Top Commentary: The Evaporation of the Obama Mystique
Month: December 2024
TSNN Featured: Arizona Republicans Introduce Florida-Style Election Reforms to Speed Results
Biden’s Border Crisis: ICE Reports Record Number of Deportations as Non-Detention Docket Swells to 6.2 Million
The greatest number of illegal foreign nationals on the docket for deportation by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Non-Detention Docket (NDD) was reported under the Biden administration.
The greatest number was 6.2 million in fiscal 2023, followed by 4.7 million in fiscal 2022 and 3.6 million in fiscal 2021, according to an ICE 2023 annual report.
Read MoreCommentary: The Evaporation of the Obama Mystique
Barack Obama had long been rumored as the catalyst for the 2020 Biden nomination — and thereafter played the whispering puppeteer behind the subsequent lost Biden administration years.
As such he and his coterie proved the virtual architects of the Biden administration, one of the most unpopular and failed presidencies in American history.
Read MoreHouse Panel Subpoenas Biden-Harris Official Accused of ‘Stonewalling’ Probe into Tim Walz’s China Ties
The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official on Wednesday for allegedly failing to comply with an investigation into Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), according to a letter exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Read MoreZuckerberg’s Meta Gave $1 Million To Trump’s Inaugural Fund
Meta donated $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural fund, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
Read More‘Unacceptable Safety Risk’: Ban on Puberty Blockers Extended Indefinitely in the U.K.
GOV.UK Existing emergency measures banning the sale and supply of puberty-suppressing hormones will be made indefinite, following official advice from medical experts. The Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) has provided independent expert advice that there is currently an unacceptable safety risk in the continued prescription of puberty blockers to children.…
Read MoreTrump Could Start Pardons for January 6 Protesters in ‘First Nine Minutes’ in Office
President-elect Donald Trump said he could start pardons for “most” convicted Jan. 6 protesters during his first minutes in the White House.
Read MoreFBI Had Over a Dozen Confidential Informants at Capitol on Jan. 6, I.G. Report Confirms
More than a dozen FBI informants entered restricted areas in and around the Capitol on Jan. 6 ,2021, according to a Department of Justice investigator general (IG) report published on Thursday.
Read MoreIn ‘Person of the Year’ Interview Trump Told Time Magazine his Campaign ‘Hit the Nerve of the Country’
Time magazine’s most recent edition in which President-elect Donald Trump is named Person of the Year also includes a lengthy interview with Trump in which he further outlines the early priorities of his second administration including pardoning some Jan. 6 defendants and enacting mass deportations.
Read MoreOver 50 Lawmakers Victims of ‘Swatting’ Attacks Within Past Month: U.S. Capitol Police Chief
U.S. Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger says over 50 members of Congress just the past month have faced ‘swatting’ attacks, resulting in 700 investigations.
Read MoreBiden Pardons 39, Commutes Nearly 1,500 Sentences in Largest Clemency Act in Modern U.S. History
Just days after pardoning his son Hunter in a widely unpopular move, President Joe Biden on Thursday issued the most sweeping one-day clemency in modern U.S. history by pardoning 39 Americans and commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 others.
Read MoreCommentary: The Wray Slayer
Confirming reports he planned to step down before Donald Trump’s inauguration next month, FBI Director Christopher Wray today announced he will retire at the official end of the Biden administration. Wray, appointed by then-President Trump in 2017, delivered the news during an all-hands-on-deck virtual meeting of more than 38,000 FBI employees.
Read MoreTop Story: Biden Oversaw Largest Immigration Surge in U.S. History, Data Shows
Biden Oversaw Largest Immigration Surge in U.S. History, Data Shows
President Joe Biden oversaw the highest level of net migration in United States history, underlining how severe the border crisis became during his tenure in the White House.
The migrant surge experienced in the past few years surpassed even the great immigration booms of the 1800s and early 1900s, according to The New York Times analysis of border data. Annual net migration, which is the sum of individuals who enter the U.S. subtracted by the number of people who leave, averaged about 2.4 million from 2021 to 2023 — resulting in net migration that is likely to surpass eight million people during the Biden administration.
Read MoreTop Commentary: Trump Vows to Slash Government Bureaucracy as Public Trust in Government Craters
TSNN Featured: Virginia Man Faces Prison for Allegedly Sending Bitcoin to ISIS Members in Syria Through Turkish Intermediary
Commentary: Trump Vows to Slash Government Bureaucracy as Public Trust in Government Craters
President-elect Donald Trump just announced his sweeping plan to slash the size of the federal government through a new government agency run by businessmen Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.
The temporary agency, which Trump has named the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), will be tasked with slashing government bureaucracy, ending nonsensical regulations, and cutting wasteful expenditures, initiatives the American people appear all too happy to see put into action.
Read MoreRepublican Senators Say They Will Not Oppose Trump’s January 6 Pardons
Most Republican members of the United States Senate said they will not oppose President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to pardon most, if not all, of the January 6th protesters.
According to The Hill, several Republicans in the Senate cited Joe Biden’s recent pardon of his son Hunter as reasoning, with Democrats being forced into a corner of being called hypocrites following Biden’s controversial decision.
Read More‘Unacceptable Safety Risk’: Major European Country Bans Puberty Blockers for Minors
The United Kingdom (UK) indefinitely banned the use of puberty-blocking drugs for minors Wednesday after recommendations from experts that warned of an “unacceptable safety risk.”
The ban affects the sale and supply of the drugs to all citizens under 18 following an independent review by the Commission on Human Medicines, according to a press release from the British government. The ban will be reviewed in 2027.
Read MoreTrump Announces Kari Lake Will Be Next Voice of America Director
President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday night announced that former Arizona GOP Senate nominee Kari Lake will be the next director of the U.S. government’s “Voice of America” (VOA) news agency.
Read MoreInflation Speeds Up in Latest Data
Annual inflation rates increased last month.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its latest Consumer Price Index, a key marker of inflation, which showed that consumer prices rose 0.3% in November, part of a 2.7% increase over the last year.
Read MoreAnother Federal Court Rules Against DACA, This Time Related to Health Care
Another federal court has ruled against the federal program, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), arguing a Biden administration plan to provide free health care to DACA recipients is illegal.
It’s the fourth time a federal judge has recently ruled against a program created by former President Barack Obama through executive order in 2012.
Read MoreAlbertsons Sues Kroger After Judge Blocks Merger
Grocery chain Albertsons ended its $25 billion merger with Kroger, first announced in 2022, after a judge blocked it from going through.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) argued that the merger would hurt consumers by limiting competition.
Read MoreCalifornia County Dems Move to Shield Migrants Charged with ‘Heinous Crimes’ from ICE
San Diego County doubled down on its existing sanctuary policy by voting to further restrict local cooperation with federal immigration authorities, even in cases where migrants have been charged with “heinous crimes.”
In a 3-1 vote on Tuesday, members of the Democrat-controlled San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted to further restrict local law enforcement’s ability to assist or communicate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents operating in the jurisdiction, which could include instances where a migrant has been charged with rape, assault, child abuse or other serious crimes.
Read MoreTwo Trump Lawyers Charged with 10 Additional Felonies in Connection with 2020 Fake Elector Case
The Wisconsin Department of Justice has filed 10 additional felony charges against two lawyers and an aide to Donald Trump for allegedly alleged involvement in a plan to submit paperwork falsely claiming that Trump, who a president, won the state in the 2020 election.
Trump is now the GOP president elect, after having lost reelection four years ago.
Read MoreTime Magazine to Name Trump ‘Person of the Year’
Politico Donald Trump is expected to be named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” — and to celebrate the unveiling of the cover, the president-elect will ring the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday morning, according to three people familiar with the plans granted anonymity…
Read MoreReport: Cuba Running Multiple Espionage Facilities Potentially Used by China to Spy on U.S.
Breitbart A report published by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) this week revealed previously unconfirmed information on four eavesdropping facilities in Cuba that China may be utilizing to conduct espionage on the United States. CSIS, a Washington-based think tank, detailed in the report that satellite imagery and open-source…
Read MoreBankruptcy Judge Rejects the Onion’s Bid for Infowars
Washington Examiner Federal bankruptcy judge Christopher M. Lopez rejected the Onion‘s bid to buy Infowars, the website of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, citing that the auction of the website and the bid lacked transparency and created an uneven playing field. Chicago-based satirical publication, won the auction for the website while backed by the families of the…
Read MoreFBI Director Christopher Wray Announces Resignation
FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday he is resigning as the leader of the agency, according to several news reports.
Read MoreMichigan Parents Opting to Keep Children Out of Child Care as Closures Continue
Michigan is one of the most-expensive states in the nation for child care, leading some to label it a “crisis” for parents, who are increasingly choosing to opt out of it.
A new report from the Committee for Economic Development found there are 23% fewer children in paid child care throughout the state, decreasing from 400,807 in 2019 to 306,595 in 2022. It is unlikely that just one factor is contributing to those decreases.
Read MoreHouse Judiciary Chair Jordan Says FBI, Others Are Weaponized to Spy on Americans’ Bank Accounts
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said Tuesday that the federal government has been weaponized to spy on Americans’ bank accounts and financial transactions.
Read MoreMicrosoft Promotes Media Literacy as ‘Inoculation’ Against ‘Disinformation’
Microsoft has staked a claim in the growing field of “media literacy” and “digital literacy,” which aims to instruct members of the public – especially schoolchildren – in what types of digital media they ought to trust and distrust. As FFO has previously reported, media and digital literacy is the latest in a long string of pretexts by the ideologically biased censorship industry to prevent the public from accessing disfavored information sources.
Read MoreTrump-Appointed Judge Temporarily Closes Door to Obamacare for DACA Recipients
A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Joe Biden’s attempt to provide Obamacare coverage to illegal migrants enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, marking the latest courtroom loss for his immigration agenda.
Read More‘EPIC!’: Matt Gaetz Lands New Primetime Gig on Conservative Network
Former Republican Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz is set to join the primetime lineup One America News Network (OAN) in January, the network announced Tuesday.
Read MorePressure Mounts for Support of Trump’s Cabinet Picks During Honeymoon as Fights Heat Up
President-elect Donald Trump seems to finally be enjoying the honeymoon period he didn’t get after his 2016 victory, with Democrats publicly expressing willingness to work with him on key initiatives and public polling showing broad approval of his plans.
Read MoreRasmussen: Ending Birthright Citizenship ‘Popular with Voters’
The results of a poll from early 2024 is receiving renewed attention after former President Trump considers ending birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants.
Read MoreBombshell Memo from 2021 Warned Unprepared DHS About Surge of Unaccompanied Migrant Children
Long before Congress became alarmed over as many as 320,000 unaccompanied minor children from the border crisis, the Department of Homeland Security prepared a briefing memo in summer 2021 starkly warning Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas that federal authorities were ill-equipped to deal with a surge of young immigrants or reunite them with their parents, according to a copy of the memo reviewed by Just the News.
Read MoreCT Top Story: New Defense Spending Bill Puts Slew of Left-Wing Initiatives on Chopping Block
Top Commentary: Nearly Four Years Later, No Letup in Jan. 6 Prosecutions, Possible Pardons or Not
New Defense Spending Bill Puts Slew of Left-Wing Initiatives on Chopping Block
Congress’ latest defense spending bill unveiled Saturday would deal a major blow to a slew of left-wing policy initiatives that have been pushed by the Biden Pentagon.
The National Defense Reauthorization Act of 2025 (NDAA) includes provisions that prohibit the use of Department of Defense (DoD) funds to promote Critical Race Theory, climate change, the procurement of sex change surgeries for children and further extends a freeze on hiring for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, according to the text of the bill. The bill is likely to pass a Republican-controlled House and Senate amid promises from President-elect Donald Trump to rein in the so-called “woke” military.
Read MoreTSNN Featured: Accused UnitedHealth CEO Killer Luigi Mangione Reportedly Praised Unabomber, Left Anti-Corporation Manifesto
Commentary: Nearly Four Years Later, No Letup in Jan. 6 Prosecutions, Possible Pardons or Not
by Julie Kelley Even as President-elect Donald Trump promised on Sunday to act “very quickly” on pardons for many of the protesters involved in the events of January 6, the Biden administration’s Justice Department is continuing to arrest and try people for actions that occurred almost four years ago while opposing…
Read MoreReport: Average American Household Has More than $10,000 in Credit Card Debt
The average American household credit card balance as of the third quarter of 2024 was about $10,757 after adjusting for inflation, according to a new study.
The personal-finance website WalletHub on Friday released its new Credit Card Debt Study, which found that consumers added $21 billion in debt during the third quarter of 2024.
Read MoreLuigi Mangione Charged with Murder in Death of UnitedHealthcare CEO
Manhattan prosecutors charged Luigi Mangione with murder on Monday night in the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, along with other charges, according to court documents reported by the Associated Press.
Read MorePerson of Interest in UnitedHealthcare Killing Luigi Mangione Appears in Court, Faces Five Charges
Luigi Mangione, the person of interest who has been arrested on gun charges and held in connection with the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, appeared in court in Pennsylvania on Monday night for a preliminary arraignment.
Read MoreNew Missouri State Legislator Introduces Bill to Award $1,000 Bounty to Americans Who Report Illegal Aliens
A newly-elected state lawmaker in Missouri has introduced a bill that will award a bounty of $1,000 to any citizen who reports an illegal alien to the authorities.
As reported by Fox News, the bill introduced by State Senator-elect David Gregory (R-Mo.), SB 72, would see citizens receive their reward only after an illegal has been arrested. Such tips would be processed through “an information system for people to report violations of this act which shall include a toll-free telephone hotline, e-mail, and online reporting portal.” The system would be implemented and managed by the state’s Department of Public Safety.
Read MoreTrump Signals Shift from Unnecessary Military Intervention with Reaction to Assad Ouster in Syria
The unexpected fall of the Assad regime in Syria to a ragtag team of Islamist insurgents plunged the Middle East into a new era of uncertainty and opportunity while putting the world on notice that Donald Trump’s return to power was already uprooting decades of interventionist foreign policy in America.
Trump signaled the shift in dramatic fashion, yawning at the Islamist rebels’ final push into Damascus to oust Bashar al-Assad as not a battle America needed to fight and then using its aftermath to urge Russia, long a backer of Assad, to focus instead on seeking a peaceful end to its war against Ukraine.
Read MoreLA Times Owner Readies ‘Bias Meter’ to Appear on News Articles and Columns
The Los Angeles Times is preparing to unveil a “bias meter” to appear on news articles and columns on the news outlet’s website, according to the news outlet’s owner.
The bias meter, which could launch as early as January, will be operated by Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Read MoreDOD Sends an Additional $988 Million Package to Ukraine
The U.S. Department of Defense announced a new round of nearly $1 billion in U.S. taxpayer money for Ukraine as the conflict with Russia continues. Total U.S. taxpayer funding for Ukraine now totals $62 billion since the war began.
The latest package will provide Ukraine with munitions for rocket systems, Unmanned Aerial Systems, and maintenance and repair programs to sustain and bolster its combat power.
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