Folks, if you can’t see what’s happening hidden in plain sight on the world stage, I can’t help you! But I’ll try…. Let’s start with this, the announcement that President Trump’s company, TMTG (ticker $DJT) is merging with the premier Fusion Power Company, TAE Technologies: Trump Media & Technology Group to Merge with TAE Technologies, a Premier Fusion Power Company, in All-Stock Transaction Valued at More Than $6 Billion Combined company expects to site and commence construction of the first utility-scale fusion power plant in 2026 Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. (Nasdaq, NYSE Texas: DJT) (“TMTG”) and TAE Technologies, Inc. (“TAE”) today announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement to combine in an all-stock transaction valued at more than $6 billion. Upon closing, shareholders of each company will own approximately 50% of the combined company on a fully diluted equity basis. The companies have posted supplemental slides to their respective websites, all of which can be accessed at tmtgcorp.com and tae.com. Highlights: Transaction to create one of the world’s first publicly traded fusion companies. Deal to combine TMTG’s access to significant capital and TAE’s leading fusion technology. In 2026, the combined company plans to site and begin construction on the world’s first utility-scale fusion power plant (50 MWe), subject to required approvals. Additional fusion power plants are planned and expected to be 350 – 500 MWe. Fusion power plants are expected to provide economic, abundant, and dependable electricity that would help America win the A.I. revolution and maintain its global economic dominance. TMTG’s balance sheet to accelerate the path to power.The transaction will combine the strength of TMTG’s strong balance sheet with TAE’s leading technologies. As part of the transaction, TMTG has agreed to provide up to $200 million of cash to TAE at signing and an additional $100 million is available upon initial filing of the Form S-4. TAE’s next-generation fusion technology is poised for commercial application. After more than 25 years of research and development, TAE has significantly reduced fusion reactor size, cost and complexity. TAE has built and safely operated five fusion reactors and raised more than $1.3 billion in private capital to date from Google, Chevron Technology Ventures, Goldman Sachs, Sumitomo Corporation of Americas, NEA, the visionary family offices of Addison Fischer, the Samberg Family, Charles R. Schwab, and others. Combined company to be governed by experienced management and board. Devin Nunes, TMTG Chairman and CEO, and Dr. Michl Binderbauer, TAE CEO and Director, plan to serve as Co-CEOs of the combined company; Michael B. Schwab, Founder and Managing Director of Big Sky Partners, is expected to be named Chairman of a planned nine-member board of directors. Nunes said, “Trump Media & Technology Group built uncancellable infrastructure to secure free expression online for Americans, and now we’re taking a big step forward toward a revolutionary technology that will cement America’s global energy dominance for generations. Fusion power will be the most dramatic energy breakthrough since the onset of commercial nuclear energy in the 1950s—an innovation that will lower energy prices, boost supply, ensure America’s A.I.-supremacy, revive our manufacturing base and bolster national defense. TMTG brings the capital and public market access to quickly move TAE’s proven technology to commercial viability.” Binderbauer said, “Our talented team, through its commitment and dedication to science, is poised to solve the immense global challenge of energy scarcity. At TAE, recent breakthroughs have prepared us to accelerate capital deployment to commercialize our fusion technology. We’re excited to identify our first site and begin deploying this revolutionary technology that we expect to fundamentally transform America’s energy supply.” Transaction Details Under the terms of the merger agreement, TAE and TMTG shareholders will each own approximately 50% of the combined company at closing, stated on a fully diluted equity basis. Based on TMTG’s trailing 30-day VWAP share price as of market close on December 17, 2025, the transaction values each share of TAE common stock (on a fully diluted basis) at $53.89 per share. Upon closing, Trump Media & Technology Group will be the holding company for Truth Social, Truth+, Truth.Fi, TAE, TAE Power Solutions and TAE Life Sciences, among others. The transaction, which was approved by the boards of directors of both companies, is expected to close in mid-2026, subject to customary closing conditions, including shareholder and regulatory approvals. TAE Technologies, a Leading American Innovator Founded in 1998, TAE’s next phase focuses on deploying commercial, utility scale fusion energy. Planned power plants would provide reliable, affordable, carbon-free electricity and industrial heat without the risks of nuclear meltdown, radioactive waste, or proliferation. These advancements position TAE to offer dispatchable, affordable energy at a time of surging power demand. In addition to its fusion business, TAE has two partially-owned subsidiaries — TAE Power Solutions and TAE Life Sciences. The power business has developed innovative energy storage and power delivery systems to serve multiple industries, including A.I. data centers, industrial users, and electric vehicles. TAE Life Sciences has developed a biologically targeted radiotherapy to treat cancer patients. The TAE team consists of more than 400 employees, including 62 Ph.D. holders. The company has been granted over 1,600 patents, reflecting its leadership in fusion innovation. Binderbauer is globally recognized as a pioneering scientific mind, credited with more than 100 technology patents and numerous awards. I am pretty sure that growing up in school they told us that whoever finally cracked the code to Fusion Power would bring unlimited and cheap energy upon the whole world! Is that what just happened here? It also seems to have huge ties to Nikola Tesla, who we all know President Trump’s uncle John Trump ended up with all his research and technology. What are the odds? Then we have this from Devin Nunes on TruthSocial giving us an inside look on what TAE is and how it works: Watch here: CNBC reports $DJT stock is surging (DISCLAIMER: I own and have been buying $DJT since 2024, always expecting something very special would happen with that stock): Trump Media and Technology Group on Thursday announced a merger agreement with TAE Technologies, a privately held fusion power company, valued at more than $6 billion. The all-stock deal, expected to close in mid-2026, will result in shareholders of each firm owning approximately half of the combined company. Trump Media shares — which have plummeted more than 75% since their January peak — rocketed 33% higher after the opening bell. The major pivot for Trump Media, which operates President Donald Trump’s social media platform, Truth Social, comes as America’s race against China for artificial intelligence superiority has fueled massive energy demand. There are currently no commercial plants producing electricity using fusion, a futuristic technology that carries the potential to generate abundant energy without the risks associated with nuclear power. The merger would create “one of the world’s first publicly traded fusion companies,” according to a press release. Trump Media “has agreed to provide up to $200 million of cash to TAE at signing and an additional $100 million is available” upon signing a regulatory filing known as a Form S-4. Trump Media Chairman Devin Nunes and TAE CEO Dr. Michl Binderbauer will serve as co-CEOs of the combined company, according to the release. In a conference call later Thursday morning, Nunes said that the merger aligns with Trump Media’s “America-first principles” and its strategy of seeking “combinations that bring transformative technology the potential for significant, long-term value creation and dramatic societal impact.” Ok so now I want to break it down in really simple and easy to understand terms… And no one better to do that than my friend BitcoinBen. It’s been a while, but I’ve featured Ben here on WLT many times before. And I am going to show you his video explaining what is going on because I think he puts it in really clear, easy for everyone to understand terms. Watch here: FULL TRANSCRIPT: From the oil fields to the blockchain revolution, one man saw what others missed. Bitcoin Ben, an ex-truck driver turned Bitcoin pioneer, didn’t just change his life. He’s changing the game for everyone. This is the story of the Founders Group Worldwide, where private key capital meets American innovation. Watch your portfolio grow across real estate, resorts, mining, and energy. All Bitcoin aligned, all building wealth the new way. This isn’t just investment. This is community. This is belonging. From exclusive club events to global networking, we’re not just making money, we’re making history. The old rich had their secrets. Now it’s your turn. Powered by Private Key Capital, Founders Group Venture Capital opens the door for everyone in the world. The revolution isn’t coming. It’s here. And it’s time to choose your side. Join the new rich revolution. Your future starts now. Bitcoin Ben: Good morning everybody. It’s your favorite truck driver in the whole wide world. In the whole wide world. It’s Bitcoin Ben here for the daily. What in the pluck is going on? Well guys, I think we got a pretty good hint of what the pluck is going on with energy. Last week we learned Trump’s company, Donald J. Trump Media. What did they buy? Did they buy Oracle? Did they buy Open AI? No. What did they buy? They bought a fusion company. Not a nuclear fission company, a fusion company. Now, for those of you who had been paying attention to fusion, this has supposedly been just a pipe dream. Just you know man, if we could just get fusion. Although the technology has been around since actually Nikolai Tesla, who’s originally really hinted at fusion. This has been around a long time guys. The knowledge of fusion, the usage of fusion, has actually been around for a long time now. Why didn’t they implement it when we could originally do it? Because remember, a lot of fusion companies in the 60s and the 70s were actually purchased and then shelved. A lot of them they’re like, “Oh, it’s we’re going to buy it so we can shove it because it isn’t really applicable in today.” What they basically said was the energy grid isn’t capable of handling fusion. Let me translate. It will ruin oil production. It will ruin our energy industry. That’s what it would do. Let me explain what one fusion plant can do. One fusion plant can replace the energy of about a thousand Hoover dams. Let that sink in. And remember, this is not nuclear, so it isn’t a threat. What it basically does is it uses water and a couple of other chemicals to generate energy that has no nuclear threat. And remember, this is what’s critical to really wrap your head around with a nuclear plant. If something goes wrong, the nuclear energy doesn’t quit. We have a nuclear meltdown with nuclear energy because you can’t shut off the energy. With fusion, if there’s an issue, it quits making energy. So there is no risk at all. And let me put it this way. All right. The amount of energy in one barrel of oil, a fusion plant—this is rough calculations—a fusion plant can generate the equivalent of one barrel of oil, which is approximately I want to say it’s 100,000 joules of energy. A fusion plant can generate that in less than 1,000th of a second. That means every second the fusion energy plant creates 1,000 barrels worth of energy of oil. They’re basically saying that the US will need approximately eight fusion reactors for all of America. And the only reason we need eight isn’t because of energy generation, it’s location. It’s actually because America’s so big. That’s it. Four of them could run all of the energy and future energy needs of America for about 150 years. Energy is about to become super cheap. Why do you think oil, inflation-adjusted, is about 11 or 12 dollars a barrel right now? All right. In real dollars or in what it costs right now, it’s sitting at about 55 maybe 60 something. But in real inflation-adjusted, it’s about 11 dollars. What this means is energy is about to be abundant. Absolutely abundant. We won’t have an energy problem to talk about today. We’ve all heard we are moving into an age of abundance, and we are. They are absolutely correct. Right. I saw a chart this morning that by the year 2032—there we go. There. I’m back. All right. Sorry, guys. Now, let me put it this way. By the year 2032. That’s six years away. Let me say that again. Six years away. One agent for one hour. Listen closely. One AI agent for one hour will have the productive capability of one human for over 1,200 years. Let that sink in. One human for one day has a production capability of this much. One AI agent in the next six years will have the production capability of one human for 1,200 years. That AI agent will have that level of production in one day. Let me elaborate on that. That means within the next six years, because remember we are going to have hundreds of millions and billions of AI agents. This is what I don’t think that people realize. This is going to move so quickly. If you are not watching YouTube on AI and AI agents and how quickly this is evolving, do so. Absolutely. Absolutely. And humans will be running multiple agentic AI agents. Yes. And that’s just people. I’ll have several AI agents. So you will have an AI agent on your phone and you will, if you choose, allow your AI agent to hear everything you hear. Listen to every conversation. Read every email. Read every single text. Read every everything you hear or you ingest. It hears it, ingests it. And then you hit it and you can get advice on something. “Hey, I got a call from blah blah blah. What do you think about that call?” Well, it seems like blah blah blah. And remember, that’s just AI. That isn’t even including robots. Next year, you’re going to see a rollout. Elon’s already said a million robots out in the world by the end of next year. I ordered one. I have a reserve on a robot. I done put my bid in. This is so important that we realize the age of abundance is going to do this. And let me explain. This is why I wanted to do this. In an age of abundance, the only thing that holds its value is limited supply. Let that sink in. In an age of abundance where everything is easily duplicated, the only things that hold their value and do not hit a deflationary wall are anything with a fixed supply. So what’s the game for the future? Creating the economy for whatever product is a fixed supply. What are we actually doing? This show is about economics. It’s about Bitcoin. It’s on inflation. It’s on macro. It’s on micro. I talk about everything. The only thing that I have talked about that is limited supply in this new world is actually Bitcoin. That’s it. That’s it. There is nothing else in this environment right now that is a fixed supply. Now, in the future, you’ll have stuff that is a fixed supply. Watch for it. And I think Taylor Swift is putting in, will if she hasn’t already, limited supply music, videos, and songs with AI encryption so you can’t record it. This is the future. Anything about—this is why I have promised every single one watching this show, you will never see an AI of me. Unless someone else makes it, it ain’t going to be me. My show will always be live. Hear me, flesh, no AI. Because in an age of abundant—dude I watch shows on YouTube that are literally AI agents doing the show and they look real. I can still kind of tell they’re AI, but there’s a couple of them that are really good. In the future of abundance, what does that really mean? In an age of complete abundance, guys, Google this: they are growing tomatoes that usually take like six or nine weeks. They can grow a tomato in like four days. They’re shrinking the grow time. It’s incredible what’s rolling out now. A lot of average people, not like you guys—you all are engaged. You are watching. You are learning. You are like, “Oh, okay. This is going on. That’s going on.” Keep your head on a swivel. There we go. All right. Sorry about that, guys. What you do is you look for limited supply. That’s what you’re searching for. All right. You yourself are limited supply. All right. Other than you and the Bitcoin and a few other cryptos, which I saw Litecoin out there in the chat—you’re damn right, 84 million—the fixed supply other than you. There’s not going to be much else that is a fixed supply. Labor is no longer going to be a fixed supply. We had to wait 18 years in order to grow a human. And that human, when it went out into the workforce, it had to learn how to work. It had to learn how to manage its time. The lag on human intelligence and efficiency is long. Going from a little kid until you were able to produce, you have at least probably 14 years there. We have to grow those little bastards, right? With a robot, dude, Tesla is creating one new robot every 10 minutes. It’s like a Bitcoin block except with robots. And middle of next year, they will be producing one robot a minute. One robot a minute. Guys, we don’t have to teach these robots. They’re hooked to the cloud. As soon as a brand new robot is switched on, it links with the cloud. It has the most current knowledge of the whole network. You don’t have to wait for the robot to learn how to do your freaking dishes or cut your grass or drive your car. Watch for this. Robots will be driving cars. Yes, we will have cars that drive themselves. Those of us who have regular cars, our robot—whatever you can do, the robot can do. Hang on one second. Orange juice. Okay, I have a few notes. Oh, shout out to Patrick. He sent me a text this morning. Everyone who has an Uphold wallet, Uphold’s information was compromised. So, they have your email address, they have your login information, they got everything they need in order to get your stuff. So, please go on X and look on Uphold’s X account. They have information for you to get a hold of Uphold so you can get your stuff straight. All right. Uphold wallet. Next topic. All right. Oh, here we go. Right. This is a little something I’m very interested in. In about a month, there is an AI company that’s going to launch where you can interview and have a conversation with historical people. You go on their website and you can have a conversation with George Washington because the AI has every single piece of written and documented material George Washington ever put out. They also have Albert Einstein. I think they have Nikolai Tesla. I don’t know for sure. They have not announced the website yet, but when this thing goes out, absolutely, I’m going to interview George Washington. I’m actually going to record it and do it on my show. Now, will it actually be George Washington? Of course not. But it will have all of his writings, everything he ever said. And the AI will be able to judge his opinion on things. Oh, I know exactly what I am going to ask George Washington. “What do you know about the Illuminati?” Because he wrote several letters about the Illuminati. I want to find out what hypothetically he may think of the Illuminati. That’s just me. Hey. Oh, there you go. That’s a good one. Lena, I want a conversation with Leonardo da Vinci. Absolutely. Ask that guy what he knew about the Rosicrucians. And if you don’t know who the Rosicrucians are, give that a Google because Leonardo da Vinci was involved with that. Hey, this is the future and next year is going to be incredible. And when I say incredible, I don’t mean good. I mean it’s going to be incredible what you witness. Because you’re going to witness. And trust me guys, people who are my age, this is blowing us away. When I was a kid, we didn’t have cell phones. We still had rotary phones. All right. Then when I was a really young kid, we didn’t even have personal computers. That didn’t really roll out until I was about eight. So I went from having no cell phones and maybe six channels on TV to now. Now we have internet, we have cell phones, we have AI, we have Uber. I don’t know if I told you guys this. I saw a video on X of a young woman who has never used an Uber, only used Waymo. So, she’s never had an Uber driver and she’s sitting there explaining how weird it would be riding in a car with a stranger. That’s a different perspective, guys. I still think that Uber is amazing. Like, wait, I press an app and it comes and gets me. I remember taxi days. And I’m still amazed with the stuff we got right now. Hell, I was amazed with YouTube in the early days. I’m like, wait, so I can just type in something and watch other people talk about it? And now this young woman had never used an Uber. Uber is old technology to her. Like, “Oh my god, who uses Uber? You got to ride with a stranger? What if he rapes you?” And then I’m thinking, wait, so Uber is now obsolete, at least in San Francisco? Guys, the Overton window didn’t gradually slide. It’s on the other side of the house. I’m 50 years old. I’m not that damn old. And in the last 50 years, the amount of advancement has been incredible. But watch the show last week where they basically said the amount of advancement we have had since the telegraph—that was 1850 something—the amount of advancement from the telegraph to the modern cell phone era is like 140 years. In the next 20 years, we will have twice as much technological advance than we did in the last 140 years. There’s one thing humans aren’t good at: rapid change. Humans don’t handle that well. In the next 20 years, we are going to have the equivalent of 280 years worth of technological advances. Over in China—and this is no joke, Google it—they’re flying taxis. I was going to do this show while I was driving, but I decided not to because I wanted a good clear signal. Look at me now. See the technology that we have in front of us. Yes, it is going to be abundant. We are going to have a ton of production and a lot of deflationary prices, right? This is why they are going to be able to print so much money, because productivity is going to skyrocket. The next 20 years, think about this guys: we are about to have two or three times as many robots as we have humans. That means we will quadruple our production without increasing our consumption. Humans eat. Humans shop. Humans smoke. Humans drink Red Bull. Humans drink coffee. A robot ain’t taking a smoke break. It is absolute 100% production and the only consumption is energy. They don’t eat. They don’t piss. They aren’t going to call you and say, “Oh, I can’t make it in. My kid’s sick.” No, they never leave the factory. It ain’t like they’re heading home. You don’t have multiple shifts of robots walking in. “Hey Joe. Hey Bob.” They aren’t hanging out at the water fountain talking about each other. “Did you see Bob’s new robotic leg he got? Yeah, it’s all upgraded.” None of that. All they do is work. They just produce. They just produce with zero consumption. Yeah, that’s funny. We should program lazy robots. No, no, no. We have those already. They’re called humans. This is where we’re going, guys. Productivity is going to quadruple at least. And that’s just with robotics. That’s with physical AI production. I watch a show, Jordy Vasser. Jordy put out a video yesterday. Watch this. This dude’s older than me and he’s all into this AI usage. The stuff that he’s breaking down and explaining about AI and how he uses it—he produces probably four or five times the information every week that he did pre-AI in less time. So he’s upped his production four times and he’s an old white guy like me. He ain’t even got the hustle no more. Because once you hit about 45 or 50, your hustle kind of rolls back on you until AI. Because now AI is going to create a medicine that makes your ass look like you’re 21 again. It’s all software. We, physical us, we are software. We are programmed software. That’s it. Our programming reflects our physical image. You change the program, you change the physical image. We are just AI in a physical form, and the physical form is sensitive to erosion. I watched a show the other day. They were basically explaining, look, we know what to do now. We just have to do it. There’s a guy, David Sinclair, he’s huge in anti-aging. This guy’s lab—I think they said that the average age of a mouse is about 18 months. They have a mouse that’s four years old and still alive. And it looks young. It doesn’t look all ratty. It looks like a young mouse. And they are launching—I’m not bullshitting you—watch moonshots from this week. There we go. I’m back. Sorry guys. All this technology and Elon can’t get me a clear signal. Come on, Elon. You’re better than this. All right, guys. I am going to wrap this up, but let me shrink this into one very quick message. In the age of abundance, what is valuable? The Bitcoin. And this is why I’m launching our mining company because in the future, what will be produced that will be the most valuable? The Bitcoin. Because everything else has an unlimited supply, guys. And yes, silver is going crazy. Absolutely. And guess who’s ramping up their silver production? All the silver miners. The more it’s worth, the more they dig out of the ground. I’m not saying silver is bad. I own silver. Silver is good. So is gold, but it ain’t Bitcoin. It isn’t true fixed supply. Look at that. Silver 69.52 a troy ounce. I’m telling you guys, the future be bright. Okay. If you’re interested in shares of the mining company, give us a call or send us a text 941-391-3882. Or there’s a link right under here for bbccshares.com. All right everyone. Have a great day. I’m almost to Florida. I got about 10 hours left. Love you guys. See you guys tomorrow morning. Bye-bye.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first-ever GLP-1 weight loss pill. Novo Nordisk developed a pill version of Wegovy. “The Wegovy pill is the first oral glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist therapy approved for weight management,” Novo Nordisk stated in a press release. The company expects the Wegovy pill to be widely available in January. #NEWS: A new FDA-approved oral weight loss medication is here. For many people, a pill may be their preferred option. Details: https://t.co/vYbBcwpgbi #Obesity #WeightLoss #WeightManagement pic.twitter.com/5ABXhbKehz — Novo Nordisk US (@novonordiskus) December 23, 2025 NBC News has more: GLP-1 drugs — which include semaglutide, the drug in Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Wegovy, and tirzepatide, the drug in Lilly’s Mounjaro and Zepbound — have soared in popularity in recent years. The compounds, initially approved for diabetes, can also offer significant weight loss. The drugs all come in an injectable form. (Novo Nordisk does make one pill version of semaglutide, called Rybelsus, for diabetes. It comes in a lower dose than the new version for weight loss.) “This is a meaningful step forward in the field,” said Dr. Christopher McGowan, a gastroenterologist who runs a weight loss clinic in Cary, North Carolina. “It won’t replace injectables, but it broadens our tool kit in an important way.” “The pill is here. With today’s approval of the Wegovy pill, patients will have a convenient, once-daily pill that can help them lose as much weight as the original Wegovy injection,” Novo Nordisk President and CEO Mike Doustdar said. “As the first oral GLP-1 treatment for people living with overweight or obesity, the Wegovy pill provides patients with a new, convenient treatment option that can help patients start or continue their weight loss journey. No other current oral GLP-1 treatment can match the weight loss delivered by the Wegovy pill, and we are very excited for what this will mean for patients in the US,” Doustdar continued. Good Morning America shared coverage: The FDA has approved the first pill form of Wegovy, a GLP-1 drug for weight loss. @sophieflayabc reports. pic.twitter.com/NCLeUQww71 — Good Morning America (@GMA) December 23, 2025 CNBC noted: Some health experts said pills could reach people who are afraid of needles or patients who might benefit from the existing injections but don’t take them because they don’t view their need as severe enough. It’s unclear exactly how many people are using GLP-1s in the U.S., especially for obesity in particular. But around 1 in 8 adults said they were taking a GLP-1 drug to lose weight or treat another chronic condition as of November, according to a poll from health policy research organization KFF. The approval gives Novo Nordisk a head start over its chief rival Eli Lilly, which is currently the dominant player in the market and is racing to launch its own obesity pill. Pills are the next battleground for the two drugmakers, which established the booming GLP-1 space that some analysts say could be worth roughly $100 billion by the 2030s. Wall Street thinks there’s plenty of room for pills in the market, with Goldman Sachs analyst saying in August that pills could capture a 24% share — or around $22 billion — of the 2030 global weight loss drug market.

I want to be very clear at the top of this article that I never celebrate anyone getting sick or dying, even the worst of the worst. That said, I also have to report factually, and everything I put in this headline is 100% factual. Former U.S. Senator Ben Sasse was proudly vaxxed and boosted.  I know because he told us.  Constantly. It’s also true that he was one of the most notorious anti-Trumpers in Congress, especially on the GOP side. And sadly, it’s true that he revealed today that he was Stage 4 pancreatic cancer and will die soon. Former U.S. Senator from Nebraska Ben Sasse has announced that he has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. A Christian, during his time in the Senate, he consistently voted in support of the unborn. pic.twitter.com/ZNMWrUQ6ir — Sachin Jose (@Sachinettiyil) December 23, 2025 Here is his full post from earlier today: Friends- This is a tough note to write, but since a bunch of you have started to suspect something, I’ll cut to the chase: Last week I was diagnosed with metastasized, stage-four pancreatic cancer, and am gonna die. Advanced pancreatic is nasty stuff; it’s a death sentence.… — Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) December 23, 2025 Friends- This is a tough note to write, but since a bunch of you have started to suspect something, I’ll cut to the chase: Last week I was diagnosed with metastasized, stage-four pancreatic cancer, and am gonna die. Advanced pancreatic is nasty stuff; it’s a death sentence. But I already had a death sentence before last week too — we all do. I’m blessed with amazing siblings and half-a-dozen buddies that are genuinely brothers. As one of them put it, “Sure, you’re on the clock, but we’re all on the clock.” Death is a wicked thief, and the bastard pursues us all. Still, I’ve got less time than I’d prefer. This is hard for someone wired to work and build, but harder still as a husband and a dad. I can’t begin to describe how great my people are. During the past year, as we’d temporarily stepped back from public life and built new family rhythms, Melissa and I have grown even closer — and that on top of three decades of the best friend a man could ever have. Seven months ago, Corrie was commissioned into the Air Force and she’s off at instrument and multi-engine rounds of flight school. Last week, Alex kicked butt graduating from college a semester early even while teaching gen chem, organic, and physics (she’s a freak). This summer, 14-year-old Breck started learning to drive. (Okay, we’ve been driving off-book for six years — but now we’ve got paper to make it street-legal.) I couldn’t be more grateful to constantly get to bear-hug this motley crew of sinners and saints. There’s not a good time to tell your peeps you’re now marching to the beat of a faster drummer — but the season of advent isn’t the worst. As a Christian, the weeks running up to Christmas are a time to orient our hearts toward the hope of what’s to come. Not an abstract hope in fanciful human goodness; not hope in vague hallmark-sappy spirituality; not a bootstrapped hope in our own strength (what foolishness is the evaporating-muscle I once prided myself in). Nope — often we lazily say “hope” when what we mean is “optimism.” To be clear, optimism is great, and it’s absolutely necessary, but it’s insufficient. It’s not the kinda thing that holds up when you tell your daughters you’re not going to walk them down the aisle. Nor telling your mom and pops they’re gonna bury their son. A well-lived life demands more reality — stiffer stuff. That’s why, during advent, even while still walking in darkness, we shout our hope — often properly with a gravelly voice soldiering through tears. Such is the calling of the pilgrim. Those who know ourselves to need a Physician should dang well look forward to enduring beauty and eventual fulfillment. That is, we hope in a real Deliverer — a rescuing God, born at a real time, in a real place. But the eternal city — with foundations and without cancer — is not yet. Remembering Isaiah’s prophecies of what’s to come doesn’t dull the pain of current sufferings. But it does put it in eternity’s perspective: “When we’ve been there 10,000 years…We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise.” I’ll have more to say. I’m not going down without a fight. One sub-part of God’s grace is found in the jawdropping advances science has made the past few years in immunotherapy and more. Death and dying aren’t the same — the process of dying is still something to be lived. We’re zealously embracing a lot of gallows humor in our house, and I’ve pledged to do my part to run through the irreverent tape. But for now, as our family faces the reality of treatments, but more importantly as we celebrate Christmas, we wish you peace: “The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned….For to us a son is given” (Isaiah 9). With great gratitude, and with gravelly-but-hopeful voices, Ben — and the Sasses Now I will bring the receipts… Ben Sasse made it public knowledge that he was proudly vaxxed and boosted: Wondering how many others you wiped out. Repent!! pic.twitter.com/R457jQka53 — Thomas Paine (@Thomas1774Paine) December 23, 2025 Folks, I’m not saying that is the cause of his cancer, but I am saying historically speaking a man of his age contracting Stage 4 pancreatic cancer would be rare, and sadly “Turbo Cancers” have suddenly surged since about the 2020/2021 era. Either way, it’s extremely sad. Also, here is a brief history on his “Anti-Trumpism”: 2016 Election Sasse refused to endorse or vote for Trump, stating he’d seek a third-party conservative option and warning that if the GOP became “the party of David Duke, Donald Trump,” he’d leave it. During Trump’s Presidency He repeatedly criticized Trump’s character, foreign policy (e.g., “kisses dictators’ butts”), handling of COVID-19, treatment of women, and alleged flirting with white supremacists. Sasse mocked evangelicals in private (per his own comments) and accused Trump of treating the presidency like a family business. Impeachments First Impeachment (2020): Voted to acquit. Second Impeachment (2021): Was one of only seven Republicans to vote to convict over January 6, calling Trump’s actions divisive and oath-breaking. Post-Presidency Even after leaving the Senate in 2023 (to become University of Florida president, a role he resigned from in 2024), recent reports (as of December 2025) still describe him as a “longtime critic” who rebuked Trump’s influence on the party. But despite all the Trump hate, I never want to see anyone suffer or get sick or die (before their time), so when I saw his post I immediately replied to it with this: BEN YOU NEED B17 INTENSIVE IV THERAPY IMMEDIATELY!https://t.co/4Umn1gYvYz — Noah Christopher (@DailyNoahNews) December 23, 2025 Ben, please take this seriously… What do you have to lose? TRY HIGH-DOSE B17 IV THERAPY! If You Know ANYONE Who Has Cancer, Watch Right Now! Save a Life? I am SO excited to bring you this one... Because I think we can really help a lot of people! And because this got really personal for me today....allow me to explain. I've been working with the awesome people over at the Richardson Nutritional Center for a few months now, and I so greatly enjoy it! They're on the front lines of the truth movement just like I am, but I work in politics and they work in medicine. But it's the same story, same battle.  A massive fight against TRUTH. In their particular case, they stand on mountains of evidence stretching back decades and even centuries, tested, retested, confirmed and validated by hundreds if not thousands of different doctors and scientists who all came to the same conclusion -- essentially, that cancer is not a "disease" you catch or develop, it's actually a "symptom" of a poor diet.  Specifically, a diet severely lacking in something called B17/Amygdalin. And it got personal for me today because I was scheduled to have John Richardson, Jr. on my show, The Daily Truth Report today -- we've had it scheduled for a few weeks -- and suddenly right before the interview I found out a close friend and close friend of the family was just diagnosed with serious Stage 4 cancer. So as I'm getting ready to have John on the show, I'm digesting this news and suddenly it all hit me differently. I've been helping them get this word out as best I can because I believe we can truly help thousands of people, and I believe in that deeply -- but it hits different when it hits close to home. So I told John that I really wanted to focus the show on showing how "normal" this is.  How this is actually the true science, the real science, stretching back centuries!  I wanted to create a video that would not sound like a "conspiracy theory" when you shared it with friends or family who just found out they have cancer.  I wanted something people could proudly share which is ROCK SOLID. And that's what we created today, I am so proud of this show! We covered it all -- the medical research and peer-reviewed studies stretching back decades and centuries!  New legislation in 27 states confirming the legitimacy of this research and use of B17/Amygdalin/Laetrile.  And we even showed a "mainstream" CNBC article that confirmed EVERYTHING we talked about in the interview, documenting a tribe where people routinely live to over 100 and have never once had a single instance of cancer -- and the CNBC article itself confirms the #1 reason is their diet high in Apricot Seeds which contain, you guessed it, concentrated B17/Amygdalin. We also discussed G. Edward Griffin, who famously wrote "The Creature From Jekyll Island" which is the most authoritative and most frequently cited book exposing the Federal Reserve system.  I bet you're familiar with it. But did you know that BEFORE he wrote that book he wrote a book called "A World Without Cancer" and it's all about everything I am telling you? Yes!! We also cited name after name after name of famous cancer researchers spanning back decades who all came to this same conclusion that this stuff is real, and then they were silenced for it.  But the truth somehow always finds a way to rise to the surface, doesn't it? Folks, I don't do Fake News around here, and this interview proves it. This is rock solid, documented, footnoted, researched and full of over one hour of fact after fact after fact. Please, if you know anyone who has cancer, please show them this article or this video. THANK YOU! Watch here: And now here are all the links you need... Everything we discussed in the interview can be found here: https://rncstore.com/wlt They were nice enough to set me up with a promo code so use WLT at checkout and it will save you 10% off whatever you order. If you want a free copy of the G. Edward Griffin book go here: http://myworldwithoutcancer.com Get Rick's Bundles here: https://rncstore.com/WLT-RicksBundles Please help me get this message out to as many people as possible... I'm not claiming I can cure cancer, but we might just save a life or two or a thousand if we can get this message out. And I would also add this: I would never advise anyone to STOP their current cancer treatments if you are on them.  The only thing I would say is what do you have to lose?  Why not try this in parallel?  If Rick and all the other people giving their testimonies are wrong and it doesn't work for you, what harm is there in trying?  That would be how I would approach it, and I also plan to start taking a daily dose as preventative care. Thank you!

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry announced on Tuesday that he would deploy 350 National Guard troops to New Orleans. “These citizen soldiers will help ensure safety during the busiest season in the city. We owe them all a debt of gratitude for their commitment to our State and Nation,” Landry said. “I also want to thank President @realDonaldTrump and @SecWar Hegseth for putting Americans and their safety first,” he added. “We know how to make cities safe, and the National Guard complements cities that are having high crime problems,” Landry said during an appearance on Fox News. “Look at what the president’s done in Washington, D.C. When he wanted to send the National Guard into Washington, D.C., Louisiana was one of the first to raise his hand and say, our troops will go there and help you. And the city is so much better,” he continued. Check it out: BREAKING: Today I am announcing 350 National Guard troops will be deployed to New Orleans. These citizen soldiers will help ensure safety during the busiest season in the city. We owe them all a debt of gratitude for their commitment to our State and Nation. I also want to… pic.twitter.com/TWsIE2DQwa — Governor Jeff Landry (@LAGovJeffLandry) December 23, 2025 WAFB shared: According to a Pentagon spokesperson, up to 350 guard members have been activated on Title 32 status through February, 28, 2026. “These National Guard troops will support federal law enforcement partners, including the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security, as they enforce federal law and counter high rates of violent crime in New Orleans and other metropolitan areas in Louisiana,” the Pentagon spokesperson said. Louisiana National Guard officials said service members will begin to provide help to law enforcement in New Orleans shortly after Christmas. The guard will assist with security in the New Orleans French Quarter for New Year’s Eve, the Sugar Bowl, and during Mardi Gras events. New Orleans witnessed a mass casualty attack this past New Year’s Day, which resulted in 15 deaths, including the perpetrator, and 57 others sustaining injuries. Driver Plows Through Crowded New Year’s Celebration In New Orleans, K*lling At Least 10 And Injuring Dozens More from Axios: That attack, which was quickly followed by New Orleans hosting the Super Bowl and the city's Mardi Gras festivities, prompted a weeks-long similar deployment. With the return of the Jan. 1 Sugar Bowl and the arrest of a New Iberia man whom the FBI said was planning a New Orleans attack, authorities have asked federal approval on an increased security rating, Fox 8 reports. Still, local leaders have been quick to note that violent crime rates remain significantly down. New Orleans' murder rate, for example, is on track this year to be at its lowest since the 1970s. In a shift from similar deployments elsewhere, Landry proactively requested that National Guard troops be used in Louisiana to back up local enforcement.

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Attorney General Kwame Raoul over a state law aimed at restricting federal immigration enforcement. According to CBS News, the Illinois Bivens Act (HB 1312) “bans civil immigration arrests at courthouses, and allows people to file civil lawsuits if they believe federal agents have violated their constitutional rights.” The DOJ said the state law threatens the safety of federal officers. The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker over new state laws aimed at protecting immigrants at courthouses, hospitals and day cares. https://t.co/snBhcx6U0T — The Washington Times (@WashTimes) December 23, 2025 CBS News shared further: In signing the act on Tuesday, Dec. 9, Pritzker said the state was “protecting people and institutions that belong here in Illinois.” “Dropping your kid off at day care, going to the doctor, or attending your classes should not be a life-altering task,” Pritzker said in part in a news release. “Illinois — in the face of cruelty and intimidation — has chosen solidarity and support.” Thousands of people were arrested and detained by U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection agents during two and a half months of heightened enforcement action the Trump administration dubbed Operation Midway Blitz. Pritzker is using a newly formed commission to document laws broken by federal agents during the operation. The goal, state officials said, is holding federal agents accountable for their actions — even if it happens years down the road. “The Department of Justice will steadfastly protect law enforcement from unconstitutional state laws like Illinois’ that threaten massive punitive liability and compromise the safety of our officers,” said Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate of the Justice Department’s Civil Division. “Unfortunately, Illinois politicians prefer to attack law enforcement with lawsuits and punitive damages rather than support ICE’s Criminal Alien Program, which prioritizes the safe removal of dangerous criminal aliens like murderers, child rapists, and other serious offenders,” said U.S. Attorney Steven D. Weinhoeft for the Southern District of Illinois. “Courthouse arrests are only necessary in the first place because Illinois refuses to honor federal detainers at the jails and prisons, instead preferring to release criminals back into our communities,” Weinhoeft continued. The Hill has more: A spokesperson for Pritzker pushed back on the suggestion that the state is releasing criminals into local communities. “Governor Pritzker has always said that if someone commits a violent crime and is in the country illegally, then they do not belong in Illinois and need to be held accountable,” the spokesperson said in a statement to The Hill. “However, the Trump Administration’s masked agents are not targeting the ‘worst of the worst’ — they are harassing and detaining law-abiding U.S. citizens and Black and Brown people at daycares, hospitals, and courthouses,” the spokesperson continued. “This new law reflects our belief that no one is above the law, regardless of their position or authority. Unlike the Trump Administration, Illinois is protecting Constitutional rights in our state.” Raoul’s office said the attorney general is reviewing the complaint.