op ed review 1/19
THIS WEEKS NEWS
January 20 – A New Independence Day
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/01/january_20_a_new_independence_day.html
Trump names Space Force Officer Dismissed by Biden Over Criticizing DEI for Role in New Administration: Under Secretary of the Air Force
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/01/18/trump-tags-space-force-officer-dismissed-by-biden-over-dei-criticism-for-undersecretary-of-air-force-n2184508
"HEGSETH WILL BE THE GREATEST SECDEF IN AMERICAN HISTORY. The People's Warrior will be confirmed.”
https://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1880357771813744996
Self-Deportations Already Underway as Fear of What Trump Is About to Do Sets In
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/01/self-deportations-already-underway-fear-trump-sets/
Trump received highest percentage of Jewish vote of any GOP candidate since 1988
https://thepostmillennial.com/trump-received-highest-percentage-of-jewish-vote-of-any-gop-presidential-candidate-since-1988-wpa-intelligence
FBI Shuts Down DEI Office Before Trump's Inauguration
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/01/16/fbi-shuts-down-dei-office-before-trump-takes-office-n4936065
Trump's CIA director will take a 'wrecking ball' to transgender lectures and pride events at Langley
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14278867/trump-cia-woke-john-ratcliffe-confirmation.html
Elon Musk intends to cut $1T in federal spending
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/elon-musk-poised-occupy-white-house-office-space-report
Start here: Stay-at-Home Bureaucrats: Congressional probe exposes billions in waste from federal telework gigs
https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/few-federal-employees-work-regularly-office-wasting-taxpayer-dollars
'The Purge Begins': GOP Pressure Forces Resignation of Lockheed Martin’s Woke VP
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/14/the-purge-begins-gop-pressure-forces-resignation-of-lockheed-martins-woke-vice-president-after-breitbart-investigation/
Protesters rally against Trump for People’s March in DC, Organizers hoped for 10,000, only 1,000 showed up.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/live-coverage-crowds-expected-for-the-peoples-march-in-dc-saturday/3817450/
63% of Americans support deporting immigrants in the country illegally who arrived over the last four years
https://x.com/karolineleavitt/status/1880636095043408091
NYT Polling Shows Americans Overwhelmingly Support GOP Position On Numerous Trans Issues
https://www.dailywire.com/news/nyt-polling-shows-americans-overwhelmingly-support-gop-position-on-numerous-trans-issues
New York Times dismayed to report: Support for Trump’s Policies Exceeds Support for Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/us/politics/trump-policies-immigration-tariffs-economy.html
Oregon mandates training for state workers to defy Trump deportation plans
https://thepostmillennial.com/oregon-mandates-training-for-state-workers-to-not-cooperate-with-trump-deportation-plans
Gavin Newsom and California Democrats reach $50M deal to Trump-proof the state
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/13/newsom-california-democrats-trump-legal-fights-00197784
House Passes Bill Banning Male Athletes From Women's School Sports Teams
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/house-passes-bill-banning-male-athletes-from-womens-school-sports-teams/
Anna Paulina Luna Unveils Bill to Take Pedophiles “Off the Streets Permanently” With Death Penalty
https://wokespy.com/anna-paulina-luna-unveils-bill-to-take-pedophiles-off-the-streets-permanently-with-death-penalty/
Drained LA reservoir in worst fire-ravaged area has repeatedly needed repairs, sat empty since Feb. 2024
https://nypost.com/2025/01/14/us-news/drained-la-reservoir-in-worst-fire-ravaged-area-has-repeatedly-needed-repairs/
Blue State Blues: California Is a Third World Failed State
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/17/blue-state-blues-california-is-a-third-world-failed-state/
Photos Surface of LA Mayor Karen Bass Living Her Best Life in Africa As Palisades Wildfire Exploded
https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2025/01/15/photos-surface-of-la-mayor-karen-bass-living-her-best-life-when-palisades-wildfires-exploded-n2184361
Surprise! Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is a life-long rabid supporter of communism and the Cuban dictatorship
https://babalublog.com/2025/01/11/surprise-los-angeles-mayor-karen-bass-is-a-life-long-rabid-supporter-of-cuban-dictatorship/
See For Yourself: Newsom Is All Smiles As L.A. Burns
https://issuesinsights.com/2025/01/16/see-for-yourself-newsom-is-all-smiles-as-l-a-burns/
California bureaucrats halted Pacific Palisades fire safety project to save endangered shrub
https://nypost.com/2025/01/14/us-news/california-bureaucrats-halted-pacific-palisades-fire-safety-project-to-save-endangered-shrub/
Poll Finds Biden Is Set To Go Down As One Of America’s Worst Ever Presidents
https://wokespy.com/we-did-it-joe-poll-finds-biden-is-set-to-go-down-as-one-of-americas-worst-ever-presidents/
OH NO!! Hunter Biden Loses 200 Of His Artworks in California Fires - Claims Value at ‘Millions of Dollars’
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/01/report-hunter-biden-loses-200-his-artworks-california/
In a Blow to National Security: Biden Removes Cuba from Terror List Despite Hamas, Hezbollah Ties
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/01/14/in-a-blow-to-national-security-biden-removes-cuba-from-terror-list-despite-hamas-hezbollah-ties-n2650528
Florida Democrats rip Biden for lifting Cuba terror sponsor designation
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5086461-joe-biden-florida-democrats-cuba-terrorism-designation/
No One Wants A Biden Presidential Library
https://thefederalist.com/2025/01/14/no-one-wants-a-biden-presidential-library/
Biden Names Aircraft Carrier After Draft Dodger and Sex Predator
https://www.frontpagemag.com/biden-names-aircraft-carrier-after-draft-dodger-and-sex-predator/
Follow the money: Biden gave $1.23 billion to pro-abortion groups during presidency
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/biden-gave-1-23-billion-to-pro-abortion-groups-during-presidency-report/
The Washington Post Has Officially Lost 90 Percent of Its Readership
https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2025/01/13/the-washington-post-has-officially-lost-90-of-its-readership-n2184280
CNN Suffers Massive Defeat in Defamation Suit Involving Navy Veteran
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/01/17/cnn-defamation-case-verdict-n2650710
NY Times Front-Page Panic: 'Far-Right' MAGA Forces Are a Virus In Europe
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2025/01/17/new-york-times-front-page-panic-far-right-maga-forces-push-message
Washington Post Cartoonist Who Called Republicans “Groomers” Arrested on Child Porn Charges
https://wokespy.com/washington-post-cartoonist-who-called-republicans-groomers-arrested-on-child-porn-charges/
MSNBC President Rashida Jones Steps Down as Ratings at the Far Left Network Continue to Implode
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/01/msnbc-president-rashida-jones-steps-down-as-ratings/
Biological Male Almost Outscores Entire Jewish High School Girls Basketball Team In California
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/16/biological-male-transgender-jewish-high-school-basketball-california/
As Wildfires Rage, California Dems Want $50 Million to Protect Illegals From Deportation
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/01/13/as-wildfires-rage-california-dems-want-50-million-to-protect-illegal-from-deportation-n4935927
Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis announced a new law allowing LOCAL Police to Deport illegal immigrants
https://x.com/magavoice/status/1879556379066917027
Illegal Immigrant Arrested Near LA Fire With Blowtorch Is A Convicted Felon With History Of Violence
https://www.themainewire.com/2025/01/illegal-immigrant-arrested-near-la-fire-with-blowtorch-is-a-convicted-felon-with-history-of-violence/
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OPINION COLUMNS THIS WEEK
VDH: Joe Biden’s Bizarro World of Foreign Policy “Achievements”
https://amgreatness.com/2025/01/16/joe-bidens-bizarro-world-of-foreign-policy-achievements/
NEWT: The People vs The Bureaucrats
https://gingrich360.com/2025/01/14/the-people-vs-the-bureaucrats/
California Politicians Cut Fire Department Funding Because of These Three Things
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/01/16/you-could-probably-guess-where-ca-diverted-the-funds-they-cut-from-the-fire-department-n2650630
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PROGRESSIVE WATCH
Progressive policies haven’t just failed — they’re killing people
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/progressive-policies-havent-just-failed-theyre-killing-people
Northwestern University to offer course on ‘Unsettling Whiteness’
https://www.campusreform.org/article/northwestern-university-offer-course-unsettling-whiteness/27275
Harvard offering course on 'Sexual Life of Colonialism,' will cover 'queer desires' and 'transgender rights'
https://www.campusreform.org/article/harvard-offering-course-sexual-life-colonialism-will-cover-queer-desires-transgender-rights/27277
Democrats Now Threatening People Who Donated to Trump's Inauguration
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/01/18/democrats-now-threatening-people-who-donated-to-trumps-inauguration-n3798956
CNN Suggests Biden Already Fixed Border & Trump Will Just Claim Credit
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2025/01/18/cnn-suggests-biden-already-fixed-border-trump-will-just-claim
The Man Who Destroyed the Justice Department Gets a Hero’s Sendoff from His Accomplices
https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2025/01/18/the-man-who-destroyed-the-justice-department-gets-a-heros-sendoff-from-his-accomplices-n4936127
While Canadian Food Banks Collapse, Canada Offers $3K each to Gaza Refugees
https://www.frontpagemag.com/while-canadian-food-banks-collapse-canada-offers-3k-to-gaza-refugees/
Official Who Led 'Russiagate' Probe Warns Bondi To Avoid 'Weaponization"
https://thefederalist.com/2025/01/16/doj-official-who-led-russiagate-investigation-warns-bondi-to-avoid-weaponization/
"BILL MAHER TRASHES LOS ANGELES DEMOCRATS. 'We don't need a lesbian fire chief. We need someone competent.”
https://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1880745649500754431
Chuck Schumer ‘Brakes Down In Tears’ Over Trump
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/01/18/chuck-schumer-breaks-down-in-tears-during-meeting-about-trump-n2650733
Hack MSNBC Host Blasts Voters for 'Giving Up on Democracy,' Embracing 'Authoritarianism'
https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2025/01/18/hack-msnbc-host-blasts-voters-for-giving-up-on-democracy-embracing-authoritarianism-n2184510
Stupid Joy Reid Worried California Headed the Way of Texas, Florida
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/joy-reid-claims-billionaire-right-wants-apartheid-in-california-like-texas-theyre-looking-to-try-to-take-it-with-lies-and-deceit-and-by-fire/
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ARTICLES
The Left Is Losing Ground Globally - Here's Why
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/01/17/the-left-is-losing-ground-globally-heres-why-n2184478
A case for Edward Snowden
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/a_case_for_edward_snowden.html
“I Live in Pacific Palisades and I Know Who Caused the Fire”: The LA Fire Department reports that 54% of fires in 2023 were started by homeless. They responded to almost 14,000 fires that year alone related to homelessness!
https://californiaglobe.com/fr/i-live-in-pacific-palisades-and-i-know-who-caused-the-fire/
To Stop Wildfires, Burn Wokeism
https://www.creators.com/read/victor-joecks/01/25/to-stop-wildfires-burn-wokeism
TOP 10 HIGHEST PAID LOS ANGELES CITY EMPLOYEES. $600,000 or more.
https://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1877632561679098243
Kurt is not optimistic: “There Is No Bottom for Blue California”
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2025/01/13/there-is-no-bottom-for-blue-california-n2650357
Advice When Your Kid Turns Left
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottmorefield/2025/01/13/when-your-kid-turns-left-n2650399
So where does that Catholic influence on Trump come from?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/so_where_does_that_catholic_influence_on_trump_come_from.html
Trump More Catholic than the Pope?
https://www.frontpagemag.com/trump-more-catholic-than-the-pope/
Joe Rogan left stunned as Mel Gibson reveals astounding way three friends cured their stage 4 cancers (ivermectin)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14270815/joe-rogan-mel-gibson-friends-cured-stage-four-cancers.html
"Hobbyist Builds AI-Assisted Rifle Robot Using ChatGPT.” The viral video sparked ethical debates about the broader implications of AI weapons.
https://x.com/OwenGregorian/status/1877690011770048572
Crackling launch of Falcon 9, SpaceX’s 100th launch from historic Launch Complex 39A in Florida.
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1879624762970046778
“About 8 minutes after liftoff, Falcon 9’s first stage will return to Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, announcing its arrival with a sonic boom unique to reusable vehicles returning from space.
https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1879243261975642283
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BABYLON BEE
“The general public was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief this weekend due to knowing that, with the TikTok ban, Americans were now only being spied on by the Pentagon, Google, Facebook, Apple, Samsung, their doorbells, and toasters.”
https://babylonbee.com/news/with-tiktok-ban-americans-now-only-being-spied-on-by-pentagon-google-facebook-apple-samsung-doorbell-toaster
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