Green Beret Matthew Livelsberger committed suicide in a Tesla Cybertruck in front of a Trump Hotel. The FBI said there is no discernible link between this suicide and the New Orleans terror attack. Livelsberger’s uncle said his nephew was a big Trump supporter. He loved Trump. The soldier had been deployed to Afghanistan in 2017 […] The post Possible Motive for Cybertruck Suicide appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Fox News reports that a U.S. Army soldier has been charged with selling confidential phone records. Texas-based soldier Cameron John Wagenius, 20, was charged by federal authorities in Texas with two counts of unlawful transfer of confidential phone records information on Dec. 20, and the indictment was unsealed this week. Wagenius was a soldier at Fort Cavazos […] The post US Soldier Charged with Selling Hacked Phone Records, Possibly Trump’s & Harris’s appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Michigan state officials plan to clear 420 acres from a state forest to build a new solar farm in the name of environmentalism. A “top state official” confirmed to MLive that the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) planned to bulldoze a large swath of forestland to build a solar farm as part of a lease agreement. The outlet noted that the DNR “recently assessed 1,200 acres of public trust land in Otsego County near a major power transmission line to decide whether it was suitable for solar arrays” and decided to lease 35% of the land to go with other solar projects that are already being developed. The sudden desire to destroy trees for solar panels comes as the state risks failing to meet its own climate goal of 100% “clean” energy by 2040. If it doesn’t increase its development of so-called renewable energy, it won’t meet its arbitrary timeframe. The 420 acres about to be bulldozed are part of 4,000 acres of public land that will be flattened to try and meet the 2040 deadline. If Michigan instead committed to nuclear power, it could meet its goal much quicker and by using much less land. Chris Martz, a meteorology student who regularly tackles climate change and energy myths, published a chart showing nuclear power produces far more power on less land than solar and wind. For example, 640 acres (about one square mile) for a nuclear power plant would produce 1,000 megawatts of power and can power just over 775,000 homes. Getting the same power from solar panels would require 5,000-7,000 acres of land and only power 193,523 homes. Onshore wind power is even less efficient. Dr. Judith Curry, one of the most prominent atmospheric scientists who debunks climate myths, responded to Martz’s chart by saying, “Land use requirements (among other thing [sic]) will seriously constrain the penetration of wind and solar into the grid, and this analysis doesn’t include the additional land requirements for transmission lines.” Land use requirements (among other thing) will seriously constrain the penetration of wind and solar into the grid, and this analysis doesn’t include the additional land requirements for transmission lines. Well done, Chris https://t.co/VjrVEopGfS — Judith Curry (@curryja) December 30, 2024 Solar panels are also damaged by harsh weather, such as hail, which could be a problem in the Midwest. Michigan’s decision to destroy land for more solar panels also comes at a time when climate alarmism is seeing a decline after decades of dire predictions have failed to come true. Major Wall Street firms are leaving the Net-Zero Banking Alliance, a group dedicated to “aligning their lending, investment, and capital markets activities with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050,” according to the U.N.-aligned group’s website. It’s essentially environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing, which has come under intense scrutiny in recent years, with asset managers seemingly more concerned.

The national scandal in Great Britain, where for years “predominantly Pakistani” men reportedly groomed and raped young British girls only to have the government seemingly turn a blind eye, has come to a boil, with many people, including billionaire Elon Musk, publicly calling for the resignation of Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The Labour Party has blocked an investigation into Starmer, who served as head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). Jess Phillips, Labour’s safeguarding minister, insisted it was ‘“for Oldham council alone” to decide whether to launch an investigation into alleged exploitation between 2011 and 2014,” The Telegraph reported. “In the UK, serious crimes such as rape require the Crown Prosecution Service’s approval for the police to charge suspects,” Musk wrote on X. “Who was the head of the CPS when rape gangs were allowed to exploit young girls without facing justice?  Keir Starmer, 2008 -2013. Who is the boss of Jess Phillips right now? Keir Stamer. (sic) The real reason she’s refusing to investigate the rape gangs is that it would obviously lead to the blaming of Keir Stamer (head of the CPS at the time).” Who is the boss of Jess Phillips right now? Keir Stamer. The real reason she’s refusing to investigate the rape gangs is that it would obviously lead to the blaming of Keir Stamer (head of the CPS at the time). — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 2, 2025 They oppose an inquiry, because it will show that those in power were complicit in the cover-up https://t.co/uLdWVRcEIg — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 2, 2025 Starmer is done. Just a question of how long it takes at this point. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 3, 2025 These appalling rape gang cases of girls as young as 11 shame our country. Not only do the perpetrators need to be punished. So do the authorities who turned a blind eye in the name of not inflaming “racial tensions”. https://t.co/D0xG4BaoV3 — Liz Truss (@trussliz) January 1, 2025 The dam appears to have broken on this most shameful chapter in Britain’s history: where children were sacrificed by politicians to “avoid inflaming racial tension”.@Con_Tomlinson @CourageMedia___https://t.co/PoTnEbFTeO pic.twitter.com/SqNqCjry21 — Ayaan Hirsi Ali (@Ayaan) January 3, 2025 British writer Matt Goodwin wrote in November 2023: “For readers who might not know about the ‘grooming scandal,’ we are talking about tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of children being systematically raped and abused by organised gangs of men while people in power, the very people charged with protecting these children, turned a blind eye.” In Alexis Jay’s independent report from 2014, which was commissioned by the Rotherham Metropolitan Border Council, she noted: It is hard to describe the appalling nature of the abuse that child victims suffered. They were raped by multiple perpetrators, trafficked to other towns and cities in the north of England, abducted, beaten, and intimidated. There were examples of children who had been doused in petrol and threatened with being set alight, threatened with guns, made to witness brutally violent rapes and threatened they would be next if they told anyone. Girls as young as 11 were raped by large numbers of male perpetrators. Journalist Ed West added this of what reportedly occurred in Telford: Here, in a town of 140,000 or so people, some 1,000 young girls were systematically raped and sexually abused by gangs of men over a number of years — and this figure has been described as ‘tame’ by a witness to a recent inquiry. The perpetrators were mostly Pakistani men, the victims were overwhelmingly poor, white and English. The girls, as young as 11 or 12, were given drink and drugs, gang raped and passed around, and threatened if they told the police. Countless such testimonies were confirmed by the authorities, and investigations here reported quite extreme and unprintable forms of sexual abuse. In this town seven men went to jail, although five were given relatively short sentences and are most likely out again. The strangest thing about this story is that this was happening in dozens of cities across England over the course of two decades before it became a national story. As many as 10,000 girls were raped in this way, and countless people in positions of authority, in children’s services and police, knew about it. Her study:https://t.co/HiRJaw1SuM pic.twitter.com/qL8b5RbOye — i/o (@eyeslasho) January 2, 2025 Some of the purported details of the scandal are absolutely harrowing: The grooming gangs trial summary transcripts are utterly grotesque. It’s incredible we haven’t had mass civil unrest. Media reporting guidelines helped bottle it up. Some of these people are going to walk free soon. https://t.co/nz2O0OKPwS pic.twitter.com/e3TtyWkYsv — max tempers (@maxtempers) December 30, 2024 This is the same media that hid the fact that a quarter million little girls were – still are – being systematically raped by migrant gangs in Britain. They are beneath contempt. Despicable human beings. https://t.co/B6ZQjqRj0m — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 2, 2025 By the way, grooming gang leaders were allowed to stay in the UK when it was decided that deporting them would breach their human rights. https://t.co/pJ1WhffiG8 pic.twitter.com/YGJ8XkIEga — Sam Ashworth-Hayes (@SAshworthHayes) December 31, 2024 It is really important that more people are becoming aware of the mass rape gangs which were (and still are) allowed to operate in the UK. The first time we interviewed a survivor I tried my best to get the mainstream media to talk more about it to no avail. If you want to… — Konstantin Kisin (@KonstantinKisin) January 2, 2025 ADMIN POST. Over 6 years ago now, Lord Pearson questioned the CONservatives over the upwards of 250,000 British children gang raped by predominantly Pakistani men across every major city of the UK, this century alone! Murmurs and snarls from the others in the house ring out.… pic.twitter.com/n1ckZsTZwc — Tommy Robinson ?? (@TRobinsonNewEra) January 3, 2025

Vice President Kamala Harris was torched by social media users on Friday after video surfaced of her presiding over the U.S. Senate and scrambling for the words to the Pledge of Allegiance. In several clips posted on X from the swearing-in ceremony for new senators, Harris can be seen standing up and placing her hand over her heart as she called on members of the Senate to join her “in saying the Pledge of Allegiance to our flag.” While the first few words go smoothly, with her reciting, “I pledge allegiance…,” that’s as far as she gets before she messes up. After Harris said the word “allegiance,” she added, “to the United States of America,” while everyone else in the chamber said the correct line, which is “to the flag of the United States of America.” Kamala just flubbed the Pledge of Allegiance while presiding over the Senate lmfaopic.twitter.com/dqoUU2oh9f — Greg Price (@greg_price11) January 3, 2025 Harris’ flub didn’t escape users on X, who called her out as a “joke” and more for screwing up something many have recited since they were in kindergarten. “Kamala just flubbed the Pledge of Allegiance while presiding over the Senate lmfao,” one person wrote. Another added, “HOLY SMOKES. Kamala just screwed up the pledge of allegiance on the Senate floor. What an embarrassment to this country.” A third wrote, “LMAO! Kamala Harris just botched the Pledge of Allegiance on the Senate floor. What a joke.” While a fourth added, “OMG. Kamala just messed up saying the Pledge of Allegiance. Thank God [President-elect Donald] Trump won.” Other comments noted how Harris was just “a heartbeat away” from becoming the President of the United States during the final days of Joe Biden’s term. Despite Donald Trump beating her for the presidency, some pundits have already suggested that the VP’s political career is far from over, as previously reported. Symone Sanders, who served as a senior adviser and chief spokeswoman to Harris before leaving the Biden administration and joining MSNBC, said Harris is a “young politician” who “will be back.” “I don’t think the world has seen the last of Vice President Kamala Harris,” Sanders said. “I don’t know how she will show up again, but she is a young politician who garnered over 75 million votes in this election, and she will be back.” Related: ‘Four More Years Of Word Salads’: Scott Jennings Compares Kamala Appearance To Groundhog Day

The GOP-led House chose on Friday to keep Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) on as speaker for the 119th Congress, a triumph for the man who faced some resistance within his own party after roughly 14 months on the job despite being endorsed by President-elect Donald Trump and other key allies. A total of 218 Republicans voted for Johnson, giving him the majority he needed for victory in the first ballot, while 215 Democrats backed Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY). An individual needed 218 votes to win the gavel if all 434 sitting members backed someone by name after former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) resigned after last year’s election amid a brief push to become the next U.S. attorney general. Frustrated with Johnson’s leadership in a divided Congress, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) became the sole Republican to reject Johnson’s bid. Other GOP holdouts came around and voted for Johnson. “No speaker is perfect, and no one will ever be. However, achieving perfection requires incremental gains and hard decisions along the way. None of us will get exactly what we want. The fundamental collective goal of this body is to make progress for the American people, in which we represent. And we have done just that under Mike’s leadership,” said the new Republican Conference chair, Lisa McClain (R-MI), while nominating Johnson on the House floor. “No Speaker is perfect and no one will ever be.” .@RepLisaMcClain nominates @SpeakerJohnson for Speaker of the House. pic.twitter.com/oTGrnWzZf5 — CSPAN (@cspan) January 3, 2025   Johnson, who first became the 56th speaker via a late October 2023 vote that ended a weeks-long stalemate after the House booted then-Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) from the role, had to contend with a Democrat-led Senate along with a slim GOP majority on issues such as spending. In the new term, following the 2024 election, Republicans still narrowly control the House and have command of the Senate as well as the White House. The vote on Friday was not without drama. At first, it looked as if Johnson just barely fell short of the threshold for victory in the first ballot. Massie backed Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN), who ran a short-lived campaign for the speakership after McCarthy was ousted. Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) picked Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), who also tried to win the gavel during the 2023 vacuum and also faltered. And Rep. Keith Self (R-TX) voted for Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL). Several other Republicans initially declined to vote when their names were called, but ultimately backed Johnson at the end of roll call. After a long pause and lots of deliberating among members, Norman and Self changed their votes to pick Johnson. Earlier this week, Trump endorsed Johnson, declaring in a post to Truth Social: “LETS NOT BLOW THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY WHICH WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN. The American people need IMMEDIATE relief from all of the destructive policies of the last Administration. Speaker Mike Johnson is a good, hard working, religious man. He will do the right thing, and we will continue to WIN. Mike has my Complete & Total Endorsement. MAGA!!!” Johnson thanked Trump on X. “I’m honored and humbled by your support, as always,” he said. “Together, we will quickly deliver on your America First agenda and usher in the new golden age of America. The American people demand and deserve that we waste no time. Let’s get to work!” Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, who is set to help lead Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), also announced his support of Johnson, as did former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA). On Friday, before the vote, Johnson revealed three commitments for another stint as speaker: creating a working group “comprised of independent experts – not corrupted by lobbyists and special interests – to work with DOGE and our committees on implementing recommended government and spending reforms to protect the American taxpayer.” The American people have demanded an end to the status quo, and a return to fiscal sanity. That’s why the citizens of our great country gave President Trump the White House and Republican control of both chambers of Congress. If we don’t follow through on our campaign promise for… — Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) January 3, 2025 He also vowed to task “that working group with reviewing existing audits of federal agencies and entities created by Congress – and issuing a report to my office for public release” and request “House committees undertake aggressive authorizations and appropriations reviews, including providing additional resources where needed, to expose irresponsible or illegal practices and hold agencies/individuals accountable that have weaponized government against the American people.” With a speaker in place, House business for the new term will get underway, including consideration of a 36-page rules package that includes a provision making it more difficult to cast out a speaker for at least the next two years. This section requires nine majority party members to initiate a privileged “motion to vacate” the speaker — up from a threshold of one member that was used against McCarthy and ultimately led to his downfall.