Elon Musk said on Friday that while he is taking a step back from his role in the White House, the Department of Government Efficiency, which he helped spearhead, will continue to “grow stronger.” Musk appeared alongside President Donald Trump in the Oval Office for a press conference on the end of Musk’s time as a “special government employee.” During the press conference, Trump praised Musk for his work with the DOGE team, and Musk said he would remain an adviser to the president. “This is not the end of DOGE, but really the beginning,” Musk said. “My time as a special government employee necessarily had to end. It was a limited-time thing … but the DOGE team will only grow stronger over time. The DOGE influence will only grow stronger.” “It is permeating throughout the government, and I am confident that, over time, we will see … a trillion dollars of waste and fraud reduction,” he added. Musk, who will return to focusing more of his attention on his companies Tesla and SpaceX — and his mission to get humanity to Mars — added that DOGE still predicts saving the federal government over $160 billion for fiscal year 2025 to 2026. “And that’s climbing,” he said. “I think the DOGE team is doing an incredible job. They’re going to continue doing an incredible job, and I’ll continue to be visiting here and be a friend and adviser to the president,” Musk continued. .@elonmusk: "This is not the end of DOGE, but really the beginning… The DOGE team will only grow stronger overtime… It is permeating throughout the government, and I am confident that, over time, we will see — a trillion dollars of waste and fraud reduction." pic.twitter.com/75XZ7ih8qg — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) May 30, 2025 Some of the government waste the White House said was uncovered by the DOGE team includes over $100 million “for DEI contracts at the Department of Education,” nearly $59 million “for illegal alien hotel rooms in New York City,” $20 million directed to make an “Arab Sesame Street,” and $8 million for gender experiments on mice. Get 40% Off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships Trump gifted Musk a golden key and called him “one of the greatest business leaders and innovators the world has ever produced.” .@POTUS presents @elonmusk with a gold White House key as a gift for his service as a special government employee. pic.twitter.com/vmpp3RcSTm — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) May 30, 2025 Musk recently grew frustrated over some of the obstacles in the way of cutting government waste and said he will dial back his spending on future political campaigns. “I think I’ve done enough,” Musk said last week, adding, “If I see a reason to do political spending in the future, I will do it. I do not currently see a reason.” Musk faced constant criticism from the Left and Democrats in Washington as he focused on searching for government waste to cut. After he became a senior adviser to Trump and pushed for major government spending cuts, Tesla has been targeted by leftist activists who have set fires to and vandalized vehicles and threatened Tesla dealerships. Last week, Musk provided some more insight into his decision to step back from his White House role, writing on X that he believes “accelerating GDP growth is essential,” adding that he wants to do so with humanoid robots. “I have come to the perhaps obvious conclusion that accelerating GDP growth is essential. @DOGE has and will do great work to postpone the day of bankruptcy of America, but the profligacy of government means that only radical improvements in productivity can save our country,” Musk wrote.

A little more than a month after she posted a goodbye to a M*A*S*H* co-star, Loretta Swit passed away. Loretta played Hot Lips Houlihan during the entire 11-season run of the critically acclaimed war dramedy M*A*S*H*. During that time, she took home two Emmys. Decades after the show ended, Loretta remained incredibly proud of her work and dedicated to keeping the show’s memory alive. She often posted about M*A*S*H* on social media. She wished co-star Gary Burghoff, who played Radar O’Reilly, a happy birthday on Instagram on May 24, alongside a picture of the pair from the show. Loretta brought to life one of the strongest/most well-shaded female characters of the era. Not easy w/some inconsistent writing, but Swit was game & flexible enough to convince us of Margaret's development while still letting the Hotlips within peek out. Many thanks & RIP. #MASH pic.twitter.com/NkQ669HNVC— Kira 'Not the journalist' Lerner (@kiralerner) May 30, 2025 Loretta Swit Shared A Fitting Final Social Media Post   Loretta Swit posted a picture of herself on Memorial Day, captioned, “With loving gratitude, they served and protected and gave their lives. Rest In Peace. God is nigh.” Fans shared their sadness and condolences on Instagram. “Hot Lips?! Hearing the news of your passing is heartbreaking! And how much is it just like you that your last IG post was paying tribute to those who served. RIP, Loretta,” a fan wrote. “Thank you for always representing the M.A.S.H. family well. You remembered every birthday, every event. We can tell how much you loved the MASH era and everyone in it,” a fan agreed. “The members of the 4077 on the other side are embracing you.” “Amen. We were watching MASH last night all the while thinking of those who served in Korea and across the globe,” another person shared.  “Thank you for making that show so many things- real, heartbreaking, funny, sweet, THE BEST.” “Loretta brought to life one of the strongest/most well-shaded female characters of the era. Not easy w/some inconsistent writing, but Swit was game & flexible enough to convince us of Margaret’s development while still letting the Hotlips within peek out. Many thanks & RIP,” a fan shared on X.” Loretta Swit was 87. This story’s featured image is by CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images. The post Hot Lips Houlihan Actress Loretta Swit Dead at 87 Just A Month After “M*A*S*H*” Co-Star’s Death appeared first on InspireMore.

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'Our win is in our education'

'highly partisan person'

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—President Donald Trump has fired the director of the National Portrait Gallery because of her history of pushing woke ideology, donating to Democrats, and denigrating Republicans, a White House official told The Daily Signal. Kim Sajet has donated $3,982.40 to Democrats, including Joe Biden’s presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, the DCCC, and EMILY’s List, an organization that helps pro-abortion Democratic candidates win elections. Sajet has also donated to Democrats, including Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, former Vice President Kamala Harris, and former Rep. Colin Allred of Texas, among others, through ActBlue. Trump announced he fired Sajet on TruthSocial on Friday. Her ouster closely follows the firings of the Librarian of Congress, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the U.S. Coast Guard commandant over similar concerns of wokeness. “She is a highly partisan person, and a strong supporter of [diversity, equity, and inclusion], which is totally inappropriate for her position. Her replacement will be named shortly,” the president said of the Nigeria-born Australian native, who is a citizen of the Netherlands. The photo of Trump in the Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., curated by Sajet, has the following caption: “Impeached twice, on charges of abuse of power and incitement of insurrection after supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, he was acquitted by the Senate in both trials. After losing to Joe Biden in 2020, Trump mounted a historic comeback in the 2024 election. He is the only president aside from Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) to have won a nonconsecutive second term.” Yet Sajet told The Washingtonian magazine the gallery tries not to editorialize in captions. “We try very much not to editorialize,” Sajet said. “I don’t want, by reading the label, to get a sense of what the curator’s opinion is about that person. I want someone reading the label to understand that it’s based on historical fact.” In 2018, Sajet wrote an editorial in The Atlantic revealing her support for critical race theory. “To step outside of comfort zones and be confronted and uncomfortably reminded—that the ‘portrait of America’ has never been only about meritocracy, but also social access, racial inequality, gender difference, religious preference, and political power,” Sajet wrote. “As we approach Columbus Day, increasingly being recognized as a day of Indigenous lamentation that prophetically coincides with the 50th anniversary of this museum’s opening in 1968; we need to remember that we did not ‘find’ a ‘New World’ but invaded an old one,” she continued, “We aren’t just a world leader, but a global participant, and in the end as we enter this world with nothing, and leave this world with nothing—it’s what we do in the middle that counts.” When Sajet joined the Portrait Gallery in 2013, she made it her mission to spend 50% of all money spent on art to support diverse artists and portrait subjects, USA Today wrote in 2019. “Sajet says white men dominated famous portraits because they owned land, and art was historically reserved for the rich and elite,” the reporter, Nicquel Terry Ellis, said. In an article in The New Yorker, Sajet sought to gloss over the dark past of Planned Parenthood founder and known eugenics enthusiast, Margaret Sanger. When Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, attempted to get Sanger’s portrait removed from the Portrait Gallery, Sajet said: “There are bad guys; we know what they’ve done,” Sajet said. “Margaret Sanger is being demonized for a lot of things she didn’t do.” Sajet said Sanger was “not perfect,” nor was she a “eugenicist leader.” The now former Portrait Gallery director wrote a blog post in 2018 “explaining why traditional portraiture has been so non-diverse.” She tweeted about “opening a dialogue about culturally constructed racism” at the Portrait Gallery. The post EXCLUSIVE: Why Trump Fired the Director of the National Portrait Gallery appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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There’s no topic former First Lady and professional victim Michelle Obama doesn’t know how to make about herself.  That’s the entire point of her podcast, which subjects anyone who will listen to her hour-long yammering and self-adulation. But her latest episode takes her narcissism and disregard for others to an extreme level that would even make Meghan Markle blush in embarrassment.  “This whole complicated reproductive system,” isn’t about producing human life, according to Obama. In fact, she insists, that’s “the least of what it does.” “Women’s reproductive health is about our life,” Obama said. “It’s about this whole complicated reproductive system that the least of what it does is produce life.” Michelle Obama says the least important thing a woman’s reproductive system does is produce life… Don’t you just hate mansplaining?pic.twitter.com/trVVkXtqOf — Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) May 30, 2025 Forget the reality that all humanity would go extinct, without the reproductive system fulfilling its main purpose… which is to create more life.  Instead, she asserts it’s about “about OUR life.” By “our,” she means women like her. But that’s the typical abortionist mindset of leftists, who align with their ideology in the first place, because it preaches selfishness in the name of “empowerment.” Obama lamented that “a lot of male religious leaders think about the issue of ‘choice,’ as if it’s just about the fetus, the baby.”  In more honest words, she doesn’t see pre-born babies as human, and therefore, believes it’s justified to murder them. Her own materialist aspirations trump the child’s choice to live.  “So many men have no idea what women go through,” whined the poor, downtrodden first lady who maintains a $70 million net worth for doing nothing but bloviate all day.  Being her is just so tough!

Top White House official Stephen Miller got into a heated exchange with CNN host Pamela Brown over the Trump administration being allowed for now to revoke the Temporary Protected Status of immigrants who were allowed into the U.S. under the Biden-Harris administration.Brown asked Miller if the administration believes judges should just "rubber-stamp" all actions from the executive branch."If not, what checks and balances do you think should be in place for this White House?" she further asked."It’s not the job of a district court judge to perform an individual green light or red light on every single policy that the president takes as the head of the executive branch. Just think about the premise baked into your question. Respectfully, Pam, you’re saying that when the American people elect a president of the United States of America ..." Miller replied.Brown interjected, saying she is not saying judges should hamper the every move of the president."Well, it's the implication," Miller shot back. "I will answer the question happily. But look, when you have these kinds of lazy assumptions built into questions, it makes it hard to have a constructive dialogue."RELATED: SCOTUS hands Trump major victory on Venezuelan migrants — only 1 justice dissents Photo (left): Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Photo (right): OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images RELATED: GOP senator says 24-year-old Venezuelan allegedly caught posing as high school student may have had relationship with minor Image Source: Wood County Sheriff's Office website Brown appeared to take offense to that remark and said she was simply asking what the White House believes when it comes to checks and balances."When you say 'do we think district court judges should rubber-stamp each action,' there is a premise that is built into that that is absurd. The president is the sole head of the executive branch. He’s the only officer in the entire government that’s elected by the entire American people," Miller said. "Democracy cannot function — in fact, democracy does not exist at all if each action the president takes — foreign policy, diplomatic, military, national security — has to be individually approved by 700 district court judges. That’s democracy?" — (@) The Trump administration is being allowed to proceed with canceling the Temporary Protective Status of up to 500,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans who were paroled into the United States during the Biden-Harris border crisis. The parole authority from the federal government was abused during that time in an effort to decrease the number of illegal border crossings.President Donald Trump campaigned on ending parole abuse and to cancel the protective status of people who were in the United States.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!