others.

"Finally something we can all agree on! DST is the worst. Turning clocks twice a year makes zero sense and messes with everyone's sleep. Trump might be onto something here," one X user wrote.

Only time will tell if Trump and Republicans can garner the support needed to pull it off.

The media's smear campaign against Pete Hegseth appears to be imploding as members of Congress rally behind the Defense nominee following a blatantly false claim about his qualifications.

In a stunningly dishonest move, West Point falsely claimed that Hegseth was never accepted to the prestigious military academy, which in fact offered him a slot that he did not accept.

Hegseth smear implodes

An editor at left-wing ProPublica defended the story, claiming West Point told the outlet twice that Hegseth never applied to the school.

Hegseth posted an image of his acceptance letter online to pre-empt Pro Publica's smear piece.

West Point's involvement in spreading an egregiously false claim about Hegseth has raised concern of malfeasance, with Rep. Jim Banks (In.) suggesting political collusion between the respected academy and left-wing reporters.

"It is outrageous that West Point officials would so grossly interfere in a political process and make false claims regarding a presidential nominee," Banks told Fox News.

"Even in the unlikely scenario of OPA mistakenly making false claims not once but twice, it is an unforgivable act of incompetence that OPA did not make absolutely sure their information was accurate before sharing it with a reporter."

Innocent mistake?

Hegseth's nomination appeared to bounce back this week after a barrage of media attacks left his confirmation in doubt.

The firestorm has focused on his treatment of women, with reporters leaking an emotional e-mail from his mother and anonymous claims, which were later discredited, about his behavior at two veterans' groups.

This week, Hegseth said he had received notice that ProPublica was preparing to publish a "knowingly false" report about his acceptance to West Point. The school later apologized for the "administrative error."

Many are sure to be skeptical that this was simply an innocent mistake, given the firestorm of controversy surrounding Hegseth and his opposition to "woke" ideology in the military and the service academies.

Banks, a Trump loyalist, won election to the Senate this year and is supporting Hegseth's confirmation to head the Pentagon. Hegseth has been meeting with Republican senators to build support for his confirmation.

"Pete Hegseth will shake up the DOD and eliminate wokeness from our military and military academies. This upsets the bureaucrats at West Point, who now seem to be trying to sabotage his nomination," Banks told Fox News Digital.

The Obama family is about to re-live a harrowing poisoning attempt as the man responsible for mailing a ricin-laced letter comes back into the spotlight.

53-year-old pedophile James Dutschke infamously tried to frame his neighbor, Paul Kevin Curtis, for the shocking crime that grabbed national attention in April 2013.

The Netflix series Tupelo Kings highlights their small-town feud in Tupelo, Mississippi, known around the world as Elvis Presley's birthplace.

Wild feud revisited

Dutschke harbored a grudge against Curtis, an Elvis impersonator who claimed to have uncovered an organ trafficking plot at a hospital where he worked.

Over the course of their bitter rivalry, Dutschke compared Curtis to a Barney the Dinosaur impersonator during an unhinged court appearance - and threatened to sue Curtis for claiming membership in Mensa, a society for high-IQ people.

In 2014, Dutschke pled guilty to sending poisoned letters to President Obama, Senator Roger Wicker (R-Ms.) and Judge Sadie Holland. Her son, former state Rep. Steve Holland (D) defeated Dutschke in a landslide election in 2007.

The letters targeting Obama and Wicker never made it to their targets, but Holland opened hers, although she was not harmed.

The FBI initially arrested Curtis for sending the letters, but he was quickly cleared of wrongdoing and the feds turned to accusing Dutschke of framing his neighbor. In his poisoned letters, he impersonated Curtis by quoting from his online postings: "I am KC and I approve this message."

Later, Curtis pursued a series of civil lawsuits against the feds, accusing them of arresting him without evidence, but the cases went nowhere.

Pedophile offered to eat letters

Dutschke was sentenced to 25 years in prison after some dramatic twists and turns in court.

He initially pled guilty, then recanted his plea and offered to "dump the contents of the two remaining letters on a peanut and butter sandwich and eat it and wash it down with a glass of chocolate milk," the AP reported at the time, to prove that the letters weren't dangerous.

Faced with life in prison if the case went to trial, he reversed course and pled guilty again. Dutschke also pled guilty to state charges of molesting underage girls at his Tae Kwon studio.

In a trailer for Tupelo Kings, Curtis blamed Dutschke for burning his house down and tranquilizing his dog, Moo Cow.

“My mama raised me on Jesus, Elvis, and cornbread. And, yes, in that order,” Curtis says in a recent trailer. “I had a peaceful, nice life. But one person hated me and made my life a living hell.”

Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is "heartsick" after a malicious prank targeting her led to an innocent woman's death.

66-year-old Tammy Pickelsimer was killed in a car accident as police rushed to respond to a fake bomb threat at Greene's home in Rome, Georgia.

"I'm heartsick right now," Greene wrote. "I was just informed that an innocent women died today in an auto accident involving a member of the Rome Police bomb squad who was responding to the threat at my home."

Greene "heartsick" over woman's death

In her post, Greene said she has been "swatted" - a form of criminal harassment in which a person makes false threats to provoke a police response - at least nine times.

"Since being elected to Congress, I have been swatted at least nine times - deliberate attempts to provoke a deadly police response through false and highly exaggerated threats," she said.

The Republican previously shared a video of the bomb squad responding to an e-mail threatening to blow up her mailbox. Greene said the message was traced to a Russian IP address.

International criminal

Georgia recently made swatting a felony - but since the apparent perpetrator of this act was living abroad, it's sadly unlikely they will be brought to justice.

Still, Greene said she is doing everything she can to find the culprit.

"Due to the international nature and severity of this threat, my office is collaborating closely with local and federal law enforcement, including the FBI, to ensure the perpetrator is brought to justice," Greene said.

"These violent political threats have fatal consequences," Greene said.

"It’s an undue strain on our law enforcement who must treat them seriously. The officer was responding to protect my life. And now, a woman has lost her life because of this despicable act."

The Rome Police also issued a statement on the tragedy, which also injured the police officer involved in the crash.

"The Rome Police Department extends its heartfelt condolences to the Pickelsimer family during this difficult time. The department holds the individual responsible for sending the threatening email fully accountable for setting this tragic chain of events into motion. In collaboration with Congresswoman Greene's office, the Rome Police Department is working with federal authorities to ensure the perpetrator is apprehended and brought to justice."

Donald Trump's daughter-in-law Lara Trump is stepping aside from co-chairing the Republican National Committee, as rumors swirl that Donald is working the phones to get her a Senate position.

In a post on X, Lara Trump thanked the president-elect for entrusting her to lead the RNC during a historic election year.

"The job I came to do is now complete and I intend to formally step down from the RNC at our next meeting," she wrote.

Lara Trump stepping down

Trump appointed his daughter-in-law to co-chair the RNC in March after a series of electoral disappointments under the leadership of Ronna McDaniel.

This year, the RNC successfully built an "army" of lawyers to ensure a smooth election and capitalized on early voting to boost turnout, Lara noted in her post announcing her resignation.

"Serving as the @GOP co-chair throughout the course of the most consequential election in American history has truly been the honor of my life," Lara Trump wrote on X.

Her resignation comes as the Wall Street Journal reports that President-elect Trump is pushing Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to appoint her to the Senate seat currently held by Republican Marco Rubio, who Trump picked to be his Secretary of State.

“It is something I would seriously consider,” Lara Trump, 42, told The Associated Press.

“If I’m being completely transparent, I don’t know exactly what that would look like. And I certainly want to get all of the information possible if that is something that’s real for me. But yeah, I would 100% consider it.”

Senate seat up for grabs

If chosen for the Senate role, Lara would hold the position until 2026, when she would be in prime position to win a full term in a former swing state where her father-in-law won by double-digits last month.

DeSantis has emphasized that multiple qualified candidates are in the running for Rubio's seat, but allies of the governor acknowledged to the Wall Street Journal that appointing Lara would help repair his relationship with President-elect Trump, who clashed with the governor during a bruising primary last year.

While Lara Trump's last name is certainly a plus, she can take credit for being part of what has been widely called the greatest political comeback in U.S. history - as Donald Trump prepares to return to Washington with a popular mandate and Republican majorities in the House and Senate.

In her hopes of moving up to the Senate, Lara Trump has received support from Elon Musk - a close ally of the president-elect who has become a fixture at Mar-A-Lago - and Musk's mother Maye.

“The Senate is an old man’s club. We desperately need a smart, young, outspoken woman who will reveal their secrets,” Maye posted on X.

President-elect Donald Trump has confirmed he will begin pardoning January 6th prisoners on his first day in office - a move that is certain to trigger a meltdown from critics in the Democratic party.

During a sit-down interview with NBC, Trump said he would not hesitate to help supporters of his who have spent years languishing in "disgusting" conditions.

"First day, I'm looking first day. These people have been there — how long is it? Three, four years," Trump said. "They’ve been in there for years. And they’re in a filthy, disgusting place that shouldn’t even be allowed to be open."

Trump's pardon pledge

Over the course of his presidential campaign, Trump repeatedly promised to pardon January 6th participants whom he said were treated harshly by the system.

Of the more than 1,5000 people charged over the riot, over 900 have registered guilty pleas, many of them for non-violent offenses. Trump said that many of those who pled guilty had the deck stacked against them.

"Look. I know the system. The system's a very corrupt system. They say to a guy, 'You're going to go to jail for two years or for 30 years.' And these guys are looking, their whole lives have been destroyed," Trump said.

Trump said he will make "exceptions" for defendants accused of more serious wrongdoing, but he plans to move "very quickly" to free those "living in hell."

"I’m going to look at everything. We’ll look at individual cases," Trump told Welker. "But I’m going to be acting very quickly."

Trump blasts D.C. "hellhole"

As precedent for his action, Trump pointed to the sweeping dismissal of cases against left-wing rioters in the summer of 2020, including anarchists who attacked a federal court building after the death of George Floyd.

"They took over the police station in Minneapolis. They burned it down," Trump said.

"And yet these people have been in jail, and I hear that jail is a hellhole," he said of his own supporters imprisoned in Washington D.C.

Trump also told Welker that members of the January 6th committee, like Liz Cheney, deserve prison but he would not direct his Justice Department to target anyone over politics.

"I think that they'll have to look at that. But I'm not going to. I'm going to focus on 'Drill, baby, drill,'" he said.

When Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden of federal crimes, Trump reacted by calling it a "miscarriage of justice" while asking if January 6th defendants would also go free. Biden's critics argue he gave Trump an excuse to now pursue his own controversial pardons.

President-elect Donald Trump continues to be highly praised by his supporters and allies in Congress for his seemingly neverending list of amazing selections for his upcoming administration.

One of those hires is Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, 48, who he chose to be the next surgeon general of the United States.

Nesheiwat is a highly respected, popular doctor who often makes appearances on Fox News and has talked at times about how the death of her father at a young age is what inspired her to get into medicine.

Over the weekend, according to the Daily Mail, The New York Times revealed that the doctor was involved in a freak accident at a young age that resulted in her father's death. 

What happened?

Reportedly taken from information contained in a police report from 1990, then-13-year-old Nesheiwat was in her father's bedroom attempting to locate a pair of scissors.

As she fumbled for the scissors in a tackle box on a shelf, it fell to the ground, and she reportedly heard a loud bang as a result, which ended up being a .38 caliber handgun that went off.

Unfortunately, the bullet from the gun struck her father in the head, and he died the next day in the hospital. Her father, Ben, was 44 at the time of his tragic and unfortunate death.

The Daily Mail noted:

‘I was in father’s bedroom at around 7.15am getting some scissors. I opened the fishing tackle box and the whole thing tipped over.

‘Something fell out of it and there was a loud noise. I saw blood on my father’s ear.’

Not surprisingly, the situation had a profound impact on the then-teenager, and it would inspire her to go on to seek out a career in medicine, citing the lack of being able to save him at the time of the bizarre, freak accident.

"When I was 13 years old I helplessly watched my dear father dying from an accident as blood was spurting everywhere. I couldn’t save his life. This was the start of my personal journey in life to become a physician," she wrote in her memoir, "Beyond The Stethoscope."

Social media backlash

While virtually all of Trump's picks for his Cabinet and administration have been well received, Nesheiwat is on the edge of that warm reception, as many social media users pointed out that her stance during the pandemic on masks is a "deal breaker."

"Dr. Janette Nesheiwat supported masking kids in school. DEALBREAKER," Liz Wheeler wrote on X.

Another X user wrote, "We have to call out all bad appointments. It’s our duty. It’ll be to her benefit to go on shows like yours to tell the American people where she went wrong."

Others noted that in 2022 she seemed to have a change in thinking on the matter. She's expected to have a pretty straightforward Senate confirmation.

More than a month has passed since President-elect Donald Trump wiped the floor with Vice President Kamala Harris on Election Day, but that hasn't stopped Democratic mouthpieces from continuing to play the blame game.

According to Fox News, one of the most triggered Democrat operatives out there, James Carville, is holding nothing back in blaming President Joe Biden for Harris' loss. 

Carville has blamed Biden for the past several weeks, but during  a recent rant he uploaded to YouTube, Carville called Biden a "tragic figure" and suggested his decisions over the past two years made him wildly unpopular.

Excuses for Harris continue to fly across the liberal media, with no end in sight.

What did he say?

The 80-year-old pundit held nothing back in his rant about Biden as far as his perceived effect on Harris' loss, but he essentially defended the president for pardoning his son, Hunter Biden.

The most tragic figure in American politics in my lifetime is President Biden," Carville said at one point.

He also spoke about the pardon, and seemingly didn't hold it against the president.

"Alright, so he said, ‘I’d never pardon the kid.’ Okay. I don’t believe any – When anybody says, ‘I never had sex with that person,’ or, ‘I’d never pardon my kid,’ I don’t pay any attention to it, ‘cause I think everybody lies about sex and everybody is going to do what they’re going to do with their own children," Carville said in the video.

Carville was mostly upset that Biden announced his reelection bid in the first place.

Social media reacts

Users across social media poked fun at Carville for continuing the party's collective nervous breakdown after Harris' loss.

"Same guy who said this two weeks before the election. Sadly, Carville is washed up and has been for a while," one X user wrote.

Another X user wrote, "How does Carville keep escaping from the nursing home?"

It's kind of sad to see just how bad the Trump Derangement Syndrome is on the left right now. Let's pray they make it through it.

The House voted 206-198 to stop a Democratic effort to force the release of the Ethics Committee's report on former congressman Matt Gaetz.

Democrats have continued to demand the report after it became a political football during Gaetz's failed bid to be Donald Trump's attorney general.

Gaetz report blocked

Gaetz resigned abruptly from the House last month after President-elect Trump nominated him to lead the Justice Department.

While Democrats insist there is a continued public interest in the Ethics report, Republicans have said it would not be appropriate to publish findings on a former lawmaker who is no longer under the jurisdiction of Congress.

The Ethics report centers on accusations of sexual misconduct against Gaetz, who was also investigated by the Justice Department and never charged.

Just one Republican, Rep. Tom McClintock (Ca.), sided with Democrats on a resolution from Sean Casten (D-Il.) to force the report's release Thursday.

The resolution was sent back to the Ethics Committee in a 206-198 vote. A separate effort by Steve Cohen (D-Tn.) was shot down 204-198.

Casten complained that Republicans "took the easy way out" and shielded Gaetz from "serious and credible allegations of sexual misconduct, including having sex with minors."

"Instead, the House voted to sweep these allegations under the rug and set an unfortunate precedent that, if you are ever facing scrutiny, resigning from Congress can make your problems go away," he said.

Dems not giving up

The Ethics Committee was deadlocked on releasing the report on November 20, and the next day, Gaetz withdrew his nomination after failing to secure enough support from Republican senators.

The Ethics Committee met again briefly on Thursday to discuss the report as Democrats made their push to force its release.

"The Committee met today to discuss the matter of Representative Matt Gaetz. The Committee is continuing to discuss the matter. There will be no further statements other than in accordance with Committee and House Rules,” the panel wrote.

Gaetz has long said the Ethics Committee is out for political retribution over his role in removing former Speaker Kevin McCarthy from leadership. Details from the investigation were being leaked to reporters before Gaetz withdrew his bid for attorney general.

"It’s an ongoing matter of public interest. We’ll see if our former colleague is presented for any other administration positions," House minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-Ny.) said. "It certainly is not a moot matter."

Despite winning another House term, Gaetz has said he will not serve again.

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