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    Trump’s Spring-Loaded Administration
    On the latest episode of “The Tony Kinnett Cast,” we prepare for Donald Trump’s incoming administration as the new Republican coalition—from the establishment, conservatives, and populists to the new converts and centrists—prepares for the largest out-of-the-gate “Day One” of any administration in U.S. history. We’ll dive into recess appointments, Senate hearings, executive orders, and the…
    Tony Kinnett
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    Young Voters Shifted to Trump. Here’s Why.
    President-elect Donald Trump made huge inroads with young voters this past election cycle. Fifty-six percent of young men aged 18-29 voted for Trump this year, a major flip from 2020 when 56% of them voted for Joe Biden. Trump also made inroads with young women, who shifted 11 points toward him compared to four years ago. While…
    Victoria Marshall
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    Trump Confirms He’ll Use Military to Help Deport Illegal Aliens 
    The new Trump administration will declare a state of emergency and use military assets to deport illegal aliens, President-elect Donald Trump has confirmed.   “Reports are the incoming [Trump] administration [is] prepared to declare a national emergency and will use military assets to reverse the Biden invasion through a mass deportation program,” Judicial Watch President…
    Virginia Allen | Tyler O’Neil
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    DRAIN THE SWAMP: 4 Woke Bureaucrats Trump Should Fire First
    The once and future president, Donald Trump, has already begun the gargantuan task of selecting staff for his incoming administration, but he should also keep an eye out for specific woke bureaucrats to fire as soon as he enters office on Jan. 20, 2025. Trump didn’t just win the Electoral College on Nov. 5; he…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Pro-Lifers Share How Trump Can Protect Pregnancy Help Centers Undermined by Biden DOJ
    The forthcoming Trump-Vance administration has the opportunity to protect pro-life pregnancy resource centers that have been targeted, ignored, and undermined by the Biden-Harris Justice Department.  “President Trump, more than almost anyone, understands what it’s like to have the entire weight of the federal law and investigatory power of the federal law against him,” said Chelsey…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Trump Can Fire 2.9 Million Federal Workers
    This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. In a very satisfying headline, CNN is reporting a widespread “Feeling of Dread” among the millions-strong deep state—er, federal bureaucracy—that Donald Trump will fire them. In case you’re curious why they used your tax dollars to try to influence the…
    Peter St. Onge
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    ‘MAKE AMERICA GREAT AND HEALTHY’: Trump Taps RFK Jr. for Health and Human Services
    President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday that he would nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for secretary of health and human services. “I am thrilled to announce Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as The United States Secretary of Health and Human Services,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “For too long, Americans have been crushed by the industrial food…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    The Trump Foreign Policy Doctrine Doesn’t Get Credit It’s Due
    Donald Trump’s foreign policy was, during his first term, not only successful; it was the most successful foreign policy of any president since Ronald Reagan. Yet thanks to their animus for Trump personally, pseudo-experts on foreign policy have refused to give Trump credit for his obvious wins: a quiescent Russia, a contained Iran, Middle Eastern…
    Ben Shapiro
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    Trump Faces Tough Fights Even With House, Senate Majorities, This Hill Veteran Says
    Republicans have earned an electoral mandate unlike anything the party has seen since the 1980s. Rachel Bovard, vice president of programs at the Conservative Partnership Institute and veteran of over a decade of working on Capitol Hill, told me on the latest episode of “The Signal Sitdown” that conservatives “cannot waste it.” For the first…
    Bradley Devlin
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    6 Trump Appointments That Surprised America
    “Well, I didn't see that coming” has been a somewhat common refrain on Capitol Hill this week as President-elect Donald Trump announces his picks to lead his forthcoming administration. Trump has built his brand on breaking the mold of politics and continues the trend with his Cabinet appointments.  Not every choice has been a surprise….
    Virginia Allen | Kristen Eichamer
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    Trump Has Another Opportunity to Defang the Deep State
    One of the defining features of the second Trump administration will almost certainly be the battle between the elected, constitutional branches of government and the vast federal bureaucracy. With Republicans in control of both the House and Senate, President Donald Trump will have a significant mandate for leadership in the next few years. The most…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Elected Democrats Say They’ll Stand in Trump’s Way to Protect Illegal Aliens
    THE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Democratic governors and other liberal elected officials have lined up to declare that they will fight back against President-elect Donald Trump’s hard-line agenda against illegal immigration. Trump, who won the Nov. 5 election, has promised to conduct mass deportations across the country and withhold federal funding from sanctuary cities, along with…
    Jason Hopkins
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    ‘CHAMPION OF THE RULE OF LAW’: Trump Taps Matt Gaetz for Attorney General
    President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he would nominate Florida Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz attorney general. “Matt is a deeply gifted and tenacious attorney, trained at the William & Mary College of Law, who has distinguished himself in Congress through his focus on achieving desperately needed reform at the Department of Justice,” Trump said in…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    ‘FEARLESS’: Trump Picks Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence
    President-elect Donald Trump has tapped former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard to serve as his director of national intelligence. “For over two decades, Tulsi has fought for our Country and the Freedoms of all Americans. As a former Candidate for the Democrat Presidential Nomination, she has broad support in both Parties—She is now a proud Republican!”…
    Bradley Devlin
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    Can Trump Fire Jerome Powell?
    This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. The Wall Street Journal is speculating that President-elect Donald Trump may fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Powell says he won’t go. Can the president fire a Fed chief? And if not, who is actually running the Fed? Trump appointed…
    Peter St. Onge
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    New York Mayor Optimistic About Trump’s Immigration Policy
    THE CENTER SQUARE—New York City Mayor Eric Adams is expressing optimism that President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration will help fix the nation’s broken immigration system and criticizing fellow Democrats for overlooking the issue of immigration ahead of last Tuesday’s election.  Speaking to reporters at a Tuesday briefing, Adams said he is optimistic about the incoming…
    Chris Wade
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    ‘SHOCKWAVES’: Trump Announces Musk, Ramaswamy to Lead New Government Efficiency Department
    President-elect Donald Trump has tapped entrepreneur Elon Musk and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy to head a new nongovernmental body focused on government efficiency. “I am pleased to announce that the Great Elon Musk, working in conjunction with American Patriot Vivek Ramaswamy, will lead the Department of Government Efficiency (‘DOGE’),” the president-elect wrote in a statement. “It…
    Katrina Trinko | Tyler O’Neil
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    Trump ‘Could Have No Better Adviser’ on the Border Than Homan, Former Colleague Says
    Illegal aliens who pose “national security threats” to the U.S. will be prioritized for deportation, Tom Homan told Fox News on Monday.   President-elect Donald Trump announced Sunday that Homan would serve as “border czar” in his forthcoming administration. Homan has been highly critical of the Biden-Harris administration’s handling of the southern border, repeatedly raising…
    Virginia Allen
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    What Pollsters Missed on Trump and How It Applies to Government Spending and Taxes
    Donald Trump last week won every battleground state and cruised to an electoral victory. “Top” data experts and pollsters didn’t see it coming. Trump’s big win should serve as a lesson for those who blindly trust the “experts,” whether pollsters or government bureaucrats who wield control over the budget and the economy. The worst 2024…
    Preston Brashers
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    Republicans Probing FEMA for Denying Hurricane Relief to Trump Backers
    Federal officials are facing increased scrutiny after a whistleblower alleged that disaster-relief efforts were intentionally denied to supporters of now-President-elect Donald Trump. According to a report from The Daily Wire, Federal Emergency Management Agency supervisor Marn’i Washington told employees under her authority to “avoid homes advertising Trump” while administering disaster relief in Lake Placid, Florida, following the…
    S.A. McCarthy
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