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 My son has narrated the last book I wrote. Please consider listening to it and encouraging others to do so too. (Click HERE) World & Nation Biden preemptively pardons Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley and Jan. 6 committee members  President Joe Biden on Monday issued preemptive pardons to potential targets of the incoming Trump administration, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and lawmakers who served on the House Jan. 6 Committee. "Our nation relies on dedicated, selfless public servants every day. They are the lifeblood of our democracy," Biden said in a statement just hours before President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office. "Yet alarmingly, public servants have been subjected to ongoing threats and intimidation for faithfully discharging their duties," Biden added. Trump in his 2024 campaign repeatedly vowed "retribution" on his political enemies, specifically singling out lawmakers like Liz Cheney who investigated the attack on the U.S. Capitol. Trump said Cheney and other committee members should be put in jail. CNN defamation trial: Losing case expected but still a bad bruise for the network, insider says CNN acknowledges 'useful lessons' to learn after being found liable for defamation of Zachary Young  A CNN employee says losing a high-profile defamation case this week might have been expected inside the network, but that didn't stop it from leaving a mark. "Being found liable for defamation and dishonesty is a bad thing," the employee said bluntly in a message to Fox News Digital. Navy veteran Zachary Young successfully alleged CNN smeared him by implying he illegally profited when helping people flee Afghanistan on the "black market" during the Biden administration's military withdrawal from the country in 2021. Young believes CNN "destroyed his reputation and business" by branding him an illicit profiteer who exploited "desperate Afghans" during the Nov. 11, 2021, report that first aired on CNN’s "The Lead with Jake Tapper." Trump Plan: Troops to Border, Restore 'Remain in Mexico'  Donald Trump will order the deployment of U.S. troops to the southern border among national security directives to be signed soon after he's sworn in as president, incoming White House officials said Monday morning. Trump, who's scheduled to be sworn in at noon, will sign nearly a dozen executive orders designed to overhaul U.S. border and immigration policy. Among the orders, he will designate international cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and restore the "Remain in Mexico" policy. Remain in Mexico requires migrants to stay south of the border until their immigration hearing instead of being released into the U.S. WashPost: Trump's Musk-Led DOGE to Face Lawsuit  President-elect Donald Trump's government advisory panel, led by billionaire ally Elon Musk, will be sued soon after Monday's inauguration, The Washington Post reports, citing a copy of the planned complaint by a public interest law firm. The 30-page complaint, the Post reports, prepared by National Security Counselors says the nongovernmental Department of Government Efficienty violates federal transparency rules. The lawsuit alleges that DOGE meets the requirements to be considered a "federal advisory committee," and appears to have failed to meet the requirements of a 1972 law that established rules on disclosure, hiring, and other practices.
WSJ: Trump to Outline Trade Vision, Won't Impose New Tariffs Yet  Donald Trump will issue a broad trade memo on Monday that stops short of imposing new tariffs on his first day in office, but rather directs federal agencies to evaluate U.S. trade relationships with China, Canada and Mexico, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. President-elect Trump, who takes office on Monday, has pledged tariffs of 10% on global imports, 60% on Chinese goods and a 25% import surcharge on Canadian and Mexican products, duties that may upend trade flows, raise costs and draw retaliation. Citing a summary of a memo that the Journal said Trump plans to issue, the newspaper said Trump will direct agencies to investigate and remedy persistent trade deficits and address unfair trade and currency policies by other nations. Trump to suspend security clearances of former national security officials behind Hunter laptop letter Some of the letters top signers became notable fixtures on CNN and MSNBC  President-elect Donald Trump vowed to revoke the security clearances of the 51 national security officials who infamously claimed that the Hunter Biden laptop had "all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation" – many of whom were cable news commentators -- on day one of his second term in the White House. The New York Post reported that they obtained emails showing Hunter Biden had introduced his father Joe to a top executive at Ukrainian energy company Burisma less than a year before he pressured Ukrainian officials to fire a prosecutor investigating the company in a bombshell Oct. 2020 article. Shortly thereafter, 51 former national security officials issued a public letter stating that the laptop was like a "Russian information operation" despite the fact that they did not have "any evidence of Russian involvement." NBC News host confronts top Democrat on whether he had 'responsibility to be more forthcoming' about Biden  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., was confronted with an old clip of himself during an interview on Sunday in which he declared President Biden was the best candidate to run against President-elect Donald Trump. "What do you say to Americans who believe you and other top Democrats misled them?" NBC's Kristen Welker asked Jeffires after playing him a clip of himself from February 2024 on "The View" saying Biden was the "definitely the strongest candidate" to run against the now-president elect. "Well, Joe Biden was the incumbent president at the time. He was the candidate at the time, and I supported him at the time, and that was the right thing to do, based on the incumbent president making the decision that he was going to run," Jeffries said, responding to the clip. Chaotic crowds, gunmen surround Gaza hostage handover Chaotic scenes enveloped the three hostages from Israel who were handed over to the Red Cross Sunday by masked Hamas militants wearing green headbands in a packed Gaza City square. A dense crowd of Palestinians had gathered to watch the moment, the first release of hostages seized on October 7, 2023, under the new ceasefire that came into effect on Sunday. Hamas fighters struggled to hold the crowds back from the convoy of Red Cross SUVs that had arrived at Saraya Square in the west of Gaza City to collect them. Self-deluded Biden is spending his last days as president showcasing all the same lies and cementing his tarnished ‘legacy’ Joe Biden is leaving office the way he came in — under a cloud of self-delusion and amid a rancid stench of lies. He promised to be a standard-bearer of decency, a respecter of norms and the rule of law. He presented himself as a unifier who would help the country heal after the pandemic, a man of integrity and impeccable character, unlike his wretched predecessor. Yet behind closed doors, in the devious recesses of his soul, Joe plotted and planned just two things: self-aggrandizement and vengeance. Biden's Boasts About Himself Led to His Undoing I remember when the networks called the 2020 election for President Joe Biden. It was a Saturday; that evening, as he addressed his gleeful supporters in Wilmington, Delaware, the new president-elect declared victory in "the battle to restore decency." "Decency," of course, was code for "Not Trump." Before Biden's one term ended, voters were ready for Trump Again. They'd had enough of Biden's vaunted "decency," after four years of watching Biden hide behind his better-person persona even as his policies failed American families and shrank America's posture on the world stage. |
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