COMMENTARY: We should believe President Trump

Trump makes obscene gesture, mouths expletive at Detroit factory heckler A cellphone video captured Trump twice mouthing “f--- you” and raising his middle finger toward someone shouting at him inside the Ford factory.

President Trump made an obscene gesture with his middle finger and mouthed “f--- you” twice to a person who can be heard yelling “pedophile protector” at him during a tour of a Ford factory in Michigan — a reaction the White House said was “appropriate.”

Credit to Jake Tapper/CNN for acknowledging the obvious here, which a number of journalists/media outlets are unwilling or unable to state clearly.

Lawmakers: Vaccines protect NC children and families. We mustn’t give up on them | Opinion North Carolina’s kindergarten vaccines dropped last school year. If rates decline further, the consequences will be swift, severe and personal. | Opinion

North Carolina’s kindergarten vaccines dropped last school year. If rates decline further, the consequences will be swift, severe and personal. | Opinion

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He Came to the U.S. to Support His Sick Child. He Was Detained. Then He Disappeared. Like most of the more than 230 Venezuelan men deported to a Salvadoran prison, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas had followed U.S. immigration rules. Then Trump rewrote them.

We previously found that the Trump administration knew the vast majority of the 230+ Venezuelan men deported to El Salvador had not been convicted of violent crimes.

Our latest analysis reveals another jarring reality: that most of the men were already moving through the U.S. immigration system.

Mark my words and please understand: They erase your history so that they can erase your rights.

Tariffs will be lifted on penguins who agree to be completely white.

by Stephen Miller

Allison Riggs won the election for NC Supreme Court. Changing the rules after the election to throw out the votes of tens of thousands of North Carolinians who followed all of the rules is a travesty.

Once upon a time, a job with the federal government meant security, good benefits, and a move up into the middle class for Black Americans. Now, it means the danger of losing your livelihood because the new administration sees your position as bloat. bit.ly/BNV-Politics

George Bell, the tallest man in America and Portsmouth native, passes away Bell was a deputy with the Norfolk Sheriff's Office from 2000 to 2014. He stood at a towering 7 feet, 8 inches tall.

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“If the state can deprive an individual of his freedom simply because of his politics, which is what appears to have happened [to Mahmoud Khalil], then no one is safe,” @adamserwer.bsky.social writes: theatln.tc/87FfKC8B

Well done, Dick’s Sporting Goods

Well Done 💙

Judge reinstates NLRB member Trump fired: 'A president is not a king'

A federal judge reversed the firing of a National Labor Relations Board member by President Donald Trump, with a scathing ruling that said “an American president is not a king.”

This is insane.. absolutely insane. Pray for Ukraine. 🙏🏾

So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID.

This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.

What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.

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Just told my 21 year old daughter that I was watching the tube. What’s the tube, she asked. 🤦🏽‍♀️ #FeelingOld

The Cruel Attack on USAID Trump’s assault on the aid agency poses a haunting question.

The dismantling of USAID has brought immense harm to its beneficiaries, writes Peter Wehner. "Patients have been told to leave refugee hospitals in Thailand. Soup kitchens that feed hundreds of thousands of people in Sudan have been closed."

Tragic

Va Dept of Health reports 2 pediatric flu deaths. One was a school-aged child 5-12 yrs old in the eastern region.. the other a teenager in the central Va region. These are the first flu deaths of the 2024-25 season in Va.

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Trump says he pardoned founder of Silk Road criminal marketplace | CNN Politics President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he had granted a pardon to Ross William Ulbricht, the founder of the Silk Road dark web marketplace.

JUST IN: President Trump said he has pardoned Ross William Ulbricht, the founder of the Silk Road dark web marketplace who was serving a life sentence.

COMMENTARY: FEMA's administrator, a longtime Coloradan, is being attacked as a "DEI hire" because she's a woman. Here's how we straight white guys, regardless of politics, should respond to that trendy slur. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqX2...

Earthquake in Virginia today. 2.8.. outside of Richmond. Confirmed by the US Geological Survey.

Biden’s Push to Cancel Student Debt Surpasses 5 Million Borrowers With Monday’s authorization and 27 previous ones, the Biden administration has forgiven over $180 billion in student loans, even as its larger policy vision never took root.

The U.S. Education Department announced on Monday that it had canceled student loans for more than 150,000 borrowers, bringing the tally of Americans whose loans were forgiven under President Biden to over five million.

Breaking: Special Grand Jury indicts 3 fmr Virginia Beach deputies in in-custody death of Rolin Hill in June 2024.
Eric G. Baptiste, Michael Kidd and Kevin Wilson face second degree murder charges.

US poised to see dramatic drop in homicides for 3rd straight year With 2024 winding down to a close, homicides across the United States are poised to plummet for the third straight year.

“[2024] is expected to end with a nearly 16% drop in homicides ….

“The three consecutive years of declining homicides come in the wake of a 30% jump in murders between 2019 and 2020, the largest single-year increase in more than a century.”

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