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MATT GATES WITHDRAWS FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL POSITION(Fox News)
Thursday, November 21, 2024
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President-elect Donald Trump reacted to the news that his nominee for attorney general former Rep. Matt Gaetz suddenly withdrew his name from consideration.
'I greatly appreciate the recent efforts of Matt Gaetz in seeking approval to be Attorney General,' Trump wrote on Truth Social. 'He was doing very well but, at the same time, did not want to be a distraction for the Administration, for which he has much respect.'
Gaetz, a unequivocal supporter of President Trump, had earned respect from the president-elect despite the salacious allegations that followed him.
Matt Gaetz withdrew as Donald Trump 's nominee for attorney general in a stunning reversal for the president-elect.
It followed a new allegation that the embattled Republican had a threesome that involved a minor.
The announcement came a day after the House Ethics Committee deadlocked on releasing a report into allegations of sexual misconduct and illegal drug use by Gaetz.
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On Wednesday, Gaetz had met with Republican senators whose support he would have needed to be confirmed as attorney general.
'I had excellent meetings with Senators yesterday. I appreciate their thoughtful feedback - and the incredible support of so many.
Former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly said Wednesday evening that Comcast was tossing MSNBC “overboard” to save the reputation and ratings of NBC News.
Comcast announced it was spinning off multiple cable networks, including the left-wing news channel that featured hosts Rachel Maddow, Joy Reid, Chris Hayes, Nicolle Wallace and Lawrence O’Donnell Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reported. O’Reilly asserted that MSNBC hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski were “ordered” to visit President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago because executives planned to announce the spinoff.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) will chair the subcommittee tasked with working with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to slash wasteful spending throughout the federal government.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) will create the new Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE) subcommittee and tap Greene to lead it in January, Fox News Digital reported Thursday.
WATCH — MTG Dunks on Democrat Meltdown over “Disinformation,” Project 2025 in FEMA Oversight Hearing: (Video) Musk and Ramaswamy were tasked by Trump to lead DOGE to displace the power of the federal bureaucracy and return it to the “people we elect [to] run the government,” Musk and Ramaswamy outlined Wednesday
The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it would provide Ukraine with another $275 million in military aid as it amps up support for the country before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the U.S. would give Ukraine ammunition for high mobility artillery rocket systems, TOW missiles, landmines, small arms and training equipment, and a variety of other ammunition and drones.
“As part of the surge in security assistance that President Biden announced on September 26, the United States is providing another significant package of urgently needed weapons and equipment to our Ukrainian partners as they defend against Russia’s ongoing attacks,”
Republican Nick Begich defeated incumbent Democrat Mary Peltola in Alaska’s at-large Congressional District.
The results came Wednesday evening after a ranked-choice tabulation was completed. (X)
Results of the race posted Wednesday showed Begich defeating Democratic incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola, who first won the seat in a special election in 2022 after the death of Republican longtime Rep. Don Young. Peltola had been the first Alaska Native woman elected to Congress, and the first Democrat to hold the seat since Begich’s grandfather, Nick Begich, won the seat in 1972.
President Biden and Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas seem to think their border policies haven’t done enough damage to the country, so they’re racing to ensure even more harm after they leave.
With just two months to go before Team Trump takes over, the Biden crew is getting set to roll out an ICE app — starting in New York in December — that’ll let illegal migrants skip periodic, in-person check-ins that are required while they wait for court dates that could be years off.
Right now, those who miss in-person check-ins are subject to deportation. But those who “check in” by app won’t be, making it harder to deport
The state of Texas has offered President-elect Donald Trump over 1,400 acres to conduct its mass deportation operation — and incoming Border Czar Tom Homan says they “absolutely” accept.
The land is available to be used for “processing, detention, and coordination of the largest deportation of violent criminals in the nation’s history,” according to the Texas Land Commissioner.
Homan discussed the offer during an appearance on Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle” on Wednesday.
“We absolutely will. When we find somebody, a targeted enforcement operation when they get arrested, they’ll be detained,” Homan said.
Jennifer Rubin's Venom
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Recently, Washington Post columnist and MSNBC contributor Jennifer Rubin claimed that Senate Republicans who approve of President Donald Trump's cabinet picks must pay a "political price."
"The people who irresponsibly put dangerous, treasonous, unfit people in positions of authority are responsible not only for those people but for all the horrors that will unfold"
"Democrats better get started now tracking these people, holding these people accountable, and making clear to ordinary voters who voted for what and who’s responsible for what."
"You have to be pithy. What do I mean by pithy? How about this: Republicans want to kill your kids. It's actually true."
"If you're gonna oppose vaccinations, if you're gonna stop breakthrough
Matt Gaetz withdrew his nomination as Donald Trump's attorney general amid a report alleging he had a threesome with one minor and one adult.
Gaetz announced his shocking decision on social media.
'I had excellent meetings with Senators yesterday. I appreciate their thoughtful feedback - and the incredible support of so many. While the momentum was strong, it is clear that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work of the Trump/Vance,' he wrote on X.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and FBI Director Christopher Wray jointly told the Senate Homeland Security Committee to take a long walk off a short pier. Statements issued by DHS and the FBI made it clear that they have said all they will say in a public setting.A DHS spokesman released a statement saying:
DHS and the FBI have offered to the Committee a classified briefing to discuss the threats to the Homeland in detail, providing the Committee with the information it needs to conduct its work in the months ahead. DHS and the FBI have already shared with the Committee and other Committees,
Matt Gaetz has withdrawn himself from consideration to President-Elect Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, the former Florida congressman announced on Thursday afternoon. “ I had excellent meetings with Senators yesterday. I appreciate their thoughtful feedback - and the incredible support of so many. While the momentum was strong, it is clear that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work of the Trump/Vance Transition. There is no time to waste on a needlessly protracted Washington scuffle, thus I'll be withdrawing my name from consideration to serve as Attorney General. Trump's DOJ must be in place and ready on Day 1.”
The Illinois Supreme Court overturned Jussie Smollett's hate crime hoax conviction Thursday. "Today we resolve a question about the State’s responsibility to honor the agreements it makes with defendants," the court wrote in documents obtained by Fox News Digital. "Specifically, we address whether a dismissal of a case by nolle prosequi allows the State to bring a second prosecution when the dismissal was entered as part of an agreement with the defendant and the defendant has performed his part of the bargain.
Right after the election, the CEO of Aspen Skiing Company, which runs Aspen and Snowmass resorts (known as “SkiCo” locally), was grieving. And he wanted everyone to know.
He sent a memo to all 1,500-some employees instructing them on “the gravity of what just occurred.” (This is all he knows about gravity, believe me – I’ve seen this guy ski.)
The memo CEO-splained that the election decision made by over half the nation was “openly at odds” with SkiCo’s values of:
“Equality, democracy, civility, compassion, tolerance, sustainability, open-mindedness, gratitude, freedom, integrity, and justice.”
The left really is having a difficult time coping with Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 elections. Some celebrities have even "moved out" of the country. On Wednesday evening, we learned that comedian and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and her partner Portia de Rossi have moved to rural England. It's not all that it seems, though, because they already owned the home in Great Britain. But they are selling their Montecito, Calif., estate.
Not all celebs who claimed to be worried about a Trump dictatorship are leaving the country, though. Most are just leaving X/Twitter.
Crawling from the wreckage, crawling from the wreckage
You'd think by now at least
That half a brain would get the message
Crawling from the wreckage, crawling from the wreckage
Into a brand new car - Dave Edmunds
The 80's were indeed the finest decade. I say that as someone who graduated from high school in 1984. This is my wheelhouse. It was the decade of Reagan. The economy was rapidly improving. Music was great. Movies were great. But we didn't fully appreciate at the time how good things were until the 90's and Bill Clinton came calling.
At the front edge of the 80's, musically speaking, was an album released
In what must be the millionth time never-Trumpers have predicted this, New York Times columnist David French claimed this week, pointing to appointments he doesn’t like, “Donald Trump is already starting to fail.”
But what really worries people like French and those on the left isn’t that Trump will fail. It’s that he’s off to an outstanding start and has the wind as his back to succeed. [snip] Think about what Trump was up against and what he accomplished in his first term.
After winning in 2016, Trump struggled to appoint his team. On inauguration day, he’d named only 29
Happy Thursday, dear Kruiser Morning Briefing friends. (Snip) The Democrats and their flying monkeys in the mainstream media Spent a good portion of this year insisting that Donald Trump would be a vengeful tyrant if he was elected again, hell-bent on retribution against, well, them. That didn't go over quite like they thought it would, obviously. Heck, it sounded like a strong selling point to some of us.
When Trump returns to office in January he'll have plenty of work just beginning to undo the overwhelming damage that Joe Biden and the commie cabal running his brain have done. Getting the southern border under control,
The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister and Hamas officials, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity over the war in Gaza and the October 2023 attacks that triggered Israel’s offensive in the Palestinian territory.
The decision turns Netanyahu and the others into internationally wanted suspects and is likely to further isolate them and complicate efforts to negotiate a cease-fire to end the 13-month conflict. But its practical implications could be limited since Israel and its major ally, the United States,
Trump finally vanquished Obama
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In his victory speech in 2008 — nearly a generation ago — Obama told the masses in Chicago: “It's been a long time coming. But tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.”
Upon reflection, Obama’s changes were far from transformative. Oh, the deep state got deeper. And the insurance industry received subsidies that over the years likely top a trillion dollars by now.
Obamacare also enabled him to enable the transgender fad that has poured millions into a few doctors and children’s hospitals while spaying and neutering thousands of innocent teens who were struggling with teenage hormonal imbalances.
HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra Has No Answer
to Children Trafficked and Missing Under
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to Children Trafficked and Missing Under
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As the carnage wrought by the Biden-Harris open borders policies and it's real-world cost to Americans continues to unravel, the news cycle continues to grow more fraught and more frustrating. As RedState reported, the illegal immigrant who raped and murdered Athens, Georgia nursing student Laken Riley was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison without parole. While justice was done, the fact that had it not been for the deliberate opening of our borders to unvetted evildoers like Jose Ibarra, Laken Riley, and others would be alive today. (X Video)
Outgoing Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) — a member of the far-left “Squad” — is demanding that the next Star Wars movie features a black Jedi lead character, saying he will refuse to watch and will even denounce the movie franchise if his demand isn’t met.
The threat to the Walt Disney Company comes as the studio recently announced a new Star Wars movie trilogy in the making from X-Men veteran Simon Kinberg.
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, who is set to leave Congress in January after losing his primary, made his demand known in an X post on Tuesday.
“If the lead Jedi is not a Black [sic] man I ain’t messing with yall.
Lefty Georgia DA in Laken Riley case faces
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outrage after killer migrant avoids death penalty replies
The progressive Georgia district attorney who was prosecuting nursing student Laken Riley’s illegal immigrant killer refused to seek the death penalty even after removing herself from the case – drawing outrage when the defendant was sentenced to life without parole.
Athens-Clarke District Attorney Deborah Gonzalez, who appointed a special prosecutor to take over the prosecution of Jose Ibarra at the end of February amid criticism over her own prosecutorial record, laid out her soft-on-crime reforms when she assumed office in January 2021.
The Biden administration is quietly rushing to implement new policies that will loosen restrictions on migrants who entered the US illegally — a parting attempt to thwart President-elect Donald Trump’s immigration crackdowns and mass deportations, sources tell The Post.
And the Big Apple will be ground zero for these changes.
The outgoing administration intends to launch an ICE Portal app starting in early December in New York City that will allow migrants to bypass in-person check-ins to their local ICE office.