In a dramatic shift in transatlantic relations under President Donald Trump, the United States split with its European allies by refusing to blame Russia for its invasion of Ukraine in votes on three U.N. resolutions Monday seeking an end to the three-year war. The growing divide follows Trump’s decision to open direct negotiations with Russia on ending the war, dismaying Ukraine and its European supporters by excluding them from the preliminary talks last week. In the U.N...

The U.S. sided with Russia and China to win the United Nations Security Council’s backing for a resolution crafted in Washington that didn’t blame Moscow for the Ukraine war and called for a swift end to the conflict, as President Trump said he was in talks with Russia about an economic-development deal. Trump’s comments and the U.S.’s vote at the U.N. on Monday illustrated the extent to which the president has changed the U.S.’s posture toward the region, coming on the same day as...

The United States voted against a resolution in the United Nations General Assembly on Monday that blamed Russia for invading Ukraine exactly three years ago. The U.S. was joined by Russia, North Korea, Belarus, and 14 other Moscow-friendly nations in voting against the resolution, which included language condemning Russian aggression and calling for Moscow to give up the territory it occupies, which ultimately passed by a wide margin. The vote was 93-18, with 65...

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You might find this hard to believe, but MSNBC fired Joy Reid over the weekend. Yes, it’s true. It turns out that regularly spouting the dumbest things on cable news, as Reid does, ultimately chases off even the most loyal automatons in your audience and makes the suits on the top floor of the building start to build a file on you. And, eventually, that file overflows as the viewership shrivels, and … they replace you with a trio of similar nincompoops who haven’t quite irritated the country as Joy Reid has. MSNBC liberal mainstay Joy Reid’s show has been canceled as part of a major overhaul by the network’s new president, Rebecca Kutler, according to a report. The 7 p.m. program hosted by ardent President Trump critic Reid, 56, will be replaced by a new panel show featuring co-hosts Alicia Menendez, Michael Steele and Symone Sanders Townsend, the New York Times reported, citing insiders. The final episode of Reid’s show, “The ReidOut,” will air sometime this week, ending a mainstay of MSNBC’s lineup for the past five years, according to the Times. MSNBC declined to comment. It marks the first large-scale shake-up by MSNBC’s new president, Kutler, since she took over the liberal network earlier this month, as it looks to double down on its lefty agenda during the second Trump administration. Well, bye. This is a lot less surprising than Norah O’Donnell getting the boot (but perhaps more surprising than, if what would seem to necessarily happen soon, Margaret Brennan getting a pink slip). People have wondered how much longer they were going to carry Joy Reid for quite a while. The reaction to Reid’s ouster has nonetheless been fittingly unhinged. For example… Now, media journalist Oliver Darcy reports Reid’s staff found out they were losing their jobs in a tense and emotional 30-minute impromptu meeting Sunday morning. Staffers were reportedly frustrated they learned about the show shutting down from media reports, rather than directly from leadership. Reid has hosted a 7 p.m. show on the network since 2020. She had been with the company since 2014. The network has also removed Alex Wagner from her weekday evening spot, and Darcy reports Kutler held a “similar” meeting with the show’s staff. However, Wagner is expected to stay with MSNBC as a contributor. Now, many are mourning Reid’s departure. “I owe the television part of my career to Joy Reid, as do so many other Black voices y’all never would have heard of if not for her,” journalist Elie Mystal wrote on X. “And *that’s* why she’s gone. They can treat black folks as interchangeable, but everybody Black knows that Joy was indispensable.” Oh, and this is even better… One-time MSNBC primetime host Keith Olbermann said that his former network’s reported firing of Joy Reid and cancelation of Alex Wagner’s nightly show was “racist,” noting that only four women of color have solo-hosted programs for the liberal cable news network — and all of them have been kicked to the curb. … In addition to the network dropping Reid, new MSNBC president Rebecca Kutler is also expected to remove Wagner from the primetime lineup. Wagner was pulled from her Tuesday-Friday 9 p.m. slot after the inauguration when MSNBC convinced its top star Rachel Maddow to host five nights a week during President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office, a move which has helped the channel reverse its post-election ratings slump. … Olbermann, once MSNBC’s biggest star before his acrimonious departure in 2011, laid into his former employers for booting Reid and Wagner during an early Monday morning podcast, claiming the left-leaning channel was sidelining women of color for “salespeople” who will do as they’re told. “MSNBC fired Joy Reid, and yes it is racist and maybe worse. Yes, it is designed to keep out people who might think differently,” Olbermann declared. “And it is designed to reward professional political salespeople like ex-party chairmen and former press secretaries who will do what they are told by their bosses.” He added: “But most of all, since they also fired Alex Wagner as they fired Joy Reid, at least yhe New York Times says this, it means that four women of color have solo hosted prominent shows on MSNBC, and all four of them have now been fired.” Olbermann is screeching about Alex Wagner getting demoted? Seriously? Alex Wagner, who has been around at MSNBC since Olbermann had a show there and has never moved the ratings needle despite getting chance after chance? And apparently, it’s racism that fired Reid and demoted Wagner, even though Reid’s show is still going to have one of a triumvirate of Goofballs of Color. Just like racism also fired Melissa Harris-Perry and Tiffany Cross, who had shows just as dumb as Reid’s. (RELATED: At MSNBC, Rising Tensions Fuel Fears of Collapse) Does it sound like the Left is eating its own? Why yes, yes it does. Keith Olbermann certainly didn’t stop to consider whether Joy Reid is the most effective early-prime spokescritter that his political movement could put on the air of its flagship cable news organ (it’s arguable whether that designation belongs to MSNBC or CNN, but CNN pleasures itself as “objective,” so go with me here if you don’t mind). That ought not to surprise you; after all, if Keith Olbermann was concerned with effective spokesmanship for his ideological position he wouldn’t say any of the ridiculous things he says. And he might still have a job. On the other hand, it’s probably a good idea not to judge him too harshly, because Olbermann isn’t the only talking head on the Left who is deep into the guano stash. There is this octogenarian weirdo… (RELATED: Democrats Have No Roadmap for Their Journey Through the Wilderness … and James Carville Knows It) Political guru James Carville forecasted Donald Trump’s Administration will collapse within the next 30 days. The veteran Democratic strategist told Mediaite’s Dan Abrams that Trump’s popularity is sinking, and he believes the administration will implode from a lack of public support. “I believe that this administration, in less than 30 days, is in the midst of a massive collapse and particularly a collapse in public opinion,” Carville said. “What I have said very publicly is that Democrats need to play possum. This whole thing is collapsing. “It doesn’t need Elizabeth Warren and somebody screaming to pacify some progressive advocacy groups in Washington, which, by the way, I wish these people were just useless. They’re actually worse than useless, that they’re detrimental.” He advised Democrats to lay low while the White House falls apart and predicted Republicans will find it difficult to pass any legislation and be forced to reach across the aisle for their support. “It’s going to be easy pickings here in six weeks. Just lay back,” Carville said. “We’re in the midst of a collapse. It’s over.” Carville doubled down on his previous statements that Democrats “do nothing” in response to Trump and Elon Musk’s takeover of the federal government. He’s right in a small sense, which is that when the current Left/Democrat Party talking heads (including Carville, of course) begin running their mouths, the public’s reaction does tend to insulate the Trump administration from what otherwise might be a rejection. (RELATED: Dems Click Off MSNBC and Discover There’s No Place Like Home) But a “collapse”? If they just shut up? Not that likely. There is this… NEW POLL: Americans’ trust of President Donald J. Trump versus trust of the media. Trump: 44% (+15) The media: 29% YouGov pic.twitter.com/eW7VlMOeMU — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) February 24, 2025 Katie Hopkins, who as a critic of the atrocious politicians in the U.K. actually has a very good read on the analogues on this side of the pond, took a measure of Carville’s bold predictions… James Carville – “Just call me Nostradamus” says the Trump White House will collapse in 30 days. Give it a break Skeletor. Your life expectancy‘ain’t 30 days long. #JamesCarville pic.twitter.com/QmvvkeLBbo — Katie Hopkins (@KTHopkins) February 24, 2025 To watch the Democrats’ media-elite pundits and hosts lose their minds over the dismantling of their government scams and illegitimate revenue and power streams has been a once-in-a-lifetime pleasure. It’s also been quite illuminating, particularly for those of us who have suspected all along that these were puppets of a ruling class bent on imposing its will on a recalcitrant public over the past couple of decades. We’re finding out that without the kultursmog (a brilliant term coined by our own R. Emmett Tyrell to describe the matrix of corrupt narratives laid down in mass media) pervading all public thought, there really isn’t much behind these people. And with the rays of sunlight now breaking through and forcing outlets like CBS News, MSNBC, and others to make existential decisions as they drown in a sea of red ink, it just gets more fun all the time. There’s a collapse happening, all right. But contra Mr. Carville, whose own relevance is collapsing perhaps fastest of all, there’s no particular sign it’s Trump with that problem. READ MORE from Scott McKay: JD Vance Is the Bull. Niall Ferguson Got the Horns. Oh, Hush, Bari Margaret Brennan and the Good Germans at CBS News The post It’s Not A Good Month For Talking-Head Weirdos, Is It? appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

President Trump’s policy blitz is not only a sound strategy but is already paying dividends. Although he has clawed back billions in federal dollars, his bigger victories are likely yet to come. It is hard to keep up with what President Trump has accomplished in just over a month in office. Just through Feb. 14, the Federal Register lists 68 Executive orders signed by the President. One of these of course was the creation of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). DOGE, in turn, has cut hundreds of federal contracts and according to Reuters, achieved $8.5 billion in savings thus far (DOGE claims $55 billion). (RELATED: The ‘DOGE Dividend’ Dilemma: Why Debt Reduction Beats Tax Refunds) So far, DEI programs, USAID, and the Department of Education have been among the highest-profile targets. An ABC News count shows that 14 agencies thus far have had employees laid off. Additionally, tens of thousands of federal workers have been fired or laid off and so-called “probationary firings” could affect up to 200,000 more so far. Another 75,000 workers have accepted buyouts. Undoubtedly more — and likely bigger — cuts are coming as the DOGE’s focus moves across the government. Already the administration’s unilateral actions have prompted a slew of lawsuits — undoubtedly more of these are coming too. (RELATED: Trump Is Unleashing DOGE on the Pentagon Budget: Here’s Where Musk Should Look) Between the rapid-fire actions and the slow-moving court responses, where does that leave the Trump administration in its quest to remake government? For such an audacious start and inevitable Democrat pushback, the Trump administration is way ahead when you consider the eight qualitative advantages he has already secured. (RELATED: Most Americans Support DOGE and ‘Energetic’ Trump) Trump has completely defined Washington’s policy agenda. Of course, since FDR, virtually all presidents have. However, few have done so with such thoroughness and alacrity. To appreciate the level of dominance, consider any policy alternatives being discussed — even in context to the agenda items he has set. There is little discussion of the back-and-forth usually found in legislative negotiations. Trump has eclipsed Washington. By acting aggressively and unilaterally, Trump has immediately kept his promises to his base, thereby solidifying their support. Other administrations can often take a while to find their legs; in so doing, they lose momentum from their electoral victories. Not Trump’s second administration. He therefore has a powerful tool to wield on behalf of his policy proposals. When things do get sticky — as they assuredly will — he has an X-factor. Trump’s frenetic action is itself an advantage. It is a dramatic contrast to the preceding Biden administration. And the contrast makes it look all the more remarkable. At the core of Biden’s toppling from atop the Democrat ticket was the feeling — first among the general electorate, and then the Democrat base — that Biden simply wasn’t up to leading. The feeling that the nation was adrift almost across the policy board was tangible. Yes, people wanted a different direction, but they also simply wanted leadership. Trump is giving that in spades. This onslaught of action has also served to diminish and fragment his opponents. The Democrats look like Lilliputians encountering Gulliver. This only antagonizes their base who want a forceful response to Trump. Minorities in the Senate and House, Democrats’ congressional leaders are limited in what they can do. The increasing pressure from their base and the limitations of their options serve to fragment Democrats as they struggle for options and consensus. (RELATED; The Left’s Crisis Might Be Getting Started. Ours Is Actually Ending.) The confrontation with his opponents will soon shift the conflict onto terrain even more favorable to Trump: the Supreme Court. Conservatives’ focus is on the unlimited court cases Democrats are sure to file against him and the limited successes they have had in slowing him down. However, all these judicial cases will likely move eventually to the Supreme Court, where conservatives hold a 6-3 majority — a majority far greater proportionally than Republicans’ precarious congressional majorities. Further, Trump has solid arguments for his policy actions. Will he prevail on all? Certainly not. But he has a very good chance of winning on several. (RELATED: The Rule of Law Serves the American People, Especially Conservatives) Trump’s unilateral actions also serve to insulate Republicans’ narrow congressional majorities from tough votes — and even tougher Democrat amendments. Yes, we all realize that being in Congress means voting, but there are only so many tough votes members will and can make if they want to be reelected — and Trump wants them all returned to Congress for future votes. Voting also takes time. It’s far better for Trump to have cleared away all he can before asking congressional Republicans to take up the process. When he does, he will also be able to tell them that he has done all he could. If his executive branch options fail, he still has a fallback in Congress’ reconciliation process for those that have budgetary changes associated with their policies. Reconciliation is an expedited legislative process, with its greatest benefit being that it can’t be filibustered in the Senate. For an administration that has been so creative in its executive action onslaught thus far, don’t underestimate how creative it can be in turning its policies into proposals with budgetary impact — after all, that is one of its primary objectives. Finally, virtually all of Trump’s actions are risk-free for him — at least concerning their outcomes. But he could lose, you say. Of course, he could; however, no one expected executive actions like these in the first place — so the losses just leave Trump where he would have been absent his attempt. But he will also win on some (perhaps many); in so doing, he will have established judicially-approved paths to do more. He’s playing with “house money,” so to speak. What will be the final outcome of Trump’s executive action onslaught is still to be determined. It will take weeks in some cases, months in others, and perhaps longer for still others. But the undetermined outcome should not distract from what he has already succeeded in achieving. While they may not be quantifiable… yet, their import should not be discounted or overlooked. # # # READ MORE from J.T. Young: The Left’s Real Misery is Cognitive Dissonance The True Depths of Democrats’ Bankruptcy How to Stop Sanctuary City Insanity J.T. Young is the author of the recent book, Unprecedented Assault: How Big Government Unleashed America’s Socialist Left from RealClear Publishing and has over three decades’ experience working in Congress, the Department of Treasury, the Office of Management, and Budget, and representing a Fortune 20 company. The post Trump’s Full-Throttle First 30 Days — He Has Already Achieved Major Wins appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

Unreal. Not to mention obscene. Over there at Fox News is this headline: “VA Dem slams DOGE fans, compares job cuts to the Holocaust: ‘First they came for the Jews,’” with the subtitle, “Del. Joshua Cole of Fredericksburg cited Rev. Martin Niemöller’s confession.” The story reports: State Del. Brandon Cole, D-Fredericksburg, invoked a famous Holocaust-related quote from a reformed German clergyman who once identified with the Nazi Party during a hearing last week. “I must say that I have seen so many different people on social media rather excited about these [DOGE] cuts; rather excited about these job losses,” Cole said. “And that reminds me of a quote from a long time ago that said: ‘At first they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t Jewish. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist. And then when they came for me, there was no one to speak up because everyone had been taken.’” The quote was a rough translation of a famous 1946 “confession” by Rev. Martin Niemöller, a minister who had reportedly briefly identified with Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Party before he became a high-profile critic in the late 1930s and was thrown into a concentration camp. Wow. Modernizing and focusing the massive federal bureaucracy, as Elon Musk is tasked by President Trump to do, is equal to … the Holocaust? Really? Really??? In fact, and doubtless unintentionally, this Democrat’s protest comparing the two illustrates exactly the sacredness that an old-fashioned love of the politics of Big Government pork has inside the Democrat Party. Today’s Democrat Party is financially fueled by the unions that control the federal bureaucracy — and paid for by American taxpayers. Recall this story from the Hill in October 2016 as the Trump versus Hillary election began to close. The headline: “Government workers shun Trump, give big money to Clinton.” The story reported: Federal government employees are opening their wallets to help Hillary Clinton beat Donald Trump on Nov. 8. Of the roughly $2 million that federal workers from 14 agencies spent on presidential politics by the end of September, about $1.9 million, or 95 percent, went to the Democratic nominee’s campaign, according to an analysis by the Hill. Employees at all the agencies analyzed, without exception, are sending their campaign contributions overwhelmingly to Clinton over her Republican counterpart. Several agencies, such as the State Department, which Clinton once led, saw more than 99 percent of contributions going to Clinton. Federal government employees overwhelmingly backed Clinton’s presidential campaign no matter which agency The Hill analyzed using Federal Election Commission data covering donors giving more than $200. So that understood — or that should be understood — by this Democrat state legislator in Virginia, he pipes up to compare the reform, streamlining, and modernizing of the federal government to … the Holocaust??? And for the historically unaware, the Holocaust of Adolph Hitler mass murdered some six million Jews. This can only raise the point that this legislator has accidentally revealed the importance with which Democrats regard the financial support for their party from federal bureaucrats. The central point of this Democrat’s reasoning, alas, is not hard to figure out. For the Left, the massive bureaucracy of the federal government and its tens of thousands of employees — employees whose financial contributions to Democrats, as indicated, are political gold. They are the financial and decidedly self-interested political rock on which the power of the Democrat Party is based. Understood. But another Holocaust? Really? It is perhaps worth noting that there are two large buildings in Washington D.C. that illustrate the problem in saying something this off the wall. On Capital Hill sits the building housing the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee. Not unlike its nearby Republican National Committee, the DNC building is all about the decidedly mundane task of running the logistics of a national political party. At the other end of the Washington Mall, however, stands another building altogether. That would be the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. A visit to the quite vivid displays on the site of the Holocaust Museum reveals this description of the building’s purpose: Nazism represented a singular evil that resulted in the murder of six million Jews and the persecution and deaths of millions of others for racial and political reasons. Comparing contemporary situations to Nazism is not only offensive to its victims, but it is also inaccurate and misrepresents both Holocaust history and the present. The Holocaust should be remembered, studied, and understood so that we can learn its lessons; it should not be exploited for opportunistic purposes. A nonpartisan federal, educational institution, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is America’s national memorial to the victims of the Holocaust, dedicated to ensuring the permanence of Holocaust memory, understanding, and relevance. Through the power of Holocaust history, the Museum challenges leaders and individuals worldwide to think critically about their role in society and to confront antisemitism and other forms of hate, prevent genocide, and promote human dignity. For more information, visit ushmm.org. As someone who has made a point of visiting the Holocaust museum, the notion of comparing the museum and its reminder of its horrific contents to the decidedly peaceful work of Elon Musk as tasked by a democratically elected president to bring the overstaffed federal government down to a more efficient and reformed government is a disgrace. But it is a telling disgrace. A telling disgrace that says everything about the serious political worth a massive federal bureaucracy has to the well-being of the Democratic Party. Not good. Not good at all. READ MORE from Jeffrey Lord: Trump, Musk, and Lessons From Reagan’s Budget Cutting David Stockman Musk Goes for the Gold Pressley, Booker, and Colleagues: Silent on Dems Paying Reparations for Party’s Support of Slavery The post Dem Legislator Compares DOGE Cuts to … the Holocaust appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

Entrepreneur Elon Musk, his White House Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and his staff in key management agencies have effectively taken control of domestic agencies’ agenda — reviewing them for elimination, cuts, or reforms, mostly supported by President Donald Trump’s base voters. With exceptions for easy targets like border protection and foreign aid, most such reviews have been of domestic agencies. For these, his base knows most do stupid things because they have free (taxpayer) money and think they know how to use bureaucratic methods to make things work the way they want — although not necessarily how most people want. Musk has already achieved its main purpose of letting domestic bureaucrats know that the president is in charge and will exercise his power to reform their agencies. It gets a bit tougher when it comes to functions that the national government really must perform and do well such as national defense, foreign policy, and intelligence. These are truly important and, in many ways, more complex and more in need of reform than domestic agencies. As noted here earlier, Musk, with his Space X background, actually has expertise in defense policy. Back at a 2020 air warfare symposium attended by top military officials, he challenged the Air Force’s reliance upon manned aircraft like the F-35 jet, then being redesigned for its next adaptation. (RELATED: New Ways of War and Meeting the Human Challenge) Almost five years ago, Musk told attendees, “Locally autonomous drone warfare is where the future will be,” not manned aircraft. “I can’t believe I’m saying this, because this is dangerous, but it’s simply what will occur.” The audience was dismissive but a month later the Air Force combat commander told another group that earlier comments had forced him to reconsider whether to replace the F-35 or “start cutting in something else, like Elon talked about.” But it would take time. The problem in the military is not necessarily incompetence, but it has a complex bureaucratic decision process that has a bias toward yesterday’s solutions. Like its Air brother, the Navy is also hooked on manned aircraft. But it is even more committed to outmoded, vulnerable, and extraordinarily expensive aircraft carriers, taking funds from everything else. The Army’s glory is the World War II battlefield of tanks and field maneuvers. But its chief has publicly noted that the new Ukraine-type battlefield is now all trench lines — more like WWI than recent warfare — enforced by massed artillery which the U.S. basically eliminated in Iraq and Afghanistan. Field command posts are now basically “unsurvivable.” But traditional U.S. naval, air, and field operations have changed little since what Trump called our “unwinnable wars.” The President’s Defense and Intelligence “Generals” That is what led the president to choose Pete Hegseth as defense secretary. Although a combat veteran with a Bronze Star, Hegseth had a mere Major army officer background, well below a general’s status. This outsider — like Ulysses S. Grant and George S. Patton before him — was not part of the military elite establishment committed to the status quo. He was not even of high flag-grade general or admiral status, whose entry tests favor bureaucratic social skills over fighting ones. He would not even think of telling his Chinese opposite that he would warn him if his President became too warlike. No, Hegseth said things like we should rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War. He argued not for continuity but that the “next commander in chief will need to clean house.” So Trump chose him and on his first trip abroad Hegseth undiplomatically told the world that any troops to defend Ukraine must come from Europe rather than the U.S. and he immediately redirected $50 billion of the defense budget to be used for war rather than for goodwill. This difference shows throughout Trump’s appointments to national security positions. In many ways, the intelligence world is even more bureaucratized than defense, as longtime conservative Senate expert on the subject Angelo Codevilla demonstrated in a score of books. While intelligence is important, daily ego trips to the commander-in-chief unrelated to defense operations are not. The whole history of the OSS, CIA, and DNI has been of failure based on machines and personnel easily permeated by double agents — including the CIA’s own top executive for Soviet affairs. Field agents were revealed by a defector to be overwhelmingly KGB. Just last year, a former CIA agent confessed he and his brother spied for China’s State Security Bureau. No wonder that Trump’s director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, is even more of an outsider than Hegseth, as a former Democratic Congresswoman. She served in the Army for nearly 22 years, with two tours in the Middle East and one in Africa; but only as a lieutenant colonel. She had blamed a Republican president for Russia invading Ukraine and had met with Bashar al-Assad of Syria. She bluntly said that she believed today’s intelligence community is politically corrupt, pointing to the FBI spying on a Trump adviser in 2016 and the intelligence community suppressing facts on Hunter Biden’s laptop in 2020. Today she plans to make intelligence agencies more transparent, to shut down programs that she calls unconstitutional, and to allow agency dissenters to express their disagreements with their bosses’ conclusions. As far as the FBI, its own inspector general publicly exposed that its top staff had improperly influenced the 2020 election, lied to its surveillance court, and generally biased its findings. FBI’s boss — former attorney general and Trump critic, William Barr — was asked if a Praetorian Guard mentality existed at the FBI, and in intelligence agencies generally. He replied this needs to be “carefully looked at because the use of foreign intelligence capabilities and counterintelligence capabilities against an American political campaign to me is unprecedented and it’s a serious red line that’s been crossed.” That is why Kash Patel was picked as the new FBI leader. Unlike all previous FBI directors, he did not rise through Bureau ranks or other police agencies. He, however, was a federal prosecutor and a Trump defense secretary’s chief of staff. He even once said that he might fire “corrupt” FBI agents who worked on Jan. 6 cases. He told his Senate selection committee that he would be tough but ignore politics and follow the law. Democrats were concerned that he might ruin the FBI’s image — rather than being concerned with the FBI’s violations of its own procedures. Like his solutions or not, it is clear that President Trump has appointed leaders in the defense and intel fields who know their agencies do not work well and seem to be willing to upset the status quo applecart to fix them. We shall see how well they perform in the months ahead. The odds probably favor bureaucracy but at least these three and their boss have the courage to try. READ MORE from Donald Devine: DRAIN THE SWAMP Act’s Government Relocation Edict Could Have Dire Consequences for Conservatives Trump’s ‘Unqualified’ Courageously Diverse Appointees — and a Conservative Hope Controversial Appointees, Clay Pigeons, and Successful Governmental Politics Donald Devine is a senior scholar at the Fund for American Studies in Washington, D.C. He served as President Ronald Reagan’s civil service director during his first term in office. A former professor, he is the author of 11 books, including his most recent, The Enduring Tension: Capitalism and the Moral Order, and Ronald Reagan’s Enduring Principles. The post Now the Hard Part: Defense, Intelligence, FBI, and Trump’s War on the Status Quo appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

Shinedown’s “Dance, Kid, Dance” is #1 at Active Rock radio. Released late last month the song is the band’s 22nd to reach #1 Mediabase’s Active Rock chart. Vocalist Brent Smith noted that the time for change had come. “The last two albums (“Planet Zero” and “Attention! Attention!”) were both conceptual so it was important for us to really ask ourselves creatively where do we want to go,” added Smith. “The answer to that was we want to go everywhere so there was no specific direction. We just started writing, and let the new songs guide us.” The band’s 2025 tour, which launches in April, is named after the song. Ticket Information ### The post “Dance, Kid Dance” Tops Active Rock appeared first on RockinTown.

Safeguard your health, get the supplements - https://wearechange.shop/ INSANE: Deranged Dems Launch LUNATIC White House COLLAPSE Narrative There is a rift emerging within the Trump Administration, but is James Carville full of crap, and is it really the establishment that's about to collapse?