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  Have you noticed a pattern among mean girls in the media and “feminists” whose feminism stops short for conservative women? Let’s just say, the bitter shrews who attack the looks and accomplishments of young women supporting President Donald Trump are no beauty queens. Typically, it’s the most odious looking creatures that have the most to say.  Take the squawking lunch table of outgrown mean girls on The View, for example. Those ladies look like someone dumped sacks of potatoes in nylons before smearing on lipstick, but they have the confidence to throw darts at Trump White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, a mother and the youngest female to take on the role. She has achieved more within the very first years of her adult life than what Whoopie Goldberg could ever achieve.  There’s a Yiddish word that describes Goldberg and her jealous ilk perfectly. Mieskeit: A repulsive-looking person. But what typically distinguishes a mieskeit from other uglies, is the miserably bitter attitude that comes with it.  In fact, Marxism is based on the woes of a mieskeit. You can't encapsulate the destructive ideology’s woke manifestation any better than through the pettiness of a jealous, miserable shrew.  Grab a front row seat to the ugly pageant, starring the media’s mieskeit in my latest episode of “Woke of the Weak.”  

Reacting Wednesday on NBC’s Today to President Trump’s bombshell proposition Tuesday that the United States should take over the Gaza Strip to make it the Riviera of the Middle East, chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel decried this as having elicited “shock and horror” from Middle East leaders and argued a Trump administration rebuilding the terrorist state “would be the — tantamount to ethnic cleansing in the region because many Palestinians don’t want to go.” Engel told co-host Savannah Guthrie that he had “been speaking, Savannah, since this announcement came from President Trump with powerful leaders in the region, members of royal families and their — the universal reaction was shock and horror.”     “People don’t believe this is feasible. They’re not sure if Trump is serious, but they believe that this should not happen, that it would be destabilizing, that it would be the — tantamount to ethnic cleansing in the region because many Palestinians don’t want to go. The neighboring countries, Egypt and Jordan, don’t want to take them in,” he added in unsurprisingly hot rhetoric given someone with a long history covering for the Palestinians. Engel further huffed that “in theory, if this were to go ahead, the U.S. military going in there and removing people with — with a barrel of a gun and putting them on some sort of busses and trains and sending them into a countries where they don’t want to go and countries where they’re not welcome.” He conceded the “simplistic argument” was that Gaza has “been destroyed” and there’s “two million people living there without basic services, so why wouldn’t they want to go someplace elsewhere they could have a better life and create an opportunity to rebuild the — the territory[.]” From there, however, he pivoted back to disgust: But the question is President Trump talks about making this a Riviera — a riviera in the Middle East for whom? For Palestinians or for Israelis? Palestinians certainly believe if there is going to be any kind of construction there under Trump’s perspective. it would be for the Israelis and that the Palestinians would be displaced and never be allowed to return to their homes or their homeland. Asked by co-host Craig Melvin what a U.S. intervention would look like, Engel responded Gaza would see “a gorilla war because some Palestinians could be incentivized no doubt that — when they go back to their homes and that is happening right now, Palestinians are moving from the southern parts of the Gaza Strip to the north...finding very little left.” “[Y]ou’d have American troops occupying potentially for a long term one of the most problematic places in the entire Middle East and for administration and for a President who said that he wants to get out of foreign wars, this would certainly be a very potentially violent entanglement,” he concluded. To see the relevant NBC transcript from February 5, click “expand.” NBC’s Today February 5, 2025 7:06 a.m. Eastern [ON-SCREEN HEADLINE: International Reaction to Trump’s Gaza Plan] SAVANNAH GUTHRIE: Lots to chew on here. Let’s get to NBC’s chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel. He, of course, has covered this region for — for decades. Lived there as well. Richard, let’s start with the — the reaction that’s coming in. We’ve already heard from the crown prince of Saudi Arabia. How are world leaders, particularly in the Middle East, reacting? RICHARD ENGEL: So, I’ve been speaking, Savannah, since this announcement came from President Trump with powerful leaders in the region, members of royal families and their — the universal reaction was shock and horror. People don’t believe this is feasible. They’re not sure if Trump is serious, but they believe that this should not happen, that it would be destabilizing, that it would be the — tantamount to ethnic cleansing in the region because many Palestinians don’t want to go. The neighboring countries, Egypt and Jordan, don’t want to take them in. So, that would mean, in theory, if this were to go ahead, the U.S. military going in there and removing people with — with a barrel of a gun and putting them on some sort of busses and trains and sending them into a countries where they don’t want to go and countries where they’re not welcome. There’s a very simplistic argument that could be made that sure, it makes a lot of sense. You’ve got an area that’s been destroyed. You have two million people living there without basic services, so why wouldn’t they want to go someplace elsewhere they could have a better life and create an opportunity to rebuild the — the territory? But the question is President Trump talks about making this a Riviera — a riviera in the Middle East for whom? For Palestinians or for Israelis? Palestinians certainly believe if there is going to be any kind of construction there under Trump’s perspective. it would be for the Israelis and that the Palestinians would be displaced and never be allowed to return to their homes or their homeland. CRAIG MELVIN: Richard, this idea that the President floated yesterday that he’s not ruling out the possibility of sending troops to the region, and we heard a number of lawmakers seem pretty dismissive of that. What would that look like, Richard, and what — what could the potential fall-out of U.S. troops being in that part of the world — what would that fall-out look like as well? [ON-SCREEN HEADLINE: Trump Says U.S. Will “Take Over” Gaza] ENGEL: The U.S. would be entering into a gorilla war because some Palestinians could be incentivized no doubt that — when they go back to their homes. And that is happening right now, Palestinians are moving from the southern parts of the Gaza Strip to the north. They’re finding very little left. They’re seeing tremendous amounts of damage, so some Palestinians probably could be encouraged to leave, but many others would not. Hamas has already said it won’t leave. Other factions would certainly emerge, so you’d have American troops occupying potentially for a long term one of the most problematic places in the entire Middle East and for administration and for a President who said that he wants to get out of foreign wars, this would certainly be a very potentially violent entanglement. GUTHRIE: Alright Richard, we’ll continue to follow it. Thank you for your analysis. Appreciate that.

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Religious persecution came to a head under former President Joe Biden's administration, weaponizing the government to imprison pro-life protesters and censoring Americans for holding views they deemed unorthodox. But under President Donald Trump's new administration, Vice President JD Vance outlined all the efforts that have already been made to eliminate the religious persecution pushed by predecessors. 'How did America get to the point where we're sending hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars abroad to NGOs that are dedicated to spreading atheism all over the globe?'"We are only in the third week of his second term, but I think it's safe to say we've accomplished maybe more in the last two weeks than a lot of administrations have in a few years," Vance said during his remarks at the International Religious Freedom Summit on Wednesday. "But this administration is intent on not just restoring but on expanding the achievements of the first four years and certainly of the last two weeks.""In this short period, the president has issued orders to end the weaponization of the federal government against religious Americans, pardon pro-life protesters who were unjustly imprisoned under the last administration, and importantly, stop the federal censorship used to prevent Americans from speaking their conscience and speaking their mind, whether it's in their communities or online," Vance added. Vance reiterated the administration's dedication to religious liberty, referring to recent scandals that revealed egregious instances of government overreach and misuse of taxpayer dollars to push anti-American agendas across the globe. "Now, our administration believes we must stand for religious freedom, not just as a legal principle as important as that is, but as a lived reality, both within our own borders and especially outside of it," Vance said. "In recent years, too often has our nation's international engagement on religious liberty issues been corrupted and distorted to the point of absurdity. Think about this: How did America get to the point where we're sending hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars abroad to NGOs that are dedicated to spreading atheism all over the globe?""That is not what leadership on protecting the rights of the faithful looks like, and it ends with this administration," Vance added.Vance pointed to key players in the administration who will work to bolster religious freedom, like Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Vance noted that Rubio, who was unanimously confirmed by the Senate, holds a "dedication of religious liberty" that "flows from his faith," calling him one of the "great living champions of religious freedom across the globe." Notably, Rubio has taken over as acting director of USAID, which previously dedicated tens of millions of dollars of funding to anti-American programs and anti-Christian NGOs around the world. "Both at home and abroad, we have much more to do to more fully secure religious liberty for all people of faith," Vance said. "I am grateful for the painstaking work that everyone in this room has poured into that effort, and I pray that together, we will be able to better protect the dignity of all peoples, as well as the rights of all believers to practice their faith according to the dictates of their conscience." Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

FBI agents filed lawsuits against President Donald Trump's Department of Justice on Tuesday to prevent the agency from accessing the identities of employees who worked on investigations into the January 6, 2021, protest at the Capitol.Last week, acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove requested information about the more than 5,000 FBI employees who participated in the investigations. 'The only individuals who should be concerned ... are those who acted with corrupt or partisan intent.'Bove's request prompted several FBI agents to take legal action against Trump's DOJ to block the release of such information.Acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll told agency employees that the DOJ plans to conduct "a review process to determine whether any additional personnel actions are necessary.""We understand that this request encompasses thousands of employees across the country who have supported these investigative efforts," Driscoll told NBC News. "I am one of these employees."Nine FBI employees filed a class-action lawsuit on Tuesday against the DOJ. The complaint accused acting Attorney General James McHenry and other department officials of retaliating against them.They argued that "even if they are not targeted for termination, they may face other retaliatory acts such as demotion, denial of job opportunities or denial of promotions in the future."The class-action case would represent "at least 6,000 current and former F.B.I. agents and employees who participated in some manner in the investigation and prosecution of crimes and abuses of power by Donald Trump, or by those acting at his behest."The FBI's union, the Federal Bureau of Investigation Agents Association, and several other anonymous agents filed separate legal actions on Tuesday, requesting a temporary restraining order against the DOJ. It claimed that "as many as 6,000 FBI employees may currently be targeted for unlawful firing."The agents have stated that they believe the Trump administration plans to publicly release their identities, placing them and their families in danger. The administration has not indicated that it intends to do so.One lawsuit stated that agents expect the DOJ to "soon take action against numerous F.B.I. agents, including the individual plaintiffs named here," claiming that those "actions will result in the disclosure of the identities of individual F.B.I. agents, which will cause immediate and irreparable harm to the plaintiffs, who will be harassed and subjected to threats of violence in violation of their First Amendment and due process rights."On Tuesday, the FBI reportedly complied with the DOJ's request to turn over information about the agents involved with the January 6 investigations despite the newly filed lawsuits.According to CNN, the information included employee ID numbers, job titles, and details about their roles. However, it reportedly did not disclose employee names.FBIAA President Natalie Bara stated, "FBI special agents who risk their lives protecting the country from criminals and terrorists are now being placed on lists and having their careers jeopardized simply for doing their jobs.""Exposing the names of FBI agents and employees on these lists would put the safety of these individuals and their families at risk. Further, this reckless action would create a chilling effect within the law enforcement community and weaken the Bureau's ability to combat criminal and national security threats," Bara added.Bove clarified the DOJ's intent in a follow-up letter."Let me be clear: No FBI employee who simply followed orders and carried out their duties in an ethical manner with respect to January 6 investigations is at risk of termination or other penalties," he wrote. "The only individuals who should be concerned about the process initiated by my January 31, 2025 memo are those who acted with corrupt or partisan intent, who blatantly defied orders from Department leadership, or who exercised discretion in weaponizing the FBI."The FBI and DOJ did not respond to requests for comment from the New York Post.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!