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Few living Hollywood stars have been household names for longer than Clint Eastwood, who has seen his career flourish into his 90s despite his alignment with the Republican Party. Now, his son Scott is following in his footsteps, not only by becoming an actor but through his endorsement of American values through a new company he and a partner founded. As Fox News reported: Made Here, the brainchild of Eastwood and his friend and entrepreneur Dane Chapin, partners exclusively with American manufacturers to make, market and sell American goods. Their list of products includes hats, clothes and even Made Here beer. “I think it’s really important to keep things domestic,” Eastwood told Fox News Digital. “That’s your neighbors, your people. You know you keep things in the system, people you live by. You know we live in one of the best countries in the world – we live in the best country in the world. And to be able to support that and American-made products are amazing.” “You do it once, do it right,” he continued. “You make a product that’s really great, and you don’t need to have 1,000 — don’t need to rebury them, and have a bunch more if you have a real quality product.” Eastwood — who is the spitting image of his famous father Clint Eastwood — and Chapin had been working on the concept for a few years before launching in 2019, hoping to bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. “We were kind of disappointed that the manufacturing jobs — like we don’t make anything,” he said. “We’re just like consumers of stuff. I think we should make things. We used to make a lot of things in this country and I think it’s important to bring those jobs back.” Made Here Beer makes “100% American beers for American beer drinkers,” according to its Instagram page, enlisting American suppliers. President Donald Trump’s endorsement of tariffs on imported goods has sparked a renewed interest in American-made products: PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ON FIRE HE’S GOING TO BRING THE 21% TAX RATE DOWN TO 15% IF YOU MANUFACTURE YOUR PRODUCT HERE IN THE USA! pic.twitter.com/5qUpaFkhqO — MAGA War Room (@MAGAIncWarRoom) September 25, 2024 Tariffs can be used as a strategic way to strengthen American businesses, the American economy, and bring in some revenue if people decide to make things overseas and try and sell them in the United States.@AndyPuzder pic.twitter.com/hdifT1jlyk — Heritage Foundation (@Heritage) December 20, 2024 The CDS9 is built with 100% tool-steel components and 100% American made. (No worry about tariffs) pic.twitter.com/M1J5VtgBYi — Kimber Firearms (@kimberamerica) December 11, 2024 THIS IS THE WAY!! President Trump just announced that companies will have a 15 percent tax rate IF they make their products in AMERICA!! This is the REAL America First agenda pic.twitter.com/Rp02IUqJlY — Ty’s Tough Talk (@toughtalkty) December 12, 2024 In 2019, Men’s Journal reported on the fledgling venture: “For hundreds of years, ‘American-made’ has been synonymous with high quality,” said Eastwood in a press release. “It’s all the hard-working folks across the country that make our brand possible. I want to honor the iconic heritage of American manufacturing and let people know it’s very much alive and well. The essence of Made Here is really very simple: it’s to celebrate the excellence of the American worker.” While Eastwood has been hard at work on launching Made Here, he hasn’t slowed down in his acting career. Eastwood has multiple projects coming up, including the Afghanistan war drama The Outpost with Orlando Bloom, and the crime thriller The Manuscript, where he’ll star alongside Oscar winner Jamie Foxx for director Nick Cassavettes. Here’s how Eastwood introduced the brand the same year:

Donald Trump is one of the few people in the world who have to take a “downgrade” when they start flying Air Force One. Why? Because “Trump Force One” is arguably much nicer and much more luxurious! Take a sneak peak inside right here: Check out President Trump’s 100 million dollar jet. It’s loaded to the max & it’s sooooo cool pic.twitter.com/RsRqFpKJTp — ROCK ON OHIO (@ROCKONOHIO77) December 26, 2024 But I’m just getting warmed up, I have a bunch more to show you. The Nelk Bros were recently invited by President Trump to fly with him on “Trump Force One”….how cool is that? I can’t even imagine! And since you and I may never get the same opportunity, I can give you the next best thing. An inside look from the Nelk Bros, who documented the whole experience. This is SO cool…. Enjoy: It’s not the first time we’ve gotten a sneak peak into this bad boy… Here are two other peaks inside the beautiful private jet: TRUMP-FORCE ONE: Inside Donald Trump’s Insane Private Jet TRUMP-FORCE ONE: Inside Donald Trump's Insane Private Jet After the recent emergency landings with TRUMP FORCE ONE and JD Vance's plane, I thought it might be fun to revisit what's inside Trump's bad boy plane.... President Trump, widely known for his wealth and lavish lifestyle, is one of the wealthiest people in the world. No modern billionaire is complete without a private jet, and President Trump's private plane is among one of the world's most powerful and luxurious private jet aircraft. Dubbed "Trump Force One," the Boeing 757 jet has become iconic in recent years. Normally, the former President uses his smaller Cessna plane to get around–it's much more economical than flying a massive 757, but the Trump Force One has made several notable appearances, particularly at rallies. Take an insider's look at the luxurious Trump Force One: And Benny Johnson got to fly with him here: Beautiful plane! ? pic.twitter.com/R0qwtOQGel — Golden Advice ?????? (@RichardStiller4) April 2, 2024 CNN explained: A standard passenger Boeing 757-200 series has about 228 seats. Trump’s custom 757 features 43 seats – along with a main bedroom, guest suite, dining room, VIP area and custom galley. Several days ago, Jason Miller posted this update on Trump Force One successfully taking off from a frozen airfield in Green Bay Wisconsin. Don’t want to bury the lead here - we took off without a hitch thanks to an AMAZING ground crew in Green Bay and a FANTASTIC pilot on Trump Force One! https://t.co/lC0W2OzS3I — Jason Miller (@JasonMiller) April 3, 2024 According to Daily Mail, CEO Kevin Elliot had this to say about Trump Force One after President Trump made a surprise appearance in the iconic aircraft during the Huntington Beach Pacific Airshow: ‘We knew he (Donald Trump) was going to be out here. This all about airplanes and his plane, a Boeing 757, is the second most photographed of all time, right behind Air Force One. 'When it comes to rare airplanes, that’s about as rare as it gets... You could have heard a pin drop. It’s all about the planes and giving fans hours of fun.

Fox News hosts Sean Hannity and Ainsley Earhardt got engaged over the Christmas holiday. According to the outlet, Hannity proposed to Earhardt over Christmas at their home church. “We are overjoyed and so thankful to our families for all of their love and support during this wonderful time in our lives,” Earhardt and Hannity said. JUST IN: Fox hosts Sean Hannity and Ainsley Earhardt are engaged – Fox “We are overjoyed and so thankful to our families for all of their love and support during this wonderful time in our lives.” pic.twitter.com/8oWwAi5oaH — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 26, 2024 Per Fox News: Earhardt and Hannity originally bonded over their deep faith, and the two have placed God first in their relationship, thus rendering the proposal at their home church as the “perfect place” to pop the question, according to the couple. They met with their minister after the engagement. While the two prefer to keep their private lives out of the spotlight, they have made their long-distance relationship work with weekend trips between New York, where Earhardt is based, and Florida, where Hannity resides. With a mutual respect for each other’s careers, both Hannity and Earhardt have long-term deals to remain at FOX News Media, where Earhardt will continue to co-host “FOX & Friends” from New York while the primetime star will continue to host his eponymous show “Hannity” from Florida. Both Earhardt and Hannity were previously married and “still get along well” with their ex-spouses and “everyone is supportive of each other,” according to the couple. “We actually made them aware this was happening ahead of time,” they said. Earhardt and her former husband have an amicable shared relationship in raising their daughter that “works seamlessly.” Sean Hannity and fellow Fox News host Ainsley Earhardt are engaged. Hannity proposed on Christmas. pic.twitter.com/2m5ZPW4TmY — johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) December 26, 2024 From the New York Post: Hannity has two children while Earhardt has a daughter from their previous marriages. Hannity, who started with the network when it first launched in 1996, is the longest running news host in cable history. He first co-hosted “Hannity and Colmes” in primetime before he hosted his own show that has been the top-rated program over the past 15 years, Fox News said. Hannity also has a hit syndicated radio show that airs across 750 stations nationwide and reaches millions of listeners. Earhardt has worked at Fox News since 2007 and has been a “Fox & Friends” co-host since 2016. The three-hour morning show has been the best rated show for more than 20 straight years, per Fox News. She is also a successful author, penning four New York Times bestselling books, including three children’s books.

The administration’s Inflation Act, officially known as the Inflation Reduction Act, is a scam that increases inflation under the guise of climate change. “Sequestering 1 gigaton would cost $180,000,000,000 to “solve” 1/3200th of CO2’s 10% effect on atmospheric energy. “NetZero” has nothing to do with climate,” Rep. DeGraaf said. It’s clearly unaffordable and unrealistic. Net […] The post For Only $180 Trillion We Can Accomplish Zero for the Climate appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

As we prepare to enter the new year, we’re taking you back to some of The Daily Wire’s best reporting from 2024. This article was originally published on November 16. Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have their work cut out for them. The pair is heading up the meme-worthy Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), part of President-elect Donald Trump’s effort to slash the federal bureaucracy and runaway spending. Both entrepreneurs have said they’ll take an aggressive approach with the project, and there is no shortage of places they could start. The government spends $6.75 trillion a year. Already this year, federal spending has increased by $114 billion. Within that massive amount is a seemingly never-ending list of eyebrow-raising expenditures. Around $900 billion in wasted taxpayer dollars were counted last year in Senator Rand Paul’s (R-KY) “Festivus Report,” his annual tally of government waste that highlights glaring and often humorous examples. Among the bigger expenses, in fiscal year 2023, the Treasury spent $659 billion on just the interest on the national debt, much of that borrowed from China, the report noted. The Small Business Administration (SBA) spent $200 million on pandemic support to “small business” artists that ended up including big names like Usher, Nickelback, Post Malone, Chris Brown, Smashing Pumpkins, and Lil Wayne, the report said. Also, fraudsters used the faces of Barbie dolls as profile pictures to apply for the SBA’s pandemic Paycheck Protection Program, and the program “carelessly approved” the fraudsters and sent them money, the report said. 50% OFF ALL DAILY WIRE ANNUAL MEMBERSHIPS FOR A LIMITED TIME! Another money pit was multiple frivolous National Institutes of Health (NIH) studies involving monkeys. The NIH paid a local company $33.2 million to care for about 3,000 monkeys on a South Carolina island before they are sent to research labs around the country, the report said. The NIH also approved funding for researchers to study the sleep habits of monkeys who were given meth in the morning, according to the report. Another monkey example involved a study focusing on trans-identifying men and HIV. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) spent more than $477,000 on the study, which gave male monkeys female hormones to examine how cross-sex hormones might affect the immune systems of trans-identifying men when it comes to HIV. In another outlandish example, the NIH approved a grant to study Russian cats walking on a treadmill, the report said. The NIH also funded a $3.8 million study on “COVID-19 misinformation exposure on social media among Black and Rural communities,” the report said. The U.S. also spent taxpayer dollars boosting tourism in Egypt. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) approved $6 million for this purpose, according to the report. The Biden administration spent a whopping $236 billion on “improper payments” — payments made to the wrong person, in the wrong amount or for the wrong reason, the report said. The Department of Agriculture spent taxpayer dollars on “cutting- edge” research that measured the rectal temperatures of 16 dogs and found that their fur color did not affect their body temperatures after a hot summer walk, the report said. On the military side, the Department of Defense destroyed more than $169 million of military equipment simply by leaving it outside, the report said. The Air Force also massively overpaid for soap dispensers, spending $149,072 more than it had to, according to a Defense Department inspector general report. Many floors of office space sit empty in federal government buildings, a March report found. Agencies use just 12% of the office space at their headquarters on average. At one point, Agriculture Department employees used their government credit cards to pay for things like cars, concert tickets, lingerie, tattoos, and bartender school. These are just a few examples of the government throwing taxpayer dollars at things that would make many American jaws drop.

Mexico’s leftist president is trying to take away any chance President-elect Trump could order the use of military force against the infamous Mexican drug cartels that control much of Mexico and traffic lethal drugs across the American border. Trump said last weekend, “All foreign gang members will be expelled and I will immediately designate the [drug] cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. I will do so immediately.” Trump’s choice for national security advisor, hard-core conservative Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) co-introduced legislation in January 2023 calling for an “Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) against Mexican cartels for trafficking lethal fentanyl and other related activities that have caused destabilization in the Western Hemisphere.” Pete Hegseth, Trump’s choice for Defense Secretary, said the cartels are “terrorist-like organizations poisoning our population. … If it takes military action, that’s what it may take, eventually. Obviously, you’re gonna have to be smart about it. Obviously, the precision strikes. But if you put the fear in the minds of the drug lords, at least as a start, [and] they can’t operate in the open with impunity, [it] changes the way they operate.” Trump’s incoming border czar, Tom Homan, stated Trump “will use [the] full might of the United States Special Operations to take ‘em out”. 50% OFF ALL DAILY WIRE ANNUAL MEMBERSHIPS FOR A LIMITED TIME! “There won’t be an invasion,” Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum told a news conference. “It’s not going to happen.” “Unlike the sitting president, Joe Biden, President-elect Trump believes his utmost priority is the safety and security of American citizens, and he will, in fact, take the necessary actions to uphold this responsibility,” Trump spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt stated. Waltz said on Fox News in October, “Green Berets helped, with just a few dozen soldiers, the Colombian government take down the Medellin cartel, take down the FARC. Remember, they were bombing airliners, they were threatening to overthrow the entire government. We have to take the same approach with the cartels in Mexico, Sinaloa, and Jalisco, that control nearly a third of the country fighting the Mexican Army, not the police, to a standstill, control our border, and are making billions of dollars per month trafficking humans, fentanyl, and weapons into our country. … Not only do they dominate our border now, they are setting up outposts and gangs in our inner cities. We have got to get this situation under control. Green Berets have a unique mindset by, with, and through locals, law enforcement, and others to do that.” “These cartels are now connecting with our foreign adversaries and acting as proxies. The Iranians are working with them for assassination attempts and infiltrating Hezbollah. ISIS is infiltrating, we arrested eight in three different cities plotting to attack us again, and I think most significantly, [cartels] are working with the Chinese Communist Party,” he added.

A man in China has been sentenced to death after driving into a crowd last month and killing 35 people in what is being called a “revenge on society” attack. Fan Weiqiu drove into the crowd because he was upset about his divorce settlement, the Associated Press reported. A court in Zhuhai sentenced him to death on Friday after Fan pleaded guilty to endangering public safety by dangerous means. Fan’s “criminal motive was extremely despicable, the nature of the crime was extremely vile, the means of the crime were particularly cruel, and the consequences of the crime were particularly severe, resulting in great social harm,” the court said, according to the AP. 50% OFF ALL DAILY WIRE ANNUAL MEMBERSHIPS FOR A LIMITED TIME! Fan’s crime is one of many recent attacks in China being referred to as “revenge on society crimes,” the AP reported. In November, three such attacks took place, including Fan’s. Another incident involved a man who rammed his car into a crowd outside of an elementary school in Changde City because he was angry after losing his investments, the BBC reported. The attack wounded 30 people, including 18 children. The man received a suspended death sentence for the crime. The third incident involved a 21-year-old student who failed his tests and stabbed 17 people, killing eight, at a vocational school in Yixing, the AP reported. Wu Qiang, a former political science professor who was fired after researching the 2014 Occupy protests in Hong Kong, told the AP that pressure from society seems to be behind the attacks. “On the surface, it seems like there are individual factors, but we see there’s a common link,” Wu said. “This link is, in my personal opinion, every person has a feeling of injustice. They feel deeply that this society is very unfair and they can’t bear it anymore.” China President Xi Jinping has demanded local governments prevent future “revenge” attacks, with local officials immediately vowing to look into personal disputes that could trigger them. This, however, would compound China’s increasing involvement in the personal lives of its citizens, including mass censorship. Part of this censorship extends to the attacks themselves, the AP reported, with Chinese authorities censoring videos and eyewitness accounts on social media while releasing the most basic information hours after the attack. For example, the death toll in Fan’s attack wasn’t announced for a full day, and only then was it learned that 35 died and another 43 were injured. It was also reported at that time that Fan was found in the vehicle trying to stab himself with a knife.