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