Trump’s influence dominates politics again as more of Biden’s allies face investigations, John Bolton may be indicted, and Trump invokes authority over the Insurrection Act and military pay during the shutdown. Layoffs hit the IRS, CDC, and federal agencies, while the Supreme Court may ease election challenge rules. In global affairs, Trump’s Gaza peace deal led to new conflicts among militant groups, he visited Israel to strengthen ties, and tensions rose as Venezuela and Cuba edge toward collapse. Domestically, attacks on police, illegal immigration scandals, and rising trucker wages made headlines. Economically, gas turbine production grows as solar projects get canceled. In science and health, breakthroughs include a heart-recovery drug, hair-regrowth from Stevia, and record-breaking 3D-printed alloys. Actress Diane Keaton passed away at 79.
1) Love it. Look at the CNN hostette stutter as she finally grasps how may of Rutabaga's evil cabal is being charged or investigated. The consensus is that "The Moustache" John Bolton will be indicted this week.
2) Gene Reynolds unpacks the Insurrection Act. Bottom line: a President can invoke this without any court interference any ol' damn time he pleases. It's been done 30 times in our history.
3) President Trump had a roundtable on shadow NGOs, labeling them "Riot, INC" and the NGOs are in a panic.
4) As the SpewMore Shutdown continues, the Administration laid off 4,000. I think you'll see these layoffs greatly increase with every passing day. However, Trump instructed SecWar the Punisher Pete Hegseth to pay the troops. This is smart. Every successful leader in history knew that first you paid and fed the military. Meanwhile RFK dispatched over 1,000 employees, leading MSNBC to cry, "The CDC is over!" Good.. By the way, that line was uttered by a satanist and douchetrundle who was into bondage. The same "medical professionals" who murdered people with the vax are now saying we won't be ready for the next pandemic. Well, that's probably good given what you did with the last one.
5) Layoffs also hit the IRS, where up to 1,400 have been sent packing.
6) Looks like the Supes are "poised" as the so called news says to remove "standing" as an impediment to bring election challenge suits.
7) Boston Po-po were ambushed in an attack similar to the one used against ICE with vehicles blocking the road. We'll see if Boston requests help. Meanwhile the DOJ is arresting and indicting people who dox or threaten ICE agents.
8) A mass shooting outside a SC bar left four dead and 16 injured, making Helena Island look like Benghazi-by-the-Lake.
9) Remember the illegal alien invader pusbubbler in Des Moines who became school superintendent? There is a company trying to place hundreds of these human time bombs in schools around the country.
10) New Kabul (NYC) gave this illegal Indian immigrant a commercial driver's license without even a name!
11) Truckers began gaining wages as illegal criminal alien truckers are taken off the road.
12) Gas turbine manufacturers are booming. Meanwhile, the BLM cancelled the largest solar project in the U.S.
13) First, the Hamas Murder Pirates released their last live hostages in the Trump peace plan. Now violence has erupted in Gaza between the Hamas Murder Pirates and other violent thugs. Who woulda guessed that even with no Jews these sanitary napkins can't even get along? Meanwhile a new internal memo from Hamas---yes, the Murder Pirates have computers---instructed the Hamas paragliding fecalbiscuits to target civilians and to film their atrocities.
14) Trump traveled to Israel and spoke to the Knesset. As Jeff Childers, who is a big fan of Trump's Truth Social Diplomacy, noted, "Trump didn’t just throw out the rulebook— he locked the State Department and the CIA middlemen in a closet and built a new peace process on the fly." I am happy when there is peace anywhere, but my eschatology requires me to say that according to the Bible there will never be peace in the middle east until the antichrist negotiates a worldwide treaty that kicks off the Tribulation. Believe me, you don't want to be around for that. But, as Jeff says, Trump decided that Foggy Bottom was part of the problem, not part of the solution. This would be what President Harry Truman, who was in office when Israel was created (again) in 1948, referred to as the "striped pants boys."
15) Maersk cancelled a $475 million contract for a wind-construction/installation vessel that was 99% complete.
16) Trump is manipulating Xi, saying he just "had a bad day" and that he'll snap out of it.
17) Venezuela and Cuba are collapsing. Well, I've heard that about Cuba for years.
19) Mississippi has now surpassed Minnesota for mental health.
20) Repurposing this arthritis drug could significantly reduce recovery time from a heart attack.
21) A compound made from Stevia, an artificial sweetener, may regrow hair.
22) AstraZenica agreed to lower drug prices after Trump meeting.
23) A 3D printed aluminum alloy has set a strength record on its way to lighter aircraft. When I worked on the X-30 in the late 1980s, one of the main program goals was to develop ultra-light alloys that nevertheless were more resistant to heat than the Space Shuttle composites. We did.