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1/19/2025

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The National Parks hold some of our nation's greatest treasures and tells of our shared stories. This year, there will be once again free entrance days, with the first one being held this weekend. National Parks free entrance 2025 dates

Donald Trump has 100 executive orders ready for his first day back in the White House - Washington Times

Ted Cruz introduces bill to increase penalties for those who target law enforcement | thecentersquare.com

FBI assistant special agent in charge who said New Orleans attack 'not a terrorist event' reassigned | Fox News

Jury finds CNN committed defamation against Navy veteran, settlement reached on punitive damages

AccuWeather estimates more than $250 billion in damages and economic loss from LA wildfires

AT&T Is Stopping Its 5G Internet Air Service in NY Because of New Broadband Law - CNET

Walgreens announces it will close 12 stores across San Francisco - CBS San Francisco

The War Behind The War: What World War III in Ukraine is really being fought over

CA withdraws clean-air rules as Trump prepares to take office - CalMatters

Dear Democrats: This Time, You Can't Blame The Republicans | ZeroHedge

Sweden seeks to change constitution to be able to revoke citizenships

Wildfire Looters Show LA's Law & Order DA Faces 'Uphill Battle'

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1/18/2025

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President Trump will be naming Sean Curran, who heads his personal detail, to be Secret Service Director. | Fox News

Since Gavin Newsome became Governor, he’s spent $24 Billion Dollars to end Homelessness The Result: Homelessness has Increased by 40% $24 BILLION… gone. That’s a lot of money… just gone. https://t.co/GP7w3hnEpw https://t.co/IQsG0yRMcR" / X

It’s over hustler. Your cover's been blown. No one trusts you, and now they like you even less.
California Governor Gavin Newsom is Running from His Past With Fire Response – California Globe

California's Sanctuary state law could prevent ICE from detaining Kenneth fire person of interest - Newsweek

California bureaucrats halted Pacific Palisades fire safety project to save endangered shrub

Lindy Li Makes A Shocking 180
I was fully indoctrinated into the Democrat 'cult.' Here's why I left my liberal influencer life behind to raise money for Trump | Daily Mail Online

Governor Ron DeSantis just said he might Fire certain public officials who do not obey Trump's deportations. "I have the authority, with respect to certain officials, to suspend them from office if they are neglecting their duties." https://t.co/G2IS93dnNT" / X

TikTok prepares to shut down app in US on Sunday, sources say | Reuters

The Trump Effect
FBI closed DEI office in December, agency says | Fox News

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Friday's Adventure Road

1/17/2025

Sometimes, life puts you back in the same unfavorable situation you found yourself in once before. Thats to check and see if you're still acting like the same dumbass, you were earlier.

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Mass Gov Suddenly Changes Her Tune On Leaving Shelter Doors Open For Illegal Migrants After Huge Drug Bust | The Daily Caller

UnitedHealth, employer of slain exec Brian Thompson, found to have overcharged some cancer patients for drugs by over 1,000%

Planned Parenthood chapter provided Harris campaign workspace, breaking tax law: IRS complaint | Fox News

Pentagon Aide Terminated After Boasting About Conspiring With Retired Generals To Stop Trump / Fox News

Biden sets record by commuting sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted on nonviolent drug charges | AP News

After a Massive Shakeup That Involved Moving Wolf Blitzer to Mornings. CNN Plots to Bury the Anchor Trump Hates Most

Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis announced a new law allowing Local Police to Deport illegal immigrants. - https://t.co/8OWobdMDhq" / X

Armed LA Residents Patrol Neighborhoods In Violation Of Evacuation Orders | ZeroHedge

Ellen DeGeneres Returns To America, Looks More Miserable Than Ever | OutKick

Here are 11 things Trump has promised to carry out on Day 1 of his presidency

Biden promised to turn the page on Trump. Now he's being replaced by him

Fetterman wants Democrats to 'chill' about Trump. He's right | Opinion

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1/16/2025

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Another Example That Shows, He Just Can't Control Himself
Biden is looting the Treasury on his way out. While it’s normal for deposed dictators to fly out pallets of cash, Biden’s doing it to the tune of $2 trillion. This leaves a giant hole in Trump's budget before he even takes office. https://t.co/m9LhhbRCrj" / X

The Trump Effect
Israel and Hamas reach deal on Gaza ceasefire and hostage release

“If these hostages aren’t back home by that date [Jan 20], all hell’s gonna break out.” pic.twitter.com/Fl6TeM5C2x

'The Purge Begins': GOP Pressure Forces Resignation of Lockheed Martin’s Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Shelly O’Neill Stoneman / breitbart

Top Pentagon Advisor Jamie Mannina has just been FIRED per email to @OKeefeMedia from Joint Staff Public Affairs Spokesman Joseph Holstead Mannina was caught on OMG hidden cameras revealing plans “with a Couple of Retired Generals to Explore What We Can Do” to to https://t.co/Aq4dH1Whn0" / X

Rashida Jones is stepping down as MSNBC president on the eve of Trump inauguration

This is what the Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has to say about his border record

Pam Bondi in her confirmation hearing for AG doesn’t hold back as she says Trump was Targeted by Justice Department investigations

GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson Orders All U.S. Capitol Flags To Raise To ‘Full-Staff’ For Trump Inauguration, Despite Biden’s Flag Directive – One America News Network

Only Two-House Democrats, had the courage to Join Republicans to Pass Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act

Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., who previously has spoken out against transgender participation in girls' sports has now been effectively muzzled. - Newsweek

FDA Finally Bans Red No. 3 Food Dye After Decades Earlier Acknowledging It Caused Cancer - Business Insider

CFPB sues Capital One for 'cheating' customers out of over $2 billion in interest

Trump to create External Revenue Service for tariff collection

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1/15/2025

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A newly conducted poll shows that almost 60% of the people of Greenland want to join the United States and become Americans. Join USA: 57% NO: 37% Did anyone really think Don Jr. and President Trump's representatives flew there for nothing? https://t.co/y3EtDfFajr" / X

Donald Trump agreed to indict and disbar Jack Smith, Fani Willis, Alvin Bragg and Letitia James. The hunters are becoming the hunted. There are consequences and there about to find out. https://t.co/aMhGwckqz5" / X

Pete Hegseth kicked their asses today. It wasn't even close. They didn't even lay a glove on Hegseth... The Democrats on the committee acted in such a bizarre and unprofessional way. https://t.co/BpBuTkqbhI" / X

A Major Embarrassment
There is Stupid, and There is Elizabeth Warren’s level which has her fellow Dems Rolling their eyes.

Sen. John Cornyn Introduces Bill Allowing Concealed Carry Permits To Work In All 50 States / dailycaller

Residents Of Argentina's Crime-Ridden Cities Welcome Milei's Gun Reform | ZeroHedge

Go Big and Go Away
Former Massachusetts construction company owner sent to prison for fraud | WWLP

San Diego law firm to file lawsuits on behalf of victims from LA-area fires

We, the People Affirm American Greatness › American Greatness

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1/14/2025

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These People Really Are That Stupid
California Holds Up 60 Oregon Firetrucks Sent to Assist Fighting The Fire Because They Are Lacking Smog Certificates - Santa Monica Observer

The Narrative Must Be Controlled
Burlington mayor requires advance approval of all police press releases / burlingtonfreepress

Making it in Mass
Illegal immigrant with $1M of drugs, guns had free Mass state housing: officials | Fox News

Southern California Pastor Jack Hibbs doesn’t hold back and let's loose on California’s Democrat leadership. The best 3 min clip you’ll watch today! https://t.co/y5e7QSKKQg" / X

Illegal immigrant accused in attempted teen kidnapping deported 5 times: officials

Trump To Sign Around 100 Executive Orders Upon Taking Office | ZeroHedge

Steve Bannon: ‘I Will Do Anything’ to Keep Elon Musk out of the White House

Stunner: Why Was Pacific Palisades Reservoir EMPTY? It Gets Worse. – PJ Media

Who Really Denied Statehood to the Palestinian People? :: Gatestone Institute

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1/13/2025

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Patriots hire Mike Vrabel as franchise's next head coach; former New England star returns home - CBSSports.com

MSNBC Turns On its Hero
Biden’s claim that he could have beaten Trump is wrong in two big ways

Pope Francis Violates Catholic Teaching by Bearing False Witness Against Israel :: Gatestone Institute

FBI Is Still Hiding Details of Russiagate, Newly Released Document Shows | RealClearInvestigations

Americans Think History Will Rate Joe Bidens Presidency Negatively / Gallop Poll

Never underestimate the stupidity of people.
Last week saw a significant increase in the number of those foolish dreamers who chose to engage the police with a weapon. Statistics will consistently show us that those who make that decision will generally achieve the end result of a permanent horizontal position.

'Pizzagate' gunman killed by police during traffic stop in North Carolina

Salt Lake City Police shoot man during traffic stop Thursday morning

Washington County deputies exchange gunfire with suspect during traffic stop in Arlington, man injured

Man dies 2 days after Kannapolis officer-involved shooting, police say

Dallas police give update on officer-involved shooting

NYC armed 50-year-old shot by NYPD after pointing gun at sergeant in Brooklyn

Milwaukee police shoot and injure 19-year-old on Monday night

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1/12/2025

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Mark Zuckerberg says Biden officials would 'scream' and 'curse' when seeking removal of Facebook content

Mark Zuckerberg has abandoned its DEI practices at his Meta companys and removes tampons from men’s bathrooms at Meta offices: report | The Post Millennial

An Example of 'White Privilege.’ Adam Carolla applied to be an LA firefighter and was told he had to wait 7 years because he wasn't black, Hispanic, or female. - World News

Illegals Who Commit Heinous Crimes - Hang 'Em, Says Rep. Tim Burchett - Todd Starnes

A woman is going viral after she decided to confront and punch a man in a road rage incident, only to get hit herself and then body slammed to the ground. I-TEAM:

Pfizer's secret documents reveal that their COVID vaccine actually made you 8.7% more likely to get COVID

Hamas Member Admits Terrorists And Lethal Weapons Are In Hospitals So Israel Won’t Attack / dailywire

US Believes Only 20 Hostages Still Alive in Gaza | Newsmax.com

New fast food value deals are coming in 2025 | Fox Business

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1/11/2025

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Los Angeles Fire Department chief Kristin Crowley turns on Los Angeles leadership, says they failed her. Remarkable interview. Crowley called out the city for having no water in the Santa Ynez Reservoir. https://t.co/fUQPoW32QA" / X

Gov. Newsom cut fire budget, Cal Fire funding by $100M months before lethal California fires | Fox News

LA County spent heavily on woke programs while cutting fire services budget | Fox News

National Guard arrives in L.A., curfews planned to crack down on looting in fire-ravaged areas - Los Angeles Times

California-Based Insurer Crashes Amid Billions In L.A. Area Fire-Damage Losses | ZeroHedge

Live Updates: Fires in California leave at least 10 dead, decimate Los Angeles area / CBS

UK Father Whose Daughter Was Gang Raped: “Police Told Me To Let It Go” - modernity

The Grooming Gangs of the United Kingdom: An Explainer | The Epoch Times

The End of Times for the Never-Trump Movement - Liberty Nation News

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Friday's Adventure Road

1/10/2025

It’s the not the Destination, It’s the journey.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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LA Mayor and all the leaders are Incompetent,
They failed to protect their constituents as the city's devastating fires burn | Opinion

Wildfires Put Spotlight on CA Water Policies, Inept Preparation | RealClearPolitics

Ninety-five percent of California’s water flows into the Pacific
DAVID MARCUS: In California, environmental activism backfires into a blazing hellscape | Fox News

"California has the best land and worst government in America. Gavin Newsom’s failed land management policies helped turn what could have been manageable fires, into devastating infernos. Trump called it months ago on his interview with Joe Rogan. https://t.co/yXLt2J7fYS" / X

There is an old saying that a conservative is a liberal who has been mugged by reality.
The meaningless empty suits praised 'diversity' without prioritizing what the public really needed

Leaked memo reveals LA Mayor Karen Bass demanded her fire department cut an extra $49 million just ONE WEEK before wildfires broke out | Daily Mail Online

LA fire chief sounded alarm on budget cuts impacting wildfire response: memo | Fox News

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1/9/2025

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Live streaming of the Southern California fires that are destroying neighborhoods across LA County
Fox 11 Los Angeles

Narcissism at its Best
A longtime Massachusetts hack allegedly stole taxpayer money meant for seniors and spent the ill-gotten funds on his own music studio recordings, a fancy lacquered portrait of himself a Prius and loads of other goodies according to federal prosecutors. Tom Clasby indictment on embezzlement charges

Gov. Maura Healey, D-Mass., now hopes the Trump administration fixes the border crisis after previously vowing to fight against its immigration enforcement. | Fox News

Massachusetts Governor Orders Sweeping Shelter Inspections After Illegal Migrant Arrested With AR-15, Drugs | The Daily Caller

There Should Be No Amnesty, Only Restitution!
Zuckerberg Ending Censorship on Facebook: "The Fact-Checkers Have Just Been Too Politically Biased" | RealClearPolitics

Liberal Media Collapse Continues: Washington Post Laying Off Dozens of Staffers - 'Cuts Will be Deep' | The Gateway Pundit

The View co-host Sunny Hostin exposed her Husband's Alleged Insurance Scam, Now He's a Defendant in a RICO Case – RedState

Illegal Deported on Christmas Eve Re-Enters Country One-Week Later, Brutally Murders Ex-Girlfriend

"Puff, the Magic Dragon" singer was convicted of child sex abuse and received a presidential pardon Peter Yarrow, Folk Singer in Peter, Paul and Mary, Dead at 86

Okay, Trump Is Serious About Acquiring Greenland, and the Game Is Heating Up – PJ Media

An Obscure Virus Is Spreading in China. It's Not Cause for Alarm | RealClearScience

NYT Reporter Regrets Kavanaugh Hit: “I Have Learned Some Lessons” - Chronicles

McDonald's Is the Latest Large Corporation to Alter Its DEI Policies – PJ Media

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1/8/2025

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Live streaming of the Southern California fires that is destroying neighborhoods across LA County Palisades, Malibu, Pasadena, Sylmar

Palisades fire: Wildfire destroys homes, thousands evacuate in Southern California | AP News

New Study Linking Fluoride to Lower IQ in Children Sparks Renewed Calls to End Water Fluoridation • Children's Health Defense

Ford, Tesla, GEM among nearly 400,000 vehicles recalled: Check car recalls here-- vehicles recalled

"The UK will throw you in prison for social media posts” https://t.co/IFiL48Bsbo" / X

Make them all pay, this lawyer is awesome, - pic.twitter.com/Wm56cvPsNi

A Nation Reclaimed: How a New Homestead Act Could Transform America

Cooking Oils Used By Millions Linked To Cancer In Second Study In A Week

America Finally Gets the President We Deserve | Opinion - Newsweek

New Orleans attacker used very rare explosive in bombs, officials say

House Passes 'Laken Riley Act' in Face of Opposition from 158 Democrats

List of 158 democrats who voted against deporting rapists.

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1/7/2025

I believe in second chances, that doesn't mean everyone deserves one

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Keep the Popcorn ready, it's not just the Network News Dominoes Talking Heads that are starting to fall

Canada’s Trudeau resigns following party pressure amid criticisms of Trump, budget handling | Fox News

Jack Smith's Top Hatchet Man in Trump Classified Documents Case Abruptly Resigns From Justice Department | The Gateway Pundit

Michael Barr to step down as the Fed's head of banking supervision to avoid clash with Trump

First Italy, then Germany and France
Austria heads towards coalition talks led by far right after centrists fail | Reuters

The crime figures prove the reality of unchecked mass immigration in Britain
Foreigners three times as likely to be arrested for sex offences as British citizens. - immigration

Elon Musk Calls for Long-Overdue National Inquiry in UK on Rape Gang Scandal | Frontpage Mag

Another Convert? Now Even DC Mayor Bowser Is Saying Positive Things About Trump – RedState

Actor Jon Cryer Goes So Woke in 5-Second Answer That Bill Maher Has to Change Subjects

LA church struggles to be neutral, members leave over political differences | Fox News

Biden Admin Issues Sweeping Ban On Natural Gas Water Heaters

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1/6/2025

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Senator: Don’t piss down my back and tell me it’s raining
Chuck Schumer was confronted Sunday on Meet The Press about the coverup around Biden's obvious cognitive decline — and denies he "misled" Americans. pic.twitter.com/XTZrfqrDHP

In Joe Biden’s America
A previously deported illegal alien from Mexico with a long criminal rap sheet stabbed an 86-year-old man at a Fred Meyer grocery store in Clackamas County, Oregon last week. | The Gateway Pundit

‘Hostile Environment’: University Failed To Address Hundreds Of Complaints Alleging Harassment Of Jewish Students | The Daily Caller

NEW Footage of Cybertruck Explosion From Different Angle Raises Even More DAMNING Questions – Twitchy

Consolation After Losing That Number 1 Draft Pick
At Least The Pain is Over, Patriots fire Jerod Mayo after win over Bills - masslive.com

Now Taking Reservations at the Losers Wine and Cheese Table
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expected to announce resignation: report | Fox News

Golden Globes Host Nikki Glaser Torches Diddy, Unwatchable Movies, Celebrities Who Backed Kamala

Teamsters President Sean O’Brien: The H-1B Visa Program 'Displaces' Americans from Their Jobs

Natalie Winters On H1B Visas: "It's Never Been About Bringing In The Best And The Brightest"

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1/5/2025

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The Upstanding Citizen is Walking Among Us Today
Video shows man body-slamming woman after apparent road rage incident in Massachusetts - CBS Boston

Homeland Security Agents Charged With Selling Illegal Drugs Seized as Evidence | The Epoch Times

California Rings in the New Year with New Push to Block Voter Identification – JONATHAN TURLEY

Passengers say they were put on the streets ‘like animals’ after JetBlue flight to Boston delayed

Democrats Are Again Trying to Rewrite History to Praise Jimmy Carter | RealClearWire

Iran's Race to Nuclear Bombs: The Mullahs Have Got to Go :: Gatestone Institute

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