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Kash on the line.
By: Vic Eldred • Op/Ed • 110 Comments • 5 Likes • 3 months ago
““I have no interest, no desire, and will not, If confirmed, go backwards,” Patel said. “There will be no politicization at the FBI. There will be...”
Yesterday Senate democrats used childlike tactics to try and get Kash Patel to promise not to investigate anyone that President Trump occasionally advocated to be investigated. Patel always had the correct answer: "I think if anyone commits a wrong in government service, the American public...
The week of controversial confirmation hearings
By: Vic Eldred • Op/Ed • 91 Comments • 5 Likes • 3 months ago
““I am not anti-vaccine,” Kennedy told the committee. He also said, “I support the measles vaccine. I support the polio vaccine. I will do nothing...”
Yesterday President Trump's nominee for HHS Secretary was scorched under tense questions from just about every Senate democrat on the committee and even a few Republicans. The democrats seemed to be using a coordinated strategy, as they often do. Yesterday it was to use quotes and transcripts...
Following the money
By: Vic Eldred • Op/Ed • 135 Comments • 4 Likes • 3 months ago
““The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer...”
President Trump placed a pause on grants and loans that was scheduled to take effect at 5 p.m. EST, one day after agencies were informed of the decision. It was to try and account for where the money was going and to prevent any of it from going to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism and Green...
Deepseek Trouble
By: Vic Eldred • Op/Ed • 52 Comments • 5 Likes • 3 months ago
““The models they built are fantastic, but they aren’t miracles either,” said Bernstein analyst Stacy Rasgon, who follows the semiconductor industry...”
Link to quote: What is DeepSeek, the Chinese AI company upending the stock market? | AP NewsThere is now a real challenge to US technology. A Chinese company, DeepSeek, has developed an A.I. system which matches the abilities of U.S. systems like ChatGPT, however the company says it uses fewer,...
Hundreds of US visa appointments canceled in Colombia following spat over deportation flights
Via: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 1 Comments • 4 Likes • 3 months ago
“Meanwhile, the State Department said Sunday it would stop issuing visas to Colombian nationals until deportation flights resumed.”
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Visa appointments at the U.S. Embassy in Colombia were canceled Monday following a dispute over deportation flights from the U.S. that nearly turned into a costly trade war between the two countries. Dozens of Colombians arrived at the U.S. Embassy in Bogota and were...
Trump in overdrive
By: Vic Eldred • Op/Ed • 104 Comments • 7 Likes • 3 months ago
“We’re going to do things that people will be shocked at."”
Has it only been a week since Inauguration Day?What a week it has been for President Trump. He no sooner was sworn in than he was signing executive orders in stages, the first of which was to immediately rescind all of Joe Biden's EOs. He attended every ceremonial event and by midnight, as I was...
Trump tosses the book at Colombia
By: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 78 Comments • 5 Likes • 3 months ago
Colombia has decided that it will not accept U.S. military aircraft with migrants being deported.President Trump has responded:Colombia will now face tariffs of 25% on all Colombian goods coming into the United States and that may rise to 50% in one week.Colombian officials will be banned from...
A diamond in the rough
By: Vic Eldred • MOVIES & TV - CLASSIC to CURRENT • 2 Comments • 2 Likes • 3 months ago
“German kids don't cry”
It has been a busy cold week. I really got up late on a peaceful Saturday and began fooling around with YouTube. There I found a diamond in the rough. We all know that although YouTube charges us for the movies that are kind of in demand, they still have a wide range of movies that are...
Kristi Noem has been confirmed in a bipartisan vote!
By: Vic Eldred • News & Politics • 97 Comments • 7 Likes • 3 months ago
This is breaking news as Republicans are working through the weekend to get as many Trump nominees confirmed as possible while democrats try to resist & obstruct.