When he’s not freezing up mid-sentence without explanation, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) seems to be spending his time trying to hold on to his political relevance now that he’s no longer leading Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill. In one interview, the frequent critic of President Donald Trump once again took aim at his perceived foe over the D.C. protest of Jan. 6, 2021. After complaining to “60 Minutes” interviewer Lesley Stahl that he had been “very angry” over Trump’s alleged role in provoking the Capitol protest, McConnell said he and the president “haven’t spoken for quite a while” and acknowledged that his feelings toward Trump haven’t changed. As Breitbart reported: MCCONNELL: That– Yeah, I remember what I told them. MCCONNELL (OFF-CAMERA): President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day. MCCONNELL: That’s the way I still feel about it. STAHL: What are your views on President Trump and his supporters trying to change what happened on January 6? They’re calling it a “day of love.” They called the rioters “martyrs.” MCCONNELL: Yeah. No, it– it was an insurrection. STAHL: What about the pardons for the people who stormed the Capitol that day? MCCONNELL: I– I think pardoning the people who’ve been convicted is a mistake. Several other clips from the Trump-bashing interview have also been shared extensively on social media: Stahl: “You said he [Trump] is nasty, not very smart, a sleazeball” Mitch McConnell: “Those were private comments” Stahl: “But they’re in your biography.” McConnell: “Yeah” pic.twitter.com/NgdI3EXfQP — Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) February 3, 2025 “[Tariffs] will drive the cost of everything up. In other words, it will be paid for by American consumers. I mean, why would you want to get in a fight with your allies over this?” asks Sen. Mitch McConnell. https://t.co/sZ8KLQcijQ pic.twitter.com/TwI1PodU8V — 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) February 3, 2025 Worse than bad-mouthing the president on TV, however, is the power McConnell has over the confirmation process of Trump’s nominees. With Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tusli Gabbard, and Kash Patel facing an uncertain path to their roles as HHS Secretary, Director of National Intelligence, and FBI Director, respectively, the Kentucky Republican’s vote could be decisive in a narrowly divided Senate. BREAKING: Mitch McConnell (@SenMcConnell) told reporters that he is a NO on RFK, Kash Patel, & Tulsi Gabbard. Trump won Kentucky by 31 points. He took an OATH to represent his constituents. He will break his oath. What should be done about this partially comatose RINO? pic.twitter.com/VUaMyRLkw2 — Mila Joy (@MilaLovesJoe) February 4, 2025 Shortly after replacing McConnell as House Majority Leader, Sen. John Thune (R-SD) acknowledged the uncertainty surrounding the confirmation process. As CBS News reported last month: In an interview with “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Thune, who took charge of the Senate on Friday with the start of the 119th Congress, was asked whether he knows some of his GOP colleagues will vote against confirming Pete Hegseth for defense secretary or Kash Patel for director of the FBI. “We don’t have, at this point I don’t think, clarity on that,” Thune said. “I think these are nominees who are new enough, they’ve been going around and conducting their meetings, which I think, frankly, have gone very well, but they still have to make their case in front of the committee. And, you know, we don’t know all the information about some of these nominees. I think we know a lot about them, but they deserve a fair process, and that’s what we’ve committed to and promised and and I expect to deliver on.” Thune noted that Republicans have a three-vote margin in the Senate and said each individual senator will decide how to vote on Trump’s picks. “I do think that in most cases, at least most of our Republican senators are inclined to give the president the people that he wants in these positions, given, you know, the process that they go through and whether or not they can manage the committee process and ensure that they get to the floor for a vote,” he said. Here’s McConnell’s full “60 Minutes” interview:

Things are moving along when it comes to confirming President Trump’s Attorney General pick. On Monday evening, the Senate voted to invoke cloture on Pam Bondi’s nomination for AG. This move will limit debate and hasten along Pam Bondi’s confirmation vote. While we don’t have an assured date for Bondi’s confirmation vote, it should be happening within days now — as early as Wednesday morning. Take a look: The GOP-led Senate breaks filibuster on Pam Bondi’s nomination for U.S. Attorney General The vote to invoke cloture on Pam Bondi’s Cabinet nomination was 52-46 Sens. John Fetterman (D-PA) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) reportedly did not vote A final confirmation vote is expected… pic.twitter.com/rYzN7X1RQO — Unlimited L’s (@unlimited_ls) February 4, 2025 Pam Bondi nomination for Attorney General moves on to a final Senate confirmation vote after Senators voted to invoke cloture & moving Trump’s AG nominee 1 step closer to a final full Senate floor vote to come in the early Wednesday morning hours The vote was 52-46 along party… pic.twitter.com/sdIZhAVtbT — Mona Salama  (@ByMonaSalama) February 4, 2025 The senate tallied up a final vote today for Pam Bondi. The chamber voted 52-46 to limit debate. Absent an agreement with Democrats, that puts a final confirmation vote on the docket for the early hours of Wednesday. pic.twitter.com/fmN9Tx9ly3 — SonnyBoy (@gotrice2024) February 4, 2025 From Fox News: President Donald Trump‘s attorney general nominee, Pam Bondi, will now move on to a final Senate floor vote for confirmation after senators voted to invoke cloture and limit the remaining floor debate. Bondi, the former Florida attorney general who also spent 18 years as a prosecutor in Hillsborough County, earned praise this month for her composure during her confirmation hearing, which stretched for nearly six hours. She was also praised for her ability to deftly navigate thorny and politically tricky topics and lines of questioning from some would-be detractors. By a vote of 52-46, the Senate invoked cloture on the nomination on Monday night, defeating the legislative filibuster. If confirmed, Bondi stressed, her primary goal would be to enforce federal law without political considerations. “Politics has to be taken out of this system,” Bondi told the Senate Judiciary Committee, a refrain she returned to multiple times during her conversations with lawmakers. “This department has been weaponized for years and years and years, and it has to stop,” she said. The Hill added: The Senate on Monday teed up a final vote on Pam Bondi’s nomination to lead the Justice Department. The chamber voted 52-46 to limit debate. Absent an agreement with Democrats, that puts a final confirmation vote on the docket for the early hours of Wednesday. Bondi, the former Florida attorney general who also worked on Trump’s team to challenge the 2020 election results, has faced tough questions from Democrats throughout the confirmation process but hasn’t seen any GOP defections. She advanced out of the Judiciary Committee last week on a party-line, 12-10 vote.

Following Marco Rubio’s visit, the President of El Salvador just made a very generous offer to the United States. President Bukele has agreed to accept deportees from any nationality in El Salvador’s prisons. This includes not only illegal aliens from Mexico or South America, but criminal U.S. citizens as well! Check out the news: #BREAKING: El Salvador has offered to accept deportees of ANY NATIONALITY from the United States, as well as any violent AMERICAN offenders currently being held in U.S. prisons, per AP HOLY CRAP! This is INCREDIBLE. Thank you Marco Rubio & Pres Bukele! El Salvador has become… pic.twitter.com/7JKIKqkZSm — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) February 4, 2025 BREAKING: Marco Rubio says El Salvador has offered to take in U.S. deportees of any nationality, including violent American criminals currently imprisoned in the U.S. President Nayib Bukele “has agreed to the most unprecedented, extraordinary, extraordinary migratory agreement… pic.twitter.com/BoSenYK7E8 — Unlimited L’s (@unlimited_ls) February 4, 2025 El Salvador’s prisons are infamous on the world stage for their strict, no-nonsense tactics when it comes to reforming and punishing dangerous criminals… BREAKING: El Salvador agrees to take in criminals of any nationality including US convicts…. This will be their new home: pic.twitter.com/8W4t1iTUNK — End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) February 4, 2025 BREAKING: El Salvador and the United States have agreed on a plan to hold some of America’s worst criminals in El Salvador’s CECOT, considered the least “FUN” prison in the world. Let’s see how the thugs of Chicago, Atlanta, New York, LA, etc, enjoy the vacation there. pic.twitter.com/QyamD4o390 — George (@BehizyTweets) February 4, 2025 Forbes reported: El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele offered to house criminals from any nationality deported from the U.S.—including “dangerous criminals” who are American citizens—in his country’s jails, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday, calling the offer “extraordinary.” Rubio, who is on a diplomatic visit to El Salvador, told reporters in a news conference that Bukele has “agreed to accept for deportation any illegal alien in the United States who is a criminal from any nationality.” Bukele also offered to house in his country’s jails “dangerous American criminals in custody in our country, including those of U.S. citizenship and legal residents.” Aside from these offers, Bukele also agreed to continue with “full cooperation” in taking back Salvadorans deported from the U.S. NPR added: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said late Monday that El Salvador’s president has offered to accept deportees from the U.S. of any nationality, including violent American criminals now imprisoned in the United States. President Nayib Bukele “has agreed to the most unprecedented, extraordinary, extraordinary migratory agreement anywhere in the world,” Rubio said at a signing ceremony for an unrelated civil nuclear agreement with El Salvador’s foreign minister. “He’s also offered to do the same for dangerous criminals currently in custody and serving their sentence in the United States even though they’re U.S. citizens or legal residents,” Rubio said. He had just met with Bukele at his lakeside country house outside San Salvador for several hours. After Rubio spoke, a U.S. official said the Trump administration had no current plans to try to deport American citizens, but said Bukele’s offer was significant. The U.S. government cannot deport American citizens and such a move would be met with significant legal challenges. Rubio was visiting El Salvador to press a friendly government to do more to meet Trump administration demands for a major crackdown on immigration amid turmoil in Washington over the status of the government’s main foreign development agency. El Salvador is rapidly becoming one of America’s biggest allies. Ian Jaeger made a great point: The United States should start trading more with El Salvador and Argentina and less with Canada and Mexico. We should support our allies who actually care about border security. pic.twitter.com/v2z2HneaP2 — Ian Jaeger (@IanJaeger29) February 4, 2025

On Monday, Governor of New Jersey Phil Murphy admitted during an interview with a progressive group that he is concealing an illegal alien at his home. “Good luck to the feds coming in to try to get her,” he challenged. Watch his comments here: Sounds like a job for Tom Homan. NJ Governor Phil Murphy dares the Feds to come get the illegal immigrant he’s hiding. These people are STUPID! pic.twitter.com/YMVaYacYjH — Bridgett Fertig (@LightOnLiberty) February 3, 2025 Unfortunately for Gov. Murphy… Tom Homan is up for the challenge. When asked by Sean Hannity about the Governor’s admission, Homan vowed to investigate and “seek prosecution” if he really is harboring an illegal alien. Take a look: Border Czar Tom Homan responds to NJ Governor Phil Murphy’s admission that he’s housing an illegal: “If he’s knowingly harboring and concealing an illegal alien, that’s a violation of Title 8, U.S.C. 1324. I will seek prosecution.” Taunt ICE. Find out. pic.twitter.com/SF14obJRqM — Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) February 4, 2025 JUST IN: Border Czar Tom Homan says he plans on going after NJ Governor Phil Murphy who taunted the Trump admin when he revealed that he was housing an illegal immigrant. Murphy: We are housing an illegal above our garage. Good luck to the Feds who will try to get her. Homan:… pic.twitter.com/a9JmGp5Nmo — Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) February 4, 2025   The Daily Wire has a partial transcript: “Let me read a headline to you: ‘Chicago leaders encourage residents to exercise their rights in resisting Trump’s deportation policies.’ The governor of New Jersey, Phil Murphy, basically admitted he knew somebody that didn’t have full documentation that he was hiding over his garage. Your comment on all of that?” Fox news host Sean Hannity asked Homan. “I think the governor is pretty foolish … I got note of it. Won’t let it go. We’ll look into it. And if he’s knowingly, knowingly  harboring, concealing an illegal alien, that’s a violation of Title VIII, United States Code 1324. I would seek prosecution or the Secretary would seek prosecution,” Homan answered. “So maybe he’s bluffing; maybe he’s not; we’ll deal with that,” he continued., then turned to sanctuary cities. “And as far as suing sanctuary cities, well, get in line, because the Trump administration’s going to do that already. Sanctuary cities are sanctuaries for criminals. With one example, sanctuary cities in New York City. If they would have gave (sic) us over the killer of Laken Riley when he got arrested in New York City for endangering a child, he would have been in jail and he would never have killed Laken Riley. Sanctuary cities are responsible for deaths of thousands, thousands of young children throughout my career. And we’re going to sue ‘em. … Look, we’ve got the Supreme Court; that’s what President Trump wanted to do. He will end sanctuary cities.” Bet Gov. Murphy didn’t expect that! Tom Homan is not messing around. The New York Post reported on Gov. Murphy’s original comments: New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy revealed he is housing a immigrant at his home and dared the Trump administration to do something about it.   Murphy made the admission during an interview this past weekend with Blue Wave New Jersey, a progressive grassroots organization. “Tammy [Murphy] and I were talking about – I don’t want to get into too much detail, but there is someone in our broader universe whose immigration status is not yet at the point that they are trying to get it to. And we said, you know what? Let’s have her live at our house above our garage,” the Democrat governor said. “And good luck to the feds coming in to try to get her,” Murphy added, seemingly hinting that the person may be an illegal immigrant. Fox News Digital reached out to Murphy’s office for more information, but they did not immediately respond. The revelation comes as US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been conducting operations in New Jersey, most notably with a raid in Newark in late January. We’ll see how long he continues to brag about hiding criminals in his home once things get real and it’s his skin on the line…

A prominent attorney in President Trump’s Justice Department has just pledged to protect all of Elon Musk’s staff at DOGE as they work to cut out government corruption and bloat. Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin sent a letter to Elon Musk promising to defend DOGE against any threats. His very important letter comes as many of Elon Musk’s staffers are being targeted and facing pushback from reporters and career government workers. Take a look: Thank you, receipt via ? acknowledged. https://t.co/aYo0OsyFVE — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 3, 2025 Here’s the full letter: Dear @elon, Please see this important letter. We will not tolerate threats against DOGE workers or law-breaking by the disgruntled. All the best. Ed Martin pic.twitter.com/jIgMPVbPT5 — Ed Martin (@EagleEdMartin) February 3, 2025 Newsmax reported: A U.S. attorney in President Donald Trump’s Justice Department issued a letter to Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency to assure Musk’s staff will be defended against threats. “Dear @elon, Please see this important letter,” Washington, D.C., U.S. Attorney Ed Martin posted Monday on X. “We will not tolerate threats against DOGE workers or law-breaking by the disgruntled.” Martin’s letter came amid controversy surrounding Musk’s DOGE staffers having faced resistance from career government staffers. Musk led a DOGE chat on X on Sunday, urging Americans and “the judiciary” to support his group’s work with the Trump administration. “Let me assure you this: We will pursue any and all legal action against anyone who impedes your work or threatens your people,” Martin’s letter to Musk read. “We will not act like the previous administration who looked the other way as the Antifa and BLM rioters as well as thugs with guns trashed our capital city. “We will protect DOGE and other workers no matter what.” Ed Martin Jr. was sworn in as new Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia shortly after President Trump was inaugurated on January 20th. His bio page on the Justice Department’s website reads: On January 20, 2025, just minutes after Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, Edward R. Martin, Jr. was appointed and sworn in as Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia… For the past two decades, Martin has maintained his own law practice while engaging in public service, including serving as Chairman of the St. Louis Board of Election Commissioners, Chief of Staff to Missouri Governor Matt Blunt, and in senior positions at the Eagle Forum Education and Legal Defense Fund, including succeeding the late Phyllis Schlafly as President. Martin was Chairman of the Missouri Republican Party, member of the Republican National Committee, and previously ran for elected office in Missouri. Here’s what Martin had to say as he was sworn in to serve in President Trump’s Justice Department, per a press release:             “I want to thank President Donald Trump for trusting me to help him re-establish law and order in Washington, D.C.,” said U.S. Attorney Martin “It is the honor of my lifetime to accept his nomination as Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. I pledge to work as hard as he does for America, even though no one outworks him. I want to thank my wife and family for carrying me to this day, and I pray to the Lord Jesus Christ for the continued wisdom and courage I have always found in Him.” Ed Martin is already hard at work protecting DOGE, and serving the American people. Check out this statement from his investigation into prosecuting those who unlawfully target DOGE staff: A Statement from U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Edward R. Martin Jr. pic.twitter.com/XlEmzSlbBq — U.S. Attorney DC (@USAO_DC) February 3, 2025 For some context, this statement was regarding reporters posting the names of individual DOGE workers and doxxing them: Elon Musk warned reporters and those reposting the names of the DOGE workers that they had committed a crime. MULTIPLE ARRESTS ARE IMMINENT: Acting DC US Attorney Ed Martin Announces Incoming Charges Against Individuals Who Threatened Elon Musk’s DOGE Workers pic.twitter.com/BIl3a4SO9t — Tony Seruga (@TonySeruga) February 4, 2025 Mr. Martin means business! This kind of malarkey won’t be tolerated! Let’s get it done!

After obtaining approval from the Trump administration, Elon Musk has shut down the headquarters for a huge source of government corruption and wasteful spending (to put it lightly): USAID. Early Monday morning, over six hundred staffers for the HQ in Washington, D.C. got an email informing them to stay home. Here’s a copy of that email from one of the employees: There it is. After Trump and Musk pledged to shut down USAID, staff received an email in the middle of the night informing them HQ will be closed today. USAID is an independent agency. Only Congress has authority to eliminate it. pic.twitter.com/6IHI0hfNGs — Sawyer Hackett (@SawyerHackett) February 3, 2025 The Daily Mail reported: Elon Musk and President Donald Trump shut down the embattled government agency tasked with humanitarian relief overseas after they agreed the organization was ‘beyond repair’. The billionaire ‘first buddy’ led a civilian review of the federal government with Trump’s go-ahead and decided this week to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Staff were shocked when they woke up Monday morning to emails instructing them to stay out of the agency’s D.C. headquarters. ‘It became apparent that it’s not an apple with a worm it in,’ Musk said of the six-decade U.S. international aid and development agency. ‘What we have is just a ball of worms. You’ve got to basically get rid of the whole thing. It’s beyond repair.’ ‘We’re shutting it down,’ he said in the audio-only appearance on X. The Tesla and SpaceX boss noted in the announcement on his social media site that he spoke with Trump about the agency and they ‘agreed we should shut it down.’ As of 2016, USAID reported that it had 10,235 employees on its payroll. It managed more than $40 billion in appropriations in Fiscal Year 2023, which is less than 1 percent of the federal budget. USAID provides development and assistance in about 130 countries with these funds. For this fiscal year, the President’s budget request was $28.3 billion in foreign assistance. USAID staffers said they tracked 600 employees who reported being locked out of the agency’s computer systems overnight. Those still in the system received messages to their work emails saying ‘at the direction of Agency leadership’ the headquarters building ‘will be closed to Agency personnel on Monday, Feb. 3.’ Copies of the email show that replies were sent to Gavin Kliger, one of the six young engineers working for Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which appears to be operating under the White House Office of Personnel Management (OPM). The website for USAID was also shutdown as of Monday morning. The official government website for USAID and any former links for the site’s webpages now shows a browser error message: ‘This site can’t be reached.’ Prior to shutting it down, Elon Musk had exposed the extent of USAID’s corruption on an X podcast, calling it “beyond repair.” He aptly compared the organization to a “ball of worms” as opposed to an “apple with a worm in it.” Listen to what he had to say about it for yourself here: ELON MUSK: “As we dug into USAID it became apparent that what we have here is not an apple with a worm in it, but we have actually just a ball of worms. If you have an apple with a worm in it, you can take the worm out. If you have a whole ball of worms, it’s hopeless. USAID is… pic.twitter.com/fd00gMFmqS — Autism Capital (@AutismCapital) February 3, 2025 Of course, the MSM is freaking out. Democrats are also panicking, staging protests out the USAID HQ. Here are some of those clips: DEMOCRATS HOLD PROTEST AT USAID BUILDING IN DC The democrats are literally protesting against shutting down a CIA-front organization. This shows you exactly who is owned by the deep-state. Keep going, Elon Musk.Keep going, Trump! pic.twitter.com/dKNc5ABs1o — Diligent Denizen (@DiligentDenizen) February 3, 2025 My colleagues and I were just denied entry to USAID HQ on the orders of President Trump and Elon Musk. Shutting down USAID is unlawful, inhumane, and a gift to adversaries like Russia and China. I will not stop fighting to protect American national security interests. pic.twitter.com/wmpr8voEBC — Congressman Eugene Vindman (@RepVindman) February 3, 2025 I went to the steps of USAID to tell the truth about how USAID protects America and the real reason Elon Musk wants to shut it down. pic.twitter.com/vsDUMPDAvb — Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) February 3, 2025 Elon Musk called out these protestors, and the real reason why they’re protesting… The corrupt politicians “protesting” outside the USAID building are the ones getting money from USAID. That’s why they’re there – they want your stolen tax dollars! https://t.co/5yVDqg0mjw — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 3, 2025 Paul A. Szypula pointed out how news outlets like ABC News are ‘conveniently’ leaving out key details in their reports, like the fact that USAID does little to help the American people while being used to fatten the pocketbooks of politicians. ABC is freaking out because USAID is being shut down after DOGE exposed USAID for wasting billions of US tax dollars on foreign nonsense that does nothing to aid the American people and only enriches some DC politicians. ABC left out the part about the rampant waste by USAID. pic.twitter.com/uzSRiZRugA — Paul A. Szypula (@Bubblebathgirl) February 3, 2025 Ron Paul made a great video explaining why USAID is beyond salvation and needs to be shut down permanently. He did not hold back exposing the multitude of ways that the organization is used to fund regime change across the globe. Watch here: Ron Paul is NOT HOLDING BACK “USAID is a key component of the U.S. Government’s Regime Change Operations Worldwide. They spend $B’s every year…propping up NGO’s overseas that function as Shadow Governments…they must be SHUT DOWN…” pic.twitter.com/8xHVB7loYo — Liz Churchill (@liz_churchill10) February 4, 2025 Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt also exposed the USAID’s crazy wasteful spending: HOLY SMOKES: Karoline Leavitt just EXPOSED USAID by laying out exactly what taxpayers money is being wasted on: – $2.5 MILLION to DEI in Serbia– $70,000 onan Irish DEI musical– $47,000 on transgender operas in Colombia– $32,000 on a trans comic book in Peru SHUT IT DOWN! pic.twitter.com/WA2MNrPDDK — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) February 3, 2025 Meanwhile, Chuck Schumer is terrified that if Elon Musk has the gall to shut down USAID, he might come for something more important next! Like the IRS! What would we ever do without the IRS?! You’ve gotta see it for yourself: Chuck Schumer just threatened every American with a jolly good time. He believes that if Elon Musk succeeds in shutting down USAID, the IRS could get shut down next. OH NO! How will we ever live without the IRS harassing us every April???? Someone needs to save us. pic.twitter.com/qgHfbePhYd — George (@BehizyTweets) February 4, 2025 Other Democrats are following suit: Democrats are now warning that if Elon Musk succeeds in shutting down USAID, he could do it to other Departments & Agencies. AND??? That’s great news for America. pic.twitter.com/nNKKPQcseG — George (@BehizyTweets) February 3, 2025 Just goes to show you what these people’s priorities are… Wonder why they’re so panicked? Could it be that DOGE is attacking the heart of the Deep State?.. Talked to a friend who has connections within the Democratic Party and he said the level of panic over Trump and Elon shutting down USAID is unlike anything he’s ever seen. By following the money DOGE has struck a killing blow to the heart of the Democrat deep state machine. — Aesthetica (@Anc_Aesthetics) February 4, 2025

Elon Musk just called for President Trump’s face to be added to Mount Rushmore, and he’s so passionate about the idea that he wants to “work the chisel” himself! Replying to a post from End Wokeness on X listing all of President Trump’s achievements during his first couple weeks back in office, Elon Musk suggested carving President Trump’s face onto Mount Rushmore…personally! Take a look: At this rate of achievement, not only should President @realDonaldTrump be on Mount Rushmore, I want to personally work the chisel! https://t.co/BG5bQs0g0u — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 3, 2025 This isn’t just Elon Musk fantasizing. In fact, Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna has already introduced legislation proposing that exact thing. I’ve officially introduced legislation to put President Trump’s face on Mount Rushmore. His remarkable accomplishments for our country and the success he will continue to deliver deserve the highest recognition and honor on this iconic national monument. Let’s get carving! pic.twitter.com/vfFuebuS7F — Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) January 28, 2025 From USA Today: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., has introduced a bill proposing to carve President Donald Trump into Mount Rushmore. The South Dakota national memorial shows the faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. Luna’s announcement of the bill, which does not include any details on the timing or funding of the project, includes a rendering of Trump’s figure in stone next to Lincoln’s. “President Trump’s bold leadership and steadfast dedication to America’s greatness have cemented his place in history,” Luna said in a press release. “Mount Rushmore, a timeless symbol of our nation’s freedom and strength, deserves to reflect his towering legacy—a legacy further solidified by the powerful start to his second term.” What do you say? I think President Trump has definitely earned his place up there among the greats. In fact…perhaps he deserves a lot more. His very own mountain, maybe? At this pace, they’re gonna need a whole new mountain for Trump. Mount Rushmore is for legends, and Trump is rewriting history in real-time. Economy booming, borders secured, bad deals reversed, this is what winning looks like. Give the man his spot! Long way to go MAGA… pic.twitter.com/fP7aokUWak — Noah Christopher (@DailyNoahNews) February 3, 2025 Nah, he needs his own mountain. He’s one of a kind and the absolute best President in my lifetime. — LindaRN (@LindaG_RN) February 4, 2025 HE NEEDS HIS OWN MOUNTAIN! pic.twitter.com/anwXppvIGU — Barry Cunningham (@barrycunningham) February 3, 2025

Elon Musk just announced that he has eliminated 18F — a government agency that focused on tech projects. The group was most known for working with Elizabeth Warren to create the IRS Direct File program, which was released last March and allows people to let the government prepare their tax returns at no financial cost. In a response to a post by ALX on X about the 18F group, Elon Musk replied that it has been “deleted.” Here’s that post: That group has been deleted https://t.co/TICeriaLlA — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 3, 2025 The New York Post has more details: Tech titan Elon Musk announced Monday that the General Services Administration’s tech arm, 18F, has been “deleted,” appearing to confirm prior reports of its demise as he continues his crusade against government bloat. The group, 18F, helped develop the IRS’ Direct File program, which was championed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and has been in the crosshairs of conservatives. “That group has been deleted,” Musk declared on X in response to a user claiming that the “far left government-wide computer office … was recently taken over by allies” of the Tesla and SpaceX boss. 18F aided other government departments in developing or purchasing technology and was housed in the GSA’s Technology Transformation Services (TTS) department. The group functioned as a sister organization of the US Digital Service, which was rechristened under the Trump administration as the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which Musk now leads. As of noon ET Monday, 18F’s X account was gone. To be clear, Direct File is still available for people to use this tax year. Only the group behind the program has been eliminated, so far. AP explained: Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk posted Monday on his social media site that he had “deleted” 18F, a government agency that worked on technology projects such as the IRS’ Direct File program. This led to some confusion about whether Direct File is still available to taxpayers, but the free filing program is still available, at least for the coming tax season. While Musk’s tweet may have intimated that the group of workers had been eliminated, an individual with knowledge of the IRS workforce said the Direct File program was still accepting tax returns. The individual spoke anonymously with The Associated Press because they were not authorized to talk to the press. As of Monday evening, 18F’s website was still operational, as was the Direct File website. But the digital services agency’s X account was deleted. Still, the confusion led to the ire of many on X, who criticized Elon Musk’s move. Take a look at these critical responses: This was the best thing Warren had done- tax filing should be easy, free and automatic like it is in other countries. This is the worst thing that @DOGE could possibly cut. https://t.co/fVSUGtAwgP pic.twitter.com/sUY7on7bR6 — Sheel Mohnot (@pitdesi) February 3, 2025 ELON, I LOVE YOU BUT YOU GOT THIS ONE WRONG! This was actually an effort from within the IRS to make it easier for blue collar people to file their taxes and reform the broken, convoluted system to file through the IRS before this and replace it with UX that made sense. — Victor Lee Wyatt (@victorleewyatt) February 3, 2025   In all, Elon Musk’s decision to delete 18F appears to be the latest move in his question to cut down on BILLIONS of dollars of government spending. The leftist tech group simply wasn’t needed anymore. Though, Brian Eskow made a great point in response to critics: Haters: I can’t file my taxes for free anymore Elon: When I’m done, there won’t be any taxes left to pay — Brian Eskow (@brianeskow) February 3, 2025 So, what’s next? One possibility is that DOGE will develop and release its own tax filing app, as the WaPo reported today. Per CBS News: H&R Block and Intuit shares dropped on Tuesday after the Washington Post reported that President-elect Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, which is run by billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, is looking at developing a free app for people to file their taxes. The publication cited two people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, in reporting that the leaders of the incoming administration’s DOGE discussed the idea of crafting a mobile app to file income tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service. What are your thoughts on this? Would you use a DOGE tax filing app to file your own taxes?

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is now the head of USAID after the previous staff were locked out of their D.C. office. Poor guys. Who’s going to make sure that thousands gets funneled into Peru for a transgender comic book? Meanwhile, Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” DOGE is preparing to on what to do with that agency. Musk claims President Trump is fully on board with shutting it down. With Rubio in charge, he’ll make sure aid dollars don’t get funneled. Looks like this move of President Trump was right over the target, because it sure has upset all the right people. The Deep State, like everything else, runs off of money. #BREAKING: President Trump has just appointed Secretary of State Marco Rubio as Acting Director of USAID It was revealed this morning that USAID gave MILLIONS for “bat coronavirus research” in Wuhan in 2019, and then attempted to cover it up. The corruption ends NOW. pic.twitter.com/PjYQp8hCmm — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) February 3, 2025   The Guardian reports: The secretary of state, Marco Rubio, declared himself the acting administrator of the besieged United States Agency for International Development (USAid) on Monday as staffers were locked out of its Washington DC headquarters and the White House confirmed plans to merge it into the state department. The agency has become a touchpoint for the Trump administration’s efforts to seize control of federal spending in recent days through Elon Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge). Two senior USAid security officials were suspended on Sunday for blocking Doge officials from a restricted area, a day after the agency’s website went offline, and Musk posted to X that USAid was “beyond repair” and needed to be shut down. Talking to reporters on Monday in El Salvador, where he is on an official visit, Rubio told reporters he had assumed control of USAid to “align” it with Trump’s priorities. “Our goal was to go in and align our foreign aid to the national interest,” he said. “If you go from mission after mission and embassy after embassy around the world you will often find, in many cases, that USAid is involved in programs that run counter to what we’re trying to do in our national strategy with that country or region. That cannot continue.” Musk, the billionaire who has repeatedly called USAid a “criminal organization”, said he had discussed with Trump in detail his plan for closing it – and that the president had agreed. Notice how they’re now constantly framing Musk as “the billionaire”, as if it’s a slur. Hear them ever say that about Bill Gates? That bit about a transgender comic book in Peru, that wasn’t a joke. USAID spent: $2.5 million to promote DEI in Serbia$70,000 for a DEI musical in Ireland$47,000 for a transgender opera in Columbia and;$32,000 for a transgender comic book in Peru Holy crap!! Our tax dollars being set on fire… pic.twitter.com/1FCPgx4ip6 — Jeff Carlson (@themarketswork) February 3, 2025 This agency has been pushing the Establishment’s anti-White agenda all over the world. It’s called idelogical subversion. USAID funded a musical intended to promote DEI in Ireland Funding went to “South Wind Blows”, which produced Ireland 100: An Old Song Resung — a musical that was televised nationally to mark Ireland’s independence The event featured a focus on Ireland’s Catholic mother… pic.twitter.com/zOLh0YwjkF — Keith Woods (@KeithWoodsYT) February 4, 2025 This has been a long time coming. Even RFK Jr was talking about the USAID in 2023. .@RobertKennedyJr: The U.S. Won’t Investigate the Wuhan Lab Because the U.S. Funded the Wuhan Lab “The U.S. government, not just through NIH, but through the CIA and through USAID, was actually funding the studies in the Wuhan lab,” attested @RobertKennedyJr. “And NIH, I think,… pic.twitter.com/YKltgezpVi — The Vigilant Fox (@VigilantFox) July 11, 2023 Here’s Ron Paul going over the USAID: Ron Paul is NOT HOLDING BACK “USAID is a key component of the U.S. Government’s Regime Change Operations Worldwide. They spend $B’s every year…propping up NGO’s overseas that function as Shadow Governments…they must be SHUT DOWN…” pic.twitter.com/8xHVB7loYo — Liz Churchill (@liz_churchill10) February 4, 2025

The Trump administration, and Department of Government Efficiency head Elon Musk in particular, has been highly critical of the U.S. Agency for International Development. NEW: Karoline Leavitt highlights the waste and abuse of USAID, lists the top 4 most insane priorities. “Here’s the reason why Elon Musk and others have been taking a look.” 1. “$1.5M to advance DEI in Serbia’s workplaces.” 2. “$70k for a production of a DEI musical in… pic.twitter.com/E0eKZCCYz3 — Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) February 3, 2025 But Democrats on Capitol Hill have made it clear that they’ll resort to any political tricks necessary to prevent the bloated agency from facing any sort of defunding. Rep. Brian Schatz (D-HI) recently announced an especially bold move in response to the recent talk about shuttering USAID. According to NBC News: Schatz, who is on the Foreign Relations Committee, said his move is in protest of Trump’s billionaire adviser Elon Musk’s declaring that he and Trump will shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development “Dismantling USAID is illegal and makes us less safe. USAID was created by federal law and is funded by Congress. Donald Trump and Elon Musk can’t just wish it away with a stroke of a pen — they need to pass a law,” Schatz said in a statement. “Until and unless this brazenly authoritarian action is reversed and USAID is functional again, I will be placing a blanket hold on all of the Trump administration’s State Department nominees,” he continued. “This is self-inflicted chaos of epic proportions that will have dangerous consequences all around the world.” His partisan antics sparked some social media backlash: Bri, USAID was formed by an EO.Not a law. You really should look these things up. More later. https://t.co/4u2olrAnly — TheFOO (@PolitiBunny) February 3, 2025 But an EO can get rid of a prior EO… which JFK used to create USAID https://t.co/W9vlt0KFyt pic.twitter.com/QdGut3cJ9n — Dude… Fight progressives not each other (@john_iamme) February 3, 2025 Of course, this wasn’t Schatz’s only display of unadulterated partisanship in recent days: DISGUSTING! In one of the most egregious slanders levied yet on a Trump cabinet nominee, Democrat Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii claims that RFK, Jr. wants to conduct the Tuskegee experiments on all Americans and millions will die if he is confirmed. pic.twitter.com/pY6I3DK0q2 — Bad Hombre (@joma_gc) January 29, 2025 Axios reported only the latest developments within the White House: While representatives for Trump did not immediately respond to Axios’ requests for comment in the evening, the president told reporters earlier Sunday that USAID was “run by radical lunatics, and we’re getting them out, and then we’ll make a decision” on its future. Trump has already ordered a freeze on foreign aid as part of his “America first” foreign policy. The U.S. government is the world’s single largest humanitarian donor. Driving the news: Musk said during a late-night discussion with former DOGE co-leader Vivek Ramaswamy and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) on his X Spaces platform he went over USAID issues in detail with Trump and checked with him a few times if he was sure that he wanted to shut it down and he agreed to do it. Here’s the clip Schatz posted of his own remarks: There will be suffering all over the world because of Trump and Musk’s illegal attempts to dismantle USAID. They are counting on some sense of inevitability. We have to stand up, and we will. pic.twitter.com/n4wlcUad78 — Senator Brian Schatz (@SenBrianSchatz) February 3, 2025