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An international team of scientists in the Antarctic has successfully extracted what is believed to be the world’s oldest ice—a historic milestone for climate science. They drilled down almost two miles to extract 2.8-km of ice core, reaching the actual bedrock beneath the Antarctic ice sheet. The air bubbles trapped inside the ice are “like […] The post Scientists Drill Ice Core–2 Miles Down–Extracting 1.2 Million Years of Climate Record On Earth appeared first on Good News Network.

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to launch his promised large-scale deportation operation the day after he is sworn into office, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The incoming Trump administration will immediately begin mass deportation efforts in major sanctuary cities across the United States, with Chicago predicted to be first on the docket, according to The Wall Street Journal. The raid in Chicago is anticipated to begin Tuesday morning and last the entire week, with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to deploy 100 to 200 agents to execute the operation. Incoming border czar Tom Homan—who led ICE during the first Trump administration—previously told the Daily Caller News Foundation that the White House will focus on the “worst first,” prioritizing illegal migrants who have criminal histories and orders of removal. However, Homan also made clear that any illegal migrant in the U.S is fair game. “Like the first Trump administration, we’re going to prioritize public safety threats, national security threats and fugitives,” Homan stated to the DCNF, adding that gang members and other criminals would be their main focus. “Those that had due process at great taxpayer expense, were given orders of deportation, never left and became a fugitive—them too, they’re a priority.” “The ones who pose the biggest threat to the country—they come first. The worst first,” Homan went on. “But let’s be clear, if you’re in the country illegally, you’re not off the table.” The Chicago City Council recently slapped down an attempt by two moderate aldermen to scale back the sanctuary city laws currently in place. Aldermen Raymond Lopez and Silvana Tabares, both Democrats, proposed amending Chicago’s Welcoming City ordinance to allow for ICE cooperation when an illegal migrant has been arrested of certain criminal activities, arguing that such a policy would be a net benefit for the city’s immigrant community as it would allow deportation officers to better focus on criminals instead of making enforcement actions in the city at large. However, their proposal was quickly shot down by the council on Wednesday. Other sanctuary cities in the U.S. have also expressed steep opposition to Trump’s enforcement agenda. Los Angeles passed its sanctuary law shortly after Trump emerged victorious in the presidential election, San Diego County doubled down on its existing law and Boston reaffirmed its sanctuary status in December. Homan has said that city officials refusing to cooperate with ICE will not deter their agenda, and he added that those who knowingly harbor illegal migrants from law enforcement will be recommended for prosecution. Along with large-scale deportation operations, Trump has also vowed to end birthright citizenship for those born on U.S. soil by illegal migrant parents, resume construction on the U.S.-Mexico border wall, bring back the Remain in Mexico program and implement other hawkish policies. Originally published by The Daily Caller News Foundation. The post Trump Reportedly to Launch Sweeping Deportations Day After Inauguration appeared first on The Daily Signal.

President Donald Trump will be sworn in Monday with ambitious goals for his first day in office and first 100 days.  The major focus will be on securing the border and combating illegal immigration. But restoring the economy, and curbing crime are also high on his agenda, based on his remarks as a candidate before November, as well as president-elect after Election Day.  The president has the advantage of a Republican Congress, though with a narrow majority in the House of Representatives and less than a filibuster-proof Senate majority. Trump also plans to take executive actions in areas where he doesn’t need congressional authorization.  “The people have given us their trust, and in return, we are going to give them the best day one, the biggest first week, and the most extraordinary first 100 days of any president in American history,” Trump said in an address days before Christmas to Turning Point Action.  Earlier in December, Trump gave a few more details during an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” His first focus was on securing the southern border and on deportations when asked what he would do in his first 100 days in office.  “We have people coming in by the millions as you know. A lot of people shouldn’t be here, most of them shouldn’t be here,” Trump said during the NBC interview. “But we have jails being emptied into our country. We have mental institutions from all over the world being emptied into our country. So, we’ll be doing that.” Some of Trump’s plans can be addressed through executive actions, reversing what his predecessor President Joe Biden implemented. This could include reinstating the “remain in Mexico” policy to adjudicate asylum claims; resume construction of the border wall thaat the Biden administration had cancelled; and terminating catch-and-release.  Trump has also said he would launch the largest deportation effort in history on day one. This could largely fall under directing the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security to enforce existing immigration laws already passed by Congress.  To boost the economy, Trump vowed to extend the tax cuts from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act during the first 100 days, which are set to expire this year.  “We’re going to be extending within that period as soon as we can the Trump tax cuts because they are coming due and they are very substantial for people,” Trump added in the NBC interview. “I think it will anger a lot of people, quite frankly, if we don’t get an extension of that. That’s what led us to one of the greatest economies ever.” Trump campaigned on tackling crime. And his policies page on the transition team website says a goal is to “rebuild our cities, including Washington, D.C., making them safe, clean, and beautiful again.” Recently, his nominee for attorney general, former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, vowed to “make America safe again.” Trump said he plans to reach out to Democrats on this front. “We are going to be focusing on crime in the cities. We’ll work with Democratic governors,” Trump said in the NBC interview. “Most of them, as you know if you look at the 25 worst places, are just about all Democrat-controlled cities and states, and we are going to be working with Democrat governors and Democrat mayors.” However, several Democratic governors including in California, Illinois, and Massachusetts, have vowed to oppose the next president and “Trump-proof” their states. Trump’s designated deputy chief of staff for policy, Stephen Miller, also talked about a first-100-day agenda that would include a strong emphasis on energy independence.  “Let me paint a picture for you, Sean, of those first 100 days,” Miller told Fox News host Sean Hannity.  “Rapid, total, complete deregulation of American energy exploration. You are going to see an American energy boom starting right away. You are going to see all the regulations that are strangling job growth in this country and driving up prices, driving up housing costs.” Trump’s Agenda 47 campaign document pledges to cancel the Biden-era electric vehicle mandate; and to “Make America the dominant energy producer in the world, by far.” Miller added the border would be “sealed shut,” and “criminal aliens are going to be shipped back home, and foreign countries around the world are going to accept the gang members and the cartel members that are poisoning our families and murdering American children.” The Wall Street Journal reported that the “Trump administration is planning a large-scale immigration raid in Chicago” this week. Miller also made big promises on the world stage.  “You are going to see peace begin to restore to the world as the president works to bring back harmony in the Middle East, harmony in Europe,” Miller told Hannity.  Trump’s 20-point campaign document Agenda 47 included “Prevent World War Three, restore peace in Europe and in the Middle East, and build a great Iron Dome missile defense shield over our entire country — all made in America. One campaign vow Trump seems unlikely to keep at this juncture is ending the Russia-Ukraine war upon taking office. Though after the election, Trump said, ”The Middle East is an easier problem to handle than what’s happening with Russia and Ukraine.” Trump played a role in securing a temporary ceasefire and hostage release in the Israel conflict with the terrorist group Hamas.  Agenda 47 also included, “End the weaponization of government against the American people.” Miller promised a more accountable government as well, that includes holding politicized federal employees accountable.  “You are going to see a government that is accountable to the people again. The swamp will be drained on day one,” Miller said. “Incompetent and disloyal people that are hurting this nation are going to be replaced with those who care only for the American people, the American worker, and the American future.” The post Border Wall, Tax Cuts, Fighting Crime: Trump Has Big Agenda for First 100 Days  appeared first on The Daily Signal.

With President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration Monday, Republicans in Congress have a golden opportunity to pass a slate of policies that would improve the lives of everyday Americans. As always, however, Washington is hung up on the details instead of the outcomes, with members currently arguing whether to deliver on the president-elect’s policy mandate with one bill or two bills.    The truth is that after four years of Democratic incompetence, Americans don’t care what legislative form or bill relief comes in. They simply need it delivered quickly and in full. To that end, lawmakers on Capitol Hill should start focusing all their energy on getting results as fast as possible in these three policy areas: securing the border, unleashing American businesses, and supporting growing families.  First, we have to secure the border. Since President Joe Biden took office, the Border Patrol has encountered nearly 11 million inadmissible immigrants, seized almost 10,000 pounds of fentanyl, arrested more than 55,000 immigrants with criminal convictions or outstanding warrants, and apprehended 385 illegal immigrants on the terrorist watch list between ports of entry. And that only accounts for the illegal immigrants that we know about. In other words, our system has been overwhelmed, and countless Americans have suffered as a result, including many who have lost their lives, such as Laken Riley, Rachel Morin, and Jocelyn Nungaray. Congress can stop the bleeding this year by enacting a bill that would secure the border, finish the wall, require employers to verify that their workers have proper documentation, and put asylum claims under greater scrutiny. The 118th Congress’ work on H.R. 2 would be a great place to start, but the 119th Congress should go further and also enact strict interior immigration enforcement that would forcibly prevent sanctuary jurisdictions from shielding illegal immigrants.   Moreover, to empower Americans and undermine Democrats’ efforts to achieve a permanent electoral majority by importing millions of illegal immigrants, Republicans in Congress should pass legislation that would require voters to present proof of citizenship when registering to vote. They should also pass a bill that places a citizenship question on the decennial census and ensure that the apportionment of the House is based solely on the citizen population.  Congress should then turn its attention to helping American businesses boom again and lowering costs for all Americans. The best place to start is the United States’ powerful energy sector. To unleash America’s energy industry, Congress should act quickly to cut these regulations and pass reforms to the permitting and environmental review process so it is easier for companies to build oil drills, power plants, mines, ports, highways, and other invaluable economic infrastructure. Likewise, members should look to roll back IRA tax credits for climate-related schemes, such as subsidies for ineffective wind and solar projects or ridiculous rebates for Americans to remove their gas stoves and replace them with inefficient induction stoves. Those savings could then be used to cut the deficit, pay for pro-growth tax reform, or fund important priorities such as border enforcement.  Finally, Republicans in Congress must use their hard-won majority to help the hardworking American families that voted for them. To help parents make ends meet, for example, legislators should pass a family tax credit that would eliminate marriage penalties, encourage work, and support “baby bonuses for a new baby boom,” as advocated by Trump on the campaign trail.   Defending families means entering the cultural realm, too. Indeed, for the millions of Americans whose children face an onslaught of radical wokeism each time they step into a public-school classroom, few actions would be more helpful than advancing a comprehensive bill to eliminate the Department of Education or, at the very least, remove its Cabinet-level status. The same can be said for legislation such as the Defining Sex Act, which would establish a clear and consistent biological definition of male and female in federal law.  At the end of the day, Americans are looking for Congress to act immediately, not deliberate endlessly behind closed doors. In November, they voted overwhelmingly for Republican politicians because four years of incompetent Democratic governance has made it harder to put Thanksgiving dinner on the table. With their new majorities, it is now incumbent upon Republicans in Congress, especially Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to deliver results so that in three months, when families gather around the table again for Easter, they can be confident that change is coming. Originally published by the Washington Examiner The post Republicans in Congress, It Is Time to Deliver Results appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Thursday’s CBS Mornings featured a welcome profile by co-host Tony Dokoupil on why President-Elect Trump dominated the male vote in the 2024 presidential campaign. Dokoupil did nothing to lampoon or even mock men of all stripes who flocked to Trump for a variety of reasons, including feelings of abandonment by the left and the 21st century economy. Dokoupil’s piece was so strong he ran clips of Kat Timpf, Tyrus, and Joe Rogan plus interviewed and gave a long runway to our friend Michael Knowles of the Daily Wire to educate CBS viewers. Four teases were vague. Co-host Gayle King merely said in the first that Dokoupil would examine “why President-elect Donald Trump connected so well with so many male voters.” In the third, Dokoupil said he’d discuss “how Donald Trump won over so many men in the presidential election, what’s been called the bro vote, what it says about how some men see themselves.”     Dokoupil’s intro set the tone for the fantastic and illuminating piece for the liberal audience, including how the male vote gap was “very much not the gender gap that many expected to be talking about” (click “expand”): DOKOUPIL: As Donald Trump prepares to walk back into the Oval Office, we are talking about some of the voters who sent them there, and specifically this morning, we are focusing on men. While Republicans made gains with almost with almost every single demographic in 2024 including women, it was young men under 30 and Latino men of all ages who broke the most for Donald Trump in what some have dubbed the bro vote. This is very much not the gender gap that many expected to be talking about, but it’s real, and the race is on now for Washington to do something about it. As Kamala Harris campaigned to be America’s first female president — KAMALA HARRIS: When we fight — we win! HARRIS RALLY CROWD: We win! DOKOUPIL: With the support of some very powerful women behind her — OPRAH WINFREY: We’re not going back. DOKOUPIL: — the buzz leading up to the election was often about the female vote. MIKA BRZEZINSKI [on ABC’s The View, 10/28/24]: Women will be the beacon in this election. EMILY’s LIST PRESIDENT JESSICA MACKLER: Young women in particular have the ability to be determinative in this election. DOKOUPIL: But men too, as it turned out, had some big motivations. KAT TIMPF [on FNC’s Gutfeld!, 11/06/24]: A lot of men were just sick of being told that they’re terrible and there’s nothing they can do, and that’s, I think, the huge mistake that Democrats made, or one of — one of many. Dokpupil went next to Richard Reeves of the Brookings Institution, a place no one would or should consider conservative. Not a good sign, right? Incredibly, Reeves relayed men “have come to believe that the progressive agenda on behalf of women has felt it necessary to somehow either dismiss or even denigrate men, and they’re over it” with Dokoupil describing Reeves’s book Of Boys and Men as concerned the sad fact that “many men have lost their place” “as the world has changed.” Reeves continued: There is something deeper going on here. There’s a survey recently that found that two-thirds of young men say that no one really knows them very well, fifteen percent of them don’t have a close friend. And what I hear a lot is just this sense of being unclear about why and how I am going to be necessary? Dokoupil put even more meat on the bone, citing the fact that “inflation adjusted wages for most men lower today than in 1979 and men having a three times higher risk from deaths of despair by suicide or overdose.” Reeves’s remarkable interview continued firing away with straight facts: “The unwillingness of anybody on the center left to just have a straightforward conversation about men’s mental health, about male employment, about male wages, has created a gigantic vacuum in our culture and in our politics.” Dokoupil said that this “perceived void Republicans have filled with a little help from what some call the manosphere – reaching men through the worlds of sports, ultimate fighting, and podcast popular with guys,” citing clips of Hulk Hogan at the Republican National Convention and shots from podcasts helmed by the likes of Rogan and Patrick Bet-David. Dokoupil and Reeves flipped on its head the notion of voters (and male ones, in particular) choosing candidates based on whom they’d have a beer with. Rather, they argued it’s selecting the one who “wants to have a drink with you.”     This folded into Dokoupil’s remarkable visit to The Daily Wire’s Nashville studios with Knowles explaining Trump simply “appealed to men” by “actually campaign[ing] to try to win their votes” with traditional gender norms whereas Vice President Kamala Harris deployed frauds such as Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff and then former President Obama to shame black men (click “expand”): KNOWLES: Trump appealed to men because he appealed to men. He actually campaigned to try to win their votes. DOKOUPIL: Michael Knowles is a conservative commentator with The Daily Wire and host of The Michael Knowles Show. KNOWLES: And when Kamala was campaigning, such as it was, for young men, she sent out her husband to describe masculinity as toxic — EMHOFF: You’ve got this trope out there that you’ve got to be tough and angry and lash out to be strong, just the opposite. KNOWLES: — not a great way to win people over. She sent out Barack Obama to harangue Black men who didn’t want to vote for her. OBAMA [on 10/10/24]: Part of it makes me think that, well, you just aren’t feeling the idea of having a woman as president. KNOWLES: This is not the way to win the hearts and minds of young men. DOKOUPIL: Knowles feels the left has utterly lost its way on gender. KNOWLES: It’s no wonder that they’ve turned men away, but it’s no wonder that they’ve turned women away either. Because women don’t want girly men, women want men to be like men. There were distinctions between the roles of men and women in the past, that always had exceptions, but nevertheless were defined. Now in the name of equality, we seek to deny any distinction. Dokoupil threw a bone to the other side by citing the repugnant Nick Fuentes, but said moments like Donald Trump talking about Arnold Palmer signified that “what the left may hear from Trump as insensitive or even worse…many on the right see as familiar and unfiltered.” Knowles replied that “what men want and what women want, for that matter, is to just return to a kind of normal society where we can have our traditional way of life and not be constantly taken aback by all sorts of ideological matters and I think Trump, in his own way, offered that.” “Trump is normal,” Dokoupil stated. Knowles concurred, replying “paradoxically so.” As for what Democrats can do to respond, this was where Dokoupil fell short. Dokoupil didn’t point out the absurdities of embracing transgenderism, so he stuck to the plight of the working class with soundbites from longtime Bernie Sanders adviser (and last-minute Democratic National Committee chair candidate) Faiz Shakir. Like a loyal progressive, Shakir chalked it up to merely a communications issue. Dokoupil closed with a question to Reeves about “who’s to blame” for the pain men are feeling. Reeves unfortunately argued “[t]his is not the fault of feminism, this is not the fault of the women’s movement” while, at the same time, said groups should be going around claiming “men can’t have problems, because men are the problem.” For conservatives, the reactions to the piece from King and featured co-host Vladimir Duthiers were priceless (click “expand”): DUTHIERS: This was such fascinating piece, Tony. KING: I like Mr. Reeves. I thought so, too, Tony. DOKOUPIL: Yes, it is a real issue. It’s not surface stuff, and I know when you hear about men’s problems, you want to roll your eyes and play the world’s tiniest violin, but Richard is right. You don’t have to make a choice here. You can care about men who are suffering, and there are a lot of them that’s real — KING: Yes. DUTHIERS: Yes. DOKOUPIL: — and also care about gaps in where women are. KING: Well, you can’t deny that he made — Donald Trump made a connection to men. I love the guy who said Trump appealed to men because he appealed to men. DOKOUPIL: You do have — you have to speak to people. KING: Yes, yes, yes, yes. DUTHIERS: That’s right. DOKOUPIL: You really do. DUTHIERS: And the question around men’s mental health is one that has never been addressed, and we were talking about it earlier, going back generations. It’s just now that there’s a focus on it, and men are saying, well, what about me? DOKOUPIL: Yeah. DUTHIERS: And no one is paying attention to that. DOKOUPIL: Yeah. KING: Vlad, you, like I said to Tony, I can’t wait to see your piece. He goes, it’s okay. I go, no, that was more than okay. DUTHIERS: Yeah, that was an excellent piece. DOKOUPIL: All right, thank you. KING: That was more than okay. DUTHIERS: And Richard Reeves and Michael Knowles as well. KING: Yes. DUTHIERS: They are really excellent voices to articulate this — DOKOUPIL: Yeah. KING: Yes. DUTHIERS: — issue that is facing men in this country. DOKOUPIL: Thanks, guys. Appreciate it. KING: Really good. To see the relevant CBS transcript from January 16, click here.

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