February 07, 2025
Super Bowl Weekend Cafe
Budapest by Agi Noszek
Beluga whale gets its ball back.
Elephant returns girl's shoe. Men and women are identical in every way, including in mechanical/spacial reasoning ability. Goats are just walking all over this guardian dog. Steve Inman: Vehicular arrest. On Rumble: Best of your favorite type of Inman vid. Violence warning. And more like that. He got KO'd by a Wa-Wa. Knocked out by Nike. First the Sowing Phase, which is fun, and then the Reaping Phase, which is not. One of the hardest run-downs of a thug he's shown. Also a shooting at the end. Content warning. Tired and re-tired.
Budapest by Agi Noszek
Beluga whale gets its ball back.
Elephant returns girl's shoe. Men and women are identical in every way, including in mechanical/spacial reasoning ability. Goats are just walking all over this guardian dog. Steve Inman: Vehicular arrest. On Rumble: Best of your favorite type of Inman vid. Violence warning. And more like that. He got KO'd by a Wa-Wa. Knocked out by Nike. First the Sowing Phase, which is fun, and then the Reaping Phase, which is not. One of the hardest run-downs of a thug he's shown. Also a shooting at the end. Content warning. Tired and re-tired.
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Quick Hits
Casey DeSantis mulling running for Ron's third term. I mean, you're not going to have a hotter governor.
Ever wonder where Hamas got all the concrete to build its extensive network of terror tunnels?
We paid for it, through USAID.If you've seen all those videos of Hamas' underground cities in which they plan and prepare for their urban warfare against Israelis, you will notice a lot of interesting things.Hero.
Advertisement One of them is that they are all lined with massive amounts of concrete. There are miles and miles of these tunnels and bunkers, and most of the destruction in Northern Gaza is the result of Israel systematically destroying the UNDERGROUND city that Hamas built. The bombs fall to destroy those bunker-like tunnels, and the result is that the buildings above also get flattened. So where did all that concrete come from, you might ask... It turns out that USAID helped build the cement factory with hundreds of millions of dollars in aid money and pays the company for whom we built the factory for the products, giving them a steady source of funds. So yes, USAID helped build the Hamas tunnels in Gaza from which the planning and preparation for October 7th happened, and from which Hamas has conducted the war that has destroyed Gaza.
Casey DeSantis mulling running for Ron's third term. I mean, you're not going to have a hotter governor.
Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis is reportedly considering a bid to replace her husband, Gov. Ron DeSantis, when his second term concludes in 2026. According to NBC News, donors have been encouraging her to run, making her a potential contender in the race. Were she to win, she would be Florida’s first female governor.If you haven't heard, GOPe Senators in Florida are scheming to thwart DeSantis's deportation of illegals. They created an illegal-immigration protection bill which they created a backronym for, calling it the "T.R.U.M.P. Act" (I won't dignify this with looking up what the letters stand for) to con Trump into supporting the bill. What it does is strips away DeSantis's power to deport illegals... and gives that power to a pro-illegal-worker functionary, the Secretary of Agriculture, who is captured by Big Ag interests and want to keep using foreign pickers. And they dress this scheme up as "tough on illegals." It's the standard Democrat ploy -- announce a "border enforcement" bill that amnesties all the illegals. So that might be why the DeSantis family is wary about who might succeed him.
A self-guided tour at the U.K.'s Science Museum accuses popular building toy Lego of reinforcing "heteronormativity." The accusation is part of a self-guided tour titled Seeing Thing Queerly, which allows visitors to "discover some of the objects on display at the Science Museum that tell stories of queer communities, experiences, and identities." Among items such as airplanes and replica chickens, the tour accuses Lego of taking an anti-LGBT stance. "Like other connectors and fasteners, Lego bricks are often described in a gendered way," a description on the museum's website reads. "The top of the brick with sticking out pins is male, the bottom of the brick with holes to receive the pins is female, and the process of the two sides being put together is called mating." "This is an example of applying heteronormative language to topics unrelated to gender, sex and reproduction," the description continues. "It illustrates how heteronormativity (the idea that heterosexuality and the male/female gender binary are the norm and everything that falls outside is unusual) shapes the way we speak about science, technology, and the world in general." Science Museum provides no citations for its claims about Lego. An entry on Lego's website explaining how its bricks work also appears to use different language compared to Science Museum.Have you not heard? Old-fashioned heteronormative merit-based Science requires citations and research. The new-school Gay and DEI Science dispenses with such antiquated notions -- if a gay, trans, or minority person dreams it up, it's automatically a Science Fact. The science is settled, bigot. Here's a tour of the Queering Science Museum. You paid for it, you might as well use it. Meanwhile, heinous actress confesses to Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy. How else could every child around her be "trans"?
Political PollsDo it. DO IT. A repeat child sex offender entered children's bathrooms in high schools and rec centers Democrat government-stooge dominated Fairfax County and exposed himself to little girls. But Fairfax County says that's okay, you have to let this pedophile in your girl's bathroom because this bearded, bedraggled man says he's a woman now. He was only arrested when his registration on the child sex predator list came to light.
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Arlington and Fairfax County said Tier III registered child sex offender Richard Kenneth Cox, 58, visited two schools and two county-owned recreation and fitness centers in their regions late last year. 7News was the first to report that Cox was charged for allegedly exposing himself to women and girls in a girls' locker room at Washington Liberty High School, which has an indoor pool open to the public outside of school hours. An Arlington mother told 7News that Cox exposed his fully naked body in front of her and her 9-year-old daughter in the Washington Liberty High School girls' locker room in September 2024 after swimming lessons for children. "We walked into seeing a man changing in the girls locker room," the Arlington mother told 7News Reporter Nick Minock. "Completely naked facing the doorway. My little girl saw it. She was ahead of me ready to get changed and dried off and that's the first thing she walked into." Witnesses said Cox was allowed to use the girl's locker room at Washington Liberty High School because Arlington Public Schools allows people to use school bathrooms and locker rooms based on gender identity, not biological sex, and Cox told pool staff he identified as transgender. A Fairfax County spokesperson and Fairfax County police told 7News that Cox visited Oakmont Rec Center in Fairfax County twice, shortly after he visited Washington Liberty High School. During his visit to Oakmont Rec Center on November 3, 2024, a Fairfax County spokesperson said Cox used the locker room according to Cox's gender identity, which is county policy. "Upon receiving complaints from rec center guests and further investigation, it was determined that the individual is a registered sex offender," a Fairfax County spokesperson told 7News. "Staff contacted the Fairfax County Police Department and, in coordination with the Park Authority, issued the individual a no-trespass notice prohibiting them from entering all Park Authority Rec Centers and locker rooms." During his visit on November 16, 2024, witnesses at Oakmont Rec Center told police that Cox identified as transgender and went into the women's locker room at Oakmont Rec Center and was aggressive with staff when they confronted him. "The safety of our guests is of the highest importance to Fairfax County and the Park Authority," a Fairfax County spokesperson told 7News. "Park staff works with patrons to swiftly investigate complaints and resolve appropriately in accordance with county policy. We will continue working with fellow county and state agencies to evaluate additional protective measures to ensure that our facilities remain a safe and welcoming place for all." Arlington police say Cox is also facing charges for exposing himself in the women's locker room at Wakefield High School in Arlington in October and in November.
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Trump: I'm Appointing Myself Chairman of the Kennedy Center and Dissolving the Previous Board
And no more trans shows for children.
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10 Tren de Aragua Prison Gang Members Arrive At Their New Home -- Guantanamo Bay
And so it begins. Posted by: Guy who always thinks things are beginningTrump is taking out the trash, and he's taking it to a Marine base in Cuba. He's moving them to the terrorist detention facility at Guantanamo because, if you remember (I didn't), he directed the classification of Tren de Aragua as a terrorist organization. I don't know if it's really that but I'm not going to stand on ceremony.
The first 10 "high threat" members of the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA) have been transferred to Guantanamo Bay, marking a major escalation in the U.S. crackdown on illegal migrant criminals. Key Details: The Department of Defense (DOD) confirmed the detainees' arrival at Guantanamo Bay, where they will be held in vacant detention facilities. President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order directing agencies to designate TdA as a "foreign terrorist organization." Over 100 TdA members were arrested in federal raids in Aurora, Colorado, as part of a broader effort to combat the gang's influence in the U.S. Diving Deeper: The Biden administration's failure to curb illegal immigration allowed violent international gangs like Tren de Aragua to spread across the U.S. However, under President Donald Trump's leadership, the federal government has taken a sharp turn toward aggressive enforcement. On Thursday, the first 10 high-threat TdA members arrived at Guantanamo Bay, the Department of Defense confirmed. These individuals, all of whom have been identified as part of the Venezuelan criminal organization, are being held in vacant detention facilities. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) stated that Gitmo will be used exclusively for the "worst of the worst" criminals. While the arrangement is temporary, DHS officials indicated that detainees would either be deported or transferred to appropriate facilities. Tren de Aragua has become a growing threat, operating from New York City to Colorado. The gang has been linked to violent crimes, including human trafficking, drug smuggling, and extortion. Trump, who took office last month, wasted no time in targeting TdA. On January 20, he issued an executive order instructing federal agencies to move toward officially designating the group as a terrorist organization.
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NCAA Submits: No Men In Women's Sports
Trump's EO blocks federal funds to any school that allows men to beat up girls in sports.
These people talk about Muh Princibuhls, but in the end, it's all about their greed for taxpayer dollars they didn't earn.In response to President Trump's executive order barring men from women's sports, the NCAA's Board of Governors voted to update the association's policy for transgender student athletes, restricting the women’s category to females. "We strongly believe that clear, consistent, and uniform eligibility standards would best serve today's student-athletes instead of a patchwork of conflicting state laws and court decisions," NCAA President Charlie Baker said in a statement. "To that end, President Trump's order provides a clear, national standard."
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USAID Sent Millions of Taxpayer Dollars to George-Soros-Aligned Leftwing Causes (and Terrorists, Of Course!)
USAID wasn't just embezzling taxpayer money to give to George Soros -- it was also funding Klaus "Eet Zee Bugz" Schaub and the World Economic Forum.
Before the Trump administration closed USAID's doors, the agency regularly routed funding to causes aligned with George Soros' nonprofit empire, terrorists and drag queens. ... In recent days, the Trump administration identified USAID programs ranging from contraceptives for Afghanistan to LGBT diversity programs for European countries as clear evidence that foreign aid needed to be paused and reevaluated, a task that fell to the Rubio State Department. The development agency for years also funneled money to several nonprofit groups that also received substantial backing from components of George Soros' empire. Some previously came under scrutiny during the Obama administration for "democracy promotion" and judicial reform efforts in European countries that critics claimed promoted leftist politics.
For example, U.S. government spending records show that the East-West Management Institute, which is in part backed by Soros' Open Society Foundations, received more than $260 million over the years in grants from USAID to, among other things, promote the rule of law in Georgia, strengthen civil society in Uganda, and advance Serbia's accession talks with the European Union. That same nonprofit group came under scrutiny during the Obama administration after Judicial Watch uncovered government records and communications showing that the East-West Management Institute's "Justice for All" campaign in Albania received $9 million in funding from USAID. The assistance concerned several GOP Senators, who sent a letter to the newly appointed Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in 2017, alleging the campaign funded by the U.S. government helped craft an Albanian judicial reform proposal that may "give the Prime Minister and left-of-center government full control over the judiciary." Those same Senators also raised concerns about a similar Soros-backed program in neighboring Macedonia where they said a local affiliate called Foundation Open Society-Macedonia received backing from USAID through the Open Society Foundations and pushed "a progressive agenda." Other Soros-backed organizations that received funding from both his Open Society Foundations network and USAID include the Anti-Corruption Action Center in Ukraine and Transparency International. According to the group's own records, the Anti-Corruption Action Center began receiving funding from USAID the same year the Maidan Revolution overthrew Ukraine's elected, Russian-friendly President Viktor Yanukovych. The group, by its own admission, was heavily critical of Yanukovych's government and ministers, which aligned with U.S. State Department policy at the time. During the 2014 Maidan Revolution, then-Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland visited Ukraine and was recorded on a leaked phone call discussing how the United States could influence the formation of a new government in Kyiv. George Soros' Open Society Foundations did not respond to a request for comment.
Of course, $68 million is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to funding the WEF. The transnational elite uses hundreds or thousands of income streams that wind up in the pockets of the WEF to push ESG, eating bugs, "sustainable development," NetZero, and all the evil things the organization does, but among all those many tendrils of funding and control, USAID is a conduit of money to the technocrats of the WEF. Who could have guessed? ESG alone has done more to distort the allocation of capital and slow economic growth than just about anything any of our foreign adversaries aside from perhaps China have done. NetZero has been destroying the European economy, impoverishing millions of people across a continent that should be an economic powerhouse. 15-minute cities, the shuttering of farms, skyrocketing energy prices, destabilizing societies, mass immigration, censorship coordination. All the things that have been plaguing Western societies have been egged on and planned at the World Economic Forum, which serves as a coordinating institution for the technocracy that is fundamentally transforming our society.You won't be surprised that an Inspector General warned that the CIA's Animal House of Gonzo MSNBC Progressive Marxism was out of control.
As mentioned, this is a money laundering operation where money is first laundered through relatively "clean" NGOs who then award the money to less clean NGOs who in turn then launder it to dirty NGOs. So that the CIA has plausible deniability about sending money to actual terrorist groups. That last part -- "Limitations in obtaining data about USAID-funded sub-awardees" -- is talking about this: USAID doesn't know (or more accurately, wants to hide) who the ultimate "sub-awardees" of its grants really are. So yes, there are "limitations in obtaining data" about the ultimate recipients of the money, because that's precisely what the rogue Marxist CIA officials want. The whole point is to hide who's getting US taxpayer dollars from US taxpayers.
Before Trump purge at USAID, memo warned agency it created 'vulnerabilities' doling out foreign aid The internal watchdog warned the agency that it was not sufficiently vetting for terrorists or getting the U.N. to comply with transparency requirements.
Just days before Elon Musk began a purge at the U.S. Agency for International Develop (USAID), the foreign aid agency was warned in a stinging memo from its own internal watchdog that it had created serious "vulnerabilities" by doling out billions of tax dollars to overseas countries and groups without fulling vetting for terrorists and fraudsters or demanding transparency from recipients of America's largesse. The memo, which was published by the Inspector General of the U.S. Agency for International Development in late January, details some long-standing concerns about how safeguards against misuse of funds and the proper authorities to hold violators accountable are missing from the Office of Inspector General's toolbox. "Incredibly politicized" This memorandum "identifies vulnerabilities and challenges which we believe hinder accountability and transparency within Agency programs," Inspector General Paul Martin wrote to the acting administrator of the agency. Fred Fleitz, a former Trump National Security Council official, told Just the News that a key concern of the administration is ensuring the money is being spent wisely and on causes benefitting U.S. interests. "[USAID] has been incredibly politicized for leftist political goals by the Democrats. It's become a politicized boondoggle, and we saw that over the last 48--72 hours. We know that USAID officials were trying to subvert Trump's effort, or his order to freeze foreign aid for 90 days, so we can see what our tax dollars are being paid for, and is it in the interest of the United States? Is it America First?" Fleitz told the John Solomon Reports podcast on Monday.
Inspector General Martin identified three main areas of vulnerability: "Resistance from United Nations (UN) agencies and foreign-based nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to sharing information with OIG about potential misconduct;" "Limitations on vetting of aid organizations for ties to designated terrorist organizations and known corrupt actors;" and "Limitations in obtaining data about USAID-funded sub-awardees."
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Corrupt Senile Democrats Staging an Insurrection at the Department of Education
They want to see the Department of Education one last time before Trump shuts it down forever.
Note that these lazy tax-lice promised that they would stand outside the doors "all night," and then went home by 11am or so.
Chad Pergram
@ChadPergram Dept of Education on House Dems coming to the Dept wanting a mtg about Trump plan to end the Dept: "The protest was organized by members of Congress who were exercising their First Amendment rights, which they are at liberty to do. They did not have any scheduled appointments, and the protest has since ended."
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Final Biden Jobs Report Extremely Weak at 143,000 Jobs Added; Democrats Blame Biden's Poor Showing on Trump
Obviously. Of course.
Oh, and happy Friday! Boy these weeks are long. The Trump Administration makes so much news I sign off every day knowing I covered half of it (at best) and not feeling that I'm actually done. Not complaining, mind you.The latest jobs report confirms what many have warned about for years--the Biden economy was far weaker than it appeared. Job growth slowed in January, with only 143,000 new positions added. In a statement, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the report proves "the necessity of President Trump's pro-growth policies" and reaffirms the administration's commitment to reversing the economic failures of the previous administration. Key Details: The U.S. added just 143,000 jobs in January, falling short of the 170,000 economists had expected. The unemployment rate dropped slightly to 4%, the lowest since May 2024, but hiring remains sluggish. Wage growth came in stronger than expected, with a 4.1% increase over the past year. While wages rose, inflation concerns persist as the Federal Reserve faces mounting pressure on interest rates. Diving Deeper: The Biden administration's economic mismanagement continues to cast a shadow over the country, as Friday's job reportrevealed a sluggish labor market struggling to regain its footing. Reacting to the report, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt made it clear that these numbers highlight the damage left behind and why President Trump's economic policies are needed now more than ever. "Today's jobs report reveals the Biden economy was far worse than anyone thought and underscores the necessity of President Trump's pro-growth policies," Leavitt stated. She pointed to Trump's early executive actions, including his declaration of a national energy emergency and sweeping regulatory cuts, as the foundation for a robust economic turnaround. ... While the mainstream media may attempt to spin this report as a consequence of Trump, the reality is that Americans are still feeling the pain of Biden's policies. With President Trump now working aggressively to reverse course, his administration has made it clear: the era of economic decline is over, and America's comeback is just beginning.The reporting period ran from mid-December 2024 to January 12 2025 -- in other words, during Biden's "presidency."
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Trump to Gut USAID; Deep State Strikes Back as Unions Sue
Holy crap: Rubio has calculated how many USAID "workers" are really needed:
Kyle Becker
@kylenabecker JUST IN: Secretary of State @MarcoRubio has just informed USAID workers that he only needs 294 of them. There are 14,000 people who work at the agency. The DOGE Effect.
@EricLDaugh JUST IN: The Environmental Protection Agency just put 168 staffers on administrative leave - POLITICO
Vinay Prasad MD MPHMXMNews:
@VPrasadMDMPH
If you try to cut government with a scalpel, people inside the organization divert the funds and subvert the cuts, rename projects, or wait you out. (A lot of the chaos now is malicious compliance) Sometimes the only solution is to use a sword.
The Trump administration has unveiled a plan to slash the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), cutting its global workforce from thousands to fewer than 300 employees. The move is part of a broader effort to restructure foreign aid, drawing legal challenges from federal workers' groups who argue the president lacks authority to dismantle a congressionally established agency.The Swamp counter-attacks Trump with, get this, more lawfare:
Key Details: The plan, presented Thursday, would leave only 300 USAID staffers from a current workforce of 8,000 direct hires and contractors, with thousands of locally hired international staff also facing uncertainty. The administration has not confirmed whether the cuts will be permanent. Nearly all USAID workers posted abroad were given 30 days to return to the U.S., with government-covered relocation costs. Those staying longer without a hardship waiver may have to fund their own expenses. Federal workers' associations have sued the administration, arguing that shuttering USAID requires congressional approval. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended the move, saying U.S. aid will continue but will be refocused on national interests.
Unions representing federal employees are taking legal action against the Trump administration's efforts to shut down USAID, claiming the move threatens thousands of jobs and disrupts global humanitarian aid. The lawsuit, filed Thursday, names President Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and other officials as defendants. The administration, through DOGE, implemented a swift reduction in USAID's operations over the weekend, locking employees out of internal systems and putting thousands on administrative leave. Critics of USAID's shutdown argue the move jeopardizes national security and weakens U.S. influence abroad. However, Trump's allies contend that USAID has long been a bloated and inefficient agency, spending billions in taxpayer dollars with little accountability. In their lawsuit, the unions claim the shutdown has created a "global humanitarian crisis" and are seeking an injunction to stop further actions. They are pushing for the reopening of USAID offices, the resumption of grants and contracts, and a reversal of furlough notices.I've been worried about inflation -- how is Trump going to cut it? We don't want the fed keeping interest rates high forever. That throttles the economy. But chopping down government spending, which pays people out in freshly-printed Fantasy Dollars, will be a big help. Elon Musk pointed out that 90% of USAID's payments go to recipients in the, get this, Washington DC area. It's just a funding mechanism for the left. It's just guaranteed employment for leftwing operatives when they're out of government. Yes, I'm sure a fraction of that money is eventually paid out to people in the developing world -- after it's laundered through a dozen leftwing NGOs and all the parasites of the left have taken their share.
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THE MORNING RANT: Why Didn’t Principled Free Traders Argue That Canada Would Benefit from Trump’s Tariffs, Since They Advocate that the U.S. Benefits from Surrendering to Foreign Mercantilism? 
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Mid-Morning Art Thread
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The Morning Report — 2/7 /25
And one of the toniest, most exclusive towns in America, if not the world, is getting it good and hard.
Round 'em up, ship 'em out and start with the Democrat Mayors and Governors. To Federal Prison. And lastly, a quick shout-out and thank you for your continued support in hitting our tip jar. It truly is appreciated more than you can know.
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And one of the toniest, most exclusive towns in America, if not the world, is getting it good and hard.
East Hampton government officials are trying to quell wealthy residents’ fears that local police could deport illegal migrants from the tony town — many of whom work as maids, landscapers, and nannies to support the luxurious lifestyles of the well-off locals.First of all, any elected official who is interfering with federal law enforcement agents from carrying out their duties is committing a felony and should be charged, tried, convicted and imprisoned. Tom Homan to his credit has stated he wil be going after anyone and everyone who does this. I hope he slaps cuffs on that fat barrel of goo and lipids JB Sitz-Pritzker and anyone else with a notion to "resist." Like I said, good and hard! Beyond them, any citizen who employs an illegal alien is harboring a criminal and as such is committing a felony themselves! Fines, property seizures and imprisonment will focus minds good and hard, n'est ce pas? Here's an idea. The big lie Lefties always belch up is how illegals are doing the jobs Americans refuse to do? What if Dominicans, Puerto Ricans and Latinos of other stripes (actual legal citizens) who live in shitholes like Spanish Harlem and the South Bronx decided to declare themselves as migrants and drift out to the Hamptons looking for sanctuary! Now that would be hilarious. Hey Hamptons lefties, I've got your nannies and maids and gardeners right here! (presupposes our native-born welfare queens and layabout victims of the Great Society want to actually work.) Then again, being on the beach in East Hampton is a damn shot nicer than dog crap, garbage and crack pipe strewn 125 street or Morris Avenue.
Village and town leaders held a special community meeting on Tuesday to assure citizens of Long Island’s exclusive nabe — where the median property value is $2 million — that their hired help are not on their radar when it comes to deportation.
East Hampton Village Police Chief Jeffrey Erickson stressed that local law enforcement do not have authority to enforce federal law — and won’t hold onto undocumented immigrants if given an ICE detainer. East Hampton government officials are trying to quell wealthy residents’ fears that local police could deport illegal migrants from the tony town — many of whom work as maids, landscapers, and nannies to support the luxurious lifestyles of the well-off locals. Village and town leaders held a special community meeting on Tuesday to assure citizens of Long Island’s exclusive nabe — where the median property value is $2 million — that their hired help are not on their radar when it comes to deportation. East Hampton Village Police Chief Jeffrey Erickson stressed that local law enforcement do not have authority to enforce federal law — and won’t hold onto undocumented immigrants if given an ICE detainer. The sentiment was echoed by East Hampton Town Police Chief Michael Sarlo at a separate meeting. “Our level of participation and cooperation with ICE lies in criminal matters,” Sarlo told the town board at a meeting Tuesday. “I haven’t seen an ICE agent in this town in I can’t tell you how long.” “You see what I’m wearing here,” Sarlo said dramatically pointing to his firearm, “People who wear this and put this on don’t interfere with other people who wear this and put this on because then people die. You don’t step in front of an Immigration Enforcement officer in uniform with a gun and a badge who’s taking his action.” “That’s for attorneys to get involved in and that is for policies and procedures through the state to get involved,” he added.Some East Hampton residents were grateful for the reassurance that their undocumented employees and neighbors will be able to avoid deportation. “I think it’s a very good idea and very helpful considering we have a very large community here, and people rely on them,” Alex Lovett, of East Hampton, told News12. “They’ve been a vital part of the community for a very long time,” she empathized. The local officials said a major purpose for the small-scale messaging campaign is to assure undocumented residents that they can interact with police without fear of deportation. “If they’re a victim of a crime, we don’t want them to fear the police, we want them to call us so we can protect them,” Erickson said in an interview to the local news station. . . . . . Also on Tuesday, the East Hampton Town Board held a two-hour public hearing where members of the Latino community expressed their concerns over the Trump administration’s new immigration policies. Sandra Melendez — an East Hampton Village trustee, immigration attorney, and Spanish speaker –addressed the community and stressed that they are not obligated to cooperate with ICE, the local paper reported. At that town board hearing Councilwoman Cate Rogers stated that the well-heeled townies will remain vigilant as the federal government attempts to enforce immigration law. “The rules are being rewritten by the second,” the councilwoman said, according to the East Hampton Star. “I want to assure everyone that this is the beginning of a conversation. It’s not a one-and-done statement, ‘Okay we did our job let’s move on.’ We’re invested. We’re your neighbors, and we’re with you.” This resistance-style approach taken by the officials in East Hampton is a far cry from the actions taken by authorities elsewhere on Long Island. Earlier this week, Nassau County police were granted authority to help ICE arrest criminal migrants under a new agreement with the Trump administration.
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- ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
- An historical exposé of how exactly fascism insinuated itself into the American political system.
When Democrats Were Called Fascists: Corporate Socialism and Roosevelt’s New Deal
- “I know you’re lashing out because DOGE is uncovering your family’s obscene grifting via USAID, but I won’t let you lie and distort facts,” the Transportation Secretary wrote on X. “The FAA administrator announced he resigned over a month before Trump took office, and the air traffic controllers were always exempt from Trump’s civil service buyouts.”
Transportation Sec. Sean Duffy Accuses Hillary Clinton of Lying to Cover Up Family’s ‘Obscene Grifting via USAID’ [Lock her Up for realz? - jjs)
- Lloyd Billingsley: Nidal Hasan remains alive - while his victims are disrespected in life and death.
Joe Biden and the Soldier of Allah
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Daily Tech News 7 February 2025
Top Story
- Arm has abandoned its quest to revoke Qualcomm's Arm license, largely because it already lost its lawsuit. (The Register)
Nuvia, which had an Arm license, developed a new Arm core.
Qualcomm, which had an Arm license, bough Nuvia to acquire the new core. This is where Qualcomm's new range of laptop chips originated.
Arm sued both Qualcomm and Nuvia, arguing that although both companies had paid Arm for a license they mumble mumble mumble and therefore mumble.
The jury laughed at them.
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February 06, 2025
I'm A little Teapot, Short And Stout. Here Is My Handle, Here Is My ONT.
Evening Horde. Know what? They may be closed, but it looks like they are still taking tips.
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A Day In the Life of a Medieval Fitness Vlogger Cafe
Lake Scene, by Arthur Parton, 1876
I already linked this clip of a little dog getting big mad about his owner's prank but just in case you missed it... I've also linked this but... border collie more like baller collie, amirite? Beavers get s*** done. Seeding the rain clouds with artificial lightning to make water droplets cling together. Baby bunnies. Raccoons try to open a door. They're doing their best. Catching a fleeing perp. Poor dude is immortalized as part of someone else's highlight reel. Jet-pack paramedic. A fawn at your window. Clearing the ice away. The Penguin Menace threatens a young girl. Cat wants in on the Cute Head-Tilt gravy train. Baby elephant chases birds. No, this is a new one. The power of illusions! Teaching Junior how to say "The mail is here!!!"
Lake Scene, by Arthur Parton, 1876
I already linked this clip of a little dog getting big mad about his owner's prank but just in case you missed it... I've also linked this but... border collie more like baller collie, amirite? Beavers get s*** done. Seeding the rain clouds with artificial lightning to make water droplets cling together. Baby bunnies. Raccoons try to open a door. They're doing their best. Catching a fleeing perp. Poor dude is immortalized as part of someone else's highlight reel. Jet-pack paramedic. A fawn at your window. Clearing the ice away. The Penguin Menace threatens a young girl. Cat wants in on the Cute Head-Tilt gravy train. Baby elephant chases birds. No, this is a new one. The power of illusions! Teaching Junior how to say "The mail is here!!!"
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Quick Hits
From the Bee. Across the government, "directors of DEI" are changing their job titles to avoid Trump's order to terminate their employment. Trump issued an order stating that anyone who attempts to avoid this order through "disguise" or deception will be fired. Trump sues Chicago and Illinois for interfering in ICE operations. Defund! Forty million for Sesame Street in Baghdad is kind of steal now that I see the clips.
Jake Tapper, the completely fair and objective reporter who Loves the Troops (and is a hero to many bi-curious fake "conservative" bloggers) informs his 17 viewers that Elon Musk is bad to "target" Two-Tier Keir for his part in covering up the Muslim Rape Gangs, because he's just "opening old wounds" of a "scandal" that's a whole ten years old. Reminder: CNN continues to celebrate January 6th every year as if it's Media Christmas. Some old wounds want to remain open! For those of you spreading the Russian Disinformation Conspiracy Theory that California will not allow people to rebuild their homes as they were, but will mandate that residential neighborhoods agree to put up subsidized housing in apartment buildings for the poor and also rebuild as constrained by "climate change" doctrines, I have bad news for you: Your Russian Disinformation Conspiracy Theories are all true, confirmed by Gavin Newsom. They burn your fucking house down, and then they forbid you to rebuild, saying that climate change requires you to move into an apartment building.
From the Bee. Across the government, "directors of DEI" are changing their job titles to avoid Trump's order to terminate their employment. Trump issued an order stating that anyone who attempts to avoid this order through "disguise" or deception will be fired. Trump sues Chicago and Illinois for interfering in ICE operations. Defund! Forty million for Sesame Street in Baghdad is kind of steal now that I see the clips.
Jake Tapper, the completely fair and objective reporter who Loves the Troops (and is a hero to many bi-curious fake "conservative" bloggers) informs his 17 viewers that Elon Musk is bad to "target" Two-Tier Keir for his part in covering up the Muslim Rape Gangs, because he's just "opening old wounds" of a "scandal" that's a whole ten years old. Reminder: CNN continues to celebrate January 6th every year as if it's Media Christmas. Some old wounds want to remain open! For those of you spreading the Russian Disinformation Conspiracy Theory that California will not allow people to rebuild their homes as they were, but will mandate that residential neighborhoods agree to put up subsidized housing in apartment buildings for the poor and also rebuild as constrained by "climate change" doctrines, I have bad news for you: Your Russian Disinformation Conspiracy Theories are all true, confirmed by Gavin Newsom. They burn your fucking house down, and then they forbid you to rebuild, saying that climate change requires you to move into an apartment building.
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Biden Directed USAID to Give $1.3 Billion in Taxpayer Monies to... Terrorist Organizations
In Trump's first term, he banned the government from giving money to terrorist groups.
The left has a different idea of "fighting terrorism." They want to give US taxpayer money directly to terrorist groups, so long as they mutually pretend these specific monies will be used for some non-terrorist purpose. Even though money is fungible, and paying a terrorist group any kind of money frees them up to not pay those expenses and put the money saved into terrorism. And even though terrorist groups take other people's money and use that money to buy the goodwill of the people they hide among. When I was over in Lebanon, my guides pointed out that the government of Lebanon sends aid to the poor, Hezballah controlled south. Hezballah takes that aid and, after skimming a lot off for terrorism, distributes it to the poor pretending that Hezballah is giving them money. Aid stations are branded as Hezballah charity organizations, flying Hezballah flags, and of course the money mainly goes to Hezballah supporters. Trump said, "No more of that." Biden immediately reversed Trump's ban and started sending billions to terrorists.
More than $1.3 billion in taxpayer funds from the Biden administration ended up helping groups that sponsored or committed terrorism. Federal watchdog reports and other documents show former President Joe Biden's aid programs funneled the money toward a network of terrorism in the Muslim world -- largely by reversing Trump-era policies. National security experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation the new Trump administration must take the trend more seriously. "We should not be putting money into any country or areas where a terrorist group remains in control," Bill Roggio, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said. Roggio said that "aid, like money, is fungible." "It winds up propping up these groups," the counterterrorism analyst told the DCNF. "It allows them to use ... whatever money they have to invest into their terrorist activities."
... The largest share of Biden-era dollars linked to terrorism went to Palestinian organizations, Congressional Research Service records show. The Biden administration gave $1,053,400,000 in taxpayer money to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which claims to help war-afflicted Palestinian civilians but is tied to terrorists fighting Israel, according to U.S. and Israeli intelligence. Biden reversed a Trump-era ban on UNRWA funding in 2021 but brought back the ban last year after Israel accused UNWRA workers of participating in Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023, attacks. Intelligence officials later revealed that more than 1,000 UNRWA employees, or around 10%, were linked to the groups Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, according to documents found on the bodies of dead terrorists and other evidence. A dozen took part in the Oct. 7 massacre, including a Hamas commander who was teaching in elementary school for UNRWA and led a siege against an Israeli kibbutz that killed almost 100 people. UNWRA's schools have long used curriculum for Palestinian children that glorifies terrorists and martyrdom, a March 2023 report from UN Watch found. ... Trump and Congress passed a law in 2018 blocking economic support funds for the PA due to its program. Trump later paused all remaining funding for the PA before Biden took office and resumed it. The Biden administration in part revived the economic support fund that Trump's law restricts. The State Department claimed in documents from 2021 that "most" of the money did not "directly benefit the PA" in violation of the law. However, officials sent $265 million straight to the PA for its "security forces and justice sector institutions" throughout Biden's presidency, according to the Congressional Research Service. Under Biden, the PA agreed to pay more than $97 million to reward the perpetrators of the Oct. 7 attacks, the Washington Free Beacon reported.
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@tedcruz USAID secretly poured uncountable hundreds of millions of dollars toward Hamas, including tens of millions of cash they could never account for. Throughout the Biden admin, they knew the money they were pouring into Gaza would benefit Hamas. They did it anyway.
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FCC Investigating George Soros-Owned Radio Stations for Providing Leaked Information About Where ICE Is Operating
- Federal Communication Commission chairman Brendan Carr has opened an investigation into a radio station backed by left-wing billionaire George Soros that broadcasted live locations of undercover Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. A group backed Soros, a far-left kingmaker, purchased a stake in more than 200 Audacy radio stations across America last year. Among them was the San Francisco-based KCBS 740 AM, which has come under fire for revealing live locations of undercover ICE vehicles and agents that were conducting deportation operations in the San Jose area. The FCC's Enforcement Bureau has already sent a formal Letter of Inquiry to the radio station as part of the FCC investigation. The Enforcement Bureau proceeding is inquiring whether the radio station--which is licensed to operate by the FCC--is violating the terms of their FCC license, which requires that they operate in the "public interest." The formal Enforcement Bureau Letter notes that the ICE agents were operating at the time in an area known for violent gang activity. Federal Communication Commission chairman Brendan Carr has opened an investigation into radio station controlled by left-wing billionaire George Soros. "I want to express my thanks and appreciation to DHS and ICE agents. These law enforcement professionals are honorably serving this country and carrying out vital missions. Their safety is paramount. The FCC will hold broadcasters accountable for complying with their public interest obligations," Carr told Fox News Digital. Audacy did not immediately respond to a request for comment. On the January 26 edition of "KCBS Radio Weekend News," it revealed specific information about undercover ICE agents who were "carrying out an operation on the east side of town." ... The "KCBS Radio Weekend News" host then revealed the specific make, color and model of several unmarked vehicles used in the operation. The station also revealed the exact locations of several ICE agents working in the area.Bonus: Alex Soros, the nepo baby who's taken over Soros, Inc. as George Soros prepares to spend eternity in Hell, has thoughts about a shadow government of oligarchs secretly running the country.
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Michael Shellenberger: USAID and the CIA Funded Trump's First Impeachment
The House of Representatives impeached President Donald Trump on December 18, 2019, after a White House whistleblower went public with evidence that Trump abused his powers by withholding military aid to Ukraine in order to dig up dirt on his rival, Joe Biden. In the complaint, the whistleblower claimed to have heard from White House staff that Trump had, on a phone call, directed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to work with his personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, to investigate Joe Biden and Hunter Biden. The whistleblower who triggered the impeachment was a CIA analyst who was first brought into the White House by the Obama administration. Reporting by Drop Site News last year revealed that the CIA analyst relied on reporting by a supposedly independent investigative news organization called the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), which appears to have effectively operated as an arm of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which President Trump has just shut down. The CIA whistleblower complaint cited a long report by OCCRP four times. The OCCRP report alleged that two Soviet-born Florida businessmen were "key hidden actors behind a plan" by Trump to investigate the Bidens. According to the story, those two businessmen connected Giuliani to two former Ukrainian prosecutors. The OCCRP story was crucial to the House Democrats' impeachment claim, which is that Trump dispatched Giuliani as part of a coordinated effort to pressure a foreign country to interfere in the 2020 presidential election, which is why the whistleblower cited it four times. In a 2024 documentary that German television broadcaster NDR made about OCCRP's dependence on the US government, a USAID official confirmed that USAID approves OCCRP's "annual work plan" and approves new hires of "key personnel." NDR initiated and carried out the investigation with French investigative news organization Mediapart, Italian new group Il Fatto Quotidiano, Reporters United in Greece, and Drop Site News in the United States. However, according to a Mediapart story published the same day as the Drop Site News article, NDR censored the broadcast "after US journalist Drew Sullivan, the co-founder and head of the OCCRP, placed pressure on the NDR management and made false accusations against the broadcaster's journalists involved in the project." On December 16, Drop Site's Ryan Grim posted a link on X to the 26-minute-long documentary. "NDR, Germany's public broadcaster, is facing a censorship scandal and has defended itself by saying it never killed a news report about OCCRP and its State Department funding -- b/c no report was ever produced to kill," said Grim. "That was absurd -- and dozens, maybe hundreds, of journalists knew it to be false, and now of course, someone has leaked it." The journalistic collaboration revealed that OCCRP's original funding came from the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs of the State Department, and quotes a USAID official who says, "Drew's just nervous about being linked with law enforcement," referring to Sullivan. "If people who are going to give you information think you're just a cop, maybe it's a problem." OCCRP does not operate like a normal investigative journalism organization in that its goals appear to include interfering in foreign political matters, including elections, aimed at regime change. Sullivan told NDR that his organization had "probably been responsible for five or six countries changing over from one government to another government... and getting prime ministers indicted or thrown out." As such, it appears that CIA, USAID, and OCCRP were all involved in the impeachment of President Trump in ways similar to the regime change operations that all three organizations engage in abroad. The difference is that it is highly illegal and even treasonous for CIA, USAID, and its contractors and intermediaries, known as "cut-outs," to interfere in US politics this way.But OCCRP's agreement with USAID says that USAID has the power to approve or veto OCCRP's hiring decsions.
OCCRP claims they're an "independent" "news" organization, and says that any claims to the contrary are "defamatory." Same lying and bullying tactics they used to get the German report censored.
Shellenberger's "Public" substack is very much worth the $5 per month.
On the website Patrucic links to, a screenshot from OCCRP's own agreement with USAID states, "Requests for approval of new Key Personnel shall include (a) written justification; and (b) CV curriculum vitae in English... Key personnel positions, candidates and changes to such personnel will require concurrence from the AOR [Agreement Officer's Representative] and approval from the AO [Agreement Officer]." OCCRP claims on its website that USAID's oversight of OCCRP is not what it appears to be. "This represents a serious misunderstanding of a common procurement procedure. This person or persons, referred to as the grant's 'key personnel,' ensures that the money we get is spent appropriately and that the work gets done. This is not an editorial role, but a logistical one." But there is nothing in the agreement that suggests USAID's approval of OCCRP's work plan and senior staff are unimportant to the editorial content produced by OCCRP. Indeed, USAID's Shannon McGuire emphasizes, in the NDR documentary, that USAID controlled OCCRP through what is known as a "substantial involvement clause." ... Sullivan confirmed this. " Under cooperative agreements, which we don't like to take," he said, "they have a say on who the people are, but they can veto somebody." Patrucic told Public, "I am the editor-in-chief of OCCRP and was appointed during a USAID grant, but my CV was never sent to USAID and no approval was sought or received. OCCRP is governed only by its board of directors and no one else." But a second USAID official, Mike Henning, confirmed to the NDR filmmakers that USAID approval is not just for "logistical" or "administrative" functions. "A cooperative agreement has more strings attached," said Henning, "than a grant... Some of the strings that are attached in a cooperative agreement are approval of key personnel, approval of an annual work plan, approval of sub grants of a certain amount above a certain amount." USAID, he added, would have to approve "the editor in chief or who's the CEO, who's the, you know, managing editor."
... Samantha Power, then head of USAID, said in November 2021 that OCCRP was a "major partner" of the US government. Under its Strengthening Transparency and Accountability through Investigative Reporting (STAIR) program, USAID allocated $20 million to OCCRP from September 2022 to September 2027 to support investigative journalism in Europe and Eurasia. One of the reporters on the Giuliani story was based in Ukraine. Although OCCRP claims to assign grants retrospectively, it appears that a USAID STAIR grant may have funded the story. Steve Engleberg, managing editor of the investigative journalism nonprofit, ProPublica, said that OCCRP's relationship with the U.S. government undermines OCCRP's claim to independence.
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ICE Showed Up to the Apartments Taken Over by Tren de Aragua, But the Apartments Were Empty -- A Traitor in ICE Tipped Off the Foreign Alien Prison Gang Members
This is not a firing offense. This is a jailing offense.
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