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There are a lot of people currently holding down jobs in the Biden administration that we would like to see gone. A new president is coming in a week, and as a new broom sweeps clean, soon-to-be President Trump's second term promises to sweep very clean indeed. One person we'll be glad to see gone is FBI Director Chris Wray, architect of the infamous Mar-a-Lago raid, when FBI agents rifled through the Trump's personal items, evidently expecting to find classified documents hidden among Melania's lingerie. Well, he's leaving now - and trying to spin his legacy as the unemployment line...

-snip- When asked about his strategy to end the war, Trump told Newsmax: "Well, there's only one strategy and it's up to Putin and I can't imagine he's too thrilled about the way it's gone because it hasn't gone exactly well for him either. "And I know he wants to meet and I'm going to meet very quickly. I would've done it sooner but...you have to get into the office. For some of the things, you do have to be there." U.S. Congressman Mike Waltz, the incoming national security adviser, said on Sunday he expected a call between Trump and...

Carrie Underwood — the mega country music star and American Idol alum — is set to sing “America the Beautiful” at the second inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump on January 20. Her participation was revealed by political reporter Matthew Foldi who posted a picture on X of the program for the inauguration. The Trump transition team also confirmed the news to Axios Monday. Carrie Underwood will perform “America the Beautiful” with The Armed Forces Chorus and the United States Naval Academy Glee Club prior to Trump’s swearing in, according to the screenshot of the program. Other musical participants will include...

Vice President-elect JD Vance said on Jan. 12 that individuals who were violent during the U.S. Capitol breach on Jan. 6, 2021, “obviously” should not be pardoned. President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to use his clemency power for people who have been charged in connection to the incident over the past four years.Those who “protested peacefully” on Jan. 6 should receive a pardon, Vance told Fox News. He added that there is also a “little bit of a gray area” in some of those cases.“I think it’s very simple,” Vance elaborated. “If you protested peacefully on Jan. 6 and you’ve...

It's been fun these past few months watching as a motley assortment of folks made their way to Mar-a-Lago to pay homage to President-elect Donald Trump, and it certainly had to be gratifying for Mr. Trump himself after years of being treated abominably by the media, big tech, a corrupt judicial system and various self-appointed mouthpieces for the left. The latest to beat a path to Palm Beach was Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), who made the trek to meet with Trump this past weekend. Nothing ruffles the feathers of the left and their media lapdogs more than the thought of...

Right now, on Jesse Watters Primetime. He added, that ultimately it's Trump's deal, in his negotiating with the Chinese.

Just one week before President Trump’s inauguration, an alarming incident involving unauthorized drone activity over the White House has sparked security concerns. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) took to social media to share her firsthand account, revealing that her flight into Washington, D.C., had to be redirected as a result of the situation. “I just flew into DCA,” Greene posted. “Before landing, our pilot announced he had to fly in from another direction due to ‘unauthorized drone activity’ over the White House.” This incident occurred just hours after Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, in collaboration with district and federal authorities,...

Renowned investigative journalist and O’Keefe Media Group founder James O’Keefe spoke to The Gateway Pundit on Sunday while he was in Washington, DC, exposing Deep State employees who gave up information on plans to sabotage President Trump’s incoming administration. O’Keefe gave a sneak peek into his upcoming video releases on the Deep State, saying he caught officials “elaborating on how the Deep State operates,” including people from “the administrative state, Pentagon, FBI, etc., all these agencies, executive branch agencies, Executive Office of the White House.” When asked why these people, especially those involved in intelligence or defense agencies, would spill...

The special agent in charge of the Secret Service's Washington, D.C., field Office said Monday there is a higher threat environment for President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20 that in previous years and that there will be a more robust security plan. "What's different is we are in a higher threat environment," said Matt McCool at a news conference with Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser and other officials, according to a video posted on X. The inauguration will be coming after D.C. had seen enhanced security measures following Congress' certification Jan. 6 of Trump's victory over Vice President Kamala Harris...

Judge Aileen Cannon on Monday rejected a motion to extend her injunction to block the Justice Department’s release of Jack Smith’s January 6 volume of report on Trump. US Attorney General Merrick Garland fought to release Jack Smith’s final report all weekend after Judge Cannon’s temporary injunction blocking the release expired on Monday evening. Last Thursday, a federal appeals court rejected President Trump’s request to block the release of Jack Smith’s report. Jack Smith resigned from the Justice Department on Saturday. Judge Cannon allowed the DOJ to release the January 6 volume of the report but blocked the classified documents...

Victor Willis, the lead singer of the Village People, announced Monday that the band had accepted an invitation from President-elect Donald Trump's team to perform during several inauguration events, including at least one with Trump himself. “We know this wont make some of you happy to hear however we believe that music is to be performed without regard to politics,” Willis wrote in a Facebook post. “Our song Y.M.C.A. is a global anthem that hopefully helps bring the country together after a tumultuous and divided campaign where our preferred candidate lost.” One of the events the Village People will perform...

The Great State of Texas has defied the outgoing Biden regime and will be giving President Trump the honor he so richly deserves on Inauguration Day. As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, former President Jimmy Carter passed away in his Georgia home last month at 100 years old. Following his death, Joe Biden ordered the flags at all federal buildings, grounds, and naval vessels to be flying at half-mast for 30 days, allegedlyith in accordance w the flag code. A U.S. flag flying at half-staff shows a nation in mourning, which provided undeserved comfort to leftists mourning over Trump’s landslide...

California Democrats have authorized $50 million in state funding as part of an overall drive to protect residents from what lawmakers believe to be “inhumane” threats posed by President-elect Trump’s forthcoming administration. State Sen. Budget Committee Chair Scott Wiener (D) announced on Monday that he would amend legislation to provide $25 million to support legal aid services for California residents at risk of deportation. The bill is the result of a special legislative session that began last month, amid Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) efforts to “Trump-proof” the Golden State from potential federal interference. Wiener’s Monday announcement, made on behalf of...

Los Angeles City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson said in a Sunday interview that he’s excited for President-elect Trump to visit California. In an interview on MSNBC’s “The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart,” Harris-Dawson added that he hopes the visit comes before Trump’s Inauguration Day, on Jan. 20. “I’m ready for him. We’ll be excited to see him here, you know, to be in Pacific Palisades, here in the city of Los Angeles, the San Fernando Valley, and Pasadena, Altadena,” Harris-Dawson said, when asked whether he wants Trump to visit the state. “We hope that he comes soon, before the 20th,”...

U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon on Monday allowed the release of the volume of special counsel Jack Smith’s report dealing with President-elect Trump’s efforts to block the peaceful transfer of power. In a five-page ruling, Cannon denied an effort by Trump and his two co-defendants in the Mar-a-Lago documents case to block the release of both volumes of the report, noting that prosecutors argued the election inference report has little to do with the ongoing trial against the two men. “Based on these representations, the Court sees an insufficient basis to grant emergency injunctive relief as to Volume I,”...

Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) said during an interview on Sunday that then-Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) did not allow Republicans to be briefed on the terrorist threats facing the United States last year because he did not want the information to leak and damage Vice President Kamala Harris during the elections. Britt made the remarks during an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union” when asked about the subject that Republicans repeatedly brought up to Schumer last year. The topic comes two weeks after a terrorist killed more than a dozen people in New Orleans on...

For many years, Rush Limbaugh was fond of the phrase "phony baloney, plastic banana, good time rock'n roller." He used this often times as descriptors for people, but he also used it for events and other things. This storyline about Trump and Theodore Roosevelt? That's definitely phony baloney with a very strong helping of plastic bananas. Check out this clowning article from The Atlantic: The Wannabe Tough-Guy PresidencyOk, here's how you can sum up the Theodore Roosevelt Presidency, in three simple words. This is as simple as it gets. You ready? Destroying the Constitution. That's it. And it's accurate as...

One of the architects of Brexit has been told he cannot enter the US to attend his own inauguration party, it has been reported...

Jack Poso 🇺🇸 @JackPosobiec BREAKING: Nearly Half of Federal Employees Plan to Resist Trump, Poll Finds From dailysignal.com 8:11 AM · Jan 13, 2025 ·

German Vice Chancellor and Economy Minister Robert Habeck called "incoming President Donald Trump's expectation that we will devote 5% of our GDP to our own national defense is unrealistic. Look, prior to 1945 we spent far more than 5% on our defense, but were still battered into submission by the combined might of Russia and the US. For the next 45 years Germany was occupied by foreign troops--Russia because it hoped to eventually dominate us and the Americans because they didn't want Germany to be absorbed into a communist empire." "So, why should we spend anything on our own defense?"...