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Did NPR, PBS write their own obituaries before Congress? Some lawmakers think yes

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Articles / Government Did NPR, PBS write their own obituaries before Congress? Some lawmakers think yes During their collective 111-year history, the two organizations central to lawmakers’ concerns have faced sporadic yet persistent threats to end their federal funding. Could the end of taxpayer-funded journalism be nigh? By: During a tense hearing on Capitol Hill, National Public Radio CEO Katherine Maher and Public Broadcasting Service CEO Paula Kerger came face-to-face with the House Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency and many of the lawmakers who hope to save tax dollars by ending public funding for journalism. It was a bumpy ride for the PBS and NPR crowd.  Members of that subcommittee, led by Chair Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Green (R-Ga.,) raised concerns Wednesday about political bias at both institutions.  Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) asked Maher about one of NPR’s longtime journalists, Uri Berliner, who in April 2024, published an article titled, “I’ve Been at NPR for 25 Years. Here’s How We Lost America’s Trust.” Jordan brought up a facet of Berliner’s article, which stated that the Washington, D.C. editorial staff consisted of 87 registered Democrats and zero registered Republicans. He also highlighted stories covered by NPR perceived to have a liberal slant: the now debunked Russia collusion hoax and its subsequent Mueller report, the Hunter Biden laptop scandal, Covid origins, the now-infamous NASCAR noose story involving driver Bubba Wallace, the Jussie Smollett hoax, among others.   Republicans who aim to defund the two organizations have the backing of the highest office in the land. While taking questions in the Oval Office on Tuesday, President Donald Trump told reporters that, “I’d be honored to see it end.“ Referring to the nation’s vast options for news and journalism as “well covered,” Trump argued that taxpayer dollars supporting these outlets is “a waste of money.” He followed up on those comments in a 1:31a.m. Truth Social post Thursday morning which read: “NPR and PBS, two horrible and completely biased platforms (Networks!), should be DEFUNDED by Congress, IMMEDIATELY. Republicans, don’t miss this opportunity to rid our Country of this giant SCAM, both being arms of the Radical Left Democrat Party. JUST SAY NO AND, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!” After the Wednesday hearing, some Republicans not on that committee sounded decisively in favor of defunding NPR and PBS. Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) spoke to the “Furthermore with Amanda Head” podcast and discussed the lack of necessity for the offerings of PBS and NPR. “Bob Ross, God rest his soul. I used to watch that when I was a kid, but you can see that on the internet now for free, right? So do you want to watch a cool guy paint some stuff really quickly and make it look easy? You don’t have to go to PBS and have your tax dollars fund it,” he said. “I don’t think it’s a secret that the CEO (Maher) has come out very stridently on the left wing. And look, if they want to be opinion journalists or opinion commentators, well, God bless them. This is America. Go do it, but you do it on your dime,” he added. “But when I’m paying for it, here’s what I want. I don’t want to pay for my political opponent’s propaganda to be forced upon me.” Perry has a bill to defund these organizations called the “No Propaganda Act” in the House and Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) has the companion bill in the upper chamber.  The history of PBS and NPR In 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act into law to provide alternatives to commercial networks that sold on-air ads to pay for programming. It led to the creation of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB,) a nonprofit that oversees the distribution of federal funds to local stations. At its inception, the programming focused on education, arts, culture and other items of public interest. It featured shows like “Sesame Street,” “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” “The French Chef” hosted by famed chef Julia Child, “Masterpiece Theatre” and others.  Then, in 1973, journalists Robert MacNeil and Jim Lehrer began providing extensive coverage of the Watergate scandal for PBS. That coverage spun off into “The MacNeil/Lehrer Report,” which later became the flagship program, “PBS NewsHour.” Throughout the years, these taxpayer-funded outlets have faced threats of defunding. As their programming became more left-leaning, many Republicans began ringing the alarm in the 1990s. At the October 2012 presidential debate hosted by NPR and moderated by Lehrer, then-presidential candidate Mitt Romney told the audience, “I’m sorry Jim, I’m going to stop the subsidy to PBS, and I like PBS, I like Big Bird, I actually like you too.” Romney’s sentiment may come to fruition this time around. In her closing remarks, Green remarked that, “today, if you look on NPR’s website, there is still zero mention of any negative coverage of any Democrat today.”  If these agencies have an epitaph, it might reflect Greene’s final statement: “From headlines to podcasts, documentaries to children’s programming, NPR and PBS have all but abandoned their promise to deliver unbiased, nonpartisan and fact-based reporting. “The American people have woken up to this nonsense and blatant disregard for truth, and truth matters, and they will not put up with it any longer. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is using taxpayer dollars to actively suppress the truth, suppress diverse viewpoints and produce some of the most outlandish, ludicrous content,” she argued. “After listening to what we’ve heard, today, we will be calling for the complete and total defund and dismantling of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Here’s how it works in America, every single day, every single day, private businesses operate on their own without government funding. We believe that you all can hate us on your own dime.” If you want to read more of the latest by Amanda Head or the team of world class journalists at Just The News, feel free to read or subscribe by visiting JustTheNews.com today. TOP STORIES Did NPR, PBS write their own obituaries before Congress? Some lawmakers think yes Barn Berning across America: AOC, Bernie Sanders take their “Fighting Oligarchy” tour

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Barn Berning across America: AOC, Bernie Sanders take their “Fighting Oligarchy” tour national

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Articles / Congress / Government Barn Berning across America: AOC, Bernie Sanders take their “Fighting Oligarchy” tour national The irony of Representative AOC and Senator Bernie Sanders traversing across the nation on their “Fighting Oligarchy” tour is almost too hypocritical to handle. By: New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (“AOC”) and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders are crusading against the wealthy on their “Fighting Oligarchy” tour and some politicos are calling out the irony. At one of their latest tour stops in Denver, a crowd of roughly 30,000 people came to see the event, according to the The Denver Post. At one point in his speech, Sanders proffered the crowd, “what I think is the worst addiction in this country, the most dangerous, is the greed of the oligarchs. How much money do you need?” Sanders owns homes in Washington, D.C., Burlington, Vt., and a summer camp on New England’s Lake Champlain. When asked about his homes during an interview in November with Investors Hangout, he argued that contrary to criticism, his trio of domiciles are “middle-class.” Whereas Republicans previously were perceived to represent wealthy Americans, that has demonstrably changed. According Internal Revenue Service (IRS) data reported by Bloomberg, the wealth shift has produced a political climate which heavily favors the Democratic Party in America’s richest districts. As of 2021, 65% of Americans who make over $500,000 a year vote Democrat. 74% of taxpayers in districts that vote Republican had a household taxable income of less than $100,000. Furthermore, eight of the ten richest counties in the country vote Democrat. During the duo’s appearance in Arizona last Thursday, Sanders told the crowd, “we’re not going to allow you and your friend, Mr. Musk, and the other billionaires to wreak havoc on the working families of this country. No, you’re not going to destroy Social Security. You’re not going to destroy Medicaid. You’re not going to destroy the Veterans Administration.” Republicans, including President Trump have repeatedly asserted that they will not cut these programs. AOC followed the same songbook railing against the wealthy. “We’re going to throw these bums out and fight for the nation we deserve.” Sanders chimed in, “You know who the biggest criminals are in this country? They are the CEOs of major corporations who are robbing us every single day,” she told the crowd in Arizona. While she is one of the youngest members of Congress, she is a prolific fundraiser, often benefitting from the benevolence of C-Suite donors. Since 2018, she has raised roughly $49 million. She also has been accused of not aligning words with actions after receiving donations from billionaires like Tom Steyer in 2018. Evan Barker, a lifelong Democrat who helped raise millions of dollars for Democrats and volunteered at the 2020 Democratic National Convention, came out as “disenchanted, lost, sad and alone” in an article published by Newsweek last fall. In addition to fundraising and volunteering for Democrats, she also served as an alternate delegate for former Secretary of State and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and an intern for former President Barack Obama’s campaign. She now says, “It’s impossible to unsee what I’ve seen. I can only go forward. I’m not going back.” And she’s not alone. She spoke to Furthermore Podcast on Monday and cited family members’ parallel shifts. “Pretty much my entire family voted for Democrats. I have an uncle who voted for Barack Obama twice. And he was a Navy veteran and was also in the laborers union in Missouri, and since 2016 he’s voted for Donald Trump.” The political shift goes back a generation further in her family: “same case with my grandma, who wasn’t in unions herself, but worked blue collar jobs and was married to construction workers, and definitely benefited from unions and has also switched over to Donald Trump, as well as my mom, which, she was sort of like the longest holdout, and is now a Trump supporter.” That shift likely impacted voter turnout in 2024. Former President Joe Biden registered 81.2 million votes in the 2020 election. Former Vice President Kamala Harries garnered 74.7 million votes, thought that number is being challenged in a number of states like California which allowed vote counting after Election Day. Therefore, 6.5 million Biden voters sat out the 2024 election and declined to vote for Harris. According to Barker, that sentiment exists in the party down to its core. “I worked on the campaigns directly as a staffer, but I know other staffers that are still working on Democratic campaigns because it’s their livelihood, it’s their only experience, and they feel very disenchanted, and they feel like they can’t really say what they feel and what they think, because they’re still afraid of being canceled.” If Democrats have managed to build a new party image, it isn’t bearing out in polling data, either. In an SSRS survey sponsored by CNN, Democrat and Democrat-leaning voters were asked who best represents the core values of the party. Ocasio-Cortez garnered the most votes, but only with 10%. Kamala Harris received 9%, and 8% went to Bernie Sanders. All of the other names, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, received 6% or less. 5% of respondents said that no one best represents the core values of the party. TOP STORIES Barn Berning across America: AOC, Bernie Sanders take their “Fighting Oligarchy” tour national Second Amendment leaders press DOGE to stop health agencies’ gun control studies As ceasefire ends, Israeli strikes in Gaza targeted Hamas officials Angry democrats gone wild Beyond budgeting, Republicans hope to force spending ‘showdown’ with two arcane weapons LATEST EPISODES 2024 RNC Spox Elizabeth Pipko slammed Democrats for abandoning Jewish voters, praises Trump’s pro-Israel policies Rep. Perry: Watch Bob Ross for free online, taxpayers don’t need to fund PBS & NPR’s left-wing propaganda Gun Owners of America & other second amendment leaders press DOGE to stop health agencies’ gun control studies Mike Benz Unredacted: JFK assassination files show CIA’s deep & everlasting covert infiltration of US government Former Health &

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Second Amendment leaders press DOGE to stop health agencies’ gun control studies

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Articles / Politics & Policy / Second Amendment Second Amendment leaders press DOGE to stop health agencies’ gun control studies Contrary to the original intent of a late-nineties budget rider, health agencies like the CDC have spent the last half a decade funding research supporting gun control efforts on behalf of the Biden administration. By: Elon Musk is used to being vilified by the left, particularly since he was tasked by President Donald Trump to lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in trimming the waste, fraud and abuse that has bloated federal government. Now, one section of the citizenry is actually asking him to push harder: Second Amendment advocates are asking him to block taxpayer-funded health agencies from spending millions on gun control research. There has been legislation — called the Dickey Amendment — on the books since 1997 that provides a clear pathway for DOGE to remove tens of millions of dollars spent by agencies like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on gun control research and grants. That law had been followed until 2018, when Congress “clarified” the rider. Resulting in something closer to rescission than clarification, in 2020, the federal omnibus spending bill presented to President Biden earmarked the first funding for such expenditures since 1996. Dickey Amendment revival stalled Last year, Rep. Marianette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, revived efforts to stop such research through an amendment to the appropriations package for the Labor, Human Services, and Education departments. It specifically stipulated that “none of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct or support any firearm injury and mortality prevention research.” Miller-Meeks is a longtime supporter of Second Amendment rights. “As a physician and former Director of Public Health in Iowa, I believe that our leading public health agency should be focusing on researching and preventing communicable diseases, which was what the CDC was originally created to do – not prioritizing gun control,” she posted to ‘X’ ahead of the November 15 vote.  It passed in the House of Representatives 216-211. However, it stalled in the Senate and was never signed into law by then-President Joe Biden. Taking guns from Grandpa Now, Gun Owners of America (GOA) one of the nation’s largest gun rights groups, is pushing for the CDC’s gun research department to get the DOGE treatment. GOA Executive Vice President Erich Pratt spoke to Furthermore with Amanda Head Podcast about the funding, including taxpayer money used to study the effectiveness of gun confiscation of all ages and also researching a sundown age for seniors to relinquish personal firearms. “That right there is tilted towards the left…money to study the benefits of expanded background checks and registration, the best age to set a second amendment retirement age for senior citizens,” he continued. “You know, last I checked, there wasn’t a retirement clause on any of the Bill of Rights. But this is what they want to do. They fund these studies to say, okay, you might retire at age 65 but, at age 71, take guns from grandpa.” Research grants currently active within CDC include $3.6 million for ‘firearm retirement’ for senior citizens, $1.2 million for ‘check-ins’ on ‘guns at home,’ $2.1 million to study ‘firearm possession’ by Asian Americans, $126,000 on ‘Black Americans’ elevated gun violence exposure,’ $490,000 on ‘comparing states gun policies,’ $349,000 on ‘showing if firearm law reduces mortality,’ and $518,000 on ‘firearm storage & confiscation laws.’ Musk and the Second Amendment With a self-deletion date set at the country’s semi sesquicentennial next July, DOGE has roughly 470 days to deliver on its promise to drastically reduced the amount of waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government. The current tally is now at $115 billion, according to the DOGE tracker website. While neither DOGE nor Musk have made  announcements concerning the CDC’s gun-control spending, it’s possible that Second Amendment advocates will find a sympathetic ear at DOGE. The National Rifle Association (NRA), through its house organ “America’s First Freedom” produced a wish list for DOGE that asks them to advise President Trump to sign an executive action stating that the ATF cannot attempt to rewrite gun-control law and to restrict the ATF to “treat the lawfully armed public like the law-abiding citizens they are.” The NRA also said that the Biden administration “blamed gun stores for being responsible for rising crime rates, even though the ATF’s own statistics shows this not to be the case.” Suggesting several cuts in specific, the 5 million member 501(c)4 asks DOGE to disband the White House “Office of Gun Violence Prevention;” dismantle the Department of Justice’s “red-flag” law clearinghouse; end what they call “government funding of bogus gun-control advocacy posing as research;” and they recommend revoking the Biden administration’s export licensing crackdown on American gun companies through the U.S. Commerce Department. Although DOGE has not set its sights on any gun-control related waste or abuse — at least publicly — Musk has not been shy about expressing his support for the right to bear arms. On the 2024 campaign trial on behalf of President Trump, Musk responded to Vice President Kamala Harris’ suggested mandatory gun buyback program by saying “The right to bear arms is there to protect free speech and stop a tyrannical government from taking your rights away! That’s why the first thing that all tyrants do is disarm the people, just like Chavez did when he was first elected. After that, no more real elections in Venezuela.” Even in his support for gun ownership, Musk has proven yet again to be something of a contrarian. In 2022, Musk told CNBC in that “I strongly believe that the right to bear arms is an important safeguard against potential tyranny of government. Historically, maintaining their power over the people is why those in power did not allow public ownership of guns.” In the same interview, Musk also underscored his support for “tight background checks” for all gun sales and limiting sales of assault weapons to people in special circumstances, like gun range owners, or people who live in a “high risk location, like gang warfare. If you want

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As ceasefire ends, Israeli strikes in Gaza targeted Hamas officials

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Articles / Government / Israel / White House / World As ceasefire ends, Israeli strikes in Gaza targeted Hamas officials As Hamas and its proxies in the region wreak havoc on life and commerce, an end to Hamas could mean an historic time of peace. By: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consec adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incidid ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip exl Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incidid ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip. The barrage of airstrikes that thundered the Gaza Strip this week were likely part of an Israeli military effort to eradicate the Iran-backed terror organization Hamas by decapitating its leadership, according to former Chief of Staff for the National Security Council (NSC) Fred Fleitz. Fleitz, who served at the NSC in 2018 during President Donald Trump’s first term, told Just The News that the airstrikes, which targeted areas like Gaza City, Deir al-Balah, Khan Younis and Rafah, were strategically targeted to take out Hamas leaders. “The attacks we saw overnight were directed at killing Hamas officials. I’m hoping it had a significant effect in knocking out their leadership,” he said. The military operation occurred around 2:30 a.m. local time (00.20 GMT) on Tuesday and has been characterized by Israel as a result of Hamas’ failure to reach further agreements. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said that the organization “repeatedly refused to release our hostages and rejected all offers it received from the US presidential envoy, Steve Witkoff, and from the mediators.” Cease-fire halted According to Palestinian authorities and reported by NBC News and others, more than 400 Palestinians were killed in the attack, though that estimate has not been independently verified. This latest action halted a cease-fire agreement that was reached in January by the outgoing Biden administration in concert with the incoming Trump administration. The phased cease fire placed priority on freeing all of the hostages abducted by Hamas in the Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel. Growing frustration by the Trump administration compelled the president to issue a final warning on March 6, tweeting: “Release all of the Hostages now, not later, and immediately return all of the dead bodies of the people you murdered, or it is OVER for you.” “I am sending Israel everything it needs to finish the job…This is your last warning,” he continued. Of the coordination that Israel now enjoys with the United States, Fleitz said “when Israel attacked Hamas in the past, it didn’t trust the United States because the Biden administration would leak any details of these operations. Now, we have full cooperation with the U.S. and Israel against this serious terrorist threat that puts more pressure on Hamas and its supporters.” That frustration of the Trump administration was reiterated on Friday by Special Envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff. After traveling to Doha, Qatar along with the National Security Council’s senior director for the Middle East, Eric Trager, negotiations broke down as a result of Hamas’ “impractical” demands. “President Trump has made it clear that Hamas will either release hostages immediately, or pay a severe price,” he said. Hamas still holding at many as 59 hostages The goal of the gathering was to extend the cease-fire beyond Ramadan and Passover through a “bridge” proposal which included the release of remaining living hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. However, as reported by The Times of Israel, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar told AIPAC’s board of directors Tuesday that “US special envoy Steve Witkoff made two different proposals and Hamas rejected both of them.” “We found ourselves at a dead end, with no hostages released and no military action. This is a situation that cannot continue.” Hamas may still be holding 59 hostages, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday, without citing its sources. Up to 24, including one American, are still believed to be alive. Adi Alexander, father to American hostage Aden Alexander, spoke to Just The News about the recent developments and revealed his concerns about the strike’s implications. “The fear is that this action will continue and negotiations will be stalled, and we will be back to where we started at the beginning…everybody’s in limbo, and we had a last resort, which is military action,” he said. In the midst of multiple regional conflicts, the United States has new and unconventional leverage from an unlikely source: Russia. After an hours-long phone call between Trump and Putin to further discuss the latter’s conflict with Ukraine, the duo “discussed the need to stop proliferation of strategic weapons and will engage with others to ensure the broadest possible application. The two leaders shared the view that Iran should never be in a position to destroy Israel.” If you want to read more of the latest by Amanda Head or the team of world class journalists at Just The News, feel free to read or subscribe by visiting JustTheNews.com today. TOP STORIES As ceasefire ends, Israeli strikes in Gaza targeted Hamas officials Angry democrats gone wild Beyond budgeting, Republicans hope to force spending ‘showdown’ with two arcane weapons Philadelphia Eagles to visit the White House to celebrate Super Bowl win After a flurry of activity right out of the gate, Trump takes victory lap in speech to America LATEST EPISODES Mike Benz Unredacted: JFK assassination files show CIA’s deep & everlasting covert infiltration of US government Former Health & Human Services Director & FDA advisor applauds Secretary RFK’s ‘Operation Stork Speed’ 5 yrs later, Dr. Risch details where health officials went wrong & why they couldn’t ’slow the spread’ in 15 days MasterChef Winner Turned Queen of Cookies: Whitney Miller’s Journey in Southern Cooking & Baking White House Q&A with Trump, Sen. Blackburn on Dems’ shutdown threat & Mike Howell exposes Biden’s autopen scandal RELATED ARTICLES As ceasefire ends, Israeli strikes in Gaza targeted Hamas officials Angry democrats gone wild Beyond budgeting, Republicans hope to force spending ‘showdown’ with two arcane weapons After a flurry

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Angry democrats gone wild

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Articles / Elections / Politics & Policy Angry democrats gone wild With wild scenes from the nation’s students deploying to Spring Break hot spots, Democrats are in tight competition for questionable decisions. By: Since the November election produced no discernible pivot from Democrats, midterm battleground voters show no new love for the party or their message. In a blow to platform architects and champions of progressivism in the Democratic Party, a new Navigator Research poll shows that a majority of those polled, 56%, do not believe Democrats are looking out for working people. Just 39% believe they have the right priorities. One of the researchers who conducted the poll met with House Democrats at their Issues Conference on Wednesday in Leesberg, Virginia to discuss the party’s platform heading into the crucial 2026 midterms. If Democrats are able to flip the House of Representatives, it gives them a small boost in combatting President Donald Trump’s agenda. Without that, they will remain effectively powerless to stop anything out of the executive, with the exception of fighting long court battles to overturn Trump and Republicans’ actions. A deeper dive into the poll reveals how voters feel about work and its value to the Democratic Party. Only 44% reported that they think Democrats respect work. An even smaller margin, 39%, believe Democrats value work. An even harsher blow: 69% of voters said Democrats focus too much on being politically correct. 51% said the identifying term “elitist” fits the party well. According to the same survey, however, Republicans have their own set of issues. 54% of respondents said they view Republicans in Congress unfavorably. Roughly one third said they approve of Republicans’ handling of the economy. Perhaps the harshest blow in the results was the finding that among independents, only 27% believe Democrats are focused on helping them. 55% said Democrats are focused on others. Since the campaign for the 2024 general election, the Democratic Party has experienced a great deal of difficultly fusing the fringes of their party and congealing a winning message. On core issues like the border, economy, law-and-order and social issues like trans rights, Democrats stumbled over their own messaging. Since then, they’ve yet to find even one major issue that aligns with broad sentiment in the country. Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn joined the Furthermore with Amanda Head Podcast on Friday and spoke to this very issue: “The American people gave Donald Trump an overwhelming vote to deal with the border, inflation, get our country back to its standing in the world, crime in our communities, the bureaucracy and reduce the federal government, and find a way to get this country back on track. Donald Trump made that promise. That is exactly what he with a Republican House, and Republican Senate is doing so the Democrats again find themselves on the wrong side of the issue, and the American people are looking at them and their antics and saying to them, ‘you are out of touch with where the American people are.’” To Blackburn’s point, many high profile Democrats have been airing their grievances publicly. Democrat senator Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., appeared on ABC’s The View told their viewers, “I think there’s a feeling in the country, and I often say this, we’re about to turn 250-years-old, right? We’re still pretty young for a country. These are, like, our angry teenage years, right?” Further insulting voters she continued, “we are going through this push and pull where we’re happy, we’re sad, we want this, we want that, and what do you do when you have a teenager who’s threatening themselves and others? You just try to get them through this period alive so that their brain can fully form and you can come back.” Another Democrat with brow-raising comments: that of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. Sanders, who was born in 1941 and is of Jewish heritage, lived his early years during the Holocaust and World War II. He also was an adult during Vietnam, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and 9/11. Despite living through those harrowing periods in our nation’s past, he told Jon Lovett on Pod Save America that, “these are the scariest times in my life.” Sanders, who owns three homes, told the podcaster, “it is not just that they want to give tax breaks to billionaires and cut programs for working people. Trump is suing major media outlets and is threatening to investigate PBS and NPR. So it’s not only the power of money, it’s also combined with that the movement toward authoritarianism.” TOP STORIES Angry democrats gone wild Beyond budgeting, Republicans hope to force spending ‘showdown’ with two arcane weapons Philadelphia Eagles to visit the White House to celebrate Super Bowl win After a flurry of activity right out of the gate, Trump takes victory lap in speech to America Republicans float two-part plan to avert government shutdown, White House meeting set Wednesday LATEST EPISODES Mike Benz Unredacted: JFK assassination files show CIA’s deep & everlasting covert infiltration of US government Former Health & Human Services Director & FDA advisor applauds Secretary RFK’s ‘Operation Stork Speed’ 5 yrs later, Dr. Risch details where health officials went wrong & why they couldn’t ’slow the spread’ in 15 days MasterChef Winner Turned Queen of Cookies: Whitney Miller’s Journey in Southern Cooking & Baking White House Q&A with Trump, Sen. Blackburn on Dems’ shutdown threat & Mike Howell exposes Biden’s autopen scandal RELATED ARTICLES Angry democrats gone wild Beyond budgeting, Republicans hope to force spending ‘showdown’ with two arcane weapons After a flurry of activity right out of the gate, Trump takes victory lap in speech to America Republicans float two-part plan to avert government shutdown, White House meeting set Wednesday White House pauses all aid to Ukraine amid rift with Zelensky Taiwanese chipmaker commits another $100 billion investment to U.S. Even before Congress acts, Trump’s border policies already crater illegal immigration by 95% Trump’s art of the deal is now becoming the art of the clawback Velocity of early Trump

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Beyond budgeting, Republicans hope to force spending ‘showdown’ with two arcane weapons

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Articles / Congress / Government / White House Beyond budgeting, Republicans hope to force spending ‘showdown’ with two arcane weapons Lawmakers openly talk about employing rescission bills and a century-old executive tool called impoundment. By: Already on a budgeting path to trim $2 trillion in government spending over the next decade, congressional Republicans are openly discussing employing two unconventional weapons to enact further cuts: rescission legislation and presidential impoundment. Most Americans have hardly ever heard such terms, but they are getting thrown around a lot on Capitol Hill these days. And there’s hope President Donald Trump will launch both into action. “He can do it through Congress with a rescission bill,” Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., the chairman of the fiscally conservative House Freedom Caucus, told the Just the News, No Noise television show this week. “But I believe he has the power to do it through impoundment. I believe that when Congress passed an appropriation bill, it sets a ceiling, it doesn’t set a concrete floor.” Rescission bills revoke funding that was previously allocated during the appropriations process. Proposed by the president, they are considered under an expedited process and cannot be filibustered in the Senate, allowing their passage with just 51 votes instead of 60. Impoundment, in which a president declines to spend the full amount allocated by Congress for a program, is an executive power likely to be tested in the courts. After former President Richard Nixon used impoundment liberally a half century ago, Congress passed the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act 1974, which introduced the new tool of rescission bills, which must be approved by both the House and the Senate. Harris suggested that law and the Constitution’s executive powers may be in conflict, prompting a possible impoundment “showdown” in the courts. In an opinion piece for The Hill newspaper, attorneys Mark Paoletta and Daniel Shapiro argued that “far from being a disturbing break with law and practice, Trump’s defense of the impoundment authority is deeply rooted in our constitutional system, good governance norms and American history and tradition.” “Presidents from both parties have criticized the act’s restrictions on the president’s ability to impound funds to reduce federal spending,” they wrote. One way or another, the process of eliminating large blocs of federal spending is already under way inside the Trump administration. In one department alone, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Secretary of State Marco Rubio has slated 83% of programs to be terminated. Rubio clarified that in alignment with this administration’s foreign policy priorities, “the 5,200 contracts that are now cancelled spent tens of billions of dollars in ways that did not serve, (and in some cases even harmed), the core national interests of the United States.” A member of the House Budget Committee told the Furthermore with Amanda Head podcast that there is a great deal of optimism for the rescission route: “It takes 50 in the Senate, and I think the House would pass it,” Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., said. Remarking on a number of alleged line items of “waste, fraud and abuse” such as payments to news organizations like Politico and U.S. taxpayers funding condoms for other nations, “it’s ridiculous, but once they see where the money is going, put it in a rescission package and make it codified,” Norman said. Texas Rep. Troy Nehls told the John Solomon Reports podcast he’s equally bullish on rescissions. “This is the first time you’ve had an administration, a president, take a deep dive and audit these agencies. Many of these agencies, they can’t even pass an audit.” And as Elon Musk at DOGE continues to uncover reported fraud, Nehls said, “you heard President Trump last week talk about Social Security and people 100, 110, 120 or 130 years old collecting Social Security. That’s fraud and these people should be held accountable. Pam Bondi goes after them all and we put these people in jail if not prison because it’s fraud and it’s in the billions of dollars.” Minority party Democrats have little to fight with, but all indications are they intend to try and most likely will use the courts as a venue. House Democrats on the Appropriations Committee posted a document titled, “Background on Unlawful Impoundment in President Trump’s Executive Orders.” That memo argues that in a number of areas including aid, foreign policy and energy production, Trump’s executive orders and plans to impound funds are unlawful. Comparing the administration’s plans to impound to that of Nixon, Senator Ron Wyden D-Ore., ranking member on the Senate Finance Committee, told The Independent, “I mean, this is Donald Trump outdoing Richard Nixon.” If you want to read more of the latest by Amanda Head or the team of world class journalists at Just The News, feel free to read or subscribe by visiting JustTheNews.com today. TOP STORIES Beyond budgeting, Republicans hope to force spending ‘showdown’ with two arcane weapons Philadelphia Eagles to visit the White House to celebrate Super Bowl win After a flurry of activity right out of the gate, Trump takes victory lap in speech to America Republicans float two-part plan to avert government shutdown, White House meeting set Wednesday White House pauses all aid to Ukraine amid rift with Zelensky LATEST EPISODES Education Dept lays off ~50% of workforce, now in process of abolishing the agency, Corey DeAngelis reacts Rep. Norman: ‘If we can put a man on the moon then we can stop wasteful, fraudulent & abusive gov’t spending’ Dip Hair Care CEO Challenges Brands with Lasting Eco-Friendly Products to Sell Independent of Amazon Cornerstone University President: ‘Education’s dependency on gov’t funds stopped innovation, results in mediocracy’ Fmr. Trump Spox: Trump’s congressional address was ‘remarkable, his best speech ever,’ Dems remain ‘out of touch’ RELATED ARTICLES Beyond budgeting, Republicans hope to force spending ‘showdown’ with two arcane weapons After a flurry of activity right out of the gate, Trump takes victory lap in speech to America Republicans float two-part plan to avert government shutdown, White House meeting set Wednesday White House pauses all aid to Ukraine amid rift with Zelensky Taiwanese chipmaker commits another $100 billion

America, Culture, Sports

Philadelphia Eagles to visit the White House to celebrate Super Bowl win

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America / Culture / Sports Philadelphia Eagles to visit the White House to celebrate Super Bowl win In 2018 when the Eagles won the Super Bowl, they did not celebrate their victory with President Donald Trump when he was in his first term. By: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Tuesday the Philadelphia Eagles officially accepted an invitation to come to the White House to celebrate their Super Bowl victory. At a press briefing, Leavitt said the NFL team will attend the White House event on April 28. “I know there was a lot of fake news about an invitation that wasn’t sent or was sent,” Leavitt said. “We want to correct the record we sent an invitation, they enthusiastically accepted, and you will see them here on April 28.” The Eagles last month defeated the Kansas City Chiefs for the Super Bowl win. In 2018 when the Eagles won the Super Bowl, they did not celebrate their victory with President Donald Trump when he was in his first term. Trump attended the Super Bowl this year, making him the first sitting U.S. president to attend the biggest game of the NFL season. TOP STORIES Philadelphia Eagles to visit the White House to celebrate Super Bowl win After a flurry of activity right out of the gate, Trump takes victory lap in speech to America Republicans float two-part plan to avert government shutdown, White House meeting set Wednesday White House pauses all aid to Ukraine amid rift with Zelensky Taiwanese chipmaker commits another $100 billion investment to U.S. LATEST EPISODES Education Dept lays off ~50% of workforce, now in process of abolishing the agency, Corey DeAngelis reacts Rep. Norman: ‘If we can put a man on the moon then we can stop wasteful, fraudulent & abusive gov’t spending’ Dip Hair Care CEO Challenges Brands with Lasting Eco-Friendly Products to Sell Independent of Amazon Cornerstone University President: ‘Education’s dependency on gov’t funds stopped innovation, results in mediocracy’ Fmr. Trump Spox: Trump’s congressional address was ‘remarkable, his best speech ever,’ Dems remain ‘out of touch’ RELATED ARTICLES After a flurry of activity right out of the gate, Trump takes victory lap in speech to America Republicans float two-part plan to avert government shutdown, White House meeting set Wednesday White House pauses all aid to Ukraine amid rift with Zelensky Taiwanese chipmaker commits another $100 billion investment to U.S. Even before Congress acts, Trump’s border policies already crater illegal immigration by 95% Trump’s art of the deal is now becoming the art of the clawback Velocity of early Trump action far surpasses the Gipper’s, Reagan biographer says Healing America: RFK Jr.’s potential first actions to start rebuilding public health Man of Steel: Trump’s tariffs seek to protect, expand America’s metal industry Mexico’s follow-through is key to border security; Trump team confirms number of deportees

Articles, Government, White House

After a flurry of activity right out of the gate, Trump takes victory lap in speech to America

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Articles / Government / White House After a flurry of activity right out of the gate, Trump takes victory lap in speech to America During President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress and the American people, he broadcast a list of his initiatives promised during the campaign and, he says delivered upon, less than two months into his second term. By: President Donald Trump’s Tuesday night address to Congress beat his own last endurance record of an hour and 22 minutes, clocking in at an hour and 39 minutes. Differing from his style of speech used during his campaign rallies, his Tuesday night address showed an effort to detail his accomplishments in fewer than 50 days. From border security to deregulation, foreign investment to hostage releases, here are the most consequential initiatives just 3% into his second term: Energy policies On January 20, 2025 Trump signed the executive order titled  “Unleashing American Energy.” This order revoked several past executive orders mandating green energy initiatives including the Biden administration’s electric vehicle mandate. The order also included “Unleashing Energy Dominance Through Efficient Permitting” to streamline the regulatory process, confining it to 30 days to gain permitting approvals. In another section titled Prioritizing Accuracy In Environmental Analyses it mandates that “agencies shall strictly use the most robust methodologies of assessment at their disposal and shall not use methodologies that are arbitrary or ideologically motivated.” Another day-one initiative by the Trump administration was declaring an “energy emergency,” reducing red tape in the permitting process. A number of energy industry icons reacted positively, with Chevron announcing that they “are increasing production 50% between last year and what we will see next year.” BP announced that it would disregard a number of its green goals and increase oil production by between 2.3 million and 2.5 million barrels per day by 2030. The Trump administration granted its first approval for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal, following years of stringent LNG regulation under Biden. The Washington Examiner reported that the Trump administration has also shut down the Biden Administration’s American Climate Corps, an environmental public works program that utilized taxpayer money for initiatives like hiring “garden educators” with a “commitment to social justice and anti-racism.” Immigration and securing the border Referring in the speech to one of his day-one Executive Orders, President Trump said “I declared a national emergency on our southern border, and I deployed the U.S. military and Border Patrol to repel the invasion of our country.” Indeed, on January 20, he declared a national emergency at the border to redirect efforts and resources to fortify this southern border. He also placed a pause on refugee admittance “until such time as the further entry into the United States of refugees align with the interest of the United States.” He reminded citizens and lawmakers that on the previous Saturday, he designated English as the official language of the United States and added that “As a result, illegal border crossings last month were by far the lowest ever recorded, ever.” As a result, Trump claimed, his administration is now deporting immigrants at a slower pace than Joe Biden did last year. However, with a “worst first” policy to be utilized during deportation efforts — not to mention the inevitable lawfare — it may become more logistically complex and may be protracted. Trump has in the past said because of his immigration policies and threats of deportation, many immigrants are self deporting, and leaving the United States voluntarily. Economy and foreign investment The Trump administration says it has secured nearly $2 trillion in foreign investments with the most recent being an injection of $165 billion from Taiwan’s semiconductor industry. Other investments purportedly include $500 billion in private sector investment for AI infrastructure by SoftBank, Oracle, and OpenAI. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced a $600 billion investment shortly after Trump took office. Trump reminded citizens and lawmakers that Apple will also be investing in the United States with a $500 billion initiative, which includes the hiring of roughly 20,000 workers over the next four years. On a kitchen table issue, after the price of eggs spiked under Biden to nearly $5 and grocery prices generally remain high, on February 26 Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced a $1 billion effort to combat Avian flu and bring down egg prices. Broken down, that effort is described as a: “five-pronged strategy includ[ing] an additional $500 million for biosecurity measures, $400 million in financial relief for affected farmers, and $100 million for vaccine research, action to reduce regulatory burdens, and exploring temporary import options.” Trump promised that “We will defeat inflation, bring down mortgage rates, lower car payments and grocery prices, protect our seniors and put more money in the pockets of American families.” DOGE and shrinking government size and waste Trump’s campaign extensively on reducing the size of the federal government, and his speech raised this issue with special emphasis. Despite the bureaucratic left’s war on Elon Musk’s aggressive quest to root out waste, fraud and abuse, Trump has urged him to be even more aggressive. According to the DOGE website tracking the amount of taxpayer dollars saved, it says it has saved $105 billion as of publishing time. Both Musk and Trump have floated the idea of returning 20% to the American people in the form of “DOGE dividend checks,” totalling about $20 billion. In the speech, he also expressed a desire to balance the budget in the near future, presumably during his second term in office. Terrorism and hostage releases in second term Trump boasted of securing the release of six American hostages in Venezuela, freedom for U.S./Israeli citizen Keith Siegel held by Hamas, and repatriated Pennsylvania teacher, Marc Fogel from Russian prison, and an American hostage from Belarus: all since the beginning of his new term. Fogel was in the gallery at the speech at the Capitol, and received a warm ovation from Republican lawmakers. Most Democrats, in what was possibly choreographed, did not rise to applaud Fogel’s new-found freedom. Trump also delivered breaking news in his speech, announcing the extradition of one of the ISIS-K terrorists responsible for the deadly August 2021 Abbey Gate suicide attack. That assault took the lives of 13 American

Articles, Congress, Government

Republicans float two-part plan to avert government shutdown, White House meeting set Wednesday

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Articles / Congress / Government Republicans float two-part plan to avert government shutdown, White House meeting set Wednesday In less than two weeks, the American people might be facing another shutdown if Congress does not act. A possible two-stage plan might avoid that. By: Republican appropriators are designing a two-stage plan to dodge a March 14 potential government shutdown: a short term measure to continue current funding and full-year plan to begin trimming government next year by anywhere from $2 trillion to $10 trillion over the next decade. President Donald Trump also is staying deeply involved, even hosting a meeting at the White House on Wednesday with House fiscal conservatives, Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., told Just the News on Tuesday evening. According to House Appropriations Chairman Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., and Senate Appropriations Chairwoman Susan Collins, R-Maine, a short-term funding bill would go into effect with a year-long budget for FY2025 still in the works. “A government shutdown is unacceptable, and Republicans have continually worked in earnest to deliver a deal on full-year appropriations,” Cole said in a statement. “Given the deadline before us, we are pursuing every pathway to ensure a lapse in funding never occurs. This two track strategy includes both a focus on a stopgap to provide certainty while negotiations on a full year appropriations continue.” Speaking on the divide between Democrat and Republican funding priorities, Cole added: “Democrat leadership remains laser-focused on restricting presidential authority. It’s a nonstarter and battle they lost to the American people.” Appropriations Committee ranking member Sen. Patty Murray has unofficially logged her vote as a “no” and remarked that she was “absolutely shocked” at Republicans’ plan for the stopgap. She published a document called the “anomalies” list detailing extra funding requests from the White House for programs like the WIC nutrition assistance program for pregnant women and babies, immigration enforcement and increased pay for service members. Senate working towards a short-term deal House Democrats, including Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-NY, are vehemently opposed to any DOGE-recommended spending cuts and are therefore bellicose on a shutdown. Jeffries released a statement on Sunday via his congressional website that said: “The top Democrat on the Appropriations Committee, Rosa DeLauro, remains ready, willing and able to talk with our Republican colleagues, but there has been zero outreach from the Trump administration and House Republicans have walked away from the negotiating table.” One unnamed senior Democrat lawmaker told Politico that “at some point you’ve got to have a goddamn backbone. I’m not giving them a blank check until September.” On the Senate side, Collins told reporters on Monday that she and her committee were preparing a yearlong continuing resolution but are simultaneously working towards a short-term deal “to allow us time to negotiate the appropriations bills.” Trump, on X, threw his support behind a “clean, temporary” measure that continues funding through September after reportedly solidifying the plan in a meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune. Republican leaders plan to release a text of the funding stopgap by Saturday as the full-year negotiations continue, according to sources privy to a closed-door Monday meeting. Those sources have declined to be identified. For Republicans who are reticent to support a continuing resolution, their concerns may be abated after a meeting set to happen at the White House on Wednesday. “I’m not a big fan of CRs for the obvious reason, you’re just continuing to spend at the same levels of Biden and Pelosi. I think there’s a lot of danger to that. But I am going with a group of conservatives to the White House tomorrow to talk to President Trump about what his plans are and to see what we can help him deliver,” Crane told the “Just the News, No Noise“ TV show Tuesday evening. The timeline for the whole process is expected to stretch into May, according to Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs. “The Senate is going to take up their version or, you know, finish that package off, completing it, a week or so after the the reconciliation comes out next week,” Biggs told the “John Solomon Reports” podcast. “So we’re talking two, three weeks out, and then you’re going to have the conference committee on it, there’s some resolution, and probably mid-May, maybe if we’re lucky, you get that reconciliation package completely done and out.” Congress: 25% approval rating Government shutdowns typically hurt the majority party and as of the last week of February, congressional approval is underwater by 22 points. According to a recent Economist/YouGov poll, 47% of respondents disapprove of the job Congress is doing while only 25% approve. After the stopgap is ironed out, the next step is reconciling the cuts envisioned by the House ($2 trillion over a decade) and the Senate ($10 trillion over same period) and incorporate identified savings from Elon Musk’s DOGE. Rep. Michael Cloud, R-Texas, a House Appropriations Committee member, told “Just the News, No Noise” on Tuesday evening that the numbers seem large until lawmakers realize just before COVID the government was about $2 trillion small just five years ago. “They put out a goal of $2 trillion. That seems large right now, but if you look at it, just to put it in perspective, that’s roughly where we were pre COVID. The Federal Government grew astronomical amount during COVID, and now there’s been attempt among the status quo, the establishment, to kind of lock that in as the new norm. That’s not what we need to do,” Cloud said. “What we need to do is is do what we can to get rid of the waste, fraud, make this lean,” he added. If you want to read more of the latest by Amanda Head or the team of world class journalists at Just The News, feel free to read or subscribe by visiting JustTheNews.com today. 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White House pauses all aid to Ukraine amid rift with Zelensky

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Articles / Government / Ukraine / White House White House pauses all aid to Ukraine amid rift with Zelensky The decision comes after Trump criticized the Ukrainian president on Monday after Zelensky claimed that “an agreement to end the war is still very, very far away.” By: President Donald Trump on Monday night ordered a pause on all assistance to Ukraine, including weapons that are on their way and in Poland, a White House source confirmed to Just The News. The decision comes after Trump had a contentious meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday. He also criticized Zelensky on Monday after Zelensky claimed that “an agreement to end the war is still very, very far away.” “This is the worst statement that could have been made by Zelensky, and America will not put up with it for much longer,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “It is what I was saying, this guy doesn’t want there to be Peace as long as he has America’s backing and, Europe, in the meeting they had with Zelensky, stated flatly that they cannot do the job without the U.S. – Probably not a great statement to have been made in terms of a show of strength against Russia.” A consistent criticism of the aid by the Trump administration has been the lopsided investments by the United States compared to that of European Nations In a Truth Social post earlier today, Trump posted, “Europe has spent more money buying Russian Oil and Gas than they have spent on defending Ukraine —BY FAR!” A White House source told Just the News, “The President has been clear that he is focused on peace. We need our partners to be committed to that goal as well. We are pausing and reviewing our aid to ensure that it is contributing to a solution.” If you want to read more of the latest by Amanda Head or the team of world class journalists at Just The News, feel free to read or subscribe by visiting JustTheNews.com today. TOP STORIES White House pauses all aid to Ukraine amid rift with Zelensky Even before Congress acts, Trump’s border policies already crater illegal immigration by 95% Trump’s art of the deal is now becoming the art of the clawback Velocity of early Trump action far surpasses the Gipper’s, Reagan biographer says After initial blip, Trump nominees have unbroken winning streak despite Democrat resistance LATEST EPISODES “Don’t use purity tests on your life, your culture, or your politics,” says ‘The White Privilege Album’ author AJ Rice Steve Moore: “The Left are champions of waste, funded by inefficiency of gov’t, that’s how they earn their paycheck” Unlike Trump’s Senate trial, the impeachment of political activist judges will be ‘justified,’ says Rep. Clyde Retired FBI exec approves of new top leadership overseeing bureau, calls on FBI to redirect wasteful spending Trucking Industry Still Under Siege: Soaring Costs, Overregulation & ‘Nuclear Verdicts’ Threaten Supply Chain RELATED ARTICLES White House pauses all aid to Ukraine amid rift with Zelensky Even before Congress acts, Trump’s border policies already crater illegal immigration by 95% Trump’s art of the deal is now becoming the art of the clawback Velocity of early Trump action far surpasses the Gipper’s, Reagan biographer says Healing America: RFK Jr.’s potential first actions to start rebuilding public health Man of Steel: Trump’s tariffs seek to protect, expand America’s metal industry Mexico’s follow-through is key to border security; Trump team confirms number of deportees Trump to sign executive order to keep men out of women’s sports Democrat Dilemma: DEI-driven party elects two white men with beliefs that clash with middle America NC GOP Chairman Says Democratic Voter Registrations Are Plummeting As Party Has ‘Abandoned’ Values

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