FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Republican Study Committee released a comprehensive blueprint Wednesday for how the 189-member conservative caucus plans to enact President Donald Trump’s agenda while balancing the federal budget within 10 years. “It is our fiscal responsibility to not only deliver a balanced budget, but get the federal government out of the way to strengthen the economy so families, small businesses, seniors, and farmers can thrive,” Rep. Beth Van Duyne, R-Texas, told The Daily Signal. In keeping with decades of tradition, the RSC offered its budget proposal early in the year to provide a roadmap for Congress. The plan includes proposals for codifying Trump’s birthright citizenship order, defunding sanctuary cities, and eliminating wasteful spending on NPR, PBS, and DEI programs. Despite years of profligate spending during the Biden administration, the proposal manages to cut enough federal largesse to balance the budget in a decade—a long-stated goal of conservatives. In keeping with Trump’s promise, it does not raise the Social Security retirement age or cut benefits. “The RSC budget reins in Washington’s out-of-control spending and eliminates waste, fraud, and abuse across all levels of the federal government,” said Van Duyne, who chairs the RSC’s Budget and Spending Task Force. “We are returning to pre-pandemic levels of spending, advancing pro-growth tax policies, slashing regulatory burdens, and unleashing American energy.” Budget Blueprint The RSC is the House GOP’s largest caucus, and each year since 1995 it has released its own budget blueprint. This year, it was Van Duyne’s responsibility to collaborate with dozens of other RSC members to prepare the 115-page proposal (see the full document below). The budget arrives as Republicans saw their margin of control in the U.S. House shrink from 220 to 218 with the death of Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-Calif., and resignation of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. Democrats control 213 seats; there are four vacancies. Republicans gathered in Washington, D.C., Tuesday to hear from Trump and plot their agenda for 2026. They’ve faced fervent opposition from congressional Democrats, leading to the longest government shutdown in history and setting up another showdown over government spending this month. Despite those challenges, the RSC helped deliver the votes for the historic reconciliation legislation passed in 2025 that delivered $1.9 trillion in spending reductions and tax relief for American families. The caucus now hopes to build on that success with its latest proposal. “At its core, the RSC budget is a fundamental rejection of the excessive government spending and regulatory overreach that characterized the Biden Administration’s approach to government,” reads the budget’s introduction. Immigration and Border Security The RSC Budget strongly backs Trump’s border security initiatives, which have driven illegal border crossings to new lows. Under the Biden administration, approximately 10,000 unvetted migrants entered the U.S. illegally every day at the southern border. That number dropped to an average of less than 150 per day in 2025. The proposal funds border wall construction with multiple barrier systems, deploying advanced detection technologies, and substantially expanding the Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement through hiring bonuses and retention incentives. Other immigration-related provision include codifying Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order, defunding sanctuary cities that refuse to cooperate with ICE, expanding interior enforcement and deportations, providing federal grants to border communities, and establishing a State Border Security Reinforcement Fund to offset costs related to illegal immigration. The RSC also lists 25 bill and policies its members support, including the Laken Riley Act, which was introduced by RSC member Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., and became law in January 2025. It requires ICE to detain illegal immigrants who commit theft-related crimes. Wasteful Spending The proposal takes aim at what conservatives often consider unnecessary government expenditures. The RSC budget eliminates all federal funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service. It repeals statutory authorizations for every diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) program and office across the federal government, building on Trump’s executive actions to end what the budget calls “radical and wasteful government DEI programs.” The budget eliminates RAISE Grants (formerly TIGER Grants from the Obama era), the Thriving Communities Initiative stemming from Biden’s Justice40 initiative, and federal funding for high-speed rail projects like California’s troubled high-speed rail system. The proposal eliminates the Interagency Council on Homelessness and reduces funding for the Community Development Block Grant program and rental assistance programs, restructuring them into state formula grants with work requirements for able-bodied adults. Entitlement Reforms The budget includes proposals to curtail the ever-increasing spending on entitlement programs, such as undoing Affordable Care Act (ACA) provisions, which lead to the federal government’s spending more on able-bodied Medicaid recipients than on the original population Medicaid was designed for. Additionally, the budget proposes cost-saving reforms to the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), such as more strictly enforcing work requirements in the program that are often circumvented and ignored by states. The budget’s section on Medicare proposes eliminating wasteful spending by cracking down on up-coding, a process by which private providers inflate diagnoses and exaggerate patients’ health risks in order to extract more funding from the federal government. The budget also calls for completely eliminating the estate tax, commonly called the “death tax,” which the RSC argues particularly harms family farms and small businesses. National Security The RSC proposes a balancing act when it comes to defense spending—dramatically expanding America’s capabilities while cutting out anything deemed redundant. “Every dollar allocated to national defense must be utilized strategically to ensure resources directly support our defense capabilities and mission readiness rather than expanding administrative overhead,” reads the budget proposal. Specifically, the RSC proposes eliminating programs that duplicate work already conducted in other federal agencies. For example, the RSC suggests moving “the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program” to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), arguing that the department already performs research of this kind. Drill, Baby, Drill RSC Chairman August Pfluger and budget chief Van Duyne are both Texans, and that shows in their budget’s emphasis on increased energy access as an economic boost. “The Biden administration was asleep at the wheel as their policies reduced wages, raised prices, and distorted market signals,” reads the section on “Unleashing American Energy.” The energy section takes a more celebratory tone, highlighting how the July budget reconciliation bill undid many of the anti-fossil fuel regulations and green energy subsidies established by former President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act. After applauding Trump’s executive orders to allow for increased drilling, the budget calls for further deregulation to speed up the industry. “Our allies abroad are waiting for the United States to unleash American energy production,” reads the budget. “The RSC Budget supports policies that decrease the capital costs of producing energy on federal lands, rather than disincentivize energy producers.” RSC 2026 BUDGETDownload The post EXCLUSIVE: Conservative Lawmakers Unveil Blueprint to Balance Budget, Execute Trump Agenda appeared first on The Daily Signal.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Video platform Rumble has partnered with Tether to roll out a new cryptocurrency payment system that could transform how creators earn money online. The feature, called Rumble Wallet, lets users store, send, and receive digital currencies directly through the platform without depending on banks or third-party processors, removing censorship opportunities. With this integration, Rumble aims to simplify payments between creators and their audiences while avoiding high transaction fees and restrictions often imposed by financial institutions. The company said the new tool supports its broader goal of promoting both financial independence and freedom of expression online. Rumble founder and CEO Chris Pavlovski highlighted that mission, stating, “Rumble represents free speech and liberty the same way that cryptocurrency and a decentralized internet represent freedom, and Rumble Wallet is the natural combination of those things.” He added, “We are putting more power into the hands of users and creators so they can engage with and financially support the content they like.” Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said the initiative aligns with Tether’s ongoing efforts to promote decentralization and user autonomy. He described the wallet as a product that could give tens of millions of people more control than most existing online platforms provide. To support the wallet’s operations, MoonPay will handle the conversion between cryptocurrencies and traditional payment options such as credit cards, Apple Pay, PayPal, and Venmo. Ivan Soto-Wright, CEO of MoonPay, said, “Peer-to-peer payments powered by crypto are the future of the internet economy.” He continued, “Rumble is one of the first major platforms to adopt this model, giving creators the ability to get paid instantly in stablecoins or Bitcoin and easily move in and out of fiat.” The launch of Rumble Wallet represents a step toward integrating digital finance with open online expression, reflecting the company’s vision of a more independent and decentralized internet economy. The launch comes at a time when creators have increasingly faced removals, payment freezes, and sudden account closures across major tech and financial platforms. By building crypto payments directly into its service, Rumble is positioning the wallet as a way to reduce reliance on systems that can cut off access to income with little notice. For creators who worry about deplatforming or losing monetization overnight, the company is presenting Rumble Wallet as a tool meant to keep financial support flowing directly between audiences and the people they follow. If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post Rumble and Tether Launch “Rumble Wallet” to Enable Direct Crypto Payments for Creators appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Customers entering Wegmans stores in New York City are now being monitored in new ways. The grocery chain has started collecting biometric information such as facial, eye, and voice data from anyone who walks into its Manhattan and Brooklyn locations, according to recently posted signs. The notices explain that the data collection is meant to “protect the safety and security of our patrons and employees.” This marks a notable expansion of a 2024 pilot program that Wegmans had described as small and temporary. At that time, the company stated that biometric scanning applied only to a limited number of employees and that any information gathered from shoppers would be deleted. The new notices make no mention of deletion or data limits. Wegmans did not respond to questions about how it stores the information, how long it keeps it, or whether it shares it with outside parties, Gothamist reported. Efforts to regulate the use of biometric tracking by private businesses in New York have stalled. A 2023 City Council proposal sought to restrict such technologies after Madison Square Garden used facial recognition to identify and remove attorneys connected to lawsuits against the company. The bill has since gone nowhere, and Councilmember Shahana Hanif, who introduced it, did not comment on Wegmans’ expanded use of the system. A city rule passed in 2021 only requires businesses to display a sign when they collect biometric identifiers. The Department of Consumer and Worker Protection has said that it cannot penalize companies that fail to comply, leaving individuals to pursue their own legal action. If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post Wegmans Expands Biometric Surveillance in NYC Stores, Collecting Facial, Eye, and Voice Data from Shoppers appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

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Don't miss Today's Highlights, where you can keep up with the top MRC content, whether it's the latest study on media bias, a glaring omission from the elitist media, or how the Big Tech companies are serving up the same leftist spin as the media.  Top Stories: New ‘CBS Evening News’ Shows Tony Dokoupil Will Do the News (Imagine That) On January 6, PolitiFact Boasts of Its Activism Against Conservatives on Riot Narratives How Wikipedia’s Biased Leftist Editors Beclowned Themselves in 2025: Worst of the Worst House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform - 1/7/26 10:00 AM (EDT) Hearing: “Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part I” MRC UPDATED study on network coverage to come later today   New ‘CBS Evening News’ Shows Tony Dokoupil Will Do the News (Imagine That) Return to Neutral Journalism: Tony Dokoupil's anchoring style delivers straightforward, down-the-middle news without partisan spin or unnecessary commentary, marking a refreshing shift from predecessors like Norah O’Donnell and echoing the fairer era under Jeff Glor, as seen in his professional handling of a teleprompter glitch and focus on factual reporting. Comprehensive, Balanced Coverage: The broadcast prioritized major stories like the U.S. military's capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, offering multi-faceted insights from courtroom details to expat reactions, oil price impacts, and political fallout—all presented informatively without bias, contrasting with the elite media's trust-eroding tendencies. Praise for Maturity and Fairness: Conservative columnist Philip Terzian hailed the show as "literate, fair, informative, nonpartisan, mature... 'journalistic,'" emphasizing Dokoupil's emphasis on earning credibility through neutrality, even amid quirky segments like an Oregon nudist calendar, signaling potential for rebuilding public trust in network news.   On January 6, PolitiFact Boasts of Its Activism Against Conservatives on Riot Narratives PolitiFact's Proud Activism on Jan. 6: On the fifth anniversary, PolitiFact boasted on X about conducting "more than 100 fact-checks" on January 6 claims, framing them as combating "falsehoods" about an "effort to overthrow the 2020 election"—revealing their role as enforcers of the liberal narrative rather than neutral arbiters. Blatantly One-Sided Targeting: PolitiFact's dedicated Jan. 6 page heavily scrutinizes conservatives, tagging Donald Trump eight times, Tucker Carlson five times, and handing Sen. Ron Johnson multiple "Pants on Fire" ratings (including for questioning the "armed insurrection" label), while never fact-checking Democrats like Biden, Harris, or any member of the Pelosi-selected January 6 committee. No Accountability for the Left: Despite repeatedly debunking conservative claims about Nancy Pelosi's responsibility, PolitiFact applied zero scrutiny to Democratic figures or the partisan January 6 panel, underscoring how their "fact-checking" selectively shields liberals and undermines claims of independence.   How Wikipedia’s Biased Leftist Editors Beclowned Themselves in 2025: Worst of the Worst Rapid Smears Against Conservatives Post-Events: Leftist Wikipedia editors swiftly weaponized pages against right-leaning figures, such as updating Charlie Kirk's article hours after his September 2025 assassination to prominently accuse him of spreading COVID misinformation, electoral fraud claims, and white genocide theories, while overhauling Trump nominees like Pete Hegseth (removing military honors), RFK Jr. (adding scandals), and Kash Patel (emphasizing conspiracy theories). Promotion of Extreme Left-Wing Narratives: Editors created and defended inflammatory pages like "Gaza genocide," accusing Israel of "intentional and systematic destruction" of Palestinians while heavily relying on sources like Al Jazeera and Hamas-controlled ministries—even overriding co-founder Jimmy Wales' attempts to moderate the extreme language. Selective Framing and Amplification of Bias: Wikipedia's activist editors selectively highlighted race in cases favoring left-wing causes (e.g., emphasizing Daniel Penny's whiteness in the Jordan Neely case while burying racial motives in similar incidents), relentlessly smeared Elon Musk with labels like "oligarch" and removed his philanthropy, turning the platform into a powerful conduit for leftist attacks amplified by Google and AI summaries.   House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform - 1/7/26 10:00 AM (EDT) Hearing: “Oversight of Fraud and Misuse of Federal Funds in Minnesota: Part I” - MRC UPDATED study on network coverage to come later today ABC, NBC Barely Touch Minnesota Fraud, While CBS Delivers the Goods ABC's Journalistic Blackout: ABC devoted just 25 seconds to the scandal, ignoring investigative details while spending nearly five times more airtime (122 seconds) portraying Somalis as victims of "fear" from ICE raids and Trump's rhetoric—clear evidence of agenda-driven reporting that shields fraud from scrutiny. NBC's Reactive Reluctance: NBC avoided the story until a viral independent journalist's video racked up over 100 million views, forcing a belated two-minute report; before that, they gave it only 65 seconds while emphasizing backlash—highlighting how big media relies on outsiders to do their job and delays exposing scandals tied to progressive favorites. CBS Stands Out for Real Journalism: Unlike its competitors, CBS delivered over eight minutes of coverage, including three full-length investigative reports uncovering new fraud details—showing that fair reporting is possible, but rare, in a landscape dominated by bias that downplays billions in taxpayer losses.